Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society

Mary Wert Thatcher

June 18, 2022September 24, 2022 Annette Stewart

Mary was born November 10, 1807 in New Jersey to Nancy Slater and Godfrey Wert per Ancestry.com. Her mother passed away in 1810 and the father must have remarried as there is recordings of half brothers and half sisters. Actually 12 siblings! Mary married Moses Thatcher in 1831 when she was 24 years old. Her […]

Mollie Clark and Sylvester Rynearson

June 18, 2022July 11, 2022 Annette Stewart

Sylvester and Mollie (Clark) Rynearson and son Eddy 1882. This is one of the families we plan to mention at our July 9 Ithaca Cemetery program at 9am. Mollie was the daughter of John and Sarah Clark who lived on Littles Road, west of Arcanum. We aren’t going to “spill all the beans” but give […]

Clark Family

June 18, 2022September 12, 2022 Annette Stewart

Sarah Bowyer & John D. Clark Sarah was born 1820 and died September 7 1901. John was born 1814 and died 1905 John and I had 8 children: Mary, who married Sylvester Rynearson, A Civil War surgeon and Captain. Sarepta who married Mr. Burkett who was an artist and painted our house upon a visit. […]

July Events

June 13, 2022July 11, 2022 Annette Stewart

William Colville July AWTHS Events: July 2 Open Hours at AWTHS 9-noon. July 9 at Ithaca Cemetery beginning at 9am-“If These Stones Could Talk: live in-person program on early settlers. Rain date July 16. These photos are some of the characters and places we will be talking about at the Ithaca Cemetery: John Colville, Mary […]

Diana Griffin Good & Christian Good

June 6, 2022September 24, 2022 Annette Stewart

Stairs Christian Good built in old Smith House currently Troutwines Auto Business. Jeannie Miller researched and wrote this bio about this family and is a descendant as well. She portrayed Diana, as Christian Good’s wife, at the July cemetery tour program. My name is Diana Griffin Good. I was born 1818 in Pennsylvania. Years later, […]

Phoebe Howe Ashley

June 6, 2022September 26, 2022 Annette Stewart

Written by Vicky Krogg for her character for the July Cemetery Walk. Vicky is a direct descendant of the family. PHOEBE HOWE ASHLEY William Ashley’s wife Her Name was Phoebe Howe Ashley. She was born 19th Feb 1761 New Marlborough Berkshire Co MASS Her Father was Nehemiah Howe and her Mother was Beulah Wheeler. Beulah’s […]

Copyright © 2020, Arcanum Wayne Trails Historical Society. All rights reserved. All posts and articles are the property of the the Arcanum Wayne Trails Historical Society and/or their individual authors and published/posted with their permission. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without the express written permission of Arcanum Wayne Trails Historical Society or the individual author is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to the individual author and Arcanum Wayne Trails Historical Society with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. Reviews, essays, and creative writing by individual authors reflect the opinions of those authors exclusively, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Arcanum Wayne Trails Historical Society.