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Township. His wife is the owner of fifty acres in Section 10 of Blanchard Township. Mr. Dewitt is a member of the Grange, and is an energetic, thrifty farmer.
ADAM DUPS, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born in Manhain Township, York Co., Penn. His parents, Daniel and Elizabeth (McClay) Dups, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent, emigrated to Ohio and settled in Stark County, where they remained twenty-eight years, and then lived for ten years in Elkhart County, where they died. The subject of this sketch was brought up in Stark County, Ohio, to farming life. In 1848, he settled in Van Buren Township, Hancock Co., Ohio, and, ten years after, moved to a place half a mile southwest of Williamstown, where he resided for twenty- two years. In March of 1849, he was married to Sarah Stroud, born in 1838, and a daughter of Samuel Stroud, a pioneer of Hancock County, Ohio. She died at the age of twenty-eight years. This marriage resulted in five children, of whom the three living are married. Mr. Dups chose, for his second wife, whom he married in 1858, Kesiah, widow of William Packer, and a daughter of D. H. Edgar, Esq., of Dunkirk, Ohio. By her first husband, Mrs. Dups had two children -- Clara and Gynevia -- both mar- ried, and by her second husband five children have been born, viz., Minnie, Mary D. (deceased), William, John and Daniel. He served 100 days in the One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment Ohio National Guards; was called out May 2, 1864; returned August 31, same year, and took part in the battle near Petersburg, Va.
HARVEY J. EAGER, Justice of the Peace, Dunkirk, was born June 25, 1841. His father, deceased and buried in New York, was of Scotch and Welsh descent. His mother, Melissa Eager, was the daughter of John Ayres, a native of Gloversville, N. Y., and of Welsh and Scotch lineage. The subject of this sketch, when fourteen years of age, emigrated to Wis- consin, where he attended the schools for one year, and then came to Wau- seon, Fulton Co., Ohio, where he now has three brothers residing, one of whom is among the wealthiest in the county. In 1859 and 1860, he was in New York, a conductor on the street cars of Sixth avenue. On the 1st of October, 1866, he was married, in Wauseon, Fulton County, to Lucy, born June 11, 1837, in Wauseon, Fulton County, the daughter of Avery and Sallie (Davis) Lamb, the former a native of Vermont, and of Scotch and Welsh descent, the latter a native of New York State. This union has resulted in one child, a son, born on the eleventh year of their marriage, October 2, 1877. In the spring of 1878, Mr. Eager drove a four-horse team from Wauseon to Cherokee County, Kan., and was thirty-six days on the road. He was occupied for four years in Kansas in stock-raising, and returned to Kenton, Hardin Co., Ohio, where, in 1871, he was engaged in the creamery butter business, and was very successful. In 1875 and 1876, he was in a flour mill. In 1878, he came to Dunkirk; was the Mayor of the town in 1880. He was a candidate, in 1880, on the Republican ticket, for the nomination of Probate Judge, but was defeated by J. E. Lowry. Mr. Eager is a member of the Masonic order at Kenton, and in politics is an Anti - monopolist. He is a gentleman of pleasing address, pos- sesses a high sense of honor, and is conscientious and courteous in his business dealings. Although positive in his conviction of right and wrong, his varied experiences in life, and his intuitive knowledge of human nature combine to give him broad and liberal views of men and measures. He supports with energy and enthusiasm that
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which enlists his sympathies, and his decision of character makes itself felt and respected by all with whom he comes in contact.
W. D. EDGAR, lumber merchant, P. O. Dunkirk, was born May 2, 1838, in Hardin County, and is a son of David H. and Azuba (Hamlin) Edgar; the former a native of Pennsylvania and of German descent, the latter a native of New York State. The subject of this sketch was reared and edu- cated in this county, and is by occupation a farmer and dealer in lumber. He enlisted, April 18, 1861, in the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was discharged November 23, 1863. He participated in the following battles: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Rich Mountain, Gettysburg, Winchester, also in many skirmishes. At the battle of Chancellorsville May 3, 1863, he was wounded in the breast by a minie ball and lost the use of his arm. He is now receiving a pension. He was married, at Findlay, by Rev. Mr. Done, November 4, 1866, to Dora, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Davis) Tanner, born April 13, 1849, in Hancock County, Ohio. Her father is a native of New Jersey, and emigrated to this State at the age of twelve years; her mother was born in Virginia, and came to this State with her parents at an early day. Mr. Edgar is the father of five children, viz., Marchie, born August 11, 1867; Lenora, born February 28, 1869; Maud, born June 7, 1870; Bertha A., born June 7, 1875, and Ruby A., born No- vember 21, 1882. Mrs. Edgar is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Edgar is a member of the I. O. O. F .; member of the Grand Army of the Republic; was Chief of Police at Columbus for two years, from December, 1879, to March 4, 1882; served as Auditor of the County in 1868 and 1869; for about eight years was Deputy Sheriff and three years Postmaster of Dunkirk.
