Teresa and Reinhard Stehle

Teresa and Reinhard Stehle
Teresa Weser Stehle (1849-1941) and Reinhard Stehle (1841-1913). Summit Street, Marietta, OH. Children: Nancy J., John R., Frank R. Virginia A., Joseph K., Mary, George, and Lawrence

Roman and Reinhard

Roman Weser was the father-in-law of Reinhard Stehle. Both were born and raised in Binsdorf, Wuertemburg, Germany.

Roman Weser (born 1822) immigrated to America first with his brother, Matthew, and settled in Wood County, Virginia. He married Nancy Joseph Wigal in 1842. His brother married Nancy's sister, Rebecca Wigal. Roman, Nancy, Matthew, and Rebecca are all buried in Wood County on the 100 acer Lee Creek farm just southeast of what is now Lubek, WV. The land was originally purchased by the Wigal girl's grandfather, Joseph Joseph in 1815. In a will probated 3 May 1838, Joseph Joseph left his granddaughter, Nancy Joseph Wigal, "aHorse Saddle and bridle a cow and calf bed and bedding bureau and table and the child of my slave Suckey called Elizabeth Amie." Her sister got only a "Horse Saddle and bridle."

Roman returned to Germany around the time of the Civil War. When he came back, western Virginia was the new state of West Virginia and Reinhard was with him. A ship's passenger list for the Saxonia, sailing in April of 1866 from Hamburg to New York lists a R. Weser (44) followed by a R. Stahle [sic] (24).

Reinhard Stehle (born 1841) married Roman's daughter Teresa M. Weser in 1868 and started his family in West Virginia. The 1870 WV Census lists Reinhard (28) as a shoemaker living in Lubek Township, Wood County, WV with his wife Teresa (21). His first four children, Roman, Josie, Nancy Josephine (Nan), and John R. Stehle were born in Wood County between 1871 and 1875. Roman and Josie each lived only a few hours. The family moved to Marietta, Washington County, Ohio between 1875 and 1879. The 1880 Ohio Census lists Reinhard (39) - dealer in shoes, Teresa (31), Nancy (9), John (5) and Francis (1) living at 351 Wooster Street.

04 March 2010

Stehle Addition, Fairview Heights 1896-1914

I went to the records office at the Washington County courthouse to see if Reinhard had sold any of the lots on the hill subsequent to all those adds he ran in the Marietta Daily Leader in 1896. I was there for two hours.

On 01 APR 1885, Reinhard purchased land up here on the top of Harmar Hill – 98 and 26/100 acres in three parcels – for $4500 from Douglas and Sara Putnam . (Washington County, Ohio Deed Book Vol. 97, Page 202) Douglas Putnam got the land from his father, one of Marietta’s pioneer settlers, David Putnam Sr., on 21 DEC 1877. The Putnams got the land from the Ohio Company.

Max Saik, Reinhard's grandson/Nancy Stehle Saik's son, said in his interview with his nephew Richard Saik that Reinhard had earned the money to buy the land on Harmar Hill from selling honey. That would have had to have been a massive amount of honey! I think he had some other source of income.

Reinhard had 25 and 48/100 acres of his original purchase platted as the Stehle Addition. (Plat Book 3, Page 57) The plat map, dated 08 APR 1896, is available at the Washington County courthouse. The streets have changed since the time the plat was made. The original Fairview Avenue shown on the plat map has long been abandoned. Its former location can be still be seen as a flat area in the woods down over the front of the hill to the east of the Fairview Lane houses at the crest of the hill. The street currently named Fairview Lane appears on the plat map as an unnamed alley between Fairview Avenue and Summit Street. The northern ends of both Summit and Beaver Streets exist today. The rest of these two streets as well as all of North and South Streets were never developed and were totally abandoned when Marietta bought the Stehle Addition as a public park – Lookout Park – in the 1960s. The entrance to the park is where the former North Street intersected Lancaster Street.

