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Mrs. Saxby was born in Weston township.
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Wood county, Tuesday, January 12, 1869, and is the daughter of John Lewis Dull, who served in the Union army during the Civil war as a member of Company I, 144th O. V. I. She isa member of the Presbyterian Church, Neibling Woman's Relief Corps, Emerald Hive No. 42, L. O. T. M., and Kokosing Lodge No. 303, D. of R. She takes a very active part in all Church work, and is a most estimable lady. At the marriage of our subject and his wife, Rev. James Long, her grandfather, officiated. They have three children-Helen Kathryn, born Monday, November 17, 1890; John Bateman, born Fri- day, January 26, 1894, who died Sunday, May 27, following, and Mildred Nettie, born Sunday, July 5, 1896. They have a very pleasant home of their own at the corner of Locust and Clark streets, where their many friends always find a hearty welcome .- [October 20, 1896.]
JOHN SATTLER, a prominent agriculturist of Perrysburg township, and one of the oldest resi- dents of that locality, was born in Hesse-Darm- stadt, Germany, in 1830. His parents, Philip and Christina (Rau) Sattler, were natives of the same province, and came to America in 1851, passing thirty-one days on the voyage between London and New York. After their arrival they spent three months in New York City, and then went to Hamburg, N. Y., a year later coming to Ohio, and locating first in Cuyahoga county, and then in Mercer county, where they remained three years. In 1863 they came to Wood coun- ty, and bought 100 acres of land, still in its primitive condition, near Stony Ridge. Here the father died in 1875 at the age of seventy, his wife surviving him until 1894, when she departed this life, aged ninety-one years. They had four children, of whom our subject was the eldest; Philip died in Perrysburg township in 1879; Jo- seph resides in the same township; Catherine married Joseph Armbruster, and died in 1876.
Mr. Sattler received a good education in the schools of the Fatherland, but he learned to read and write the English language by private study, after he canie to this country. He was married. in 1857, in Rockport township, Cuyahoga county, to Miss Magdalena Haller, a native of Baden, Germany, and of this union seven children were born: Catherine married Paul Grenlick, of Troy township; George died February 20, 1879; Helen married Barny Grabenstetter, and died March 4. 1888, leaving two children, Matilda and Marie: John B. married Louisa Beaurigard, and resides in Virginia; Joseph A. also lives in Virginia, and Philip and Josephine are at home.
In politics, Mr. Sattler is a Democrat, and he takes an influential part in local affairs, having been township supervisor for two years, and a member of the board of education of his town- ship for sixteen years. Since 1882 he has been a director and agent of the Lime City Farmers Mntual Fire Association.
FRANK ROGERS, a highly-esteemed citizen of Middleton township, is a native of Ohio, having been born in Seneca county, February 8, 1845.
Amos Rogers, his father, was a native of New York, and by occupation a cooper and farmer. From the Empire State he removed to Fulton county, Ohio, where he carried on agricultural pursuits until 1851, when he came to Freedom township, Wood county, and there operated a farm for a time. Subsequently he engaged in the hotel business in Genoa, Ottawa county, where his remaining days were passed. In Seneca county he was married to Effie Booram, a native of New York, and they became the parents of nine children: Amanda, wife of John Russell, of Bowling Green; Harriet, wife of Jo- seph Long, of Genoa, Ohio; Frank; Alanson, of Center township; Edward, a cooper of Findlay, Ohio; Martha, wife of Thomas Waugh; Emery. an operator at Toledo; Francis, deceased; and James, who is justice of the peace at Scotch Ridge. The father is deceased; the mother is now living at Scotch Ridge.
The subject of this review acquired his edu- cation in the public schools of Wood county, and gave his father the benefit of his services until after the breaking out of the Civil war. Prompted by a spirit of patriotism, he enlisted, January 1, 1864, in Company K. 21st O. V. I., under Capt. Canfield and Col. Neibling. He participated in the battle of Buzzard's Roost and in the Atlanta campaign. After the fall of that city he was on detached duty during winter, par- ticipating in the battle of Nashville. Rejoining his regiment at Goldsboro, N. C., he was in the battle of Jonesboro, with Sherman in his march to the sea, and was in the grand review at Wash- ington, in 1865. On July 11, 1865, he was discharged, having made for himself an honora- ble war record. He was with his regiment all the time, attached to the 14th Army Corps, Ist Division, 3rd Brigade. Returning to his home in Freedom township, he there attended school for six terms, afterward removing with his father to Genoa. He then located in Clay township. where he purchased forty acres of land that he operated and improved, in connection with work at the cooper's trade, which he followed some six
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years. He then purchased a bowl factory, car- ried the same on for a year, and in 1882 he removed to Dunbridge, where for four years he was engaged in the manufacture of bowls, also of hoops and lumber. He then purchased eighty acres of land in Middleton township, upon which he èrected a residence at a cost of $3,000; also built a substantial barn and added other improve- ments, thereby making liis farm one of the best in the county. In connection with agricultural pursuits he is secretary of the Dunbridge Oil Company, and a stockholder in the Elevator Company.