C. J. FLACK, carriage-maker, Dunkirk, was born July 4, 1849, in Sycamore, Wyandot Co., Ohio. He is a son of Henry J. and Elizabeth Ann Flack, the latter (deceased) a native of Maryland and of German extraction. His father, a native of Pennsylvania, a pioneer of Wyandot Coun- ty, taught the Indians in school, and for six years was County Recorder in Upper Sandusky. He settled in the woods in Seneca County, where he cut timber and built the house. The subject of this sketch was raised and edu- cated in Sandusky County, where he learned his trade of carriage-maker, and worked at it there for fifteen years. In 1872, he was working for six months in Center, Ohio; for three months in Evansville, Ind .; the year after, in Sycamore, Ohio, and then came to Dunkirk. From October, 1874, to March, 1875, he was in Nevada, and for eighteen months after in Car- dington, Ohio. On the 14th of Mav, 1874, he was united in marriage to Ella Rumler, a native of Kenton, Hardin County, born March 25, 1855, and a daughter of Emanuel and Amanda (Rhinehart) Rumler; latter of German descent, a native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Her father, a na- tive of Maryland and a pioneer of Hardin County, walked from Westmin- ster to Springfield in 1840. He enlisted in the army at the close of the war, but did not serve. Mrs. Flack was the oldest of a family of four, one son and three daughters, one of the latter deceased. Mr. Flack lost a brother during the war, in 1864. He was a Captain in the One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regiment, Company A; he was captured in the Shenan- doah Valley; died while on the cars, and was thrown by the rebels in a ditch. Mrs. Flack is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, Mr. Flack is a Republican, and is a well-known citizen of Dun- kirk.
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ENOCH FRY, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born February 2, 1830, in Coshocton County, Ohio. He came to Hardin County when three years of age. Is a farmer by occupation, and owns fifty-nine acres of land in Blanch- ard Township. For nearly six years, he was working in California, where, at Point Deception, off San Francisco, he was wrecked, and robbed of $800 by the purser. He returned to Hardin County in 1855. He enlisted in the Ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Company B, and served until the close of the war; was struck twice at Vicksburg and once at Pea Ridge. On the 12th of October, 1869, he was united in marriage to Sarah A., born June - 8, 1830, in Ross County, Ohio, widow of Thomas Smith and daughter of Samuel and Cathem (Ho)verstott) Strausser. Mr. and Mrs. Fry have no children of their own, so they adopted a child-William E., born Septem- ber 10, 1876, aged two weeks at the time of his adoption. Mrs. Fry was married to her first husband in 1850, in Marion County, by whom she had five children, two deceased. Mr. Fry and his wife are members of the Christian Church, in which the former was at one time a Deacon. Mr. Fry has filled the office of School Director, and is one of the useful citizens of Blanchard Township.
C. J. FRY, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born May 5, 1833, in Knox County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Mary (Mowery) Fry, of German and English descent. He moved to Hardin County when six months old, and, with the exception of three years spent in Illinois and Iowa, has re- mained here since. By occupation, he is a farmer and stock-raiser, and makes a specialty of hogs. He is the owner of seventy acres of land in Section 21, Blanchard Township. On the 10th of September, 1857, he was united in marriage with Susan Wilson, a native of Hardin County, and a daughter of John Wilson. This union resulted in five children-Lell F., Mary M., Cynthia, Elmer and Nettie. He enlisted in the Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company C, and served three years and seven months, participating in the battle of Dallas, Ga .; was taken prisoner at Fayetteville, S. C., and was in the Andersonville, Danville and Libby prisons for twenty-one days. Mr. Fry and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Fry has filled the office of School Di- rector, and for three years as Township Trustee, and, in politics, is a Re- publican.
