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NATHAN COOK (deceased) was born in Suffield Township, this county, April 9, 1816, son of David Cook. On January 14, 1842, our subject was married to Miss Clarinda Hulbert, born November 16, 1816, daughter of Jamen and Lurinia Hulbert, natives of Vermont and Connecticut, respectively, and who accompanied their families at an early day in their trip from the East with ox-teams, and settled in Springfield Township, this county. Our subject and wife after their marriage located near Suffield Center, where they devel- oped their farm and raised a family of six children, viz .: David, in Michigan; Esther, Mrs. Brown; Marion, in Kansas; Newton; Jamen; and Eveline, Mrs. Shanafelt. Mr. Cook was a Republican in politics, a useful citizen and a worthy man. He died February 2, 1875. His widow still resides on the family homestead, respected by the community for her excellent qualities.
LEE COOK, farmer, P. O. Suffield, was born November 11, 1821, in Suf- field. Township, this county, son of David and Chloe (Moore) Cook, who came to this county from Connecticut at a very early period in their lives, married and here remained until their death. The father died in February, 1859, the mother in 1879, aged ninety-one years. Their children were Mary (Mrs. Pot- zer), Nathan and John, all deceased; Lee, Galvin, Orange and Rachel (Mrs. Stahlsmith) still living. Our subject married Miss Phebe Buckman, who died February 4, 1872, and he then married Margaret Ebel, born near Stras
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burg, France, December 11, 1831, daughter of John and Catharine Ebel, who settled in Suffield Township, this county, in 1833, where they were highly respected members of the Lutheran Church. They died many years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Cook are much esteemed by the community for their worth and intel- ligence. He owns a farm of 107 acres. In politics he is a Republican. Mrs. Cook is a member of the German Reformed Church.
AVERY CROSS, retired farmer, P. O. Brimfield, was born at Wells, Rut- land Co., Vt., April 4, 1800, son of Daniel and Hannah (Avery) Cross, whose seven brothers were present and participated in the battle of Bunker Hill. In 1809 the father of our subject made a trip West, and the year following came to Ohio accompanied by his family, locating in Randolph Township, this county. He was one of the earliest carpenters in this part of the country. He and his son Samuel were frozen to death in January, 1812, while on their way to Harrisville, Medina Co., Ohio. Our subject adopted the carpenter's trade, and when sixteen years of age purchased fifty acres of land, which was the nucleus of his present farm of 210 acres in Suffield Township. He was twice married, first February 20, 1841, to Miss Hannah Frasier, of Richmond, Ohio, who died in 1845, leaving two children: Susanna (Mrs. Hubbard) and Nancy. His second wife, to whom he was married September 15, 1846, was Mrs. Mary Larkins, widow of John Larkins, and daughter of James and Mary Byers, who had two children by her first husband: Henrietta (Mrs. Smith, deceased), and James K. Mr. and Mrs. Cross were the parents of two chil- dren: Frances J. (deceased) and Lucy E. (Mrs. Potter).
JACOB CABOT FERGUSON, physician, P. O. Mogadore, Summit County, was born August 7, 1819, in Suffield Township, this county, son of Samuel Ferguson, of Armstrong County, Penn., who came to this county in 1815, and Rosanna (Reynolds) Ferguson, a native of Londonderry, Ireland, who settled in Springfield Township, in 1816. After living the lives of pioneers they died, leaving three children: Sarah (Mrs. Moore); Elizabeth (Mrs. Colvin), deceased, and Jacob Cabot. Our subject, having finished his education at Wads- worth Academy, became a teacher, and so continued for several years. He then began the study of medicine under Dr. M. Jewett, and after practicing at intervals in Uniontown, New Baltimore and Mogadore, Ohio, where he settled in 1852, he graduated at the Western Reserve College in 185S. On June 18, 1844, he married Miss Mary Ward, of Randolph Township, who died January 7, 1863, mother of the following children: Rose (Mrs. Weimer, in Cincinnati); Kate (Mrs. Trenton); and George W. Our subject married for his second wife, March 8, 1864, Mrs. Margaret (Cochrane) Chamberlain, widow of James Chamberlain (her son, Capt. W. F. Chamberlain, is Postmaster at Han- nibal, Mo.) Our subject is a Republican in politics.
