History of Van Wert and Mercer counties, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 117

Author: Sutton, R., & Co., Wapakoneta, Ohio, pub
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Wapakoneta, Ohio : R. Sutton
Number of Pages: 878

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MICHAEL ROEMER

was the son of Jacob and Mary A. Rormer, who settled in this county in 1835. He was born in Mercer County, April 24, 1812, and brought up to the farming business. He married Margaret, daughter of Peter and Eve Kirber, April 5, 1-63. She was born December 6, 1842. Their children are Mary, Daniel, John, William, Frank, and Matilda.

JOHN SHINLIN

was born in Mercer County in 1859. Being raised on a farm he has pur- sued farming as a vocation. In Isi he married Elizabeth l'est, who was born in this county in 1857.

W.M. VANTILBURG

was born in Greenville, Ohio, and came to this county in ISSO. His wife, nee Sarah I. Roalzung, was a native of Greene County, Ohio. Mr. Van Tilburg is engaged in the restaurant and bakery business at Fort Recovery. In 1963 he entered the United States service in the 8th Obio Cavalry, and was discharged in 1865.

DAVID W. WHITE

was born in Pennsylvania, September 10, 1533, and came to this county in 1-67. He was married in MansGekl. his wife being a native of Peun- sylvania, who was born in Richland County, November 25, 1835. Their children consisted of Philetus, Laura. Thomas, Martha E., Alden, lona, and David W. Mr. White died a few years since.

HENRY GORKE

was born in Germany Sept. 22, 1840, and settled in Mercer County in 1874. In 1×76 he married Mary Foss, who was born at St. Henry, Aux 8, 1853. Mr. Gurke is an industrious farmer. He has but one child, Rosy, born Aug. 29, 1873.

HENRY ZEHRINGER

was born in Germany in the year 1844. and in his infancy emigrated with his parents to the United States. He has been twice married, and is the father of nine children. He is one of the thrifty farmers and stock-raisers of Recovery Township, Mercer County.

GEORGE TROUTMAN,

a native of this county, was born in 1836. In 1860 he married Caroline Bushing. He has been a farmer all his life. Post-office, Macedon. The children are named John, Mary, Catharine, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Joseph.

G. W. PRILLAMAN

was born in Jay County, Indiana, July 21. 1842, and came to this county in 1864. December 22, 1860, he married Miss G. H. Black, who was born in Jay County, Indiana, January 15, 1843. Their children are named Etta L., Ellen B., William U. S., and George D.

DIETRICK GARKE,

a native of Germany, came to this country while young, and located at Cincinnati, where he was married. In 1848 be came to this county, and is now engaged in mercantile pursuits.

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.

This township is bordered on the north by the Grand Reservoir. forming a very irregular boundary; east by Auglaize County, south by Marion, and west by Butler Townships. It is six miles in extent trom east to west, and has an average width from north to south of about three and a half miles, and contains about twenty-one sections,

This township was organized December 7, 1841 ; its boundaries com- mencing at the northwest corner of section 19, range 3 vast, township 6; thence south. on township line, to the centre on the west line of township 7, range 3 east ; thence cast to the centre line of section to the east line of section 12 in said township; thence north to the place of beginning.

Election ordered to be held December 24. 1811.

Franklin Township contains 14,3 6 acres, and, with the buildings, valued at $243,200, it has 7295 acres of arable land ; 727 acres meadow land, and 6361 aures wood land.

At the settlement two small hands of Indians occupied part of this territory. They were known as the " Big" and " Little" Chicknews. and from these two streams of the township took their names. These Indians were peaceably disposed, and never gave any trouble or alarm to the settlers.

The first death is claimed to have been that of Miss Anna Miller.

Records.

At the annual meeting of the Board of Education, hell April 17. 1551. necessary repairs were ordered to be made to each schoolhouse in the township, and that a tax of $5000 be levied to defray the expenses of the board.

Apportionment of common school fund received from the State for 1831: Subdistrict No. 1, 31 pupils, $17.061. Subdistrict No. 2, 60

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pupila, $91.083. Sub-district No. 3. 72 pupils, $109.299. Saladdistrict No. 4, 50 pupils, $15.903. Sub-listrict No. 3, 16 pupils (colored), $21.201.

