History of Seneca County, Ohio, containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, school, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of the Northwest territory; history of Ohio; statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc., etc, Part 50

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1088

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county in 1833 and in 1847, and moved to Williams County, where Jacob Bender died. His widow resides in Missouri. ... Francis Bernard resided at Tiffin, built the pioneer brick house at Tiffin (Dr. Dresbach's office); died here Andrew Brehler died April 26, 1876. . .. Joseph Biggs settled in Clinton Township about 1825. ... Benjamin Biggs died July 5, 1866, in his eighty- first year .... Mrs. Priscilla Biggs died March 30, 1839. ... Rev. Joseph L. Bihn, 1856, the church builder and founder of the Orphan Asylum, is credited with the name of being one of the most useful old residents .... Sardis Birch- ard (Ansequago), though connected in early years with McNeal's store as as- sistant, cannot be claimed as a pioneer of the county .... David Bishop, of Tiffin, was crier at the sale of lots in Upper Sandusky August 20, 1845, for which duty he received $43. Chester R. Mott was clerk. Bishop died December 5, 1850. ... Jacob and Sarah Black were natives of Maryland, mar- ried and settled in the East, and in 1827 came to Tiffin; moved to Wyandot County, where Mrs. Black died in 1863. Mr. Black lived among his children until his death in 1877 .... Jacob Black, born in Clinton Township in 1828, now resides in Big Spring Township .... George W. Black, kept the first suc- cessful lunch counter at Tiffin .... Frederick Blassius was drowned in Rock Creek near the gas factory in February, 1863. He was seventy-seven years old .... Henry G. Blassius died March 31, 1877, aged sixty years. ... Andrew Blum born in Hesse, Germany, Angust 28, 1810. immigrated to America in 1832, and two years later located in Tiffin, where he followed the tailor's trade. His death took place in February, 1885. ... John Bloom, Sr., an old resident of the county, died in February, 1885. ... Jacob Boner, who settled at Tiffin in the fall of 1826, was born May 2, 1809. . . . Martin Bollinger, one of the old German citizens of Tiffin, died September 10, 1882. .. . Peter A. Bor- muth was born at Tiffin, January 5, 1854; worked in M. J. Kerchner's store eight years, and opened a store for himself in March 1884; he died July 20, 1884 . . .. Erastus Bowe, the first American settler of the county in 1817, and his son, Erastus G. Bowe. Jr., born in Delaware County, Ohio, April 5, 1818, are referred to in the pioneer chapter .... John C. Bowland, died July 18, 1874, aged fifty-eight and one-half years .... John and Magdalena Bowser, natives of Maryland. parents of Col. Jacob Bowser, of Clinton Township, came here in 1829 and here died .... Col. Jacob Bowser, born in Maryland, in 1806, come to this county in 1827, remaining a few weeks; then returned to Mary- land, and in 1829 again visited Ohio and bought the farm where he now lives In 1830 he brought his wife from Maryland. She was Miss Anna Startz- man, born in Maryland in 1809, and died in 1876 .... Thomas W. Boyce, now residing in Sandusky City, was one of the first settlers at Tiffin ... . Susannah Boyer, relict of the late Jacob Boyer, and the mother of H. A. and William Boyer, died August 31, 1885, aged eighty-seven years. She was one of the pioneers of Tiffin. having resided here since 1834. ... Col. Bradley, who built the Central Hotel and opened it as a tavern, was an important figure in pioneer days. At his house, militia, railroad projectors, politicians and even preachers assembled to discuss ways and means for carrying out their various enterprises. In 1832 the name of his hotel was changed to the Washington House, and in 1836 he built the Western Exchange. .. . Henry Brass, died April 14, 1855. He was an unassuming. useful old settler .... John G. Breslin, of whom reference is made in the political and press chapters, took up a large space in the history of Seneca and indeed in that of Ohio, in earlier days. In April, 1842, he purchased the office of the defunct Van Burenite; in May issued the Seneca Advertiser and conducted it until 1854. He was elected member of the Legislature in 1848 and re-elected. He was also elected State treasurer, and

