Amasa Cohee (1830 - 1912)

Born 8 Apr 1830 in Butler Co., Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca E. (Young) Cohee — married 21 Dec 1854 in Butler Co, Ohio, USA

Husband of Mary A (Osbourne) Cohee — married 8 Jun 1874 in Butler Co, Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 22 Jun 1912 at age 82 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, USA

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Biography

Amasa Cohee was born 8 April 1830 in Butler Co., Ohio. He is the son of Samuel Cohee and Lydia Willis.

1830 census -- St Clair Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA

Name: Samuel Cohee

Home in 1830: St Clair, Butler, Ohio

Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2 (Ezekiel, Amasa)

Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 (Samuel)

Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 (Lydia)

Free White Persons - Under 20: 3

Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1

Total Free White Persons: 4

Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 4^[1]

1840 Census - Carroll Co., Indiana

Name: Samuel Cohee

Home in 1840: Carroll, Indiana

Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 [?]

Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2 [James, John]

Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2 [Ezekial, Amasa]

Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 [Samuel]

Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 [Margaret]

Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 [?]

Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 [Lydia]

Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2

Free White Persons - Under 20: 7

Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2

Total Free White Persons: 9

Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 9^[2]

1850 Census - Wayne Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA

Samuel Cohee, age 48, male, , Farmer, $200 value of real estate, born in Delaware; Lydia Cohee, age 38, female, , no occupdaton, born in Ohio; Ezekiel Cohee, age 22, male, , Laborer, born in Ohio; Amassa Cohee, age 20, male, , Carpenter, born in Ohio; James Cohee, age 18, male, , farmer, born in Ohio, attended school; John Cohee, age 16, male, , farmer, born in Ohio, attended school; Margaret Cohee, age 14, female, , born in Ohio, attended school; David Cohee, age 4, male, , born in Ohio, attended school; Lydia A Cohee, age 2, female, , born in Ohio.^[3]

He married(1) Rebecca Young 21 Dec 1854 in Butler Co., Ohio.^[4] RESEARCH NOTE: The Ohio County Marriage record for Amasa Cohee and Rebecca E Young states they were married 21 Dec 1855; however, it is most likely 1854. All other marriages surrounding their record are from late 1854 to early 1855. Mostly likely the person recording the marriage wrote 1855 as it was recorded in 1855 but the marriage took place at the end of 1854.

1860 census -- Milford Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA

A Cohee, age 30, male, , farmer, $19550 real estate, $800 personal property, born Ohio; RE Cohee, age 25, female, , born Ohio; Willard R Cohee, age 5, male, , born Ohio, attended school; EB Cohee, age 3, male, , born Ohio; SL Cohee, age 1, male, , born Ohio^[5][6]

1870 census -- Milford Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA

Amasa Cobez, age 40, male, , farmer, $5700 real estate, $800 personal property, born Ohio; Willard Cobez, age 14, male, , works on farm, attended school, born Ohio; Alonzo Cobez, age 12, male, , attending school, attended school, born Ohio; Eugene Cobez, age 11, male, , attending school, attended school, born Ohio; Robert Cobez, age 9, male, , attended school, born Ohio; Thaddeus Cobez, age 5, male, , attended school, born Ohio^[7]

He married(2) Mary A Osbourne 8 June 1874 in Butler Co., Ohio.^[8]

1880 census -- Washington Twnp., Preble Co., Ohio, USA

Amasa Cohee, white, male, age 50, father, married, farmer, cannot read/write, born Ohio, father born Delaware, mother born Ohio; Mary Cohee, white, female, age 38, wife, married, keeping house, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana; Robert Cohee, white, male, age 18, son, single, farming, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Thaddeus Cohee, white, male, age 15, son, single, at home, attended school, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Albert Cohee, white, male, age 11, son, single, at home, attended school, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana.^[9]

1900 census -- Milford Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA

Amasa Cohee, head, white, male, born Apr 1830, age 70, married 26 years, born Ohio, father born Delaware, mother born New Jersey, wagonmaker, rent house; Mary A Cohee, wife, white, female, born Apr 1842, age 58, married 26 years, 5 childen / 5 living, born at sea, father born Scotland, mother born Ireland, immigrated 1852; Charles A Cohee, son, white, male, born Jul 1880, age 19, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born at sea, musician^[10]

He died 22 June 1912 in Columbus, Ohio.^[11]He is buried in Somerville Cemetery in Somerville, Ohio.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGJ-JH6 : accessed 10 May 2015), Samuel Cohee, St Clair, Butler, Ohio; citing p. 105, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 127; FHL microfilm 337,938.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB6-S8F : accessed 10 May 2015), Samuel Cohee, Not Stated, Carroll, Indiana; citing p. 425, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 76; FHL microfilm 7,722.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MX3J-8B1 : 12 April 2016), Amasse Cohn in household of Samuel Cohn, Wayne, Butler, Ohio, United States; citing family 26, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZDD-5KM : 17 October 2017), Amasa Coher and Rebecca E. Young, 21 Dec 1854; citing Butler, Ohio, United States, reference v 3 p 213; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 355,779.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCLS-1TM : 3 October 2017), A Cohee, 1860.
6. ↑ 1860 US Census, Milford Township, Butler County, Ohio - Page 108
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6K8-373 : 12 April 2016), Amasa Cobey, Ohio, United States; citing p. 17, family 126, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,676.
8. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZDF-Z8B : 17 October 2017), Amasa Coher and Mary A. Osborn, 08 Jun 1874; citing Butler, Ohio, United States, reference v 4 p 259; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 355,779.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8SN-9GX : 16 July 2017), Amasa Cohen, Washington, Preble, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 204, sheet 222D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1060; FHL microfilm 1,255,060.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMCD-J4R : accessed 20 October 2017), Amasa Cohn, Milford Township Somerville village, Butler, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23, sheet 11B, family 234, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,244.
11. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6XB-H5J : 8 December 2014), Amasa Cohee, 22 Jun 1912; citing Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, reference fn 32571; FHL microfilm 1,953,420.
12. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG1-168D : 13 December 2015), Amasa Cohee, 1912; Burial, Somerville, Butler, Ohio, United States of America, Somerville Cemetery; citing record ID 129032409, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.