History of the city of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, Part 175

Author: Waggoner, Clark, 1820-1903
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: New York and Toledo : Munsell & Company
Number of Pages: 1408

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Hongo Fairchild

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SPENCER TOWNSHIP.

all, about $12,000. Rev. Charles Barbier was the first resident Minister in 1865, and since have been the following in the years named : Rev. Nicholas Schmitz, 1868; Rev. Peter Kol- lopp, 1870; Rev. John G. Vogt, 1875; and Rev. Weimer Mueller since 1877.

THE GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH of Spencer was organized in 1852; Isaac Matzinger, Con- rad Swine, Andrew Reginald and their families, being among the principal organizers. The building was erected in 1864. The Church has increased in numbers from the German element in the Township which is about two- thirds of the population, about one-half of the Germans being Protestants.

There is also a German Baptist Church in the Township, erected in 1878. Rev. Scbastian Site has been its only Pastor.

ALONZO FAIRCHILD was born January 20, 1829, in Remsen, Oneida County, New York. His parents were Benjamin and Mercy (Pooler) Fairchild. The father was born in Connecticut, May 18, 1794; and the mother in the State of New York, February 20, 1810. They were married May 27, 1827. With their three children -Benjamin R. (a half-brother), Alonzo and Robert, they removed to Mediną County, Ohio, in the Spring of 1834, remaining there until the Fall following, when they came to what is now Spencer Township. There they made their home in the Wilderness, with their nearest white neighbor five miles distant, but with plenty of Indians about them. Mr. Fair- child entered a tract of land at the Land Office at Monroe, Michigan. Mary Jane, a daughter, born February 22, 1838, died November 7, 1862. The father died December 29, 1855, and the mother May 20, 1878. Their son Robert enlisted in Company A, Sixty-Seventh Ohio Regiment, October 19, 1861, and died in hos- pital at Newbern, North Carolina, August 29, 1863. Thomas J., born in Spencer, February 10, 1844, now resides in Adams Township. The father was elected Justice of the Peace, on the organization of the Township, holding the office for several years. Alonzo has served as Town- ship Trustee for many years, as Treasurer for 12 years, as School Director for 24 years, and as Assessor for one year. During the War of the Rebellion, he was specially serviceable to the Union canse, in his efforts in raising and forwarding troops from Spencer. Mr. F. has been an active Republican since the organization of that party, having voted for Fremont in 1856. Ile has always enjoyed the confidence of his neighbors and has never been an office seeker. Mr. Fairchild was married with Charlotte Beachtle, February 10, 1854. Mrs. Fairchild was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, March 2, 1832, and with her parents, Henry and Asenath ( Fliggle) Beachtle, removed to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1833, whence they came to 56

Spencer in 1848. Mrs. Fairchild before marriage taught School for several years in Spencer and Springfield Townships. She has served as Clerk of the Baptist Church in Spencer for 13 years; has been for seven years a Vice President of the Lucas County Sabbath-School Union; and eight years Vice President of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Lucas County. She served as Superintendent of the Baptist Sunday School for several years, all of which have been without her solicitation. Mr. Fairchild has been for 16 years Truster of the Baptist Church and is now, he served as Chairman of the Building Committee of the same. They have four daughters-lda V. A., born January 20, 1856, the wife of Samuel Sur- beck of Spencer; Clara Bell, born April 26, 1859, wife of Isaac Matzinger of Spencer; Lu- rena M., born August 8, 1864, wife of William Keough, of Spencer; and Bessie J., born May 15, 1876, residing at home.

