Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, Part 63

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

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James Moore, father of our subject, was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsyl- vania, in 1806, came to Ross county in his boyhood and to Sandusky county at the age of sixteen, where he assisted his father on the farm and in the mill. After his father's death he became his successor in the mill, and carried on a flourishing business at wool carding. He was an enterprising and public-spirited citizen, and contributed largely toward the build- ing of the Fremont & Fostoria plank road, and the Lake Erie and Louisville (now the L. E. & W.) railroad. During the Civil war he was untiring in his efforts to aid the government in putting down the Rebellion, and perhaps no other man in the county did more to encourage the enlistment of soldiers, assist the fam- ilies of absent soldiers, or relieve the wants of the widows and orphans of those who lost their lives in the service.

James Moore was married, in 1832, to Miss Harriet Patterson, who was born May 17, 1810, in Syracuse, N. Y., daugh- ter of Reuben and Eunice (Danforth) Patterson, who came to Ohio in 1816, to Lower Sandusky in 1818, passed their first winter here in the old block house of Fort Stephenson, and settled on the Whittaker Reserve. James Moore died December 6, 1873, from an accident that happened to him in his mill. He was buried in Oak Wood Cemetery. His widow resides on a part of the old home- stead. Their children were: Orvin

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Moore, who was drowned in Sandusky river when eight years old; Juliette Moore, who married William Rice, a mer- chant of Fremont, whose sketch is given elsewhere; LeRoy Moore, a sketch of whom follows; Celiette Moore, who died at the age of fifteen years; Manville Moore, sketch of whom follows; Charles T., the subject proper of this sketch; Celia Moore, wife of John C. Fisher, now living near Rollersville, Ohio, whose chil- dren are-Claud, Guy, Webb, James, Clara, Maud, Blanche, Lester, Bruce and Brice; Oriette Moore, wife of John G. Speller, whose children are-James M. and Alice, living at home in Ballville township.

Charles T. Moore was born in Ball- ville township, and spent his youth on a farm and in his father's mill. He at- tended the Ballville village and the Fremont city schools, and the State University at Ann Arbor, Mich. His vacations were spent in assisting his father in the mill un- til he was twenty-four years of age. He is at present living on the old Moore homestead, carries on dairy farming and runs a milk wagon to Fremont. He mar- ried Miss Jennie H. Huber, daughter of Lewis and Mary Jane Huber, farmers, near Springfield, Ill., and the children born to this union were: Mabel, who died, aged one year, and Julia and Huber, at home.

C APTAIN LE ROY MOORE, late of Clyde, Ohio, was born in Ball- ville township, Sandusky county, Ohio, December 28, 1836, a son of James and Harriet (Patterson) Moore. From the time when he was out of the district school until near the outbreak of the Civil war he assisted his father in a flouring-mill near the village of Ballville, attended the Fremont city schools, and at Oberlin College two years. In the fall of 1860 he went to school at Ann Arbor, Mich., and remained until the spring of

1861, when he came home intending to return to school and complete a full course of study. Touched with patriotic ardor to serve his country, he responded to Abraham Lincoln's call for troops, and on October 8, 1861, enlisted at Colum- bus, Ohio, as a recruiting officer, with the rank of second lieutenant, and speedily raised the requisite number of men to form Company F, Seventy-second Regiment, O. V. I., of which he became captain on the 4th of January, 1862. Two years later he veteranized at Memphis, Tenn., and took an active part in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, the siege of Corinth, the battle of Jackson and the siege of Vicksburg. After various other encount- ers with the enemy, the regiment was sent to Guntown, Miss., on what is known as the Sturgis raid, where he shared the fate of many other brave men in being taken prisoner. He was held by the Con- federates at Macon, Ga., at Charleston and Columbia, S. C., and at Raleigh and Goldsboro, N. C. He was paroled for exchange and entered the Union lines at Wilmington, N. C., March 1, 1865. At one time he was detailed to run a mill for the purpose of grinding corn to supply Gen. Grant's army, cut off by Van Dorn, at Holly Springs. During three years and five months he served his country with distinction, and was honorably dis- charged at Annapolis, Md., March 5. 1865. On his return home his health was much impaired, but as soon as he was able to work he resumed his place in his father's mill, and afterward became one of the proprietors of the same.

