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Alexander Bohin, son of George and Catharine (Spangler) Bohn, was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Tiffin Township with his parents about 1855, who bought of Thomas Churchman what is known as the Doty farm, where the parents died, leaving the farm to their two children-Alexander and Sarah C., now the wife of Daniel C. Snider. Alexander remained on the farm for some time, then sold out to Andrew Jackson Lewis, who now owns and occupies the old pioneer Doty farm, of which mention is made in several in- stances of the Tiffin Township history, on the banks of the Tiffin River. Mr. Bohn then moved to the village of Evansport, where he now resides. He married Miss Elmira Dawson, danghter of William and Hannah (Acus) Dawson. To them has been born one daughter.
Samuel P. Cameron was born September 1, 1815, in Kingwood, Preston Co., Va., and is the only living son of ten children of Mordecai and Nancy (Isaacs) Cameron. The elder Cameron was a tanner in Penn- sylvania. In 1817, he removed with his family to Wayne County, Ohio, where he worked at his trade until 1834, when he came to Tiffin Township, then a part of Williams County. Here he entered eighty acres of land, built a cabin and began clearing, residing thereon until his death, February, 1860, aged eighty-seven years. He was a half-uncle of the 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 of land 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 purchased 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 a Universalist, a stanch Republican and prominent citizen.
Jolin A. Garber, eldest son of Henry and Susanna (Ar- glebright) Garber, was born November 29, 1811, in Au- gusta, Va. His parents had a family of five children, viz : John A., Abraham, Frederick, Sarah and Susan. They came to Preble County, Ohio, in 1816. John A. Garber was a tanner by trade, and carried on the busi- ness for a number of years in Preble County till 1841, when he came to Defiance County and settled in Tiffin Township. He was one of the first Commissioners of the county, after it became Defiance County in 1845 and served in that capacity for twelve years, and was Treasurer of the county for some years. Mr. Garber was married, December 25, 1832, to Miss Catharine Winters, danghter of the Rev. Thomas Winters, of Mont- gomery County, Ohio, with whom he has lived over half a century. They had a family of sixteen children, viz .: Christiana B., Sarah J. (dead), James W. (dead), Susan M. (dead), Thomas J. (dead), Ann M., Brice H., Welthy A., Frances A. R. (dead), John W. (dead), Amelia M., Frank P., Charles R. (dead), DeWitt C., Mahlon E. and Cora M. (dead). Mr. Garber died June 25, 1883, and was buried from the Methodist Church at Evansport, Rev. I. N. Brackney preaching the sermon.
Brice H. Garber, son of John A. and Catharine (Winters) Garber was born March 15, 1844, in Tiffin Township. He had the advantages of the district schools in winter, and farmed in summer, and is now farming in Section 9, fifty acres. He was married, Janu- ary 25, 1866, to Rebecca A. Snider, daughter of John Snider, the early pioneer of Tiffin Township. They had three children born to them, viz .: John W., born April 11, 1869 ; George H., born September 3, 1872 ; Clarence M., born February 17, 1877.
De Witt Clinton Garber, son of John A. Garber, was born November 15, 1855, on the old homestead, on Section 9, Tiffin Township. He grew up on the farm until about seventeen years of age, when he went to Evansport to learn the blacksmith trade with Benjamin F. Corwin, after which he started a shop of his own in the same town, where he still continues the business. HIe married Miss Mary C. Spangler, daughter of John and Elizabeth Spangler, of Tiffin Township. They have
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two children-Bertha May, born February 24, 1877 ; Laura Bell, born Angust 21, 1879.
