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Connolly, Michael, jr., Washington, Colton p. o., one of the pioneers of Washington town- ship, was born in Gallaway, Ireland, in 1827, and was a son of Michael and Mrs. Ellen (Duffy) Connolly, who were married in 1825. Ellen was born in 1796 and died January 15, 1868. Her hunband, Michael, was born in 1797 and died March 9, 1875. They had a family of four sons : Michael, Paul, William J., and James. Michael and James are the only two now living. The parents came to America in 1827, bringing with them their son Michael. They were wrecked off Portage Island and after a tedious trip arrived at New York, and settled in Greene county in 1835. They moved to New York city, and in 1837 came from New York via Erie Canal and Lake Erie and settled in Wood county, O., and in 1838 they settled in Napoleon, Henry county. In 1841 Michael entered his homestead farm of 160 acres, paying $1.25 per acre for it. They settled and died in Washington township. Michael, jr., was married in 1848 to Anna Lavelle, of Mount Morris, Livingston county, N. Y. She died in 1849. He then married his second wife, Ellen Carroll, of Lucas county, in 1850. They have had a family of seven children : Will- iam J .. Frank P., Theresa, Edward, Eugene, Charles and Nellie. William and Edward fitted themselves for teachers and taught school. Mr. Connolly purchased a quarter section in 1846. He is engaged in farming, and has also been engaged in the boating business for twelve years. He now owns 500 acres of finely cultivated land. He has been canal superintendent, was trustee of the township for three terms. He is now a retired farmer residing on section 21, range 18. His wife, Mrs. Ellen Connolly, died January 10, 1882. She was a daughter of Daniel Carroll, of Lucas county.
Connolly, Paul (deceased), Washington, Liberty Centre p. o., was born in Greene county, N. Y., in 1829. He was a son of Michael and Ellen (Duffy) Connolly, and a brother of Michael and James Connolly, of Washington township. Paul was married in 1866 to Hannah Murphy. They had a family of four children, two of whom are now living: Alphonsus L., Elizabeth; Mary died September 1, 1867, Anna was born in 1867 and died in 1877. Paul Connolly died in 1874. His widow now resides on the homestead farm of 180 acres. She was a daughter of Edward and Sina Ann (Karsner) Murphy, who came from Philadelphia, Pa., to Henry county in 1830. Sina Ann was born in Philadelphia, and her husband in Ireland. They were early settlers. Ed- ward died in 1854, and his widow in 1856. They had a family of nine children, five of whom are now living: Hannah, Elizabeth, Rebecca, John and Thomas. They came to Henry county about 1830.
Conklin, William, Wanseon, Wauseon p. o., owner and proprietor of the Conklin stock farm of York, consisting of 240 acres, was born in Richland county, O., in December, 1837. His an-
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cestors were originally from Holland and located in the State of New York before the Revolu- tionary War, in which struggle his great-grandfather, "Captain Conklin," took part as an offi- cer. His grandfather, Israel Conklin, was one of three brothers. He moved from Cayuga county, York State, in the year 1818, and settled in Richland county, O., where he remained twenty-six years. He buried his wife in 1840, and in a little over two years Davids wife died, leaving him nine children, two of whom died in infancy, and two in the vigor of early man and womanhood, leaving Ensign, Elizabeth, Calvin, William and Cynthia. In 1844 Isaac, his son David with his seven children then living, moved to Steuben county, Ind. In 1861 William was married to Ingabee Cheadle, daughter of Gilman and Susanna Cheadle, old pioneers of Ful- ton county, O. They had a family of six children, of whom Mary died at seven years. Frankie at ten, and the other four, Edward R., Archie B., Carl and Grace are now living. William took his young bride to his Hoosier homestead, where they looked after the wants of Isaac Conklin until his death in 1862, and in whose homestead David made a member during life. In 1870 William moved to Ohio and located on the farin of which he is still the owner. In 1880 he took up his residence in Wauseon, where in the following year David died. Mr. Conklin is now en- gaged in the general stock business, and is engaged in the breeding of fine horses, having some fine Clydesdales and Normans', which were imported expressly for his farm. He is largely in- terested in the Conklin Automatic Cultivator Company at Wauseon-his son Edward being the patentee-and is now one of the representative men of this place. The people nominated him for representative in 1885.
