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First Families Inductees for 2022 and 2023 were honored on May 20, 2023.

• Sandra Bush Briggs, Belpre Township: Capt. William Dana, 1787, & Mary Bancroft Dana, 1788, Peregine Foster, 1787 & Polly Parkman Foster, 1787
• Stephen J. Havolvic, PhD, Fearing Township 1794: Levi Chapman, Elizabeth Hull Chapman and their daughter, Jerusha Chapman; and Marietta 1800: Ira Hill & Esther Post Hill and their son Col. Harry Hill. Harry Hill maried Jerusha Chapman
• Richard P. Skipton, Watertown Township: Gerogre Skipton (1820), his wife Martha Roth Skipton (1823) and their daughter Martha Skipton (1823)
• Denese Bush White , Capt. William Dana, 1787, & Mary Bancroft Dana, 1788, Peregine Foster, 1787 & Polly Parkman Foster, 1787

Relaxing before lunch.	President Jim Reed welcomes attendees	Member Lila Hill leads the invocation.
Speaker John Murray presents: The Daily Life of the Civil War Soldier.	President Jim Reed's wife, Rose, and John Murray find that they have a common ancestor!	Jayne Stehle presents certificates to sister honorees Sandy Briggs and Denese White.
	Sandy Briggs and Denese White accept their certificates. New honorees Stephen Halovic, Vermillion, Ohio and Richard Skipton, North Las Vegas , Nevada were unable to attend.

First Families Inductees for both 2020 and 2021 were honored on May 19, 2022.

• Judy Coil • Christopher Malster, Benjamin Malster, Lucinda Buchanan, Jeffrey Buchanan, Rachel Prouty
• Mary Margaret Gifford • Sophia Bekk, David Fergus Fleming
• James R. Reed • Christopher Malster, Benjamin Malster, Lucinda Buchanan, Jeffrey Buchanan, Rachel Prouty
• Deb Root Shell • Asa Cheadle Jr, Mercy Hersey Cheadle, Asa Cheadle, Martha Paddock Cheadle
• Damian Stanziano • Rufus Putnam, Persis Rice, Susan Bulingame, Christopher Burlingame, Susanna Corner, George Corner, Mariner Rood

Members Gather. MemberFrances Parlin waves.	Lunch is served	Secretary: Barb Handshumacher and member Lila Hill	President Jim Reed calls the First Families Luncheon to Order
Vice-President Sharon Cory Gardner introduces the program.	Deb Root Shell's program on how to prepare for a genealogy research trip	Honoree Judy Coil	Honoree Jim Reed
Honoree Mary Gifford	Honoree and Guest Speaker, Deb Root Shell	First Families Chair Jayne Stehle with 2nd cousins, Judy Coil and Jim Reed	Honoree Damian Stanziano was unable to attend.

First Familes 2020 - The May 2020 First Families of Washington County Induction Luncheon to honor new memebers was cancelled due to the Corona Virus Pandemic

First Familes 2019 - Deb Root Shell (existing member, newly proven ancestors), Jolene Chesley (Florida), and Donald J Smith (South Carolina)

The May 18, 2019 Washington County Chapter OGS Pot Luck Luncheon honored three First Families inductees. New member are:

• Jolene Chesley, First Families Ancestors: Presley Petty, Margaret Jennings, Jonathan Jennings, Elizabeth Stephenson, and Stephen Albert Petty
• Donald Jay Smith, Ancestor: Isaiah Hallett
• Deborah Root Shell, Ancestors: Lucy Place Root, Sidney Root, Salina Shrader Root, Philip Shrader, Jr. Calrissa Cheadle Shrader, Philip Shrader, Sr, and Katharine Montgomery Shrader.

Deb Root Shell became a First Families member in 2013. She nominated and proved seven additional early residents of Washington County to whom she is directly related. New members Ms. Chesley and Mr. Smith were unable to attended.

The program centered around the 2003 PBS Shelburn Films documentary "Opening the Door West" presented by Jayne Stehle. The documentary (DVD), a web site and teaching materials (CD) were distributited to all 4th and/or 8th school buildings in 18 southeastern Ohio counties then serviced by WOUB and ETSEO (Educational Technology for Southeastern Ohio). Jayne worked on the educational materials.

Special guests attending where Ellen Shelburn - Producer and Bill Reynolds - Technical Advisor They generoulsy answered questions about the making of the documentary and shared many of their experiences during filming.