Jacob Moon, Jr., was born August 12, 1803, in Old Winchester, Va. His father, Jacob, Sr., was born in Germany, and came to America when a boy to Virginia, and from there moved to Alleghany County, Md., where he died, aged ninety-five years. His mother, Rebecca (Gray) Moon, also died at the age of ninety-five years in Maryland. They had six children, four sons- Thomas, Jacob, Jr., William, John, and two daughters. Jacob, Jr., worked at home, farming till twenty-six years of age, then married Elizabeth A. Wiles, daughter of William and Sarah (Bowman) Wiles. Her parents were of Dutch descent. Mr. and Mrs. Moon have eight children-Eugene J., Norman, Isaiah G., Ann, Perry, Caroline, John, Harriet. Eugene married Katie Oxen- rider, of Tiffin Township ; Norman went to . Missouri, and is still unmarried ; Isaiah married Sarah Moon and lives in Tiffin Township ; Perry married Lydia Figley, of Washington Township; Ann married Jolm G. Whee- lan and lives on the homestead with her parents; Caro- line married Jolin Meek, of Bryan ; Harriet married Lewis Sugar, who lives in Stryker; John married Betsey Wieland. Mr. Moon came to Ohio in 1829, near Steu- benville, then came to Tiffin Township in 1833 with his wife and one child. When he came to Ohio, he had 50 cents in cash and a mare on which his wife and child and his effects were carried. This was his condition when he came. He prospered afterward and got a farm of 200 acres. He is now retired and lives hap- pily with his son-in-law in Tiffin Township.
John G. Wieland, born November 5, 1823, in Wur- temberg, Germany; was son of Gottlieb and Frederica Wieland, also natives of Wurtemberg, who had a fam- ily of ten children, of whom but two, our subject and his sister, Barbara C., grew up to adult age, and the sis- ter who married Theobold Fisher died in New York March, 1873. The father died in 1856, the mother in 1851. They immigrated to America in 1831, settling in Erie County, N. Y. John G., our subject, came to Tiffin Township in 1850, taking up 188 acres. His first marriage was with Rosina C. Kurtz, on April 9, 1849; she also came from Wurtemberg. She bore him six children-John A., Emma L., Sophia, Barbara, Lucinda and Wesley J. Mrs. W. died December 9, 1861, and on May 20, 1862, Mr. W. again married Sarah Moon, by whom he has six children-Evaline, Christopher B., George B., Harriet, Cora A. and Fannie. The present Mrs. W. is the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Moon, and was born in this township in July, 1838. Mr. Wie- land is a skilled carpenter as well as farmer.
John J. Russell was born July 13, 1825, in Madison County, Ohio, and December 9, 1847, married Catharine, widow of Hiram Acus, who had four children by her first husband-Delilah, Elizabeth, Jolm and Hiram (deceased). Mrs. Russell was a daughter of Stephen Winans and Charlotte Mash, of New Jersey, who had
eleven children-Samuel, William, Sarah, Hannah, Fan nie and Richard (died young), Stephen, Frazy, Char- lotte and Susan (twins) and Catharine A. All of these are dead except Charlotte, who resides at Wasseon, Stephen W. in Nevada,and Catharine (Mrs. Russell). Mrs. Russell's parents came to Miami County in 1824, and died there. Her grandfather, Samuel Winans, fought in the Revolutionary war, and her brother, Frazy, raised a company for the Mexican war, rose to be a General, en- listed in the last war, took his company to Washington, D. C., where he took sick, and returned home to dic. Mr. and Mrs, Russell had six children-Samnel. A., Sarah E. (dead), William H., Phebe E., William F. and James F.
Solomon Bergman, born February 21, 1834, in Lick- ing County, Ohio ; is son of John and Elizabeth (Polk) Bergman, natives of Maryland, who came suc- cessively to Fairfield, Licking and Hancock Counties, in which last place they died, having had thirteen children, eight sons and five daughters, of whom twelve grew to maturity. Solomon remained at home until 1862 ; moved. to Defiance Towiiship and built a cabin on eighty acres purchased in 1857. He married, March 18, 1855, Caroline, daughter of Asa and Elizabeth (Moore) Cheney, a native of Hancock County, by whom he has four children-Samantha E. was born January 10, 1856; E. Douglas, born October 30, 1859 ; Sarah E., born March 8, 1863, died - October 7, 1869 ; Minnie M. E., born October 15, 1866.
