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Mr. Ingelhaupt and his amiable wife were estimable citizens. beloved by all their neighbors.
The old gentleman, as was his custom, went to Wapakoneta, May 29th, 1904, on business, and on his return homeward, as he was crossing the Ohio Western Railroad, his carriage was struck by an electric car, from which he received internal injuries, from which he died June 7th, 1904.
CONRAD SCHEMMEL was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1792, and was educated in a section of the country at that time renowned for its schools. His father was the owner of a large landed estate in that country, and in time became a wealthy landlord. On these estates his son Conrad grew to manhood, and acquired the art of managing them. In 1832 Conrad Schemmel sold his interest in the estates, and emigrated to America, landing at Balti- more late in the fall of the same year.
Before leaving Bavaria he contracted to pay the transporta- tion of fifty emigrants, for which each one was to pay the cost of his transportation in labor on such lands as he contemplated buying in the new country. He also purchased such a stock of tools, agricultural implements, etc., as he thought might be of use to him in the new Eldorado, but after landing at Baltimore he
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was chagrined to learn that his stock of implements was not adapted to the requirements in the development of a farm in a new country. A new outfit of tools, wagons, horses and oxen were purchased in Baltimore, and the emigrants left for Ohio about the middle of May, and encamped near Wapakoneta about the first of July, 1833. Within the six weeks following, Mr. Schemmel entered six hundred and sixteen acres of land in sections 20 and 21 in Pusheta township. A log cabin was erected for himself and family, and temporary cabins for the emigrants who accompanied him. Then commenced the clearing of land, and the construction of a more comfortable residence for himself. The new building was constructed of logs hewn on four sides. As each round of logs was placed in position, it was pinned to the round upon which it rested. Ninety-nine days were spent. by the laborers in laying up timbers, and yet it lacked three feet of reaching the height contemplated. At this stage of the work Mr. Schemmel became disgusted with his laborers and discharged them. His grandson states that "he employed a few Yankees. who completed the building in three days."
Mr. Schemmel served six years in the German army when he returned and took charge of his father's estate. In 1827 he married Miss Full, who died in 1828. Two years later he married Miss Gertrude Full, a sister of his former wife. Of this marriage two children were born: Nancy, wife of John Bothe, and George Schemmel.
Mr. Schemmel died in 1870, aged seventy years and six months, leaving a large estate, which was inherited by his grand- children.
JOHN NICHOLAS ZANGLEIN was born October 11th, 1813, in Schweinfurt, Germany, and came with his father to America in 1833, landing at Baltimore. After a short residence in that city they came directly to Pusheta township, this county, in which the father entered one hundred and twenty acres of land in section 17. In 1840 the father died, leaving his estate to his two sons, John Nicholas and Andrew.
Mr. Zanglein was married in 1837 to Miss Susanna Waltz. Of this marriage nine children were born, as follows: John Henry, Anna R., Elizabeth, Franklin, Rebecca A., Wilhelmina, J. N. Zanglein, Franklin B., and an infant not named. After
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the death of the father in 1840 the two sons completed the clear- ing away of the forest and the further development of the farm. Mr. Nicholas Zanglein, as he was commonly called. was one of the most influential and respected citizens of the township. He served for many years as township treasurer and land appraiser, and in other minor offices of trust during his life. He died March 17, 1867.
SISTER MARY GREEN, a missionary, came to Wapakoneta with some itinerant Jesuits in 1828, and remained among the Indians until about 1831, when she died of pulmonary consump- tion at the house of Rev. Henry Harvey, the Quaker missionary. She was buried in the cemetery near Rev. Harvey's residence, of later years known as the Shanahan cemetery. There is a tradi- tion that she was a native of Canada, and was sent from a convent at Toronto to the Shawnee reservation in Ohio to Christianize the Indians, and to teach them the arts of civilization. The same tradition states that she gave instruction to Indian children at the house of Francis Duchouquet. Far from her native home, in a land of strangers, the devoted sister was laid to rest by Rev. Henry Harvey, his wife, and Shadrack Montgomery.
The cemetery was formerly an Indian burial place, and since that time has become a public cemetery of that portion of the county. Many of the early pioneers, and two of Rev. Harvey's children repose in that quiet repository of the dead.