Amount collected on entire taxable property of township, as levied in 1954, and not apportioned, $52.574.

March 8, 1851.

J. M. LONG, Township Clerk.

' Enumeration and apportionment for 1855 : District No. 1, 31 pupils, $18.902. District No. 2, 50 pupils, 878.574. District No. 3, 60 pupils, $94.657. District No. 4, 37 pupils, 85%307.

Same for 1:56: No. 1, 33 pupils, $15.216. No. 2, 56 pupils, $74.332. No. 3, 86 pupils, 8122.188. No. 4, 40 pupils, $51.880. No. 3, 25 juinils (colored), $31.200.

Trustees in 1855: Jolin Brown. Robert Burdge. Con-table: Jared Gates. Clerk : J. M. Long. Treasurer : James P. Johnston.

Election April 3, 1855. Trustees: Wm. Lacy, Win. Palter, Gilbert Monday, Treasurer : J. P. Johnston. Clerk : J. M. Long. Accessor and Constable: Jared Gates. Supervisor : Benj. Miller, Geo. Hale, and Singleton Buxton.

1856. Trustees : Gilbert Munday, W. B. Palter, Thomas Metiee Treasurer: J. P. Johnston. Clerk: John L. Marshall. Supervisors : G. Munday, S. W. Vorhees, J. P. Johnston, S. A. Johnston, J. Wil- kinson.

1857. Trustees : G. Munday, Geo. Hale, and Peter Buxton. Clerk : A. P Ricoff. Trengerer: J. P. Johnston. Assessor: A. M. Long. Constable : A. M. Long.

State election, October 13, 1857. Governor : Salmon P. Chase (R.), 34 votes. Henry B. Payne (D.), 32 votes. Lieutenant-Governor: Martin Welker ( R. , 33 votes. Win. Il. Lytle (D.), 33 votes. Supreme Judge: Newton Sutlif (R.), 33 votes. H. C. Whitman ( D ), 33 votes. State Treasurer : Alfred P. Stone ( R.), 33 votes. Jas. R. Morris (D.), 33 votes. All other State officers, thirty-three ballot. on each ticket. 1858. Trustees : Chas. Burdge. Geo. Hale, Geo. Brown. Treasurer : J. P. Johnston. Clerk : A. P. Rientf. Assessor: A. M. Long. 1859. Trustees : Charles L. Burder, George Brown, Denuis Frank. Treasurer: Landon Bennet. Clerk : A. P. Ricott. Assessor: William Lacy. At this time there were ten road districts in the township.

1860. Trustees re-elected. Treasurer and Assessor same. Clerk : Zephaniah Temple. Justice: Landan Benuet.

1861. All officer- re-elected. 1862. All officers re-elected. Z. Temple, justice of the peace.

1863. Trustees : Geo. Brown, Benedict Palmer, Heury Ratker. Clerk : Daniel Long. Treasurer : Landon Bennet. Assessor: Wm. Lacy. 1864. Trustees: Geo. Brown, J. M. Long. Jacob Gallick. Clerk: D. Long. Treasurer : Landon Bennet. Assessor: Wm. Lacy.

1865. Trustees same. Clerk: D. Long. Treasurer : L. Bennet. Assessor : W. Lacy.

1867. Trustees: S. II. Munroe, James Circle, James Gallick. Clerk: D. Long. Treasurer : J. M. Long. Assessor: W. baey.

1868. Trustees: J. H. Monroe, James Circle, Henry Sehceleman. Clerk : D. Long. Treasurer : J. M. Long.

1869. Trustees: Jacob Heine, L. K. Bodkin, R. B. Miller. Clerk : D. Long. Treasurer : Morris Kilby.

1870. Trustees re-elected. Clerk and Treasurer re-elected.

1871. Trustees: L. K. Bodkin, J. Heine, R. B. Miller. Clerk : D. Long. Treasurer : M. Kilby.

In 1872, J. M. Long was elected treasurer, which office he held until 1880, when he was succeeded by W. J. Barker, present incom- Iwent. In 1872 Gilbert Munday was elected treasurer. In 1875 Jasper Temple. In 1877 W. J. Barker. In IST8 H. HI. Sweetermann and E. B. Grunden : and in Is81, F. P. Burdge. These comprised the changes in the board of trustees from 1st? to 1882.