Samuel Schlosser, born January 13, 1807, near Har- per's Ferry, Md., is the son of Andrew and Catherine (Poffenberger) Schlosser, of German descent, who came to Mansfield, Ohio, where they died. Samuel learned the tanner's trade ; came to Ohio over half a century ago, and married Nancy Mays, daughter of John and Nancy Mays, who was born January 2, 1811, in Center County, Penn. They had ten children, seven of whom survive. They were Andrew, Elizabeth, Catherine, Lucinda, John, Ezra, Samuel, George, Isaiah and William ; Ezra enlisted in the late war, at Mansfield; was taken prisoner, and died at Danville. Mr. Schlosser came to Tiffin Township in 1846, settling on the farm where he now lives, consisting of eighty acres in Section 4, and of 160 acres in section across the road. Mrs Schlosser, although seventy-two years old, still enjoys comfortable health as well as her aged spouse.
George Black, farmer and carpenter on Section 18, Tiffin Township, was born February 21, 1837, in Pick- away County, Ohio, and received his education at the common schools, and taught school for four terms. He came to Tiffin Township, September 12, 1842, locating on Lick, or Otter Creek. He married, October 30, 1860, Elizabeth A., daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth Spangler, who was born November, 1840. Their chil- dren are Ada R., Charles D., Jennie G., Mary, Nellie G., George H., Harriet E., Margie and John C.
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Township, Ashland County, Ohio, was the son of Abra- ham and Elizabeth (Fisle) Spangler, who were born in Pennsylvania, the former in 1796, the latter about 1800. The subject of this sketch remained at home until twen- ty-three years of age ; he was married February 24, 1859, to Sarah, daughter of William and Hannah (Acus) Dawson, who was born at Brunersburg February 16, 1837. Soon after marriage they came on to their farm of sixty acres, of which fifty are cleared, on See- tion 17. Mr. Spangler has worked at the carpenter trade off and on for nineteen years. His parents were born in York County, Penn., and were of German de- scent ; his grandfather Spangler was a minister of the Gospel, and was one of the first settlers of York Coun- ty ; his parents came to Ashland County about 1834, and to Defiance County about 1853, and died here.
Peter Spangler, born in Adams County, Penn., Feb- ruary 20, 1821, was son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Fisle) Spangler, who had nine children, viz. : Susan, Peter, Michael (dead), Mary, Henry, Elizabeth, John, Abraham and Rudolph. Peter, our subject, remained at home, received his education only up to his tenth year in the district schools, and assisted on the farm until twenty-seven years old, when he started for the West, coming to Highland Township, and purchas- ing, in 1850, a farm of 160 acres on Section 28 ; thence he came to Tiffin Township, locating on Section 6, on a place of which ten acres was cleared, but there was no road as yet cut out. He was married November 14, 1849, to Ann M., daughter of John and Elizabeth Cory, of Ashland County, who was born October 9, 1830. Their children were nine in number-John M., Elizabeth M., Mary E., Edmond E., Iola M., Alice L., Cora, Kate and Frank. Of these, John, Elizabeth, Mary, Iola and Alice are deceased. Mr. Spangler's parents came to this township in 1854 and died here. Mrs. Spangler's parents moved to Morrow County, where they died ; her brother William served in the late war.
