History of Richland County, Ohio : (including the original boundaries) ; its past and present, containing a condensed comprehensive history of Ohio, including an outline history of the Northwest, a complete history of Richland county miscellaneous matter, map of the county, biographies and histories of the most prominent families, &c., &c., Part 143

Author: Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848-
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Mansfield, O. : A. A. Graham & co.
Number of Pages: 968

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has raised ten children, nine of whom are married and doing well, and has twenty-three grandchildren.

CATON, ANDREW T., farmer; was born in Sandusky Township, this county, Oct. 17, 1844, and was married to Martha J., daughter of Philip Corman, of the same township, on Dec. 25, 1865 ; Mr. Caton has resided all his life in this county, and for the last six years has been the only Justice of the Peace in Sandusky Town- ship, and one of the leading citizens of that part of the county.

COOK, SILAS, farmer ; P. O. Galion; was born in Richland Co., on Feb. 19, 1821; his father, Hiram Cook, was the proprietor of Ontario, and owned con- siderable land around the village. In 1846. Silas be- came a volunteer in the war with Mexico, being a mem- ber of Co. A, commanded by Capt. Mclaughlin, of Mansfield. At the close of the war, he returned to this county, and was married on Jan. 2, 1848, to Miss Mary Ann, daughter of the late John H. Evans, of Ontario. He afterward owned, improved and sold one farm in Wyandot Co .; his father at Ontario, two in Crawford Co., and was six months in California ; he now owns and occupies 125 acres of excellent land, well improved, in Sandusky Township, where he is well fixed for living in comfort, having by his untiring energy succeeded in clearing up the forest and making it " blossom as the rose."

CRISPIN, STEPHEN, farmer : was born in Colum- biana Co., Ohio, on Dec. 24, 1818, and removed with his father, Silas Crispin, to the vicinity of his present residence in 1837. He was married in 1838, to Miss Lona, daughter of the late Levi Logan, who then lived on the farm now owned and occupied by Mr. Crispin in Sandusky Township; Mr. Logan was one of the early settlers, and died in October, 1845, at the age of 75 vears ; Mr. Crispin's father was born in New Jersey, near Philadelphia in 1788 ; removed to Washington Co., Penn., in 1806, thence to Columbiana Co., Ohio, in 1815. His grandfather came from England with Wm. Penn in 1682; the family were among the early pioneers, who, by their energy and perseverance, aided their comrades in clearing up the forest and making the country the best land in the world.

FLOWERS, WILLIAM (deceased) ; he was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Oct. 8, 1796; married Aug. 1, 1819, to Fanny Leiter, who was born in Perry Co., Penn., Nov. 14, 1800; they had the following family : Catherine, born May 12, 1820; Frances, Jan. 23, 1822 ; Elizabeth, May 31, 1824 ; Susan, April 22, 1826 ; Sarah, Feb. 20, 1828; Anna, March 15, 1829; John, Oct. 10, 1831 ; Mary, March 31, 1834; William, July 27, 1836 ; Barbara, Dec. 3, 1838 ; Samuel, Feb. 2, 1841 ; Jacob, Nov. 2, 1845; the following are deceased : William, died Sept. 29, 1878; Frances, Feb. 3, 1874; Catherine, March 18, 1821 ; Elizabeth, July 9, 1825 ; Susan, 1871. Sarah, Sept. 29, 1874; Barbara, Nov. 29, 1879; Jacob was married Nov. 15. 1866, to Mary E. Helfrich, who was born Dec. 14. 1847, in Newcastle, Springfield Township ; they reside in Sandusky Township.

JOHNSON, TAYLOR, farmer; P. O. Crestline ; he was born in Madison Township, in 1843; married in

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1868, to Eleanor M. Cole, who was born in Frederick- town, Knox Co., in 1847 ; they have the following fam- ily : Norton T., born June 4, 1869 ; Laverne, March 2, 1871; Johnson L., July 15, 1874; Oro Viola, Jan 14, 1878. Mr. Taylor came to Sandusky Township in 1872; he owns a well-improved farm with good buildings ; he is one of the active and energetic men of the town- ship. He enlisted in the 3d O. V. C, Co. E; he re- mained in the service three years and one month, and was honorably discharged.

