George Monroe, born 5 December 1837, died 5 June 1917, married (1) Helen Scheer on 2 May 1872, (2) Hattie Lake on 7 March 1883. Helena Scheer was born in Germany in 1853, daughter in NIcholas Scheer (born 1823 probably in Bavaria, Germany) and Katherine Seimann, born in Germany in 1822. Helena Scheer Monroe died 25 April 1878 of typoid fever at age 25, in Union Township, Brown County, Ohio. Bothe Nicholas and Katherine Scheer are buried in Maplewood Cemetery. Ripley, Ohio alngside of their other child, daughter Emma, born 1863, who worked as a nurse in an Ohio State Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, never married, died 1929. Children of George and Helena Monroe were:
1) Elizabeth Katherine born: 18 May 1873
died: 7 May 1951
married: 6 April 1893 to Edward Ernst Swisher
buried: both in Maplewood Cemetery, Ripley, Ohio
2)Flora A. born: 31 December 1876
died: 1942
buried: German Reformed Church Cemetery on Delhi Road, western edge of village of Arnheim, Franklin Township, Brown County, Ohio.U.S. Census dated 18 June 1860 for Union Township, Brown County records George Monroe as aged 22, residing in the household of Wilson Smith. The next year George Volunteered to served his country in the Union Army. He enlisted 20 September 1861 (less than 6 months after the start of the War of the Rebellion) for a period of three years. He was mustered into battery "F", First Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery. He served some time as a teamster for the horses pulling the cannons. He re-enlisted in Nashville, Tenn. after a furlough home, thus earning the rank of "veteran" instead of "volunteer". His Army records show that George wa 6'2 1/2" tall with hazel eyes, brown hair. He was engaged of these battles: Corinth, Miss. 8 April/30 May 1862; Perryville, Ky. 8 October 1862; Stone River, Tenn. 31 December 1862/2 January, 1863; Chickamaguga, Ga. 19/20 September, 1863. Mustered out 22 July, 1865.
George receive an invalid pension of $30.00 per month from 1891 until his death, 1917. Army Pension Records indicate he was partially deaf from the roar of the cannons, and contracted rhumatism from chills and fever contracted in Decatur, Ala during the Civil War. George, his daughter Flora A., and second wife Hattie, are all buried in the German Reformed Church Cemetery, Delhi Road, Arnheim, Franklin Township, Brown County, Ohio. In 1880 he lived in Union Township, occupation- engineer. In the 1900 U.S. Census, he is recorded as living Franklin Township.
Jesse Monroe (grandfather of Edward E. Swisher's wife Elizabeth K.) was born 11 June 1796 in Virginia, died 13 April 1877, buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Ripley, Ohio, married (1) 23 March 1819 Margaret Kirkpatrick born 3 August 1794 daughter of Samuel Kirkpatrick and Martha Rosebourgh (Rosbery?). Martha was daughter of Samuel and Agnes. Margaret Kirkpartrick was born in Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky, and may have movesd to Mason County Kentucky, as he married Jesse there.
Children of Jesse and Margaret Monroe were:
1) John born: 26 March 1829
died: 8 April 1857
2) Samuel born: 18 Oct 1823
died: 15 Nov 1860
married: 1 Aug 1844 Mary Ann Butt
3) Alexander born: 1826/27
married: Mary E. Sutton daughter of Benjamin Sutton
4) William born: 28 Dec 1828
died: 22 Feb 1853
5) Nancy Jane born: 1833
married: Wilson Smith
6) Alfred born: 1835
married: 21 May 1861 to Mary Jane Kelly, daughter of John and Frances Kelly.
7) George born: 6 Dec 1837
died: 5 Jun 1917
married: (1) 2 May 1872 Helena Scheer
(2) 7 March 1883 Hattie LakeU.S. Census records show the Jesse Monroe family lived in Byrd and Union Townships, Brown County. Jesse's first wife Margaret died 12 May 1844 and is buried in Old Red Oak Cemetery located North of Ripley, Ohio. Jesse married (2) Martha Hodgkins on 20 March 1845, (3) 18 January 1849 to Sarah Cumberland, (4) 5 July 1855 tp Rhoda Barton who died probably in early 1861. Jesse married (5) 5 September 1861 Sarah Perkins. Sarah predeceased Jesse, as his death reveals him to be 82 years old, widower, died in Union Township, Brown County, Ohio of chronic diarrhea.
