History of Ashland County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 92

Author: Hill, George William, b. 1823; Williams Bros
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: [Cleveland] Williams
Number of Pages: 896

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elder for many years. It should be said of Mr. Swine- ford that as time advanced his thoughts of committing an error gradually forced itselt upon his mind until he concluded to go out of the distilling business, and has ever since followed other avocations, which have proved profitable, and with a clear conscience. Mr. and Mrs. Swineford are both well preserved, have a home beauti- fully located, and seem to enjoy to the fullest extent that which has been their fortune to acquire through in. dustry, and a close adherence to the principles of right. Mrs. Swineford is the youngest of a family of nine, and the only surviving member, including parents.

DANIEL CARTER was born in Baltimore county, Mary- land, December 25, 1776, and was of English extraction, his father having come with Lord Baltimore's colony and settled in Maryland, he being the youngest of a family of three, viz: John, William and Daniel. Daniel ' was married February 14, 1797, to Ann Snyder, by. whom he had eight children, viz: John, William, Dan- iel, Kachel, Elizabeth, James, George, and Anna. Mrs. Daniel Carter, died September 25, 1813, and he married for his second wife Ruth Warner, March 9, 1814. To them were born seven children, viz: David, our subject, Sarah, Mary, Miranda, Samuel, Milton and Charles. Daniel died February 25, 1854; Ruth died June 18, 1862.

DAVID CARTER was born March IS, ISis, in the township of Montgomery, Ashland county, Ohio, within five rods of his present residence. in a rude log cabin erected by his father, the latter being a pioneer and the first settler, and living in camp during the first sum- mer. Our subject was the first child born in Mont- gomery township. His youthful days were spent at school in the winter andl assisting his father on the farm during the summer. He was married to Elizabeth Griffith, daughter of Benjamin Griffith, of Chester county, Pennsylvania, December 26, 1837. By this union was born three children, all of whom died in in- fancy. Mr. and Mrs. Cuter are both members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Asbland. In politics Mr. Carter is a Democrat, having been a strong supporter of the principles of that party, though formerly he was an old line Whig. Mr. Carter was commissioned by Thomas Corwin, in 1841, as first lieutenant of the Ashland guards, which commission he held some ten years, and was subsequently quartermaster sergeant, and latterly an aid-de-camp to General Meredith. Mr. Carter is a man of military bearing, and is a well preserved man of sixty five years. Although over age, Mr. Carter enlisted in the war of the Rebellion October 28, 1861, for three years; was mustered in; joined the Sixty-fourth Ohio volunteers; went to Bardstown, Kentucky, where he was taken sick; returned home in April, 1862, with or- ders to remain and await his discharge, which he has never as yet received.

IsAve PLANE, son of John Plank and Anna Zook, was born September 17, 1813, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and remained at home until twenty seven years of age, occupied at fanning. February 6, 1840, he was married to Lydia, daughter of Evan Lewis, of

Chester county, Pennsylvania, and to them were born four children: Lewis, Morris Dickenson, Hannah Ann, and Lydia Frances. Lewis died in infancy. in the spring of 1853, Mr. Plank removed to Montgomery township, Ashland county, on the farm now owned by Widow Whitwer. After residing there one year, he re- moved to Perry township, Ashland county, where he remained eleven years, then returned to Montgomery township, where he has followed agricultural pursuits until the present time. Both himself and wife have for years been members of the Baptist church of Ashland. In politics he was an old-line Whig until the formation of the Republican party, when he became an cartest supporter of its principles. . Mr. Plank is the owner of some ninety-one acres of land in Montgomery and Orange townships. Ilis father died in Pennsylvania at the age of seventy four; his mother came to Ohio in 1849, where she remained, and died at the advanced age of eighty-three. Morris D. married Elizabeth Boots, and resides in Orange township. Hannah A. married Lorin Boots, and lives in Montgomery township.