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took part in many, if not all those stirring events, which marked the period of his residence at Tiffin. He married a daughter of Widow Creeger, Miss Louisa Creeger .... John Britt settled at Tiffin in 1842, and is still a resident of the city .... Nelson L. Brunner, born in Maryland, September 18, 1832, settled in Ohio in 1853, graduated from Heidelberg College in 1855, and was admitted to the bar in 1858. He was a partner of John C. Lee, at Tiffin, for some years, and is still a resident lawyer .... Henry C. Brish, born in Frederick County, Md., in 1799, married Miss Eleanor S. Carey, of the same county, in 1824. came to Seneca County in 1828, succeeded James Montgomery as Indian agent, and was the last agent of the Senecas in Ohio. His home near Tiffin was called Rosewood, and there he died in February, 1866 .... Mrs. Eleanor C. Brish, one of the pioneers of the county, died March 14, 1885, aged seventy- nine years, seven months and fourteen days. When this lady arrived in 1828 she brought a piano with her, which is supposed to be the pioneer piano of the county . ... John Michael Bruennert was born in Behringen, Thuringia, in 1807. At the age of forty-five he immigrated with his family to America, and lived for many years on a farm a few miles west of Fort Seneca. His last years he spent with his children in Tiffin, until his death September 11, 1885. . . Dominick Burkhart, a pioneer, died September 5, 1881, aged eighty-four years .... William W. Burnee, died September 11, 1848. ... Robert Burns, an early settler near Fort Ball, was drowned in 1830 while attempting to cross the river to Tiffin. ... Joseph Burnside located in Bloom Township about 1821; moved to Clinton Township about 1824, settled just west of the city cemetery ; died May 3, 1875, aged seventy-one years. . .. Aaron Burtscher, a former resident of this county, died in April, 1885, at his home in South Toledo, at the age of eighty-nine years. He was the father of Street Commissioner Burtscher, of Tiffin. He came to Seneca County in 1839 .... Paul D. Butler, one of the builders of the Spencer Mill, located in one of the block-houses at Fort Ball; ... Jacob Buskirk, who died December 1, 1837, and was buried at Tiffin, was a pioneer of the county .... John and Magdalena Buchman, natives of Switzer- land. came to America, settling in this county in about 1840. Here Mrs. Buchman died in 1868. Mr. Buchman resides with his children .... Grafton and Rebecca Bernard were early settlers .... Jacob Black, of Big Spring Town- ship, was born in Clinton Township in 1828.

James Cahill, County Cavan, Ireland, died July 18, 1870, aged ninety- two. ... Rev. Jacob P. Cahill, son of James Cahill, and an old settler, died September 29, 1862, aged forty seven years .... Alexander Campbell, who died November 22, 1865, aged fifty nine years, was one of the pioneers of Tiffin. .... MIrs. Margaret Campbell, born in Frederick County, Md., July 12, 1798, settled in Tiffin in the fall of 1830 .... David Campbell, a printer of 1834, may be considered one of the pioneers of the case in this county .... Hiram Carney died October, 1861, after several years' residence in Tiffin .... George Chaney, named as a pioneer of Hopewell Township, was one of the early set- tlers of Tiffin, and still resides in the city. He has been held up as an exam- ple of those old settlers who have " held their own." .... Scudder Chamberlain's name appears in early records, and is referred to in Chapter IV. ... James M. Chamberlain, born in Columbiana County, Penn., August 26, 1806, settled at Tiffin in 1832. ... Mrs. Ann E. Clark, born in Northumberland County, Penn., in 1797, settled at Tiffin in 1830 .... Sylvester B. Clark, who died in Septem- ber, 1885, settled at Tiffin in August, 1833. He was born in Monroe County, Va., February 2, 1802 .... Thomas Coe, seventy years old, died May 24, 1858. He was one of the pioneers of Clinton Township. ... Michael Collins was one of the old settlers of Clinton Township .... John. Jerry and Thomas Connor

