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Shortly after his marriage Capt. Fasig re- moved to Forest, Ohio, then to Ada, where, in 1876, he began the drug business, which he con- lucted in addition to his contracting. He later went to West Cairo, Allen county, and also established branch drug stores at Cridersville aud Beaver Dam. In December, 188;, he came to Bloomdale, and, giving up his contracting, he has since turned his attention exclusively to the drug
trade, in which he has been very successful. Polit- ically Capt. Fasig is a Republican, was judge of the first election held in Bloomdale as a corpora- tion, has been a member of the city council and school board, and for three years was clerk of the latter. Socially, he is connected with Bloom- dale Lodge No. 406, I. O. O. F. ; and is a char- ter member of Bloomdale Lodge No. 278, K. of P. On coming to the city he joined the Bloom- dale Rifles, Co. H, 2d Infantry, O. N. G., and on the 2d of May, 1893, was commissiond cap- tam, his election being almost unanimous. His fondness for good horses is hereditary, as his father is an ardent admirer of those animals, and now owns two fine horses-Mentone, by Mans- field, a son of Green Mountain Maid; and Magog King, by Abadallah Wilkes. There is no better judge of horses in the county than our subject. As a citizen he is wide-awake and progressive, and the circle of his friends is limited only by the circle of his acquaintances, which is very large.
HOMER RUSSELL, an intelligent, energetic farmer, and a substantial and reliable citizen of Bloom township, was born September 24, 1849, in Section 27, of the same township, and is the son of John and Lois Russell. His boyhood and youth were passed in the usual manner of farmer lads, and his early education was obtained in the Baird or Bloom Chapel School, taught by Miss Maggie Robbins. At the age of twenty-one he entered the Perrysburg High School, where he completed his literary studies. For a year he was then employed by James Foreman, in Perry township, after which he returned to the old homestead, which he operated for about the same length of time. The following two years were spent upon a farm in Perry township, and he then had charge of a farm of eighty acres north of Bairdstown, which belonged to his father. At the end of two years he removed to the George Vickers farm, in Hancock county, Ohio, which he cultivated for the same length of time, when he purchased eighty acres in Section 20, Bloom township. This he traded, with D. N. Easley, for his present farm of eighty acres. He has labored for many years to bring about the many changes necessary to transform his place in the wilderness to a comfortable home, with highly productive fields. He has also added to his property, now owning a forty-acre tract in Sec- tion 2, Cass township, Hancock county.
In 1875 Mr. Russell led to the marriage altar Miss Marietta E., daughter of James A. and Agnes (Purkey) Vickers, and four children have
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come to bless their union-Fannie L., born Sep- tember 27, 1876; Howard B., born February 23. 1878; Jennie M., born September 12, 1880; and Cora A., born August 3, 1883. They are all still at home, and have been provided with good educational privileges. Strange to say, our sub- ject lived two years at each of his removals, and one child was born at each place. The family now occupy a beautiful and commodious home, surrounded by the necessary comforts of life. Mr. Russell is making every effort to place himself among that class that can conscientiously retire from active labor after a well-spent and useful life. He cast his first ballot in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, but since 1888 has been a stalwart Prohibitionist, as that party embodies his views on the temperance question. For twenty-seven years he has been a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a truly noble Christian gentleman, one who has the best interests of the community at heart.
JAMES P. MARSHALL is one of the enterprising merchants of Bowling Green, and is a member of the firm of J. P. Marshall & Co., grocers. He was born in Sandusky county, Ohio, December 12, 1856, and is the son of James H. and Eliza- beth (Sampson) Marshall.
Mr. Marshall, Sr., was born in Perry county, Penn., in 1827, and died in Sandusky county, Ohio, in 1857. His wife was born in New York State in 1831, and now lives in Bowling Green. They became the parents of the following four children: M. M. is living at Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, and is a minister, receiving his education at the Northwestern College, Naperville, Ill .; Esther A. is unmarried, and lives at Bowling Green; Mary died when four months old: J. P. is our subject. The paternal grandfather, James Marshall, was born in New York, and came to Sandusky county, from Huron county, Ohio.