In January, IssI, N. B. Long was appointed clerk, vice D. Long, deceased, and holds the office at this time.

Disciples' Church.

This society was organized in 1542. and consisted of Wm. P. Long and wife, Joshua W. Wright and wife, Thomas Lacy and wife, and Mrs. M. Sprague. Rev. Joshua Swallow was first pastor. Services were for some time conducted at the houses of the different families. Finally a building which has since gone to ruins was erected close by the Long grave-yard in this township. At this time services are held in the Mou- tezuma churches, by courtesy of the congregations of that place.

The Baptistg had services for a number of years at different places in the township, and while a few funilies were found bere uo church was ever built nor congregation regularly organized.

The Christian Union denomination organized a congregation about thwee years since, and hold meetings in the northeast part of the Lownybip.

MONTEZUMA.

Montezuma contains thirty-five lots, and is laid out in north part of southwest quarter of northwest quarter of section 29, town 6 S., range 3 E., the northwest corner of the town being the northwest corner of said forty nere lot. Braver, Canal, and Riley Streets are each four rods wide. Main and High Streets are each live rods wide. The lanes are each one pole wide. The east line of lot 8 is six poles long. the south and west lines of same cach ten poles long, the north line four poles. The line of said lot bounded by Beaver Creek is six rods nineteen links long. The south line of lot 23 is eleven poles fifteen links, west line five poles, north fine nine poles, and the line bounded by said creek live poles sixteen links. The south line of lot 24 is nine poles, west line ten poles, north line one pole five links, and the hne bounding in Beaver Creek eleven poles. Lot 25 is four poles six links wide. and seventeen poles seventeen links long. Lots 26 to 35 inclusive are each seventeen poles and seventeen links long, and five poles wide. All other lots are ten poles long and five wide. The streets eross each other at right angles, and are laid out at a variation of 4'E. Good and sufficient stones have been planted by me at the northwest corner of lot No. 22 and the southwest corner of lot 19.

All of which is certified to be correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. February 18, 1835. JUSTIN HAMILTON, Surveyor. Acknowledged, March 4. 1935, by Wm. Beauchamp and Stacy Taylor, before Samuel MeKee, J. P. Recorded March 12, 1835. J. W. RILEY, Recorder.

Business Interests.

Steam Saw-Mill .- Long & Cribly. File Factory .- Preston & Muller. Stores .- J. M. Long, Geo. R. Platt, and Morris Kelby.

Post Office .- 1. M. Long.

Montezuma Hotel .- The only hotel in the township is exclusively patronized by hunting and fishing parties, as well as by the general traveling public. James Perkin, proprietor.

Resident Physician .- Samuel HI. Bartine.

Two Churches, the Methodist Episcopal and United Brethren.

The school is of the district class and grade, and has about seventy pupils enrolled. Several fisheries are established at the town for the accommodation of the public, while the town also affords a splendid fish market.

Methodist Episcopal Church.

This congregation was an old organization, but for different reasons was at one time abandoned. In 1880 the organization was revived by Rev. L. E. Prentiss, of C'elina, and steps were at once taken toward the erection of a church. This was carried forward until a splendnl little frame structure was completed and furnished at a cost of a little more than 82000, and dedicated by Rev. Belt. May 7. 18:2. The membership is thirty-five. Trustees, Wm. Barker, Dr. S. M. Bartine, J. H. Munroe, Henry Bennet, James Perkin, Henry Johnston, Isaac Evers, and Geo. Miller. Class leaders, James Perkin and Wm. Barker. A Sabbath school has been maintained since the reorganization, and embraces about forty pupils. James Perkin is superintendent. The number of classes is usually about five, but varies with the attendance.

Montezuma Class ; United Brethren.

This class was organized in 1815 by Elizabeth Buxton, Mary Taylor, Wm. Beauchamp and wife, and others. Rev. R. Gillem was first pastor. succeeded by John Slife. The first services were held at the houses of Singleton and Win. Buxton. The first church was built about 1962. while a new building was erected at Montezuma in 1879, at a cost of about $2000. It was dedicated by Bishop Weaver, on the first Sabbath in June, 1879. The present membership is about sixty, and the society is in a prosperous condition.

