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discharged from service in August, 1813. April 27, 1819, Simon Figley was married to Margaret Hannum, Rev Clement Vallandigham officiating. Mrs. Figley was boru in Lancaster County, Penn., February 12, 1798. Her parents were Robert and Sarah Shields Han- num. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Figley were Eleanor Jane Figley, born September 27, 1820, died August 6, 1840 ; Jason Figley, born July 4, 1822, died August 18, 1855 ; Sarah Martha Figley, born February 11, 1824. married to Samuel Near, by Thomas Dew, J. P., September 2, 1849, and died April 8, 1865 ; Silas Fig- ley, born April 10, 1826, married to Rachel Partee, daughter of Lawrence and Rebecca Partee, Febru- ary 26, 1852, Frederick A. Koons, J. P., officiating. They had four children-John F., married to Lovina Rodgers. November 30, 1876, by Aaron Beunett, J. P. ; Simon B., married to Evelyn E. Wieland June 30, 1878, by William Rath, J. P .; Rebecca A. (deceased) ; Han- nah E. (deceased). Mrs. Figley died November 2, 1864. December 29, 1864, Mr. Figley married Delila Acus, daughter of Hiram and Catharine A. Acus, Houston Russell, J. P., officiating. They have one son-Silas W. Lives on Section 19. Margaret Figley, born Feb- ruary 21, 1828, died December 13, 1834. Rachel Figley, born December 23, 1829, died August 20, 1840 ; James Figley, born July 9, 1832, married to Mary Tarr, daughter of Levi and Margaret Tarr, on May 2, 1857, John Cameron, J. P., officiating. They have seven children -- Scott S., married to Julia Hat- field, May 11, 1876, by Rev. Lewis Tiedeman ; Achsa A., married to Albert Motter, March 20, 1880; Elmer G., James W., Mary B., Jennie M. and Martha A. They live on Section 30. Elizabeth Caroline Figley, born July 29, 1834, married to Charles A. Jeffers April 11, 1869. Their children are Charles H., Eva L., Andrew B. Mrs. Jeffers and family live in Defiance. Simon Washington Figley, born March 27, 1837, married to Caroline Tarr, daughter of Levi and Margaret Tarr, on August 11, 1860, by Samuel Cameron, Justice of the Peace. They had four children -- Lee E., Charity Z., Kate and Ellen S. Corporal S. W. Figley served three years in the civil war. from Angust, 1862, to August, 1865, in Company I, One Hundred and . Twenty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was in thirty battles and skirmishes, most notably being the sieges of Nashville and Atlanta, and returned home unhurt. He lived on Section 13, Washington Township, where he died April 8, 1872. Lydia Ann Figley, born June 28, 1839, married to Samuel P. Moon, by Nelson Slater, Justice of the Peace, August 30, 1860. Their children are Rilla B., married to John H. Gerst, April 23, 1882; Hulda M., Amos M., Wallace J., George W., Lyman C., and Frank B. They live on Section 13, Washington Township. In March, 1836, Simon Figley moved to Crawford County, Ohio, and settled near Bucyrus. In 1840, he with three of his children, Eleanor, Jason and Rachel, were taken sick with what was called the
milk sickness, a peculiar disease, which cannot be de- scribed, which resulted in the death of Eleanor and Rachel. In March, 1841, Mr. Figley and family moved to Defiance County and remained one year on a farm owned by Lyman Langdon in Noble Township In 1842 he settled in Section 30, Tiffin Township. Mr. Figley has always been a farmer and his sons are . well-to-do farmers. He quit farming at the age of seventy-five years. November 12, 1874, Margaret Figley, his wife and companion for over fifty-five years, departed this life at the age of seventy-six years and nine months. June 14, 1877, Mr. Figley was again married to Mrs. Elizabeth Ohliger, of Bru- nersburg, Ohio, Rev. Gershom Lease officiating. While visiting in Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio, in the fall of 1881, he learned that several prominent gentlemen in that place contemplated publishing a " History of Sandusky County." As Mr. Figley assisted in erecting the old fort at that place, as mentioned else- where, he was able to give a full description of the fort and its surroundings, and a diagram was drawn from the description. September 21, 1882, he was admitted to the Soldiers' Home at Dayton, Ohio. He remained there a short time, and returning to this county spent the winter with his son James. In April, he returned to the Home, where, after a few weeks' illness, he died of exhaustion, on Thursday, May 24, 1883, aged eighty- nine years two months and twenty-three days, and was interred in the Home cemetery with the usual cere- monies and full honors of war.
