Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Part 33

Author: Jacob Anthony Kimmell
Publication date: 1910
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26 and N. E. 14 Sec 26. W. 1/2 N. W. 1/4 Sec. 25 . 1829

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The first church was built 1822, known as the Duke's Meeting House, west of Findlay.

The first schoolhouse was in Findlay.

The first teacher was Joseph White.

The first marriage was performed Sept. 2, 1824, by W. Vance, justice of the peace and the participating parties being Samuel Kepler and Rachel McKinnis.

The first divorce was granted Aug. 17, 1846, to Benj. and Elizabeth Tremain.

The first court was held March 14, 1828.

The first court house was ordered built Jan. 16, 1832.

The first jail ordered built July 3, 1830.

The first railroad was built in 1849 from Findlay to Carey.

Findlay to Vanlue, ordered Sept. 16, 1829.

FIRST SCHOOLHOUSES.

Name of Township.

Date.

Allen

1836

The Advents 1854

1830

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Findlay Benj. Cox. . Opp. Ft. Findlay & W. 12 N. E. 1/4 Sec. . 1815

Jackson

Mordecai Hannond. . W. 12 S. E. 14 Sec. 35.

1827

Liberty. . Rob. McKinnis and Chas. McKinnis. . E. Pt. N. W. 14 Sec. 7. 1822 Madison Simeon Ransbottom. . W. Pt. S. W. 14 Sec. 7. 1822

Marion

Jos. A. Sargeant . . N. 1/2 W. 1/2 S. W. 14 Sec. 11

1825

Orange . Henry L. Dally . . E. 12 N. W. 14 Sec. 21 1827

Pleasant

Edw. Stephenson. . S. E. 14 Sec. 19. 1834

Portage

.John Thompson . . W. 1/2 N. E. 1/4 Sec. 27 1833

Union

. Philip Cramer. . W. 1/2 N. W. 14 Sec. 27.

1833

Van Buren

Benj. Sparr, Charles O .. . E. 12 & E. 1/2 N. W. 14 Sec. I.

1831

Bradford, Charles Herron and George Hart. . N. W. 14 Sec. 27 1831

Washington John Gorsuch. . N. E. 14 Sec. I. 1831

ROSTER OF COUNTY OFFICIALS.

Note-Except in a few instances, the name of an official who served two or more terms is not repeated.

COMMISSIONERS.

Name. Commencement of Term.

Godfrey Wolford 1828

John Long 1828

John P. Hambleton

828

Charles McKinnis

1828

Mordecai Hammond

1829

Robert L. Strother

1831

John Rose

1832

John Byal 1833

John L. Carson 1834

William Taylor

1835

Aquilla Gilbert

1837

Daniel Fairchild

1839

Andrew Ricketts 1841

Jacob R. Tussing

1897

Israel W. George

. 1900

John Lafferty 1844

William Taylor 1845

William W. Hughes 1847

1848

Elias Cole

1849

Jacob Bushong

1853

William Davis

1854

John Mckinley 1855

John Graham

1857

William Taylor

1828

Isaac Cusac

1859

Conrad Line

1861

Jacob Bushong 1862

John Cooper

1862

William Taylor

1863

David W. Engle

1864

William M. Marshall 1868

Samuel Creighton 1869

Joseph Saltzman 1871

John D. Bishop 1872

John Edgington 1874

Ross W. Moore

1876

Lewis Luneack

1878

Bateman B. Powell 1880

Charles S. Kelly 1882

John M. Moorehead 1883

Isaac M. Watkins

1886

George W. Krout

1887

Jacob Pepple 1889

Christian Garber

Henry B. Rader

1893

Benjamin F. Wineland

1895

John A. Anderson

1896

Isaac Hart 1901

Abraham J. Overholt

1902

J. W. Montgomery 1906

J. C. Greer 1907

Jefferson Roller

1909

Lewis W. Brickman

1909

SCHOOL EXAMINERS.