JOHN FRITCH, farmer, P. O. Suffield, was born in Suffield Township, this county, October 5, 1811, son of John and Mary Ann Fritch, natives of Berks County, Penn., who immigrated to Suffield Township, this county, in 1805, with their three little girls, and settled at Fritch's Lake. They endured the hardships of pioneer life, and died leaving a family of eleven children, of whom Jobn is the fifth. Our subject was twice married; on first occasion, March 2, 1843, to Mary Frank, a native of Stark County, Ohio, who died February 12, 1853, the mother of the following children: George W .; Lucy A., Mrs. Bickel, deceased; Rebecca, Mrs. Garl; Susanna, Mrs. Werstler; John H. and Mary Elizabeth, both deceased. On July 17, 1853, Mr. Fritch mar- ried Rebecca Frank, his deceased wife's sister, by whom he has had the follow- ing children: William B .; Sarah, Mrs. McCloughan; Daniel; Caroline, Mrs. Weaver; Wilson; Mary Ellen and Candas. For over thirty years Mr. Fritch
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was a popular auctioneer in Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio. He now owns a farm of 308 acres, including the beautiful lake known as Fritch's Lake. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church. Politically he is a Democrat.
GEORGE FRITCH, farmer, P. O. Suffield, was born April 15, 1813, in Suffield Township, this county; son of John and Mary Fritch. He was brought up on his father's farm and attended the primitive schools of those early days. He was married, November 14, 1839, to Mary Rhodes, who was born January 14, 1821, in Germany, a daughter of Jacob Rhodes. By this union there are the following children: Jacob D., Henry, John (deceased), Lucinda and Catherine (now Mrs. Wegman). Our subject and wife settled where they now reside, after their marriage, and by industry and good manage- ment have acquired a fine farm of 229 acres of well-improved land. Mr. Fritch's father gave him 172 acres of land, in consideration of which our sub- ject paid his brother Jacob $34 per annum during his life and $150 to his brother Benjamin. Mrs. George Fritch received from her father, Jacob Rhodes, fifty-five acres of land. Mr. Fritch and his worthy wife are members of the Lutheran Church. He is an upright pioneer citizen, highly respected by the community in which he lives. He has ever been a Democrat in poli- tics.
JACOB GARL, farmer, P. O. Mogadore, Summit County, was born Janu- ary 17, 1815, in Stark County, Ohio; son of Reuben and Catharine (Clay) Garl, natives of Northamptom County, Penn., and early settlers of Stark County. His grandfather, a native of Germany, was a teacher in Pennsylva- nia, and his father followed this profession in the same State and in Ohio. Our subject was married, February 21, 1833, to Miss Elizabeth Kreichbaum, who died in 1876, and he subsequently married Caroline, widow of John Cook, born in Mahoning County, this State, January 12, 1823, daughter of Joseph and Charlotte Hudson. Mr. Garl was father of the following children: George; William (deceased); Catherine (Mrs. Walter) now deceased; Sarah (Mrs. Rose); Mary (Mrs. Myers) deceased; Lydia (Mrs. Agne); Daniel, residing in Portage County, and Eli, in Kansas. Mr. Garl has a comfortable home comprising eighteen acres of land in Suffield Township, this county, besides eighty-two and a half in Summit County. He has given his children all a start in life. He is a member of the Lutheran Church and his wife of the Disciples denom- ination. In politics he is a Democrat.
JACOB HIVELY, farmer, P. O. Suffield, was born January 15, 1820, in Stark County, Ohio; son of George and Polly Hively, who settled in Suffield Township, this county, where the father died. The mother subsequently moved West and died in Indiana. On December 8, 1842, our subject married Miss Anna Saxe, who bore him the following children: William, Caroline (Mrs. Powell), Jacob. Mrs. Hively died December 11, 1879. In about 1853 Mr. Hively settled where he now resides, a farm of 16S} acres, secured through industry and good management, and February 21, 1881, he was married to Miss Louisa Mellinger, born in Summit County, Ohio, April 7, 1861, daugh- ter of Levi and Catharine Mellinger, who settled in Brimfield Township, this county. Our subject is a man respected by those who know him, a citizen of integrity, of genial characteristics. In politics he is a Democrat.
