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The initial member of the firm, it will be seen, was twelve years old when he came to Wooster, and received his rudimentary, in fact all of his education, in the schools of the city, serving an ap- prenticeship of nearly four years as a compositor in the Republican office, under the proprietorship of Enos Foreman, Esq.
When Sumpter was fired, in the spring of 1861, he was among the first to respond to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 men, and was enrolled on the 23d of April, of said year, as a member of the Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the three months service. Upon the re-organization of that regiment, he enlisted for three years, on the 5th of October, 1861, in Company H, commanded by Captain A. S. McClure, and was discharged October 31, 1864, having served his country faithfully for a period of forty-one months and sixteen days. On the 19th of April he was wounded by the fragment of a shell in the left arm and stomach, in the first assault in the rear of the besieged and doomed city that so gracefully capitulated to General Grant on the 3d of July, 1863. He was
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twice elected to the City Council from the Second Ward, but re- signed his position before the close of the second term.
He is a stockholder in the Quinby Opera House of Wooster ; was the contractor for said structure, employing the mechanics for its construction.
The firm is the largest of the kind in the city or county, dis- posing of, annually, from three to four million feet of lumber and constituting a source of supply to all the surrounding counties. They retain in their employment a first-class architect, and furnish steady work, on a daily average, for twenty-five hands. They make a specialty in the manufacture of church furniture, such as pews, pulpits, etc., for which they find an easy market in other States as well as Ohio.
The members of the firm, as will be discovered, are compara- tively young men, but a glance at the foregoing indicates very clearly what pluck, energy, activity and perseverance can accom- plish. Hard work, getting down to business and sticking to it always did achieve wonders, and the rules of successful business, whether defined by Ricardo or Amos Lawrence, are inflexible and admit of no modifications.
JACOB EBERHARDT.
The first marble shop opened in Wooster was by D. A. Grif- fith, of Boston, in the spring of 1848. Jacob Eberhardt accompa- nied him from Massachusetts, and did the first work performed. The shop was located one door south of the present office of Connelly's Washington House. In July, 1852, Mr. Eberhardt and his father-in-law, Daniel Yarnell, an ex-Sheriff of Wayne county, bought out Griffith, and run the business together for six years, having their shops opposite Banker & Hanna's carriage works, on South street. In 1858 Mr. Yarnell retired, and Eber- hardt carried on the business himself for seven years, when he formed a partnership with Sylvester Gray, June 1, 1865. The en- ergy of the establishment, redoubled by the enterprise and activity of Mr. Gray, soon acquired new dimensions. Although Mr. Gray. had no money in the business, they undertook, in the spring of 1871, the erection of the splendid structure of brick, stone and iron on the corner of South and Buckeye streets, finishing it dur- ing the year, at a cost of $10,000, and it is no doubt one of the finest buildings for marble purposes in Ohio.
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Mr. Eberhardt died a few years later, and Mr. Gray assumed control of the business for a time. Two years ago Samuel Rhoads entered into partnership with him, the firm styled Gray & Rhoads, who are now successfully carrying on the marble works.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
In a Symbol there is concealment and yet revelation.
Bees will not work except in darkness; thought will not work except in silence; neither will virtue work except in secresy. Let not thy right hand know what thy left hand doeth. * * * * * * * *
Virtue will not grow unless its root be hidden.
Carlyle on Symbols.
Masonic.
Ebenezer Lodge No. 33, Free and Accepted Masons .- Date of Charter, December 13, 1819, to date from January 4, 1816.
Charter Members-Thomas G. Jones, Thomas McMillen, William K. Stewart, Abner Eddy, William Larwill, Thomas Thorp, Constant Lake, Plumb Sutliff, Joseph H. Larwill.
Officers, January, 1878-Eli D. Pocock, M. D., Worshipful Master ; John S. Bissell, Senior Warden ; Jacob A. Kister, Junior Warden ; Lewis P. Ohliger, Treas- urer; T. Tickner, Secretary; Philo S. VanHouten, Senior Deacon ; Harvey H. Bissell, Junior Deacon; William W. Hanna, Tyler.
Trustees-George Rex, Philo S. VanHouten, Lewis P. Ohliger. Committee on Grievances-Curtis V. Hard, Alexander Laughlin, George Rex.
