History of Shelby County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 70

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Publication date: 1883
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HENRY S. CANNON.

The ancestors of Mr. Cannon are among the very earliest settlers of this county. The date of their settlement and a more full description of the family will be found elsewhere in this work, as given by one of the older members of the family. Henry S. is a son of James and Mary Jackson Cannon. He was born in Indiana in 1836. The parents of Mr. C. had removed from Shelby County to Indiana previous to his birth. In 1877 Mr. Cannon married Miss Emma Gomm, who was born in Lon- don, Eng. Mr. and Mrs. Cannon located in Perry Township in 1881.

SMALLWOOD THOMPSON

was born in Loudon County, Va., in 1791. He emigrated from there to Muskingum County, O., but the time of his removal is not known. Here he married Margaret Kevitt. In the year 1829 he moved, with his wife and six children, to Perry Township, Shelby County, and settled on the east half of the N. E. quarter of section 19, land he had bought of - Beeden. His land at the time of his settlement was entirely in the woods. The first school in the north part of the township was held in an old log house on his land, and was taught by John Hathaway. Mr. Thompson lived on this farm until the day of his death, which was in 1875. His remains are now resting on the same farm, in a family burying-ground. His widow still survives him, and has her home with her son, Thomas W., who is on the old homestead. Thomas W. was born in 1840. In 1865 he married Miss Lovina B. Miller, a daughter of Isaac Miller. They have had born to them seven children-Elizabeth E., Emery S., William E., Albert O., Maggie, Clarence E., and Vernon.

SOLOMON LINE

was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1814. In the year 1818 he was taken to Miami County, where he lived till 1836, when he came to Shelby County. Here, in 1841, he married Elizabeth Thompson, a daughter of Smallwood Thompson. By this marriage there were seven children, three of whom are still living, viz., Florence M., wife of Mark Riddle, Orthola T., and Dulcina, wife of Jacob Le Fevre.

Mark Riddle was born in Montgomery County in 1844, came to Shelby County in 1854, and in 1869 married Florence M. Line. They have by this union two children-Charles O., born 1871, and Harry O., born 1873. Mr. Riddle resides on the old homestead of Mrs. Riddle, where she was

born, and where her father, mother, grandfather, and grandmother died. Samuel Line, the grandfather, and the grandmother, both died in 1848. Her father, Solomon Line, died in 1865; her mother died in 1879.

LINE FAMILY.

In 1755 three brothers by the name of Line came over from England with Gen. Braddock and his army. They were with him on the ninth day of July, at the time of his defeat near Du Quesne. Here they became separated, and all trace of one of the brothers was lost for many years. It seems that one of these brothers, for some cause, changed his name to that of Lyons. Years afterward grandchildren of two of these broth- ers happened to,be living in the same neighborhood in Miami County. There being such a similarity in the name of Line and Lyon, that they together traced back their genealogy, and found that the ancestors of both families came from England, and were at Braddock's defeat, and from what they could gather they were the descendants of the three brothers spoken of.

John Line, a son of one of the above brothers, was born in New Jersey. The date of his birth we cannot learn, but we find that he was a soldier during the Revolutionary war, held a captain's commission, was wounded in a battle, and drew a pension as a wounded soldier for the balance of his life. Some time after the close of the war he married Miss Mary Baltzell, and emigrated to the territory of Ohio about the year 1800. They first located in what is now Brown County, where they remained until about 1830, when they removed to Shelby County, and located on land that had been purchased by his son, Henry C., in Perry Town- ship. Here he died about 1834. His wife died in 1835. They raised a family of six children, all of whom came to Shelby County.

Henry C., one of these children, was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1795. He lived with his parents until arriving at manhood, when he went to Miami County. Here, about the year 1816, he married Eliza- beth Millhouse, a sister of Mrs. Dilbone, who was killed by the Indians. They raised a family of eight children, viz., John, Stephen, William, David M., Margaret A., Elizabeth, Charlotte, and Amy J., only three of whom are now living. Mr. Line died in 1851, his wife having died in 1847. They came to Shelby County in 1833.

