The following is a list of births extracted from a diary kept by Jennie (Love) Murray of Meigs County. A note from the donor of this information:
The information is from a diary found in a trunk belonging to my grandmother, Jennie (Love) Murray. I assume the information was kept by her, but not sure. The trunk was in my family when I was a child, and I remember seeing the book. My cousin, Gene Welsh, now has it, and he extracted the information, rather than keep handling the book. The pages have become very brittle.
Hily (Murray) Richards
CHILDREN 1900 March 6 VonSchriltz, Lew girl 20 Phillips, Pat boy Donald 24 Longstreth, John girl 25 Siders, Joseph boy 25 Nichols, Howard girl 28 Folden, John girl Anna May 28 Ogden, Noah boy Elsworth Kenny April 20 Nelson, Charles girl 24 Thompson, L. B. boy 28 Beach, Ross boy Howard May 2 Chase, Miles girl Garnet 10 Smith, Okley boy 16 Merriett, Will Prof. girl 25 Edmundson, Lang boy 29 Martin, Charley girl 30 Farley, Henry girl June ? Russell, Manda girl 10 Robinson, Burt boy July 22 Harmon, Anthony girl Audrey Aug 4 Bobo, Vince girl Jewell 4 Hysell, Watt girl & boy (twins) 12 Miller, Iva Folden girl Sept 1 Love, Leslie boy 3 Neighborgall, Dan girl 3 Larkins, Don boy 8 Baker, John girl 15 Edmundson, Calvin girl 15 Lysle, Oren boy 26 Vensante, George girl Oct. 5 Strasbaugh, ?? boy 7 Murray, Charles boy (Jennie's Baby) 9 West, J. P. boy (Middleport) 9 Worthz, Dr. boy Ray (of Coalton) 10 Shenerfield, Wesley boy 25 Turner, Dave girl Hazel Nov 3 Moler, Bern girl 30 Brown, Elza girl Dec. 2 Snider, John boy 7 Smith, Setta Folden boy & girl (twins) 13 Folden, Leon ?? 1901 Jan 1 Savage, Charley boy 9 Woods, Marion girl 12 Wiseman, Janie boy 17 Davis, Howard boy 21 Cline, Chester girl 22 Wiseman, Hollis girl Feb 6 Dennison, Wallace boy 8 Nelson, Clyde boy 8 Woodyard, James girls (twins) Pomeroy 19 Davis, Leon girl March 29 Lyman, Sarn boy ? Sace, Homer boy April 5 VonSchriltz, Amer boy 6 Curry, Frank girl of Wilkesville May 13 Hamilton, ?? girls (twins) of Middleport ?? Nickleson, Will boy June 26 Newsome, June girl 26 Mulholland, John boy July 1 Roup, Jim boy 15 Warner, Edith Morton girl 20 Bowles, Finley boy (born dead) 22 Stalder, Erma Brown boy 26 Irwins, ??? boy, girl, girl (triplets) Aug 4 Grate, Bertha Braley boy 8 Syn, Leon girl 16 Swisher, Mary VonSchriltz boy 20 White, Addie Brown girl Bernice Sept 1 Martin, Ernest F. girl 6 Chase, Miles girl Susan Alice 9 Johnson, Lewis boy 13 Strong, Glen girl (Emma Holliday) 15 Gardner, Willie boy (Hattie Folden) 30 Woods, Sherman girl Oct 6 Bowen, John & Eva boy 10 Folden, Jab girl 20 Cameron, It & Stella girl 29 Moler, Bern girl (born dead) Nov 8 Folden, Charley boy (born dead) 10 Winn, Fred girls (twins) 20 Turner, Billie boy 21 Childers, Bill 3 ??? (triplets) 20 Gilmore, Robert & Autie girl 24 Ralph, Emory girl 27 Jones, Ballard boy 27 Huffman, Lizzie girl Dec 8 Rathburn, Charley girl Helen of Rutland 21 Smith, Setta Folden boy of Florida 31 Vernon, Wiseman Cora girl (4lbs) 1902 Jan 1 Wills, Bern girl 4 Wiseman, Hiram girl 11 