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22
79
Samuel Murdock
150
Isaac Moore
137
Justice & Birchard
6
211
Justice & Birchard
7
255
Jacob Karshner
5
88
Henry Forster
17
161
Solomon Waggoner
12
240
James Ross
22
79
David Stingier
24
79
Isaac and D. Moore
6
111
The list of each year now becomes longer. The following are recorded in 1835: RANGE SECTION. ACRES.
Chris Graham
33
160
Nicholas Schall
27
160
George F. Whitaker
17
161
Marcus Burley
7
79
Grant & Beaugrand
7
89
liam Laughlin
John Evans
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Daniel Younkman
RANGE 6
SECTION. 27
ACRES. 40
P. I. Hetrick & Samuel
Hinkley
19
84
Daniel Garn
31
160
Joseph Garn
31
169
George Geeseman
34
160
John Moler
21
80
Michael Obermoyer.
2
80
George Skinner
26
240
John Swinehart
11
80
Abraham Yost
240
Samuel Treat
1
80
John Waggoner
23
80
John Waggoner
11
160
George Skinner
35
560
James Snyder
28
80
Abraham Yost
1
168
The following entries are recorded in 1837:
RANGE
SECTION.
ACRES.
Henry Bayer
1
80
Jacob Eversole
4
176
Joseph Miller
34
80
Peter Morton.
27
80
Jacob Newcomer
11
80
Peter Swinehart
21
80
Michael Fought
28
80
Peter Ebersole
4
160
The entries recorded in 1838 are:
RANGE
SECTION
ACRES.
Jacob Heberling
32
160
William Kay
36
80
Peter Overmyer
21
80
Daniel Spohn
32
240
Lands were entered in 1839 by:
RANGE
SECTION.
ACRES.
Benjamin Burkett
6
34
80
Henry Burkett
6
35
160
Jacob Brubaker
5
26
80
John Baird
26
80
John Carns
31
173
Andrew Craig
4
43
George Fought
3
40
Benjamin Hamberger
30
160
John Heiser
4
80
Jacob Harter
10
40
Christian King
30
160
George Miller
34
80
Daniel Houser,
3
87
Daniel Houser
34
120
John Miller
29
160
Andrew Miller
28
80
William Overmyer
3
333
Jacob Overmyer
34, 35 and 2
202
George Overmyer
11 and 12
160
Samuel Overmyer
12
40
David Olinger.
6
34 40
RANGE
SECTION.
ACRES.
Joseph Reed
11
160
Peter Reed
6
26
80
George Skinner
26
40
Abraham Stine
2
170
Hiram Stalter
34
80
Isaiah and J. Topping. 6
34
80
The balance of the lands were closed out in 1840 as follows:
RANGE
SECTION.
ACRES.
Amos Arnold
20
80
Ellis Ayres
21
120
John Bowersoc
6
25
80
John Burkett
19
160
Abram Bruce
12
40
Simon Barnhard
6
29
160
John Clover
19
84
Samuel Crotzer
3 and 4
80
Samuel Cover
6
33
160
George Diehl
26
40
Robert Eckley
6
35
80
Abraham Garn
30
87
John Hudson
30
87
David Hiser
3
80
John Houtz
19
80
William Johnson
19
89
Samuel Ludwig
32
160
John Lyme
6
28
80
Jacob Moses
31
160
Conrad Miller
6
32
160
Peter Morton
33 and 34
240
John Newcomer
18
40
John Overmyer, jr
12
80
Ph. Overmyer
6
35
80
David Obermoyer
12
40
George Obermoyer
6
34
40
Noah Obermoyer.
21
80
George Rule
6
25
160
John Rinehart
18
90
Daniel Rife
20
240
Chris Rinehart
18
45
George Rinehart
12
80
William E. Snow
26
80
Israel Smith
27
120
Benjamin Stanton
19
89
Joseph Shively
6
25
80
Jacob Shaffer.
