Individual Details

Elizabeth Harter

(November 29, 1795 - June 18, 1887)

Elizabeth's life is pretty well documented in family histories and records. Her family was one of the first to settle in the Plain Ohio area so tey are featured in local area histories. Tales of their travels and adventures. Elizabeth's first impression of the undeveloped area is recorded, she was disappointed -coming from Pennsylvania to a new place with a total of 3 cabins and nothing else. She and her first husband Abraham Bair may have been the first marriage in the area. Her 2nd husband Jehu Grubb was the illegitimate son of Curtis and unknown heir to the Grubb Family Iron Dynasty of Pennsylvania. Elizabeth lived to 91 and was the mother of at least 10 children.

Events

BirthNovember 29, 1795
Residence1810Stark, Ohio, United States
MarriageMarch 31, 1812Stark, Ohio, United States - Abraham Bair
Widow1830
MarriageSeptember 1, 1833Stark, Ohio, United States - Jehu Grubb
Residence1850Plain, Stark, Ohio, United States
Widow1854
Residence1860Plain, Stark, Ohio, United States
Residence1870Plain, Stark, Ohio, United States
Residence1870Paris, Stark, Ohio, United States
Residence1880Plain, Stark, Ohio, United States
DeathJune 18, 1887Plain, Stark, Ohio, United States
BurialSaint Jacobs Lutheran Cemetery, Lake, Stark, Ohio, United States

Families

SpouseAbraham Bair (1784 - 1830)
ChildJacob H. Bair (1814 - 1880)
ChildGeorge Bair (1816 - 1892)
ChildElizabeth Bair (1818 - 1916)
ChildMargaret Bair (1821 - 1901)
ChildChristena Bair (1829 - 1915)
SpouseJehu Grubb (1781 - 1854)
FatherJohn George Harter (1764 - 1833)
MotherElizabeth Bowman (1769 - 1864)
SiblingChristina Harter (1811 - 1879)
SiblingCatherine Harter (1791 - 1860)

Notes

Residence

Elizabeth's adventures carrying pounds of wheat to the mill, on her own, using her head, problem solving "girls of that time did not readily yield to trifles".

Marriage

From Notes on the Bowman, Harter and Sauer families: The first recorded marriage in the township was Abraham Bair to Elizabeth Harter, who were married by Abraham De Haven on March 31, 1812. Tradition says the marriage ceremony of the first couple was "You bromis to take te voman you holt by te hant to pe your vife, and tat you will shtick to her through hell-fire und dunder? Den I bronounce you man and voman, by Cot!"

Marriage

Elizabeth was the 2nd or 3rd wife of Jehu and is credited with providing information that showed he was of the Pennsylvania Grubb Dynasty.

Residence

Lives with son Jacob and family.

Residence

Lives with son Andrew and family.

Residence

Living with Ann Bair as Elizabeth Grubb, widow.

Endnotes

1. Perrin, William Henry. History of Stark County: With an Outline Sketch of Ohio. Chicago: Baskin and Battey, 1881, Page 292 Chapter 8 Canton Township.

2. FamilySearch.org. Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013 Database with images. FamilySearch.org : 7 March 2017. County courthouses, Ohio., FHL 897628, Digital Folder 004701464, Image 00041 (38 of 201).

3. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, NARA Microfilm, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2009, Year: 1850; Census Place: Plain, Stark, Ohio; Roll: M432_731; Page: 43A; Image: 94.

4. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, NARA Microfilm, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2009, Year: 1860; Census Place: Plain, Stark, Ohio; Roll: M653_1038; Page: 405; Image: 281; Family History Library Film: 805038.

5. Ancestry.com 1870 United States Federal Census; NARA Microfilm . Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2009, Year: 1870; Census Place: Plain, Stark, Ohio; Roll: M593_1269; Page: 568A; Image: 102244; Family History Library Film: 552768.

6. Ancestry.com 1870 United States Federal Census; NARA Microfilm . Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2009, Year: 1870; Census Place: Paris, Stark, Ohio; Roll: M593_1269; Page: 495B; Image: 96602; Family History Library Film: 552768.

7. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census U.S. Census, Population Schedule; NARA Microfilm (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Plain, Stark, Ohio; Roll: 1068; Family History Film: 1255068; Page: 386B; Enumeration District: 155; Image: 0243.

8. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .

9. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .