Ruth O'Connell

Newspaper Obituary 4-11-1885 [Note Saturday] Coshocton County, OH:

Mrs. Ruth O'Connell, daughter of Mr. Thomas Hardesty, an old and respected citizen of the community, died last Sunday evening and was buried at Chalfant's Cemetery Tuesday.

She was a descendant of a family remarkable for large persons. The weight of the family of six of them is said to have aggregated more than a ton. Mrs. O'Connell herself weighed over 300 pounds, and an extra sized casket and grave were required for her remains.

Services were conducted by Rev. Wilson of West Bedford, and were attended by a large crowd of relatives and friends despite the incelmency of the weather.

Much sympathy is expressed for the father, an aged man born in the last century, as she was his favorite housekeeper and child.

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pre her father's will dated 15 Jun 1883:

....Item 2nd It is my will that my daughter Ruth O'Connell and her husband Michael O'Connell and my son Elisha Hardesty have possession and use free or rent of my homestead farm of about one hundred and sixty-thre acres

with the buildings thereon situate in Washington Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, for the period of one year from and after my death; one-half to Elisha and one-half to Ruth and her husband....

Codicil
I Thomas Hardesty of the county of Coshocton and State of Ohio, do make and publish this my codicil to my last will and testament dated June 15th 1883 and witnessed by R. M. Voorhes and C. B. Hunt.
Item 1st As my daughter Ruth O'Connell had died since the making and publishing of said last will and testament it is my will the Item 2nd of said last will be modified in this, to-wit: that in the place of the names of my said daughter Ruth and her husband Michael O'Connell, there be substituted the name of my daughter Mary Collins, so that my said daughter Mary Collins my have and enjoy all the property and privileges granted and given in said Item 1nd. to my said daughter Ruth and her said husband, and that said Michael O'Connell shall have and enjoy none of said privilege...

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 1st day of June, A. D. 1885.

Ruth O'connell (born Hardesty)

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• Birth: 1842 - Washington, Coshocton, Ohio, USA
• Death: Apr 5 1885 - Coshocton, Ohio
• Parents: Thomas Hardesty, Frances Hardesty (born Burris)
• Siblings: Thomas Jefferson Hardesty, Julia Ann Hardesty, Abner Hardesty, Naomi Edington (born Hardesty), William M Hardesty, Jeremiah Hardesty, Mary Hardesty, Elisha Edmund Hardesty, Keziah McCoy (born Hardesty), Abraham Hardesty, George Washington Hardesty, Joseph Hardesty, James Madison Hardesty, Jerimah Hardesty
• Husband: Michael O'Connell

Ruth O'connell (born Hardesty)

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• Birth: 1842
• Death: Apr 7 1885
• Parents: Thomas Hardesty, Frances Hardesty (born Burris)
• Siblings: James Madison Hardesty, Julia Ann Harper (born Hardesty), Abner Hardesty, Neoma Hardesty, Joseph Hardesty, William Hardesty, Jerimah Hardesty, Mary Collins (born Hardesty), Elisha Edmund Hardesty, Keziah McCoy (born Hardesty), George Washington Hardesty
• Husband: Michael O'Connell

Newspaper Obituary 4-11-1885 Coshocton County, OH:

Mrs. Ruth O'Connell, daughter of Mr. Thomas Hardesty, an old and respected citizen of the community, died last Sunday evening and was buried at Chalfant's Cemetery Tuesday.

She was a descendant of a family remarkable for large persons. The weight of the family of six of them is said to have aggregated more than a ton. Mrs. O'Connell herself weighed over 300 pounds, and an extra sized casket and grave were required for her remains.

Services were conducted by Rev. Wilson of West Bedford, and were attended by a large crowd of relatives and friends despite the incelmency of the weather.

Much sympathy is expressed for the father, an aged man born in the last century, as she was his favorite housekeeper and child.

Additional Note from family records:

Ruth married Michael O'Connell on Feb. 18, 1872 in Coshocton County, OH.

Ruth's parents: Thomas Hardesty and Frances "Fanny" (Burris) Hardesty, married November 12, 1818 in Coshocton Co., OH.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 9 2018, 7:59:44 UTC