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We have several times in the course of this history commented on the qualities of the wolf. In this last chapter the reader may be interested in Dr. Thomson's ex- perience with the howlers of the wilder- ness. The wolf is in many respects an eccentric sort of an animal. He delights to live on the border of civilization, where the wild seclusion of dense forest furnishes a home on one side, and settlers' sheep,
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chickens, etc., occasionally furnish a choice morsel of domestic meat, on the other. The wolf is a noisy, boisterous animal, but has little courage unless driven to it by hunger. Inability to foresee events makes him an early victim of strategy. A com- mon method of trapping practiced by pi- oneers of all climes is to build an enclos- ure of pickets, in which the sheep are driven at night. On one side are piled logs on the outside almost as high as the enclosure, which gives the wolf an easy entrance to the sheep; but once there he finds himself in an uncomfortably close place, becomes frightened and forgets to do what he came for-kill the sheep. Four or five wolves have been captured in that way in one night.
As hinted above, a hungry wolf will tackle anything, and Dr. Thomson had good reason to be frightened on the night of a memorable ride into Wood county. It was soon after he began practice here, in 1844. Roads then, especially west- ward, were in a deplorable condition. The bottom, where there was one, consisted of logs of irregular size thrown in cross ways, and almost swimming in the water, so that if a horse stepped between the logs a serious accident was liable to happen. Over a road of this kind, and through a roadway just wide enough to permit two teams to pass, Dr. Thomson was riding one moonlight night. The horse was stepping carefully from one log to another, lighted by the moon, which was then at full, and sent her light in rays parallel to the direction of the roadway. While the plucky young doctor, the son of a Con- gressman, and bred in a clime somewhat more congenial, was rather enjoying the romantic beauty of the situation, the angry howl of a wolf quickened æsthetic reverie into a fever of excitement. An answer came from the other side, and soon the underbrush began to rattle. To hurry at
first seemed impossible, but the horse, with increasing danger, became more and more impatient, until at last he leaped at full gallop over the perilous corduroy. The ground trembled at every leap, while the snarling, hungry beasts showed their red tongues in the moon-lighted roadway be- hind. The life of the rider depended upon the surefootedness of his noble ani- mal, for the slightest misstep would make him the prey of wild beasts. At length "hope saw a star." A clearing opened out and a welcoming light shone from the cabin window. The doctor's face even yet turns pale when he tells this experience and thinks of that perilous ride over shak- ing logs.
THE SETTLEMENT.
The settlement of Scott began about 1828 or 1829, and Colonel Merrit Scott was without doubt the first settler. He had been in General Harrison's army dur- ing the War of 1812, and had, perhaps, cast a designing eye over this wilderness while out on the campaign. Mr. Scott lived to old age, and raised a family of sons and daughters. He was a very re- spectable inan, and the naming of the township was a deserved compliment to one who had the resolution to begin the improvement of its fertile lands. He was a native of Kentucky. No land was en- tered in Scott township until the year 1830. The dates given in the following table, showing the original proprietorship of the township, give the time of listment for taxation. Lands were entered five years before, but exempt from taxation. The table will show, in a few instances, that the same lot was entered twice, which often happened also in other townships. Pro- prietors became discouraged and relin- quished their claims, thus throwing the land back again upon the market.
Entries recorded in 1835 are as follows :
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HISTORY OF SANDUSKY COUNTY.
SECTION.
ACRES.
Jacob Decker
24
80
William Reed.
24
240
Jehiel Abernathy.
33
40
James Crandall
10
40
J. H. Chipman
4
40
Daniel Doll.
IO
40
John Ellsworth
22
80
Eli Charles
30
172
. . William Harpster
25
80
John_Long
35
40
George R. Lewis.
33
480
George R. Lewis.
32
320
George R. Lewis.
17 and 15
240
Samuel Miller ..
32
80
George Maygatt.
31
84
George Maygatt.
II and 12
160
E. and J. Pearce.
7
84
E. and J. Pearce.
6
81
John A. Rockett.
. 34
240
Samuel Sprout.
36
40
John Spade ..
15 and 22
80
Entries recorded in 1836 are:
SECTION.
ACRES.
Daniel Garn.