Mr. Marshall was reared in Sandusky county, Ohio, and took a commercial course in a busi- ness college at Naperville, Ill. He then went to work for John S. Eck, in Toledo, Ohio, remain- ing in that gentleman's employ for two years; leaving there, he came to Bowling Green in 1881, and was employed in the grocery of G. A. Smith, afterward working for Royce & Coon, in the grain-shipping business. He was next employed as express agent for the Wells-Fargo Express Company, where he stayed until December, 1893. when he became a partner in the present metro- politan grocery store in Bowling Green. He and Mr. South are among the younger element of
hustling business men in the county, and from all indications they are on the road to success. They deal in staple and fancy groceries, which they sell at moderate prices. Our subject was married in 1878 to Miss Anna N. Youngs, who was born in Toledo, Ohio, March 9, 1861, and six children have been the result of this union, as follows: Charles H., Alta R., Olin R., Helen E., Merlin M., and one as yet unnamed. Mr. Marshall is a Republican, and, socially, lie is a member of the United Brethren Church, the National Union, and the I. O. O. F.
The maternal grandfather of our subject, Peter Sampson, was born in Massachusetts, and departed this life in Williams county, Ohio, at the good old age of seventy-three years.
J. W. CARTER, a well-known farmer of Mont- gomery township, was born in Section 20, that township, June 15, 1838.
His parents, Jonas and Mary (Carpenter) Car- ter, were born in Pennsylvania and Vermont, respectively, the former about the year 1812. They were married in Delaware county, Ohio, where Mr. Carter had gone as a young man, and worked at his trade of rope-maker. In the spring of 1833, he came to Montgomery town- ship, and located in Section 20. The wagon which brought them here was the second wagon in the township that had passed north of where John A. Kelly had settled in Section 31, and Mr. Carter's was the fourth family to settle in that township. They had, at this time, one child. Laura, who married Erastus Farrington. and died in August, 1894, at Ithaca, Mich. Their cabin was made of round logs, and was the first habitation on the farm, which then consisted of 240 acres of primitive land. covered with dense forest and undergrowth. The cabin had neither doors nor windows at first, quilts serving as such until Mr. Carter went to Tiffin to purchase the material for making them; that city, then but a village, and Fremont were the nearest milling points, and it took three or four days to make the journey. Mr. Carter brought apple seeds, and grew the first apple trees in Montgomery town- ship, and also built the first cider-mill. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Carter were as follows: Mary, who was the second child born in the township (married Asa Adams, and died in Montgomery township ; James W., our subject. Helen, who married (1) Charles Bryant. = David Stackhouse, by whom she had one child. Bertha, and (3) Hardy Smith, who is deceased When a young man Mr. Carter was a rope- maker, and found a good market for his product
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He made miles of the bed-cord so common in pioneer days, and was very likely the only rope- maker in Wood county. His wife would spin and weave, and used the hemp also in making household articles. Mr. Carter lived some four- teen years in his log cabin in Section 20, which was always open to those who needed shelter, and no traveler ever turned from its door hungry. Mr. Carter was a Whig, then an Abolitionist, and last a Republican, on the formation of that party, taking an interest in its success, but not seeking office. He died December 25, 1871, and was buried in the Prairie Depot cemetery. His wife died March 18, the following year, and sleeps by the side of her husband. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Our subject attended school at Prairie Depot, and was reared as a farmer's boy, remaining at home until his enlistment, at Freeport, August 7, 1862, in Company I, IIIth O. V. I. He went through Kentucky with his regiment, but was inustered out at Bowling Green for disability. In May, 1864, he re-enlisted, this time in Com- pany K, 144th regiment, and was sent to Fort Dix, Md. ; on July 9, following, being seized with typhoid fever, he was sent to the hospital, and after leaving there he went to Columbus, Ohio, where he was mustered out.
On June 5, 1860, Mr. Carter was married, in Montgomery township, to Miss Harriet Ostrander, a daughter of John Ostrander. She, died in August, 1861, and March 12, 1865, our subject wedded Miss Emily F. Pearmain, who was born in Grafton township, Lorain county, Ohio, May 4, 1842. She is the daughter of Edward and Esther (McConnell) Pearmain, the former of whom died when she was ten months old. Her mother then married Randolph Palmer, who came to Wood county in 1860, locating in Mont- gomery township. He was a member of Com- pany K, 144th regiment, O. V. I., and died in the hospital at Fort Dix, Md., July 14, 1864. Mrs. Emily P. Carter had one sister. Julia E., who died in 1853. Their mother died January 26, 1891, in Oneida, Kans. The children by her second husband were: William H .. a phy- sician of Los Angeles, Cal. ; Cannie, now Mrs. George Dale, also of Los Angeles; George Mc- Connell, a farmer of Montgomery township: Laura I., now Mrs. David Gilmore, of Oneida, Kans. Mrs. Carter received her education under the tuition of her maternal grandfather. William McConnell, who was well educated, and with whom she lived after her father's death until she was eleven years old. At eighteen years of age she taught school in Wood county for $1.50 a
week and her board, and continued teaching for five years; her wages were raised each term until she finally received $1.25 per day.