John T. Craine was born June 9, 1856, near Peters, burg, Monroe County, Mich. ; his father, James Craine, was born March 16, 1823, in the parish of Bal- laghi, Isle of Man, and emigrated to America in the spring of 1849, landing in New York and proceeding to the vicinity of Macedon Center, Wayue Co., N. Y., where he remained until September, 1854, when he went to Cleveland, Ohio, at which place he was married, in September, 1855, to Elizabeth Clague, whose parents were also from the Isle of Man. She was born at Black Rock, N. Y., February 4, 1834. The newly married pair went to Michigan, where they remained until 1864, at which time they with their family moved to Defiance County. The subject of this sketch was married to Lizzie Gruber, November 13, 1878, who was born April 21, 1855, whose father, Jacob Gruber, was born at Waldrems, in the Kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, December 5, 1819, and emigrated to America in 1849; remained in New Jersey and Pennsylvania until 1852, when he came West, stopping in Defiance County, where he was married to Elizabeth Toberan, who was also born in Germany in the Kingdom of Prussia, Feb- ruary 22, 1815, and emigrated to America in 1837, since which time she has lived in Ohio.
Jolin N. Walter, born in Allegheny County, Penn., January 14, 1818, was the son of John and . Catharine (Roup) Walter. His grandfather was born in Wurtem.
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S. T. Benthe
Martin Struble
William Ufer
george Ridenour
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berg, Germany, October 8, 1755, and immigrated to America, settling in Lancaster County, Penn. Of their eight children, John, the fourth child, was born in Lan- caster County April 16, 1789. John married Catherine Roup, whose parents had immigrated from Germany to Alleglieny County, Penn. Of their eight children, John N., the subject of this sketch, was the third. They moved to Stark County, Ohio, in 1836, and there Jolin N. was married, April 20, 1843, to Anna Urseman, who was born near Berne, Switzerland. From Stark Coun-
ty, Mr. Walter removed to Henry County in 1849, and settled in Marion Township, when there were but thir- teen families in the township. In January, 1852, lie removed to Evansport, where he now resides. Mr. Walter is a maker of violins and firearms. He has also engaged in house-painting. His children are David Walter, born November 20, 1845 ; married Jennie Shaf- fer, June 5, 1873 ; residence, Toledo ; and John N. born July 9, 1852 ; married to Lida Winecope in March, 1874 ; residence, Toledo.
CHAPTER XXXI.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP-GEORGETOWN-VOTERS IN 1845-PERSONAL REMINISCENCES.
THIS township was organized in 1838. It was heavily timbered and somewhat marshy. When the dense forests were cleared away and the marsh land drained, the township improved very much in agricult- ural respects. The land, when brought to the sun, im- proved in quality and richness, and has now some fine farm land and many pleasant and charming honies. There are four churches in the township: One Winebre- narian in Section 22, a frame, built in 1870, cost $1,000; one Methodist Episcopal Church, built about 1872, and cost $700; one Lutheran, a frame, built in 1876, on Section 9, and cost about $1,000; and one United Brethren, a brick, built in 1881, on Section 1, and cost about $2,000. The schools in the township are nine, four frame and five brick. Con- stantine Southworth was the first teacher in the town- ship. There are three steam saw mills in the town- ship. One on Section 7 is owned by W. Hill and Peter Anthony, and was built in 1866 for about $2,000; another in Georgetown, on Section 21, was built in 1863; one had been there before that time. It is owned by Charles Fieldner & Sons, and cost about $2,000, and saws lath and shingles by steam. The third one is located on Section 13, erected in 1882, cost about $2,000.