4
221
Peter Cypher.
23
80
Henry Roller
4
215
Peter Smith.
4
3
George G. Baker.
22
40
L. B. Coates
28
120
M. L. Hammond.
15
40
Josiah T. Nye.
3
66
Lemuel Randall.
18
40
John F. Scott ..
2
40
Entries are recorded in 1837 as follows :
SECTION.
ACRES.
Jeremiah Brown.
24
80
Jacob Fought ..
IO
160
· Peter King
IO
160
Merrit Scott.
14
80
Peter Whitmore.
9
160
Robert Shippy.
32
40
David Solomon
35 and 36
200
John Strohl.
14
40
Christopher Wonder.
2
69
The following entries are recorded in 1838:
SECTION.
ACRES.
Albin Ballard ..
13
80
Nelson Ballard
14
80
Patrick Byrne.
4
132
Andrew Ballard,.
II
40
William Boyle.
15
80
C. C. Barney ..
12
80
Jacob Weaver.
20 and 29
180
Edward Webb
4
40
James Donnell
2
80
Newel Wolcutt
3
68
Jacob Fry.
25
320
: D. P. Wilcox.
27 and 34
160
-
William Aldrich.
14
120
Jehial Abernathy
27
40
George Boyles.
15
80
Samuel Biggerstaff.
15
40
Jeremiah Brown.
24
80
Jacob Blantz.
18
174
George Beawoa
7
165
Seth Ball.
II
80
Samuel Biggerstaff. S. R. Ballard
14
40
Patrick Byrne.
4
80
Peter Corner
5
80
James Cruson
II
40
David Darling.
6 and 31
81
James Dormal.
2
40
Benjamin Ettinger.
27
80
John Ellsworth
15
80
James Evans
5
I56
G. H. Evans.
5
80
Cyrus Fillmore
21
80
James Frisby ..
35
80
Merrit Scott.
12 and I
194
Michael Seltzer
34
80
George N. Snyder.
I
160
John Sample, sr.
29 and 30
490
Henry Smith
32 and 33
120
John V. Stahl.
19
320
William Stacey
12
40
Ethan A. Smith ..
17
80
A. J. Stearns.
12
40
Merrit Scott
12
40
Wilson Teeters.
5
75
Michael Thomas
22
80
George Thomas ..
23
120
Abraham Unger.
I
149
Rice Woodruff.
27
I20
! * George Weiker
23
2.40
James Crusson
80
SECTION.
ACRES.
Jacob Fry.
35 and 36
80
Moses Fry
25
80
Jacob Herbster
27
80
Jesse Johnson.
4
40
Lewis Jennings
21
40
Andrew Roush
27
80
John Roush.
22
80
David Scott.
12
160
Michael Seltzer ..
24
40
· Wilson Teeters
5
160
Jacob Buckbiel
9
80
John Buckbiel.
IO
40
John Donnell.
I
34
John S. Murray.
5
80
Entries recorded in 1839 are as follows :
SECTION.
ACRES.
IL
40
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HISTORY OF SANDUSKY COUNTY.
SECTION.
ACRES.
D. R. Wilcox
35 and 26
640
Philip Roush
40
James Frisley ..
26
120
Jacob Kinehart.
14
40
A. P. Gossard
24
80
Joseph Robbins ..
2
69
A. P. Gossard.
I3
40
Isaac Rundel.
17
40
Horace Gardner.
I8
177
Benjamin Shively
6
40
John A. Miller.
17
160
Barton Sweet.
18
40
John Miller.
8
80
Samuel Schofield
2 and
I26
Philip Miller
9
80
Ethan E. Smith.
I7
40
Samuel Miller.
8
80
Peter Smith.
6
40
E. Mittlicrauf.
21
80
William Stacey
I2
40
Sylvester Murick
8 and 17
320
Peter Smitlı.
6
40
R. Daniels.
3
160
John Orwig
28
80
John Orwig, jr.
26
40
Jacob Plantz ..
6, 7 and 8
525
Samuel Ryder.
20 and 21
565
Ph. Rush.
27
40
Jacob Rinehart .
I3
160
Christian Ruphe.
2
IOI
Samuel Ryder.
31
84
Jacob Reigart.