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Philip McCauley was born March 22, 1823, in Car- lisle City, Cumberland Co., Penn. His grandfather, Philip MeCauley, was a native of Ireland, but, on ac- count of rebellion, was obliged to come to America, set- tling in Bucks County, Penn., where he married his wife, Mary, a native of Pennsylvania. They had three chil- dren, all now dead. Their names were Mary, Patrick and Susan. The grandfather, aged one hundred and one, fought in the war of 1812, died in Pennsylvania, and the grandmother, in Tiffin Township, aged ninety-one. His grandparents on his mother's side were of German origin, but came to Pennsylvania and died there. His father, Patrick, was born in Bucks County, Penn., in 1802, was a shoe-maker hy trade, carrying on business in Carlisle, Penn., for nine years, spending about twenty- five years at his trade. He was married April, 1822, to Elizabeth Engle, by whom he had twelve children- Philip, Henry, John G., Mary A., Julia (deceased), An- drew J., Nathaniel, Susan, Elizabeth, Charles (deceased),
Patrick (deceased) and Caroline. The first five were born in Pennsylvania, the rest in Ohio. He moved to the town of Union, Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1830, working there at his trade until 1863, when he came to Tiffin Township, and entered a farm on Section 21, in the dense wilderness, but after clearing up his farm, etc., he died in comfortable circumstances, at the age of sixty- nine. His wife still survives him, at the house of her son-in-law, Orlando B. Porter, in her eighty-first year. Philip, the subject of this sketch, at nineteen years of age, left the farm, and in 1840 worked on the State dam. Again, in 1841, he worked three years at shoe-making, when he bought the farm where he now resides, on Sec- tion 32, from E. Phelps and W. S. Brown, and in 1844-45, taught the school in the German district, with twenty scholars on the roll, and fourteen who could not speak English ; teacher's salary $13 a month. On April 2, 1846, he married Mary, daughter of John and Catharine Wiss- ler, who was born in Pickaway County November 20, 1819. Their children are John C., born June 16, 1847 ; Orlando T., born May 11, 1850, married Caroline Leh- man, residing near Hicksville; Sarah C., born July 19, 1857, married Peter Kuhn, of Defiance ; William H., born September 28, 1852, married Ida Spangler and lives in Tiffin Township; Harriet M., born April 25, 1854 ; Freeman, born January 18, 1857, died March 10, 1851. Mr. McCauley has now a fine 160-acre farm, with good house and outbuildings, and Mud Creek flows through the farm. He has served his township for over ten years as Trustee and School Director, and three years as Justice of the Peace.
William Churchman, born September 29, 1825, in Preble County, Ohio, was son of Thomas and Susanna (Argerbright) Churchman, the former born June 22, 1794, in Virginia, and died March 21, 1867, at Evans- port; the latter, who was the widow of Mr. Garher when she married Mr. Churchman, was also a native of Vir- ginia, and died in Tiffin Township in 1846, aged fifty- seven years. They came from Preble County to Tiffin Township in October, 1845, buying out Doty, first set- tler in Tiffin, on Tiffin River, the place now owned by William Lewis. Mr. Churchman was in the war of 1812, and married for his second wife Mrs. Sullivan ; he had one son, Walter, now deceased, by this wife. By his first wife he had nine children-Amelia, Elias (dead), George, Lucy A., Abaline (dead), William, Thomas, Sarah (dead), Malinda. Our subject remained with his parents until of age, when his mother died, and he rented the farm for three years, and took care of the family. He married, October 22, 1847, Sarah Ann, daughter of Jacob and Susanna Hall, by whom he has had seven children-Francis M. (dead), Urias and Lester (twins), William S. (dead), Susanna M. and Edward (twins, the latter dead), and William G. Our subject remained on the. old farm until the fall of 1853, when he bought a farm on Sections 6 and 7 of this township, cutting a road two miles through the woods. His nearest neighbor was
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- one and a half miles off. For milling, he usually went to La Fayette (now Pulaski) with oxen and a two-wheeled cart, eleven miles through woods. He enlisted in the late war in August, 1861, in Company D, Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, served fifteen months, and was discharged for disability. but re-enlisted in Com- pany E. Fourteenth Regiment in the following February, serving until the close of the war.