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were early settlers at Tiffin. ... John Cookerly died November 23, 1839, hav- ing resided here for some years prior to his death. . . . Uriah P. Coonrad, one of the pioneers of Tiffin, moved the first old jail to the site of the woolen-mill, and made his home there for many years. In 1864 he removed to Hopewell Township, and died there in 1879. This old settler's name occurs often in the organic and political chapters, and in the history of Tiffin and Hopewell Town- ships. S. A. Coonrad, his son, has served as clerk of Hopewell Township, and is now a resident of Tiffin .... Frederick and Catharine (Barrick) Cramer, na- tives of Maryland, settled on Section 16, Clinton Township, in 1830 .... D. F. Cramer, now of Tiffin, their son, was born in Maryland in 1811, and came here with his parents .... Frederick Cramer died in August, 1842 .... Enos Cramer, who died August 24, 1879, was born in Frederick County, Md, Feb- ruary 24, 1804, and settled at Tiffin in 1831. ... Uriah Creeger, aged forty-one years, died August 17, 1851. . .. John H. Creeger died May 25, 1872. Both were pioneers of the county .... Levi Cressey, the blacksmith of Fort Ball, re- sided near Milton McNeal's house, and must be called the first blacksmith of pioneer times. Many references are made to him in this history .... Benjamin Crockett was employed to teach the Tiffin district school in October, 1832. . . .. Henry Cronise, one of the early settlers, whose daughters are lawyers of Tiffin, filled a large place in the history of the city .... J. Crouse, D.D., came in 1844, and has since been closely identified with the church history of the county . . . John and Mary Ann Cromer came from the East to Tiffin in 1826, bringing with them their son, Thomas H., now a retired farmer residing in Tiffin, born in Maryland in 1821 .... Frederick and Susan Crum, parents of Mrs. Deroy C. Dunn, of Hopewell Township, were early settlers of Clinton Township .... John Crum settled north of Tiffin in 1824; died in February, 1873. ... Robert Crum, formerly a resident of Tiffin, dropped dead on the street in Toledo, September 27, 1881, of apoplexy. Mr. Crum was engaged in the grocery business in this city, in partnership with Henry Brohl, from 1857 to 1864, and shortly after their dissolution of partnership he moved to Saginaw, Mich., and from there to Toledo, where he has resided ever since ... . Rev. Isaac Culler, Lutheran preacher for many years, died March 28, 1882 .... George W. Cun- ningham, born in West Virginia in 1823, came, in 1844, to this county, and became one of the most prominent mill-owners in these parts.

Levi Davis, born in Maryland, August 6, 1796, came to Tiffin in 1830; died May 26, 1870 .... Thomas Derr, an old settler of Tiffin, died April 8, 1845 .... re Rudolphus Dickenson (see page 291) ..... Daniel Dildine, Sr., settled on Rock Creek, in 1824, died September 27, 1872 .... Margaret, wife of Dan. Dildine, died March 10, 1862. ... Mrs. Jane Dildine, born in Columbia County, Penn., November 29, 1806, settled at Tiffin with her parents in May, 1829 .... Mrs. Jane DeWalt, born in Northumberland County, Penn., April 15, 1815, settled at Tiffin, with family in April, 1824 .... William McEwen Dildine was a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, came with his parents to this county, in 1823, and settled upon the land now occupied as Greenlawn Cemetery; Christina Ann (Berger) Dildine, his wife, was a native of Maryland, and came with her uncle, Levi Davis to this county about 1830. ... John W. and Eliza- beth Ditto, former born in Pennsylvania, in 1785, and the latter on the Atlan- tic Ocean in 1795, parents of Mrs. Henry Sheats, and of Mrs. James Patterson, married in 1814, and settled in this county, where Mr. Ditto died April 7, 1853, and Mrs. Ditto in 1885. John Ditto settled in Clinton, early in 1822. Peter and Margaret DeWitt, former a native of New Jersey, latter of Pennsylvania, parents of Samuel H. De Witt, of Clinton Township, who was born in 1822, in Pennsylvania, came to this county from Marion County, Ohio,