JOHN SHIDLER, son of Peter and Catharine (Bom) Shidler, was born December 5, 1820, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and was the third child and third son in a family of ten, consisting of four brothers and six sisters, of whom three sisters are deceased, and one brother, Morgan, died in August, 1878. John Shidler first came to Ohio with his father, in 1839, to look at some land previously entered by the father; then ie- turned home. In 1842 he settled in Orange township, upon one hundred and sixty acres of land, which in 1845 was divided between him and his brother, Geoise. October 13, 18 44, he was married to Sarah Ann, daagh ter of John Myers, from Maryland, and to them were born four children: Hannah Ellen, Demas. Maty Is- belle (died in infancy), and john. In politics he is a Democrat, though of the hard currency kind. Both himself and wife are members of the German Baptist church, of Ashland. Mr. Shidler has a finely improved farm in Montgomery, Clearcreek and Orange townships, comprising three hundred and ninety acres, his residence being in Montgomery township. He has done much towards clearing up Ashland county, and making it what it is to day. He believes in doing everything weil, and in speaking his honest convictions. He contributed one thousand dollars, being the first subscription, toward the building of the Ashland college; also two hundred dollars for the building of the Atlantic and Great West ern, now the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad. and, in fact, has been one of the foremost in all enter- prises tending to promote the interests of Ashland county.

SIMON BRINDLE was born in Franklin county, Penn- sylvania, July 6, 18cS, and was the eldest child in the family of eight children of George and Elizabeth , Me nicht Brindle who were natives of Pennsylvania. Simon Brindie was married jane 8, 1837, to Jane daughter of William Mckesson, and to them have been born seven children: William, John, Samuel. Martha, George, James, and Mary. William, Samuel and John are deceased,

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the latter being killed at Port Gibson during the war of the Rebellion. Mr. and Mrs. Brindle removed from their native State with their family in 1847, and settled in Wayne county, Ohio, where they remained one year, when they removed to their present homestead, purchas- ing sixty-two acres; he now owns eighty-seven acres. Both himself and wife are members of the Lutheran church, of Ashland, with which denomination they have been connected some fifteen years. In politics he is a born Democrat, casting his first vote for General Jack- son. Mrs. Brindle's father was a soldier in the war of 1812. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Brindle ate all married and reside in Ohio.

ISAAC ROSEBERRY, brother of P. R. Roscherry and son of William Roseberry, whose history appears with P. R. Roseberry's sketch, was born February 27, 1813, in Hemlock township, Columbia county, Pennsylvania. Here he remained with his parents until twenty-two years of age, when he removed to Medina county, Ohio, where he remained some two years. He then removed to Ash- land county, Montgomery township, where he rented a farm some fourteen years, and then purchased one hun- dred and twenty acres where he now resides, it being the old homestead. He was married February 21, 1839, to Elizabeth Wolf, daughter of John Wolf, of Montgom- ery township. To them were born nine children, as fol- lows: Elijah, Emanuel W., Mary Sophia, Sarah Cath- arine, Elizabeth Jane, Isaac, John Philip, Irene Isabella, and Christina Margaret, of whom all are living but Eli- jah on.l Isaac. Sarah C. married James Powell; Eman- nel married Sarah Ellen Kahl ; Elizabeth manied George P. Biggs; Irene I. married James M. Sadler. Mr. Rose- berry was formerly an old-line Whig, and is now a Re- publicar ..

STEPHEN Wole was born in Butler township, Colum- biana county, Ohio, June 19, 1814. He was the eighth in a family of ten children, of Jacob and Mary M. Ma- son Wolf. The father was a native of Maryland, and for many years was a resident of Virginia. He was of German descent. He, with his family, removed to east- ern Ohio about the year iSoy, and to Ashland county in the spring of 1832, where he died in December, 1856; che mother died in June, 1858. Our subject remained with his parents, following farming until he was thirty-three years of age, when he was married to Elizabeth Heifher, daughter of Frederick Heifer, from Pennsylvania. By this union were born seven children, four of whom are living, namely: Mary, Jane, Rebecca, and Lewis M. Those deceased are, George S. and infant twins After his marriage our subject built a house on the farm where he still remains, which is the old homestead. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wolf are members of the Baptist church of Ashland. In politics Mr. Wolf is a Conservative, hav- ing fonberly been a Democrat; but in Vallandigham's day cast a Republican vote and has since voted for whom he considered the best man. In iS4; Mr. Wolf was appointed deputy sheriff of Ashland county, and soon after was elected justice of the peace for one term. lle served as deputy sheriff in Richiand county under David Bright.

