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 51

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

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entered the office of Prof. Ackley, in Cleveland, and graduated in March, 1852, and in the same year came to Tiffin, where he resided up to his death, October 2, 1884. His body was found in his barn with a wound in the top of the head. Coroner Lepper and Drs. Williard, Leahy and Benner were summoned; also Mr. Fiege, the undertaker, and the body was brought into the office for exam- ination. The decision reached was that the deceased came to his death from natural causes . .. . Horace Huber, born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in April, 1822, settled in Clinton Township in April, 1847, about six months after his marriage with Miss Mary Reber, of Fairfield County .... Jacob and Catharine (Smith) Hunker came to Clinton Township in 1853. Mr. Hunker is now (1885) in his eighty-first year; Mrs. Catharine Hunker died in 1854. ... William and Clorinda Hunter, natives of Virginia, married in Tiffin, Ohio, parents of S. S. Hunter, of Clinton Township (who was born here in 1832), settled in Clinton Township, where William Hunter died December 24, 1868. His widow resides at Tiffin. .... David and Nancy Huss, former a native of Pennsylvania, latter of Mary- land, parents of Mrs. Lysander Reynolds of Clinton Township (who was born in Maryland in 1823), came to this county in 1826, and here died .... Jacob Huss, father of George Robinson Huss (latter born at Tiffin in 1828), came from Maryland in 1824, and carried on the first saddle and harness making business in Tiffin. He died December 30, 1849. His wife, Sarah (Robinson) Huss, came from Berkeley County, Va., to Tiffin, in 1825, and died in 1876. ... Jacob and Margaret Hyter, natives of Maryland, came to this county in 1839, where they died-Mr. Hyter in 1860, and his widow a few years later.

Agreen Ingraham, the first sheriff of the county, is referred to very often in the organic and political chapters as well as in the local history .... Moses Johnson died September 9, 1864, aged eighty-two years .... Rebecca Johnson,

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relict of William Johnson (deceased), was born in Frederick, Md., April 2, 1808, died August 23, 1879, having attained the advanced age of seventy-one years, four months and twenty-one days. The family migrated to Ohio in 1835. . .. John Julian died April 12, 1852, aged sixty-six years. For years he was a useful member of pioneer society at Tiffin .... Joseph Juneau. or Jenay. a colored man, carried on the cabinet-maker's trade at Fort Ball in olden times.

Jacob Kabb died September 9, 1843, aged sixty-three years .... George Kaull, who came from Allentown. Penn., died September 27, 1872. while visiting Mrs. Stephen Strouss, his daughter .... John and Elizabeth Keller, natives of Pennsylvania, where they married, parents of Lewis Keller, of Clin- ton Township, born in 1808 in Fairfield County, Ohio, came to Fairfield County from Pennsylvania in 1805, visited this county in 1824, and in 1828 settled in this township, where Mr. Keller died in 1857, and Mrs. Keller in 1859. ... Joseph Keller died January 15, 1853. ... Joel Keller, who died September 15, 1881, was born in Fairfield County in 1821; settled in Clinton in 1828. ... In the fall of 1824 John Keller, known as "Uncle John," brought a number of apple trees from Fairfield County, Ohio. and planted a four-acre orchard. near the Keller Mill, in Clinton Township. This was the first orchard set out (if we except the trail of "Johnny Appleseed") in this county. Some vandals came this way later in the fall of 1824, and carried away the greater number of the young plants. .. . Levi and Elizabeth (Cupp) Keller, parents of

Levi Keller, of Reed Township, came here in an early day.

