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CAPT. AMON C. BRADLEY, a veteran of the Black Hawk war, and of the late civil war, was born February 6, 1812, in Litchfield, Conn. He is one of twelve children born to Major and Chloe (Hulbert) Bradley, both natives of Connecticut. Capt. Bradley, after receiving an ordinary youthful education, enlisted, at the age of nineteen, at Utica, N. Y., in Company I, Second Regiment United States Army. The company was stationed at Fort Niagara, but in May, 1832, was ordered to Fort Dearborn (Chicago). Soon Gen. Scott arrived with 300 troops. The cholera now appearing, the fort was given up to the sick, the well portion of the command camping one-half mile away, on Lake Michigan. The Black Hawk war having broken out, this command, under Col. Eustis,
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started in pursuit of the Indians. Gen. Scott joined them at Davenport, having captured the famous Black Hawk. When Amon Bradley's term of service expired, he had been made a Sergeant ; this was in 1836. After leaving the army, Capt. Bradley was employed with his brother, Col. E. D. Bradley, at Sandusky City. In 1840, he purchased a farm in Sandusky County, Ohio, which he managed until 1850, when he re- moved to Brady Township, in this county, where he purchased land and engaged in agriculture until the war of the rebellion. He first helped to recruit a company for three months' service, which was mustered in as Company E, Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Capt. Bradley com- manding; he returned in 1861, and in the succeeding spring, he, with Capt. P. W. Norris, recruited a company for Hoffman's Battalion, con- sisting of four companies, but increased to a regiment, and mustered in as the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Capt. Bradley continuing as Captain. At the close of the war, he was dis- charged with the regiment and returned to Stryker. Capt. Bradley bad three sons in the late war-Amon M., John and Edwin N., the first of whom died in a hospital at Pittsburg Landing, June 14, 1862. Capt. Bradley was married, in 1840, to Caroline Nichols, of Otsego County, N. Y., a daughter of Samuel and Phebe Nichols. Capt. and Mrs. B. have had seven children, five of whom are living. Capt. Bradley was for years a Trustee of Brady Township; he has also been a Councilman of the vil- lage of Stryker ; he is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mrs. B. of the Methodist Church. Edwin N. Bradley, youngest son of Capt. Brad- ley, received a fair education. In 1862, he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Ohio Volunteers, and served until June, 1864, when he was discharged from ill health. In 1869, he went to Cass County, Neb., and in the fall of 1871, was elected County Surveyor. In 1872, he returned to Williams County, where he has since resided. He is a member of Macon Lodge, A., F. & A. M., at Plattsmouth, Neb., and of Northwest Chapter, R. A. M., at Bryan, Ohio. He is an enterpris- ing young man, and a Republican.
DAVID F. BROWN was born June 3, 1827, at Stonington, Conn., being the eldest of ten children born to Elijah and Mary A. (Sanders) Brown, both of Connecticut. Elijah Brown was a miller, and died at Derby, Conn., in October, 1870. David F. Brown, when sixteen years old, commenced to learn the carpenter trade in Rhode Island, serving three and a half years. In 1848, he moved to New Hartford, and thence to Ansonia, Conn., engaging in sash and door making until 1853, then re- moving to Delaware City, where he built the Colburn manufacturing establishment. After this, he lived in Minnesota, Iowa, Connecticut, Norwalk, Ohio, and came to Stryker in 1860, having brought the first
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planing machine into Williams County. Mr. Brown was first married in 1848, to Sarah Church, of Connecticut ; by this union there was one child, Frances W., now Mrs. Charles Downs. In April, 1867, he married Mrs. Jane Barber; to this union there was one child, Mertie E. Mr. Brown is politically a Republican, and an old and prominent citizen of Stryker.
