Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, Part 31

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

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H IRAM P. DEYO, one of the pros- perous and influential farmers of York township, Sandusky county, was born in Erie county, Ohio, December 31, 1845, son of John P. and Sarah A. (Foster) Deyo.

John P. Deyo, better known as " Dr. Deyo," for in his younger years he was an active practitioner of medicine, still sur- vives at the ripe old age of ninety years, and is now a member of his son Hiram's household. He was born December 14, 1804, in Ulster county, N. Y., and when about nineteen years of age migrated to Ontario county in the same State. At Geneva he studied medicine under a pre- ceptor, and began to practice. In the spring of 1833 he migrated to Ohio, mak- ing the journey on horseback. His par- ents, William and Elizabeth (Ketcham) Deyo, both of whom were born in New York, east of the Hudson river, also mi- grated to Ohio. William Deyo, the son of Henry Deyo, of Holland birth, was a carpenter and joiner by trade, and died in his pioneer home in Erie county, Ohio, at the age of sixty-five years. He had served his country as a soldier in the war of 1812. His wife, Elizabeth Ketcham, was of New England parentage. She

lived to the age of eighty-six years. Dr. John P. Deyo settled in Huron county, four and one-half miles north of Belle- vue, and was the pioneer physician in that locality, making his visits on horse- back and carrying his medicines about with him in saddlebags. After his father's death he quit the active practice of his profession and settled on the old home- stead in Erie county, which was part of the "Firelands," and which had been purchased before he moved to Ohio. He was married, April 4, 1836, to Sarah Foster, who was born in Erie county, N. Y., March 24, 1819. To Dr. and Mrs. Deyo were born the following chil- dren: Maria L., born in Erie county November 9, 1840, married to Henry Miller and living in Clyde; Allen H.,

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born June 1, 1843, now a farmer near Sedalia, Mo .; Hiram P., subject of this sketch; Frank F., born December 2, 1847, living at Pekin, Ill .; B. W., born November 11, 1850, a resident of Clio, Mich .; Delavan J., born November 18, 1852, implement dealer at Sandusky city; William J., born April 29, 1855, died March 5, 1858; Fred W., born Sep- tember 10, 1858, a salesman at Sandusky city; and two children, who died in in- fancy.

Hiram P. Deyo grew to manhood on the home farm in Erie county, attending the district schools and also taking a term or two at Milan. He was married, Jan- uary 6, 1870, to Francis P. Thompson, who was born in Thompson township, Seneca Co., Ohio, November 5, 1845, daughter of William and Hannah (Hol- man) Thompson. William Thompson when a boy came from Pennsylvania with his parents, who settled in Thompson township, Seneca county. He died at the age of seventy-five years, in Erie county. Children as follows were born to William and Hannah Thompson: Sarah Ann, who married Theophilus Gardner, and is now deceased; Delia, wife of Charles Russell, of York town- ship; Josiah, who lives on the old home- stead; William H., of Thompson town- ship, Seneca county, and .Celesta M. wife of S. E. Bardwell, of Erie county.

Mr. Deyo has been a lifelong farmer, except for about eight months, when he was on the road as a Baltimore & Ohio express messenger. He came from Erie county to York township, Sandusky county, purchasing the excellent farm of eighty-seven acres which he now culti- vates. Mr. Deyo affiliates with the Peo- ple's party, and himself and wife are con- sistent members of the M. E. Church. They have one child, Miss Stella Deyo, a handsome and highly-accomplished young lady. She taught her first school at the age of fourteen years, and has since taken a thorough course of instruction in the

Musical Conservatory at Oberlin. She is now a teacher of vocal and instrumental music, and is one of the most popular belles in the social life of Sandusky county.

C HARLES HURLBUT. This

young and enterprising agricul- turist and oil speculator of Madi- son township, Sandusky county, was born February 28, 1867, son of E. A. and Christina (Blank) Hurlbut. He is a representative of prominent families of the community, being a nephew of Amos and Abraham Blank, leading farmers of Sandusky county.

When Charles was quite a young man his father went west, and he then lived with his uncle, Abraham Blank, who cared for him and his mother. His elementary education was obtained in the schools of Woodville township, Sandusky county, and for a short period he pursued his studies in Gibsonburg, afterward working on his uncle's farm until he had arrived at years of maturity. Having a desire to to see the Western States, he started in 1888 for California, traveling through Colorado, Arizona, Texas and New Mex- ico, and at last reaching the Golden State. He visited many portions of California, spending some time in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and other points of interest, and upon the return trip he vis- ited Kansas, remaining some months in that State.

