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USA > Ohio > Shelby County > Portrait and biographical record of Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the Presidents of the United States > Part 23
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In 1875. Mr. Bailey was wedded to Miss Lavina J. Lovett, a native of Fairfield County. Her father died when she was quite young. while her mother
RESIDENCE OF B.SWEIGART, SEC. G., ST MARYS TP, AUGLAIZE CO., O.
RESIDENCE OF JOHN H. BAILEY, SECS 31. 32., SALEM TP., AUGLAIZE CO., O.
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is still living, and is a beloved inmate of her home. She was well educated in her girlhood, and taught school several terms. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey are Quakers in their religious faith, and are among the leading members of the Church of Friends. in which he is an Elder and she is a well-known min- ister and also Superintendent of the Quarterly Meetings, her religious work, to which she is de- voted heart and soul, occupying much of her time. She is a woman of a sweet, refined, earnest nature, and of a pleasant personality, possessing much strength of character withal, and her spiritual gifts are many. She has a cultured mind, and has been quite a student of the Bible, and is considered a power for great good in her church. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey's marriage has been hallowed to them by the birth of five children, Amy L .. Mortimer, Alvin A. and Minnie (twins). and Harvey. Mr. Bailey is a true gentleman in every sense of the word. courteous, frank, and warm-hearted, and all charitable objects meet with generous enconrage- ment from him. He has never been an aspirant for political honors, but is a good worker in the interests of the Republican party. His father was an old-line Whig.
D ANIEL B. LINDEMUTH. In studying the genealogy of the Lindemuth family in America, we find that our subject's great- grandfather, Ludwick Lindemuth. a native of Wurtemberg. Germany. was the first to settle upon American soil. There is a tradition in the fam- ily to the effect that one of the ancestors of this family was, at about the beginning of the six- teenth century, the chief officer in the veterinary department of the King of Austria. Ludwick Lindemuth, together with several of his sons, first came to America in 1730, preceding the mother and remaining children a few months. in order to search for a suitable location. A settlement was made at a place called Steitzer, now Leb- anon, in Pennsylvania, and here the family re-
sided until 1748, when they located in Lancas- ter County, Pa., purchasing, second-handed, a part of the original Penn estate. (Onr subject now has the deed signed by William, Thomas, and Richard Penn, con veying the land to the gentleman from whom his great-grandfather subsequently purchased it.) Although comparatively little is known of Ludwick Lindemuth. there is sufficient evidence to convince one that he was a man of education and unusual business capacity. He died in Lancaster County, Pa., when quite an aged man. Hle reared a large family of sons, and two of them, Jacob and George, were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. The former, though a com- mon farmer, was promoted to a high office and presented with a silver-plated sword in considera- tion of his distinguished services.
John P. Lindemuth, the grandfather of our subject. was born in mid-ocean while his mother and a part of the family were en route to Amer- ica to join the father. After reaching man's estate, Mr. Lindemuth selected agricultural pur- suits as his chosen occupation, and became a very thrifty and successful farmer, owning two hundred and twelve acres, and purchasing four other farms for his children. Ile was a member of the Luthi- eran Church, was active in all religious work. and used to go twelve miles to Lancaster to church. He was first a Jacksonian Democrat, but later lie transferred his allegiance to the Whig party, with which he remained until his death, which occurred when he was seventy-nine years of age. Ile reared ten children, five sons and five daughters, as fol- lows: Jacob, Peter. Louis, George, John, Mrs. Gormer, Mrs. Zeigler. Mrs. Yetter, Mrs. Long. and Mrs. Kuntz.
John Lindemuth. father of our subject, was born in Lancaster County. Pa .. in the year 1799, and was early trained to the duties of farm life, which occupation he carried on in his native county un- til his death, which occurred when he was but thirty-eight years of age. Ile married Miss Eliza- beth Balmer, a native of Lancaster County, Pa .. born in 1800. and three children were born of this union: Daniel B .. Barbara (deceased), and Solo- mon P .. who resides in York County, Pa. The father was a member of the Lutheran Church, and
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- Wing in lus political views. Like his father. he had followed the occupation of farming, and at the time of his death was the owner of one hun- Ired and forty-tive aeres in his native State. After 's death. the mother married David Tanger, by whom she had two children, David B. and Sarah A. The mother received her final summons when eighty six years of age. She was a member of the Reformed Church.
