Civil registration birth entry for Sarah Carter, 1 June 1850, St Thomas Registration District, Devon, volume 10, page 223, entry number 416; General Register Office, England and Wales.
Anne Speight, "Dotton Mill," [publication title not identified], pp. 11–16 [issue/date pending; filename suggests 2 January 1982]; photocopy in Karla Tipton's possession. Speight's own family-record page lists the children of Joel Roger Carter and Mary (Dyer) Carter in birth order — Mary, Joel Roger, Oliver Hare, William Henry, Anna, Sarah, Joanna Paver, Robert, Eliza — making Sarah the sixth child; the article also gives the Domesday Book origin of Dotton Mill. Note: a compiled, narrated family-history article, not itself a primary source.
Marriage of James Murch and Sarah Carter, Parish Church, Parish of St Edmund, City of Exeter, Devon, 28 September 1871; General Register Office certified copy, entry number 68.
Passenger list, ship Baltic, arrived New York from Liverpool 21 April 1873; National Archives and Records Administration, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1820–1897, microfilm M237, record group 36; Ancestry.com.
Wikipedia, "SS Baltic (1871)"; Titanic and Co., "The White Star Line: Oceanic Class of Liners (1871–1874)."
"Notice" [insolvent debtor petition, Joel Carter of Harpford], Exeter Flying Post (Exeter, Devon, England), 5 June 1851; and "In the Matter of the Petition of Joel Carter, of Harpford" [final order notice], Exeter Flying Post, 3 July 1851. Identifies Joel Carter of Harpford as a "farmer" in these two 1851 notices, rather than "miller" — see the companion notes file for a flag on this point.
"Change of Firm," The Summit County Beacon (Akron, Ohio), 23 July 1868; Newspapers.com. William Henry Perrin, ed., History of Summit County, Ohio, with an Outline Sketch of Ohio (Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 1881), page 689.
"Elopements 14 & 15," The Summit County Beacon (Akron, Ohio), 19 March 1879 (reprinted from "Wednesday's Daily Beacon"); Newspapers.com, clipping no. 202617084, https://www.newspapers.com/image/228737809/.
"[untitled item]," The Summit County Beacon (Akron, Ohio), 24 July 1878, page 3; Newspapers.com, clipped by azazella.
Summit County Recorder (Ohio), Deed Record, volume 114, pages 597–598, Joseph Lehmann to Theresa Lehmann, deed, 27 February 1879, recorded 16 July 1879; Summit County Recorder's Office, Akron, Ohio; digital image, Summit County Fiscal Officer, IBAV.
Order for the Reception of a Pauper Patient and Medical Certificate, Devon County Lunatic Asylum, Exminster, Devon, both dated 27 May 1861, certifying Mary Carter, wife of Joel Roger Carter, Miller.
Order for the Reception of a Pauper Patient and Medical Certificate, Devon County Lunatic Asylum, Exminster, Devon, both dated 6 July 1863, certifying Mary Carter.
Order for the Reception of a Pauper Patient and Medical Certificate, Devon County Lunatic Asylum, Exminster, Devon, both dated 23 February 1865, certifying Mary Carter, case no. 3012.
Anne Speight, "Dotton Mill" [see note 2]; "Newton Poppleford — Conservative Dinner," Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, 18 December 1868; and "Newton Poppleford — Factory Festivity," Western Times, 15 January 1869.
Anne Speight, "Dotton Mill" [see note 2]. Quotes the gravestone inscription of Sarah's brother Oliver Hare Carter in full.
Anne Speight, "Dotton Mill" [see note 2]. Records Fred Davey's 1979 recollection, as told to him by his great-grandmother, of Miller Joel Roger Carter and the violin.
1880 U.S. Federal Census, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, population schedule, Supervisor's District 11, Enumeration District 122, page 14, dwelling 127, family 134, Joseph Nash household; enumerated 4 June 1880.
General nineteenth-century American common-law principle; no single period statute located specifying this rule.
Emmie (French) Burt to Clifford Romig, two letters, Exmouth, Devon, "Aug 16th" [dated by Karla as 1921; this year is now flagged as uncertain — see the companion notes file]; original in Karla Tipton's possession.
City of Buffalo Birth Return, Annie Lehman/"Annie," born 1 June 1884, Ward 11; recorded 16 June 1884.
Certified copies of the same Birth Return, disagreeing on the surname given for the father.
"Altar," The Buffalo Sunday Morning News (Buffalo, New York), 23 January 1887, page 2; Newspapers.com, clipping no. 152471677.
Summit County Recorder (Ohio), Deed Record, volume 160, page 185, Joseph Lehman to Sarah Lehman, deed, executed 24 November 1887; received by the recorder 7 December 1887 at 9 a.m.; recorded 8 December 1887; Summit County Recorder's Office, Akron, Ohio; digital image, Summit County Fiscal Officer, IBAV.
