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Asa F. Huffman was born in Erie County, Ohio, in 1839, a son of William and Clarissa (Dana) Huffman, natives of Pennsylvania. William Huffman was born in 1802. After his marriage he moved to Erie County, Ohio. In 1853 they moved to Steuben County
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and located on section 22, Steuben Township, where the father died June 13, 1865, and the mother in 1867. They had a family of eight children, six of whom are living-Mariam, wife of Wel- come Pixley; Silas, of Michigan; Susan, wife of Daniel Stetler; Asa F .; Elizabeth, wife of George D. Hough, of Nebraska; John W., of Ohio, and Samuel, of Kansas. The deceased are-Eliza, wife of Philander Thompson, and Mildred. Asa F. remained at home till the breaking out of the Rebellion. He enlisted in the Seventy-fourth Indiana Infantry, and participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, the Atlanta campaign and Sherman's march to the sea. He married Emeret Tuttle, a native of Indiana, born in 1843, a daughter of Lemmon Tuttle. Mr. and Mrs. Huffman have five children-Melvin, Orla, Sidney, Morton and Blaine. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Pleasant Lake. In politics Mr. Huffman is a Republican. He resides on the north- east quarter of section 26, where he has one of the finest farms in the township.
Theophilus Jackson has been a resident of Steuben County, Ind., since July 20, 1837. He was born Oct. 20, 1814, in Livonia, Liv- ingston Co., N. Y., and was reared in his native town. When a young man he moved with his parents to Cattaraugus County. In June, 1837, he started for the then far West. He went to Peters- burg, down the Alleghany River on a raft, and from there by the same conveyance to Cincinnati; thence by steamer to the mouth of the Ohio, up the Mississippi to the mouth of the Wisconsin, up that river to the month of Fox River, and from there to Chicago. He was accompanied as far as Fox River by Wilson Mudget. From. Chicago he walked to Michigan City, where he remained a day or two; thence to LaPorte, White Pigeon, Lima, and Stenben County, a journey of about six weeks from the time he left home. He went to work by the month, but was soon taken sick and for six months suffered with the prevailing disease of a new country, fever and ague. The first land he purchased was forty acres on section 19, Otsego Township, in 1840. Like many other settlers Mr. Jackson came to this county with but little means, his cash capital on his arrival being $3. He worked by the month a num- ber of years, thus securing money to make his first purchase. He gradually increased his possessions till instead of forty acres his farm contained 237 acres, its present dimensions. In 1841 his par- ents, John L. and Hezadiah (McMillan) Jackson, followed him to Steuben County, and here passed the remainder of their lives. His
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father was a native of the Mohawk Valley, N. Y., and his mother of Vermont. They were married in Livonia, N. Y. In March, 1873, Mr. Jackson retired from active farm life and settled in Pleas- ant Lake, where he has a beautiful home. He was married in March, 1843, to Mary Ann Carter, who was born in December, 1817, daughter of Jonas Carter. They have four children-Edward lives on the old homestead; Leonora, wife of Henry Gaylord, of Otsego Township; Sarah, wife of James Stetler, of Steuben Town- ship, and George, in Traverse County, Mich. Their youngest child, Frank, died at the age of four years.
Nathan M. Lacy was born in Monroe County, Ohio, in 1830, a son of Thomas and Nancy (McGaughey) Lacy, his father a native of Loudoun Connty, Va., born in 1803, and his mother of Wash- ington County, Md., born April 20, 1807. Thomas Lacy moved to Belmont County, Ohio, with his parents when a child, and was there married. In 1837 he came to Steuben County, Ind., and entered a tract of wild land, to which he moved his family in 1841. He improved his land and made a pleasant home, where he lived till his death, Aug. 22, 1860. His family consisted of nine chil- dren-William died at the age of forty-seven years; Nathan M .; John B., of Warren County, Ind .; James R. died in childhood; Mary E., wife of Joseph Dukes, of Otsego Township; Thomas S .; Rhuanna, wife of William Gramling; Maria, wife of Robert Snowbarger; Robert A. John and Thomas S. were soldiers in the war of the Rebellion. Of the 240 acres of land entered by Mr. Lacy in 1837, all but fifty-three acres are still in the possession of his family. Nathan M. Lacy was married to Cordelia George, daughter of Joseph H. George. She died June 26, 1874.
