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HON. JOHN CAREY. Perhaps the most notable of the early settlers in this part of Ohio was the distinguished gentleman whose name appears at the head of this limited biography. Not only in his immediate neigh- borhood was he the object of well-merited distinction, but his reputation as a man of sound judgment, great good sense, sincere and active benevolence, shone with that luster which reflected the many flattering testimonials of personal worth from all who came within range of his acquaintance and influence. He was a man whose prime indicated fine physical health and proportions, and his remarkable energy and mental force were in keeping with these greatest of natural endowments. His manhood and ability were reflected in his presence to such a degree that it needed no introduction to establish character or command respect. Few men so favorably impressed
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an acquaintance with these notable traits which win and control men through an irresistible force of personal magnetism; and the result was, as it has and ever will be, that while Mr. Carey was surrounded with the warmest of friends, whose attachment had a preceptible feeling of idolatry, he also had his bitter enemies. The latter, however, carrying their resentment, not from a disturbance of the usual amenities between citizens, nor a ruffling of the instincts which lend enchantment to neighborly conduct, but from those who appeared and were generally worsted by him in a conflict of opin- ion. He was a man who considered well, and, sometimes slow to act, but when settled in his convictions, he was impatient of opposition, and seldom failed to use his great force and remarkable energy to surmount as well as to sustain his position. And herein lay all the bitterness entertained for this great, good man-a bitterness that melts with time and resolves itself into admiration. Perhaps the best illustration of this disposition in Mr. Carey, was his opposition to the first railway through Upper Sandusky, made contingent upon a proposition to vote a county tax of $50,000. As the matter was submitted, and Mr. Carey believing the tax oppressive upon our then new county, he entered the opposition with much vigor, It was in this conflict that he displayed his wonderful force and power as a public speaker, and that indefatigable activity and de- termination that marked him as a live and effective organizer and leader. It was in this railroad controversy that Mr. Carey incurred the dis- pleasure of many interested in the new town of Upper Sandusky; but the feeling of resentment passed away with the smoke of the first en- gine that threw its welcome shadow over the town; and when the grand old hero passed away, and for many years preceding this lamentable event, no man in Wyandot County, or in this section of Ohio, was more sincerely or universally revered. No fault lay at his door other than a firm and sincere consideration of what he esteemed to be right, and the comments upon his long life of usefulness, and the bereavement were full of that tender regard which gives sublimity to expression, and finds a fitting response in the re- spect and intensity of feeling of those who still cherish a pleasurable pride in perpetuating his memory.
The subject of this sketch was the son of Stephen and Sarah Carey, and was born in Monongalia County, Va., on the 5th day of April, 1792. In 1796, his parents and family removed to Brown County, Ohio, where they remained for some time and reared their family. In 1812, young John Carey removed to Franklin County, Ohio, and a short time thereafter en- listed as a soldier in the army of the United States. After a military serv- ice of six months, he returned to his home in Franklin County, and en- gaged in the milling business, and also at the same time paid considerable attention to farming. He remained here until the year 1822. On the 9th of January, 1817, he was united in marriage with Miss Dorcas Wilcox, daughter of Roswell and Dorcas Wilcox, natives of Connecticut, who had emigrated to Franklin County, Ohio, in the year 1802. The wife of John Carey was born in Hartford, Conn., January 17, 1790, and departed this life at the family residence in Carey, on the 1st day of September, 1867. Shortly after Mr. Carey's marriage in 1822, he came to what is now known as Wyandot County, and purchased 190 acres of land, in Sections 27 and 34, which still remain part of the Carey homestead, and now owned by his son, the Hon. McD. M. Carey, one of our prominent and influential. citizens. In 1823, he began improvements upon this land, and a year later
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removed hither with his wife and family, whom he made comfortable in the first hewed-log house erected in that section of country. When he had seen after the comfort of his young wife and family, his energy took direc- tion in the building of a saw mill upon the banks of Tymochtee, a small stream that ran through his land, and while the first on that creek in the county, it withstood the buffets of time and business, and remained for many years as a landmark, and remnants of the old structure are still to be seen near grounds given historic prominence by the sad fate of Col. Craw- ford, which is fully given in another part of this volume. Mr. Carey's fine business qualities, tact and industry, brought their reward in making it possible for him to add largely to his estate until he had