LUCAS RAAB, second son of Valentine and Catharine (Bitter) Raab, was born in the Grand Duchy of Hesse Cassel, Germany, Octo- ber 18, 1825. In 1836, with his parents and older brother, Peter, he came to the United States, first settling in Portage and Summit Counties. In 1851, all but Lucas removed to Lucas County, he remaining at Akron. They settled on the present homestead at Raab's Corners, Spencer Township. The children then consisted of Peter, Lucas, Catharine (wife of Andrew Gessner, of Maumee), Joseph (de- ceased), Mary (wife of Anthony Welzbacher, of Richfield), John, of Maumee, and Maria, of Cleveland, Ohio. The father died in Spencer January 17, 1871 ; and the mother October 12, 1878. Lucas attended the Parochial Schools in Germany from the age of seven to 11 years. During the Winters he attended Public Schools in Portage County, where his progress in the acquisition of the English language was re- markable, which largely explains the excep- tional fluency and correctness of his use of that longne. Mr. Raab has been for many years an extensive and successful Farmer, and since 1866 a Merchant, his farm and store both being located at Raab's Corners. In 1886 he suffered severely from a fire, losing barns, carriage- house, five horses and other property, with little insurance. He is known among his neighbors as a hospitable and charitable citizen, meeting fully the requirements of good citizenship. In religious faith, he is a Catholic, and has long been prominently identified with the prosperity of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, in Spencer. Politically. he is a Republican, and was an active supporter of the Union during the War of the Rebellion. The only Republi- can in the School District of his residence (with 20 votes), he has no superior in personal popu- larity and the esteem of his neighbors. This is true, also, as to the Township, which he has

HISTORY OF TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY.

served for many years as Justice of the Peace, Trustee and Assessor, now holding the first named office. In 1873 he was elected as a Com- missioner of Lucas County, serving for three years. In 1880, as Deputy United States Mar- shal, he took the enumeration of Richfield Town- ship. Mr. Raab was married February 6, 1855,

with Mary Ann Miller. He has eight children Catharine, Joseph P., George B., Mary Ann, Peter L., John, Lawrence and Amelia. Mrs. Raab died October 9, 1876. At Norwalk, Ohio, September 21, 1880, Mr. Raab was married with Mary Bodenstedt, a native of Hanover, Ger- many.

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP.

Springfield Township lies in the Central Western portion of Lucas County. It is bounded on the North by Sylvania, East by Adams and a corner of Waynesfield, South by Monclova, and West by a part of Monclova and Spencer Townships. The principal water- courses within its boundaries are Swan and Wolf Creeks, which form a junction near its Eastern border. The soil in the Southern part is clay-loam .. Originally it was wet for tillage ; but since the draining process has been suc- cessfully employed, it has been converted into a highly productive section of country ; the Central and Northern portions of the Town- ship are more sandy, but produce good crops of wheat, corn and fruit. The Township is crossed nearly centrally from East to West by the Air Line Division of the Lake Shore and Michigan Sonthern Railroad, with a Station at Holland, near the center of the Township; which is also the place of Township business and of the Post Office.

Springfield originally embraced the area discribed in the following resolution adopted by the Board of County Comissioners of Lucas County, June 20, 1836:

" Resolved, By the Board, That a new civil Town- ship be erected, to be comprehended within the fol- lowing boundaries, to wit :

Commencing on the South line of Township No. 2, in the Twelve Mile Square Reserve, between Sections 32 and 33; thence North, on the Section line, to the North line of said Sections; thence East, on said Section line, to the West line of Section 27; thence North, on said West line to the North line of said Section 27; thence East, on said North line to the West line of Section 23; thence North to the North line of said Section 23; thence East on the said North line to the West line of Section 13; thence North to the Fulton line; thence East on said Fulton line to Port Lawrence Township ; thence bounded on the East by Port Lawrence Township, on the North by the North line of Said Township No. 2, and West by the West of said Township No. 2; until it strikes the Fulton line from the North; thence by the East line of Townships Nos. 7 and S, in Range nine, until it strikes the South line of Township No. 2; thence on the South by the South line of Town- ship No. 2 to the place of beginning; and the said Township shall be known under the name of Spring- field."