Summit County Recorder (Ohio), Deed Record, volume 160, page 184, John P. Kintz and Isabella Kintz to Joseph and Sarah Lehman, deed, 14 November 1887, recorded 8 December 1887; corroborated by "Coventry — John P. Kintz to Joseph and Sarah Lehman, 25 acres of lot 7 of tract 2, $2150," real estate transfers, Akron City Times (Akron, Ohio), 14 December 1887.
"We Testify of Him" [testimony of Annie (Lehman) Romig], Barberton Congregation Newsletter (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Barberton, Ohio), July–August 1975, pages 9–12; original in Karla Tipton's possession. A derivative newsletter reprint of Annie's own testimony, written before 1950 and reaffirmed by her in 1972; her original autograph manuscript has not been located.
"Afraid of Witches," Akron Evening Times (Akron, Ohio), 10 January 1894, page 1; Newspapers.com.
"Too Violent for the Jail," Akron Evening Times (Akron, Ohio), 11 January 1894, page 1; Newspapers.com.
"Taken to Newburg," The Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio), 15 January 1894, page 1; Newspapers.com.
Case Western Reserve University, Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, "Cleveland State Hospital."
"Joseph Lehman Dead," The Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio), 25 January 1894, page 1; Newspapers.com.
Funeral ledger and invoice for the interment of Joseph Lehman, The Billow Company, Akron, Ohio, service dated 24–26 January 1894.
Certified Copy of Death Record for Joseph Lehman, died 26 February 1894, Summit County Probate Court, Record of Deaths, volume 2, page 60, certificate no. 313.
"Probate Court" and "Appointed Administratrix," Akron papers, 5 February 1894; "Probate Court," Akron Evening Times (Akron, Ohio), 27 February 1894, page 1.
Marriage License, Affidavit, and Return of Marriage for Wesley Houser and Mrs. Sarah Lehmann, license issued and married 21 April 1897; Summit County Probate Court marriage register.
1891 Illustrated Summit County, Ohio plat atlas (Akron Map & Atlas Company), Coventry Township plat, School District No. 4, parcels labeled "J. & S. Leman" and "Andrew Houser"/"A. Houser"; digital image, University of Akron Libraries, Summit Memory digital collection. Corroborated by the 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio, Andrew Houser household.
Sarah Houser v. John Wesley Houser, Summit County Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 10115, Journal Entry of dismissal, April Term 1901.
Sarah Houser v. John Wesley Houser, Summit County Court of Common Pleas, Decree, 23 December 1901 (October Term 1901), and Petition, sworn 4 November 1901.
Anne Speight, "Dotton Mill" [see note 2]; corroborated by "A Real Romance — More of the Story of Joel R. Carter and His Wives," Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio), 12 December 1891, and "Joel Carter's Estate — A Compromise Effected by His Three Widows," Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio), 22 January 1892.
"Brother of Akron Man Is Killed," Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio), 25 June 1913; "Lehman Mystery Deepens," same paper, 27 June 1913; "Body Received Was Lehman's," same paper, 30 June 1913. Note: these sources document Andrew's own burial at St. Bernard's only — see the companion notes file regarding Peter, Frank, and Frank's son.
Letter from Emmie Joanna French, with enclosed note from J.P. French, to Sarah Houser, 6 April 1919; original in Karla Tipton's possession.
Ohio History Connection, "The Spanish Influenza Comes to Ohio"; Case Western Reserve University, Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, "Influenza Pandemic of 1918–1919."
Ohio History Connection, "The Spanish Influenza Comes to Ohio."
Certificate of Death for Sarah Hauser, 3 May 1919, Barberton, Summit County, Ohio, Registered No. 144; Ohio Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Letters from Emmie (French) Burt to Clifford Romig, 21 May 1919; "Aug 16th" [year uncertain, filed provisionally 1921]; and 27 February 1925; originals in Karla Tipton's possession.
Clifford Romig, interview by Karla Tipton, sound recording, 22 September 1989, Side B, page 5.
Clifford Romig, interview by Karla Tipton, sound recording, 22 September 1989, Side B, page 5.
Clifford Romig, interview by Karla Tipton, sound recording, 24 September 1989, Side A, page 2.
Clifford Romig, interview by Karla Tipton, sound recording, 22 September 1989, Side B, page 1.
Clifford Romig, interview by Karla Tipton, sound recording, 22 September 1989, Side B, page 1.
Clifford Romig, interview by Karla Tipton, sound recording, 22 September 1989, Side A, page 11.
"Fragments," The Summit County Beacon (Akron, Ohio), 12 January 1876. Note: this item does not itself name Joseph Lehman — see the companion notes file.