Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, Part 122

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Chicago, J.H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1040

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Fred J. Weis has always lived with his parents. He acquired a good English education, and his physical training was not neglected, for he early began to aid in the labors of the home farm, and was soon familiar with the arduous task of de- veloping new land. After reaching man- hood he was united in marriage with Miss Emma Beck, a daughter of a well-known farmer of Sandusky county, and their union was blessed with two children- Caroline E., who was born September 24, 1874, and is now the wife of William Lohr, by whom she has a daughter, El- len; and Edward F., born November 22, 1876. In 1876 the wife and mother was called to the home beyond, and her re- mains were interred in Elmore Cemetery, Ottawa county. On July 11, 1878, Mr. Weis was joined in wedlock with Mar- garet Upp.

Mr. Weis is the owner of a well-de- veloped farm of sixty acres, upon which

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he has erected a comfortable residence, that stands in the midst of well-tilled fields. There are other good improve- ments upon the place, and, neat and thrifty in appearance, this farm is ac- counted one of the valuable properties in Washington township. Like his father, Mr. Weis is a supporter of the men and measures of the Democracy, and has served as supervisor and school director, discharging his duties in a prompt and able manner that has won him the com- mendation of all concerned.

J OHN P. ANSPACH. In past ages the history of a country was a rec- ord of wars and conquests; to-day it is the record of commercial activity, the story of business enterprises and those who successfully conduct them. Mr. Anspach is a leader in the field of activity in Oak Harbor, where he is senior mem- ber of the firm of Anspach Brothers, manufacturers of lumber and coopers' stock.

Mr. Anspach was born in Perry coun- ty, Ohio, December 24, 1841, and there acquired a portion of his education, com- pleting it, however, in the public schools of Crawford county, Ill., whither he went with his parents. The family is of Penn- sylvania-German origin, the great-grand- father and the grandfather of our subject having both been born in the Keystone State. David Anspach, father of John P., was a son of John and Mary (Over- meyer) Anspach, and was born in Perry county, Ohio, in October, 1816. He grew to manhood in that county, and his early life was spent in agricultural pursuits. In 1851 he removed with his family to Craw- ford county. Ill., where he carried on farming for about five years, and then in 1856 cast in his let with the early settlers of Sandusky county, Ohio. There he engaged in the manufacture of lumber for some five years, and about 1879 he came

to Oak Harbor, where for a time he lived practically retired. For the past six years he has been an honored resident of Edger- ton, Ind. He was married in his native county to Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Fisher, natives of Pennsyl- vania, and by their union were born nine children, five of whom are living, namely: John P .; Allen; Matilda, wife of Michael Latting, a prominent farmer of Sandusky county; George W., who is living in Ed- gerton, Ind .; and Rosanna, wife of John H. Murphy, of Louisiana. The mother departed this life in 1861, and for his second wife Mr. Anspach married Mrs. Mary Conachen, widow of Peter Cona- chen, of Sandusky county. The children of this marriage are as follows: William, who is a resident of Detroit, Mich .; Hosea, of Edgerton, Ind .; Bertha, wife of Henry Hydlebrech; and Lloyd, also of Edgerton, Ind. The oldest member of the family, Henry Anspach, served in the Seventy-second O. V. I., during the Civil war, and died in the hospital, of typhoid fever, his remains being interred in Mis- sissippi.

From Illinois Mr. Anspach returned with his parents to Sandusky county, Ohio, and worked in his father's mill until 1860. His father having sold out his lumber manufacturing business, our subject work- ed for a short time in Fremont, thence going to Fort Wayne, Ind. where he re- sided until 1864. Returning then to Sandusky county, he purchased, in con- nection with his brother Allen, the saw- mill which had been previously operated by his father, and under the firm name of Anspach Bros. they continued the bus- iness there for four years. In 1868 they transferred their business to Oak Harbor, where they engaged extensively and suc- cessfully in the manufacture of lumber and cooperage stock. Their mill was burned September 1, 1895

On September 15, 1868, John P. Anspach was married in Sandusky county to Miss Emily Henricks, who was born

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in Sandusky county, February 10, 1851, daughter of Noah and Elizabeth (Reed) Henricks, natives of Perry county, Ohio; they became early settlers of Sandusky county, and are still living within its borders, being honored and respected citizens of Lindsey. The union of our subject and his wife has been blessed with five children, but only two are now living -- William and Rorland. John P. An- spach was one of the first councilmen elected after the incorporation of Oak Harbor as a town, and efficiently filled that office for several years. His polit- ical support is given to the Democratic party, and socially he is connected with Oak Harbor Lodge No. 495, F. & A. M. The members of the Anspach family were formerly connected with the Lutheran Church, but at present the majority are members of the Methodist Church. John P. Anspach is a thoroughgoing business man, one of the most enterprising citi- zens of Oak Harbor, and is popular in both commercial and social circles.

