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CRUM, HENRY W., Clerk's office, Richland Co., Ohio. Was born in Franklin Township, Richland Co., Ohio, April 9, 1847; Isaac Crum, the father of H. W., was an old resident of Franklin Township, and came to Ohio when a child; his parents settled in Franklin Township, Richland Co., where part of the descend- ants yet reside ; Mr. Isaac Crum, during his long resi- dence in Franklin Township, held the office of Town- ship Clerk a number of years, and was frequently honored by the people to positions of honor and trust ; in the year 1857, Mr. Isaac Crum was elected as Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in Richland Co., and re-elected in 1860; he died March 8, 1861, while serv- ing his second term, aged 43 years. He was the father of seven children, four of whom are living and three dead; the first son, Henry W., is now engaged in the Clerk's office in Mansfield.
CRUM, JOHN, farmer; P. O. Mansfield ; he was born, near the site of the big gate on the farm where he now resides, March 1, 1820. He was married, Nov. 2, 1848. to Catherine Clay, who was born Nov. 25, 1828, in Franklin Township ; they have the following family : Jacob, born Oct. 18, 1849; Elizabeth, born June 12, 1851 ; Margaret, born Feb. 15, 1853 ; Bart- ley, born April 29, 1854; Mary, born Nov. 25, 1856; J. Franklin, born Aug. 2, 1859; Lucinda, born Oct. 2, 1863 ; Ida C., born Sept. 30, 1866. Jacob died Nov. 2, 1851 ; Margaret, February, 1853, and Franklin, June 3, 1879. Jacob Crum, John Crum's father, was born
in Huntingdon Co., Penn., Aug. 14, 1789 : he was mar- ried to Elizabeth Keith, who was born Feb. 17, 1794; they had the following family : Michael, born Oct. 24, 1814; Isaac, born Oct. 20, 1817; John, born March 1, 1820; Henry, born Aug. 12, 1822; Silas, born Ang. 11, 1825 ; Jacob, born Nov. 6, 1827 ; Mary, born June 6, 1830; Washington, born April 29, 1833. Silas, Jacob and John are yet living.
DUNNAN, SAMUEL (deceased). He was born in Scotland in 1800; he came to America when he was a young man. He was married, in 1833, to Margaret Linn, who was born in Augusta Co., Va., in 1810; they have the following family : John, born in 1835; Will- iam, born Aug. 20, 1838 ; Anna, born in 1839. Sam- uel Dunnan died Dec. 24, 1856. John Dunnan was married to Eliza Walters. William Dunnan is engaged in farming at the home place, and is residing with his family.
FACKLER, DAVID, farmer ; P. O. Shenandoah ; he was born in 1845, in this township. He was married, in 1869, to Elizabeth Baker, who was born in Jackson Township, this county ; they have three children- Jennie, born Oct. 17, 1873; Joseph, born Aug. 30, 1875, and Eva, born Oct. 9, 1876. Joseph Fackler, his father, was born May 3, 1820; he was married to Mary Bear, who was born in Pennsylvania Dec. 15, 1816. Joseph Fackler died in 1849, and Mrs. Mary Fackler in 1877.
FIDLER, JOHN, farmer; P. O. Ganges; he was born in Adams Co., Penn., in 1794. Married Elizabeth Shull; they had ten children; after Mrs. E. Fidler died, he married in 1855, Elizabeth Small, who was born in Franklin Township, Penn., in 1807. John Stoner, grandson of John Fidler, was born Feb. 9, 1860; he was raised by his grandparents. Mr. Stoner is now engaged in study and preparing himself for a useful position ; he is destined to make his mark in the future.
FIGHTER, HENRY F., grocerman ; P. O. Mansfield ; he was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., July 29, 1847. Married, in 1872, Mary C. Spade, who was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., April 6, 1847 ; they have three children-Alice E., born Feb. 23, 1873 ; John W., Nov. 16, 1874; Charles F., Sept. 16, 1878. Mr. Fighter's father, Frederick Fighter, was born in Germany, in November, 1804; married to Catherine Hoff, who was born in 1805, in Lancaster Co., Penn .; they had three children-John, born in 1840; Hattie, in 1843; Henry, in 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Fighter are both living ; they reside with their son in Franklin Township. Henry Fighter has been engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes for some years ; he is a first-class mechanic, and has also connected with his mechanical business a grocery supplying the community with the necessaries in this line; he is obliging and always ready to meet the demand in this class of trade.
