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Aside from this Royalton farm Mr. Carpenter owns one in Fair- field Township, Lenawee county, Michigan. While he rents all of his farm land he does not lose track of what is going on there. He looks after crop rotation and management himself.
On January 21, 1877, Mr. Carpenter married Hattie Kennedy. She was a native of Roxbury, Scotland, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Renwick) Kennedy. Her father died in Scotland, and in 1869 she came to America with her mother. The children are: Lena, wife of Oner Metcalf, of Lenawee county, Michigan; Belle, wife of Jesse Peck, of Sylvania; Rose, wife of Glenn Ayres, of Royal- ton ; Verna, wife of Floyd Cox, of Lenawee county ; Peter T., of Camp Funston, Kansas; Blanchard, at the family homestead; Anna, wife of Clyde Durbin, of Sylvania; Robena, wife of Ray Gallup, of Mo- renci, Michigan; and Eugene.
Mr. Carpenter votes with the republican party. He is a member of Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 622 of Lyons, and has been through all of the chairs. He and Mrs. Carpenter are Rebekahs.
This is a brief outline of a very interesting and distinctive ca- reer. While a wage worker Mr. Carpenter saw and utilized the opportuntities to get into business for himself. A keen mind, abun- dant energy and sound business sense have kept him on the high- way of prosperity in spite of losses and set backs, and a large part of what he has done for himself has also been a direct contribution to the development and welfare of Royalton Township. From what has been said above it is easy to account for the high degree of esteem associated with the name of Eugene Carpenter in Fulton county.
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HERBERT HAYES HINKLE. The name Hinkle belongs to the early history of Fulton county, although Herbert Hayes Hinkle, was born June 22, 1876, in Royalton. He is a son of Stephen and Hattie (Cass) Hinkle, the father of Fulton and the mother of Lucas county. The grandparents, Ephraim and Susan (Houghton) Hinkle, were early settlers in Fulton, while Joseph Cass came early to Adams Township, Lucas county.
When Stephen Hinkle was married he settled in Lyons, and still lives there. The children are: Ephraim, deceased; Lena, wife of Houghton J. Ferguson, of Toledo; Herbert Hayes; Eugene, of Royalton; and Homer, who lives with his parents.
On April 29, 1903, Herbert H. Hinkle married Ethel E. Cam- burn, of Royalton. She is a daughter of Frank and Charlotte (Stan- dish ) Camburn. The father came from Lenawee county, Michigan, while the mother always lived in Royalton. Mr. Hinkle had always farmed, and after his marriage he rented in Royalton until 1913, when he bought 100 acres on the Ohio-Michigan line, with ninety acres in Michigan, but the house in Ohio. He has a Holstein dairy on the farm.
The children are: Charles, Lloyd and Franklin. Mr. Hinkle had high school advantages in Toledo, and as a republican he re- ceived the appointment to an unexpired term as township trustee in 1916, and since then he has twice been re-elected trustee. He belongs to the Ancient Order of Gleaners, and is secretary of the Universalist Church, of which he is a member.
ALBERT MARK ROBINSON. While the Robinson family name has been in the annals of Fulton county for many years, Albert Mark Robinson, is as yet a young man. He was born February 23, 1891, and has always lived in Amboy Township. He is a son of John M. and Hannah (Phillips) Robinson, the father a native of Amboy while the mother is from the south of England.
The paternal grandparents, George and Rebecca (Davis) Robin- son, came from the State of New York and were early residents of Amboy after having lived some years in Indiana. When they came the land was so heavily timbered that space had to be cleared for their cabin. Years later Mr. Robinson built a brick house that was regarded as one of the finest homes in Fulton county. He owned and cleared 200 acres of land and was a prosperous pioneer farmer.
When John M. Robinson was married he bought 100 acres of his father, securing the homestead part of it. He died there July 3, 1904, and it is now the home of Albert Mark Robinson, in the third generation of the Robinson succession in Fulton county. His sister Edith is the wife of Clarence Hagerman, of Lenawee county, Michi- gan, and Clarice died at the age of nineteen. The mother is now the wife of Alfred Viers, of Royalton.
