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ber of emigrants, for America. After his arrival at Philadelphia he married Miss Fanny Vogt, born November 24, 1826, in Villigen, Canton Aargau, Switzerland. From Philadelphia he came to Ohio, and settled in Riley township, Sandusky county, the present residence of his family. In consequence of his industry, economy, and skill as a farmer, he made rapid progress in the accumulation of an estate. In the summer of 1878, he visited his native land for the second time. During his life he crossed the Atlantic Ocean five times, and the Pacific twice. In politics he was a Democrat. His family consisted of eight sons and one daughter-John Henry, born August 16, 1855, died January 21, 1877; Charles, born February 2, 1857; Samuel I., born August 20, 1858; Anna Maria Eliza, born June 10, 1860; Frederick Franklin, born February 18, 1862; Henry Albert, born April 20, 1864; Edward Ursinius, born April 20, 1867; Adolph, born April 24, 1869; Lewis S., born October 26, 1872.
Mr. Hirt was brought up a member of the German Reformed church, and at-tended its services throughout life.
In the long and severe winter of 1881 Mr. Casper Hirt died (February 3d), in consequence of a bad cold, which turned into a lung disease, aged sixty years and six months. By his death his family lost a tender husband and father, the township a good citizen, and his neighbors a true friend.
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A T a session of the county commission- ers, held in December, 1829, town-ship four, range fourteen was constituted a separate town, with corporate powers and privileges. The name was conferred in honor of the celebrated general, who was then serving his first year as President of the United States. For several years after settlement began in the county, this township and its western ands northern neighbors seemed a blot upon the face of the earth. The black surface earth, by its own robe of dense forest and luxuriant undergrowth of shrubs and grasses, had entirely excluded the light and heat of the sun. Vegetable gases rested upon the surface, undisturbed by a troubled atmosphere, and year by year the soil was absorbing chemical elements which, under cultivation, have made large houses and fat bank accounts.
But before the period of clearing and grubbing, all this level tract was a con- tinuous marsh, and where now heavy ears of corn are bowing to the ground, fifty years ago only muskrats and snakes were able to live.
The general surface slope of the town-ship. is toward the northeast, the three. principal streams-Wolf Creek, Muskallonge, and Mud Creek-flowing in that direction. The valleys of these streams are scarcely perceptible, and the channels are shallow.
A heavy stratum of limestone underlies the black vegetable earth, mixed with de- composed particles worn from the rock surface during the glacial period of geolog-
ical history. The lime element greatly increases the productiveness of the soil. Long before man appeared on the face of the earth, and while this sheet of limestone rock was yet uncovered, huge mountains of ice, bearing at their base massive ledges of northern rocks, were slowly forced southward. These hard fragments of a harder and deeper stratum, called boulders, moved under great pressure, and ground from the native limestone surface a powder which, when a warmer age had reduced the glaciers to water, formed the basis of our fertile soil. A belt of boulders across the township marks the path of one of these moving ice moun- tains. These boulders came from north of Canada, and were transported more than a thousand miles. But this subject can not be understood without a general knowledge of the science of geology. The facts of geological history are as plainly and unmistakably written in the structure and conformation of the rocks as. the events of human history are recorded on tablets and scrolls.
Nowhere is the relation between natural resources and industrial progress better shown than in Jackson township. A territory which fifty years ago was an unreclaimed wilderness will now compare favorably in improvement and wealth with any similar agricultural district in Ohio. In the winter of 1828 the first road was cut through the woods, and, by means of logs and brush, made passable for a wagon from Muskallonge to the Sandusky River. Piked roads now accommodate every
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corner of the township. Large, well-repaired houses and barns are evidence to the stranger of the productiveness of the soil and prosperity of the farmers.
There is practically no water power. The creeks are small, and their shallow channels do not admit high dams.
Stone is quarried in several places. The ballasting of the two railroads which cross at Burgoon comes from these quarries, and large quantities are used on the public highways.
ORIGINAL PROPRIETORSHIP.