Allen Anspach, who is connected with his brother in business, is the second of the family, and was born in Perry coun- ty, Ohio, in October, 1843. He got his education in the public schools near his boyhood home, and since early life he has been interested in the business which now claims his time and energies, and with which he became familiar when his father was a lumber dealer. He was married in Sandusky county to Miss Eliza Fought, a daughter of Amos and Mary (Hedrick) Fought, and seven children blessed this union, only three of whom are now living -Perry, Elmer and Clara.

In 1861 Allen Anspach manifested his loyalty to the Union cause by joining the boys in blue of Company C, Seventy-sec- ond O. V. I., but after serving in the army for nearly a year was discharged on account of physical disability and returned to Sandusky county. Progressive and public-spirited, he is devoted to all mat- ters pertaining to the general welfare,

and his career has ever been that of an honorable and just man, whether in bus- iness, military or private life.

F RANK J. TUTTLE, attorney at law and notary public, Fremont, Sandusky county, was born in Green Creek township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, April 5, 1852, son of Julius and Eliza H. (Hamlin) Tuttle.

Julius Tuttle was born in 1819, in Livingston county, N. Y., and about 1831 came with his father, Wolcott Tuttle, from that place to Green Creek township, where amid the scenes of pioneer life he grew up on a farm, married, and in his later years removed to Clyde, where his death occurred in 1881. He was a Dem- ocrat in early life, later a Republican. His wife, who survived him, died at the family home in Clyde, in 1888. They had two children: Freeman G., who lives at Clyde, Ohio, and Frank J., our subject. These brothers have a half sis- ter at Clyde, Mrs. Eliza H. (Ramsey) York.

Frank J. Tuttle was reared in Green Creek township, and attended the Clyde union schools. In 1868 he left home to engage in the commission business in Cleveland, but returning to Clyde he read law for several years, and was admitted to the bar before the Supreme Court at Columbus, Ohio, December 3, 1878. While living at Clyde he served as town- ship clerk, resigning that office to take a position for several years on the road. In 1884 he returned to Clyde for the prac- tice of law, and did business in Huron and Sandusky counties, in 1886 removing to Fremont, where he has since continued in the practice of his profession, making the handling of patents a specialty. So- cially Mr. Tuttle is a member of Mc- Pherson Lodge No. 637, I. O. O. F., in which he holds the position of noble grand. He was married, December 30, 1880, to Miss Frances E., daughter of Edward

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Loudensleger, ex-postmaster of Fremont, and their children are Howard R., Flor- ence E. and Robert F., all living at home. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle are mem- bers of the M. E. Church, at Fremont.

J OSHUA N. PERMAR, D. D. S., the only resident dentist of Elmore, Ot- tawa county, and one of the most highly respected citizens of that place, was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, near Steubenville, Angust 1, 1830.

Dr. Permar is a son of John and Mar- garet (Shaw) Permar, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania, of French ancestry, and the latter in Ohio, of Ger- man lineage. The father located in Jef- ferson county, Ohio, at an early date, and became extensively engaged in agricultur- al pursuits. His death occurred in 1845, and his faithful and devoted wife passed from this earth in 1868. Our subject worked upon the old homestead farm un- til he had reached the age of sixteen years, during which time he received his education in the old log schoolhouse of the district, with its puncheon floor and primitive benches. He then commenced to learn the trade of marble cutting, at which he worked for several years as an apprentice and journeyman, and later en- gaged in business for himself in Steuben- ville, continuing there three years. In 1853 he removed to Minerva, Stark Co., Ohio, where he carried on the marble- cutting business for ten years.

In 1863 Dr. Permar enlisted for serv- ice in the Union army, becoming a member of Company D, One Hundred and Sixty-second O. V. I., as a one- hundred-day man, and served for four months. After being mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, he returned to Stark county, but owing to poor health was obliged to close up his business. He then began the study of dentistry, and later, on removing to Medina county, Ohio, there engaged in practice six years. In

March, 1873, he became a resident of Elmore, where he has since been con- tinuously engaged in the practice of his profession, and has met with excellent success.

