History of Van Wert and Mercer counties, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 118

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

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1862. Trustees: George Painter, Thomas Grandon, and John F. Fox. Clerk: Isaac Winters.

1×63. Trustees: George Painter, Jacob Movers, and Abraham Moti. Clerk : F. Meyers. Constables: John Lipp, and Azriah Denny: 1964. The above officers were all re-elected.

1865. Trustees: George Painter, Jacob Meyers, and Peter M. Col- lins. Treasurer: George Meyers.

1866. Clerk: Abraham Mott, Jr. All others re-elected. Also in 1867.

1868. Trustees: John Oswall, John Esser, and Rudolph Figel. Treasurer: George Meyers. Clerk: A. Mott. 1.68. Same as above.

1869. Trustees: Jackson Golden, John Esser, and R. Figel. Treas- urer: George Meyers.

1×70. Trustees; R Fixel, John Esser, and F. Meyers.

In Isil the following persone were elected: Truster; Edward Jones. Clerk: John H. Collins. Treasurer: George R. MeDaniel.

1972. Trustees: John Cummins, James Hedrick, and Edward Jones, Treasurer: John Cring. ..

1×23. Rudolf: Figel, James Hedrick, and Edward Jones. Treas. urer and clerk the same.

INTA. Trustee: George Hedrick. Chik: J. Max. We could not find any record for the years 1875, '76, and TT. In 187%, Trustees: Abraham Mott, John Cummins, and John Green. Treasurer: John Cring. Clerk: Joseph Pasman.

1879. Trustee: Peter Wourins. Treasurer: Theo. Cring. 1×40. Same as above. 1×1. Trustees: D. W. Barger, Peter Wourma, and J. G. Alexander. Treasurer: J. A. Roomer. Clerk: Joseph Passman.

1992. Constables: Henry Mutiert and John Barry. Justices of the Peace: George R. Me Daniel and Charles Davis.

The township was organized as part of Parke County, and so forms one of the original townships of Mercer County as now constituted.

This township has 12.098 acres, and with the buildings valued at 8227,650. 5513 acres arable land, 1053 acres meadow land, 412 acres woodlands.

Population in 18;0. 1100; in 1980. 1462. Vote of 1830; For Secre- tary: Charles Townsend, 113; Wm. Lang. Ist. For President : James A. Garfield, 122: Winfield S. Hancock, 196. For Governor (Iss)): Charles Foster, 90; John W. Bookwalter, 152; Abraham R. Landlow, 6; Jolen Seitz, 1.

BIOGRAPHIES.

ANDREW JACKSON DENNISTON

is the proprietor of the Wayne House. Fort Recovery. He was born in Darke County, Ohio, and married Lydia And Byrum, of the same county, March 24. 1864, by which union six children have been bors. Andrew Jackson is the son of William Denniston, son of Johnston 1 .... niston, who came to this country from North Ireland about the viar 1800. His mother was Mary Jane Wasson, whose father als route from North Ireland about the same year. His wife's father. R.' it Byrum, was a native of North Carolina. His motherandaw. W.tr Byrum, was a daughter of Jacob Getinger, of Baltimore. A. J. P.u. niston was clerk of JJackson Township, Parke County, Ohio, for the and a half years, and also a justice of the peace of the same townsh for two terms. From 1871 to 1879 he was mayor of Union City, In- diana. In the latter year he resigned and removed to Fort R sivers. and was elected and now holds the office of mayor of said village. It. grandfathers, Jobo-ton Demiston and David Wasson, were among t ... first settlers of Washington Township. Parke County. His father ... . chased eighty acres of land in the woods, and paid for it by making r .... for twenty-five cents per hundred. He hauled hoop poles to West Alex. ander, Ohio, marketed his wheat in Piqua, and teamed to Parton and Cincinnati. He raved a large family of children, and all shared allhe the hardships incident to the early settlement of the country.