In addition to a high school education at Delta A. M. Robinson attended Ohio State University at Columbus. He taught the home district school and he worked his father's farm on shares. On February 16, 1916, Mr. Robinson married Oneita McQuillan, of Pike Township. She is a daughter of James and Anna (McQuillan) McQuillan. Since his marriage Mr. Robinson has devoted his en- tire attention to agriculture. His children, Lowell, born January 26, 1917, and Clarice, January 18, 1919, are in the fourth genera- tion of the Robinson family to live in one house in Amboy. He votes the republican ticket, and belongs to the Grange-the Patrons of Husbandry of Amboy Township.
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WILLIAM THOMAS SAXTON, of Delta, Fulton county, Ohio, one of the leading business men of that place, has lived most of his life in the county, and is well-regarded among the people of Delta, who have known him as a resident and as a tradesman for so many years. He was only two years old when his parents came to live in the county.
He was born on October 15, 1850, the son of Nathaniel and Catherine (Nort) Saxton, the former a native of New York state and the latter of German birth. His paternal grandparent, Cyrus Saxton, was born in New York state, the Saxtons being among the colonial families of America. His maternal lineage is Teutonie, his mother and her parents having been born in Germany. Dr. John and Margaret Nort, his maternal grandparents, came to Trenton, Butler county, Ohio, in 1841, and there Doctor Nort practiced medi- cine until 1851, when he and his wife came into Fulton county, settling in Swanton of that county. During the remainder of his long professional life Doctor Nort practiced medicine throughout the eastern part of Fulton county and the western section of Lucas county. He died in Swanton in his ninetieth year, and was buried in Swanton Cemetery.
Nathaniel and Catherine (Nort) Saxton, parents of William T., soon after marriage settled in Muskingum county, Ohio, where their first two children were born. About eighteen months after the birth of their second child, William T., they came to live in Fulton county, where Nathaniel Saxton farmed for one year, and having then contracted inflammatory rheumatism, and succumbed to that complaint on July 29, 1853. The widow had limited resources and three young children. Fortunately she was near her parents, and in the home of her parents, Dr. John and Margaret Nort, the Sax- ton children were reared. The three children born to Nathaniel and Catherine (Nort) Saxton were: Maggie E., who eventually married William Hollis, of Swanton, Ohio; William Thomas; and George E., who died in infancy. The mother spent the last years of her life in the home of William Thomas, where she died August 30, 1914.
William Thomas, second child of Nathaniel and Catherine (Nort) Saxton, lived from the time of his father's death until he was seventeen years old in the home of his grandparents, Doctor and Mrs. Nort, in Swanton, Fulton county. He attended the old Centreville district school, about 1/2 mile south of Swanton, and when seventeen years old began his business career, taking employment in a general store in Waterville, Lucas county, Ohio, where he re- mained for twelve years. In April, 1880, he came to Delta as clerk in the general store of J. M. Longnecker, with whom he was asso- ciated for eight years. Sargent Brothers & Saxton then bought tlie Longnecker store. At the end of fourteen years Mr. Saxton be- came the sole owner, having purchased the Sargent interest.
He is widely known throughout Fulton county, and has an en- viable reputation as a man of honorable trading and good business and moral integrity. He has shown marked enterprise in his busi- ness, having expanded it in many lines, so that today he does a sub- stantial volume of business in general merchandise, seeds and coal.
He has entered much into civic activities and community in- terests. By religious conviction he is Methodist Episcopal, and for six years has been trustee of the local church of that denomina- tion. Politically he is a democrat. He has taken an intelligent
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interest in the general national affairs and a keen interest in local administrations, but he has never been an aspirant for public office. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity, a member of Fulton Lodge No. 240, and of the Octavius Waters Chapter of that order.
In June, 1886, he married Octavia A. Waters, who was born in Delta, Ohio, daughter of Octavius A. and Mary Ann (Hollington) Waters, well-known Delta residents of English antecedents. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Saxton: Mabel W., who married E. F. Pennywitt, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Helen Marie, who died when thirteen years old.
Mr. and Mrs. Saxton are well-regarded in Delta, and have throughout their married life been residents of hospitable inclina- tion.
JOHN M. BECHSTEIN. Having spent all his mature years in gen- eral farming and stockraising industries, John M. Bechstein of York Township is an authority on agricultural matters. His home is at 313 Wood street in Delta, and he has achieved his present com- fortable circumstances through a life of earnest effort and industry.