At Steubenville, Ohio, October 28, 1856, Dr. Permar was united in marriage with Miss Nancy Hall, daughter of Thomas and Nancy Hall, and to their union was born one child, Monroe, who died in infancy. They now have an adopted daughter, Minnie Rossiter, who is a teacher in the public schools of Har- ris township, Ottawa county. Socially, the Doctor belongs to the Knights of Pythias, being a member of Elmore Lodge, No. 162, and he is also connected with Robert H. Caldwell Post, G. A. R. In his political views he is a stanch Re- publican, while, in religious matters, both he and his wife are consistent and faith- ful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They have many friends in the community where they have so long re- sided, and are held in the highest esteem by all who know them.

S OLOMON RINEBOLT, a pros- perous farmer of Jackson town- ship, Sandusky county, was born in Perry county, Ohio, February 28, 1824. He is the eldest son of Abra- ham and Susan (Hampsher) Rinebolt, natives of Pennsylvania, who had a family of children as follows: (1) Solomon, sub- ject of this sketch. (2) Lydia, wife of Paul Kline, whose children are-John, Levi, Noah and Mary. (3) John, who married Rebecca Harley, by whom he had a son, Jacob, now living at Kendall- ville, Ind .; after her death he married Amanda Seltzer, and had children as fol- lows-Abraham, Mary, John, Mahala, three sons that died in childhood, William Franklin (who died at the age of eleven), Lafayette (who married Anna Fink, and has one son-Russell), and Della (who married Birchard Henry, and has two

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children-Larry and Glenn). (4) Cath- arine, wife of George Engler, living in Indiana. (5) Mary, who wedded George Bubb, and has four children. (6) Lovina, wife of David Harley, who had children as follows-Frank, Levi, Emma and Ada.

Solomon Rinebolt, subject of this memoir, grew up to the toilsome labors of farm life in a new country, and devel- oped into a thrifty, successful worker and a good citizen. His sandy hair, ruddy face, piercing eyes, almost hidden under heavy eyebrows, friendly countenance and genial good nature, have long distin- guished him among the old-time " Black Swampers." With a keen eye for bar- gains in real estate, he purchased farm after farm in his vicinity, until he was able to give each of his children a farm, and reserve an eighty-acre lot for himself. He has always been a Democrat in poli- tics, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

In 1848, when twenty-four years of age, Solomon Rinebolt married Miss Sarah Elizabeth Seltzer, who was born April 25, 1828, in Lancaster county, Penn., daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Miller) Seltzer. The result of their union were children as follows: (1) Susan E., born October 23, 1849, died June 30, 1 886; she became the wife of Frank Vent- ling, who had one son, James, now living at Port Clinton, Ohio. (2) Noah, born March 12, 1851, who married Emma My- ers, by whom he had one son, Frederick, who died in childhood, and two daughters, Viola and Lizzie; after the wife's death in 1888, he wedded Helen Dunlap, by whom he had a daughter, Fern, living at home. (3) Harriet, born September IO, 1852, became the wife of David Winchell; their daughter, Myra, married Frank Wagoner, and has two daughters-Stella and Hazel. (4) Adam, born December 16, 1853, married Kate Rigler, and had three children-Arthur, Bertha and Es- tella. (5) Mary R., born October 25,

1855, married Wesley Hartman, and had two children-Alice, who wedded a Mr. Campbell, and Vernie, living at home; after a legal separation from her husband, Mrs. Mary R. Hartman married David Day, by whom she has one son-Otto. (6) Sarah Ellen, born August 10, 1858, married Frank Chaney, and had four children-Pearl, May, Augusta, and Arthur. (7) Ora Alice, born June 7, 1865, married Frank Ickes, and they have two children-Alpha and Grace.

Mrs. Sarah E. Rinebolt is a lineal descendant of Michael Seltzer, who ac- cording to a family tradition starved to death in a church building during the Revolutionary war. He had three sons- Abraham, John and Michael. Abraham Seltzer lived in southeastern Pennsylva- nia, where he married Miss Catharine, daughter of Philip Faust, and had chil- dren as follows: Joseph, Polly, Eliza- beth, Michael, Catharine, Rebecca, and Nathaniel. Joseph Seltzer moved to Sandusky county in pioneer days, mar- ried Elizabeth Miller, who was born in 1809, and had children as follows: Sarah Elizabeth (wife of Solomon Rinebolt), Joseph, Amanda (wife of John Rinebolt), Nathan, Catharine, Henry, Susannah (wife of Frank Edwards), Mary (wife of L. Donnels), Ella, Emma, and Abraham. The descendants of these families are scattered over various parts of the United States.

