The County of Fulton: A History of Fulton County, Ohio, from the Earliest Days, with Special Chapters on Various Subjects, Including Each of the Different Townships; Also a Biographical Department., Part 42

Author: Thomas Mikesell
Publication date: 1905
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Number of Pages: 717


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politics and a recognized leader in the councils of the Republican party. The only public office that he ever held was that of deputy provost marshal during the period of the Civil war. Of a retiring disposition and generous nature, he was always prompt to assist with his means in every worthy enterprise. Having been quite liberal in his religious views for forty years prior to his death, he was not a communicant in any church. He was thrice married, his first wife dying of consumption at Norwalk, O., in February, 1858, aged twenty-eight years. To this marriage one son, Francis B., was born. His second wife was Miss Velina Marsh, by whom he had five children. They are: Wakeley W., Ellsworth W., Ernest B. and Edith L., all of Swanton, and Luella, the wife of Charles R. Trum- bull of Toledo, O. By his third wife, Sarah Dixon, who is still living. he had three children. Grace, the wife of Vernon Black, a railroad engineer on the "Clover Leaf," residing at Charleston, Ill .; Otis and Roy Payson, a railway fireman of Charleston. Francis B. Geer is practically a self-educated man, his limited school education having been received at 'East Swanton. He began teaching when nineteen years old, and for the next thirteen years continued in that profession, at the same time preparing himself for the practice of law. In 1883 he received the appointment of postal clerk in the railway mail service, running from Detroit to Toledo. After the expiration of one year he was placed in charge of the "local case" between Cleveland and Chicago, serving in that capacity for three years. Then he accepted the position of first deputy sheriff of Lucas county under Dr. William Cullison, who died very suddenly while in office. Upon relinquishing this position he turned his attention more closely to the law, and on March 17, 1899, was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Ohio, since which time he has been continuously in the legal work. Politically he is a stalwart Republican, having in earlier life devoted much of his time to con- ducting political campaigns. In the work of the Knights of Pythias he takes a deep interest. Liberal in his religious views, he believes in the existence of a Supreme Being, but he is not wholly in accord with the teaching of Orthodoxy. Mr. Geer has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Martha E. Dixon, a younger sister of his father's third wife. Four sons and one daughter were born to this union, the daughter, Louisa E., dying when three months old. The sons are: Nathan B., Claud F., Arthur F. and Alfred W. Of these Nathan B. has been a teacher for the past fourteen years and the others are variously employed. Mrs. Geer died on December 23, 1891. He was married to his present companion on June 9, 1904, the lady of his choice being Mrs. Emma J. (Homer) Harris. She was a student under her husband's teaching and subsequently became a teacher herself.


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ALBERT N. DREW, a well-known citizen of the village of Lyons and a repre- sentative of one of the pioneer families of Fulton county, was born in the city of Buf- falo, New York, on the 6th of April. 1847, and is a son of Colonel William H. and Emeline (Richardson) Drew, the former of whom was born in Shelburne, Chitten- den county, Vermont, and the latter in Royalton, Niagara county, New York, both having been born in the year 1818, and their marriage was solemnized in 1838. In December, 1862, they settled on COL. W. H. DREW. a farm in Royalton township, Fulton county, Ohio, securing a tract of eighty acres, which the father partially reclaimed from the virgin forest. In 1868 he dis- posed of his farm and removed with his family to the village of Lyons, where he conducted the local hotel one year, at the expiration of which he removed to Blissfield, Michigan, where he conducted for several years what was known as the Dewey Hotel. The building was finally destroyed by fire and he erected a new and more modern build- ing, to which he gave the name of the Drew Hotel and which he conducted for thirty years. The building is still in use as a hotel and is known as Coon's Tavern. In 1898 Colonel Drew removed to Burr Oak, Michigan, purchasing a farm in that locality and there continuing to reside until his death, which occurred on the 2nd of June, 1902. His venerable widow now resides in Lyons, Ohio, making her home with her son, Albert N., subject of this review. One other child is living, Addie C., who is now the wife of George W. Edson, of De- troit, Michigan. At the outbreak of the Civil war Colonel William H. Drew tendered his services in defense of the Union, enlisting, in May, 1861, in the Twenty-first New York volunteer infantry, of which he was made major, serving as such until the following July, the regiment having been stationed during this time at Elmira, New York. He then went to the front with the regiment, but was compelled to resign from the service in October, 1862, on account of physical disability, having the rank of lieutenant colonel at the time of his retirement. After his removal to Ohio Governor Brough appointed him paymaster of Ohio troops in the Western Army, with the rank of Colonel, and he served in that capacity until the close of the war. Thereafter he served two years as clerk of the Ohio State senate. Albert N. Drew passed the first fifteen years of his life in the city of Buffalo, New York, where he secured his early educational training in the public schools, and he accompanied his parents to Ohio in the winter of 1862, as noted. He became a member of the Ohio National Guard during the progress of the Civil war, but his father caused him to withdraw from the same, on account of his youth. On the 2d of May, 1864, however, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio


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volunteer infantry, with which he served until the expiration of his term of one hundred and forty days, when he received his honorable discharge, at Toledo, September 22, 1864. On the 15th of the follow- ing January he re-enlisted, becoming a member of Company M, Sev- enth Michigan Cavalry, with which he continued in service until De- cember 15, 1865, when he again received an honorable discharge, hav- ing continued in the ranks several months after the surrender of Gen- eral Lee. After his return home Mr. Drew engaged in farming, in Royalton township, Fulton county, where he was thus concerned until ·the spring of 1888, when he removed to the city of Chicago, where he remained sixteen years as. a trusted employe of the Chicago City Rail- way Company. In the spring of 1905 he returned to Fulton county and located in the village of Lyons, where he is now living practically retired. In politics Mr. Drew gives an unqualified allegiance to the Republican party, and his religious faith is that of the Universalist church, of which his wife is a member. He is a charter member of Baxter Post, No. 238, Grand Army of the Republic, in Lyons, and takes a deep interest in his old comrades of the Civil war period. August 27, 1868, Mr. Drew was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Jordan, daughter of Amos H. and Rebecca (Livesay) Jordan, of Royalton township. Mr. Jordan was born in the State of Vermont and settled in Royalton township, Fulton county, in 1834, becoming one of the ex- tensive land-holders of the county and one of its honored and influen- tial pioneers. Both he and his wife continued resident of the county until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Drew have two children : William H., who is a resident of Adrian, Michigan; and Hattie E., who is the wife of Strickland A. Slack, of Lyons.


WILLIAM H. GEE, son of John and Catherine (Grove) Gee, mentioned on a preceding page, is in the employ of the govern- ment in capacity of mail carrier on rural route No. 26, out of the village of Delta, and he is an efficient and popular official, being held in uniform esteem in the county in which the major portion of his life has been passed. Mr. Gee was born in Seneca county, Ohio, in 1850, and was thus about fifteen years of age at the time of his parents' removal to Fulton county, where he was reared to manhood on the homestead farm, aiding in its improvement and cultivation and receiving a fair common school education. Upon attaining maturity he learned the trade of brick-mason and plasterer and he followed his trade as a vocation for somewhat more than a score of years, after which he was engaged in farming until 1900, when he was appointed to his present position in connection with the rural free mail delivery system, having one of the important routes in Fulton county. Although a mere boy at the time, Mr. Gee gave distinctive evidence of his patriotism and his loyalty to the Union when, on the 22d of February, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, Forty-ninth Ohio volunteer infantry, with which he served until June 17th of the same year, when he was granted an honorable discharge, on account of illness which incapacitated him for active duty. He manifested his abiding interest in his old comrades of the