William Hackney

1828

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Darius Smith 1891

George Shaw

1838

Peter George 1843

Thomas Kelly

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Mordecai Hammond

1828

George Pendleton 1867

William L. Henderson 1830

Joseph R. Kagy 1873

Bass Rawson 1830

Eli J. Sheldon 1873

Thomas F. Johnston 1830

John Pirrsford 1870

Dorilus Martz 1875

William T. Platt 1876

R. R. Sutherland

1877

Aquilla Gilbert 1833

David Patton

1838

Daniel Woodward

1838

Arnold F. Merriam

1838

Jacob Barnd 839

Charles W. O'Neal 1839

George Van Eman

1839

1841

William Taylor

1841

William H. Baldwin

1842

Erastus Thompson

1843

Charles W. O'Neal

1844

Jacob Barnd 1843

Machias C. Whiteley

1845

William Mungen 1845 James B. Steen 1902

Aaron H. Bigelow 1845

William Thomas

1846

John H. Reid

1849

Henry Brown 1849

Aaron Blackford 1849

John Bowman 1850

Alonzo L. Kimber 1850

1853

Henry H. Alban

1851

John Morris 1853

Wesley Quibley 1854

1855

James B. Hall

1855

John F. Caples

855

John Bowman

1856

John Morris 857

James Seed 1858

Ephraim Miller 1859

Jones R. Miller

1884

Alexander Morrison

1888

John Bowman 1861

William L. Leonard 1863

Lewis Tussing 1865

William J. Cusac 1891

John Bowman 1865

William Karn

1893

Henry Sheets

1865

Andrew J. Fisher 1894

William Anderson 1867 Charles J. Harkness 1894

INFIRMARY DIRECTORS.

(The county had no infirmary until 1867.) Washington Morehart 1867

Moses Kelly 1867

Conrad Renninger 1867

Jacob Thompson 1871

Jacob Bushong 1872

Richard M. Watson

1874

Campbell Byal 1876

David Bibler 1878

James M. Cusac 1883

1904

Harvy O. Fellers.

1904

E. M. Crawford 1905

V. Hainen, Jr. 1906

Willoughby N. Shank 1893

Darius S. Finton 1897

Philip M. Cox 1898

A. L. Cunningham 1899

D. W. Campbell 1901

1885

Lewis B. May. 1887

Henry M. Hause 1889

Hilliard D. Boulware 1891

Jacob M. Laws 1892

William T. Platt

1880

John N. Doty 1881

Ed. M. Mills 1883

David P. Hagerty

Samuel A. Kagy

879

Robert L. Strother 1830

James Taylor 1833

Philip Cole 1833

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Andrew Morland 1903

A. N. Krieg

Henry K. Leonard

Alonzo L. Kimber

Lewis Tussing 1860

William R. McKee 1888

Frank Morrell 1890

Charles W. O'Neal

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William M. Moorhead 1897

Joseph T. Bartoon 1898

Jacob Mitchell .1900

Robert Dorney .1902

David Hosler 1893

Samuel Mosier

.1904

John Parker

1895

Andrew Bish 1899

William S. Bish

1902

Frank Copland 1909

David Spangler

1909

August Meuman

1909

PROBATE JUDGES OF HANCOCK COUNTY, OHIO.

The new constitution of Ohio established this office; was adopted in 1851.

James H. Barr 1852

Nathaniel E. Childs 1855

James H. Barr .

1858

Alfred W. Fredricks

1861

Gamaliel C. Barnd

867

Samuel B. Huffman. 873

S. J. Siddall

1879

G. W. Myers 1885

A. E. Kerns 891

J. D. Snyder

1897

G. G. Banker

1903

H. O. Dorsey

1909

SHERIFFS.