FORBES, LIBEUS, farmer; P. O. Ganges ; he was born in Springfield Township Aug. 20, 1825. Married Jan. 10, 1854, to Ilannah Morthland, who was born in Cumberland Co., Ohio, Jan. 13, 1834; they have the following family : Theodore, born Nov. 14, 1855; Alli- son, Sept. 24, 1857, died Aug. 2, 1858; William, born Nov. 14, 1859; Elmer, Jan. 14, 1861; Laura, Oct. 20, 1871. Theodore married Mary A. Brook ; they have
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one child-Cora, born Oct. 25, 1879. He is engaged in running a saw-mill on a portion of the farm where his father resides ; he owns the mill and has been en- gaged about six years. Mr. Forbes' mother, Elizabeth Higgins, was born in Bedford Co., Penn., Aug. 12, 1790 ; in 1808, she married William Stevens ; they had three daughters: in 1814, they removed to Ohio, in- tending to settle in Licking Co .; when within one days' travel of their destination, a terrific storm overtook them; a tree was blown across the wagon, killing the husband and father, and leaving the mother with three helpless children ; the mother made her home with her father-in-law, who resided in Mount Vernon ; here she remained until she was married to Mr. Libeus Forbes, with whom she removed to Springfield Township, where she lived until 1867, raising a family of one son and eight daughters; her last removal was with her son, Libeus Forbes, near Ganges. She united with the M. E. Church in 1820, and lived a consistent Christian forty years ; she died Nov. 30, 1875.
FOULKS, WILLIAM, deceased; he was born in Beaver Co., Penn., June 27, 1800. He was married, Jan. 1, 1835, to Mary Grimes, who was born in Alleghany Co., Penn., Dec. 5, 1813 ; they had six children, viz. : Benton, born Dec. 4, 1836; Elizabeth, March 21, 1838; William M., Nov. 13, 1839; John C., Aug. 5, 1842; Lavina Jane, Jan. 23, 1847; Sarah M., Dec. 5, 1850 ; William Foulks died June 3, 1879; Lavina Jane, died Dec. 4, 1860. Mr. Foulks, after marriage, located on a farm which he purchased, in this township, and remained there till his death. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church for a number of years, and left full assurance of a blessed immortality. The family still remain on the farm ; John and Benton are engaged in farming the place.
GIPE, BENJAMIN, farmer ; P. O. Mansfield ; he was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., March 30, 1813; came to Ohio in 1851. Married to Elizabeth Conley, who was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., May 16, 1813 ; they have the following family : Anna, born, Oct. 19, 1837; Catherine, Dec. 27, 1838; Lydia, Nov. 11, 1840; Elizabeth, Sept. 16, 1842; Jacob, Nov. 9, 1844; Samuel, Aug. 21, 1846; Sarah, July 19, 1848; Barbara, May 30, 1851; John, April 5, 1854; Polly, Sept. 18, 1857; Catherine, died in 1849, and Lydia, in 1843. Mr. Gipe owns a well-improved farm in this township.
HARNLY, JOSEPH G., farmer ; P. O. Shenandoah. He was born, Aug. 27,. 1838, in Franklin Township ; he was married to Margaret Jane Ralston, who was born Sept. 10, 1835, in Lancaster Co., Penn ; they have the following family : Flora, born Feb. 14, 1870; Manda, Dec. 29, 1872; Anna, Jan. 27, 1874; Carrie, Dec. 4, 1876. Mr. J. Harnly enlisted in the 15th O. V. I., Co. G, under Col. Dickey ; he was in the engage- ment at Stone River, where he was taken prisoner. John Harnly, his father, was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., June 21, 1806 ; he came to Ohio in May, 1825; located in Franklin Township, He was married, May 10, 1836, to Catherine A. Gilbert, who was born Oct. 27, 1814, in Wayne Co. They had the following chil- dren : Solomon, born Feb. 2, 1837; Joseph, Aug. 27, 1838; Martha, Nov. 22, 1841; Manuel, Oct. 1, 1848; Eliza, May 7, 1846; Jacob, Oct. 9, 1848; George, Sept. 18, 1850; Mary, Jan. 3, 1853; Maria, Dec. 12, 1839.