ABRAHAM LINE

was born near Lexington, Kentucky, in the year 1800. He is a son of Joseph and Magdalena (Hoost) Line. The father of Joseph Line was one of the three brothers who came over from England with Gen. Brad- dock (spoken of elsewhere). Joseph, together with his brother John, was in the Revolutionary war. He was born in New Jersey about 1756. From New Jersey they removed to Kentucky, but the time of their re- moval is not known. From Kentucky they came to Ohio in 1812, and located in Brown County, where they lived until 1835, when they came to Shelby County with their son Abraham, where the father died in 1841. Abraham married Sarah Line (a daughter of John Line) in 1820. They have had born to them twelve children, five of whom are still living, viz., Levisa, John, James, Levi, and Jacob. Mr. and Mrs. Line are both still living, he in his eighty-second and she in her eighty-fifth year, they having travelled the journey of life together for sixty-two years.

DAVID M. LINE,

a son of Henry C. Line, was born in Miami County in 1822. He lived with his parents until he arrived at his majority. In 1846 he married Miss Mary A. Robinson. For a couple of years after marriage he re- sided with his parents. He then bought a farm for himself, on whichi he lived until the death of his father, when he returned to the home place, on which he resides at the present time. They have raised a family of ten children, whose names and dates of births are as follows: Arvesta, born 1847; Easton H., born 1849; Oscar B., born 1851; Ohio B., born 1854; Charles, born 1856; Agnes I., born 1858; Dewit F., born 1861; Ellwood S., born 1863; Morris R., born 1866; and Olive M., born 1868.

Mr. Line is one of the prominent and successful farmers and stock- raisers of his township, having made that his business through life. He has made for himself and family a comfortable home, and is now living in the enjoyment of a competence for his remaining days.

EASTON H. LINE,

a son of David M. Line, was born in Shelby County in 1849. In 1872 he married Miss Polly A. Maxwell, a daughter of Abraham and Susan M. (Vaughn) Maxwell. They have had born to them one child, viz., Claude Maxwell.

JOHN VALENTINE,

a son of Richard W. Valentine, was born in Shelby County in the year 1836. He lived with his father until he was twenty-three years of age, at which time he married Nancy J. Bailey, a great-granddaughter of Thomas Bailey, whose checkered life is given in another place in this work. After marriage Mr. Valentine moved to Indiana, where he re- mained until 1866, when he moved to Illinois, where he remained until

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1875, when he returned to Shelby County, and located in Perry Town- ship. He is the owner of the William Richardson homestead, one of the early settled farms of the country. They have reared a family of seven children, whose names are as follows: Mary A., Jonas I., William F., Levi E., Richard H., Samuel A., and Earl. Mr. Valentine is the owner of a well-improved farm with good building, a view of which is shown in this work.

ABRAHAM MAXWELL

was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1825. Came with his father, Samuel Maxwell, to Shelby County in 1835. He was by trade a miller, and owned the mills on Mosquito Creek, where the Manning and Line mills now stand. In 1846 he married Melvina Vaughn. By this union there was born to them six children, Polly A., Brezilla H., Loretta J., Edmund S., Franklin V , and William W.

Mr. Maxwell died in 1864. His widow still survives, and resides near the old homestead. Thompson Vaughn, the father of Mrs. M., was born in Virginia in 1791, and served as a soldier in the war of 1812. In 1811 he married Ann Dickensheets. There were born to them twelve chil- dren. Mrs. Maxwell, one of the twelve, was born in Warren County, Ohio, in 1827 (where her father had settled in 1815). Came with her parents to Shelby County in 1835.

JACOB KERNS.

In tracing back the genealogy of the above, we can go back to the middle of the eighteenth century, when Stuffel Kerns came to America from Germany, and settled in Pennsylvania. Here he married Barbary Utt. They raised a family of eleven children. Joseph, one of the eleven, was born in Pennsylvania in 1786. Was brought by his father to Ohio in 1794. They located near Cincinnati. While living here he and four of his brothers enlisted in the army, and served under Gen. Harrison. Soon after the war he married Barbary Markley, and imme- diately moved to Miami County, where he now resides in his ninety-fifth year, having lived on the same farm about seventy years. They raised a family of nine childen. Jacob, the fourth child of the above, was born in 1822. He lived with his father in Miami County until 1843, when he came to Shelby, and, the same year, married Emiline A. Elliott. They have raised a family of four children. viz., Joseph L., Stephen W., Cyrus T., and Cerena M. Mrs. Kerns died in 1873.