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Civil war by retaining membership in that noble organization, the Grand Army of the Republic, whose ranks are being so rapidly thinned by the one invincible foe, death. In politics he accords a stanch allegiance to the Republican party, and both he and his wife are members of the Christian church. In July, 1874, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Gee to Miss Mary E. Biddle, daughter of Calvin Biddle, one of the pioneer citizens of Fulton county, and of this union have been born seven children, namely: Arthur B., who resides in Delta; Calvin John, who resides in South Delta; Lucy B., who is the wife of Richard W. Dernier, of Eaton county, Michi- gan; Frederick, who died at the age of thirteen months, and Walton N., Gertrude Ellen and Mary Adella, who remain at the parental home in York township.


DAVID GEER, a prominent citizen and retired farmer residing near Swanton, is a native of Chittenden county, Vt., where he was born on February 7, 1832. He is a son of Amos C. and Dollie (Thompson) Geer, both natives of Vermont. After their marriage in their native State his parents removed to Ohio in 1832, and located in Lorain county, where they resided for eighteen years. On April 9, 1865, they removed to Norwalk, Huron county, and located in the neighborhood of the present residence of their son, David. Five years later Amos Geer removed to Oberlin, O., where he ended his days. His first wife, the mother of the subject of this sketch, died in 1852, and then he married Harriet Chapin, who died in September, 1905, at Oberlin, at the venerable age of ninety years. In the War of 1812 Amos Geer took an active part as a soldier from the Green Mountain State. He was born in July, 1790, and died at Oberlin at the ripe old age of eighty-five years. Of the children there were eight who attained years of maturity, Sylvia and Anna dying in infancy. Heman, the eldest, was a prominent minister of the Congregational church and spent twenty-five years of his professional life in Ashtabula county, O. He died at Tabor, Ia., in 1892, aged seventy-three years, leaving a family of six children, two of whom have attained prominence, one as a professor of music and the other as a physician. Ezra Geer was a carpenter and builder by occupation, who died at Lake Cicott, near Logansport, Ind., in 1893, aged seventy-two years. Benoni T. Geer at the time of his death had attained prominence at the Swanton bar. Both he and his brother, the Rev. Heman Geer, died very suddenly, the cause of their death being heart disease. The former left a family of nine children. Abner Geer died of consumption at the age of sixteen years. Mrs. Betsey A. (Geer) Thompson was next in order of birth. She was married first, in 1868, to Henry Lacy, who enlisted in the Union army in 1863 and was wounded while in the service, carrying a ball in his body until his death. He was the recipient of a liberal pension from the National government because of his disability. Henry Lacy dying, in less than two years after his marriage, his widow was wedded to Heman Thompson, born in 1820 and deceased in 1888. Prior to his marriage to the widow of Henry Lacy, he had married


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her sister, Hannah Eliza. He was a carpenter by occupation and died without leaving any children. For the past nine years Mrs. Thompson has made her home with her brother, David Geer. On August 26, 1856, she was graduated from the lady's department of Oberlin college, and since that time has devoted the greater part of her active life to teaching. During the lifetime of her husbands she taught school in the country, receiving two dollars per day for her professional services. While thus engaged she found time to do her own housework. She has also successfully conducted select schools in Andover, Pierpont and Swanton. At present she is quite actively engaged in Bible-class work and teaching in Sunday-schools. Though a devoted Christian woman, she is liberal in her religious views, believing that her influence will be greater if not bound by any church creed. She and her brother David are now the only sur- vivors of the family. Wakely W. Geer, a teacher by profession, was educated at Oberlin and died unmarried in 1860, at the age of twenty-four years. David Geer, in whose name this sketch is written, received his education by attending the public schools. Since 1855 he has been a resident of Fulton county, occupying the farm on which he resides. This farm, embracing one hundred and fifty-two acres, has been divided among his children. Mr. Geer served under two enlistments during the Civil war. He first enlisted as a member of Company I of the Thirty-eighth Ohio, serving ten months in the Western army under Generals Thomas and Sherman, when he was discharged for disability. His second enlistment was in Company H of the One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio for a period of one hundred days, serving near Petersburg, Va. Because of his disability he receives a liberal pension. He is actively identified with Swanton Post, Grand Army of the Republic. On February 21, 1855, he was wedded to Miss Mary Ann Spaulding, born in Fulton township in 1839, the daughter of Africa Spaulding, who came from the State of Maine about the year 1835 and located in Fulton county. To this union there were born six children, three of whom are still living. Their names follow: Harriet, Josephine, May, Della, Addie and Grant S. Those living are: Harriet, the wife of Carl Griffin, a farmer of Swan Creek township; Della, still at home, and Grant S., who operates the home farm. Mrs. Geer died in 1872 and David Geer married Miss Eliza Matoon, a native of Swan Creek township. To this union there have been born three children. They are: Sarah, the wife of William Zeller of Fulton county; Susan E., now Mrs. John Wittgen of Fort Washington, Wis., and Lee, who resides on. the home farm.


