Helen married ORMOND, John Irvine on 4 Apr 1931 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD. John was born on 27 Mar 1905 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died on 31 Oct 1978 in Hudson, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. ORMOND, John Charles
2. ORMOND, Susan Jane
3. ORMOND, Cynthia Ellen

Charles married PLETCHER, Edith Maria on 8 Oct 1903 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Edith (daughter of PLETCHER, Franklin and WITMER, Martha E) was born on 1 Jul 1881 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Feb 1977 in Beechwood Nursing Home, Getzville, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Eshelman, Samuel B., was horn at Clarence Center, Erie county, July 6, 1839, a son of the late John Eshelman, a prosperous farmer of that section. Samuel Eshelman was educated in the public schools of his native town and in Cary Collegiate Seminary, and was graduated from that institution in 1855. He immediately entered the general store of his brother, John Eshelman, jr., as clerk, where he remained seven years, and then removed to Buffalo, where he was engaged as a clerk in a large dry goods establishment; in 1863 he removed to Niagara Falls, where he was placed in charge of the large flour and feed store of Witner Bros. and remained in that position nineteen years, when he established himself in the same line of business and in which he successfully operated until 1885, when he was elected justice of the peace and retained that oflice for eight years. He represented the town of Niagara in the Board of Supervisors for four years, being chairman of the hoard in 1881 and 1882. Among the public offices filled by him were those of village treasurer for four years, village trustee, member of the Board of Education and of the Board of Water Commissioners, and others. In 1896 he was appointed attendance officer of the city of Niagara Falls, which office he still holds. July 23, 1872, he married Harriet Metz of Niagara Falls, and they had six children.




From:
Landmarks of Niagara County, NY
Edited by William Pool
D. Mason & Company, Publishers, 1897

Samuel married METZ, Harriet on 23 Jul 1872. Harriet and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Pletcher, Franklin, was born at Niagara Falls, September 25, 1849, and is a son of Daniel Pletcher, a pioneer farmer of that place. Mr. Pletcher was educated in the public schools at Niagara Falls. and at the Lockport Union School; in 1869 he left school and went to work on his fathers farm. In 1881 he removed to the village of Suspension Bridge, where he became an inspector of customs at the Custom House, and continued in that capacity until 1886, when he established his present business, that of flour, feed and grain. October 2, 1879, he married Martha E. Witmer, daughter of Joseph and Catharine Witmer, of the town of Niagara, and they have one daughter, Edith M.




From:
Landmarks of Niagara County, NY
Edited by William Pool
D. Mason & Company, Publishers, 1897

Franklin married WITMER, Martha E on 2 Oct 1879 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Martha (daughter of WITMER, Joseph and KAUFFMAN, Catharine) was born on 22 Feb 1858 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 26 Jun 1932 in Rochester, Monroe County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette

Mrs. Martha E. Pletcher, widow of
Franklin Pletcher, of this city, died at
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon In Rochester.
The funeral will be held from
the Cornell and Daggett funeral chapel,
Main street, at 2:30 p. m. Saturday.
Burial will be In Rlverdale cemetery.
Mrs. Pletcher was born In the old
Wltmer homestead on the Lockport
road, four miles east of this city. She
was the daughter of Joseph and. Catherine
Wltmer, pioneer residents of Niagara
county. She had lived In Niagara
county for over 60 years and was well
known and highly respected. She was
most active In the affairs of the Church
of Christ, Niagara avenue and Tenth
street, and was also an ardent member
of the Willard W. C. T. U. She was
honored a few years ago by being made
a life member of the national W. C. T.
U.
For the past ten years years. Pletcher
has ben living with hef daughter and
family In Rochester. Her death follow-
ed a lingering Illness of four years,
which she bore with great patience and
Christian fortitude. She is survived by
her daughter, Mrs. Charles Eshelman,
of Rochester; a slater, Mrs. A. R, Laur,
of this city; and four grandchildren,
Carl W. Dorothy and Russell Eshelmah,
of Rochester, and Mrs. John I. Ormond,
of Baltimore

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 10/8/1879

Miss Martha Witmer and Mr. Frank
Pletcher, both of this town, were united
in marriage at the residence of the bride's
father, last Thursday, by tho Rev. O. O.
Hertzog.

Daniel married CHAPMAN, Lavina before 1847. Lavina was born on 13 Aug 1813 in New York; died on 24 Nov 1861; was buried in WItmer Memorial Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living in Niagara, NY at the time of his brother Tobias's death in 1897

Joseph married KAUFFMAN, Catharine on 24 Sep 1846 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Catharine (daughter of KAUFFMAN, Michael and NEWCOMMER, Elizabeth) was born on 2 Aug 1825 in Lancaster County, PA; died on 23 Jul 1907 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; was buried in WItmer Memorial Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]