AZARIAN DENNEY

was born in Gallia County, Ohio, in 1×21, and settkol in Gibson Town. ship, Mercer County, Ohio. in 1830 He married Lydia Aun Riegel. of Dauphin Conaty, Pennsylvania, in 1:52, in Jay Counts, Indiana, by whom he had nine clubtren -three boys and six girls-all of whoin stt- vive, excepting Florence B., who died in April. 175. His father, Win. F. Denney, is yet living in Duke County. Ohio. His grandfather. Martin Fulk, served throughout the seven years' war with the patriots of the Revolution. The patriotism of the sites still courses in the veins of the sous. A brother, Mr. Heury Denney, and a brother-in-law. Me. John Riegel, having performed heroic service in the war of the Rebel- lion. Mr. Denney was at the first election held in Gibson Township. Fort Recovery. in 1:34. When he arrived in the township twenty ... s families of the Miant Indians were camped on Simison's Run. Hi- playmates were Indian bucks. He joined in their wild whoops and the chase. Deer were more plentiful then than squirrels are now, and he could kill them a good deal easier. A great many wild boys roam. I through the forests, and muy a brutal and ferocious fight dad he wit news between the wild logs and the fame dogs with bucks, squatss. and papooses present, leading a weird enchantment by their - wage del cit. While Mr. Denney kept himself on friendly terms with the In het. he never deemed it safe to trust them too farsan had some harrow es que from their treachery. As one of the substantial farmers of Gilson Ta .. ship he now looks back upon the viensitudes of his pioneer life with feelings of victory and good cheer.

SEBASTIAN LABER

was born in Germany. April 27. 1940. He emigrated with his parents to the United States in Isti. and settled in Mercer Comty, where he now keeps a restaurant in the town of Fort Recovery. His wife, Mary Betner, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 9. 1.3%, and he mora That in Mercer County, Ort. s, 1552. They have four children living.

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GEORGE HirDRICK,

one of the leading farmers and stock-raisers of Gibson Township. is a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, and was born March 7. 1529. He is the son of John and Relwery Hedrick, natives of Virginia. His wife's maiden name was Saran Clark, whose parents were natives of England. His parents and his wife's parents located in Mercer County at an early day, and the subject of this sketch experienced the hardships, trials, and troubles that belong to pioneer life. He has in his possession some very fine and eurions Imban relies, such as guns, knives, and toma- hawks. In the spring of Is51 the remains of a number of the soldiers who fell at the time of St. Clair's defeat at Fort Recovery in 1791 were accidentally found. These were exhumed, and reburied in a Christian manner, in which duty George Hedrick assisted. He was township trustee for the period of six years, and also served as street commis- sioner for the term of six years. In August, 1862, be enlisted as a private soldier in Company C. 118th O. V. I., and received his honor- able discharge in 1865. For two years the regiment belonged to the 23d Army Corps, and at the siege of Knoxville he was under fire twenty- one days in succession, but emerged from the siege without receiving a scratch. Mr. Hedrick is the father of two sons and two daughters.

ABSALOM WALLINGSFORD.

a son of Richard and Fanny Wallingsford. was born in Clark County, Ohio, February 10, 1822, and his wife, Martha Ann MeDaniel, was born in the same county August 25, 1×23. They were married in Clark County in June, 1844, and removed to Mercer County in June, 1549. He erected the first saw-mil in this county, the motive power of which was propelled by five and six yoke of oxen and cows. With this power he was enabled to saw from one thousand to fifteen hundred feet of lumber per day. During the war of the Rebellion he served as & private soldier in the 17th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the three months' ser- vice. He afterwards entered the 99th Ohio as a lieutenant, but resigned his commission in 1863. In October, 1864, he again entered the service as a substitute, and remained in the service until the close of the war in 1865. His wife's father, James McDaniel, was one of the soldiers of the war of 1812. After passing through various vicissitudes, Mr. Wall- ingsford is now engaged in a remunerative furniture business at Fort Recovery, Ohio.

JOEL S. HOYT.

son of Alvery and Hannah MeKinley Host (of Washington County, Ohio), was born in Morgan County, Ohio, October 22, 1525. Learned the photographie art, and settled in Mercer County. Joel S. married Phebe Morrison November 26, 1846. Their children are William A., Joseph D., Henrietta F., Joel A., Phehe E., and Mary E. His wife's parents names are Morris and Lydia Archer Morrison. She was born August 12, 1829. His own grandfather. Michael Hoyt, was in the Revolutionary War, and Joseph Areher, his wife's grandfather, in the Mexican War. He, enlisted in the 40th Obio Regiment, October 28, 1-61, in Company K. and discharged November 6, loft.