CONRAD GEIGER is another of the sterling citizens who have lent dignity to the noble art of agriculture through his association therewith, and he is one of the substantial farmers of Fulton town- ship, where he has a finely landed estate. He was born in Seneca county, Ohio, February 22, 1836, and is a son of Henry and Christina (Zutervan) Geiger, both of whom were born in Germany, whence they came to America when young, their marriage being solemnized


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in Tuscarawas county, Ohio. They located on a' farm in Seneca county, where they passed the remainder of their lives, the father attaining the age of seventy years and being survived by his wife for several years. Of their eight children six are living, Conrad having been the first born. Catherine, who became the wife of John Hablitzon, died in St. Joseph county, Ind .; Jacob resides in Bloom- ville, Seneca county, being a substantial capitalist and the president of two banks; William Martin is a prosperous farmer of Crawford county ; Hannah Maria is the wife of Nelson N. Shaffner of Bloom- ville, Seneca county ; John Henry is a farmer of DeKalb county, Ind., near Spencerville; Madison'Paul, who is deceased, passed the most of his mature life as a farmer in Wyandot county, Ohio, and the other child died in infancy. Conrad Geiger secured a common-school education in his native county, and supplemented this by study in an excellent academy at Republic, that county, where he was actively associated with agricultural pursuits until the autumn of 1860, when he came to Fulton county, having previously come into possession of eighty acres of his present homestead, the tract being distinguished in that it has never been under mortgage from the time the govern- ment deed was granted to the present. In later years Mr. Geiger purchased an adjoining thirty-three acres, so that his estate now com- prises one hundred and thirteen acres. Mr. Geiger has prepared most of the farm for cultivation and has erected fine buildings and made other substantial improvements which place this among the model farmsteads of the township. His residence is a commodious brick structure, erected about a score of years ago, and the other buildings are of · excellent order and kept in good repair. In politics Mr. Geiger has always given his allegiance to the Democracy, and has taken a loyal interest in local affairs of a public nature, though never a seeker of office. He and his wife are valued members of the Reformed church. July 1, 1860, just prior to his removal to Fulton county, Mr. Geiger was married to Miss Annie Catherine Geiger, the two families being not consanguineous, though of the same name. She was born in Sandusky county, Ohio, July 23, 1837, a daughter of Jacob and Magdalena Geiger, both natives of Germany. Her father crossed the ocean five times, bringing his affianced wife on his last trip, and their marriage was celebrated in the city of Phila- delphia shortly after their landing in the new world. They resided in Pennsylvania four years and then removed to Sandusky county, Ohio, as pioneers, there passing the remainder of their lives. The father, whose principal vocation was that of farming, died October 5, 1865, aged sixty-five years; and his widow attained the age of four score years, her death occurring November 21, 1888. They had nine children: Henry and Conrad are deceased; Mrs. Geiger was the next in order of birth; Susan is the wife of Edward Richards of Genoa, Ottawa county; Jacob is a resident of Mississippi; Sophia is deceased; Elizabeth is the wife of Thomas McIntyre, and they reside in Florida ; Caroline is the wife of James McIntyre, and they reside in Michigan ; and William is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Geiger have had nine children, of whom only one is living, Maria


