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Hans Nicholas Firestone Jr. (1712-1777)

Mathias Firestone (1744-abt.1829) -- Jacob Firestone (1775-1830); Catherine (Firestone) Fiedler (abt.1777-1857); Sarah (Firestone) Perkey (1778-); Johannes F. Firestone (1782-1847); George W. Firestone (1784-1851); Solomon Firestone (1786-1841); Mary (Firestone) Carle (1789-1869); Margaret (Firestone) Goehring (1792-1814); Matthias Firestone (1794-1871); Daniel F. Firestone (abt.1796-); Hannah (Firestone) Wiehl (1799-1887); Elizabeth Firestone (abt.1800-); Joseph Firestone (1806-); Nancy Firestone (abt.1808-).

Contents

Overview

Notes on Nicholas1 Firestone and Family

See Hans Nicholas Firestone Jr. (1712-1777)
Russell's 1993 entry for Mathias Firestone considers most, but not necessarily all, of the known information about him and his family, referencing a host of sources including,
Origin of the family in Alsace
  • [001] Die Leiden der Evangelischen in der Graffschaftt Saarwerden (Kanston Saar-Union and Drutinger im Elsass) Reformation und Gegenreformation 1557-1700, nach dem Quellen erzahlt von Gustav Matthis, Pfarrer zu Eyweiler, Strassburg (1800), p. 256, Appendix of families from the records of churches in the locality. He is writing chiefly of the towns erected to house the early Huguenot refugees from France.
  • [002] Translated from the German by Klaus Hein, Keedysville, Md., 1978.
  • [003] Jason W. Firestone, Firestone Family of America (typescript, Chicago, 1904; five genealogical charts [sic] mounted in a copy at LDS Family History Library ....
  • [004] Parish Registers for Evangelical Church for Berg, 1712-1794, film nos. 729847 (baptisms) and 729849 (marriages and burials), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; Firestone entries transcribed from the German by Mrs. Trudy Shenk, A.G., Salt Lake City, 1991. (This information appears in Russell's archives as pg 41, pg 42 and pg 43, all from the part of his archives, "Firestone Families 1.")
Immigration to Pennsylvania
  • [005] Will dtd. 18 May 1801, probated 1 Aug. 1801. (Lancaster Co. Wills, H1:102). For this family see George Ely Russell, "Founders of the American Firestone Family," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 52 (1964):241-244.
1. Nicholas^1 Firestone, yet additional references,
  • [006] According to the Berg Parish Church Book, baptismal entry dated 27 Aug. 1733 for child Anna Catharina born 23 Aug. 1733.
  • [007] Strassburger and Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers (Norristown, Pa.: Pa. German Society, 1934), List 204, pp. 545-550. Both father and son were able to sign their names.
  • [008] Debra D. Smith and Frederick S. Weiser, Trinity Lutheran Church Records, Lancaster, Pa., Vol. 1, 1730-1767 (Apollo, Pa.: Closson Press, 1988), p. 245 (marriage), p. 121 (baptism of son Theobald)," and writing, "Conrad Stauzenberger was among young people confirmed 7 May 1749 and 24 Nov. 1750 (pp. 339, 366)."
  • [009] York Co., Deeds, E:6. Paradise Township is in the west central part of present York County, adjoining present Berwick and Hamilton Townships, Adams County.
  • [010] Frederick S. Weiser, "John George Kuntz and the Conewago Settlement," Maryland Magazine of Genealogy 2 (Spring 1979):16,
  • [011] "Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, York, Pa., Baptismal Register, in Bates & Wright, York County, Pa., Church Records of the 18th Century (Westminster, Md: Family Line Publications, 1992), vol. 2.
  • [012] M. S. Giuseppi, Naturalization of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies (London, 1921), p. 88.
  • [013] Memorandum, York Co. Wills, B:114.
  • [014] York Co. Orphans Court Records, B:184-185.
  • [015] [York Co. Orphans Court Records, B:], pp. 198-200 (petition), 249-250 (account).
  • [016] [York Co. Orphans Court Records], C:3.
