USA > Pennsylvania > Bedford County > History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and personal history > Part 45
USA > Pennsylvania > Somerset County > History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and personal history > Part 45
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67
James Tannehill, son of Zachariah L. and Susan (Hine- baugh) Tannehill, was born October 22, 1876, and is now en- gaged in mercantile business at Confluence. He and his brother George kept a general store in Draketown, Pennsylvania, one year, and then moved to Confluence and went into the mercan- tile business. James Tannehill followed the trade of carpenter for about two years, and was census enumerator in 1890. He married, December 17, 1903, Jennie, daughter of Alexander and Minerva (Hyatt) Roomsburg, of Draketown, and they are the parents of two children: A child born October 8, 1904, died October 10, 1904; Carl, born October 10, 1905. Jennie (Rooms- burg) Tannehill, his wife, was born in Fayette county, in 1882, moved to Somerset county in 1890.
JACOB W. PECK.
Jacob W. Peck, a successful farmer of Summit township, Somerset county, and a minister of the German Baptist Breth- ren church, descends from one of the old families of the county. He was born in what was formerly Addison (now Elk Lick) township, June 18, 1845, the son of John and Elizabeth (Maust) Peck, the grandson of John Jacob and Annie (Olinger) Peck, and the great-grandson of the American ancestors, Jolın Adam and Katarina Fillabina (Smith) Peck.
John Adam Peck was born in Switzerland, of German par- ents, about the year 1750. He came to America in the ship "Hamilton," sailing from Rotterdam, on October 6, 1767, land- ing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On April 12, 1772, he mar- ried Katarina Fillabina Smith. They settled in Lancaster coun- ty, Pennsylvania. John Adam was a weaver, and became pos- sessed of considerable property. This he sold and received pay- ment in Continental money, which so depreciated in value that it caused his financial ruin. With wife and family he packed his belongings in a "prairie schooner" and crossed the mount- ains to southern Ohio, where his health failed him. He con- tracted ague, and was compelled to return to the more healthy region of Pennsylvania, where he settled in Addison township, Somerset county. Here he cleared a farm from the wilderness and here died and was buried on the farm. This farm is now owned by two of his great-grandchildren. John was a favorite name in the family. as the following list of the children of John Adam and Katarina F. (Smith) Peck will show: John Jacob, grandfather of Jacob W. Peck; John, John Daniel, John George,
J. W. Peck
419
BEDFORD AND SOMERSET COUNTIES
John Peter, Henry, whose given name was most likely John; Catherine, Elizabeth.
(II) John Jacob Peck was born at Lancaster, Pennsyl- vania, March 20, 1773. He was a farmer and helped clear the homestead farm in Elk Lick. He was a religious man and a faithful member of the Brethren church. He was a Whig in politics. He married Annie Olinger, December 22, 1799. The children of John Jacob and Annie (Olinger) Peck were thir- teen. It was in this generation that the name. changed from Pick, the original form, to Peck: Susannah, Mary D., John, Sarah, Catharine, Jacob, Jonas, John, the father of Jacob W .; Elias, the only living member of the family, lives in Falls City, Nebraska, aged ninety-two years; Lydia D., Eliza, Moses, Daniel. John Jacob Peck died March 2, 1852.
