A portrait and biographical record of Allen and Van Wert counties, Ohio, v. 1, Part 73

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Publication date: 1896
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he still followed his trade, that of a black- smith, with most gratifying success. He and his wife were the parents of the following chil- dren: Peter, Louisa J., George W , jefferson, Raasiina, Benjamin, Nelson, A. J., R. R., and

Harrison -- six of whom are dead. All were married but three. Those that are living are as follows: Peter, Louisa J., A. J., R. R., and Harrison. John Brown was a democrat in politics, and he was a member of the Christian church. He was a hard-working, honest and successful man, and at the time of his death, in 1855, he left his family in comfortabe circum- stances. His wife survived until 1886.

After the war was over he located in Van Wert county, where he learned the carpenter's trade, which Is has followed ever since with unusual success. He was marrie I in December. 1866, to Miss Mary Brenner, of Van Wirt.

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Ohio, by whom he has had the following chil- dren: William, Frank, Stella, Frederick, Kate, Eddie, Harry, Ordie, Sylvia, Thomas. All of this family are living but William, and all are single but Stella, who married J. Edwards. Mr. Brown is a republican in politics and a Presbyterian in religion. He is a man of great liberality in his views, and is charitable with his means. He is living in a beautiful home in Van Wert, surrounded by many warm- hearted friends.

Mary A. Brenner, wife of Mr. Brown, was born July 10, 1845. Her father, George Bren- ner, was born in Pennsylvania, and at an early age learned the cooper trade, which trade he followed during his entire life. He married Elizabeth Snyder, of Pennsylvania, by whom he had the following children: Amanda, who married and is now dead: Sarah, Kittie, Eman- uel, deceased; Lydia, and Mary A, The latter two are married and have families. Mr. Brenner died April 9, 1870, and Mrs. Brenner died in 1877. She was a member of the Lu- theran church, and was a most excellent woman in every way. Mr. Brenner was also a member of the Lutheran church, was a republican in politics, and was a very liberal and charitable man. Mary A. Brenner was born in Holmes county, Ohio, but was living in Wayne county when she inet and married Mr. Brown. She is a member of the Lutheran church, and is a most excellent woman, wife and mother. Mr. Brown is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of the Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Patriotic Order Sons of America.

J OHN B. BROWN, one of the most en- terprising farmers of Pleasant township, : Van Wert county, Ohio, was born in 1

Mary (Baum) Brown. William Brown, father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania Feb- ruary 14, 1810, of German descent; he was reared a farmer and also learned the saddler's trade; about 1833 he became a boatman on the Schuylkill river, and four years later came to Ohio, located in Montgomery county, where he worked by the month in a distillery. and about 1838 married Mary Baum, who was born in the county named October 26, 1821. of Pennsylvania-Dutch parentage. Her parents settled in Montgomery county, Ohio, about the year 1820, where the father bought and cleared up a farm, and later ran a distillery until his death, in 1849, a member of the Lutheran church and in politics a democrat. He had served in the war of 1812 under Gen. Anthony Wayne, and was in every sense a ust - ful citizen.

John Baum, maternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Maryland in 1792, a son of Jacob and Margaret (Carsley) Baum, also natives of Maryland and parents of the follow - ing children: Martin, who ran the first steani- boat on the Ohio river: Jacob, John, Joseph. George. Betsey, Mrs. Polly Roberts, Mrs. Barbara Smith, and Mrs. Susan Smith-al: now deceased. . Jacob Baum, father of sub- ject's mother, came to Ohio in ISoo, located in Hamilton county, but made several re- movals, and finally settled in Montgomery county, 1806, and entered 530 acres of land. receiving the deed from President Monroe in 1813. His death took place in 1832, a men- ber of the Reform church. John Baum was but six years of age when brought to Chi. was reared a farmer, and married Rebecca Elzer, daughter of Audrew and Margar ! (Kimmel) Elzer, and a native of Pennsylvania. and to this union were born five children, Mrs. Catherine Hoff, deceased; Mary, mothe; of subject; Mrs. Sarah McDowell, deceased.

Miamisburg, Montgomery county, De- cember 7. 1849, and is a son of William and i George. of Pleasant township, and Ellen, wa

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of Henry Hoffman, farmer of Montgomery county, Ohio. John Baum had also been a soldier under Gen. Wayne at Greenville and Fort Recovery. After his marriage he passed the remainder of his life on his farm near Miamisburg, dying in 1849; his widow died in 1865. The children born to the marriage of William Brown and Mary Baum were six in number and were named as followss: Catherine, wife of E. Summers, of Montgomery county, Ohio; Martin, in Van Wert; Sarah, deceased; John B., subject of this sketch; Mrs. Amos Dilts, of Van Wert, and George, of Montgom- ery county. William Brown died in Brook- ville, Ohio, in November, 1886, a member of the Lutheran church, an Odd Fellow, and in politics a democrat.