During Mr. Carter's married life he has lived on his present farm, which is a portion of the 240 acres that were pre-empted by his father. He has about sixty-eight acres, on which, in 1874, he completed his present comfortable home. He and his wife have no children of their own, but they have an adopted daughter. Emma C., now the wife of Frank Fox. She has a good musical education, and, accomplished in that art, has been a successful instructor. Mr. Carter is a stanch Republican, and has served the party as township trustee two terms. Of the old pioneer family of Carter, he is the only living male repre- sentative, and with his death the family name will become extinct. Mrs. Carter is a woman of fine literary attainments, and her contributions of poetry have appeared in the leading magazines. She has prepared an able work on the pioneers of Montgomery township, which contains much valuable information. She is a member of the Methodist Church, and an active worker in its cause. She is also a member of the W. R. C., auxiliary to Randall Post No. 53, G. A. R., at Prairie Depot, while Mr. Carter is a charter member of the G. A. R. at the same place.
ISAAC McCONE, deceased, in his lifetime an industrious and enterprising agriculturist of Port- age township, was a native of New York State, born in Wyoming county, November 15, 1842. His parents, Thomas and Eliza (Waldon) Mc- Cone, were born in Ireland, where they were married, and whence, in 1833, they sailed for America, locating first in New London county, Conn., where their eldest child, Edward, died. By trade the father was a moulder, and worked in a foundry in Norwich, Conn., until 1837. when he removed to Wyoming county, N. Y. There, in Wethersfield township, he sold his land for a mill-site at $1, 100 profit. He then bought 100 acres of partly-improved land in Sheldon township, to which he later added fifty acres; but unfortunately lost $4,000 by endorsing a note for a brother-in-law. At the age of sixty-tive years he began life anew, coming to Wood county March 7, 1844, where he determined to retrieve his fortune. He purchased eighty acres of new land for $400 in Freedom township, on which he built a cabin, 18 x 24 feet, of round logs. Besides his wife, the family circle then in- cluded two children, Isaac and Eliza, but the lat- ter died at the age of nine years. The father departed this life August 16, 1863, and was buried
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in Fish cemetery at Rochester, Ohio. Religious- Iy he was a Roman Catholic, while politically he was a Democrat. He served his township as trustee, school director and supervisor. His wife, whose death occurred December 23, 1860, was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Isaac McCone was the only child of the family who grew to maturity. He pursued his studies in the district schools of that early day, learning fast, and, having a retentive memory, he became a well informed man. While living up- on the home farm the Civil war broke out, and August 13, 1862, at Pemberville, Ohio, he en- listed in Company K, 21st O. V. I., Capt. Silas Campfield, and was inustered in at Camp Vance, Findlay, Ohio, whence the troops were sent to Covington, Ky. Although he had taken part in several skirmishes, the first battle in which he participated was at Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862, and he continued with the regiment until after the engagement at Stone River, where he contracted lung fever. For about nine weeks he was in the hospital at Nashville, after which he rejoined his command at Murfreesboro, March 20, 1863, but, being given a furlough, he returned home. At Chattanooga he again, in the spring of 1864, joined his regiment, with which he re- mained until the close of the war. After the Grand Review at Washington, D. C., he was discharged at Louisville, Ky., June 28, 1865. and returned to his home in Pemberville, Ohio.
During his absence his father had died, and the property had been disposed of, so that Mr. McCone bought a new piece of land in Freedom township, which he at once began to clear and cultivate. On this forty-acre tract was a hewed log house, and to that tract he later added eighty acres adjoining, but April 10, 1883. he came to Portage township, where he purchased the N. W. } of Section 10, known as the old Johnston homestead, one of the oldest farms in the township.
On November 29. 1865, in Freedom township, Mr. McCone was married to Miss Olive De Wolfe, a native of that township, born April 5, 1845. a daughter of Henry De Wolfe, a farmer of Ger - man descent, and born in Pennsylvania. Five children bless this union: Thomas, at home: Eliza, now Mrs Conrad Deal, of Portage town- ship; Lucy, wife of Isaac Van Vorhis, of the same township; and Gusta and Burley, both at home. Until his enlistinent Mr. McCone had supported the Democratic party, but on Novem- ber 4, 1864, he voted for Lincoln while on a forced march to intercept Hood, who was head-
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ing for Chattanooga. This vote was cast in Alabama, the ballot boxes being put along the road, and their tickets dropped in by the soldiers while marching. After that time he was a stalwart Republican. He was eminently suc- cessful in business affairs, quite influential in his township, and had a host of warm friends throughout the community. He departed this life December 10, 1896, aged fifty-four years and twenty-five days.