(III) John Peck, the eighth child and fourth son of John Jacob and Annie (Olinger) Peck, was born on the farm in Elk Lick, September 18, 1813. He received a limited education in the subscription schools of the day. He became a farmer, and with his brother Jonas owned a farm of eight hundred acres, a greater part of which they had reclaimed from the forest. In 1856 John bought out his brother and became sole owner. He was an extensive stock-raiser as well as farmer. In church re- lations he was a German Baptist and strictly observed the rules of that denomination. He was faithful to all his obligations and a good citizen. Politically he was a Republican of the deep- est dye. John Peck married, November 13, 1837, Elizabeth Maust, born May 1, 1818, a daughter of Abraham Maust. The children born to John and Elizabeth (Maust) Peck are: Will- iam, a retired farmer and owner of part of the home farm; he married Mary A. Weimer and has four sons, Sherman, Albert, Jonas and Charles. Mahlon, died in infancy. Abraham, de- ceased; he was a farmer near Friedens; he married Lucinda Barclay and had one daughter, Ada (Mrs. George Reitz). Jacob M., see forward. Sarah Ann (Mrs. Jacob M. Fike), lives near Somerset and has one son, John. Magdalena, married Samuel P. Meyers, of Meyersdale; they have two daughters, Elizabeth (Mrs. C. C. Heckle) and Emma (Mrs. S. S. Rickard). Two other daughters perished at the burning of the Meyers residence in Meyersdale several years ago. Lewis A., a farmer, owning the larger part of the home farm; he is a minister of the German Baptist Brethren church; his first wife was Mary Fike, to whom was born Howard, Cora and Stella (Mrs. Dalton Cook) ; his second wife was Annie Baer, to whom has been born John Galen and May. Elizabeth (Mrs. J. P. Growall) of Rockwood. Jonas and Susan, twins; Jonas died in infancy and Susan is Mrs. Cyrus A. Just, of Meyersdale; their children are Sadie, Edith and Florence. Mary, died in childhood. John Peck, the father
420
BEDFORD AND SOMERSET COUNTIES
of these children, died May 1, 1890, and Elizabeth (Maust) Peck, their mother, passed away September 22, 1896.
(IV) Jacob W. Peck, fourth son and child of John and Elizabeth (Maust) Peck, was educated in the public schools. He worked on the farm for his father until of age, and for six years thereafter, until his marriage at the age of twenty-seven, was in his father's employ. After marriage he rented a farm in Elk Lick, which he worked for one year and then rented the home farm for two years. at which time he became by purchase the owner of one-half the homestead, which he cultivated for six years. He then bought a farm at Summit Mills and moved thereto, renting out his other farm. For four years he owned and worked the Summit Mills farm and then sold it. In 1884 he bought the fine farm near Meyersdale, known as the Abraham Saylor farm, and one of the highest priced farms in the neigh- borhood. Here Mr. Peck has since resided. The farm con- tains one hundred and ninety-two acres, all under cultivation except twenty acres leased to the Meyersdale Fair Association. There are extensive orchards and commodious barns and build- ings on the property. In 1887 Mr. Peck built the present resi- dence building. He carries on a general farming business and is rated as one of the most successful farmers of Somerset county.
In 1870 Mr. Peck became a member of the German Baptist church. He became a deacon and studied for the ministry, to which he was in due time elected in the first degree, passed to the second and then to the third degree as minister and bishop of the Summit Mills congregation, preaching in two churches. Mr. Peck is a well-read man and stands high in the estimation of those who know him. Politically he is a Republican. He has been director of the poor for Somerset county and was president of the board that erected the building for the insane. For fifteen years he was auditor of Summit township, and is one of the present board of supervisors. In 1900 he was United States census enumerator.
Mr. Peek chose as his life partner Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Beachley) Flickinger, of Elk Lick town- ship. She was born November 29, 1849, and was married to Jacob Peck on December 29, 1872. She is a member of the same church as her husband. The children of this marriage are : Cora Alice, born October 25, 1873; she married John P. Saylor and lives on the adjoining farm; they have three children, J. Vincent, Emmert and Alva. Lloyd Dillon, born August 29, 1875; he has taught several years in the public schools, but is now a farmer with his father. John Elmer, born July 18, 1877, also a farmer. Emma May, born April 10, 1880, at home. Car- rie, born April 8, 1882, who makes her home with Bishop Lint
421
BEDFORD AND SOMERSET COUNTIES
in Meyersdale. Missouri, born June 21, 1883, stenographer in the Citizens' National Bank of Meyersdale. Sadie Pearl, born May 30, 1886, at home. Robert Earl, born December 5, 1887, a farmer. The children are all members of the same church with their parents and the sons vote the Republican ticket. They have all received good educations and are well equipped for life's battle.