He was born in his present township in February, 1869, a son of Jacob and Anna (Goodloch) Bechstein, natives of Germany, who came at different times to the United States and located in Erie county, Ohio, where they became acquainted and were mar- ried. In 1862 they came to Fulton county and bought eighty acres of unimproved timberland in Swan Creek Township, which they developed into a valuable farm, and also became the owners of an- other eighty-acre farm. Their children were as follows: Henry, who is a farmer of Swan Creek Township; Ida, who is Mrs. John Reiber, of Wood county, Ohio; Mary, who is Mrs. John Evans, of Swan Creek Township; John, whose name heads this review; Anna, who is Mrs. Henry Wenig, of Wood county, Ohio; Lucy, who is Mrs. Edward Smith, of Wood county, Ohio; Jacob, a farmer of Swan Creek Township; and Altha, who is Mrs. Martin Andrews, of Swan Creek Township.
Growing up in his native township, John M. Bechstein learned to be a practical farmer while he was attending the district schools, in them securing a knowledge of the fundamentals of an education. He married at the age of twenty-five and for a quarter of a century has been busy performing his duties as a provider of home and other advantages for his family and discharging the duties of good citizenship. December 25, 1894, he married Martha Prentiss, daughter of Jacob and Melissa (Joy) Prentiss. Her parents were natives of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Bechstein have two children, Helene and Doris E.
FRANK WEBSTER RANDELS, a well-known and successful farmer of Franklin Township, Fulton county, Ohio, has spent all his life on the farm upon which he was born, and which he now owns. During the years since his majority he has taken due part in the responsibilities of the community, and is known favorably as a reliable farmer, representative of the substantial agriculturists of that section of the county.
He was born in the Randels family homestead on February 3, 1870, the son of James and Sarah Ellen (Marfoot) Randels. He was given a good education, the ordinary education of the public school being supplemented by a course at the Fayette Normal School.
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He assisted in the operation of the home farm of 160 acres until the death of his father in 1912. His mother had died about twelve months anterior to the demise of his father, and thus, in 1912, he found himself in possession of the family estate. He has steadily continued to till it, being successful in his farming and in the rais- ing of Percheron horses.
He is a public-spirited man, and is well-regarded in the commu- nity. During the war he co-operated to the extent of his resources in the national effort to furnish the government with the sinews of war, with the funds wherewith to carry the purposes of the nation in the war through to complete success. And in local affairs he has manifested a worthy spirit of helpfulness. Politically he is a re- publican; fraternally he belongs to the Woodmen order, affiliated with a West Unity lodge and to the Ohio State Gleaners organiza- tion. Religiously he is a Methodist, a supporter of the Methodist Church of Franklin Township.
In 1897 Frank W. Randels married Sadic J., daughter of S. K. and Jane (Mahan) Hughes, of West Unity, Williams county, Ohio. She came of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Her great-grandfather was one of the early settlers in Kentucky, and her father, who was a Presby- terian minister, settled at West Unity in Williams county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Randels are the parents of three children: Florence Julia, who married Floyd Sayers, of Trinidad, California; Laurence Charles. who now is thirteen years old; and Ellen Jane, now seven years old.
CARL WALDECK. The Waldeck family of which Carl Waldeck of Delta is a representative has been in Fulton county since 1859, nine years after the organization of the county. He is a son of Arnold and Christina (Backbuse) Waldeck, and was born February 27, 1850, in Hanover, Germany. When the family immigrated to America in 1851 they came at once to Lucas county. Nine years later they located on a farm in Pike Township, and in 1860 they moved to Delta. After three years in Delta they rented another farm three miles east, and the next move was to a farm they bought in Pike Township. They had 130 acres and bought forty. He died there in 1889, and she died nineteen years afterward-almost fifty years a resident of Fulton county.
The children in the Waldeck family are: Carl Waldeck; Arnold and Herman, of Delta; William, deceased; Amelia, deceased, was the wife of William McQuillan; and George, of Delta. On Christmas day, 1873, Carl Waldeck married Florence Sheffield, a native of Fulton county. Her parents, William and Mary Sheffield, came from Tuscarawas county. Mr Waldeck lived on the Sheffield farm in Swan Creek and later on the Gately farm. For six years he was a tenant and then bought eighty acres in timber and stumps in York Township. He improved and added to it until he now owns 100 acres of excellent farm land and all under cultivation but a small tract of timber and pasture land. Since November, 1918, a son has lived there and Mr. Waldeck has lived in Delta.
