On August 11, 2012 the Booz and VanHorn families of Muskingum County will hold a Reunion (the first one in 82 years) at the LDS Church in Zanesville, Ohio. The address is 3300 Kearns Drive.

The first of 7 reunions began in 1924 with descendants from the Charles Booz and Mercy Ann VanHorn family as well as descendants from the Arthur VanHorn and Lydia Featherby family.

If you are descended from any of these families... PLEASE come! If you have questions about descendancy, feel free to email me at tgoldutah@yahoo.com.

Charles Booz and Mercy Ann VanHorn had 15 children, listed below with their spouses and their married names.

#1 Easten never married
#2 Amanda who married William Skinner
#3 Lydia who married Joseph Skinner
#4 Harriet Susan who married John H. Deavers
#5 John who married Sarah E. Hall
#6 Elizabeth Henrietta who married William M. Joseph
#7 Esther Ann never married
#8 Alva never married
#9 Louisa who married William L. Combs
#10 Mary S. who married Charles Rogers
#11 Hannah who married Jennings B. Marple
#12 Charles Henry who married Sarah P. Boggs
#13 Elmer E. who married Alice Huffman
#14 Lillian May who married Austin L. Joseph
#15 Cora Belle who married Charles Uphold and William
McElfresh


Children of Arthur VanHorn and Lydia Featherby were:

#1 Hester never married (but did have a child Samantha
Jennie who married Joseph Martin)
#2 Charles Burres married Elizabeth Martin
#3 James Burris married Mary Ann Martin
#4 Mary Elizabeth never married (but did have a child Burrus
#5 Arthur J. who married Mary Louisa Hall. Arthur died in
the Civil War, but left a child: Arthur Grant
VanHorn who married Josephine Tyler.
#6 William never married
#7 Elizabeth never married
#8 Joseph R. never married that we know of

2 others may be children of Arthur & Lydia, but proof has not been obtained yet:

Mercy Ann (wife of Charles Booz)
Samuel found only on the 1860 Census as a 35 year old.