JOHN MONAUL, a native of Ireland, emigrated from that country to America and settled in Pennsylvania sometime prior to the war of IS12, and subsequently, about the year 1815, removed to AAshland county, Ohio, and settled upon one hundred and sixty acres of land, the same being the homestead farm, now owned by his sons James and Michael. Here he erected a log cabin and proceeded to clear, cultivate and improve the land. He was married to Rosa Donner a short time before en- tering the lands. To them were born six children, viz: William, Sarah, James, Michael, John, and Mary, five of whom are living. John died some twenty years ago; Mary married Mr. McFadden and now resides in Missouri ; the others reside in the vicinity of the old homestead. Mr. McNaul died some fourteen years since at the age of eighty-six years; Mrs. MeNaul is living with her daughter Sarah, wife of Patrick Kelley. James McNaul -was born August 10, 1820, in Montgomery township, Ashland county, and has made farming a life business. He was married to Margaret Crowner, Octo- ber 12, 1847. To them have been born eight children, as follows: John, William, Michael, Agnes, Jaines, Al- fred, Rosa, Thomas Shannon, and Elmer, all of whom are living. In politics be is a Democrat, and is a staunch supporter of the principles of his party, and has never missed being present to cast his vote at election. Both Mr. and Mrs. McNaul are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He served as infirmary director some twelve years since. The land he owns, comprising eighty acres, is part of the old homestead. Mr. MeNaal is a man of fine physique, weighing over two hundred pounds, and is well preserved for one who has done so much toward clearing up and improving his section of country.

JAMES Ginsox was born in York county, Pennsylva- nia, October 26, 1807. He was the youngest child of James and Elizabeth (Mull) Gibson. The mother was of English-German descent, and the father was a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They removed to Ashland county in the spring of 1835, coming all the way with wagons, and settled on the farm now owned by the sab- ject of this sketch. The father died in 185! or 1852, aged eighty-five years; the mother died in 1853, aged eighty-six years. James, jr., was married to Margaret, daughter of Heury Spafford, in January, 1853. To them have boin four children, three of whom are still living, viz .: John, Laura, and Catharine, who reside at home. Elizabeth died in 1865, aged six years. Mr. Gibson has followed the vocation of farming and has a finely improved farm of one hundred and eighty eight acres, with fine buildlings. In politics he isa Democrat; has been supervisor twice, and school director twice. He is a well-preserved man of seventy-three years.

Jwcon Lis, son of Adis and Elizabeth ( Rowland) Linn, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, March 13, 1820, and when fifteen years of age removed with his father's family to Stark county, Ohio, settling there in the spring of 1835, cui, in the fall of the same year te. moved to Asbland county, and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land where jacob Linn now resides,

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and where he and his wife spent the remainder of their days. Adis died in 1844, and his wife survived bim about twenty-one years. The subject of our sketch wos

married in November, 1847, to Anna McGuire, daughter of Hugh and Mary McGuire, of Ashland county. To than have been born seven children, six of whom are living: Lorin IL., Melissa J., Cornelius R., Hannibal, Lincoln, Alice, and Nettie May. In politics he is a Re- publican, having been formerly an old-line Whig. MI. and Mrs. Linn are both members of the Methodist Epis- copat church, with which body they have been connected about fifteen years. Mr. Linn is the owner of the orig- inal tract settled by his father, and aiso eighty-four acres additional. He has a very productive farm, and fine buildings, and is now erecting a fine barn near his resi- dence.

JOHN L. THOMAS, son of Leonard Thomas, from Frederick county, Maryland, and Ellen Hough, from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, was born August 16, 1833; in Montgomery township, Ashland county, Ohio, on the Homestead where he now resides. The father's fatally consisted of Sve children, three of whom are living: John I., Henrietta, and Eliza jane. Mr. Thomas and his sisters inherited the property of their father, consisting of one hundred and twenty acres, lo- cated in the southeast portion of Montgomery township. In politics he is a Democrat. being an earnest supporter of the principles of that party. Mr. Thomas has never taanied. Fis sisters remain with him at the old home- stead and attend to the duties of the household.

REV. WILLIAM SADLER was born in Fayette county, Perusylvania, Japanty 16, 1829. His parents' names were Joseph and Rizabeth :. He moved with them to Wood county, Virginia, and from there back to Greene county, Pennsylvania. At the age of twelve years he had attended school three months. Neat that time his mother died, and he found a home with Jonathan Miller, where he resided until after the age of twenty-one. years. In the fall of 1849 he attached himself to the German Baptists or Brethren (commonly known as Dunkard Bap- tists), with whom he has been ever firm. Miller, on his death bed, requested him to take care of his stock until sok. He attended school nine months at Greene acad- emy, Pennsylvania, aod taught school sixteen months in the district in which he formerly lived. In the spring of 1854 he emigrated to Licking county, Ohio, and engaged in teaching, obtaining bis first certificate in two hours after entering the examination room. In all he taught fity-four months. In the fail of 1856 he was united in niriage bonds with Miss Emeline Wolf, of Liberty township, Licking county, Ohio. The names of her parents were Joshua and Susananh. He was called to the ministry in 1859, and in 1865 moved with his family of two children to Ashland county, where he now re- sides, having a family of four children. two sons and two daughters, thres of whom are members of the church. His youngest son is only four years old. He was one of the charterers of the Ashland college, and is now one of the trustees. The congregation in which he resides numbers nearly one hundred members.

