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on October 28, 1866, who died on February 27, 1867, and Stella J., born on March 1, 1868. Three children were born to Mr. Agner by a former wife: Delilah, born on August 5, 1850, who died on September 30, 1851; Myra (Ridge), born on August 15, 1852, and Jemima A. (Cherry), born on May 21, 1854, who died on March 21, 1895. The father, James B. Agner, died on October 1, 1872. Mrs. Agner's two brothers, David and Joel Bemont, died in the Union army in 1865. Mrs. Agner always resided on the farm which her parents settled, until her death, which occurred on March 1, 1910.
ALBERT BURKHART.
The record of Albert Burkhart is that of a man who has worked his way from a modest beginning up to a position of considerable prominence by his efforts, practically unaided, which fact renders him the more worthy of the praise that is freely accorded him by his fellow men. His life has been one of unceasing industry and perseverance and the notably systematic and honorable methods he has followed have won for him the unbounded confidence and regard of all who have formed his acquaintance and, in looking over the list of Putnam county's successful farmers, particularly those whose place of residence is in Union township, Putnam county, Ohio, none are deemed more worthy of representation in a work of this nature than the gentleman whose name appears above.
Albert Burkhart was born on March 27, 1871, on the farm in Union- township, where he now lives, and is the son of John and Sarah (Clevenger ) Burkhart, the former came from Reading, Pennsylvania, and the latter was a resident of Union township. John Burkhart, with his sister and her husband, Amos Beam, came to Putnam county, Ohio, about the time he arrived at mature age. John Burkhart was a shoemaker by trade and ac- quired a knowledge of that business during his youth in Pennsylvania. After his arrival in that county, he met and married Sarah Clevenger, then rented the old Isaac McCracken farm. Three years later he bought himself a
farm, consisting of one hundred and sixty-four acres, and lived on it until his death. Mr. Burkhart was a supporter of the Democratic party, a devout member of the Methodist church, and at one time served the community in the office of township trustee. After his death, his wife again married, this time to William Rambo, and they reside in Kalida. By the first marriage, Mrs. Burkhart gave birth to the following children:
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William, Albert, Milton, Hattie, Paul, Rosa, deceased, and August. Of these children, August married Tizbie Smith and now lives in Union town- ship; Hattie is the wife of Albert Stumpf and lives in Union township; Milton married Nora McDonald, and William married Myrtle Sarber and now resides in Lucas county.
Albert Burkhart was educated in the county schools and in his youth lived on the farm with his parents. After attaining his majority, he rented a farm with his brother, upon which he resided for about ten years, then acquired the old homestead farm by purchasing the interests of the other heirs to it. On April 29, 1904, he was married to Nora Johnson, daughter of Joseph and Susan Johnson. To her parents were born, Margaret, Chloie, Belle, Albert, Frances, David, and the wife of our subject, Nora. Albert and Nora (Johnson ) Burkhart have two children, Emerson, born on January 30, 1905, and Paul, on July 24, 1908.
Mr. Burkhart is a supporter of the principles of the Democratic party, and is a member of the Christian church, to the support of which he con- tributes of his means. Besides carrying on a general farming business, special attention is given to dairy cattle, and being the absolute owner of two hundred and thirteen acres of fine land, equipped with well-arranged and commodious buildings, Mr. Burkhart enjoys, to a marked degree, the esteem of his neighbors and friends and is a true type of the enterprising, represen- tative citizen, and intelligent, high-minded, courteous gentleman whom to know is to esteem and honor.
EDGAR DECK.
The Deck family have been living in Putnam county, Ohio, since 1870, and for the past forty-five years have been identified with the history of Blanchard township.
Edgar Deck, the eldest son of John Michael and Elvira (Davis) Deck, was born on June 3, 1867, in Crawford county, Ohio. His father was born on December 3, 1836, in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. At the age of twenty- two years he immigrated to Richland county, Ohio. Our country was then in the throes of the Civil War and he heard his country's call and enlisted in a volunteer battery under Capt. George Kirkland. After the expiration of his first enlistment, he re-enlisted and served till the end of the war, receiv- ing an honorable discharge at Columbus, Ohio, on June 26, 1865.