The first entries of land within the limits of township four, range fourteen, were re- corded in 1828, and the last entry was made in 1852. Many changes of owner-ship took place at the beginning and during the period of early settlement, so that the man who made the first purchase did not, in every case, make the first improvement. But no improvements, except temporary squatter shanties, were made before the entries. Settlement, in most cases, followed soon after the transfer from the Government. The following table will, therefore, show in a general way the date and location of improvements, as well as give the names, among others, of most of the early settlers. Many early settlers, however, purchased wild land at second hand; their names, therefore, do not appear in this list:
Entries were made in 1828 as follows:
SECTION. 1
ACRES.
Jacob Nyce
81
Thomas Nicholson
35
80
Daniel Tyndall
2
80
John Billsland
1
169
Smith Clauson
25
160
John Custard
24
80
J. and H. F. Hartrell
25
80
Samuel Henderson
35
80
Elizabeth Kendall
1
160
Elizabeth Kendall
2
160
The following entries were made in the year 1829:
SECTION. ACRES.
Jacob Bruner, jr.
24
80
Christian Bruner
.24
80
John Bruner 24
79
The following entries were made in the year 1830 :
SECTION. ACRES.
Caleb Cooplin
11
80
George Foltz
1
81
Peter F. Ludwig
35 160
Adam Zarung
36
80
The following entries were made in the year 1831:
SECTION. ACRES.
George Phillips
2
88
Samuel Treat
14
160
In 1833 the following entries were made:
SECTION. ACRES.
William Carr.
2
88
Martin Reaper 13
80
In 1834 entries were made as follows:
Joseph Cookson
SECTION. 12
80
John M. Garn
8
80
John M. Garn
7
80
John Garn
7
80
George Kessler
11
160
George Kessler
12
80
Joseph Leib
36
560
Gilbreath Stewart
18
80
The following entries were made in 1835:
SECTION.
ACRES.
William Andrew
18
80
Daniel Green
25
80
John Madding
4
333
George Overmyer
2
180
George Stockbarger
4
89
George Stockbarger
3
92
Henry Spohn
4
87
James Stult
3
80
John Garn
8
80
David Holts
5
160
John Madding
5
80
John Riddell
5
80
The following entries were made in 1835, subject to taxation in 1840:
SECTION. 3
46
W. E. Chenowith
10
40
Jacob Faber
3
136
Thomas Gassago
3
40
John Graves
3
45
John Graves
11
89
Peter Hicky
21
40
ACRES.
ACRES.
Matthew Barringer
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SECTION. ACRES.
John Hummel
8
40
Samuel Hofford
10
80
David Hoplin
20
40
D. McCollough
11
80
J. H. Morrison
12
160
David Ripley
6
80
Flora Rodgers
13
40
John Seavault
23
80
Cynthia Spencer
22
40
Henry Bason
5
40
Entries are recorded in 1836 as follows:
SECTION.
ACRES.
William Andrew
18
80
Jacob Bruner
27
80
Jacob Bruner
26
160
Jacob Bruner
13
80
John Brubaker
2
80
Michael McKinney
3.5
80
John Stump
25
160
Peter Sypher
18
80
Jacob Shiltz
14
80
Christian Dersham
6
160
William Russell
17
80
William Russell
7
80
William Vernon
17
158
The following lands were entered in 1836, taxable in 1842:
SECTION.
ACRES.
Jeremiah Brown
19
153
Hartman Bower
9
80
Martin Bruner
13
40
Samuel Fry
31
40
William Hederman
30
80
Jacob Krum
31
80
Lewis Overmyer
15
40
C. W. A. Rodgers
10
160
Andrew Ruffner
4
80
Rufus Spencer
19
73
Jesse Stone
13
80
Newell Wolcott
30
36
George Wild
9
40
R. Dickinson
5
40
The following entries were made in 1837:
SECTION.
ACRES.
John Carnes
6
168
Jeremiah Brown
19
149
Henry Havens
10
160
John Ickes
6
86
Hugh lams
12
80
James Keith
11
80
Samuel King
3
160
Conrad Miller
22
160
Hugh Mitchell
22
80
Jacob Overmyer
15
160
Daniel Roads
23
80
David Ripley
7
80
The following entries were made in the year 1838:
SECTION. 35
ACRES.