JOSIAH KENT, farmer, P. O. Mogadore, Summit County, was born May 16, 1811, on the farm which he now occupies in Suffield Township, this county ; son of Martin and Abigail (Hale) Kent, natives of Connecticut, who after liv- ing nineteen years of their married life in New Hampshire, moved to this county and settled in Suffield Township in 1806. They came with a two-horse
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team and while crossing Conneaut Creek the ferry-boat sunk and it was with difficulty that they saved their goods. Martin Kent was thrown into a fever through the exposure, which compelled him to remain in Cleveland several weeks while the family came on and settled on a new farm which they bought of Royal Pease. They built the first frame house in the township, which is still in use by the family, and brought up the following six children: Martin, Jr. (deceased); James (deceased); Almira (Mrs. Andrews) deceased; Eliza (Mrs. Greene) deceased; Abigail (deceased), and Josiah. The parents have long since passed to their reward. They were members of the Presbyterian Church and enjoyed the esteem of all who knew them. Our subject married, Decem- ber 1, 1836, Miss Lucia T. Miller, and has six children.
JOHN C. KLINE, farmer, P. O. Suffield, was born July 31, 1837, in Suffield Township, this county; son of George and Elizabeth (Yager) Kline, natives of Hesse- Darmstadt, Germany, who immigrated to America and were married at Canton, Ohio, immediately settling in Suffield Township, this county, where Mr. Kline died in August, 1872. His widow still lives in the township. Our subject, October 16, 1860, was married to Miss Gertrude Kemmery, who has borne him the following children: Katie, Barbara, Mary, George H., William B., John J. and Gertrude. Mr. Kline owns a farm of fifty-seven acres; a citi- zen of enterprise and integrity. He and his family are communicants of the Roman Catholic Church.
ABRAHAM KURTZ, farmer, P. O. Lake, Stark Co., Ohio, was born June 26, 1829, in Lebanon County, Penn., son of Jacob and Catharine Kurtz, former of whom died June 25, 1883, aged eighty-two years; they removed to this county in 1854, where they lived and died. They were the parents of Lydia. Mrs. Royer; Abraham; John; Elias; Mary, Mrs. Carber; Jacob; Eliza- beth, Mrs. Bollinger, in Michigan; Samuel and Isaiah. Our subject was married, March 6, 1859, to Anna Mishler, and they settled on the old homestead farm, where they have since resided and have enlarged its dimensions to 182} acres. Mr. Kurtz is a leading and highly respected farmer. He and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church.
NICHOLAS LULEY, manufacturer, P. O. Suffield, was born April 28, 1854, in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and when seventeen years of age immi- grated to America, locating in Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained nine months, and then came to Ravenna. After a three years' residence in the latter city, fol- lowing his trade, that of a blacksmith, he removed to Fort Wayne, Ind., thence to Indianapolis, residing at both places an aggregate of ten months. He was married July 6, 1875, to Miss Elizabeth Dauber, of Ravenna Township, this county, and established himself in Bellevue, Ohio, where he remained two years, finally returning to this county, and settling in Suffield Township, car- rying on the blacksmith and wagon trade, a portion of the time as partner of John McLone. He now has an extensive establishment and conducts a large business, turning out about thirty vehicles annually. Mr. and Mrs. Luley are the parents of four children: Mary, Lizzie, Josephine and Clement. He is an accomplished mechanic, a Democrat in politics. He and his wife and fam- ily are members of the Catholic Church.
EZRA LUTZ, farmer, P. O. Mogadore, Summit County, was born in 1835, in Lancaster County, Penn., son of Aaron and Elizabeth Lutz, who came to Snffield Township, this county, in 1839, where the former died in August, 1876, aged seventy-two years. He was an old-line Whig, one of the first Republicans, and an upright man, leaving an honorable name to posterity. His widow still lives on the old homestead. Their children are Margaret (Mrs. Montz), Henry, Susanna (Mrs. Crouse), George, Elizabeth (Mrs. Mishler),
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William, Maria (Mrs. Woodring), Nancy (Mrs. Roudebush), Joseph and Ezra. Our subject, December 10, 1854, married Miss Elizabeth J. Ruble, born in Cen- ter County, Penn., September 29, 1836, daughter of John and Julia Ann Ruble, and who was raised in Jo Daviess County, Ill., where her parents resided temporarily, and to this union have been born following children: John A., Emma (Mrs. Robenstine), Isaac Warden, Lewis W., Henry Grant, Lizzie L., Cora J., Julia Ann, Sophia and Maud. Mr. and Mrs. Lutz have a well-improved farm of sixty-two acres. Mrs. Lutz is a member of the Ger- man Baptist Church. In politics he is a Republican.