McCULLY, WILLIAM, farmer; P. O. Crestline ; he was born July 3, 1817, on the farm owned by his grandfather, James McDermott, in Mifflin Township, in this county ; he had removed from Mercer Co., Penn., and settled upon it about the year 1812 .; he died there in 1859, aged nearly 100 years. Mr. Mc- Cully was married June 9, 1840, to May, daughter of the late Samuel Simpson, of Mifflin Township ; she was born March 16, 1819. Mr. McCully removed from Mifflin to Sandusky Township April 3, 1843, where he erected his cabin and commenced clearing the beanti- ful farm upon which he now lives. He says: "Our first house had but one room, which answered for kitchen, bedroom and parlor-one corner, carpeted, was called the parlor." He began in the woods with 140 acres of land, but by his indomitable energy and industrious habits, he afterward added to his farm till he became the owner of 500 acres of most excellent land, all well improved; he is now one of the most extensive and successful farmers in the county. His children-three sons and one daughter-are all mar- ried and living in the immediate vicinity : like their parents, they are much respected by all. In pioneer times, the Indian trail from Greentown to Upper San- dusky passed over the land now owned by Mr. McCully, and a mound, together with many Indian relics, has been found on the premises. Among these is a stone skinning-knife and a red dart. At different places in the vicinity of the mound, the earth had evidently been excavated for lead or something of value to the " red men of the forest."

MILLER, CHARLES, farmer, was born in Union Co., Penn., on Aug. 9, 1815, and removed, with his father, Christian Miller, to Orange. Township, then in Richland Co., in 1829. He was married, Sept. 23, 1841, to Miss Mary M., daughter of the late Dauiel Riblet, and settled in Sandusky Township in 1853, where he now resides, and is much respected by all who have formed his acquaintance.

MORKEL, CHRISTIAN, farmer ; P. O. Crestline ; he was born in Germany in 1823; came to America when 5 years of age. He was married to Mary Ann Purky, who was born in Lancaster Co., Penn .; they had the following family-John F., born Dec. 7, 1853; George A., Sept. 13, 1855; Sarah A., Oct. 29, 1857; Matilda M., Aug. 26, 1859 ; Anna R., March 12, 1861 ; Jacob E., Jan. 24, 1864; Mary E., Feb. 7, 1866; Caro- line E., Jan. 28, 1868; Leah E., March 22, 1870; Maria M., Dec. 24, 1871 ; Harriet S., Jan. 26, 1874; Charles E., April 29, 1876. Matilda M., died Sept. 1, 1861. Mr. Morkel came to this township in 1855; he is one of its leading and enterprising citizens.

MORTHLAND, JOHN, farmer, was born in Colum- biana Co., Ohio, on Jan. 4, 1836, and removed with his father's family to this county in the fall of the same year, settling in the vicinity of his present residence in Sandusky Township. He was married in 1858 to Miss Abby, daughter of Hiram Stevens. Abraham Morth- land, the father of John, was born in Adams Co., Penn., on January 17, 1811, removed to Columbiana Co., Ohio, in 1830, and to this county in 1836 ; he not only aided in clearing up the forest, but devoted thirty years of his life as an active minister of the Baptist Church, and died at Shelby in 1876.

PARAMOUR, MORDECAI B., farmer ; P. O. Crest- line ; was born in Springfield Township, in this county, on July 16, 1823; his father, John Paramour, having removed from Jefferson Co., Ohio, about the year 1813, was one of the original pioneers who aided in con- verting the forests of Springfield Township into beauti- ful farms; M. B. Paramour, possessing the energy and perseverance which characterized the old settlers, has earned by his own labor and good management the means which have enabled him to own the farm on which he now resides, containing 254 acres of well improved land, from the sale of the products of which he real- izes annually about $1,600, and is considered one of the most successful farmers in the county. He was married on Oct. 13, 1849, to Susan R., daughter of Joseph Cox, then living near the village of Shelby; they have raised a large and respectable family of children, and are well fixed for the enjoyment of all the happiness this world can afford.