Mr. Waldeck bought a residence on Adrain street. The chil- dren in the family are: Frank, of Pikc; Dora, who died in in- fancy; Mary, who died at the age of twelve; and Walter, who lives on the farm owned by Mr. Waldeck. Mrs. Waldeck died May 4, 1903, and he married Mrs. Ella (Gorsuch) Fink, widow of Wil- liam Fink. She had two children who died in infancy. The family
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are members of the Evangelical Church, and Mr. Waldeck votes with the republican party.
The facts above stated concerning the Waldeck family in general and Carl Waldeck in particular place them among the most sub- stantial citizenship of Fulton county. It is a matter worthy of special notice that Mr. Waldeck has achieved his present position as a farm owner after starting his career as a tenant, and overcoming many obstaeles in the path of success.
LINCOLN E. LUTTON, who has lived his whole life of fifty-five years in York Township, Fulton county, Ohio, and for forty years has industriously farmed, is now one of the substantial farmers of that section of Fulton county, and is well-regarded in the town- ship. He owns a good property of 120 acres, has a good record for personal integrity and industry, and has taken an active part in educational affairs in the community.
He was born in York Township, in the Lutton family homestead in section 15 of the township on September 20, 1864, the son of Matthew and Eliza (Moore) Lutton. His parents were both born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and soon after they had married they came into Ohio and settled on comparatively wild land in York Township, Fulton county, where they spent the remainder of their lives, respected as earnest, kind-hearted, industrious neighbors. Lincoln as a boy attended the district school nearest to his home, and when sixteen years old began manly labors. For some time after leaving school he worked for neighboring farmers at the monthly wage of eight dollars. He farmed for wages until he was twenty-six years old, when he married and bought a small farm in York Township, upon which he and his wife lived for three years. He then sold the farm, and they lived for eighteen months thereafter in Delta Village, eventually renting other farms for five years, after which they took over his father's farm in York Town- ship. For nineteen years he successfully cultivated the property, and in 1918 purchased another farm of forty acres in section 9 of York Township, and in February of the following year, 1919, bought the old Force homestead of eighty aeres in seetion 16 of York Township, where the Lutton family has since resided, al- though he also farms his other property. Altogether he has a rich farming property, and his returns in general farming, dairying, and stockraising are good.
Politically Mr. Lutton is a republican, and he has taken a close interest in local politics for many years, although he has never sought political office. He has been especially interested in eduea- tional matters, serving as school director.
On November 10, 1890, he married Minnie Force, who was born in York Township, daughter of Abraham Newton and Catherine (Boice) Force. Her father was born in Wayne county, Ohio, and her mother in New York state. Mr. and Mrs. Lutton are the par- ents of two children, daughters: Goldie, who married Fred Moyer, of Delta, York Township, Ohio; and Pearl, who has remained at home with her parents. Lincoln E. Lutton is a representative Ful- ton county agriculturist, and has succeeded in life by resolute appli- cation to manly labor, and by enterprising management of good acreages.
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HARVEY BARNEY FALOR. The name Falor has long been known in Pike Township, it being the birthplace of Harvey Barney Falor of Delta. He was born November 4, 1882, and is a son of James W. and Adeline (Denius) Falor. The father was born and died on the farm in Pike Township, and Mrs. Falor and her son removed to Delta. The grandfather, Barnabas Falor, was born in Ohio, but the grandmother, Margaret (McGinn) Falor, came from Ireland. Peter and Hulda (Kurtz) Denius, who came from Pennsylvania, were among the early settlers in Pike Township. They bought timber land, which they improved and here the Falors lived many years.
James W. Falor met with an accidental death, and in 1916 Mrs. Falor left the farm and now lives in Delta. Harvey B. Falor is the only son, and in June, 1900, he married Elsie Elmira Fouty. She is a daughter of Park and Sarah (Eek) Fouty, and has always lived in Fulton county. Their children are Opal and Ralph.
On September 3. 1916, while riding from Toledo to Delta in an automobile, Mr. Falor was struck by a New York Central train and his left leg was crushed just below the knee, and he will always be a cripple from it. The Falors have a nice home on Wood street in Delta.
