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WILLIAM H. YOUART, late of this township, deceased. The subject of this memoir was born in Ireland in 1796, and came to America about the year 1818, settled in Miami Co., Ohio, where he followed farming and working at his trade, that of wheelwright, with the exception of five years' residence in Indiana, until 1850, when he removed to Darke Co., and located in Franklin Township, where his decease occurred in 1862. He married in Miami Co., Ohio, to Nancy Jay ; she was born in Pennsylvania in 1809 ; they were the parents of nine children, of whom five are now living, viz., Anna, William H., Samuel, Jennie and Emma ; Mrs. Youart is now living with her sons at their home, and at 70 years of age is in possession of all her faculties and able to attend to some light household duties ; their home is located one and a half miles east of Greenville ; Wm. H. and Samuel are the only sons now living ; they came to Sec. 36, Greenville Township, in 1871, and purchased their present place of 60 acres, where they have since lived ; in 1873, they engaged in the ice business, and have since largely supplied the citizens of Greenville with ice; they have ice-houses the capacity of 12,000 tons, which
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amount they laid in the past year ; a card of their business will be found in the directory of Greenville, in another part of this work.
DANIEL ZIMMERMAN, grain-dealer ; firm of Zimmerman & Grubbs, grain merchants, Lower Depot, Greenville, Ohio; another of the old settlers of Darke Co., born in Lebanon Co., Penn., Jan. 25, 1827; he is a son of Henry Zimmerman, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to this county in the fall of 1835, and is now residing in Greenville at the advanced age of 83 years ; our subject came to Greenville with his parents, and when 16 years of age he was apprenticed to learn the harness-maker's trade, which occu- pation he followed some seven years ; he then associated with Eli Helm in the butcher business, continuing the same for twelve years. In the spring of 1863, he enlisted in the 94th O. V. I., and went forward to battle for the Union ; he received his commission as second Lieutenant, and after two months' service, received his discharge on account of disability. In 1865, he engaged in the grain business at his present place, which business he has successfully followed; in 1876 he associated with Mr. Grubbs, since which time he has done business under the above firm name ; they are extensively engaged in buying and shipping grain to the Eastern markets ; their shipments having in a single season amounted to upward of 150,000 bushels. Mr. Zimmerman has held his full share of town offices, having been Marshal of the city two years, Councilman three years, Street Commissioner two years, and is now Corporation Treasurer. His marriage with Catherine Hart- zell, was celebrated in Greenville in 1849; she was a native of Pickaway Co., Ohio ; she died in Greenville July 13, 1876 ; they were the parents of two chil- dren Mary, deceased, and Lillie C., living.
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JOHN BREWER, farmer, Sec. 16 ; P. O. Stelvideo. Peter, his father, was born in Pennsylvania in 1777 ; he married Holy Babe Larern, a native of Pennsyl- vania, born about 1779; they emigrated to Ohio in 1804, locating in Hamilton Co., and in 1819 he moved to Darke Co., where he resided till his death, which occurred in 1855 ; his wife died in 1843. John, the subject of this sketch, is one of Darke Co.'s old settlers; born in Pennsylvania on the 7th of October, 1802 ; came with his parents to Darke Co. in 1819 ; his education, which is very meager, he obtained by his own exertions ; he lived with his parents till he was about 24 years of age, when, on the 8th of June, 1826, he celebrated his marriage with Elizabeth Coppess, who is a native of Greene Co., Ohio, born on the 2d of November. 1807 ; after his marriage, he rented a farm on Stillwater, where he remained for two years ; he purchased 80 acres in Adams Township, for which he paid $50, erected a log cabin and moved, and began the task of opening up his farm ; has added 93 acres more, making in all 173 acres, with 125 acres in a good state of cultivation, the whole valued at $11,000 ; he also owns a house and lot in Stel- video. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer are among the oldest settlers of Adams Township, and have lived to see the mighty forest disappear before the woodman's ax ; and where the old log cabin stood, a large two-story frame house is in its place ; they have passed through the many struggles, dangers and incidents so common to the pioneer of the West, but with an indomitable will, associated with frugality. industry and correct business habits, they have accumulated considerable amount of property ; ten children have been born to them, of whom nine are living, viz .: Alfred, born March 10, 1827 ; Mahala, born Dec. 25, 1828; Peter, born Aug. 8, 1831 ; Adam, born Nov. 25, 1833 ; Daniel, born Oct. 4, 1835 ; Jesner, born Aug. 29, 1840 ; Phoebe, born Oct. 9, 1843 ; John, born July 2, 1847 ; David, born May 30. 1850. Mr. Brewer is not a church member, but a true religionist, and is
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known as a man of good principle and full of humanity ; he has raised six grand- children, besides his own family- one for Mahala, two for Alfred, and three for Phœbe.