Jeremiah Hoyt enlisted in the 7th Ohio Cavaley. John Hoyt in the 77th Ohio Regiment in 1861, discharged in 1565, and was in Anderson- ville prison six months.

Nicholas Hort enlisted in the 36th Ohio Regiment, and died at Par- kersburg in 1864.

Joseph Morrison enlisted in the same regiment. William Morrison in the 36th Ohio Regiment in 1961, and discharged in 1965. Elisha Mor- rison in the 42d Ohio Regiment in 1962, and discharged in 1365.

W. W. COLLINS

is the son of Peter M. and Anne Gripton Collins. He was born in Worcester County, Maryland, July 16, 1839, became a farmer and stock- raiser, and settled in this county March 12. 1553. He married Mary J. Whitesel, daughter of David and Matibla Whitesel, who settled in Mer- cer County in 1956. She was born October 26. 1-35. and married Octo- ber 13, 1874. Their children are Ernest C .. Edgar P., and David. By his first wife, Emeline A. Stephens, he had one son. Inmed Raymond R. Collins. His father. Peter M. Collins, heldt the office of justice of the pence for several terms. John Collins, his uncle, was in the War of 1-12 William W. Collins enlisted April 21. 1542. in the Both Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company E, and was discharged July 25. 1865. John H. Collins in the 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Company E, August, 1863, and discharged in 1865. Thomas C. Collins in 1861, in the 40th Regiment Ohio Volunteers, and discharged in 1864.

JOHN HEDRICK

was born in Fairfield County. Ohio, and settled in Mercer County in 1-39. He is a carpenter and Imilder. His wife's maiden name was El- zabeth Johnson, a native of Champaign County, Ohio, to whom he was united in marriage in Mercer County. May 27, 15%. Two sons and a daughter are the fruits of this union.

JACOB P. DEARWORTH,

son of George A. and Catharine Dearworth, was born in Wurtemberg. Germany, March 19, 1812, and brought up as a shoemaker. His parent . came to this county in 4556. Jacob P. souled at Fort Recovery in 1:59, and married Anne Schaffer, daughter of Jacob and today Schaffer, October 26. Jass. Her parents came to this county in 1965. Mrs. Jacob P. Dearworth was born in Bavaria July 15. 1>17. The : children are Charles W., Annie S,, and Russel R. He has filled the office of school director. He enlisted in the 10th Regiment. Company I. April, 1881, and was discharged in 1865, and was in the following eusage. ments: Middle Creek, Pound Gap, Franklinton, Tennessee, Chicka- maiga, Lookont Mountain, etc. etc. He was captured in. 1864. and served six months in Andersonville. He settled in Port Recovery, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JAMES K. JONES.

son of Abraham and Rebecca Jones, was born in Butler County, Ohio. December 12. 1826. His father was born in New Jersey in Host, and his mother in 1791. He is & farmer. In 1$49 he married Minerva K Jones, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1932. Their children are Hiram, Nancy K., Abraham, George W., Susan R., Mary, Martha. James, Abbie, Frank, Albert, William, Jacob, and Lorinda. James K. Jones enlisted in 1863 in Company D of the 152d Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged in 1864. He entered as a vet- cran in 1864 in the 193d Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D. Abra- ham Jones enlisted in 1882, and served three years in the 7Ist Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company A. James K. Jones was one of the first settlers in Mercer County, and lived a pioneer life. His father entered the land in 1835, and owns a farm of eighty aeres.

WILLIAM SNYDER

settled in this county in 1955. having been born in Butler County, Ohio. February 23, 1×20. Has hell the office of assessor, trustee, and treasurer in his township. When he came to the township it was all under timber. but by hard work he has two farms, well improved, besides holding town property. He married Martha Herring October 10, 1844. She was a native of Butler County, where she was born February 8. 1926. Their children consist of the following named: Henry, born September 9. 1947 ; Mary Jane, boro February 19, 1552; Sarah Ano. born February 12, 1854 ; Tillie C., born Jone 5. 1860; John W., born Secimber !! 1:62; Orra, born October 12, 1-67 : Rebecca, July 13. 1845, decrase4 September 3. 1976 : Margaret, born October 8, 1249, deceased December 4. 1857; Anthony Wayne, born December 7, 1857, deceased July 27. 1861.