WILLIAM LUTZ, farmer, P. O. Mogadore, Summit County, was born in Suffield Township, this county, February 7, 1842, son of Aaron and Elizabeth Lutz. He was educated at the common schools of the district wherein his parents resided, and when eighteen years of age began learning the carpen- ter's trade. During the war he was in the Government employ, building bridges on the railroad between Nashville and Chattanooga, Tenn., and at its close returned home, where he settled down. Our subject was married Octo- ber 26, 1861, to Miss Catharine Wilson, of Suffield Township, this county, born February 10, 1844, daughter of Samuel Wilson, and by her he has had three children: Mrs. Meritta Alice Yerrick, in Trumbull County, Ohio; Arthur James, deceased; and Jennie Grace. Our subject has built many of the houses and most of the improved barns in the vicinity of his home, and is esteemed a skilled and successful mechanic. He and his wife are members of the Ger- man Baptist Church.
HUGH K. MARTIN, retired farmer, P. O. Mogadore, Summit County, was born January 17, 1803, in Jefferson County, Ohio, son of Thomas and Catharine Martin, natives of York County, Penn., whence they moved to Ohio. They lived a brief period in Jefferson County, then came to Trumbull County, where they resided seven years, finally settling in Suffield Township, this county, in 1810. In the fall of 1812 they moved from their home on Congress Lake to the present family homestead, where they remained permanently and died at an advanced age. Our subject was married September 18, 1834, to Rosanna M. Williams, of Franklin Township, this county, taking up their residence at Mogadore, Summit County, where they remained fourteen years, and where he carried on a carding machine and saw-mill. Mrs. Martin came with her parents from East Granville, Mass, at the age of fourteen. In 1849 our subject erected his present residence on the homestead farm, where they have since resided, and where, September 18, 1884, they celebrated their golden wedding. Upon the occasion of the latter event, the attendance numbered nearly 200, including W. E. Williams and daughter, Mrs. Dr. Gregg, and Miss Ada Reisin, a grand-daughter, all of Seneca County, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Williams, of Minnesota, Mr. and Mrs. Depew, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wirt, Thomas Martin, and James G. Williams, of Michigan, in addition to neighbors and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have raised a family of five chil- dren: Calista (Mrs. Wirt), in Van Buren County, Mich .; Amanda (Mrs. Stuts- man), Almeda (Mrs. Creque), Melissa (Mrs. Price), all in Akron and Marshall, Ohio. Our subject is a Democrat in politics. He has served twelve years as Justice of the Peace; a man of influence and a valuable citizen. His son, Marshall O., living at the family homestead, is now serving his third term as Justice of the Peace.
LAWRENCE MEMMER, farmer, P. O. Suffield, was born October 16,1829, in Rhine-Bavaria, Germany; son of David and Margaret (Arehart) Memmer. The family came to America in 1836, and remained in New York until the spring of 1838, when they moved to and settled in this township and county,
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where the parents died. Mr. and Mrs. David Memmer were parents of the fol- lowing children: George (deceased), Joseph (deceased), John (of Akron), Law- rence, Margaret (Mrs. Culp), Mary Ann (Mrs. Schulty), Barbara (Mrs. Miller), and Maria (Mrs. Miller). Our subject married, September 29, 1855, Rebecca Wise, born in Stark County September 21, 1832, daughter of Jacob Wise, and by this union there are the following children: John Allen, Sarah (Mrs. Mil- ler), Charles Edward and Joseph Franklin. Mr. and Mrs. Memmer settled on their present farm, consisting of eighty-four and a half acres, in 1865. Mr. Memmer is a Democrat in politics. He has taken a deep interest in the pub- lic affairs of the township. He was elected Township Treasurer in April, 1882, re-elected in 1883 and 1884, and fulfills his duties faithfully and to the satisfaction of the people.