HENRY BROWN, carpenter and farmer'; P. O. Gettysburg, Ohio. Samuel, his father, was a native of Pennsylvania, born in Lebanon Co. in June, 1803 ; he married Frances Kopp, who is a native of the same place, born in June, 1803 ; they emigrated to Ohio in May, 1834, locating in Wayne Co., eight miles north of Wooster, where they remained till the fall of 1847, when they removed to Mont- gomery Co., remaining there till spring, after which they removed to Miami Co., locating near where Bradford now stands, remaining till 1850, when he moved across the line into Darke Co., where he resided about four years, during which time he purchased a tract of land in Section 24, consisting of 124 acres, Adams Township, all of which was under heavy timber; during the time between 1850 and 1854, he, with the help of his boys, erected a hewn-log house and cleared several acres, and in 1854 he moved his family, where he resided till his death, which occurred on the 3d of March, 1866, leaving a family of eight children, of whom seven are living at present, viz., Jacob, Henry, Daniel, Reuben, William, Fanny (now Mrs. Brandle), Elizabeth ; his widow still lives on the old home farm, being 76 years old; Henry, the subject of this sketch, is a native of Ohio, born in Wayne County on the 27th of August, 1834 : spent his boyhood days on the farm, assisting his father in the clearing and the cultivation of the soil, receiving his education in the district schools ; he remained at home till he was 22 years old, when he quit his parental roof and went in search of his fortune ; he commenced to work at the carpenter's trade when he was about 25 years old, in Gettysburg, Ohio, which trade he has followed ever since, making his home with his mother on the old home farm, assisting in the farming, etc. Mr. Brown is a live, energetic, thorough business man, strictly temperate in all his hab- its, and is highly esteemed by his many friends and acquaintances. He is a mem- ber of the Lutheran Church.
ABRAHAM BYRD, SR., farmer ; P. O. Webster, Darke Co., Ohio ; was born Feb. 18, 1804, in Shenandoah County, and raised in Rockingham Co., Va .; in 1840, he came to Ohio and stopped for a part of the first summer in Montgomery County, and then settled in Darke County; worked at his trade, bricklaying, for two years. He then married Emma Radefelt, who was born Nov. 17, 1820, in Adams County, Penn .; about the time of his marriage, he bought 80 acres of land in Sec. 36, Adams Township, on which he is still living ; he has 65 acres cleared, all of which he accomplished but about 15 acres ; they are the parents of ten chil- dren-George S., born June 2, 1843 ; Hannah C., Nov. 27, 1844 ; Jacob F., March 31, 1847 ; Sarah I., Nov. 11, 1849 ; Mary M., Jan. 17, 1852 ; Abraham and Emma, July 27, 1854 ; Henrietta, April 16, 1858; Lucy A., Feb. 27, 1860, and Silves- ter, Aug. 4, 1862.