On reaching Ohio again, he took up his residence upon his uncle's farm, which has been his home continuously since. Three years ago he entered into partner- ship with his uncles and other enterpris- ing business men of the township in the formation of a company for oil specula- tion, of which he was made secretary and treasurer. This concern, which is a purely local one, is meeting with good success. Besides aiding in the operation of the large farm belonging to his uncle, Mr.

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Hurlbut himself owns 140 acres of rich and arable land in another part of the township, which is now highly cultivated and on which he is making some exten- sive improvements.

On September 25, 1890, Mr. Hurlbut led to the marriage altar Miss Elsie R. Krotzer, a daughter of Ira W. Krotzer, a farmer of Madison township, Sandusky county. Two children bless this happy marriage-Ira W., born August 2, 1891, and Walter H., born July 15, 1893. Mr. Hurlbut is a very intelligent and enter- prising young man, and, possessing good business tact and ability, has met with success in his undertakings. Within the past year he has erected a beautiful home, the finest in the neighborhood, which stands as a monument to his industry. He possesses a genial, affable disposition, is widely and favorably known through- out the county, and is popular with all. His business integrity is above question, and commands universal confidence and respect. Socially he is connected with Gibsonburg Lodge No. 687, I. O. O. F., and in politics he supports principles rather than party, and is a stalwart silverman.

G EORGE BOWE, son of George Bowe, Sr., and Catherine (Weg- stein) Bowe, was born August I. 1835, on the old homestead in Section 7, Scott township, Sandusky county, and where his brothers first saw the light.

In May, 1861, Mr. Bowe was united in marriage with Miss Mary Bordner, of Freeport, Ohio, and shortly after their marriage they settled in Section 18, Scott township, where they remained three years; about 1863 he built a house on his own farm and reinoved there. Sixty acres of his farm were heavily timbered at that time, which he has cleared and made of it one of the model farms of the town- ship; later Mr. Bowe added to his first piece of land until he now has 210 acres.

In addition to his arduous work as a farmer he followed threshing for twenty- eight years, wearing out several machines and making money at the business. Like his brothers, Mr. Bowe entered into the oil business, and like them made several leases of his farm before one was made that resulted in any practical benefit. Fi- nally, February 17, 1895, he leased his farm to the Sun Oil Company, for one- sixth of the oil produced. Four wells are now being operated, and a well is to be put in each sixty days until twelve wells are down. The wells now in operation produce about twelve barrels of oil per day, or six barrels each. The oil is pumped to Toledo through an oil pipe. While a well was being put down on his neighbor's land Mr. Bowe's barn acciden- tally took fire and was completely de- stroyed.

To Mr. and Mrs. Bowe have come children as follows: WV. M., born Feb- ruary 25, 1862, resides on the old farm; he was married October 1, 1885, to Ro- sette Day, of Rising Sun, Ohio, and they have one child, Shurley, born October 20, 1889. Ellen Catherine, born June 19, 1864, is the wife of Wilbert Phillips. Charles Henry, born October 30, 1866, married Ellen Roush, of Rising Sun, Ohio. Fanny is Mrs. W. Day, of Rising Sun. Mary Elizabeth, born July 8, 1861, was a teacher in Sandusky county a few years before her marriage; she married J. H. Burnette, of Rising Sun. R. G., born May 1, 1873, was also a teacher for two years. Roscoe F. was born December 19, 1877. Verna L. was born February II, 1880. Mrs. Bowe was born October II, 1838, a daughter of Michael and Leah (Buchtel) Bordner. When she was only a young girl her mother died, and she was obliged to assist in the household du- ties for her father.

Michael Bordner was born February 28, 1812, in Pennsylvania, where he lived until he was fifteen years old. He then came to Stark county, Ohio, where, on

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December 11, 1834, he married Miss Leah Buchtel, of that county. For eight years he worked at shoemaking, but dur- ing the latter part of his active life he fol- lowed agricultural pursuits. He is now living in Bradner, Wood county, at the age of eighty-three years, a pleasant and genial old gentleman. His wife died in 1859, and was buried in the Bradner Cemetery. To them were born children, the names and dates of birth being as fol- lows: Henry, September 9, 1836, died in the Civil war; Mary, Mrs. Bowe; Lucy, January 25, 1841, died September 24, 1894; Calvin, April 30, 1843, who died July 28, 1862, in the army; Rachel, Au- gust 9, 1846; Ellen, September 14, 1848; Alfred, January 28, 1851; and Sarah, March 24, 1855. After the death of his first wife Mr. Bordner married Miss Polly Yohe, who is also deceased.