JOSEPH MISHLER, farmer, P. O. Mishler, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., November 11, 1811; son of Samuel and Elizabeth Mishler, who came to Ohio in 1833, settling in Springfield Township, where they passed the remainder of their lives. In December, 1838, our subject married Magda- lene Garl, born May 4, 1817, daughter of Reuben Garl. They are parents of the following children: Isaac; Jacob G., born December 9, 1843, married De- cember 13, 1868, Mrs. Fianah Schrantz, born July 6, 1846, daughter of Jacob and Maria Martin, by whom he has one child-Ellen (Jacob G. was ordained a minister of the Gospel in 1880); Benjamin; Elizabeth (Mrs. Way); Eliza (Mrs. Brumbaugh); Kate (Mrs. Richard) and Joseph, besides five who died in child- hood. After residing six years in Springfield Township our subject with his family settled where they have since lived on a farm of ninety acres in Suffield Township. Mr. and Mrs. Mishler are members of the German Baptist Church, respected by all who know them.
BENJAMIN MISHLER, farmer, P. O. Mishler, was born in Suffield Township, this county, August 27. 1845; son of Joseph and Molly Mishler. He was brought up on his father's farm and received his education at the schools of the home district. He married, February 28, 1869, Nancy Young, born September 9, 1851, in Springfield Township, Summit County, daughter of David and Catharine Young, by whom he has one son-Samnel. After residing with the family of Mr. Young for six years, they removed to their present home. Mr. Mishler is an industrious. toiler in the ways of life, a respectable citizen and an honorable man. He and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church.
ANSON MOULTON, retired farmer, P. O. Suffield, born December 7, 1800, in Hampden County, Mass :; son of Jeremiah and Martha Moulton, also natives of Massacausetts, who came to and settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1817. The father of our subject served two terms as Associate Judge, was active in township affairs and attended largely to the settlement of decedents' estates. Mrs. Moulton died in 1846, and Mr. Monlton then again married. He died at the age of seventy-two years. Our subject married, August 31, 1820, Daphne Minard and they are the parents of the following children: Anna (Mrs. Wilson), in Rockford, Ill. ; Jeremiah C., in Mogadore, Summit County; Myron (deceased); Carlista (Mrs. Russ), deceased; Charles; Sarah (Mrs. Will- iams); Calvin H., in Lead City, D. T .; Harmon Benton; Lydia (deceased); Bierce, in Kansas; Almon; Wilson, who was a soldier in the Twenty-seventh Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., in May, 1863; Perry, who was a member of the Brough Guards and was drowned at the sinking of the steamer "Sultana" in the Mississippi River, April 27, 1865, and Cordelia (deceased). Mr. Moulton resided in Brimfield Township until April, 1864, when he removed to his farm of ninety-five acres in Suffield Township,
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where he now resides with his son Almon. The latter married Miss Kate Crine and has two children: Elmer and Walter. Our subject has always been a Democrat; has served the township in a public capacity repeatedly, and is a man above reproach.
WILLIAM PAULUS, retired farmer and Justice of the Peace, P. O. Suf- field, was born March 16, 1825, in Stark County, Ohio; son of David and Catharine Paulus, natives of Pennsylvania, and early pioneers of Stark County, and who removed to Suffield Township in 1839, where they died at the advanced age respectively of eighty-three and seventy-one years. When six- teen years of age our subject left home and removed to Stark County, where he learned the blacksmith trade, and where, March 1, 1846, he married Rebecca Brouse, by whom he has had the following children: Urias, a mem- ber of the One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, who died at Nashville, Tenn., June 29, 1865; Mary E. (Mrs. Seth- man); Isaac; James B .; Jane (Mrs. Neubauer); Jefferson and Catharine (Mrs. Schwartz). After his marriage Mr. Paulus settled in Suffield Township, this county, and followed his trade for six years, which he was obliged to abandon on account of failing health. Upon his partial recovery from a prolonged ill- ness, he engaged in farming and also in contracting for the erection of build- ings. In 1849 he was elected Constable, serving nearly two terms. In August, 1851, he was elected Justice of the Peace and has held the position to this day, the longest continuous term of service in the county. In 1852 he was elected Township Clerk, which office he served two terms. In 1869 he was elected Land Appraiser, and also in 1879. In addition to the above he held the position of Acting Manager of the Public Schools for several years. He now owns a farm of fifty acres in this township, one of seventy-eight acres in Stowe Township, Summit County, besides valuable town property. Politi- cally he is a Democrat. Mrs. Paulus is a consistent member of the Lutheran denomination.
