The history of Hardin county, Ohio, Part 97

Author: Warner Beers & co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago : Warner Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1076

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ship, and it is to the energy and enterprise of just such men as he that Hardin County owes its vast and rapid improvement. He and his family are loved and respected by all who know them.

PATRICK TAYLOR, farmer, P. O. Silver Creek, was born in Ireland February 23, 1848, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Farl) Taylor. His father died May 2, 1872, and his mother July 2, 1877. Our subject emi- grated when twelve years of age, and came to Hardin County. Ohio. On January 7, 1877, he was married to Miss Mary J. Haley, daughter of Mal- ichi and Johanna (O'Connell) Haley She was born in Sandusky Coun- ty, Ohio, August 25, 1857. By this union four boys have been born -- Joseph Henry, born January 17, 1878; Malichi born April 7, 1879; John P., born February 19, 1881, and Charles W., born June 3, 1883. Mr. Taylor owns fifty-seven acres of land, and he and his wife belong to the Catholic Church.

SAMUEL WENNER, lumberman. Silver Creek, was born near Stras- burg, France, April 15, 1833. His parents, Peter and Margaret (Wimer) Wenner, emigrated from France in 1840, and settled in Big Spring Town- ship, Seneca Co., Ohio, where the former died February 22, 1861. He bought 160 acres of land, which is now owned by the widow, who resides in Adrian, in the same county. She is in the seventy- second year of her age. Our subject's father was a soldier in the French Army, and a member of the body guard of King Louis Philippe. Samuel is the eldest of three children, all boys, and his brothers' names are Martin and Jacob, the former of whom died in October of 1876. Samuel was reared on a farm and educated at the common schools. He was married, October 11, 1856, to Miss Caroline W., daughter of Frederick and Harriet Dibble. She was born in Wyandot County, Ohio, February 14, 1836. To this union were born four children, three surviving-William L., Charles S. and Flora A. Har- riet M. died at the age of fifteen years. Mr. Wenner enlisted April 20, 1861, in Company H, Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three months. The company never entered the field, and he re-enlisted, in 1864, in Com- pany A, One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Regiment Ohio National Guard, and served on Arlington Heights. Va. He was discharged August 27, 1864, and re-enlisted February 10, 1865, in Company H, One Hundred and First Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in the Cumberland army and was honorably discharged August 15, 1865, from the hospital at Cairo, Ill. When Cincinnati was threatened by Kirby Smith, our subject was one of the " squirrel hunters," and helped to drive the former out. His brother Martin was in Company I, One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio National Guard, and contracted a sickness, from which he died in 1876. At the close of the war, our subject returned to Seneca County, Ohio. He had learned the machinist's trade when he was twenty-one years of age, and pursued it to the time of his enlistment, resuming it on his return. In October, 1865, he bought a saw mill and moved it into Lynn Township, where it was the first circular saw mill in that township. In October of 1873, he came to Taylor Creek Township, and has since carried on saw mill- ing. His wife and two youngest children belong to the United Presbyte- rian Church. He is a member of a Masonic order, and in politics is a Re- publican. He owns his residence and twenty-three acres of land, besides the saw mill.

H. N. WILCOX, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Silver Creek, was born in Ross County, Ohio, July 3, 1825, and is a son of Thomas and Hannah (Gates) Wilcox, natives of Ohio, both of whom are buried in the Yelverton

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Cemetery. The former was born in 1800 and died in 1853, having been preceded by his wife in 1845. Our subject came with his parents to Hardin County at the age of eight years, and was educated in the common schools. His grandfather, Jolin Wilcox, was a native of Pennsylvania and of Ger- man parentage. On November 11, 1846, our subject was married to Eliza- beth Cooper, widow of Reuben Chamberlain and daughter of Justus and Hannah Cooper, natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania respectively. Mrs. Wilcox was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, August 23, 1819, and had two children by her first marriage-Phoebe S., wife of Joseph Dorland,. and Hannah M., wife of Thomas Rice, and formerly the widow of Calvin Rice (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox are the parents of eight children, viz., Elizabeth S. (wife of M. Madden), Thomas E., Amos and Mary M. (de- ceased), Amanda Jane (wife of James Wilson), Martha A. (wife of J. Mad- den), Curtis A. and Ada F. Mr. Wilcox and his wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for upward of twenty years, and he has been Class Leader, Steward and Trustee for many years. He has filled the public offices of Township Trustee, Supervisor and School Director for many years. He resided in Sauk County, Wis., for two years, and since then has been a resident of Hardin County. His son, Curtis A. Wilcox, was born June 3, 1861, in Taylor Creek Township, in the log house he now occupies, and which was erected in 1846. He was married, November 23, 1882, to Lavinia L., daughter of Enoch J. and Almeda (Savage) Pass- water. The latter died in September, 1864. Mrs. Wilcox was born in Mc- Lean County, Ill. Her father re-married, taking, for his second wife, Anna Jones.

