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JAMES MCLAUGHLIN is a native of Carroll County, Ohio, born July 8, 1825. He is a son of James and Mary (Bare) McLaughlin, the former born nea Strasburg, Va., in 1798; the latter near Glades, Penn., in 1788. They were married in Harrison County, Ohio, and were the parents of five children, namely: Daniel, James, John, Abraham and Samuel, the latter deceased since April 16, 1848. The parents removed from Carroll County to Wyandot in 1848, and purchased 320 acres of land, which they improved and which is now worth $100 per acre, being still in the possession of the Mclaughlin family, save twenty-four acres sold to the corporation of Ne- vada. The father died in June, 1853; the mother June 8, 1849. James MeLaughlin was reared and educated in Carroll County, and came to this county with his parents, with whom he remained until his marriage Febru- ary 8, 1850, to Miss Anna Harrison, daughter of William J. and Lydia (Capper) Harrison, born January 25, 1822. By this wife two children were born-Mary E., February 17, 1851, and Nancy J., September 10, 1853, the former deceased since February, 1857. Mrs. McLaughlin's decease occurred June 13, 1857, and our subject was again married January 28, 1858, to Ellen Walker, three children resulting from this mar- riage, two of whom are living, namely: Millard F., born December 8, 1858, and Miles H., born August 9, 1860. Elmore (twin to Millard) died Decem- ber 18, 1858. After his marriage Mr. Mclaughlin settled upon his present farm, where he has resided more than thirty-three years. He owns 254 acres, more than half within the corporation of Nevada, and valued at $100 per acre. He inherited eighty acres from his father's estate, also about $1,000 from the same, and has earned the remainder by hard and persistent toil. He rears considerable stock of good grades and is one among the sub- stantial farmers of Eden Township. He is a Republican, and with his family is associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church.
GEORGE W. MILLER, son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Walder) Mil- ler, is a native of this county, born February 22, 1854. His parents were uatives of Germany, and emigrated to this country in 1846, locating in Bu- cyrus, but subsequently residing ten years in this county, and returning to Crawford County, where they now live. Their children were nine in num- ber, three now living, viz., Jacob F., John G. and George W. The latter was married April 3, 1873, to Susan A. Wilson, a native of Richland County, Ohio, daughter of William and Sarah (Knodle) Miller, natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania respectively, and of Scotch descent. They came to Richland County in 1832, removing to this county fourteen years later. They had eight children, three now living-Barbara A., Levi and Susan A. To George W. and Sarah A. Miller six children have been born: Lillie May, December 16, 1873; Margie, May 23, 1875; Carrie, January 22, 1878; Herman L., January 28, 1880; Charles I., March 7, 1882, and Arthur J., August 31, 1883; all living but Lillie, who died January 7, 1875. After obtaining and disposing of several different tracts of land, Mr. Miller purchased 160 acres in this township, where he now resides. His farm is valued at $100 per acre, and is a very desirable location. Mr. Miller is a Republican and a substantial and worthy citizen.
JOHN W. MILLIGAN was born in this county December 24, 1835. He is a son of James and Susan (Weddel) Milligan, natives of Fairfield County, Ohio, and Westmoreland County, Penn., respectively. They set- tled in this county in 1828, and were the parents of nine children-Richard E., Joseph, Keturah, Priscilla, Mary, William, Abraham, John W. and Sarah E. The deceased are Richard, Joseph, Keturah, Sarah E., Mary and Abra-
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ham. Their father spent his life in the Episcopal ministry and died in Sandusky County, August, 1855; the mother died April 16, 1878. John Milligan was married December 12, 1858, to Mary A. Cole, a native of Crawford County, daughter of James and Eleanor (Moore) Cole (see sketch of William H. Cole). Eight children have resulted from this union, viz .: Amanda E., born October 15, 1859; Rosella, December, 22, 1860; Em- ma J., August 8, 1863; Sarah E., December 22. 1865; Samantha A., Sep- tember 19, 1867; Julia A., December 2, 1868; Jay. August 6, 1870; Guy, April 13, 1872; Florence J., April 18, 1875; Dow, October 20, 1879. The deceased are Rosella and Julia. Mr. Milligan has always been a farmer, though in May, 1864, he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Forty- fourth Regiment Ohio National Guard, and remained during the " 100 day" service, being mustered out at Columbus September 2, 1864. In 1865, he purchased eighty acres, to which he has since added thirty acres, where he now resides. He is a Republican in political sentiment, himself and family being members of the Methodist Protestant Church.
