Stahl Family Papers (MSS 562)

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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR MSS Finding Aids Manuscripts 8-27-2015 Stahl Family Papers () Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Western Kentucky University, mssfa@wku.

1 Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR MSS Finding Aids Manuscripts Stahl Family Papers () Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Western Kentucky University, Follow this and additional works at: Part of the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Stahl Family Papers ()" (2015). MSS Finding Aids. Paper This Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR. It has been accepted for inclusion in MSS Finding Aids by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR. For more information, please contact

2 1 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Department of Library Special Collections Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY Descriptive Inventory STAHL Family Papers 9 boxes. 124 folders. 2,551 items Originals or photocopies SC BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE John Stahl ( ) and his family moved from Pennsylvania to Green County Kentucky in He had purchased land there in 1793 and likely spent the intervening years improving the property before relocating his family. In 1804 John, his wife Magdalene, and their children moved to a 300-acre farm between the communities of Rich Pond and Woodburn in Warren County, Kentucky. Descendants of this family later also lived in Butler County and Todd County, Kentucky. John and Magdalene eventually had twelve children. Their names in order of birth were: David Ewing, Jacob, Daniel, John W., Isaac, Mary Magdalene, Esther, Benjamin, Ann, Elizabeth, Ruth, and Phebe. Morton French Stahl, the gatherer of this collection descended from the Isaac Stahl mentioned above. He was born in Warren County, Kentucky on 10 December 1929, the son of Briggs and Ruth Wilson Stahl in the Browning community contiguous to Clear Fork and Black Lick Creeks. He attended Browning Elementary, South Warren High School and the Bowling Green Business University. He later served two years in the United States Army, most of which was with the Adjutant General Section of the 40 th Infantry Division in Korea. He was awarded the bronze star medal for successfully evacuating personnel and assisting in the move of division headquarters to higher ground during a flash flood. In 1958 he became executive director of Warren County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), which was charged with the administration of farm programs mandated by Congress. He served in this capacity for thirty years. Toward the end of his career, he also taught management classes for potential ASCS executive directors in the southeast United States. Other than his wartime service, Stahl lived his entire life in Warren County. In 1976, the United States bicentennial year, Morton became interested in genealogical and historical research and wrote several family and church history books including: The Family of John Stahl (1977); Providence Knob Baptist Church, Warren County, Kentucky, (1999); Clear Fork Baptist Church, Warren County, Kentucky, , vols. 1 and 2 (1983 & 1993); In His Image: The Family of John Stahl (1980); Warren Association of Baptists, , Warren County, Kentucky (2004).

3 2 Morton was a twenty-year firefighter with the Browning Volunteer Fire Department. He was ordained a deacon at Clear Fork Baptist Church in 1961 and was volunteer music director at that church for fifty years. Morton married Margaret Ann Price on 3 March She was the daughter of Virgil and Mollie (Sledge) Price. Morton and Margaret were the parents of Briggs Price Stahl (b. 1958) and Barry Wilson Stahl (b. 1965). Morton French Stahl died on 24 May 2015 and was interred in Bowling Green s Fairview Cemetery. COLLECTION NOTE This collection, gathered by Morton French Stahl, chiefly documents his genealogical research on the Stahl family, beginning with John Stahl ( ) and his move to Green County, Kentucky in The collection also includes research material related to churches in Warren County, Kentucky, and corollary families of the Stahl clan. Box 1 of the collection includes Morton Stahl s correspondence. It is almost exclusively genealogical in nature. Of particular interest is his more than 100 letters in Folders 5 and 6 with Euruth R. (Stahl) Stem. Correspondents with less than 10 items can be found in the General Correspondence in Folders A few letters written to Morton s parents, Briggs and Ruth Stahl, are found in Folder 9. Box 2 includes a master copy of Stahl s family history In His Image: The Family of John Stahl published in 1980 in Folders 1-4; some revisions to the same book are included in Folder 5, and Folder 6 contains some administrative papers related to the book s publication. Folder 7 contains information about a number of entries that Stahl provided for a book titled Warren County, Kentucky Families published by the Warren County Historical Society and the Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society in The remaining folders in Box 2 contain information about Stahl family members, including Briggs, Morton s son, and Horace, Morton s brother. Warren County, Kentucky land records and tax receipts belonging to the Stahl family, including abstracts for purchased land, can be found in Box 3 as well as estate papers from Briggs Stahl and Ruth Stahl (Morton s parents), Mollie G. Price (Morton s maternal grandmother) and A.J. Stahl (Morton s paternal grandfather). Box 4 contains genealogical information for the descendants of John Stahl in Kentucky. Morton arranged these alphabetically and that arrangement was retained. Each folder is roughly organized in this manner: genealogical charts; pages from the Stahl family history that relate to that individual and his immediate family; contemporary and historical correspondence; copies of documents; research notes; photographs. Most of the material in Box 4 consists of photocopies, not original documents. A good portion of the photographs are of tombstones, although there are some original photos of family members. Boxes 5 through 7 contain information about corollary families; those folders are organized alphabetically and the contents of the folders are arranged in the same method as listed above for the Stahl family folders. Box 4, Folder 7a includes records of supplies, clothing, horses, arms, ordnance, muster rolls, and payrolls kept by Captain Daniel Marion Stahl for Company D of the 11 th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Union). Box 8 includes master copies of Stahl s histories of Providence Knob Baptist Church and the Warren Association of Baptists. The histories submitted by churches for the Association history are not complete (Folders 7-8); the published book includes churches that are not reflected in the research material. Others folders related to the Association history include

