Quintilla Garth Otwell
Quintilla
Garth was born 13 Jan 1801 in Scott County, Kentucky. She was the fifth daughter
of John GARTH, hence her name "Quintilla" Her mother, Sarah GRIFFITH,
was
John's
second wife. Before 1821, Quintilla married William OTWELL (born 11 apr 1798
in Kentucky). William appears in Fayette County for the 1830 census. He owned
a
100
acre farm in the 1838 Fayette County tax records. He then appears in Scott
County for the 1840 and 1850 censuses. Quintilla died 3 Jan 1852 at (51 years).
William
died
18 May 1 858 (60 years). They are buried in the Georgetown Cemetery, Scott
County.
Children of Quintilla GARTH and William OTWELL
| John Franklin OTWELL was born 29 Apr 1821 in Fayette County, Kentucky and died in Detroit, Michigan 21 Jun 1908. |
| Elizabeth
Martha OTWELL was born between 1822 and 1825 in Fayette County. She married
and had a son named
Parker. (There was a Parker Otwell in Scott County that may have been William's brother). |
| Son OTWELL was born between 1826 and 1830 in Fayette County. |
| Thomas S. OTWELL was born before 1829 in Fayette County. He married Anne Matilda STEVENSON. |
| Martha
L. OTWELL was born about 1830 in Fayette County. She married Benjamin
DORSEY of Kentucky and they had at
least 3 children: Benedick F., Mattie Otwell and Fannie Cromwell. Benjamin and Mattie are buried beside Quintilla and William in the Georgetown Cemetery. |
| Emily
OTWELL
was
born about 1833 in Fayette County. She married Tilford ALEXANDER of Bourbon
County, Kentucky
on 14 Jan 1851 in Scott County and they had at least 4 children: Quintilla, John R., William Otwell and Thomas. Emily died between 1860 and 1870 and Tilford remarried. |
| Mary Ann OTWELL was born about 1836 in Fayette County. |
| Sarah J. OTWELL was born about 1839. |
John Franklin OTWELL
John
Franklin OTWELL was born 29 Apr 1821 in Fayette County. On 18 Dec 1944, he
married Mary H. TAYLOR (born about 1821 in Fayette County,) the
daughter
of Stark TAYLOR. They take residence in Fayette COunty (1850) census. As
early as 1851, John F. ownes a 100 acre working farm in West
Nissouri,
Ontario,
Canada. In 1859, within a year of William's death, John F. moves the
family to Canada and he becomes a "market gardener" supplying
fresh
vegetables
throughout Ontario. An article in the Port Rowen News describes
John F., as a "pioneer canner" for his revival of a home canning process
that
was
popular in the south to the Civil War. Farmers processed fresh picked vegetables
in the field using canning operations on horse drawn sleighs.
In
1862,
they open a cannery near St. Mary's, Ontario. In 1882, the cannery burns
down and the Otwell's face a decade of hardships. Mary dies before
1891.
Eldest
son Maurice is committed to an insane asylum in 1889. John F. is convicted
of stealing and sent to Kingston Penitentiary in 1893 at the age
of
72.
He is evaluated and found to be suffering from senile dementia. The
family returns to the U.S. John F. resided in a sanitarium until his
death
21
Jun 1908 in Detroit, Michigan at the age of 87. He was buried in
Ontario.
Children of John Franklin OTWELL and Mary H. TAYLOR
| Maurice
OTWELL was born about 1845 in Fayette County, Kentucky. He married
Jane ASH in Perth, Ontario, Canada on 13 Jul
1865. They had 7 children: William Charles, Edwin James, Mary Ellen, Edith Ila May, June and Victoria. Maurice was a salesman, auctioneer, and inventor. In his 30's, he suffered epilepsy and eventual insanity. He was committed in 1889 to St. Mary's Asylum in Ontario and remained there until his death 6 Apr 1915. Jane later moved to Detroit, Michigan where she owned a boarding house. |
| John
Franklin OTWELL was born in 1866 in Ontario, Canada. He married
Vianna Palestine MURPHREE of Alabama. They moved
to Louisiana and had on son named Emmit Dewey. John Franklin was a typewriter repairer. He died 13 Nov 1941 in Monroe, Louisiana. |
Sources:
The
Garth Family 1734-1986 by Rosalie Davis
Fayette
County, Kentucky 1830, 1850 census, 1838 tax
record
Scott
County, Kentucky 1840 and 1850 census
Kentucky
Marriages 1797-1865 and 1828-1848 (page
110)
West
Nissouri, Ontario, Canada 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891
census
Port
Rowen News
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