Thomas S. Lacy is a son of Thomas Laey who settled in Steu- ben Township in 1841. He was born in Seneca County, Ohio, May 9, 1841, and has lived in Steuben Township since his infancy. He served in the war of the Rebellion about twenty-two months. He enlisted first in Company B, Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and served ten months. In 1864 he enlisted in Company A, Forty-fourth Indiana Infantry, and served till the close of the war. He has been three times married. His first wife was Mary Gram- ling, daughter of Isaac Gramling, of De Kalb County. To them were born three children-Manda E., William E. and Mary E. His second wife was Violet Markley, by whom he had five chil- dren, but two of whom are living-Emmett M. and Cora E. Cyrus E., Edwin B. and an infant daughter are deceased. His
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present wite was Mary L. Gramling, daughter of Peter Gramling. They have three children-Nancy E., Lovina F. and Mellie C.
J. Stacy Lockwood was born in Hillsdale County, Mich., in 1839, and was there reared and educated remaining there till his marriage. He married Marian Carter, daughter of James Carter, a pioneer of Steuben County. Mrs. Lockwood was born on the old homestead on section 25, Steuben Township, Feb. 16, 1844. After their marriage they settled on the Carter homestead where they have since lived. They have two children-Cora and Mark. Their eldest child, Arthur, died at the age of thirteen years. James Carter was a representative citizen of the township, and died at the homestead April 9, 1881. He was three times mar- ried. His first wife was Louisa Frink, by whom he had two chil- dren-Mrs. Lockwood and a daughter who died in infancy. His second wife was Mary Stealy. To them were born seven children -John (deceased), Martha, Maria, Kate (deceased), Ida, Eugena and Olivia. His third wife was Delia Smith.
James Madison Crain resides on section 36, Steuben Township, on land settled by his father, Lucius Crain, in 1837. Lucius Crain was born in the State of Connecticut and moved when a boy to New York with his parents. He was married to Paulina Frink, a native of Madison County, N. Y. In 1837 he started for the West with his family and located on the land now occupied by his son. He put up a log house and cleared about five acres of tim- ber. In the spring of 1838, on account of sickness which pre- vailed at that time in the settlement, and actuated no doubt by homesickness, he decided to return to his native State and remain five years, till the county should get more thickly settled. He ac- cordingly packed up his household effects and engaged a man and team to take them to Toledo, where he took a steamer for his old home. His father-in-law, Selah Frink, had settled in Otsego Township, and after about two years wrote him that the country had become more healthy and advised him to return. Accord- ingly after an absence of two years and a half he again took up his abode in Steuben Township, and lived here till his death in 1849. His family consisted of five children, all of whom are liv- ing. James Madison Crain was born in Madison County, N. Y., in 1830. He remained with his father till his death and then took charge of the homestead, where he has since lived. He married Margaret J. Renner, a native of Pennsylvania. They have three children-Arvilla, Lucius and Wilson.
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Samuel Menges was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1840, and in 1853 came to Steuben County, Ind., with his parents. He en- listed in March, 1865, in the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Indiana Infantry and served fill the close of the war. His regiment was stationed at Wilmington, Del., doing provost duty. After the war he engaged in agricultural pursuits and bought ninety- eight acres of land on the northwest quarter of section 9, of his father, Adam Menges, and twenty acres adjoining of George W. McConnell. In 1883 he built a fine residence and his im- provements are now among the best in the county. Mr. Menges was married to Mary A. Wolf, daughter of William Wolf, of Steuben Township. Mr. and Mrs. Menges have two children, a son and a daughter-Judson and Ida.