SOLOMON B. CHRISTIAN, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Bradford ; Solomon, his father, was a native of Pennsylvania, born in Huntingdon County on the 25th of December, 1789. He married Mary Bauslaugh, who was a native of the same State and county, and was born March 4, 1794 ; in 1814, Mr. Christian made a visit to Darke County, Ohio, and while here entered the east half of Sec. 9, and in 1829 he settled on his tract of land, which at that time was a dense forest ; his wife did not come till 1834, as she was afraid of the Indians ; she came with a firm deter- mination to share the trials, dangers and hardships with her devoted husband, in the then almost unbroken wilderness, with here and there a family, at the mercy of the bloodthirsty red man, and for twenty-five years she nobly acted her part of the great drama of life ; on the 26th of September, 1859, the messenger of death entered the household, removing her from earth to heaven ; Solomon, her husband, survived the storm of life till Feb. 10, 1862, when he, too, sank peacefully to rest in the blessed knowledge of the immortality of the soul ; they were the parents of seven children, of whom four are living, viz .: Susan, now Mrs. Brakebill ; Anna,
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now Mrs. Katherman ; Sarah, now Mrs. Wise, and Solomon B., the subject of this sketch, who is a native of Darke County. Ohio, born Jan. 9, 1836 ; he received his education in the district schools by the time he was 19 years old, during which time he assisted his father in the clearing and the cultivation of the soil. On the 19th of January, 1854, he celebrated his marriage with Miss Mary Brumbaugh, who is a daughter of Jacob and Susan Brumbaugh. natives of Montgomery County, Ohio ; Mary was born in Miami County on the 27th of December, 1830, being the fourth child in a family of eight children, viz .: Catharine, John, Carrad. Mary, Emanuel, Esther, Elizabeth and Susan ; after his marriage, he farmed the old home- stead, where he has resided ever since ; he came in possession of the home farm at the death of his father ; Mr. Christian has accumulated a considerable amount of property by his hard labor, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and amiable wife ; he is strictly temperate in all his habits, being a member of the Masonic Order, also of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Patrons of Husbandry. He is a firm Democrat ; Mr. Christian is not a political aspirant, although he has been identified with the township offices, served as Township Trus- tee two terms, one year as Pike Superintendent, and as School Director ten years. Mr. and Mrs. Christian are highly esteemed by their many friends and acquaint- ances for their good qualities ; Mrs. Christian is a member of the German Baptist Church ; they are the parents of eight children, of whom seven are living. viz .: Susan, born May 18, 1855 ; Philip, Jan 1, 1858 ; George W., July 4, 1860 ; Mary, July 14, 1863; Martha, Jan. 13. 1866 ; Solomon, Sept. 7, 1868 ; John S. R., Oct. 31. 1871. Jacob Brumbaugh was born March 14, 1803, died Jan. 27, 1843 ; Susan, his wife. was born Nov. 11, 1807, died March 29, 1852.
GIDEON J. COBLENTZ, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Bradford, Ohio. Daniel, the father of Gideon J., is a native of Maryland ; born in Frederick County in April, 1814. He married Margaret Worman, who was born in Ohio in 1815 ; she departed this life in 1855. Mr. Coblentz celebrated his second marriage with Sarah Shepherd ; they now reside three miles east of Dayton, Ohio. Gideon, the subject of this sketch, is a native of Ohio, born in Montgomery County, on the 17th of Oc- tober 1838 ; he spent his boy-hood days in Montgomery County, assisting his father on the farm till he became of age. obtaining his education in the district schools. On the 7th of January, 1863, he celebrated his marriage with Mary E., daughter of John and Sarah Hinsey, who was born in Mad River Township, Montgomery County (now in the Corporation of Dayton), on the 29th of April, 1838. After his marriage, he moved on his father's farm, where he remained about two years ; after which he rented the Barlow farm, remaining for a period of about three years ; when he moved near Fort Wood, on a small farm for which he paid money rent, remaining three years ; he followed farming for four years on three different farms, and in March, 1876, he