March 14, 1853, the Northern part of what was then Waynesfield Township, including the Northern half of River Tracts Nos. 575, 576, 579, 580 and 581, now in Adams Town-

ship, was added to Springfield Township, and on the same date the Township of Monclova was formed from Waynesfield and the South- ern part of Springfield.

The Township of Springfield was reduced to its present dimensions by the detachment of a portion to Adams Township in 1856, since which its boundaries have remained un- changed.

EARLY ENTRIES OF LAND.

The following list will show that most of the lands in the original Township of Springfield were purchased of Government before the Township was organized; as well as furnish the names of most of the first settlers, and in what sections their lands were located : .

UNITED STATES RANGE, TOWN TWO.

West 1/2 Northwest 14 Sec. 3, Charles Powell, 1834; 80 acres. West 12 Southeast 14 Sec. 3, Wm. W. Wadsworth, 1834; 80 acres. East 16 Southeast 14 and S W 14 Sec. 4, Jas. F. Ford, 1831; 340 acres. Northwest 14 Sec. 4, Charles Powell, 1834, 159 72 acres, Whole Section 5, W. W. Wadsworth, 1834; 633.59 acres. West 16 Southwest 14 Sec. 6, Prudence Page, 1835; 80 acres Southeast 1. Southwest 14 Sec. 9, Ambrose Rice, 1835; 40 acres. Northwest 14 Sec. 6, Wm Berry, 1834; 157.29 acres. West 12 Southeast 14 Sec. 6, Joseph Quick, 1834; 80 acres Southeast 14 Sec. 8, Lorenzo Abbot, 1833; 160 acres. East 16 Southwest Li Sec. 8, Brigham D. Abbott, 1833; 80 acres. West > Southwest 14 Sec. 8, C. C. P. llunt, 1884; 80 acres. Northwest & Southeast 14 Sec. 9, Charles Powell, 1835; 40 acres. Southwest & Southwest }} sec. 9, John Cummins, 1834; 40 acres. Southwest 14 Southeast 14 and Southeast 1/ Southeast 14 Sec. 9, John Mickle, jr .. 1838; 80 acres.

Northwest 14 Southwest 14 Sec. 9, John Cummins, 1833; 40 acres. East 16 Northeast 14 Sec. 9, Herman Ely, 1832: 80 acres.

West 12 Northeast and East 12 West 14 Sec. 9, John E. Hunt, 1834; 160 acres.

East }{ West 1,4 Sec. 9, Athena Row, 1834; 80 acres.

Northwest 14 Northwest 14 Sec. 9, Surdam Bishop, 1834; 40 acrea. Northeast X Southeast 14 Sec. 11, Matthew Byrnes, 1834; 40 acres. East 16 Northeast 1/4 Sec. 11, Benoni Newkirk, 1833; 80 acres.

East 12 Northeast 14 Sec. 11, Patrick Flyun, 1831; 80 acres.

Northwest 14 Northwest 14 and West 16 Southeast x Sec. 11, Matthew Byrnes, 1833; 120 acres.

Southeast 14 Southeast 14 Sec. 14, Geo. Washington, 1834; 40 acres. West 16 Northwest 14 Sec. 14, John Mickle, jr., 1832; 80 acres. East 16 Northwest 1, Sec. 14, Sanford Prouty 1832: 80 acres.

West 1% Southwest ji Sec. 14, Ellison DeMott, 1832; 80 acres.

East 12 Southwest 1{ Sec. 14, Charles E. Roby, 1832; 80 acres. East 13 Northeast 14 Sec. 14. John Mickle, Jr., 1831; 80 acres. East 17 Southwest 1/ Sec. 15, John Wiltse, 1831; 80 acres. Southeast 1 Sec. 15, Samuel Demott, 1838; 160 acres.

