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BENTLEY HANNON was born in Lancaster County, Penn., Feb- ruary 7, 1810, and was one of the eight children born to Robert C. and Sarah Hannon, natives of Pennsylvania, and born respectively July 22, 1778, and November 25, 1774, and married April 11, 1797. They moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, in the fall of 1817, and there the father died June 2, 1856, and the mother December 12, 1858. At the age of nineteen, Bentley Hannon began learning to be a stone-mason ; served two years, and then went to Pittsburgh, Penn., where he worked as a journeyman ; he then returned to Ohio, and was married in Columbiana County, December 18, 1882, to Nancy A. Neer, who was born in Trum- bull County, Ohio, February 11, 1816, and was the daughter of John and Sarah Neer, who were born in Virginia and who settled in Trumbull County in the fall of 1815. For three years after marriage, farmed in Columbiana County, and in 1887 moved to this township, settled on the eighty-acre farm he had entered the previous year, and has lived thereon ever since. He is the father of seven children, viz., Robert N. (deceased), Isavelia, Sarah A. (deceased), Elizabeth, Phebe J., John H. and Frances E.
FREDERICK HERRMANN is the son of George F. and Eve Herrmann, who were natives of Alsace, Germany, and born respectively in 1796 and 1800, and married in 1824. In the spring of 1839, they came to America, located in Stark County, Ohio, remained there till 1850, when they came to this township and settled on a farm, where they ended their days July 23, 1862, and June, 1867, respectively. They had a family of five children, of whom Frederick was the eldest. He was born in Alsace in August, 1825, and came with his parents to this township and now lives on the farm which they here located upon, and
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which he purchased from the other heirs at their death. He was mar- ried, March 17, 1853, to Dorothea Wagner, also a native of Alsace, and born June 14, 1834. Mr. Herrmann owns a fine farm of eighty acres, and has a family of seven children, viz., Emeline, Caroline, Frederick, Henry, Matilda, Eleanor and Laura. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Church, and are upright and industrious citizens.
II. L. JAQUES, son of A. C. and Anna Jaques, natives of Switzer- land, was born in Defiance County, Ohio, May 9, 1842. The parents were respectively born in 1779 and 1782, were married in Switzerland, and in 1832 came to America, lived in various parts of Ohio, and are now passing their declining days with their children, of whom they have had a family of twelve. H. L. Jaques came to this township with his parents, and in the fall of 1861, enlisted in Company A, Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, served two years in the field, was wounded in the right thigh, September 25, 1863, and lay in hospital until May, 1864, when he was discharged. July 4, 1867, he married Lucinda Sha- fer. a native of this county and born March 19, 1842. In 1868, he moved on his father's farm, remained a year, then took another and farmed till 1881, went to Melbern and engaged in merchandising a year, and then, in the spring of 1882, settled on his present farm. He and wife are members of the M. E. Church, are the parents of two children -Lyle E. and Lulu E .- and are useful and respected citizens.
J. L. JORDIN is the son of L. D. and Lucinda Jordin, who were natives of Vermont. The father was born October 9, 1804, and was a son of James Jordin, who was born in Massachusetts and of Irish origin, and at an early day settled in Vermont, where he married Sarah Hunter, by whom he had one child-L. D. Jordin. This gentleman married, October 9, 1826, Lucinda Mirick, who was born June 12, 1808; they left Vermont in 1833 and came to Licking County, Ohio, where they re- mained about twenty years, then moved to Mercer County, Ohio, and in 1857 came to Williams County, where Mrs. Jordin died February 23, 1879, and Mr. Jordin April 23, 1879. They had a family of five chil- dren, of whom J. L. Jordin was the eldest. He was born in Orleans County, Vt., January 14, 1828, and was married in Licking County, Ohio, October 1, 1848, to Lydia E. Varnum, who was born in Middlesex County, Mass., February 22, 1829, the daughter of Prescott and Lydia Varnum. In 1852, J. L. and wife moved from Licking to Mercer County, and thence, in the spring of 1858, to Williams County, where he settled in Pulaski Township; in 1865, he purchased 120 acres on Sec- tion 16 in this township, where he has ever since resided. He has a family of four children, viz. : Ellis L., born August 3, 1849; Henry V., May 2, 1853; Julia L., April 4, 1862, and Oakley A., April 11,
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1872. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and stand very high in the estimation of the community.