His estate is recorded as #12728 as "no estate whatsoever, this only done to release a mortgage of record". Mr. Orange Sutton (son of Benjamin and sister Mary E. Sutton wife of Alexander Monroe) was administrator. The note of Mr. Washington white as paid in four payments in 1877/79 Dr. J.C.Winters attended Jesse until 13 April 1877, his fees paid to 12 April 1877. Burial clothes, casket and hearseage paid pn 14 April 1877.
Probable siblings of Jesse Monroe living in Brown County were Hugh Monroe, born: 1789 married: 18 November 1819 to Isabella Espry; Margaret Monroe, born: 1800/10 married: 10 March 1825 Robert Kirkpatrick (brother of Margaret Kirkpatrick Monroe); George Monroe, born: 1805/08, married: 19 May 1825 Zena Prickett in Byrd Township.
Jesse Monroe (grandfather of Edward E. Swisher's wife Elizabeth K.) was born 11 June 1796 in Virginia, died 13 April 1877, buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Ripley, Ohio, married (1) 23 March 1819 Margaret Kirkpatrick born 3 August 1794 daughter of Samuel Kirkpatrick and Martha Rosebourgh (Rosbery?). Martha was daughter of Samuel and Agnes. Margaret Kirkpartrick was born in Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky, and may have movesd to Mason County Kentucky, as he married Jesse there.
Children of Jesse and Margaret Monroe were:
1) John born: 26 March 1829
died: 8 April 1857
2) Samuel born: 18 Oct 1823
died: 15 Nov 1860
married: 1 Aug 1844 Mary Ann Butt
3) Alexander born: 1826/27
married: Mary E. Sutton daughter of Benjamin Sutton
4) William born: 28 Dec 1828
died: 22 Feb 1853
5) Nancy Jane born: 1833
married: Wilson Smith
6) Alfred born: 1835
married: 21 May 1861 to Mary Jane Kelly, daughter of John and Frances Kelly.
7) George born: 6 Dec 1837
died: 5 Jun 1917
married: (1) 2 May 1872 Helena Scheer
(2) 7 March 1883 Hattie LakeU.S. Census records show the Jesse Monroe family lived in Byrd and Union Townships, Brown County. Jesse's first wife Margaret died 12 May 1844 and is buried in Old Red Oak Cemetery located North of Ripley, Ohio. Jesse married (2) Martha Hodgkins on 20 March 1845, (3) 18 January 1849 to Sarah Cumberland, (4) 5 July 1855 tp Rhoda Barton who died probably in early 1861. Jesse married (5) 5 September 1861 Sarah Perkins. Sarah predeceased Jesse, as his death reveals him to be 82 years old, widower, died in Union Township, Brown County, Ohio of chronic diarrhea.
His estate is recorded as #12728 as "no estate whatsoever, this only done to release a mortgage of record". Mr. Orange Sutton (son of Benjamin and sister Mary E. Sutton wife of Alexander Monroe) was administrator. The note of Mr. Washington white as paid in four payments in 1877/79 Dr. J.C.Winters attended Jesse until 13 April 1877, his fees paid to 12 April 1877. Burial clothes, casket and hearseage paid pn 14 April 1877.
Probable siblings of Jesse Monroe living in Brown County were Hugh Monroe, born: 1789 married: 18 November 1819 to Isabella Espry; Margaret Monroe, born: 1800/10 married: 10 March 1825 Robert Kirkpatrick (brother of Margaret Kirkpatrick Monroe); George Monroe, born: 1805/08, married: 19 May 1825 Zena Prickett in Byrd Township.
Jesse Monroe (grandfather of Edward E. Swisher's wife Elizabeth K.) was born 11 June 1796 in Virginia, died 13 April 1877, buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Ripley, Ohio, married (1) 23 March 1819 Margaret Kirkpatrick born 3 August 1794 daughter of Samuel Kirkpatrick and Martha Rosebourgh (Rosbery?). Martha was daughter of Samuel and Agnes. Margaret Kirkpartrick was born in Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky, and may have movesd to Mason County Kentucky, as he married Jesse there.
Children of Jesse and Margaret Monroe were:
1) John born: 26 March 1829
died: 8 April 1857
2) Samuel born: 18 Oct 1823
died: 15 Nov 1860
married: 1 Aug 1844 Mary Ann Butt
3) Alexander born: 1826/27
married: Mary E. Sutton daughter of Benjamin Sutton
4) William born: 28 Dec 1828
died: 22 Feb 1853
5) Nancy Jane born: 1833
married: Wilson Smith
6) Alfred born: 1835
married: 21 May 1861 to Mary Jane Kelly, daughter of John and Frances Kelly.