George S. Murray is a representative of one of the well-known pioneer families of Steuben County. His father was David Murray and his grandfather was Seth W. Murray. He was born in Elkhart County, Ind., June 15, 1849. He has been twice mar- ried. His first wife was Mary E. Freligh, daughter of Samuel Freligh, by whom he has two sons-Samuel and Arthur. His present wife is Orpha, daughter of John Snyder. Mr. Murray has been a resident of Pleasant Lake since 1861. In 1870 he en- gaged in the hardware business in partnership with Frank Hoover. In 1871 he sold out to his partner and continued in business alone until Dec. 6,1884, when he formed a partnership with Lafayette Case, under the firm name of Murray & Case. Mr. Case is a native of Pleasant Lake, born in 1845, a son of Furman and Amelia (Merlott) Case. He married Lella Snyder, daughter of John Sny- der, and has three children-Dellie E., Ora F. and Garr.
Henry Ritter was born in Beaver Township, Union Co., Pa., April 4, 1803. When nineteen years of age he moved with his father, John Ritter, to Wayne County, Ohio, being among the first settlers. His father afterward moved to Ashland County, where he died in the ninety-ninth year of his age. Henry Ritter was married in Tiffin, Ohio, to Mary Harpster, a native of the same township, and a schoolmate of her husband. After his marriage he settled on forty acres of land in Canaan Township, Wayne County, where he lived till 1851, when he moved to Steuben County, Ind., and settled on section 8, Stenben Township, where he has since lived. At that time there was a small frame building used as a granary, and a log-cabin on the place, and about thirty-five acres improved. He bought 200 acres, paying for it $7 per acre. 50
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He now owns 226 acres, valued at $50 per acre. He had but a few hundred dollars when he came to the county, but by industry and economy has acquired a competency. He had but little help in clearing and improving his land, his only son being in poor health. He has one of the best farms in Steuben County, which he still superintends. Politically Mr. Ritter has always been a Democrat. He and his wife are members of the Reformed church. They have four children- David; Elizabeth, wife of John Clink; Mary, widow of Andrew Sunday; Catherine, wife of Charles Clink. They lost one daughter in infancy.
Philip Ritter resides on section 6, Steuben Township, where he settled in July, 1852. He purchased his first land, 128 acres, ot Lewis Carter. No improvements had been made, the land being heavily timbered. . His first house was of hewn logs, and was built in the spring of 1852. In 1868 he built his present residence. He has now 194 acres of land, about 125 acres of which are im- proved and very productive. . Mr. Ritter is a brother of Henry Ritter, of this township, and was born in the same township in New York, in 1820. He was apprenticed in his youth to the trade of a carpenter, and has worked at his trade and also as an under- taker nearly fifty years. Since coming to Indiana he has earried on his farm in connection with his other business. Mr. Ritter has been twice married. His first wife was Lucy Ann Kope, daughter of Henry Kope, an early settler of Wayne County, Ohio. Mrs. Ritter died in March, 1854, leaving three children -- Henry, Mary and Jacob. Mr. Ritter then married Mrs. Martha (Gillander) Anderson, a native of the north of Ireland. To them have been born eight children, six of whom are living-Martha, Barbara, Theophilus, Levina, Elener and Orpha. Mr. and Mrs. Ritter are members of the United Brethren church. Mr. Ritter has accumu- lated his property by industry and economy, and by his integrity has gained the confidence of the entire community.