JOEL GNAGEY
The family of which Joel Gnagey, of West Meyersdale, is a representative was founded in this country by Christian Gnaegi, that being the original orthography of the name. Chris- tian Gnaegi was a native of Switzerland and emigrated to the American colonies between 1750 and 1760. He settled in what is now Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and in 1774 entered by tomahawk claim five hunderd acres of land, which now form the site of Meyersdale. He later settled in Harrison county, Ohio, where he died, April 6, 1812, at an extreme old age. Chris- tian Gnaegi was the father of the following children: Johannes, see forward; Christian, Jacob, born February 23, 1780; Joseph, Magdalena, Mary, Barbara, Anna, Catarina and Gertrude.
Johannes Gnaegi, son of Christian Gnaegi, was born in Somerset county and was a farmer and a member of the Mennonite church. He married Elizabeth Stutzman and their children were: Anna, born December 30, 1787; Catarina, Feb- ruary 8, 1789; Christian, see forward; Barbara, August 5, 1791; and Elizabeth, September 15, 1792. After the death of the mother of these children Mr. Gnaegi married Elizabeth Miller, by whom he was the father of one son and four daughters : Jacob, born August 5, 1796; Sarah, June 27, 1798; Susanna, September 20, 1799; Gertrude and Veronica.
Christian Gnagey, son of Johannes and Elizabeth (Stutz- man) Gnagey, was born June 16, 1790, in Summit township, and was, like his father, a tiller of the soil. To the close of his life he was a member of the Brethren church. Mr. Gnagey married, December 5, 1813. Barbara, born August 1, 1792, daugh- ter of John Blucher, of Maryland, and their children were: Sarah, born March 26, 1815; Elizabeth, March 30, 1816; John, April 27, 1817; Jonathan, January 11, 1819; Emmanuel, May 12, 1820; Christian, July 17, 1822; Jacob, February 20, 1825; Barbara, April 1, 1827; Benedict, May 2, 1829; Andrew, No- vember 20, 1831; and Joel, see forward. Mrs. Gnagey died May 6, 1836, and is buried on the home farm. The second wife of Mr. Gnagey was Caroline Walter, whom he married Novem- ber 5, 1843. His death occurred June 11, 1880.
Joel Gnagey, son of Christian and Barbara (Blucher) Gnagey, was born February 9, 1836, in Summit township, where
422
BEDFORD AND SOMERSET COUNTIES
he attended the public schools until the age of nineteen. He as- sisted in his father's labors until 1858, when he took the home farm and thenecforth cultivated it continuously for forty-four years. In 1902 he relinquished his labors and built for him- self a house in West Meyersdale, to which he retired and in which he now lives. Politically Mr. Gnagey is a Republican. He has been for many years a member of the Brethren church, and since 1875 has been an acceptable preacher of that de- nomination. Since 1885 he has served as an ordained elder.
Mr. Gnagey married, January 31, 1858, Catharine, daugh- ter of John Fike, of Summit township, and twelve children were born to them, among whom were the following: Amanda, born January 22, 1859, died July 21, 1886. She was the wife of Milton C. Horner and mother of Cora and Foster Horner. Cora Horner married William Bittner, of Maryland, and they have Mary, Emmet and Galen Bittner, great-grandchildren of Joel and Catharine (Fike) Gnagey. Ellen B., born July 29, 1860, wife of Samuel Lichty, of Falls City, Nebraska, one child, Ruth Lichty. Anna, born July 12, 1862, wife of M. Sherman Peck, of Somerset county, three children, May, Grace and Nina Peck. Ida, born May 10, 1864, widow of John H. Cable, of Iowa. Eliza, born August 1, 1866, wife of Samuel Sweitzer, of Iowa. William, born February 1, 1869, a farmer of Berlin, married Cora Boose; three children, Lucille, John Walter and Robert. John E., born July 7, 1873, married Alice Blough, of Illinois. Emma, born April 10, 1875, wife of Harvey J. Speicher, of Accident, Maryland; five children, Earl, Walter, Hobart, Dwight and Glen. Sadie, born October 1, 1878, wife of Henry M. Speicher, of Accident, Maryland; two children, Emmerson and Coit. Grace, born August 9, 1880, attends school in Mount Morris, Illinois. Della, born May 10, 1882, in Pasadena, Cali- fornia.