BIOGRAPHIES.

A. LAMBERT

and Josey his wife settled in Franklin Township in 1950. He was born April 26, 1841, in fayette County, Ohio, and his wife September 4, 1811, in West Virginia. They were married in 1543. His parents' named were Elisha and Tabitha Lambert His children were John. Roste. George, Samantha, Frank, Torrin, and Antic. He way supervisor in 1375. Both his father and his father-in-law served in the War of 119. He served in the Ninetieth Ohio Volunteers, Company A ; enlisted in 1562, atıl discharged in 1565.

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ISAAC W. PRESTON

was born April 22. 1822, in Hamilton County, Ohio. In 1845 he came to Mercer County, just after his marriage with Miss Susan Hale, a native of the same place. They were married June 1, 1545, and have reared five children, viz., Sarah Frances, horn December 16, 1845, and a resident of Bates County, Mo .; Benjamin, born June 9. 1-48, a resident of this county : Samuel A., born November 20, 1849, residing in Bates County, Mo .; George H., born January 30, 1953. of Mercer, and William, born November 16, 1-54, also of this county. Mrs. Preston's parents came to this county about 1-36, while William and Sarah, nie Whallon, Pres- ton, parents of our subject, never came to the county. Mr. Isaac Preston is one of the oldest and most respected of the citizens of this township. and enjoys the confidence and esteem of all his neighbors. He served as justice of the peace from IST1 to 1877, and has held the various minor township offices at different times. He had three uncles, viz .. John, Alijah, and Joseph Preston, in the war of 1512. Joseph died in camp near New Bremen, while the others returned safe from the war. His father and two brothers were in the Mexican war, in which service his oldest brother died of diarrhea. His half brother was in the late war, while he himself went out in 1961 and served three years and nine days. They were in the 5th Ohio Battery, while their father was a member of the ISOch Reriment under Col. S. R. Mott. Mr. Preston's cousin, Simon W. Vorhers, is living on an adjoining farm, and is one of the oldest living settlers of this township.

W.M. P. LONG,

one of the early settlers, was a native of Virginia, but came here with his family in 1837. There were then but few families in this community, and these perhaps consisted of the Burdges, Trims, and a few others. Mr. Long's family consisted of the following named children : Daniel, James, Ebenezer, JJohn, Myron, Lucretia, and Hannah. Mr. and Mrs. Long both died at a full old age, and were buried in the township of their adoption.

James Long, son of Wm. P. Long, was born in Hamilton County in 1824. In 1848 he married Amanda Burdge, of this township, and , reared six children -- Newton B., Benjamin F., Prudence P., Sarah A., Nancy N., Harriet Ellen. They remained in this township until Jan- uary, 1852, when the whole family, excepting Newton B., moved to Appleton, Missouri.

Newton B. Long was born April 21, 1849, and was married to Miss Rachel D. Bodkin, of this township. They have two children, named Melville Arlington and Elvie Leland. He remained on the farin until last April (1992), when he purchased the store of S. T. Johnston, of Montezwina, which he is now conducting, and to which town he contem- plates moving his family. He was appointed township clerk cice his uncle Daniel, deceased, and has since been twice elected to the same office, which he hohls.

SINGLETON BUXTON

was born in Montgomery County, Maryland, September 1, 1808. and moved with his parents to Germantown the next year. On April 5, 1832, he married Miss Elizabeth Cox, a native of Butler County, Ohio. and .in 1941 moved to this county. They have reared seven children. named Jasper S .. Sarah Ann, Mary M .. Francis Marion, Isaac Newton. John M .. and Nancy E. Isane lost his life by the explosion of one of the vats in the old Lockington paper-mill. in Shelby County. John still lives on the old place, and Nancy is at the okt home. Jasper lives in Shelby County ; Sarah is the wife of Rev. S. S. Holden, of West Milton ; Mary is at home. Francis married Miss Selinda J. Plummer, and has a family of four children, and resides in this township. Isaac married Clara R. Walters, and his widow lives in Mendon. The Bux- tous are old and prominent settlers in this county. When Singleton Buxton came to the county, he found the following named families already here : G. B. Williams, Mr. Beauchamp, Charles and Wm. Bond- kins, Mrs, Sarah Ballinger. Alex. Miller, Stephen Johnston and Lis three sons, Christopher, John, nudl Stephen ; Thomas Lacy, wife, and three sons, Job, George, and William ; John Hole, Joseph Wilkinson and family, Peter Cirele and family, Win. Long and family, Charles Selby, wife, and four children.

