Ancestors
of Everett Kohart
Everett and Nelly Goff Kohart
My husband’s grandparents
Generation
No. 1
1. Everett Kohart, born May 04, 1897 in Oakwood, Ohio; died March 07, 1986 in Hill City Kansas. He was the son of 2. Frederick William Kohart and 3. Ida Mae Shively. He married (1) Nellie Kathryn Goff November 24, 1921 in Hoxie, KS. She was born July 24, 1902, and died April 22, 1996 in Hill City, Kansas. She was the daughter of Thomas Franklin Goff Jr. and Clara Emma Cole.
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About Everett Kohart:
Burial:
Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Hill City, Kansas
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About Nellie Kathryn Goff:
Burial:
Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Hill City, Kansas
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About Everett Kohart and Nellie Goff:
Marriage:
November 24, 1921, Hoxie, KS
Generation
No. 2
2. Frederick
William Kohart, born February 18, 1868 in Warrian, Germany; died August 15,
1935 in Leland Cemetery, Graham Co KS. He
was the son of 4. Wilhelm Kohardt and 5. Sophie Groth.
He married 3. Ida Mae Shively June 12, 1889 in Oakwood,
Ohio.
3. Ida Mae
Shively, born April 13, 1866 in Dunkirk, Ohio; died January 15, 1951 in
Leland Cemetery, Graham Co KS. She was the daughter of 6. David Shively and 7.
Nancy Hineline.
Fred and Ida Shively Kohart
Notes
for Frederick William Kohart:
Obituary
AUGUST
29, 1935
Fred Kohart was born in Warrien, Germany February 18, 1868 and died at
his home in Abilene, Kansas,
August
15, 1935 at the age of 67 years 5 months and 27 days. When a small boy of 4 years, he migrated with his parents to
America, settling at Findlay, Ohio and later moving to Oakwood, Ohio where he
grew to manhood.
On June 12, 1889 he was united in marriage to Ida M. Shively and to this
union were born six children.
Miss
Flossie Yorgensen of Ames, Iowa, David W. of Abilene, Kansas, Roy and Everett of
Penokee, Kansas and Edward and Eva who precedes him in death.
In August 1899 he moved his family to Ruskin, Nebraska where he resided
until he moved to a farm south of Penokee in Graham County, Kansas.
In the spring of 1920, he moved with his wife to Abilene, where he
resided until his death.
He leaves to mourn his departure his faithful wife, one daughter, three
sons, fifteen grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Miller of Jackson,
Michegan, Mrs. Anne Leatherman of Hanover, Michegan, and two brothers, Charles
and William of Oakwood, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. R.A.
Collins August 18 at 3 pm at the Leland Union Church and interment was made in
the Leland Cemetery.
He
was a farmer and a carpenter
Leland
Cemetery
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/graham/Cemeteries/cem-leland.html
KOHART
Le Roy 1894 1938 WWI VETERAN
KOHART
Eva 5-4-1897 5-28-1917 Daughter of F. W. & I. M. Kohart (Everett's twin
sister)
KOHART
Ida M. 1866 1951 Same stone as Fred
KOHART
Fred 1868 1935
KOHART
David Allen 9-30-1949 5-16-1973 VETERAN
KOHART
David Allen David
Allen Kohart
KANSAS
PVT U. S. ARMY VIETNAM ARCOM.
Marriage
Notes for Frederick Kohart and Ida Shively:
Debi
Reese has been given a different date for Fred and Ida's marriage, Dec 6, 1889
Children
of Frederick Kohart and Ida Shively are:
1
i. Everett Kohart, born
May 04, 1897 in Oakwood, Ohio; died March 07, 1986 in Hill City Kansas; married
Nellie Kathryn Goff November 24, 1921 in Hoxie, KS.
ii. Eva Kohart, born May
04, 1897; died Abt. 1917.
iii. Leroy (Roy) Kohart,
born March 06, 1894; died July 11, 1935; married Millie; born 1894.
iv. David Kohart, born
March 28, 1892; died March 17, 1967; married Grace E. Critchfield; born November
28, 1892; died January 1981.
v. Flossie Mae Kohart,
born December 16, 1906; died April 07, 2003; married Mearl Sr. Yorgensen May 17,
1926; born October 26, 1905.