SCOTT, WILLIAM, farmer; P. O. Crestline; was born on the farm then owned by Gov. Snyder, in Union Co., Penn., on Sept. 15, 1815, and removed to San- dusky Township, in this county, in 1835 ; he paid $150 for 40 acres in the woods, and commenced clearing off the timber ; the next day after his cabin was raised, it was thrown down by a falling tree, but it was soon rebuilt and occupied ; he afterward sold his 40 acres, with the improvements he had made upon it, for $350, which enabled him to purchase an unimproved 80- acre tract, in the immediate vicinity, to which he has since added the adjoining 80-acre tract, making a farm of 160 acres, now well improved, and considered one of the best farms in the neighborhood. Mr. Scott was first married to Mary Ann, daughter of the late Daniel Riblet ; she was born in 1817, and died June 3, 1858; his second wife, Eliza, daughter of the late John Book- walter and widow of Samuel Freed, died in 1869. He was married to his present wife, Charity, daughter of Jacob Sprow, and widow of the late David L. Chambers, in March, 1876 ; she was born July 10, 1828.

SCOTT, JOSIAH, farmer; P. O. Galion ; he was born in Sandusky Township May 4, 1843. Married, in 1869, to Mary Brown, who was born in Wayne Co., Ind .; they have the following family : Mary Alice, deceased ; Lydia Idella, born June 17, 1871 ; Katy Ann, May 22, 1873 ; Sylvia Rosetta, Aug. 13, 1875 ; William Frank- lin, Jan. 3, 1878 ; Cora Elca, Dec. 24, 1879. Mr. Scott enlisted in the late war, in 1861, in the 1st O. Inde- pendent Battery ; he was engaged during the entire war.

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ADAMS, ANDREW, retired farmer ; he was born in | Bedford Co., Penn., June 15, 1820; Andrew was the fourth of nine children ; Mr. Adams spent his youth on a farm ; he came with his parents to Ohio, and did such work as was usual with young men of that day. He was united in matrimony to Miss Ann Zeigler, April 7, 1842; she was born near Somerset, Perry Co., Ohio, and came with her parents to Blooming Grove Township, Richland Co., about 1817, being among the first settlers of that county ; they have had five chil- dren, three of whom are living, viz .: William H., far- mer, in Plymouth Township; John A., farmer in Plym- outh ; Sarah M., married to George Souders, farmer, and lives in De Kalb Co., Ind. Mr. Adams started with small means. He helped to clear up a large amount of land in the county, and, by diligence and economy, he has acquired considerable property. .

BALLARD, ASA N., A. B., M. D., one of the prac- ticing physicians of Shelby ; he was born in Clinton Co., Ohio, Oct. 17, 1842; he spent his younger days on the farm. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Co. D, 48th O. V. I .; served four years and eight months, being retained six months after the close of the war for garrison duty in Texas, during which long period he missed but few days' duty ; he took part in four sieges, ten hard-fought battles, besides many skir- mishes, a full share of marching, etc .; the principal engagements were Shiloh, Corinth, Holly Springs, Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, Jackson, Sabine Cross Roads, La., Pensacola, Fla., Fort Blakely, and Mobile; he re-enlisted in February, 1864, but, before getting his furlough, was captured in the battle of Sabine Cross Roads, La., April 8, 1864 ; marched about two hundred miles to Tyler, Texas, where he, with over three thousand others, were kept for six and a half months almost exclusively on Indian meal and beef diet, in a stockade inclosure, with mother earth for a bed and a Texan sky for a covering ; after his release, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in December, 1865, and at once detailed for staff duty, in which capacity he traveled through Texas, but most of the time was Acting Ordnance Officer of the Eastern District of Texas, with headquarters at Galveston; upon arriving at Columbus for final muster-out, May 22, 1866, he was commissioned Captain by brevet. He then attended and taught school alternately until he completed the classical course at the National Normal School, in 1871; for a few years following, he superin- tended public schools, closing his labors in that direc- tion as Principal of the Eighth Ward, Indianapolis. lIe married Miss Mary Harrison, of Morrow Co., Ohio, in 1873. While in Indianapolis, he began the study of medicine under Dr. J. B. Hurd, but resided in Cincin- nati while attending medical lectures, practicing in the Free Dispensary during vacations, until he graduated at Pulte Medical College in 1876; in March of the same year located in Shelby, where he enjoys a good practice.

