Clark County 1900 Federal Census
Knights of Pythias Orphan's Home
Submitted by: Janie Martin Whitty, November 2001
HISTORY
The first orphan's home built by a fraternal order in the State of Ohio was begun by a young and growing Knights of Pythias with a resolution passed by the Grand Lodge in 1892. Committees were appointed to select a site for the location of the home to take care of the orphan children of its members. Springfield was chosen at the time the old MCCREIGHT homestead immediately north of the city was on the market for sale by the heirs. All that part north of McCreight Ave. and west of Fountain Ave was offered to the Knights of Pythias Home purposes at $25,000. It was built upon what what then known as the "cottage plan" containing multiple buildings and cottages for its residents. It had an adminstration building, dining room and auditorium, several residents cottages, power house and coal cellar, barn, employees cottage and a hospital, the last of these being completed in 1904, and all valued at about $300,000 at the time.
The first superintendent was Mr. Thomas H. COLLINS, his wife being matron. Afterward, Robert M. LEFEVRE and his wife were made superintendent and matron respectively. The number of residents in 1908 was 214: 109 boys and 105 girls.
Source: "20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County", by Wm. M. Rockel, pub. 1908
1900 FEDERAL CENSUS, PYTHIAS ORPHANS HOME
Schedule 1. – Inhabitants in Springfield Township, City of Springfield, Ward 2, County of Clark, Ohio enumerated by Greer A. Foote, on the 1st day of June, 1900. Pages 1a, 1b and 2a, Roll 1246, Book 2. Sorted by page and line.
The columns of Citizenship were blank for all persons listed on these pages. The Home Ownership Columns are not included in this transcription for the sake of brevity. Only the superintendant indicated home ownership of a farm, owned free and clear.
Note: The bottom of pages 1a and 1b was deteriorated and taped together making some content unreadable. The ink on page 2a was very broken and mostly illegible. Dashes and/or question marks replace unreadable letters.
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Page |
Line |
Surname |
Given | Relationship |
Race |
Sex |
Birth Mo. |
Birth Yr. |
Age |
Marital Status |
Years Married |
# Children Borne |
Children Living |
Birth Place |
Father's |
Mother's Birth Place | Occupation | School Mos.Attended | Can Read | Can Write | Speak English |
1a | 1 | LEFEVRE | Robert M. | Superintendent | W | M | Aug | 1857 | 42 | M | 18 | PA | PA | PA | Superintendent | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 2 | LEFEVRE | Clara I. | Wife | W | F | May | 1863 | 37 | M | 18 | 0 | 0 | OH | OH | OH | Matron | Y | Y | Y | |
1a | 3 | HOERNER | Katie L. | Officer | W | F | Jan | 1867 | 33 | S | OH | Germany | OH | Seamstress | Y | Y | Y | ||||
1a | 4 | OSBORN | Mary B. | Officer | W | F | Mar | 1861 | 39 | Wd | 0 | 0 | OH | VA | OH | Caretaker | Y | Y | Y | ||
1a | 5 | LYNCH | Ella | Officer | W | F | Dec | 1865 | 34 | S | OH | VA | OH | Caretaker | Y | Y | Y | ||||
1a | 6 | ROCKEY | Lina | Officer | W | F | Oct | 1872 | 27 | S | OH | OH | OH | Caretaker | Y | Y | Y | ||||
1a | 7 | EVILSIZER | Etta | Officer | W | F | Aug | 1877 | 22 | S | OH | OH | OH | Cook | Y | Y | Y | ||||
1a | 8 | FURTWANZLER | Ida M. | Officer | W | F | Mar | 1883 | 17 | S | OH | KY | OH | Caretaker | Y | Y | Y | ||||
1a | 9 | HOWELL | Ella | Officer | W | F | Jan | 1857 | 43 | S | OH | OH | VA | Caretaker | Y | Y | Y | ||||
1a | 10 | REED | Amy P. | Officer | W | F | Oct | 1884 | 15 | S | OH | OH | OH | Dining Rm. girl | Y | Y | Y | ||||
1a | 11 | MOTMILLER | Grace | Officer | W | F | Feb | 1883 | 17 | S | OH | OH | OH | Asst. Cook | Y | Y | Y | ||||