Daniel Baker
40
Jacob Fry, jr
30
73
Leonard Gebhan
12
40
S. P. Henthorn
22
40
Jacob Henry
32
40
George Hollinger
34
80
John Ickes
6
86
Abram Johnson
14
80
Hugh Mitchell
22
40
John Mowry
33
80
Daniel Roads
12
80
John Thrause
18 37
Martin Garn
5
160
Andrew Roszell
35
80
The following entries were made in 1839:
SECTION.
ACRES.
William H. Bair
7
77
Jacob Dawhower.
7
77
Isaac Posey
5
80
Henry Baughman
15
240
J. W. Baughman
1
120
David Baughman
9
80
Josiah Bair
18
37
John Betz
29
40
John Bruner
24
80
George Bobletz
27
80
John Betz
29
80
George Bobletz
27
80
M. Barringer
13
40
M. Betz
21
80
John Betz, sr
30
80
Christian Bruner
13
80
Martin Bruner
13
40
Henry Burkhett
23
60
James Canfield
17
80
Calvin Catkin
22
40
Amos Catkin
26
40
Stephen Dickens
35
80
Jacob Disler
28
160
Jacob Disler
29
40
George Dunbar
34
40
Jacob Disler
28
120
Jacob Disler
29
80
Jacob Disler
30
80
Stephen Dickens
35
40
Isaac Dickens
27
80
John Doll
10
60
Daniel Mowry, jr
33
80
John Mair
26
40
James McGowen
15
40
Peter Miller
30
80
Peter Miller
19
80
Elijah Moody
12
40
Hugh Overmyer
2I
80
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HISTORY OF SANDUSKY COUNTY.
SECTION. ACRES.
Isaac Robbins
8
8o
Joseph Myers
40
George Rapp
24
240
Catharine Murray
31
78
Samuel Rickel
31
8o
John Mowry
32
80
Jonathan Robbins
17
16o
Jesse Mowry
32
80
William Robbins
17
40
David Mowry
32
40
Philip Siler
28
40
William McFarland
22
40
George Stoner
34
160
James Russell
1
120
George Stoner
27
16o
Ludwig Schwartz
15
80
Christian Stoner
34
8o
John Stand
17
80
Andy Swickard
8
16o
Elijah Voorhees
26
40
Andy Swickard
3
40
Jacob Winter
21
80
Andy Swickard
4
40
Peter Warner
32
0.8
Silas Stafford
26
16o
Benpri Williams
8
40
George N. Snyder
6
8o
John Weaver
22
80
Robert Tevis
14
8o
John Weaver
14
160
Robert Tevis
23
8o
Michael Betz
31
151
James Tissue
27
40
Peter Brouff.
20
40
Jacob Vandersall
20
16o
George Bolander
33
80
Jacob Vandersall
29
16o
William H. Bair
18
37
Peter Walter
29
8o
Jacob Bowman
20
120
Jacob Winter
21
120
Jacob Bowman
9
200
Joseph Whitmore
21
8o
John Betz
30
73
Peter Whitmore
20
8o
Jacob Bayor
33
40
Peter Yost
27
40
Meshack Fried
27
80
Jacob Fry, jr
30
36
John G. Gossard
18
37
John Erb
28
16o
Isaac Hite
25
40
Jacob Fry
30
8o
Samuel Henry
32
40
Jacob Fry
31
8o
Martin Hopkins
19
120
Jacob Fry
32
8o
Martin Hopkins
20
40
John Fahi
28
8o
Daniel Hite
13
80
J. G. Gaphard
28
74
Samuel Henry
32
40
George Gehr
28
240
P. M. Haas
23
40
George Gehr
31
40
John Houseman
26
40
Jacob Henry
32
80
Jesse Inks
3
46
John Inks
12
40
Samuel Ludwig
1
40
Samuel Ludwig
22
80
Samuel Ludwig
23
80
Moses Lyth
8
80
Joseph W. Lyth
17
80
Isaac Hite
25
40
John Inkes
12
40
Abram Johnson
9
40
Lewis Johnson
9
40
George Kemp
33
80
John Lytle
18
75
Archer Ford
34
40
Joseph Mayor
8
40
John Miller
11
16o
John Mercer
26
40
Daniel Mowry
33
160
In 1840 lands were entered as follows:
SECTION.