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in 1831, and here died, Mr. DeWitt in 1853, and his widow in 1883. . Joseph Doerle, born in 1807, came to Seneca County at an early date, and died in 1868 .... James Dornan, who settled at Tiffin, May 21, 1828, was born in Washington County, Penn., July 4, 1796 .... Stephen Dorsey, an old settler, died April 5, 1867. ... Mrs. Elizabeth Dorsey, born in Fayette County, Penn., November 16, 1799, settled at Tiffin in 1856 .... Eli Downing resided on the plateau above Fort Ball in 1818-21. He was charged with participating in the robbery of Spicer, but escaped from prison at Fremont, leaving one of the gang to suffer imprisonment. Owing to the action of good citizens of Tiffin and Fort Seneca, almost all Spicer's money was recovered and returned to him .... John Drake, who was married to Mrs. Eliza Goetchius August 16, 1832, by Squire Reuben Williams, was one of the pioneers .... Urich Drake, mail carrier, was murdered on the Fremont road, by one of the Spicers, a mongrel white man .... Ely Dresbach (see page 311) .... Charles and Lucinda (Russell) Dries- bach, old settlers of Tiffin, are gone with the majority. Mrs. Driesbach, so long a widow, died November 15, 1882 .... Armstrong Drennon, to whom Mr. Hedges presented a lot on the site of Tiffin, in 1821, erected a cabin just south of the woolen-mill, on the west side of Washington Street that year, the first building erected on the east side of the river in the present city. His three children, his wife and himself died in this cabin .... William N. Dunn. who set- tled in Hopewell Township in 1841, died in November, 1883, aged sixty-eight years. He was born in Sullivan County, N. Y., February, 1815; settled with his parents in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1834 .... James Durbin, surveyor, is noticed throughout the history in connection with the survey of towns and additions . Mrs. Mary H. Durham, an old resident of Tiffin, died in October, 1884 . Samuel and Elizabeth (Miller) Daly, formerly of Philadelphia, parents of Mrs. Isaac Stultz, of Loudon Township, came to Tiffin in 1822.

Henry Ebbert, born November 29. 1801, in Fayette County, Penn., died at Tiffin March 31, 1880. He settled at Tiffin November 15, 1831, and took an active part in business and politics up to the period of his death. In the political chapter, page 270, as well as the local history, many references are made of him. ... Jacob M. Ebbert, born October 2, 1814, died November 23, 1881, was another old settler, while George Ebbert settled in 1831 .... Mrs. Elizabeth Ebbert, born in Bucks County, Penn., January 22, 1802, settled at Tiffin, November 15, 1831. ... John Edar was one of the pioneers of Tiffin, and one of the first to establish a regular meat market in partnership with Bowe .... Thomas R. Ellis, a settler in the neighborhood of Tiffin in the sum- mer of 1828, was born in Burlington County, N. J., August 8, 1795 .... Jeremiah W. and Lucy A. Egbert, parents of Isaac R. Egbert, of Clinton Township (who was born in 1858 in this township), natives of Ohio, settled in this county in an early day .... Henry Einsel, born in Pennsylvania in 1805, came to this county in 1828 and married, in 1835, Sarah Keller, born in Fair- field County, Ohio, in 1813 .... James D. Ely died February 4, 1848 .... Philip Emich, born in Bavaria in 1822, son of Louis Emich, at one time a hotel keeper in Tiffin. came here in 1846, and died in 1870 .... Francis and Nancy Ann (Woods) Fanning, parents of Dr. Fanning, of Tiffin, were natives of Ireland and became pioneers of Seneca County, settling here in 1834.

John Fiege, a native of the Electorate of Hesse, born in 1811, settled in Tiffin in 1833-34, and his wife Louisa (Von Blon) born in the Bavarian Pala- tinate, in 1813, came at the same time. John Fiege was drowned in his mill race in Tiffin March 31, 1869; his widow died in 1874. ... Philip Faulhaber (deceased), born in Canton, Ohio, in 1830, came with his widowed mother, Mrs. Louisa (Munsinger) Faulhaber, a native of Germany, to Tiffin in 1839,

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and in 1851 he moved to Fostoria. He was killed in 1862 at Chickasaw Bayou, while serving as captain of the Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry .... Julius Feldnagel was one of the first tavern-keepers in Tiffin .... George Flack, of Maryland, father of Josiah Flack, and Samuel Dailey, father of Sylvia Ann Dailey (Josiah and Sylvia Ann (Daily) Flack being parents of A. L. Flack, of Tiffin), were very early settlers .... Mrs. Flahaff resided at Tiffin for many years, until the family moved to Indianapolis. John Flahaff is now residing at Fostoria .... Jacob H. Fleming died here April 16, 1847. ... Upton R. Flenner, born March 12, 1811, died at Tiffin October 10, 1882, aged seventy- one years and seven months. He settled in Clinton Township in 1835 .... David Fowler settled at Tiffin in 1821 .... Jacob, Peter and Jefferson Freese settled in Clinton in 1828 .... Mrs. Anna Freese died February 30, 1842, in her sixty-fourth year .... Andrew Frutchey was one of the early settlers and one of the first stricken with cholera in 1834 .... Mrs. Lydia Fuller died at Tiffin March 27, 1848. She was the mother-in-law of R. W. Shawhan .... John Fye, Sr., born in Pennsylvania in 1816, settled in Seneca County in 1845, moved to Oak, Ind., April, 1882, and died there May 31, 1885.