GEORGE W. FULKS, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born April 5, 1846, in Coshocton County, this State. He is a son of Kinzey and Louisa (Lynch) Fulks; the latter a native of Ohio, the former of German extrac- tion, a native of Pennsylvania, who moved to Coshocton County at the age of eighteen years, and is still a resident there. The subject of this sketch is the fifth child of a family of ten children, seven living. He was reared in Coshocton County and received a common school education. In Septem- ber, 1869, he was united in marriage with Eleanor Byan (deceased), born June 29, 1850, in Coshocton County, and a daughter of Joseph and Matilda (Graham) Byan, of Irish descent. This union resulted in three children- Charles L., Frank L. and James K. Mr. Fulks formed a second union, April 24, 1878, in Dunkirk, with Cathem M. Shane, born November 20, 1852, in Medina County. Her parents are John and Rachel A. (Ault) Shane, of Irish and German lineage. Two children have been born- Rachel Louisa and Claude. Mr. Fulks bas resided in Blanchard Town- ship, this county, for eight years; owns a farm in Section 30, where he carries on farming and stock-raising. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the United Brethren Church.
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JOHN H. GARDNER, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born in Franklin Township, near Black Fork, Richland Co., Ohio. He is a son of Morgan and Cathem (Harvey) Gardner. His father was a native of Maryland; died eight years ago at the age of seventy years. His mother, a native of Jeffer- son County, Ohio, died at the age of forty-five years on the farm of our subject. Our subject left home at the age of twenty-three years; was burn- ing brick for two years, and for twenty years was in the lumber business. He has cleared 500 acres of land and killed about as many deer. He is now occupied in farming and stock-raising, which business he has followed five years; owns eighty acres of land in Blanchard Township, Section 29; eighty-one in Washington, Section 25, and forty acres in Cessna Township. He was married to Mary Hiles, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, by whom he has had six children, viz., James, Olive C., Lydia, Elsie H., Finny F. and Peter. Mr. Gardner was a member of the One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company F., under Gen. Thomas. Last September, he was taken sick, lost the use of his hand and was delir- ious for five days, requiring four men to hold him. He is a Republican in politics, and cast his first vote for Gen. Scott.
J. B. HALDEMAN, Postmaster and grocer, of Dunkirk, was born December 26, 1840, in Stark County, Ohio. He is a son of Christian and Mary (Kemp) Haldeman, of German ancestry. His father is deceased. The subject of this sketch was reared in Stark County, educated at the schools of Magnolia, and, at the age of eighteen years, August 2, 1858, came to this county. He learned the trade of a wagon and carriage- maker, which he worked at for twelve years; for four or five years was in the hardware business and is now a grocer, of the firm of Hal- deman & Miller. He has been the Postmaster of Dunkirk for the last year. On September 28, 1861, he enlisted in the Western Illinois Sharp- shooters, Company H, and was discharged July 17, 1865. He was a Quar- termaster, and took part in the following battles: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Atlanta, Resaca, besides numerous skirmishes. He was under fire for twenty-two consecutive days. On October 24, 1867, at Arlington, Han- cock County, he was married to Angie E., daughter of Cyrus and Martha Vail, natives of this State and residents of Arlington. This union has re- sulted in six children, four sons and two daughters-Frank O., Winnie V., Maud M., Charles and J. B .; the sixth died in infancy. Mr. Haldeman and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Haldeman is a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 624; member of the Knights of Honor, No. 1919; for two years was Township Clerk; one term a Corporation Treas- urer; was a member, for one term, of the Dunkirk Council, and in politics is a Republican.
DR. L. W. HEBENTHAL, druggist, Dunkirk, was born July 27, 1837, in Mauheim, Germany. He is a son of George and Maria (Bucher) He- benthal (deceased), also natives of Germany, and is a member of a family of three; his brother, George W., is deceased, and his sister, Josephine, is the wife of Vincennes Link. The Doctor studied chemistry in Manheim, Germany, received a diploma for same, and emigrated to Toledo, Ohio, at the age of sixteen years. He was in Maumee City for two years, and then proceeded to Waterville. He enlisted, April 18, 1861, in the Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company K, and served three months, during which time he was made Corporal, and fought in the battles of Philippi, W. Va .; Laurel Hill, July, 1861, and Cheat River, July, 1861, and was discharged August, 1861. He re-enlisted, September 18, 1861, in the Sixty.