Conrad, Charles, Gorham, Morenci, Mich., p. o., was born June 5, 1844, in Cuyahoga county, O., and settled in Fulton county in 1845. He was married in 1867 to Helen Colvin, who was born in Gorham, Fulton county, in August, 1846. She was the only child of Josiah, jr .. and Laura (Ranger) Colvin. Laura was born in Batavia, Genesee county, N. Y., October 18, 1821, and was married to Josiah Colvin, November 19, 1844, in Chesterfield, O. Josiah was born in N. Y. State in 1820, and died February 23, 1881. He settled with his parents in Ohio in 1836. He was a son of Josiah and Betsey (Fields) Colvin, who had a family of four children, two of whom are now living, George and Alonzo. Mrs. Laura R. Colvin died May 23, 1876. Charles A. was a son of William H. and Priscilla Conrad. Priscilla was born in Cayuga county, N. Y., in 1817, and her husband, William, was born in Johnstown, Fulton county, N. Y., in 1818. They were married at Dryden, Cortland county, N. Y., in 1840, and have had a family of twelve children, six of whom are now living : Susan, Henry, Charles, Wilbert, Emily and Edna. William H. Conrad settled in Fulton county, O., in 1845, with a cash capital of $16, and now owns 490 acres of the best land in the county.
Conaway, Leander, Dover, Tedrow p. o., the general blacksmith, carriage and wagon manu- facuturer and repairer of Dover township, was born in Knox county, in 1841, and was a son of Joshua and Jane (Larason) Conaway. They were married in Knox county, and have had one son, Leander. They settled in Franklin township in 1848. Leander was married in September, 1861, to Rebecca C. Borton, of Franklin township. They have eight children : Rebecca was a daughter of Rev. Nathan and Mary (Borton) of Franklin. Mr. Conaway was brought up on a farm, and became engaged in the carpenter business. In 1879 he erected his shop, and became engaged in his present business in 1882.
Cornell, Charles W., Wauseon, Wauseon p. o., was born in Tuscarawas county, O., on April 18, 1834, and was a son of James and Margaret (Bayes) Cornell. James was born in New Jersey, and his wife in Pennsylvania; they settled in Fulton county, O., in 1837. Margaret died in 1860, and James in 1880, at the age of seventy-six years. In early life he was engaged in the tailor business, but later became engaged in farming. They had a family of seven children, four of whom are now living: J. C., Nancy, Charles, Catharine. Charles enlisted in 1861 in the 14th Ohio, and re-enlisted in the 68th Ohio, serving to the close of the war. Charles was married in 1856 to Delia Korns, of Holmes county, O. They have had a family of five children. Mr. Cor- nell was assistant revenue collector for four years, township clerk for three years, and also held other minor offices. He is now engaged in carpentering and building.
Cornell, Jonathan C .. Wauseon, Wauseon p. o., one of the early settlers in Clinton township, Fulton county. He was born in Wayne county, O., in 1830. and in early life was engaged in farming. He settled in Clinton township in 1849, and in 1859 erected the first flouring mill in Wauseon, with a capacity of one hundred harrels per day. In 1861 he became a partner with Brigham, Springer and Cornell and became engaged in the milling and mercantile business, from which he retired and became the business proprietor of the hotel at Wauseon and Indiana. He has been married twice. His first wife was Elizabeth A. Gorsuch. They had two children, Marcus H. and James. He married for his second wife Mary F. Scott, of Fremont, in 1876. They have an adopted daughter, Cora Bell. Jonathan C. purchased one-third interest of the Wauseon steam sawing stave and heading mill, in 1881. He was a son of James and Margaret (Bayes) Cornell. James was born in New Jersey in 1804, and died in 1880. His wife, Marga-
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ret, was born in Pennsylvania, and died in 1860. They settled in Clinton, Fulton county, O., in 1849, and had a family of seven children, five of whom are now living: J. C., Nancy, Charles W., Thomas J., Catharine. Charles W. was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion.