102 Members January 1, 1878. Regular day of meeting, Wednesday on or before full moon.
Wooster Chapter No. 27, Royal Arch Masons .- Date of Charter, October 23, 1843.
Charter Members-William Larwill, Horace Howard, William Warren, Jacob Van Houten, Kimbal Porter, Philo Welton, Nathaniel High, John P. Coulter, John A. Holland.
Officers, January 1878- Leander Firestone, High Priest; Lewis P. Ohliger, King; Levi R. Kramer, Scribe; Philo S. Van Houten, Captain of the Host; Edward P. Bates, Principal Sojourner; George W. Reid, Royal Arch Captain ; Curtis V. Hard, Grand Master Third Vail; Benjamin Eason, Grand Master Second Vail; William C. Moore, Grand Master First Vail; Eugene Chatelain, Treasurer ; John S. Bissell, Secretary ; William W. Hanna, Guard.
75 members January 1, 1878. Regular communication on Thursday after full moon.
Wooster Council No. 13, Royal and Select Masters .- Chartered October 1, 1846.
Charter Members-Kimbal Porter, S. Buckius, George D. Hine, Horace How- ard, George H. Stewart, N. Haskell, A. Bartol, J. W. Crawford, L. L. Klein, Peter Van West.
Officers, January 1, 1878-Edward P. Bates, Thrice Illustrious Master; Levi R. Kramer, Deputy Illustrious Master; Philo L. Van Houten, Principal Conductor of the Work ; Finley L. Parsons, Captain of the Guard ; William C. Moore, Cap
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tain of the Council; Benjamin Eason, Treasurer ; Lewis P. Ohliger, Recorder ; T. Tickner, Grand Steward ; William W. Hanna, Sentinel.
Stated day of convocation-First Tuesday in each month. Thirty-five mem- bers January 1, 1878.
I. O. O. F.
Wooster Lodge No. 42 .- Date of charter, June 21, 1845.
Charter Members-R. J. Eberman, William S. Johnson, George Brauneck, J. S. Ward, R. A. Kinney.
Officers, January, 1878-Albert Gray, Noble Grand ; Henry Ebey, Vice Grand ; Anthony Wright, Financial Secretary; Charles Simon, Recording Secretary; Joseph R. Naylor, Warden ; Melvin Warner, Guide ; John Simon, Inside Guardian ; Thomas Hetherington, Outside Guardian.
Trustees-Charles S. Frost, Joseph R. Naylor, Joseph C. Plumer.
One hundred and fifty-two members January 1, 1878.
Killbuck Encampment No. 17 .- Date of charter September 5, 1846.
Charter Members-William S. Johnson, R. J. Eberman, John Beistle, P. P. Eckfeld, William W. Hanna, Jacob C. Chapman, John M. Naylor, Solomon R. Bonewitz, Samuel Mentzer, Samuel Christine, J. W. Schuckers, Isaac N. Jones.
Officers, January 1, 1878-Anthony Wright, High Priest; Elmer Funk, Chief Patriarch ; Albert Gray, Senior Warden; John Wiler, Junior Warden; Levi R. Kramer, Scribe; Henry J. Kaufman, Treasurer ; John Simon, Inside Guardian ; Thomas Hetherington, Outside Guardian.
Trustees-Joseph C. Plumer, Anthony Wright, Samuel S. Shilling.
Eighty members June 1, 1878.
Knights of Pythias (English).
Rising Star Lodge No. 22, K. of P .- Instituted April 1, 1870. Date of charter, February 1, 1871.
Charter Members-Joseph H. Carr, Albert Brauneck, Henry J. Kaufman, Samuel Routson, John M. Ely, Michael S. Goodman, Arnold Richenbach, Augus- tus E. Gasche, Charles S. Frost, John S. Caskey, John K. McBride, Leander Firestone.
Officers, January 1, 1878-Henry J. Kaufman, Chancellor Commander; James M. Lusk, Vice Chancellor; Anthony Wright, Venerable Patriarch; George Brau- neck, Keeper of Records and Seals ; Levi R. Kramer, Master of Finance; William H. Banker, Banker ; James E. Wescott, Master of Arms ; William Beresford, Inside Sentinel ; Thomas Hetherington, Outside Sentinel.