Lysle, Orren girl 14 Fleek, Jim girl 18 Wilcox, Osro Mrs. girl Feb 1 Boatman, Nancy Bobo girl 25 Folden, Leon boy March 2 Stout, Dal boy 4 Lowe, Agnese girl 10 Moler, Pearl boy 19 Dudgeons, Jim daug boy 24 Jones, Carney boy 27 Thompson, L. B. girl 27 Wright, Will & Cora girl 27 Castor, C. L. girl April 3 Lowe, Andy (Mina Ota) boy 15 Humphery, Earl girl 15 Dennison, Walice girl 25 Glockner, George girl Han Nelson May 1 Nelson, Delno boy 6 Holliday, Ross girl 30 Phillips, Pat & Bessie boy (McMorrow) 30 Wiseman, Howard girl 31 Woods, Lew (Gardner Eda) boy June 3 McCan, O. S. boy 3 Bishop, Ebb boy 13 Jackson, Anson girl 13 Smith, Dessie (Stansbury) girl 12 Phelps, Marion girl July 29 Nelson, Mary boy Aug 1 Rife, Vall boy 10 Bowles, Tim girl 16 Saxton, Burnie boy 24 Haning, Dora boy Sept 4 Rathburn, Charley boy 12 Swan, Bill girl 14 Wilson, George boy 19 Rathburn, Melzer boy 28 Miller, John (Iva Folden) boy Oct 5 Reed, Lemmell (Jennie Harkins) boy 13 Sanders, Rob girl Nov. 3 Moler, Burn girl Dec. 3 Bowles, Bart ?? Nov. 13 Forrest, Burr girl (dead) 29 Vonschriltz boy 1903 Jan 8 Davis, Lan girl 10 Allen, Bill G. boy 15 Goff, Sada Ogden boy 30 Chase, Jim boy Feb. 8 Love, Leslie boy 23 Folden, Essie boy March 4 Murray, Charles & Jennie girl (Sarah Lucille) ? Moler, Pearl boy ? Moler, Roy boy 31 Vernon, Cora boy April 27 Cameron, Charley Itt girl 28 Welch, Clint girl May ? Strong, Glenn (Emma Holliday) boy June 20 Holt, Ray boy 20 Bickle, Dell girl Aug. ? Hutton, Less girl & boy (twins) 25 Herman, Frank boys (twins) Sept 11 Lyman, Sam girl (died Jan. 1905) 14 Brown, Elza boy (Frank) Oct 10 Woods, Jasper girl 17 Sidenstricker, Floyd girl 1904 Jan. 15 Lyle, Orren girl Feb 14 Saxton, Lew boys (twins) 24 Rathburn, Charley boy 27 Pickering, Frank girl March 5 Miner, Sherm girl (dead) 10 Pond, Howard girl 26 Gilmore, Lillie girl April 23 Holliday, Charley girl June 18 Turner, J. A. girl 15 Cline, Mamie Dunbar girl Sept. 3 Holliday, Ross girl Oct 20 Price, Tom (zella McCarty) boy 1905 March 3 Tyler, Ab boy 18 VonSchriltz, Amer girl 24 VonSchriltz, James girl (Grace) April 13 Gardner, Frank boy 13 Swan, William girl 26 Smith, Cash boy Aug 17 Jackson, Walter boy (amos) 17 Castor, C. L. boy 20 Lightburn, Vaile boy 21 Ward, John girl ? Strong, Glenn girl Sept 10 Jones, Ballard girl 10 Holliday, Gill and Mimmie ? 17 Curry, Dick boy 19 Minor, Sherm boy 24 Turner, Jim girl Nov 9 Rathburn, Charley boy Dec 16 Bobo, Vince boy 1906 Jan 9 Gardner, Willie boy 14 Cameron, Charlie girl 19 Newsome, June boy 25 Jackson, Anson girl March 3 Folden, Charley girl (dead) 6 Davis, Roy boy (dead) 6 Folden, John girl 9 Hunt, Val girl Sept 5 Thompson, Kirk girl 10 VonSchriltz, Amer girl 28 Folden, Howard boy Oct 14 Chase, Wilkie boy 20 Folden, Herm girl 25 Dennison, Wallace boy 27 Tyler, Ab Mrs. girl 28 Hack, Lewis boy Dec. 20 Tuckerman, Rue girl 1907 Jan 8 Ward, William boy 13 Folden, Herb girl 28 Norton, Clarence boy March 2 Miller, Floyd girl 19 Leonard, Ross girl Feb 3 Winget, ?? girl Gave birth to baby in Meigs Co. Jail, first ever to be born there.