Cornell, Thomas .J., Wauseon, Wauseon p. o., a stock farmer and breeder of fine blooded horses and cattle, was born in Wayne county, O., in 1836, and was a son of James and Margaret (Bayes) Cornell, who settled in Fulton county in 1839. Margaret died in 1856, and James in 1882, at the age of seventy-six years. They had a family of seven children, five of whom are now living : J. C., Nancy (now Mrs. Healy), Charles W., Thomas J., Catharine (now Mrs. Taber). James was born in New Jersey, and was county commissioner for three terms. Thomas J. Cornell, an extensive farmer, settled in Wauseon, in 1882. He has been twice married. His first wife was Mary A. Weeks, to whom he was married in 1861. She died in 1866, leaving one child, Evelyn P. His second wife was Lou A. Robison, to whom he was married in 1872. She was a daughter of A. R. Robison. Mr. Cornell is a partner with Mr. William Conklin, in the Gilman-Cheadle farm, which is becoming noted for its Clydesdale and Norman horses, and for its imported blooded cattle.
Cottrell, jr., Gorham, Gorham, Fayette p. o., a pioneer settler and farmer, was born in Worth- ington, Hampshire county, Mass .. in October, 1826. He came with his parents, Gorham and Althea (Whitmarsh) Cottrell, to Fulton county in 1834 or 1835. They were born and married there on February 15, 1810. Gorham was born in 1780, and died in 1853; Althea was born in January, 1788, and died in 1867. They had a family of eight children : Erastus died leaving a widow and five children; Ann married Mr. Latham, and died Juue 6, 1841, aged twenty-one years; Joseph, Sardis, Lucy, Jane K., Gorham, jr., and Althea. Gorham, sr., was a son of Asa and Lucinda (Clapp) Cottrell, residents of Massachusetts, where they were married in 1770. Gorham, jr., was married July 4, 1853, to Marian Demeritt, who was born at Mt. Morris, Liv- ingston county, N. Y., in 1836. They were married at Hudson, Mich., and had a family of eight children : Norman E., Rosa M., Fred E., Elbert G., Edith L., Carrie E., Willie H., and Frank G. Marion was a daughter of Edward and Prudence Demerrit He was born in Massachusetts, and settled in Gorham in 1850, where he died the same year. Gorham, sr., entered several hun- dred acres of land, and, with the assistance of his sons, cleared and improved the same. The sons all shared, and each had a large and finely cultivated farm. G. Cottrell was an early and influential man, and at the organization of the town it was named in honor of him, he being one of the very first settlers in the township.
Cottrell, Joseph, Gorham, Fayette p. o., was born in Worthington, Hampshire county, Mass., April 4, 1815, and at an early age settled in what is now Gorham township. He was married December 30, 1839, to Maria Lloyd, who was born in Pownall, Bennington county, Vt., in 1814. They had a family of seven children, four of whom are now living : George Trowbridge, Georgi- ana, Josephine, Edgar Theodore, one child who died in infancy, Henrietta, married E. Crane, and died in 1878, leaving three sons: Vernon Ralph, and Clyde. Freeman O. died at the age of twenty-five years. George Trowbridge enlisted in Co. K, 38th Ohio Regiment in August, 1861, and was wounded, but was retained as clerk and book-keeper at the hospital until his term expired, when he was discharged in 1864. He early fitted himself for teaching. His two sisters, Georgiana and Henrietta were also teachers. His mother, Mrs. Maria, was a teacher in Vermont and Massachusetts for several years, also in Ohio. She was a daughter of Martin and Mercy Lloyd. Martin was born in Massachusetts, and his wife in Vermont. They settled in Huron county in 1834, and came to Williams county in 1837, where they died. They had a family of eight children, four of whom are now living. Mr. Joseph Cottrell was postmaster at Handy for eleven years.
