Alpheus Wheeler Appenheimer

Alpheus married Melissa Olive Witcher 22 Sep 1881, Chambersburg, IL. Melissa was born 11 Mar 1866, Perry, IL; died 31 Oct 1931, Toulon, Stark Co., IL; was buried , Toulon Cemetery, Stark Co., IL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In 1880, the family is at Perry, Pike Co., IL: Wm. Appenheimer 59 Prussia, Jane 47 OH, Orson 26 IL, Mary 24 IL, Alpheus 21 IL, Ella 9 IL, and Anthony Remington 6 IL (nephew).

Wilhelm married Jane Cedelia Remington 20 Nov 1852, Iowa. Jane (daughter of Anthony Rice Remington and Wealtha Ann Aldridge) was born 10 Apr 1833, Trumbell Co., OH; died 7 Jul 1902; was buried , Toulon Cemetery, Stark Co., IL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Anthony & Wealtha migrated from Ohio to Pike Co., Illinois, in 1835 (according to Wealtha's obituary). They stayed there, on the upland between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, for fifteen years. In 1850 they settled in Stark Co., Illinois. For one year they lived in Council Bluffs, Iowa, but then they returned to Illinois.

In the 1850 Federal Census, Anthony & Weltha are living in Stark Co., IL, with their 8 children. In the 1860 Federal Census, the family is living at Clover, Henry Co., IL, with six children.

In the 1870 Federal Census, Ant & Wealthy A. Remington, ages 62 & 59, are living at Essex, Stark Co., IL. With them are Hervey 26, Adaline 19, & Jeannette 14. Next door is son Alpheus and family.

In 1880, Anthony & Wealthy A. Remington at West Jersey, Stark Co., IL, with their daughter Sarah Ham, her husband John, and their five children. Also in the household is a niece, Wealthy A. Remington, age 19. However, it seems to me that she must be the daughter of Alpheus, meaning that she is really Sarah's niece.

According to Wealtha's obituary, she and Anthony had 15 children.

Anthony married Wealtha Ann Aldridge 12 Mar 1829, Trumbull County, OH. Wealtha was born 5 Jan 1811, Southwick, Hampden Co., MA; died 22 Jun 1895, Toulon, IL; was buried , Toulon Cemetery, Stark Co., IL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Wealtha moved from Massachusetts to Fowler, Ohio, with her parents when she was age 5.

She may have been a granddaughter of Stephen Aldrich & Jerusha Bartlett, who owned a farm in Southwick, MA. According to a family tree at Rootsweb's Worldconnect, they had a son named Laban, born c1784. The 1820 Federal Census lists a Laban Aldridge in Fowler, OH.

Notes:

Anthony served in the Revolutionary War. His pension claim is #W4791, viewable at NARA on microfilm. I have viewed this file twice. It says he lived in Warwick, RI, where he enlisted in August 1776. He served as a marine (mariner) in Captain Duvall's company, on board the ship Providence, under Captain Abraham Whipple. He later served under Captain Rice until 1781. (see further notes below on military service)

In August 1818 Anthony was residing in Tolland, Hampden County, MA. He appears there in the 1820 & 1830 Federal Censuses. In the fall of 1833 he moved to Ohio, where his daughter Fanny and her husband William P. Barnes had located. In the 1830 census, an Anthony Remington is at Howland, Trumbull Co., OH. Might he have been visiting at that time? His son Virgilius is at Fowler, OH, that year.

The file notes that Anthony died "8-10-30 Nov 1833 in Freedom, Portage County, Ohio." It also states that he was married to Hannah sometime in the winter of 1781/82, probably March, in Westerly, RI. Her year of birth is given as 1762, but no surname is noted; she died 1 Aug 1842 at Fowler, Trumbull County, Ohio.

According to the pension file, in 1820 he stated the names of his children as: Mercy 22, Joseph W. 17, Anthony Rice 13, Lyman I. or J. 6, and Emeline M 3. I do not know where all of his children were born -- RI or MA.

A copy of a Bible record has the following: Rhoda 8 Oct 1782; Josiah 22 Sept 1784; Fannah, Fanny, or Frances 17 Aug 1786, m. 1809 to Wm. P. Barnes, b. in Granville (Tolland), MA; Charles 27 June 1788; Huldah 21 Feb 1791; Hannah 29 Jan 1793; Sally 4 Dec 1796; Mercy 28 Jul 1798; Lyman 28 Mar 1800; Virgilious 6 June 1805; Anthony Rice 7 Nov 1807.

Anthony & Hannah (Otter) Remington moved to Fowler, Ohio, to live with daughter Fannie Barnes, where Anthony died one week after arriving (Nov 11, 1833).

The following note is from Karen Hermann:
"The land records for Josiah Remington place him in Tolland, MA, in Oct 1833 and in Freedom, OH, in June 1834; since his father Anthony died in Freedom on 31 Nov 1833, according to the Anthony's pension record, I believe Josiah was the one who brought him to Ohio. He stated in an affidavit in 1823 that Josiah was his only means of support."

Here is an interesting web site done by one of his descendants: http://www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/prov.html

From another site:
"Anthony Remington, from Warwick, Rhode Island: Enlisted as a Marine in late August 1776 aboard the frigate Providence, which laid in Providence Harbor at the time, under Capt. Duval, Captain of Marines; and John Channing, 1st Lt of Marines. Term of enlistment: 12 months. Providence was commanded by Commodore Abraham Whipple. Honorably discharged twelve months later while the "Providence" lay in Providence River. Discharge signed by Commodore Abraham Whipple. After leaving the Marine Corps, his health impaired, Remington served every year in the local militia (Pawtuxet Rangers, of which he was a founding member) until 1781, and also as a coast watcher for the Navy. He endured ill health and poverty for the rest of his life, alleviated in part by pensions awarded for his military service. Remington's great-great-great grandson, Alpheus Appenheimer, served with the Marines in France in 1918. His great-great-great-great-great grandson, Mitchell B. Young, served with the Marines in Vietnam."
(source: http://www.hotmcl.org/CM.html)

Granville, MA, records this death:
1787 REMINGTON -, ch. Mr. Remington, -, 1787. P.R.6. more Death Granville
(I don't know how this fits into the family; needs more research. Perhaps an infant was born and died that year.)

Anthony married Hannah Utter 3 Mar 1782, Westerly, RI. Hannah was born 3 Sep 1762, Westerly, RI; died 1 Aug 1842, Fowler, Trumbull County, OH. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Some online genealogies have her surname as Otter, but the Utter family has roots at Westerly among its earliest settlers. This is why I have given her maiden name as Utter. "Otter" may be an English translation of Dutch or German. See the book "Some of the Descendants of Nicholas Utter of Westerly, RI."

I have made an assumption that her birthplace was Westerly, where she was married.

From an email by Donald Clink:
Utter is Swedish for "Otter". Some of early American records refer to this family as Otter. The Utters beginning with Nicholas Utter abt. 1630-1722 are an old Rhode Island family with Nicholas a Swedish soldier recruit settling first in New Sweden (present state of Delaware) and from at least the 1670's onward he and his family are in Newport, Kingstown and Westerly. He died in 1722 and was apparently buried in Stonington, Connecticut near the Rhode Island border.
Donald Clink

Notes:

The exact date of marriage was taken from The Belva Hall Burlingame family history. The Revolutionary War Pension file says sometime in the winter of 1781/2, probably March.