GEORGE R. MCDANIEL

came from Clarke County, Ohio, and settled near Recovery la 1$34. The country was then wild, and farming became his ocenpation as rap- ily as lands were cleared. In 1871 he was elected justice of the peace. which office he still 15×1) holds. In 1962 he enlisted in Company C. 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and servert until discharged, at the clos of the war in ING5. His father and grandfather laid out an ! Bond .. the town of Recovery. He was married March 4, 1858, to Miss Peli A. Loty, of Jay County, In.1. They have but two emidren. M. P. and Ernest L. Mr. Med, is one of the early settlers of his township, and has contributed largely to the improvement of the new country which he entered in 1830.

THOMAS ROCKWELL.

who emigrated to Mercer County in November, 1837, was born in Penn- sylvania, January 17, 1817. April 11, 1840. he married Dulama Seran- ton, a native of Madison County, Ohio, to whom a family of mine cau- dren have been born. He is at present engaged as a farmer and ca - penter near Fort Recovery, Ohio, In 1550. Mr. Rockwell was elect constable at Gibson Township, and served two terms. When. In his. arrived in the county there were two pepper mills in the viemis, with which the farmers ground their corn into meal ; and he thinks he killed at least a thousand deer the first twenty years after his arrival. Ances tors on both his father's and mother's side were in the Revolutionary War.

T. W. CnAni,

son of Tobias and Catharine Hedrick Craig, was born April 2, 18$7. in Jay County, and brought up to the drug business. He married Abyad A. Metrid, daughter of Solomon and Clara ( MeGriff, on August Ii. Iste, and came to Mercer County in is;t. Their children at William F. Thornton H, and Chia B. He has filled the ofice a La ship treasurer. John Craig enlisted in 1962, and discharged in ... was the year in Libby prison. He belonged to the 90th Regement, ath Indiana Cavalry, Company C.

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FREDERICK K. SCHNEIDER,

son of Frederick and Catharine F. Schneider (the parents live in Ger- many). He was born in Germany, March 4, 1846 ; settled at Fort Re- covery in 1972 ; keeps a grocery store. He married Autie L. Ungerer, who was born January 2%, 1957, daughter of William I. and Elizabeth B. Ungerer, on September 11, 1873. Their children are Charles F., Maria, Ernest, and Eliza W. Frederick K. Schneider served in the I'russian army four years ; enlisted there in 1867, and discharged in 1871. Was in the battle of Metz, August IN, 1870 ; of Bomorge. An- gust 30, 1-70; Sedan. September 1, 1870; and of Paris, September 4, 1870, and remained until I>71. While at Paris he was in six engage- ments, and in June, 1871, reached home, but. wounded.

SAMUEL W. BUCK

is a barber by trade, and is engaged in the business at Fort Recovery. He was born in Auglaize County, April 24. 1846, and removed with his parents to Mercer County in the spring of 1858. He entered the mili- tary service in the war of the Rebellion by enlisting, September 20, 1962, in the 110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and received an honorable discharge in 1865. He was taken prisoner at Winchester, Virginia, in 1863, and was confined in Libby prison several months. He was severely wounded in both legs in 1864, and is now receiving a pension. In 1871 her married Adelia Stoker at Celina, Ohio, by whom he has bad three children.

A. M. LOWREY,

son of Benasal and M. Lowrey (who settled in this county in 1854), was born May 14, 1823, in the State of New York. He was brought up as a farmer. November 1. 1854, he married Elizabeth A. Bverly, who was born December 7, 1835, and is the daughter of Lewis and Sarah Shunk Byerly. A. M. Lowrey bought a farm and settled in Mercer County in March, 1961, Their children are William H., Lyman L., and Sarah E. Benasah Lowrey was in the War of 1812.

