18894 County Road K, Wauseon

18894 Co Rd K

Wauseon, Ohio 43567

Fulton County

Research By:

Andrea Batteas

Brief History of Fulton County and the City of Wauseon :

Fulton County was created in 1950 with land from Henry, Lucas, and Williams counties. It is named in honor of Robert Fulton, the inventor of the Steamboat.

Within Fulton County is 1 city, 2 census designated areas, 6 villages, 12 townships and 19 unincorporated communities.

The city of Wauseon holds the county seat and was established 1854 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named after Wauseon, a Potawatomi Native American who lived in the area before the founding of the state.

The Potawatomi lived mainly in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Ontario, Canada at the time of European contact in the early 1600s. They spoke an Algonquian language. The Potawatomi were closely related to the Objibwe and the Ottawa, and allied themselves together in a confederacy called the Council of Three Fires. The Potawatomi did not have a large presence in Ohio and, throughout the late 1700s and early 1800s, signed numerous treaties forsaking any land claims in Ohio. Wauseon, the Indian Chief, died in 1854 in Mississippi. He was a noble Indian and highly respected. He stood six feet three inches in his moccasins, and was of fine form and well proportioned.

Demographics and Crime Statistics:

The population was 7,332 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4. 9 square miles (12. 8 km²), all of it land, with no rivers that running through it.

The median income for a household in the city was $39,591, and the median income for a family was $48,981. Males had a median income of $32,645 versus $24,042 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,491. About 3. 9% of families and 5. 2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6. 5% of those under age 18 and 1. 7% of those age 65 or over.

The crime rate in Wauseon is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 25 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Wauseon is 1 in 40. Based on FBI crime data, Wauseon is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Ohio, Wauseon has a crime rate that is higher than 76% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Residential History of 18894 Co Rd K:

According to the Fulton County, Ohio Property Records, the current residence Parcel number is, 08-018236-00.000. Owners are, Melvin and Linda Borton of 11095 Sunset Dr. Ottowa, Ohio 45875.

18894 County Road K, Wauseon, is a farmland property with a 2 story brick house. The house has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and is approximately 1,694 sq. feet of living space. This house was built in 1886 and then remodeled in 1980. It is located in Wauseon, OH in the zip code 43567. Tedrow, Dover Township and Franklin Township are the nearest cities.

Current and Past Residents of 18894 Co Rd K:

According to the property records available online for parcel number 08-018236-00.000, Melvin and Linda Borton is listed as the current owner of this home. They purchased it on April 29, 2004 from a Melvin Borton. Melvin Borton purchased from a Melvin and Onalee on April 29, 2004. Melvin and Onalee Borton purchased the home from an unknown seller on January 1, 1990.

According records there have been 21 individuals who are associated with this address:

Carolyn Carroll 1878-9/1/1951 Karen Carroll* 6/01/1967-6/03/2015 Joyce Waidelich 1955-alive Jay Waidelich 1954-alive Nichole Rogers 1975-alive Corey Todd: alive and well Colby Todd: 2/21/1954-alive Melvin Borton: 1927-unknown

Onalee Borton: 1928-1983 Linda Borton: 6/05/1949-8/16/2007 James Brown: 1893-5/05/1964 Laura Brown: 4/1894-unknown Curtis Yates: 6/15/1923-12/21/1998 Gregory Lane unknown-10/30/2002

John Placencia: alive Marsha Watt: alive Sheri Schnitkey: 6/281948-alive Chris Rogers: 10/9/1964-alive Constance Rogers: 1964-alive Marcella Osterhout* 5/10/1929-9/11/2004 Tyler Russman: 1967-alive

Current and Past Residents of 18894 Co Rd K: (continued)

*Karen Carroll passed away June 3, 2015. Death records and Obituaries were not obtainable.

*According to Ohio death records, Marcella Osterhout did passway on September 11, 2004 at 7:32pm in the 18894 County Road K, Wauseon home. She was 71years old at the time. No autopsy was performed.

Herbert and Marcella in the Center

Obituary for M.J. Osterhout:

Marcella J. Osterhout, 75 years, of Swanton, wa s called home to be with her Lord on Saturday, September 11, 2004, while being surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Osterhout was born on May 10, 1929, in Toledo to Stephen Takacs and Jeanette Ryback. Marcie married Herbert Osterhout o n December 30, 1946, in Delta. A devoted housewife and mother, Marcie enjoyed sewing, cleaning, cooking, reading and traveling. But most of all, she thoroughly enjoyed being with her family. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.