accumulated nearly 3,000 acres, which he held and possessed to the hour of his death. To go back to Mr. Carey's earlier life, we find him, at the age of twelve, carrying the mail from Portsmouth to Chillicothe, and continued in this pursuit for two years, at that time a hazardous undertaking for one of his years; yet the courage and indomitable will of maturer life was seen in the lad of a dozen years. From the mail service he entered as an apprentice to learn the trade of tanner, at which he remained until 1812, when he enlisted in a rifle company under command of Gen. Hull, and was surrendered with this company to the British at Detroit. After an honorable discharge from the army, John returned to Columbus, with the results as already set forth. For years Mr. Carey was an honored and central figure in our midst, re- ferred to with pride as authority on many of the leading questions of pub- lic and local interest, and the great confidence reposed in him for sterling worth and integrity gave to his favor a conspicuous influence. In politics, Mr. Carey was a Whig, as long as that party existed; afterward, a zealous, active, yet sincere and liberal adherent to principles of the present Repub- lican party, as interpreted by Lincoln, Trumbull, Chase and other of the in- tellectual giants of the war period. Although never an office-seeker, he readily won distinction among his people and party, which is indicated by the fact, that as early as 1827, he was chosen to represent this, then Craw- ford County, in the Lower House of the Ohio Legislature, leaving the ef- fect of his sound judgment and wise and considerate action upon laws, which still grace the statutes of our State. He also served one term as Judge, and years after was sent to the Ohio Senate, where he made himself quite prominent, and reflected upon the district from which he was credited, that true honor which is ever the result of faithful services. In 1858, he was prevailed upon to accept the Republican nomination, in the then old Democratic Ninth District of Ohio, and although running against an emi- nent and popular Democrat (Judge Hall, of Crawford County), he overcame a majority of 2,000, and was triumphantly elected. His course to Congress was marked with ability, and the ablest address ever given to Congress in behalf of the tillers of the soil was his maiden speech before that august body; and, to-day, that the Bureau of Agriculture has its present existing importance at the Capital of the nation is largely due to Mr. Carey's ef- forts. It was he who inaugurated the movement which is now so favorably amplified by the best minds of the country, and which has lifted to such high prominence the agricultural interests of this country. In 1854, Mr. Carey, finding that old age was telling upon his years of usefulness, left the old homestead on the banks of the Tymochtee, and removed to the town which bears his name and the work of his enterprise, and sought that rest and repose which his overtaxed energies had long needed. Although his physical strength gave way, his mental energies never flagged, remaining
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with him as a bright memento of his past life, until the 17th of March, 1875, when, surrounded by family and friends, he quietly breathed his last, in the eighty-third year of his age. Unto the union of John and Dorcas Carey were born six children, two sons and four daughters- Napoleon B., born June 18, 1818, and died October 21, 1846; McD. M. Carey, born May 13, 1820; Emma Maria, born January 15, 1822, and died August 27, 1842; Eliza A. (now Mrs. Joseph Kenney), born July 7, 1824; Cinderella (Mrs. Edwin Brown), born May 2, 1826; Dorcas (Mrs. Alvin Dow), born February 24, 1830.
McD. M. CAREY is a native of Franklin County, Ohio, and one of the oldest residents of this township. He was born, May 13, 1820, and is a son of Hon. John Carey, his mother's maiden name being Dorcas Wilcox. His parents were natives of Virginia and Connecticut respectively, and of En- glish and Scotch parentage. They were married in Franklin County, Ohio, January 9, 1817, and resided in and near the city of Columbus for several years. His father came to this county in 1822, and bought land in Craw- ford Township, where he located with his family in 1824. Here he made his home during the remainder of his life, removing to Carey in 1854, after which time he attempted to live in retirement, though always busy till his death. He was a member of the Ohio Legislature four terms, before and after the organization of this county, and was also Associate Judge of Crawford County. In the year 1858, he was elected to Congress by the Republican party, and served his full term. He was a hard worker, and spent most of his life in clearing up land and farming, owning at one time nearly 3,000 acres. The children of the family were Napoleon B .. Mc Donough Monroe, Emma M., Eliza A., Cindarilla and Dorcas-all living but Emma M. and Napoleon B., who died at the ages of twenty and twenty-eight respectively. The mother died September 1, 1867; the father survived till March 17, 1875. McD. M. Carey, the subject of this sketch, was married, October 1, 1845, to Miss Lydia E. Beebe, of Norwalk, Huron Co, Ohio, where she was born in 1822, her parents being John and Hannah (Young) Beebe, who were early settlers in that county. There were seven children in the Beebe fam- ily-Althea, Lydia E., Ambrose M., Ann E., David, Frank and Charlie -- all living but Lydia. The parents both died in Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Carey had one child, Althea E., born October 21, 1846. Mrs. Carey depart- ing this life, December 15, 1846, in 1851, Mr. Carey was married to Em- ily (Merriman) Remington, daughter of Myron and Rilla Merriman, who moved from New York State, about 1822, and entered land in this township, their five children being Emily, Laura, Seth, Louisa and Nancy-all deceased but Laura and Louisa. Mr. Merriman died in Kansas, and Mrs. M. in Ill- inois. Mrs. Carey passed away March 13, 1881, and is interred in the Oak Grove Cemetery, at Upper Sandusky. In 1854, Mr. Carey moved upon the old home farm near Crawfordsville, and has ever since been there engaged in the quiet pursuits of agriculture, stock dealing and grain dealing. He owns about 1,100 acres of land, valued at $50 to $100 per acre. He erected his fine, brick residence in 1866-67, and now devotes his time in overseeing his property. In politics, Mr. Carey is Republican. He was very active in the C. & T. Railroad enterprise, and subsequently became one of the direct- ors of that line. His daughter and her family now reside on the home farm with him. Mr. Carey is one of the most successful farmers of the township as well as one of the most prominent and highly esteemed. After the death of Mrs. Carey, his only daughter has very satisfactorily taken charge of her father's household affairs, which she continues to the
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full satisfaction of all concerned. She is the wife of George H. Whaley, and the mother of two children, viz., Paul C. and Doratha L.
ALFRED K. DAVIS was born in this township August 23, 1838. He is a son of William and Lucy (Brayton) Davis, who were born in this State, married in Wyandot County, resided most of their lives in this county, and reared four children-Anna L., Alfred K., William H. and Lucy. The father died in March, 1846; the mother in March, 1873. Mr. Davis was married, December 4, 1865, to Miss Sarah Hurd, of this county, a native of Indiana, and daughter of Imez and Sarah (Jameson) Hurd, who were na- tives of York State. Her parents moved to Indiana about 1840, and to Michigan in 1845; settled in Allegan County, and reared nine children, five of whom survive, viz., Alexandra, Caroline, Sybil, Francis M. and Sarah. Her mother died in 1841; her father in 1846. Mr. Davis farmed the old homestead for several years, inheriting a portion of the same in 1860. In 1872, he purchased the farm upon which he now resides, and which he has improved by good buildings and cultivation. He owns 250 acres, valued at $50 to $75 per acre, and devotes his chief attention to ag- riculture and stock-raising. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are the parents of seven children-Olive S. was born January 23, 1867; Edna C., January 11, 1869; Cora, January 12, 1873; Ora C., June 5, 1874; Florence, November 12, 1876; Blanch and Brayton, September 20, 1880. All are living but Cora, who died July 2, 1873. In political sentiments, Mr. Davis favors Repub- lican policy. He is one of the prominent farmers of the township, and his farm is the seat of the historic battle-ground where Col. Crawford was de- feated and burned by the Indians, and where a monument has been erected to his memory. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are both associated with the Method- ist Episcopal Church.
W. T. DICKERSON, attorney at law, Carey, Ohio, was born in Shelby County, Ohio. He grew up to manhood in his native county, and obtained a good education in the common schools. He read law three years with Judge Thompson, of Sidney, and then went to Cincinnati, where he took a thorough course in the law school of that city. He then began the practice of his profession, and after about three and one-half years' practice, he opened a law office in Carey, in September, 1878. Mr. Dickerson enlisted January 9, 1862, at Sidney, in Company K, Twentieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served till July 15, 1865, then re- ceiving his discharge, and returning to Sidney. Mr. Dickerson is a mem- ber of the G. A. R. Post, and also of the Knights of Honor. He has a fair practice, and is an able representative of the legal profession.
REV. J. M. DUSTMAN was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, July 16, 1840. He is a son of George and Amelia (Peters) Dustman, who were natives of Pennsylvania and. Ohio respectively. His father moved to Fairfield County when five years old (1816), married Amelia Peters and reared nine children-all brought up on a farm. In 1846, the family moved to Van Wert, where they entered a farm on which the parents still reside. Rev. Mr. Dustman received a good education in the district schools, and in 1861 he entered the Normal School of Van Wert. After this he engaged in farming, and, in the meantime pursued a private course with Dr. Wells, a Lutheran minister of Van Wert, where he was given a charge after being admitted to the ministry in the fall of 1870. In 1871, the Synod was called at Galion, where Rev. Mr. Dustman was ordained. He remained at Van Wert four years, and then removed to Carey, where he has since labored. August 31, 1865, he married Nancy
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Poe, daughter of Jacob and Nancy (McKinnis) Poe, of Hancock County, Ohio. Two children have blessed this union-Stanley B. and Florence A. Rev. Dustman is a member of the Masonic Lodge, Good Templars, I. O. O. F. and K. of H .; Chaplain of the two latter orders.