JAMES PERKIN,

a millwright by trade, was born in Leeds, Yorkshire. England, Septem- ber 25. 1: 10. In 1871 he came to New York, but immediately went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he worked at his trade about six months. He then went to Phumixville Iron Works, Chester County, where he remained but a short time. coming to Montezuma in 1873. Here Je has erected a hotel, which was completed and ocenpied in July. 1x 1, and to which he largely gives his attention, and readers the house a pleasant place to stay. In June, 1873, he married Miss Mary Laml kin, of Philadelphia. They have one chuld, named Charles Granger. Mr. Perkin is also in partnership with his brother Joseph, in the mer- cantile business, at Collwater.

DR. SAMUEL HI. BARTINE

was born in Princeton, N. J .. April 20, 1827. When twenty-eight years old he came to Ohio, but four years later went to Mississippi. Again in two years he returned to this State and located in Auglaize County. In 1855 he came to Montezuma, since which date he has practised medi- cine at this place. In 1×69 he married Margaret Wyckoff, of New Jersey. His grandfather Bartine was a French Huguenot, who came to New York in 1792, while that city was yet in infancy, so far as the promi- Dence of Broadway was concerned. His father, David Bartine, was born in New York, and was a Methodist minister. He lived to the age of about eighty, and was an active minister over a half century. Dr. Bar- line's mother and Hon. Sam. Hunt's father were sister and brother. The Doctor has one living brother, Dr. Oliver Bartine, of Princeton, N. J. One brother, David W., a Methodist minister, is deceased. Two other brothers, Junge Stephen, of Berks County, Pa, and Joseph, a farmer, of Lawrenceville, Pa., are both dead. He had three sisters. one living, Louisa Teissere, of Trenton, N. J., Mrs. Eliza Curran, of Hun- tington, Ind. (dec'd), and Maria Mount, of Long Branch (dec'd).

CHARLES L. BURDGE

was born in Hamilton County, Ohio. September 14, 1825. In October, 1835, his parents came to Franklin Township, where his father died in November, INGS, and his mother June 18, 1879. The family consisted of eight children, of whom three are still living in this county, and one in Missouri. Our subject was the third child, and is the oldest of those living. Ife is a prosperous farmer and stock-raiser. He was married June 11, 1846, to Prudence Preston, of Hamilton County, who blessed him with eight children, only five of whom are living. The children were named as follows: Caroline, Robert, Franklin, Amanda, Nancy Ann (dead). James (dead), Minnie (dead), and Emma. Caroline mar- ried Allen Paliner; Robert married Lydia J. Palmer, and Franklin mar- ried Eva Frank. They all live in the ohl home community.

GEORGE L. AXE,

son of George and Margaret, nes Echenrate, Axe, was born in Circleville. Ohio, in May, 1838. During his infancy his parents moved near Zanes- ville, where he remained until his eighteenth year, when, with his parents. he came to the farm now ocenpied by his brother, in Auglaize County. This was in 1556, and since that time he has been a resident of this locality. He was married May 30, 1863, to Rose Tafe, of Auglaize County, and has reared seven children, named Ambrose A., Mary J., George, Anna, William. Clara, and Charles ; two children, named James L. and Russell, the former the second oldest of the family, and the latter the second youngest, an infant, are deceased. Mr. Axe is one of the leading farmers of the west part of the township, and has a splendid farm, in every way well improved.

WM. AXE

was born January 8. 1633, in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, and moved to Auglaize County, Ohio, in 1856, with his father's family. The same season he married Eleanor Logan, of Muskingum County. They have a family of seven children, named William, John, Joseph, Alice, Elizabeth, Sarah Ellen, Mary Ann, and Caroline. The land he now owns consists of 290 acres on the Auglaize and Mercer County line, his buildings being on the road at the county line crossing. where he keeps a country supply-store, which is matter of great convenience to the community, owing to the distance to St. Mary's or Montezuma, the nearest towns.

