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WILLIAM C. MORSE was born in Orleans County, N. Y., Sep- tember 10, 1825, one of eleven children born to Jotham and Dorcas (Ferris) Morse, natives of Onondaga County. Jotham Morse was married in his native county, moved to Orleans County, bought a farm, and died there, September 18, 1878, his wife having died there in 1832, October 1. He was ordained a minister in the Christian Church in 1824, and served faithfully sixty-four years. He became entirely blind, and was otherwise greatly afflicted for some time before his death. Our subject received a fair common-school education in his youth, and after his mother's death lived with Ira Millard, of Madison County, N. Y., until twenty-two years old, and then worked as a farmer for about two years. In 1848, he returned to Orleans County, where he was married, January 1, 1850, to Catherine Williams, a native of the county, and born Sep- tember 6, 1830. They became the parents of two children-Eda A. (now Mrs. Ira Sayler), and Lida B. In 1852, Mr. Morse moved to Union Township, where he bought forty acres of wild land, and built a house, which he traded in 1857 for a farm of eighty acres, in the same township, where he has since re- sided. Mr. and Mrs. Morse are members of the Christian Church, and in pol- itics he is a Republican. The father of Mrs. Morse, Benjamin F. Williams, is a native of Vermont, and her mother, Dorothea (Freemire) Williams, of New York.
FRANCIS MOSSMAN was born in Fayette County, Penn., August 28, 1810, one of eleven children born to John and Polly (Lewis) Mossman, natives of County Down, Ireland, and Pennsylvania, respectively. The father was born in 1769, and was brought to this country by his parents at the age of fourteen, landing in Baltimore, and removing to Pennsylvania a year later. Here John Mossman married, and in 1814, he removed to Coshocton County,
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Ohio, bought a farm, and resided thereon until his death in August, 1839. Francis, our subject, received an ordinary . common-school education in his youth, and remained on the homestead farm till 1842, when he came to Rich- land Township, this county, where he entered 216 acres of land. The spring following he came to this township, bought 160 acres, and commenced improving. He added to the farm from time to time, till he now owns 557 acres of well-improved land. January 22, 1835, he was married to Miss R. A. Connor, who was the daughter of William and Alcinda (Smallwood) Connor, and was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, June 21, 1817. Her parents were natives respectively of New Jersey and Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Mossman have had left them nine children, as follows: John F., Mary C., Alcinda J. (now Mrs. D. W. Nickey), William E., George S., Orpha L. (now Mrs. A. B. Nickey), Francis M., James A. and Maximilia. Mr. Mossman is a Republican, and for five or six years filled the office of Township Treasurer.
JOHN F. MOSSMAN was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, February 14, 1837, and is one of nine children left to Francis and Mrs. (Connor) Moss- man, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Virginia. In October, 1843, Francis came to Richland Township and bought 160 acres land, built a cabin, and the following February leased the place and came to this township, where he bought 160 acres and entered 160 acres more, making 320 acres, where he still resides. John F. Mossman worked on the farm till he was married, Jan- uary 21, 1864, to Susan M. Youngs, a native of Baltimore County, Md., where she was born August 28, 1845, the daughter of John I. and Rachel (Hollenbeck) Youngs. By this union there were six children, viz .: James F., Orpha O., Charlie H., Jessie E., Zella Z. and Mazie R. In 1864, Mr. Moss- man bought his farm of 200 acres where he now resides, but has purchased, besides, other tracts, until he now owns 321 acres. In the spring of 1880, he was elected Township Trustee by the Republicans, of which party he is a leading local member, as well as a member of the order of A., F. & A. M.
WILLIAM C. MOWREY was born in Wayne County, Ohio, October 10, 1828, and is the eldest of ten children born to Michael, Jr., and Nancy (Rouch) Mowrey, born, respectively, in Lancaster County, Penn., June 6, 1805, and Columbia County, Penn., April 8, 1808. Michael Mowrey, Jr., came with his parents to Wayne when but a small boy, and here his father operated a grist- mill and distillery, and in these Michael, Jr., worked till twenty-three years of age, when he bought 160 acres of land in the same county, afterward trading for another farm in Wayne, on which he resided till his death June 8, 1881. William C. Mowrey, our subject, worked for his father till twenty-one, and November 15, 1849, was married to Mary A. Lawrence, who was born in Wayne County March 7, 1830, the daughter of John A. and Sarah (Rouch) Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs. Mowrey are parents of three living children-Syl- vanus H., Emma J. (now Mrs. John Deem), and John M. Two years after marriage, our subject farmed his father's place on shares, and in 1851 moved
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to this township, arriving November 15, and bought 160 acres unimproved land, on which he has ever since resided, and has added to it till it now contains 400 acres, in a high state of improvement. He takes great pride in his stock, and was the first to introduce blooded grades in the township. Mr. Mowrey is a Democrat, and has served as Assessor of his township ; he and wife are also members of the Lutheran Church. Michael Mowrey and William Rouch, our subject's grandfathers, were both soldiers in the war of 1812, and were under Wayne at Auglaise and Maumee, and with Harrison at Tippecanoe, where Mr. Mowrey was wounded.