DANIEL ENGLAND, son of Joseph and Mary (Tipple) England, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, August 6, 1814. He was married December 26, 1839, to Miss Tina Bullas, who was born in Lower Canada January 27, 1822. She is a daughter of Pliny and Abigail (Sherman) Bullas, who moved from New York to Canada and thence to this county in 1836, enter- ing land in this township. The children were seven in number, all girls, namely, Tina, Elmira, Harriet, Abigail, Ann, Jane and Lydia. Three are yet living, viz., Tina, Ann and Jane. The mother is deceased; the father died September 20, 1839. Mr. and Mrs. England are the parents of eleven children-Mary, born January 22, 1841; Abigail, November 17, 1843 ; Caroline, May 18, 1845 ; Lucinda, August 19, 1847; Joseph, Sep- tember 13, 1849; James, November 12, 1851; Alvin, April 26, 1854; Ruelma, November 8, 1856; Chester, July 1, 1859; Myra G., May 20, 1864 ; Cornelia M., August 22, 1866. The deceased are Caroline and James. Mr. England purchased Jand in this township in 1850 or 1851, and this he has improved till he now values it at $80 to $100 per acre. He is a good farmer, and has a comfortable home.
JOHN ENGLAND was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, July 10, 1807. His parents, Joseph and Mary (Tipple) England, were natives of Maryland and Germany respectively, and located in Ohio at its first settlement, 1783-85. They settled first in Fairfield County, but thence removed to Pickaway, and in 1833 to this township, where they entered land. There were nine children, five sons and four daughters; the father died about 1835-36, the mother about 1850. John England engaged in farming rented land several years, but in 1836 purchased forty acres, to which he has since made some additions, and where he still resides. He was married October 9, 1845, to Dorothea H. Brehme, who was born in Brehme, Germany, Jan- uary 9, 1835. She is a daughter of Christopher and Mary H. (Smith) Brehme, who emigrated from Germany in 1845 .. Her mother died on the voyage to America. Her father, with the rest of the family, located in Delaware, Ohio, but later moved to Wyandot, where he entered land. Mr. and Mrs. England are the parents of nine children-Margaret, Henry, Will- iam, Lewis, Charles and Emma (twins), Mary, Helen and Amanda. Mrs. England departed this life October 10, 1869.
HENRY FAUL was born April 18, 1838. He is a native of Lambach, France, and son of Rudolph and Magdalene (Streng) Faul, also natives of France and of German descent. His parents emigrated in 1847, stopped one year in Wayne County, Ohio, and then moved to Seneca County, pur- chased land and resided there till 1857, when they moved to this county, his father dying here April 7, 1871, his mother September 7, 1876. Mr. Faul was married, April 9, 1861, to Magdalene Bowers, daughter of George and Louisa Bowers, who emigrated from France about 1852 or 1853, and settled in Seneca County. Mr. and Mrs. Faul had two children-Louisa M. and Mary, the latter deceased. Mrs. Faul died July 30, 1865, and Mr. Faul was married, February 29, 1866, to Catharine Grunder, a resident of Wayne County, Ohio, native of France, and daughter of Henry and Chris- tina Grunder, also natives of France and of German descent. Her parents emigrated in 1843, and located in Wayne County, Ohio, where they spent the remainder of their lives. By this latter marriage, four children were
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born-Henry E., Rosanna, John and George H. Mr. Faul first purchased land in Tymochtee Township, and resided there four years. He then sold, and returned to the home farm of 180 acres, which he soon after became owner of, and where he is still successfully engaged in the pursuit of agri- culture.