BARGAHISER, JACOB L., farmer; was Born in Richland Co. Nov. 29, 1834 ; his father, Levi Bargahi- ser, was born Dec. 5, 1791, in Pennsylvania. When he

was 12 years of age, he came to Ohio with Martin Ruff'- ner; he remained in the cabin when Ruffner went to the Zimmer family and was killed by the Indians, of which a full account will be found in another part of this work. He entered the southeast quarter of Sec. 6 in 1815, and about 1818 or 1819 he commenced the first clearing. He was married to Susanna Eshelman, of Licking Co .; they had five children, three of whom are living, the subject of this sketch being the youngest ; he died Dec. 26, 1868: his wife survived him until May 25, 1878. Jacob was married to Sarah E. Price Sept. 4, 1856 ; they have seven children-Andrew, Le- vina D., Lorenzo D. and Susanna, living ; Levi, Isaao M. and Frankie are dead. Mr. Bargahiser is a Director of the Buckeye Insurance Company, and is what is termed a solid farmer.

BLOOM, S. S., attorney at law. He was born in Waterford, Juniata Co., Penn., March 11, 1834 ; he never knew a mother's fostering care, and at her death, quickly following his birth, was moved to his grand- father's family, Mr. John Stambaugh, near Blain, Perry Co., Penn., where he spent his entire youth on the farm. His grandfather dying when he was 19 years of age, he soon came to Shelby, Richland Co., where his father had settled in 1836, but where he died in 1843. He was married to Miss Anna M. Stambaugh, a lady of the same name but not the same family as his grandfather. In March, 1856, moved with her to Shelby ; his wife and infant son dying in August, 1857, he was again left alone in the world, but this gloom cast so early upon his life, did not deter him from pursuing the even tenor of his way. In 1859, he was again mar= ried to Mrs. Jennie M. Smily, daughter of the late Robert Mickey, with whom he is still living, happy and contented, surrounded by the children which have blessed their union-a son and two daughters. In 1858, Mr. Bloom was elected Mayor of Shelby by the votes of both parties, for, though a Democrat, his party has always been in a large minority in his village and township. He continued to be re-elected until the spring of 1863, when the party lines were closely drawn, and he was defeated for a sixth term by a few votes. During this time he also held the office of town- ship clerk for five years, and Justice of the Peace for three years ; in 1863, he was nominated without opposi- tion to the Legislature, and was one of the few who were that year elected upon the Democratic ticket in the county. He served two years in the House of Rep- resentatives, with only eighteen Democratic colleagues. In 1865, he was reelected by a handsome majority, During the two terms he served on the Committee af Agriculture (being then a farmer), and also on the Committee on Benevolent Institutions. During his second term, having been admitted to the bar, he served on the Judiciary Committee ; he also raised on his mo- tion a special joint committee on insurance, of which he was made chairman, to which committee all bills re- lating to insurance were referred. His labors on the last-named committee were untiring, and finally culmi- nated in State supervision of insurance, and soon after, the creation of the present insurance department in