Cyrus Robertson resides on section 13, Steuben Township. This farm was formerly the homestead of John Carter. It contains 326 acres, and is a fine grain and stock farm. The buildings are among the best in the township. It was purchased of Mr. Carter by John C. Robertson in August, 1870, and of him about a year later by his son, Charles G. Robertson. Cyrus Robertson, a brother of Charles, has charge of the farm, the latter being a resident of Hillsdale, Mich., where he has been teaching twenty-five years. The Robert- son family were originally from New Jersey, and later settled in
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New York. John C. Robertson moved to Lenawee County, Mich., in 1825, and located land to which he moved his family in the early history of that county. In 1849 he moved to Lagrange County, Ind., and thence in 1854 to Hillsdale County, Mich., where he died in June, 1884. Cyrus Robertson was born in Lenawee County, Mich., in 1841. He went with his father to Lagrange County in 1849, and from there to Hillsdale County, Mich. In 1863 he enlisted in the Eleventh Michigan Cavalry and served a year, when he was commissioned First Lieutenant in the Fifth United States Colored Cavalry Regiment, a position he retained till March, 1866, when he was discharged, after a service of two and a half years. After the war he returned to Michigan, where he lived till 1870, when he came to Steuben County. He married Helen Mason, daughter of Charles Mason, who settled in Michigan from Otsego County, N. Y., in 1855. To them were born two children-Charles and Agnes. Mrs. Robertson died in May, 1883.
J. Cole Simmons was born in Huron County, Ohio, in 1830, a son of Charles B. and Maria (Hanchet) Simmons, his father a native of Massachusetts, and his mother of Connecticut. Charles B. Simmons moved to Ohio with his parents in 1816, and still lives in Huron County. His wife died many years ago. Our subject was reared a farmer, receiving a common-school education. He came to Steuben County, Ind., in April, 1863, and bought a farm on sec- tion 26, Steuben Township, of Norman Gardner, which was entered by Seth Murray. In 1866 he sold his farm at quite an advance on the purchase price, and in 1867 bought the farm where he now lives, on the northeast quarter of section 27, of William Thomp- son. This farm contains eighty acres of valuable land, and the improvements are among the best in the township. Mr. Simmons is engaged in general farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of sheep-raising. He was married in Ohio to Ann Smith, a native of Huron County, and a schoolmate in his childhood. Their only child, Charles, died in infancy. Mr. Simmons's brother, V. E., came to Indiana in 1864, and engaged in the mercantile business at Pleasant Lake. He was also Postmaster from 1856 till his death, in September, 1880. He was one of the prominent busi- ness men of the village, and a highly esteemed citizen. He left a widow, who returned to Ohio. Mr. Simmons was in partnership with his brother in business a year.
Isaiah Smith is a son of George Smith, who settled on the north- west quarter of section 21, Steuben Township, in 1865. George
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Smith was born in Pennsylvania in 1820, but was reared a farmer in Ohio. He was married in Wayne County, Ohio, to Elizabeth Lidge, of Frederick County, Md. They moved to Indiana in Au- gust, 1850, and settled in Jackson Township, De Kalb County, and in 1865 moved to Steuben County, where Mr. Smith died in June, 1876. His family consisted of twelve children, seven of whom are living-Isaiah; Francis M., of Chicago, was born Jan. 21, 1851; Sarah, born May 4, 1854, is the wife of H. Thomas; War- ren M., born Oct. 2, 1856, lives in Nebraska; Edward L., born Ang. 3, 1858; Harry R., born Oct. 23, 1861; George W., born July 30, 1865. Hiram G. was born Jan. 26, 1841, and enlisted in Company K, Forty-fourth Indiana Infantry, and served nearly three years; died at Loudon, Tenn., April 25, 1864. Elizabeth A. died Jan. 25, 1868, in the twenty-sixth year of her age. Charles A. enlisted in the Forty-fourth Indiana Infantry and served about eighteen months. He died at home Feb. 1, 1881, in his thirty- fifth year. Isadorah, born Oct. 18, 1863, died in childhood. Caroline died in infancy. Isaiah Smith enlisted June 1, 1863, in Company D, One Hundred and Eighteenth Indiana Infantry, and served nine months. In March, 1864, he enlisted in Company K, Forty-fourth Indiana Infantry, and served till Dec. 25, 1865. Soon after his first enlistment, he was taken sick and sent home on fur- lough. When convalescent he reported for duty at Indianapolis and was sent to Camp Nelson, Ky. From Camp Nelson he joined his regiment at Greensville in time to participate in the engage- ment of that place. He was in active service during his term of enlistment. His health was undermined by exposure and privation, and he has never fully recovered. He is by trade a carpenter and mason, his home being on the old homestead. He married Susie Rhodefer, daughter of Abram Rhodefer, of De Kalb County. They have three children-Genevra, Edna and Maud M. V. One child, Esthanora, is deceased.