I
34
Jonas Rishell ..
31
165
Jonas Rishell.
32
40
Samuel Ryder.
21 and 22
165
Entries are recorded in 1840 as fol- lows :
SECTION.
ACRES.
William Boyles
15
80
George Boyles.
14
40
Jacob Buckbiel .
9 and 10
200
Daniel Baker
6 and 7
I66
Charles Choate
20
80
Michael Derrenberger
18
I20
George H. Ellsworth.
22
40
John Ellsworth,
22
80
Cyrus Fillmore
6
158
Jonathan Fought
6
39
Moses Fry .
25
40
Samuel Fry. .
28
80
Thomas Galauger ..
I7
80
George Gilbert.
36
160
John Houseman.
29
40
Charles Hubbs
22
40
John Haines.
IO
80
Fetzland jennings.
21
40
Noah Jenning:
21
40
Henry S. Johnson.
2
40
Jacob Clingman
23
30
Charles Long ..
30
80
Samuel Long ..
36
80
Sylvester Merrick
40
Montelius & Templeton.
22
Montelius & Templeton
13 and 28
80
Joseph Metzger.
12
40
Elisha Moore ..
4
80
James McKey.
3
68
Samuel Paine. .
II
40
Henry Roller
3 160
3
The records of 1847 show the following entries :
SECTION.
ACRES.
Reuben Cary.
32
40
David Earl ..
30
40
Conrad Smith.
24
40
In 1848 is recorded:
L. Q. Rawson.
29
8c
In 1852 are recorded :
Samuel Long.
36
40
Solomon Sturgess.
35 and 36
80
Margaret Verking.
Charles Choate
36
40
C. W. Foster ..
32
40
In 1854 were recorded :
F. 1. Norton and .1. B.
Taylor .
28
40
F. I. Norton and . .. B.
Taylor .. 29
40
F. I. Norton and A. B.
Taylor. 30
40
The last entries are recorded in 1856 : John Hough 80 29
Horace Sessions .. 29
40
Scott was followed closely by Samuel Biggerstaff, who settled on section twelve, and after several years residence in the township, removed to Wood county and is now living in Minnesota. He and Mr. Plantz are the only two men living who voted at the first election in Scott.
It is not possible to give the names of all the early settlers, for many of them re- mained but a short time and deserve r.o
II and 12
I20
Richard Temple.
7
80
George Weiker, jr.
26 and II
80
George Weiker, jr.
Io and 33
160
Edward Webb.
4
40
Solomon Weeks.
21
80
Merrit Scott.
I
80
William Stacey.
SECTION. 27
ACRES.
40
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place.in a history of this county for they never accomplished anything in the way of improving the county or building up its institutions.
Henry Roller, one of the earliest set- tlers, and senior proprietor of the projected village which bears his name, removed to Scott from Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1832. He lived in the township until his death, in 1850. The family consisted of several children, four of whom are living : Elisha T., Nebraska; Shedrick B., Colum- biana county, Ohio; Mary (Clary), Wood county, and Susan Breakfield, Michigan. Mr. Roller was a native of Tennessee. . He enlisted in the War of 1812, in Cap- tain Gilbert's command, and assisted to cut the first road from the Huron River to Fort Stevenson. He received his dis- charge from service on Christmas, 1812.
Wilson Teters came from Columbiana county with Roller and settled on the ad- joining quarter.
The first settler on Tauwa prairie was Samuel Miller, a native of Pennsylvania. He came to Scott at an early period of the settlement. He is yet living but is no longer engaged on the farm.
The first settled preacher in the town- ship was Jeremiah Brown. He came to Scott from Muskingum county. After re- maining here a number of years he moved to Illinois, where he died.
M. L. Smith came to Scott in 1832 and is yet a resident of the township.
Lewis Jennings settled in the west part of the township in 1832. He was the first settler on the prairie, which has taken his name. The prairie lies mostly in Wood county. Joseph H. is the only one of the sons yet living.
Jacob Rinehart came from Pennsyl- vania in the year 1832, and settled in Scott township. He remained here one year and then moved to Jackson, his pres- ent residence.
James Baker settled south of Rollers- ville. The first grave in the township was on his place. A further account of the funeral will be found in the proper connec- tion.