4 3 information and photographs of past Associational directors (Folder 6), administrative correspondence about the book s printing and orders (Folder 5), and information about educational institutions linked to the Association (Folder 9). Folder 13 includes information and photographs about the new Warren Association of Baptist headquarters completed in the late- 1990s and previous buildings. South Warren High School (Rockfield, Kentucky) reunions from 1988 to 2012 are documented in Box 9. The box includes invitations and correspondence from attendees, reunion programs, class rosters, a Pictorial History of South Warren High School (Folder 5) and other miscellaneous material including a short history of cheerleaders at South Warren High (Folder 6). The photographs in Folder 4 include some images of the new South Warren High School in Rich Pond, Kentucky. Morton Stahl attended South Warren High School and was a cheerleader. SHELF LIST BOX 1 Stahl, Morton F. Correspondence items Folder 1 Inventory 1 item Folder 2 Correspondence with Ida Brunner items Folder 3 Correspondence with Fan S Shaver items Folder 4 Letters to Morton F. Stahl from Mary Elizabeth items (Stahl) Sims Folder 5 Correspondence with Euruth R. (Stahl) Stem items Folder 6 Correspondence with Euruth R. (Stahl) Stem items Folder 7 Letters to Morton F. Stahl from Elizabeth items (Mitchell) Williams Folder 8 Letters to Morton F. Stahl from Josephine items Folder 9 Letters to Briggs & Ruth Stahl, Browning, Ky items Folder 10 General correspondence of Morton F. Stahl items Folder 11 General correspondence of Morton F. Stahl items Folder 12 General correspondence of Morton F. Stahl items

5 4 BOX 2 Stahl Family History items Folder 1 In His Image: The Family of John Stahl item; p Folder 2 In His Image: The Family of John Stahl item; p Folder 3 In His Image: The Family of John Stahl item; p Folder 4 In His Image: The Family of John Stahl item; p Folder 5 The Family of John Stahl, revision items Folder 6 Stahl family history book Administrative items papers Folder 7 Information about Warren County Kentucky items Families Folder 8 Funeral book and flower list from Carolina items Matilda (Cherry) Stahl Folder 9 Stahl, Briggs P. Information about items Folder 10 Stahl, Morton French Information about [1951] items Folder 11 Stahl, Horace Information about items Folder 12 Information about various Stahl family items Folder 13 Stahl family photos 40 items Folder 14 Miscellaneous 21 items BOX 3 Stahl Family Land Records and Estates items Folder 1 Deeds and other land records containing items Stahl names Folder 2 Deeds and other land records for names items other than Stahl

6 5 Folder 3 Deeds and other land records related to the items Hollan farm purchased by the Stahls Folder 4 Tax receipts for A. J. & Briggs Stahl items Folder 5 Estates Briggs Stahl items Folder 6 Estates Ruth (Wilson) Stahl items Folder 7 Estates Mollie G. Price items Folder 8 Estates A. J. Stahl item BOX 4 Stahl Family- Family Folders items Folder 1 Stahl, Benjamin Son of John items Folder 2 Stahl, Benjamin Franklin Son of Benjamin items Folder 3 Stahl, Benjamin Price Son of Isaac items Folder 4 Stahl, Columbus C. Son of Isaac items Folder 5 Stahl, Cornelius Daniel Son of David items Folder 6 Stahl, Daniel Son of John items Folder 7 Stahl, Daniel M. Son of John items Folder 7a Stahl, Daniel M. Son of John Civil War items documents kept by Daniel for the 11 th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Oversized material: C2,D1#1 Folder 7b Stahl, Daniel M. Son of John Civil War items material documenting D.M. Stahl s service Folder 8 Stahl, Daniel P. Son of David items Folder 9 Stahl, David Ewing Son of John items Folder 10 Stahl, Esther Daughter of John items Folder 11 Stahl, George W. Son of Jacob n.d. 4 items