Jacob Erman was born in Rockingham County, Va., February 4, 1820. His grandfather, George Erman, was a Hessian, born in Prussia, whose wife was born in Switzerland. He came to America, was married, and settled in York County, Penn., and served in the Revo- lution under Gen. Washington. George Erman, father of our subject, was born in York County, Penn., and, in 1806, married Sarah Argabright, a native of Rocking- ham County, Va. They have ten children-John, Polly, Malinda, Delilah, Ann, Jacob, George, Elijah, Caroline and Amanda Jane. February 1, 1844, Jacob married Lucy A. Churchinan, daughter of Thomas and Susan Churchman. She was born in Preble County, Ohio, October 12, 1822. Her grandfather, Thomas Church- man, was born in London, England. Mahlon O. Erman, the only child of Jacob and Lucy Erman, was born April 3, 1848, married Serena J. Purtee, daughter of Capt. John and Nancy (Brown) Purtee, and resides in Section 28, this township. Jacob Erman resides on his farm, in Section 29. He came to this country in 1853.
Alexander Rogers, Jr., born Jannary 23, 1824, in Delaware County, Ohio, was son of Alexander and Martha Taylor Rogers, of Pennsylvania, and parents of a family of five sons and seven daughters. Our subject worked on his father's farm in his youth, and married, February 10, 1853, Alley, daughter of Eli and Rachel (Nichols) Sherman, born September 29, 1834. They have been blessed with ten children, as follows: Lavina, born January 11, 1854 ; Carmine V., born May 18, 1855 ; Lafayette, born December 27, 1856 ; Andrew J., born August 28, 1858; Cyrus E., born September 8, 1860; Franklin E., born October 16, 1862, died, aged four years and eight n onths ; Harvey F., born September 24, 1864 ; Alfred 1., born May 1, 1867 ; Willie F., born March 4, 1869 ; Hiram W., born March 19, 1871. Lavina mar- ried John Figley, and resides in this township. Lafa- yette married Josephine Bidlack, and also resides in Tiffin. Mr. Rogers enlisted as a private in Company E, Fourteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Febru- ary 28, 186-4, and served until the close of the war, being honorably discharged from the service July 11, 1865, at Louisville, Ky. His maternal grandfather, Taylor, fought in the Revolutionary army, and his paternal grandfather, Rogers, died at the advanced age of one hundred and three years, in Cumberland County, Penn.
Poter Gares, born December 22, 1836; in Bavaria, Germany, was eldest son of Jacob and Mary E. (Drum) Gares, also Bavarians, who immigrated in September, 1839, landing in New York, with Peter, their only child.
During their three weeks' stay in New York, their next child, Charles, was born. After a short stay in Williams- port, Penn., they came to Rome, Richland Co., Ohio, where the father worked at his trade of wagon-making till the fall of 1841, when they removed to Brady Town- ship, Williams County, where they remained until his death, on November 25, 1876, at the age of seventy-six years. Mrs. Gares survives him on the old homestead in Williams County. They had five daughters and three sons : Peter, Charles and John R. (who enlisted in Com- pany E, One Hundredth Regiment Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, in 1862, died in Cincinnati Hospital), Catharine, Sarah, Mary E. (dead), Caroline (dead), Lonisa (dead). Grandmother Drum came to this country about 1850, and lived at her daughter's (Mrs. Mary Gares), until she died, aged eighty-nine. Grandfather Drum died in Ger- many. Peter Gares married, December 2, 1858, Chris- tiania, danghter of Henry and Elizabeth (Beederwell) Toberen, born April 5, 1838. Her parents were Pros- sians, who came to New York in 1833, thence to Mas- sillon, Ohio, and thence to Tiffin in 1835. They had a son, Asa, born November 5, 1840. He chied in 1856, and she February 20, 1878. Mr. Gares had a family of nine children -- Sarah E., born February 24, 1860, and died January 4, 1867 ; John W., born March 22, 1862 ; Charles E., born Jannary 14, 1865, died November 30, 1866 ; Jacob H., born July 4, 1867 ; Orestns P., born April 27, 1870; Clara O, born July 16, 1873, and died April 23, 1875 ; Emerson W., born October 14. 1876, and died 22d of same month ; Mary E., born October 20, 1877 ; Fred- erick W., born July 3, 1881, the day following the shoot- ing of President Garfield. Mr. Gares bought out the old Toberen homestead, entered by Henry Hockman and Frederick Toberen, and has now a farm of 147 acres. Mr. Gares has been elected to most of the township, as well as some of the county, offices. In the spring of 1859, he was elected Township Trustee, and served five years ; Assessor in 1866, and re-elected in 1867 ; Infirm- ary Director at the organization in 1869, one year, and re-elected in 1870 for three years, to the fall of 1872. During this time, in 1871, he was elected Township Treasurer, and served in this capacity two years. In the fall of 1873, he was elected County Commissioner, and re-elected in 1876, serving six years in all. During this time (in 1877) he was again elected Township Treasurer, and at each annual election has been chosen by the people of his township as its Treasurer, and at this writing, 1883, is still in this honorable position. Mr. Gares has one of the finest farms in Tiffin, in Section 15, it being in a fine state of cultivation. His residence and farm buildings are also notable objects in the town- ship.