JACOB WOLLAM, farmer, P. O. Silver Creek, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, December 19, 1808, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Bough) Wollam. Our subject was married, October 3, 1857, to Matilda, daughter of John Lones and widow of Jesse Crawford. She was born in 1810, and had by her first marriage one child-Jesse. Mr. and Mrs. Wollam are the parents of six children, viz., Sarah J., wife of U. T. Mclaughlin; Tillie C., wife of Mr. Hogsett, and John H .; Benjamin, Susan C. and Mary are de- ceased. Mr. Wollam and his wife are members of the Reformed Lutheran Church. He has filled the offices of School Director and Supervisor. He owns thirty acres of land. Fifty years ago, he bought 160 acres at $1.25 per acre, selling the whole of it for $200.

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J. F. ANDREWS, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born August 17, 1853, in Hardin County, and is a son of S. M. and Martha (Carey) Andrews, the former a native of Pennsylvania. His father, a freight and ticket agent, emigrated to Washington Township, Ohio, about thirty-five years ago. Our subject was raised and educated in Washington Township, and learned, in Ada, the trade of a harness-maker, which he followed for eight years. For two years he was in Cleveland, and is now occupied in farming and stock-raising. He was married, on the 25th October, 1876, to Ida M., daughter of Nathan Ahlefeld. She was born April 2, 1856. By this union there has been one child-Iris Marie. Mr. Andrews is a Republican in

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politics, and is the owner of a handsome residence, built in 1881, and one mile and a half distant from Dunkirk.

FREDERICK ARN, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born August 20, 1847, in Switzerland. He is a son of Benedict Arn, of Swiss descent, and both of his parents are residents of Hardin County. The subject of this sketch is a member of a family of nine. He emigrated, when six years of age, to Ohio, where he was reared and educated and of which he has been a resident ever since. In February, 1876, he was united in marriage with Alice Cotterill, a native of Ohio, born in 1855. This union has been blessed with two children, viz., Benjamin, born in March, 1877, and Truman, born in Febru- ary, 1879.

JOHN BAUGHMAN, salesman, Dunkirk, was born December 21, 1852, in Hancock County, this State, and is a son of Jonathan and Nancy (Egelson) Baughman, the latter a native of Ireland, having come from that country at the age of five years. His father was born in 1822, in Stark County, Ohio, and died in Hancock County in 1879. Our subject is the sixth child and fourth son of a family of eleven children, six boys and five girls, of whom one boy and one girl are deceased. He was educated in Hancock County, Van Buren Township, at the common schools, and for three months attended the high school at Findlay. He was married, Octo- ber 1, 1874, to Lydia M., who was born, February 20, 1855, in Hancock County, Ohio, the daughter of Daniel aud Barbara (Baer) Bosseman, na- tives of Ohio and of German extraction. Mr. and Mrs. Baughman are members of the German Baptist Church. Mr. Baughman has been a sales- man for sixteen months; previous to that, he was a farmer. In politics, he is a Prohibitionist, and is a useful citizen of Blanchard Township.

JAMES BEEM, stock-raiser and farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born in June, 1820, in Belmont County, Ohio. His parents were Jacob and Elizabeth (Mc- Mullin) Beem, the former a native of Rockingham County, Ohio, of German de- scent, the latter a native of Scotland. Our subject emigrated from Guern- sey to Richland; thence to Knox County, and finally to Hardin County. He was married, in his twenty-first year, to Chissna (deceased), a daughter of Jacob Rine, by which union there was one child-Mary (deceased). His second marriage was on the 12th of February, 1844, to Elizabeth Keefer, born March 13, 1828, in Franklin County, Penn., and a daughter of Sam- uel and Mary Ann (Creps) Keefer, of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. This union resulted in seven children, three boys and four girls (one de- ceased), all married except James. Their names are as follows: Melinda, Perry, Melicca, Minerva, Lizzie, Clement L. (deceased) and James Monroe. Clement died May 2, 1882, at the age of eighteen years, a member for three years of the Eleventh Ohio National Guards, Company H. Mr. Beem is oc- cupied in following farming, and is generally successful in business. He well remembers the time he killed and dressed five deer in one day. In politics, he is a Democrat; is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge in Kenton; has been a Mason, and has filled the office of Township Trustee and School Director.