Don Alonzo Hamlin

1828

John W. Wickham 829

Joseph Johnson 1831

Christian Barnd

1834

Jacob Rosenberg

1838

Elisha Brown

1842

Alonzo D. Wing 1844

Absalom P. Byall

1846

Hiram Williams 1848

Thomas Buckley 1850

James Robinson

. 1852

William W. Yates 1854

Daniel D. McCahan

855

Abraham Yerger 867

Samuel Myers

1869

James L. Henry 1873

Parlee C. Tritch 1877

Charles B. Hall 1881

Lemuel McMannis

1885

1875

George L. Cusac

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COUNTY TREASURERS.

Joshua Hedges 1828

Edwin S. Jones 1829

Squire Carlin 1831

Edson Goit 1839

Levi Taylor

1843

Wilson Vance 1845

Mahlon Morris 1847

Samuel Howard 1851

Benjamin Huber 1855

William Vanlue 1857

Samuel Spitler 1863

Henry B. Wall 1867

Henry Sheets 1870

Peter Hosler

William J. Creighton 1883

Andrew Moore 887

Oliver P. Shaw 889

J. W. Whetstone

1904

William J. Frey

1908

PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.

Anthony Casad . 1828

. Edson Goit

1832

Arnold F. Merriman 1836

Jacob Barnd, appointed to fill vacancy . 1838

Jude Ball

1838

Abel F. Parker

1842

William M. Patterson

1844

1849

William Gribben 1854

James A. Bope, resigned to enter army . . 1862

Henry Brown

1862

William A. Anderson

1868

George F. Pendleton

1872

Aaron B. Shaffer 1880

Harlan F. Burket 1891

Theodore Totten 1894

Charles E. Jordan 1897

William L. David 1903

Charles Blackford

1909

John E. Rosette

1907

David Wright

Isaac Gibson

1906

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Joseph T. Bartoon

John Wren . 1895

Ervin E. Ewing 1897

Ira Bushong

1901

E. L. Groves 1905

J. S. Johns 1908

RECORDERS.

Wilson Vance 1828

Parley Carlin 1835

Jacob Barnd 838

John Adams 1844

Paul Sours

1847

Isaac J. Baldwin 1853

Adam Steinman 186c

Luther B. Robinson 1866

Paul Kemerer

1872

Joseph F. Gutzwiler 1878

John B. Foltz

1884

John Baker 1890

John C. Mitchell

1893

Alvin S. Thomas

1896

William F. Bloom . 1902

A. C. Ewing 1908

SURVEYORS OF HANCOCK COUNTY.

William Taylor 1828

William L. Henderson 1832

Joel Pendleton 838

George W. Powell 1854

Joel Pendleton

1857

Edwin Phifer 1876

Ulyssus K. Stringfellow 1885

John W. S. Riegel 1891

Elmer C. Bolton 1896

Edwin Phifer

1897

Elmer C. Bolton

1900

Harry Glathart 1906

Elmer Hilty 1908

COUNTY AUDITORS.

Matthew Reighley 1828

William Hackney 1829

Thomas F. Johnson 1831

Joseph C. Shannon 1832

Edson Goit

1836

Charles W. O'Neal 1837

William L. Henderson 1839

James H. Barr 1842

James S. Balentine 1845

William Mungen

1847

Elijah Barnd

1851

Henry Brown 1855

Aaron Howard 1857

Henry Sheets 1861

Solomon Shaffer 1865

John L. Hill 869

George S. Mosier

1873

Joseph R. Kagy

1877

William T. Platt

1883

C. B. Metcalf 1890

Surrell P. DeWolf

1896

John A. Sutton

1902

Frank C. Shank 1908

CLERK OF COURT.

Wilson Vance 1828

William H. Baldwin 1835

William L. Henderson 1842

Absalom P. Byall 1848

William W. Siddall 1855

James Dennison 1864

Peter Pifer 1870

Scott W. Prebble

1876

Henry H. Louthan

1879

Presley E. Hay

1885

Louis P. Julien 1891

Phillip W. Ewing 1900

W. P. Alspach 1906

CORONERS.