C. C. Barney, the first justice of the peace, lived on the present Wright farm at Greenesburg. He sold to Greene and Ryder, the proprietors of the town.
James Donnel, a native of Ireland, made an early settlement here, where he died. His son James is station agent at Helena.
Three old settlers, when asked who Patrick Byrne was, answered: "He was a fine Irishman." He settled in the north- ern part of the township, and acquired the reputation of being an industrious worker and excellent citizen. He sold his place in 1840, and in company with Jesse John- son, a tenant, or more properly a hired man, started for the West, but was the victim of a fatal accident at the Rock River, Illinois. A hand was driving the stock across the stream, but in an attempt to swim the current, became exhausted, and sank. Byrne, seeing the man's peril, leaped into the stream, and succeeded in grasping the drowning man, who seized both of Byrne's arms with a death grip. Both sank, and were drowned.
The Ballard family came from Rhode Island, and settled in Scott soon after the first settlement of the township. They were factory men in the East. One of them kept tavern in Rollersville for a number of years. They finally removed to Iowa. Albin Ballard is now living in Michigan.
The most extensive land-owner in the township was George R. Lewis. He never lived in Scott, but entered extensive tracts for speculative purposes. He donated to Western Reserve college a tract of several hundred acres.
John Harpster came to Scott about
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HISTORY OF SANDUSKY COUNTY.
1833. He was a native of Pennsylvania. He settled on the Ludwig farm. He re- moved from here to the eastern part of the county.
George N. Snyder settled in this town- ship at a very early date. He was born in . Pennsylvania in 1808. In 1834 he mar- ried Mary Harmon, a native of Vermont, who died in 1870, leaving five children : Elizabeth, Scott; Merrit L., Fremont ; Harvey J., Kansas; Mary E. (Boor), Scott; and Sarah E. (Cessna), Scott. Mr. Snyder married for his second wife, Mrs. Nancy Houston, widow of Alexander Houston, by whom he had twelve chil- dren.
Philip and Diadama Hathaway were na- tives of Assonett, Massachusetts. In 1832 they moved to Ohio and located in Scott township. They were the parents of six children, four of whom are living: Philo W., resides in Fostoria, Wood county ; Gardner D., in Scott township; Mrs. Eunice W. Eaton, at Rollersville, and Mrs. Anna Rice, in Townsend. Two children died in Massachusetts - Philip and Dudley. Mr. Hathaway died in 1844, aged forty-nine; Mrs. Hathaway in 1848, aged fifty-one.
Jacob Kuntz was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1793. He mar- ried Rowena Rhode in 1810, and came to Ohio in 1833. He entered a quarter sec- tion of land in Scott, on which he settled and has lived ever since. He is the only one of the first voters yet living in the town- ship. He is the oldest man in the town- ship. Of a family of ten children. seven are living.
Philip Miller, with his wife Matilda Howe, came to Scott in 1833. Mr. Mil- ler died in 1873, having been the father of thirteen children. six of whom are living.
Abraham Unger and Sarah Snyder Un. ger emigrated from Berks county, Penn-
sylvania, and settled first in Marion coun- ty. In 1823 they settled in the north part of Scott township. Mr. Unger died in Indiana in 1876; his wife had died seven years before. The family consisted of six children, two of whom are living in this county-Joel and Mrs. Peter Kimmer- ling.
Daniel Long, father of the Longs of this county, was a native of Maryland. He came to Ohio in 1812, and settled in Guernsey county, Ohio, where he lived until 1834, when he came to the Black Swamp, settling in Seneca county just south of Scott township, where he died in 1865 at the advanced age of ninety-two years. The family consisted of ten boys and two girls. Seven children are yet liv- ing. Two of the sons -- David and Wesley --- died in the army. Three-Samuel, John, and Michael-are preachers, and have travelled the United Brethren circuits of this county. A more extended biography of the last-named will be found in a pre- vious chapter. Charles Long was the first settler in the southeast corner of the town- ship, where his widow still lives. Charles was soon followed to the county by his brother-in-law, Samuel Sprout, the husband of Nancy Long. John Long, one of the first settled preachers of this part of the county, is now living in Wood county, he once owned a farm bordering on Tauwa prairie. Benjamin lives on the homestead in Seneca county.