ELBRIDGE C. KYLE.
Elbridge C. Kyle, proprietor of the Colonial Hotel, of Meyersdale, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, was born in Stoystown, Somerset county, January 13, 1871, a son of Edgar and Ellen (Statler) Kyle. His grandfather, James Kyle, was born 1820, in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, and he removed to Somerset about 1842. He married Jane Allison, a niece of Senator Edgar Cowan, of Westmoreland county, and they had one child, Edgar, see forward. James Kyle removed to Fan Francisco about 1843 and there died in 1844. Jane, his widow, lives in Jenner township, aged eighty.
Edgar Kyle (father) was born October 6, 1844, in Jenner township. Somerset county, and attended the public schools of that place until 1861, when he, in company with abont thirty-
423
BEDFORD AND SOMERSET COUNTIES
nine of his schoolmates, enlisted in the army, Company C, Fifty- fourth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under command of Captain E. D. Youtzy. After the expiration of his term of service he re-enlisted, in December, 1863, in the same company. He participated in the following battles, besides many minor engagements : New Market, Piedmont, Lynchburg, Petersburg, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Highbridge, Cedar Creek, Hatch's Run, Wilderness, Antietam and three days at Gettysburg. He was wounded at Gettysburg, Piedmont and Petersburg. Upon his return to civil life Mr. Kyle located in Jenner township, Somerset county, and until 1879 was there engaged in agricult- ural pursuits. In 1882 he opened a general store at Stoystown, Somerset county, being associated with two other merchants. The firm name was Bowman, Griffin & Kyle, and the business was a highly successful and profitable one. In 1887 Mr. Kyle removed to Meyersdale, where he has since been located and engaged for four years in the conduct of the Jones House, a first-class hostlery. For two years he was proprietor of Som- erset House, Somerset, since which time he has lived a private life.
Politically, Edgar Kyle is a sound and loyal Republican and takes a deep and lasting interest in the welfare of that or- ganization. In 1878 he was elected sheriff of Somerset county for a term of three years. He was elected justice of the peace of Stoyestown in 1884, to serve for a term of five years, but resigned this office in 1887. He has served nine years as con- stable and eight years as judge of elections in Somerset county. He is a trustworthy, faithful citizen, and in all the positions of trust and responsibility to which he has been elected has dis- charged his duties most acceptably. Fraternally, Mr. Kyle holds membership in the F. and A. M., No. 554, of Somerset; Hebron Chapter, No. 272, of Meyersdale; I. O. O. F., No. 278, of Stoys- town; Knights of Pythias, of Meyersdale; and Grand Army of the Republic, Post 210, of Somerset. In church connections he is a Lutheran.
Edgar Kyle married, December 25, 1866, Ellen, born July 7, 1844, daughter of Henry Statler, of Berlin, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and of this marriage the children were: Lucy, born October 1, 1867, married Dr. P. P. Ritter, of Meyersdale. Marion. born October 28, 1868, married (first) John F. Cover; two children, Lester and Nellie Cover; married (second) Mor- gan Walker, of Summit township. Elbridge C., see forward. N. Bowman, born February 19, 1874, general agent for Wind- ber Brewing Company, of Pittsburg. Edith, died 1889. Nellie, died 1880. Edna, born June 8, 1882, married Carl Miller, of Meyersdale.