Daniel R. Lindemuth also claims Pennsylvania as Inis native State, and was born in Lancaster County on the 18th of March. 1821. When six- teen years of age. he came to Clarke County. Ohio, making the journey by rail to Chambersburgh, l'a .. and by stage to Zanesville, Ohio, where they refused to accept his shinplaster money. Opening his trunk, he took out three bundles of clothing. and with these on his back he started on foot for Clarke county. The first day he made thirty-seven miles. and one hundred miles in the next three days. He cold a vest pattern in Columbus to a negro for sixty-two cents, and with this he bought crackers. on which he lived until he reached his grand- father Balmer's place in Clark County. Here he worked by the month for seven months, and then learned the milling business at Adam Baker's mill, and worked at this for three years. He subse- quently returned to Pennsylvania, worked at the milling business in that State for a few months, and on the 19th of December, 1843, he was mar- riedl to Mi -- Ann C. Snyder. a native of Lancaster County, Pa., born August >. 1822. Eight children have been born of this marriage: Olivia G .. born November 10. 1811: Alice ( ... September 26. 1×16: Emma M .. March 8. 1819; John F., November 3. 1.51: Simon R. S .. April 28. 1851: Mary E., June 22. 1-57: Mark C .. May 16. 1861; and Gladie A .. March 6. 1865.
Mr. Lindemuth was the owner of about seventy- 'hree arres in his native State. but sold this in April. 1-51, and then moved to Logan County. Ohio. where he bought his present farm. At that Sim.e. a small portion of it had been cleared. a log abin had been erected. and on this undeveloped piece of land our subject and his family located. Many and vast have been the changes made in this farm -ince then. and all through the industry and
good management of our subject and his estima- ble wife, who has been a helpmate indeed. They now own two hundred and thirty acres in a body here, and in connection with farming, Mr. Linde- muth is actively engaged in stock-raising, and has some extra fine Short-horn cattle. He erected a fine brick residence in 1873. a large frame barn in 1882, and has other good improvements on his place. He is one of the prominent old settlers. and a popular and wealthy farmer of the county. In him, the community has a faithful and unswery- ing friend, ever alert to serve its best interests, and generous in his contributions toward every move- ment tending to the general advancement. A Re- publican in polities. Mr. Lindemuth has held the office of Land Appraiser of the township, and other local positions. The grandfather of Mrs. Tandemuth. John Rich, came to America in 1773. landing in Baltimore, where he was sold to a Quaker for four years for the amount of his pass- age money, which was £22. 4s. 6d. After serving his time. in 1781 he was married in York, Pa., to Susanna Maria Entsingerin, who was born in 1750, in Hesse-Darmstadt. Germany. Her father sick- - ened and died on the voyage and was buried at sea. The daughters were sold for their passage on landing on American soil. Mrs. Rich died Octo- ber 5, 1781, and her husband was a second time mar- ried. On July 7, 1789, he married Anna Marga- ret Lutz, who was the grandmother of Mr. Linde- muth. John Rich died in 1807, and was buried at Quickel's Church, seven miles west of York, Pa.
AMIEL A. BUCHANAN, one of the prom- inent citizens of Bellefontaine, is a native of this State, having been born in Lancas- ter, Fairfield County. September 7, 1819. He is the son of the Rev. James II. and Mary S. (Carpenter) Buchanan. natives of Fairfield County. this State, and of Scotch and German origin, re- -pectively. Samuel Carpenter, Sr., the grandfather
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of our subject, was a native of Lancaster County, Pa., and as a surveyor and civil engineer was em- ployed by the Government from 1820 to 1830 in making surveys of land.
The father of our subject was a minister in the United Presbyterian Church, his first charge being at Birmingham, Pa., to which he was appointed in 1º17. and his last pastorate was at Sunny Hill, Henry County, in. On his decease, which occurred in 1883, he left four children, Samuel A., Robert F., Mary L. and Charles Il. He was a very prom- inent man in his State and for thirteen years was Principal and owner of the Oxford Female Insti- tute, now the Oxford College, of this State.
The gentleman whose name heads this sketch received an excellent education, having attended the Miami University at Oxford and the Ohio State l'niversity at Columbus, this State. On account of limited means, due to reverses and heavy losses, his father was unable to give him any assistance while at college, and in order to defray his ex- penses, he worked every available hour outside of reeitations, thus earning enough money to pay his way through college, the course including civil engineering, which profession he had determined to follow. llaving learned the trade of house- painting in an early day, young Buchanan earned quite a sum of money while in school by following this occupation during his vacations.