JAMES I. BUMPUS was born September 13, 1833, in Jefferson County, N. Y., and is the eldest of the eight children of Simeon G. and Matilda (Groves) Bumpus, of New York and Vermont, respectively. The elder Mr. Bumpus, a wagon-maker, moved with his family, in 1836, to Ottawa County, Ohio, then a dense wilderness. From Toledo to Portage River, they journeyed on foot, following an Indian trail, and the father carrying our subject, then three years of age, on his back. Here they resided till 1863, when they came to this township, where they now reside on the farm of James I. The last-named, from the time he was fourteen years of age till 1861, worked out by the day or month at farming. April 20, 1861, he enlisted as private in Company I, Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was recruited for three months' service, and afterward re-organized for three years' service. He was then promoted to be Orderly Sergeant, and in February, 1862, was commissioned Second Lieutenant. At the battle of Stone River he was wounded in the left leg, and during his convalesence, while at home on a furlough, was pro- moted to a First Lieutenancy and transferred to Company H, of the same regiment, in which he served until the close of the war. While at home on a veteran furlough in 1864, he was married to Eliza A. Douglas, a native of this township and daughter of Uriah and Mary (Carter) Doug- las, both from New York. Three children have been born to them-Eva M., J. V. and Elsie I. After his return from the army in 1865, Mr. Bumpus settled on his farm of 142 acres, which he had purchased in 1863, and here he now resides. He has filled the office of Township Trustee two terms, and is a charter member of Elm Grove Grange, No. 644, of which he has also been Master. In politics, he is a Democrat.
REV. WILLIAM O. BUTLER, pastor of the U. B. Church at Stryker, and second cousin of Hon. B. F. Butler, of Massachusetts, was born November 22, 1843, at Chesterfield, Fulton Co., Ohio, being one of the four children of Alonzo H. and Mary (French) Butler. Dur- ing the Catholic rule in Ireland, centuries ago, the Butler ancestors had large estates in that country. On becoming joined to the Presbyterian Church their estates were confiscated by papal bull. In 1837, Alonzo Butler, with his father, came to America and settled in Fulton County, Ohio, entering there 800 acres of land. Mr. Butler became a U. B. preacher, and died in 1851. William O. Butler received his education at the acadamies of Maumee and Waterville. At sixteen years of age be
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commenced the blacksmithing trade, at which he worked until 1861, when he enlisted in the Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but, in con- sequence of injury, was discharged in 1862. In 1866, he graduated in medicine at Starling Medical College at Columbus. In consequence of his injury, he was compelled to abandon his practice after three years. He then became agent for a life insurance company and also for Apple- ton & Co., publishers. While attending the religious services of D. L. Moody, in Chicago, he experienced religion and joined the U. B. Church as a minister, becoming finally pastor at Stryker. Mr. Butler was mar- ried, March 20, 1866, to Miss Julia Finch, of Seneca County, Ohio; to them four children have been born-Hubert O., Julia L., De Forrest M. and Mary E.
SAMUEL P. CAMERON was born September 1, 1815, in King- wood, Preston Co., Va., and is the only living one of ten children of Mordecai and Nancy (Isaacs) Cameron. The elder Cameron was a tan- ner in Pennsylvania. In 1817, he removed with his family to Wayne County, Ohio, where he worked at his trade until 1834, when he came to Tifin Township, then a part of Williams County. Here he entered eighty acres, built a cabin and began clearing, residing thereon until his death, February, 1860, aged eighty-seven years. He was a half uncle of Hon. Simon Cameron. Samuel P. Cameron worked with his father until his majority. He was married, October 17, 1838, to Eliza Mullen, of Wayne County, Ohio. Six children were born to them, three of whom are living ; Mrs. Cameron died October 18, 1865. Mr. Cameron was afterward married, October 27, 1866, to Mrs. Susan Ashbrook ; by this union there followed one son. Mrs. Cameron died August 31, 1881. In 1842, Mr. Cameron purchased eighty acres in Washington Township, Defiance County, which he sold in 1852, and again purchased 160 acres ; this he also sold in 1864, and came to Springfield Township and pur- chased 300 acres on Tiffin River, now his home. Mr. Cameron was Justice of the Peace and has been Township Trustee for several years. He has some of the finest cattle to be found. He is & Universalist, a stanch Republican, and prominent citizen.
