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April 23, 1873, Mr. Grove was married, in Ely- ria, Ohio, to Mary Broady, who was born in Cleve- land, January 15, 1849, and lived in that city un- til about ten years of age. She then moved to Ompstead Falls, Ohio, where her education was completed, but about 1869 she returned to her former home in Elyria. Her parents were Samuel and Eliza Broady, the latter of whom died when Mrs. Grove was only three years of age. Samuel Broady's eldest son, Frederick, died in 1894, aged fifty years. Eliza married Seymour Fitch, and died about 1872; and Angeline was the wife of E. W. Kidney. They were all residents of Ompstead Falls. To Mr. and Mrs. Grove have been born two children, the youngest of whom, Henry D., Jr., died in infancy. Hattie D., born February 12, 1874, was educated in Millbury and Toledo. She received a teacher's certificate at a very early age, and is now pursuing that calling in the Ontario Street School, Toledo. She first taught for two months in the district and later in the village school of Millbury. She is a fine musician, for years was organist of the Millbury Methodist .Church, and now sings in the choir of St. John's
Church in Toledo. Mrs. Grove has been a Sun- day-school teacher in the Millbury Church for fif- teen years, and is greatly loved by all who know her.
AMES MUIR. No one, perhaps, of the old settlers of Webster Township, Wood County, did more for its upbuilding and progress than did this worthy Scotchman, who for half a century labored industriously to make a good home for his family, and was always alive to the interests of his fellow-citizens. He was one of the organizers of the township, and assisted in building the first schoolhouse and the first log church within its limits. At the time of his death, which occurred April 18, 1887, he was the owner of two hundred acres of land, which had been brought to their valuable condition mainly through his own efforts. He is now sleeping his last sleep in the cemetery of Scotch Ridge. He lived and died honored and respected by all who knew him, for his life was a most exemplary one in every respect, and his friends were legion.
In a family of seven children, James Muir was the second in order of birth, his brothers and sis- ters being William, Samuel, Janc, Jolin, Frances and Margaret, who are all living with the excep- tion of William and Frances. The parents of this family were John and Mary ( Prentice) Muir, na- tives of Scotland, and the former a farmer by oc- cnpation.
Like his parents, James Muir was born in Scot- land, that event having occurred in July, 1811. He continued to dwell in the mother country until reaching his majority, when he concluded to try his fortunes in the New World, and in 1832 crossed the Atlantic. At first he settled in Perrysburg, Ohio, and for two or three years sailed on the Lakes. About 1837 he located on a farm in Web- ster Township, the one where his widow still makes her home. This tract comprised one hun- dred and sixty acres, which Mr. Muir bought of
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the Government at $1.25 per acre. It is located on section 5, and bears little resemblance to its condition lialf a century ago, when it was encum- bered with thick forests, on which the axe had made little impression. Mr. Muir put up a log cabin, about 16x20 feet in size, and continued to live in this humble abode for several years. Ox- teams were employed almost exclusively in early years in hauling away logs and in general farm work. Perrysburg was the nearest trading-post, and the trip there and back consumed three days. Frequently lie was obliged to go as far as Fremont to liave wheat and corn ground.
On the 12th of February, 1839, James Muir and Marian Dunipace were united in marriage. Twelve children came to bless their uuion, and were named as follows: Jolin, Margaret, William, James, Mary, Isabella, Francis, Susannah, Jane, Alice, Jessie, and one who died in infancy. William, Isabella, Francis and Alice are also deceased. Mary became the wife of Jolin Hagemeyer; Susannah married Henry C. Swan; and Jessie is the wife of Charles Griner. The mother of these children is now in her seventy-eiglith year and is still living on the old homestead, her last years being spent peace- fully and happily, surrounded by the comforts provided by her husband and children.
In politics Mr. Muir was a strong Republican, and though he was not an office-seeker was some- times prevailed upon to hold local positions, such as Township Trustee or Seliool Director. He was a faithful and zealous member of the Presbyterian Church, and remained firm in the faith up to his last days.
ALLACE H. FACER erected a substan- tial store building in the fall of 1891 at Millbury, Wood County, and has since conducted in it a grocery and meat-market. He is an enterprising business man and is very popular among his customers and fellow-citizens. In politics he is an ardent Republican, and was elected to the position of City Marshal, serving as
sueh for two years to the entire satisfaction of his constituents.