Peter Bordner, the paternal grand- father of Mrs. Bowe, was born about the year 1766 in Pennsylvania, and died in 1816; his wife, Catherine (Cotherman), was born in 1770 and died in 1866. Mrs. Bowe's maternal grandfather, Henry Buchtel, was born about 1790 and died in 1875; his wife, Elizabeth Ayers, was born about 1791, and died in 1850. They had fifteen children-two sons and thir- teen daughters.

George Bowe, Sr., father of the sub- ject of this sketch, was born in France in 1802, came to America in 1832, settling in New York State, near Buffalo, where he remained three years, thence moving to Ohio, where in Scott township he entered 210 acres of land, one-half for his sister, and the balance for himself. In the winter of 1834-35 he married Catherine Wegstein, a daughter of Michael Weg- stein, and born in Baden, Germany, 1813. To them were born ten children, three of whom died in infancy, the others being: George (our subject), Jacob, Frederick, Henry, Michael, Jr., David and Mary C .; Frederick and Mary C., died some time ago; the others are yet living. Mr. Bowe's

father was an old pioneer of Scott town- ship. He owned at one time 600 acres of land, which he divided among his chil- dren, thus giving each a start in life, from which they have progressed and become well-to-do, highly esteemed by all who know them. His wife, the mother of our subject, died July 9, 1891, and was buried in the Bradner Cemetery.

Our subject's maternal grandfather, Michael Wegstein, was born about the year 1779 in Baden, Germany, where he was married. In 1832 he started for America, and during the voyage his wife died and was buried in mid-ocean. In his family there were six children, of whom only two are living; one son, Capt. Michael Wegstein, of Company H, Sev- enty-second Ohio Regiment, was killed at the battle of Shiloh.

J M. YEAGLE is of that type of citi- zenship most valuable to any com- munity. That people is perhaps best governed that is least governed; but the withholding of governmental re- straint is only possible when the people are in themselves sufficiently self-restrained. Mr. Yeagle has learned the value of at- tending strictly to his own business, and also of attending to it well. Denied the advantage of a higher education himself, he has made it a duty to give to his chil- dren that which he lacked.

Our subject was born in Sandusky county February 26, 1846, son of Michael and Sarah (Kreilick) Yeagle, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania in 1810, and died in December, 1893, a re- spected farmer of Sandusky county. In politics he was a Democrat, and in re- ligious faith a Lutheran. His wife, also a native of Pennsylvania, was born in 1813, and died at the age of sixty-five years. They had seven children, as fol- lows: Mary, wife of John Faden, of Ot- tawa county; Jeremiah; Henry; Catherine, who married John Henrick; J. M., sub-

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ject of this sketch: Sarah, who married Joseph Leiser, and Lavina, who married Israel Burkett. J. M. Yeagle grew up in the county of his birth, attending the schools of Rice township. In 1871 he married Miss Mary Flatz, who was born in Germany, May 30, 1848, and after his marriage he purchased and settled on a farm in Salem township, Ottawa county, where he remained about ten years. He then farmed for two years near Fremont, and in 1890 purchased his present farm of seventy acres in Green Creek township. Mr. and Mrs. Yeagle have six children: Cyrus, born October 15, 1871, who was married May 1, 1894, to Pheama Tuttle, and lives at Toledo; John, born December 28, 1872, a graduate of Green Spring Academy, and a student at Adelbert Col- lege, Cleveland; Irene, born April 7, 1875, a student at the Fremont schools; Charles, born April 20, 1876, also a student of Green Spring Academy; Michael, born July 1, 1878. attending the Clyde High School, and William, born January 26, 1881. Mr. Yeagle is a fruit and grain farmer. He has highly improved his pro- ductive acres, and last year he erected one of the best frame residences in Green Creek township. He is progressive in his views and well-to-do. His easy financial situation is due to his own industry and to the care and management which he has bestowed upon his property.

S AMUEL BOOR has pushed his way through the ranks of the many, and stands among the suc- cessful few, being numbered among the prosperous agriculturists of Scott township, Sandusky county. He is also one of the honored veterans of the Civil war, and a valued and progressive citizen.

Mr. Boor was born in Bedford county, Penn., August 27, 1835, and when a child came with his parents to Sandusky county, the father purchasing 160 acres

of land in Jackson township for $500. This he cleared, making for himself and family a comfortable home in which he spent his remaining days. He, too, was a native of Bedford county, born in 1799, and was descended from Holland ances- try, while his wife, who was born in 1804, was of French-Irish lineage. They had a family of ten children, namely: Josiah, May E., Margaret, Jane C., W.+ C., Samuel, Annie, James, S. E., and F. M., eight of whom are now living. James entered the naval service during the Civil war, and died while defending his country. The maternal grandmother of our subject was born about 1766, and made the journey from the Keystone State to Ohio in a carriage, returning by the same conveyance.