Supplementary to the preceding notice of Sister Mary Green, Mr. Lyman N. Means, of Wapakoneta contributes the following reminiscence: About thirty-five years ago, whilst en- gaged in buying live stock, Mr. Means was accosted by a man seated by the roadside near the Scott farm, making inquiry for a cemetery, supposed to be located in that vicinity. He at the same time unfolded a plat and description of the subject of his inquiry. Mr. Means alighted from his buggy, and after a care- ful examination of the plat was able to locate the long-sought cemetery. He and the stranger entered the buggy and drove to the locality. On their way to the cemetery the stranger informed Mr. Means that his name was Matthias Green, a brother of the dear sister who had been buried there more than forty years before. After alighting froni the buggy, and with the plat in hand, Mr. Means decided upon what he believed to be the locality
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marked upon the plat. The stranger decided upon a locality a few feet to the north. The ground was covered with a dense growth of blue grass at the time, making it difficult to discern depressions. Mr. Means cut through the sod with a pen-knife, and removed a circular piece of sod about eighteen inches in diameter. After removing the dirt from beneath it, a stone was found bearing the initials M. G. The brother was overcome by the discovery and fell upon the grave and gave vent to his sorrow for his dear sister in moans and tears. After a period of prostration and sorrow he arose and accompanied Mr. Means to Wapakoneta, where he remained over night, and left the next morning on his return to his home in Wisconsin. His further history is wrapped in obscurity."
UNION TOWNSHIP.
The Commissioners' record of Allen county, of March 3, 1834, reads as follows: "A petition was presented by J. C. Lusk praying to have original town five south in range seven east set off to the inhabitants therein for a new township, to be designated and known as Union. Petition granted. Bounds given and advertisements written for an election to be held at the house of Benjamin Corder on the first Monday in April next for township officers."
Pursuant to the order of the Commissioners, an election was held in April, at which time thirty votes were cast, and the follow- ing persons were elected to the respective offices : Trustees, John Schooler, John Corder ; Clerk, John Balzell; Justice of the Peace, John Morris.
This township is bounded on the north by Allen county, on the east by Wayne and Goshen townships, on the south by Clay, and on the west by Duchouquet township. It has a more undu- lating surface than any other township in the county. "The soil is of a mixed character, consisting of gravel, sand, and clay. and is well adapted to the culture of cereals. Springs abound, and the whole township is well watered by living streams. The Auglaize River flows across the northwest corner, while numerous smaller streams, among which are Blackhoof, Wrestle, Huffman, Virginia, and Wolf Creeks, traverse its limits. Gravel beds located in various places afford an abundant amount of material for road making."
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"The township was settled principally by emigrants from Virginia and southern Ohio, and the lands are still largely occu- pied by them and their immediate descendants."
The timber is of the prevalent varieties found elsewhere in the county, such as walnut, beech, ash, poplar, oak, maple, and buckeye. The timber and vegetation throughout the township was of a very rank growth.
The following record of the purchase of United States lands in Union township is approximately a history of their settlement :
1832.
John Jacobs, Sec. 3.
Joseph Rudy, Sec. 11.
Christopher Rudy, Sec. 11.
Elijah Standiford, Sec. 11.
Charles Lusk, Sec. 22.
Matthias Speass, Sec. 17.
Henry Stoddard, Sec. 31.
Robert J. Skinner, Sec. 31.
Jacob Hittle, Sec. 32.
Wm. Richardson, Sec. 32.
Henry Stoddard, Sec. 33.
Wm. Bacome, Sec. 10.
1833.
James Harrod, Sec. 1. Wm. Graham, Sec. 1.
Abraham Shockey, Sec. 2. George Irwin, Sec. 2. Michael Harrod, Sec. 4.
Wm. Carter, Sec. 5. Joseph Howell, Sec. 6. Abraham Studebaker, Sec. 7.
John Schooler, Sec. 5. Hannah Kent, Sec. 6. Robert Lisle, Sec. 7.
John Carter, Sec. 8.
Richard Jones, Sec. 8.
James Watt, Sec. 8.
Michael Harrod, Sec. 9.
John Vaughn, Sec. 9.
Wm. Patterson, Sec. 10.
Joseph Howell, Sec. 10. John Vaughn, Sec. 10.
Michael Harrod, Sec. 10.