PATRICK CARENS is a native of Whitestown, County Louth, Ireland, where he was born March 11, 1832. Mrs. Carens is a native of Gaulston, Ayrshire Co., Scotland, and was born in 1829. Mr. Carens emigrated to the United States in May, 1852, and settled on a farm near New York City. Here he remained until 1853, when he went to Toledo, Ohio, working for some time in a saw-mill. He was married at this place October 10, 1853, and was soon afterward employed in the city mail serv- ice, remaining nearly three years. In November, 1856, Mr. Carens came to Stryker, as an employe in the freight department of the L. S. & M. S.
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R. R. Co., where he stayed three years. In 1859, he was employed in a distillery near Stryker, remaining until 1862, when he resumed his former position in the employ of the railroad company, where he has since remained. Mr. Carens has been weighmaster at the elevator in Stryker for the past twenty years, and has given universal satisfaction. Mr. and Mrs. Carens are members of the Catholic Church. Following are the names of the railway agents under whom Mr. Carens has worked : At Toledo, H. C. Herrick, in 1854; M. Whinery, in 1855; A. T. Hunter, same year ; A. P. Brown, in 1856. At Stryker, A. P. Brown, part of 1856 and 1857 ; E. C. Barney, part of 1857 ; J. H. Gould, part of 1857; J. S. Kingsland, 1860 ; J. P. Fashbaugh, in 1862; T. H. Harris, same year ; T. H. Moore, 1865.
JOHN M. CARENS was born in Stryker, Williams Co., Ohio, Jan- uary 7, 1860, and is the son of Patrick and Janet (Gebbie) Carens. He received a common school education, and at the age of fourteen was em- ployed as chief clerk in a Toledo grocery house, remaining until 1876. In the fall of 1877, Mr. Carens came to Stryker, where he was employed as clerk at the depot of the L. S. & M. S. R. R., and has since remained in that capacity. Mr. Carens has always shown much interest in politics, and, in the spring of 1881, was elected Clerk of Springfield Township by the Democratic party. In 1882, he was elected Township Clerk as well as Clerk of Stryker. Mr. Carens is one of the most active and en- terprising young men in this vicinity.
JOHN C. CHAPPUIS was born in France December 19, 1826, and was one of the twelve children of Nicholas and Catherine (Teisean) Chap- puis. The father was a farmer, and emigrated with his wife and youngest son to this country in 1857, and made his first home here with John C., who had preceded him several years, and then resided in Henry County, this State. He remained here eighteen months, and then re-embarked for France, but died on the voyage in the English Channel. John C. Chappuis worked, between the ages of twelve and eighteen, in a cotton factory in his native village, and then four years in a silk factory. He came to America in 1849, and settled at Louisville, Stark Co., Ohio, where for a year he drove an ox team for an uncle who was there build- ing a grist-mill, receiving $80 for his year's labor. He then worked in the mill a year ; then went to Fort Wayne and worked in the City Flour- ing Mills two years; thence he came to Defiance, Ohio, where he worked five years, part of the time in the Defiance Flouring Mills, and part as overseer in a foundry rented by himself and Peter Keterin. In the spring of 1859, he rented a grist-mill at Texas, Henry County, which he operated about four years. In the spring of 1864, he came with his family to this township and settled on a farm he had purchased the year before, and also
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erected an oil-mill, which he ran one year ; then sold out and put up a grist-mill on the Tiffin River; this was first called the Chappuis Mill, then the Eagle Mill, but is now known as the Stryker Mill ; three years later, he sold out and bought the Pekin Mill, at Waterville, Ohio, and this he sold two years after. He then made a tour of California and the West for eight months, returned to Ohio and bought the Eaton Mill at Bluffton; ran it a year, sold out and bought a brewery at the same place; ran it a year, .and then sold; came to this township again and bought the old Colgan farm of 110 acres, and now resides thereon. February 18, 1854, he married Virginia Richard, of Stark County, daughter of Joseph and Rose (Chave) Richard, natives of France. They have had eight children, six of whom are still living. Mr. C. was a Republican in politics, but is now a Greenbacker; he has been School Director of his district, and also Township Trustee, and he and wife are members of the Catholic Church.