John B. Brown, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the common schools of Mont- gomery county and reared to farming. June I, 1881, he married Henrietta Eckfeld, daugh- ter of John and Catherine (Gehres) Eckfeld, the former of whom was born in Germany in 1823, learned the carpenter's trade, was mar- ried in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, about 1851; Catherine Gehres was born in Germany No- vember 19, 1828, came to Wayne county, Ohio, when eight years old, arriving with her parents, after having passed ninety-eight days on the ocean, and is now the mother of six children, viz: Elizabeth, wife of Martin Brown; Abraham, of Fostoria; Lewis, de- ceased at seven years of age; Henrietta, wife of our subject; Esther, wife of M. H. Stand- ish, and John. Henrietta Eckfeld was born in Harrison township, Van Wert county, Ohio, and was educated in the union school. She has borne her husband five children, as follows: Catherine, in 1833; William, January 13, 1886; Elizabeth, June 1, 1889; Leah, March 2, 1891, and Carl (deceased), August 7, 1894. John Eckfeld was a soldier in the Civil war; he was a Freemason, and died June 6, 1889. John

B. Brown, at the time of his marriage, re- turned to Montgomery county, remained until the following fall, then moved to Marion. Ind .. where he farmed until February, 1883, when he purchased his present home, which is now one of the finest farms in the township. Mr. Brown is very prominent as an Odd Fel- low, in politics is a democrat, and is highly re- spected as a citizen and neighbor.

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Q ARL H. BROWN, deputy postmaster of Van Wert, Ohio, is a son of Nor- man K. and Jennic (Sims) Brown, and was born in the town of Van Wert, Ohio, June 17, 1864. Maj. Norman K. Brown was born in Pennsylvania, but early in life was brought to Van Wert, by his parents, Samuel S. and Eleanor (Smith) Brown, who engaged in the keeping of the Pioneer hotel: Norman assisted in the post-office and was also interested in the mercantile business for years; he entered the army as a private and was promoted to the rank of major. before discharged, and after the Civil war was closed becanie one of the editorial staff of the Van Wert Times, a position which he held at the time of his death, in October, 1881. His inar- riage to Jennie Sims tooks place in Van Wert and by this union he became the father of five children. The mother of these children died in 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were quite prominent in the social circles of Van Wert. and Mr. Brown was well known among the leading business men. He was a gentleman of more than ordinary intelligence and infor- mation, and was an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, the I. O. R. M. and the I. O. O. F.

Carl H. Brown, our subject, was but six years of age when he lost his mother. when he was placed under the fostering care of his

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maternal grandmother until he was twelve years old; he then went to live with T. B. Barrick, at Daisy, a small county post-office in Van Wert county, and while with this gen- tleman acted as his assistant in the post-office from 1878 to 1883, when he returned to Van Wert and here was employed as clerk for a year; for another year he was engaged in teaching school; then clerked for Mr. Barrick, next acted as deputy postinaster under John Shaw for three years; then went into the grocery business and at the end of two years sold his interest and accepted a position as traveling salesman for the Central School Supply house of Chicago, with whom he re- mained until 1894, in the meantime having been rapidly promoted to the front as one of the firm's most expert salesman; he then again became deputy postmaster of Van Wert, with J. E. Montgomery. The public has seldom met with a more obliging and careful official. and as such he enjoys the confidence of all with whom he is brought in contact.

The marriage of Mr. Brown took place in Van Wert, in August, 1885. to Miss Emma G. Longfellow, daughter of Rev. J. M. Longfel- low, two children being the result of the union -Donald V. and Naomi Blanche. The par- ents are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics the father is a democrat. They reside in their neat resi- dence on Middle street and are surrounded by a pleasant circle of friends and acquaintances, by whom they are held in the highest esteem. Mr. Brown is a pleasant gentlemen and an obliging official, well qualified by experience for the duties of the important position he holds, in which he has given entire satisfaction to the public since his incumbency, through familiarity with all its intricacies and details. As a citizen and official, Mr. Brown stands at the head of Van Wert's most honored residents.