Many thanks to Dan Shell for serving as impromtu IT guru and making the presentation possible!

First Families 2018 - no inductees

First Famiies 2017 - 2 inductees:

Mary Jo Hutchinson presents her sister, Jancie D Hutchinson Uhl, one of the 2017 First Families inductees

First Families Banquet  2016
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Richard Ward, Roberta L. Schneider Ward and Susan A. Donegan

First Families of Washington County, Ohio held their annual banquet at noon on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at the Marietta Township Recreation Center in Reno. The tables were decorated in red, white and blue. President Barbara Handschumacher welcomed the group and led them in saying the Pledge of Allegiance. The invocation was given by Lila Hill.

Following the luncheon buffet, Shirley Harmon introduced the speaker, Ernie Thode. The title of his talk was “Two Swiss Pioneers in Southeastern Ohio in 1819, Jacob Tisher and Baron Rudolph de Steiguer.” Each of these two men led groups of Swiss immigrants who settled in Ohio: Jacob Tisher, in Monroe and Belmont Counties, Ohio; and Rudolph de Steiguer, in Athens County, Ohio. Both groups intended to settle further west but the flat boats they were riding on hit sand bars in the Ohio River which prevented their travel to continue. Both groups were from Canton Bern, Switzerland. Ernie answered several questions following his presentation.

Eight candidates were presented certificates by Shirley Harmon and inducted into First Families of Washington County, Ohio. Each of these candidates had proved they descended from individuals who resided in Washington County before 1830. The new members of First Families are:

• Angela Nicole Clayton of Waco, Texas, Michele Christine Dyar of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, and Tamara Lee Gannon of Houston, Texas, whose ancestors were Benjamin Ridgway, Elzy Ridgway, John Marshall Ridgway, Thomas B. Kirkpatrick and Nancy B. Kirkpatrick;
• Susan A. Donegan of Waitsburg, Washington whose ancestor was William Root;
• Kathryn Straight Stanziano of Clayton, Ohio, whose ancestors were Rufus Putnam, Persis Rice, Susanna Putnam, Christopher Burlingame, George Corner and Susanna Burlingame;
• Richard A. Ward of Marietta, Ohio, whose ancestors were Ary Ridgeway and Benjamin Ridgeway;
• Roberta L. Schneider Ward of Marietta, Ohio, whose ancestors were Oliver Wharff, Jr. and Sally Hazelton;
• Jane Ellen Young of Beverly, Ohio, whose ancestors were Dudley Davis and Daniel Davis.

First Families 2015

Marleen McCauley Dyar accepts her First Families certificate from First Families' Chair, Shirley Harmon

Families 2014

First Families 2013

Membership Roster First Families of Washington County, Ohio
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Barnes, Teddy - Year Inducted: 1994 Brosius, Gloria Ross - Year Inducted: 1990*  Barnhart, Lawrence - Year Inducted: 2014 Barnhart, William C - Year Inducted: 2014 Bennett, Norma Ruth - Year Inducted: 2000 Briggs, Sandra Bush - Year Inducted: 2022 Caplinger, Georgia E - Year Inducted: 2014 Chesley, Jolene - Year Inducted: 2019 Clark, Judy Allard - Year Inducted: 1994 Clarke, Chrisine Fry - Year Inducted: 2001 Clarke, Kyle James - Year Inducted: 2001 Clarke, Madison Ashlee - Year Inducted: 2001 Clarke, Morgan Macie - Year Inducted: 2001 Clayton, Angela Nicole - Year Inducted: 2016 Coil, Judith, - Year Inducted 2021 Cornwell, Ronald Eugene - Year Inducted: 2013 Culver, Tabitha E - Year Inducted: 1990 Dazell, Robert - Year Inducted: 2014 Devol, Jery Barker - Year Inducted: 1991 Dollings, Mary - Year Inducted: 1990*  Donegan, Susan A - Year Inducted: 2016 Dyar, AnnMarlene - Year Inducted: 2015 Dyar, Michele Christine - Year Inducted: 2016 Englehart, Mildrec C - Year Inducted: 1990*  Flick, Alice L Miller - Year Inducted: 1991 Fry, Mildred Covey - Year Inducted: 2001 Gannon, Tamara Lee - Year Inducted: 2016 Gardner, Sharon Cory - Year Inducted: 1990*  Gifford, Mary Margaret - Year Inducted 2001 Hale, Sally E - Year Inducted: 2014 Haley, Karen Sue - Year Inducted: 2014 Hall, Mary J Trommetter - Year Inducted: 1994 Hamblin, Edward Lewi - Year Inducted: 1999 Havlovic, Stephen Joseph - Year Inducted: 2022 Hendricks, Rachel Noreen - Year Inducted: 2010 Hill, Dennis - Year Inducted: 2009 Hill, Lila E Doan - Year Inducted: 1996 Hill , Stephen R - Year Inducted: 2014 Hobensack, Susan S - Year Inducted: 2014 Hockenberry, Georgaleen - Year Inducted: 1991 Hoelzel, Babara Will - Year Inducted: 1990*  Horton, Marilyn Handell - Year Inducted: 2009 Hutchins, B Louine Willey - Year Inducted: 1990 Hutchinson, Mary Jo - Year Inducted: 2013 Jackman, Shirley Anne - Year Inducted: 2013 Jacks, Olive-Jean Rouse - Year Inducted: 1999 Johnson, Gregory Robert - Year Inducted: 1994 Kinsey, Walter Elbur - Year Inducted: 2001 Koonce, Judy Bacon - Year Inducted: 2015 Latimer, Carolyn Cripp - Year Inducted: 2005 Limbert, Dale J - Year Inducted: 2005 Lothes, Dale J - Year Inducted: 1990*  Lowe, Juanita June Ball - Year Inducted: 1999