John Schooler, Sec. 11. Henry Morris, Sec. 12.
David Harrod, Sec. 10. Christopher Rudy, Sec. 11. Michael Harrod, Sec. 12. John Schooler, Sec. 14. Joseph Brown, Sec. 14.
Joseph Brown, Sec. 14. John C. Lusk, Sec. 14. Ingram Lusk, Sec. 14.
James N. Nickell, Sec. 14.
John C. Baltzer, Sec. 14.
Levi Harrod, Sec. 15. James N. Nickell, Sec. 15.
Samuel Morris, Sec. 17. Ebenezer D. Stephens, Sec. 18.
Alden Besse, Sec. 18.
Henry Morris, Sec. 19. Jacob Landis, Sec. 19.
John C. Lusk, Sec. 15. Benjamin Corder, Sec. 15. John Hoffman, Sec. 17. George F. Mclaughlin, Sec. 17. Wm. Mckinney Layton, Sec. 18. John Rieman, Sec: 19. Nancy Hester, Sec. 19.
Jonathan Stiles, Sec. 3. Henry Stoddard, Sec. 29.
Richard Harrod, Sec. 1. Wm. Graham, Sec. 2. Wm. Bacome, Sec. 2. Robert Lisle, Sec. 4.
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Samuel Morris, Sec. 20. Henry Morris, Sec. 20. Joseph Lusk, Sec. 22. John Bailey, Sec. 22. James N. Nickell, Sec. 23. John Corder, Sec. 23. Wm. Lusk, Sr., Sec. 26. John Rogers, Sec. 29.
Jacob Schlosser, Sec. 30.
Oliver Mediaris, Sec. 31.
Isaac Lemasters, Sec. 32. Jacob Schlosser, Sec. 32.
Rhoda Carmany, Sec. 1. William Graham, Sec. 2. Charles Graham, Sec. 3. John Brettlinger, Sec. 3 John Schooler, Sec. 5. George Williams, Sec. 6. David Edmister, Sec. 6. William Shaw, Sec. 7. Stephen Howell, Sec. 8. Thomas Henry, Sec. 12.
Nelson R. Basil, Sec. 13. Elizabeth Bitler, Seç. 14. Allen Justice, Sec. 15. William Berthers, Sec. 17. John Speers, Sec. 18.
Joseph Lusk, Sec. 22. James Coleman, Sec. 22. Elias Corder, Sec. 22. Byrd Richardson, Sec. 24. John W. Powell, Sec. 25. Benjamin Lusk, Sec. 26. John Miller, Sec. 29. George Miller, Sec. 32. Whiting Allen, Sec. 33. Hiram Mussemann, Sec. 33. Whiting Allen, Sec. 34. Mercy Looney, Sec. 35.
Daniel Rirman, Sec. 20. Charles Lusk, Sec. 22. John Corder, Sec. 22. Wm. Lusk, Sr., Sec. 23. John Shelby, Sec. 23. Samuel Bowman, Sec. 25. Abraham Skillman, Sec. 28. David Henry, Sec. 30. John Morris, Sec. 30.
John Mediaris, Sec. 31.
Wm. Richardson, Sec. 32.
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1834.
Jonathan Stiles, Sec. 2. Rhoda Carmany, Sec. 2. Jonathan Stiles, Sec. 3. John Brentlinger, Sec. 5. William Davis, Sec. 5. Wm. J. Kent, Sec. 6. Matthias Spear, Sec. 6. Matthias Spear, Sec. 7. Whiting Allen, Sec. 8. Mary Hally, Sec. 13. Nelson R. Basil, Sec. 14. William Harrod, Sec. 15. Wm. Lusk, Sec. 15. Matthias Speers, Sec. 18. Jesse Golding, Sec. 18. David W. Barber, Sec. 22. John Bailey, Sec. 22. Benjamin Corder, Sec. 22. Benjamin Lusk, Sec. 25. John Compton, Sec. 26. Moses Porter, Sec. 29. Robert J. Skinner, Sec. 31. Daniel Bitler, Sec. 32. George Miller, Sec. 33. Thomas Coleman, Sec. 33. Nelson Clarkson, Sec. 34. John Edge, Sec. 35.
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Adcock Carter, Sec. 1. Felix Van Fleet, Sec. 6. John Patterson, Sec. 10. Joseph Brown, Sec. 13. John Lechner, Sec. 13.