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seventh Regiment, Company K, and was at the siege of Charleston, S. C., 1863; in the charge on Fort Wagner, Charleston, July, 1863. He received a gunshot wound in the left arm, a bayonet wound in the left ankle and was sent to the Beaufort Hospital, thence to the hospital at Fort Schuyler, N. Y., and returned to duty March 16, 1864. He was promoted to the First Lieutenancy in 1864, and discharged September 9, 1865. After the war, he was engaged iu the livery buisness, in which he continued during 1865 and 1866, and, the year after, had a supply store in Napoleon, Henry Co., Ohio, and, the following year, a wholesale confectionery in Defiance. For. two years, he was druggist in Mount Blanchard, and finally, in 1876, came to Dunkirk, where he established a drug store, which he has carried on to the present time. On September 19, 1867, while in Waterville, Ohio, he was married, by Rev. Mr. Gibb, to Lena, born March 22, 1845, in Lucas County, Ohio, the daughter of Edwin and Mary Jane (Gillet) Dyer, the former a native of Vermont, the latter of New York. This union resulted in two children-Delia C., born in Waterville, March 24, 1870, and Mamie, born in Defiance April 13, 1874. Mrs. Hebenthal is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Hebenthal is a Universalist in his re- ligious belief. Mrs. Hebenthal has two brothers-E. M. and F. M .- and one sister-Roxana, wife of David Hancock. Mr. Hebenthal is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Dunkirk, of the I. O. O. F. and the Knights of Honor at Dunkirk, and in politics is a Republican.
W. S. HINEBAUGH, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born March 27, 1828, in Fayette County, Penn., and is a son of Jonathan Hinebaugh, of German parentage. His grandfather, George Hinebaugh, died at the age of ninety-eight years. The subject of this sketch came to Hardin County at the age of eight years, and received a common school education in Logan and Hardin Counties. He is a farmer by occupation, and owns seventy- seven acres of land in Section 8, Blanchard Township. On the 3d of Au- gust, 1851, he was united in marriage with Mary Cooper, a native of Pennsyl- vania, born August 16, 1828, daughter of Andrew and Sarah (McLane) Cooper. From this union there have been ten children, four sons and six daughters, as follows: Oragan (deceased), Francis A., Hanson F., Sarah C., William St. Clair, Mary J., Alice C., Florence A., John M. and Esther M. Delia McClure, aunt of Mrs. Hinebaugh, was born April 20, 1820, in Randolph, Va., and is a daughter of Aber McLane. She lived for three years in Licking County, Ohio, and afterward came to Hardin County, where she has since remained. She remembers the time this county was quite a forest. Mr. and Mrs. Hinebaugh have been members of the Christian Church since 1851. Mr. Hinebaugh has filled the office of Township Trustee for two years; also that of a Supervisor and School Director.
S. HINEBAUGH, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born April 5, 1832, in Fayette County, Penn., and is a son of Jonathan and Mary Hinebaugh. He emigrated, while young, to Hardin County, Ohio, and received there his education. Was in the show business for two years, and is now occupied in farming; owns sixty-three acres of land in Sections 7 and 8, and he enlisted in the Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served nearly four years, fighting in a dozen or more battles and numerous skirmishes. He was mar ried, January 25, 1866, to Elizabeth Karrick, born December 13, 1836, in Portage County, Ohio, and a daughter of Samuel and Mary Karrick. Eight children have blessed this union, five sons and three daughters. Three of the children are deceased.
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CYRUS HOFSTEATER, sawyer and engineer, Dunkirk, was born July 2, 1830, in Wyandot County, Ohio, and is a son of Charles Hofsteator, of German and Irish descent. He enlisted, September, 1861, in the Four- teenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company K; was discharged . February, 1863; re-enlisted October 12, 1864, in the One Hundred and Eighty-third Regiment; discharged July 14, 1865. On March 24, 1857, he was united in marriage with Eliza J. Elliot, born July 23, 1840, of German and Irish parentage. By this union there have been eight children, seven living. Mr. Hofsteater has been in the planing and saw mill of I. C. Miller for about twenty-one years, and for nine years has been pursuing the trade of a carpenter.
J. E. L. HOLDEN, gunsmith, Dunkirk, was born in Marseilles, Wy- andot Co., Ohio, July 5, 1858. He is a son of A. C. and E. K. (Pied- more) Holden, the former a native of Licking County, Ohio, and of En . glish descent, the latter a native of New Jersey. His grandfather, Wilson Holden, was First Lieutenant in the war of 1812, in which year he passed, with Gen. Hull, through what is now Dunkirk. His father was a gunsmith and a millwright by trade; followed the former occupation for three years in Cuba, Wyandot County, and ten years in Dunkirk. The subject of this sketch was reared in Marseilles, Wyandot County, until twelve years of age. He has followed the occupation of his father, that of gunsmith, which busi- ness he has been in charge of for two years. He has one brother, two sis- ters and two half-brothers.