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E., the second child. She was born December 24, 1867, and was reared and educated in Fulton county. September 28, 1882, she became the wife of Lorenzo D. Price, of Monessen, Pa., and they have four children, Nellie, Catherine, Conrad G. and Alice. The eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Geiger was an infant son, who died unnamed; the next child was Mrs. Maria Price; the third child, Ella D., died at three years of age; the fourth was an infant son who died unnamed; the fifth was William N., who died at about eleven years of age; John C., the sixth child, died when about eight years old; Emma, the seventh child, died in her seventh year; Henry, the eight child, died when about four years old, and the ninth child, an infant son, died unnamed.


PHILIP GARMAN is another of the native sons of Fulton county who has had the wisdom to here continue actively concerned in agricultural pursuits, and he is one of the representative farmers of the younger generation in Clinton township. He was born in Ful- ton county, on the 26th of March, 1867, and is a son of William and Jane (Mckibben) Garman, well-known pioneers of the county, where they still maintain their home. Philip was reared on the home farm and has been one of sufficient prescience to take advantage of the modern facilities for the handling of the details of farm work, so that his success has been one of unequivocal sort. His educational training in his youth was secured in the public schools in the vicinity of his home. In 1891 he purchased the present farm, which com- prises twenty-six acres of excellent land, and the place is well im- proved. In addition to the work of his farm he operates a modern threshing outfit each season, finding ready requisition for the same and giving the best of service to his many patrons. He is held in unqualified esteem in the community and is at the present time incum- bent of the office of assessor of Clinton township. December 25th, 1888, in gracious recognition of the Christmastide, Mr. Garman was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Stutzman, who was born March 31, 1869, being a daughter of David and Mary (Nicodemus) Stutz- man. Mr. and Mrs. Garman have two children: Charles, born De- cember 19, 1890: and Paul Encil, born April 20, 1898. David Stutz- man, father of Mrs. Garman, is a prominent and honored farmer of Clinton township. He was born in the vicinity of Johnstown, Cambria county, Pa., May 24, 1836, and in that county was also born Mary Nicodemus, to whom he was married in November, 1860. Mr. Stutzman was identified with the iron-manufacturing industry in Pennsylvania about thirteen years, and in 1868 he came to Fulton county, Ohio, and purchased the farm on which he now resides. His wife was born May 2, 1842, and to them have been born five children : Charles married Emma Geringer and they reside in Pauld- ing county, Ohio; Etta is the wife of Ellsworth Mclaughlin, of Clinton township; Ella is the wife of John Butler, and they reside in Missaukee county, Mich .; Sarah is the wife of Philip Garman, whose name initiates this sketch; and Florence remains at the paren- tal home. The original American ancestors of the Stutzman family immigrated hither from Switzerland.