ACRES.
John Leshler
21
160
Barney Myers
26
40
Samuel Myers
26
40
The following entries were made in 1852:
SECTION.
ACRES.
Charles Choate
23
40
Martin Kagey
30
73
Benpri Walters
10
40
George Gehr
32
40
David Greene
25
40
Henry Hone
3
40
Henry Hone
4
40
Henry Hollinger
34
160
S. P. Henthorn
14
82
S. P. Henthorn
23
8o
Abraham Helm
20
16o
SECTION. 8
ACRES.
THE SETTLEMENT.
The first man to penetrate the thick forest and inhospitable marsh which once covered the whole of this township, was Peter Stultz. He was soon after followed by his brother, Henry Stultz. They were natives of New Jersey, and emigrated to Ohio about 8808. They settled in Frank
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lin county where they remained until 1828. That year Peter, first, and then Henry, erected cabins and removed their families to Muskallonge, near the bridge on the Greenesburg pike. They were not, however, left long to the solitary enjoyment of forest life. Others soon followed their trail and pushed even further into the uninviting wilds, to the banks of Mud Creek. The creek lands were dryest, and consequently were the first chosen. Gilbreath Stewart was the probable builder of the third cabin. He located near the Mud Creek bridge, on the Greenesburg pike. There was at that time no road in the township. Settlers made their way through the woods as best they could, now and then cutting down a tree where it was impossible to get between. In the winter of 1828 the county commissioners, on the petition of Henry Stultz, granted a public road from Muskallonge to Chamber's mill on the Sandusky River. This road was cut through that winter, the logs and brush being used to bridge the swamp. Henry Stultz erected on his lot a saw-mill. This was a high water mill, the water in Muskallonge during most of the year not being sufficient to drive the machinery.
The Stultz family remained but about five years, and from here removed to Indiana. These two brothers had been leading citizens.
In the spring of 1829, David Klotz* removed his family from Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and came to this township, John Garn being one of the party. After remaining at Chamber's mill, on the river, about one week, they followed the west-ward trail, passed the Stultz improvement, and finally arrived at the cabin of Gilbreath Stewart, where they were received until a cabin was completed. In the course of a couple of weeks the log frame
was covered, and the family, consisting of five persons, moved in. No chimney had yet been built, and the cooking was done on the outside, except in rainy weather, when smoke was left to find its way through the cracks in the sides and roof.
David Vernon moved to this township in the fall of 1829, and his son-in-law, Mr. Campbell, immediately set to work to make an improvement. Mr. Vernon was a retired Scotch merchant, a bred gentleman, and stood high in the regard of the early citizens of Lower Sandusky, where he lived for a time. An incident once occurred in Olmsted's store which shows that the spirit of Puritan Scotland had not forsaken him, even in this wicked border town. Judge Howland, a man habitually profane in conversation, became provoked, and swore terribly. As soon as Howland had left the group, Vernon, then a late immigrant, with an expression of surprise and indignation, enquired:
"Da you cavil that mon Judge?"
On being informed that that was his office, the high-bred Scot continued:
"Indade, saire, and you mak' such mon judge in this America! In Scotland, saire, they wud scarcly allow him to ba a wetness."
It is said that when the family were moving to this township they stopped at the Klutz cabin, where an interesting situation of affairs can be imagined. The Scotch people made several enquiries which the good Dutch people of that home were unable to understand. After enthusiastic gesticulation on both sides, an understanding was finally arrived at. A bountiful supper was spread, and although the guests could not understand their hosts, or the contrary, their friendship became mutual. The Vernons were all good people, but unfortunate. Sickness afflicted them and two of them died, A small lot was set apart for a
*Now spelled Klutz
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burying-ground, which has since become a public cemetery-the Metzger cemetery, in Scott township. David Klutz was buried in this graveyard in 1834.
John Garn made an improvement on Mud Creek. He was a native of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and came to this county with the Klutz family. Here he married Catharine Garn, a second cousin. He built a saw-mill on Mud Creek, which has long since been abandoned.
