The History of Wyandot County, Ohio, containing a history of the county, its townships, towns general and local statistics, military record, portraits of early settlers and prominent men etc, Part 85

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which time he has not been permanently engaged. Mr. Leith is a Repub- lican; was one of the organizers of Company H, One Hundred and Forty- fourth Ohio National Guards, being elected First Lieutenant. His regi- ment was called into service May 1, 1864, participating in the battle at Berry- ville, August 13, 1864, serving four months in all. His marriage to Melissa Pease occurred October 1, 1862. She was a daughter of James and Eliza (Hall) Pease, now residents of Sycamore Township. One child-Maggie E., was born to them, her birth occurring November 8, 1865, Mrs. Leith died April 15, 1866, and Mr. L. has never since married.

ERNEST LIDLE, saddler, Nevada, was born in Wittenburg, Germany, April 4, 1842. His father, Christopher, was also born in Germany in 1814, and emigrated to the United States in 1854, locating in Seneca County a short time, but moving to this county in 1855-56, stopping at Upper San- dusky, where he still resides. His mother, Mary (Saner) Lidle, died in Germany in June, 1850. Four of the seven children emigrated -- Charles, Frederick, Ernest and Frederica. Our subject landed in New York City September 26, 1865, and was then employed six months at the harness trade, which he had pursued in Germany from the age of fourteen. He subse. quently spent two months in Buffalo, thence moving to Cincinnati, where he was employed till March 1867, when he permanently located in Nevada, and was married, May 4, 1867, to Louisa Deerer, who died in 1868. He was married, January 14, 1870, to Sarah E. Parker née Walker, and seven chil- dren have blessed this union-Matilda, born October 20, 1870; Jessie M .; Mary E .; Frederick and Edward (twins), born October 4, 1879; an infant, deceased. Mr. Lidle is the owner of his present business room, and has the leading establishment of the kind in the town, carrying a full stock of harness, saddles, trunks, valises, etc. He also owns a comfortable residence on Garret street, and is well respected as a citizen, being a member of the Knights of Honor.

CONRAD LOHR is a native of Bavaria, Germany, born February 6, 1815. He is a son of William and Christina (Meedman) Lohr, his mother having died in Germany September 30, 1831, and his father, while on their voyage to this country in 1843. They were the parents of three children, Conrad being the only one living. He located in Wayne County in 1843, but removed to this county in 1848, purchasing forty acres of land in An- trim Township, where he was engaged till 1875, when he removed to Ne- vada, since living a retired life. Mr. Lohr was married in Germany in 1837 to Julia Rittenspach, and five children were born to them-Phobe, born May 12, 1839, died November 28, 1856; Jacob B., August 6, 1841; Elizabeth, February 26, 1845; George and John (twins), April 12, 1849. Phobe and Jacob B. were born in Germany. Mrs. Lohr's demise took place in April, 1849, and Mr. L. was married in 1850 to Catharine (Shull) Layman, and three of the four children by this marriage are living -Daniel, born April 10, 1852; Henry, August 13, 1854; and William, May 9, 1858; Mary, born September 19, 1850, died November 28, 1856. The mother of these children dying September 19, 1858, Mr. Lohr was married January 5, 1860, to Mrs. Elizabeth Johns, formerly Miller. He is now enjoying the fruits of his early labors, leading a retired life. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the English Lutheran Church. He has been a resident of the county about forty years.

WILLIAM M. MASKEY, son of Joseph and Mary A. (Simmons) Mas- key, was born in Nevada October 16, 1861. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, their children being William M., Charley and Ida. William

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M. was educated in the public schools of Nevada, and abandoned his studies at the age of seventeen years to accept a clerkship in the grocery store and bakery of E. R. Irmer, with whom he was engaged from 1879 to 1881. In the latter year he purchased a stock of groceries of J. W. Morris & Son, and embarked in business on his own resources. He carries a full line of groceries, provisions, fruits, etc., and enjoys a good trade. He is a young man of efficient business experience and of good character, being well esteemed as a citizen.