BENJAMIN MORRIS was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, August 5, 1823; son of Joseph and Lydia (Jacobs) Morris, natives of Delaware and Virginia respectively, married in 1821. They moved to this county in 1830, purchased land in Tymochtee Township, and had seven children- Benjamin, Margaret, Elias, Elizabeth, John, Caroline and Charles. John and Caroline are deceased; the mother died in October, 1861, the father in April, 1863. Benjamin Morris was married March 9, 1854, to Eleanor Walton, daughter of John and Casander (Ritter) Walton, of this county. They had five children-Belinda, Albert H., Janette, Finley and Sherman G. Mrs. Eleanor Morris died October 27, 1867, and Mr. M. was remarried December 31, 1868, to Mrs. Jane Bowers, daughter of James S. and Hettie Harper, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively, and who had four children-Samuel M., Jane, Ellen and James F. Mrs. Bowers had three children by her first husband, viz., Brink W., Cora E. and Waltie J. Mr. Morris made a trip to California in 1850, but returned two years later and settled on his present farm, purchased in 1848, and which he has thoroughly improved. He now owns 240 acres, valued at $75 per acre. He was a mem- ber of Company A, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regiment Ohio National Guard, and served 100 days; was in the skirmish with Mosby's guerrillas, the most important engagement. Mr. and Mrs. Morris are members of the Methodist Protestant Church and highly esteemed as citizens.
JOSEPH NEWMAN, only living son of John and Mary Newman, was born in Perry County, Ohio, July 17, 1822, his parents natives of Connecti- cut. Mr. Newman purchased eighty acres of land in this township in 1860, and has since engaged in agricultural pursuits; prior to that time he was engaged a few years in the blacksmithing trade. He was married in 1848, to Mary Jane Weller, daughter of Thomas and Charlotte Weller, natives of England, and nine children have blessed their union -- John, Cyrus, Rhoda, Aldo, Emily, Frank, Charlotte, William and Martha. Mr. and Mrs. New- man are highly esteemed as citizens and have a comfortable home.
ROBERT W. POOL was born in Richland County, Ohio, August 13, 1837. His parents were Ira and Margaret Pool, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1814. They were married in Richland County, and reared six children-Robert W., George W., Horey I., Almond M., Sarah A. and Elizabeth J. George W. and Almond are deceased, the former dying in the army, the latter in Upper Sandusky from disease contracted in the war. Mrs. Pool died July 28, 1848, and Mr. Pool located in this county in
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1850, marrying Lucy A. Dille, of Richland County, a native of York State, four children resulting from this union-Frank M., Sherman Ira, Rosetta M. and Jesse F. Their father died December 24, 1864, his widow now the wife of Mr. Kenan, of Upper Sandusky. Robert W. Pool was engaged in teaching about five years, attending high school at Upper Sandusky and the Baldwin University in the meantime. April 20, 1861, he enlisted in Com- pany C, Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving this call; re- enlisted September 20, 1861, in Company H, Fifty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was raised from private to Captain of Company A; participated in the battles of Bull Run, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg and many others; transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, and in all the battles till the capture of Atlanta, being discharged on account of ill health. Mr. Pool was married March 26, 1863, to Rachel E. Armstrong, of Eden Township, a native of Pennsylvania, and after his discharge served as Pro- vost Marshal at Lima, Ohio, till the close of the war. He engaged in the lumber business at Milton Center a short time, and moved to his present home in 1868. He is a member of the G. A. R., himself and wife attending the Grange, and holding membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has served as Township Treasurer, and as Steward and Leader in his church.
GEORGE B. PRICE, son of Robert and Jane (Payer) Price, was born in Warren County, N. J., June 18, 1812. His parents were natives of New York and New Jersey, and had nine children -- John, Jonah H., George B., Samuel, Daniel F., Darius H., Sarah A., Jane and Catharine. Jonah, Sam- uel and Sarah A. are deceased; the mother died in August, 1832; the father in 1860, both in Warren County, N. J. George B. Price resided with his parents till 1832, being married September 8th of that year to Anna Man- ning, of Warren County N. J., a native of New York, and daughter of Ephraim and Sarah (Reed) Manning, who were natives of Warren County, N. J., and who were the parents of five children-Amos, Isaac R., Mary M., Hannah and Anna, all deceased, including the parents. To George B. and Anna Price were born ten children-Isaac M., Aaron R., Mary J., Sarah E., Margaret A., Hannah M., Eliza C., John M., Laura, Ellen and George W. Isaac M., Aaron R., George W. and John M. are deceased; the mother died March 22, 1877. Mr. Price migrated to Ohio in 1838, settling first in Han- cock County, removing to this county some time after. He purchased 120 acres of land where he now resides, and which is tilled by his son-in- law, Mr. George F. Rapp, who was married to Laura E. Price July 11, 1870. They have five children-John F., Ida Belle, Rosa May, George R. and Maggie A. Jay is deceased-died September 18, 1880. Mr. Price has suffered many hardships, but has accumulated considerable property, hav- ing given liberally to his children. In 1846, he began life in the woods with a large family, cleared thirty-five acres for the use of it seven years, and then moved to his present place of residence. He has served as Con- stable several years, and is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, of which his wife also was a faithful member.
