Squire A Caris (1851 - 1940)

Born 3 Jul 1851 in Lincoln Township, Morrow County, Ohio

Ancestors

Husband of Sophrona Eliza (Warner) Caris — married 17 May 1874 in Cardington, Morrow County, OHio

Descendants

Died 3 Nov 1940 at age 89 in Columbus, Ohio

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Biography

Squire Caris is a member of the Caris Name Study Project.

• From hand written copy of the obituary written by Rev. Albert G. Caris, son of Squire A. Caris:

Squire A. Caris, son of Matthias and Hannah C. Caris was born in Lincoln Twp., Morrow Co. Ohio. He was one of ten children, nine boys and one girl. Of these, his sister, older than he, Mrs. E. W. Ogg of Mt. Vernon, Ohio and his youngest brother, Harland F. Caris of Cardington, Ohio survive. Sunday, Nov. 3, 1940 Mr. Caris's earthly stay was ended at the age of 89 years and 4 months. His schooling was that furnished by the local country school and the early high school of Cardington. At the age of 16 he passed the teachers' examination and began teaching in his home district. He was married to Sophronia E. Warner, May 17, 1874. To this Union were born 2 daughters and three sons. Both daughters died in childhood. The three sons, Albert G. and Vaughn B. of Columbus, Ohio and Percy W. of Trenton N.J. survive. His wife preceded him in death, Dec. 29, 1938, after more that 64 years of married life. In 1881 Mr. Caris entered the ministry in the Christian Church on a part time basis. Beginning in 1886 he moved to Somerford, Ohio to take charge of the village school and the church there. Until 1893 he continued this type of double work acting all the time as pastor of two or three village or rural charges and teaching in the villages of Somerford, Plattsburg, and Brighton. At times during these years, his weekly trip to visit his churches necessitated traveling 70 miles by horse and buggy. No matter how severe the weather, the trip would be made. After 1893 and until his retirement, he gave his full time to pastoral work. During his active ministry Mr. Caris served many village and rural churches, among them being Somerford, Vienna, Plattsburg, Watkins, Raymond, Williamsport, Clarksburg, Wilson's Chapel, Enon, and Westerville, all of Ohio and Ashton Illinois While serving churches in Central Ohio and he was very active in the work of the Ohio Central Christian Conference and served as secretary of that body for many years. When he retired, from full time pastoral service he purchased a home in Defiance, Ohio to live near his son Alber G. Although retired from active service, he very frequently assisted in the services of most of the churches of that vicinity. Throughout all of his active life, he was deeply interested in Temperance work and gave his energy and influence freely to it. In 1937, he and his wife, no longer able to carry the responsibility of keeping their own home, went to Columbus to live with their sons. In addition to the brothers and sisters and the three sons already mentioned as surviving, he leaves nine children and four great grandchildren. ~Obituary written by his grandson Albert Garfield Caris - a wonderful tribute to his grandfather.

_____ From "A History of the Church at Westville, pages 46 and 47". Rev. Squire A. Caris –1905-1909 "Rev. Squire A. Caris was born in Lincoln Township, Morrow County, Ohioin 1851. At age 16, he began teaching in his home district. In 1881,Caris was ordained into ministry in the Christian Church, at first on a part time basis. During his ministry, Rev. Caris served many village and rural churches, including Somerford, Vienna, Plattsburg, Watkins, Raymond, Williamsport, Clarksburg, Wilson’s Chapel, Enon, Resaca and Westville, all of Ohio, and Ashton, Illinois. While serving churches in Central Ohio, he was active in the work of the Ohio Central Christian Conference and served as secretary of that body for many years. Caris was active in the temperance movement throughout his life. After retiring from full time ministry, Rev. Squire Caris (front row, left) purchased a home in Defiance, Ohio to live near his son Albert G. Albert was a professor and President of DefianceCollege, and later a statistician for the Ohio Department of Insurance. In 1937, Squire and his wife, Sophronia, moved to Columbus to live with their sons Albert and Percy (a professor at The Ohio State University.) Squire Caris died in 1940. The Caris’s Neil Avenue home in Columbu.,

Sources

• Caris Family Bible
• Application for First Families in American completed by

Albert G. Caris

• State of Ohio, Department of Health Certificate of Death File No. 67303 Birth: Jul. 3, 1851 Morrow CountyOhio, USA
• A History of the Church at Westville "A History of the Church at Westville 1862-2012", pages 45 and 46
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6LC-DB5 : 19 March 2020), Squire Caris in entry for Mathias Caris, 1870.
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZYC-PP1 : 26 August 2019), S. A. Caris and Frona E. Warner, 17 May 1874; citing Marriage, Morrow, Ohio, United States, V3, pg.242, cn.630, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.=
• "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRMW-HHM : 18 May 2020), S A Caris in entry for Sarah I Caris, 1877.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8SW-8XW : 26 August 2017), Squire Carris, Lincoln, Morrow, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 124, sheet 239A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,053.
• "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRMW-LND : 18 May 2020), S.a. Caris in entry for Albert Garfield Caris, 1881.
• "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRMW-G7J : 18 May 2020), S.a. Caris in entry for Vaughan Caris, 1884.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM68-99N : accessed 1 August 2020), Squire A Caris, Lincoln Township, Morrow, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103, sheet 10A, family 233, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,309.
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8WN-YY1 : 26 August 2019), S. A. Caris in entry for Albert Garfield Caris and Mary Gertrude Jennings, 27 Dec 1904; citing Marriage, Union, Ohio, United States, p 124, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK6B-VL3 : accessed 1 August 2020), Squire A Caris, Pine Rock, Ogle, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 73, sheet 8A, family 145, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 314; FHL microfilm 1,374,327.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDG7-W11 : accessed 1 August 2020), Squire A Caris, Defiance Ward 3, Defiance, Ohio, United States; citing ED 7, sheet 13B, line 91, family 323, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1376; FHL microfilm 1,821,376.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4QV-G5D : accessed 1 August 2020), Squire A Caris, Defiance, Defiance, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 8A, line 27, family 192, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1789; FHL microfilm 2,341,523.
• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZH2-247 : 15 August 2019), Squire Caris in entry for Sophronia Warner Caris, 29 Dec 1938; citing Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, reference fn 70332; FHL microfilm 2,023,671.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW8Z-QW2 : 17 May 2020), Squire A Caris in household of Albert G Caris, Ward 14, Columbus City, Montgomery Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 93-226, sheet 62B, line 43, family 307, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3247.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW8Z-13R : 11 February 2020), Squire Caris in household of Vaughn B Caris, Ward 16, Columbus City, Montgomery Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 93-246, sheet 3A, line 38, family 69, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3248.
• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZRT-QKH : 15 August 2019), Squire A Caris, 03 Nov 1940; citing Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, reference fn 67303; FHL microfilm 2,023,884.
• "Ohio, Columbus, Union Cemetery, Burial Records, ca. 1878-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:79BS-FTPZ : 12 August 2019), Squire A Caris in entry for Vaughn B Caris, 1977.
• Handwritten obituary by Rev. Albert G. Caris for his father Squire A. Caris (in possession of his heirs
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 August 2020), memorial page for Rev Squire A. Caris (3 Jul 1851–3 Nov 1940), Find A Grave: Memorial #59329548, citing Pompey Cemetery, Morrow County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Kathryn Peters (contributor 47311110) .
• A History of the Church at Westville