Capt. Le Roy Moore married, Novem- ber 9, 1869, Miss Mary J. Dawley, daughter of Elisha and Sarah N. (Brush) Dawley, of Green Creek township, Sandusky coun- ty. In 1876 they moved to Pemberville, Wood county, where he went into milling on his own account. Being much af- flicted with rheumatism, resulting from exposures during army life, and having been granted a soldier's pension, he gave

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up milling and retired to Clyde, Ohio, where he established his permanent resi- dence. His death occurred June 29, 1888. He was buried with military hon- ors in McPherson Cemetery. His family continued to reside in Clyde until 1894. when they removed to Fremont. The children of Capt. Le Roy and Mary J. Moore were, Blanche A., born September 20, ISTO, now official stenographer of the court of common pleas, of Sandusky county, and James K., born February 22, I878, now at home in Fremont, Ohio.

M ANVILLE MOORE. Among the patriotic young men of San- dusky county, who sacrificed their lives on the altar of their country during the Civil war, the subject of this sketch deserves honorable men- tion.

Born and reared on the historic banks of the Sandusky river, made famous by deeds of heroism on the part of the early settlers in repelling foreign invaders and their Indian allies, he early learned those les- sons of patriotism and devotion to the cause of human liberty which inspired him in manhood to make the sacrifice which has rendered his name immortal. His youth was spent at home in perform- ing his every-day duties faithfully and well, on the farm and in the mill, and in attendance at the village school; yet he was ambitious to rise above the dull routine of daily toil. Leaving home he attended several terms at Oberlin College, where he intended to complete a course of study. When Abraham Lincoln called for troops to put down the Rebellion, he left school, and in April, 1861, responded to the first call, by enlisting as corporal in Company G, Eighth Ohio Regiment. After a three-month's service lie re-en- listed and served with his comrades, chief- ly in Western Virginia. He was at the battles of Winchester, Antietam, Fred- ericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettys-

burg. In the last named engagement he was mortally wounded, July 3, 1863; he was taken to a hospital in Baltimore, Md., and died soon after. His remains were taken home by his father, and with fitting services were laid to rest in Oak Wood Cemetery. His age was twenty- five years.

On June 22, 1885, Post No. 525, De- partment of Ohio, G. A. R., was organ- ized at Fremont, and on the 30th day of the same month the name of Manville Moore was unanimously adopted as the name of the Post. On November 30, following, a life-sized portrait of Man- ville Moore, drawn by his cousin, Milton J. Justice, was presented by his relatives to the Post, in their new hall over the First National Bank, on which occasion appropriate and touching remarks were made by Dr. J. B. Rice, T. F. Heffner and Col. Frank Sawyer, each testifying to the noble character and faithful serv- ices of comrade Manville Moore.

OUIS MYROSE (deceased) was born in Hanover, Germany, De- cember 18, 1822, and was a son of Fred and Mary (Taulker) Myrose, farming people, who came to America in 1836, settling on a thirty-seven-acre tract of tunberland.

In the days when the parents of Louis Myrose were pioneers, extensive farming in that section was out of the question, as the settlers could clear but enough to raise the necessaries of life, and scarcely that, having no very effective tools, with which to till the land. McCormick self- binders, sulky plows, and other similar aids to agriculture were slow to come. Mr. Myrose lived with his parents until their death, after which, on November 21, 1847, he was united in marriage with Angeline Freyer, and they became the parents of five children, as follows: Julia (now deceased) married Fred Sielscott, and had seven children-Louisa, Mary,

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Caroline, John, Louis, Emma and Dora; Louisa married Andrew Radeloff, and had eleven children-Mary, Emma, Harmann, Fredrick (deceased), Julia, Augusta, An- drew, Louis, William, Carl and Clarence; Frank, born October 6, 1853, and now living on a farm near Lemoyne, in Wood county, married Mary A. Harmeyer, No- vember 7, 1888, and three children have been born to them-Carrie, Henry and William; John Henry, born February 24, 1856, died April 17, 1856; and Anna Mary, born December 22, 1864, married May 3, 1888, to William Harmeyer, and they have three children-Edward, Emma and Dora.

The parents of Mrs. Louis Myrose, Frank and Glasia (Hartman) Freyer, came from Hanover, Germany, to Amer- ica in 1835, and located in Wood county, Ohio, where the father died March 2, 1883, having lived to the ripe old age of eighty-one years. The mother died Feb- ruary 22, 1895, at the age of ninety-three years and twenty days. Mrs. Myrose is one of eight children, three of whom are still living -- one son and two daughters.