The gentleman above mentioned is a son of James and Lydia M. (Davenport) Facer, who were mar- ried December 25, 1851. James Facer was a son of George and Mary (Hall) Facer, of Northampton- shire, England. Lydia M. Facer was born in Cat- taraugus County, N. Y., December 15, 1830, being a daugliter of Thompson T. and Hannah (Peters) Davenport, also natives of the Empire State. James and Lydia Facer became the parents of seven children, as follows: George, who is engaged in farming near Latchiie; Dora, who died at the age of six years; Eva, who died in hier fourth year; Walter, who bought and operates the old farm on section 23, Lake Township; Wallace, our subject; Cora, who married Charles Faeer, a very distant cousin; and Effie.
Wallace 11. Facer was born near Liverpool, in Lorain County, Ohio, November 12, 1861, and was about three years old when his parents removed to Lake Township, Wood County. Until he was six- teen years old he attended school at Millbury, working during the summers on the home farm, and he remained with his parents until reaching his majority. His first independent venture was driving a team for C. F. Chapman on his farm near Millbury. He was employed the year round, thoughi others were laid off during the dull season, and he frequently received an increase of wages. One winter he was given $24 a month and board, a third more than liis employer ever paid to any other man. At the end of two years he began hauling logs, bowl blocks, headings, etc., for Gid- dings & Cumming, and also continued with that firm for about two years.
In the fall of 1887 Mr. Facer opened a meat- market in Millbury, having as a partner Nick Young. At the end of five months hie purchased his partner's interest and for three months con- ducted the business alone. Afterward he engaged in general merchandising in the same village, but turned the management of his store over to his fa- ther when he became owner of a Toledo mill, which he operated successfully for two years and a-half. He was, however, eventually defrauded in this venture, and lost all he had put into the concern.
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He then resumed the charge of his Millbury store, but in 1889 he met with another misfortune, the building being burned, though most of the stock was saved. In the fall of 1891 lie put up his pres- ent store building, and has since given his atten- tion to the management of liis grocery and meat- market.
Marclı 28, 1889, Mr. Facer married L. Stella Pitt- mann, who was born in Ashland, Ohio, May 3, 1873. Her parents were Benjamin and Lethie (O'Neal) Pittmann, natives of Pennsylvania and Mansfield, Ohio, respectively, and who were married in the Keystone State. Their eldest child, Martha Ann, married William Bensman, who is employed by the Smith Bridge Company; the eldest son, Charles S., is a resident of Delphios; William Franklin is em- ployed in a paper-mill at Grand Rapids, Ohio; and Eddie, the youngest, died in infancy. In the spring of 1894 Mr. and Mrs. Facer adopted a girl baby, wlio died October 2, 1894, aged about six months, and on the 8th of November they took a little girl, Emma, three years of age to bring up, and have become very much attached to the little one.
M ONTGOMERY A. CARSNER is a con- tractor and carpenter of Millbury. He has erccted several large schoolhouses and a number of modern and commodious barns in Wood and adjoining counties, as well as many good residences in this locality. He bought his home place in 1882, and placed thereon the neat cottage which he now ocenpies. He has been a School Director and President of the Board of Education. Since the campaign of 1884, he has used liis influence in favor of the Republican party, but prior to that time was a Democrat. At pres- ent he is one of the Village Councilmen.
The parents of our subject were Michael and Mary A. ( Miller) Carsner, who were married in Wood County, about 1847. The father was born in 1830, in Wood County, and died April 29, 1875.
His wife, Mary A., was born January 27, 1830. Michael was the son of Samuel Carsner, a Penn- sylvanian, who came to north western Ohio prior to 1840 and kept a hotel on the pike in early days. He moved to Iowa in 1858, and died there about ten years ago. The mother of our subject was a daughter of James and Mary ( Anderson ) Miller. The former dicd of cholcra, December 5, 1848. He was a native of Pennsylvania, and became one of the early settlers of Toledo, Ohio. To Michael Carsner and wife were born five children : Matilda, who wedded Charles Link, now foreman in the Transfer Company barns in Toledo; Montgomery, of whom we write; Danicl, who died in 1864; Isa- bel, who lives in Toledo with her sister; and one who died in infancy in 1862, the mother's death occurring about the same time.
