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Owen Smith attended school in both Perry and Fairfield Counties and afterward engaged in farming in Richland township. Some thirty years have passed since he started into the stock business, which he has developed into a very large industry in this section. He also oversees the operation of his five farms, these
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containing respectively, 173, 142, 164, 100, 64 Hannah, Van, and Mary, all of whom, except and 14 acres, the last named tract adjoining Van, are residents of Hocking township. .Those deceased are Jacob, Rachel, Lydia and George. Rushville. His many interests make him a very busy man, but he finds time, nevertheless, for his political, social and church duties.
Mr. Smith was married in Perry County to Miss Sarah Foster and they have five children; Harvey, a farmer, who married Kate Keller; Mary, who is the wife of William Culberson; Henry C., who married Ada Baker ; and Dollie and Blanche, both of whom live with their parents. Mr. Smith gives his political support to the Republican party. He is a member of the Christian Union church.
. MICHAEL BURTON, chairman of the board of trustees of Hocking township, has been a resident of this section for many years and belongs to a family that originally came 'to Ohio from 'Maryland. He was born in Hancock county, Ohio, November 7, 1837, a ¿son of Van and Lydia (Rice) Burton.
- Van Burton, the father of our subject, was born in' Pleasant township, Fairfield county, Ohio, and was a son of Jacob and Mary (Sweargen) Burton, the former of whom was later known as Judge Burton, he having served as associate judge of the county. He was an early settler in Pleasant township but moved from there to Hocking 'township, where he died during the childhood of Michael Burton, his grandson .. Van Burton followed an agri- cultural life in Hancock county for some years after his marriage, but afterward located on the present home farm in Hocking township, where he died about 1898. He married Lydía Rice, who was born in Greenfield township. Fairfield county, Ohio, and was the daughter of Michael and Rachel Rice, her father serv- ing in the Revolutionary War and also in the War of 1812. Of their children the following are now living : Isaac, Michael, 'Shipman.
Shipman, who was born in Hancock county, married Ellen Simon and they have had three children-Harry, Oscar, who married Bertha Williamson, and Ethel. Van married Laura Montague and has six children-George, Pearl, Charles, Flossie, Mark and Mabel, of whom George married Miss Bertha Busin and has one son, Paul; Flossie married Bert Cruit and has a son, Clarence; and Mabel is de- ceased. Rachel (deceased) married Elijah Milligan and had one daughter, Bessie. Lydia (deceased) married Daniel Sifford and had six children-John (deceased), who married Sarah Lamott; Mary, Daniel, Effie, Thomas and William. Of the above mentioned, Isaac, ·Michael, Rachel and Shipman were born in Hancock county; all the others were born on the present homestead farm.
- Michael Burton was seven years of age 'when he came to reside on the property on which he has passed the subsequent years of ·his life and where he has been occupied in farming and stock raising. In politics, like his father and grandfather, he has always been identified with the Democratic party. He has frequently been called upon to serve in public office and for six years was a director of the Fairfield County Infirmary, a part of the time being president of the board. Formerly he was active in the Odd Fellows' lodge at Lan- caster. He is recognized in his township as a reliable and useful citizen.'
GEORGE A. STAKER,* who is one of the representative citizens and enterprising business men of Bremen, Ohio, has been iden- tified with merchandising throughout his entire business career. He conducts a fine store on
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Mulberry street, carrying carpets, curtains, matting and house furnishings, jewelry and furniture, trunks, suit cases and queensware, and also does undertaking. He was born July 30, 1861, near Mt. Pleasant, Hocking County, Ohio, a son of George and Mary (Poling) Staker.
George Staker, the father, was born in Bre- men, Germany, and came to America in early manhood, settling in Hocking County, Ohio, where he engaged in farming until his death, in 1863. He married Mary Poling, a lifelong resident of Hocking County, who died in 1887. Eleven children were born to this marriage, five of whom survive.