E. KRUKEMYER, an honest. industrious and hard-working young German farmer of Montgoin- ery township, is also one of the prosperous agri- culturists of his township. He was born in the Fatherland, July 4, 1867, and is a son of Henry Krukemyer, who lived upon a small farm in that country, and also worked at the carpenter's trade, supporting his family by day labor.
Like many of his class in Germany, he found it a hard struggle to get along; but by the strict- est economy and industry he was enabled to save enough money to bring himself and family to the United States, where he hoped to secure a home, as well as better advantages for his children. In May, ISSo, they sailed from Bremen, bound for New York, where they arrived nine days later. Proceeding to Cleveland, Ohio, they for three years made that city their home, and while there our subject, for some time, worked in a coffin factory. . They then removed to a rented farm, in Freedom township, Wood county, where the father died, February 9, 1888. This left the widowed mother with four children-our subject. Fred, Henry and Annie. The last named was born in this country. Mrs. Krukemyer continued to keep her family together for some time, and rented a farm in Freedom township, which she operated with the aid of her sons.
The education of our subject was all obtained before leaving his native land, and his knowledge of the English language has, therefore, been ac- quired outside of the school room. Like a duti- ful son, he was of great help to his parents, and. later, to his widowed mother. In 1892 he pur- chased eighty acres of land. in Section 6. Mont- gomery township, on which he paid the few hun- dred dollars which he had succeeded in saving, going largely in debt for the amount. On March 7, 1893, in Freedom township, Mr. Krukemyer was married to Miss Anna Beimdieck, born near New Rochester, Wood county. November 17, 1868, a daughter of Henry and Margaret Pela- mire) Beimdieck, who were born, reared und married in Germany. On coming to America her parents lived for ten years in Seneca county.
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Ohio, whence they removed to Freedom town- ship, Wood county, where the father died, March 26, 1893, the mother on December 24, 1890. In their family of ten children, eight grew to adult age, one son and seven daughters, of whom Mrs. Krukemyer is the youngest. The son died June 12, 1896, leaving a widow and four children. He lived on the old homestead, which was willed to him by his father, who was a successful farmer, at the time of his death leaving an excellent farm of 120 acres, which he had transformed from an almost unbroken wilderness, and improved in many ways.
Since his marriage, Mr. Krukemyer has made his home upon his farm, and one child has come to gladden the household-Arnold, born Novem- ber II, 1894. The parents are both members of the Lutheran Church, and their social manners have gained them a wide circle of friends. Mr. Krukemyer cast his first vote in support of Grover Cleveland, in 1888, and has since been an earn- est Democrat. He belongs to that type of Ger- man-Americans who become wealthy, and make our best citizens. Reliable and straightforward, he would not intentionally take advantage of any person, always abreast with the times, and des- tined to become one of the most substantial farm- ers of Montgomery township.
LEVI KILLE owns and resides upon the farm where his birth occurred, June 13, 1836. This place is located in Section 36, Freedom town- ship, and was the homestead of his parents, John C. and Caroline (Smith) Kille. His father was born and reared in New Jersey, and when a young man became one of the pioneers of north- western Ohio. After their marriage they settled in Sandusky county, and in the early '30s came to Freedom township, Wood county, where he purchased thirty acres of land from Abraham Schell, who had entered the same in 1835, but had never improved it. On this farm Mr. Kille spent his entire life, dying in 1886, at the age of seventy-six. In the early days he lived in true pio- neer style, and was forced to cut his way through the forest and had to go to Fremont, sixteen miles, to mill. His wife passed away in 1884, at the age of seventy-four, and was buried in Bradner cemetery. In politics he wasloyal to the interests of Democracy, but never sought office, prefer- ing to devote his attention to his business inter- ests, and the enjoyment of his home, for he was a man of domestic tastes. In 1837 he entered forty acres of land adjoining his first premises, and there developed a good farm of seventy acres. Both he and his wife were consistent members of
the Disciples Church. Their children are: Charles, of Michigan; Harriet, now the widow of G. D. Hathaway, of Bradner: Mary, who became the wife of Franklin Stiles, and died in Michigan: Levi, of this sketch; George, of Ottawa county, Ohio; Peter, of Michigan; Priscilla, wife of Will- iam Hubbs; Jane, wife of Orville Hine, of Lucas county, Ohio; David, who died in Montgomery township; Huldah, wife of Wilson Shroyer. of Bradner, Ohio; John; and Emery Bradford, who resides in Sandusky.