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On November 1I, 1866, John M. Deck was united in marriage with Elvira Davis and to this union eight children were born, Edgar, Cloyd, Charles, Harry, Chester and two daughters and a son who died in infancy. Harry passed away on March 15, 1915, at the age of forty-one years.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Deck lived at Bucyrus, Ohio, mov- ing, in 1870, to Putnam county, where he conducted a saw-mill and also agri- culture. He invested his money in land, accumulating four hundred acres, located in Van Buren and Blanchard townships. This farm he divided among his five sons, Mr. and Mrs. Deck moving to Leipsic about seven years ago. John M. Deck passed away on June 1, 1915, at the age of seventy-eight years, five months and twenty-eight days.
Edgar Deck was three years of age when his parents located in Putnam county. On November 24, 1888, he was united in marriage with Agnes Buckland and to this union were born seven children: Bertha, who died in infancy; Sanford, who was killed on April 16, 1915, at the age of twenty- four years, by an explosion of dynamite; Mabel; Earl; Zelma; Max, who died at the age of fifteen months, and Imo, who died at the age of three months.
After his marriage, Edgar Deck remained on his father's farm until 1901, when he moved to Leipsic, where he conducted a pool room, threshing during the summer seasons. In 1908 he moved onto his father's farm, which the latter afterward gave to him. While he raises good crops, he still conducts his threshing machine and gives particular attention to the feeding of live stock, having found that the major portion of his income is derived from that source.
JOHN KEHRES.
That life is the most useful which results in the greatest good to the greatest number. Though all do not reach the heights to which they aspire, yet in some measure each can reach success, and make life a blessing to his fellow men. It is not necessary for one to occupy eminent public position to do so, for in the other walks of life there remains much good to be accom- plished and many opportunities for the exercise of talent and influence that will in some way touch the lives of those with whom we come in contact, making them better and brighter. In the list of Putnam county's successful citizens, John Kehres, a prosperous farmer of Jackson township, has long occupied a prominent place. In his career there is much that is commendable. His life forcibly illustrates what a man of energy can accomplish when plans
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are wisely laid and actions are governed by right principles, noble aims and high ideals.
John Kehres, a well-known farmer of Jackson township, Putnam county, Ohio, who now lives on the old homestead farm which he inherited from his father and where he was born on February 27, 1862, is the son of Sebastian and Barbara ( Hintzman) Kehres.
Sebastian Kehres was born in Reunzenheim, Alsace, France, on January 22, 1816. He was educated in his native land and there learned the carpen- ter trade. Sebastian Kehres was the sixth in a family of nine children. The other eight were Valentine, Magdalena, Michael, Catherine, Anna, Joseph, John and George. Sebastian Kehres served faithfully for six years in the army of his Fatherland and in 1845 was married to Barbara Hintzman, the daughter of Joe and Margaretha (Lang) Hintzman. She was born on December 21, 1826. They were married in France and lived there until March 25, 1857, when they took passage for America. They located in New Riegel, Seneca county, Ohio, where Sebastian Kehres followed the occupation of farming. He purchased a tract of land of forty acres in 1861 and moved to Putnam county a little later, buying one hundred and sixty acres of land in this county. This land was improved to an excellent state of cultivation. Adversities came, however, in 1885, when his home was destroyed on May 15, of that year. He then built a fine residence, in which he lived until his death, on April 2, 1892. His widow survived him and died on January 9, 1896, at the age of seventy years. She was a faithful member of the Catholic church.
Sebastian Kehres was a Democrat in politics, and held several minor offices, among which was that of township supervisor and school director, for several years. Sebastian and Barbara Kehres had ten children.