George A. Staker was the youngest of the above family and was but eighteen months old at the time of his father's death and was five years old when brought to Bremen. There he went to school and in 1879 started his business career as a clerk at four dollars a month, in the store of Frank Speace. He spent three years in the drug and jewelry business at Mc- Comb, Ohio, and spent four years as a jeweler at Roseville. In 1885 he returned to Bremen and in partnership with Reuben Welty em- barked in a furniture and undertaking busi- ness under the firm name of Staker & Welty. The latter subsequently sold his interest to Mr. Rhinehart and the firm name became Staker & Co., which continued after Rhinehart sold his interest to Paul Pfaff. On February II, 1903, the stock was destroyed by fire. In 1887 Mr. Staker had entered into a business partner- ship with J. J. Elder, under the firm name of Elder & Staker, in the same line as at present, and in 1888 he embarked in the jewelry busi- ness as an individual venture. He now has all these interests in his own name and does a large amount of business. He has an up-to- date establishment and has his own electric light plant. He is a stockholder in the First
National Bank of Bremen, of which he was a charter member. In politics he calls himself an independent Republican but no matter what his political attitude may be he possesses the confidence of his fellow citizens who have fre- quently elected him to office. He has been treasurer of the Bremen Special District and a member of the school board since 1895, and formerly served two terms as township treas- urer.
On September 10, 1885, Mr. Staker was married to Miss Jennie E. Sterner, who was born in Fairfield county, a daughter of Eman- uel Sterner of Bremen, and three children have been born to theni: Mabel Kate, who is the wife of Murray Anderson, a civil engineer re- siding in Ross County, Ohio; Louise Fern, who is the wife of Ralph Griffin, bookkeeper for a business house at Bremen; and Frances Willard, who is a student in the Bremen High School. The family home is on Marietta street. Mr. Staker is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Lancaster; Knights of Macca- bees, at Bremen, and is a trustee of the Meth- odist Episcopal church. Mr. Staker is the only undertaker in this place, and averages about fifty-five funerals yearly. He has every mod- ern equipment for this branch of his business, including funeral cars and all paraphernalia for dignified funeral directing.
THE GRAFFIS FAMILY. The origin of the Graffis family is not known but it is definitely certain that they were one time citizens of France, though it is not thought that they were French people. They left France on account of religious persecution and settled in Germany.
Their history in America dates back to that of Nicholas Graffis, who took the money that was intended to buy his ex- emption from service in the German Army
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and came to America previous to the Revo- lutionary War. He served two years in the American Army, being a sharpshooter un- der the command of Gen. Daniel Morgan.
Nicholas Graffis and a brother who after- wards came to America, settled in Hunting- don County, Pa., from whom originate all the people of the name in America and helped to make the settlement, the descend- ants of whom are known in this vicinity as Pennsylvania Dutch.
Abraham Graffis, Sr., a pioneer of Rush Creek Township, was a son of Nicholas Graffis, and took French leave from his home in Pennsylvania, coming down the Ohio river in a flat boat to Maysville, Ky., from whence he made his way on foot to Fairfield County, Ohio, about 1804. He worked for the settlers, helping them clear their land and it is said he could make his 300 rails a day with no tools but an ax and "nigger" maul.
He returned to Pennsylvania, married Fanny Gray, April 27, 1809, and again emi- grated to Ohio, arriving, probably, early in 18II and settled on the land now owned by Frank P. Kittle. He was unable to make complete payment for this land and sold his improvements for enough to enter and pay for another quarter section, which he did in 1812, obtaining the southeastern quarter in Section II, Rush Creek township and just south of his first entry, all surrounding quar- ters having by this time been pre-empted. He afterwards rented his land and returned to Pennsylvania and in 1822 a third time turned his face toward Ohio, coming and bringing his family in an emigrant wagon. Original parts of this wagon with its tar hub wheels are still a relic on the farm.