Notes
for Flossie Mae Kohart:
Information
on Flossie and her family, provided by Debi Reese July 18, 2000
Partial
Obituary for Flossie Yorgensen
ABILENE
-- Flossie May Yorgensen, 96, Abilene, died Monday, April 7, 2003, at am Abilene
hospital.
Mrs.
Yorgensen and her husband farmed in the Ames, Iowa, area from 1932 to 1951.
She
was born Dec. 18, 1906, in Penokie, to Frederick and Ida Mae Shively Kohart.
She was raised in Abilene and moved back to Abilene from Iowa in 1951.
She
married Mearl Yorgensen on May 17, 1926.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Danner Funeral Home in Abilene. Burial will be
in Abilene Cemetery.
vi.
Edward Kohart
Notes
for Edward Kohart:
Found
his name on Frederick's obituary. It says Edward preceded him in death
Generation
No. 3
4. Wilhelm Kohardt,
born 1836 in Germany; died 1918 in Oakwood, Ohio.
He was the son of 8. Johann Kohardt and 9. Dorothea Flotow.
He married 5. Sophie Groth.
5. Sophie Groth,
born September 09, 1842 in Germany; died December 16, 1923 in Oakwood, Ohio.
Wilhelm
and Sophie Kohart and family
Notes
for Wilhelm Kohardt:
Found
on Ancestry, July 22, 2000
William COHART
Sex:
M
Marriage(s):
Spouse:
Sophia GROTE
Marriage:
Abt. 1877
<union Twp.>, Hancock, Ohio
Family
information passed down to Marvilla,
Wilhelm
brought family to Germany around 1871
Grandma
Groth had brothers in Ohio when they came to US
Household:
Name
Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's
Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
William
COHART Self M
Male W
44 GER Farmer
GER GER
Sophia
COHART Wife M
Female W
38 GER Keeping
House GER
GER
Henry
COHART Son S
Male W
15 GER
GER GER
Rickey
COHART Dau S
Female W
14 GER
GER GER
Frederick
COHART Son S
Male W
12 GER
GER GER
Minna
COHART Dau S
Female W
10 GER
GER GER
William
COHART Son S
Male W
7 GER
GER GER
Catharine
COHART Dau S
Female W
6 OH
GER GER
Anna
COHART Dau
S Female W
6 OH
GER GER
Mary
COHART Dau
S Female W
2 OH
GER GER
Charles
COHART Son S
Male W
7M OH
GER GER
James
WADE Other
S Male
W 21 OH Laborer
OH OH
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Source
Information:
Census Place Union, Hancock, Ohio
Family History Library Film
1255021
NA Film Number T9-1021
Page Number 451B
1880
Ohio census familysearch.org
Notes
for Sophie Groth:
Birth
and death dates given to me by Debi Reese 7/18/2000
Children
of Wilhelm Kohardt and Sophie Groth are:
2
i. Frederick William
Kohart, born February 18, 1868 in Warrian, Germany; died August 15, 1935 in
Leland Cemetery, Graham Co KS; married Ida Mae Shively June 12, 1889 in Oakwood,
Ohio.
ii. Henry Kohart, born
1865; died 1905; married Mary; born 1870; died 1935.
iii. Rachel Kohart, born
1867; died 1899; married Powell; born 1863; died 1928.
iv. Wilhelmine (Minnie)
Kohart, born 1874; married Miller; born 1864; died 1934.
v. William Kohart, born
1872; died 1954; married Elizabeth (Lizzie); born 1870.
Notes
for William Kohart:
http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/database/d0004/g0000080.htm#I196249
William
KOHART
BIRTH:
Freisenheim,Baden-Wurttenburg,Germany
Family
1: Elizabeth SHAFER
Their
son
Ralph
KOHART
Ralph
KOHART
BIRTH:
28 JUN 1897
DEATH:
14 AUG 1955
Father:
William KOHART
Mother:
Elizabeth SHAFER
Family
1: Bernice DIMOCK
MARRIAGE:
1 FEB 1921
Howard
KOHART
+Norma
KOHART
Washington
Township Paulding County Ohio 1920 census
William
and Lizzie Enumeration District 92 page 5a
vi. Ann Kohart, born
1874; married Daniel Leatherman.