4
40
D. F. Squire
29
40
John Smith
29
80
David Waggoner
6
32
80
John Walter
6
26
80
Gabriel Walter
6
34
80
Philemon Waltz
6
35
80
James P. Whithour
6
33
40
Joseph Wengart
28
80
John Walter
28
80
David Waggoner
6
30
80
Note: - Where the number of the range is not indicated, range five is meant.
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HISTORY OF SANDUSKY COUNTY.
THE SETTLEMENT.
The settlers of this township were nearly all natives of Pennsylvania, or of Penn- sylvania descent, but a large proportion came directly from Perry county to this county; in fact, it might be called a Perry county colony, as our running sketch of the representative settlers each decade will show. Before, however, proceeding to these sketches of a personal character, we will give a general view, and preserve the names, so far as we can, of the earliest pioneers and first improvements of the township.
The first three permanent settlers were Josiah H. Topping, David Grant, and John Wolcutt, probably in the order we have given their names. Topping kept tavern on the pike. He also owned and improved a farm, which is now included in the Waggoner farm. David Grant settled between the two branches of Big Mud Creek, about one mile above their junction. No more lonely place can be imagined. The State road was at that time travelled considerably by emigrants going west, but as far back as the Grant opening few white men ever showed their faces. Indians visited the cabin frequently, and squaws were the only physicians and nurses at the birth of their three first children. George Grant is the only member of this family living in the township at present. The Wolcutt family settled in the southeast corner of the township in 1829. The fourth settler was George Skinner, who removed from Perry county in the spring of 1830, and settled upon land entered in section twenty-six. A biographical sketch of this family will be found, together with a portrait of Samuel Skinner, esq., who was for nearly fifty years a prominent citizen of the town-ship.
In 1830 the settlement progressed actively, so that by the end of that year obstructions to natural drainage were well
removed, and the face of the country became more inviting, but continued wet and difficult to reduce to a state of cultivation. When a few hardy and resolute families had made an opening, others took courage and followed their example. Many of course remained but a few years, and then becoming weary and discontented sold their claims and sought more congenial climes. Those who remained to see the wilderness transformed have long since been repaid for their sacrifices. We will now give as briefly and accurately as possible the names of the first settlers on each section, being fully aware of our liability of being misinformed in some instances:
Joseph Cookson made the second improvement on section thirty-six, in 1830, that of John Wolcutt being first. The same year Jacob Stoltz, a native of Pennsylvania, came from Perry county and settled on section twenty-five. The next neighbor north was Josiah H. Topping, and north of him on the same section, (twenty-four,) and on section thirteen, the Waggoner family took possession in the fall of 1830. Jacob Hendricks soon after built a cabin in this neighborhood. West, on the pike, on section fourteen, John and Solomon Shoup made an improvement the following year. George and John Skinner occupied section twenty-six as early as 1830, while the mile square lying just north was not broken till two years afterward, when John Baird came from Perry county and Hugh Forgerson removed to Washington. Toward the latter part of 1830 William and Samuel Black settled in the southern part of the township, in section thirty-five. The first improvement west of Skinner's, in 1830, was made by Michael Fought, who set apart the first burying- ground in the township. Shortly after, in the same year, A. G. Ross settled on an intervening lot.