JOHN McBETH occupies a position in the front rank of the farmers of this township. He was born in Washington County, Penn., June 15, 1827, and is a son of Thomas and Jane (Campbell) McBeth. He came to Marion County, Ohio, with his parents in 1844, and resided with them till his twenty-first year. He then engaged at monthly labor for two years, after which time he purchased eighty acres of land of his father on which farm he resided twenty-four years. He then traded for his present farm of 195 acres on which he has since resided. He also owns 17 acres of the old homestead and 84 acres in Putnam County, Ohio. Mr. McBeth has spent the mature part of his life farming in this county and is one of the most successful of its agriculturists. On his farm is located a large mound, in which has been found the bones of human skeletons, either of Indians or a previous race. John McBeth was married April 3, 1851, to Margaret J. Swayze, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, February 9, 1834, daugh- ter of John and Elizabeth (Thompson) Swayze. Her parents were born in Pennsylvania where they were also married soon after moving to Fairfield County, where they resided till 1848, when they came to Wyandot and purchased in this township, the old Peacock farm, on which still stands the log cabin erected by the Indian Chief of that name. Her mother died in Fairfield County in 1848; her father afterward sold his farm and removed to Putnam County, where he died in February, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Beth have four children, namely: Frank C., born April 19, 1854; Jenie, October 6, 1856; Martin M., August 9, 1867; Truman B., February 26, 1870. Mr. McBeth is a Republican in politics, and has served several years as Trustee. The family is associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

THOMAS C. McBETH, one of the most successful farmers of this township, was born in Washington County, Penn., August 16, 1830. His parents, Thomas and Jane (Campbell) McBeth, were born in the north of Ireland, the father in 1800, the mother about 1805, being of Scotch ances- try. They emigrated to America in 1825, landing May 1. They located in Washington County, Penn., on the Monongahela River twenty miles above Pittsburgh, where they resided till the spring of 1844, when they re- moved to Marion County, Ohio. In 1849, they located on Broken Sword Creek in this township, where they purchased 400 acres on which they re- sided till their death; the father passing away in June, 1877, the mother May 1, 1875. The old home in which they shared the joys and sorrows of life for more than a quarter of a century, is now deserted, and a massive willow stands weeping over its desolation. There were ten children in the family, namely: Eliza, John, Thomas C., Robert, William, Mary, Ellen, Jane, Fannie and Alexander-the latter deceased. Thomas C., the subject of this memoir, resided with his parents till in his twenty-second year. He then was employed two years as a farm hand for F. Campbell, of Marion, at $12 per month, after which he farmed rented land four years, beginning operations in 1859 on eighty acres given him by his father. In 1858, he

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purchased forty acres, adding forty more in 1865, and in 1870, traded these tracts for his present farm of 202 acres, paying $4,000. On this farm he has erected an elegant residence, and is conducting an extensive and success- ful agricultural and stock-raising business. Mr. McBeth was married January 25. 1855, to Sidney C. Lamberton, a native of Mansfield, Ohio, born September 8, 1834, and daughter of Robert M. and Eliza M. (Edsall) Lamberton. Her grandparents were among the first settlers of Richland County, her grandfather Edsall assisting to raise the log storeroom owned by Mr. I. Wiler on what is now the site of the noted "Wiler House" of Mansfield. Her father when first located in that vicinity, sold Mr. Wiler ginseng, snakeroot and other medicinal roots and herbs. Her grandfather, Lamberton, was a native of Scotland and graduated in the University of Glasgow. He emigrated to America and became one of the most able lawyers of Mansfield, his death occurring in 1858, his wife's following. Mrs. McBeth's parents were natives of Carlisle, Penn and Mansfield, Ohio, her father born May 12, 1811, the latter, October, 1817. They were mar- ried near Mansfield and resided there most of their lives, her father having died in 1839; her mother is still living in that vicinity in her sixty-eighth year. Mr. and Mrs. McBeth have had six children, viz. : Thomas N., born November 26, 1856; Pleda M., September 9, 1858-wife of Frank Blair, Fannie J., August 26, 1861-wife of William H. Dotts, Venemen, May 21, 1864; Minnie I., December 2, 1866; Maud, twin to the latter, died January 17, 1869. Mr. and Mrs. McBeth are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and highly respected in their community.