On February 24, 1870, Mr. Rogers married Melvina Wentworth, daughter of James Went- worth, of Erie county, Ohio, and they have one child, Nettie, born in 1872, now the wife of Dr. J. Pope, of Dunbridge. The family are identified with the Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Rogers is an elder. In politics he is a Repub- lican, and has served as justice of the peace and notary public of Wood county. Socially he is a member of Wood County Lodge, F. & A. M., and of Crystal Chapter, Bowling Green, Ohio; also a member of Robert Stewart Post No. 690, G. A. R., of Dunbridge. His integrity is above question, his life has been an honorable and up- right one, and he has the confidence and good will of all with whom business or social relations have brought him in contact.
GEORGE W. URIE, who has spent his entire life in Wood county, was born in Bloom town- ship, October 4, 1847. The paternal grand- father, Solomon Urie, was a native of Pennsyl- vania, whence he came to Ohio at an early day, first locating in Richland county, and later be- came one of the pioneers of Ashland county. His next removal made him a resident of Cass town- ship, Hancock county, but his last days were spent in Eaton county, Mich. When he came to Ohio there were few settlements in the western part of the State, and in his efforts to secure a horne for his family, he endured all the hardships of a true pioneer.
Joseph Urie, the father of our subject, was born in Richland county, Ohio, June 5, 1825, and was reared on the frontier, his education being such as the district schools of those early days afforded. He removed to Hancock county when that portion of the State was almost en- tirely in its primitive condition. On November 19, 1846, he was married to Miss Elinda Rob- bins, who was born in Columbia county, Penn., July 9, 1824, and was a daughter of Daniel and Rhoda (McCarty) Robbins, early settlers of Bloom
township. The wedding ceremony was per- formed by Squire Chilcote, of Perry township. Wood county. They located upon a farm in Bloom township, and, as Mr. Urie was in limited circumstances, his start in life was slow. For a time he followed threshing, working for Ora Baird, and later removed to Ashland county, where the only brother of our subject, Milton T., was born February 17, 1850. While there the family resided upon the land which now com- prises the County Poor Farm of Ashland county. From there the father removed to Eaton county, Mich., renting a farm of John McConnell, a great hunter, though he owned at that time land in Montcalm county, Mich., and, after a residence in Eaton county, he returned to Bloom township, Wood county, buying a farm in Section 35.
At West Millgrove, Joseph Urie enlisted in the Union army August 6, 1862. becoming a member of Company B, ILIth O. V. I .. which was later made a part of the Second Brigade, Second Division, Twenty-third Army Corps. At the battle of Lenoir Station, Tenn., he was taken prisoner, and was confined in Libby prison and at Andersonville, Ga., where, after nine months he starved to death, dying August 10, 1864. His sufferings were terrible, and his body was never recovered by his family. Like so many brave and loyal men during that struggle he laid down his life for his country. Urie Post, G. A. R., of Bloomdale, is named in his honor. This left the widow with her two sons, who carried on the farm, where she lived for many years. She died at the home of our subject in Bloomdale, July 9, 1891, a most highly respected lady, and an earnest and devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The primary education of George W. Urie was obtained in the district schools, and he com- pleted his studies by one term's attendance at the schools of Findlay, Ohio. In 1871 he was united in marriage with Mrs. Sarah Rosendale, nic Noecker, widow of Thomas Rosendale, Sr. and to them was born a daughter, Lorena, who died in infancy. The wife died in 18;4, and was interred in Shenandoah, Richland county. Up to the spring of 1872 farming had been the chief occupation of our subject, but at that time he joined the surveying party, then locating the B. & O. railroad through Bloomdale, being thus employed for about two years. After the death of his first wife he began the erection of a house for the accommodation of travelers in Bloomdale, which he conducted for some time in connection with the operation of his farm near that place. This property he later sold, and devoted his entire
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time to agricultural pursuits, but now makes his home in Bloomdale, where he has a pleasant and commodious residence.