JAMES E. SANKEY, son of Eli and Amelia (Walker) Sankey, was born in Huntington County, Penn., January 9, 1853. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, and settled in Crawford County, Ohio, in 1854. Their children were Mary E., Ann E., Lemuel S., David, Martha, John W., Agnes K., James E. and Genevra E. The deceased are Mary E., David and the mother, who died June 12, 1883. The father still resides at the old home- stead, where he has followed agricultural pursuits about twenty-one years.
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James Sankey resided with his parents till March 2, 1876, at which date he was married to Susan Coon, widow of J. R. Coon, who died March 28, 1874, leaving three sons-Jacob, Charles E. and Edwin E., the latter deceased. Mr. Sankey followed the carpenter's trade till his marriage, since which time he has engaged in farming. He is a Democrat politically, and with his wife holds a membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Nevada.
CASPER S. SWANK was born in Richland County, Ohio, October 8, 1837, to Henry and Elizabeth (Study) Swank, natives of Franklin County, Penn., where they were married March 22, 1814. They came to Richland County in 1817, and were the parents of the following children: John, Margaret, Elizabeth, Susar, Christian, Daniel, Hannah, Henry, Mary, Jackson and Casper survive. The mother died April 17, 1859; the father April 11, 1876. In 1858, our subject went to California, and enlisted in Company I, Third Regiment, California Volunteer Infant- ry, Capt. Lewis in command. Marched to Salt Lake City and thence to Fort Bridges, being discharged in October, 1863. Came to Rich- land County, and again enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Eighty- seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. Cockby, serving about three years, passing through without a scar, and returning home in August, 1864. In the same year he came to Eden Township, purchasing eighty acres, on which he resided eight years, subsequently buying 103 acres where he now resides. He was married, March 13, 1865, to Caroline Larick, a native of this township, and daughter of George and Margaret (Lea) Larick, natives of Germany, who emigrated to America in an early day, settling first in Tuscarawas County, then in Eden Township, this coun- ty. Their children were Andrew, Catharine, Henry, William, Caroline, Levi, Louie and Lovina. Smilda and Melissa are deceased. The father died in 1858; the mother is still living in her sixty-seventh year. Mr. and Mrs. Swank are the parents of seven children-Lester O. R., Louie T. V., Valeria A., Jacob G., Lovina C., Elzie L. and Mary Z. Lovina C. is de- ceased. Mr. Swank is the owner of 133 acres (thirty acres within the cor- poration of Nevada), valued at $85 per acre. He has served as Township Treasurer, is a member of the F. & A. M., and a Democrat politically.
JAMES TAYLOR, the subject of this sketch, was born in Crawford County, Ohio, August 20, 1844. His parents, George and Mary C. Taylor, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia, came to Ohio in 1840, and settled first in Crawford County, where he was married in 1843 to Mary E. Ran- dolph, and engaged in the milling business till 1845, when he removed to Sycamore Township, this county, where he is still engaged in operating a flouring mill. James Taylor resided with his parents till 1869, when he purchased eighty acres in Eden Township, where he has since engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock dealing, operating eighty acres of his father's land adjoining his own. Mr. Taylor was married, October 30, 1873, to Miss Elizabeth Hall, of Benton, Crawford County. Her parents were Edward and Ann (Fielding) Hall, natives of Ireland and England respect- ively. The names of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor's children are George E., born September 26, 1874; Bessie L., September 16, 1875; Randolph H., Decem- ber 27, 1876; Arthur F., May 18, 1878; Roscoe A., January 30, 1880. George E. is deceased-died September 8, 1875, aged eleven montbs fif- teen days. Mr. Taylor is well respected as a citizen, and votes in the in- terest of Republicanism.