John Snyder was born in Richland County, Ohio, in June, 1828. His father, William Snyder, was a native of New York, and moved with his parents to Richland County. John Snyder remained in his native county till 1852, and then came to Steuben County, Ind., and located on section 11, Otsego Township, where he lived till 1872, when he sold his farm and bought another in Steuben Town- ship. In 1883, on account of ill health, he retired from farming and located in Pleasant Lake. He enlisted in 1862 in the Seventy- fourth Indiana Infantry and served till May, 1864. He enlisted as
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a private and passed through a series of promotions till in Febru- ary, 1863, he was appointed Second Lieutenant. He was afterward commissioned First Lieutenant, but on account of disability was not mustered in. He participated in the battle of Chickamauga, where he was wounded in the right foot, from the effects of which he has never fully recovered, and owing to disability resigned in May, 1864. Mr. Snyder was married in Ohio, to Cornelia Hopp, a native of New York, daughter of Frederick and Susan Hopp. Her father died when she was a child, leaving a family of ten chil- dren to the care of a widowed mother. Mrs. Hopp died in Neva, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have had six children, four of whom are living-Zella E., Susan A., Orpha O., and Nellie M. The de- ceased were William and Sarah J., wife of Frank Noyes. Mrs. Sny- der's eldest brother, Aaron Hopp, was a resident of Pleasant Lake ten years, his wife, Sarah (Amsbaugh) Snyder, dying here in January, 1869. He subsequently returned to Ohio. Her brother George is a resident of Steuben Township, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Mc- Guire, lives in Lagrange County, Ind.
Chester V. Tuttle, of Pleasant Lake, is a son of Lemmon Tut- tle, one of the pioneers of Steuben County. He was born in Steu- ben Township in July, 1847. In 1863 he enlisted in the Seventh Indiana Cavalry and served till the close of the war. The Seventh Cavalry was assigned to the Department of the Mississippi, and performed much active and efficient service. They participated in a number of important campaigns and battles. Since the war Mr. Tuttle has been connected with the mercantile business of Pleasant Lake, and at present is one of the efficient force of the ex- tensive mercantile business of Chadwick & Co. He owns a good farın of eighty acres on section 26, on which he resides. His wife was Tillie Belles, a native of Portage County, Ohio, daughter of George Belles. They have four sons-Earl, Carl, Worthy and Harry. Mr. Tuttle's father, Lemmon Tuttle, was born in New York State in 1813, and when a boy moved with his parents to Ohio. He married Filora Gould, a native of Cayuga County, N. Y., born in 1818, and removed with her parents, Kiah and Mehita- ble (Sturges) Gould, to Ohio, when ten years of age. In 1838 Mr. Tuttle came to Indiana, and in 1840 located in Steuben County. He died at the residence of his son-in-law, Asa F. Huffman, in June, 1881. His wife died Dec. 25, 1880. They had a family of nine children, six of whom lived till maturity and five are living -- Lo- rana, wife of Riley Lemmon; Emeret, wife of Asa F. Huffman;
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Chester V .; Frank and Alptha. Adesta, wife of Silas Huffman, died March 25, 1880. Sylvester, Arad and Byron died in infancy.
Frank B. Van Auken. - Three most important events in the or- dinary life of man are his birth, his marriage, and his death.
The subject of this meager autobiography passed in comparative safety the first of these, Nov. 13, 1850, at Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. Celebrated with Rheumina H. Sanders the second, in Otsego, Nov. 23, 1873, and now with kings and potentates awaits " the inevitable hour' that shall comprehend the third.