John Strawser, son of David and Rachel (Smith) Strawser, was born September 21, 1839. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania and came to Ross County, Ohio, in 18-19. Remaining there but a short time, they came to Defiance County and settled in Tiffin Township,
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where they remained till 1866, when they removed to Williams County. Their children were Mary (deceased), George W., John, Phillip, David (who died in the serv- ice, war of 1861-65, at Camp Chase, in the fall of 1864), William 1., Anna C., Albert and Rufus. John Straw ser, the subject of this sketch, enlisted in the service of his country August 15, 1861, in the Thirty- eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in Company D. and was honorably discharged September 13, 1864, having passed through the hardships and exposure of three years all right, except a heavy sun stroke, which came near ending his days, and from which he still suf- fers severely at times. He was married, October 8, 1868. to Sophia C. Kleine, daughter of John G. and Catharine (Klotz) Kleine, who was born September 3, 1851. Of this marriage two children have been born ; the first died in infancy, the second child, Cora E., was born June 5, 1873. Mr. S. has eighty acres good land, is an excellent farmer.
John H. Rethmet, son of Joseph and Christiania B. (Garber) Rethmel, was born, October 20, 1852, in Tiffin Township, Detiance Co., Ohio. He learned the cooper business, but has always been a farmer. He was mar- ried, April 24, 1873, to Maria L. Ackerman, daughter of Henry F. and Clara (Mapes) Ackerman, who was born in Montgomery County, Ohio. The fruit of this marriage has been six children, viz .: Charles C., Cora B., Wade H., Grace N., Alvin R. and Gola O.
Mrs. Martha Barnhart was the daughter of William Collins and aunt of Thomas Rethmel, and grand-aunt. of John Rethmel, was born in Lycoming County, Penn. 1794. She moved to Defiance County in the fall of 1839, her name then being Mrs. Pidcoe. She was married to Jacob Barnhart in 1843. He died 1832. Her hospitable table was ever welcome to the circuit preacher." Aunt Patty, as she was familiarly called, had been a member of the Methodist Church sixty-two years, and was acquainted with all the old Methodists of her day. She was a resident of this vicinity (Evans- port) thirty-six years. She died June 15, 1875, at Evansport, aged eighty-one years.
Lewis Partee. Janitor of Central School building, also Special Policeman, was born November 6, 1845. in Tiffin Township, and was married. December 20. 1866, to Hannah Lonisa Cassil, daughter of John R. and Christina Cassil. She was born, January 20, 1851, in Northwest Township. Williams County, Ohio, soon after which the family removed to Kansas, the then far West, and came back to this county with her mother in 1865, her father being lost or murdered on the plains of Western Kansas in 1859. Their family con- sists of four boys and one daughter. Alonzo Clement Partee was born December 13, 1867 ; Charles Eddie, September 26. 1869; Lewis Robinett, September 1, 1872 ; John Bernard, March 24, 1877 ; Gertie May. March 15. 1881. Lewis Partee, father of the subject of this sketch, son of Jolm and Nancy Partee, was born
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