East 1 Northeast 24 Sec. 17, W'm. Van Horne, 1833; 80 acres. West 16 Northwest 1_ Sec. 17, James Dean, 1833; 80 acres. West & Southwest }{ Sec. 17, David Trumbull, 1833; 80 acres,

West & Southeast 14 and East 16 Southwest 16, Sec. 17, W'm. Traynor, 1844; 160 acres.

East & Northeast X and Southwest 14 of Northeast 14 Sec. 18, Jeremiah Kimball, 1833; 120 acres.

Southeast 14 Section 18, David Trumbull, 1833; 160 acres. South 16 Southwest 14 Sec. 18, James Dean, 1834: 80 acres.

West 13 Southeast 14 Sec. 19, Thos. Dolan and H. McConray, 1844; 80 acres.

West 12 Southwest 1/4 Sec. 19, Joseph Hayes and Matthew Reilley, 1844; 80 acres.

West & Northeast 1/ Sec. 19, Samuel Jay, 1844: 80 acres.

East 16 Northeast 1/ Sec. 19, Alfred Rumsey, 1844: 80 acres.

East 16 Southeast 14 and East 16 Southwest 14 Sec. 19, John Shehey and Samuel F. Cook, 1847; 80 acres.

Southeast 14 Southeast 14 Sec. 20, David Purdun, 1833; 40 acres. East 16 Northeast 14 and Northeast } Southeast 1/ Sec. 20, Jede- diah Jessup, 1836; 120 acres.

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP.

West 1/2 Northwest 1/4 Sec. 20, Robert Ackland, 1843; 80 acres. East & Southwest 1/ Sec. 20. Mark Curtis, 1843; 80 acres.

West 1/2 Southwest 12 Sec. 20, John Harrington, Jr., 1843; 80 acres. Enst 12 Northwest 1 Sec. 20, Abraham Van Work, 1843: 80 acres.

East 12 1% Southwest 14 Sec. 21, Martin Strayer, 1833; 80 neres. West 12 Southwest } Sec. 21, Hubert Holloway, 1843; 80 aeres. West 12 Northwest 1 Sec. 22, Silas Baines, 1834; SO acres. East 13 Southeast & See. 22, James S. Kitebel, 1834: 80 acres. Southwest 14 Northeast }{ Sec. 22, Linus Frost, 1833: 40 acres. Southeast 13 Section 27, Win. Beals, 1833; 160 acres.

Southeast 14 Northwest 14 and West 16 Northwest X4 Sce. 27, Philip Zeigler, 1833; 120 acres.

Northeast 44 Northwest 1/4 Sec. 27, Levi Manley, 1843; 40 acres, West 16 Northeast La Sec. 28, Jeremiah A. Scott, 1836: 80 acres. East 16 Northwest }2 Sec. 28, Africa Spaulding, 1843, 80 acres. Southwest 14 Northwest 14 Sec. 28, James Carliss, 1833; 80 acres. Sontheast 1/4 Northwest &/ Sec. 29, Philander Noble, 1833: 40 acres. East 16 Northeast 14 Sec. 29. John Strayer, 1833: 80 acres. East K Northwest 14 Sec. 30, Mary Ann Scott, 1843; 80 aeres. West 16 Northwest }4 Sec. 30, Daniel F. Cook, 1816: 80 aeres.

RANGE SIX, TOWN NINE.

East fractional 16, See. 31, W. and J. James, 1835, 124.88 acres. West fractional 14, Sec. 31, Eleazer Geason, 1834, 122.50 acres. Whole Sce. 32, W. W. Wadsworth, 1834, 258.60 aeres.

East part Northeast fractional 14, Sec. 33, Charles Powell, 1834, 70.19 neres.

West 16 Sec. 84, W. W. Wadsworth, 1834, 158 aeres.

RANGE NINE, TOWN SEVEN.

Southwest 14 and West 16 Southeast K, Sec. 1, John E. Hunt, 1835, 240 acres.

North 16, Sec. 1, T. J. Dobbins, 1835, 312.25 acres.