Thomas Slight

1828

Joseph Dewitt 1831

Peter Byall 1835

Henry Lamb 1837

Noah Wilson

1840

Joshua Hedges 1840

Allen McCahan 1842

Norman Chamberlain 1844

Alonzo D. Wing 1845

Hiram Williams 1846

Harmon Warrell 1850

Garrett D. Teatsworth

1852

Daniel D. McCahan

1854

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Edwin Parker

1856

Henry C. Bish, George Baird. 1843

Parley C. Tritch

1861

Wm. C. Craighill, Samuel Wagoner :844

Abraham Yerger

1865

Elijah Huntington 1845

Frank J. Karst

1873

Lyman Parker 1846

Daniel F. Cline 1875

John McMahan 847

T. G. Barnhill, M. D. 1877

1881

Machias C. Whiteley 849

Jesse A. Howell, M. D.

188

Machias C. Whiteley

1850

Jacob E. Powell, M. D.

1893

Theron S. Wilson, M. D

1895

John F. Purkey 1856

Ralph E. Brake, M. D.

1899

Parley Carlin

1858

Alfred W. Balsley, M. D

1903

John Wescott 1860

Don C. Biggs, M. D. 1906

William Gribben 1864

Calvin Todd, M. D. 1908

Isaac Cusac 1868

Aaron B. Shaffer 1872

1874

Wm. M. Mckinley

876

Alex. Phillips

1878

Henry Sheets

1880

Wm. H. Wheeler

1882

Absalom P. Byall

886

James L. Everet

1834

James Hubbard

1835

James Hubbard

1836

Charles Bright 1894

1896

Parley Carlin 1838

Oliver P. Shaw 1898

William Taylor

1839

R. D. Cole

. 1900

Moses McAnnelly

1840

M. M. Carothers

.1904

Moses McAnnelly

1841

M. G. Foster 1906

G. W. Baird

1842

D. P. Haggerty 1908

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Josiah Hedges 1831

Harvey J. Harmon 1832

James L. Everet 1833

Henry Brown 1890

George A. Carney 1892

W. B. Craighill 1837

Jacob A. Kimmell

S. M. Lockwood

1830

Charles Osterlin

REPRESENTATIVES FROM HANCOCK COUNTY TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

Emery D. Potter 848

John C. Tritch, M. D.

Henry Bishop 1852

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HON. W. H. KINDER

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Representative Citizens

HON. W. H. KINDER, judge of the Cir- cuit Court in the Third Circuit of Ohio, to which honorable office he was elected in 1908, has been a resident of Findlay for over two decades and has been a leading member of her bar for the same period. Judge Kinder was born October 12, 1856, at Hamilton, Ohio, and is a son of William Ross and Agnes (Long) Kinder.

Judge Kinder's ancestors came to America from Holland and the first of the family to es- tablish himself in America was Valentine Kin- der, who is recorded as a settler in Berks County, Pa., in 1756. His son, Philip Kin- der, was born in Holland and he took part in the Revolutionary War.

George Kinder, son of Philip Kinder, was the father of Abraham Kinder, who was the pioneer of the family in Ohio. He entered the land which became the family homestead, in Warren County, Ohio, and it was his industry and Dutch thrift that cleared up the wilderness farm and provided abundantly for a numerous progeny. Of his many sturdy sons, George Kinder, the grandfather of Judge Kinder, was born in Warren County, in 1800. For a long time he engaged in farming and he also became

the owner of a line of boats which he operated on the Miami and Erie Canal. He died in 1863, surviving his son, William Ross Kinder, for three years.