Coulter, David G., Clinton, Wauseon p. o., was born in Pennsylvania, May 9, 1828, and was a son of Benjamin and Sarah Coulter. Benjamin died in Pennsylvania, leaving a wife and two children : David and Margaret. Sarah married and settled in Fulton county in 1840. David settled in Clinton township with his grandfather, George Markley, in 1843. George died June 7, 1860, at the age of seventy two years. David was married September 16, 1855, to Caroline Lindaew, who was born in Germany, in 1829. They have had three daughters: Sarah, Esta, and Caroline. Sarah married James Bergen, and Esta, John Emerly. Mrs. Coulter was a daugh- ter of Christopher and Elizabeth Lindaew, who settled in Ridgeville, Henry county, in 1853, coming there from Germany, where Christopher died in 1864. Mr. Coulter now owns a farm of 113 acres. He has held several of the town and district offices.
Cowdrick, Vien, Napoleon, was born in Liberty township, April 12, 1834, and was a son of Joseph and Margaret (Emmick) Cowdrick, who were married at Dayton, O., and had a family of eleven children, five of whom are now living: John E., Smith, Vien, Margaret, and Benja- min F. Smith enlisted in the 38th Ohio Regiment, in 1862, and after six months was discharged for disability. Joseph was born in New Jersey. They settled in Henry county April 1, 1834, and died in 1872. Joseph was a justice of the peace and the first elections were held in his
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house when it was in the township of Harrison. Vien was married in 1858 to Sarah Redman, who was born in 1842. They have had two children, Dr. Elmer E., and Myrtle A. Elmer was graduated from the graded schools, fitted for and graduated from the Chicago Medical College in 1886. Myrtle is now a student. The subject of this sketch was one among the first white children born in Henry township.
Croninger, Jonathan, Clifton, Wauseon p. o., a retired farmer, was born in Stark county, O., in 1820, and was a son of Jacob and Mary Croninger who were born in Pennsylvania and set- tled in Stark county, where Jacob died. His widow, Mary, died in Fulton county. They had a family of fourteen children, seven of whom are now living. Jonathan was married in 1843 to Elizabeth Upps of Pennsylvania. They have had a family of six children, five of whom are now living: Lorenzo D., Francis D., William W., Delphena and Florence. Lorenzo D. enlisted from Seneca county in the late war and now receives a pension for injuries received while in service. Mr. Croninger settled in Fulton county from Huron county, in 1866 and purchased his present farm of 1053 acres. He has held most of the town offices of Huron; was for many years a justice of the peace, treasurer and trustee of Clinton township, of which town he is one of the leading men.
Crockett, George, Damascus, Grelton p. o., was born in Ash Point, Knox county, Me., in 1823, and was a son of James and Mary (Haskel) Crockett, who settled in Seneca county, O., where they died. George was married in 1848 to Eliza Bogart, who died in 1849. His second wife was Harriet N. Emery, who was born in Maine and was a daughter of Levi and Lois Em- ery. They were married in 1851 and had five children, four of whom are now living: Malcolm, Alice, Ernest and Knott. The father, George, died on November 21, 1871. He settled in Dam- ascus in 1847 and was a man who gave character to his town, was active in all the county and town enterprises and held many of the offices. His son, Malcolm was married in 1881 to Mary Wheaton, of Vermont. Alice married Martin Koller. Ernest married Alma Bowman.
Crockett, Malcolm, Monroe, Grelton p. o., was born in Damascus township, Henry county, July 11, 1852, and settled in Monroe township in 1884, where he purchased a farm of 160 acres. He was married in 1881 to Mary E. Wheaton, of Barre, Vermont. They have three children : Alice B., Edith and Annie.