RICHARD M. PAIGE was born in Chemung County, N. Y., May 4, 1823, and is one of twelve children born to Rufus W. A. and Jane (Middaugh) Paige, born, respectively, in Massachusetts in 1790, and in New Jersey June 20, 1803. The father was a physician, and located in New York State when a young man, and there was married. In 1837, he moved to Holmes County, Ohio, and practiced his profession till February, 1843, when he removed to Columbia Township, this county, entered 320 acres of land, built a log house and commenced clearing ; he died there in August, 1863, Mrs. Paige having preceded him in April of the same year. Richard M. Paige remained on the farm till twenty-five years of age, when he bought 144 unimproved acres in this township, where he now lives, having increased his farm to 507 acres. Septem- ber 6, 1855, he married Phylura A. Leighttizer, born in Wayne County, Ohio, May 24, 1834, and the daughter of Joseph and Jane (Morehead) Leighttizer, natives, respectively, of Virginia and Ohio. To their union have been born seven children-Catherine E. (now Mrs. H. Schrader), Almira A., Richard A., John S., Simeon J., Phebe E. and Phylura E. Mr. Paige is a Democrat, and was Commissioner of the county for six years. He is a member of Spring Run Grange, No. 1892, and he and wife are members of the Church of God, as are also two of their children.
JACOB PENTZ was born in Franklin County, Penn., September 28, 1821, the son of John and Elizabeth Pentz, natives of the same county, where they were married and where John Pentz followed his trade, as brick and stone mason, till 1823, when he moved to Bedford County, and thence, in 1833, to Columbiana County, Ohio, working at his trade three years, and then buying a farm there, on which he still lives. His wife died there September 11, 1877, and was, as he is, a member of the Lutheran Church. Jacob Pentz, our sub- ject, was educated in the common schools, and at twenty years of age com- menced learning his trade as a mason, and he has followed that business for about twenty years. He was married, March 3, 1860, to Elizabeth L. Cris- inger, born in Columbiana County, March 29, 1830, the daughter of John and Salome (Seindersmith) Crisinger. In 1866, he came to this town- ship and bought 160 acres of land, which are now among the best improved in the township. There were three children born to his marriage, the eldest of whom, John C., alone is living. George L. died September 3, 1872, in his
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ninth year, and Allen P. died September 24, in his sixth year. Mrs. Pentz is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics Mr. Pentz is a Dem- ocrat.
SAMUEL ROUCH was born in Franklin County, Penn., January 31, 1813, and was one of nine children born to Philip and Elizabeth (Harshberger) Rouch, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. In 1820, Philip Rouch moved to Wayne County, Ohio, bought a farm of 160 acres, and there resided till his death, February 16, 1846. Mrs. Elizabeth Rouch died in the same county December 13, 1867. Samuel Rouch left his father's farm at the age of twenty-six, and was married, March 28, 1839, to Louisa Hammer, a native of Germany, where she was born September 16, 1818, the daughter of George L. and Phebe (Baum) Hammer. Mr. and Mrs. Rouch are the parents of nine living children, viz. : William, Barbara (now Mrs. J. S. Hartsock), George L., Philip, Samuel, Lavina (now Mrs. Christian Snyder), David, Jacob and Cor- nelius. Immediately after his marriage, Mr. Rouch bought a farm of seventy- four acres in Wayne County, Ohio, where he resided till August, 1854, when he came to this township and bought 320 acres, on which he has since lived. Mr. Rouch is a Democrat in politics, and for two years was Trustee of Union Township. He is a member of the Whitley County Bee Keepers' Association and also a member of the Lutheran Church.