Abraham Graffis, Sr., was a large man, standing over six feet in height. It is said
that he could stand on the rim of a half bushel measure and shoulder a three-bushel sack of wheat or lift the same amount with his teeth. He was a successful man finan- cially, having given each of his six living chil- dren a farm, all of which was in Hocking County, except the homestead. He died in 1864 and was eighty years of age, his wife having previously died in 1856.
Of his ten children four, Rebecca, Eliza- beth, John and Josiah, died in youth and infancy. Margaret married John Poling. Their children are Abraham (deceased), Willianı Alexander, Levi, Adam, Elizabeth Redd, Sarah Mohler, deceased, Frances Bone, Caroline 'Lecrone, deceased, and Mir- iam Delong. Mary married Joshua Standi- ford. Their children are: Joan (deceased), Elisha (who died in the Civil War), Abram, Vincent, Isaac, Fannie Martin and Sarah M. Jacobs. Rachel married Adam Look. Their children are: John C., Luther, Dalton Z., Halleck H., Rebecca Bunnell, Hattie Flat- tery and Louiza Geiger, deceased. Julianne married Jacob Angle. Their children are James, deceased, Tillman, Ira, Mary E. Tom, Fannie Mowry, Julia A. Mowry, and Apolonia Westenhaver. Miriam married Abram Blosser. Their living children are Martha Miller and Frances Thayer.
Abram Graffis Jr., popularly and well known in Rush Creek Township and vicin- ity, resided on the homestead and adjoining farm from the time of his birth, Aug. 7, 1825, until his death Mar. 7, 1907. He was well known as a leading musician of his time, be- ing especially noted as a fifer, violinist and a teacher of vocal music. He held official positions in the township and was known as a prominent bee keeper in the county. He was married to Anna Welty in 1848. The children born to this family are: Alonzo,
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Jolın A., Clara Emma (Grove), Sarah E. tons, Fasts, Stemens, Blossers, Karfmans, Voris, Mary F. McVeigh, Ira, Cyrus and Starrits, and Clemons. Clement. Abram Graffis, Jr., was bereft of his wife in 1874 and was again married to Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart who also died in 1891.
The Graffis estate, now containing 340 acres, still remains undivided in possession of the family. Clement, the youngest son of Abram Graffis, Jr., has resided on the estate with the exception of a few years since his birth in 1865. He is well known in the town- ship, having performed official duty therein for a number of years.
He has in his possession scraps of letters and papers of the family, dating back to 1808. One letter dated, Huntingdon, Pa., April 1, 1832, is written upon one side of a sheet of paper which is folded with the writing within and sealed with a wafer of wax no envelope being used. The address to Abraham Graffis, Rushville, Ohio, is writ- ten upon the back. The postage upon this letter appears to have been 371/2 cents. This was before the days of the Bremen post- office.
There is, also a gun nearly 512 feet in length that is thought to have been used by Nicholas Graffis in the Indian Wars of Pennsylvania. A sale bill shows the pur- chase of this gun by Abraham Graffis, Sr., at the sale of his father's estate in Pennsyl- vania in 1822. There is, also, the first and only deed written upon parchment to the homestead farm. It is signed by Jas. Madi- son, President, and Edward Tiffin, Land Commissioner.
An incomplete list of the first settlers of this neighborhood, east central Rush Creek Township, is given as follows : The Youngs, Moyers, Wilsons, Rays, Ashbaughs, Hus-
Abraham Graffis, Sr., had a brother, Jacob, who was among the very earliest settlers. He left descendants, a few only of whom are located in this vicinity, among them being David and Benjamin Poling and James H. Graffis.
G. H. DURBIN,* general superintend- ent of the Fairfield Paper Company, is an experienced man in this industry, having been connected with paper making since boyhood. He was born in 1877, at Indiana- polis, Ind., and is a son of D. S. and Mary (Harkness) Durbin, an only child. D. S. Durbin was steward for the Indiana State Prison, at Michigan City, Indiana, for sev- enteen years.