1a | 12 | CRABB | Susie E. | Inmate | W | F | Oct | 1886 | 13 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 13 | CRABB | Casper C. | Inmate | W | M | May | 1891 | 09 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1a | 14 | BLYTHE | Ross | Inmate | W | M | May | 1887 | 13 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 15 | YATES | Charles | Inmate | W | M | Feb | 1885 | 15 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 16 | YATES | Agnes | Inmate | W | F | Apr | 1887 | 13 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 17 | YATES | Lulu | Inmate | W | F | July | 1892 | 07 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1a | 18 | FULLERTON | Albert R. | Inmate | W | M | July | 1886 | 13 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 19 | FLEMING | John C. | Inmate | W | M | Nov | 1884 | 15 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 20 | MYER | Jesse C. | Inmate | W | F | May | 1884 | 16 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 21 | MYER | Madoma | Inmate | W | F | Mar | 1886 | 14 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 22 | POLAND | Harry R. | Inmate | W | M | May | 1885 | 15 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 23 | FURTWANGLER | Harry E. | Inmate | W | M | May | 1884 | 16 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 24 | FURTWANGLER | Icy L. | Inmate | W | F | Oct | 1887 | 12 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 25 | FURTWANGLER | Olive P. | Inmate | W | F | Dec | 1890 | 09 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1a | 26 | MASKEY | Ethel M. | Inmate | W | F | Feb | 1885 | 15 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 27 | MASKEY | Carl L. | Inmate | W | M | June | 1886 | 13 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 28 | MASKEY | Hazel M. | Inmate | W | F | Mar | 1888 | 12 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 29 | HASTINGS | Mabel I. | Inmate | W | F | Aug | 1886 | 13 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 30 | HASTINGS | Olive M. | Inmate | W | F | Sep | 1888 | 11 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 31 | HAMENSTAFER | Bessie A. | Inmate | W | F | Feb | 1882 | 18 | S | OH | Un | Un | Music Teacher | Y | Y | Y | ||||
1a | 32 | HAMENSTAFER | Robert A. | Inmate | W | M | Oct | 1885 | 14 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 33 | REED | William W. | Inmate | W | M | Jan | 1886 | 14 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 34 | REED | Ethel B. | Inmate | W | F | Oct | 1889 | 10 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 35 | REED | Leslie S. | Inmate | W | F | Nov | 1891 | 08 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1a | 36 | HARRISON | Lena B. | Inmate | W | F | Jan | 1886 | 14 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 37 | HARRISON | Marie | Inmate | W | F | Feb | 1889 | 11 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 38 | STEUBING | Robert H. | Inmate | W | M | Feb | 1887 | 13 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 39 | STEUBING | Irwin C. | Inmate | W | M | May | 1885 | 15 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 40 | STEUBING | Virginia | Inmate | W | F | Mar | 1891 | 09 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1a | 41 | STEUBING | Edna M. | Inmate | W | F | Mar | 1889 | 11 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 42 | SMITH | Vern A. | Inmate | W | M | Aug | 1886 | 13 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 43 | SMITH | Edgar C. | Inmate | W | M | Apr | 1888 | 12 | S | (obscured) | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 44 | SMITH | Walter | Inmate | W | M | May | 1892 | 08 | S | (obscured) | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1a | 45 | H- - - YS | Norman B. | Inmate | W | M | Dec | 1893 | 06 | S | (obscured) | Un | Un | ||||||||
1a | 46 | CR-I-ER | Frank L. | Inmate | W | M | Mar | 1885 | 15 | S | (obscured) | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 47 | CR-I-ER | Alva V. | Inmate | W | M | Jan | 1893 | 07 | S | (obscured) | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1a | 48 | M- -K- - - | - - - - - - - | I - - - - - - | W | M | Apr | 1891 | 09 | S | (obscured) | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1a | 49 | (obscured) | - - - - - - | - - - - - - | W | M | F - | - - - | 11? | S | (obscured) | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1a | 50 | (obscured) | - - - - - - | - - - - - - - | -- | -- | -- | --- | -- | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
1b | 51 | TEASDALE | William J. | Inmate | W | M | Jan | 1892 | 08 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1b | 52 | SMITH | Dora M. | Inmate | W | F | Dec | 1890 | 09 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1b | 53 | HIGGINS | Blanche | Inmate | W | F | May | 1884 | 16 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 54 | HIGGINS | Bessie | Inmate | W | F | Mar | 1886 | 14 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 55 | STEUBING | Emma | Inmate | W | F | June | 1894 | 05 | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
