Levi Schooley^{[1, 2]}

1842 - 1910  (67 years)

• Name	Levi Schooley
  Born	24 Aug 1842	Clermont Co., Ohio   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1895	Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio
  Died	9 Feb 1910	Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio   [4]
  Buried	12 Feb 1910	Blanchester IOOF Cemetery, Blanchester, Clinton Co., Ohio   [4, 5]
  Person ID	P5265	Robert Jackson
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Schooley,   d. date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Bertha Clark,   d. date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F7067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phoebe Jackson,   b. 20 Mar 1846, Blanchester, Ohio ,   d. 30 Apr 1923, Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio  (Age 77 years)
  Married	23 Nov 1865	Warren Co., Ohio   [6]
  Children	1. Ulysses Court Schooley,   b. 1866,   d. 1892  (Age 26 years)  [natural]   2. Myrta 'Myrtie' Edna Schooley,   b. 26 Sep 1876, Clinton Co., Ohio ,   d. 2 Sep 1936, Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio  (Age 59 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F1265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Levi was a blacksmith per the 1880 census. Obit found in the Warren Co. OH, Genealogy Society Records Room: "Levi Schooley was born August 24, 1842 in Clermont County, between Pleasant Plain and Goshen. On November 23, 1865 he was united in marriage with phoebe Jackson. They were given two children, a son and a daughter. Ulysses Court Schooley preceded his father to the heavenly home by nearly eighteen years. Mrs. Myrtie Bone, the daughter with her husband and son Harold lived in the home with the father and mother. Our beloved brother came from a large family, four brothers and two sisters surviving him. Brother Schooley came to know and love God when but a boy and united with the church at McHender Chapel. Later he removed to Blanchester and in 1895 came to Lebanon. He has ever been an active Christian worker, was class leader and superintendent of the Sunday School for many years and at the time of his death was a member of the official board at Lebanon. The Book of Inspiration records the fact that "Joseph was a good man." Levi Schooley was a good man. One who knew him best said of him the very hour of his death "he was ready." He loved Christ's church. He was deeply interested in the meetings that are now in progress again and again have we heard him praying most earnestly for the. . . Tuesday night he sat in the seat next to the front. Wednesday at two o'clock he was no more for God had called him. Funeral services were held from the late residence Saturday morning conducted by Rev. W. A. Cooper and interment was made at Blanchester."

  
  

• Sources

  [S347984738] 1850 U.S. Census, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/), Salem, Warren Co., Ohio. [S347984795] 1880 U.S. Federal Census, (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6742). [S347984845] Obituary or Funeral keepsake. His obit is in his Notes. [S347984873] Death Certificate. Can be found at the LDS Family Search Labs website, http://search.labs.familysearch.org [S347984674] Find A Grave Website, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi), Memorial# 29551576. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29551576 (Note that Blanchester sits in two counties: Warren and Clinton.) [S347984745] Ohio, Warren; Ohio Genealogical Society, (www.co.warren.oh.us/genealogy/index.htm), Brides Book 1861-1867 pg 40.