Amid the wild scenes of frontier life Levi Kille was reared, and his education was received in the primitive schools of the day, with their crude fur- nishings and simple methods of instruction: but experience and observation have made him a well- informed man. On May 3. 1857, he married Miss Rachel Vanguilder, who was born in Mont- gomery township, May 8, 1838, and was reared from childhood by Freeborn Hathaway, of Scott township, Sandusky county.
The first land which Mr. Kille owned was a forty-acre tract in Gratiot county, Mich., which he purchased for $75.00 when about twenty years of age. This he traded to his father for twenty acres in Section 36, Freedom township, and there- on he began his domestic life in a log cabin. Sub- sequently he sold this and went to Sandusky county, living for three years in Madison town- ship, when he again disposed of his property, and returned to Freedom township in 1870. Here he purchased fifty acres of the old homestead, and has since resided thereon. He has a good farm, well improved, and is recognized as one of the leading agriculturists of the community. There are two oil wells ou the farm, which have been leased to the Johnson Oil Co.
To Mr. and Mrs. Kille were born the following named children: Huldah C., who died October 3. 1871; Frank, of Bradner, Ohio: Lyman C .. of Bradner: Dean, of Ceresco. Neb. : Delmer, a twin brother of Dean, and a contractor of Freedom township (the Rig building being a specimen of his work): Edwin and John, twins, the former dying September 18, 1871, the latter on September 21, 1865; Winter, of Freedom township: Free- born, of Bradner, Ohio; and Ivy May, who died October 25. 1881. The mother of these children died December 21, 1887, and was buried in Brad- ner cemetery. Mr. Kille has since married Mrs Lemon, widow of Leroy Lemon. Her maiden .name was Ellen Allen, and she was born in Ere county, Ohio, August 13, 1849, a daughter of Wells and Patty (Paine) Allen. Her parents were natives of Vermont, the father born in iros, the mother in 1803. They had ten children, of whom
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Mrs. Kille was the youngest. By her first mar- riage Mrs. Kille has . three children, Nellie,. wife of Delmer Kille, of Freedom township; Lee, also of Freedom township; and Benjamin C. at home.
Our subject was formerly an advocate of the the Democracy, but now votes independent of party ties, supporting the men whom he thinks best qualified for office. His wife is a member of the Disciples Church, and both are highly es- teemed people who have many warm friends.
T. V. PELTON, of Bloom township, one of the wide-awake and prosperous citizens of that locality, has proved his ability in various lines of business, aside from his chosen calling of agri- culture, meeting with success in every under- taking.
He is a native of LaGrange township, Lorain county, born November 15, 1849, a son of Daniel and Eleanor (Helm) Pelton, both of whom were born in New York State. When he was a mere child his parents came to Perry township, and located upon a farm, where he grew to manhood, learning by practical work all the details of farm management. His education was obtained in the "red school house" of his district, No. 4, and the improved educational methods of to-day find in him an earnest friend and supporter. At the age of twenty-two he was married to Miss Cassie A. Mohr, a native of Lehigh county, Penn., born March 15, 1851, a daughter of Henry Mohr, a prominent citizen of Bloom township. He then bought sixty acres of land east of the "home farm," going in debt for it, as he was quite without means. He had accidentally displayed ability as a house painter while a new building was being fin- ished upon his father's farm, and this led to his employment by others; tlien finding the busi- ness profitable, he served a year's apprentice- ship in Fostoria, and became a skilled workman. The proceeds from eight years of his labor went toward paying for his farm and its improvements, and Mr. Pelton found himself ready to enlarge his borders; but none of the land adjoining be- ing for sale, he sold out in 1882, and bought eighty acres in Bloom township, going in debt to the extent of $1, 500. This he paid off, and in 1892 he bought seventy-seven acres at $82 per acre, in Perry township, but adjoining his original purchase. The entire farm is now under cultiva- tion, with fine improvements. Since I887 Mr .. Pelton has been dealing extensively in live stock -buying and shipping for Eastern markets, a business which he engaged in as a boy, display- ing even then unusual judgment. When he was
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