In 1891 Mr. Myrose and his wife moved to Woodville, Sandusky county, and bought a home, where, as a result of the hardships he had encountered, he died on November 1, 1894; he had al- ways been a very active and industrious man. Politically, he was a strong Dem- ocrat, and in religious faith he was an ardent worker in behalf of the Lutheran Church. His faithful wife still survives, in the enjoyment of fairly good health, and lives to see five great-grandchildren.

P AUL KROHN, general merchant, Woodville, Sandusky county, was born in Prussia, Germany, July 16, 1860, a son of Gustave and Carolina (Pfalkenthal) Krohn. His father was born in the same place March 14, 1832. He is an officer in the employ of the German Government, now acting in

the capacity of inspector of prisons. He served twelve years in the German army, and received the commission of lieutenant. He has been connected with the govern- ment in an official capacity all his life. Our subject's mother died at the age of forty-eight. Both parents were members of the Reformed Church. They had three children: Max and Oscar, both of whom died young, and Paul, of whom this sketch is written, who is their only living child.

Our subject grew up in Germany un- til about twenty-one years old, attending the common schools, and subsequently the college at Frankfort. He has a cer- tificate for one year's service in the Ger- man army. He entered the mercantile business as a clerk in Berlin, Prussia, and was there four years, after which, in 1881, he started for America. He landed in New York City, thence proceeded directly 1) Chicago, having only about $50 in money when he reached that city. He found sufficient employment to sustain himself there, and remained about two months, after which he came to Fremont, Ohio, and was employed in the Light Guard Band as musician. He has had a good musical education, but only studied it for pleasure, never having intended to follow it as a profession. He remained in Fremont one year, when he went to Genoa, Ottawa county, working there in the stave factory and gristinill about a year and seven months, and playing in the band. He then came to Woodville, and was engaged as clerk in a dry-goods store for two years, when he quit that and went to Toledo. He sold goods on the road about eight months, and played in the Toledo City Band, which line he fol- lowed some eight months when he re- turned to Woodville to work for his former employer as clerk. With him he remained about a year and a half, and then bought out the business and January 1, 1889, be- came successor to H. Rancamp, who is now in business in Toledo. Mr. Krohn

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has made the mercantile business a great success, and operates not only his house in Woodville, but also a second store at Dunbridge, Wood Co., Ohio, which he opened in May, 1894, and is conducted through a clerk, but supervised by him- self.

In October, 1891, Mr. Krohn married Carrie Frank, of Mansfield, Ohio, who was born September 21, 1868, and they have one child, Helen Esther. Our sub- ject is a Democrat in his political affilia- tions, and socially, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

G EORGE ELLITHORPE, one of the most prosperous, progressive and extensive fruit growers and shippers, of Catawba Island town- ship, Ottawa county, is the senior mem- ber of the firm of George Ellithorpe & Son. He is a native of Ottawa county, born November 21, 1830, at Marble Head, Danbury township, which at that time was a part of Huron county.

His parents were Henry and Elizabeth (Neal) Ellithorpe, the former born in New York, August 6, 1800, and the latter in Vermont, July 6, 1805. The paternal grandparents of our subject, Samuel and (Owens) Ellithorpe, were of English and Scotch lineage. He is the eldest in a family of five children, four still living, and now residing in Catawba township, where they are honored and highly esteemed citizens. The others are Cyrus, born October 15, 1832; Rus- sell, September 22, 1834; and Emiy, July 8, 1839, now the wife of Clark Neal, a prominent fruit grower of Catawba Island.

George Ellithorpe was reared amidst the surroundings of a comfortable home, and received such a limited education as the youths of that day were able to obtain at intervals during the winter months when they could be spared from the duties pertaining to farm life. A portion of his time has always been devoted to

agricultural pursuits, but during the spring and autumn seasons, for thirty-two years, he also engaged in fishing on Lake Erie. During the seasons from 1869 to 1872 in- clusive, he was master and part owner of the steamers "Clinton " and "B. F. Ferris," which then plied between San- dusky City, Put-in Bay and Catawba Island. In 1872 he retired from the steamboat business, since which time he has devoted his entire attention to fruit growing and shipping his products, mostly to Eastern markets, where they find a ready sale at remunerative prices.