MICHAEL BOSSERMAN, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born, January 23, 1815, near Paris, Stark Co., Ohio. His mother, Mary (Miller) Bosser- man, was of German parentage, and emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio. His father, Samuel Bosserman, was a native of Maryland, of German de- scent. He came to Hancock County, where he purchased a farm. On re- turning home to remove his family, and while leaving the train, he fell from the cars and was killed. The subject of this sketch was educated at

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the common schools of Stark County, moved to Hancock County at the age of twenty-four years, and has followed the occupation of a farmer. On the 4th of March, 1838, he was united in marriage with Margaret (deceased), a daughter of Philip Ream. One child was born to this union-Levi, who was married to Caroline Walker, resided near Wooster, and had two children-Irene and Frank. Levi was born February 2, 1839; died March 2, 1864, killed by a circular saw in a mill in Hancock County. Mr. Bosser- man married a second time, April 6,1876, to Elizabeth R. Weaver, widow of David Trump. She had one child-Cora, wife of J. W. Brown, of Mans- field, a farmer by occupation, who settled in Van Buren Township, where he resided for twenty years, and then came to Hardin County, in 1865, where he lives a retired life. Mrs. Bosserman is a member of the Method- ist Episcopal Church. Mr. Bosserman belongs to the German Baptist Church, of which he has been a member thirty-five years. His first wife was also a member of that church. He has been a Deacon for thirty years and a Sexton for one year, and he filled the office of Justice of the Peace six years in Van Buren Township, and is a well-known citizen of Blanch- ard Township.

S. T. BOSSERMAN, hardware merchant, and pastor of German Baptist Church, Dunkirk, is 'forty years of age and of German descent. He is a member of a large family (thirteen in all), who were noted for their strictly temperate habits. None were known to use intoxicants or spirits as a bev- erage, nor to engage in the use of tobacco in any form. In his younger days, our subject was engaged in school teaching; after which, in 1867, he came to Dunkirk, Ohio, and opened in the hardware, stove and tin trade, which proved a success to his efforts. Commencing with a small room and limited capital, but through untiring efforts for sixteen years, his business has in- creased to such an extent that he now occupies about ten thousand square feet of room for his stock of goods. Mr. Bosserman is a gentleman of piety, having embraced the Christian religion when about twenty years of age, and made his home with the German Baptist fraternity, the people of his choice, and during the last decade has been a minister of that body. Has been success- ful in his calling; is stationed in the above-named village and presides over the local churches in connection with his Evangelical work. He, with his family, wife and two children, live in a handsome residence in Brightside, on North Main street, and are enjoying the fruits of their labors.

J. A. BROWN, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born August 12, 1843, in Stark County, Ohio, and is a sou of John and Nancy (Alexander) Brown. He was raised in Stark County until fourteen years of age. Is a farmer by occupation; owns forty acres of land in Section 21, Blanchard Town- ship, and has been a thresher for the past twelve or fifteen years. He enlisted in the forty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company I, serving three years, and was in the battles of Knoxville, Tenn., Nashville, Franklin, Atlanta, Res- aca. Lookout Mountain and Cumberland Gap. He had one brother and three step-brothers who served in the army, all killed except one step-brother, who is now living in the eastern part of Blanchard Township. On Novem- ber 18, 1869, he was married to Rebecca Shannon, of Hardin County, Ohio, born February 15, 1854, daughter of Enos and Dusilla (Miller) Shan- non. Seven children have blessed this union, viz., James P., Artie M., William H., Minerva, John, Van and Chloe. In politics, Mr. Brown is a Democrat, and is one of the useful men of Blanchard Township.

SAMUEL BRUBAKER, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born December 15, 1817, in Ropho Township, Lancaster Co., Penn., and is a son of Jacob

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and Cathem (Brubaker) Brubaker, the former (deceased) of Swiss descent, the latter a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. When eleven years of age, he emigrated to the northwestern part of the State; from there, on March 22, 1854, he moved to Stark County, Ohio, where he lived for ten years, and finally, on April 8, 1864, came to Hardin County. He worked in Pennsylvania for eight years, at the trade of shoe-maker; was a merchant in Pennsylvania for five years, and ten years in Stark County, Ohio; four years in Berlin and six years in Lewisville. He is now occupied in farm- ing, and owns twenty-six and one-quarter acres in Blanchard Township and four dwellings in Dunkirk. He was married, in Erie County, Penn., Feb- ruary 2, 1835, to Rebecca Boyer, who was born January 8, 1816, in York County, Penn., of foreign descent; died June 9, 1882, leaving a family of eight children, three living, viz., Sarah, wife of John F. Beans, residing in Dunkirk: Lucy Ann, wife of John Mace, and Amelia C., wife of Daniel W. Edgar, son of Squire Edgar. His son, John M., enlisted, October, 1863, in the Eighty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died of typhoid fever at Chattanooga, Tenn., February, 1864, at the age of twenty years. Mr. Brubaker has one sister-Mary, wife of George Henry, residing in Franklin Township, Erie Co., Penn. Mr. Brubaker and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, where the former, for eighteen years, was a member, is a Trustee, and has been Steward and Treasurer, and formerly belonged to the Evangelical Church. Mr. Brubaker was married to his second wife February 20, 1883. She was Mary A. Helms, born in Hancock County, Ohio.