William Ross Kinder, father of Judge Kin- der, was born in December, 1826, at Franklin, Ohio, and died at Hamilton in his thirty-fourth year. At an unusually early age he was ad- mitted to the bar and displayed remarkable legal ability. When Hon. John B. Weller was appointed a member of the commission to de- cide the boundary lines between Mexico and California, he left Hamilton, of which city he had been a resident for some time, and went to the West, inviting Mr. Kinder to accompany him as his private secretary. When the work of the commission was satisfactorily completed, a law partnership was formed between Mr. Weller and Mr. Kinder, and they engaged in practice as a firm, for two years in California. In 1852, however, Mr. Kinder returned to the East, was married at Cincinnati, and in the same year embarked in the newspaper business, purchasing and conducting the Hamilton Tele- graph, with which he remained identified until 1858. In that year he was elected probate judge of Butler County, but did not long sur-

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vive his promotion to the Bench, his death oc- and Charles Edwin. Judge Kinder and fam- curring on February 10, 1860. He was sur- ily reside in one of Findlay's handsome resi- vived by his widow, formerly Agnes Long, a dences, their home being situated at No. 824 Washington Avenue. daughter of Jacob and Maria (L'Hommedieu). Long. To this marriage were born four sons: . William R., Charles L. H., Walter H. and Stephen L'Hommedieu Kinder.

Walter H. Kinder was educated in the Ham- ilton schools, graduating from the High School in 1874, after which he taught school for one year, in Putnam County, and subsequently spent a year as a clerk with Robert Clark & Company, at Cincinnati. He then turned his attention to the law, becoming a student under ex-Gov. James E. Campbell, and was admitted to the bar at Hamilton, March 31, 1879. After several years of initial practice, at Ottawa, Ohio, he located permanently at Findlay and has been prominently identified with the inter- ests of this section ever since. His practice, with the exception of from 1890 until 1893, has been continuous, during the above period he having served in public office, being State superintendent of insurance. When he returned to Findlay he entered into a law partnership with George W. Ross, under the style of Ross & Kinder, which continued until Judge Kinder was elevated to the Bench. For many years he has been a leader in Democratic circles, but has been chary of accepting political office which would in any way interfere with his profes- sional work. His election to the Bench, in 1908, was a just recognition of his judicial qualities which his many years of legal practice had made many times manifest.

On August 26, 1886, Judge Kinder was married to Miss Helen F. Tupper, a daughter of the late Dr. C. E. Tupper, formerly of Ot- tawa, Ohio, and they have four children: Wal- ter Tupper, Margaret V .. William Randall

HON. GEORGE F. PENDLETON,. for- merly mayor of the city of Findlay, O., prose- cuting attorney of Hancock County and judge of the Court of Common Pleas, for years has been a prominent and useful citizen of West- ern Ohio, and is one of the leaders of the Find- lay bar. He was born September 27, 1840, in Waldo County, now known as Knox County, Me., a son of Darius Pendleton, who brought his family to Hancock County, O., in 1841.

George F. Pendleton's boyhood was spent on his father's farm and he gained his educa- tion in the country schools and early began to teach, spending his winters in the school-room and his summers in agricultural labor. This continued up to the second year of the Civil War. His father and a younger brother, John Pendleton, having become soldiers, he had re- mained on the farm during the first year of the great struggle, but in 1862 he also entered the army, becoming a member of Co. G, 118th O. Vol. Inf., of which his father was first lieuten- ant. In this same regiment, but on detached service at times, he remained until June 5, 1865, when he was mustered out at Columbus. Entering as a private, he was soon advanced in rank to corporal and later was made chief clerk of the post commissary, with headquarters at Kingston, Tenn. After the war was over much remained to be done in every department and Mr. Pendleton's business qualifications were recognized by those in charge of closing the military accounts of different officers, they in- viting him to give them assistance in this ardu- ous clerical work. He accepted, but his health

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had been already impaired and in the succeed- ing August he felt it necessary to resign from this commission and afterward returned to Hancock County.