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He was an active and useful citizen during this early period. Two years later Mr. Ross was joined on section twenty-seven by Peter Morton, who also came from Perry county, and south of him George Geeseman made an opening the same year. Samuel Spohn settled on section twenty-two in 1831. The earliest settlers on the upper part of Mud Creek, in this township, were Jacob Moses and Joseph Garn, the latter of whom came in 1831. David Grant, on section twenty-one, has already been mentioned. But to come back to the pike. Henry Forster and Daniel Karshner located on section fifteen about 1833. Christian Dershen came from Perry county and settled in this county in 1830. James Ross was the first settler on section twenty- two, 1831 being the probable date. Henry Bowman was the first settler and original proprietor of Hessville, south of the pike, and David Hess north of the pike, the latter, however, never made permanent settlement in the county. The property was transferred to his son, Levi Hess, who settled on the farm and laid out the north part of the village which was named in his honor. Philip Overmyer, with his family of seven boys, came to the township in 1833, and were among the first settlers of the northeast part. Previous improvements had been made in the part included in the original surveyed township number six, by Henry Stierwaldt, John Bowersox, Daniel Boyer, and M. Yeagle. Mr. Yeagle was one of the noted deer hunters of his time. The northwestern part of the township was not improved till a few years later, when the German emigration began. B. H. Bowman had a tavern on the pike in 1831, just west of Hessville. The first Germans who settled toward the north-west were John Avers, E. Humers, H. Bearing, and a few others. Until recently it was not uncommon to see wooden
shoes and other native German habits of dress. Avers had a small factory for making these odd-looking articles of foot ware, or more properly foot furniture. People never having seen them worn will find a ride to Woodville township interesting, for there they are worn yet by the women and some men at farm work.
South of the pike, and between Nine-mile Creek and Big Mud Creek, were several early improvements. John Mohler settled on Mud Creek in 1830, and a few years after built a saw-mill, which was the first industry of the kind in the township. David Dell settled on Mud Creek about 1830, and James Snyder the same year. Martin Garn settled in the south part of the township in 1834. The district west of Hessville, extending to the Madison township line, was not settled until the other parts of the township had been im- proved.
Having now given connectedly a general view of the first settlement, brief sketches of a few families will be of local interest.
Michael Fought, a native of Pennsylvania, married Elizabeth Cline, and removed to Perry county, Ohio, and from there, in 1830, to this township. Their family consisted of eleven children, six boys and five girls, two of whom, Michael and Paul, are among the oldest pioneers in the township. Michael, jr., was born. in Perry county, in 1814. In 1837 he married Lydia King, and purchased and cleared the farm in section two, known as the Fought homestead. Paul Fought was born in Perry county, in 1818. He married, in this county, Mary Hettrick, who died in 1865, leaving thirteen children. He married for his second wife, in 1866, Sarah Parret, by whom three children were born. Israel, the fourth child, was born in 1844. He married Rosanna Lay, in 1869, and has three children-Festus
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L., Bertha M., and William A. Mr. Fought has served as teacher in the public schools of the county six years. Mr. and Mrs. Fought belong to the Reformed church.
James Snyder, a native of Virginia, set. tied in this township in 1830, and lived here until the time of his death, July 12, 1876. His family consisted of ten children, six boys and four girls. Jacob, the third child, was born in this township in 1833. He married Elizabeth Slates, in 1872, and has two children living-Elvia and James. Mr. Snyder by trade is a carpenter. He is also engaged in farming.
John Waggoner, a native of Maryland, moved to Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1797, and in 1803 to Perry county, Ohio, where the family resided until 1830, when they came to Washington township. The family consisted of eight children, all of whom settled in this township. Betsy married Henry Bauman; John married a Miss Bauman, Jacob married a Miss Heck, David married a Miss Fry, George married Margaret Clinger, Nancy was married to John Machlin, Daniel married a Miss Stackbarger, Solomon married a Miss Stackbarger, and Samuel a Miss Smith. John Waggoner died about 1840. George Waggoner, fifth child of John and Betsy Waggoner, was born near Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1795. He came to Ohio with his parents, and, in Perry county, married Margaret Clinger. Their family consisted of eleven children, four boys and seven girls. George Waggoner makes his home at present with his son Samuel, on the farm on which he settled, and where he has lived for fifty years. Samuel Waggoner was born in Perry county, in 1827. In 1851 he married Sarah Miller, a native of Pennsylvania. The fruit of this union is eight children living-George, Clara, Eugene, Henry, Malvina, Charles E., Harriet, and Milan D. Caroline is dead.
Mr. Waggoner is one of the most extensive farmers in the township.