HENRY FETTER was born in Baden, Germany, May 16, 1845. His parents, Andrew and Mary (Clay) Fetter, emigrated with six children in 1847, came direct to this county, and located in Salem Township, where Mr. Fetter entered forty acres of land. A seventh child was born after their arrival in this county. The parents finally removed to Carey and retired from farming. Henry Fetter resided with his parents till seventeen years of age. He then enlisted as a substitute in the war ; was assigned to Company B, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in June, 1864, and served eleven months. At the close of the war be returned, and spent fif- teen months in learning the harness trade, at the same time taking an inter- est as partner with Mat Orrian. Three months later, he purchased the lat- ter's interest and conducted the business one year alone. He then sold out the whole stock to Orrian, and went to Independence, Mo., and engaged in the bakery and confectionery business, closing out and returning in nine months to Carey, where he has since conducted a billiard hall and saloon. He married Elizabeth Simonis, daughter of Peter Simonis, January 8, 1867. They have eight children-Edward J., Andrew, Harry, Theodora, Raymond, Leo, Inez and Lulalia. Mr. and Mrs. Fetter are members of the Catholic Church.
EUGENE M. GEAR, a prominent grocer of Carey, was born at that place August 29, 1851. His parents, Jacob and Jane (Berry) Gear, were natives of Union County, Penn., and this county respectively. His father located in Ridge Township in 1840, with John McCreat, with whom he was serving an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, which business he has followed ever since. Mrs. Gear's father, Jehu Berry, was one of the pioneers of Tymochtee Township. Mr. and Mrs. Gear reared a family of ten children, viz. : William C., Alvin S., Eugene M., L. M., Emma, Elmer, Horace G., Linnie, Jesse and Frank; the four last deceased. Our subject, Eugene M. Gear, began life for himself at thirteen. He followed painting a short time and then engaged as a clerk in a dry goods store, continuing in the business twelve years. In 1884, he purchased the grocery stock of D. S. Nye, and has since engaged in that business, enjoying a liberal pa- tronage. October 17, 1877, he married Alice Close, daughter of Gideon Close, of Carev. Two children have been born to them --- Freddie and Julia. Mr. Gear is a member of the Masonic order-Knights Templar. Mrs. Gear is a member of the English Lutheran Church. Two brothers of our subject were soldiers in the late war -- William C. and Alvin S. The former served about two and one-half years; the latter took his father's place in the 100- day service, and at the expiration of that time enlisted for the remainder of the war.
ADDISON E. GIBBS was born in Aurora, Portage Co., Ohio, Febru- ary 22, 1831. His father, Eli, was a native of Massachusetts, and moved to New York when a young man, and there married Lucinda Cady. He soon after moved to Pennsylvania, thence to Portage County, Ohio, and in 1839 to what is now Wyandot County, locating in Tymochtee Township. Their children were Addison E., Truman L., William F., Henry M., Ly- man R., James A. and George A. The parents were farmers. The father died December 4, 1866, the mother, January 30, 1866; Addison E. was the
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eldest of the family, which moved to Crawford Township in 1845. At thir- teen he began operations for himself, and worked at various employments till twenty-one years old. He then turned his attention to railroad work. being employed in various departments until 1864, when he was appointed agent for the Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad, retaining his position at Carey through all its changes, till he resigned in 1881, to take charge of his present business in groceries and produce. April 8, 1852, Mr. Gibbs married Elizabeth Kerstetter, daughter of Christian and Elizabeth (Clap- per) Kerstetter, who came from Pennsylvania. Mrs. G. was born in Craw- ford County, Ohio. Nine children have been born to this union-Alice, Ella, Florence, Frank, Hattie, Fred, Jay, Ed and Maud. Mr. Gibbs is a member of the I. O. O. F., also of the G. A. R. He and Mrs. Gibbs are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
JOHN GINTERT, son of Fred and Ann M. (Kuhlin) Gintert, was born in Baden, Germany, December 24, 1838. His parents were also natives of Baden, and six children, of whom but two -- John and Jacob -- are now liv- ing. His mother died in 1852, his father in 1874. Mr. Gintert emigrated to America in 1866, and first located in Crawford County, Ohio, where he resided two years, when he moved to Carey, and engaged three years in the butchering business. He was married, February 3, 1870, to Elizabeth Hickle, of this township, a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Hamm) Hickle, who were natives of Germany, but who married in Seneca County, Ohio, where they resided several years, after which they moved to this township, where they now live. In 1870, Mr. Gintert purchased forty acres in Ridge Township, where he lived three years. He then sold out and purchased his present farm, which now consists of 116 acres, valued at $70 per acre. Mr. Gintert is a Democrat. He and Mrs. G. are members of the Lutheran Church. They have had five children-William, Anna M., Ina and Ida (twins), and Fred, all living but Anna M.
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