SETH KEMBLE, son of Samuel and Jane Kemble, was born in Co- lumbiana County, Ohio, December 31, 1830, and with his parents removed to Hancock County in the fall of 1851. He remained with them until he was over twenty-three years of age, when he returned to Columbiana County and was married, June 8, 1854, to Tamar G. Crawford, who was born in Columbiana County April 24, 1881. He then came back to Hancock County, where he purchased property and remained until the spring of 1865, when he came to Williams County and settled on his present farm, on Section 14, this township. He has 141 acres of very fine land, with a fine brick residence and other first-class improve- ments. His wife has borne him eight children, viz. : Duston, Er. H., Edward C., Victor S., John C., Seth W. (deceased), Nancy J. and Alice L. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he and family are regarded as useful members of the community in which they live.
JACOB LANE was born in Tuscarawes County, Ohio, February 13, 1832. His parents, James and Nancy Lane, were natives of Westmore- land County, Penn., where they married, moving in 1829, to Tuscarawas County, where they remained until 1859, when they came to Centre Township, Williams County, where the death of James Lane occurred March 4, 1875. Mrs. Lane's death occurred the year following in Febru- ary, while with her daughter in Defiance County. Their family con- sisted of nine children, six surviving. Jacob Lane came with his parents to Williams County, where he married, February 17, 1856, Miss Keren Horton. Here he purchased a saw-mill, conducting the business at Will- iams Centre until August 6, 1861, when he responded to his country's call and enlisted in Company A, Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving through the entire war. He returned home July 12, 1865, and purchased the farm which is his present home. The second Mrs. Lane, to whom he was married September 22, 1868, was Miss Rebecca Riden- our, a native of Wayne County, where she was born December 7, 1842, and daughter of John and Susanna Ridenour. The family consists of six children, three by each marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Lane are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Lane has a fine farm of 205 acres in a high state of cultivation ; has met with success in his undertakings, and is universally esteemed. He is a member of the G. A. R.
SIMEON S. LOVEJOY is a native of the "Empire " State, and was born in Yates County January 27, 1841. His parents, David D. and Charity Lovejoy, were also natives of New York, emigrating from there to Defiance County, Ohio, in 1845, coming to Williams County in
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1849, removing to Melbern in 1867, where he was employed by the L. S. & M. S. R. R. Co. in the construction of a station house, and after- ward as freight agent at the same place. Mr. Lovejoy was also engaged in mercantile business in partnership with his son Simeon, the latter tak- ing entire charge until the death of his father, which took place August 22, 1875. Previous to this, Simeon Lovejoy was in the service of his country, making an honorable war record for himself. He enlisted in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry October 7, 1862; at the battle of Stone River, was wounded in the hip by s musket ball, which was not extracted until November 11, 1869, from the effects of which he suffered amputation of the foot August 14, 1871, Drs. Long and Biggs performing the operation. Mr. Lovejoy has been a resident of Williams Centre for many years. He is Postmaster here, receiving his appointment October 27, 1873. He also held the office of Justice of the Peace for three years, and that of Town Clerk for one year. He is the owner of town and farm property. Mr. Lovejoy and Miss Angeline Sellers were married September 13, 1868, and are parents of six children, but five living-Charles A., Ada A., George M., Lola M. and Nors ; Cornelius D., deceased. Mrs. Love- joy is a native of Stark County, Ohio.
JOHN MANON is one of the early pioneers of Williams County, coming to Williams Centre in 1841, when its entire outfit consisted of three log cabins. His energy and public spirit have assisted very mate- rially in making the place what it is. He was Postmaster here for thir- teen years, Justice of the Peace for nine, and held the office of Township Treasurer nearly twenty years. He has been employed in various voca- tions-for ten years at the tailor's trade, then clerking for G. H. Tom- linson nearly eight years, afterward farming two years, when a partner- ship business was established between himself and George Garver, which was discontinued after two years, Mr. Manon continuing alone until the present time, when his intention is to close out his business and retire from active life to the repose and quiet he has so well earned. Mr. Ma- non was born in Franklin County, Penn., August 17, 1814, the eldest of the six children of his parents, Hugh and Rebecca Manon, both natives of Franklin County, Penn. He remained in his childhood's home until twenty years of age, when he went to Wayne County, Ohio, remaining two years; then to Stark County, where he was united in marriage April, 1841, to Miss Mary M. Frager, after which he came to Williams County, where his life has been subsequently traced. Mrs. Manon passed away February 12, 1858, leaving seven children, three of whom have " gone before"-Emma M., Lydia K. and Erastus M. Four survive to cheer the declining years of their father-William A., Jacob G., John E. and Charles W.