G. H. Durbin attended school at Indiana- polis and Michigan City, after which he entered the employ of the Sefton Manufac- turing Company at Anderson, Ind., and later was with the American Strawboard Com- pany and the Diamond News Mill. He afterward returned to the mills of the Sefton Company and February 7, 19II, came to the Fairfield Paper Company at Baltimore, O., as general superintendent. Mr. Durbin served for two years in the army and took part in the Spanish-American War, and was a member of Co. L, 160th Ind. Vol., and of Co. I, 45th U. S. A.
Mr. Durbin married Miss Alice Baker, of Anderson, Ind., and they have two children : Virginia and Mariana. They are members of the Episcopal church. Politically he 'is a Republican.
DAVID CRITES, general farmer, thresher and lumberman, is one of the busy
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and prosperous men of Clear Creek Town- ship, Fairfield County, O., where he culti- vates his farm of eighty acres and also oper- ates a saw-mill on the place and for many years has engaged every season in thresh- ing. He was born in Clear Creek Township, December 2, 1844, and is a son of Amos and Priscilla (Altenderfer) Crites.
Amos Crites was born in Pickaway Connty, O., and his wife in Pennsylvania. In his early years Amos Crites was a weaver but later followed farming. Both he and his wife are now deceased, their burial being in Dutch Hollow. They were parents of the following children: Mary, deceased, who was the wife of Benjamin Baldoser, also now deceased ; Malinda, deceased, who was the wife of David Doner, also deceased; David; and Sarah, who is the wife of Joseph Stout, residing at Circleville, O.
David Crites went to school in boyhood, although he had few educational oppor- tunities compared to those given children of the present day. As soon as he was old enough he took part in the work of the farm and also became a thresher, later having an outfit of his own and making a business of this branch of agriculture. He is widely known, his numerous industries bringing him into contact with other men of affairs and he is numbered with the reliable and representative citizens of Fairfield County. He is an active Democrat and has servel as supervisor of Clear Creek Township.
In 1870 Mr. Crites was married to Miss Mary Myers, a daughter of Thomas and Susan (Warner) Myers, old residents of Amanda Township, where their lives were passed. Mrs. Crites' brothers and sisters were as follows : Ephraim, who is deceased ; Lydia, deceased, who was the wife of Eli Barr; Susan; Catherine, deceased, who was
the wife of Thomas Stout ; and Amanda and Frank. Mr. and Mrs. Crites have had four children : Harley A., who married Melzina Stebleton, and has two children-Mildred and Frank ; Elmer A., who was accidentally killed, November 11, 1910; Carrie Florence, who is the wife of Edward Smith, and has four children-Boyd, Ray, Merl and Mary ; and Mary Salina, who is the wife of Denver Griffiths, and has two children-Marceline and Leland. Mr. Crites and family attend the Lutheran church. He belongs to the Odd Fellows, attending the subordinate lodge at Amanda and the Encampment at Circleville, O.
WILLIAM S. WARNER,* a farmer of Clear Creek township, who operates 132 acres which he rents from his father to- gether with six acres which he owns adjoin- ing this tract, was born in this township, November 16, 1873. He is a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Shalenbarger) Warner, the former of whom lives retired at Amanda, Ohio; the mother died in the spring of 1891.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Warner were the parents of the following children: Altona, the wife of a Mr. Bostwick, who lives at Dayton, Ohio; Lilly Catherine, the wife of Harry Goff, who lives at Cleveland, Ohio; William S., the subject of this article; and Salome, the wife of Edward Thomas. Rich- ard Warner was married, secondly, to Char- lotte Wiley.
William S. Warner received his education in the common schools and since then has made farming his life work. He has always worked on the same tract of land, until two years ago having assisted his father. He now rents the farm but is in partnership with his father.