Levi Keller,

Sr., who still lives, was a son of John Keller, who built the "old Keller Mill;" Mrs. Keller died in this county in 1875. aged sixty-nine years ..... The Keller family. of whom Mrs. Eliza Seever was a member. came to Ohio in 1808, and to this county in 1835. Peter Seever, of Tiffin, her son, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1819 .... David B. King, a native of Butler County, Penn., born January 2, 1809, settled at Tiffin, in May, 1830, and is numbered among the half-century pioneers .... Joseph and . Margaret Kintz, natives of Pennsylvania, where they were married (parents of Lewis, born in 1818, and M. L .. born in 1822, both natives of Pennsylvania, and now of Clinton Township), came here from Stark County, Ohio. in an early day, and here died .... Michael Kirchner came to this county from Bavaria in 1840, when twenty years old, and his parents. John and Mary (Achum) Kirchner, in 1844. ... F. D. Kishler, of Tiffin, was born here in 1831, his parents, Freder- ick and Elizabeth (Miller) Kishler, having come here in 1828 from Perry County, Ohio, formerly of Pennsylvania. ... Richard Keating died August 14, 1827, and Rev. John Keating died September 3, 1859; both were old settlers .... Charles Kelly, who, in 1821, assisted in building Drennon's cabin on the site of Tiffin. was born in Pennsylvania in 1798. His daughter married Dr. Samuel W. Bricker, of Tiffin .... Bartholomew Kenny was drowned in 1830, while crossing the river to Tiffin. ... Samuel and Rebecca (Thompson) Kridler, natives of Pennsylvania (former born March 28, 1800, in Bedford County), settled in Tiffin in 1823. ... Dr. Henry Kuhn, born in Frederick County, Md., October 28, 1802, settled at Tiffin in 1829; died October 16, 1878. He grad- uated from the University of Maryland in 1825, and on coming here at once entered on the duties of his profession. The epidemic of 1834 and the numer- ous cases of sickness throughout the county kept him always in physician's harness; yet he made time to share in all works which promised to advance his adopted county. His first wife, to whom he was married in Maryland --- Catherine (Baltzell) Kuhn-died in August, 1842. His second wife, nee Miss Maria Pennington, is still a resident of Tiffin. Dr. Kuhn was the first and only president of the Seneca County Pioneer Association .... George I. Kuhn

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emigrated from Germany in 1829 and came to Seneca County in 1839. He died May 13, 1856, aged sixty-four years .... John Kiltsch settled at Tif- fin about 1830. ... Jacob Korner and John G. Kennedy were all old residents. .... Anthony Kuebler, a native of the Grand Duchy of Baden, settled at Tiffin about 1835, where for many years he was a boot and shoe-inaker. His wife, Frances (Schabacher) Kuebler, a native of Bavaria, came with immi- grants to Tiffin, when a young girl.

William Lambertson (father of Sharon and Virgil Lambertson), an old resident of the county, died January 15, 1882 .... Daniel and Susanna Lam- bertson, natives of Pennsylvania, parents of Mrs. Hezekiah Searles, of Clinton Township (who was born in Pennsylvania in 1817) came to this township and settled on Section 24, in 1824, where they died, Mrs. Lambertson in 1844, and Mr. Lambertson in December, 1852 .... Henry Lang, father of Judge Lang, was one of the first German settlers at Tiffin. He died here in August, 1838, while his widow, Mrs. Catherine (Shuetz) Lang, died in June, 1849 .... William Lang, one of the early settlers, and certainly one of the county's most prominent and useful citizens, is still a resident of the county. His name is identified with almost every chapter of the county's history, and to these several parts the reader is referred. . .. Charles Lambkins, who died a few years ago, was among the old settlers. ... . Lewis H. and Sarah Leffler, natives of Wurtemburg, parents of Lewis Leffler, emigrated from Germany in 1846 and settled in Clinton Township, where the former died in 1885 and the latter in 1879. .... John D. Loomis, a native of New York State, settled at Tiffin in 1847, when he bought Wolf's foundry and established the present industry. . . L. M. Loomis may be also named among the old residents. .... Andrew and Mary (Swayze) Love, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia respectively,

. parents of James W. Love, of Tiffin, who was born in Fairfield County in 1828, settled at Tiffin in 1830. .. . . Thomas Loyd, born in 1799, died February 3, 1867. .... Andrew Lugenbeel, born in Frederick County, Md., died Decem- ber 10, 1863, aged fifty-six years and three months. He came to Tiffin in 1833, a few months after his marriage with Miss Eliza Baltzell, of Maryland. He was one of the early merchants, and in 1836 built the grist-mill and dam at the Tiffin Water-works. This mill is still in good repair, but not running. Mrs. Lugenbeel died in 1843, and two years later Mr. Lugenbeel married a daughter of John Souder, who now resides at Tiffin, in what is known as the Lugenbeel Mansion, nearly opposite the Soldiers' Monument, and where the Fort Ball spring enters the river.