GEORGETOWN.
It originally consisted of 28 lots. Was laid out in 1846 by George Ridenour. It now has two stores and post office, one shoe shop, one blacksmith shop, one agricultural store, one broom factory, one school- house, one town house, one physician and one Meth- odist Episcopal Church near by.
VOTERS IN 1845.
The following is a list of Washington Township voters in October, 1845: Zachariah Hurtt, Arthur
Graham, John Garloch, James M. Skeen, .Benj. Lintz, Gideon Skeen, Jacob Garloch, Andrew Bos- tater, Levi Tarr, Thomas Dew, Linas Dond, Sam- uel P. Cameron, Solomon Yockey, Thomas Marks Swoorn, James Lawrence, Israel Phillips, John Don- nelly, Peter Garloch, H. H. Hannah, John Ginter, Jesse Donnelly, John Ury, George Ridenour and Phillip Brannan. Benjamin Lintz, Louis Tarr and Thomas Dew, Judges; Linas Doud and Andrew Bos- tater, Clerks.
PERSONAL REMINISCENCES.
Martin Struble was born April 1, 1825. in Sus- sex County, N. J., one of eleven children, ten of whom grew to maturity. Came with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1834, and settled in Hubbard Township until 1850, when he came to Williams County, and remained there three months and then located in Farmer Township, Defance County, in June A. D. 1850. He was married Au- gust 25, 1852, to Miss Rebecca Frazier, who was born February 12, 1828, in Trumbull County, Ohio. His family are Charles E., David E., Edwin B. and Julia F. Three are dead, Mary E., Hannah M. and Ella M. In the fall of 1852, Mr. Struble removed from Farmer Township to the village of Defiance, now city of Defiance, and kept the hotel known as the Washington House situated on the hill on the north side of the Maumee River in North Defiance. In February, 1855, he gave up the hotel business and removed to Williams Center, Williams County, and taught the school there during the winter of 1855-56, and in the spring of 1856 he moved onto his farm in Washington Township where he now lives, having made his purchase of 300 acres mostly wild land, the previous year, 1855. He now owns about 400 acres worth from $40 to $50 per acre. Mr. Struble
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taught the school at the village of Georgetown in his township, six terms, from 1856 to 1862. He has held most of the offices of his township, and in October, ISSO, he was elected Commissioner of this county, and at this writing (1S83) is still one of the incum- bents. Mrs. Struble is the daughter of Hugh and Mary (Lyons) Frazier. Her father was a native of Maryland, her mother of Trumbull County, Ohio. Her grandfather Lyons was a soldier in the Revolu- tion, and three of her brothers were in service dur- ing the rebellion, Anthony, as Captain in a Pennsyl- vania regiment; David, in a regiment from the same State, known as the "Bucktail regiment," and John in the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He died in service and was buried in Gov. Wise's Garden, at Spottsylvania, Va.
George W. Ury was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, July 9, 1821, and October 30, 1845, married Amanda M. Meek, who was born in the same county August 3, 1826. Their children are Laura A., Sarah J. (deceased), Angeline P., Elbridge W., George D., Freeman O., Franklin F. (deceased), Mina M. (deceased), Hattie, John H. (deceased), and Alice M. Mr. Ury's paternal grandfather was born in Germany. His father, Christian Ury, was born in Maryland, in 1770, and married Catherine Stripe, a native of Pennsylvania. Their children were Jacob, Samuel, David, John, William, Lewis L., Isaac G., Nancy A., George W., the subject of this sketch, and Catherine. Isaac now resides in Davenport, Iowa; Catherine, at Fort Scott, Kan .; Nancy (Phillips) in Tiffin Town- ship. Lewis L. was a soldier in the late war; was killed near Fort Scott, Kan., by a bushwhacker, in 1865. Christian and Catherine (Stripe) Ury both died in Fairfield County, the former March 27, 1837, the latter in April, 1851. Mrs. George W. Ury's parents, Jacob and Sarah (Smith) Meek, also both died in Fairfield County. The subject of this sketch came to Washington Township a single man, and pur- chased eighty acres of land; he then returned to Fairfield County, married and returned to Washing- ton Township, November 1, 1847, and became a per- manent settler. His brother, John was also an early settler. and died in this county. George W. began teaching at the age of nineteen years, and has taught thirty-five terms. The first winter after he came to this township, he taught the winter term of three months for $13 per month, boarding himself. Of the $39 thus earned, 818 was paid in cash, being the amount of public money for the district, the balance in produce. - Andrew Bostater paid him in corn, John Donley in potatoes and cabbage, and H. H. Hannah furnished him with meat, these three being the principal contributors. Mr. Ury is now a well- to-do farmer and has passed his threescore years.