WILLIAM BURDETT, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born in 1819, in Norwich, Norfolk Co., England, and is a son of Simon Burdett, deceased, killed by an accident twenty-nine years ago. Our subject emigrated to New York in his seventeenth year, and lived in Albany; finally-September 27, 1842, he came to Hardin County, where he has since resided. He pursued the trade of a brick-maker until 1870, when he took up the occupation of farming. He owns eighty acres of land in Section 21, Blanchard Township. He has been twice married; his first union was formed, when he was twenty-one years old, with Maria Sager, by whom he had four children- William (deceased), Archie (deceased), John and Mary Ann. His second marriage occurred June 27, 1848, with Elizabeth Butcher, born September 30, 1821, died July 10, 1881. Her parents were natives of Virginia and were of German descent. To this union there were eight children born, viz., Simon, Frances Royal (living two miles northeast of Dunkirk), Henry Edwin (deceased), Ellie, Emery, George, an infant (deceased) and Emma Maria. Mr. Burdett and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JOHN BURGIN, farmer, P. O. Patterson, was born April 19, 1829, in Lincolnshire, England, and is a son of John Burgin. He emigrated to Ohio at the age of thirty years and settled in Huron County, where he lived five years and then came to this county, of which he has now been a resi- dent for sixteen years. He was married, in November, 1862, at Norwalk, Huron County, to Mary Ann Chambers, a native of Lincolnshire, England. Mr. Burgin and his wife are members of the Church of the Disciples. Mr. Burgin pursues farming for an occupation, and ranks among the intelli- gent, enterprising farmers of Blanchard Township.

GEORGE BURTON, laborer, Dunkirk, was born May 11,1847, a native of Ohio, and a son of James and Louisa (Reddick) Burton, natives of Lou- doun County, Va. He was married, April 26, 1869, to Phobe, born in Lou-

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doun County, Va., June 10, 1850, and daughter of Anninias and Martha (Gil- bert) Jackson, the former of whom died in a hospital at Nashville, Tenn. From this union there has been one child-Ulysses, born November 26, 1869. Mrs. Burton was a member of a family of eleven children; Mr. Burton of a family of eight. He had two brothers in the army, one of whom was wounded in battle. Mr. Burton and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which the former has been a member for seven years, has been Class Leader and Sabbath school teacher. He owns his residence in Dunkirk and is a useful citizen of the place.

E. W. CHAMBERLIN, blacksmith, Dunkirk, was born January 21, 1831, in Newport, N. H., and is a son of John and Martha (Richardson) Chamberlin; the latter is still living, in her eighty-third year, a resident of New Hampshire. The subject of this sketch was a member of a family of five children, all living. He was reared for fifteen years in New Hamp- shire, where he learned his trade of blacksmith and worked for seven years. He then worked in Sunderland, Mass., for six years, and also in various other places. In 1862, he enlisted in the Fifty-second Massachusetts Vol- unteer Infantry, Company F, under Gen. Banks, and served eleven months. On April 9, 1862, he was united in marriage with Henrietta, daughter of Charles Scott, to which union there have been born three chil- dren-Charles, John and Francis. Mrs. Chamberlin is a Universalist in re- ligion, and Mr. Chamberlin a Baptist.

THOMAS CHAMBERLIN, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born January 4, 1834, a native of New York and of English and Irish descent. His father is John Chamberlin. The subject of this sketch emigrated to Seneca Coun- ty, Ohio, when eighteen months old, and was reared and educated on a farm, where he lived until twenty-seven years of age. He then came to Hardin County; was married, in May, 1860, to Lavinia, daughter of Stephen Friedley, and is the father of nine children, four deceased, one son and four daughters living. He owns, in Sections 15 and 22, Blanchard Township, 156 acres of land, where he carries on farming successfully. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, in which the former has been an Elder for ten years. In politics, Mr. Chamberlin is a Republican.