Marshall, Bethel L - Year Inducted: 1990*    McAllister, Richrd Louis - Year Inducted: 2007 Mendenhall, Claire Elaine - Year Inducted: 1995 Mendenhall, Louise Hall - Year Inducted: 1995 Miller, Peggy Jo King - Year Inducted: 1990*    Nelson, Shirley Hitchcock - Year Inducted: 1994 Newkirk, Dale K - Year Inducted: 2013 Nutter, Marie Arlene - Year Inducted: 2007 O'Brien, Susan Mincks - Year Inducted: 1990*    Parlin, Frances Mackey - Year Inducted: 1990*    Perdue, Larry R - Year Inducted: 2011 Quinn, Charles - Year Inducted: 2020 Ransaw, Elnora June Hall - Year Inducted: 1995 Reed, James R - Year Inducted: 2020 Riley, Jeanne Hill - Year Inducted: 1990*    Riley, Nancy M - Year Inducted: 1990*    Ronshausen, Elbert J - Year Inducted: 1995 Ronshausen, Nina Lorraine - Year Inducted: 1994 Root Jr, Robert Edwin - Year Inducted: 2013 Shell, Deborah Root - Year Inducted: 2013, 2019, 2020 Shick, Doris Dewberry - Year Inducted: 2002 Skipton, Richard P. - Year Inducted: 2023 Smith, Donald Jay - Year Inducted: 2019 Smith, Frank B - Year Inducted: 1994 Snyder, Caol Ann Means - Year Inducted: 2006 Spear, Dorothy Ball - Year Inducted: 1990 Stanziano, Kathryn S - Year Inducted: 2016 Stehle, Jayne A - Year Inducted: 2014 Stimmel, Paul C - Year Inducted: 2000 Storer, Patricia J Leonard - Year Inducted: 1995 Sumner , Dorothy Lebrick - Year Inducted: 2002 Taylor, Virgina B - Year Inducted: 1990*    Thomas, Ann Wakefield - Year Inducted: 2006 Thomas, David A - Year Inducted: 1996 Trautman, Frank Stone - Year Inducted: 1998 Trautman, Frederick - Year Inducted: 2003 Uhl, Jancie D Hutchinson - Year Inducted: 2017 Ulrich, Judith lee - Year Inducted: 2015 Urban, Phylilis Wolf - Year Inducted: 1991 Vinent, Rosalyn Whiting - Year Inducted: 1994 Ward, Marilyn Joan - Year Inducted: 2000 Ward, Richard - Year Inducted: 2016 Ward, Roberta L Schneider - Year Inducted: 2016 Wells IV, Emmett Rouse Wells - Year Inducted: 1990*  Wetz, Dorothy Suzette - Year Inducted: 2006 White, Denese Bush - Year Inducter: 2022 Wickert, Jacob - Year Inducted: 2007 Wickert, Richard William - Year Inducted: 2007 Wickert III, James Nelson - Year Inducted: 2007 Williams, James C - Year Inducted: 1993 Young, Jane Ellen - Year Inducted: 2016 Young, Roger O - Year Inducted: 1990*

*Charter First Families Members

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