WILLIAM McBETH, one of the foremost farmers of this township, was born in Washington Co., Penn., July 12, 1834. He is a son of Thom- as and Jane (Campbell) McBeth, natives of Ireland and of Scotch ancestry. (See sketch of T. C. McBeth). Our subject resided with his parents till twenty-eight years of age and engaged in farming, obtaining a fair education in the district schools. He inherited eighty acres from his father's estate, and purchased forty acres in 1860, to which he has added till he now owns 263 acres of land, valued at $75 to $80 per acre. He has done much hard work, having assisted in clearing two large farms of their forest growth. He deals quite extensively in stock, keeping extra qualities of cattle, sheep and hogs. Mr. McBeth was married February 3, 1863, to Miss Rhoda Harmon, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Minor) Harmon, natives of Bartley County, Va., and Madison County, Ohio, respectively. Her par-

ents spent most of their lives in this county, where her father died Septem- ber 18, 1853; her mother November 28. 1867. The family consisted of ten children, namely: Margaret, Osborn, Mary A., Francis, Sarah, Rhoda, Elizabeth, John, Michael and George. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. McBeth has been blessed by four children, namely: Gladys, born Septem- ber 30, 1864; Blanch, September 6, 1869; Cora, March 11, 1873; Harry, October 22, 1877. Mr. McBeth has resided on his present farm since 1863. He has been very successful in his business affairs, his efforts having been crowned by an estate of not less than $27,000. He and Mrs. McBeth are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the family ranking among the first in their community.

ISAAC MILLER, one of the most worthy and notable pioneers of this county, was born in Pendleton County, Va., May 24, 1818. His paternal grandfather, Anthony Miller, was a native of Hardy County, on Lost River, Va., and was all through the Revolutionary war. He was present at the massacre of Little Wheeling, Va., where but a very few escaped the toma-

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hawk of the savages. He was Lieutenant of the company that followed the Indians to Little Wheeling. His maternal grandfather was a native of the same county, was also a Revolutionary soldier, and a Methodist minister. Isaac Miller is a son of Isaac and Margaret (Lair) Miller, the former born in Hardy County, on Lost River, Va., October 26, 1784; the latter July 28, 1783. His parents were married in their native county and subsequently removed to Pendleton County, on the South Fork of the Potomac, where they resided until April 14, 1834, when they started for Ohio, and located on the Delaware Reserve, now within this county, where they remained two years, when they moved to the Wyandot Reserve, near where the town of Nevada is now situated. They first leased land in 1836 of Jacob Young, a Wyandot, on which land they resided seven years. They were the first white settlers of Eden Township; the father then purchased land-80 acres -with his son Lair, and after the death of his wife, May 29, 1845, resided with his son. He died February 21, 1862. In this family there were seven children, viz .: John, born March 20, 1808; Mary, February 1, 1810; Catharine, November 11, 1813; Elizabeth C., May 12, 1816; Isaac, May 24, 1818; Lair, February 10, 1820; Jacob, March 31, 1825. Isaac, our subject, resided with his parents till twenty-seven years of age. He was mar- ried October 10 1847, to Barbara Fredregill, daughter of James and Sarah (Wever) Fredregill, natives of Westmoreland County, Penn. By this mar- riage one child was born, namely: Reuben, the date of his birth being June 29, 1848. His wife's decease occurring August 9, 1849, Mr. Miller was again married February 7, 1850, to Sarah Clayton, born in Wayne County, in Ohio, March 12, 1820, daughter of Samuel and Cynthia (Hampshire) Clayton, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania respectively, of English and Welsh descent. Her parents were married in Richland County, Ohio, June 27, 1819, and later moved to Knox; then to Seneca, and then to Wyandot County in July, 1836. Her father died February 5, 1879; her mother, November 9, 1883-both in Nebraska. After his marriage, Mr. Miller farmed rented land six years, operating a saw mill two years in the mean . time. He located on his present farm August 23, 1854, purchasing first forty acres, to which he has added by subsequent purchases till he now owns eighty-five acres. His present dwelling was built originally by Dr. Grey- eyes, a " medicine man " of the Wyandot tribe, the logs having been hewn by one McGrew and John Hicks Standstone, an Indian. Mr. Miller has been a lifelong farmer, and has witnessed the growth of this county since 1834, having done much for its development. He has had several hand-to- hand combats with the " redskins," and after the strife, has partaken of their bounteous pots of pork, deer, raccoon, 'possum and skunk broth most freely. He is still quite conversant in their language and can yet give the savage war-whoop in all its weirdness and terror. He was supervisor of the Indi- ans while they were cutting out the Osceola road from Indian Run to Rock Run, and was intimately acquainted with most of the members of the tribe. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and highly esteemed by all who know them. Mrs. Miller was a school - teacher in her young days, closing her last term at noon before marriage.