John Magill, a printer in 1834, and partner of Case Brown, in the Patriot office, was among the pioneer "typos" of the county. .... Manley, one of the old merchants of Tiffin, settled in the city in 1848. .. . Hugh McCandless Martin, born August 3, 1834, was killed by a land-slide at Crested Butte, Colo., August 26, 1882. He attended the academy at Republic, then entered Heidelberg College, read law with Gen. W. H. Gibson. His parents, Samuel S. and Mary C. Martin were old residents of the county .... Nicholas Martin, an aged old settler of Tiffin, dropped dead of heart disease, in February, 1885. The deceased was a retired farmer of some wealth, and was about seventy-five years old .... John and Barbara (Broadbeck) Martin, former a native of Maryland, latter of Pennsylvania, came to this county from Maryland, in 1825 .... Mrs. J. W. Martin, wife of Dr. Martin, died December 17, 1884. ... Peter Marsh settled in Clinton Township, in 1823; died at Kenton, Ohio .... George and Elizabeth Marshall, natives of Germany, came direct from the fatherland to this county in 1834, and here died . ... Alex. Mason opened a hotel called "The Eagle" in 1834. The old Eagle is now a portion of the Shawhan House ....

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John Maul, born in 1795, died October 3, 1866. .. . William McCulloch. (See pages 199, 215 and 221). .... William McEwen settled in Clinton Township, in 1823 .... Neal McGaffey, the first clerk of courts, was here in 1823 .... In 1825 he engaged in the search for the Brayton boy, and, with his party, camped where Fostoria now stands. . .. Hugh McAllister died May 20, 1872, aged sixty- five years .... John McCalmont died two years ago. aged seventy years .... Thomas J. MeCleary died April 9, 1861, aged fifty-seven and a half years .... Joseph Mcclellan died January 7, 1860, aged seventy-two and a half years .. .. Rev. John McLain, Presbyterian, died June 24. 1862. The people of his Tiffin and Mccutchenville congregations erected a monument to him in the new cemetery .... Lucien D. McArdle, died July 18, 1850. ... Ezekiel McFerren and Rev. Father McNamee must be numbered among the old settlers. ... Aus- tin McNeal, Tiffin, was born at Fort Ball (now Tiffin) in 1830. His father, Milton McNeal, a native of New York State, settled here in 1823, died in 1834, and his mother, Maria (Gregory) McNeal, came in the following year from Athens County, Ohio .... Dr. John Alexander McFarland was born at Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Penn., June 10, 1811; died June 1, 1843. The Doctor, after going through the courses taught in the village schools. was sent to the academy in Chambersburg, Penn. After leaving the academy he en- gaged for several years in teaching school at Waynesboro. He then com- menced the study of medicine, attending the usual course of lectures at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, received the degree of M. D. in 1837, and in May of that year settled at Tiffin. His life here was a model one, which endeared him to all classes. His widow. nee Miss Ann E. Staley, of Freder- ick County, Md .. was buried June 1, 1870 .... James Mercer was an old resi- dent .... Henry Miller settled at Tiffin in 1821 .... Adam Miller died October 27, 1862. aged eighty-five years .... Daniel and Anna Miller, parents of Peter Miller (born in New York State in 1833), Mrs. Lloyd Norris (born in New York State in 1836) and Mrs. Samuel H. DeWitt (born in 1839 in this county) and Mrs. Lewis H. Young (born in this county in 1846), all of Clinton Town- ship, married in New York State and came to Ohio in 1837, where Mrs. Miller died in 1849. Mr. Miller subsequently married Sarah Raber, and they now reside here .... Aaron Miller, of Clinton Township. born in Pennsylvania in 1811, came in 1835 to Seneca County. where he married, in 1836, Mary Mer- chant, who was born in Virginia in 1813. They reside in Clinton Township . . Eben Mills died at Tiffin in 1835. ... William Montgomery, eldest son of the Indian agent, was a merchant at Tiffin .... J. B. Mossoney died August 16, 1871, aged eighty-four years, one month and twenty-two days .... Rev. M. Molin settled at Tiffin in 1850, and was among the popular old residents of the village .... William and Christina (Humes, nee Plank) Montgomery, former a native of Ireland, latter of Virginia (she was mother of Samuel V. Humes, of Pleasant Township, by former husband) came to Clinton Township in 1824, and in 1834 moved to Pleasant Township, where Mr. Montgomery died shortly after .: His widow died in 1873. ... John Myers, born in Germany in 1816, came to this county in 1844. ... James Myers settled in Clinton Township in June, 1833. ... Peter P. Myers, who died August 13, 1877, in his sixtieth year, came to Tiffin in October. 1856, and for years was owner of the hotel known as the "Shawhan House." Mrs. Agnes N. Myers, widow of P. P. Myers, came with her husband to Tiffin in October, 1856; died March 11, 1884, in her sixty-fifth year.