OLIVER POLING

was born in Union County, O., in 1855; married Mary S. West in 1878; have one child, Charles Wesley, born 1879. Mr. Poling resides at the home of Mrs. West, who came to Shelby County in 1829.

JACKSON TOWNSHIP.

This township occupies the northeast corner of the county, and is one of the latest settlements within the county. The surface is level for the greater part, although some rolling land is found. The soil is fertile and very productive. Development is making rapid strides, and after a few more years drainage will be so far complete that the land will all be tillable. The northeast corner of the township is yet rather new and wild, but this is yielding up its rudeness to the sway of the axe and plow. Several small streams take their rise here, and separated by a dividing ridge crossing near the centre from west to east, the watershed is toward the northeast and southeast. Auglaize County borders the township on the north, Logan County on the east, Salem Township on the south, and Dinsmore and Franklin townships on the west.

Settlement.

This township is among the youngest, being the most remote from the early settled portion of the county. So far as we have been able to ascertain, but one family, that of James McCormick, came here as early as 1831, from Greene County, and entered land in section 34. The year 1832 shows no accessions, so far as we can learn, while the following year it appears Andrew Nogle came from Fairfield County and occu- pied land in section 30. Again, the year 1834 only shows the arrival of Thomas Cathcart, who came here in March from Montgomery County and entered land in the northwest corner of section 33. The next year it appears David Snider came from Montgomery County, and William Johnston, who settled in section 20. In 1837 John W. Knight entered land in section 17, Jephtha M. Davis in section 4, Dudley Hughes, and William Babcock, the latter entering land in section 8. In 1838 Jona- than Howell came from Clarke County and occupied a part of section 18, and in 1839 Samuel Brandenberg came from Montgomery County and settled on section 22. In 1843 Christian Hawver, of Miami County, settled in northwest quarter of section 33; in 1845 Peter Haw- ver came from the same county and purchased 160 acres of the Mc-

Pherson survey, and about a year later George Hawver came from the same county and settled in the same survey. Aside from these classi- fied settlers, it appears the following named persons settled in different parts of the township prior to 1836, although the individual dates cannot be obtained with certainty : Mathew Vandine, Timothy Wale. Julius Wale, Moses Quick, Kimmer Hudson, Henry Roland, Lewis Bland, Reuben Clayton, and Wm. Dawdon. It further appears pretty conclusive that Jacob H. and David Babcock came here in 1840, and Luther L. Davis in 1837. Although these dates are all comparatively recent, they represent the infantile years of this township, and while they were not necessarily characterized by the same privations suffered in the older townships, they were yet years of distinctive toil and no inconsiderable penury. Vast drainage was necessary, and is yet incom- plete, while heavy timber knew no bounds. It was real pioneer life with all its incidents and most of its deprivations. Here, as elsewhere through- out the county, the pioneer knew how to work, and bravely encountered the elements while contending with the wilderness by which he was surrounded.

LIST OF OFFICERS.

Justices of the Peace.

James Maxwell, Nov. 8, 1836.

G. N. Meranda, April 23, 1864.

Thos. M. Cathcart, Oct. 21, 1837. (Resigned Sept. 3.)

Wesley Noland, Oct. 14, 1839. Peter M. Young, Oct. 18, 1864. John C. Elliott, Oct. 17, 1866.

Thos. M. Cathcart, Nov. 9, 1840.

Newland Meranda, April 28, 1842. Wesley Noland, Oct. 17, 1842. John C. Elliott, Oct. 18, 1869. Jolin Moodie, Oct. 19, 1870.

Newland Meranda, April 25, 1845. John C. Elliott, Oct 21, 1845. Alfred Ailes, Oct. 12, 1872.

Davis Loofbourrow, April 22, '46. John C. Elliott, Nov. 8, 1851. Alfred Ailes, Oct. 20, 1875.

John Moodie, Oct. 20, 1873.

Valentine McCormick, Apr. 21, '55. E. H. Hopkins, April 16, 1858. H. M. Ailes, Nov. 10, 1860. John Moodie, Oct. 18, 1876. Alfred Ailes, Oct. 14, 1878. John Moodie, Oct. 18, 1879. Alfred Ailes, Oct. 19, 1881. H. P. Ailes, March 18, 1882.