FRANKLIN P. RUSSELL., M. D., P. O. Suffield, was born October 29, 1852, in Valparaiso, Ind., son of Newell Russell, a native of Aurora, this county, who married Miss Paulina Blakeslee, of Porter County, Ind. They removed to Iowa and remained until 1860, when they located at Quincy, Ill. Mr. Russell served three years in the army, after which he engaged in mining in the Western Territories and died at Denver, Colo., November 5, 1874. His wife died at Quincy, Ill., July 29, 1867. leaving the following children: F. P .; Chester N., in Streetsboro, this county, Ohio; Agnes V. (Mrs. Seaton), Omaha; Lola L. (Mrs. Folger), of Akron, Ohio, and Charles Henry, of Streetsboro, Ohio. Our subject came to this county when fifteen years of age, and in 1877 began the study of medicine under Dr. Belden, of Ravenna, taking the degree of M. D. at the University of Wooster, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1880. After practicing nearly two years in Streetsboro, this county, he, in December, 1881, located at Suffield, this county, where he has built up for himself a large and influential practice. On May 13, 1880, the Doctor married Miss Lillie E. Tucker, of Streetsboro, this county, and is the father of one daughter-Cora Leona.
ISAAC SAUSAMAN, farmer, P. O. Suffield, was born June 8, 1838, in Suffield Township, son of John and Catherine Sausaman, who came here from Union (now Snyder) County, Penn., in 1829. Our subject, wbo is the only one of their nine children remaining in Suffield Township, spent about three years in Indiana when a young man. September 5, 1865, he was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine Swinehart, and settled where they now reside. They have three children living: Daniel, Salome and Ben-
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jamin, and four-Louisa, Nathan, Zaida and Mabel Amelia-who died of diphtheria within the space of six days in November, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Sausaman are highly respected for their integrity and upright character. He and his wife are members of the German Reformed Church.
AMOS H. SAXE, farmer, P. O. Mogadore, Summit County, born Decem- ber 2, 1829, in Springfield, Summit Co., Ohio, son of Michael and Sarah Saxe, natives of Bucks County, Penn., who lived a few years in Lancaster County, thence moved to Summit County, Ohio, in 1820, where they remained about nine years, and finally settled in Suffield Township, Portage Co., Ohio. This was then an entirely new country, and they had to contend with various diffi- culties in the wilderness. Game of all kinds was plentiful, and many were the adventures which these settlers experienced in their struggle for existence. Only a small place was cleared for a house, which was 16x16, the floor of which was made of split-logs, a blanket doing service for a door, and in this they managed to exist for several years, the family numbering nine when the house was first occupied. They were faithful members of the Disciples Church and regular attendants at church, having to walk two miles (oxen only being then employed). Michael Saxe was a tailor by trade, therefore the manage- ment of the farm fell upon the eldest son (Amos H.), when but a boy. Mrs. Saxe was a kind and devoted mother; a peacemaker in her family of children, always ready to listen to their troubles and furnish some means of relief. She died January 16, 1868. Mr. Saxe died December 10, 1882, at the home of his son Amos H., aged eighty-two years. Of their family of twelve children, six are now living in this county, two in Suffield Township: Amos H. and John H. Amelia (Mrs. Harter), Jeremiah and Elizabeth are residents of Brimfield Township, and Jennie (Mrs. Shirtleff), of Kent. Our subject was married May 11, 1865, to Amanda Harter, and they have the following children: Florence, Grace and Ray. Mrs. Saxe is a member of the Disciples Church. By industry they have acquired a fine farm of 165 acres of well-improved land. Mr. Saxe is a life-long Democrat; has served his township six years as Trustee and as School Director fifteen years.
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