Person:Willis Routson (1)

His parents were WIlliam and Arlamicia Routson.

From Shirley Hunt shirleyjimbo2000@@yahoo.com

... son of William Routson (1821-1887) and Artimesia L.(Artamicia/Artewsha) Gould. William ROUTSON b. Fayette CO. PA. Nov 17, 1821. d. Ravenna, Muskegon Co. Michigan. Nov. 6, 1887. Married May 1, 1845 Harriet Cannon b. Feb. 19, 1821, d. Sullivan, Ashland Co. Ohio Dec. 30, 1849, the only Routson buried in the small old cemetery at Sullivan (Rt 224).

William Routson married 2nd to Artimesia Gould (d/o Amos F. and Polly) born 1830. In 1850 William worked as a cooper in Ashland Co., living next to his parents Jonathan Routson and Sarah Kirkpatrick. Jonathan changed the spelling of his name ROUTZONG to ROUTSON.

Artimesia Gould (William's second wife) is the daughter of Amos F. Gould who lived in Sullivan, Ohio. There is a Gould family cemetery there, and he is buried either at that cemetery, or the one in Sullivan (he has two head stones both have the same info). Amos Gould is descended from the Gould family who founded Topsfield, Massachusetts. I have the Gould family book that has the information about Amos Gould, Artimesia and William Routson listed with children including: Willie A. born 1851 Dec. 20.

1900 census in Black River/Lorain, Ohio on Mulberry Street: William (interchangeable with Willis) Routson, born Dec 1850 in Ohio, occupation: Policeman Clara, wife, born Aug 1850 in Ohio Lucius A., son, born 1883 in Ohio George, son, born Sep 1888 in Ohio

From the Cleveland Necrology File: Name: Routson, Lucius A. Date: Jul 24 1970 Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #151. Notes: Routson. Lucius A. Routson, late residence, Springfield Masonic Home, Springfield, O., beloved husband of the late Elizabeth A., father of Mrs. Joseph A. Gerber, Mrs. Clayton B. Boringer, grandfather and great-grandfather, Mr. Routson was a 33d Degree Mason. Funeral services Saturday 1 p.m. at The Walter A. Frey. Funeral Home, Lorain, O. Visitation Friday 2-4 And 7-9 P.M. Masonic service Friday 7:30 p.m.

Id#: 0698931 Name: Routson, Elizabeth Adeline Date: Dec 7 1969 Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #151. Notes: Routson. Elizabeth Adeline Routson, late residence, Ohio. Masonic Home Springfield, O., beloved wife of L. A. Routson, mother of Mrs. Joseph A. Gerber and Mrs. Clayton B. Boringer, grandmother and great-grandmother. Friends may call at the Walter A. Frey Funeral Home, Lorain, O., Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 P.M., where funeral services will be held Monday at 1 p.m.

According to the Ohio Historical Society's death records: William A. Routson died Jan. 29, 1929 in Lorain Cty, death cert #6609, volume #5882 Clara Minkler Routson died Apr 5, 1935 in Lorain Cty, death cert #74958, volume #7807

(You can request these from the state. Also, I would guess that both of their obituaries can be found in the Chronicle Telegram Newspaper of Elyria (the county seat) on Ancestry, but I don't subscribe any more because it got too expensive).

1910 census Lorain, Ohio on 5th Street: Lucius A. Routson, retail merchant in grocery store, age 27, born Ohio Elizabeth A., wife of one year, age 22 Josephine E., daughter, age 6 months."

Most of this information I already have, but some is new. Willis and Clara Routson also had a daughter Bertha Mae born 15 March 1874 Lorain County (died 18 April 1952 in Lorain Ohio). Bertha married Frederick Alfred Heimann 12 Oct 1892. Mr. Heimann was born in Berne, Switzerland (1868) and was brought to this country as a 6 month old infant.

I have seen a picture of Willis in a history book about Lorain County that they purchased in the ?1980's. He was a Lorain City policeman and there were those little round pictures of each policeman that was employed there at the time (I am guessing that would have been around 1900)... they lived in a house Willis had built on Seventh Street in Lorain that is still standing... Ruby Heimann was the daughter of Bertha Routson, (Willis Routson's daughter). Both Ruby and Bertha were married at a young age (17) and my dad vividly remembers his gr grandfather Willis as I remember my gr grandmother "Burbur".

Some of the information comes from "Rauenzahner to Routson - A Family on the Move" by John P. Dem and M. Marjorie Waidner. Picton Press of Camden Maine; and "The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield, Massachusetts" by Benjamin Gould originally published by the nichols Press Lynn, Mass then reprinted by The Anundsen Publishing Co. Decorah, Iowa.

1. ↑ Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints. LDS Ancestral File.