John Waggoner first settled within the limits of this township but soon moved down the creek, and is more properly classed with the pioneers of Washington township.
These few settlements attracted the at- tention of the many emigrants then seeking homes. It now began to appear that the swamp wilderness could be made a fit place for the habitation of man. The spring of 1832 brought from Pennsylvania, and from the counties of Central and Southern Ohio family after family. The scenes of a decade earlier in York and Townsend, had now become the every day life of the "Black Swamp" country. It is impossible in the scope of this book to sketch every family that came to the township. But it is due to those who endured the toil and bore the self- sacrifice of pioneer life, that their names should be preserved to posterity.
George Overmyer, a native of Nor- thumberland county, Pennsylvania, came to Ohio and settled in Perry county, in 1804, and lived there until 1829, when he came to Sandusky county, and settled soon after in this township, near the centre. Lewis Overmyer joined him in the spring of 1832. Both were highly respected citizens. Daniel Overmyer died March 28, 1859, leaving a family of ten children-six boys and four girls.
Daniel Overmyer, a son of George Overmyer, came to the township with his
father, and has been a resident all his life, except about ten years, during which he lived in Washington township. He married, in 1838, Elizabeth Overmyer, by whom he had six children, two of whom are living- Joel and George W. She died in 1849. He married for his second wife, in 1854, Harriet Coon, whose father, Adam Coon, settled in this township in 1853. William H., Charles L., Cornelius K. and Adam N. are the children by his second wife. Mr. Overmyer has held nearly all the local official trusts within the gift of the people of his township.
John Moomy, a native of Pennsylvania, came with his parents to Pickaway county, Ohio. In 1830 he came to this township, where he has resided since that time. He has helped to improve the township and seen it transformed from a wilderness into a garden of plenty. He married Elizabeth Abbott, who gave birth to seven children, five of whom are still living.
John Mowry was one of the first to penetrate the damp and unbroken wood- lands of the southern part of Jackson. He was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1808, being the fifth of a family of eleven children. He married, in 1831, Eliza Gear, born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1810. The fruit of this union was nine children, five of whom are living-William A., Aaron J., Absalom, Sarah E., and Amos G. Mr. Mowry is the type of the real pioneer. He saw in the uninviting swamp, to which he came in 1832, rich possibilities, and all his energies were devoted to the development of them.
Hugh and Mary (Huff) Iams, both natives of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, emigrated with their family to Franklin county, Ohio, in the year 1811. In 1832 they came to Sandusky county and settled in Jackson, where Mr. Iams died in 1838. The family consisted of ten children, four
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boys and six girls. Jasper Iams, the fifth child, was born in Franklin county, in 1821. In 1844 he married Mary A. Moomy, of this township, and lived here until 1857, when he moved to Washington township, his present residence. Mr. Iams' family consists of eleven children, four boys and seven girls. Their names are as follows: Harriet, Elizabeth, John, Mary, Minerva, Sarah, Franklin, Russell, Jesse, Marcella and Etta.
Michael and Eleanor Shawl emigrated to Ohio in 1822 and settled in Seneca county. Two years later they removed to Sandusky township, this county, but made final settlement in Jackson, in 1832. Seven children of the family are living viz: Margaret (Remsburg), Illinois; Elizabeth (Michaels), Indiana; Sophia (Remsburg), Seneca county; George W., Jackson
township; Vincent, Illinois; Melissa (Vandersall), Seneca county, and Caroline (Overmyer), Scott township. George W. Shawl was born in Sandusky township in 1832. He married in 1854, Mahala Havens. The fruit of this union was six children, five of whom are living. John W., Alamina, Birchard, Hattie, and Edwin. Caroline Shawl was born in 1843. She was married to Benjamin Franklin Overmyer in 1862. Their family consists of two children living- William G. and Hattie. B. F. Overmyer died in February, 1879, aged thirty-nine years. He was a son of Hugh and Eleanor Overmyer, of Jackson township. His mother is still living in Huron county.
George Gier, a native of Carlisle, Penn- sylvania, came to the township in 1832 and settled near the site of Burgoon crossing. His descendants have all left the township.