Forty-two members January 1, 1878.
Knights of Pythias (German).
Morning Star Lodge No. 41, K. of P .-- Instituted December 29, 1871. Date of charter, February 15, 1872.
Charter Members-William Nold, John J. Bringger, Jacob Stark, Frederick Schuch, Gotleib Gasche, Jacob Diehl, Hermann Wutke, Jacob Gross, Eberhardt Bideker, Emil Podlich, Leonard Saal, George Faber, William Gasche, Jacob Schopf,
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Emil Faber, William Kanzler, Peter Kanzler, Franz Gerlach, Heinrich Kinkler, Martin F. Limb.
Officers, January, 1878-John Diehl, Chancellor Commander ; Joseph Schuch, Vice Chancellor ; William Nold, Venerable Patriarch ; John J. Bringger, Keeper of Records and Seals ; Charles Gasche, Master of Finance; Leonard Saal, Banker ; Philip Young, Master of Arms; George Schuch, Inside Sentinel ; Frederick Kostenbader, Outside Sentinel.
Trustees-Jacob Stark, Andrew Busch, Frederick Schuch.
Seventy-two members, January 1, 1878.
Improved Order of Red Men.
Uncas Tribe, No. 57 .- A beneficiary organization. Instituted May 20, 1871.
Charter Members-Albert Brauneck, Thomas S. Johnson, Jesse E. Goodyear, John S. Caskey, George Brauneck, G. W. Doty, James E. Wescott, J. T. Maxwell, T. Tickner, W. H. Baumgardner, Samuel Routson, D. E. Warner, Speers McClar- ran, Henry J. Kaufman, Lewis P. Ohliger, Charles S. Frost, Perry Miller, David W. Matz, Harry McClarran, John K. McBride, Abraham Saybolt, Jr., David McDonald, Allen Clark, D. W. Immel, Edward P. Bates, Henry J. Huber, Jacob R. Bowman, T. E. Peckinpaugh, C. C. Parsons, Jr.
Seventy-eight members in January, 1878.
Officers, January, 1878-Prophet, Abraham Saybolt, Jr .; Worthy Sachem, James A. Ogden ; Senior Sagamore, Enos Pierson ; Junior Sagamore, William H. Banker ; Chief of Records, Henry J. Kaufman; Keeper of Wampum, J. R. Nay- lor ; Guard of Wigwam, Andrew Rieman; Guard of Forest, George Brauneck ; Trustees, D. W. Immel, E. S. Dowell, William H. Banker.
The Royal Arcanum.
Wayne Council No. 13 .- A secret beneficiary and life insurance order (similar to the Knights of Honor), instituted in Wooster, September 5, 1877.
Charter Members-Daniel Funck, Joseph C. Plumer, Lewis P. Ohliger, John Van Nostran, Jehiel Clark, J. S. Bissell, George Plumer, Edward S. Dowell, David W. Matz, T. J. McElheine, T. E. Peckinpaugh, A. Saybolt, Jr., William H. Harry, Dr. James D. Robison, H. H. Bissell, Martin Funck, J. D. McAfee, M. A. Miller, Silas W. Ogden, William F. Woods.
Number of members January, 1878, forty-five.
Officers, January, 1878-Past Regents, Daniel Funck and Jehiel Clark ; Regent, Thomas E. Peckinpaugh ; Vice Regent, Joseph P. Van Nest ; Orator, David W. Matz; Chaplain, Joseph C. Plumer; Secretary, John Van Nostran; Collector, George Plumer; Treasurer, Lewis P. Ohliger; Guide, Henry W. Peters; Warden, Henry P. Shives ; Sentry, Martin Funck.
Trustees-T. J. McElhenie, Daniel Funck, William M. Wisner.
Temperance Societies.
Temple of Honor No. 27 was organized on the 11th of November, 1847, with thirty charter members. The first officers were David Parrett, W. C. T .; D. H. Holiday, W. V. T .; - Mckean, W. R.
Evergreen Social Temple No. 3 was organized in 1853.
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CHAPTER XX.
PAINT TOWNSHIP.