7) George born: 6 Dec 1837
died: 5 Jun 1917
married: (1) 2 May 1872 Helena Scheer
(2) 7 March 1883 Hattie LakeU.S. Census records show the Jesse Monroe family lived in Byrd and Union Townships, Brown County. Jesse's first wife Margaret died 12 May 1844 and is buried in Old Red Oak Cemetery located North of Ripley, Ohio. Jesse married (2) Martha Hodgkins on 20 March 1845, (3) 18 January 1849 to Sarah Cumberland, (4) 5 July 1855 tp Rhoda Barton who died probably in early 1861. Jesse married (5) 5 September 1861 Sarah Perkins. Sarah predeceased Jesse, as his death reveals him to be 82 years old, widower, died in Union Township, Brown County, Ohio of chronic diarrhea.
His estate is recorded as #12728 as "no estate whatsoever, this only done to release a mortgage of record". Mr. Orange Sutton (son of Benjamin and sister Mary E. Sutton wife of Alexander Monroe) was administrator. The note of Mr. Washington white as paid in four payments in 1877/79 Dr. J.C.Winters attended Jesse until 13 April 1877, his fees paid to 12 April 1877. Burial clothes, casket and hearseage paid pn 14 April 1877.
Probable siblings of Jesse Monroe living in Brown County were Hugh Monroe, born: 1789 married: 18 November 1819 to Isabella Espry; Margaret Monroe, born: 1800/10 married: 10 March 1825 Robert Kirkpatrick (brother of Margaret Kirkpatrick Monroe); George Monroe, born: 1805/08, married: 19 May 1825 Zena Prickett in Byrd Township.
Jesse Monroe (grandfather of Edward E. Swisher's wife Elizabeth K.) was born 11 June 1796 in Virginia, died 13 April 1877, buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Ripley, Ohio, married (1) 23 March 1819 Margaret Kirkpatrick born 3 August 1794 daughter of Samuel Kirkpatrick and Martha Rosebourgh (Rosbery?). Martha was daughter of Samuel and Agnes. Margaret Kirkpartrick was born in Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky, and may have movesd to Mason County Kentucky, as he married Jesse there.
Children of Jesse and Margaret Monroe were:
1) John born: 26 March 1829
died: 8 April 1857
2) Samuel born: 18 Oct 1823
died: 15 Nov 1860
married: 1 Aug 1844 Mary Ann Butt
3) Alexander born: 1826/27
married: Mary E. Sutton daughter of Benjamin Sutton
4) William born: 28 Dec 1828
died: 22 Feb 1853
5) Nancy Jane born: 1833
married: Wilson Smith
6) Alfred born: 1835
married: 21 May 1861 to Mary Jane Kelly, daughter of John and Frances Kelly.
7) George born: 6 Dec 1837
died: 5 Jun 1917
married: (1) 2 May 1872 Helena Scheer
(2) 7 March 1883 Hattie LakeU.S. Census records show the Jesse Monroe family lived in Byrd and Union Townships, Brown County. Jesse's first wife Margaret died 12 May 1844 and is buried in Old Red Oak Cemetery located North of Ripley, Ohio. Jesse married (2) Martha Hodgkins on 20 March 1845, (3) 18 January 1849 to Sarah Cumberland, (4) 5 July 1855 tp Rhoda Barton who died probably in early 1861. Jesse married (5) 5 September 1861 Sarah Perkins. Sarah predeceased Jesse, as his death reveals him to be 82 years old, widower, died in Union Township, Brown County, Ohio of chronic diarrhea.
His estate is recorded as #12728 as "no estate whatsoever, this only done to release a mortgage of record". Mr. Orange Sutton (son of Benjamin and sister Mary E. Sutton wife of Alexander Monroe) was administrator. The note of Mr. Washington white as paid in four payments in 1877/79 Dr. J.C.Winters attended Jesse until 13 April 1877, his fees paid to 12 April 1877. Burial clothes, casket and hearseage paid pn 14 April 1877.
Probable siblings of Jesse Monroe living in Brown County were Hugh Monroe, born: 1789 married: 18 November 1819 to Isabella Espry; Margaret Monroe, born: 1800/10 married: 10 March 1825 Robert Kirkpatrick (brother of Margaret Kirkpatrick Monroe); George Monroe, born: 1805/08, married: 19 May 1825 Zena Prickett in Byrd Township.