Lewis R. enlisted in the 107th Illinois Regiment, Company C, August, 1862, and was discharged in 1865, Henry Lowrey was in the same regi- ment, and discharged at the same time.

JOHN L. FOX

was born in Preble County July 1, 1921. and is the son of Henry and Rachel Fox, who settled in this county in 1537. He was brought up a farmer and stockraiser. He married Christianna Robbins, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Robbins, who settled in Mercer County in 1838. Mrs. Fox was born April 23, 1824, and married September 30, 1841. Their children are Joseph, John S., Abraham, Rachel, Eliza, Mary, James, Jesse, and Clarissa. He has been township trustee for fifteen years.

Joseph Fox enlisted in the 40th Ohio Regiment, Company K, in the fall of 1862, and died in the hospital at Ashland, Kentucky, in 1862.

A. STEPHENSON, M.D.,

was born in Syracuse, New York, in the year 1856, and located in Mer- cer County in December, 1575. After receiving a liberal education in the academic institutions of learning in his native country he went to Germany, where he took a thorough course in medical instruction. After his return to the United States he attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College at Columbus, where he graduated in 1877. Hle is now a prac- tising physician in the country surrounding Fort Recovery. At Celina, Ohio, July 12, 1876, be married Ella E. Taylor, by whom he has had two children.

ROBERT LENNARTE

is engaged in the hardware merchandising business at Fort Recovery, Ohio. He was born in Germany April 29. 1836, and settled in Mercer County in December, 1849. He married his wife in this county Raptem- ber 16, 1856. Her name was Sarah Weaver, who was born in Pennsyl- vania December 25, 1:37. Four sons and five daughters survive this union. Mr. Lennarte has been elected and served five tering as avessor of personal property, and in 1879 was elected real estate appraiser. Hfe has served twenty-three years as school director of distriet No. 6, and still continues to fill the office.

RANSOM DENNEY

is one of the pioneer farmers of Gibson Township. He was born in Gallia County, Ohio, December 10, 1915, and settled in Mercer County at an early day. He was at the first election, when only sixteen voles were cast at Fort Recovery. He hauled Its first load of wheat of sixteen bushels to Payton, which commailed thirty -seven cents per bushel. He paid $2.50 per bushel for salt. In 1815 be married Eliza Okley, who bore bitu six cluldren.

S. L. FAIR

is a carpenter by trade, and a single man. He was born in Proble County July 6, 1833, and settled, with his parents, in Mercer County in December, 1836. His father, John S. Fair, was a practicing pasi- cian, and died in 1856. He was the first physician that practised in Fort Recovery. S. I., the son, enlisted in the 31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Is61, and served until his honorable discharge in 1803, after which he entered a cavalry regiment, and performed service until he was inustered ont in 1865. His grandfather, William Fair, was a soldier in the war of 1812; and his uncle, Leander Fair, was in the Mexican war.

JOSEPH W. GRAY

was born November 1, 1844. His parents were James and Elizabeth Robbins Gray, who settled in Mercer County in 1814. Hle was raised a farmer, and on November 2, 1X73, married Eliza A. Sautman, daughter of Emanuel and Consetter Santman, who lived in Jay County. She was born July 10, 1853. Their children are Mary C., Joseph C. A., and Matilda E. He enlisted in the 126th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Con- pany G, in 1862, and was discharged June 13, 1x65. He was in the battle at Martinsburgh, Virginia, and Manassas Junction; was captured there, taken to Andersonville prison, and kept ten weeks.

BOLSER HLENING,

son of Michael and Elizabeth Hening, came from Germany, and settle in Mercer County. He was born in Germany December 30, 1821, and raised a farmer and stock raiser. In 1857 he married Mary A., daughter of Adam and Anma M. Garlage. She was born June 13, 1835. Their children are named Anna M., Henry, Elizabeth. Adam, Christinia, Catharine, Frank. Frederic Roop. Has filled the office of school direc- tor. and settled on section 19, and owns one hundred and twenty neres of land, in a good state of cultivation, and has always lived a consistent Christian.