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HUGH MANON, son of Hugh and Rebecca Manon, was born in Franklin County, Penn., December 27, 1828. In 1848, he married Miss Lydia A. Bender, also a native of Franklin County, and born in September, 1828. Some two years later, they came to Williams Centre, this county, where he worked in an ashery about eight years, meanwhile saving his earnings and buying forty acres of land in the township, upon which he moved and resided for some time, and then sold it and bought his present farm on Section 33. During the first week of his residence bereon, he had the misfortune of losing his wife, who left him a family of seven children-Katie, John, George, Wesley, Sarah, Lillie and Jeremiah. When he moved upon his eighty-acre farm it was quite in the wilderness, but by hard labor he has put it all under fence, and the greater portion of it under cultivation.
S. B. McKELVEY was born in Portage County, Ohio, August 13, 1814, and was the youngest and now the only living child of a family of ten born to James and Sarah Mckelvey. James McKelvey was born in Ireland in 1765, and came to America with his parents in 1770. They arrived at Philadelphia, remained there a short time, and then moved to Chester County, Penn., where the parents died. James, the youngest of the family, remained in Chester till twenty-five, learned the tailor's trade, went to Westmoreland County, and there married Sarah Stephens, a na- tive of the county, and daughter of Amos Stephens, who was born on ship- board while his parents were on their passage from Wales to Philadelphia. James and wife, shortly after marriage, came to Portage County, this State, and there died in 1843 and 1850, respectively. S. B. McKelvey was married in his native county, May 28, 1835, to Janet Byers, one of the eleven children of James and Mary Byers. In 1851, he sold his property in Portage and came to Williams County and settled on Section 9, this township, where he owns 180 acres of fine land, of which 120 are well improved. He has had a family of ten children, viz., Lucetta (de- ceased), Artlissa (deceased), Antoinette, Lydia, Lois (deceased), Lewell, Franklin, Hiram, Wilson and Robert R. (deceased). Mr. McKelvey is a very popular gentleman, and at present holds office as Justice of the Peace, and has so held for nineteen years. He was also County Com- missioner one term, and has served as Township Treasurer and Township Trustee. He has taught several terms of school in the township, and is also a Granger.
C. G. NEIDHARDT was born in Germany, October 22, 1819, and was the son of Jacob M. and Catharine M. Neidhardt, who were born about the years 1790 and 1785, respectively. In 1837, the family came to this country, and located in this township, where the father died in 1863. The mother died in 1874, at the home of her son, C. G. She
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had been twice married, and was the mother of fourteen children, born about equally to her husbands. C. G. Neidhardt was married in this township, April 6, 1847, to Sophia Yackee, born in Germany April 18, 1820, and the daughter of Christian and Christina Yackee. Two years after marriage, they moved upon their farm of 110 acres on Section 15, this township, on which they have ever since resided. They are highly respected by their neighbors, are members of the German Lutheran Church, and the parents of seven children-Jacob L., Catherine M., Sophia S., Phebe, Christian G., Charlotte and Frederick M. They are also rearing an adopted son, Edward F. E.
DANIEL P. NEIHART is the son of Jacob and Anna M. Neihart. The father was born in Centre County, Penn., in 1795, and the mother in Maryland in 1807, and they were married in Holmes County, Ohio, in 1827. In 1887, they came to this township and settled on Section 21, where he died in March, 1871. The widow is still living on the old homestead. They had a family of eight children, viz., John, George, Christina, Daniel P., Noah, Lydia, Moses and Lucinda. D. P. Neihart was born in Williams County January 8, 1840. In the spring of 1863, he went to El Dorado County, Cal., and engaged in mining until Septem- ber, 1868, when he returned to this township and bought the farm on which he now lives. He was married, August 28, 1870, to Alice Gabriel, who was born in Wayne County, Ohio, March 9, 1850. The following spring he moved on his farm, where he has remained ever since. He is the father of two children-Orrin H. and Charles A. He has a good farm, and is an industrious man and respected citizen.