1b | 56 | WITHERELL | Pearl M. | Inmate | W | F | Nov | 1888 | 11 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 57 | WITHERELL | Melville H. | Inmate | W | M | Apr | 1891 | 09 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1b | 58 | WITHERELL | Ada C. | Inmate | W | F | Nov | 1893 | 06 | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
1b | 59 | SWEET | William A. | Inmate | W | M | Jan | 1887 | 13 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 60 | SWEET | Mattie M. | Inmate | W | F | July | 1889 | 10 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 61 | SWEET | Lena E. | Inmate | W | F | Dec | 1891 | 08 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1b | 62 | SWEET | Annetta M. | Inmate | W | F | Mar | 1894 | 06 | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
1b | 63 | TEASDALE | George E. | Inmate | W | M | Oct | 1885 | 14 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 64 | TEASDALE | Gertrude L. | Inmate | W | F | June | 1889 | 10 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 65 | JACKSON | Jessie B. | Inmate | W | F | Aug | 1888 | 11 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 66 | JACKSON | Lulu A. | Inmate | W | F | Apr | 1890 | 10 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 67 | JACKSON | Mabel E. | Inmate | W | F | Mar | 1892 | 08 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1b | 68 | PHIBBS | Ruby M. | Inmate | W | F | Aug | 1888 | 11 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 69 | PHIBBS | Francis J. | Inmate | W | M | Jan | 1891 | 09 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1b | 70 | DILLWORTH | Frank R. | Inmate | W | M | Aug | 1893 | 06 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 09 | ||||||
1b | 71 | DILLWORTH | Inza | Inmate | W | F | Dec | 1895 | 04 | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
1b | 72 | MAY | Margaret M. | Inmate | W | F | June | 1883 | 16 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 73 | WHOPHAM | Winnifred L. | Inmate | W | F | Feb | 1886 | 14 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 74 | WHOPHAM | John C. | Inmate | W | M | May | 1888 | 11 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 75 | WHOPHAM | Lloyd P. | Inmate | W | M | June | 1890 | 09 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1b | 76 | BAHR | Carl | Inmate | W | M | June | 1885 | 14 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 77 | BAHR | Ernest | Inmate | W | M | Oct | 1886 | 13 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 78 | BAHR | Wallie | Inmate | W | M | Dec | 1890 | 09 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1b | 79 | BAHR | Irma | Inmate | W | F | May | 1893 | 07 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1b | 80 | MOTMILLER | John K. | Inmate | W | M | Mar | 1885 | 15 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 81 | MOTMILLER | Nancy B. | Inmate | W | F | Sept | 1889 | 10 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 82 | MOTMILLER | Ida | Inmate | W | F | Mar | 1887 | 13 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 83 | MOTMILLER | Nellie A. | Inmate | W | F | Nov | 1891 | 08 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1b | 84 | MOTMILLER | Alonzo R. | Inmate | W | M | Mar | 1894 | 06 | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
1b | 85 | TEASDALE | Irving B. | Inmate | W | M | June | 1896 | 03 | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
1b | 86 | JACKSON | Mary | Inmate | W | F | July | 1896 | 03 | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
1b | 87 | SMITH | Jaenette | Inmate | W | F | July | 1895 | 04 | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
1b | 88 | COMLEY | Nellie | Inmate | W | F | May | 1886 | 14 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 89 | COMLEY | Justine | Inmate | W | F | Oct | 1890 | 09 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1b | 90 | JONES | Drusilla | Inmate | W | F | Feb | 1888 | 12 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 91 | JONES | Mary B. | Inmate | W | F | Apr | 1889 | 11 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 92 | JONES | William R. | Inmate | W | M | Feb | 1894 | 06 | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