Samuel Sprout removed from Pennsyl- vania to Guernsey county in 1816. He married, in Guernsey county, Nancy Long, and in 1834 came to Scott, settling at the west border of Tauwa prairie. His children living are: Margaret (Doll), John, Samuel, Marion. Caroline (Downing), Jane (Hays). Calista ( Hipple).
Michael Seltzer was one of those char- acters whom everybody knows, for the people of the whole neighborhood were
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called upon to pity him, both on account of imbecility of mind and poverty of purse. The poor fellow became a Mormon, then a pauper, and finally died in Jackson township in an open field. He never liked to work, but in these days of culture, that could not be called an eccentricity.
Andrew Roush and family left their im- provements here and removed to Michi- gan. It will be noticed that many of the settlers here made Michigan the objective point of second immigration. There was at one time what was known as the Michi- gan fever, caused by malarious reports about the unbounded fertility of soil and healthfulness of climate. It is safe to say that those who remained to improve the Black Swamp country were wiser than those who were lured by Michigan stories, for no agricultural tract in the country has grown in value more rapidly than this swamp.
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John Spade had a cooper-shop near the centre of the township, probably the first manufacturing industry in the township. The timber in this region made excellent staves, being thrifty, straight, and close- grained.
Ezekiel Abernathy, an early settler of Scott, removed from here to York, and from there to Iowa, where he now lives.
No man worked harder and accom- plished more for Scott than Hon. Benja- min Inman. He was a native of New Jersey, born in 1817. He came to the county in 1832, and in 1834 settled in Scott township, his residence for more than forty years. He was elected county commissioner in 1860, and held the office twelve years. During that period the ditching movement was inaugurated, and carried forward with vigor. Mr. Inman was personally interested in these public improvements, and used his influence en- thusiastically, both as an official and a cit- izen. Mr. Inman was elected to a seat in
the House of Representatives, from this county, in 1873.
Jacob Havley removed from Mansfield, Ohio, to Scott. He was the father of a family of fourteen children. He died a few years since, a highly esteemed old gen- tleman.
Prominent among the settlers of 1835, and one who has given his life to the im- provement of the township, is Elisha Moore. He was born in Columbiana county in 1809. In 1829 he married, in his native county, Phebe Smith, who has been a faithful helpmeet. Their family consisted of six children-D. W., Charity, Martha, Rachel, Elvina (Shively), and Mi- nerva, all of whom are dead except Ra- chel and Elvina.
It is really gratifying to a young man to observe the conscious, though unexpressed pride of an active pioneer who has seen the wilderness gradually transformed. A talk with such a man will convince the meanest skeptic that the self-consciousness of having added to the world's wealth, material or moral, is a reward worth living and working for.
Reuben McDaniels, a native of New Hampshire, came to Ohio and settled in this township in 1833. The following year he married Joanna C. Nye, by whom he had a family of five children. Mr. Mc- Daniels has taken special interest in edu- cational affairs.
William Wright, with his family, came from New York to Scott in 1836. He died about 1855. His sons are Martin, Louis, and Solomon. Martin has been in mercantile business in Greenesburg for more than twenty years. Solomon is in business at Millersville.
John Ellsworth is one of the men whose name causes shy glances and winks among his old neighbors. He could not read, but was naturally a bright fellow. He left the country rather hastily on one occasion,
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much to the disappointment of the sheriff of Wood county. But let the report of a man's evil deeds decay with his bones. Wickedness is born of the flesh and should perish with the body. When a man dies he shuffles off these mortal sins, and history has no business to make a monument of them. It is given to us as matter of history, however, that bogus coins have been plowed up on his old farm.
James Crandall came to Scott about 1837. He was taken away by the Cali- fornia fever, and never returned.
David Solomon should have been men tioned before. He has been one of the .old standbys in the United Brethren church of the south side. He came to the township in 1836, and is yet living, though in feeble health.
Frederick Bowser was born in Pennsyl- vania in 1824. He married Margaret Fickes in 1848, and settled in Scott town- ship in 1856. Mr. Bowser died in 1871. The family consisted of seven children, five of whom are living, viz: George, Scott township; Jacob, Madison; Barbara, Alice, and Maggie, Scott township.