John Waggoner, oldest son of John Waggoner, sr., carne from Perry county and settled in Sandusky township at an early date. He married Mary Bauman, and had a large family. Daniel Waggoner, his oldest son, settled in Washing-ton township, near Lindsey, in 1839. For his first wife he married Susan Obermoyer. They had four children, all of whom are residents of Washington township-Louisa (Loose), Joseph, John J., and Amos E. Mrs. Waggoner died June 20, 1863, aged forty- four years. Mr. Waggoner married Mrs. Elizabeth Bloker, who died September 30, 1881. She bore him one child, Mary Ellen, who now lives in this township. Mr. Waggoner died May 31, 1876, aged about sixty.
Joseph Cookson settled in the township in 1830. His son, William, married, in 1849, Rosanna Metzger, a daughter of Joseph Metzger, a native of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, who settled in Scott township about 1840. The fruit of this union was five children-David W., Mahala M. (Snyder), James W., Mary M. (Kenan), and Joseph W. Mr. Cookson died December 26, 1860.
Jacob Heberling came from Perry to Sandusky county in 1831, and settled in Sandusky township, where he lived about five years and then removed to Green Creek. After remaining in that township three years he settled permanently in Washington township, where he died in 1845. Those of his children who are living are Jacob and George in Fremont, John, Washington township; and Mrs. Elizabeth Ream, Madison township. John, the fourth child, was born in Pennsylvania in 1810. He married, in 1837, Elizabeth Reed, daughter of John and Mary Reed. Fourteen children blessed this union-Harriet, deceased; Levi, Susauna,
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HISTORY OF SANDUSKY COUNTY.
deceased; Benjamin F., George W., deceased; Thomas J., deceased; Delia A., deceased; James M .; Joel, deceased; John; Mary E .; Michael, deceased; William, and Sarah. Mr. Heberling worked at carpentry for ten years in this county. He was justice of the peace in Jackson and Washington townships, six years in all, and has been clerk of Washington township.
Daniel Spohn emigrated from Maryland to Fairfield county, Ohio. From there he removed to Perry county, and thence to Sandusky county in 1831. He settled in Washington township, where he resided until his death, in 1852. He married, in 1807, Elizabeth Bashor, and had by her a family of eleven children. Catharine H. the sixth child, was born in 1817. In 1835 she was married to Daniel Spohn, son of Henry Spohn, of Jackson township. The fruit of this union was thirteen children, only three of whom are living-Barbara (Klussman), Joel, and Lewis W. W. Mr. Spohn died in 1872. His widow continues her residence on the homestead. Daniel Spohn was in the War of 1812, and two of his grandsons, Joel and Aaron, served in the Federal army during the late war. The former was born in this county in 1839. He married, in 1864, Nancy J. Cookson, and is engaged in farming in this township.
Joseph Garn, the pioneer of the south-west corner of the township, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1809. He settled where he now lives in 1831. His first wife was Lydia Ickes, a daughter of Adam Ickes. He married for his second wife Sarah Andrew, a daughter of William Andrew. The fruit of both marriages was fourteen children, five by the first and nine by the last wife. Mr. Garn may be termed the pioneer United Brethren preacher of this part of the county, although he has never been an itinerant
circuit rider. He has also been engaged in the grain trade at Helena.
Joseph Reed, with his wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Swinehart, both natives of Pennsylvania, came to Washington township in 1832, and resided here with his family until the end of his life. The family consisted of ten children. John, one of the enterprising farmers of Washington township, was born in Perry county in 1823, and, in 1847, he married Barbara Orndorf, a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Their children are Edwin, William H., and. Charles. Mr. Reed worked at blacksmithing during his younger years.
Henry Forster came to Ohio and settled in Perry county in 1804, and about the year 1833 came to this township. He was married to Tina Walters, and had a family of seven children.