He has never sued nor been sued, a record which is truly worthy of emulation. He held for eight years the honorable position of County School Examiner, and being a pioneer teacher, has always taken a warm interest in the educational progress of the county.
George W. Benner was born December 18, 1836, in Columbiana County, Ohio, and came to Tiffin Township, Defiance County, with his parents in 1845. His parents were George Benner and Barbara Ben- ner. When they arrived, the township had but few settlers in it and there was plenty of deer, some bear and a great number of wolves, wild cats, turkeys and small game. The forests were quite heavy and hard to clear up. It was then a common thing to go three or four miles to raise a cabin and take a dinner along. There were no roads to direct any one; they had to follow blazed trees to a new clearing where logs were to roll or a cabin was to be erected. In those days they made a large quantity of maple sugar each spring, which brought a fair price. It was so diffi- cult to get feed, that they had to cut browse to feed cattle in the spring of the year to save them from starving. There was no hay to be had at that time, and in the spring of the year it was difficult to keep stock from starving. The country was new, and all kinds of hardships had to be endured. He removed to Washington Township about 1866. For milling, Hilton's mill at Brunersbrug had to be visited. Mr. Benner married Miss Jemima Partee August 14, 1856. His children are Clarissa M., Millard F, Warren W., Emma C. and George F. These are all grown and all married but George F. Mr. Benner had three brothers -- Jacob, Jesse and Simon.
George Ridenour was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, October 6, 1811. He remained in that county until 1833, attending school, when he married Miss Catherine Hilbert, March 14, 1833, in Harrison County, where they lived four years and removed to Washington Township, Defiance County, in May 1839, where he has resided since. At that time, Mr. Samuel Ridenour was Justice of the Peace. Mrs. George Ridenour thinks the first cabin was built about 1832 or 1833, by Jesse Donely, where his son Henry now lives. Mr. Ridenour was at an elec- tion held in the township where there were twelve voters --- Hugh Donely, Jesse Donely, John Don- ely, Henry Donely, Sr., Samuel Ridenour, An- drew Bostater, Peter Dodd, Zachariah Hurt, George Hurt, James Craige, James Lawrence and Andrew Findlay. Of these, Samuel Ridenour and Andrew Bostater are the only ones living. The family of Mr. Ridenour are Poter, Daniel, Elias, Mary Ann, Isaac, Susan, Simon, Andrew, Hannah, Josiah and Hilbert, all married and living. Isaac, Elias and Si- mon were in the war of 1861 to 1865. Elias and
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Isaac were in Company F, Forty-eighth Ohio Volun- teer Infantry; Simon was a member of One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Mrs. Clarinda Doud was born September 3, 1817, in Franklin County, N. Y., and remained there until eigliteen years of age, when she was inarried to Linus Doud, April 20, 1834, and the same year came to Geanga County, Ohio, where they remained six years, and thon removed to Washington Township, Defiance County, where Mr. Doud purchased land in Section 22 and erected a cabin and began pioneer life in the forests. Roads were then scarce and new, and in a bad condition, and Mr. Doud was compelled to en- dure many privations and hardships. There were no schools in this part of the township at that time. There was then a log cabin on Section 16, used for holding elections. That house was used for the first school in that part of the township, and the first teacher was Mrs. Clarinda Doud, in 1843, in the summer, and Mr. Doud taught the second school in the town ship on Section 23, which is now District 2, in 1843 and 1844. The books then used were the English Reader, the Elementary spelling book, Adams' Arith- metic and the New Testament as a reader. Mr. Doud and wife raised eight children, who were suc- cessively teachers in the township. Mr. Doud acted as Justice of the Peace two or three terms in Wash- ington Township, from 1845 to 1854, and as Clerk for some time. He was probably the second Justice of the Peace in the township, Mr. Zachariah Hurt acting one term, from 1842 to 1845. Linus Doud died April 5, 1872, aged about seventy-five years. The members of his family were Horace A., Sarah E., Albert L. (dead), William H. (dead), Edward B., Liba B., an infant, dead, Mildred W., Linas P., (dead), Clarinda A., Forrest W., Mary A. (dead), Wallace E. and Frank E. William H. died from dis- ease contracted in the army of 1865; Dr. Forrest W. graduated in medicine at Philadelphia and also at Cincinnati, Ohio. During Mrs. Doud's time as teacher in hor first school, she rocked one of her children in a sugar trough in the absence of a cradle.