JOHN CHRISTY was born March 7, 1829, in Washington County, Penn., and is the eldest of eleven children born to Robert and Margaret (Lesnet) Christy. Robert Christy was a teacher for many years and Principal of the High School in Harmony, Penn. In 1837, he moved, with his family, to Beaver County, Ponn., purchased a farm and engaged in agriculture. After several changes, in 1845 he removed to Tiffin Township, Defiance Co., Ohio ; purchased eighty acres, and lived thereon until his death, in 1866. His widow resides on the farm. John Christy, after an ordinary school attendance, worked by the month for several years, and was married, February 17, 1853, to Frances Coy, of Defiance County, Ohio, with an issue of eight children, of which number six are living. In 1854, Mr. Christy purchased eighty-nine acres on Tiffin River, to which he has added until it numbers 320 acres. Mr. Christy is a member of Lodge No. 489, I. O. O. F., a Democrat in politics, and an enterprising citizen. Mr. Christy's parents were natives of Washing- ton and Allegheny Counties, Penn., and Mrs. Christy's parents, John and Mary (Snider) Coy, were natives of Beaver County, Penn., and Perry County, Ohio.
LOUIS CLARK was born in Northampton, Mass., December 4, 1802, and is one of the five children of Chester and Grace (Thayer) Clark. Chester Clark was a blacksmith, at which trade he labored in Northampton until his death, about 1812. Louis Clark received the usual education of the time, and worked on the farm of his uncle, Ahas Thayer, until twenty-one years old. Shortly afterward, he opened a meat market, in Greenfield, Mass., which he continued two years, and in 1834 came to Springfield Township, entered 160 acres of land, and com- menced the work of clearing. The inhabitants, at this time, were sparse, and the difficulties manifold. The nearest market and mill were seventy
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miles distant, by water, corn being the only grain procurable. On one occasion, during the summer of 1834, Mr. Clark and other settlers went to Brunersburgh to obtain provisions. None being procurable, they held a council (not of war, but of ways and means) to devise some mode of driving the wolves from their forest doors. Mr. Clark and another young man were dispatched to Cleveland for a supply of flour. They purchased fifteen barrels, at $10 and $12 per barrel. This they shipped, by steam- boat, to Toledo, thence, by ox team, to a point on the river, thence, by barge, up the Maumee and Tiffin Rivers, to the settlement, a distance of 120 miles. In 1838, Mr. Clark built a cabin, and departed for Massa- chusetts, where he married his first wife, Miss Polly Clark, of Saybrook, Conn. . They came to Ohio in company, where, about two weeks later, Mrs. Clark died. He was again married, in 1843, to Catherine Knipe, of Ross County, Ohio. This union produced five children-Roxana (now Mrs. J. C. Sanford), Caleb M., Chester T., Anston F., Alice E. (now Mrs. J. W. Sloan). Mr. Clark contrived to increase his farm until it comprised nearly 400 acres, which he has divided among his children. He was the second Trustee of Springfield Township, and a member of the School Board for many years, and now of Springfield Grange, No. 499. Although eighty years of age, he is yet in strong health. He is one of the oldest pioneers, and a Democrat in politics.
CALEB M. CLARK was born on April 1, 1846, in Springfield Town- ship, Williams County, Ohio, and is one of five born to Louis and Catherine (Knipe) Clark. Caleb M. Clark worked on his father's land, obtaining what schooling he could in the meantime, until his twenty-fifth year. On July 3, 1870, he was married to Lavinia A. Sloan, of Columbia County, Penn. To this marriage there have been five children-Pearlie R., John L., Rachel E., George W. and Fred F. In 1871, Mr. Clark bought 169 acres in Springfield Township, where he now lives. He has been Town- ship Trustee and a member of the School Board many years. He is a charter member of Springfield Grange, and also a member of Lodge 511, A., F. & A. M. Both himself and wife are communicants of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. He is a Democrat in politics, and a prominent man of his township. His farm is among the best in the county, with a real value of $10,000, clear of debt, due to the energy and integrity of the owner. Mr. Clark's father was born in Massachusetts, and his mother in Ross County, Ohio. Mrs. Clark is the daughter of John and Rachel Sloan, both natives of Pennsylvania.
