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Jonathan Driskell (1769 - 1857)

Jonathan (John) Driskell
Born in Worcester County, Marylandmap
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Son of and
Brother of , [half] and
Husband of — married 7 Aug 1801 in Worchester, Marylandmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , and
Died at age 87 in Fairfield Township, Highland, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Biography

John Driskell is the son of Elgate Driskell and Naomiah Boone. He married Katherine "Katie" Morris, the daughter of William Morris on 7 August 1801 in Worcester, Maryland.[1]

John and Katherine arrived in Highland County, Ohio in 1808 where they bought and cleared 200 acres in Fairfield Township. They had 8 children:[2]

  1. John
  2. Henry
  3. Nancy
  4. Allen, moved to Indiana
  5. Lewis, b. 13 Apr 1816; d. 04 Nov 1911[3]
  6. George
  7. William
  8. Sarah

The Driskell family are living in Fairfield Township, Highland, Ohio in the year 1840. Included in their household are two sons and one daughter. [4]

He and Catherine are enumerated on the 1850 Fairfield, Highland, Ohio census. John is listed as being born 1770 in Maryland. [5]

John passed away on March 1, 1857 in Highland County, Ohio. He was laid to rest in Highland Cemetery, Highland, Highland, Ohio, United States. [6]

Sources

  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. [1]
  2. ↑ Klise, J.W. and Hough, A.E. The county of Highland: a history of Highland County, Ohio, from the ... Northwestern Historical Association, 1902. Page 283
  3. ↑ Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYV-DT5 : 16 August 2017), John Driskill, Fairfield Township, Highland, Ohio, United States; citing p. 5, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 403; FHL microfilm 20,168.
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQ8-VWW : 12 April 2016), John Driskill, Fairfield, Highland, Ohio, United States; citing family 924, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 March 2019), memorial page for John Driskill (9 Oct 1769–1 Mar 1857), Find A Grave: Memorial #49716419, citing Highland Cemetery, Highland, Highland County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by America (contributor 46915944) .




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