Mr. Boor, whose name opens this re- view, remained on the home farm until twenty-two years of age, when he made a trip to Kansas, at the time of the great slavery agitation there; but there was too much danger and excitment con- nected with life in that State, and he re- moved elsewhere, spending a year in the West. He then returned to his old home in Sandusky county, and after the open- ing of hostilities joined the boys in blue of Company I, Seventy-second O. V. I. When his three-years' term expired he re-enlisted, continuing at the front until the close of the war. He was actively engaged in many battles, including Shiloh, Corinth, Jackson, Vicksburg, Nashville and Mobile, and at the first named re- ceived a bullet wound in the right leg, though he fought the remainder of the day. The succeeding day, however, he was unable to walk. He was a loyal, faithful soldier, in whom the Union cause found an able defender.

On the close of hostilities Mr. Boor returned to his home. On September 11, 1869, he married Miss Ellen Snyder, who was born in 1847, daughter of George N. and Mary (Harmon) Snyder, of Scott township, Sandusky county.

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Her father is still living in Scott town- ship, at the advanced age of eighty-seven. He was born March 6, 1808, in Pennsyl- vania, son of Philip and Elizabeth (New- man) Snyder, the former of whom was born in 1770. In an early day George N. Snyder came to Sandusky county, and he voted at the first election held in Scott township, more than fifty years ago, ranking among the honored pioneers. On April 14, 1834, he wedded Mary Har- mon, and they had six children-one who died in infancy; Elizabeth; M. L .; Harvey; Mary Ellen, and Sarah. The mother of this family died, and on June 20, 1872, Mr. Snyder married Mrs. Alexander Houston, who was born De- cember 14, 1825.

Upon their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Boor located upon the farm which has since been their home-originally a part of the farm owned by John Scott, in honor of whom the township was named. Our subject has seen the forest give way before the woodman's axe, the log cabin supplanted by the commodious dwelling and the ox-sled replaced by modern vehicles. He has aided in the general work of improvement and development, having his own farm under a high state of cultivation, good fences enclosing well-tilled fields, ample barns and out- buildings providing shelter for grain and stock, while a substantial residence, built in modern style of architecture and roofed with slate, is the pleasant home of the family. In addition to his extensive farming interests, Mr. Boor is largely engaged in buying and selling stock, frequently purchasing cattle in Chicago, which he fattens and ships to Buffalo. He has found this a profitable branch of his business. His career is that of a self-made man who has worked his way upward from a humble position to one of affluence, and he deserves great credit for his success in life.

Mr. and Mrs. Boor had five chidren, two of whom died in infancy: Mary

was born July 28, 1873; Jessie, born October 6, 1876, is successfully engaged in teaching in Sandusky county; J. C., born January 12, 1880, is at home. The family occupies an enviable posi- tion in social circles, and the Boor house- hold is noted for its hospitality. Mr. Boor has served for several years as trustee of his township, and for two years was county commissioner of San- dusky county, discharging his duties with the same fidelity and conscientious- ness which characterized his military career.

J ACOB CRAMER, a farmer of Jack- son township, Sandusky county, was born April 1, 1857, in the township where he now resides. His father, Conrad Cramer, was born November 10, 1811, and in 1841 married Catharine Miller, who was born April 1, 1818, daughter of Isaac Miller, of Alsace, Ger- many, a market gardener by occupation, whose other children were Barbara and Margaret. Our subject's grandparents lived and died in Hessen Cassel, Ger- many. His grandfather was a brewer by trade, and also owned and operated 100 acres of land in Germany.

Jacob Cramer was one of a family of five children: Conrad, born in 1844, who is a wholesale grocer of Toledo, Ohio, married Miss Hulda Swigart, and has two children-Frances and Roy; po- litically he is a Republican. Anna, born in 1846, married Henry Lance, a farmer of Riley township, and has two children- Frank and Myrtie; he is a member of the U. B. Church. Catharine, born in 1848, became the wife of John Hollinger, a dealer in agricultural implements, and a member of the firm of Hollinger & Pal- mer, of Fremont, Ohio; in politics he is a Democrat. Jacob is our subject. William, born in 1865, a farmer by occupation, married Miss Amanda Smith, of Jackson township, and their children are Walter,

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Frank and Esther; he affiliates with the Democratic party, and is a member of the U. B. Church.