  • [017] Johnannes/Hanss Feyerstein/Feuerstein died 9 Dec 1759 and was buried 31 Dec. in the cemetery of Berg. Court councillor for 20 years, church councillor, mayor of the villages of Berg & Thal since 1752, age 63 yrs. and a little over 5 months, born in 1698. First wife m. 9 Feb. 1719 to Anna Christina Mu(e)ller (died 22 Feb. 1720). Second wife [m.] 22 Jan. 1729 Anna Margreta Weiland/Weylandt (d. 5 July 1778 age 76 y 4 m). (Berg Parish Church Books.)
  • [018] [Johann] Andreas Feyerstein/Feuerstein, citizen and weaver of linen in Thal, d. 6 March 1753, bur. the 8th, age 47y 2m 28d; m. 20 Jan. 1728 Anna Maria Strauch (d. 20 Jan 1786). (Berg Parish Church Books.)
  • [019] Johannes/Hanss Feyerstein/Feerstein, Jr., son of Hanss and Anna Christina, born '7 weeks early' 26 Sept. 1719; m. 9 May 1741 Anna Christine Muller (b. 22 Feb. 1720). (Berg Parish Register Books.)
  • [020] [Johann] Conrad Feyerstein/Feuerstein, son of Hanss and Anna Margaetha, b. 15 Aug. 1727; m. 27 April 1762 Christina Margaretha Geyer. (Berg Church Books.)
2. Catharina^2 Feyerstein,
See Anna Catharina (Feyerstein) Stauzenberger (1733-bef.1770)
  • [004] Parish Registers for Evangelical Church for Berg, 1712-1794, film nos. 729847 (baptisms) and 729849 (marriages and burials), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; Firestone entries transcribed from the German by Mrs. Trudy Shenk, A.G., Salt Lake City, 1991.
  • [008] Debra D. Smith and Frederick S. Weiser, Trinity Lutheran Church Records, Lancaster, Pa., Vol. 1, 1730-1767 (Apollo, Pa.: Closson Press, 1988), p. 245 (marriage), p. 121 (baptism of son Theobald)," and writing, "Conrad Stauzenberger was among young people confirmed 7 May 1749 and 24 Nov. 1750 (pp. 339, 366)."
  • [011] "Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, York, Pa., Baptismal Register, in Bates & Wright, York County, Pa., Church Records of the 18th Century (Westminster, Md: Family Line Publications, 1992), vol. 2.
  • [015] [York Co. Orphans Court Records, B:], pp. 198-200 (petition), 249-250 (account).
  • [016] [York Co. Orphans Court Records], C:3.
  • [066] Tax List of York County, 1779 (reprint, Westminister, Md.: Family Line Publ., 1989), p. 85. Berwick Township now in Adams County.
3. Nicholas^2 Firestone,
See Johann Nicholas Firestone (1735-1807)
  • [004] Parish Registers for Evangelical Church for Berg, 1712-1794, film nos. 729847 (baptisms) and 729849 (marriages and burials), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; Firestone entries transcribed from the German by Mrs. Trudy Shenk, A.G., Salt Lake City, 1991.
  • [007] Strassburger and Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers (Norristown, Pa.: Pa. German Society, 1934), List 204, pp. 545-550. Both father and son were able to sign their names.
  • [003] Jason W. Firestone, Firestone Family of America (typescript, Chicago, 1904; five genealogical charts [sic] mounted in a copy at LDS Family History Library ....
  • [013] Memorandum, York Co. Wills, B:114.
  • [015] [York Co. Orphans Court Records, B:], pp. 198-200 (petition), 249-250 (account).
  • [021] Pastor Jacob Lischy's Baptismal Register, 1744-1769. p. 182, at Historical Society of the Reformed and Evangelical Church, Lancaster, Pa.
  • [022] Original plat, York Co. Historical Society.
  • [023] York Co. Deeds, E:6-8.
  • [024] Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd ser., 23:749; 5th ser., 6:285, 291.
  • [025] V. S. Frederick, American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin County, Pa. (Chambersburg, Pa., 1944), p. 79.
  • [026] Frederick Co. Land Records, WR#6:450.
  • [027] Mildred M. Rice, New Fact and Old Families, from the Records of Frederick County, Md. (Redwood City, Calif., 1976), pp. 53.57; William Rice of Frederick County, Md., and Some of his descendants (Frederick, Md., 1979), p. 6 [in which name was misread as "William Firestone."]
  • [028] Heads of Families ... 1790 Maryland;;, p. 69.
  • [029] Frederick Co. Indentures, GM&RB#2:15.