REUBEN MILLER is a native of this county, born in Crane Township, June 29, 1848. He resided with his father, Isaac Miller (see sketch), till twenty-two years of age, farming and attending the common schools. He was married December 29, 1870, to Mary J. Keller, daughter of Harrison D. and Susanna (Young) Keller, and three children have been born to them -Myrtie B., July 8, 1874, ; Lillie M., January 24, 1878, and Lefee, Sep-

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tember 27, 1883. For eight years after his marriage Mr. Miller tilled his father's farm. He then purchased his present farm, where he has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He is one of the model farmers of the township, and makes a specialty of good grades of sheep and hogs. He owns eighty-five acres within the corporation of Nevada, valued at $125 per acre, the land being drained by five miles of tile drainage. Mr. Miller served as Trustee of the township in 1882, and in 1883 was elected member of the Village Council. He is highly esteemed as a citizen, is an energetic farmer and an active Republican.

WILLIAM MONTEE, proprietor of the Kerr House, Nevada, is a native of Plattsburg, N. Y., born June 27, 1829. He is a son of A. and Hester (Wilson) Montee, the former a native of New York City; the latter of Nova Scotia, of French and Scotch-Irish parentage respectively. They were married in Clinton County, N. Y., and were the parents of twelve children, eight now living-Emeline, Elizabeth, Theodore, William, Ed- ward, James, Franklin and Finley. After marriage, they settled at Platts- burg, N. Y., moving to this county in 1833. In 1852, they migrated to Illinois, where the father died in 1876, aged seventy-six; the mother in 1883. The former was a soldier during the entire war of 1812, entering the service at twelve years of age. He was in after years a Quartermaster in the militia at Little Sandusky. William Montee was reared on the farm in this county among the Indians, one of his principal playmates being Moscoe Sarrahas. He continued in agricultural pursuits till he enlisted in the army in September, 1862. He was a member of Company K, One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of New Market, Piedmont, Lynchburg and Winchester. At the latter place, he was placed on detached service as Hospital Regimental Cook, serving in this capacity two years. Being disabled by sickness, he was discharged at Washington in August, 1865, and returned to Little Sandusky, where he engaged in the hotel business four years. In 1878, he removed to Nevada, where he has since engaged in the same occupation. He does a flourishing business, and is the owner of 160 acres of Kansas land, and fourteen acres in Pitt Township. Mr. Montee was married Janu- ary 16, 1851, to Lorinda Coon, their children being six in number, two liv- ing-Anna E., born April 5, 1856, and John H., born December 11, 1873. Mr. Montee is highly esteemed as a citizen, is a Democrat in politics, and member of the G. A. R.