PETER TRAXLER was born in Stark County, Ohio, November 13, 1825. His parents, Daniel and Elizabeth (Cramer) Traxler, were natives
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of Cumberland County, Penn., were married there, and subsequently moved to Stark County, Ohio, where they reared a family. Their children were Catharine, Elizabeth, George, Daniel, Peter and John, all deceased but the three latter. Our subject, Peter, was married, March 25, 1846, to Catharine Conkle, of Crawford County, Ohio, native of Columbiana County, Ohio, daughter of Adam and Mary (Wyerbaugh) Conkle, natives of Pennsylvania. Her parents were married in Columbiana County, Ohio, and moved to Crawford County about 1837, their children being Nicholas, Catharine, Elizabeth, Jason, Jacob, Sarah J., William H., Samuel S., Adam and Mary. Their father died May 7, 1872; the mother January 8, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Traxler have eleven children, viz., Daniel C., Adam W., Peter P., Nicholas C., Jacob J., Mary E., John N. R., Cicly Jane, Ida L., Jason W. and Francis L. Mr. Traxler lived with his parents till twenty-one years of age, and attended the common schools. In 1851, he purchased eighty acres of timber land, on which he built a frame house, in which he lived till 1873, when he completed a fine brick residence. He owns 120 acres of good land, valued at $75 per acre, his wife owning five city lots in Bucyrus, valued at $2,000. Mr. Traxler is a Democrat. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
LEMAR WALTON was born in Ross County, Ohio, August 8, 1822. His parents were John and Casander (Ritter) Walton, natives of New Jersey and Kentucky respectively. They were married in Ross County, September 19, 1819, and removed to this county in 1833, where the father died August 25, 1835. They had nine children-Henry, Lemar, William H. and John W. (twins), Samuel A., Melinda A., Eleanor, Nancy and Nelson. Lemar, Sam- uel A. and Melinda A. are the only ones living; the mother died August 5, 1849. Lemar Walton was married April 3, 1849, to Magdalene Hufford, daughter of Christopher and Catharine (Corfman) Hufford, of Tymochtee Township; her parents were natives of Maryland and Ohio respectively. They settled in this county in 1828, where Mr. Hufford still resides; his wife died August 20, 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Hufford are the parents of nine children-Magdalene, George W., Catharine, Barbara, Conrad, Mary, Lydia, Elizabeth and Sarah M. Elizabeth is deceased. Mr. Walton has always engaged in farming: he purchased his present farm of eighty acres in 1851, and has reared a family of ten children -Samuel A., Isaiah W., Mary E. and Sarah E. (twins), Willis C., Eliza Ann, Levi F., Jasper N., Allen L., and Florence J. Sarah E. is deceased, died September 26, 1872. Mr. Walton owns 218 acres in this county, and in 1873 purchased 160 acres in Kansas, which he gave to his sons; he and wife are members of the Evangelical Church, of which faith their son, S. A. Walton, is a minister in Madison County, Iowa.
FRANK M. WELCH was born in this township, March 19, 1855; his parents, James and Isabel (Hicks) Welch, were natives of Pennsylvania and New York respectively, and were married in this county, their children be- ing Frank M., Ransom H. and Edward M. The father died May 7, 1869; the mother July 26, 1880. Frank M. Welch was married October 18, 1881, to Lillian N. Maskey, of this township, native of Crawford County, Ohio, born May 8, 1863, daughter of Eli and Nancy C. (Wert) Maskey, natives of Ashland and Crawford Counties respectively. Her parents were married at Bucyrus, and resided many years in Crawford County, their chilren Lillian N., Dora V., Newlove G., and Orland C., all being born there; the parents now reside in Eden Township. Mr. Welch has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and owns an interest in an undivided estate of 271
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acres, valued at $75 to $100 per acre. He has had charge of the home farm since his father's death, and is an energetic farmer, and of the Dem- ocratic persuasion in politics.
REUBEN YARK, son of Solomon and Catharine (Bower) Yark, was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, January 2, 1837. He remained with his parents till March 3, 1864, at which time he was married to Miss Ellen E. Neville, born in London, England, March 1, 1844, daughter of John F. and Elizabeth (Baker) Neville, natives of London and Barkway, England, and who emigrated to the United States about 1850, and settled in Phila- delphia, where Mrs. Neville died in 1855. Their children were ten in number, Ellen E. being the only surviving. The father was a book binder by trade, and engaged in that occupation in Philadelphia and Buffalo till 1859, when he went to St. Louis where he still resides. He was forced to leave St. Louis in 1861 by the Union-Secession riot, and accordingly went to Sedalia, Mo., where he assisted in organizing, and was commissioned Major of the Seventh Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and served till the close of the war when he returned to St. Louis; he is now the father of three children-William, Reuben and Eliza, by a second wife. Our sub- ject being a carpenter by trade followed this occupation about twelve years after his marriage. In 1876, he engaged in the poultry and country prod- uce business, sold out in 1884, and turned his attention to farming; he is the father of three children-John N., born July 3, 1865; Emma A., March 17, 1868; and Reuby E., September 29, 1877. Emma A. is deceased; her death occurring August 6, 1870. Mr. Yark is a member of the Knights of Honor, Nevada Lodge, No. 277, and a Democrat politically.