  • [030] Frederick Co. Land Records, WR#4:382.
  • [031] Botetourt Co. Wills, November Court 1808.
  • [032] Botetourt Co. 1810 Census, p. 316.
  • [033] McMinn Co. Wills, A:172.
  • [034] Rockbridge Co. 1810 Census, p. 402A.
  • [035] Rockbridge Co. 1830 Census, p. 278.
  • [036] Rockbridge Co. 1840 Census, p. 286.
  • [037] Rockbridge Co. 1850 Census, p. 158.
  • [038] Baldwin, Columbiana Co. Cemetery Inscriptions.
  • [039] Margaret E. Meyers, Marriages Licenses of Frederick County, 1778-1810 (Silver Spring, Md.: Family Line Publ., 1986), p. 47.
  • [040] Mack, History of Columbiana Co., Ohio, p. 331.
  • [041] Washington County, Md., Church Records of the 18th Century (Westminster, Md., Family Line Publ., 1988), p. 74.
  • [042] Botetourt Co. Marriage Records, 1798.
  • [043] McMinn Co. Marriage Register, C:15.
  • [044] Rockbridge Co. 1810, p. 402A.
  • [045] McMinn Co. Wills, E:89 (will), and other probate records, in Reba B. Boyer, Wills and Estate Records of McMinn County, Tenn. (1966); McMinn Co. Deeds, M.169-170 (sale of farm).
4. Joseph^2 Firestone,
See Johann Joseph Feyerstein (1737-bef.1792)
  • [004] Parish Registers for Evangelical Church for Berg, 1712-1794, film nos. 729847 (baptisms) and 729849 (marriages and burials), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; Firestone entries transcribed from the German by Mrs. Trudy Shenk, A.G., Salt Lake City, 1991.
  • [014] York Co. Orphans Court Records, B:184-185.
  • [015] [York Co. Orphans Court Records, B:], pp. 198-200 (petition), 249-250 (account).
  • [023] York Co. Deeds, E:6-8.
  • [046] Loudoun Co. Wills, D:291-292 (inventory)
  • [048] Original survey plant, York Co. Historical Society, Paradise Twp. Draft 56. [This source appears in the Russell collection at Allen County Public Library, part of ...Firestonei, image 237 of 286.]
  • [049] York Co. Deeds, D:545.
  • [050] [York Co. Deeds], 2A:459-460. [Russell's typescript of this source appears in the Russell collection at Allen County Public Library, part of ...Firestonei, image 246 of 286.]
  • [051] Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd ser. 21:318.
  • [052] Fothergill and Naugel, Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-1787, p. 43.
  • [053] Nettie Schreiner-Yantis and Florence Love, Personal Property Tax Lists ... Loudoun County, Virginia (Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1986).
  • [054] Loudoun Co. Deeds, W:77-79.
  • [055] Loudoun Co. Wills, E:182-183 (account).
  • [056] Frederick Co. 1800 Census, p. 775, line 14; misread as "Kellison Runnels."
  • [057] Frederick Co. 1810 Census, p. 369. A Frederick Co. marriage license was issue to Reynolds Kellison and Patty Jones on 9 Dec. 1802.
  • [058] Loudoun Co. Deeds, 2Q:417.
  • [059] Pastor Krug's Marriage Register, Maryland Magazine of Genealogy 4:27.
  • [060] Inquiry, Genealogical Helper 31 (1977):170; correspondence with Florence M. Marietta, Louisville, Ky.
  • [061] Mary A. Wertz, Marriages of Loudoun County, Virginia (Baltimore: Gen. Publ. Co., 1985), p. 135.
  • [062] [Mary A. Wertz, Marriages of Loudoun County, Virginia (Baltimore: Gen. Publ. Co., 1985)], p. 37.
  • [063] Frederick S. Weiser, Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church Parish Register, Book II, 1762-1811 (Gettysburg, Pa., typewritten, 1970).
  • [064] Inquiry, Genealogical Helper 17:31, 181; correspondence with Ruth Whitmarsh, Chico, Calif., 1971.
5. Eva Catharina^2 Feyerstein,
See Eva Catharine (Feuerstein) Stiffler (1739-1808)
  • [004] Parish Registers for Evangelical Church for Berg, 1712-1794, film nos. 729847 (baptisms) and 729849 (marriages and burials), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; Firestone entries transcribed from the German by Mrs. Trudy Shenk, A.G., Salt Lake City, 1991.
  • [014] York Co. Orphans Court Records, B:184-185.
  • [015] [York Co. Orphans Court Records, B:], pp. 198-200 (petition), 249-250 (account).