East 16 Southeast 14, Sec. 1. Jobo Knaggs, 1836, 80 acres.

Northeast X, Sec. 12, James M. Briggs, 1854, 160 acres.

RANGE NINE, TOWN EIGIIT.

Sonth 16. Sec. 36, T. J. Dobbins, 1835, 320 acres. Northeast fraction, Sec. 36, Bingham D. Abbott, 1836, 130.50 acres. South part Northwest 14, Sec. 36, Jacob Falk, 1836, 80 neres. Northwest fraction, Sec. 6, T. J. Dobbins, 1835, 90.36 acres. North 12, See. 7. Africa Spaulding, 1839, 90.20 acres.

North part Sec. 31, George Wilber, 1835, 73.41 aeres.

A large number of those whose names appear in the above list never lived in Springfield proper. Some of them, as the Wadsworths. lived in the State of New York, some in Tole- do, some in Perrysburg and some in Maumee.

EARLY TRANSFERS.

Among other early transfers of real estate in Springfield Township, the County records show the following :

Victory Jenison to J. E. Hunt, 1828. James Kitchell to Edmund C Kitchell, 1881. Silas Barnes to Chloe Lees, 1831,

Ephraim Wiltse to Dennis Sage, 1832. J. E. Hunt to Frauces ('ollius, 1833. Thomas Degane to Joel Butterfield, 1833. Samuel DeMott to William DeMott, 1833. David Purdon to Jacoh Smith, 1833. James Ilenderson to Ira Gould, October, 1884

Christian Swartz to Cornelius Stage, July, 1836. Simpson Parks to Lewis Miles, October, 1836. Nathaniel Jones to Huntington Larahee, September, 1836. Jacob Sınith to Sarah McGuire Parks, February, 1836.

Joseph Devine to Selah Devive, April. 1838. Samuel Divine to Ephraim Kimball, December, 1838. Alfred McCoy to Josiah Ward, January, 1836. Norman Kimball to Johu Janes, June, 1837. Chloe Lees to John Janes, Angust, 1838. Jacob Guagy to James Hammoud, February, 1836. John Burdo to Lewis Rumsey, Angust, 1839. Solomon Cross to Horace Houey, October, 1836. David Trumbull to Henry Rose, Jaunary, 1840. Benj. G. Lewis to Levi I. Swan, March, 1839. David and Isaac Preston to Ezra Holt, Angust, 1839. Henry Zimmerman to Peter Mining, July, 1839. Thomas Clark 2d to James M. Felt, March, 1843. David Trumbull to James Trumbull, March, 1839. Thomas Dolau to Edward Glinuen, November, 1843. Jacob Gnagy to John Spencer, 184J. Zimri Il. Baxter to Lucins Carpenter, May, 1841. Mark Curtis to Peter Williams, April, 1844. Jacob Gnagy to Harmon Hubbell, January, 1841. George Paddock to Henderson W. Horton, July, 1844. State of Ohio to Hubert Holloway, October, 1843. Uriah Beach to Lewis Rumsey, December. 1844. George Loveless to Henderson W. Horton, May, 1840. Abram VanWert to Irvine Greene, October, 1815. Peter Waterbury to Joseph Walker, April, 1844. Thomas Clark 2d to James M. Felt, November, 1844. George Paddock to Lewis Rumsey, October, 1845.

Patrick DeLaney to the Township of Springfield, March, 1845, 134 acres of land in Section 17, for use as a publie burying ground.

Anthony L., Willard to School District No. 3, Springfield Town- ship iWm. MeMillan, Miehnel INBolt, and A. L .. Willard, Directors), for School purposes, April, 1846.

Thomas J. Pobbins to Thomas Arnold, March, 1847.

Theron Hamilton to John Beals, October, 1816.

Thomas J. Dobbins to Mason Dobbins, September, 1846. Abigail and Suinnel Wood to Wm. Lees, November, 18441.