The following list of officers is compiled from the township records, and is as full as the records themselves :-

1840. Trustees, James McCormick, Newland Meranda, John C. Elli- ott. Clerk, John S. Randall. Treasurer, James Maxwell. Overseers of Poor, James McCormick and Wesley Noland.

1841. Trustees, James McCormick, Newland Meranda, Davis Loof- bourrow. Clerk, John C. Elliott. Treasurer, James Maxwell.

1842. Trustees, Meranda, Loofbourrow, Samuel Todd. Clerk, Elli- ott. Treasurer, Valentine McCormick. Assessor, Edward G. Hannan. 1843. Trustees, Matthias Baker, Simon Nogle, Andrew Simmons. Clerk, Jacob Baker. Treasurer, Valentine McCormick. Assessor, same.

1844. Trustees, John Darnall, Simmons, Baker. Clerk, Eli Forsythe. Treasurer, McCormick.

1845. Clerk, Jacob Baker. Treasurer, Davis Loofhourrow.

1846. Trustees, Darnall, Simmons, Cornelius Davis. Clerk, For- sythe. Treasurer, Loof bourrow.

1848. Trustees, Davis, Valentine McCormick, Lewis W. Branden- burg. Clerk, Forsythe. Treasurer, Valentine McCormick.

1849. Trustees, James Elliott, William Clayton, Maxon Babcock. 1850. Trustees, Babcock, E. H. Hopkins. 1851. Trustees, Babcock, Hopkins, Cornelius Davis. Clerk, W. K. Smith.

1852. Trustees, E. P. Stout, J. H. Babcock, Jonas Mahuren. Clerk, Smith. Treasurer, Dudley Hughes.

1853. Trustees, Stout, Davis Babcock, Jefferson Baker.

1854. Trustees, Stout, Baker, J. H. Babcock.

1855. Trustees, David Snider, Jacob Earnheart, J. H. Babcock.

1856. Trustees, Earnheart, Snider, II. M. Ailes.

1857. Trustees, Ailes, E. P. Stout, W. A. Jones.

1858. Trustees, C. Sherer, J. Iseman, L. W. Brandenburg. Clerk, G. N. Meranda.

1859. Treasurer, John Moodie.

1860. Trustees, J. C. Elliott, Jefferson Baker, E. P. Stout. Treas- urer, Darius Glick. 1861. Trustees, Stout, E. H. Hughes, E. Holmes. Clerk, J. G. Maxon.

1862. Trustees, Henry Beirline, L. S. Babcock, J. A. Edminston. Clerk, H. A. Smith. Treasurer, Amos Williams.

1864. Trustees, J. A. Edminston, Beirline, P. H. Slusser. Treasurer, T. F. Elliott.

1865. Trustees, L. S. Peacock, Alfred Ailes. John Iseman.

1866. Trustees, Ailes, Peacock, Henry Beirline. Treasurer, B. Michael. 1867. Trustees, E. V. Ailes, George Hogan, Jacob Wiltermuth. Clerk, C. C. Elliott. Treasurer, Henry Carter.

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E. H. Hopkins, April 22, 1861. John C. Elliott, Oct. 23, 1863.

P. M. Young, Oct. 15, 1867.

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1868. Trustees, L. W. Brandenburg, John Iseman, John Arnott. Clerk, G. N. Meranda. Treasurer, V. McCormick.

1869. Trustees, Iseman, Brandenburg, Dudley Hughes.

1870. Trustees, Wm. Stephenson, Jacob V. Zorn, Wells Forsythe. Clerk, David Ford. Treasurer, J. C. Grafton. Assessor, Jacob Bonno- ront.

1871. Trustees, H. M. Stout, J. V. Zorn, L. W. Brandenburg.

1872. Trustees, Stout, Brandenburg, Jacob Bonnoront. Clerk, H. S. Ailes.

1873. Trustees, Stout, Bonnoront, John Linker. Treasurer, Dudley Hughes. Assessor, Hugh Arnett.

1874. Trustees, Stout, Bonnoront, Linker.

1875. Trustees, Linker, L. W. Brandenburg, A. J. Fox. Clerk, Michael Zwiebel. Treasurer, Thomas B. McCormick. Assessor, James M. Carson.