In Cass township, Hancock county, in Sep- tember, 1893, Mr. Urie was again married, his second union being with Miss Lizzie Overholt, a native of that township, and a daughter of Christian Overholt, one of its representative farmers and citizens. This worthy couple hold membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which they contribute liberally, and he has served as steward and secretary of the board of trustees. Politically he is a stalwart Republican, and is at present serving as constable of the township. Though a quiet, unassuming man, he wins many friends, and his integrity, manliness and true Christian character have won the respect of the entire community.
CLARENCE W. THOMAS, who carries on agri- cultural pursuits in Plain township, is a native of the same, having first seen the light in that town- ship, June 26, 1859, and is a worthy representa- tive of a pioneer family of Wood county. He is a son of Silas and Eliza (Beach) Thomas, and a brother of L. P. Thomas, of Middleton township. In Plain township he attended school, and from an early age has been familiar with farm work in its various departments, for as soou as old enough to handle a plow, he began work in the fields on the old homestead. To his father he gave the benefit of his services until 1879, when he started out in life for himself, and in partnership with his brother, J. G. Thomas, pur- chased thirty acres of land which they cleared and improved. As success attended thefr efforts, they added to this property until they had more than one hundred acres at the time our subject sold out. The latter then purchased the old home- stead of one hundred acres which he now oper- ates, being successfully engaged in general farm- ing and stock raising. He has made excellent improvements on his land, and is a progressive, energetic and capable farmer.
On February I, ISSO, Clarence W. Thomas was united in marriage with Miss Maggie A. Jewell, daughter of Aaron Jewell, and their union has been blessed with two sons and one daughter - Albert, Orin and Mabel, all of whom are now attending school. Mr. Thomas is a warin friend of the cause of education, believing it to be the best preparation for life work, and for three years he served as school director, In religious faith he belongs to the United Brethren Church, holding membership with the Union Hill Church, of which he is trustee and assistant class-leader,
also superintendent of the Sunday-school. He does all in his power to promote the cause of re- ligion, and has been an important factor in edu- cational and social interests.
MANDEVILLE MILBOURN, a leading agricultur- ist of Bloom township, is a member of one of the most prominent pioneer families of that locality, and has himself passed through experiences, the like of which can never occur again in this now civilized region.
The Milbourn family is of old Virginia stock, their home being in Campbell county. His grand- father, Andrew Milbourn, reared a family of six children, among whom was Lot T., our subject's father, who came to Ohio when a young man and located for a time in Columbiana county. Here he met and married his first wife, Miss Abigail Reed, and in the summer of 1835 came to Bloom township and bought a tract of 160 acres of tim- ber land, upon which he built a small log house for his family, who joined him in the fall. At that time there were no roads there except the irregular wagon track cut by the settlers from one house to another, and our pioneers were obliged to clear their way from Eagleville to their new home, following what is known as Bull creek most of the distance. Lot T. Milbourn was a leader in the community, active in politics, in early days as a Whig and later as a Republican, and he was for years a justice of the peace, and the clerk and a trustee of Bloom township. He was a great hunter, and the woods afforded him every chance to gratify his taste. In addition to farming he carried on the blacksmith trade, and made hoes and other implements of unusual strength for the rough work of that day. Not- withstanding his early disadvantages, he acquired a fair competence, and his later years were spent in quiet comfort.
Our subject, who was born December 18. 1841, was the youngest of eight children: Har- vey, now a farmer of Bloom township; Julia A .. Josiah, and Lycurgus, all three of whom have passed away; Leander, now a resident of Kan- sas; Lot R., who lives in Colombiana county; Thomas E., a resident of Iowa, and Mandeville. The mother of our subject died in 1848, and the father subsequently married Mrs. Hannah Mc- Neely Whitacre.