1b | 93 | JONES | Gertrude | Inmate | W | F | Sept | 1891 | 08 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
1b | 94 | PHIBBS | Robert L. | Inmate | W | M | Aug | 1895 | 04 | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
1b | 95 | BUTLER | Maynard N. | Inmate | W | M | Aug | 1893 | 06 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 09 | ||||||
1b | 96 | BUTLER | Marion E. | Inmate | W | M | Mar | 1897 | 03 | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
1b | 97 | CAIRNS | Edmund H. | Inmate | W | M | Aug | 1889 | 10 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
1b | 98 | CAIRNS | Earl | Inmate | W | M | Aug | 1893 | 06 | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
1b | 99 | CAIRNS | Leslie | Inmate | W | M | Aug | 1896 | 03 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 09 | ||||||
1b | 100 | BEAGHL - - - - - | (obscured) | Inmate | W | M | - - - | - - - | ? | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
2a | 1 | BUSSERT | Hattie | Inmate | W | F | Aug | 1884 | 15 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
2a | 2 | BUSSERT | Allen? | Inmate | W | M | Sept | 1890 | 09 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
2a | 3 | BUSSERT | Brigite? | Inmate | W | F | July | 1893 | 06 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 09 | ||||||
2a | 4 | -NOBBELL | Crys-a-- | Inmate | W | F | Sept | 1898? | 01? | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
2a | 5 | -NOBBELL | Ollie? | Inmate | W | F | Apr | 1890 | 10 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
2a | 6 | HALDMAN | Charles | Inmate | W | M | Aug | ???? | 08 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
2a | 7 | (illegible) | (illegible) | Inmate | W | F | Feb | 1886 | 14 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
2a | 8 | (illegible) | Nellie C. | Inmate | W | F | Jan | ???? | 06? | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
2a | 9 | -AS-ON | Clarance | Inmate | W | M | Aug | 18?? | 07 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
2a | 10 | -AS-ON | --i-cess | Inmate | W | F | Oct | 1896? | 03 | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
2a | 11 | -AS-ON | M- - - im | Inmate | W | M | ?? | -8-- | 02? | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
2a | 12 | (illegible) | Mary C. | Inmate | W | F | M-- | --85 | 05 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
2a | 13 | (illegible) | (illegible) | Inmate | W | F | Apr | 18-6? | 14? | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
2a | 14 | FERGUSON | -a-old C. | Inmate | W | M | Mar | 1890 | 10 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
2a | 15 | --CLEND (MCCLEND?) | Sarah A. | Inmate | W | F | May? | 1890 | 10 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
2a | 16 | --CLEND (MCLEND?) | Flora C. | Inmate | W | F | ??? | 1893 | 07 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 09 | ||||||
2a | 17 | --CLEND (MCLEND?) | Helen L. | Inmate | W | F | Aug | 1895 | 04 | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
2a | 18 | - - - - - Y | Joe A. | Inmate | W | M | Aug | --9- | 07 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
2a | 19 | (illegible) | ---i-ine | Inmate | W | F | May? | 189- | 06? | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
2a | 20 | (illegible) | (illegible) I. | Inmate | W | M | Aug | --96 | 03 | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
2a | 21 | -EA-ER (WEAVER?) | El- - - J. | Inmate | W | F | Oct | 189- | 03 | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
2a | 22 | -EA-ER (WEAVER?) | Ive- Z. | Inmate | W | F | Aug | ??? | 06? | S | OH | Un | Un | ||||||||
2a | 23 | -EA-ER (WEAVER?) | C- - - L. | Inmate | W | M | Dec | -892 | 07 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | ||||||
2a | 24 | -EA-ER (WEAVER?) | Carl? O. | Inmate | W | M | July | 1889 | 10 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
2a | 25 | -EA-ER (WEAVER?) | John V? | Inmate | W | M | Nov | -887 | 12 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
2a | 26 | (illegible) | Harry | Inmate | W | M | Feb | --86 | 14 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
2a | 27 | ZERLE? | William | Inmate | W | M | Feb | 1889 | 11 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y | |||
2a | 28 | WEAVER | Mary | Inmate | W | F | Oct | 1885 | 14 | S | OH | Un | Un | At School | 10 | Y | Y | Y |