Solomon was married to Margaret Hughes ; they have one son, Omar, born in 1872. Maria married John Ralston ; they have two children-Carrie and May Bertie. Maria died in December, 1879, in California. Manuel volunteered in the late war, in the 112th O. V. I .; he was drowned, April 27, 1865, during an explosion of the boat. Eliza married Dr. Stoner ; they have one child, Loulie Frances. George Harnly married Bettie Berks; they have one child, Wilbert. Mary married Amos Boice ; they have one daughter, Ernie.
HOFFMAN, JOHN G., blacksmith; P. O. Shenan- doah ; he was born in Jackson Township Sept. 6, 1833. Married, Oct. 13, 1855, to Catherine Baughman, who was born Sept. 5, 1837; they have eleven children- Emery, born Aug. 9, 1857 ; Mary, July 27, 1859; Re- becca, Dec. 24, 1861; Lester, March 14, 1863. The following are all deceased : Charles, born Dec. 8, 1864 ; Orie C., April 15, 1866 ; Annie, Aug. 27, 1868; Lizzie, 1871; George W., Feb. 22, 1874; Jessie B., June 27, 1876; Gertie, June 27, 1879.
KOHLER, HEZEKIAH, farmer; P. O. Mansfield ; he was born in Adams Co., Penn., April 25, 1825; came to Ohio in 1829. Married, in 1854, to Rebecca C. Myers, who was born in Greene Township, Ashland Co., Nov. 19, 1830; they have the following children : Adaline M., born July 15, 1855 ; Marion M., Sept. 14, 1856; Mary M., Aug. 24, 1858; Perry B., March 5, 1860; Sabina B., March 30, 1862 ; Sarah M., Aug. 26, 1863; Flora B., Oct. 4, 1869 ; Myrtle, Jan. 29, 1876 ; Adaline died Jan. 11, 1867, and Sabina, May 8, 1862. Marion married Lucretia Osburn Jan. 22, 1880. Mr. Kohler has resided in Franklin Township since 1829, and owns a well-improved farm with excellent build- ings. He has been an energetic man, always ready to promote every good cause, and has done much to advance the interest of Franklin Township.
KOHLER, JOHN M. (deceased); he was born in Franklin Township July 22, 1830. Married, Dec. 25, 1857, to Sarah Orewiler, who was born in Jackson Township Oct. 11, 1833 ; they have the following fam- ily : Jerome A., born Sept. 27, 1858; Nancy E., Feh. 5, 1860; Laura E., Oct. 6, 1861; Lucinda, Aug. 2, 1863 ; Ida May, May 16, 1866; Cora Otta, April 30, 1869 ; Lucinda, died Sept. 13, 1865, aged 2 years 1 montlı and 10 days; John M., died Feb. 14, 1875, aged 44 years 6 months and 23 days; Nancy E. is mar- ried to Michael Keith. Jerome Kohler is engaged in farming the place. He is a young man of energy and activity, and is destined to make one of the leading citizens of this township. He resides with his mother; they own a well-improved farm in this township.
KOIILER, AMOS, farmer ; P. O. Spring Mills ; he was born in Franklin Township June 27, 1833. Mar- ried, Sept. 21, 1858, to Mary A. Cope, who was born July 20, 1840 ; they have two sons-William W., born April 7, 1861, and Orrin, Dec. 13, 1863. Mr. Kohler owns a well-improved farm with excellent buildings, and is one of the active citizens of this township.