BRAHAM BURCAW. an old settle: and a successful farmer of Ridge township, Van Wert county, is a na- tive of Millville, Butler county. Ohio, born March 21, 1825, and one of the nine chil- dren of William and Hannah (Kitchen) Burcaw. viz: Margaret, wife of William Bealer; Ellen, deceased wife of the late William Johnson; George, who was a soldier in the Mexican war and also in the war of the Rebellion, and who died of lung fever after the close of the latter war; Abraham, the subject of this sketch; Sarah, wife of James Smith, of Butler county; Hannah, married to Scott Inlow; John, of Butler county. and two that died in infancy. The parents both ended their days in Butler county.

Abraham Burcaw began working out while yet a lad, receiving as compensation his board and clothing. He had been able to save a little money, however, by the time he was married, September 18, 1852, to Miss Sarah Ann Smelser, who was born October 15. 1831. a daughter of Abraham and Julia (Howard) Smelser, natives of Virginia, who came to Ohio and located in Butler county after the birth of their third child, but died in Tippecanoe county, Ind., whither they had removed rather late in life. Their family comprised the fo !- lowing-named children: Caroline, wife of Adam Kissinger; Louis; Robert, deceased; Sarah Ann, now Mrs. Burcaw; Jessie, killed by a falling tree at the age of nine years; Elizabeth, wife of William Dill; Abraham, of Mercer county, Ohio; Pleasant, married, and Jemima. twin sister of Pleasant and widow of George Johnson; Nancy Jane, wife of Aaron Sellen- berger: Joseph, of Topeka, Kans .; John, of Kansas, and Hannah, wife of William Good- win. In 1856 Abraham Burcaw, with his wife and two children, came to Van Wert county and located on a farm across the line from Deiphos, Allen county, on which he resided

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for eight years, and then moved to York town- ship, Van Wert county, where he. lived until 1874, when he bought his present farm, part of which is situate in Ridge township and part in York township. He has sub-divided much of his land, distributing several fine farms among his children, and still owns a farm in Ridge township and sixty acres in York town- ship. His children were born and named in the following order: Robert; Sarah Elizabeth, wife of Sylvester Palmer; William Lewis; Mary Jane, wife of William Walters; Delilah, who died in childhood; Amy Caroline, who died an infant: Martha Ellen, wife of William Mager; Abraham Lincoln; Amnos Allen and Cary Franklin-ten in all. Mrs. Burcaw has been a consistent member of the Lutheran church since girlhood, and has trained her children well in morality; Mr. Burcaw has made a success of agriculture, and has won many sincere and warm friends since his res- idence in Ridge township.

ENRY BRUNNI, a prosperous and energetic farmer of York township, Van Wert county, was born in Holmes county, Ohio, September 29, 1855, a son of John B. and Regina Brunni, natives of Germany, who came to Ohio in the year 1850, and reared a family of six children, as follows: Ricca, wife of Jesse Paulin, of Anderson, Ind .: Charles Christian, of Van Wert county, Ohio, who wedded Sarah Wal- cott; John, deceased, who married Lucinda A. Shaffstall; Mary, wife of Dr. D. D. Samuel; Wallon, editor of the Lisbon Herald, at Lis- bon, Iowa; Henry, our subject, and Amelia, of Anderson, Ind. John B. Brummi, father of our subject, died while in the service of his adopted country, and his wife died in the year 1882.

Henry Brunni, our subject, spent his early

life on the home farm, in care of his widowed mother, until her death. March 26, 1885, Mr. Brunni met and married Miss Lydia Harp, of whose family a full biography will be found on another page of this volume. Two daughters have been the result of this happy union, and are named Mary Regina and Ethel May. Mr. Brunni is the owner of a fine farm, well tiled and adorned with a modern residence built in 1893. He and wife are members of the Methodist church and in politics he is a stanch democrat. Few farmers of the age of Mr. Brunni have attained the success with which he has been favored, and few citizens of the township stand in greater favor of the sur- rounding community, his example being well worthy of the emulation of those still younger than himself.

J OHN IKIRT CABLE, of Van Wert. Ohio, is a native of the Buckeye state, was born in Columbiana county, June 21, 1835, and is a son of Joseph and Susannah' (Stallcup) Cable. The Hon. Joseph Cable, father of our subject, was probably one of the most remarkable men ever produced within the territorial limits of the present great state of Ohio. His birth took place April 1 ;. 1801, on Ohio soil, before the territory was admitted to the Union as a state, and October 25, 1827, in Columbiana county, he married Miss Sussannah Stalloup, who was born in Pennsylvania May 1, 1811. Ignoring the events which occurred during the early life of Joseph Cable. we must content ourselves with a brief narrative of his varied and phenomenal expe- rience after marriage. Just after that event he located at New Lisbon and engaged in editing the Ohio Patriot until 1837, giving tangible evidence of his ability as a political and general writer; thence he went to Steubenville, and there published the Gazette until . 1839, when