purchased 40 acres in Adams Township. Sec. 28, where he moved and resides at present ; has since added 8 acres more, making in all 48 acres in a good state of cultivation. Mr. Coblentz has accumulated some property by his hard labor, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and amiable wife ; is strictly temperate in all his habits ; two children have been born to them, viz .: John D. W., born July 20, 1865 ; Sarah E. M. A., born March 27, 1872. Mrs. Mary E. Coblentz is a clairvoyant and has remarkable powers in the faculty of clairvoyancy ; to diagnose disease and prescribe for the same, and has a large practice in the counties of Darke, Miami and Montgomery. After an illness of ten years, receiving treatment from the most able physicians of the county, but all to no avail until the 4th day of July, 1874, when the faculty of clairvoyancy was brought into action, and the beautiful " Beyond" was opened up to her vision ; in which a tall. venerable old gentleman, with gray hair and beard, spoke to her. say- ing : "I come to cure you." She was then ordered by her control to read the thirty-fourth chapter of of Ezekiel ; after which she was ordered to go where there was a pool of dead water and remove from her person all but three garments -and dip herself seven times, after which burn the three garments, which she did and in
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six weeks she had recovered from her illness so as to be able to do her housework. We now leave the reader to draw his or her own conclusions, however, the writer can truthfully say that she possesses remarkable magnetic powers, and has great power over disease.
SOLOMON CREAGER, farmer ; P. O. Gettysburg ; was born in Maryland in 1809 ; was the son of Henry and Susannah Creager ; they had seven children, viz., Polly, Thomas, Charlotte, Rebecca, Valentine and Solomon ; the grandparents, Conrad and Susannah, were born in Germany ; Susannah's maiden name was Wolf. Henry and Susannah Creager came to Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1810, when Solo- mon was about 9 months old, and located six miles south of Dayton, where they lived and died. Mr. Creager, the subject of our sketch, was married in 1833 to Maria, daughter of George and Susannah Martin ; George was born in England, and Susannah in Maryland ; Maria had two brothers and four sisters. viz., Eliza- beth, Maria, Ann, Mary, George and John Thomas ; the eldest and youngest being dead, and the rest are living ; they have had as the issue of their marriage six children, three of whom are living, viz., Henry, George M. and Cora Francis, all married and settled in life. Mr. Creager after his marriage, lived with his father about six years, till the year 1840, when they came to this county ; having entered eighty-three acres of land about five years previous and settled upon it while it was a wilderness, and cut the first stick of timber ; made an opening and put up a small cabin, into which they moved ; then commenced clearing up. working and toiling from day to day and year to year ; making such improvements as time and means would admit, till at present they have about 65 acres cleared and in cultivation, and a good comfortable house, a large barn and other buildings for comfort and convenience. When Mr. Creager started in life lie began without any capital, and has made all his property by his own industry and dilligent labor, ex- cept a very small amount received from their parents. Mr. Creager has always been an active Democrat ; has been School Director and Trustee of his township some six years; and also filled other township offices. He is a member of the Reformed Church, having belonged to the same for nearly half a century ; he and his wife were two of the six constituent members who organized the Zion's Church, the first Reformed Church established in this county ; he has been Elder in the church for eighteen years. Thus, while we have here a sketch of one of the old settlers of the county, we have also a sample of pioneers in the church work rarely excelled in length of time of service ; here we have a noble example of the coupling together of pioneer work in opening out the forests, and that of building up the church, which shall ever stand upon the pages of history as a bright and shining light to guide the children's children and future generations to industry in life, and a sure way to a happy immortality beyond.