KOHLER, WILLIAM, farmer; P. O. Shenandoah , he was born in Adams Co., Penn., Feb. 18, 1835, and was married in 1857, to Louisa Orewiler, who was born in Franklin Township March 16, 1837 ; they have one child-Sadie, born April 15, 1864. Mr. Kohler came to Ohio Aug. 15, 1853, and has been a citizen of this
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township ever since. He is an enterprising and active man.
LANTZ, GEORGE W., farmer ; P. O. Mansfield ; he was born in Washington Co., Md., Dec. 9, 1809. Mar- ried in 1839, to Rebecca Pickings, who was born July 21, 1819; they had the following family-Jacob, born Aug. 21, 1840 ; Catherine, July 6, 1842; John, March 19, 1844; Susan, Jan. 20, 1846; Henry, Nov. 9, 1847 ; Leah, April 16, 1849; Margaret, Sept. 8, 1851; Will- iam, Oct. 25, 1852; George, Sept. 14, 1855; Samuel, Aug. 2, 1857; James, Sept. 5, 1859. Mr. Lantz came to Ohio in 1844, and has become one of the prominent citizens of this township. Jacob Lantz enlisted in the 102 O. V. I., Co. D; he died in Athens, Ala., Sept. 8, 1864; Margaret died Nov. 10, 1851; Henry Lantz died Nov. 16, 1847 ; John married Lucinda Morthland ; they reside in Jackson Township, this county.
LANTZ, WILLIAM, farmer; P. O. Mansfield ; he was born in Jackson Township. IIe was married to Jennie Small Dec. 17, 1876; they have one daughter- Mertie L., born March 24, 1878. Mr. Lantz is engaged in farming, and is one of the prominent young men of the county.
LIGHT, IRA, farmer: P. O. Ganges; he was born in Franklin Township Sept. 26, 1844. He was married in 1866, to Margaret Jane Bland; she was born Dec. 22, 1839, in this county; they have four children-Elmore, born April 20, 1867 : Charlie M., Nov. 6, 1868; Victor N., Feb. 16, 1870; Urith W., Oct. 21, 1877. Mr. Light owns a good farm, under a good state of cultivation, with good buildings and all modern improvements.
McCORMICK, E. H., manufacturer of carriages, etc .; P. O. Mansfield ; he was born in Franklin Township in 1850. He was married, in 1875, to Catherine Harnish, who was born in Pennsylvania. Mr. McCormick has established a good trade in his line, and is an excellent mechanic ; he is prepared to meet the demand in his business.
McMEEKEN, JAMES, farmer ; P. O. Mansfield ; he was born in Madison Township Jan. 28, 1840. He was married, Feb. 1, 1866, to Martha Hawley, who was born in Franklin Township Nov. 22, 1841: they have the following family: Smith T., born Dec. 9, 1867; Milo S., born July 22, 1868 ; Emery A., born April 2, 1870; Arthur, born May 9, 1872; Bertha J., born July 14, 1874; Walter W., born Sept. 25, 1876 ; C. Roscoe, born Oct. 26, 1878: Arthur died Dec. 19, 1875, and Bertha Dec. 80, 1875. Mrs. McMeeken, mother of James McMeeken, was born in Rush Creek Township, Fairfield Co., July 22, 1808; she moved to Richland Co. in 1815; she was married, in 1835, to Hugh T. MeMeeken, now deceased. James McMeeken enlisted in Co. G, 15th (). V. 1 .; he was engaged in the service four months; lie kept a memorandum from January to August.
MARSH, CLARK, farmer ; P. O. Mansfield ; he was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., March 26, 1842; he came to Ohio in 1859, and located in Franklin Town- ship : his mother, Elizabeth Marsh, was born in West- moreland Co., Penn., Sept. 9, 1797 ; her sister. Nancy Cristy, resides with them; she was born Feb. 14, 1794. His sister, Uree Ann Marsh, was born in Penn- sylvania Feb. 6, 1843.