Elbridge C. Kyle, third child and eldest son of Edgar and El-
424
BEDFORD AND SOMERSET COUNTIES
len (Statler) Kyle, obtained his education in the common schools of Stoystown, and at the early age of twelve years commenced to make his own way in the world, engaging as telegraph operator with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. The following year, 1884, he entered his father's mercantile store at Stoys- town, remaining there until 1887, when the firm dissolved part- nership. He then removed to Meyersdale, and in the winter of 1887-88 very wisely gave his attention to study, attending the high school, thereby better equipping himself for his future business career. In the spring of 1888 he went to Fairport, Ohio, in the employ of the car service department of the Pitts- burg & Northwestern Dock Company, retaining this connection until 1898, when he returned to Meyersdale, and until 1892 was clerk in the Jones House, now the Klare Hotel. He was then given the position of manager of the Somerset Hotel at Somer- set, Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1895. In the spring of that year he entered the service of the Bedford Springs Hotel Company and booked for them for the season. In Octo- ber, 1895, he removed to Baltimore, Maryland, and engaged with the Stafford Hotel Company, booking for them at Lon- don, Paris and Vienna, as well as in all the large cities in the United States. October 5, 1901, Mr. Kyle formed a partner- ship with C. H. Knapp, and together they purchased the Hotel Stein, of Meyersdale, and conducted it under the firm name of E. C. Kyle & Company until November 13, 1902, when the house was burned to the ground. They immediately set themselves to the task of rebuilding, and January 1, 1903, opened for the first time the large Colonial Hotel, which takes its name from the architecture, and is one of the finest hotels in the county and of excellent appointments and cuisine. The building is four stories in height, one hundred and sixty-five feet deep and fifty feet front, comprising sixty-four sleeping rooms, besides ex- cellent baths, reading rooms, parlors, etc.
In his political affiliations Mr. Kyle accords allegiance to the Republican party. He is a member of the B. P. O. E., No. 175, Johnstown; the Hotel Men's Association of the United States and Canada, being a member of the Maryland branch of same, which branch he and James P. O'Connor, manager of the Hotel Rennert, of Baltimore, organized in 1889, and is a member of the Lutheran church. Mr. Kyle is unmarried.
BURKHOLDER FAMILY.
James Wesley Burkholder, of Nicolay, is one of the repre- sentatives of a numerous family. He is a son of Daniel Burk- holder, who was born September 26, 1815, in Somerset county, and passed his life as a farmer and stock-raiser in Lower Tur-
425
BEDFORD AND SOMERSET COUNTIES
keyfoot township. He was a Republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Daniel Burkholder married Catharine, born August 1, 1822, in Centerville, Milford township, daughter of Christian and Mary (Pritts) Cramer, and their children were: 1. Christian, served in Company K, One Hundred and Sixteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was killed at the battle of Cold Harbor. 2. Mary Elizabeth, wife of Jasper Tannehill, farmer of Lower Turkeyfoot township; four children, Sherman Mead, William Earl, Nelletta and Robert Forrest. 3. William, of whom later. 4. James Wesley, of whom later. 5. Rosetta, died October 10, 1857. 6. Rebecca Jane, died November 24, 1857. 7. Phœbe Ann, married (first) James D. Younkin, died May 5, 1892; (second) Andrew Younkin: children by first mar- riage. Daniel Garfield, James G. Blaine, Daisy Catharine, Grace and two who died in infancy, unnamed; by second marriage, one child, Edna. Mr. Burkholder, the father of the family, died September 13, 1858, and was survived many years by his widow, whose death occurred May 7, 1906.
William Burkholder, son of Daniel and Catharine (Cramer) Burkholder, was born April 3, 1848, near Centerville, and re- ceived his preparatory education in the common schools of his. native township, subsequently entering Scio University, Scio, Ohio. After completing his course of study he taught for two terms in the schools of Lower Turkeyfoot township and then engaged in farming, at the same time following the carpenter's trade. He has now, for two years, been in mercantile business in Draketown. Politically he is a Republican.
Mr. Burkholder married, in June, 1898, Josephine, daugh- ter of Richard and Sarah (Knight) Gorsuch, of McKee's Rocks, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Burkholder: one who died in infancy, unnamed, and Marian, born August 12, 1901.
James Wesley Burkholder, son of Daniel and Catharine (Cramer) Burkholder, was born December 6, 1850, near Center- ville, on the old Christopher Creamer farm, and was educated in Harbaugh's school house. He is now engaged in farming and stock-raising. He has been for sixteen years tax collector of his township, and for ten years has served as school director, to which office he has recently been re-elected for a term of three years. He has served three terms as inspector and the same length of time as auditor, two terms as judge of election and one term as supervisor. His vote and influence are given to the Republican party.
