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
Birth Place

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