George Gassman was born in Liberty Township, August 24, 1837, where his father, John Frederick Gassman, a native of Baden, Germany, settled at an early date .... Michael Gillis, known for years as the "silk merchant," set- tled at Tiffin almost forty years ago. He is a native of Ireland. .... James T. Gangiver, born in 1804, died January 4, 1885 ..... Ephraim Gaver located near Tiffin in 1832 .... Julia Gear, mother of Philip Gear, came early ....

Jacob Gedultig, aged sixty-eight years, died November 27, 1864. ... Adam Gemminger died April 9, 1869. ... Rev. Daniel Gibbons (1833) was one of the pioneer expounders of the gospel in the county .... Joseph R. Gibson, form- erly of Tiffin, died before the war. Mrs. Gibson resides on North Washing- ton Street .... Andrew Glenn, who died September 22, 1858, aged forty-eight and one-half years, settled at Tiffin at an early day, and was a successful mer- chant .... Gen. William H. Gibson, son of John Gibson, of Eden Township, born May 16, 1822, was brought by his parents to Eden Township that year, and is one of the oldest four living residents of the county. After receiving a com- mon school education at Melmore, he studied at Ashland Academy; then entered Abel Rawson's office, and with that pioneer lawyer and Robert G. Pen- nington read law until admitted to the bar in 1845. He was the last Whig candidate for attorney-general of Ohio, in 1853, and shared in the defeat of the party. In 1855 he was elected State treasurer by a majority over John G. Breslin of 434, and resigned in 1857. In 1861 he was one of the lead- ing citizens in organizing troops for the defense of the Union, and, as colonel of the Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and temporary com- mander of a division, won for himself an enviable place in the hearts of the people. At the close of the war he was commissioned brigadier- general for distinguished services, and, returning to Tiffin, resumed the practice of law. In 1872 he retired from law practice, and, turning his attention to the development of Tiffin, aided in securing additional rail- road facilities. He has been an able and eloquent advocate of Republican doctrine for a number of years, and as a public speaker is known from the Atlantic Ocean to the Missouri River. The General is an ordained minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and often fills the pulpit at Tiffin. Gen. Gibson married Miss Martha Creeger, daughter of the Widow Creeger, an early settler. This lady is still a resident of Tiffin. .... Daniel and Jane E. Gittinger, natives of Maryland, settled in this county about 1845, and here died .... John Gilliland, at one time superintendent of the Tiffin Woolen Mills,

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died at Independence, Richland County, June 2, 1883 .... Nicholas Goetchius, a native of New York State and a soldier of the war of 1812, settled in Clin- ton Township, five miles from Tiffin, in April, 1825; he died in 1860 at Green Spring. James Goetchius came with his father. Mrs. Susan Goetchius died at Tiffin . ... John H. and Ellen (Stein) Glick, parents of Mrs. W. O. Dildine, of Tiffin, came from Pennsylvania and were pioneers here. John Glick died August 30, 1855, in his seventy-fifth year .... John Goodin, a pioneer, is referred to in the history of his hotel. .... Henry and Jane Gross, parents of Samuel Gross, a pioneer of Bloom Township, came from Pennsylvania to Tif- fin in 1831. .... Henry Grummel, born in Bavaria in 1838, located at Tiffin in 1854; enlisted for the war, served until June, 1865, and died July 23, 1885. . ... Marcus Y. Groff and Hezekiah Groff are names well and favorably known in the history of Tiffin. Silas W. Groff, a member of Capt. F. K. Shawhan's company of the One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, died March 4, 1885, in his thirty-ninth year. He was a mere boy when he entered the service of the Union ..... F. W. Greene, an early settler, served as United States marshal, moved to Cleveland and died there some years ago. .... John Griffith died April 9, 1863, aged fifty-six years .... John Gwynn, a settler of 1862, died December 20, 1884. Mr. Gwynn was well known among the older citizens, having lived here for at least a quarter of a century. He with his brother established the gas works in this city, and it is reported that at one time the deceased was sole owner of the same. He also studied law, and for a time practiced in the courts here, with a degree of success. Some years since he met with a reverse in fortune, which was followed by a disease that affected his brain, producing an aberration of the mind, from which he never fully recovered. His wife died a few years ago.