1835. Jesse Edge, Sec. 35 John W. McCormick, Sec. 1. Felix Van Fleet, Sec. 8. John Hardin, Sec. 10. David Harrod, Sec. 13.
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John C. Baltzell, Sec. 13. John Zehner, Sec. 14. Allen Justice, Sec. 15. Matthew Cretcher, Sec. 17. Daniel Miller, Sec. 17. Susan Oliphant, Sec. 18. Matthew Cretcher, Sec. 20.
Anna Lusk, Sec. 23.
Phebe Slater, Sec. 23.
James Coleman, Sec. 24.
Levi Mix, Sec. 25.
Demas Adams, Sec. 27.
John Orr, Sec. 27.
Matthew Cretcher, Sec. 28.
Matthew Cretcher, Sec. 29.
Elliott Crabb, Sec. 29. Stephen Looney, Sec. 34.
Daniel Harrod, Sec. 1. Joseph B. Walton, Sec. 5.
Joseph Hover, Sec. 8. Joseph Hover, Sec. 18. Abner Copeland, Sec. 23. Jacob Harrod, Sec. 24. John Zehner, Sec. 25.
Isaac Devore, Sec. 26.
Joshua Burton, Sec. 26. William Howell, Sec. 33. Isaac Miller, Sec. 33. Reuben Brackney, Sec. 34. Christopher Richardson, Sec. 34. Henry Coleman, Sec. 35. John Harrod, Sec. 35. William Lusk, Sec. 36. Henry Coleman, Sec. 36. John Pritchard, Sec. 36.
Thomas Henry, Sec. 16. Samuel Hogg, Sec. 16. Benjamin Lusk, Sec. 16.
Joseph Brown, Sec. 13. Eliza A. Musser, Sec. 13. Jesse Ashburn, Sec. 14. Levi Harrod, Sec. 15. Aaron Howell, Sec. 17. Matthew Cretcher, Sec. 17. James Furlan, Sec. 20. Demas Adams, Sec. 22.
Abner Copeland, Sec. 23.
Joshua Bayliff, Sec. 24.
Nelson R. Basil, Sec. 25. Whiting Allen, Sec. 26. Samuel Berry, Sec. 27. Edward and James Tissue, Sec. 27. Jefferson Casteel, Sec. 28. Daniel Miller, Sec. 33. Isaac Fridley, Sec. 34.
1836.
Michael Harrod, Sec. 4. William Howell, Sec. 7. Allen Justice, Sec. 10. Richard Bailey, Sec. 22. Joseph Schooler, Sec. 23. Isaac H. Lusk, Sec. 24. Jacob Harrod, Sec. 25. Elizabeth Harrod, Sec. 26. William Chiles, Sec. 26. Micajah Lowe, Sec. 33. George Bishop, Sec. 33. Samuel T. Boolman, Sec. 34.
H. W. Hicks, Sec. 34. James S. Morris, Sec. 35. Ann Morris, Sec. 35.
George W. Rite, Sec. 36.
Moffett Morris, Sec. 36. Silas Boggs, Sec. 36.
. 1842. Jacob Brobst, Sec. 16. William Lusk, Sec. 16. Levi Harrod, Sec. 16.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
The record of township officers in the County Auditor's office is irregular and incomplete. The following is a record of the tenure of officers as near as can be ascertained :
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Justices of the Peace.
R. C. Layton
1851 to 1872 ..
Hugh T. Rinehart
1854 to 1860 ..
Levi Harrod
1860 to 1869 ..
Hugh T. Rinehart
1872 to 1881.
H. Rigdon
1872 to 1881.
A. P. Rinehart
1881 to 1893.
George Focht
1883 to 1890 ..
E. E. B. Copeland
1890 to 1896.
Moses Blank
1896 to 1898 ..
William Runkle
1898 to 1900.
D. Clingerman
1897 to 1900.
A. P. Rinehart
1900 to 1903.
T. T. Howe
1900 to 1903 ..
Clerks.
John W. English
1870 to 1873.
R. C. Layton
1873 to 1876.
David Focht
1876 to 1877 ..
R. C. Layton
1877 to 1882 ..
J. W. Howe
1882 to 1883 ..