7 6 Folder 12 Stahl, Hardin P. Son of Isaac items Folder 13 Stahl, Henry I, II, III of Cumberland, Franklin items Bedford and Somerset Counties. PA Folder 14 Stahl, Henry Clay Son of Isaac items Folder 15 Stahl, Isaac Son of John items Folder 16 Stahl, Jacob Son of John items Folder 17 Stahl Family Papers items Folder 18 Stahl, John David Son of Jacob items Folder 19 Stahl, John M. Son of Isaac n.d. 17 items Folder 20 Stahl, John W. Son of John items Folder 21 Stahl, John Wesley Son of David items Folder 22 Vizziard, Mary Magdalene (Stahl) items Folder 23 Stahl, Marya M. Daughter of Isaac items Folder 24 Stahl, Samuel S. Son of Benjamin items Folder 25 Stahl, William H. Son of David items Folder 26 Stahl, William Perkins Son of Isaac items Folder 27 Stahl, William Robert Son of Benjamin items Folder 28 Stahl, Willis Lapsley Son of David n.d. 26 items Folder 29 Stahl, Winchester Son of David items BOX 5 Stahl Family Corollary Family Folders items Folder 1 Appling family items Folder 2 Battle family items Folder 3 Bryant family items

8 7 Folder 4 Butt family items Folder 5 Cherry family items Folder 6 Cherry family items Folder 7 Christian family n.d. 4 items Folder 8 Cox family genealogical information items Folder 9 Dishman family n.d. 1 item Folder 10 Duncan family n.d. 4 items Folder 11 Feland family items Folder 12 Finney family items Folder 13 Galloway family n.d. 1 item Folder 14 Hamilton family items Folder 15 Harris family items Folder 16 Biography of Anna Dean Moore Jones items and research notes Folder 17 Lockhart n.d. 23 items Folder 18 Mitchell family items Folder 19 Perkins family items BOX 6 Stahl Family Corollary Family Folders items Folder 1 Read family items Folder 2 Russ family genealogical information items Folder 3 Sandidge family n.d. 13 items Folder 4 Skipworth family genealogical information items Folder 5 Skipworth family military records items

9 8 Folder 6 Spencer family items Folder 7 Stewart family items Folder 8 Taylor family items Folder 9 Taylor, Stahl, and Related Families, items vol. 1 & 2 Folder 10 Taylor family reunions items Folder 11 Tetterton family genealogical information items Folder 12 Webb family items Folder 13 Wheeler family items Folder 14 White family items BOX 7 Stahl Family Wilson Family Folders items Folder 1 Wilson family items Folder 2 Wilson family Correspondence 43 items Folder 3 Wilson, Esker items Folder 4 Wilson, James Richard items Folder 5 Littleberry Wilson items Folder 6 Wilson, William M items Folder 7 Wilson family Photos n.d. 94 items BOX 8 Church and Association Histories items Folder 1 Providence Knob Baptist Church History items Administrative papers Folder 2 History of Providence Knob Baptist Church n.d. 1 item Rough draft of pt. 2 (p. 152a-end)

10 9 Folder 3 History of Providence Knob Baptist Church n. d. 1 item Exhibits Folder 4 Warren Association of Baptist History, item Folder 5 Warren Association of Baptists history items Administrative papers Folder 6 Warren Association of Baptists history - n.d. 8 items Biographies and photos Folder 7 Warren Association of Baptists history items Church histories A-O Folder 8 Warren Association of Baptists history items Church histories P-W Folder 9 Warren Association of Baptists history items Educational institutions Folder 10 Warren Association of Baptists History, item p Folder 11 Warren Association of Baptists History, item p Folder 12 Warren Association of Baptists History, item p Folder 13 Warren Association of Baptists Land use items committee minutes, photos, history BOX 9 South Warren High School Reunions items Folder 1 South Warren High School Reunion items Correspondence Folder 2 South Warren High School Reunion items Programs Folder 3 South Warren High School Reunion items attendee list and class rosters Folder 4 South Warren High School Reunion photos items