Jucob Gnagy to Martin Stevens, Absolem, Aaron and John Ste-

vens, Directors of Springfield Township, a site for a School- house. February, 1847.

Henry D. Rose to Truman L. Pooler, December, 1845.

T. L. Pooler to Jacob Kirkendal, January, 1846. James Lenakan to Michael DeBolt, December, 1843. Samuel Devine to Charles Cooke, November, 1816. Deunis Sage to Thornton Edington, May, 1848. Elisha Whittlesey to Win, and John JJames, 1848. Joho Wiltse to Jacob and Silas Wiltse, March, 1849. Thomas J. Dobbins to William A. Perrin, September, 181G. W'm. Traynor to David Trumbull. December, 1817.

In December, 1816, Ezra lott deeded to George S. Fewlas, Osman Guun and David Perrio, Directors of School District No. 7. Springfield Towaship, a lot 75x75 feet, in the West half of the Southwest quarter of Seetion 29 in that Township, for School purposes,

May, 1848, James MeKrehan derded to John Spencer, Michael F. Hill and Levi Manley, Directors of School District No 5, Springfield Township, a lot in the Northwest corner of Sce- tion 23, said Township, for School purposes.

March, 1847, Dennis Sage deeded to Thomas Wood and Peter llolloway, Directors of School District No. 4, Springfield, a lot 4x6 rods, being part of Sage's farm, and donated for School purposes.

In 1847, A. L. Willard, deeded to School District No. 3, Spring- field, a lot six rods square in Section 11, on the road from Miami to Sylvania.

In March, 1817, S. M. Young deeded to School District No. 2, Springfield, one-fourth acre of land in Section 16 of said Township.

August, 1847, Benjamin Joy deeded to Gardner Cooper, Remiug- tou Cooper and John Bellman, Directors of School District No. 4, Sylvania Township, a lot of 24 square rods, to be free so long as used for School purposes.

EARLY SETTLERS.

It cannot now be learned definitely who was the first settler in Springfield Township. Den- nis Sage was probably the first or among the first. He settled in the Township in 1829, and at the time of his death was the oldest living pioneer. He was for several years Treasurer of the Township. He was married with Sarah (Wood) Holloway, widow of Herbert Hollo- way. They had four children, two of whom are living, viz .: Ida (Mrs. A. P. Mann), and Thomas W. Sage, proprietor of an Agricultural Store at Holland. Dennis Sage died in 1887, aged 93 years.

Chloe Lees was an early settler, though it appears she did not purchase land till 1844. She had two sons, small boys, when she came to the country, viz: Edmund and Simeon P. Lees. Peter Holloway remembers distinctly that the family lived in the Township when he came in 1834; and Simeon P. Lees is au- thority for saying that they were settlers as carly as 1830. At this date the settlers con- sisted of two or three families. If the Lees family came in 1830, Simeon P. would have been but six years old, for he was born in Win- stead, Connectiont, August 3, 1824. Ile was married in Manmee City, in 1854, with Anua M. Cullmore. As a citizen and a man, few are more highly respected. He is at present Treas- urer of the Township, and has hold the office some 10 years.

With the exception of Dennis Sage, the oldest resident pioneer in 1884 was Ellison De Mott, who died in the last mentioned year. His son

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HISTORY OF TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY.

Clark W. DeMott, was noted as a successful Bee-keeper in Springfield. He was born in the Township December 27, 1852, but moved to Maryland, in 1885.