The Overmyers, or Obermoyers, as it is spelled by some of the descendants, are perhaps the most numerous family in the township. Philip Overmyer, a native of Union county, Pennsylvania, married Rosanna Bishop and removed to New York, whence the family came to Ohio in 1833, and settled in Washington township, this county. The sons numbered seven, viz: Samuel, William, Daniel, Jacob, George, Philip, and David, the last of whom settled in Fulton county, Indiana; the other six brothers settled in this county, only one of whom survives Philip. He was born in Union county in 1801, and, in 1825, married Margaret Swinefort, by whom he has a family of four children-Israel, William, Richard, and Lucinda. Mrs. Overmyer died in 1879.
Jacob Obermoyer came to this county from Cayuga county, New York, in 1833 and settled in Washington township. Mr. Obermoyer was a wagon-maker by trade, but followed farming principally. He died in 1863 in the sixty-sixth year of his age.
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His wife was Catharine Anderson, a native of Pennsylvania; she died in 1874, aged seventy-two years. They had eleven children, ten of whom survive-Philip A,, in Fremont; William, in Indiana; George, in Washington township; Luke, in Indiana; Sarah Ann, who died in 1879, was the wife of Hiram Waggoner, of Indiana; Agnes, who is the wife of Jacob Hoffman, and resides in Indiana; Susan, who married Michael Obermoyer; of Washington township; Mary, who married Solomon Obermoyer, and resides in the same township; Catharine, who is the wife of Coonrod Hess, Washington township; Amos, Washington township; and Amanda, who is the wife of Jacob Hess, of the same township. The family all attend the Evangelical church. Jacob Obermoyer was a well-known citizen, much respected in business and social life. His sons are all Republicans and successful farmers.
Joseph Shively, an old settler and a worthy citizen, departed this life in the latter part of the summer of 1881. He was born in Union county, Pennsylvania, in 1812, and came to Sandusky county and settled in this township in 1834. The following year he was united in marriage to Susanna Obermoyer, daughter of George Obermoyer. They reared a family of ten children, viz: Sarah (Engler) and Elizabeth (Kramb), Washington township; Henry, Sandusky; John, Michigan; George A., Sandusky; Solomon, Washington; Franklin, Michigan; William H., Texas; James A. and Lewis W., Washington. Mr. Shively was by trade a wagon-maker.
Samuel Kratzer came to Ohio and settled in Columbiana county in 1831, where he remained three years, then removed to York township, this county. The following year he settled in Washington township, where he died in 1861, in his sixty-third year. He married Rebecca Mussleman
and had four sons and one daughter. Harriet married Solomon Waggoner, and died in Indiana; Aaron and David reside in Washington township; Henry died in Rochester, Indiana; Emanuel resides in Rochester, Indiana. The widow of Samuel Kratzer died in Indiana in 1874, aged about sixty-seven years. David, the third child, was born in Union, Pennsylvania, in 1826. In 1857 he married Margaret Welker, a native of Franklin county. Their family consists of four children living-Mary R., Sarah C., Lizzie C., and Joseph W. Two are dead- Henry F. and an infant daughter. Mr. Kratzer worked at carpentry fourteen years, but is now giving his whole attention to farming.
Henry Reiling was born in Germany in 1816. He came to America in 1838, and found employment in Portage county on the canal. He came to this county in 1842. In 1844 he married Sally Forster, by whom he had six children, of whom Tina is the only one living. Mrs. Reiling died in 1855. In 1857 he married for his second wife Catharine Noss, who gave birth to sixteen children, eleven of whom are living. Mr. Reiling has been in mercantile business in Hessville the greater part of the time since 1842. Since 1867 he has been proprietor of the mill on Mud Creek. The names of Mr. Reiling's children who are living are: Catharine, Lizzie, Henry, Eva, Mary, Della, Julia, John, Josephine, Helen, and Ann.
George W. Stull was born in Sandusky county in 1843. He married, in 1866, Hannah Cole, who was born in Scott township in 1844. Six children, four boys and two girls, blessed this union.