Curdes, George F., Napoleon, baker and confectioner of Napoleon, was born in Hessian Nassau, Germany, in 1856, and was a son of Henry Curdes. George emigrated to America and settled in Baltimore, where he was apprenticed to and learned the baker and confectioner busi- ness. After a short residence in Cincinnati he settled in Napoleon and established his present bakery, confectionery and ice cream business, in 1880. He was married in 1882 to Lydia Roser, who was born in Switzerland, a daughter of John Jacob Roser. They have had a family of three children : Sarah, Mary, Louis. Four of George's brothers and sisters came to Napoleon and are now living : Amelia, Lena, George F. and Louis.
Culbertson, Joseph R., Damascus, Grand Rapids, Mich., p. o., one of the representative farm- ers, was born in Wayne county, May 24, 1834, and settled in Henry county in 1851 with his parents, J. G. and Mary (Bell) Culbertson. They were born in Westmoreland county Pa., and set- tled in Ohio, in 1823, and they were married in 1829. J. C. Culbertson was born in 1807 and his wife, Mary B., in the same year. She died in March, 1864. They had a family of nine children, five of whom are now living: Mrs. Sarah, wife of Rev. J. C. Bingham ; Joseph B .; Mrs. Lou Ryan and Mrs. Anna Frazer, who is now a teacher in the Dakota Agency Indian school, and Eli. Franklin enlisted August 1862, in Company A, 100th Ohio Volunteers. He was taken prisoner at Limestone Junction and confined on Belle Island for six months, after which he was exchanged and returned to his regiment. He was wounded before Atlanta and died nineteen days after from injuries received. Mrs. Jennie Kerr and Mrs. Hattie Smith died, each leaving families. His great-grandfather was Samuel Culbertson, who was born in Westmore- land county, Pa. Joseph B. was married September 17, 1861, to Henrietta I. Waters who died in February, 1866, leaving one son, Frank W. Mr. Culbertson then married his second wife, Amy Philo, August, 1868. She was born in Luzerne county, Pa., in 1842, and died April 21, 1881, leaving a family of five children : Fred F., James, Hope, Howard and Pearl (twins). Mr. Culbertson then married Mrs. Tamzon (Nulton) McIntire, April 5, 1882. She had one son by her first husband: Z. C. McIntire.
Curtis, Seth L., Napoleon, Napoleon p. o., was born in Wyoming county, N. Y., at Java Lake, in 1836, and settled with his parents in Ridgeville, O., in 1838. He was a son of David F. and Zintha (Lewis) Curtis. David L. was born in New York and died in 1840, at Ridgeville, O. His wife was born in 1806 and died in 1882, at the age of seventy-six years. They had a family of three children: Suzette C., Jane A. and Seth L. Seth L. was married in 1861 to Mary Chapman, who died in November, 1872, leaving two children: Lura J. and Cora A. He married his second wife, Margaret A. Quaintenance, on July 1., 1874. Mr. Curtis is largely engaged in the dealing in hides, pelts, furs, hogs and Yankee notions of all descriptions.
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Dayringer, Levi, Bartlow, Hamler p. o., was born in Richland county, O., in 1830 and in 1840 moved to Hancock county, and in 1864 settled in Henry county. He was married in 1864 to Elizabeth Lincicum. They have had eight children: Willis, David, Mary, Laura Belle, John, Emma, Leonard and Ellen. Mr. Dayringer is now engaged in farming and owns a farm of seven- ty-five acres.
Decker, William E., Pleasant, Holgate p. o., the principal of the Holgate school, was born in Franklin county, O., in 1858, and was a son of Jackson and Martha Decker, who settled in Napoleon, in 1872, where Martha died in 1882, leaving a family of eight children. William E. attended the Napoleon graded school until 1879, after which he became engaged in teaching, and in 1884 became the principal of the Holgate school, where he now presides. He was mar- ried in 1882 to Nettie Mann, of Napoleon. They have one son, Jackson T. Professor Decker became owner and publisher of the Holgate Times in 1886. He was township assessor of Flat Rock and town clerk of Holgate.