At Sandusky City, Erie county, Ohio, November 21, 1860, Mr. Ellithorpe mar- ried Miss Ann Eliza Moore, who was born in Portage township, Ottawa county, Oc- tober 16, 1835, and is a daughter of Na- thaniel B. and Fidelia (Dewelle) Moore, who were among the earliest settlers of that township. A family of children were born of this union, of whom Frank, the eldest son, born February 2, 1863, was killed by a runaway team while at work on his farm, May 28, 1895, and left a widow; socially, he was a member of O. H. Perry Lodge, F. & A. M., the Knights of Pythias and the National Union. The other members of the family are Ora V., born February 14, 1866, and died Octo- ber 5, 1871; George Henry, born June 8, 1869; Walter James, born April 13, 1872; Addison Kelly, born May 4, 1874; Elsie R., born December 28, 1876; and Ira V., born August 21, 1879.

In his political views Mr. Ellithorpe is an ardent supporter of the Republican party, but in no sense an office seeker. At different intervals during his most use- ful and well-spent life, he has efficiently filled almost every township office at the disposal of his constituents, and for a period extending over twenty-one years, has continuously been a member of the board of education, of which body he at present holds the honorable position of president. He is past master and a char- ter member of O. H. Perry Lodge, No.

Gro. Ellishope

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341, F. & A. M., of Port Clinton; be- longs to Sandusky City Chapter, No. 72, R. A. M .; Port Clinton Lodge, No. 341, Knights of Pythias; and Catawba Island Lodge, No. 2783, Knights of Honor. He is one of the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his family are also members, and contributed liberally to the construction and maintenance of the house of worship.

The character of Mr. Ellithorpe is too well known among the citizens of Ottawa county to need eulogy from our pen, which at the best would fail to do him justice and award that credit which is due to such an active progressive citizen and promoter of the welfare of his county. He uses every means within his power to promote the comfort of his home and the happiness of his family. In business life he is honored for his unswerving integrity and faithfulness to detail, and throughout the county and State his character stands above reproach.

J OHN F. BAUMAN, retired farmer, with residence in Fremont, San- dusky county, was born March 23, 1827, in Wayne county, Ohio, a son of John W. and Mary (Fry) Bauman, the former of whom was born in Lancaster county, Penn., in 1794, where his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bau- man, lived and died.

John W. Bauman afterward removed to York county, Penn., thence to Wayne county, Ohio, where he remained about ten years, and in 1844 moved to Jackson township, Sandusky county, and there re- mained a year, after which he located permanently in Loudon township, Seneca county. After the death of his wife he broke up housekeeping and lived with his children, his death occurring at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Tucker, in Bellevue, Ohio, and his interment taking place in Bellevue cemetery.

The children of John W. and Mary Bauman were: Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Sloan, a farmer of near Warsaw, Ind. (she died August 2, 1895, leaving a fam- ily of eleven children); John F. Bauman, our subject; Anna, wife of Joseph Arnold, a farmer of Barry county, Mich .; Mary, wife of George Stebbins, a blacksmith, of Peru, Huron county, Ohio (she died in 1883); Sarah, wife of John Tucker, a blacksmith, formerly of Bellevne, Ohio (they now reside at Greenville, Montcalm Co., Mich.); Jacob Bauman, unmarried, was a soldier in the regular army before the Civil war, and served, later, as a vol- unteer in the Third Ohio Cavalry, until his death, which occurred in Georgia; Susan, wife of Solomon Good, a farmer of Coldwater, Mich. (she died leaving two children); Solomon Banman, unmarried, a farmer and ex-soldier, who died in Greene county, Ind .; Lucinda, wife of John Turner, a blacksmith, of Barry county, Mich., where they both died; David, who died in childhood; twins that died in in- fancy; Delilah, wife of William Durn, a farmer of Wood county, Ohio; and twins that died in infancy, February 18, 1847, the mother dying at the same time.

John F. Bauman grew to manhood in Wayne county, Ohio, where he worked as a farm laborer, and attended common schools in the winter seasons. In his youth he learned the business of gelder, which he has followed about fifty years with good success both professionally and financially. His father followed the same occupation forty years, and his grand- father forty-five years. Our subject came to Jackson township at the age of twenty- one years. On May 30, 1850, he mar- ried Miss Harriet E. Winters, daughter of Jacob Winters, of Jackson township. In 1852 he went to California with a Betts- ville company of fifteen men, the party taking the overland route, with oxen, mules, horses and prairie-schooner wag- ons. They started from Independence, Mo., May 2, 1852, arriving in Portland,

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Oregon, August 14, of the same year, and soon after entered the gold mines.