Montgomery A. Carsner was born where the town of Pemberville now stands, September 8, 1850, and grew to manhood in Wood County. He first attended the country schools, but afterward was a student in Toledo. About 1865 he began learning tlie carpenter's trade, but spent only three weeks at the business then. For the next four years he sailed on the Great Lakes, principally Huron and Eric, and was engaged in the lumber trade. In 1870 he once more took up carpenter- ing, with John Parker, for whom he worked about a year, and then started out for himself. He was employed at this business throughout northern Ohio until 1885, when he became foreman in the stave factory of Curtis & Karchner, and held that position until the mill was removed to Tennessee. At that time he returned to his regular vocation, to which he has since devoted his cnergies.
August 1, 1870, Mr. Carsner married Miss Han- nalı Shiffert, a native of Allentown, Pa., born August 22, 1854. Her parents, Allen and Eliza (Fenstermaker) Shiffert, were nativos of Pennsyl- vania, having been born January 29, 1826, and June 15, 1822, respectively. They are still liv- ing and are residents of Genoa, Ottawa County, Ohio. Mrs. Carsner is one of three children. Her brother, Hyman, is a farmer near Genoa, Ottawa County; and her sister, Rosa Ann, is the wife of John Bush, also a farmer of that locality.
The union of our subject and his wife has been
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blessed with eight children: Allen, who died in 1888, aged sixteen years; Eliza, who is the wife of Fred Kalmbach, of Millbury; Harry, who is em- ployed with his father; Ida May, who died in 1881; Mabel, Fayette and Orville Earl, who are attend- ing school; and Elroy, an infant. Mrs. Carsner, who was only seven years of age when she was brought by hier parents to Ohio, attended the com- mon schools of Genoa until she was in her sixteenth year. She is now a member of the Evangelical Church of Millbury.
W. WEGMAN is the owner of a valuable farm on section 2, Freedom Township, Wood County. He is one of the old set- tlers of this locality, as he has made his home here for over forty years. He began his business ca- reer in an humble way, but by industry and per- sistent effort has increased his possessions year by year; and, being a practical farmer, hic has usually met with success in his various undertakings.
The birth of our subject occurred December 29, 1814, in Germany, his parents being Daniel and Catherine (Mennert) Wegman, whose family num- bered four children, two of whom never came to America. The boyhood of our subject was passed quietly on his father's farm, where he remained until he was thirty years of age. In 1851 he took passage on a sailing-vessel, the destination of which was New York City. The trip was a pleas- ant one and took twenty-cight days. On reaching the eastern metropolis, young Wegman remained there a week, while making plans for the future.
In October, 1851, our subject arrived in Toledo, where he lived for two weeks, and then obtained employment in Lucas County, where he remained the following winter. The next year he moved to this township, buying forty acres of land, and from that time until the present his own welfare lias been intimately associated with the progress of this seetion. As his means afforded, he has invest-
ed in different tracts of land, and is now the owner of three hundred and six acres, most of which are under cultivation and well improved with good barns and fences.
October 31, 1844, Mr. Wegman was married, in his native land, to Catherine M. Vobbe, who was born June 2, 1824, in Germany. Eleven children came to bless this union, but only six of the num- ber survive, namely: Angeline C., born February 2, 1848, and now the wife of Louis Dcasink, a farm- er near Peinberville; John W., born July 21, 1854, and now engaged in business in Toledo; Harmon, born July 11, 1857; . Carl F., born February 14, 1865, and a resident of Freedom Township; Mary Julia, born November 27, 1867; and Ludwig, Oc- tober 28, 1870. Jolin F., born September 12, 1851, died at the age of twenty-four years; Catherine L., born July 19, 1861, is also deccascd; and Adam, born May 19, 1860, died in infancy, as did also the youngest of the family. Jolin W. married Emma Hoffman, by whom he has one child. Harmon chose for his wife Anna Linke; and Carl F. married Lizzie Walker, and has two children.
Mr. Weginan is an active worker in the German Lutheran Church of Pemberville, and has contrib- uted liberally of his means to its support. In pol- itics he is affiliated with the Democratic party. He is popular in his neighborhood on account of his uniformly fair treatment of all with whom his business or social relations bring him in contact, and is greatly esteemed by his neighbors and ae- quain tances.
ACOB DANIEL PHISTER became a resident of the village of Rising Sun, Wood County, December 1, 1893, at which time he bought lots and has since erected a residence. He is an enterprising business man, and has been quite successful in his various undertakings. A Repub- lican in politics, he cast his first Presidential bal- lot for Abraham Lincoln, at Port Royal Harbor, S. C., in 1864. He was in the Union service dur-
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ing the late Civil War, in which he enlisted Feb- ruary 22, 1864, and served until the close. For about a year longer he assisted the Government to straighten out its affairs, and was finally dis- charged, June 8, 1866.