Hugh Mitchel, a brother-in-law of Lewis Overmyer, came in about the same time. He was one of the most useful men of the times. His presence seemed
necessary at every log-rolling and raising, where, all recognizing his superior tact, placed themselves under his command. His familiar voice sounding the "Heave, oh, heave" had a peculiar inspiring effect. He was not one of those rural generals who insulted a jolly crowd by imperious commands, but always with a good natured "Come on, boys," led the way. Nor did he ever refuse the heaviest hand-spike. But an untimely death deprived the community of his services. While holding the handspike he called out, "Take care of me," and in a few minutes expired. His son, William Mitchel, is still a resident of the township. He was born in Perry county, in 1832, and in 1850 married Sarah J. Stewart. The fruit of this union was five children, two of whom are living-Charles E. and Austin. Mr. Mitchel served in this township as trustee a number of years.
George Roberts removed from Perry county, Ohio, and settled in Jackson township in 1833. He remained a resident here until his death, in 1880. The family consisted of seven children. John Roberts, of Washington township, and a son of George Roberts, was born in this township in 1835. In 1867 he married Louisa Hufford. Their family consists of six children-Annie, Edwin, William, George, Nettie, and Sarah. Samuel King settled on the pike in 1833. George Camp settled southwest of Burgoon Station in 1833.
Samuel Clinger removed from Hocking county, Ohio, to Jackson, in 1833, and was one of the first settlers of the eastern part of the township, on Wolf Creek. He was married in 1831 to Anna Hite, who, with their oldest son, John H., came with him to the new home, which has been his residence since that time. The other three children- Mary A., Sarah, and
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Elizabeth J .- were born in this township. Mrs. Clinger died June 1, 1873. John H., born in 1832, their only son, lost his first wife, Mary A. Ridley, whom he married in 1856, in 1865. He married for his second wife, August, 1868, Sarah M. Wise. His children are Daniel M., Samuel J., and Estella. Mrs. Clinger had by her first husband one child, Emma A. (O'Bryan).
About 1835 the Hite family removed from Fairfield county and settled in the southeastern part of this township, where representatives of the family are still living. Isaac Hite, sr., was the father of five sons, all of whom settled, lived, and died in Jackson township, with one exception, Isaac, who died in Michigan in 1881. Their names were: Abraham, John, Isaac, Thomas, and Martin. There were also five daughters: Anna became the wife of Samuel Clinger; Sarah married Jesse Holt; Polly, and Nelly (Eldridge); Betsy married David Hill, and lives at Green Spring, she being the only survivor of the family. Isaac Hite, sr., married a second time. Seven children by this marriage are living.
Abraham Hite came with his parents, and lived where his son Thomas now resides, from 1842 until his death in 1858. He married Susan Bruner, a native of Pennsylvania. But one of their children is living.
Thomas A. Hite, son of Abraham Hite, was born in this township in 1840. In 1862 he married Catharine King, by whom he had two children, one of whom, George W., is living. For his second wife, in 1867, he married Sophia King, born in Seneca county in 1844, by whom he has three children- Rolland D., Myra S., and Cora E. Mr. and Mrs. Hite are both working members of the United Brethren church. Mr. Hite is a carpenter, and has worked at his trade about five
years, but is now giving exclusive attention to farming.
Jacob Winter came from York county, Pennsylvania, to Ohio, in 1830, and settled in Wayne county, where he remained until 1833, when he removed to this township. From that time to the present he has been a leading citizen of the county, and taken an important part in the affairs of his community.
Francis M. Winter was born in 1845. He married, in 1866, Samantha Fry, daughter of George Fry, of this township. They have one child, William F. Mr. Winter served in the army. He was a member of company H, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth regiment Ohio National Guards, from May 2, 1864, until September 4, 1864.
Another of the settlers of 1833 was Peter Whitmore, who was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1801. He was a resident of the township until the time of his death, which occurred in March, 1875. He was accompanied to the county by his wife, Catharine Stofer, whom he married in 1832. The fruit of this union was seven children- six boys and one girl-Joseph, Fulton county; Jacob, Jackson township; Samuel, Michigan; Levi, deceased; John, deceased, Andrew, Fremont; and Susanna (Smith), Fulton county.
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