John M. Naylor came to Tiffin in 1847, where in company with Harvey Howard, he established a general hardware store .... W. W. Naylor, brother of J. M. Naylor, became a partner in the latter's hardware business in 1857,

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succeeding Naylor & Pittinger .... William Negele who died August 7, 1859, settled at Tiffin in 1854. ... Michael Neikirk died May 12, 1880, aged eighty- three years, seven and a half months .... Samuel Nighswander, county sur- veyor and engineer, Tiffin, born in Pennsylvania in 1834, came here with his parents, Joseph and Elizabeth (Bair) Nighswander, in 1847 .... Warren P. Noble, whose parents, William and Rebecca (Lytle) Noble, settled near Jackson Township in 1836, located at Tiffin in 1842 (see chapter on courts and bar, page 301) .... Nathaniel and Sarah Norris, natives of Maryland, parents of Lloyd Norris, of Clinton Township (who was born in 1830, in this county), came here about 1828, remaining till their death. Mr. Norris died in 1864; his widow in 1865 .... Dr. Rufus and Clarissa (Waters) Norton, parents of Hon. James A. Norton, of Tiffin, former a native of New York State, son of Isaiah Norton, settled here in 1835, where the doctor was a practicing physician for over thirty years.

Dr. Minard Overmiller, one of the old physicians of Tiffin, died at Toledo, September 28, 1884, aged sixty-five years. He was married to Miss Mary Burke, of Tiffin, May 13, 1852, who survives him .... Thomas Ogle was born February 7, 1815 .... Joseph and Elizabeth Orner, maternal grandparents of Henry J. Weller, attorney at law, Tiffin, were early pioneers of the county. . John G. Osteen, a settler of 1839, is still a resident of the city . . . . Rev. M. O'Sullivan came in 1852, and resided here for some years.

Louis Papineau was the constable for this part of Sandusky County in 1820-21. He it was who arrested the men who were supposed to have robbed Spicer .... John Park, father of Christopher C. Park, of Tiffin, was born in New Jersey, in 1788, and came to Tiffin in 1830, where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits for several years, removing, in 1844, to the "Pleasant Hill" farm, in Clinton Township, where he died August 9, 1868 .... George Park and C. C. Park were settlers of 1830, natives of Pennsylvania, where the name is written Pearke. The late Mrs. C. C. Park, of Tiffin, while engaged in driving mosquitoes out of the house, mounted a chair, which tipped over. In falling she received such injuries as caused her death within three hours after the accident, June 13, 1865. ... Col. J. W. Patterson, now of New York, was a resident of Tiffin as early as June, 1833 .... James Pelan kept a book store at Tiffin as early as 1855. It is said that he joined the Confederate Army .... Joseph Pennington, who settled at Tiffin in 1834, died August 3, 1866 .... Barclay Pennington, of Tiffin, born in New York State in 1828, came to this county in 1831 with his parents, Joseph and Sarah (Denison) Pennington .... Robert G. Pennington, whose name appears in the general history, is a mem- ber of the old bar of Seneca County (see his biography) .... James P. Pillars, known as Judge Pillars, is an old-time resident, whose name finds men- tion both in the political and law chapters .... Jacob Plane was one of the early postmasters of Tiffin, and one of the old justices of Clinton Township .... Mrs. Theresa Pittinger, wife of Benjamin Pittinger, and daughter of John and Eva Creeger, of Maryland, was married to Mr. Pittinger, September 10, 1825, died December 8, 1847 .... Benjamin Pittinger, a native of Maryland, born January 29, 1798, settled at Tiffin, December 5, 1825, and was elected associate judge of common pleas. In 1825 he married Miss Creeger. On her death, in 1847, he married Miss Mary A. Hunter, and in 1861 moved to his farm, where Mrs. Pittinger died in 1877, and the judge in 1881. Their son, D. C. Pittinger, was born at Tiffin in 1836 .... John Pittinger, born in 1778, died October 20, 1857 .... J. H. Pittinger, one of the oldest members of the Seneca County bar, died suddenly, January 14, 1885, aged sixty-one years .... Allison Phil- ips was another old settler, whose memory is almost lapsed into the past ....