Mr. Bauman's first mining claim was at Long Gulch, on a mountain side, and his next was in a valley. He had good success as a miner, and remained at the business two years, then returning to Sandusky county and following farming. He next bought a farm of 160 acres in Seneca county, north of Fostoria, and lived there two years; then sold it and bought several tracts in Washington town- ship, Sandusky county, amounting in all to 340 acres, most of which he has sold to his children, reserving one hundred acres for himself in Section thirty-five, as a residence. He is extensively and favor- ably known, and has held the office of justice of the peace. The children of John F. and Harriet E. Bauman were: Alice, wife of Charles Burgett, liveryman they have one son Clarence); Emma, wife of A. J. Doll, son of Samuel Doll, a farmer they have two sons-John and A. J. : Sarah, wife of Calvin Biddle, super- intendent of the S. Doll & Co. Gas Company, Fremont, Ohio they have one daughter Hattie ; Jerome J., a livery- man, whose place of business is opposite "Ball House, " Fremont (he married Flor- ence Lease, and they have one daughter,

J OSEPH FONCANNON, who resides in Green Springs, Sandusky county, is a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Ohio, that have been identified with the history of the State since it was on the frontier. Hle was born in Tiffin, Seneca Co., Oho, November 22, 1833, and is a son of Joseph and Mary Poorman) Foncannon. The father was born in Mifflin county, Penn., in 1793, and having arrived at years of maturity wedded Miss Poorman, a native of the same State. Removing to Perry county, Ohio, they settled on Honey creek, a mile and a half south of

Tiffin; but when they took up their resi- dence there no other white settler lived in the locality, their nearest neighbor being at Upper Sandusky, twenty-one miles distant. They experienced all the hardships and trials of frontier life, and were actively identified with the develop- ment and upbuilding of the county. The father secured this land from the govern- ment and transformed it into a good farm upon which he made his home until within four years of his death, when he went to live with his daughter in Henry county, Ohio. In politics he was a Democrat. He held membership with the Reformed Church, and erected a fine house of worship in Tiffin, making the brick himself. When a young man he - had learned the cooper's trade, but dur- ing the greater part of his life carried on agricultural pursuits. During the war of 1812 he was drafted for service in Perry's fleet, but as he could not go sent a substi- tute; his death occurred in 1875; his wife died in Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio, when past the age of seventy-five years.

The family were as follows: John, who was a farmer in Henry county, Ohio, and died at the age of seventy-five years; Michael, who is living in Tiffin, Seneca county; Mary, wife of Joseph Coon, a resident of Henry county; Doward, a farmer, who died at the age of fifty-two; H. Jackson, who makes his home in Tiffin, Seneca county; Jefferson, who died at the age of thirty-three years; and Oliver, who is living in Fort Wayne, Ind. Upon the old home farm Joseph Foncannon spent his boyhood and youth, and the educational privileges which he received were those afforded by the com- mon schools of the neighborhood. He aided in the arduous task of developing wild land, and experience has made him familiar with the history of pioneer life. At the age of twenty-five he was united in marriage with Miss Eugenia R. Marshall, who was born in Zanesville, Ohio. They have three children: Minnie, now the

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wife of Walter Huber, a resident of Green Creek township, Sandusky county, by whom she has three children, Fred, Hazel and Bernice; and Robert and Belle, at home.

Upon his marriage Mr. Foncannon located in Tiffin, Ohio, but after six months came to Green Springs and en- gaged with the Green Springs Sawmilling Company, with which he was identified for about fifteen years. He then became interested in a sash, door and blind factory. carrying on business along that line for twelve years, when, in 1879, he pur- chased his farm, and has since devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits. He has led a busy and useful life, and belongs to that class of American citizens with their progressive ideas, who promote the public welfare, while advancing individual pros- perity. He has ever been deeply inter- ested in the welfare and upbuilding of the community in which he resides, and has been an important factor in its advance- ment.

J OHN HETER, an enterprising farm- er of York township, Sandusky coun- ty, was born December 13, 1825, in Wayne county, Ohio, a son of John and Salome (Freese) Heter.

John Heter (1), the great ancestor from whom the Heter families in this country are descended, emigrated from Bavaria, Germany, to America, about the year 1735, landing at Philadelphia; he had seven sons, five of whom are named Sebastian, Jacob, Isaac, Daniel and John (2). Isaac was killed by the Indians near Huntingdon, Penn. After their arrival the sons were bound out for a term of service to a man who paid their passage money, a debt which had been incurred by the long and tedious sea voy- age. John Heter (2), who was a farmer, settled in Berks county, Penn. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, with the rank of captain. He had

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Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, Part 63

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