Sentimental Sunday: Four Winds Baseball Team in the early 1960's

Pictured above is a picture of the Four Winds Little League team after their team had 23 straight wins. Mr. Ken Stauffer coached the team, which was part of the Margaretta-Bay View-Townsend League in the early 1960s. The Four Winds Restaurant was the sponsor of the team. The restaurant was located close to the entrance of the old Sandusky Bay Bridge, and many summer tourists frequented the Four Winds. The news clipping below identifies the individual Little League players on the Four Winds team.

Sadly, both Ken Stauffer and his son Tom are now deceased. Though the Stauffers are no longer with us, the memories of Little League baseball from another time remain with us.

Mrs. Carrie Cowan Endean

According to the June 10, 1972 issue of the Sandusky Register, Mrs. Carrie Cowan Endean passed away on June 1, 1972 in Carbondale, Illinois. Funeral services for Mrs. Endean were held in Sandusky on June 11, 1972, with the Rev. James Baldwin from the the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Mrs. Endean was buried at Oakland Cemetery. She was the mother of Mrs. William F. Burger, the wife of a longtime physician in Sandusky, Ohio. A marker from the Daughters of the American Revolution adorns the tombstone of Mrs. Carrie Cowan Endean.


















By performing a search in the Descendants Database of the D.A.R. Genealogical Research System, I was able to learn a great deal of family history information related to Mrs. Endean. She was born on January 27, 1884 at Crawfordsville, Indiana. She married Frederick Endean on September 11, 1907. Mrs. Endean's Revolutionary ancestor was James Cowing, a native of Virgina. James Cowing furnished supplies to the American troops during the Revolutionary War, according to the VIRGINIA PUBLIC SERVICE CLAIMS INDEX.

Abishai W. Walter, Civil War Soldier

Abishai W. Walter is buried in Strong's Ridge Cemetery in Huron County, Ohio. He was a soldier in Company B of the 123rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Walter died on June 24, 1863 from wounds he received in battle at Winchester, Virginia on June 13, 1863. He was only 25 years of age. A flag beside his tombstone honors his memory.

The military history of the 123rd Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry is found online at the Internet Archive.

Veterans Monument at North Monroeville Cemetery

This monument at the North Monroeville Cemetery honors those who served in the United States Armed Forces during several wars.

Soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War are: Asaph Cook, Ephram Fish, Joseph Cook, and Benjamin Drake.

Those who served in the War of 1812 are: Charles L. Cook, John Hoyt, John Fish, Willard Jefferson, and Chauncey Cook.

Veterans of the Civil War include: Judson Willard, Harness Conyer, Fred Jefferson, Thomas Earl, Norman Gregory, George Young, George Lamoreux, John F. Miller, Newell B. Salisbury, Benjamin F. Drake, Henry Smith, Daniel Webster, Henry Thompson, William B. Horton, Victor Monroe, James Fish, John Holly, Charles Stimson, Charles Skaden, John Pinder, William St. John, Benjamin Frooman, M.R. Pierce, Youngs Gregory, Herman Webster, and Michael Freumd.

Those who lost their lives in the Civil War are: Judson Willard, Harness Conyer, Henry Thompson, George Young, William E. Horton, Thomas Carl, Benjamin F. Drake, Fred Jeffereson, Jorn F. Miller, Newell ____, Norman ____, Daniel ____. Some other veterans' names appear on the monument, but are no longer legible.


Those who served in the Spanish American War: Nicholas Fleming. World War One Veterans include George Scheid, Richard Turner Hort, and George O, Mara. John Turner fought in World War Two.

Thank you to those who served their country!

Johannes Durst

According to the ERIE COUNTY,OHIO CEMETERY CENSUS BEFORE 1909, Johannes Durst, who was also known as John Durst, was born on December 8, 1818, and died on May 30, 1898. In the 1880 U.S. Census for Erie County, Ohio, John Durst was listed as age 54, and was employed as a stone cutter. He was residing with his sister, Minnie Durst, age 40. Both John and Minnie Durst gave Baden as their birthplace.

Johannes/John Durst died on May 20, 1898, and his obituary appeared in the June 1, 1898 issue of the Sandusky Morning Star. The newspaper obituary reported that John Durst was age 79, and he had died at his home at 519 Meigs Street. He had been a resident of Sandusky since 1855. The funeral for Mr. Durst was held on June 2, 1898 at the Durst residence, and burial was at Oakland Cemetery.

Military Monday: G.A.R. Lot at Oakland Cemetery

Thank you Veterans for your service to your country!

Truman B. Taylor

Truman Benjamin Taylor was born in 1846 on the farm that had been settled by his grandfather Jesse Taylor, an early pioneer who came from Connecticut in 1815 to settle on land in Perkins Township, Ohio. Truman's parents were Dennis and Phoebe Wright Taylor. Truman B. Taylor graduated from Sandusky High School in 1865, and went to college at the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York.

After college, he achieved success as a farmer and stock man in Perkins Township. He took Mary Jane Eddy as his wife in 1872, and in 1909 they built a lovely home on Wayne Street in Sandusky. Mr. Taylor was one of the organizers of the Citizens Banking Company, serving as its president for twenty-two years. He also had business interests in the American Crayon Company, the Lake Shore Electric system, and the Sandusky, Milan,and Norwalk Electric Railway. He was a charter member of the Perkins Grange.

Mrs. Taylor died on April 6, 1914, and Truman B. Taylor died on May 28, 1930. A lengthy obituary for Truman B. Taylor is found in the 1930 OBITUARY NOTEBOOK, housed at the Archives Research Center of the Sandusky Library. A photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor is featured at the Sandusky History web site. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Truman B. Taylor was Burt Eddy Taylor, who went on to become very successful in developing real estate in Detroit, Michigan.