Family Files February 2022 - Person Sheet
Family Files February 2022 - Person Sheet
NameDavid Marion COUNTERMAN , M
Birth1788, Pennsylvania
Death3 Aug 1852, Black Creek, Mercer, Ohio-
Misc. Notes
Sue Kramer matching from both marriages so it is the Counterman that is the DNA

Will 22 Oct 1856 names AM Counterman guardian to David Wilson Counerman 12 and Lucinda Counterman age 9

Other marrage before Anna?

Mercer County
Ohio, USA
David M. Counterman who was born in Richland County, Ohio, (note: David was probably born in Pennsylvania) circa 1799, was the son of Christian and Rachel Wilson Counterman. He was reared a farmer and made agriculture his life pursuit. He was first married in Columbiana County, Ohio, 28 Oct 1813, to Miss Anna Gant, who died in the same County. They were the parents of four known children: Hilsey Ann, wife of John Harper, who died in 1881, her own death taking place in Dublin Tp., Mercer County, August 28, 1894; Reason, who also died in Dublin Tp., Mercer County, at the home of his brother Jacob; Jacob, a prominant member of the Mercer community, born March 6, 1818, was married first to Miss Elizabeth Moore, secondly to Miss Jane Wood and third to Mary E. Green; Alexander M., who was born September 19, 1819 and was married to Ann Elizabeth Bollenbacher, lived near Willshire, Ohio, and were the parents of fourteen children.

His father, Christian Counterman was a Pennsylvania German. We don't know very much about his wife, but Rachel Wilson was of Revolutionary descent. These parents, on coming to Ohio, first located in Columbiana County, where they made their home several years, but later removed to Wayne County, Ohio, where they died at the advanced years of ninety and one hundred years.
David M. Counterman and some of the above mentioned children, were in a group of six families who migrated accross the state of Ohio through Richland County to Mercer County in the year 1836. They were traveling with a sister of David's, Margaret, who was married to Evan Gause. Along the way, they visited with their parents, Christian Counterman and his wife, in Wayne County, Ohio. This group of immigrants numbered approximatly ..... twenty-five people.

David married second to Hannah Rosswell, who bore several children, of whom the following reached maturity: Rachel, who moved to Indiana, George, who died in the Civil War; Wilson, killed by a runnaway team, and Cynthia, who married Jacob Adams, of Mercer County. (Hannah Rosswell, was twenty years younger than David Counterman. After David's death, she married Austin (Oz) Clemens/Clements.)

In 1838, David entered 440 acres of land, all in one body, in Blackcreek Township, Mercer County, Ohio. Shortly after his arrival in Mercer County, he divided the land among his children, Jacob Counterman receiving 120 acres when he was about 20 years old. This Jacob became a prominant citizen of Mercer County, and contributed a great deal to the building of the Mercer Church, in whose honor the church was first named, "The Counterman Tabernacle."

Descendants of only one of David Counterman's children still remain in Mercer County. That is Alexander M. Counterman who was born September 19, 1819, and moved to Mercer County when he was seventeen, later moving to Willshire, Van Wert County, Ohio, in 1882. He was married to Ann E. Bollenbacher and they were the parents of fourteen children.
Only two children of Alexander M. and Ann E. Counterman remained in Mercer County, Elsie (Elsa), who married Milton Hays, and General Marion Counterman, who married Vannie Sutton. The descendants of Elsie and G.M. are still living here today.
 
Copied from the History of Van Wert and Mercer Counties in Ohio.
Spouses
Birth21 Jan 1788, German, Fayette, Pennsylvania,
Deathca 1838, Columbiana, Columbiana, Ohio
Marriage28 Oct 1813, Ohio
ChildrenHilsey Ann , F (1814-1894)
 Alexander , M (1819-1899)
Birthca 1811
Marriageca 1839
ChildrenRachel A , F (ca1839-)
 Lucinda , F (ca1847-1922)
Last Modified 26 Feb 2021Created 22 Feb 2022 using Reunion for Macintosh
Last updated by Patricia Bunyard on 22 Feb 2022.


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