[ NOTE .- It will readily be suggested to the reader that the physical, scien- tific, descriptive and general history of the different townships is supplied in the first two or three hundred pages of the work, and, hence, the necessity does not exist for repeating it in the various townships. We have chosen this method, be- lieving it to be more in concert with a continuous and systematic history of the county. The general character of the several townships is thus exhibited in the first chapters of the volume. As a result the history of the townships is properly and conven- iently abridged, and embraces specially and only material pertaining to them. The agricultural features of the entire county are presented in Chapter 25.]
PAINT TOWNSHIP was organized March 5, 1816, and was named so because there was a spring in existence where the village is now located, the waters of which resembled red paint, and imparted its peculiar color to the earth and other objects it touched. The pop- ulation in 1870 was 1,418.
THE FIRST SETTLER.
The first man that settled in this township was Michael Wax- ler, who emigrated from Harrison county in 1810. He was em- phatically a backwoodsman of the highest development of type, dressed in buckskin breeches, hunting-shirt and moccasins, and usually.armed with his scalping-knife, tomahawk and rifle. As the brave man is proverbially generous, even so was our hero, and many persons shared his hospitality. He frequently hunted with old Lyon and Bill Harrison, the former an ubiquitous character throughout the county, and pseudo-chief of a nameless tribe of Indians. It is related of Mr. Waxler that he encamped one night where Winesburg now is situated, and barely escaped destruction from a gang of wolves which attacked him, and to which he offered stout resistance until morning, having, meantime, killed several and, in true Indian style, scalped them.
The next earliest settlers at this time were, James Sullivan, John Sprague, David Endsley, Nathan Peticord, James Galbraith,
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William Vaughn, Elijah Carr, Samuel Shull, Frederick Shull and Jacob Beals. Among others who came in at an early date, were William Beals, Isaac Goodin, Philip Bysel, Philip Zigler, John Caven, Solomon Fisher, Daniel Zook, Reuben Phouts and Archi- bald Hanna.
The first election was held in 1816, and Frederick Shull and Jacob Beals were the candidates for Justice of the Peace for the township. There were not many votes cast, and the result was a tie, whereupon the aspirants cast lots, and Beals was the winner, and was the first Justice of the Peace in Paint township, holding the office for twelve years. Gabriel Barnhill was the second Jus- tice. *
OFFICERS OF PAINT TOWNSHIP, 1877.
Trustees-George Beam, Nicholas Ruegsegger and David Graber; Clerk-J. J. Adams; Treasurer-J. J. Schlafly; Assessor-Isaiah Tasker; Constables-Alfred Stauffer and Jacob Brobst.
The following is a list of the Justices of the Peace for Paint township, with date of commission, since 1830:
March 1, 1833, Daniel Zook; April 18, 1835, Cunningham Huston ; January 12, 1836, Daniel Zook ; January 22, 1837, Jacob Beals; April 30, 1838, Cunning- ham Huston ; July 15, 1839, Jacob Beam ; April 16, 1840, Fred Bysell ; April 13, 1842, James Y. Pinkerton ; April 13, 1843, Fred. Bysell ; April 16, 1845, James Y. Pinkerton; April 21, 1846, Fred. Bysell ; April 12, 1848, Robert A. Henderson ; April 12, 1849, Christopher Wise; April 19, 1851, Robert A. Henderson; April 21, 1852, James Y. Pinkerton; May 8, 1852, Fred. Bysell; April 17, 1855, Jacob Hudson ; April 14, 1858, Jacob Hudson ; April 14, 1858, Fred. Bysell; May 18, 1861, Fred. Bysell ; May 18, 1861, Jacob Hudson ; April 18, 1864, Jacob Hudson ; April 18, 1864, Samuel Snyder; April 8, 1867, Jacob Hudson ; April 8, 1867, Sam- uel Snyder ; April 12, 1870, Jacob Hudson ; April 12, 1870, Samuel Snyder ; April 15, 1873, John J. Adams ; April 14, 1873, Samuel Snyder; April 13, 1876, J. J. Adams; June 3, 1876, Samuel Snyder.
THE MARTYRED LOVERS OF THE FOREST.