Henry Hall, who died about three years ago, was eighty years old; his wife Hannah died June 12, 1868. Both were pioneers of Clinton Township ..... L. A. Hall was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., August 30, 1813; moved West in 1833, and settled at Tiffin May. 5, that year, and entered John Park's store as clerk. Here, April 7, 1835, he married Miss Cynthia A., daughter of Josiah Hedges. In 1833 he was temporary clerk of court. From 1834 to 1841 he was clerk of court, and from 1835 to 1837 partner of Mr. Hedges in mercantile business. In 1841 he was admitted to the bar, and served as prosecutor for Seneca County in 1856-57; was assessor of revenue for Ninth Congressional Dis- trict from 1862 to 1865, presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1868, and a participator in all those political battles referred to in the chapter on

elections. Mr. Hall was one of the projectors of the T., T. & E. R. R., and was president of the company from its organization until the completion of the road. He took a leading part in every movement conducive to the welfare of Seneca County up to his death, June 16, 1880. .. . John Handly, a pioneer of the county, died December 20, 1855, aged sixty-six years. ... Balthasar and Margaret Haefling, natives of Germany, came from Pennsylvania to Tiffin in 1839, and here died, Mrs. Haefling in 1845, Mr. Haefling in 1864 .... William and Eliza- beth (Turner) Harris, parents of Charles W. Harris, of Liberty Township, were early settlers at Fort Ball. Mrs. Harris is a daughter of Benjamin and Rachel (King) Turner, who came to this county in 1829 .... Josiah Hedges, born April 9, 1778, died July 15, 1858, is known as the founder of Tiffin; he is referred to often in the general history, again in the history of Clinton Township and Tiffin City, and in the pages devoted to personal history and biography .... Josiah Q. Hedges died February 16. 1849. .... Mrs. Hannah Herrin, a native of Maryland, born in Frederick County, December 9, 1813, settled in Clinton Town- ship, in 1833. .... Samuel Herrin settled in Clinton in 1828; moved to Eden,

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where he was justice of the peace for many years, and was elected county treasurer, as shown in the political chapter. He was born in Pennsyl- vania, August 21, 1812, and married Miss Bertha Ann Olmsted, in 1835. His elder brother, Joseph, settled in Clinton Township, in 182S. .... Peter Hesseldenz, whose five children died of cholera, near Tiffin, in 1848-50, died in 1877. He came from Germany in 1847 or 1848. .... Jacob and Mary (Wick) Heilman, came to this county from Hessen Darmstadt in 1839 .... John Heil- man, a native of Hessen Darmstadt, born in 1821, came to Tiffin in 1843 ..... Henry and Maria Barbara (Kegg) Hershiser, latter of Pennsylvania, parents of Dr. Hershiser, of Tiffin, came to Tiffin in 1833; Henry died March 27, 1873, aged seventy-four years. .... "Sammy" Hoagland, the quarryman at Fort Ball, and previously ferryman, was a famous character in the early years of Fort Ball and Tiffin. .... Frederick Hoffman, owner of the first German tavern at Tiffin (1834), died of cholera the same year. .... John Hoke, an old settler, died Sep- tember 27,1876, aged seventy-nine years ..... William Holt, an ancient settler, is now residing at Tiffin. .... John Hoover died June, 1869, aged sixty-eight and a half years .... Harvey Howard came to Tiffin from Wooster, Ohio, in 1847, and, in partnership with J. M. Naylor, established a hardware house in which he was interested until 1851. ... John and Margaret (Miller) Houck, parents of Isaac M. Houck, of Tiffin, and whose ancestors were pioneers of Pennsylvania, settled in this county at an early period of its history .... Jacob and Susannah M. Holtz, natives of Maryland, settled in Clinton Township in 1834: Jacob died in December, 1859, and his widow in 1870. George and Dennis Holtz, their sons, also settled here in 1834 .... Dr. A. B. Hovey was born in Orleans County, Vt., February 9, 1829. Coming to Ohio when fourteen years of age, he entered Oberlin College, where he remained six years, at the same time studying medicine with Dr. Homer Johnson. In 1850 he

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Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1088

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1088