The parents of Mr. Phister were David and Charlotte (Zedeker) Phister, who were natives of Mahoning County, Ohio. After living for some years in Mahoning County, and later in Knox County, Ohio, they came to this section, in 1854. Here the father bought one hundred and sixty acres of timber-land, and after clearing a space built a log cabin. IIe continued to dwell here until his death, which occurred March 24, 1867, when in his sixty-ninth year. His wife died Feb- ruary 8, 1874, aged sixty-eight years. Their fam- ily comprised eight children: Roxie, who married Thomas Hunt, and with her husband is deceased; Lucy, widow of George Fulk, and a resident of Bowling Green; Julia, deceased, formerly the wife of Solomon Shisly; John, deceased; Mary, widow of Jerry Mackey, and a resident of Rising Sun; David, who lives in this county; Jacob D. and Jolın.
Born in Montgomery Township, Wood County, June 15, 1844, J. D. Phister passed his boyhood on the old homestead, and obtained his education mainly during the winter terms of school held in that vicinity. He had not reached his twentieth birthday when he enlisted at Fremont in Company E, Twenty-fifth Ohio Veteran Infantry, under Captain Murray, and was sent to Sandusky City, and then to Camp Chase. At the end of six days in the latter placc, young Phister returned home on a furlough of a week, and later, rejoining his regi- ment, was stationed successively in the following places: Columbus, Cleveland, Buffalo, Philadelphia and Washington. After spending a month in Vir- ginia, he went to Alexandria and took passage on a steamer bound for Port Royal Harbor, S. C., where for six months he was on picket duty. Then, marching to HIoney Hill, S. C., he was en- gaged in a fight at that point, in which they were defeated, and afterwards was engaged in another contest, with like results. For several days his forces were then under Sherman's command, and after being sent to Charleston they camped on the
island for a month and were then sent on the Cam- den raid. In a slight skirmish they defeated the enemy, and after accomplishing what they had undertaken returned to camp. Mr. Phister was honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio, in the summer of 1866, and returned home, working for his father on the farın.
On the 16th of March, 1872, occurred the mar- riage of our subject and Rose, daughter of Conrad and Parsley (Buchtel) Sheppler. The only child of this union, Charles B., was born December 1, 1876, and is still at home with his parents. They are members of the United Brethren Church, which has as its pastor Rev. Mr. Withan.
A DAM HINDS has cleared and improved a farm of eiglity acres on section 8, Webster Township, Wood County, and is still mak- ing his home thereon. He is a loyal Republican, and has frequently held township offices of honor and responsibility, among others those of Trustee, Supervisor and School Director. Hc fought and suffered in the defense of the Old Flag during the late civil conflict, and has since been a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He enlisted at the beginning of the war, and was discharged at its close, July 24, 1865, just four years less than one month from the date of entering the service.
The father of our subject, David Hinds, was born in Vermont, as was also his wife, who before her marriage was Philana McCarroll. Their family comprised fifteen children, as follows: Margaret, David, John, Betsy, Lydia, Daniel, Eliza, Adam, Williamn, Martin, Margaret, Deborah, Lavinia, Philander, and one who died in infaney. Of this large family but three now survive, those besides our subject being Jolin, a farmer of Barry County, Mich., and Lavinia, widow of Addison Loomis, and now a resident of Cleveland, Ohio. The father of this family, who was a soldier in the War of 1812, took part in the battle of Plattsmouth,
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and fought under Commodore Perry, being wound- ed by a minie-ball. His life occupation was that of farming, and this he successfully followed in his native state, in New York and in Ohio. He eame to the Buckeye State in 1844, but passed his last years in Barry County, Mich., where he died in 1872, when in his seventy-fifth year.
Adam Hinds was born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., May 3, 1831, and was reared to farm labor. When seven years old he removed to Jefferson County, N. Y., and in the fall of 1844 came with his parents to this state. In 1845 he went to Micli- igan, and continued to live there for three years. Since he reached his eighteenth year lic has been independent and self-sustaining. In 1852 he came to Wood County and purchased eighty acres of wild land on section 8, Webster Township. He erected a plank shanty, and with energy set to work to clear the land from the thick forests with which it was covered.