We will mention James Galbraith's legend of the Popolat Rocks in this con- nection. These rocks took their name from a young Indian-Prince Oppopolat, or Turkey Gobbler-who was banished from east of the Blue Ridge, in Virginia, by his tribe, before the discovery of America, with Fisfisalee, or Pheasant Tail, with whom he had fallen in love, both of whom lived in their banishment one winter at the Popolat Rocks in Paint township. Oppopolat suffered death from his own tribe for daring to make a wife of Fisfisalee, a beautiful member of a tribe with whom
# There is some dispute as to the matter of the first Justice, some claiming that Barnhill was first.
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they were at war. It was here that he was seized and carried home to meet his unwelcome doom, whilst Fisfisalee accompanied him to the Ohio and threw herself into the river.
THE MOST SINGULAR MAN.
One of the most singular men that ever graced Mt. Eaton was Mr. George Phouts, who got up a political music band in 1840. He was upbraided for his un- warrantable pretensions to piety, when he asserted it was nothing for him, as he had once been a Brigade Inspector, a Representative, a Master Mason, an anti- Mason, a temperance and anti-temperance man, an advocate of universal as well as partial salvation, a persecuted Christian and an abused infidel, a thrice-broken merchant, sometimes an honest man and sometimes a rascal, and that when he was a lawyer he played aristocrat and democrat at different times. He preferred, like Cesar, to be the first man in the village than the second in the empire; hence wanted Mt. Eaton incorporated, so he could be its Mayor. He was an am- bitions fellow, a phrenological puzzle, and withal a clever fellow, of high talents and varied learning. He quit Mt. Eaton in disgust in 1853, went to Missouri and died there.
SOLOMON FISHER.
Solomon Fisher, father of Hiram Fisher, of Paint township, was born in Virginia, in the year 1765, and removed to Westmoreland county, Penn., in 1771. In 1792-93 he attended a meeting to consider the Excise Law, then held in Pittsburg, Penn., presided over by Albert Gallatin, who was born in Geneva, Switzerland, just four years before Mr. Fisher was born in Virginia. Daniel Bradford was Secretary of the meeting, at which a committee was appointed to draft resolutions expressive of their feelings, and pre- sent to Congress an address stating their objections and grievances of the law, and praying for its repeal. He then removed to Jeffer- son county, Ohio, near Steubenville, where he lived some ten or twelve years, when he emigrated to Paint township, Wayne county, in 1814, and settled on the farm now owned by his son Hiram, where he died May 25, 1849. He voted for George Washington when he was elected to the Presidency of the United States the first time in 1788.
He had fourteen children, and was twice married, six of whom are living. His son, George Fisher, was one of the first teachers in the township. He was a farmer by occupation, an industrious, prosperous man, and at his death was possessed of considerable wealth. He took an active interest in local politics and was highly esteemed and respected by all who knew him. In 1794 he was in the Whisky Insurrection which broke out in the western part of
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Pennsylvania, involving four or five counties, which at first threat- ened serious consequences, but which by a union of firmness and lenity on the part of President Washington was soon quelled. His life was a long and checkered one, full of public and private expe- riences and bitter trials. He lived to see his anticipations gratified and a government established by the great Washington, whom by his own vote he aided in elevating to the highest honors of the new-born Republic.
Hiram, son of Solomon Fisher, was born in Paint township, September 12, 1829, and is a farmer and man of business. He is alert, active, full of push-ahead-a-tiveness and allows no grass to grow under his feet. He executes his enterprises with resolution and determination; is a man of integrity, truth and unblemished character. He abounds in vitality and good humor, and is as full of genial good nature and hospitality as a June meadow is of flowers. He was married in January, 1856, to Mary E. Fleming, of Richland county, and has ten children.
DAVID HOUMARD.
David Houmard was born in Canton Berne, Switzerland, April 29, 1802, and removed to America in 1825, reaching New York, after a voyage of forty-four days, July 28, of this year. He was married, prior to his emigration from Switzerland, to Mary Ann Rosalie, April 15, 1825, sailing June 14, 1825, in search of a new home in the Western world.
Arriving at the great sea-board city he took passage up the Hudson river to Albany, thence taking the Erie Canal* as far as Lockport, t when, on account of the unfinished condition of the locks, they had to go six miles by land; thence by canal again to within three miles of Buffalo, which distance they were compelled to walk to the city, and thence to Cleveland via the lake. Reaching the latter city, then composed of forty or fifty houses, and making observations there for several days, he took his departure for Sugarcreek township, where he arrived Septem- ber 2, 1825.