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the State government, so fraught with good results to the people of the State. During the war, he was a warm advocate of its vigorous prosecution, and, as a friend of the soldiers, he may well be proud of his rec- ord. In 1866, he first introduced House Bill No. 3, to provide a bounty for veteran volunteers, who had not heretofore received a local bounty, and, later in the ses- sion, House Bill No. 200, requiring Assessors to make returns of necessitous soldiers' families, and estimate the amount required for their relief. In addition to this, he had a resolution passed for the investigation of the condition of soldiers in the hospitals, and in his own counties he encouraged enlistments by speeches and otherwise. While at Columbus, all business pass- ing through his hands, for soldiers or their families, and at home, in the distribution of relief funds, was performed gratuitously. His entire life throughout the war period bears the record of a true patriot, and of a man who felt the importance of the issues involved in the vexed questions growing out of our internecine conflict. In public life, Mr. Bloom has never shrunk from avowing the moral sentiment which governed his private actions, being a member of the Lutheran Church. In 1864, he was admitted to the bar. and had built up a good and growing practice in the State and United States Courts, until he was again elected to the Legislature, Nov. 11, 1868 ; he became the founder of the Shelby Independent News, which has remained under his editorial control ever since, in connection with his other business. In 1875, he was President of the Democratic District Congressional Convention in Mansfield, and by his skill and ability in managing that body through a two-days turbulent session, won distinction as a pre- siding officer. In 1877, he was nominated against strong competitors for a third term in the Ohio House of Representatives, a distinction granted to no other candi- date in the county for the past fifty years, and subse- quently elected by an overwhelming majority, and in January, 1878, took a seat in the Sixty-fifth General As- sembly, a body which had the great work before it of completing the codification and consolidation of the laws of Ohio since the organization of the State, of which project he had always been an ardent and enthu- siastic supporter. Of his course during this session we find the following, cut from a Columbus paper pub- ilshed at the time, which is all that need be here said on that subject. The writer says :

" If there is one member deserving of more credit for actual labor and industry in pushing forward the business of the House than another, that gentleman is the Hon. S. S. Bloom, of Richland Co. You will al- ways find him occupying his chair, which is just in front of the Speaker's stand, in the front row of seats, generally employed, with pen in hand, busily engaged in writing, and if not, paying the strictest attention to the business before the House. He is among the first of the members who puts in an appearance in the morning, and the last at leaving on an adjournment in the even- ing; nor does he merely come to be seen and to put in his time reading newspapers or in frivolous conversa- tion, as do too many of the people's representatives. Mr. Bloom, on the contrary, is a worker; he is never idle. He is either engaged in the committee-rooms, or participating in the discussions on the floor. Having

been a worker all his life, he has illustrated the in- junction, ' Whatsoever thy hands find to do, do it with all thy might,' and he knows no abatement of energy in the public service. He examines, with scrutiny, every topic of legislation, and is always ready with his strong reasons and sound arguments, to defend or enforce any course of action he has decided on pursuing. He has made the codification of the laws a specialty, and, being a member of the Joint Commit- tee on Consolidated Laws, he has rendered valuable service toward the completion and perfection of this important undertaking. The Democracy of old Rich- land need not blush to own her representative, for his standing on the floor, in all the elements that go to make up a good legislator, is second to none in the House."

At the close of that session, on June 23, 1879, he had the great satisfaction of seeing his object fully completed, and the Revised Statutes of Ohio became an accomplished fact. During this session and without any effort on his part, he was again nominated for the same position, against strong competitors, who made an active canvass (which public duty forbade him do- ing). He was again elected for a fourth term, and, upon the assembling of the Sixty-fourth General As- sembly, was nominated by acclamation by the Demo- cratic minority as their candidate for Speaker, and was at once recognized as the leader of the Democracy in that body. His knowledge of parliamentary law and the rules of the body in which he had so long served, and his knowledge of the new code of Ohio, made his services invaluable to his fellow-members, of which all the members of the House freely availed themselves on all occasions. His candor, earnestness and courteous treatment of all his fellow-members won their united esteem, and, aside from political questions, he wielded, perhaps, more influence than any other member of the House. His enlarged experience and general knowl- edge of men and things, coupled with a broad and lib- eral mind, gave him a great influence in shaping legis- lation, and, as the laws now stand, we doubt whether any other member of the Legislature has more gen- erally stamped the impress of his views upon the laws of the State than has the subject of this sketch. He has still one session to serve of the eight-years serv- ice in the House of Representatives of Ohio, of which he has so long been a valuable and honored member.