DANIEL WERTMAN was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, November 2, 1824, and was the oldest child in a family of eight children, of Simon Wertman : and Abigail Kohn, both natives of Pennsylvania. Mir. Wertman removed with his father's family to Ashland county, then Richland, in 1837. where Simon and his father, John Wertman, purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in the south portion of Orange township, the property now owned by Mrs. Mary Kendig, an sunt of our subject. Mr. Wertman remained with his father until his death, which occurred in :844, about which time our subject commenced to learn the trade of sad- dler with W. W. Ilger, of Ashland, where he remained three years. He then returned to the farm and took charge, he being the oldest child. In 1858, March 9th, Mr. Wertman was married to Mary, daughter of John Keller, of Montgomery township, To them have been born six children, all of whom are living, viz .: Perry S., Ida S., Hattie L., Augusta A., Sarah N., and Jennie B. Mr. Wertman owns one of the finest farms of Ashland county, comprising two hundred and fifteen acres, and located one mile north of Ashland, on the Troy rond. It has fine buildings and all the conveniences of a nice home. In politics he is a Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Wertman are both members of the Lutheran church of Ashland. Mr. Wertman has from time to time occupied positions of trust within the gift of the people, and has proved an able and efficient officer, and worthy of the trust imposed hs him.

JACOR REMPATOn is the tenth child of Adam and Elizabeth Kambaugh, and was born October 22, 1835, in Chester township, Wayne county. He was fust mar- ried June 9, 1859, to Mary A. Mowrey. By this union were born three children, all of whom are living, as fol- lows: Sarah Ann, born November ic, 1860, and who was married September 19, 1877, to L. A. Ash, who carries on our subject's farm in Wayne county : Priscila E., born October 14, 1864, and Ira G., born August s. IS;1. Mr. Rumbaugh's first wife died October 23, 1875, aged thirty-six years, ten months and two days. August 12, 1878, he married his present wife, Mi-, Jen- netta A. Latta. She was born in this county November 16, 1841. She is a granddaughter of Mis. Wise. of Perry township, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work. Our subject owns a very fine and valuable farm in Chester township, Wayne county, -- the old home- stead where he was born, and where he lived for a period of forty-three years. In 1878 he removed to this county and located in this (Montgomery) township in 1878. Aside from his farm in Wayne county, he owns very val- table lands in Brown county, Kansas, in the county-seat, Hiawatha. He also owns ten acres of land near the depot at Asbland. His great grandfather served in the Revolutionary war. In 1819 his grandson, Adam, our subject's father, removed to Chester township, Wayne county, Ohio, settling on the form now owned by Jacob Rumbaugh. He removed from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, making the journey in a wagon drawn by three horses, bringing his family, consisting of his wife Elizabeth, his two children, Isaac and John, and their

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household goods and farming implements. This was in March, and out subject has often heard his mother recall the many hardships they had to contend with on the route. The snow, at times, was from ten to fourteen inches deep. As they brought with them two cowe, his mother had to wade through the snow to drive them, and to save their icam from giving out.

GEORGE SAAL was born in Germany, and came to the United States in 1859, first settling in Wayne county, from whence he removed to Ashland in 1866. His parents, Peter and Eva Wise Saal, were natives of Hesse Danastadt, where they were married about 1829, and raised a family of nine children, as follows: Mary, Peter. Henry, John, Jacob, George, and Leonard, besides two who died. Of these five are in this country. In 1869, George Saal went to Wooster and there married Louisa Young, returning to Ashland the following year. Iier parents were also natives of Germany. They have two children --- Mary Eliza, born in 1871, and Henry born in 1874.