EREMIAH SULLIVAN, Jr., farm- er, of Ballville township, Sandusky county, was born January 25, 1852, near the place of his present resi- dence. His father, Jeremiah Sullivan, Sr., was a native of the parish of Eve Lary, County Cork, Ireland, born in 1791, and came to America about the year 1825. He landed in New York City, thence proceeded to Chester and Lancas- ter counties, Penn., where he spent five years in the management of a public high-

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way, and in assisting farmers during the harvesting of their crops.

About the year 1830 he came to Sandusky county, Ohio, and entered 219 acres of government land, in Ballville township, at $1.25 per acre, a part of which he retained as a permanent home- stead. At forty years of age he married Miss Joanna King, at Tiffin, Ohio, and they soon after settled on their farm where he continued to reside during the remainder of his life. Mrs. Sullivan was born in County Kerry, Ireland, and in 184I emigrated to America in company with a sister and two brothers, coming to Tiffin, Ohio, by way of Sandusky City. Her present residence is Fremont, Ohio. Their children were as follows : Mar- garet, born in 1842, died at the age of thirteen years; Mary, born January 12, 1844, married J. W. Moore, of Fremont, and died October 27, 1885, leaving one son, William, born April 25, 1874; Florence, a farmer of Sandusky township, born April 11, 1845, who, October 16, 1881, married Miss Mary Quilter, daugh- ter of Daniel and Ellen (Leonard) Quilter (they had children as follows : Nellie Q., Florence J., Marie C., Bessie M., and John Edwin); Timothy, born in 1846, was a soldier in the Civil war, serving in Com- pany F, Seventy-second Regiment, O. V. I., died October 26, 1873, and was buried in St. Ann's Catholic Church cemetery; Della, born in 1848, went to California in 1869, where she married a Mr. Kelley, a merchant at San Francisco; Hannah, born in 1850, is unmarried, and lives at San Francisco; Ellen, born 1851, died in 1864, Jeremiah, Jr., our subject, comes next; Johanna, born in 1853, married T. L. House, editor and publisher of several papers on the Pacific coast, among which was the Sierra Madre Vista, at San Francisco, Cal. (he is now connected with the United States Mint in that city); John, born in 1854, a farmer and con- tractor, married Margaret Carroll, and died May 19, 1886, leaving a daughter,

Florence; Philip, a contractor, was born in February, 1856, and resides at Fre- mont; Margaret, born in 1857, is unmar- ried, and lives at Fremont; Lizzie, born in 1859, is the wife of Michael Fitz- maurice, a machinist in the Ohio Central railroad shops, at Bucyrus, Ohio.

Our subject remained with his parents on the home farm until his twenty-first year, after which he served a few years at carpenter work, and later followed county contracting and jobbing. In 1891 he returned to farming on the old home- stead, where he still resides. He has held various official positions. On May 2, 1876, he married Miss Ellen Norris, daughter of John and Margaret Norris, of Ottawa county, Ohio, and the result of their union were children as follows : John, who died in childhood; Margaret, who died of dipthheria at the age of two years; James, born March 24, 1881 ; John V., born January 28, 1883; Francis J., born April 15, 1885; George William, born November 3, 1888; and Mary E., born September 17, 1892.

R USS J. CHRISTY. Prominent among the few citizens of Fre- mont, Sandusky county, whose names have become "familiar as household words," not only in every State of the Union but in foreign lands, is the subject of this sketch.

Born and reared in the village of Clyde, in this garden spot of northern Ohio, noted for its fine, choice and large shipments of fruits and vegetables, and honored as the last resting place of Gen. McPherson, who was highest in rank of any general that ever was killed in any battle and in any war of the United States, our subject early caught the spirit of his environments and sought to improve his opportunities by di- recting his mental activities in the line of machinery and invention. Having demom- strated the utility of several articles of cutlery of his own invention and manu-

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facture by actual use in thousands of homes, he extended his facilities for their production in our midst by the erection of an extensive brick block, which is an or- nament to the city, keeps capital at home, and gives employment to hundreds of hands. His fellow citizens may well re- gard him as a public benefactor.