  • [021] Pastor Jacob Lischy's Baptismal Register, 1744-1769. p. 182, at Historical Society of the Reformed and Evangelical Church, Lancaster, Pa.
  • [065] ["Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, York, Pa., Baptismal Register, in Bates & Wright, York County, Pa., Church Records of the 18th Century (Westminster, Md: Family Line Publications, 1992), vol. 2[, p. 220.
  • [066] Tax List of York County, 1779 (reprint, Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publ., 1989), p. 85. Berwick Township, no in Adams County.
6. Rosina^2 Feyerstein,
See Rosina (Firestone) Hoff (abt.1741-abt.1810)
  • [004] Parish Registers for Evangelical Church for Berg, 1712-1794, film nos. 729847 (baptisms) and 729849 (marriages and burials), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; Firestone entries transcribed from the German by Mrs. Trudy Shenk, A.G., Salt Lake City, 1991.
  • [014] York Co. Orphans Court Records, B:184-185.
  • [015] [York Co. Orphans Court Records, B:], pp. 198-200 (petition), 249-250 (account).
  • [067] Frederick S. Weiser, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Parish Registers, 1757-1889 (Gettsburg, Pa., typewritten, 1971), pp. 19, 20. 24.
  • [063] Frederick S. Weiser, Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church Parish Register, Book II, 1762-1811 (Gettysburg, Pa., typewritten, 1970).
  • [059] Pastor Krug's Marriage Register, Maryland Magazine of Genealogy 4:27.
  • [068] One Philip Hough was taxed for personal property in Loudoun Co. Va., 1787-1789. One Philip Hoff was head of family, Frederick Co., Va., 1810 (Census, p. 534).
7. Mathias^2 Firestone,
See Mathias Firestone (1744-abt.1829)
See below.
8. Dorothea^2 Firestone,
See Maria Dorothea (Feuerstein) Wahl (1747-)
  • [004] Parish Registers for Evangelical Church for Berg, 1712-1794, film nos. 729847 (baptisms) and 729849 (marriages and burials), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; Firestone entries transcribed from the German by Mrs. Trudy Shenk, A.G., Salt Lake City, 1991.
  • [011] "Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, York, Pa., Baptismal Register, in Bates & Wright, York County, Pa., Church Records of the 18th Century (Westminster, Md: Family Line Publications, 1992), vol. 2.
  • [014] York Co. Orphans Court Records, B:184-185.
  • [015] [York Co. Orphans Court Records, B:], pp. 198-200 (petition), 249-250 (account).
  • [096] Original Inventory, York County Courthouse. Signed by sons and sons-in-law.
  • [097] Tax List of York County, 1779 (Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publ., 1989), pp. 7 (Wall), 58 (Emich).
9. Magdalena^2 Firestone,
See Maria Magdalena (Feuerstein) Emigh (1750-)
  • [004] Parish Registers for Evangelical Church for Berg, 1712-1794, film nos. 729847 (baptisms) and 729849 (marriages and burials), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; Firestone entries transcribed from the German by Mrs. Trudy Shenk, A.G., Salt Lake City, 1991.
  • [014] York Co. Orphans Court Records, B:184-185.
  • [015] [York Co. Orphans Court Records, B:], pp. 198-200 (petition), 249-250 (account).
  • [097] Tax List of York County, 1779 (Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publ., 1989), pp. 7 (Wall), 58 (Emich).
  • [063] Frederick S. Weiser, Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church Parish Register, Book II, 1762-1811 (Gettysburg, Pa., typewritten, 1970).
11. Michael^2 Firestone,
See Michael Feuerstein (abt.1756-)
  • [098] Revolutionary War Muster and Pay Rolls, National Archives, Washington D.C.
  • [099] "Monocacy Manor Leases, 1767-1768; Lots as Surveyed," in Grace L. Tracey and John P. Dern, Pioneers of Old Monocacy, the Early Settlement of Frederick County, Md. (Baltimore: Gen. Publ. Co., 1987), pp. 322-323.
  • [100] J. Thomas Scharf, History of Western Maryland (Philadelphia, 1882), p. 619.
(additional descendants and yet additional references are published)