William Ufer was born November 19, 1830, in Prussia, Germany, and emigrated in 1853 and landed in the city of New York and came directly through to Medina County, Ohio, and removed to Wash- ington Township, Detiance County, May, 1856. Mr. Ufer married Miss A. B. Steingass, Jan- uary 28, 1855. She died February 9, 1877. She left three boys and six girls-Ottellia, William, Ida, (dead), Franklin, Amelia, Rosa, Flora, and Albert. Mr. Ufer was married a second time to Miss Sarah Johnson, July 17, 1879. Has one child by second wife. He was elected Justice of the Peace in the spring of 1864, and re-elected since and is now serv-
ing on his seventh term. He states that the manufact- uring of cheese has become quite a business in Wash- ington Township. The Sugar Grove Factory is a joint-stock company and has a capital of $1,000. The Directors are William Ufer, Charles Stailey, Turley and George Galer, George W. Benner and George Myers; Treasurer, George Goller; William Ufer acts as President and Otto Fieldner as Clerk. The company was chartered February 17, 1880, and George Benner is salesman. Mr. Ufer is a leading citizen among the German population of the town- ship.
Andrew Bostater was born January 30, 1804, in Washington County, Md., and came with his parents, John and Agnes, to Jefferson County, Ohio, the same year. His father, John Bostater, died in Washing- ton Township, Defiance County, January 24, 1849, aged about seventy five years. Agnes Bostater, his mother, died in Williams County, in December, 1865, aged about eighty-five years. Their children were Andrew, Catherine, Elizabeth, Jacob, John, Mary, George (dead), and David. Andrew Bostater married Harriet Cameron December 20, 1831. Mrs. Bostater was born in Lancaster County, Penn., November 15, 1810. Their children were Milton C. (dead), Dr. Andrew J., Francis Marion (dead), George W., Adelia A., Harriet J., Benjamin F., Leander (dead), Ellen L., Nancy J. and John W. Dr. Andrew J. served in the war of 1861 to 1865. Mr. Andrew Bostater came to Washington Township in the fall of 1837. At this time the pioneers wer Hugh Don- ley, Jesse Donely, John Doneiy, Widow Donely, Samuel Ridenour, Peter Doud. Zachariah Hurt, James Finley, James Craige and Andrew Finley. who was a great hunter. The first Justice was Samuel Ridenour, as early as the spring of 1838. Mr. Bos- tater served as Justice of the Peace a number of years at an early day, and was Treasurer two or three terms and Clerk for some time. Mr. Bostater purchased 240 acres of land in 1837. His present homestead contains about 400 acres, and is well im- proved and is valuable land.