Ed. McGough
1883 to 1884 ..
John W. English
1884 to 1886 ..
J. W. Howe
1886 to 1888.
Augustus Smith
1888 to 1892.
J. E. Bayliff
1892 to 1896 ..
Robert Taylor
1896 to 1898.
N. T. Lusk
1898 to 1900.
Floyd Carter
1900 to 1903.
Treasurers.
Perry Hardin
1875 to 1880.
John Focht
1880 to 1896.
R. Gessler
1896 to 1898.
G. A. Blank
1898 to 1900.
W. T. Orr
1900 to 1902.
Charles Taylor
1902 t ..
ROADS.
In 1833 there were no public roads in Union township. The pioneers were compelled to clear their way through the forest to reach the lands that they had entered. In 1834 a road was opened from Union township to Logan county by way of Round- head. This highway extended along the summits of ridges. thereby avoiding the construction of numerous bridges. Within
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a few years after the construction of this road, other roads along section lines were opened. But owing to the mucky nature of the soil, and deficient drainage, they were almost impassable in the winter and spring months. In 1874 the propriety of construct- ing a gravel pike from Wapakoneta to Waynesfield began to be- agitated. In 1876 the proper measures were adopted and the road was constructed. Since that time gravel pikes have been extended to all parts of the township.
The completion of the pikes in the township was followed' by the construction of the Ohio Southern Railroad through the township in 1892. In 1902 the Sandusky Southwestern Electric Railroad, extending through the southern portion of the township, was commenced, and is now (1904) under course of construction.
CHURCHES.
The first religious society in Union township may be said to have been formed by Rev. James B. Finley, a Methodist itinerant who preached in the homes of the people, particularly at Charles Lusk's house. The first house of worship was a log building,. located three miles southeast of Uniopolis, and known as Wesley Chapel. A church known as Poplar Hill Church was also a log building. Twenty years later both buildings were replaced by the present neat edifices.
The membership of each of these churches is about one. hundred. A well managed Sabbath School in each church meets every Sabbath in the year. Mt. Lookout Tabernacle, planned by Mr. Hugh Lusk, is located on a hill in the eastern part of the township. Services are held in it once or twice a year by the- Holiness people.
SCHOOLS.
The early schools of Union township were primitive in their character as well as teaching. The first school was taught about 1836 by R. C. Layton. The immigration of 1833 and 1834 was. so great that it became necessary to erect four school houses. At the close of 1836 all the lands in the township had been entered, except section 16. It became necessary, therefore, in 1836, to build two more school houses. Since that time educa- tional interests have kept pace with the other developments of the- township. The school statistics for 1903 give the following
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facts regarding the township schools: Number of pupils enrolled, three hundred and forty-three; amount expended for tuition and other expenses was five hundred and eighty-three dollars. There are nine brick school buildings in the township, each of which is supplied with all the appliances necessary for the proper conduct of the schools.
UNIOPOLIS VILLAGE.
Uniopolis was originally located in the southwest quarter of section 17, and was platted and organized by John Huffman. in September, 1837. Since its organization there have been additions as follows: No. 1, Samuel Focht's; No. 2, John W. Howe's ; No. 3, Parlett and Stein's ; No. 4, George Blank's. This village was at a standstill until after the construction of the Ohio Southern Railroad. Since that time many buildings have been erected and public improvements of a substantial character have been made. The population at the present time (1904) is about four hundred.
A school building of four rooms, in charge of a competent corps of teachers, affords opportunities to the youth, equal to any of the villages of the county. The Christian denomination owns an elegant frame church building, and the Methodist Protestant Church also has a fine frame building. A flourishing Sabbath School is attached to each.