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DAVID J. FENNER, successful farmer and prominent citizen of Royalton town- ship, where he has made his home for near- ly half a century, was born in Lake county, Ohio, March 4, 1847, being a son of Daniel and Mahala (Way) Fenner, the former of whom was born in Connecticut and the lat- ter in the State of New York. The parents were numbered among the pioneers of Lake county, Ohio, whence they came to Fulton county in 1858, the father purchasing eighty acres of wild land, in Section 9, Royalton township, where he developed a valuable farm property, continuing his resi- dence on this homestead until his death, at the age of sixty-seven years, his cherished and devoted wife having passed away at the age of sixty years .. Anthony Fenner, father of Daniel, was likewise an early set- tler of Royalton township, where both he and his wife died. Of his children those who became residents of Fulton county were as fol- lows: Daniel, father of the subject of this sketch; Alpheus, who re- claimed several farms in Chesterfield and Royalton townships; Irwin and Thomas A., who likewise were prosperous farmers; Almira, who became the wife of David Potes, of Royalton township; and Jane, who married Ichabod Edson. Daniel Fenner was twice married, the maiden name of his first wife having been Caroline Pitcher, who bore him two sons, Charles and Irwin, both now deceased. Five children represented the offspring of his marriage to Mahala Way, namely: Caroline and Dennis, who are deceased ; David J., whose name initiates this paragraph; Julia, who is deceased; and Angeline, who is the wife of Nicholas McGurer. David J. Fenner became the owner of the old homestead farm of his parents, and there he continued to reside until the spring of 1905, when he removed to his present fine farm, of one hundred and fourteen acres, in Section 17, same township, but he still owns the old home farm, previously mentioned, thus being one of the large land-holders of the county and having been signally prospered in his energetic and progressive endeavors as a representative husband- man of his native county. In politics he is a stanch adherent of the Republican party, both he and his wife hold membership in the Chris- tian church at Lyons, and he is identified with the Knights of the Maccabees. January 22, 1881, Mr. Fenner was united in marriage to Miss Evaline Wood, daughter of Joshua and Ann (Ingle) Wood, the former a native of Monroe county, N. Y., and the latter of London, England. Mrs. Fenner was reared in the State of Iowa, but has been a resident of Fulton county since 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Fenner have two sons, Rufus B. and Omer, both of whom remain beneath the home roof, being associated with their father in the work of the farm.


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MRS. SARAH L. FRAKER, who owns and occupies one of the most attractive rural homes in Fulton township. is the widow of George W. Fraker, whose death occurred in his forty-fourth year, on the 14th of December, 1895. He was a mem- ber of one of the old and honored families of the county, and a due record concerning the same is given in the sketch of Andrew J. Fraker, appearing on pages immediately preceding this memoir. Mrs. Fraker was born in Fulton township and is a daughter of Isaac and Rachel A. (Watkins) Fauble both of whom were born and reared in GEORGE W. FRAKER. Ohio. They were numbered among the early settlers of Fulton county, taking up their abode on a primitive farm near the present Fulton Union church, in Fulton township, where the father died at the age of fifty-eight years, his devoted wife living to attain the age of sixty-five years. They had six chil- dren: Christopher, who died in childhood; Mary Jane, who is the widow of Frederick Koos, and resides in Clinton township; Robert. who is a representative farmer of Fulton township; James Edward, who resides in Swan Creek township, where he is a prosperous farmer ; Sarah L., whose name initiates this sketch; and Rachel Ann who is the wife of Andrew J. Fraker, mentioned in preceding sketch. The marriage of George W. Fraker and Sarah L. Fauble was sol- emnized on the 14th of January, 1877, and they immediately located on the farm where Mrs. Fraker now maintains her home. This farm, which comprises eighty acres, in the southeast corner of Section 33, Fulton township, was but partially reclaimed and had few and in- ferior improvements at the time when Mr. and Mrs. Fraker here took up their abode. Mr. Fraker was a man of good judg- ment, comprehensive knowledge of the details of farm work, and of indefatigable industry, and these forces came into effective play in the improving and management of the new farm, which he cleared and placed under an advanced state of cultivation, building substan- tial fences, installing an excellent system of tile-drainage and making the place a model farm. He erected the handsome modern resi- dence which adorns the place, and the fine barn was erected through the efforts of Mrs. Fraker since his death. In politics he was a supporter of the cause of the Democracy, he was affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, and was a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Swanton, in which his widow also holds mem- bership. The family is one of marked prominence and popularity in the social life of the community, and the beautiful rural homestead is a center of gracious hospitality. The residence, with its fine lawns, hedges, flowers and shrubbery, occupies a commanding site, over- looking the surrounding country, and the interior gives evidence of refined taste and of appreciation of the ideal home-life. Mr. and




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