After a period of recuperation, Mr. Pendle- ton re-entered the educational field, where his previous record had been most creditable, and he continued to teach until 1867, when he was appointed chief deputy to the Collector of In- ternal Revenue for the old Fifth District of Ohio, an office he filled for two years, making his headquarters at Findlay. While in the South he had studied law and completed his course with the firm of Brown & Anderson, at Findlay. He was admitted to the bar in De- cember, 1870, immediately entering into a law partnership with W. H. Anderson. The firm of Anderson & Pendleton was dissolved in 1876, at which time Mr. Pendleton became as- sociated with his former preceptor, Henry Brown, with whom he continued for two years. Mr. Pendleton then practiced alone until 1883, in the fall of that year being elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas, for the Tenth District. For seven years Judge Pendleton filled that office with the dignity and efficiency of a thoroughly qualified man, and since retir- ing from the Bench has continued in private practice and has been connected with a large part of the important litigation in the courts of this section.

Judge Pendleton has ever been an active citi- zen and his worth has many times been pub- licly recognized. He has been called upon to serve on many boards and commissions de- signed to assist in the advancement of the gen- eral welfare. In April, 1870, he was elected mayor of Findlay, in which honorable office he served usefully for two years, leaving the mu- nicipal chair in order to assume the duties of

county prosecuting attorney. From January 1, 1872, until January 1, 1876, he proved him- self an able, forceful and courageous public official in that difficult office. From 1867 to 1875 he was county school examiner and also city school examiner for a number of years. Judge Pendleton's interest in educational work has never lessened and even when suffering from the stress and strain of great responsibili- ties, he has continued to assume the cares of offices by which he has been able to add to the efficiency of the public school system in county and city.

HON. O. P. SHAW, one of the prominent farmers and highly esteemed citizens of Han- cock County, O., is the owner of 370 acres of valuable farm land, 180 acres of which lie in Blanchard Township, and the remaining 190 acres, on which he resides, are located in Sec- tion 7, Liberty Township. He was born Oc- tober 1, 1844, in Blanchard Township, Han- cock County, O., a son of George and Elizabeth (Wise) Shaw, and is a grandson of George Shaw, Sr., who came to Hancock County, O., about 1826 and settled in Blanchard Town- ship.

George Shaw, Jr., was born in Stark County, O., and when a small boy came with his parents to Hancock County, and settled in Blanchard Township, where he spent the re- mainder of his life. He was a farmer by occu- pation, and politically was a Democrat, but never sought office. His marriage with Eliza- beth Wise, who died in about 1849, resulted in the birth of six children, all but two of whom are still living. Mr. Shaw died in 1855 at the age of thirty-three years, and was buried at Duke Cemetery in Blanchard Township.

Hon. O. P. Shaw was reared in Blanchard

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Township, and after completing his education, which was obtained in the local schools and at Findlay, joined the Union army, for service in the Civil War, enlisting with Co. H, 15th Ohio Vol. Inf. He was taken prisoner once, while in Kentucky, but paroled in a few days, and was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga. After the close of the war Mr. Shaw returned to Blanchard Township, where he continued to reside for two years after his marriage, and in 1868 located on his present farm in Liberty Township. Here he engaged in general farm- ing until elected treasurer of Hancock County, in 1888, and during his four years of incum- bency resided at Findlay, returning to his fath- er-in-law's farm in Blanchard Township in 1896. In 1900 he again removed to his farm in Liberty Township, and has since continued his residence here. Mr. Shaw was elected a member of the Ohio Legislature in 1897 and served one term as a member of that body, after which he retired from political activities. He has always been a Republican in politics and has served as a trustee of the township.

Mr. Shaw was actively interested in the Findlay Basket Factory, which was destroyed by fire in 1895 and was never rebuilt; has served as a member of the Hancock County Agricultural Board, and has been president of the Peoples' Banking Company of McComb, since the reorganization and incorporation of same.