W.M. B. WINTERS

was horn May 23, 1803, in Kentucky, and came to this county in 1851. April 18, 1836, he married Mary Balkin. At that time they had but one child, Mary A., How Mrs. Jacob Selby. She remembers the nanie's of several Indians, who were frequent callers at her father's house. Among these are General Armstrong, Johnnycake, and Olthorse. She thus became acquainted with the Imhan dialvet in infancy, and at first spoke it more readily than her mother tongue. On August 23. 191. she married Jacob Selby. They have reared the following clubtren : Elizabeth A., Cynthia A., Sarah A., J. Wilson, Emma R., and Lovada.

THE BALLINGERS.

William Ballinger was born in Clarke County, Ohio, and settled in this township about 1-33. He married Elizabeth Updyke, and one of their son -. Andrew Jackson, now resides on the old home farm. Their som Harman was born in 1-32 and married Mary Jane Patterson, and two years later moved to the west. Andrew J. was born in 1-23 and married Rosanna Bodkin in 1-35. They have one living child. Mrs. B. died in 1863. Mr. B. in leta married Abigail Sprague, and has five cloud- dren by this marriage, three of whom are deceased.

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J. T. MILLER, .

son of Benjamin and Rebecca Miller, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio. March 17, 1813, and settled in this county in 1854. In 1866 he married Rebecca Bennett, who was born in this county in 153%. Her parents were Landon and Elizabeth Bonnett. Mr. Mitter has reared six chil- dren, named Frank W., born 1867; Delia, born 1869; Almeritia, born 1871; Charles, bors 1873; Alwilda, born 1815; and Clyde, born 1877.

MORRIS KELLY,

son of Dennis and Mary Kelly, was born in Cincinnati, May 29, 1912, " and in' 1542 married Nancy Summers, who was born in Virginia, June 1%, 1818. In 1850 he came to this county, and bas been engaged in the grocery trade in Montezuma for several years. He also beld the office of postmaster from Is;f to about 1981. He was township treasurer two years, and constable the same length of time.

PETER CIRCLE

was born in Virginia, and moved to this county in 1835, thus becoming one of the earliest settlers of the townships. At that time his family consisted of Emanuel, Andrew. Jacob, Regina, and Sarah. One son, James, had come to this section the preceding year. Andrew married Rebecca Cameron, August 18, 1843. The father died in March, 1550.

CHARLES BOPKIN

came to this county in October, 1929, from Clarke County. S. K . a son, was born in this township October 11, 1>31; Wm. D .. March 14, 1834 ; and Greenberry. March 21, 1838, His brother William came here at the same time. He died at the age of eighty-one, June 23, 1815, and Charles on the 8th of April, 1836.

STEPHEN SPRAQUE AND WIFE

were among the early settlers of this township. They reared a family of wix children. One son, Stephen, married Myron Long.

JOHN MILLER AND WIFE

were among the very earliest settlers in this township. They have both passed away some years since.

. GIBSON TOWNSHIP.

Gibson Township is bounded north by Recovery Township, east by Granville Township, south by Parke County, and west by ludinna State line. It is six miles long from east to west, and has an average with froin north to south of three and a half miles, the only variation being on the north line, which corresponds to that of the old Greenville Treaty line, which bear, northwest until it strikes the Wabash at Recovery. when it diverges to the southwest until it reaches State line. The only village in the township is a portion of Fort Recovery, which is treated in entirety under Recovery Township, and so need only be referred to Lere.

The records of the township for dates prior to 1860 could not be found. 1800. Trustees: J. Meyers, J. G. Alexander, and George Painter. Clerk: Isaac Foster.

1801. Justice of the Peace: Theo. Scheid. Trustees: Thomas Gran- don, Robert Hunter, and James G. Alexander. Treasurer: George Meyers. Clerk: Isaac Foster. Constables: John Lipps and John F. Meyers.

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History of Van Wert and Mercer counties, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 117

Author: Sutton, R., & Co., Wapakoneta, Ohio, pub Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Wapakoneta, Ohio : R. Sutton Number of Pages: 878

Author: Sutton, R., & Co., Wapakoneta, Ohio, pub
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Wapakoneta, Ohio : R. Sutton
Number of Pages: 878