W. M. CLOSE, miller, Dunkirk, was born January 19, 1833, in Tus- carawas County, Ohio. His father, William Close, was born September 5, 1805, in Washington County, Penn., is of German descent and is now a resident of Hardin County. His mother was born in 1810, in Tuscarawas County, died in 1872; her parents were natives of New Jersey. The sub- ject of this sketch is the oldest of a family of eight children, three boys and five girls, all of whom are married except one. He was educated in Carl County, Ohio, and reared to be a farmer; but for the last eleven years has been a miller in Dunkirk, in partnership with his brother John. On the 29th of November, 1857, he was married to Caroline M., born August, 1833, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of John Zieglar, of German parent- age. This union has resulted in ten children, five sons and five daughters, viz., William, Iva, John W., Ida, Nora (deceased), Oran Odell (killed in a saw mill), Robert and Harry. Two infants are deceased. Mrs. Close is a member of the Wesleyan Church.

L. C. CRUM, restaurant keeper, Dunkirk, was born May 14, 1846, at a place five and a half miles south of Findlay, Ohio. His parents were Amos and Rebecca Crum, both of German descent, the latter deceased in Allen County, Ohio. His father was an old settler of Hancock County. The subject of this sketch was educated in Hancock County and brought up

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to the occupation of a farmer, which he followed for awhile; was a miller for two years and is now established in a restaurant in Dunkirk, which he opened in the spring of 1873. He was married, in 1869, to Cathem Fellers, deceased, by whom he had three children-Harley, Lorena and George. He formed a second union in April, 1877, with Mollie Stinman, born May 5, 1853, in Hardin County, and daughter of Christopher and Jane Stinman, by which union there has been one child-Bertha. Mr. Crum was a member of the 100 days' service in the One Hundred and Thirty- fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, also a member of the One Hundred and Ninety-second Regiment, in which latter he served seven months.

GEORGE Z. CRUZEN, attorney at law, Dunkirk, was born April 27, 1834, in Harrison County, Va. In 1849, he left the place of his nativity and came to Ohio, remaining but a short time; going thence to Baltimore, Md., where he entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com- pany, holding many places of trust and profit until 1856. He then again came to this State, remaining here until 1861, at the beginning of the late war, when his service was again called for by the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road Company, which he entered, remaining until 1863. Leaving Balti- more, he entered the service of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Company as a conductor, remaining there until 1869, during which time he completed the study of law and was admitted to the bar; opened an office at Crestline, Ohio, where he gained a successful practice. In 1877, he came to Dunkirk, where he has a good and lucrative practice. He was married, in 1855, while in Baltimore, to Mary C., a native of Penn- sylvania, a daughter of Samuel McCrea. By this union there have been nine children, six daughters and three sons, of whom the oldest son is a resident of Colorado. Mr. Cruzen is a prominent member of the Method- ist Episcopal Church, is known as one of the leading prohibitionists of the county, an able lecturer and debater, and is an intelligent, enterpising citizen of Dunkirk.

MATHEW CURRAN, proprietor of a saw mill, Dunkirk, was born October 15, 1835, in Richland County, Ohio, and is a son of Mathew and Matilda (Hughes) Curran, of Irish lineage, the former a native of Kentucky, the latter of Maryland. He married, in 1856, Maria Keefer, born in 1837, a native of Ohio, and died in 1868, leaving a family of four children, one boy and three girls, as follows: Fidelia J., Mary E., Emma F. and Benja- min F. He formed a second union, June 16, 1870, in Kenton, with Mrs. Lydia Waters, born March 13, 1839, widow of William Waters and daugh- ter of Samuel and Mary Ann (Cress) Keefer, the former of German descent. This union has resulted in one child-Austa O., born July 4, 1874. Mr. Curran enlisted, September 5, 1864, in the One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company F, and was discharged June 20, 1865. He established his saw mill in the spring of 1869, and has been successful in it.

C. F. DEWITT, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born in Hardin County, Ohio, in July of 1838. His parents are. William C. and Maria Dewitt, the former of whom died May 13, 1883. Our subject was married, in July of 1860, to Miss Permilla Johnson, deceased. She was born in Hardin Coun- ty November 22, 1836; died August 14, 1862, the mother of one child, also de- ceased. Our subject subsequently formed a second union, with Miss An- gelina Harris, a native of Ohio, born January 29, 1833. Mr. Dewitt and his wife are the parents of four sons and two daughters. He pursues farm- ing for his occupation, and owns 133 acres of land-all in Blanchard

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The history of Hardin county, Ohio, Part 97

Author: Warner Beers & co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Chicago : Warner Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1076

Author: Warner Beers & co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago : Warner Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1076