Mr. Shaw married Mary J. Downing, who is a daughter of David and Maretta Downing, of Blanchard Township, and their union re- sulted in the following issue: Olive; May, who died in 1893, aged twenty-two years, was buried at the Findlay Cemetery; Ethel, who died January 5, 1890, aged seventeen years; Vina, who is the wife of W. F. Brickman of

Findlay; David; George, who is a resident of Blanchard Township, married a Miss Weber; Jane, who is the wife of Edward Reimund of Findlay; and Dorothy, who is the wife of Merle Swartz of Findlay. The family attends the Presbyterian church.

WILLIAM DIEBLEY, one of the substan- tial and representative residents of Big Lick Township, Hancock County, O., owning 155 acres in Section 2, owns a second farm of eighty acres situated in Section 35, Washington Township. He was born at Canton, O., June 23, 1832. His father was known as Henry Duble and this name was retained by him as long as he lived, but changed to Diebley, when his widow and children later came to Hancock County.

Henry Duble was born in Germany and be- fore marriage came to America and established himself in the meat business at Canton, O., where he was later joined by the lady to whom he had been attached in their native land. They were married at Canton and there Henry Du- ble died. Of the five children, William is the only survivor. Two daughters, Katherine and Mary, died early, and one son, Lewis, was killed while serving as a soldier in the Civil War. The mother was married a second time, becoming Mrs. Jacob Barger, and two sons were born to the second marriage: John and George Barger, the latter of whom is deceased.

William Diebley was two years old when he was brought to Big Lick Township, Han- cock County, and he remained with his step- father until he was twenty-one years of age. He obtained his education in an old log school- house in the neighborhood. When he started out for himself he went to Iowa, where he en- tered 500 acres of land from the government

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and lived there for fourteen years and then came back to Hancock County and bought his present home farm from his step-father. For many years Mr. Diebley carried on general farming and stock raising for himself but in late years the heaviest responsibilities have been assumed by his son. In addition to his farm properties, Mr. Diebley owns three fine residences at Fostoria.

On May 14, 1857, Mr. Diebley was married to Miss Amelia Sweet, who was born in New York, December 20, 1840, and they have had six children born to them and they have four- teen grandchildren, descendants of whom they have every reason to be proud. Lewis E., the eldest son, resides at Miller City, O., and has one son, Chester. Carrie A., the eldest daugh- ter, was married first to Clark Young, who is deceased, and they had one child, Frances, and was married second to Rev. M. S. White, of Fostoria, and they have one child, Ruth. Will- iam lives with his family at North Baltimore, O., and has two daughters: Ethel and Hazel. Ida J. married Charles Moore, of Washington Township, and they have four children: Len, Ralph, Floyd and Stanley. John is his fath- er's farmer, resides at home, married Millie Fruit, and has three children: Harold, Frances and Elden. Minnie is the wife of Robert Gra- ham, of Washington Township, and they have two children: Clarence and Ellsworth. Mr. and Mrs. Diebley are members of the United Brethren church. In politics he is a Republi- can and while living in Iowa, during the Civil War, he was an enrolling officer. Mr. Diebley is widely known and is held in very high re- gard by his fellow citizens.

CHARLES C. DUKES, who is engaged in general farming on a tract of eighty acres, lo-

cated in Section 10, Marion Township, Han- cock County, O., was born June 9, 1858, at Vanlue, Hancock County, O., and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Meeks) Dukes.

John Dukes was a native of Fairfield County, O., but subsequently located in Hancock County where he followed carpentering for some years. He later purchased a farm of forty acres located about two miles east of Findlay, and died there in 1872 from injuries received by a kick from a horse. He married Elizabeth Meeks, who died in 1868. Her father was one of the early settlers of the county. Their un- ion resulted in the birth of three children: Alice, who is the wife of Harry Williams; Charles C., the subject of this record; and Dora, who is the wife of John Health.

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Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Part 33

Author: Jacob Anthony Kimmell Publication date: 1910 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1189

Author: Jacob Anthony Kimmell
Publication date: 1910
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1189