CHRISTIAN RUMMEL was born in Portage County, Ohio, May 20, 1832, and one of eight children born to John and Sarah (Brown) Rummel, na- tives of Pennsylvania. John Rummel moved to Ohio at an early day, where he was married, and owned and operated a farm until his death in the fall of 1842 ; his widow died in Portage County in the fall of 1874. Christian Rum- mel received but an ordinary common school education, and at the death of his father went to live with relatives till he reached the age of eighteen, when he commenced an apprenticeship at blacksmithing, which trade he has followed for twenty-two years. In 1856, he came to Bluffton, Ind., worked a few months, and then came to Coesse, this township, where he built a shop, the second building in the place. He also built the Methodist Episcopal parsonage and other buildings in the town. In 1863, he laid out an addition to Coesse; in 1869, he bought a tract of timbered land and engaged in the manufacture of staves ; in 1872, he bought a saw-mill at Coesse, which he operated till 1879, and then went to farming, and now owns 505 improved acres. In 1858, June 17, he married Martha A. Acker, born in Bedford County, Penn., June 4, 1838, and daughter of Simon and Catherine (Gunnett) Acker, natives of the same State. They have two children living-Hugh W. and Dexter E. Mrs. Rum- mel is a member of the Lutheran Church, and in politics Mr. Rummel is a Republican.
SOLOMON SAYLER was born in Preble County, Ohio, August 26, 1825, one of seven children born to John and Elizabeth (Ray) Sayler, natives of Maryland and Virginia, and born August 23, 1779, and March 24, 1795,
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respectively. In 1807, John Sayler moved to Preble County, and as a mill- wright, assisted in the erection of some of its earliest mills. He served under Gen. Wayne in the war of 1812, at Fort Wayne and in Northwestern Ohio. He was married in Preble County, bought 160 acres of land, and led a farmer's life till his decease in January, 1856. Solomon Sayler, our subject, was fairly educated in his youth, and among his early teachers, about 1832, was Albert Sherman, father of Gen. W. T. Sherman. November 50, 1845, Mr. Sayler married Ann C. Brandenbury, who was born in Maryland February 20, 1827, and was a daughter of John and Ann M. (Berry) Brandenbury, natives of the same State, and born respectively March 19, 1799, and December 29, 1808. For a short time Mr. Sayler farmed on shares, but in 1857 bought a farm of eighty acres in Preble County, which he worked till 1860, when he moved to this township and bought 160 acres. Here Mrs. Sayler died March 7, 1882, leaving six children-Joseph, Ira, Parthenia (now Mrs. G. W. Adams), John, Aaron and Martha. She was a member of the Christian Church, to which Mr. Sayler also belongs, and she was an affectionate wife and loving mother.
ISAAC SCHRADER was born in Lancaster County, Penn., March 14, 1840, one of sixteen children born to Martin and Fannie (Kootz) Schrader, natives respectively of Germany and Pennsylvania. Martin Schrader was a carpenter, and came to Columbia City in 1845, where he worked at his trade about three years, and then bought a farm in Columbia Township, and resided there till his death, September, 1863. Isaac Schrader, our subject, worked on his father's farm till twenty-two years old, and in August, 1862, enlisted in Company F, One Hundredth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was with his regiment in all its engagements except the battle at Jackson, Miss., which occurred while he was in convalescent camp at Memphis. He was mustered out at Indianapolis, in July, 1865, and September 21, the same year, married Mary A. Compton, who was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, March 1, 1841, the daughter of James and Orpha (Mossman) Compton, natives of that State. Mr. Schrader owns a well-improved farm of 232 acres in this township, where he has resided ever since his marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Schrader are members of the Church of God, and of Spring Run Grange, No. 1892. In politics, he is a Republican.
WILLIAM SHAW was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, September 7, 1825, the eldest of ten children born to Gilbert and Matilda (McCain) Shaw, the former born in Ireland, December 12, 1794, and the latter in New Jersey, September 17, 1801. Gilbert Shaw came to this country in 1819, and settled in Muskingum County, then a wilderness. Here he married December 23, 1824. In 1845, he and family came to this county, and bought 160 acres of land in this township, and died here July 30, 1872, and his wife died August 5, the same year. They were Presbyterians, and Mr. Shaw had been an Elder in the church for many years, and was, besides, an Orangeman. William Shaw, our subject, received the ordinary education, and at the age of twenty-one, his
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father deeded him half the homestead farm, and after the death of his parents he received the other half. He still lives on the farm, and owns 185 acres highly-improved land. September 13, 1855, he married Adaline McClure, born in Shelby County, Ohio, August 9, 1829, and daughter of John and Paley McClure. She died December 29, 1858, leaving her husband two chil- dren-Mary E. (now Mrs. J. S. Wheeler) and John N. January 31, 1861, Mr. Shaw married Mary S. Mayo, who was born in Mercer County, Ohio, November 15, 1837, the daughter of John R. and Nancy J. (Smith) Mayo, both natives of Virginia. Three children were born to this marriage, two of whom are living-Charles R. and Matilda J. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics Mr. Shaw is a Demo- crat.