BENJAMIN B. MYERS was born in Crawford County, Ohio, July 2, 1849. His parents, Gen. Samuel and Hannah Myers, are both residents of Bucy- rus. The former was born in York County, Penn., December 4, 1802. He settled in the vicinity of Bucyrus in an early day, 1826, and was a prominent and influential citizen. He represented the counties of Craw- ford and Richland two terms in the legislature, and was ten years Treas- urer for the county of Crawford. Benjamin Myers was educated in the public schools of Bucyrus, and subsequently learned the tinner's trade, which he has since engaged in, forming a partnership first with John Scharf, of New Washington, but disposing of his interest in 1874, and estab- lishing himself in the hardware, stove and tinware business in Nevada, under the firm name of S. Myers & Son, in 1875. In 1879, he purchased his father's interest, and has since conducted the business independently, enjoying a good trade -- carrying a full stock of shelf hardware, stoves, tin- ware and agricultural implements. Mr. Myers was married, September 10, 1872, to Miss Lizzie Delancey, a native of Crawford County, born Decem-

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ber 21, 1855, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca Delancy, and two children were born to them-both dying in infancy. In politics, Mr. Myers is Democratic; he is a member of the F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., and also of the English Lutheran Church. He is one of the substantial citizens of the town and well respected.

JAMES NEALLY, son of David and Debora (Goodrich) Neally, was born in Tioga County, N. Y., July 2, 1820. His parents were natives of Oswego, N. Y., where they were married and spent their entire lives, the mother dying about 1825, the father in 1873. Mr. Neally was reared from his seventh to his twenty-first year in Steuben County, N. Y., working on a farm. He then learned the carpenter's trade and followed this trade twelve years. In 1855, he came to this county and located on his present farm, then containing ninety-five acres, now 110, valued at $90 to $100 per acre. He was married, March 14, 1852, to Eunice Gray, born in Steuben County, N. Y., May 17, 1826, daughter of Levi and Tryphena (Baker) Gray, natives of Connecticut and Tioga County, N. Y., respectively, the father born June 26, 1790, the mother June 8, 1793. Her great-grandmother bore the name of Hoose and was a cousin of Martin Van Buren, deceased President of the United States. Her parents were married in Steuben County, N. Y., in 1810, and in 1811 located in Wheeler Township, where her father died in 1864: her mother soon after removed to Illinois, where she resided several years, and then in other places with her children, till her death, which oc- curred in Tiffin, Ohio, August 15, 1882. Mrs. Neally's grandfather Baker was one of the pioneers of Western New York, and his wife a woman of marked ability. Mr. and Mrs. Neally have had seven children, namely, Elizabeth, wife of Charles White, born in New York June 4, 1853; Ella, wife of D. P. Caldwell, born April 18, 1855; Mary T., wife of James Wort, born August 31, 1857; Charles D., March 15, 1860; Prudence, July 2, 1862; Fannie F., August 15, 1864; James L., June 15, 1869. The latter died September 24, 1874. Mr. Neally is one of the many good farmers of Antrim Township, and is kindly regarded in his social sphere. In politics, he is a Republican.