R. F. HOLMES, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born October 25, 1827, in Carroll County, Ohio. He is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Rutter) Holmes. He was married, November 17, 1853, to Emeline Steel, who was born Jan- uary 28, 1828, in Columbiana County, Ohio, and has been blessed with three children-Alsines M. (deceased), John S. and Elizabeth I. Mr. Holmes enlisted in the Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company G, and served three years. He fought in the battles of McDowell, Cedar Mountain, Cross Keys and the second battle of Bull Run, and was once captured, but immediately released. He was taken sick after the battle of Bull Run, and sent to the hospital at Alexander, where, on getting well, he was detailed as nurse. In the latter part of 1863, he was transferred to Camp Denison, where he remained on duty until December 4, 1864, the date of his discharge. For thirteen years, Mr. Holmes and his wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, where the former has been Superintendent of the Sabbath school and is a leader in the choir. Mr. Holmes is a member of the Grange, and is one of the useful citizens of Blanchard Township.
JAMES HUSTON, dentist, Dunkirk, was born August 17, 1832. at Mount Eaton, Wayne Co., Ohio. He is a son of Cunningham and Eliza- beth (Scott) Huston, the former of Irish, the latter of Scotch descent. His mother died in Millersburg in 1863, at the age of sixty-eight years, and was buried at Mount Eaton. His father was a tanner and merchant by oc- cupation, and, in 1845, while he was in Mexico on business, was murdered. The subject of this sketch was the sixth son and seventh child of a family of ten children, seven sons and three daughters, of whom there are six liv. ing. He received his education at Mount Eaton and at the normal school of Fredericksburg. He taught school for six or seven terms, and then took up the study of dentistry at Massillon, Ohio, with Dr. E. Chidester. He was in West Virginia in 1861, for six months, and then returned to Mount Eaton, where he lived for thirteen years. He passed the State Dental
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Board examination at Columbus, May 6, 1868, and finally came to Dunkirk, where he has successfully pursued his practice. On October 2, 1862, he was united in marriage with Rachel Griffith, born in West Lebanon, Wayne Co., Ohio, November 3, 1837, and a daughter of Elisha and Mary (Bailes) Griffith. To this union there have been born three children-Meade C., born July 15, 1863; Lula E., born February 5, 1867, and Frank G., born February 6, 1870. For fifteen years, Mr. Huston and wife have been mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Huston for twenty years has been a member of the Masonic fraternity, Massillon, Ohio, ten years, and at Forest, ten years (No. 378). He was also a member of the School Board for ten years, but resigned in the spring of 1882.
E. H. JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born June 9, 1842, in Blanchard Township, Hardin Co., Ohio. He is a son of William W. and Sarah Ann (Hinebaugh) Johnson; the latter, a native of Pennsylvania and of German ancestry, is deceased. His father was born in New York in 1817, and emigrated to Ohio in 1835. The subject of this sketch pursues farming for an occupation; owns eighty acres of land in Section 16, Blanchard Township, where he has resided for fifteen years. He was mar- ried, September 3, 1863, to Miss R. D., born November 12, 1845, in Athens County, Ohio, the daughter of D. C. and Rachel (Wright) Phillips, both deceased, of Scotch and Irish descent. Her father, a pioneer of Athens County, was for twenty-one years a Justice of the Peace of Blanchard Township, Hardin County. Mr. Johnson has been the father of six chil- dren, namely, Esta (deceased). E. M., an infant (deceased), A. M., G. S. and M. Z. (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Christian Church. Two brothers of Mrs. Johnson -- E. W. and D. W. - were in the One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and another brother-N. B .- was First Lieutenant in Company G, Eighty-second Regi- ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Milton Johnson, brother of our subject, was also in the One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Masonic order of Kenton; has filled the office of School Director, and in politics is a Republican.
R. H. JOHNSON, proprietor of a restaurant and saloon, Dunkirk, was born April 16, 1844, near Dunkirk, Blanchard Township, Hardin Co., Ohio. He received a common school education, and, in April, 1861, at the age of seventeen years, enlisted in the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D, serving three years and four months. In 1868, he was engaged in the stave business; from 1871 to August of 1875, was farming in Elk County, Southern Kansas, and, for the past five years, has been proprietor of a saloon and restaurant in Dunkirk. He was married, on the 4th of July, 1865, to Sarah, a native of Hardin County, born in 1847, the daughter of Nicholas Miller, of Patterson, Ohio. Mrs. Johnson died in 1876, leaving a family of four children, viz., Fred, Norman A., Carl D. and Wilber. Fred and Wilber were born in Kansas. Mr. Johnson formed a second union, at Findlay, July 3, 1878, with Mollie Naus, born in Hancock County in 1858, and a daughter of William Naus. By this union there have been born two children-Harry D. and Vernon. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Kenton, and is a useful citizen of Dunkirk.
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