Family History - Samuel Wolverton

1. Samuel Wolverton,¹ born ca. 1824 in Ohio (parents not determined).¹ Samuel married, 23 November 1859 in Sandusky County, Ohio, Phoebe Lucy Rhoades^{8, 9} (born 2 June 1833 in Sandy Hill, Washington County, New York, the daughter of Elias Rhoades, Sr. and Phoebe Safford;^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} Phoebe died 10 November 1908 in Bellevue, Sandusky County, Ohio^{7, 8}).

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Samuel C. Wolverton, born March 1861 in Ohio.4, 5, 6

1. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Ohio, Sandusky County, Clyde, Green Creek Township, Page 105, family of Solomon Wolverton (36, Ohio, artist); Phebe L. Wolverton (26, Ohio); Mary J. Wolverton (11, Ohio); Henrietta J. Wolverton (6, Ohio). [This is believed to actually be the family of Samuel Wolverton and his wife Phoebe (nee Rhoades) Morgan Wolverton, who was born in New York. The child Mary is probably from a previous marriage of Samuel. THe child Henrietta is believed to be the daughter of Phoebe from her first marriage to Henry Morgan.]
2. Email from Mary Fetter to Lee Gazlay, various dates in April and June 2013. The emails include as attachments 18 pages of hand-written family history notes containing the names, birth, marriage and death dates and places, primarily centered around the ancestors and descendants of Carl Adolph Hildebrand (1886-1965) and his wife Maria Elizabeth Gazlay (1883-1973). The pages include surnames Gazlay, Hildebrand, Rhoades, Morgan, Zehner, and Fetter, among many other surnames. The information in these pages matches the same information found in other (primarily public) records, so is considered highly reliable.
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Ohio, Medina County, Guilford, Page 292, family of Elias Rhodes Sen. (57, Mass., farmer); Phebe Rhodes (51, N.Y.); Samuel Rhodes (24, N.Y., daguereotypist); Gideon Rhodes (22, N.Y., laborer); Mary Rhodes (19, N.Y.); Phebe Rhodes (17, N.Y.); James Rhodes (14, N.Y.), Maria Rhodes (12, O[hio]); Charles Rhodes (10, O[hio]); Henry Rhodes (2, O[hil]). They are living next door to the family of Elias Rhodes Jr. (28, N.Y., daguereotypist); Elizabeth Rhodes (24, O[hio]); Phebe Rhodes (5, O[hio]); Orpha Rhodes (3, O[hio]).
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Ohio, Sandusky County, Green Creek Township, Page No. 62, family of James Carter (44, New York, carpenter + joiner); Phebe Carter (37, New York); George Carter (3/12, Ohio, Mar[ch]); Etta Morgen (16, Ohio); Saml. Woolverton (9, Ohio).
5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Ohio, Sandusky County, Clyde, Enumeration District 73, Page No. 26; family of Phoebe L. Carter (46, New York, widow); son Samuel Woolverton (19, Ohio); son George Carter (10, Ohio); Gideon Rhoades (52, New York, clerk in grocery); wife Mary Rhoades (39, Ohio); son Charles E. Rhoades (18, Ohio, works in ____); daughter Sophie A. Rhoades (13, Ohio). [Phoebe Carter and Gideon Rhoades are siblings.]
6. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Ohio, Sandusky County, Green Creek Township, Clyde Village, Enumeration District 80, Sheet No. 18B; family of Phebe L. Carter (66, New York, June 1833, widow, 3 children, 3 living); son Samuel C. Wolverton (39, Ohio, Mar. 1861, widow, laborer, day).
7. Gazlay Family Tree, available at ancestry.com; owner: Charles Lee Gazlay. Although this online family tree is unsourced, public records and other sources provide confirmation of many of the event dates and places presented in this family tree, with few conflicts. Therefore, the information in this family tree is considered highly reliable.
8. Obituary Index, Ohio Obituary Index, available at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center (website); Phoebe Carter, died 11/10/1908 in Bellevue, Ohio, age 75. Spouse: Joseph; first husband: Henry Morgan; second husband: Samuel Wolverton; third husband: Joseph Carter. The entry lists three newspapers that carried the obituary.
9. Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958, available at familysearch.org. Samuel Woolverton and Phebe L. Morgan, married 23 November 1859 in Sandusky [County], Ohio.