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he moved to Carrollton and published the Jeffersonian until 1842, when he sold the plant, and, for the nonce, relinquished editorial work and devoted his attention and talents to poli- tics, which latter led to his election to the United States house of representatives from the Seventeenth Ohio congressional district for two successive terms; he next located in San- dusky city, and for two years edited the Bay City Mirror; thence he went to Paulding, and for two years held the position of collector at the junction of the Wabash & Erie canals, and when that office was vacated, or abolished, on account of the abandoning of the Wabash exten- sion of the Miami & Erie canal, he came to Van Wert, and the influence of his trenchant pen was felt though his editorship of the Ameri- can from the spring of 1857 until 1860, at which time the Bulletin was established, which journal, in conjunction with Capt. Scott, he edited until 1862, in the spring of which year he engaged in the work of securing pensions for the three-month soldiers, at which task he assiduously labored for about twelve months; he then went to Wauseon, Ohio," where he edited the Wauseon Republican four years, and next returned to Paulding, where, in partner- ship with his son Fielding, he founded the Ga- zette, which they controlled until 1870; he also for a short time managed a newspaper at Ant- werp, in the same county, but finally returned to Paulding City, retired from active life, and passed the remainder of his days in peace until his death, which occurred May 1, 1880, honored by the citizens of the state and lamented by hosts of admiring friends. His wife, Mrs. Susannah (Stallcup) Cable, was called away November 1, 1842, having borne her husband five children, viz: Fielding and Elizabeth, de- ceased; John I., our subject, and two infants that died unnamed. Mr. Cable's second mar- riage took place in Carrollton, Ohio. November 16, 1843, to Jane Watt, who was born in Mer-

cer county, Pa., March 22, ISHI, and who died August 7, 1887, the mother of two chil- dren-Mary, deceased, and Martha A., wife of Homer Meacham, superintendent of the Miami extension of the Erie. The names of the chil- dren of Joseph Cable are thus grouped together, that the progeny of this great man may be found at a glance. In religion Mr. Cable was a Presbyterian and fraternally he was a Mason, having been grand master of Ohio in 1840.

John Ikirt Cable, whose name opens this biographical record, was reared in Carroll county, Ohio, but learned the art of printing in the office of the Ohio Picayune and that of the Bay City Mirror, at Sandusky: he then en- tered the office of the Paulding Gazette, which his father and brother had established for Judge Latta, and of which he had charge until 1855; then went to Steubenville, worked in a job office for a short time, then returned to Paulding and for a year acted as deputy sheriff under John Crawson; in 1857 he came to Van Wert and worked for Col. Alexander on the American for three months, then, in partner- ship with Lewis Evers, bought the office in the fall and operated the same until the spring of 1859, when he married and moved to a farti in Willshire township and located on a piece of land owned by his wife, of whom further men- tion will be made below. Here he resided until August 4, 1862, when he enlisted in company E, Fifty-second Ohio volunteer in- fantry, for three years, and was assigned to the aring of the Cumberland; he reached Les- ington August 22, 1862. was made wagon- master, and filled the position fourteen months. when, in front of Chattanooga, he was placed in the ranks and served with his company until the fall of Atlanta, July 22, 1864, when he was withdrawn from the ranks and detailed to duty in the quartermaster's department. where he remained until December, 1864. when he rejoined his company, with which he

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did duty until after the grand review at Wash- ington, D. C., where he was honorably dis- charged June 3, 1865. On his return home he engaged in teaming for a year, then for a year and a half worked in the Bulletin office; next he farmed a short time, and then again returned to Van Wert, where he now owns a delivery line.

The marriage of Mr. Cable took place July 7, 1858, to Miss Anges P. Johnson, who was born in Harrison township, Van Wert county, October 31, IS39, a daughter of Davis Johnson, of whom a sketch is given on another page. To this happy union have been born six children, viz: Davis J., an at- torney of Lima, Ohio: Minnie G., wife of Charles S. Hough, of Van Wert; Anna Pearl, at home; Maj. Doyal C., deceased, and two deceased infants. Mr. and Mrs. Cable are Methodists in religion, and in politics he is a republican, having cast his first presidential vote for John C. Fremont; he has served as trustee of Pleasant township for six years, and as assessor for four years, and took the enu- meration of the township in 1890; fraternally he is a member of the G. A. R., of which he is present commander, and he is also master of exchequer of the K. of P. lodge of Van Wert.