On December 24, 1899, William S. War-
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ner married Maggie Walker, a daughter of Charles and Mary Jane (Conrad) Walker, both of whom are natives of this township but now live in Madison township. They were the parents of the following children : Myrtle, who married Harold Reimer ; Mag- gie (Mrs. Warner) ; Ida, the wife of Kirby Christy ; Florence, the wife of Clay Wilson; Nellie, the wife of Mont. Donnelly; and Arthur, Ola and Anna.
To Mr. and Mrs. William S. Warner there have been born children as follows: Lucile, Harry R., Florence, Paul Vincent and Fred Edmund.
Mr. and Mrs. Warner attend the Presby- terian Church. Politically he is a Demo- crat as is his father.
JOSEPH S. HOLLIDAY, who success- fully carries on general farming and stock raising in Richland township, Fairfield County, Ohio, owns one of the finest farms of this sec- tion, 158 acres lying ten miles northeast of Lancaster and within two and one-half miles of West Rushville. The family is an old one in Fairfield County, his parents, John and Magdalene Holliday, both having been born here, the grandparents having been pioneers.
To John and Magdalene Holliday nine chil- dren were born: Jacob, Zebulon K., William C., Mary M., Rebecca E., Emily H., Arminda, Joseph and John P. Of these, Jacob married Julia Courtright. Z. K., who is a minister in the Old School Baptist church at Thurston, Ohio, married (first) Laura J. Peters, and after her death, Sadie Painter. Mary married Thomas Strong and during life they lived near Bremen. Rebecca, who is now deceased, was the wife of Thompson Rowles. William C., who married Jane Strong, lives near Bremen. Arminda died in infancy. Emily married Warren Bright and they live in Walnut town-
ship, Fairfield County. John P. married La- vina Stith and they reside near Thurston, Ohio.
Joseph S. Holliday was reared on the home- stead and obtained his education in the district schools. He has devoted his life to agricult- ural pursuits and his well cultivated fields and excellent stock proclaim that he has been very successful in his efforts. He married Miss Elizabeth Friend and four children were born to them as follows: William Lester, who mar- ried Hattie Hartzel, has one daughter, Clara, and they reside at Lancaster. Charles E. mar- ried Sadie A. Thomas and four children were born to them-Lawrence L., Lester H., Gladys M., Edna B .- and they reside near Thurston, Ohio, where he owns a farm. Earl Ray, who remains with his father on the home farm, married (first) Louie Larue, and one child was born to them, Mary Anabel, who is now deceased. After his first wife's death he mar- ried secondly Iena Perry by whom he has one son, Marven L. Emma Lou is the wife of Earl Griggs, residing east of Rushville, and they have two children, Ralph W. and Harold L. Mrs. Holliday's parents were William and Sarah Friend and she has two brothers and three sisters-Orrin, Banner, Jennie, Della and Martha. Mr. Holiday and family belong to the old-school Baptist church.
GEORGE W. GIESY, a successful farmer and stock raiser of Liberty Township, is a representative of one of the first families that ventured into what was at that time the wil- derness of Fairfield County-vast tracts of tincleared land and miles and miles of forest. It was from Switzerland that the first of the Giesy family came to Ohio and made one of the first settlements, their earliest neighbors being Indians. George W. Giesy was born in
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Liberty Township, July 15, 1849, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Foltz) Giesy.
Jacob Giesy was born also in Liberty Town- ship, in 1813, and lived to the age of 97 years. . He was one of the prominent men of the county, possessing public spirit, pioneer re- sourcefulness and an excellence of judgment that was often exercised in behalf of his neighbors. He became one of the most suc- cessful agriculturists of this section and at one time owned and operated 420 acres of land. To his marriage with Mary Foltz eleven chil- dren were born and of these there are three survivors, namely : Elizabeth, widow of Henry Shaffner, who resides at Basil; Mrs. Sarah A. Yeager, wife of John Yeager, also of Basil; and George W.