At his nativity Dr. D. W. Bliss officiated, since distinguished at the death bed of a martyr president, and at the second Rev. Harlowe Carpenter, now we hope in the enjoyment of fame above.
Frank B., next to the magical seventh son of Jacob H. and Nancy S. VanAuken, whose lives are elsewhere recorded in this volume, has since 1882 been proprietor of Magic Grove Farm on section 13, Steuben Township, where his youth was spent. From 1867 to 1870 he studied in the Angola Academy receiving highest grade teacher's license at seventeen years of age. At eighteen he taught school at Pleasant Lake, at nineteen became an itinerant writing teacher, and at twenty organized the first township graded school at Orland. In the same year he with his brother, J. J. Van- Auken, matriculated as sophomores in Hillsdale College, from which institution he graduated in 1874 receiving the degree of Baccalaurus Scientiae (we believe) two years meanwhile having been spent as principal of the new graded school at Pleasant Lake, assisted by his wife. In 1875 the two brothers, F. B. and J. J. Van Auken, were elected County Surveyors of Steuben and De Kalb respectively, the former having only lacked the necessary votes two years previously-a circumstance by no means uncom- mon in this interesting county destined to become, with her hardy people, beautiful woods, nestling lakes, and fertile soil, one of the favorite dwelling places of creation. The other brother has main- tained his honorable position almost continuously to the present time.
Five years were spent by the writer in the delicate and respon- sible position of Superintendent of the Waterloo City Schools, graduating the first class from that institution in 1878. Since re- tiring from the profession he has been treated by some of his opponents on the field of opinion with cruel malignity, being stig- matized a " good templar," " free trader" and " Democrat." But life is too short and time too swift on his golden wing for a full
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defense or denial in this place. His gastronomic and somnolous powers remain, however, at this date unimpaired.
And now, mindful of the danger of speaking long in the first person, we conclude:
"Such the brief page thy story fills."
Rheumina H., wife of Frank B. VanAuken, was born July 6, 1852-only daughter of Henry and Jane (Jackman) Sanders. They have four children-Sanders, born June 2, 1875; Nanne Jane, born July 29, 1878; Frank Verne, born Aug. 22, 1880; and Glenn, born Nov. 8, 1883.
Mrs. VanAuken's father, an iron-maker, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1811, and died in Otsego Township, Steuben Co., Ind., where he had cleared and improved a beautiful farm on sec- tion 23, now owned by ex-Sheriff Keyes, June 29, 1879. He was highly respected for his intelligence and fine character. Her mother is living at Butler, DeKalb Co., Ind. Mrs. Sanders was born in Richland County, Ohio, in 1822, and in September, 1836, came to Steuben County, Ind., with her parents, Robert and Phobe Jackman, and located in Richland Township. Her parents had a family of twelve children, three of whom died in childhood. The others were-Henry, who was married, came to Steuben County with his family and settled in Otsego Township, where he died. Richard, also married, settled in Otsego Township, where he died July 8, 1864. Samuel was a young man when he accom- panied his father to Steuben County, but returned to Ohio and was married and then settled in Richland Township, where he died in November, 1884. He built the first cabin in Richland Township in the spring of 1836. Mary is the widow of David Aldrich, of Otsego Township; Jane, now Mrs. Sanders; Robert died at the age of forty-nine years, unmarried; Lydia, the eldest daughter, died at Mount Vernon, Ohio, April 4, 1885. Margaret married in Ohio, George Eagle, and came with her husband to Indiana about 1840, locating in DeKalb County. Mr. Eagle died, and his widow afterward married James Johnson, who is also deceased. The youngest daughter, Christina, married Marvin Gordon, and died a number of years since. Of this large and well-known family there remains but three daughters, all widows. Jane, the youngest of the surviving daughters, was married in February, 1843, to Daniel Thurstin, a native of the State of New York, who came to Steuben County from Ohio with his parents, Eli and Margaret
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