JOHN E. PALMER was born in Richland County, Ohio, April 23, 1827. His parents, Charles and Anna (Ward) Palmer, were natives of En- gland, the former born in London October 8, 1796, the latter in Repton November 15, 1804. His great grandparents, John E. and Martha (Sand- well) Palmer, were married in England January 20, 1763, and his grand- father, John E. Palmer, was born to them September 18, 1768. His grand- mother, Mary (Sharp) Palmer, was born in England December 14, 1769. They were married in London November 12, 1789, and their children were Stephen S., born August 20, 1790, lost on a voyage to South America, off Ushant, on the coast of France, December 13, 1817; Mary A., February 1, 1792; John E., July 28, 1793; William P., May 19, 1799; Charles S., October 8, 1796. The father of these died January 27, 1801, the mother November 25, 1803. Charles S. Palmer, the father of our subject, was born in London, his father being a noted printer in that city. He, Charles S. Palmer, emigrated to America in 1819, and was married in Richland County, Ohio, February 10, 1821, to Anna Ward, the children resulting from this marriage being Charles S., born December 18, 1821; Francis R., April 25, 1823; Mary, February 25, 1825; John E., April 23, 1827; Eliza- beth W., March 10, 1829; Fannie, January 25, 1831; Martha, March 25, 1833; Amanda, April 15, 1835; Phobe J., January 19, 1837; William, March 18, 1838; Henry G., August 14, 1839; Joseph, July 24, 1841; Mary

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A., January 8, 1844. The deceased are William, Mary and Amanda; the mother died August 15, 1865, the father January 29, 1878. John E. Palmer, the subject proper of this notice, was engaged on the farm with his parents till twenty-six years of age. In 1853, he moved to this county and pur- chased eighty acres of his present farm, on which, with the exception of three years, he has since resided. He at one time owned forty acres in Hardin County, but subsequently sold the tract and purchased sixty acres in Crane Township. Mr. Palmer was married September 12, 1854, to Susan Bachtell, daughter of Joseph Bachtell (see sketch of Emmet E. Bachtell), and three children were born to them, namely: Olive L., September 14, 1855; Clinton R., December 7, 1857; Morris E., November 22, 1864. Mr. Palmer is one of the model farmers of the township and a man of excellent character and a Republican in politics. Mrs. Palmer is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

LOREN A. PEASE, one of the early settlers of Wyandot County and its first Sheriff, was born at Burton, Geauga Co., Ohio, March 10, 1818. His parents were Luther and Nancy (Pease) Pease, were natives of Con- necticut and of French and Welsh ancestry respectively. Their children were Nancy L., Luther L., James C. and Loren A. The parents were early settlers of Geauga County, Ohio, locating there about 1817, the father's de- cease occurring there in 1825, in his thirty-seventh year, the mother surviv- ing till 1842 and dying in this county. Loren A. Pease, the subject of this sketch, was reared in his native county and obtained a fair education, con- sidering his advantages. He learned the blacksmith trade at Painesville, Lake County, and pursued this occupation until 1850, doing an extensive business in the manufacture of wagons and buggies, principally at Syca- more, this county, to which place he removed and permanently settled in 1839. He erected the first frame dwelling in that village, and there estab- lished, in connection with his brother James, the first wagon shop in the county, paying $75 for one acre of land. He then employed five to six workmen and manufactured thirty to fifty wagons yearly. During the war Mr. Pease was extensively engaged in the manufacture of sorghum molasses, in which business he was financially successful. Beginning life with lim- ited means, he at length became the owner of 178 acres, which he has since exchanged for business rooms and a home in Nevada. Mr. Pease was mar- ried first to Miss Maria E. Vaugh, and two children were born to them. namely, Eugene C. and Victor C., both deceased. Their mother passed away in April, 1842, and Mr. Pease was remarried at Cleveland, Ohio, to Nancy A. Parsons, who died March, 1875. His third marriage to Jennie A. Agnew, née Bibler, occurred March 15, 1877. Mr. Pease was elected Sheriff at the organization of the county in 1845, and was therefore the first to share the honors of that office. He was nominated for re-election, but was defeated by two votes by Thomas Baird, Democrat, the tallies standing 658 and 660. He has served in several of the township offices, and, with his wife, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has been a Re- publican since the organization of the party.

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The History of Wyandot County, Ohio, containing a history of the county, its townships, towns general and local statistics, military record, portraits of early settlers and prominent men etc, Part 85

Author: Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Chicago, Leggett, Conaway Number of Pages: 1072

Author:
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago, Leggett, Conaway
Number of Pages: 1072