Jacob Cramer remained at home with his parents until his twenty-first year, working on the farm, and saving enough money to buy fifty-two acres of land in the spring of 1882. This he sold three years later and bought the forty-acre lot where he now resides for $3, 200; he has since that time bought forty acres more in Seneca county. His home farm is sit- uated eleven miles west of Fremont, and two miles north of Kansas, Ohio. Mr. Cramer is a strong Prohibitionist, and in religious connection is a member of the U. B. Church, of which he is a liberal supporter. On December 1, 1881, he married Mary J. Humphrey, who was born December 24, 1860, a daughter of Isaac and Rebecca Humphrey (deceased). They have two children-Cora May, born August 21, 1883, and Clarence J., born November 14, 1886.

N ELSON R. TUCKER, a prosper- ous farmer and extensive land- owner of Sandusky township, Sandusky county, was born April 16, 1823, in Jefferson county, N. Y. The great ancestor of this TUCKER family came from England to America before the Revo- lutionary war, and settled in Massachu- setts. He was a farmer. One of his sons, Caleb Tucker, married Miss Kate Billins, at Shrewsbury, Mass, where he afterward carried on farming. Here, ac- cording to the custom of the times, he bought a colored man-servant to assist him in farming, and a colored female- servant to help his wife about the house- work. They treated these slaves kindly, finally giving them their liberty. Caleb Tucker afterward bought a farm near Johnstown, N. Y., where he reared a family of eleven children, namely: Na- thaniel B., Melinda, Hiram, Caleb, Katie,

Parmelia. Henry, Harriet, Thomas, Jane and Ezekiel.

Nathaniel B. Tucker was born Octo- ber 29, 1797, and on June 16, 1821, mar- ried Miss Mary Ann Ballard, daughter of Rufus and Martha (Swartwout) Ballard. Rufus Ballard was a son of Thomas Bal- lard, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, who lived in the Mohawk Valley, Mont- gomery county, N. Y., and was the own- er of several slaves, who worked as farm . hands. The children of Nathaniel B. and Mary Ann Tucker were: Nelson R., Mary, Henry and Phœba. In 1825 the family moved from Jefferson county, N. Y., to St. Lawrence county, N. Y., which was then a wilderness, and they at first had only one neighbor within a radius of eight miles. About the year 1835 they moved to Jefferson county, and in 1836 again located in St. Lawrence county. About the year 1838 Nathaniel Tucker took a prospective trip west, and traded his fifty acres in New York for eighty acres in Sandusky county, Ohio, whither the family moved in June, 1839, proceeding to Sackett's Harbor, where they took boat for Buffalo, thence to Cleveland, thence to Portland (now Sandusky City), and thence across the country to their destina- tion near the mouth of Muskalonge creek, about five miles north of Lower Sandusky, now Fremont. They made the trip of 600 miles in seven days. Their money had dwindled down to $27 in specie, which Mr. Tucker now paid out for a cow and a barrel of flour. He found work among some neighbors at fifty cents per day, and he once took an eight-days' job of " grub- bing" for Mr. Thomas Holcomb for a pig that weighed sixty pounds. Being a shoemaker by trade, he soon found work among neighbors at cobbling, or "whip- ping the cat," as it was called. After working for Jeremiah Everett on a farm during the hot weather of July, Mr. Tuck- er and his son Nelson were taken ill with bilious fever, and the rest of the family also took sick, one after the other, with

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the same malady, until there was not one left well enough to hand the rest a drink of water. Kind neighbors, however, came to look after them until those who were first sick began to recover. Their first family doctors were L. Q. Rawson and P. Beaugrand. By patient endurance of pri- vations, self-denying sacrifices, untiring industry, and prudent management this pioneer family gradually improved their condition and rose to competence.

Nathaniel Tucker was a lithe, active man, of medium height, with blue eyes and a light complexion. He was of a social disposition, and in his younger days was an expert dancer. He and his wife became members of the M. E. Church in New York State, and after settling in Sandusky county united with the Church of the United Brethren in Christ at a re- vival meeting held by Rev. M. Long, in their neighborhood, in 1840. Religious services were held for many years in the Tucker schoolhouse, which was built on the Tucker farm. Mr. Tucker died at the home of his son, Nelson R. Tucker, July 15, 1884, at the age of eighty-seven years, eight months, seventeen days, and was buried in Brier Hill Cemetery, near his old farm. His venerable wife survives him to cheer their grandchildren by her acts of kindness and her stories of pioneer experiences. She was a member of the Pioneer and Historical Society of San- dusky County, and at the last picnic pre- vious to her death took the annual " bou- quet" given to the oldest lady pioneer present. She passed away September 19, 1892, at the age of ninety-one years, three months, nineteen days. She was buried beside her husband.

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Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, Part 31

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