JAMES H. SHAW was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, August 16, 1829, and is one of ten children born to Gilbert and Matilda (McCain) Shaw. Gilbert settled in Muskingum County in 1819, then an unbroken wilderness. Here he married December 23, 1824, and emigrated with his wife and nine children to this county in 1845, settled on 160 acres of unimproved land, built a cabin and cleared his farm. He was a member of the order of Orange- men, and he and wife members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he was also, for many years, an Elder. He died on his farm July 30, 1872, and his wife followed him the fifteenth of the succeeding August. James H. Shaw worked on the old farm till he was twenty-one, and then for about two years worked out at $10 per month. October 14, 1852, he married Prudence P. Jolley, daughter of Absalom and Phebe Jolley, and a native of Mansfield, Ohio. They have had three children-Phebe C., Nancy M. (now Mrs. H. Briggs) and Mary J. After his marriage, Mr. Shaw settled on 120 acres unimproved land, deeded to him by his father, in this township. To this he has added till he now owns 260 acres of well-improved land. Mrs. Shaw was a Presbyterian, and died August 14, 1859.' Mr. Shaw again married, taking to wife, December 23, 1861, Catharine A. Jerome, born in Greene County, N. Y., May 7, 1842, and daughter of William and Alida (Halleubeck) Jerome, natives of the same State. Mr. Shaw is the father of five children - Ida J., Stephen D., Myrta E., Fred H. and May A. Mr. Shaw is a Democrat, and was Assessor and Real Estate Appraiser of the township five or six years, and is now serving as County Commissioner.
ISAAC SHEAFER was born in Cumberland County, Penn., November 17, 1831, and is one of nine children born to Samuel and Susan (Keigley) Sheafer, natives of the same county, where they were married, and where he died in 1850, a member of the Lutheran Church. Isaac Sheafer, our subject, received a fair common-school education, and at the age of seventeen com- mencea learning the carpenter's trade with his father. In 1851, he came to Fort Wayne, and for six years worked at his trade with his brother, William G. March 16, 1853, he married Rosanna Wilcox, born in Fort Wayne June
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17, 1835, the daughter of Garner and Theodosia (Filley) Wilcox, natives of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Sheafer are the parents of nine living children, viz .: Charles H., George T., John W., William J., Sarah E., Altha L., Mary and Martha (twins) and Burgh. In 1857, Mr. Sheafer came to Columbia City, followed his trade till 1860, moved to what is now Etna Township, then moved to Troy Township in 1862, thence to Jefferson Township, and finally, in 1865, to this township. In 1867, he bought his present farm. He and 'his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he is also a member of Columbia City Lodge, No. 189, A., F. & A. M. In politics, he is a Republican, and in 1859 was elected Treasurer of Columbia City.
WILLIAM SMITH was born in Kaiserslautern, Germany, May 4, 1837, one of eight children born to Henry and Catharine (Leppla) Smith, respective- ly born in Germany January 1, 1801, and September, 1815. About 1839 or 1840, Henry Smith emigrated to the United States, and settled in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he worked for James Patterson seven years, for $100 per year. After two years' residence here, he sent to Germany for his wife and family. Mr. Smith subsequently bought eighty acres of unimproved land in Tuscarawas County, and cleared a farm which, in 1852, he sold for $1,200. He then moved to the Reservoir Farm near Massillon, owned by Martial D. Well- man, for whom he worked two years, receiving for the services of himself and our subject, his son, $300 per year. The fall of 1854, he moved to Smith Township, this county, and bought eighty acres of wild land of Louis Bose, for whom he cleared adjoining lands in part payment. Here he has ever since re- sided, and is hale and hearty in his eighty-second year. William Smith re- ceived about eight months' schooling, but has now a fair education, being self- taught. He worked on his father's farm till twenty-one, and then for two and a half years worked out by the month. June 4, 1861, he married Mary E. Van Houten, born in Smith Township, September 17, 1839, daughter of Jacob and Catharine (Ashley) Van Houten, natives of Ashland County, Ohio. To this union there were no children. The lady died at her home in Coesse June 4, 1871, and is buried near her parents in the cemetery close by that town. October 14, 1872, Mr. Smith married Catharine Wolfangle, born in Richland County, Ohio, in November, 1851, daughter of Frederick and Catharine H. Wolfangle, from Germany. By this union our subject has two living children, Nettie and Martha. After his first marriage, he rented a farm for two years ; in 1863, he moved to Coesse, and worked eighteen months in a saw-mill ; then got out wood for the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, under con- tract for three years ; then worked for Olds & Son, of Fort Wayne, buying spokes, for two years ; then engaged in shipping hoop-poles to Chicago on his own account for about three years ; in 1872, engaged in the lumber business under the firm name of Smith & Colten ; in the spring of 1876, engaged in the same trade under the firm name of Smith & Mossman. This firm now receive the lumber from ten mills, and shipped during the last year 3,000,000 feet.