BRICKLEY, D. V., boot and shoe dealer, and one of Shelby's successful young men ; was born in Perry Co., Penn., and spent his youth on a farm. At the age of 21 years he enlisted in Co. F, 208th Penn. V. I. for one year; on his return home, he attended school for some time ; in 1868, he went to Buffalo, N. Y .; was there one year, and then went West to Illinois and Missouri, where he remained for three years; he returned to Buffalo and remained two years, being engaged in the grocery business; in 1874, he came to Shelby, and took charge of the shoe store of S. F. Stambaugh ; in 1876, he purchased the stock, and has been successful, and purchased the property known as the Davis corner, and for many years occupied by Mr. Lybarger. Mr. Brick- ley is well and favorably known, and by honesty and fair dealing he has established for himself an enviable reputation.

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BRICKER, W. R., M. D., was born in Lebanon Co., Penn., in 1820; his youth was spent on a farm ; he read medicine with his uncle, Dr. Jonathan Bricker, of Euphrata, Penn., who moved to Mansfield, where the Doctor finished his course of reading ; he then attended the Willoughby Medical School, afterward graduating in the Western Reserve College, of Cleveland, Ohio ; he commenced the practice of medicine, September, 1845 ; he has been eminently successful in his practice ; he is a man of sound judgment and close observation, and is regarded by the profession as a good counselor ; he has also been identified with the interests of Shelby, and is now President of the First National Bank, and for a number of years Treasurer of the Buckeye Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Shelby. He was married to Miss Esther E. Taylor Dec. 12, 1848, and as a result of their marriage they had four daughters, two of whom are living.

BROWN, DANFORTH, farmer ; was born in Brook Co., W. Va., May 7, 1829; his father, James Brown, was born Feb. 19, 1794, and his grandfather, Capt. Oliver Brown, was born in Lexington, Mass., and served with distinction in the war of the Revolution; he was per- sonally acquainted with George Washington ; he was in ten different engagements. His ancestors were among thefirst settlers of the Massachusetts colony ; in 1835, James Brown emigrated from Virginia and settled in Plymouth, where he remained for some time and then moved to Shelby, where he kept hotel, and was in the drug business for some time ; he was the first partner of the late Thomas Mickey. He was married to Miss Jane McGuire in 1814; they had ten children, five of whom are living. The subject of this notice is a man of force of character; he is an advocate of any measure which will improve the community in any way. He is Township Trustee, and makes an efficient officer. He was married to Miss Emiline Cornwall, of Rich- land Co., Feb. 6, 1856 ; they had four children, three of whom are living; they are a happy family.

BRUBAKER, HARRISON, farmer, was born in this county, Oct. 30, 1840, on the old homestead, where he still lives. He spent his youth on the farm. IIe at- tended the schools of the district. He enlisted in Co. H, 84th Regiment, O. V. I., for three months. He is an intelligent farmer, social, industrious and reliable. He was married to Miss Mary Wills April 16, 1863 ; they have four children, one daughter and three sons -Burtou D., born Aug. 10, 1865; James, born Aug. 29, 1867 ; Harry E., born Nov. 9, 1873 ; daughter, born Dec. 1, 1879. His father, Jacob Brubaker, was born Dec. 16, 1789, in Somerset Co., Penn. He was married to Miss Christina Huffman, June 13, 1816, in Washington Co., Penn. She was born June 5, 1798. He died March 30, 1870; she died May 7, 1872. They had a family of ten children, five of whom are living, and all well to do, showing that they implanted the same industry and economy in the lives of their children which they possessed. He was the first man to cut a stick of timber in what is now the public square of Mansfield, and he helped to build the first cabin there. He was engaged with a surveying party about six weeks in Richland County. He entered the land on which Harrison, his son, now lives, March 16, 1816. When he was with the surveying party, he had

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Author: Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848- Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Mansfield, O. : A. A. Graham & co. Number of Pages: 968

Author: Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848-
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Mansfield, O. : A. A. Graham & co.
Number of Pages: 968