Notes on Mathias2 Firestone and Family

See Mathias Firestone (1744-abt.1829)
Russell's 1993 entry for Mathias Firestone considers most, but not necessarily all, of the known information about him and his family, referencing a host of sources including,
References in Marthias' narrative,
  • [040] Parish Registers for Evangelical Church for Berg, 1712-1794, film nos. 729847 (baptisms) and 729849 (marriages and burials), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; Firestone entries transcribed from the German by Mrs. Trudy Shenk, A.G., Salt Lake City, 1991.
  • [014] York Co. Orphans Court Records, B:184-185.
  • [015] [York Co. Orphans Court Records, B:] pp. 198-200 (petition), 249-250 (account).
  • [003] Jason W. Firestone, Firestone Family of America (typescript, Chicago, 1904; five genealogical churts [sic] mounted in a copy at LDS Family History Library ....
  • [063] Frederick S. Weiser, Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church Parish Register, Book II, 1762-1811 (Gettysburg, Pa., typewritten, 1970). See Frederick S. Weiser, Mrs. W. E. Hutchinson and Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick Maryland, The Evangelical Lutheran Church ... Parish Register[s], 2 vols., typescript, 1969-1970, 2:15 (Anna Mary), 151 (Johannes), 191 (Solomon); digital images, FHL film 00757887, images, 37, 175, 216, of 896.
  • [047] New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Records, Loudoun County, Va., 1784-1836, at Virginia State Library, Richmond, barely legible Feuerstein entries on pp. 25, 97; typescript at the Church (Lovettsville) and at Washington Co. Free Library, Hagerstown. [Russell's transcript of this source appears in the Russell collection at Allen County Public Library, part of ...Firestonei, image 256 of 286.]
  • [069] Frederick County Land Records, WR#7:205. No other deeds for him in Frederick Co.
  • [070] Heads of Families ... 1790 Maryland, p. 71.
  • [071] Beaver County 1800 Census, p. 12. The only Firestone household in the county.
Additional references found in the child list (includes #72-94),
  • [072] Jacob M. Holdcraft, Names in Stone, 75,000 Cemetery Inscriptions from Frederick County, Md. (Baltimore: Gen. Publ. Co., reprint 1985).
  • [073] Family records provided by A. Maxine Coppage, Concord, Calif., 1961.
  • [059] Pastor Krug's Marriage Register, Maryland Magazine of Genealogy 4:27.
  • [074] Columbiana County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1804-1835 (E. Liverpool, Ohio: Griscome DAR Chapter, 1938).
  • [075] Carol W. Bell, Ohio Lands: Steubenville Land Office, 1800-1820 (1983). p. 28.
  • [076] Thelma B. Lang, "Index to Tax List for 1810 Columbiana County," Ohio Source Records from the Ohio Genealogical Quarterly (Baltimore: Gen. Publ. Co., 1986), p. 129.
  • [077] Wayne County, Ohio, Commemorative Record (Beers Co., 1889), pp. 358-370.
  • [078] Wayne County 1830 Census, p. 45.
  • [079] Arlo W. Firestone and Marie (Landis) Doerrer, History of the Firestone Family 1706-1767 [n.d., n.p.], p. 5. Complete listing of the descendants of John's son David R. Firestone.
  • [080] Canton-Wooster, Ohio, Land Office Records; Ben. Douglass, History of Wayne County, Ohio (Indianapolis, 1878), pp. 620, 764.
  • [081] Esther W. Powell, Ohio Records and Pioneer Families (Akron), 5:103.
  • [082] Wayne County 1820 Census, p. 163A.
  • [083] Wayne County 1830 Census, p. 62.
  • [084] Family Bible Record, Ohio Lands and Pioneer Families, 11:35.
  • [085] Wayne County Probate Records, case no. F:32.
  • [086] Stark County Marriage Records.
  • [087] Wayne County 1820 Census, p. 168.
  • [088] Raymond Kringer, McEntaffer Genealogy (St. Louis, 1976); will of George McEntaffer dtd 22 April 1820 mentioned deceased daughter Christina Livingston's oldest son, George Firestone.
  • [089] Death Certificate, DeKalb Co., Ind., 11:210, names parents as Solomon Firestone and Christine McIntaffee.
  • [090] Stark County 1820 Census, p. 186A. The only Firestone household in county.
  • [091] Stark County 1830 Census, p. 214.
  • [092] Family records provided by granddaughter, Mrs. Olive Reynolds, Dwight Kansas, 1851; estate accounts, Stark Co. Probate Records, 187, 1874.
  • [093] William B. McCord, History of Columbiana County, Ohio (Chicago: Biographical Publ. Co., 1905), pp. 362, 372.
  • [094] Wayne County 1850 Census, Salt Creek Twp., family no. 125.
  • [095] Wayne County 1860 Census, Fredericksburg, family no. 268.