11 10 Folder 5 Pictorial History of South Warren High item School Folder 6 South Warren High School Reunion items miscellaneous BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD MSS STAHL Family Papers Correspondence, genealogical material and photographs related to the Stahl family and allied families of Warren County and Butler County, Kentucky. Includes information about family members that came from elsewhere and moved elsewhere. Includes manuscripts of a Stahl family history, histories of Providence Knob Baptist Church and a history of churches in the Warren Association of Baptists. 9 boxes. 123 folders. 2,496 items. Originals, photocopies, and photos. SC SUBJECT ANALYTICS 11 th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Relating to B4,F7a Appling, Ernest Fillmore, Relating to B5,F1 Appling family B5,F1 Battle family B5,F2 Bradsher, Frances Willard (Cherry), Relating to B5,F5 Bryant family B4,F1; B5,F3,17 Brunner, Neva Correspondence B4,F1 Cherry and Related Families B5,F6 Cherry family B4,F3; B5,F5-6 Cherry, Martha Frances (Stahl), Relating to B5,F5 Cherry, Stahl and Taylor Families B5,F6 Cherry, Thomas Crittenden, Relating to B5,F5 Cherry, William B., III B5,F6; B6,F9 Christian family B5,F7 Christian, Rebecca Jane (Stahl), b Relating to B5,F7 Civil War, Relating to B4,F7a-7b Civil War, Soldiers B4,F7a-7b Civil War, Supplies B4,F7a-7b Coneto Creek Taylors, The B6,F8

12 11 Cox family B5,F8 Cox, Jesse Harman, Relating to B5,F8 Deeds Butler County B4,F16 Deeds Simpson County B4,F16 Dishman family B4,F16B5,F9 Drew family B4,F2 Duncan family B5,F10 Estates Price, Mollie Girtrude (Ledge), Estates Stahl, A. J., d B3,F8 Estates Stahl, Briggs, B3,F5 Estates Stahl, Ruth (Wilson), B3,F6 Feland family B5,F11 Finney family B4,F3; B5,F12 Franke, Shari B5,F5; B6,F8 Funeral rites and customs B2,F8 Funerals Prices, 1984 B3,F6 Funerals Prices, 1992 B3,F5 Galloway family B4,F16; B5,F13 Gant family B4,F1 Goodman family B4,F21 Hall s Chapel Cemetery Warren County B2,F12 Hamilton family B5,F14 Hamilton, Phebe (Stahl), b Relating to B5,F14; B5,F19 Harris family B5,F15 Harris, Elizabeth (Stahl), b Relating to B5,F15 Highland School Warren County Relating to B2,F12 Honnol family B5,F1 Hurt family B4,F21 In His Image: The Family of John Stahl B2,F1-5 James, H. A. Relating to B4,F16 Jones, Anna Dean (Moore), Relating to B5,F16 Jones, James Jim Warren, Relating to B4,F26 Jonesville, Guyana Relating to, 1978 B4,F26 Kerby, Joseph Relating to B4,F7a Knight, Marylee W. B5,F18 Lawrence County, Missouri Relating to B4,F1 Lockhart family B5,F17 Lockhart, Ruth A. (Stahl), d Relating to B5,F17 Martin family B4,F21 Mitchell, Ann (Stahl), Relating to B5,F18 Mitchell, Basil B5,F18 Mitchell family B5,F18 Mooney family B5,F1 Mooney, Mark W. Correspondence B4,F5; b5,f1 Moulder family B4,F26 Mount, Thomas Relating to B4,F16