Notes
for Ann Kohart: on familysearch.org
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Anna
KOHART (AFN: 22WZ-PHP) Pedigree
Sex:
F Family
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Event(s):
Birth: 4
Oct 1874
Hancock, Oh
Marriage(s):
Spouse: Daniel
Moses LEATHERMAN (AFN: 22WX-K77) Family
Marriage: 24 Feb
1895 , Paulding, Oh
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Husband's
Name
Daniel
Moses LEATHERMAN (AFN:22WX-K77) Pedigree
Born: 17 Dec 1864
Place: , Paulding, Oh
Married: 24 Feb
1895 Place:
, Paulding, Oh
Father:
Hiram LEATHERMAN (AFN:CM9P-92) Family
Mother: Catherine
SHAFER (AFN:1HB2-K95)
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Wife's
Name
Anna
KOHART (AFN:22WZ-PHP) Pedigree
Born: 4 Oct 1874
Place: , Hancock, Oh
Married: 24 Feb
1895 Place:
, Paulding, Oh
vii.
Charles Kohart, born October 13, 1879; died April 23, 1962; married Ida
Ellen McClure October 28, 1900 in Paulding County, Ohio; born January 26, 1883.
Notes
for Charles Kohart:
Information
on Charles birth and death dates, wife's maiden name and childrens' names and
birth, provided by Debi Reese 7/18/2000
viii. Ida Kohart, born
1883; died 1903; married Powell.
6. David Shively,
born March 20, 1846 in Hancock County, Ohio; died 1922 in Leland Cemetery,
Graham Co KS. He married 7.
Nancy Hineline.
7. Nancy Hineline,
born November 1844; died March 16, 1922 in Leland Cemetery, Graham Co KS.
Notes
for David Shively:
According
to family history, he was a canal boatman.
I
have a copy of his discharge from the military March 3, 1865
It
is stamped Pension July 11, 1898
It
says in part:
Enrolled
in war January 13, 1864 to serve three years
Disability
total
David
Shively was born in Hancock County, in the state of Ohio, is Eighteen years of
age, Five feet, eight inches high, Dark complexion and Hazel eyes, Brown hair,
and by occupation when enrolled, a Farmer
1880 Census, Nebraska familysearch.org
Household:
Name
Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's
Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
David
SHIVELY Self M
Male W
35 PA Farmer
(PA) (PA)
Nancy
SHIVELY Wife M
Female W
32 PA Keeping
House (PA)
(PA)
Ida
SHIVELY Dau
S Female W
14 OH
Attending School PA
PA
William
SHIVELY Son S
Male W 3 NE
PA PA
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Source
Information:
Census Place Todd Creek, Johnson, Nebraska
Family History Library Film 1254751
NA Film Number T9-0751
Page Number 737A
Child
of David Shively and Nancy Hineline is:
3
i. Ida Mae Shively, born
April 13, 1866 in Dunkirk, Ohio; died January 15, 1951 in Leland Cemetery,
Graham Co KS; married Frederick William Kohart June 12, 1889 in Oakwood, Ohio.
Generation
No. 4
8. Johann Kohardt,
born 1807; died 1872. He was the son of 16. Daniel Kohardt and 17. Anna
Stolte. He married 9.
Dorothea Flotow.
9. Dorothea Flotow
Child
of Johann Kohardt and Dorothea Flotow is:
4
i. Wilhelm Kohardt, born
1836 in Germany; died 1918 in Oakwood, Ohio; married Sophie Groth.
Generation
No. 5
16. Daniel Kohardt, born 1758. He married 17. Anna Stolte.
17. Anna Stolte, born 1779; died 1848.
Child
of Daniel Kohardt and Anna Stolte is:
8
i. Johann Kohardt, born
1807; died 1872; married Dorothea Flotow.
This is a work in progress. The information on this site has been gathered by
family members, from a variety of sources; Census records, military records,
family photographs, Ancestry.com and Familysearch.org. Not all of this
information has been verified by sources such as birth, marriage and death records.
To the best of my knowledge, this information is correct. I would like to thank
the Kohart cousins for generously sharing their research with me.
Don't forget to check the Kansas County USGenweb.org pages!
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