Bibliographic Notes

In Print--

Russell, 1993

George Ely Russell, C.G., FASG, FNGS, "Firestone Family of Frederick County, Maryland," Western Maryland Genealogy, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Jan 1993), and Vol. 9, No. 2 (April 1993), pages 62-72.

Russell, 1964

Russell, G E (1964) Founders of the American Firestone Family. National Genealogy Society Quarterly. v52 n4 p 241-244.

Archival--

Russell, c2015

"George Ely Russell, Jr. Collection," ACPL Genealogy Center; digitized archival materials, Allen County Public Library. In particular, see "Russell Associated Families" > "F Families" for four subsets of Firestone materials, including "Firestone Families 1," and materials apparently grouped by the first letter of a given name (A-H, I-J, K-...).
  • Mathias Firestone FGS in "Firestone Families K" at image 34, 35, 36 of 238.
  • Mathias Firestone, Jr. FGS in "Firestone Families K" at image 62, 63, 64 of 238.
  • George Samuel Firestone FGS and items, "Firestone Families A," images 205-239 of 333; death certificate begins at image 221 of 333.
  • John F. Firestone FGS and items in "Firestone Families I," at image 153 and 154 of 286; other items at image 155, 156 and 157.

Jason W. Firestone to Lisa Shoup, 1905

Jason W. Firestone, Columbus, Ohio, to Mrs. Lisa Shoup, Cimmaron, Kansas, 14 April 1905, 2 pp.

Jason W. Firestone, 1904 (Charts)

Jason W. Firestone, genealogical chart ("Wooster Branch") in "History of the Firestone family, 1706-1926 : American branch--descendants of Nicholas Feuerstein (Firestone), b.1706, Berg, Germany," 1904 (with additions to 1926); digital image, FamilySearch Catalog. filmed image 35 of 39. [Note--the FamilySearch Books' link doesn't seem to hold, but the organization also has the full work as bound volume on FHL film 1035628, Item 2, Digital Collection, 7953939, images 46-85 of 2130; genealogical charts appear as images 80-85.]