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Michael Price, born in County Carlow, Ireland, October 27, 1795, died August 7, 1859 .. . . D. S. Price, son of Michael Price, died at Pittsburgh Landing, March 29, 1861 .... Robert and Rhoda (Hendrickson) Patterson were early settlers here.

James and Mary (Madigan) Quinn, natives of Ireland, parents of James W. Quinn, of Fostoria (who was born in Ireland in 1837), came, in 1851, to Tiffin, where James Quinn, a blacksmith by trade, died in 1859, aged seventy-eight years. James W. Quinn moved to Fostoria in 1871. .... Rev. Edmund Quinn was pastor of St. Mary's Church, at Tiffin, in 1833, as related in the history of the churches.

Christian and Catharine M. (Sprengle) Ransburg, came to this county in 1831, settling in Clinton Township. In 1856 they moved to Indiana, where Christian Ransburg died in 1864, aged seventy-nine, and Mrs. Ransburg in 1870, also aged seventy-nine. .. . . Rev. Fred. Rahauser came here in 1835. ... Jo- seph Ranker was also an old resident .... John Rauch, born in 1800, died Decem- ber 13, 1874. ... Abel Rawson, born in Warwick County, Mass., May 11, 1798, located, February 15, 1826, at Fort Ball (now Tiffin), where he was appointed prosecuting attorney and postmaster, and to other offices. He died August 24, 1871. His wife, Sarah Ann (Clark) Rawson, died June 6, 1849. His second wife, to whom he was married September 25, 1856, Mrs. Maria McNeal, widow of Milton McNeal, was born at Athens, Ohio, May 16, 1808, settled at Fort Ball with her parents May 4, 1824 .... Francis Reif, a native of Bavaria, settled in Seneca County in an early day, died November 7, 1877, aged seventy-two years ... . Rufus W. Reid (one of the old Tiffin merchants), who fmarried Sylvia Ann Hunt, of Fort Seneca, atter her divorce from Samuel Wright, introduced the era of grain warehouses by building one at the depot of the Mad River Railroad, Fort Ball. Owing to opposition of other mercantile houses at Tiffin, he "went under," and became a financial and social wreck long prior to his death .... William Rex, who was born January 11, 1802, died April 4, 1872, was one of the pioneers of Tiffin .... Michael and Louisa Reinbolt, former a native of Alsace, France, latter of Byron, came to America about 1829, settling in Clin- ton Township, were married in Pleasant Township, where they lived two years, then moved into Clinton Township. Mr. Reinbolt died in 1880; his widow now lives in Sandusky, Ohio .... Ibrahim and Harriet Reynolds, former a na- tive of Connecticut. latter of New York State, came to this county in 1836, afterward moving to Hancock County, then to Wyandot County, where they died .... David Rickenbaugh settled a few miles east of Tiffin in 1833, died April 17, 1859. aged fifty-nine years. Margaret, his wife, died August 15, 1885 .... Joseph Richards settled at Tiffin in 1827, and came from Fayette County, Penn., where he was born, April 7, 1792, to Clinton Township in 1823 .... Balthazar Ries, a barber, opened a shop at Tiffin in 1847 .... Caleb Rice, a soldier of 1812, settled at Fort Ball in 1819; died in Illinois in 1849. Philip L. Riehm died February 9, 1872 .... A Riggs and Lydia G. Riggs . moved from Frederick County, Md., to Seneca County in 1832. Miss Riggs married Mr. Dildine in 1841; moved to Risdon in 1847, and died July 9, 1885. .. . . Solomon and Catharine Robenalt, natives of Pennsylvania, parents of Mrs. Peter Miller, who was born in this county in 1832, came to Seneca County in 1829, and here died, Mr. Robenalt in 1863, and Mrs. Robenalt in 1881 .... Eliphalet Rogers settled in the woods, a few miles north of Tiffin, about 1823 or 1824 .... William Rollins, one of P. D. Butler's assistants, was sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary, but was pardoned one year later .... Henry Rosenberger, a native of Virginia, came to Ohio in 1822, settling in Clinton Township, and here he lived and toiled for fifty-one years. His first wife was