Among the early settlers in this Township was Peter Holloway, from whom the numerous family ofthat name are descended, In 1666,three brothers emigrated from Somersetshire, Eng- land, to Boston. They were ship-builders, and built andowned some of the fastest sailing Ves- sels then in the Colonies. Subsequently, one set- tled in Charleston, South Carolina; one in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; and Michael, the ancestors of the Northern branch of the Hollo- ways, remained in Boston. Peter Holloway, the first, a descendant of Michael of the third generation, was born in Dighton, Massachusetts, March 19, 1751 ; moved to Taunton, Massachu- setts, about 1782 ; and from Taunton to York, Livingston County, New York, about 1815. He was the inventor of a machine for cutting and heading nails, and engaged in the business be- fore and for part of the time during, the Revo- lutionary War. It is said that he was not in sympathy with the Puritan Fathers, and re- fused to pay the Minister's tax in the estab- lished Church of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay ; whereupon, they sued him and he allowed his family Bible to be sold for the tax. lle bad two brothers-George, Captain of a Privateer in the Colonial service, and William, Captain of a Merchant Vessel. Peter died in York in 1831. Peter Holloway, second son of the above, was born in Dighton, Massachusetts, May 21, 1778; went to Taunton with his father in 1782; and from Taunton to Canandaigua, New York, in 1798. He was engaged in blacksmith- ing for the Indians, who were then much more numerous than the whites. He was married with Sophia Seymour, daughter of Ira Sey- mour, of Victor, New York, and formerly (1804) High Sheriff at Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He removed to West Bloomfield the year of his marriage, where he was engaged in farming, kept a hotel and carried on blacksmithing. He volunteered in the Cavalry service in the War of 1812-15, got into Buffalo when the Town was burning and the British shipping just leaving port. At the close of the War he settled in York, Livingston County. In 1833 he moved with his family to Manmee, and the year fol- lowing to the farm in Springfield Township, on which Charles B. Holloway now resides, where he died September 1, 1865, having spent 31 years on the farm. His family consisted of five sons and three daughters-Herbert, Abi- gail, Eliza S., Peter, Chester S., George G., Mary Ann and Charles B .; three of whom are now living, viz .: Peter, Chester S., and Charles B.

Charles B. Holloway represented Lucas County in the Ohio Legislature, 1879-81. He was born in York, Livingston County, New York, June 14, 1826; was married with Naney

Ann Gnnn, daughter of Asman Gunn, a pio- neer of Springfield Township, May 3, 1855. HIe took prominent part in the organization of the militia of his Township. As Captain of Company C, Fourth Regiment Ohio Militia, he was appointed by the Adjutant-General, Charles W. Hill, to take command of the Regi- ment till the organization was completed. At an election in Monclova in August, 1863, he was chosen Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regi- ment, and received his commission from Gov- ernor Todd August 30, 1863. Mr. Holloway was active and efficient as a member of As- sembly, and gained great credit, especially for the passage of his Telegraph bill, a measure designed to afford relief from the monopoly of the Western Union Telegraph Company by securing competition in the telegraph business. A report of the proceedings in the House says : "The Holloway telegraph bill, preventing Railroad Companies from giving the exclusive right of way to any one Telegraph Company, came up in the House this afternoon, and after a sharp fight, was passed by 80 yeas to no nays. In the authorship and enactment of the meas- ure, Mr. Holloway has shown himself at once an able, skillful and useful Representative." The Holloway homestead, now owned and occupied by Charles B. Holloway, was entered by David Purdun in 1831, and by him trans- ferred to John E. Hunt, of whom Peter Hollo- way obtained it in 1834. The present Peter Holloway resides on the adjoining farm, in the edge of Monclova Township. The land be- longed to the State or Canal lands, which were chiefly sold in 1842. These lands extended into Springfield Township a mile and a half North of the Monclova line. Settlements were considerably retarded upon the Canal lands prior to 1842, the appraisement being too high to suit purchasers. In 1837, they were first brought into market.

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History of the city of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, Part 175

Author: Waggoner, Clark, 1820-1903 Publication date: 1888 Publisher: New York and Toledo : Munsell & Company Number of Pages: 1408

Author: Waggoner, Clark, 1820-1903
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: New York and Toledo : Munsell & Company
Number of Pages: 1408