After completing his studies, Mr. Buchanan of this sketch began work as a civil engineer in Lo- gan County, and for twelve years was in charge of county bridges, during which time he planned and superintended the construction of all the impor- tant bridges in the county, including the large two-span iron bridge over the Miami River at Quincy, which was the first bridge built under his direction. Subsequently, he built two iron bridges over the same river at Logansville, the stone piers and abutments being constructed under his per- sonal supervision. All these bridges, and many others equally as substantial. are still standing as an evidence of his skill and judgment in his pro- fession.
Mr. Buchanan served two terms as County Sur- veyor. from 1882 to 1888, and during that time, : in company with D. W. Pampel. Associate Sur-
veyor of Shelby County, located the line which determined the boundary between Shelby and Lo- gan Counties. During his incumbeney of that office, he also, in connection with the County Sur- veyor of llardin County, Mr. N. H. Colwell. estab- lished the old county line, which was run in 1820 between Hardin and Logan Counties, and also planted all the monuments which still stand to perpetuate the line as by him located. Mr. Bu- chanan later. with Samuel Craig, Surveyor of Au- glaize County, retraced and established the old line between that county and Logan, but by vote of the two counties this was then changed from the old line, which eut diagonally at an acute an- gle across the section and land lines to its present place, so as to follow. instead of intercepting, sec- tional lines.
It was discovered by our subject that local at- traction so influenced the magnetic needle that the north line of Logan County, from the northeast corner running west to a point north of Belle Centre, was a gradual curve to the south, making in this distance a deflection amounting to a little more than one-fourth of a mile. The old line was run by a surveyor's compass and was supposed to be perfectly straight until the transit line run by Mr. Buchanan proved it other wise.
October 2, 1878. Miss Livy Lusk was united in marriage with our subjeet, the ceremony being per- formed in the Presbyterian Church in Oxford, Ohio. The young couple came immediately to this eity and began housekeeping in a small house, which they occupied, however, only six months when they took up their abode in a brick and frame dwelling on Sandusky Street. Mr. Buchanan says. "1 moved my household goods from my first home to this second one in a wheel-barrow, and did not have many loads at that." In that place his first child. Sutton Richey, was born, May 12, 1880, and in September, 1884, he purchased the comfortable home which he now occupies on Gar- field Avenue.
In 1800. our subject organized the Buchanan Bridge Company with a capital stock of $10,000, which was increased the following year to $25.000. The company has since its organization been very prosperous and is one for which all the citizens of
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Bessefontaine feel a kindly interest. The office and shop, which is located on Garfield Avenue, about a - quare west of Mr. Buchanan's residence. depres three-fourths of an aere of ground. Our subject is President of the company and one of the principal stockholders. With his wife, he is a con- sistent, active member of the First Presbyterian ( Dlich. and numbers hosts of friends throughout this portion of the State.
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C HARLES C. COOKSTON, farmer and stock- raiser. residing three miles and a-half from West Liberty. Ohio, is justly conceded a plore anomy the enterprising, influential men of worth in this community. Not only is he es- teen.ed as one of the pioneers of the county, but as one of its progressive and substantial citizens. He Erst saw the light of day in Franklin County. Pa .. near Chambersburgh. March 16. 1822, and his father. Thomas Cookston. was a native of the -ame county and State, and was there reared. The grandfather. Charles Cookston, was an English- man. and came to America when a young man.
Thomas Cook-ton, the father of our subject, married Miss Mary K. Staley, a native of Franklin County. Pa .. and the daughter of Jacob Staley. who was born in Germany. and who came to the United States and settled in Pennsylvania when a young man. Mr. and Mrs. Cookston were married in Franklin County. Pa .. and there resided until 1. th. the father following the shoemaker's trade. A. that date they came to Ohio, located in Musk- is juin County, and there followed farming for i've years. From there they moved to Logan (minty, Ohio. in 1-35. settled in a log house in Union Township, and began elearing an uniin- Proved tract of land. Mrs. Cookston died in 1841. and Mr. Cook-ton afterward moved to Monroe Township. Logan County, and settled on the farm .ow owned by our subject. Here his death occurred in 1 -71. His first Presidential vote wa- cast for Jack-on. after which he voted the Republican
ticket. He was Land Appraiser in 1860, and in re- ligion was a strong Methodist, and an eshorter in the Methodist Church. He was a good man, well known as a worker in the church, and a Class-leader nearly his entire life. Ile was never without office in the church.