Mr. Burkholder married, April 30, 1871, Harriet, daughter of George and Catharine (Younkin) Firestone, and they were the parents of the following children: Ella Frances, born May
426
BEDFORD AND SOMERSET COUNTIES
29, 1872; Christian C., May 14, 1873; Simon, September 18, 1875, died October 1, 1875; Minnie Catharine, April 15, 1877, died November 14, 1880; Charles Ross, January 31, 1879; James Garfield, June 18, 1881; William Russell, January 2, 1884; and Harry Robert, July 4, 1886. Mrs. Burkholder died January 27, 1897, and on February 6, 1898, Mr. Burkholder married Jennie Hartzell, daughter of Melki and Annie Johnson Hartzell, and the issue of the marriage was as follows: Ida Elfretta, born July 6, 1899; Daniel McKinley, June 30, 1900; Rebecca Jane, October 22, 1902; and Leroy Roosevelt, March 6, 1905, died March 7, 1905.
JOHN M. GAMBERT.
John M. Gambert, of Berlin, is a grandson of John Gum- bert, a native of Germany, who emigrated to the United States, accompanied by his family and his brother Jacob. They landed in New York, July 31, 1836, and finally settled in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, where Jacob remained, but John Gum- bert, at the end of nine years, removed to Carroll county, Ohio.
Peter Gumbert, son of John Gumbert, was born in 1827 in Germany and was eighteen when the family moved to Ohio. For many years he farmed with his father on shares and then bought a farm, the purchase resulting in a change of the orthography of the family name. On receiving a deed for the land he took it to the court house for the purpose of having it recorded, but the recorder of deeds refused to enter it under the German spelling, and declared that it must be Anglicized and spelled Gambert. Peter objected, but the recorder insisted, and the deed was so recorded. The change was legalized by three judges sitting as a court, and ever after that branch of the family were Gamberts. After buying the farm Mr. Gam- bert engaged in stock dealing and raising. He was a large stock drover, driving his flocks each year over the mountains from Ohio to Philadelphia and New Jersey. This business he carried on for ten years, becoming very prosperous. He then aban- doned this line of industry and settled down to general farming, wool growing and stock raising, following these callings during the remainder of his life. He became a very prominent man in his neighborhood, and in his later years settled many estates and filled offices of honor and trust. He was a Republican and a member of the Lutheran church.
Mr. Gambert married Margaret Abrams, of Carroll county, Ohio, and their children were: George A., deceased; Catharine, widow of Eli Roudebush, living in Carroll county, has four children, Laura, Edgar, Margaret and Eva, all living in Ohio; John M., see forward; Emma, wife of Isaac Eulman, living on the homestead in Carroll county. Mrs. Gambert died in
427
BEDFORD AND SOMERSET COUNTIES
1897 at the age of seventy, and the death of Mr. Gambert oc- curred in 1902.
John M. Gambert, son of Peter and Margaret (Abrams) Gambert, was born January 12, 1853, in Ohio, and received his education in the public schools. He worked on the farm with his father until of age, when he became a partner in the farm- ing and stock droving business. For eleven years he carried on the lumber and hay business for himself, and for two years dealt in hay only, buying, baling and shipping. In 1886 he came to Somerset county and bought a tract of two hundred and eighty acres in Jenner township, which he has since sold. A little later he purchased his present farm, near Pine Hill, where he has since resided. This property consists of two hundred and fifteen acres, with good and substantial improvements. There is a sugar camp of five hundred vessels and there are also valuable orchards of apples and peaches. The place is well stocked and the land is underlaid by coal. In addition to his farming operations, Mr. Gambert does a large stock business, buying, feeding and selling cattle and sheep, and also deals in horses. Over and above his farm he owns other real estate, including a farm of one hundred acres in Carroll county, Ohio, fifty-two acres near the Fritz church, forty-five acres near Wills church, one-half interest in thirty acres, and one hundred acres of timber land in Gilmore county, West Virginia.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.