Russ J. Christy, president of the Christy Knife Company, Fremont, Ohio, and patentee of the Christy knife, was born February 10, 1862, son of John and Elizabeth (Ramsey) Christy. John Christy was born in Onondaga county, N. Y., and at an early day located at Clyde, Ohio, where he still resides, being now about sixty-eight years of age. He is a carpen- ter by trade. His wife, who is a native of Ohio, is now about sixty-five. After fin- ishing a course of study and graduating from Clyde public schools, our subject, in 1879, went to West Salem, Ohio, where he served as an apprentice to learn the trade of machinist. After this he spent some years in perfecting his trade in the machine shops of Massillon (Ohio), Indi- anapolis (Ind.), Philadelphia (Penn.) and Sandusky City (Ohio). In 1884 he came to Fremont, Ohio, to work in a machine shop, as tool maker, and it was while here that he conceived of and had patented the now famous Christy knife. Being then without sufficient means to push its manu- facture on a large scale, he commenced in a small way, and kept on perfecting his methods. After he had by his own energy demonstrated the value of his knife, capi- tal flowed to him, so that he was enabled to enlarge his operations. A company was formed, Dr. R. H. Rice and Mr. L. H. Cress uniting with Mr. Christy, and the manufactory placed in a part of the Tromer Extract of Malt Works; Dr. Rice has sold his interests, and a new building has been erected by the remaining inem- bers of the firm. The first knives were made in 1888. Mr. Christy had then but one man to assist him, as he did most of the work himself. He now employs 150

hands per day, and the capacity of the shop is 7,500 knives daily. The trade for the knives has been extended not only to every State in the Union, but to every country on the globe. His patents on knife and improvements are dated "No- vember, 1889," "October, 1891," " No- vember 21, 1893." The last patent is on the latest article of the kind made, "The Improved Bread Slicer."

Mr. Christy is a man of genial disposi- tion and kindly manner. His employes all seem to be his personal friends, and take a special interest in his business. None of them were discharged during the hard times of 1894. Mr. Christy was married, at Fremont, Ohio, to Miss Amelia Myers, and their children are: Fay, Arthur, Lamor and Clyde K.

A H. JACKSON, merchant and manufacturer, Fremont, Sandusky county, was born in Delaware county, N. Y., May 10, 1847. His parents were George W. and Rox- anna (Ripley) Jackson, the father a na- tive of New York, the mother of Massa- chusetts, both of whom are now residing at Ypsilanti, Mich., in the eightieth year of their age. Their children were: Ma- rian, Herbert L., Ellen and A. H., all of whom except the last named now reside in Wayne county, Michigan.

Our subject grew up on a farmer in Delaware county, N. Y., where he attend- ed school until he was about seventeen years of age. He then started west in search of employment, and after having spent nearly all of his hard earned money in trying to get a position, resolved to go into a business venture on his own ac- count by the purchase of a lot of notions for $17.50, and selling them out on the street. Having succeeded in disposing of them at a profit he kept on in that line until he had gained enough to buy a horse and wagon with which to start out into the country towns with an outfit of goods.

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He kept on increasing his stock and his wagons until he had several of the finest outfits for selling goods in America. With these wagons and livery, which were gaudy as the carriage of an Indian prince, and drawn by four fine horses, he traveled over the States of Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Pennsyl- vania, Ohio, and the New England States, and sold more goods upon the street than any other ten men then living. Indeed, he was the father of the idea of street- selling on a large scale. In the latter part of his career as street-salesman he sold all kinds of goods and wares, both by lot and by the single article, and the magnitude of his sales may be imagined from the fact that in one town his sales for five evenings amounted to $1.750.

In 1872 Mr. Jackson made his home and his headquarters at Fremont, Ohio. About the year 1884 he quit traveling and settled down in a store in the retail dry-goods business. Not long after this he got out a patent on a new bustle which he commenced to manufacture at first in a small way, and later very extensively until those articles went out of style, when he began the manufacture of ladies' underwear, which has steadily increased until now (1894) he gives employment to about two hundred people in his well- equipped factory. He keeps three sales- men constantly on the road, and sells to jobbers and to large retail dealers all over the United States. He has the strongest trade in the Western States. He manufactures his own paste-board boxes for the shipment of his goods. His factory is located in the center of Fremont, and comprises two rooms of 40 x 80 feet each, and two other rooms 35 x 45 feet.

Mr. Jackson is a Republican in poli- tics, and though not a politician is justly regarded as one of the most enterprising and stirring citizens of Fremont, being known as the "hustler " of the city. He built two large brick business blocks on |

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Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, Part 122

Author: J.H. Beers & Co Publication date: 1896 Publisher: Chicago, J.H. Beers & co. Number of Pages: 1040

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Chicago, J.H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1040