C. Firestone to S. Firestone, 1902

Clark B. Firestone to his father, Solomon Firestone of Lisbon, Ohio, letter from Elsas of Friday, September 25, 1902 (12 pages); viewed as typed copy, attachment to Shoup correspondence dated 1 June 1998; Clark Firestone wrote the letter while on a trip to Europe, after visiting the Firestone homelands of Berg and Thal; includes annotation on the first page.
Clark B. Firestone to his father, Solomon Firestone of Lisbon, Ohio, letter from Elsas of Friday, September 25, 1902

Arlo W. Firestone, History of the Firestone Family, after 1967

Arlo W. Firestone, Marie (Landis) Doerrer and Howard E. West, History of the Firestone Family: 1706-1967 (n.d., n.p. [printed by Roger Fasig, Ashland, Ohio]), 31 pp.; image copies for personal use made at Wayne County Library, citing R929.2-F52 by J. R. McKinney, in McKinney to GJ, cJuly 3, 1998.

Knight to Firestone, 1900

G. F. Knight, Canton, Ohio, to Clara Firestone, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, letter of 5 May 1900 regarding death of "your Uncle Solomon Firestone," 5 pp; Family Collection of Martha Shoup, Martha Shoup to GJ, 1998, scanned as img779.jpg-img783.jpg.
See also "Knight to Firestone 1900 Letter," scanned as img779.jpg-img783.jpg; digital images, InternetArchive.
G F Knight to Clara Firestone 5 May 1900

Carle to Jackson, c1880

Joseph F. Carle to Alphraetta Fredonia [Etta] Jackson, letter, c1880, for paragraph written by Joseph F. Carle (1814-1888) to Blanche’s mother, Alphraetta [Etta] Jackson (1862-1942), d/o Joseph Jackson and his wife, Lydia Ann Carle (1830-1864), previously transcribed (before 1915) and missing very right edge of the page; [Alphratta] Blanche Preston Papers, 1901-1973, MS NC1198-IX/1, University of Nevada (Reno), Special Collections (collection no. NC1198); viewed as digital image by Debra Phillips, “Re: Luscombe-Phillips,” email to GJ, 30 May 2006, see also University Libraries: University of Nevada, Reno and digital images in "George Ely Russell, Jr. Collection," as image 41-42, "Firestone Families K." Joseph Carle wrote the letter after his brother, Richard L. Carle, Jr., had died in 1880 but before his nephew Daniel Carle (s/o Daniel) died in 1881; the original image contained another paragraph written by Etta sometime before 1915.
Joseph F Carle to Etta Jackson c1880

J. Firestone to S. Firestone, 1880

John L. Firestone to his brother, Solomon Firestone, letter previously transcribed from Paris, France, January 16, 1880 (5 pages); viewed as typed copy, attachment to Shoup correspondence dated 1 June 1998; John L. Firestone wrote the letter while on a trip to Europe, after visiting the Firestone homelands of Berg and Thal; includes prior transcriber’s remarks on the first page.
John L. Firestone to his brother, Solomon Firestone, from Paris, 1880

Other, Noteworthy--

Denny Shirer, "Nicholas (Hans) Feuerstein," online family file; Shirer Family Genealogy Project.
Steve Brott, "The Firestone/Feuerstein Family in Alsace"; website, Weebly.com.
William B. McCord, History of Columbiana County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company, 1905), 362‐363 (Hon. S. J. Firestone); digital images, InternetArchive. (See Solomon J Firestone 1905 sketch.)
History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties, Ohio ... ([Cleveland, O.] Williams bros., 1880), 590, 591, photograph at 590+ (Hon. Leander Firestone, M. D., LL. D.); digital images, Hathi Trust.

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