John Kehres, the subject of this sketch, lived on his father's farm and received his education in the common schools of the township. He was a faithful and industrious lad in all of his work and an invaluable aid to his father and mother.
Mr. Kehres was married on June 6, 1895, to Anna Helmkamp, the daughter of Barney and Clara (Grewe) Helmkamp. She was born in Otto- ville on September 24, 1867, and there was educated. Her father was a native of Ohio and died on December 26, 1875. Her mother was born in Hanover, Germany, July 24, 1846. She married again, the second time, after the death of her husband, to Bernard Schlagbaum.
To Mr. and Mrs. John Kehres eight children have been born, seven of whom are now living, Hildegard, who lives at Akron, Ohio; Victoria and
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Anna, who are at home; Melinda, who died at the age of two years; Casimer, Henrietta, Amelia and Barbara, all of whom also live at home.
John Kehres owns one hundred and twenty acres of well-improved land in Jackson township. He has the very best buildings and has put up almost all of them since he came into possession of this land. He makes a specialty of raising thoroughbred Percheron horses and has a good grade of stock of all kinds.
Mr. Kehres is a Democrat and has been township trustee for several years. He is also a member of the Jackson township school board. All of the members of the Kehres family are affiliated with the Catholic church at Ottoville, and Mr. Kehres is a liberal contributor to the support of this church. He is an influential citizen and highly respected by all the people of Jackson township.
GEORGE A. BURKHOLDER.
The whole career of George A. Burkholder has been spent in Putnam county, Ohio, where he was brought by his parents a few months after his birth in Pennsylvania. His father was a carpenter and he followed the same trade himself until a few years ago, since which time he has been engaged in general farming and stock raising in Van Buren township. He now has a well-improved farm, on which he raises all the crops peculiar to this section of the state.
George A. Burkholder, the son of Alfred and Mary Ann (Wolf) Burk- holder, was born in Perry county, Pennsylvania, on June II, 1861. Alfred Burkholder was born in the same county in 1831, a son of Joseph and Caro- line Burkholder. He grew to manhood in Pennsylvania and married Mary Ann Wolf, the daughter of George and Mary Ann Wolf, natives of Pennsyl- vania and Scotland, respectively. Mary Ann Wolf, the maternal grandmother of George A. Burkholder, was a native of Scotland, coming to this country, when she was very young, with her parents.
Alfred Burkholder was a carpenter by trade and in 1861 removed from Pennsylvania to Putnam county, Ohio, where he located in Liberty township. Within a short time after settling in Putnam county, he enlisted in the Eighty- eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served throughout the war. He was assigned to guard duty at the Federal prison in Franklin, and did not see active service at the front. After the war he returned to Putnam county, and continued his trade as a carpenter until his death. Seven children
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were born to Alfred Burkholder and wife, George A., of Putnam county ; Florence, who married Emery Warden, and has two children; Joseph, who married Effie Dick, and has four children; Delia, who married Sherman Hamon, and has three children; Jasper, unmarried; Lula, who is the wife of Edward Emmons, and has two children; Ardella, the wife of Terry Connor.
George A. Burkholder was educated in the common schools of Liberty township, and remained at home until his marriage. As a young man he had learned the carpenter trade with his father, and after his marriage he con- tinued to follow the carpenter and contracting business in this county. A few years ago he was injured in such a way that he was unable to continue his work as a carpenter, and since that time has devoted himself to general farm- ing and stock raising.
Mr. Burkholder was married on November 25, 1890, to Lydia Toman, the daughter of George and Elizabeth Toman, natives of western Pennsyl- vania. Mrs. Burkholder was born in Putnam county, Ohio. To their union have been born four children, Elizabeth, Howard, Bon Ware and Harry, all' of whom are single and still living with their parents.
Mr. Burkholder is a member of the Church of God, while his wife holds her membership in the Church of Christ. Mr. Burkholder and his family are highly esteemed in the community where they have lived for the past quarter of a century, and they have many warm friends who admire them for their many good qualities of head and heart.
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