MILLER, PETER, farmer ; P. O. Mansfield ; he was born in York Co., Penn., June 5, 1794; came to Ohio in 1828. He was married, in 1818, to Susan ('lay, who was born in York Co. Dec. 4, 1796; they have the following family : Jacob (deceased), Henry, Cather- ine, William, Susan, Mary and Eliza ; Susan married Simon Bricker June 15, 1842; they have four children -Wooster B., born April 8, 1845; Isabelle V., born Sept. 14, 1847 ; Mary E., born Aug. 13, 1849 ; William H., born Nov. 16, 1854; Simon Bricker died Sept. 23, 1852, in Fostoria, Seneca Co. Wooster Bricker en- listed in the 24th O. V. I., and was killed in- stantly in battle; Mary Emma died Oct. 24, 1851, at the age of 2 years 3 months. Mr. Miller emigrated from York Co., Penn., in 1828; he bought 100 acres of land in Richland Co., and has lived here ever since.
MONN, JOSEPH C., farmer ; P. O. Ganges. He was born in Franklin Co., Penn., Dec. 19, 1813. Married in 1838 to Hannah Trueax, who was born in Bedford Co., Penn., Dec. 15, 1815; they had two sons-Abra- ham, born May 11, 1848; Joseph, born Jan. 23, 1850 ; Mr. Monn is a landholder, and has the best improve- ments and buildings on his farm; Joseph was married to Ilattie M. Baker, who was born in Cass Township ; they have one son, Levi, born Dec. 14, 1877 ; he is now engaged in farming the home place.
PIFER, GEORGE H., farmer ; P. O. Mansfield. He was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., April 28, 1838 ; came to Ohio when he was quite young. Married, Feb. 22, 1866, to Anna Dunnan, who was born in Franklin Township Jan. 5, 1839; they have the following fam- ily : Alberta J., born March 12, 1868, and Lizzie M., born Aug. 23, 1870.
SMALL, JOHN W., farmer; P. O. Mansfield. He was born in Franklin Co., Penn., Oct. 24, 1812, and was married in 1835 to Margaret Snyder, who was born June 1, 1815, in Lancaster Co., Penn .; they have the following family : Philip, born July 10, 1836 ; David, born Nov. 30, 1837 ; Anna, born June 16, 1840 ; Lydia, born Jan. 8, 1843 ; Simon, born March 13, 1848; Mar- garet, born Oct. 9, 1851; Martha, born July, 13, 1854; John, born Jan. 16, 1857; Allie, born May 31, 1860. Martha died at the age of 7 months and 6 days; l'hilip died in November, 1871; David Small enlisted in the late army, Co. D, 102d O. V. I .; he was engaged in the service about three years; he now resides in Mercer Co., Ohio; Anna married John Browneller, they re- side in Franklin Township; Lydia married Thomas Taylor, they reside in Mansfield ; Simon married Lizzie Taylor, they reside in Mansfield ; John married Lizzie Wareham, they reside in Mansfield.
SIMPSON, SAMUEL, farmer ; P. O. Mansfield. He was born in Mifflin Township Nov. 7, 1842. He was married in 1869, to Sarah Snyder, who was born in Mifflin Township Nov. 19, 1842 ; they have the follow- ing family : Emma Estella, born Jan. 8, 1871 ; John Steward, born Nov. 1, 1872; Frank Jenner, born Jan. 13, 1879. Mr. Simpson has been a citizen of this county from infancy; came to Franklin Township in 1874, purchased a farm, is now residing on it, and is one of the enterprising men of this township.