I found many deeds from real estate sales – mostly from the Stehle Addition on Fairview Heights with a few other sales in Marietta and Warren Townships. Between 1896 and 1904, 23 Stehle Addition lots were sold to 13 different buyers for a total of $9086.00 dollars. Saida Palmer was the first buyer and she bought the most land in the addtion – 8 lots for $3500 on 01 JUL 1896. John Stehle got one lot for $1 on 01 JAN 1900. Other single lots sold for between $250 and $700 depending upon the lot’s size and location. All deeds list both Reinhard and Teresa (Weser) Stehle as the owners.

The other 4 deeds (from 1900, 1904, & 1912) are for land not included in the Stehle Addition. Those sales brought in a total of $6800 – with one purchase in 1912 bringing in $6000 of that total. There were also 3 listings for rights of way that brought in a total of $13.00. Two were for the Central District and Printing Telegraph Company of Pennsylvania (1905, 1906) and the other was for the Buckeye Pipeline Company (1909).

Total Real Estate Transactions: 1896-1912: $15,899

On 10 JAN 1914, about a month after Reinhard died, his will was probated and Teresa was given title to the land (Washington County, Ohio Deed Book. Vol. 147, Page 144). The will is recorded in the Will Record Book Volume 15, Page 132. I have not looked it up at this point.

Chart of deeds: Date, Buyer, Washington County Deed Book Vol. & Page, Location/Description, Price

  • 3 JUL 1896, Saida M. Palmer, 119-602, Lots 128-129-130-131-132-133-134-135-136 – Stehle Add., $3500
  • 28 AUG 1899, J. F. Wehr Jr., 131-576, Lots 143, 145, 147 – Stehle Add., $900
  • 27 JAN 1900, John R. Stehle, 131-279, Lot 140 – Stehle Add., $1. John was his son.
  • 25 AUG 1900, Edward A. Pfeiffer, 132-143 – Sec 35 Twnshp. 2 Range 8, 1½ acres, $300
  • 15 AUG 1901, Wm. H. Leeper, 136-502, Lot 137 – Stehle Add., $600
  • 3 JUL 1901, H. N. Curtis, 136-587, Lot 155 – Stehle Add., $500
  • 11 OCT 1901, Mary O. Newbeck, 138-272, Lot 138 – Stehle Add., $700
  • 18 FEB 1902, Anna M. Wallace, 138-545, Lot 139 – Stehle Add., $350
  • 19 JUL 1902, C. W. Race, 140-453, Lot 208 – Stehle Add., $250
  • 15 OCT 1902, Virginia Schafer, 142-367, Lots 144 & 146 – Stehle Add., $600 Virgina Weser Schafer was his sister-in-law.
  • 9 MAY 1903, Dennis J. Crowley, 144-205, Lot 142 – Stehle Add., $375
  • 18 APR 1904, W. T. Buell, 148-85, Lot 154 – Stehle Add., $550
  • 28 APR 1904, James E. Dewess, 148-169, Lot 209 – Stehle Add., $260
  • 12 JUL 1904, Lucy M. Cole, 148-567, Lot 169 – Stehle Add. $500
  • 13 JUL 1904, Fremont D. Coffman, 150-176, Sec 35 Twnshp 2 Range 8 – 160 acres - 30 feet wide, $100
  • 7 SEP 1905, C.D. & P.T.Co. PA, 153-349, Right of Way – Harmar Twnshp., $2
  • 5 DEC 1906, C.D. & P.T.Co. PA, 157-500, Right of Way – Marietta Twnshp.,$1
  • 10 NOV 1909, Buckeye Pipeline, 168-83, Right of Way – Muskingum Twnshp., $10
  • 26 MAR 1912, Wm. A. Reed, 171-301, Sec 5 Twnshp. 2 Range 9 – Lot 178 Warren and Sec 35 Twnshp. Sec 2 Range 8 Lot 66 – Marietta Twhnshp., $6000
  • 2 AUG 1912, John S. Craig, 172-36, Lot 28 – Springdale Add., $400
  • 10 JAN 1914, Teresa Stehle, 147-144, All personal property and the homestead lots 150-152-154 – Stehle Add., $0. Theresa or Teresa Stehle was Reinhard's widow.
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