1529 SIMEON OATMAN
1529 SIMEON7 (Lyman6, Eliakim5, George4, George3, John2, Johannes1), son of Lyman and
Lucy (Stoddard) Oatman, was born 11 December 1842 in Montville, Ohio, and died
19 December 1929 in Medina, Medina County, Ohio.
He married Mary
Floretta (Flora), daughter of Henry (1811-1865) and Mary (Harman) Lemon
(1812-1865), on 5 August 1868 in Medina.
Flora was born 29 May 1848 in Mansfield, Ohio, and died 1 February 1929
in Medina. Both Simeon and Flora are buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Medina,
Ohio.
Simeon grew up in
Medina and continued to live there except for a 14-year period between 1880 and
1894 when he and his family lived in Berea, Ohio. He was in the meat business.
During the Civil
War, Simeon was a corporal in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.), 42nd
Regiment. He was engaged in the fighting
for three years, part of the time in Louisiana.
He kept a diary of the time he spent there. His daughter Lillian died at age 28 after
which her two young children, Natalia and Marcella, went to live with Simeon
and Flora.
Children of Simeon and Mary Floretta
(Lemon) Oatman:
3705 Lillian, d. at age 28; m. William H.
Fisher. Children, surname Fisher:
A Natalia, b. 1893/94; d. ca 1970, San
Antonio, TX. Unmarried.
B Marcella, b. 22 Jan 1895 (Social
Security gives her birth date as 8 Mar 1895), Medina, OH; d. 20 Mar 1976,
Georgetown, TX. Unmarried.
3706 Albert B., m. Alice Bentley, who d. 10 Nov
1928. Children, surname Oatman:
A Wilbur B., b. 19 Jul 1895, Medina, OH;
d. Jun 1971, Fort Myers Beach, FL; m. Mary Schwartz, who d. 30 Jul 1980 at Fort
Myers Beach. Children, surname Oatman:
I Carol,
m. 1) Kraniss;
2) Gerald Traxler; 3) William
George. She lived at North Fort Myers,
FL.
II Betsy,
m. Arthur Stocks.
III Norma, m. John A. Condella.
Sources: Research by Barbara Hawthorne; Carol
Oatman George, Fort Myers, FL
Genealogy compiled
by Marcella Fisher
Medina records
found by Evelyn Thomas
Social Security
Death Index
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