DANIEL S. CLARK was born June 7, 1843, in Springfield Town- ship, and is one of nine children born to Harvey and Mary (Stubbs) Clark. In 1884, Harvey Clark came to this township, and entered sev- eral hundred acres, some of which he began to clear. In 1836, he
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married Mary Stubbs, and at once built a cabin, residing there until 1866, when he sold his farm and moved to Missouri. In 1877, he- returned and made his home with his children. Daniel S. Clark worked for his father until 1863, when he enlisted in Company E, Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, having sustained a wound of the right shoulder at Camp Nelson. In 1872, he purchased the farm on which he now lives. He was married, January 12, 1868, to Mary A. Mills, of this township, from which union three children have sprung-Charley H., Leora F. and Joseph P. Mr. Clark is a Granger, a Republican, and an enterprising citizen.
DAVENPORT C. CLOVER, M. D., was born in Clarion (then a part of Armstrong) County, Penn., April 3, 1820, the eldest child of Nathan and Hannah (Roll) Clover, of English and German descent, and natives of Pennsylvania. The parents came to Ohio in 1820, residing first in Portage County, and then changing to Mahoning, to Columbiana, and then back to Portage, where the father died in 1872, and the mother in 1874, members respectively of the Universalist and Methodist Episco- pal Churches. . D. C. Clover in his youth received a good common-school and academical education, and at the age of nineteen began an appren- ticeship with a millwright and carpenter; followed the trade a number of years ; for two years operated a shingle-machine at Edinburg, Ohio; then attended a select school at Rootstown, under Prof. Trass ; Lenion Academy, under Prof. E. M. Parrett, at Portage, and a Quaker Academy at Marlboro, Stark County, under Profs. McLain and Mores, during this period teaching school and lecturing on physiology and phrenology. In 1847, he commenced the study of medicine under Joseph Durham, M. D., at Marlboro, and graduated from the Physo-patho Medical College, of Cincinnati, in 1851. He practiced at Marlboro until 1855, at Edin- burg for two years, Limaville one year, Defiance about four. years, and in July, 1862, came to Stryker, where he has practiced with unvary- ing success, and is now the oldest physician in the town. Mrs. Louisa (Shepmire) Clover, whom the Doctor married in 1862, has borne her hus- band one daughter-Clara E. In politics, the Doctor is a Republican.
ABRAHAM T. COLLINS is a native of Tiffin Township, Defiance Co., Ohio, and was born July 17, 1837. His parents, Joseph and Matilda (Tolman) Collins, were natives of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in 1835, where Mr. Collins entered 160 acres, built a cabin, and made a home where the family lived until the father's death, which occurred in 1859, March 13. He was a faithful and consistent Christian of the Methodist Episcopal faith, and now rests from his labors. The educational advantages of Abraham T. Collins were necessarily limited at that early day. His time was mostly spent on his father's farm until 1861, when
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he enlisted in the three months' service, in Company E, Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; served his time, and returned again to farm work until 1863, when he was in the Government employ at Nashville, Tenn., for some time. He re-enlisted in 1864 in Company F, One Hundred and Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, remaining with his regiment until mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., in July, 1865. The autumn fol- lowing, he purchased a farm in Springfield Township, this county, and in the spring was married to Miss Mary M. Kintig, a native of Ohio, Mont- gomery County, and daughter of Samuel and Magdalena (Leighty) Kintig, both of Pennsylvania. Charles T. Collins is their only son. Mr. and Mrs. Collins remained on the farm until 1870, when they became citizens of Striker. Mr. Collins opened a livery establishment at that time, and has since pursued that business with success and profit.