TAYLOR, ROBERT, farmer; P. O. Mansfield ; he he was born in Beaver Co., Penn., Jan. 8, 1807; came to Ohio at the age of 17 years. Married in 1833 to
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Elizabeth Bristow ; they had five children -- William, born July 14, 1834; George, Oct. 18, 1835 ; Jane, May 12, 1837; Nancy A., Sept. 8, 1838; John (deceased), Oct. 8, 1840; Thomas, Oct. 18, 1842. Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor died July 26, 1843. Mr. Taylor married again, April 30, 1844, to Mary A. Robinson, who was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1820; they had five children- Elizabeth, born Sept. 20, 1852; Franklin, May 17, 1854; Marion R., May 16, 1856; David A., May 22, 1859; Ida May, Oct. 1, 1865. William Taylor enlisted in the late war in the 3d O. V. I .; he died at Benton Barracks, Mo. Nancy Ann died in January, 1865, at the age of 27 years. Mr. Taylor owns a farm in Frank- lin and is one of the leading citizens of that township. TAYLOR, ANDREW F., farmer ; P. O. Mansfield ; he was born in Franklin Township Jan. 6, 1850; he is engaged in farming the old homestead and is an active, energetic man. Ilis sister, Ellen B. Taylor, was born in Cass Township ; T. W. Taylor resides in Madison Township, north of the Water Cure.
THRONE, JACOB, farmer ; P. O. Mansfield ; he was born in Franklin Township Aug. 2, 1835. Married,
Oct. 20, 1857, to Martha D. Watson, who was born in Newton Falls, Trumbull Co., March 5, 1838; they have the following family: William, born June 15, 1858 ; Mary A., March 15, 1860; Charles E., Feb. 20, 1862 ; Nichlas, Nov. 20, 1864; Ella B., Dec. 3, 1865; Dora A., June 28, 1868; Rollie W., Nov. 3, 1870; Oren W., June 23, 1872; Anna B., Nov. 3, 1874; Arthur L., June 12, 1878. Nichlas died Dec. 17, 1864 ; Martha, March 16, 18$1 ; Dora, Dec. 3, 1870. ' Jacob Throne's father, Michael Throne, died Aug. 31, 1871, aged 76 years 11 months and 27 days ; his mother, Mrs. Throne, died July 22, 1851, aged 61 years and 10 months.
URICH, DANIEL, farmer ; P. O. Mansfield ; he was born in Pennsylvania in August, 1829; he came to Ohio at the age of 3 years with his parents. He mar- ried. Oct. 1, 1859, Maria A. Myers, who was born in Richland Co. Oct. 26, 1833 ; they have the following family : Sadie E., born Sept. 22, 1862; Foster J., Oct 15, 1865; David R., Nov. 1, 1867, and Amanda, Jan. 23, 1873. Mr. Urich has lived in this township since his marriage and owns a well-improved farm.
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BARBER, M. M., Justice of the Peace, and farmer ; he was born in Union Co., Penn., Nov. 8, 1824. At 14 years of age, he went to learn the trade of printing, in New Berlin, Penn., in the office of the Evangelical Association, which has since been removed to Cleve- land, Ohio; he worked at printing some six years, learning the various branches of the trade; the busi- ness not agreeing with his health, he left the office, and, with his wife and father-in-law, in 1846, started for Ohio, and settled near where he now resides. He was elected Township Clerk in 1848, which office he has held ever since, except one year ; in 1850, he was also elected Justice of the Peace, which office he has since held, being elected ten successive times of three years each ; he has also been delegate to numerous po- litical conventions ; he enjoys the confidence of the community, and his decisions are rarely reversed ; he is a Director of the Buckeye Fire Insurance Company of Shelby. He is a man of quiet demeanor. Politi- cally, he is a Democrat. He was married to Mary Ann Garret Sept. 9, 1845, in Union Co., Penn .; they had ten children, nine of whom are living; Mrs. Barber was born in Union Co., Penn., Aug. 3, 1826.
BARNES, PATRICK, farmer ; he was born in Frank- lin Co., Penn., in 1814, and spent his early days there ; he was put out to work about the age of 10 years with his uncle ; his parents being poor, he was thus com- pelled to go out in the world; he remained with his uncle until he was about 19 years of age, when he went to work at the carpenter trade with Wilham Mackey, of Franklin Co., Penn., and served two years, and then at journeyman's work ; he followed his trade until he came to Ohio, about 1844; he had previously come out, however, and worked for several months ; he set- tled in Jackson Township, and followed his trade, con-
tracting and building, until within the last few years. He was married to Miss Catharine Picking, in February, 1843 ; they had ten children, eight of whom are living; his wife died in May, 1879. He is spending his re- maining days on his pleasant farm, about three miles east of Shelby ; he built a number of the buildings in his neighborhood, and was considered a reliable workman.