VAN BUREN BAKER,

son of E. and Jane G. Baker, was born January 19, 1833. ( His parents live in Parke County, Ohio.) He settled in this county in the fall of 1863, and is now engaged in the livery and feed business, and also farm- ing. He married Elizabeth Gingery, daughter of George and Susan Gingery, of Darke County. Mrs. Baker was born June 11, 1836, and was married to Van Buren Baker March 10. 1654. Their children are George E., Susan J., and Thornton T. George Gingery, his father-in- law, was in the War of 1812 one year.

SOLOMON MCGRIFF.

April 7, 1925, is the date of the birthday of Solomon MeGriff, and Darke County, Ohio, is the place of hits nativity. He settled in Mercer County in 1861, and now conducts a restaurant in the village of Fort Recovery. The name of his first wife was Clara Little, to whom he was married in May. 1951. Her people were Kentnekians, and her mother was a Morgan, a relative of Gen. John Morgan, the notorious rebel raider during the war. Mr. MeGriff had four children by his first wife, and one by his second.

TOBIAS W. CRING

is one of the few retired farmers of the county. He was born in Penn- sylvania June, 1812, and settled within eight miles of his present resi- dence in the year 1842. He has been twice married ; his first wife having died in 1869 he married his second, Anna Runkle, in Jay County, Indi- ana. September, 1480. Two sons and six daughters by his first wife still survive. John, the eldest son. was a soldier three years in the war of the Rebellion, and was a prisoner at Belle Isle and Andersonville one year.

B. W. Roop

is a native of Mercer County, Ohio, and was married to Jeannette For- rell, a native of Butter County, Ohio, December 26, 1875. He is a Mark- smith by trade, and, as a disciple of Vules, his forges in metal volks him a handsome competency. His father. Thomas, and mother, Ehza- beth, have lived to the age of seventy three and seventy-two, resphet- ively, and reside in Mercer County. He was elected constable, in Is7s. of Gibson Township, and filled the office two years. He is the father of three children.

J. A. WURDEMANN

was married to Catharine Manchester, January 5, 1872. He was born March 20, 1951, and his wife September 4. I.G. His father's name is John H., and his mother's Adeline Wurdemann. They came to Meter County in 1550, and keep a grocery store and restaurant at Folt Recovery.

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WILLIAM HANNA,

son of Charles and Elizabeth MeGill Hanna, was born in Pennsylvania, March 25, 1830, and barned the business of cabinet-making and paint- ing, and settled at Recovery in the spring of 1853. He married Caro- line L. Gray, April 18, 1860. 'She was born in 1843, and is the daughter of Samuel Gray.

James Hauna was in the War of 1812.

William Hana enlisted in 1864 in the 5th Ohio Cavalry, Company F, and was discharged in 1865.

JACOB HAMMOND,

son of Michael and Anna M. Hammond, was born September 21, 1844, and raised as a blacksmith and wagon maker. He married Susan, daughter of John and Cathatine Weaver, io 1864. She was born November 23, 1845. Their children are Joseph, Michael, Catharine, Jacob, Rudolph, Ellerous, Rosie, and John. Has filled the office of supervisor for five years. He enlisted in 1864 in the 185th Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry, Company I, and was discharged at Farmington, Ken- tucky, on old John Marquis's farm, on account of ill-health.

ANDREW S. SHAFFER,

son of Ira and Hannah Simlee Shaffer, was born in Preble County, Ohio, August 7, 1-30; is a farmer and stock-raiser, and settled in Mercer County in September, 1864. He is a farmer and stock-raiser. He married Sophia Mitchell on December 8, 1864, who is the daughter of John and Elizabeth Mitchell. She was born. August 21, 1837. Their children are Alvida J., Margaret. Mary E., James J., Albert V., Francis M., Miranda, Elizabeth, Henry W., Lucinda, Ella.

JACOB H. VANKIRK,

son of William C. and Mary Vankirk, settled in this county in 1852. He was born in Hamilton County, Ohio. August 7, 1x23; brought up as a farmer and stock-raiser, and married Elizabeth Fox. May 10. 1845. She was born January 26, 1825, and is the daughter of Henry and Rachel Fox, who settled in Mercer County in 1839. His father's family consisted of Marcus, Louisa, Sylvester, Dewitt Clinton, Eliza Catha- rine, Mary, and Susan.

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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 118

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