Philip. A. Fry

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Miss Jane Shaul. In 1876 he moved to Tiffin, having sold his farm to Jacob, his son. ... Joseph and Catharine (Gilmore) Robinson, natives of Ireland, par ents of J. T. Robinson of Scipio Township (who was born, in 1844, in Tiffin), were early settlers here. Mr. Robinson died in 1860; his widow in 1861. J. T. Robinson moved to Scipio Township in 1863 .... Mrs. Jane (Sneath) Rum- mell died in March, 1839 .... George Rummell, a native of Ohio, settled at Tiffin in 1834. ... P. H. Ryan, a settler of 1852, and one of the most useful citizens of Tiffin, has filled the public position credited to him in the political chapter, and in the history of Tiffin. He is the author of a work on mathe- matics and algebra, which awaits publication. Mr. Ryan had for years car- ried on an extensive business at Tiffin.

Jacob Sager of Hopewell Township, born in 1828, in Maryland, came to Ohio in 1850 and settled in Clinton Township, where he remained fifteen years, then moved to Hopewell Township .... Louis C. A. Schmidt came from Germany to this township in 1846, when thirty years old. .... John Schneider, Christopher Schneider, Rev. M. Schoenhenz (1835), and Rev. John L. Sanders (1833), were all old residents. ... Robert R. Scott who was born in 1812, died in Sep- tember, 1857, after many years residence at Tiffin .... Mrs. Kate (Fitzmaurice) Scannell, widow of John Scannell (who died in his native county in 1859), and mother of Michael Scannell, of Tiffin, all natives of County Kerry, Ireland, came to New York about 1859, where Mrs. Scannell lived until the family moved to Tiffin. ... John and Catharine Senn, former a native of Switzerland, latter of Belgium, parents of Mrs. Peter Buchman, of Clinton Township (who was born in this county in 1843), were early settlers in Seneca County, now residing in Pulaski County, Ohio .... John Secrist settled in Clinton Township in Octo- ber. 1828, died in April, 1848 .... Mrs. Margaret Secrist died April 6, 1884, aged eighty-two years .... Mrs. Eliza (Lamberson) Searles, born in Northhampton County, Penn., July 14, 1817, settled in Clinton Township in April, 1825 .... John Seidel, an old resident, died at Tiffin in September, 1882, in his sixtieth year .... Joshua Seney was born in New York City, and removed to Ohio in 1832, settling at Tiffin, where he died in 1854. George E. Seney was born in 1832, in Penn. (see page 302 and biog.) .... Mrs. Ann Seney, born in Pennsyl- vania Sept. 13, 1803, settled at Tiffin November 15, 1831, died May 5, 1879. . . . Rev. Isaac Seitz, born in Bloom Township in 1828, is a son of John and Mag- dalena (Spitler) Seitz, early settlers of the county .. . . Philip Seewald, an old set- tler, died October 30, 1878, aged seventy-nine years .... Louis Seewald, a native of Bavaria, born September 15, 1831, settled at Tiffin in 1833, and has been among its leading citizens since that time. .. . Frederick Shawhan, an old Revo- lutionary soldier, a native of Maryland, came to Ohio in 1812, locating first in Fairfield County, afterward settling in Seneca County in 1831. He died near Tiffin, August 26, 1840. His son and only surviving child, Rezin W. Shawhan, born in 1811, in Virginia, located in Tiffin, September 10. 1833, and has identi- fied himself with many public and private enterprises .... Josiah Shawhan, son of Frederick Shawhan, and a cotemporary settler, died May 20, 1880 .... William Spicer, an Indian captive, and a wealthy though filthy resident of Seneca County for years before 1817, is mentioned in the Indian treaty, as fol- lows: "To William Spicer, who was taken prisoner by the Indians, and has ever since lived among them, and has married a Seneca woman, 640 acres, beginning on the east bank of the Sandusky, forty poles below the lower corner of said Spicer's corn field, thence up the river on the east side with the meanders thereof, one mile, thence and from the beginning east for quantity." This fellow was robbed by Rollins and others of Fort Ball, in 1821; but owing to the exertions of the pioneers the robbers were captured and one of them punished.

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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