BRADLEY E. GROVER, one of the leading residents of York Town- ship, Fulton county, Ohio, and for more than thirty years a well- known farmer in that section, has accomplished more than one man's portion of pioneering work in Fulton county. He cleared the timber from eighty acres, converted it into rich tillable land, erected modern buildings on the place, added another forty acres to his hold- ing, and generally by his industry added not only to his material wealth but to the productivity of the county to that extent. His farm, known as Maple Lawn Farm, is typical of the rich agricultural land won from the unprofitable state of wild timber land. And dur- ing his decades of manly labor Bradley E. Grover did not shirk public responsibilities; he manifested commendable public spirit and took part in the activities, civic, church and educational, of the community. He is a man of enviable personal repute in the town- ship; has served on the School Board; has held the judicial office of justice of the peace; and for several years had been an elder of his church.
He was born in Linn county, Iowa, on December 27, 1854, the son of Arad and Sarah (Curtis) Grover, who were both natives of Ohio. and therefore among the early settlers in the state. After marriage the parents of Bradley E. Grover settled in Iowa, where he was born, but in about 1860 the family came into Fulton county, settling in Swan Creek Township, where both resided for the re- mainder of their lives. Bradley E. as a boy attended the district schools of Fulton county, and eventually became a student at the high school of Delta, Fulton county. He was early initiated into farm work, and knew most of the operations of general farming even before he had finished his academic schooling. And after leaving school he settled down steadily and industriously to farming pursuits, being of much assistance to his father in his early man- hood. He was twenty-five years old when he married, and soon after taking that responsibility he rented a farm in Swan Creek Township for two years, after which, in 1882, he purchased eighty
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acres of timber land in section 8, north of York Township. This he gradually cleared of timber, and in course of time developed it into its present state of productivity. His industry brought him adequate return, and he eventually acquired an additional forty acres, and adequately equipped the acreage with outbuildings. All the substantial buildings upon the place were erected by Mr. Grover, and the land has been brought into a high state of cultivation. Mr. Grover for thirty-three years worked the farm, always confin- ing himself to general farming and dairying, and in 1915 he thought he might take life less strenuously. In that year he rented the farm to his son-in-law, and since that time he has lived in compara- tive retirement.
Mr. Grover has a good public record; he has always been eager to support worthy local projects of community interest, and has been a stalwart supporter of the Christian Church of Delta, Ohio, of which he has been an elder for many years. Politically he is a republican, and while he has never sought political office, he has been a factor of some consequence in his district. He has had a worthy record as justice of the peace, being a man of judicial bear- ing, impartial and honorable, and he has given the local School Board the benefit of his understanding of and interest in educational matters. He is also a member of the National Union of Delta.
' On November 13, 1879, he married Ella Carpenter, who was born in Waterville, Ohio, daughter of Miles and Hannah (Carr) Car- penter, the former a native of Copley, Ohio, and her mother of Pennsylvania. Her parents settled in Summit county, Ohio, early in their married life, and in 1852 came into Fulton county. He was a cabinet-maker and furniture dealer in Delta, where they both resided until their death. Although born out of the county, Mrs. Ella (Carpenter) Grover has lived practically the whole of her life in Fulton county. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley E. Grover are the parents of two children: Martha, who married P. S. Nofsiger, who now rents the Maple Lawn Farm of her parents; and Mildred, who married Clarence Lutton, of York Township.
JOHN M. CHAMBERLIN, a well-to-do farmer of York Township, and a leading resident of that section of Fulton county, has during his busy life farmed extensive acreages in Arkansas and Ohio. He has shown marked enterprise in his farming, and notwithstanding his business ties has maintained a close and active interest in public affairs, taking part in the civic, religious and judicial responsibilities of the local administration. He has been a deacon of his church; served many years as justice of the peace; and is the township trustee. His interest in Fulton county has no doubt to some extent been actuated by the association of his grandparents with the early settle- ment of the county, and of the adjoining Henry county, but of course his interest arises directly from the fact that he is a native of York Township, Fulton county. He was born in that township on August 24, 1867, the son of Thomas L. M. and Mary Ann (Raker) Chamberlain. His father was born in New York State, but his mother was born in Swan Creek Township, Fulton county. The Chamberlain family is originally of English extraction, Micah Chamberlain, grandfather of John M., having been born in Eng- land. He appears to have come to the United States when a young man, and to have married Elizabeth Howard in Vermont, where she was born. He and his wife came to Ohio between 1835 and
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