William Thraves, a native of Nottingham, England, was born in 1799. He was married in England, in 1827, to Manilla Graves, and in 1844, with the family, consisting of seven children, emigrated to America and settled in Washing-
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HISTORY OF SANDUSKY COUNTY.
ton township. One child was born in this county. The following were the names of the children: George, Ann, Robert, Mark, Faith E., William, Thomas, and Levi. William was killed by a railroad accident on the Isthmus of Panama. Mr. Thraves followed butchering in England for twelve years and three years in this country. He has since been farming. His present residence is in Ballville town- ship. George, the oldest child, was born in England in 1828. He was in California from 1854 to 1857. In 1853 he married Mary J. Crowell, daughter of Samuel and Mary Crowell, of Sandusky township. Their children are: Samuel, deceased; Anna M., Mark E., Ida H., George M., and Lillie M., living. Mr. Thraves is a blacksmith by trade, but for the last twenty-four years he has been giving exclusive attention to farming in Ballville township. Mark, the fourth child of William Thraves, was born in England in 1832. He was in California ten years from 1851, and returning, settled on a farm in Ballville township. He married Sarah Hufford in 1862, and has three children: D. C., William, and Mattie M.
John W. Bauman was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He married Polly Fry and settled in Wayne county, Ohio. From there he removed to Knox county, and in the year 1845 to Sandusky county and settled in this township, where he died in 1854. Five of the fifteen children are still living; one- John F .- is a resident of this township. He was born in Wayne county in 1827. In 1850 he married Harriet E. Winter, daughter of Jacob Winter, of Jackson township. Their children are Alvertie J. (Burgett), Emma E. (Doll), Sarah F., and Jerome J.
John Lantz, a native of Pennsylvania, came to Ohio and settled in Washington township in 1846, and was a resident of the township to the time of his death, in
1880. He married, in Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Dieffenbaucher. They had a family of eight children. Simon, the second child, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1830. In 1852 he married Mary Waggoner, daughter of John Waggoner. Their family consisted of eleven children, eight of whom are living, viz: Sarah E. (Posey), Elizabeth, Mary E. (Pohlman), Louisa M., Simon E .; Nancy A., Moses F., and Charles A. Mrs. Lantz died in 1879. Mr. Lantz has served as township trustee four years, and as assessor one year. Of the family of John Lantz, five are living: Mary A. (Ward), in California, San Joaquin county; Simon, Washington township; Rosanna (Ward), Wood county; Matilda (Wolfe), Sandusky township; and Emanuel, Helena.
Henry Myers, a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, emigrated to Ohio in 1840, and settled in Montgomery county, where he remained until 1847, when he removed to Sandusky county and settled in this township. The family consisted of fourteen children,-ten boys and four girls. Henry, the third child, was born in Lancaster county, in 1809. In 1832 he married Nancy Bork, daughter of James Bork. They had four children, Joseph, Sarah A., Mary E. and George H., all living except Joseph, who died in the army.
Casper Heseman emigrated from Prussia in 1847. By his wife, Mary Yeasting, a family of twelve children were born, five of whom are living. Charles F., the tenth child, was born in Germany in 1843. In 1867 he married Mary Tebbs, who died in 1871, leaving two children, Elmer F., and Emma. In 1872 Mr. Heseman married for his second wife Mary Vollman, also a native of Prussia. Sarah and Herman W. are the fruit of this union. Mr. Vollman emigrated from Prussia to Ohio in 1869, and settled in Madison township.
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HISTORY OF SANDUSKY COUNTY.
Since 1872 he has been living with his daughter, Mrs. Heseman, in Washington.
Benjamin Karshner, a son of Jacob Karshner, was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, in 1810. He married Elizabeth Box, and in 1848 emigrated to this county and settled in Washington township. Their family consisted of eight children, viz: Henry, Benjamin (deceased), Catharine, Edward, Isabel, Elizabeth, William, and Newton. Margaret Box, widow of Nicholas Box, came to the township in 1837, and died in 1857. Mr. Karshner had a store in Hessville for about two years, then settled on the farm on which his son, William, now lives.
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