Cecilia Jane with Mom and Dad

These two photos came in a card from Zach and Lisa (Williams) Espenchied. Cecilia Jane was born October 4, 2006. Click on the photos for an enlarged view.

Merry Christmas

John & Dorothy Huston mark 65th anniversary

John & Dorothy
(Liggett) Huston
65th anniversary

John and Dorothy were married November 29, 1941 in Greenup, Kentucky and will celebrate their 65th anniversary with a cruise.

They have five children, 15 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
[Published in the Akron Beacon Journal, Sunday, December 17, 2006, page E7, col. 4]

Please excuse photo reproduction. It was scanned from newsprint.

Photo of Cadiz Junction depot

This is a photo of the Cadiz Junction railroad depot in 1905.
Click on the photo to enlarge.

Zach helps on Storybook Lane

New Philadelphia city employee Zach Espenschied helps Richard Stewart set up Storybook Lane at Tuscora Park in New Philadelphia Tuesday. Zack is the spouse of Lisa (Williams) Espenchied. The photo was in the Times-Reporter on Wednesday, December 6, 2006.

Williams photo for Christmas

Here’s a November, 2006 photo of the children of Dr. Scott and Diana Williams of Massillon enclosed with their Christmas card. From left are twins Katrina and Nathan, 3, Jeffrey, 6, and Danielle, 4.

Latest photos of Cecilia Jane

Here are the latest photos of Cecilia Jane Espenschied, daughter of Zack and Lisa (Williams) Espenschied. One is by herself, another asleep on her Dad and a third with the dogs.

Click on photos to enlarge them for a better view.

Judy Friel's brother dies

Jeffery A. Wolfe, brother of Judy (Mike) Friel, died Friday. Here is his obituary from the Times-Reporter:

Jeffery A. Wolfe

Jeffery A. Wolfe, 45, of 118 S. Miller St., Uhrichsville, O., passed away unexpectedly in his home on Friday, Nov. 10, 2006. A son of the late Charles T. and Pauline (Berkes) Wolfe, he was born Feb. 13, 1961, in Dennison, O.

Jeff was a lifelong resident of the Twin City area, a graduate of Claymont High School in 1979 and a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Uhrichsville. He was a self-employed painter and the owner of “Picky Painters,” in addition to working at BarMet for many years. He enjoyed fishing and was an avid NASCAR and Ohio State Buckeyes fan.

Jeff will be sadly missed by his family which includes a son, Thomas Wolfe of the home and a son, Kevin Gray, of Toronto, O.; a stepdaughter, Tiffani Kees of Uhrichsville; a sister, Judy Friel and husband Michael of Dennison; a brother, Charles “Buster” Wolfe and wife Deb of Uhrichsville; nieces, Dusti and Deanne Friel; and nephews, Michael Friel and Chas Wolfe.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Jeffery A. Wolfe II, who died June 26, 1990.

Services for Jeff, officiated by the Rev. Larry Malterer, will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006, at 11 a.m. in the R.K. Lindsey Funeral Home in Dennison. Interment will follow at Union Cemetery in Uhrichsville. Jeff’s family will receive callers at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Monday. Memorial contributions may be made to his family in care of the R.K. Lindsey Funeral Home to help defray the cost of his final expenses. (R.K. Lindsey)
[The Times-Reporter, New Philadelphia, OH, Sunday, November 12, 2006 ]

Cadiz Junction sketch by H.D. Liggett

Click on map to enlarge for better view.

Digital art by Trisha Edwards

Patty Jo (Friel) Edwards is doing some fiction writing but is also creating digital art like the piece shown here.

Here’s the story from Trisha:

In addition to plugging away at a Fantasy fiction novel in my free time, I've also taken up creating digital art. A couple of my pieces will soon be displayed in Erewhon Gallery which is above the Northside on Main Street in Akron.

I've been working on them for the Akron Art Museum's Annual Gallery Hop that takes place on November 9-12 and for Erewhon's Holiday Open House on the 11th of November from 7pm-10pm. I will, more than likely, be at Erewhon between those times to answer any questions anyone has about my art.

I've included a render of one of the pieces that will be displayed. It's titled 'Divine Blessing.' It's a picture of a female paladin and her warhorse bathed in divine light. A much bigger framed version of this picture will be in the gallery. I also have a couple more pictures that I need to get framed yet. Hopefully, I'll get them finished before the 9th! [Click on the photo to enlarge.]

If anyone is interested in finding out more about Erewhon Gallery, they can visit www.erewhonart.com I hope to have my own website completed in the near future... www.amberstar.net It's in the construction stage right now.