DANIEL CREAGER, farmer ; P. O. Horatio; was born in 1820 in Ohio ; was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Creager, who were born in Maryland ; Eliza- beth was the daughter of Lewis Lecklider ; the grandfather was Henry Creager. Thomas and Elizabeth Creager came to Darke County, and located upon the farm on which Daniel now lives, in 1832, when all was a wilderness ; they cut their road through from New Harrison to get to their land, and cut their first stick of timber ; arriving at the farm on Sunday, the next Wednesday eve had a log house up, and moved into it Thursday morning ; from this beginning they labored on, clearing up and opening out and making improvements as time and means would admit, enduring the privations and hardships of such life; for several years their prin- cipal milling and grain market was at Dayton ; Thomas lived till 1849, when he departed this life, leaving as the results of his labor about 130 acres cleared and under cultivation, being an example of wonderful industry and energy, and having accomplished a wonderful amount of labor for the length of time he lived here ; he had a family of thirteen children, eight of whom grew up to manhood, viz., Esaias, Mary Ann, Perryman, Daniel, Catherine, Lewis, Elizabeth and Josiah, six being now living, the eldest of the eight children having since died. Daniel, the
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fourth child, and the subject of this sketch, in 1847 went to Versailles, where he remained about two years ; then to Kokomo, Ind., where he remained about two years ; from there he went to California, where he remained about five years ; returned home and remained here till 1863, when he bought a mill in Miami County, which he operated about two years, sold out. and then went to Versailles into the mercantile trade, in partnership, with his brother, where he remained two years, when he sold out ; but the trade was not fully consummated, after which he was some of the time at Versailles and some of the time on the farm, to the expi- ration of five years, or till 1872, when his trade at Versailles was closed up, and he returned to the farm, where he has remained to the present time ; the original farm, as bought or entered by Thomas Creager, comprised 334 acres, of which there are now about 180 acres cleared and in cultivation ; the farm has remained undivided to the present time, the mother having departed this life only last May, 1879, being nearly 86 years of age ; Daniel has bought out four of the heirs, thus becoming the owner of five shares, which, of course, gives him the greater portion of the farm. We see here the history of a man and a family who have been through many hardships, but the fruits of their labors are now visible, and enable them to live in comfort and plenty the rest of their lives ; and this history will be read by generations to come with much interest, and as an example of industry and good management will stand forth as a bright and shining light to all ages to come.
E. O. CRUEA, meat market, Bradford, Ohio. James Cruea, the father of E. O., was born in Miami County, Ohio, on the 18th of June, 1818 ; was united in marriage with Miss Maria E. Alexander, who was born in Piqua, Ohio, on the 29th day of January, 1822 ; on the 7th day of August, 1873, the angel of death entered this peaceful family, removing from earth to heaven their kind and loving mother, leaving a large concourse of friends to mourn her death. Mr. Cruea is not a resi- dent of Darke County, as he resides in Miami County, the street being the division line ; he is hale and robust, being 61 years old. E. O. Cruea, the subject of this sketch, was born in Piqua, Ohio, on the 19th day of August, 1847 ; spent his boy- hood days in Piqua, where he obtained a good common-school education ; was united in marriage with Miss R. Anna Boulden, in Piqua, on the 16th day of September, 1869 ; she was born in Piqua on the 9th day of September, 1848 ; he moved to Ger- man Township, Darke County, in the spring of 1870, where he engaged in the live- stock business. buying and selling ; meeting with good success, he sold out in 1872, and moved to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where he dealt in live stock, butchering part of the time till the spring of 1874, when he sold out and moved to Bradford, where he still resides, and is at present engaged in the butchering business, carry- ing on the largest meat market in Bradford. Four children were given to their union, viz. : Anna A., who was born on the 18th day of September, 1870 ; James W. was born on the 2d day of November, 1873; Edna G. was born on the 2d day of December, 1875 ; Lizzie May was born on the 2d day of May, 1877.