Delvanthal, Frederica, Napoleon, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1830, and was a daughter of Frederick Weber. She came to America and settled in Henry county, O., in 1847, and was married that same year to William Kohlman, of Henry county. He died leaving a fam- ily of four children. She then married Frederick Delvanthal in 1852. He died in 1884 at the age of seventy-one years, leaving a family of five children. Mrs. Delvanthal now owns and occupies a homestead farm of eighty acres.
Demland, William, Pleasant, Pleasant" Bend p. o., a pioneer resident of Pleasant township, was born in Prussia, Germany, 1840, and was a son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Jabred) Dem- land. Elizabeth died in Germany in 1846, and Andrew emigrated to this country with a family of ,eight children in 1857 and settled in Pleasant, purchasing a farm of eighty acres of timber land. Andrew died in Pleasant in 1875. His children were Frederick, Sophia, William, John, Christopher, Lizzie, August and Adam. John was in the army and died on the March to Savannah. William was drafted three times, but his brother went in his place, and the second draft he furnished a substitute again, paying $800, the third draft was cleared. William enlisted and served on the three months call. He was married in 1862 to Elizabeth Horning, and they have had thirteen children, nine of whom are now living -- William A., Anna, Jennie, Carrie, Emma, Garilla, Amelia. Rinhardt and an infant. Elizabeth was a daughter of Peter and Margaret Horning who settled here in 1837.
Dirr, Henry, Pleasant, New Bavaria p. o., one of the earliest settlers of Pleasant township, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1816, was a son of George Dirr, who with his four children emigrated to America in 1832, after the death of his wife. The children were George, Martin, Henry and Barbara. They settled in Springfield in 1836. They all settled in Pleasant township in the dense forest, cutting their road through, and upon a clearing erected their cabin. Henry is now the only surviving one. He was married in 1840 to Catharine Gardner, of Bavaria. She died in 1862. They had a family of eight children - Mary, Henry, Peter, Frederick, Andrew, Charles Eva and Wesley. He married for his second wife Frederica Shoor, who was born in Wurtemburg. They have had three children -- Jacob A., George A. and Catharine. Henry owns the forty-acre homestead purchased by his father in 1836, to which he has added one hundred acres. all of which he has highly improved. He is an active farmer, and now owns one hundred and forty acres.
Dirr, George J., Pleasant, New Bavraria p. o., was born in Pleasant in 1839, and was a son of the pioneers, George and Catharine (Hoffert) Dirr. Catharine was born in Bavaria, and her husband, George, was born in Wurtemburg. They were married in Cuyahoga county, O., and settled in Pleasant in 1836. They had a family of six children - Henry, George J., William, Elizabeth, Philip, and Catharine, who married Thebold Rolly. George died in 1879 and his wife in 1878. George sr., was a son of George Dirr who came to America and settled in Clark county in 1832 with a family of four children - George, Martin, Henry and Barbara, and in 1836 they all settled in Henry county. Henry is now the only surviving one. George J., enlisted in Company D, 124th Ohio, in 1863, under Colonel Payne, and was discharged in July, 1865. His brother William served in the 100th Regiment. George J. was married in 1867 to Susan Rigel, of Coshocton county, O. She was born in 1844, and was a daughter of Samuel and Mary S. (Soric) Rigel. Mary was born in Bavaria, and her husband in Pennsylvania, and they now reside in Putnam county, O. George J. and Susan have had eight children - John, A. L., Catharine F., Peter H., Orrilla, Elias J. J., Margaret A., Lillie J. and Alta F. Mr Dirr has held several of the town offices. He is now engaged in farming, owning a homestead farm of one hundred and eighty acres.
Donald, James, Bartlow, Deshler p. o., a son of John and Agnes Donald, of Scotland, was born in Scotland in 1829. His wife, Elizabeth Berry, was a daughter of Andrew and Anna Berry, of Scotland, who were also born in Scotland, and came to this country in 1835. James and Elizabeth were married in Ohio in 1859, and had a family of seven children, six of whom
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are now living - Mary Ann, George (deceased), Agnes, Jesse, John, William and James. Mr. Donald is engaged in farming and now has a finely cultivated farm of eighty acres.
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