FRANK KNOTH was born in 1834. his parents being Nicholas and Barbara Knoth, who were natives of Ba- varia. They had three children-Charles, who died in 1872; Frank; and Henry, who is in business in Ash- land. Frank Knoth was married April 22, 1857, to Kitie Snyder, a native of Hesse Cassel, Germany, who was born September 20, 1836. They have had cight children -- Mary, born October 14, 1858; Katie L., born October 28, 1866, Cordelia M., born January 28, 1863; Mattie, born April 7, 1856; Frankie, born May 14, 1868; Willie, born September 22, 1872; Amelia, born August 4, 1870, died in 1873; another child, a son, died ir infancy. The Knoth family came to America, and settled in Ashland county, in October, 1852, where our subject learned the tinner's trade, and has since been engaged in the stove and tinware business for himself, most of the time. He is now associated with Henry J. Pille. Mr. Knoth enlisted in February, 1865, and served in the Twenty-third regiment band until the close of the

war. His brother Charles came to the United States soo; after the rebellion of 1848 in Germany, and located in Ashland, which was the cause of the remainder of the family coming to the same place. He is still living in Ashland.

A. J. BURNS was born March 28, 1840. His parents were ilugh and Athaliah Rutan Burns, who were mar- tied in March, 1836, and raised a family of six children, as follows: A. J., Mary M., Barna, George W., Hugh R., and Sadie M. Hugh Burns, sr., was the first auditor of Ashland county, in 1846. The grandparents of A. J. Burns were natives of county Donegal, Ireland, whence they came to this country in early life, and were married in Little York, Pennsylvania. They had a family of six children, five of whom lived to maturity. A. J. Burns was the first man to enlist in Garfield's regiment (the Forty-second Ohio volunteer infantry). He enlisted in company H, November 15, 1861, and served with his regiment until he was mustered out in the spring of 1866, with the rank of first lieutenant. At the siege of Vicks- burgh, in 1863, he was wounded by a minnie bait, which

passed through his right lung, but, as soon as his wound was healed, he returned to his regiment. In the fall of 1866 he went to Missouri, where he remained something more than four years, when he returned to Ashland, and was married to Emily Luther, by whom he has one child, a son. Charles L., born in 1871.

E. J. Gkosscup was born in Milton township, Ash- land county, June 17, 1842. His parents were Daniel and Fiana Grosseup, who were natives of Westmoreland and Lancaster counties, respectively. They raised a family of four children-E. J., Daniel, Fiana, and Mary A. The early life of E. J. Grosscup was spent at trading and farming until 1863-64, when he was engaged in the mercantile business, at Mansfeld, Ohio. December 24, 1863, he was married to Emma Pifer, and in the spring of 1865, removed back to Milton township, near the western line, where he engaged in farming. Early in 1866 he again removed to a farm two and a half miles west of Ashland, where he remained until March, 1878. In 1868 he was elected township treasurer, which office he held until 1878 In April, :875, he was appointed by Judge D. W. Whittmere school examiner for the county, which office he held for three years, and was se-ap- pointed in 1878. From the time of his appointment he has acted as secretary of the examining board. In June, 18;8, he was nominated by the Democratic party as a candidate for the office of county auditor, to which he was elected in the fall of the same year. His children are: Mary G., born August 21, 1869, and Ella M., bom September 6, 1873.

HERMAN M. RIESER was born June 4, 1842, in Buch- au, Wurtemberg, Germany. He was apprenticed to a large dry goods house of his native city, for the term of two years, his father paying one hundred forins for the privilege. He was obliged to study so as to be able to correspond in English, French, and German, and a little later took up Latin and Hebrew, besides drawing and other studies. At the close of his indenture he had to pass a tedious examination in all the branches of book-keeping, foreign and home correspondence, etc., which lasted from morning until evening, when he re- ceived his diploma as a merchant, with the privilege of conducting business in his own name. When sixteen years of age he was established in a successful wholesale business at which he continued for six years. At twenty years of age he paid eight hundred florins for a substi- tute in the militia, but owing to the unsettled condition of the country and the possibility of being called into the service at any time, he responded to the earnest so- licitation of his brother Samuel, and came to the United States and engaged with him in the dry goods business at Oi! City, Pennsylvania. They continued in business several years, and established a branch store at Pontiac, Michigan, soon after which they sold their Oil City busi- ness, and subsequently their Pontiac business. He was married in Franklin, Pennsylvania, November 1, 1867, to Miss Mathilde Well, of Gorlinger, Grand Duchy of Baden. Soon after his mariage he came to Ashland and engaged in the millinety business, at which he has since continued. His father, Marx Rieser, died at

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History of Ashland County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 92

Author: Hill, George William, b. 1823; Williams Bros Publication date: 1880 Publisher: [Cleveland] Williams Number of Pages: 896

Author: Hill, George William, b. 1823; Williams Bros
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: [Cleveland] Williams
Number of Pages: 896