#Mr. Houmard says they were the first European emigrants that passed the great Erie Canal.
tHere Mr. Houmard narrowly escaped death. Parties were blasting rock, and they called to him to run, as a fuse was being lighted, but not understanding a word of English, disregarded them, when he was thrown down and wonderfully stunned.
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From the time he left home in Switzerland till he attained his destination in Sonneberg, seventeen weeks and one day were con- sumed-now it takes thirteen days. His father and mother ac- companied him, and their total outfit of baggage, including a wagon, footed in round numbers, 1,765 pounds. Before leaving Cleveland Mr. Houmard purchased a yoke of oxen, paying there- for $36, which they hitched to the wagon, and in that way they journeyed to Sugarcreek. He remained but a month in Sonneberg, when he removed to where Abraham Houmard now lives, continu- ing there till the 10th of May, 1826, when he settled in Paint town- ship, where he has since resided. Here they purchased 160 acres of land, for which they paid $675. The first winter they lived in a rude log house, but in the following spring they began to build on the farm where he now lives. The object of the Houmard family when they abandoned their old country was to settle in Kentucky, about which they heard a great deal, but stopping to see Swiss friends in the Sonneberg settlement they concluded they liked the place, and dismissed their original project.
Mr. Houmard is a cutler by trade, and gave his attention to re- pairing guns, sharpening edge-tools and manufacturing them. He carries a pocket-knife which he made in Europe fifty-three years ago, which on one occasion he covered when putting on a roof, and which, twenty years afterward, he found upon removing the same. In this old shop are many antique and quaint tools, many of his own manufacture. There are grindstones, from the size of a Scotch cake to the nether mill-stone, and a huge wheel to turn them, and work-benches, various and comic, and bearing the print of antiquity.
We will briefly describe the house, built by Mr. Houmard in 1826:
The original dimensions of it were 20x30 feet, and it was constructed of logs, not hewed until after the house was erected. It was composed of two rooms, the second one on the east side being nearly square, and without being filled or mud- ded. Here his family, consisting of wife and child, passed the winter of 1826. The cabin was without a floor, the fire-place was in the center of the room, and, as companions of his family, the cow and calf were wintered in the same room, the cabin being house and stable both. The milk was kept in white walnut troughs, strained through old garments and clothes, and the churn was made of a hollow cherry tree, with a board nailed on at the bottom.
Combining his fine memory with his long-kept diary, he makes a very agreeable sort of a French lexicon. An evening spent
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with him, if for no other purpose than pour passer le temps, is quite enjoyable. He has acquired a partial knowledge of the English tongue, and intelligibly addresses himself to conversation. He practices the courtesies so characteristic of his people, is buoyant, vivacious and full of the gaiete de cœur of the true Frenchman. He is a relic-hunter and keeper, and possesses specimens that would adorn the shelves of the antiquary. He has a sword made in 1414; a coin bearing the image of Louis XVI., who was be- headed, the neck of the image bearing a cross-scar, and the crown on the reverse side all cut and hacked, as with knives. He lives in quiet seclusion upon his farm, a respected citizen, a kind and accommodating neighbor, devoted to his family and strongly at- tached to his kindred.
First French Settlers in Paint Township. - David Houmard and family were the first French settlers in Paint township, coming in 1825. Joseph Perrott was the second, in 1829, and Emanuel Nicolet, in 1830. In 1834 the immigration became rapid, and many families arrived in the township.
Elijah Tasker was born in Fairfax, Virginia, 1787; removed to Ohio in 1820, settling in Paint township, where he lived, and died July 4, 1835. He was married September 7, 1815, to Nancy Jen- kins, of Romney, Hampshire county, Va., where she was born December 18, 1797. When he removed to Wayne county, Rea- sin Franks, brother of Peter Franks, of Saltcreek township, assisted him in his passage. Hooking two of his horses into Tasker's wagon, and he furnishing two, the journey was entered upon and successfully accomplished. Mr. Tasker engaged in farming until his death. Like other of the pioneers, he and his family felt the pressure of hard times and were witnesses to the hardships and trials of those dark days. He had four children-three sons and one daughter-the latter becoming the wife of William Rogers, of Wooster, and who died August 30, 1876. His three sons, James, William and Isaiah, all live in Wayne county.
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