Mandeville Milbourn attended the schools of District No. 3, his first teacher being Richard Martin. He assisted on the farm until the death of his father, which occurred in 1874, relieving him of care in his old age. He shared his fa- ther's love of hunting, and his single-barrel rifle,
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which weighs twelve pounds and carries a ball that weighs forty-five to the pound, has brought down all sorts of game excepting bear. On one occasion he went out to hunt rabbits with his dogs, and startled a wild cat, which took refuge on the roof of the old log barn, where he crouched pending a renewal of hostilities. Fortunately the father returned from a hunting trip just then, and shot at the wildcat, wounding him so that he jumped down and was killed by the three dogs after a desperate fight, our subject carrying the carcass home with much pride. At another time he and his brother Lycurgus were hunting deer in Henry township, and, seeing a drove of six or more, they shot a large buck, who left the main herd and was pursued by the boys. An- other shot rendered him desperate, and when the boys neared him he charged at Lycurgus, who bravely stood his ground, and by a well-directed blow with a hatchet laid the monarch of the woods low.
On January 1, 1864, Mr. Milbourn married Miss Rebecca Whitacre, daughter of Reason Whitacre, a well-known pioneer of Bloom town- ship. They began housekeeping on a part of the old homestead, which he inherited from his fa-' ther. Here he has made many improvements, including a handsome residence built in 1889. Five children were born of this union: Reason E., a dentist of North Baltimore: Lydia C., who married George Zody, of Sugar Ridge; Mary L., married to C. H. Sanderson, of Perry township; Horace M. and James A., at home, the latter at- tending school at Jerry City. The mother died November 14, 1895, aged fifty-two years, nine months, fourteen days, and was interred at Jerry City.
Mr. Milbourn's father helped to organize a company to take part in the war of 1812, but news came of the close of the struggle, and they stayed at home. The patriotic devotion of our subject was also thwarted, as, after enlisting in Company D, ILIth O. V. I., and staying at Camp Toledo for three weeks, he was rejected on account of an accidental injury to his knee received some time before. He returned home and resumed his place in local affairs, befriend- ing every progressive movement, and serving for three years as constable, and five years as town- ship trustee; of late years, however, he has de- clined to be a candidate. His able discharge of his duties has given him an extensive influence among the Republicans of this county, and has won for him the esteem of all classes, regardless of party. He is a leading member of the Chris- tian Church at Jerry City, in which he was
deacon for many years and is now elder; his wife was also a member of this Church.
GEORGE FURRY, a worthy representative of one of the honored pioneer families of this county. is a native of Ohio, born in Stark county, in IS31. and is a son of Jacob and Fanny (Butler) Furry. both natives of Franklin county, Penn., the former born in 1797, and the latter in 1804. In their native State they passed their childhood days, were married, and in 1829 removed to Stark county, Ohio, where the father followed his trade of shoemaking until coming to Wood county in 1833. In Troy township he entered a tract of land in Section 5, which he began to clear and improve, but later sold that property and purchased a farm in what is now Lake town- ship, but was then a part of Troy township. He was the first settler on the Ridge, and was the second to make a purchase there. He died in Lake township, June 21, 1866, and his wife, who survived him many years, died on the old home- stead on August 21, 1887.
Their family consisted of nine children. (I) Jacob H., who died at Pemberville, in July. 1895, had enlisted in the Union army in 1861, as a member of Company E, 72nd O. V. I., was wounded at the battle of Shiloh, after which he was honorably discharged and returned home. but in 1864 he re-enlisted in the same company and regiment, and was sent to the hospital. He was discharged in 1865. (2) George, of this sketch, is the next in order of birth. (3) William. who became a member of the same company as his brother Jacob, was taken prisoner at the bat- tle of Guntown, and confined in Andersonville and Florence, being incarcerated for over nine months. He now resides on the old home farm in Lake township. (4) Mrs. Jane Whitemore makes her home in Haskins, Wood county.
Margaret died at East Toledo, Ohio, in July. 1890. (6) John, who also enlisted in 1861. in Company E, 72nd O. V. I., died at Woodville. Sandusky Co., Ohio, May 3, 1887. He gallantly served for three years in the Union army. Catherine is the wife of J. B. Mccutchen, of Troy township. (8) Mary wedded Martin Shook. of the same township. (9) Charles resides at Gibsonburg, Sandusky county.