George W. Giesy obtained his education in the schools of Fairfield County and since then has been engaged in agricultural activities on his present farm. He has taken much inter- est in not only improving his property, erect- ing modern and substantial buildings of all kinds in which he has introduced the latest improvements, but has also adopted the best known methods of land cultivation and has eliminated all but the most desirable of his stock. His farm of 110 acres was purchased from the government in 1812 by his grand- father, Jacob Giesy, and the farm of 80 acres was purchased from the government (being school land) in 1854 by his father Jacob Giesy. Both farms have always been in pos- session of the Giesy family.
Mr. Giesy married Miss Mary Sriner, a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Sriner, and ten children have been born to them, namely : Eugenia G., who resides at home; Hector E., who married Cora Swarner and has three children-Edith, Everett and Eveline; Nellie E., who married William Friedly and has three children-Viva, Deward and Forest ;
Lulu M., who died when aged twenty-three years; Stella M., who is the wife of A. Roshon and has three children-Merle, Owen and Gloyd; Winnie, who married Edward Blauser and has five children-Muriel, Ar- land, Roland, Audene and Fayne; Pearl, who lives at home; Ray, who married Erma Van Arsdalen and has two children-Pearl and Verrene ; and Dottie and Hazel, both of whoni live at home. Mr. Giesy and family belong to the Reformed church. Politically he is a Democrat and is serving as a member of the township school board.
DAVID ADAMS, a well known and highly respected resident of Amanda Town- ship, Fairfield County, O., was born near Ringgold, in Walnut Township, Pickaway County, O., and is a son of David and Susanna (Adams) Adams.
On the paternal side, Grandfather Jacob Adams, was a son of Henry Adams and the paternal ancestry can be traced generations back to Germany. It is probable that the first of the family to settle in Berks County, Pa., came from the Tyrol Mountains. The ma- ternal ancestors came also from Germany but, as far as known, no relationship existed with the other Adams family. The maternal grandfather, George Adams, was a son of Peter Adams, whose wife was of Holland descent. Some member of the family has the old family Bible that was brought from Ger- many. George Adams was married to Eliza- beth Gruber and they had twelve children, the names of eight of these being preserved, as follows: Susanna, who was born Sunday, September 19, 1830, and died on Sunday, December 27, 1908, and was buried in the Amanda Township Cemetery; William, who died at Dallas, Tex .; George, deceased, who was a soldier in the Civil War; Amos, who
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lives in Hillsdale County, Mich .; Henry, who lives in Berks County, Pa .; Peter, who lives at Kutstown, Pa .; Elias and Mrs. Dietrich.
Of the children of Jacob Adams all re- mained in Berks County except his son David, who, in 1861 moved to Pickaway County, O. His father and grandfather had both been carpenters and he followed the same trade and erected many buildings in his section, the last one being a barn on the Griffith farm. He was born September 13, 1823, and died May 25, 1891, a victim of pneumonia, as was also his wife, and their burial was in Amanda Cemetery. Ten children were born to David and Susanna Adams, namely: (1) Catherine is the wife of Jeremiah Kern and resides in Amanda township. She has eight children- five sons and three daughters, of whom Charles H., the eldest, is a successful minister of the Gospel (of the Evangelical church), Chester, the youngest, is a successful school teacher, while the other sons-Arthur F., John W. and Kirby-are honest, industrious men. The eldest daughter, Cora is the wife of Walter Tilden Baer, of Columbus, O .; Stella is the wife of Ira Young, of Royalton, while Marie, the youngest daughter, is at home. (2) Amanda is the wife of David Reed, of Van Wert County, O .; has three children-Flor- ence Estella, May and Robert. Thie eldest, Florence Estella, a very intelligent lady, is the wife of Ellis Henry Doty; both are successful teachers of a high school; they reside on their ranch of 160 acres near Florence, Arizona. The second daughter, May, is the wife of Richard Wyatt, a substantial farmer ; they re- side in Paulding County, Ohio. Robert E. resides on the well cultivated home farm of 80 acres, four miles from Grover Hill in Van Wert County, Ohio, while their parents live in town.
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