ALEXANDER H. OGLE was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, April 13, 1812, the youngest of seven children born to William and Rachel Ogle, the former born in the State of Maryland, and the latter in Pennsylvania in 1771, and married in Washington County, Penn. Here William Ogle owned a flouring-mill, which he operated till 1808, when he moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, entered land, engaged in farming till 1845 ; removed to Cincinnati and shortly after to Burlington, Iowa, where he had intended living in retirement, but was removed by death August 5, 1845, and was followed by his wife December 8 the same year. They had a family of seven children-Benjamin, Nancy, James, William, Hannah, Thomas and Alexander. Alexander learned the carpenter's trade, and pursued that business in his native county until 1834, when he went to Stark County and bought some land. In the spring of 1885, he went to Pittsburgh, Penn., bought a flat-boat, and engaged for three years in boating to New Orleans ; then returned to Stark County, and engaged in the real estate business. In 1848, he visited Beaver County, Penn., and March 10, of that year, there married Miss Jane Marton,
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returning to Stark County at once. In the spring of 1844, he went to Des Moines County, Iowa, conducted a hotel and real estate business till the spring of 1852; then moved to Columbiana County, Ohio; thence changed to Wood County, and again bought some property. Here his wife died July 16, 1856. April 26, 1860, he married Mrs. Emily Gibbs, a daughter of Robert and Susan Hunter, of Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1866, he moved to Sherwood, Defiance Co., Ohio; engaged in general mercantile business ; sold out in October, and came to Williams Centre, where he is now doing a fine general trade. He is a Master Mason, and is the father of ten children-Alexander J., Andrew J., James H., Nancy J.S Sarah E. (deceased), Lorinda R., Lavinia, Loren L., Ida A. (deceased), and Charles W.
JONATHAN OXENRIDER is a son of William and Mary Oxen- rider, who were natives of Pennsylvania, but came to Wayne County, Ohio, at an early day, and remained until 1840, when they moved to this county and township, where, in due course of time, both died. They had eleven children, viz., Anna, James, Joseph, William, Sarah, Jona- than, Catharine, Nancy, Elizabeth, David and Mary. Jonathan Oxen- rider was born in Wayne County November 26, 1829, and came with his parents to Centre Township. He was married, September 25, 1851, to Elizabeth Archibald, and shortly after bought a small place near his father's farm, and attended to both farms until about two years after his father's death, when he sold his land and bought his present home. Shortly after moving hereon, Mrs. Oxenrider died, leaving him three children-Amos, William and Sarah. January 17, 1865, he married Harriet Priest, who has borne him a daughter and son-Rebecca and My- ron. His farm comprises eighty-three acres of good land, which is well improved and cared for.
WILLIAM POOLE, farmer, brick-maker and tile manufacturer, is a son of Bannister and Mary Poole. His father was born in Virginia in 1784, and his mother in Pennsylvania in 1803. They were married in Adams County, Penn., where they remained some time, and then moved to Stark County, Ohio, and a few years later to Summit County, and then, in 1836, came to Williams County, where the father died, the parents of fourteen children. William Poole was born in Summit County, Sep- tember 9, 1831, and came with his parents to this county, where he has since remained. June 10, 1852, he married Maria Gardner, who died June 23, 1857. His second marriage, February 26, 1858, was to Mary E. Cornell, and shortly after this he bought a part of the old homestead, built a house, moved in, and there still lives. He owns 118 acres of well improved land, and has had born to him twelve children, as follows : Ruby J. and Emery C., by his first wife ; and Ira A, and Irving A. (twins),
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Bertha, Franklin W., Roland L., Mary E., Mattie E., Altie M., an infant son deceased, Mintie B. (deceased), and Charles W., by his second wife. Mr. and Mrs. Poole are members of the Granger Lodge, and are umong the highly respectable people of the township.