GEORGE W. ELIKER, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Greenville. Henry, his father, was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1794 ; he married Lydia Harris, who was a native of the same State, born in 1790 ; they emigrated to Ohio, locat- ing in Fairfield Co., where he remained till his death, which occurred in March, 1871 ; Mrs. Eliker died in 1845. They were the parents of three children, of whom all are living at present writing, viz., George W., Mary and Susan. George W., the subject of this sketch, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in York Co. on the 7th of October, 1822 ; came with his parents to Ohio in 1826, locating in Fair- field Co., where he obtained a good common-school education in the old-fashioned schoolhouse ; lived at home till he was about 24 years old, and on the 10th of December, 1846, he celebrated his marriage with Eliza Graham, who was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, on the 28th of May, 1823 ; after his marriage he rented a farm and farmed for about ten years, when he moved to Darke Co. and rented land for about five years ; he has bought and sold 120 acres, in which he gained about
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$2,800 ; he purchased 96 acres in Adams Township, for which he paid $5,000, where he now resides ; he has good farm buildings and about 80 acres in a good state of cultivation. Mr. Eliker had but little of this world's goods when he com- menced life, but by hard labor, economy, connected with strict temperate habits and integrity, he has accumulated considerable amount of property. A sad afflic- tion befell this interesting family, for on the 3d of October, 1878, the angel of death removed from earth to heaven the mother, who was a devoted mother, a good wife, and a zealous Christian. Eight children were born to them, of whom seven are living, viz. : John H., born Jan. 2, 1848 ; Joseph G., born Feb. 27, 1849 ; Mary C., born May 9, 1850 ; Sarah A., born Feb. 10, 1854; George W., born July 10, 1858 ; Simon, born May 9, 1852 ; Emma, born Oct. 24, 1860. Mr. Eliker is a zealous worker in the cause of religion, being a member of the " Brethren in Christ" for a period of twenty-one years.
CHRISTIAN ERISMAN, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Stelvideo, Ohio. Jacob, his father, was born in Pennsylvania on the 12th of October, 1785 ; he married Nancy Cassel, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1795 ; they emigrated to Ohio in 1839, locating in Darke Co., Adams Township, Section 21, where he resided till his death, which occurred in 1843. They were the parents of eighteen children, of whom nine are living, viz., Christian, Jacob, Henry H., Reuben. Benjamin, Emanuel, Daniel, Joseph, Anna. Christian, the subject of this sketch, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Lancaster Co. on the 24th of December. 1820 ; he assisted his father on the farm in the clearing and the cultivation of the soil ; obtained his education in the subscription schools ; came with his parents to Darke Co. in 1839 ; he remained at home till he was 21 years of age, when he commenced life on his own responsibility, working by the day or month, and at all kinds of work, till the death of his parents, when he returned home, and, with his eldest sister Eliza, took charge of the farm, which he managed with good success. On the 6th of February, 1845, he celebrated his marriage with Miss Catharine Long, who is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Adams Co. on the 16th of February, 1827 ; he now began the herculean task of clearing and opening up a farm, which has been accomplished ; and, through the mercy of Providence, he has been spared to see the mighty forests fall before the woodman's ax, and what at that time was a dense wilderness, is now dotted with beautiful meadows, with elegant farmhouses and large and commodious barns ; he has under cultivation 110 acres, with good farm buildings, has erected a large barn at a cost of about $1,000, also a two-story brick house at a cost of $1,200, all of which was done when labor and material were very low ; he now owns 144 acres, valued at $10,000, all of which he has accumulated by hard labor, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and amiable wife, having passed through the many struggles, dangers and incidents so common to the pioneer of the West ; eleven children have been born to this union, of whom only five are living, viz. : Lizzie, born Feb. 14, 1850 ; Franklin C., born Feb. 14, 1860 ; Lewis E., born Dec. 9, 1864; Cora M.,born May 5, 1867 ; Arthur A., born Oct. 5, 1871. Henry Erisman, his brother, lives but a short distance from the old home farm ; he married Mary Jane Reck on the 26th day of September, 1848 ; eight children have been born to them, of whom seven are living, viz. : Samuel H., born Aug. 26, 1849 ; Ervin H., born May 13, 1852 ; Edward, born Dec. 11, 1854 ; Brough, born July 4, 1862 ; Charles, born, Dec. 7, 1868 ; Frances, born Nov.2, 1857 ; Della, born July 25, 1856.
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