Trisha Edwards
Information Systems Analyst
tedwards@actionlink.com

Comparing the million census years

Our nation’s population reached 300 million t this year. To help spotlight this occasion, the Census Bureau steps back in time by comparing contemporary life and statistics to those in the time periods in which the nation reached other noteworthy population milestones in 1967 (when the population reached 200 million) and in the year 1915 (when it reached 100 million). America, how you have grown and changed.

Click on the headline to read some interesting facts.

Irish dirt for sale: $15 for 12 ounces

This off-beat news item is for the Irish (Cotter) descendants of the family:

DUBLIN – Two Irishmen have set up a business selling dirt to nostalgic Irish Americans who want a handful of 'the mother country' on their graves.

Pat Burke, 27, and Alan Jenkins, 65, have just shipped their first $1 million load of 'official' Irish soil to New York – at $15 per 12-ounce (340-gram) bag – and confidently expect it will be followed by many more.

'The demand has been absolutely phenomenal,' Burke, an agricultural scientist from County Tipperary, said on Friday.

'We knew it would take off but not in our wildest dreams did we expect the reaction we've had so far.'

Burke, who has patented a way of processing the soil so it passes U.S. import rules that demand it is free of disease and non-indigenous insects, said the pair were in talks with 'one of the world's largest retailers' and a U.S. shopping channel.

'We're looking at going worldwide,' he said. The firm has pledged to donate 80 percent of its profits to charities in Ireland and the United States.

A visit with Della Liggett

Della May (Reneker) Liggett, a resident of Pebble Creek Convalescent Center, was photographed by me when Helen and l visited her on Saturday, October 14, 2006. Della can no longer remember many things but we had a nice visit in the dining room. The center is in a quiet section a short distance from Interstate 77 just south of Akron at 670 Jarvis Rd., Akron, OH 44319.

Della, , who celebrated her 78h birthday on May 22, 2006, was married on October 22, 1967 to William Fenton Liggett who died June 19, 1997. Their son, Sheldon Scott Liggett, is a travel nurse in Greenville, NC.

Here's an update from Sheldon:

I have an apartment here for the days I work and still have the house in Florence, SC where I had moved when I transfered with the company I worked for in Ohio. In Novemeber, I will be giving up the house in Florence and Steve and I will be making our home here until the hospital either no longer renews my contract or we are ready for a change of scenery. The money is good and the area is nice and slowly growing. The hospital is huge, basically about the size of Akron City Hospital, and is a level one trauma center. It is a great oppurtunity to travel and see and work in different areas to see where might be a nice place to settle down when I retlre.

Sheldon's e-mail address is loctordanue@yahoo.com

Cards can be sent to Della at Pebble Creek at the address listed above.

New school portraits of Liggett girls

These are school portraits taken August 30, 2006 for the new school year. Erin (left) is in Grade 6 and Anna is in Grade 2 at St. Paul School on Brown Street in Akron. They are the daughters of Tom and Sue (Gabelman) Liggett and grandaughters of Harry and Helen Liggett of Akron, OH

This blog's for you

If you have received e-mail from Harry Liggett, this blog is for you. This blog was opened because there is no longer a Liggett site on My Family.com. We found little interest in that site because some of you forgot how to log onto it and it was mainly a repository for family history records. If any new information is found on the family, it can be reported here. This blog, however, will be used to post photos and updates on what family members are up to now. The first item, for instance, is about the latest descendant of Frank and Nora (Penn) :Liggett.

Please keep in touch. If you have any news of your family or a photo you would like to see on the blog, just contact Harry Liggett. If you can e-mail a jpeg of your photo fine. If not, we can scan an original for you.

We hope to have other family members who will become contributors who can post their own. Let me know if you are interested

Cecilia Jane arrives

A baby girl named Cecilia Jane, who will be known as CJ, was born at 9:11 a.m. Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at Union Hospital in Dover. She weighed 7 pounds and 4 counces.

Cecelia Jane is the daughter of Lisa (Williams) Espenchied and Zachery Allen Espenchied and granddaughter of Barry and Susan (Armstrong) Willams and Gary and Trudy Espenchied.

Her name comes from Zach's grandmodther's middle name (Cecelia) and from Lisa's mother's middle name (Jane).

Her Liggett connection: She is the great-grandaughter of the late John and Betty (Liggett) Wlilliams. She is the great-great granddaughter of Harry Doyle and Lillian Mary (Bilderback) Liggett and so on back to Frank and Nora (Penn) Liggett, William and Caroline (Denning) Liggett, Samuel and Jane Stackhouse Liggett, Stephen and Sarah (Gourley) Liggett and Patrick and Sarah Jane (Yost) Liggett.

Click on the photo to see a larger image.