RANKLIN CARLO is a native of Ohio and was born in Champaign county, October 5, 1842. His father, Dr. Morris Carlo, was born December IS, ISO1, in the city of Dresden, Saxony. At the age of twenty-nine years he came to America, landing in New York city, whence he came to Ohio and engaged in the practice of his pro- fession. that of physician, in the city of Cin- cinnati. He had a fine education and was able to converse fluently in six different languages. He was married in Cincinnati, in 1832, to Anna 5

B. Sutter, who was born in Philadelphia, Pa., October 5, 1813. Shortly after their marriage they located in Saint Paris, Champaign county, Ohio, where they were among the pioneer set- tlers of the place. In a few years they moved on a farm near by. To them were born fifteen children, of whom ten reached the years of maturity, viz: Louisa, widow of A. Walborn, of Van Wert county, Ohio; Edwin, of Chani- paign county, Ohio; Frances, wife of F. Fromme, of Saint Paris, Ohio; Franklin, he subject of this sketch; Anna, widow of J. N. Richison, of Yellow Springs, Ohio; Mattie. wife of H. B. Davis, of Denver, Colo. ; Morris V., of Jay county, Ind. ; John A., deceased; Ella, wife af j. B. Leonard, of Bucyrus, Ohio, and Charles R., of Illinois. Dr. Carlo died August 4, 1864, and the mother died in Sep- teniber, 1878, at the home of her daughter, Anna Richison, in DeGraff, Ohio, and was laid to rest beside her husband in Spring Grove cemetery, near Saint Paris, Ohio. They were both faithful members of the Lutheran church.

Franklin Carlo, the subject proper of this biography, was reared on the farm in Chain- paign county, Ohio, and when he had attained his majority he enlisted as a soldier in com- pany I, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth regi- ment Ohio volunteer infantry, served out the brief terni of his enlistment and then re- enlisted in company E, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth regiment Ohio volunteer infan- try, and did his duty as a gallant soldier until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged at Lexington, Ky. His description then was: Five feet, eleven and a half inches high, light complexion. blue eyes, light hair, and weight iso pounds. In the spring of 1866, in company with his brother Edwin, lie crossed the plains overland to Colorado and Montana in search of gold. the search was a failure and he returned, via Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, ou a small

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Mackinaw rowboat, to Omaha, Neb., thence by stage to Des Moines, Iowa, thence by rail to his old home in Champaign county, Ohio, where he engaged in farming till his removal to Hoaglin township, Van Wert county, Ohio, in September, 1869, where he had sometime previously purchased a farm, on which he has since made his home and increased it to 210 acres. With the exception of $750 of the capital necessary to make the first payment on and to improve this farm, he has earned the money with which to pay for it by his individ- ual exertions, thus showing himself to be practical in his vocation and well deserving the success which has attended him throughout his life.

On May 20, 1369, he was married to M. A. Hattery, who was born in Van Wert county February 2, 1847, a daughter of Edward and Mary Ann Hattery, of whom mention is made elsewhere in these pages as being among the prominent pioneer settlers of the county. This union has been blessed by the birth of seven children, viz: Edward F., present deputy county treasurer: Bertha L., wife of Delbert McMillen; Jennie Lind; Bessie; Chester Arthur; Earnest Rutherford and Gladys Ruth; the latter two are twins, born September 23, 1892. In religion Franklin Carlo and wife are Lutherans, and in politics he is a republican, under the auspices of which party he has served as township clerk one year, county commissioner three years, and is now occupying the office of county treasurer, to which he was first elected in November, 1893. In 1895, Mr. Carlo, having filled the office to the great satisfaction of the public, was re-elected county treasurer in one of the hottest contests that the republicans ever entered upon in the county, but he was carried through by a handsome majority, and this fact alone speaks volumes as to Mr. Carlo's im- mense popularity.

A BRAHAM CALHOUN, a retired farm- er and patriotic citizen, of Van Wert, was born September 8, 1839. He is a son of Adiey Calhoun, who was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1814. Adley Calhoun was reared on the farm. but received an excellent education in the com- mon schools, and afterward attended the high in Steubenville, Ohio. In 1835 he was mar- ried, in Jefferson county, to Miss Rebecca Bartholomew, by whom he had the following children: William, Abraham, Margaret, Jane, Mary and Amanda. Three of these six chil- dren are living, three dead. Of those who have died William was killed at the battle of Pittsburg Landing in 1862, and Mary died in I868.

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A portrait and biographical record of Allen and Van Wert counties, Ohio, v. 1, Part 73

Author: Publication date: 1896 Publisher: Chicago : A.W. Bowen Number of Pages: 1310

Author:
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Chicago : A.W. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1310