W. C. SCOTT, the eldest son of Robert and Charlotte Scott, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, January 28, 1825. Robert Scott was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, November 15, 1802, and was a son of Matthew Scott, who was a native of Ireland, and who came to Colum- biana County in January, 1801, where he married Nancy Eaton on his arrival. He remained there till about 1809, when he moved to Wayne County, where his wife died shortly after. Matthew then married Lu- cinda Bevington. By these two marriages, he became the father of six- teen children-five by his first wife and eleven by the second. Robert Scott was the third born of the first wife. He was married, in Wayne County, April 6, 1824, to Charlotte Cunningham, who was born in New Jersey February 16, 1805, and who died in Wayne County January 8, 1871; in September, 1877, he married Mrs. Mary Austin, and shortly after moved to Stark County, Ohio, where he purchased some property, and where he is spending his remaining days in retirement. His chil- dren numbered eight, as follows: W. C., James, Noah, John, Cunningham R., Elizabeth, Mary and Oliver, the last named deceased. W. C. Scott remained with his father till he reached the age of twenty-three, when he went to Fulton County, Ohio, and passed a year; thence to Allen County, Ind., where he married, November 18, 1851, Elizabeth Mill- house, who was born in Somerset County, Penn., September 14, 1822. She was the daughter of Abraham and Margaret Millhouse, who were also natives of Somerset, born in 1799 and 1802 respectively, and there mar- ried in 1821; in 1851, they moved to Jackson County, Ill., where she died November 5, 1873, and he August 10, 1874, having had a family of nine children. After his marriage, Mr. Scott returned to Fulton County, remaining there about four years; then came to Bryan, and engaged in saw-milling about two years ; then bought a farm in this township, Seo- tion 18; sold out after seven years' residence on it, and bought 100 acres of fine land on Section 12, where he now lives. His children are six in number, viz., Margaret S., R. A., C. E., H. W., J. E. and R. M. One of the sons is practicing law at Defiance and another at Bryan.
WILLIAM SHERIDAN, now & retired farmer of this township, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., August 9, 1801. He there went to school, and also served an apprenticeship at blacksmithing. April 15, 1828, he married Miss Hannah McKim, who was born in Butler County, Penn., April 18, 1808. In 1826, he moved to Pittsburgh, Penn., where he followed his trade till 1883, when he moved to Stark County, Ohio
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here also, he engaged in blacksmithing, and continued thereat until 1840, when he came to Williams County and settled on the farm of 151 acres he at present occupies. Here Mrs. Sheridan took her leave of this world October 18, 1876, leaving behind her husband and eleven children, viz., John, William, Mary, Margaret, Emeline, James, Lavinia, Samuel W., Amanda, Eliza and Almira.
PHILIP H. SMELTZ, son of Jacob and Maria B. Smeltz, was born in Seneca County, Ohio, June 20, 1852, and came with his parents to Williams County in 1868. Here he was married, December 25, 1876, to Mary C. Ginther, who was born in Defiance County, Ohio, March 10, 1807. Shortly after his marriage, he moved upon his present farm, which he had previously purchased, and which he has assiduously culti- vated ever since. It comprises eighty acres, and he has made it all that could be expected from thrift and good management. He has had born to him two children-Elmer O., December 4, 1878, and Sylvia M., March 9, 1882. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Church, and give promise of rising to prominence in the community in which they live.
WILLIAM SMITH is a son of William and Sarah Smith, and was born in Wayne County, Ohio, November 13, 1831. When young, he came with his parents to this county, where he has continued to live since that time. On the 18th of September in the year 1852, he was married, in this township, to Rosetta Calvin, who was born in Portage County, Ohio, May 1, 1835. Shortly afterward, he purchased a small farm in this township, and, in April, 1853, moved on the same, where he re- mained until the year 1860; he then sold this property, and, in the spring of 1861, he occupied the farm on which he now lives, in Section 30, Cen- tre Township, of which he had previously possessed himself; he now owns eighty-five acres of really excellent land. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have no children, but are people of integrity and character.
SAMUEL SMITH is a son of William and Sarah Smith, who were natives of Ireland (the former born in 1789, the latter in 1803). They were married in Canada about the year 1823, where they resided before coming to Wayne County, Ohio, from which place they removed to Centre Township, Williams County, in May, 1846, where they lived until their deaths-his occurring in 1865, and hers in 1879; their family comprised ten children-Robert, Mary (deceased), James, George, William, Samuel, Mat- thew, Martha, John (deceased) and Sarah. The subject of our sketch was born in Wayne County, Ohio. August 30, 1833, and came with his parents to this county, where he has since resided. He was married in this county, March 15, 1863, to Saloma Stahl, who was born October 28, 1845. After his marriage he moved to the old homestead, where he remained until the spring of 1877, when he purchased and removed to the farm he now occu-
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pies in Section 20. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have six children-Frank O., Chauncey E., Norah A., William H., Vernon C. and Albertine. Mr. Smith is a most excellent man, and fills the offices of Township Trustee, Township Clerk and Township Treasurer.
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