1876. Trustees, John Lenhart, Henry Kauffield, H. A. Smith. Clerk, P. C. Lawhead. Assessor, Shelby Baughman.

1877. Trustees, Kauffield, Smith, J. S. Meranda. Clerk, A. R. Van- horn. Treasurer, John Linker. Assessor, G. W. Elliott.

1878. Trustees, John S. Meranda, Lewis P. Elliott, D. S. McVay. Clerk, Wm. C. Baker. Assessor, Jacob Bonnoront.

1879. Trustees, McVay, George Robinson, Jacob Ambos. Treas- urer, John M. Carter.

1880. Trustees, John A. Edminston, Lewis S. Peacock, Joseph G. Stolley. Treasurer, Thomas B. McCormick.

1881. Trustees, L. S. Peacock, G. W. Staley, Jacob Wildermuth. Assessor, Henry Kauffield.

1882. Justice of the Peace, Hiram P. Ailes. Trustees, George W. Staley, Jacob Wildermuth, Christian Shellenbarger. Clerk, John F. Ailes. Treasurer, Thomas B. McCormick. Assessor, Henry Kauffield. All omitted names of trustees, clerks, and treasurers, as also all omit- ted dates from 1840 to 1882, simply indicate re-elections.

Mills.

The first mill in Jackson Township was erected about 1839 by Daniel Davis on the north half of the southeast quarter of section 3. It was known as the horse mill, on which he made wheat flour, buckwheat flour, and corn meal.

The second mill was a steam saw-mill erected in 1849 by Joel Bab- cock and sons on the ground now occupied by the Buirley mill in Jack- son Centre, which was operated until December, 1868, when it was de- stroyed by fire. During the summer of 1869 there was another mill erected on the same ground by J. C., S. T., and Enos Babcock, contain- ing a twenty-horse power engine, and a fifty-two and twenty-eight-inch circular saws, which was operated by Babcock & Co. for several years, or until 1875, when it was purchased by R. F. Buirley, who has since operated it with success.

THE McCORD and SLUSSER saw-mill is located on the east half of the northeast quarter of section 33. It was erected in 1866 by McCord and Slusser, who operated it until 1881, when H. Munch purchased Mr. Slusser's interest, and the mill is now operated by McCord and Munch.

The Deerbaugh saw-mill is located in Jackson Centre, and is operated by the Deerbaugh Brothers, who manufacture all kinds of hard wood lumber. They also erected a handle factory near their saw-mill, during the summer of 1882.

St. Jacob's Lutheran Church

was organized in April, 1851, by the Rev. George Spangler, at the house of Jacob Zorn, Sen., with about twenty-six members, viz., Jacob Zorn, Sen., and wife, Jacob Zorn, Jr., and wife, Jacob Metz, Sen., and wife, Philip Metz, Philip Kempfer, Sen., and wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Christler, Michael Elsass and wife, Jacob Bonnoront, Sen., and wife, Michael Keis and wife, John Iseman and wife, Jacob Iseman and wife, George Heintz, Sen., and wife, Nicholas Shearer and wife, and Michael Shearer and wife. On the 15th of April, 1851, the society purchased a lot containing one acre and nine rods in the northeast quarter of section 6, town. 7, range 7, on which they at once began the erection of a church building, which was a hewed log structure twenty-eight by twenty-four feet, and was completed some time in August of same year. Nicholas Shearer, John Iseman, and Jacob Zorn were then appointed as trustees of the church. The log church served them for church purposes until the erection of their present brick church building, forty-two by twenty-eight feet, erected at a cost of about $1800, and dedicated in July, 1877, by the Rev. L. Serr, assisted by the Revs. Dingledge and Wend.

The ministers on the charge since the organization of the church have been Revs. Spangler King, Sounthouse, Risinger, Young, Bower, and Rev. L. Serr, who has been their pastor since 1875. Present trustees are Adam Kopfenstine, George Bonnoront, and Jacob Bonnoront. Pre- sent membership is about twenty-two families.

MONTRA.

The town is located in the north half of the southeast quarter of sec- tion 18, town. 7 south, range 7 east. The lots are each five by eight

rods. Main Street runs north and south, and is ninety-one links wide. All other streets, lanes, and alleys are either parallel to or at right angles with Main Street. Ohio and High streets are each seventy-five links wide. North Lane is forty-five and a half links, and all alleys twenty-five links. The town was surveyed May 22, 1849.