Surviving is her loving husband of 57 years, Herbert; child ren, Penny (Dan) Condon, Linda (Dave) Rade, Herbert D. (Brenda) Osterhout; 7 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren ; 1 great-great-grandson; brother, Dale (Marlene) Worth; special family member, Bud Rogers and many other family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Jeanette Worth; sister, Barbara Jean Terry, and nephews , Jeff and Scott Taylor.

Friends will be received in the Neville Funeral Home Southwest Chapel, 7438 Airport Highway, Holland (419-865-8879) from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, where funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 15, 2004, with Fr. Bob Holden officiating. Burial Raker Cemetery. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider the family of Marcella J. Osterhout

Obituary for Linda Borton:

BORTON Linda L. (Sanderson) Linda L. (Sanderson) Borton, age 58, of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan and formerly of Sylvania, Ohio passed away, Thursday, August 16, 2007, at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Linda was born in Toledo, Ohio on June 5th, 1949, to Paul and Thelma (Nearhood) Sanderson. She was active in church activities including teaching Sunday School for many years and was working as a medical transcriptionist for Gratiot Medical Center in Alma, Michigan. She is survived by her loving family - grandchildren, Lindsay Borton and Matthew Bowron; sister, June (Kenneth) Seidl, of Sylvania, OH and brother, Douglas (Rose) Sanderson, of Columbus, Ohio. Linda was preceded in death by her husband, Edward G. Borton, in 1997 as well as her daughter, Nancy Bowron and her parents. Friends may call at the Reeb Funeral Home, 5712 N. Main St., Sylvania, on Monday, August 20th, 2007, from 4-9 p.m., where the funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 11 a.m. Interment will follow at Fulton Union Cemetery, Delta, Ohio. The family suggests tributes in Linda's name may be made to Transport for Christ International, 1525 River Road, Marietta, PA

Jay Waidelich’s father, Marvin D. Waidelich was the founder of founded Archbold Equipment in 1965

Marvin Waidelich’s Obituary:

Marvin D. Waidelich, age 85 years, of Archbold, passed away early Saturday morning, July 9, 2011, at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home in Archbold.
He was born Sept. 6, 1925, near Archbold, the son of Arthur and Vera (Nofzinger) Waidelich.
He married Letha Nofziger on Aug. 11, 1946, and she preceded him in death on March 20, 1990. He then married Arvilla Gingerich on April 11, 1992, and she preceded him in death on Feb. 13, 1999.
A lifelong resident of the Wauseon/Archbold area, he farmed, founded Archbold Equipment in 1965, and since retirement worked for Mennonite Mutual Insurance. He was an avid coin collector and a member of the West Clinton Mennonite Church near Pettisville.
He is survived by five children, Susan (Ed) Lantz of Clarksville, Tenn., Bette (Vern) Dahl of Archbold, Rex (Nancy) Waidelich of Pettisville, Jay (Joyce) Waidelich of Sugar Creek, and Lee (Shawn) Waidelich of Pettisville; 12 grandchildren; five great grandchildren; two brothers, Virgil (Marylouise) Waidelich and Gene (Mary Alice) Waidelich, both of Archbold; three sisters, Marjorie (Charles) Gautsche, Donna (Lyle) Friesen and Grace (Ray) Kinsey, all of Archbold.
Services were held yesterday, Tuesday, at 10 a.m. at West Clinton Mennonite Church with Pastors Jesse and Naomi Engle Officiating. Interment followed in the Pettisville Cemetery.

Near By Cemeteries:

Wauseon Union Cemetery: 6.16 miles from residence

The Wauseon Union Cemetery is located at the western edge of the city, south of State Route 2 and west of Lawrence Avenue. Wauseon was plotted in 1854 and in 1862, on the death of Nathaniel Leggett, an early village proprietor, a search was made to select a suitable cemetery site. The location decided on was, now the old section of the cemetery where the grave marker for Nathaniel Leggett is found, was purchased from E.L. Barber. The newly formed Wauseon Cemetery Association purchased additional land from Alanson and Hannah Pike in 1866. The following year the association passed the nine and one-half acre cemetery to the joint control of the village of Wauseon and Clinton Township.

Raker Cemetery: 13.9 miles from residence.

The Raker Cemetery is located south of Delta, on the west side of County Road 6-1, south of County Road D. The Raker burial ground was established in 1836 and served the nearby areas of Swan Creek and York townships. Two church group mergers near Bad Creek resulted in the building of the Raker Union Church at this location in 1882.