Of the eight children born to this much-esteemed couple, our subject was the eldest, and two sons" and two daughters are now living. - When eight years of age, Charles C. came to Ohio with his parents, and his first scholastic training was received in the schools of Muskingum County, Ohio. When eighteen years of age, he began learning the carpenter's trade at West Liberty, but as he did not like the business, soon gave it up. On the 18th of March. 1815, he was married in Logan County, Ohio, to Miss Margaret Strayer, daughter of Nicholas and Rebecca ( Whiteaah ) Strayer, and a native of Berkeley County. Va .. of which State her parents were also natives. She was born on the 20th of February, 1821, and came to Ohio with her parents in 1833. Directly after marriage, our subject located in Union Township, this county, resided there four years and then moved to Pleasant Township, the same county, where he bought his first farm of ninety acres, on which he resided six years. He then moved to the village of De Graff. Logan County, and for three years was in the livery business there. Ile traded bis property there for a farm of one hundred and sixty-six acres in Mian Township, just west of the village of De Graff, and was engaged in gen- eral farming there for six years. He then sold his farm and enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-second Obio Infantry, in the one hundred day service, and was discharged on the 10th of september, 1865.
Returning home, hefound that Mrs. Cookston had rented a farm just across the road from the farm that he had sold, and he remained there two years, when he bought the place where he now live. Six children have been born to this union. five sons and one daughter: Thomas F. enlisted with his father in the army and was discharged at the sune time. He subsequently went to Kan- sas. was married. and there died on the 17th of .January, 1877. Joseph HI. was married in St. Louis,
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Mo., and now resides in Union County, Ohio, where he owns a farm of one hundred and eight acres; Mary E., wife of J. G. Hunter, resides on a farm in Champaign County, Ohio; Horace W. married and resides in Marion County, Ohio, where he is engaged in farming and breeding fine horses; William L. married, and resides in Logan County, Ohio, at Belle Centre, where he is engaged in the hotel and livery business; and Clifford G. married. and is with his brother in the livery business. The latter is a civil engineer, and later expects to make civil engineering his occupation.
Mr. Cookston has a fine farm of one hundred and thirteen acres, but rents his place. Ile advo- cates the principles of the Republican party, and has held a number of county offices. Ile was 'Township Trustee for some time, held the office of County Commissioner for six years in succession, aud has filled other positions. He was an active member of the Methodist Church, and has held office in the same for many years, and is a liberal contributor to the same. Socially. he is a member of the Grand Army post at West Liberty, and is Chaplain of the same.
h W. TAEUSCH. Among the many enter- prises necessary to complete the commer- cial resources of a town or city, none is of more importance than that of the grocer. as being one of the main factors in the furnishing of our food supplies. Prominent in this trade is the establishment of Mr. H. W. Taeusch, which is one of the most complete in its line in the city. This gentleman was born in the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar. Germany. November 29. 1825. and his parents. Carroll W. and Sophia E. (Steinmetz) Taeusch, were natives of the same place.
In 1835. the parents of our subject emigrated to America, and landed in Baltimore, where they re- mained for a short time, and then with wagon they went from there to Cincinnati. At the latter place they disposed of their teams and went by boat to St. Louis. Not being satisfied with the
country, they went back as far as Louisville, Ky .. remained there a few weeks, and then again en- tered the city of Cincinnati. Still later they went to Miamisburgh, Ohio, and while there heard of the rapid filling up of the Wapakoneta country. the Indians having just been driven out. In the fall of 1835, they came to what is now Auglaize County. and purchased eighty acres of land, one and one-half miles southwest of Wapakoneta. This was covered with timber at that time. and af- ter clearing a small portion. a rude log cabin with elapboard roof was erected. The cracks were plastered with mud, the clapboards were weighted down with poles. and in this primitive manner Mr. Taeusch and family began their career as pioneers. As years passed by, they gradually began to gather around them many of the comforts and conven- iences of life, and as improvement after improve- ment was made on the place, it soon became a very attractive and pleasant home.