Isaac Garver was born July 15. 1827, in Fayette County, Ohio, and came to Wayne County in May, 1831, with his parents, Christian and Mary (Kister) Garver, of Fayette County, Penn, Christian Garver died in Ashland County September 30, 1874. aged seventy-seven years. Mrs. Garver, his wife, yet sur- vives, and was seventy-eight years old in April, 1883. Mr. Isaac Garver married Miss Hannah Clinker Octo- ber 3, 1850. She died January 4, 1864, in Washing- ton Township. He married Miss Emeline Cumings November 1, 1864. His family was, by his first wife, Amos C., Leander W., Clarissa (dead), Sloan A., De- lilah M. and Frank; and by his second wife, Lucy
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A., Dora B., Sarah L., Isaac O. C. Mr. Garver has been Justice of the Peace about eighteen years. Mr. G. thinks the successive Justices for Washington have been Samuel Ridenonr, two terms; Zechariah Hurtt, three terms; Linus Doud, four terms; Thomas Dew, about that time; Isaac Ewings was elected two terms. The present Justices are William Ufer and Isaac Garver.
William Pearce, Sr., was born in Fayette County, Penn., December 27, 1780. His children were Rachel (dead), Jane (dead), Andrew, Mary (dead), Eliza- beth (dead), William N., Thomas R. (dead), Margaret, Mathew K., Joseph H. William Pearce, Sr., and family came to Washington Township, Defiance County, in 1836, and entered 160 acres of land, near where John Goller now lives. Mr. P. died in three weeks after he came, aged about fifty-seven years. His family remained a short time after his death, then returned to Richland County, thence to Van Wert County, and in 1844 to La Grange County, Ind. In 1846; Mrs. P. and three children returned to Washington Township. Mrs. P. died there April 17, 1868, aged eighty seven years. William N., Mar- garet and Mathew are still living in Washington Township. Margaret Pearce, February 28, 1839, married Levi Tarr, of Richland County, Ohio. He came to Washington Township in the fall of 1844. Mr. T. resided here until his death, which occurred June 8, 1848. His children were Mary, Levina (dead), Caroline and Samuel -- all grown. Samuel lives with his mother in Washington Township. William Pearce, Jr., says that when they came, in 1836, Washington Township had but nine voters in it; they were James Craige, James Lawrence, Zecha- riah Hurtt, George Hurtt, Andrew Findley, William Pearce, Sr., Andrew Pearce, William Pearce, Jr., Jesse Donley. Of these, Andrew and William Pearce, Jr., are the only ones living. Mr. Pearce thinks Zechariah Hnrtt was Justice at that time. Mrs. Levi Tarr has in her possession the remains of a chest which, it is said by good authority, once be- longed to Gen. Burgoyne, and was purchased by Will- iam Pearce at a Government sale. It has evidently been used, as it is bound securely with iron hoops. Will- iam N. Pearce was born April 10, 1815, and married Nancy Slater January 13, 1845. Their children were Margaret,-born in 1845 (deceased); Mary Jane. born December 18, 1847; Thomas, born March 8, 1850 (deceased); Martha Ellen, born July 20, 1853 (de- ceased); Sadie Elizabetlı, born in July, 1858. Mrs. Pearce died August 22, 1858. Mr. Pearce is still a resident of Washington Township.
Philip Strawser was born in Ross County, Ohio. July 14. 1840, and came to Washington Township August 27, 1842. He married Miss Susan Dean, of
Crawford County, August 27, 1862. Their children are Margaret, Agnes and Clara Marilla. The father was named David Strawser, and his mother's name Rachel Strawser. They came to Defiance County in 1842. Mrs. Strawser's father was Samuel Dean, and her mother's name Margaret Dean. They came to Defiance County about 1858. Philip Strawser was a private in the war of 1861-65, in Company E, One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from August, 1863, to July 14, 1865. Mr. Strawser resided in Williams County about one year, when he removed to Washington Township. Mr. David Strawser removed to Williams County about 1866, where he yet lives. The family of David Strawser was George W., John, Philip, David (dead), Catharine, William Allen, Albert and Rufus-all grown. Of these, Philip, George W., John and David were in the war of 1861-65. David died at Camp Chase in 1864. Mr. S. states that he recol- lects of seeing Indians here at the time he came to the county. Mr. David Strawser was a great hunter. All his boys followed in his footsteps in this respect.
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