February 10, 1851, Mr. Hinds married Clarinda Van Gilder, by whom he had two children, Ed- ward N. and Charles. The present wife of our subject was before her marriage Miss Caroline Stevins, their union being celebrated January 2, 1866. Mrs. Hinds was born in Delaware County, Ohio, February 22, 1839, and in 1865 came to Wood County. Three children came to bless their home. Fred married Daisy Smith and lives in Webster Township; Ralph S. and Earl are still living with their parents.
August 24, 1861, Adam Hinds enlisted as a private in Company K, Twenty-first Ohio Infantry, being mustered in at Findlay. He was sent to Camp Dennison, and his first engagement was that of Ivy Mountain. Few soldiers from this part of the state took part in more noted battles or more important campaigns, and among others in which he was actively concerned we mention the follow- ing: Nashville, Huntsville (Ala.), Stone River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Jonesboro, Savannah, Bentonville, Kene- saw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and New Hope Church. While on pieket duty in North Carolina a rebel dressed in Federal uniform rode up to within eight paces of him and fired a revolver, the bullet striking Mr. Hinds above the left eye. This
memento of war days he still carries, as it has never been deemed wise to extract it. He was discharged at the elose of the war with the rank of Corporal.
A LANKIN BRIDGE, of West Toledo, has been a resident of this place only three years, but for over two decades was num- bered among the best citizens and business men of Toledo. Since 1884 he has been living a retired life, enjoying the competence which his previous years of industry and energetic effort provided. He liad many of the experiences and privations of life on the frontier in his boyhood, and his educa- tion was acquired in the old-fashioned subscription schools.
Jolin A. Bridge, our subject's father, was born in Holland, but crossed the Atlantic when only elev- en years of age. He was married in New York State to Betsey A. Chamberlin, and in 1825 moved to Ohio with his family. The trip was made by way of the Lakes, and on the way they stopped at Cleveland, then a small village. Near Lorain Mr. Bridge took up eiglity acres of Government land, paying therefor $5 per acre. The land was cov- ercd with heavy timber, which he cleared, and on it erected a small log cabin of one room, which he made his home for many years. He died in Mieh- igan in 1880.
Alankin Bridge is one of seven sons and thee daughters, and was born in Wayne County, N. Y., near the village of Lyons, July 25, 1821. When only eight years old he began carrying the mail from Elyria to Wooster, a distance of some sixty miles. It took about three days to make the ronnd trip through the woods on horseback. At the end of a year and a-half he was transferred to the route from Elyria to Cuyahoga Falls, fifty-six miles. When about fourteen years of age he began lcarl- ing the ship-builder's trade, and served as an ap- prentice for five years, at the end of which time he was given the position of foreman over a gang of
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men, and held the place un til 1861. He then moved to Wauseon, Ohio, where he was engaged in the undertaking and furniture business for ten years. For the next six years he was in the same line of trade at Napoleon, Ohio, and from 1877 until 1884 he conducted an undertaking business in Toledo.
September 2, 1846, Mr. Bridge married Caroline L., daughter of Warren and Polly (Plant) Leet. She was born in New York State, October 8, 1830, and has become the mother of two children: Ira, who is married and lives in Detroit; and Mary A., who became the wife of George Graves, of Brook- lyn, N. Y., who was a druggist by occupation, but died April 28, 1889. His wife survived him until June 3, 1893, when she departed this life, leaving one child, Thomas, born May 15, 1880. Ira mar- ried Miss Julia Gloyd, of Detroit.
For thirty-five years Mr. Bridge bas been a mem- ber of the Masonic order, and on questions of po- litical moment he is always to be found on the side of the Republican party.
AMES ANDERSON YOUNG has been mana- ger of the Toledo branch of the New York Life Insurance Company since April, 1891, his territory covering one-fourth of the state of Ohio. Since his connection with the company, he has greatly increased the volume of their busi- ness in northwestern Ohio. The New York Life Insurance Company was organized in 1843, and embarked on its successful career two years later, and now has the reputation of being one of the stanchest and most reliable companies in the United States.
The birth of James A. Young occurred Decem- ber 1, 1849, in Waveland, Montgomery County, Ind., he being the fifth of cight children, six of whom are living. The parents were John Bryant and Martha Woods (Galey) Young. John B. Young was born in Kentucky, and was a son of Thomas Young, who was of Scotch descent.
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