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CHAPTER V.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
ORGANIZATION-BOUNDARIES-PHYSICAL FEATURES AND PRODUCTS-STREAMS . - ROADS AND RAILROADS-FIRST SETTLEMENTS-SCHOOLS-CHURCHES- CEMETERIES-OWNERS OF REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE IN 1845-TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS-FIRST THINGS-KIRBY VILLAGE-STATISTICS-BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
TACKSON TOWNSHIP, which comprises Townships 3 and 4 south, Range 12 east, received its name in honor of Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States. It lies in the southwest part of Wyandot County and was at one time a component part of Hardin County, being a portion of the township lying west of it in said county, and organized some time before its annexation to Wyandot, on the erection of the latter in 1845, in which year it was detached from Hardin.
Jackson is bounded on the north by Richland Township, on the east by Mifflin Township, on the south by Marseilles Township and part of Hardin County, and on the west by Hardin County.
PHYSICAL FEATURES.
Like other townships in this county, Jackson presented to the first set- tlers many stubborn obstacles, owing to the heavy timber covering it and the level character of its surface. The settlement of the township was, conse- quently, comparatively slow, but time and the indomitable perseverance and industry of the prudent husbandman have converted the forest into a fine agricultural garden, studded with thriving and well-fenced farms, on which are erected substantial and comfortable dwellings, barns, etc., and the nature of the well-cultivated soil asserts its claim to unbounded fertili- ty in the production of wheat, corn and other ordinary cereals, as well as affording ample encouragement for stock-raising and the development of the dairy industry. Indeed, when the drainage is completed, Jackson will be- come second to none as a farming township.
Several small tributaries of the Sandusky River have their sources in this township. Three running eastward take birth-the most northerly one in Section 10 on Samuel Baker's farm; the next southward, in Section 23, on S. F. Walker's farm, and the most southerly, also in Section 23, on the farm of D. S. Nye. The two first mentioned unite on the farm of John F. Zimmerman, Section 13, and the stream shortly afterward leaves Jackson, on the farm of John Callahan, Section 13, for Mifflin Township; the third stream leaves Jackson for Mifflin on the farm of James Holmes, Section 13, and the two meeting in the latter township form what is known as Oak Run. Three streams running southeast have their sources-the most norther- ly about the farm of John Flower, Sections 28 and 33, flowing southeast till it crosses the northwest corner of Marseilles Township (where it adjoins Sec- tion 34), then entering Jackson Township again, on the farm of H. Young, courses southward and unites on the farm of John Wilkins, Section 3 south, with the next southerly run, which rises in Hardin County, enters Jackson
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by the farm of William T. Baker, Section 4 south, flows east and southeast, and, before bidding adieu to Jackson Township, the third and most south- erly stream, which also rises in Hardin County, flowing northeast and east, adds its quota to the two first streams on the farm of John Wilkins, in the southeast corner of Section 3 south, at which point the trio, now unified, enters Marseilles Township when it babbles onward to its goal under the euphonious title "Little Tymochtee Creek." There are a few smaller runs in the extreme northern part of the township, but they are comparatively insignificant. They all ultimately. however, serve to swell the Sandusky River, each modest little stream being quite as industrious and honest on its journey to its final destination as its more pretentious andnoisy neighbor. It will thus be seen that for the most part this township is well watered. Good, substantial roads intersect the township from all points of the com- pass, the first cut and first regularly laid out being the Findlay & Marion road. The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad passes through the northern division, entering at Kirby Village (where there is a station), in the northeast corner of Section 1, and leaving at the southwest angle of Section 4, it enters Hardin County a short distance from Forest, where the Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Railroad crosses it.
FIRST SETTLEMENTS.
The first white settler in Jackson Township was old Mr. Hooey. Thomas C. Beaven and his son, Henry, came in 1826. Henry S. Bowers, born in Chester County, Penn., in 1805, came to this township in 1832, traveling a distance of 350 miles with his family in a covered wagon. He entered 350 acres of land, and was the second settler in Jackson Township. J. D. Bowers, born in New York State in 1834, came to this township with his father, Henry S. Bowers, in 1832, and is still living. He is a leading farmer of the county, residing on Section 36.
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