ADAM COONROD was born November 20, 1848, in Springfield Township, being one of ten children born to William and Susanna (Stil- well) Coonrod. About 1834, William Coonrod came to this township, where he entered eighty acres, which he immediately began to clear. He was married in Pickaway County, but returned and erected a cabin on his land, and also added to his farm until he numbered 120 acres. In 1851, he sold this and purchased another of 196 acres, adding again until it aggregated 336 acres, on which he died in May, 1868. Adam Coonrod was brought up on the farm. In 1871, he bought sixty acres in this township, on which he lives. He was married August 15, 1872, to Mary E. Shaeffer, to which union three children have succeeded-Eva M., John W. and Charles L. Mr. and Mrs. Coonrod are members of Spring- field Grange and of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he is, in politics, a Republican. Mr. Coonrod's father and mother were natives respectively of Pickaway County, Ohio, and of Virginia; Mrs. Coonrod was born in Defiance County, Ohio, the daughter of John W. and Elizabeth (Arns- berger) Shaeffer, natives of Indiana and Pennsylvania.
EDWARD DAILEY was born in Bedford County, Penn., August 5, 1810. His parents, Samuel and Elizabeth (Miller) Dailey, were natives of Pennsylvania, and of Irish and German descent. About the year 1822, Samuel Dailey emigrated with his family to Fairfield County, Ohio, where he followed the tanner's trade for eight years, removing then to Seneca County, Ohio, and remaining until 1843, when he again removed with his family, going to Texas, Henry Co., Ohio, where his death oc- curred in December, 1867. Edward Dailey availed himself of the school advantages of that day, and in October, 1832, was married to Miss Phebe Gross, a daughter of Henry and Jane (Hunter) Gross, the former a native of Germany, the latter of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Dailey are parents of nine children, six surviving, viz. : Margery (now Mrs. Richard Harris),
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Martha M., Samuel, Henry F., William and John. After his marriage, Mr. Dailey worked at clearing and farming in Seneca County, Ohio, until 1842, when he purchased eighty acres of unimproved land in Brady Township, this county, built a cabin, and began carving home and fort- une from the unbroken wilderness, in which success crowned his efforts. Additions have been made from time to time, until his home farm now comprises 265 acres of well-improved land. Leaving his sons in charge, Mr. Dailey came to Stryker in 1870, where he has since resided, enjoying his well-earned freedom from care and labor. Mr. Dailey served three terms as Township Trustee, and several terms as Town Councilman, and in him the best interests of this vicinity have always a friend, and an ar- dent supporter.
ALBERT DOUGLAS is one of ten children of Uriah and Mary (Carter) Douglas, of New York, and was born October 14, 1835, in Tom- kins County, that State. In 1838, Albert Douglas came with his wife and three children to this township, accomplishing the journey from Na- poleon with an ox team, and cutting his road through the woods all the way. This team, a few household goods, and $70 in cash were his only property on his arrival. He first located at a newly laid-out town on the Tiffin River, known then as Williamsport, but long since defunct. Here he worked at clearing for two years; subsequently cleared forty acres for a deed to another forty acres in the north part of the township; on the latter he built a cabin, cleared up and resided thereon till his death, April 12, 1867, at the age of fifty-seven. His widow, now very feeble, resides with her daughter, Mrs. Emilia Silverman. He was a great hunt- er in his time, and killed bears, wolves and deer innumerable. For sev- eral years he was one of the Township Trustees. Albert Douglas worked on his father's farm until twenty-two years of age; then worked out by the month for five years, and then for two years farmed on shares. He then began to clear his own farm, which he had bought some years before, and his seventy-one acres are now in a fine state of cultivation. Febru- ary 12, 1864, he married Abigail J. Lucas, a native of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and daughter of Timothy A. and Lydia E. (Draper) Lucas, natives respectively of Ohio and Canada. They have two daughters living- Mina B. and Bertha M. Mr. Douglas has been one of the School Di- rectors in his district for several years, and in politics he is a Green- backer.
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