Sources

Ohio

Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio

Howe H. (1891). Historical collections of Ohio: an encyclopedia of the state; history both general and local, geography with descriptions of its counties, cities and villages, its agricultural, manufacturing, mining and business development, sketches of eminent and interesting characters, etc., with notes of a tour over it in 1886. Columbus, OH: Henry Howe & Son.
The above link is to an online copy of the book provided by RootsWeb, which provides excellent easy of use via links to various sections, including those for individual counties.

This is a three volume work that expands upon and updates a one volume work first published by Howe in 1847. As explained in the Wikipedia article Historical Collections of Ohio, the State of Ohio acquired the copyright and printing plates for this work and subsequently issued a number of reprints. The Wikipedia articles has links to online editions provided by Google Books. Some versions of this work also can be viewed via Archive.org.

Citation for an earlier edition:
Howe, H. (1847). Historical collections of Ohio: Containing a collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to its general and local history, with descriptions of its counties, principal towns and villages : illustrated by 177 engravings giving views of the chief towns, public buildings, relics of antiquity, historic localities, natural scenery, etc. Cincinnati: Derby, Bradley.

This book contains some good information, including material from personal memoirs, but the online version does support navigation by chapter, and the book itself has no table of contents. Other online sources (find via WorldCat) allow navigation to individual pages, but also provide no chapter titles or chapter navigation. However, the Google Books version can be searched using keywords, and that can be helpful for finding information on specific topics.

A History of Jackson County

Williams, D. W. (1900) A History of Jackson County, Ohio. Publisher unknown.

  • The link above goes to an Archive.org digitized copy taken from a print book held by The Library of Congress. Another digital copy of A History of Jackson County is provided by Google Books.
  • The book describes itself as Volume I: The Scioto Salt Springs. However, it appears that no subsequent volumes were published.
  • There are a number of libraries holding copies of this book. These can be found via WorldCat, but there appear to be multiple entries for this work. This link (https://www.worldcat.org/title/1336214925) shows a holding by the Los Angeles Pubic Library, and this one (https://www.worldcat.org/title/2098871) shows a holding by various libraries, including the Ohio State University Libraries. Searching WorldCat may show other entries that list additional libraries.
Jackson County Ohio History and Families

Jackson County Ohio Genealogical Society. 1991. Jackson County Ohio: History and Families. Paducah Ky: Turner Pub.

History of lower Scioto Valley

Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884. History of lower Scioto Valley, Ohio, together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co.
The link above goes to a digitized copy provided by Archive.org.

A Standard History of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio

Willard E. B., Williams D. W., Newman G. O. & Taylor C. B. (1916). A standard history of the Hanging Rock iron region of Ohio (Volume I): an authentic narrative of the past with an extended survey of the industrial and commercial development. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company.
Willard E. B., Williams D. W., Newman G. O. & Taylor C. B. (1916). A standard history of the Hanging Rock iron region of Ohio (Volume II): an authentic narrative of the past with an extended survey of the industrial and commercial development. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company.

  • The links above are to digital copies provided by Archive.org.

Maryland

History of Frederick County

Williams, T. J. C. & McKinsey, F. (1910). History of Frederick County, Maryland: from the earliest settlements to the beginning of the war between the states. Frederick, MD: L. R. Titsworth & co.

  • This work, originally published in two volumes, is now in the public domain can can accessed in digital form via the Hathi Trust Digital Library:
  • Includes useful information on the early history of Frederick County. While I have only skimmed this, it seems to confirm that German-speaking immigrants and their descendants were a significant presence.

The biographical sketch of Philip Hiteshew (son of Daniel) in the above work appears to have been pretty much copied from an earlier work:

Chapman Publishing Company (1898) Portrait and biographical record of the Sixth congressional district, Maryland. New York: Chapman Publishing Co.
This work can be accessed in digital form via the Internet Archive

(For biographical sketch of Philip L. Hiteshew, see pp. 329-331.)

Schumacher Register

The Schumacher Register refers to a notebook kept by Lutheran pastor Daniel Schumacher. It included records of baptisms from to 1754-1774 and was written in German. It was translated in 1967 by Frederick B. Weiser, and this translation has been made available for viewing by Ancestry.com as part of an online database:

Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Source Citation: Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadephia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records.
The way information from this database is presented on Ancestry.com obscures can lead to misinterpretation. To avoid this, it is helpful to know something about the structure of the original Schumacher Register.

Personal Communications

REM

As a matter of policy, this wiki does not provide identifying information for living persons unless there is good reason to do so and consent has been given. REM is a descendant of Richard F. Marshall and has done decades of research on Marshall family history. Through tenacious efforts, REM discovered a summary of the will of Richard F. Marshall and put together a family tree for Richard that has been well validated. REM has also provided guidance and corrective information for others researching Marshall family history. This wiki owes much to REM and is grateful for his work.