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Mr. Smith is a member of the Methodist Episcopal, and Mrs. Smith of the German Lutheran Church. In politics, he is a Republican.
ROBERT SPEAR, JR., was born in Miami County, Ohio, January 11, 1815, the youngest of five children born to Robert and Margaret (McClure) Spear, born in South Carolina about 1786, and October 24, 1787, respectively, and there married. About 1806, they moved to. Miami County, Ohio, then quite a wilderness, and bought a farm, on which he died in December, 1841. Mrs. Spear is still living, and resides with her son Jesse in Smith Township, this county. Our subject lived with his mother till sixteen, when he went to learn blacksmithing, serving three years, and then working as a journeyman three years longer. He was married in Shelby County, Ohio, May 25, 1837, to Sarah Akin, born in Montgomery County, Ohio, January 6, 1817, one of eight children of James and Ann (Fox) Akin, natives of Ohio and Pennsylva- nia. Immediately after marriage, Mr. Spear started a shop in Fort Wayne, under the firm name of Cook & Spear; in 1839, sold out to his partner, and started another shop on his own account; in May, 1850, traded for the farm of 160 acres in this township where he now lives. Mr. and Mrs. Spear are the parents of nine children-James A. was a member of Company B, Seventy - fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the war ; enlisted as a private and was mustered out as captain of his company ; died at home in Columbia City, leaving a wife and one child, January 21, 1866; John R., a member of the Fifth Indiana Battery, died in hospital at Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 16, 1862 ; George W., died at his home in this township, March 19, 1870, in his twenty-sixth year; Charles H., who died at his father's home October 17, 1864, in his seventeenth year ; Martha A., now Mrs. Samuel Briggs ; Oliver H .; Mary J., afterward Mrs. H. W. Miller, died at her home in Thorn Creek Township in November, 1876, leaving two children ; and two others who died in infancy. Mr. Spear is a Republican, and for many years was a Trustee of the township, and for eight years Justice of the Peace.
OLIVER H. SPEAR was born in Union Township, Whitley County, Ind., September 25, 1852, and is one of nine children born to Robert and Sarah (Akin) Spear, natives of Ohio. Robert Spear came to Fort Wayne, Allen County, in a very early day, and remained there about fifteen years; then he moved to this township and bought 160 acres unimproved land, built a house, and cleared up a farm, and here he has ever since resided. He was Justice of the Peace for the township for eight years, and also Trustee of the same for eight years. Oliver H. Spear, the subject of this sketch, received the ordinary common-school education in his youth, and worked on his father's farm till he was twenty-three years of age. September 30, 1875, he married Ida I. Barney, a native of New York, where she was born July 9, 1853, the daughter of Everett W. and Mary (Fulton) Barney, the former a native of Vermont, and the latter a native of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Spear have two children-Laura A. and Sarah A. After his marriage, Mr. Spear farmed his
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father's place on shares for two years, and in 1877 bought the farm of eighty acres in this township, where he now lives. In politics, he is a Republican, and is one of the rising young farmers of his township.
ANDREW TAYLOR was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, March 10, 1823, one of eleven children born to Ebenezer and Margaret (Foster) Taylor, natives of Allegheny County, Penn., and Guernsey County, Ohio, respectively. Ebenezer came to Ohio at a very early day, married in Guernsey County, and afterward moved to his farm in Coshocton, and there died, May 14, 1842, his wife following August 17, both members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Taylor was born in 1779, and served in the war of 1812. Andrew Taylor, our sub- ject, worked with his father till twenty years of age, then farmed by the month for two years. November 10, 1844, he married Susan Day, born in Coshoc- ton County, August 28, 1825, and daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Ault) Day, natives of New Jersey and Ohio. To this union were born eight chil- dren, viz .: Mary E. (now Mrs McConnell), Ebenezer, Lucy J. (now Mrs. Wat- son), Frances (now Mrs. Keiser), Burtney, Edward E., Oliver P. and Ellen 0. In 1845, he moved to Green County, Wis., then returned within a few months to Coshocton. In 1854, he moved to Pulaski County, Ind., where he owned 160 acres, but disliked the country, and, without unloading his goods, came on to this township, bought eighty acres, and settled down. He has in- creased his farm to 200 acres, all now under an advanced state of cultivation. He and wife are members of the Christian Church, and in politics he is a Re- publican.
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