Mr. Taenseh inherited all the thrift and energy of his German ancestors. and it was not long be- fore the humble log cabin was supplanted by a comfortable hewn-log house, which at that time and day was considered one of the finest in the country. In this the father's death occurred in 1863. The mother had passed away in 1851. While a resident of the Old Country, Mr. Taeusch was a very prominent man, and held the office which we call County Treasurer. This position is a Government office in Germany. and he held this for over twenty years. Mr. and Mrs. Taeusch were the parents of one son and two daughters. as fol- lows: Mena. who married Mr. Everett. and remained in Germany, is now deceased. The other dangh- ter. Charlotte, became the wife of John Rummel. and is now a resident of Kentucky.
The original of this notice was about nine years of age when he came with his parents to this country, and he well remembers the voyage across the briny deep. After settling with his parents in Auglaize County. Ohio, he assisted them in elear- ing the farm and making improvements, and thus acquired habits of industry and perseverance. which have remained with him through life. He received a common -- chool education, but his ad- vantages were not of the best. for he was obliged
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to work hard, as he was the main hand on the farm of his father. The principal part of his edu- cation was received from his father, who was a man of intelligence, and his record is an example of what can be accomplished by ambitious and in- telagent young men. where only fortune at first consists of good health. energy. integrity and firm- ness of purpose.
Vter the death of the father. our subject con- ttmied on the farm until 1866. when he removed to Wapakoneta with his brother-in-law, and en- maged in the provision business under the firm name of Fisher & Taeusch, which continued until the spring of 1870, when they sold out with the Intention of locating in the Lone Star State. Af- ter reaching that State. they settled for a short time in Austin, but subsequently returned to Wapakoneta, where our subject bought and built his present fine residence. In 1873, he opened a grocery store. and this he has carried on success- fully ever since. He is one of the leading grocers of the place. always keeps a fresh and attractive Stock of goods, and has a very large trade. He owis a farm near Wapakoneta, and is a prosperous and substantial citizen. He has several times been nominated for office, but as he is on the minority side. he has never been electedl.
In the year 1853. he married Miss JJulia Miller. who bore him seven children, five of whom are liv- ing. viz .: Henry ( .. who owns an interest in the store: Sophia. John. Lizzie and Sarah. Mrs. Tavu-ch died in January. 1869. On the 7th of Decen ber. 1872. our Subject was married to Miss Mary Frische. a native of Hanover. Germany. Mr. and Mr. Taeuch are faithful members of the Evan Jelical Lutheran Church.
gentleman is now the occupant of a pleasant home in Franklin Township, where he has as fine a piece of property as is to be found in this vicinity. The traet is well located and bears the improvements usually made by a man who desires to keep up with the times and surround himself with the comfort and conveniences of modern farm life.
Ile of whom we write is a son of Tunis Emley, who was a native of Burlington County, N. J., and a soldier in the War of 1812. He followed the oc- eupation of a farmer and was the son of Peter Emley, also of New Jersey, whose ancestors were German and English. The maiden name of our subjeet's mother was Anna Covert; she was a native of New Jersey and the daughter of Tunis Covert. who hailed from Holland.
The parents of Mr. Emley were married in New Jersey, where they resided until their death, the father, who was born in 1790, dying in his sixty- seventh year and the mother, who was born in 1791. departed this life when sixty years of age. They reared a family of nine children, five of whom are living. One of their sons, George Em- ley. served in the Civil War as a member of the First New Jersey Cavalry. The mother was a Meth- odist in religion, and in his politieal relations Mr. Emley voted with the Democratic party.
The original of this sketeh was born October 18, 1822. in New Jersey. He was not permitted to at- tend school until reaching his thirteenth year, and being reared on the home farm, when ready to start out in life for himself chose the occupation of a farmer. On reaching his majority, Mr. Emley in 1849 was married to Rebecca Toy, who was born in the same State as was her husband. He rented his father's farm, which he carried on for the fol- lowing seven years, at the expiration of which time he was compelled to abandon farming on account of his wife's ill health and purchased property in Jacobstown. N. J., where she died in 1855. They had become the parents of three children. viz: Ella. Mrs. Milton Bennett, who resides in Sidney; Edgar, who makes his home in Salem Township and is the husband of Amy Frasier; and Eliza, Mrs. William Enright, who makes her home in Sidney.
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