Acknowledgment.

We, the undersigned, proprietors of the town of Montra, do hereby give, grant, and donate all the streets, lanes, and alleys designated on town plat of Montra as public highways for the use and benefit of said town of Montra.

Witness our hands and seals this 30th day of June, A. D. 1849.

his WILLIAM X MAHUREN, [SEAL.] mark.

ISAAC MAHUREN, X his

mark.

[SEAL.]

Recorded June 28, 1849.

Such is the location of the village. The site is a rolling one, perhaps more so than any other part of the township.

Business Interests.

The business and professional interests are represented as follows: Two general supply stores, by John Iseman and J. C. Elliott. One pump factory, erected in 1875, and since operated by J. C. Heintz. One steam saw-mill, erected in 1863 by George Heintz, and now owned by Ailes & Co. One hotel, owned and managed by N. B. Akers. One shoe shop, by Wm. Martz. One blacksmith and wagon shop, by Butch- inhart and Heislon. One retail liquor store, by Michael Zwiebel. One school-house. Two churches, Lutheran and Methodist Episcopal; and one resident physican, Dr. Foreman. The town, of course, took its whole growth after 1849. At that time a few log cabins alone indicated the existence of the village. The first store was opened in a cabin, by one of the Mahurens, who sometimes carried his goods on foot from Port Jefferson. He was also the first post-master at Montra, and mail- carrier to Port Jefferson. For four or five years he continued this busi- ness, as also that of cooperage and an ashery.

John Davis appears to have been the second merchant, and was suc- ceeded by George Heintz. The first frame house was erected in 1854 by Eli Ailes. The town now contains about forty dwellings, and a popu- lation of about one hundred and fifty.

St. Emanuel's Lutheran Church

is located in Montra. The society was organized in 1860 by the Rev. Henry King, in the old storeroom in Montra now owned by John Ise- man, and is used by him as a warehouse, with about sixteen members or families. They held their meetings in the old storeroom about two years, or until the erection of a frame church building, forty by thirty feet, at a cost of about $700, which was completed and dedicated some time during the autumn of 1862 by Rev. Labenstein, assisted by two other ministers. In this building they met and worshipped until it was de- stroyed by fire in 1874.

During the summer of 1875 the society erected their present frame building, fifty by forty feet, on the same ground where the old church stood, at a cost of $1800, which was dedicated in October, 1875, by the Rev. Lewis Serr, assisted by Revs. Dingledge and Wend.

The pastors in charge since the society was organized have been Revs. King, Greisley, Labenstein, Sutter, Dowmon, and Rev. L. Serr, who has been the pastor in charge since 1875, and is now in the eighth year of his pastoral labor in the neighborhood of Montra. The first trustees were George Heintz, John Linker, deceased, and Jacob Zorn. Present trustees are John Iseman, George Heintz, and George Richard. Elders are Jolin Schaffer and Jacob Ambos. Deacons are William Martz and Jacob V. Zorn. Present membership is about thirty-three members or families.

The Montra M. E. Church.

This society was organized some time during the winter of 1864-65 in the Montra school-house by the Rev. D. B. Rinehart, assisted by Kev. Smith, with about eleven members, viz., Elijalı Holmes and wife, Mrs. Mary Foster, Henry Carter and wife, Samuel J. Piles and wife, William Baker, Elizabeth Kah, Joah Glick and wife. They held their meetings in an old log building in Montra, which was purchased by the Rev. D. B. Rinehart, including one-fourth of an acre of ground, repaired the building, made it suitable for church purposes, and donated it to the society. In this they met and worshipped for several years, or until the erection and completion of their present church building in Montra, which was dedicated on the first Sunday in June, 1879, by the Rev. Roberts, assisted by Rev. J. B. Findley, then the minister in charge. Trustees of the church are Joab Glick, John Arnett, Joseph Staley, Martin Smith, C. C. Elliott, and Peter Young. Class leaders are Jobn Arnett and Mary Foster. Present membership is about forty-five in

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History of Shelby County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 70

Author: R. Sutton & Co. Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Number of Pages: 427

Author: R. Sutton & Co.
Publication date: 1883
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Number of Pages: 427