The business of the village is quite extensive for an inland village. There are two general stores, one of them owned by Carter & Burden, and the other by Mrs. H. Taylor and Charles Taylor. These stores keep a full line of goods, and are doing a large and lucrative business. There are two hardware stores, one owned by W. R. Green, and the other by W. A. Carter. One hotel "entertains man and beast," as the old sign used to read. This hotel is conducted in such a manner as to place it above the average country house of entertainment. Two restaurants and one saloon supply the public demands on those lines. Two black- smiths and one wagon shop are kept busy the year around. The flouring mill owned by A. P. Rinehart has no superior in the county. The lumber yard and sawmill of S. E. Blank have been doing a large and profitable business for several years. The tile factory of W. T. Orr supplies nearly the entire eastern portion of the county with the products of his industry. The two physi-
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cians, Drs. J. W. Hurlburt and J. E. Bayliff, have an extensive and lucrative country practice.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
JOHN MORRIS was born in Virginia in 1796. His father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and participated in the siege of Yorktown. At the close of the Revolution he settled in Virginia and devoted his attention to the cultivation of his farm. His son John also labored during his minority in tilling his. father's farm. In 1832 he married Miss Mary A. Clarkson, and the year following moved to Allen, now Auglaize, county. He entered the southwest quarter of section 30 in Union township.
When he arrived there was not an acre of cleared land in the township, except what had been cleared by the Indians, the land having only come into market the year before. The most of the Indians had been removed; a few of them, however, reinained.
He lived in an Indian cabin until he built one for himself. At that time there was not a road laid out in the township. Where St. John's is now situated there were about twelve or fifteen acres cleared, which had been done by the Indians. The only persons living there were William and Byrd Richardson and their families. Mr. Morris was the first justice of the peace in the township. He served two terms. He died September 22, 1882.
JOSEPH COPELAND, son of Abner Copeland, was born Feb- ruary 5, 1818, in Green county, Ohio, and was eighteen years of age when he accompanied his parents to Union township. He was given a fair education in the subscription schools of that period and, being trained to farm pursuits, remained under the parental roof until his twenty-third year, in the meantime aiding his father in clearing and placing under cultivation the home farm.
October 4, 1840, he married Miss Mary Ann, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( Fennemore) English, natives of New Jersey, who, on coming to Ohio in 1833, made their home in Franklin county. Several years later they took up their abode in Auglaize county and located in section 22, where they were residing at the time of their decease. Mrs. Copeland was born May 23, 1832,
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in New Jersey, and after her marriage located with her husband on a wild tract of land in Clay township, upon which they made their home for three years, when they removed to Union township, and located on section 27. When Mr. Copeland moved to the township, "it was new and wild, and he encountered all the diffi- culties and inconveniences of pioneer life. His first team was a yoke of bulls, and after the death of one of them the other was worked alone like a horse. Mr. Copeland relates the follow- ing incident concerning the bovine. "One of his neighbors, who then owned the bull, had him bridled and saddled to take a grist to mill. All went well enough until they met another bull, when both animals evinced such fury that the rider of the one soon saw fit to dismount. This he did, and removed his grist, saddle and bridle, and permitted the beasts to settle their difficulties, after which he saddled and bridled his game horse and proceeded on his way."
Before his death he became the owner of nine hundred acres of land. He died June 19, 1902.
HUGH T. RINEHART was born in Tazewell county, Virginia, October 23, 1813, and was reared on a farm. His mother dying when he was four years of age, his father was married a second time, and he was brought up by his stepmother until he attained his seventeenth year, when he left home and apprenticed himself to learn the blacksmith's trade. Three years later he married Miss Juliana Godfrey, who was born in Tazewell county, Virginia, November 1, 1813. Three years after their marriage they emi- grated to Ohio, and located on section 14 in Union township. The locality was in a wild state at that time. Mr. Rinehart ·erected a log cabin on his new farm, which comprised eighty acres, and by hard work and good management cleared and improved the same. He was a resident of this place for fifty-five years, and all his children were born on the homestead with the exception of two. Mrs. Rinehart departed this life June 13: 1881. She was the mother of eleven children, four of whom are living, viz .: Arnold P., John A., Sarah C. (Mrs. Graham), and Adam F.
Mr. Rinehart received a fair education in his younger days, and taught school for several years. He was a consistent and zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, having
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become a member of that denomination when he was sixteen years of age.
As the following indicates, Mr. Rinehart has been prominent and popular in local affairs, having served as Justice of the Peace for fifteen years, and was a member of the first Board of County Commissioners of the county. He was also chairman of that board. Mr. Rinehart was a candidate at two different times for the State Legislature, but on both occasions was defeated by a small majority. During the years 1859 and 1850, he was a member of the State Board of Equalization, and has been a trustee, clerk, and assessor of Union township for many years. He acted as land appraiser while this section was still a portion of Allen county, and appraised the four eastern townships, in Auglaize.
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