13 12 People s Temple Relating to B4,F26 Perkins family B4,F15; B5,F19 Price family B3,F7 Procter, Henry Clay B2,F12 Read family B6,F1 Receipts B4,F16 Reunions B6,F10 Rone family B4,F7 Russ, Caleb, Relating to B6,F2 Russ family B6,F2 Russ, James C., Relating to B6,F2 Russ, William, Relating to B6,F2 Sandidge family B5,F19; B6,F3 Sandidge, Joanna P. (Stahl), Relating to B6,F3 Shaver, Fan (Strother) Correspondence B4,F7,16-17 Skipper, Nathan, b Relating to B6,F4-5 Skipworth family B6,F4 Skipworth, Darius Hill, Relating to B6,F4-5 Skipworth, Eli L. Relating to B6,F5 Skipworth, John H., Relating to B6,F4-5 Skipworth, Miles P. Relating to B6,F5 Skipworth, Nancy J. Relating to B6,F4 Sledge family B3,F7 Spencer family B6,F6 Spencer, Joshua H., B6,F6 Spencer family Mortuary cards B6,F6 Stahl, A. J., Relating to B2,F12 Stahl, Andy Relating to B2,F12 Stahl, Benjamin, Relating to Br,F1 Stahl, Benjamin Franklin, B4,F2 Stahl, Benjamin Price, Relating to B4,F3 Stahl, Briggs P. Relating to B2,F9 Stahl, Carolina Matilda (Cherry) Relating to B2,F8 Stahl, Columbus C., Relating to B4,F4 Stahl, Cornelius Daniel, Relating to B4,F5 Stahl, Daniel, Relating to B4,F6 Stahl, Daniel Marion, Photo B4,F7 Stahl, Daniel Marion, Relating to B4,F7-7a Stahl, Daniel P., ? Relating to B4,F8 Stahl, David Ewing, B4,F16 Stahl, David Ewing, Photo B4,F9 Stahl, David Ewing, Relating to B4,F9 Stahl, Esther, ? Relating to B4,F10 Stahl, Everett Francis, Obituary B4,F14 Stahl family Stahl family Photos

14 13 Stahl, George W., Photo B4,F11 Stahl, George W., Relating to B4,F11 Stahl, Hardin P., Photo B4,F12 Stahl, Hardin P., Relating to B4,F12 Stahl, Henry Clay, Photo B4,F14 Stahl, Henry Clay, Relating to B4,F14 Stahl, Horace Relating to B2,F9 Stahl, Isaac, Relating to B4,F15 Stahl, Iva Lou, Death of, 1985 B2,F12 Stahl, Jacob, Photo B4,F16 Stahl, Jacob, Relating to B4,F16 Stahl, John, d Relating to B4,F17 Stahl, John David, Photo B4,F18 Stahl, John David, Relating to B4,F18 Stahl, John M., Jr., b Photo Stahl, John M., Sr., Photo B4,F19 Stahl, John M., Sr., Relating to B4,F19 Stahl, John W. Relating to B4,F20 Stahl, John Wesley, Relating to B4,F21 Stahl, Lemuel E. Obituary B2,F12 Stahl, Mary A., Relating to B4,F23 Stahl, Morton French, d Relating to B2,F9 Stahl, Rollie Homer Relating to B2,F12 Stahl, Ruth (Wilson), Death of B2,F12 Stahl, Samuel, b Relating to B4,F24 Stahl, Vester B. Relating to B1,F12 Stahl, William H., Relating to B4,F25 Stahl, William Perkins, Relating to B4,F26 Stahl, William Robert Relating to B4,F27 Stahl, Willis Lapsley, Photo B4,F28 Stahl, Willis Lapsley, Relating to B4,F28 Stahl, Winchester, Relating to B4,F29 Stem, Euruth (Rudolph), b Correspondence B4,F2,25; B5,F11,17 Stem, Euruth (Rudolph), b Photo B4,F5 Stephens, Robert D., III B5,F6; B6,F9 Stewart family B6,F7 Stewart, K. V., Relating to B6,F7 Strother family B4,F7 Taylor family B5,F6; B6,F8-10 Taylor family Reunions B6,F10 Taylor, Stahl and Related Families, vols. 1-2 B6,F9 Taylor Talk B6,F8 Taylor Times B6,F8 Teachers and teaching B4,F18 Tetterton family B6,F11 Tetterton, Thomas, d B6,F11

15 14 Vizziard, Mary Magdalene (Stahl) Relating to B4,F22 Voorhees family B4,F2 Warren County Farm Marketing Cooperative, Inc. Stock certificate B3,F5 Warren County Kentucky Families Relating to B2,F7 Webb family B4,F19; B6,F12 West family B4,F16 Wheeler family B6,F13 Wheeler, Ruth (Stahl) Waddle Butt, Relating to B6,F13 White family B6,F14 White, Sarah F. (Stahl) Tartar White, Relating to B6,F14 Wiley family B5,F16 Wiley, Kathleen (Moore), b Reminiscenes B5,F16 Wilson family B7,F1-7 Wingo family B5,F11 SEE or SEE ALSO Family reunions See: Reunions Stahl, Mary Magdalene See: Vizziard, Mary Magadalene (Stahl) Stahl, Pearl Ruth (Wilson), See: Stahl, Ruth (Wilson), Jeffrey 08/27/2015

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