John
'Gilbert' Miner
(1847?-1919)
John 'Gilbert' Miner was born
on April 5, 1847 (or 1848)
in Gratiot, Licking County, OH, the son of Frederick and
Catherine (Miller) Miner Jr.
Gilbert married Harriett Emma Loncas Wright (1848-1932), the daughter of Isaac Wright. (Another source gives her father as James Loncas.) Their children were Taylor F. "Tom" Miner, Vernon A. Minor, Rolla A. Minor, John I. Minor, William Milton (or "Melton") Miner, James Campbell Minor, Mabel Davis-Parsons and Clara Traver.
The Minors resided in Hebron, Licking County, OH, where many of their children were born. In about 1876, they lived in Gustavus, Trumbull County, OH, where son Rolla was born.
Very little is known of their lives, other than that Gilbert was a butcher by occupation.
At age 72, Gilbert died of 'organic heart disease' on Dec. 1, 1919. He was buried at Hebron Cemetery.
Harriet
outlived her husband by 13 years. In 1920, when the federal census was taken,
she was residing in Hebron with her son Vernon.
She passed away of bronchial pneumonia at age 83 on Nov. 23, 1932. She is buried with her husband.
Son Vernon
(1870-1955) married Emma Packard. They had no children. He was a
house painter and a meat cutter, residing in Hebron and Newark, OH. They were
divorced by 1920, and at that time he resided with his mother. Emma passed away
in 1924. In 1942, Vernon moved into Sherman Nursing Home, where he died on April
10, 1955.
Son Rolla (1876- ? ) was 5 ft., 7 in. tall, with blue eyes and dark hair. A laborer, he moved to Geneva, Ashtabula County, OH. He served in the military during the Spanish-American War, as a member of the 5th OH Volunteer Infantry, Co. E, training in Ohio and serving in Fernandina, FL. In August 1898, he was hospitalized with acute indigestion, malaria and diarrhea, lasting for a month, after which he returned to duty. He was discharged that November. After the war, he lived in Alvin, TX. He married Estella Foust of Amanda, OH, and had three sons -- Carlos Miner, Harold Miner and Fred Miner. All were dead by 1960, according to family notes.
Daughter Clara married Charles Rockey of Amanda, OH. Their children were Scott Rockey, Gerald Rockey and Helen Rockey. Later, she married (?) Traver, and lived in Columbus, OH.
Son Tom
(1878-1952) stood 5 ft. 9 in. tall, with blue eyes and brown hair. He was a
laborer. He served in the Spanish-American War, with
the 7th OH Infantry, Co. K. He mustered into the regiment at age 20 on June 20,
1898. After the war, he lived in Hebron, and married Minnie Stanley of Milford
Center, OH. They were
members of the Church of Christ, Disciples. Their children were Leonard Miner and Mrs. George Skipper.
Tom passed away on April 30, 1952 in Hebron, and was buried in Union Cemetery.
Daughter Mabel (1880-1977) married Forrest
L. Davis. They had two children -- Ralph Davis and a daughter who died at age
four months. Later, Mabel married James (?) Parsons. She
lived in Columbus circa 1960, at which time she wrote a three-page family
history letter. Sometime before 1969, she moved to West Hollywood, FL. After her death
in Florida at age 97 on Dec. 18, 1977, she was
buried at Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus. Her son Ralph married Lena Knorr and
had two sons, Harold Davis and Forrest Davis.
Son William
(1885-1969) moved to various locations,
including Taft, CA, Caney, KS and Wagner and Ponca City, OK. In Wagner, he owned and operated a
plumbing business. He married Elsie Lynn, and their children were Muriel DeWhitt,
Herbert M. Miner, Elsie Woodrow Bare and Roberta McAlster. William died in 1969
after a short illness. Their son Herbert was a welder, pipefitter and plumber in
Duroda, OK, as well as owner of Miner's Bargain Center and Eudora Cash
Hardware.
Son James (1892- ? ) was a driller in Hebron before moving to Cleveland, OH, where he worked as a tool dresser. On Dec. 9, 1914, he married Ann Alice Antel. They had 7 children -- Warren Kenneth Minor, Albert Virgil Minor, Michael Minor, Clyde Lawrence Minor Sr., Ella Mae "Sis" Cusack, Genevieve "Tut" Leeskamp and Gerald Gene "Pete" Minor. They migrated to the Texas oilfields in about 1927 or 1927, and then moved again to Oklahoma City in the 1930-1933 timeframe. Their son Clyde married Edna Vrana, lived in Oklahoma City, OK, and raised a family.
Son John resided in Sarasota, FL circa 1952. He later lived in Wagner, OK, during the last years of his life. According to family lore, he had a son who died in Alaska of blood poisoning.
For more information on this branch, contact great-grandson James Francis Minor.
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