Our subject was but two years of age on com- ing to Wood county with his parents, the trip being made with an ox-team and cart. He was educated in the district schools of Troy and Lake townships, and remained a member of his father's household until seventeen years of age, when he began learning the carpenter's trade, which l.c
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would follow during the summer season. At the age of twenty-four he again took up his books and continued his studies for four years, at the end of which time he commenced teaching. That profession he has since followed during the winter months with the exception of two terms. In 1865, at Toledo, Ohio, he enlisted in Company G, 189th O. V. I., and was mustered into the United States service at Columbus, Ohio. He was ap- pointed first sergeant, was stationed near Hunts- ville, Ala., and was mustered out as sergeant- major, being honorably discharged at Nashville, Tenn., September 28, 1865, after which he returned to his home in Wood county.
In Sandusky county, Ohio, in 1862, Mr. Furry was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Jane Manchester, a native of Fremont, Ohio, who died in Lake township, Wood county, in 1867, leaving two daughters, namely: Adda Luella, who died in September. 1892; and Sarah Jane, wife. of Dr. A. G. Snyder, of East Toledo, Ohio. In Lake township, in 1870, Mr. Furry was again married, his second union being with Miss Eliza- beth Wicks, whose birth occurred in Sandusky county. Her parents, John and Sarah (Hartsell) Wicks, were natives of Pennsylvania, whence they moved to Wayne county, Ohio, later to Sandusky, and finally located in Lake township, Wood county, where they both passed away, the mother in June, 1891. Mr. and Mrs. Furry have seven children: Frank, who is married and resides at Stony Ridge, Wood county; Lottie Alinda, Mabel May, Hattie, Stella, Roy and Zoa.
In his political views, Mr. Furry is a Repub- lican, and he and his wife are faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. For sixty- three years he has now made his home in Wood county, has witnessed almost its entire growth and development, and has been instrumental in helping to bring about the wonderful changes that have taken place. He has inany warm friends throughout the county, and by all who know him is held in the highest regard.
J. Q. ADAMS, a representative agriculturist of Washington township, was born in Orleans coun- ty, N. Y., October 8, 1824, and is a son of Elijah and Phoebe (Crosby) Adams, the former a native of Vermont, the latter of New York State. Elijah's parents were both drowned while cross- ing Lake Champlain on the ice, with a team, leaving to the care of others their only child, Elijalı, who was adopted and reared by Jesse Hard, of near Manchester, Vt. But little is known of our subject's ancestry, not even the names of his grandparents. To Elijah and
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Phoebe Adains were born seven children : Mariet- ta, deceased wife of David Kempton: Sallie, who was the wife of William Turner, and died in In- diana; Lydia, who was the wife of Ransom Hollis, but both are now deceased; William, who was a cooper by trade, and has also passed away; J. Q., the subject of this sketch; Lyman, who resides in Monroeville, Huron Co., Ohio; and Guilford, who died in Huron county, in which county the father also departed this life, Septem- ber 30, 1839, where he had resided since 1833. The mother then made her home with our sub- ject, her death occurring December 26, 1877.
The district schools of Ridgefield township, Huron Co., Ohio, afforded J. Q. Adams his edu- cational privileges; but at an early age he was compelled to lay aside his studies, and take up the sterner duties of life. "From the age of fif- teen he supported his mother, engaging in farm- ing on shares. In March, 1857, he came to Wood county with his family, having the pre- vious year purchased eighty acres of land in Wash- ington township, which he at once began to im- prove, erecting thereon a good house, also barns, and planting an excellent orchard. To his origi- nal purchase he afterward added forty acres, but has now deeded that part of his property to his son.
Mr. Adams was married in Huron county. October 14, 1847, to Miss Jane J. Cadwell, of Lorain county, Ohio, and to them were born four children, of whom Garry and Harrison both died in 1863, and the youngest in infancy. Frank, the third son, was born August 11, 1857, on the old homestead. where he grew to man- hood, receiving his education in the district schools of the neighborhood, and he has always aided in the operation of the home farm. For the past three years he has served as trustee of Washington township. In ISSo he wedded Mary Killyen, and they have four children: Floyd, born October 19, 1882; Ray, born July 8, 1884; Paul F., born October 1, 1885; and May, born May 21, 1887. The wife of our subject, who was a most estimable lady, died June 6, 1886, leaving many friends as well as her immediate family to mourn her loss. She was a daughter of Daniel D. and Laura (Williams) Cadwell, who were married in Pittsfield, Ohio, September 26, 1816, and had two children both born in Troy, Ohio: Mary Ann, born January 11, ISIS, and Jane J. (Mrs. J. Q. Adams), born April 9, 1820. The mother of these died June 23, 1831, and the father subse- quently remarried; the date of his death is not known.
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