BRICKER, ISAAC, farmer and stock-raiser ; he was born in Lebanon Co., Penn., July 24, 1823 ; his father, Capt. Henry Bricker, was known by that name from the fact that he raised a company of men and started for Baltimore, at which place there was a battle going on between the American and British armies : before he arrived, however, the fight was over, and he returned home with his company ; he still kept his company organized, ready for any emergency. He was born in Lancaster, Penn., in January, 1790, where he lived until the year 1831, when he, with his wife and five children, emigrated to Ohio and settled in Jackson Township, about three and a half miles southeast of Shelby, where his son Isaac now resides. After he pur- chased the property, he commenced the erection of a place to live in ; there was an unfinished building that had been intended for a schoolhouse, which he com- pleted for a dwelling ; this stood near where the pres- ent dwelling now stands; he then commenced the arduous task of clearing up the farm and improving. He was active in all the affairs of the county and town- ship, which he adopted as his home, but refused all offers to take any part as an officer in the affairs of the community. He had the esteem of the community in which he lived, being honest, plain and - blunt, never fearing to speak his mind freely. He died in 1855, leaving a family of five sons. His wife, whose maiden name was Rachel Kneesle, survived him some fifteen
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JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
years. The subject of this sketch spent his youth on a farm, attending such schools as were in the community at that time. In 1849, he was taken with the "gold fever," and he, with five others, started, joining a party at Independence, Mo .; they crossed the overland route. He remained there three years, working in the mines, and was successful in accomplishing his pur- pose. He returned home by way of the Isthmus ; he remained about six months in Ohio and Pennsylvania. He again returned to California by way of the same route he came, and engaged in the same business, that of mining ; he remained three years, and was again successful. He returned to Ohio and purchased land ; he bought out the heirs of the " old homestead," where he spent his youth, and where every scene was dear to him. He is a man of public spirit, and fills the posi- tion of one of the directors of the National Bank, of Shelby ; he is also one of the managers of the Buckeye Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Shelby ; he super- intends quite extensive farming, and is one of the most successful in the county. He speaks his mind fully, and, while he is strong in his opinions, he is open to convictions. He was married to Miss Caroline Sipe in April, 1856. They had fourteen children, twelve of whom are living.
BRINER, JOHN, farmer ; he was born in Perry Co., Penn., May 23, 1813 ; he spent his youth on a farm. His father, John Briner, hearing of Ohio, resolved to settle there, where land was cheap and where he might get each of his children a home; so, having made all necessary arrangements for the trip, he started in his wagon for his new home; he settled on the farm now owned by the widow of Henry Briner, in Jackson Township; this was in 1832; he died at an advanced age, on the farm. The subject of this sketch remained at home until 1835, when he moved on the farm now occupied by him, and built a log house near where the present homestead is now located ; he cleared most of the farm and built all the present comfortable build- ings ; he has been an active worker, a good manager, and, as his children get married, he is enabled to give each of his sons 80 acres of land and his daughters 40. He was married to Miss Sarah Henry Dec. 25, 1834; they had twelve children, nine of whom are living, six of them being in Williams Co., Ohio. Mrs. Briner was born in Perry Co., Penn., Nov. 25, 1811 ; her father emigrated to Harrison Co., Ohio, and, in 1833, moved to Jackson Township ; he remained in Ohio for a number of years, but, being desirous of seeing the land of his birth, the home of his childhood, he resolved to take a trip East, and was on that ill-fated train which collided near the village of Thompsontown, Juniata Co., Penn., and where so many met a quick and certain death; after the colli- sion, the wreck took fire, and it is supposed that he was wedged in between some timbers where he could not extricate himself, and he, with many others, fell a victim to the flames ; the doors of the cars were also locked, and this may have prevented the escape of some. Mrs. Briner had six sisters and five brothers, all liv- ing but one ; the oldest is 70 years and the youngest 50 years of age.
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