The Wyant family came to Scott town- ship at an early date, probably about 1831. The father, George Wyant, moved to Seneca county and died there. Of his children, Eli was a carpenter, and worked several years at his trade in Scott and Jackson. · He died in Farmington, Mis- souri. Abraham remained in Scott town- ship some years. He now resides in St. Joseph county, Michigan. Mary is the wife of Isaac Harley, of Scott. R. K. Wyant, one of the sons who was very well known in this county, was born in Penn- sylvania in 1827. He taught thirty-four terms of school in Sandusky county, and was a minister of the gospel a number of years. He married Sarah Sprout, who died in 1866. Mr. Wyant died in 1880.
The surviving representatives of this fam- ily are: John W., Madison township; S. I., Scott; Ellen (Underwood), Wood county ; Irene (Smith), Washington town- ship; E. F., Scott, and William R., Wood county.
Henry and Elizabeth Buchtel settled in this township in 1837, and resided here a number of years. They were from Penn- sylvania. Mr. Buchtel went to Kansas and died there. Eight of his children are now living: George, Fostoria; Elizabeth (Smith), Republic; Esther (Hartman), Wood county ; Jemima (Callahan), Wood county; Mary (Cook), Freeport ; Alfred, Kansas, and Malinda (Evans), Scott.
James Evans settled in the township in 1837. He was born in Massachusetts in 1808. He married Hannah C. Dean, a native of the same State. The family consisted of nine children, three of whom are living-George D. and Joseph, in Scott, and Everett, in Bradner. Mr. Evans died in 1864. His wife survived him twelve years. G. D. Evans occupies the homestead. He was four years old when his parents came to the county. He married, in 1856, Malinda Buchtel. Anson Clark is the only child.
Joseph Metzger emigrated from Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1837, and settled in the eastern part of the township.
We have now sketched the early settle- ment of the township. But there are a few others, although settlers of a later date, who deserve mention in this connec- tion, on account of their representative character as citizens.
W. W. Peck was born in Connecticut in 1800. In 1811 he went to New York, and in 1827 married Lima Cole, of Al. bany. In 1830 he removed to Cortland county, where he remained ten years, and then came to Ohio, settling in Scott town- ship. He now lives in Madison. The family consists of four children-Nelson
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and Catharine (Spade), this county; Jason Lee, Kansas; and William, on the home- stead.
Add Bair was born in Stark county, Ohio, in 1825. He lived there till 1847, when he married Theresa Fay and moved to Scott township. His first wife died in 1849. The following year he married for · his second wife Maria Baker. The family consists of ten children, nine of whom are living-O. W., Miami county; E. E., Kansas; Frank G., Mary E., Rosa M., Grant, Ella E., Charles D., and C. Foster, Scott township.
William A. Gregg was born in New Hampshire in 1825. He married Elsie Foster in 1852, and settled in Scott town- ship the same year. The following year Mrs. Gregg died, leaving one child, Frank, who lives in Michigan. In 1854 Mr. Gregg married for his second wife Harriet Hanline, who has given birth to nine chil- dren, viz: Charles, lives in Illinois; Elsie (Peterson), Wood county; Hattie, Sadie, William D., Lettie, Schuyler, Grace, and Roscoe.
John Houtz was born in Pennsylvania in 1801. His family came to Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1808. He married, first, Catharine Houtz, of Washington township, who died in 1843. In 1847 he married, for his second wife, Elizabeth Boyer, and soon after moved to this township, where he died in 188r. The family consisted of six children-Mary E. (Phister), Wood county; Cornelius, Scott; Zachariah, Scott; Elizabeth (Tyson), Wood county ; John, Washington township; and Sarah (Tyson), Scott. Cornelius, second child of John Houtz, was born in 1848. He married Mary Benton in 1872, and has one child-Jessie M.
John E. McIntire was born in Reed township in 1851. He married, in 1872, Elizabeth Jane Nevils, who was born in 1850. They had four children, three of --.
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whom are living-Lillie D., John O., and Henry H. Mr. McIntire is the oldest of the six children of James and Catharine McIntire, of Seneca county.
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