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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Allen County, Ohio
Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns,
Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc.; Portraits of
Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies;
History of the Northwest Territory;
History of Ohio; Statistical and
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.
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Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
1885
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Ottawa Twp. -
R. H. EBERSOLE, photographer, Lima, was
born Jan. 11, 1858, in Flat Rock, Seneca Co., Ohio, son of
Peter and Cynthia J. (Harpster) Ebersole, the former a
native of Cumberland County, Penn., and the latter of Ohio.
Peter Ebersole came to Ohio in 1832, settling in Seneca
County, where he remained for many years. He is now
residing in Huron County, Ohio. Our subject was educated
in Huron County, Ohio, and commenced the business of Photography
in his native town, after studying under more experienced
artists. He was married Sept. 22, 1880, to Sarah,
daughter of John Hamler, proprietor of the town of Hamler,
Ohio. To our subject and wife has been born one son
- John K. Mr. Ebersole entered into partnership
with Samuel K. Krauss in 1883, and the firm are well
known as leading photographers in the county.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 692 |
Richland Twp. -
M. K.
EDGECOMB, retired farmer, Beaver Dam, was born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, December 11, 1826, son of Uriah and Elizabeth (Doud)
Edgecomb, of English descent, and who came to Allen County in
1831 or 1832. settling in Bath Township. Their family consisted of
thirteen children, twelve of whom grew to manhood and womanhood
and five now living in this county. The father, who died at the
advanced age of eighty years, was a farmer, and made his home for
many years with his son, M. K., previous to his death. Our
subject, the ninth in the family, was reared on the farm and
educated in the common schools. He has been very successful in
life, has engaged in farming most of the time, and now owns a farm
in Richland Township and property in Beaver Dam. He operated a
threshing machine during the falls and winters from 1844 to 1858,
and now keeps a hotel in Beaver Dam. He was married, November 18,
1847, to Hannah E., daughter of Jacob Everitt, a
farmer and an early settler of Allen County. this State, and of
English descent. Their children are Madison, married and farming,
G. W. and William. Mr. and Mrs.
Edgecomb are members of the Disciples Church, in which he
is elder and of which he has been superintendent of the
Sabbath-school. He is a Republican in politics.
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Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 761) |
Bath Twp. -
WALTER
EDGECOMB, farmer, P. O. Beaver Dam, was born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, August 6, 1819, son of Uriah and Betsey (Doud)
Edgecomb, natives of Connecticut, who settled in Bath
Township, this county, in 1832, locating on the farm now occupied
by John Blaine, which they cleared and improved.
They had a family of thirteen children: Uriah (deceased),
Marilla (wife of Josiah DeLong), Ezra
(deceased), Lansil (deceased), Clarinda (deceased), Robert,
Walter, Lydia (deceased), Amy (deceased), Ann (wife of Elisha
C. Pangle), Marquis, Sarah (wife of Lewis
Bassitt) and an infant son (deceased). Uriah
Edgecomb afterward purchased the place now known as the
Hiram
Protsman farm, where he resided up to 1857, when he
removed to Richland Township, this county, and died on the farm
now owned by his son, Marquis, in 1861, at the age of seventy-four
years. Our subject was in his thirteenth year when his parents
settled in Bath Township. He received a limited education in the
district schools of his time, and when eighteen years of age
started in life for himself, working on a farm by the day and
month until he was twenty-one. He was married November 18, 1840,
to Laura, daughter of Samuel and Elsie (Lewis)
Bassitt, who settled in Bath Township in 1836, and by this
union there were eleven children: Ann E. (wife of Reuben
White), James (deceased), an infant daughter
(deceased), Lewis A. (killed at the Battle of Atlanta, Ga.,
July 21, 1864), Loretta (wife of Hiram Barber),
Sarah E. (wife of Allen Philips), Alba,
Mary J. (wife of Willis White), Elsie
(wife of S. Philips), Samuel S. (deceased),
and Lansil. After his marriage, our subject engaged in
farming on a rented farm. He has owned two farms besides the one
he now occupies, clearing and improving a part of both. In 1856 he
located on his present farm, all of which he has cleared and
improved, and where he has resided ever since. Mr. and Mrs.
Edgecomb are members of the Disciples Church. He filled the
office of trustee for many years, and held several other minor
offices in the township. Our subject is one of the leading farmers
of Bath. In politics he is a Republican.
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Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 579) |
Marion Twp. -
THOMAS B. EDWARDS, dealer in general
groceries, etc., Delphos, was born in Jackson County, Ohio, Feb.
4, 1855. His father, the late Benjamin Edwards,
farmer of that county, settled there from Wales about 1810.
The subject of our sketch received a good common school
education in his native county, and for a time engaged in
farming, but on Apr. 22, 1877, he took up merchandising here,
with Jones & Griffith, and in March of the following year
assumed entire control of the business, has by dint of able
management secured a very lucrative trade, and has already
amassed a nice competence although a young man, amid
old-established competitors. Mr. Edwards married in
Delphos, in 1879, Lucy Ann, daughter of the late John
Morrow of Indiana. She was reared and educated in this
city and is a lady of good literary and musical attainments.
They have two sons and one daughter: Robert Thomas, Edna May
and an infant (unnamed). Mr. Edwards is one of the
progressive men of Delphos, an able supporter of its interests.
He is a member of K. of P. and of the R. A.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 629 |
Sugar Creek Twp. -
ISAAC
EHERNMAN, farmer, P. O. Elida, was born in Fail-field
County, Ohio, April 25, 1830; son of Frederick and Sarah
(Ridenour) Ehernman, natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
respectively, of German descent, and who were married in
Fairfield County, Ohio, and came to this county in 1831, where
they lived and died, each at the age of eighty-four years; they
were parents of eight children, of whom three are now living:
John, Elizabeth and Isaac. Our subject was married in
December, 1854, to Margaret Hosier, of Sugar Creek
Township, this county, a native of Perry County, Ohio, born in
March, 1834, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Moyer)
Hosier, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German descent, who
came from Perry County, Ohio, to this county about 1847; they were
parents of twelve children, of whom seven are now living:
Susanna, Valentine, Jacob, Margaret and
Elizabeth (twins), Alexander and George. To
Mr. and Mrs. Ehernman were born ten
children: Sarah E., Alice J., Caroline A., William A.,
George B., Mary E., Charles A., Emma L., Albert M. and
John F., all now living except Sarah E. and
Mary E. Our subject purchased the home farm after the death of
his father, and now owns 123 acres of land, which he has improved
in many ways, He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
his wife of the UB Church. In politics he is a Democrat.
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Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 818) |
Ottawa Twp. -
JAMES A. ELDER, grocer, Lima, was born in
March, 1827, in Juniata County, Penn., son of David and Mary
(Alexander) Elder, natives of Franklin County, Penn., and
who had a large family, four of whom are still living. Our
subject received his education and began business for himself in
his native state. A tanner by trade, he carried on hits
business in Pennsylvania for six years. He has been twice
married, and by his first wife also a native of Pennsylvania, he
had two children, one of whom, David, is living.
Mr. Elder was married on the second occasion in 1861, to
Sarah J. Deihart, and to this union were born three
children: Pearl A. James A. and Mary A.
Our subject is the only member of his family that came to Ohio,
excepting one sister older than he, who came at an earlier date,
married to T. K. Jacobs. In 1858 he settled and has
since lived in Lima, where he opened a stove and tin store and
later a meat market, which he ran successfully for a number of
years, and in 1880 he embarked in the grocery trade, opening out
on South Main Street, where he is doing a good business at the
present time.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 692 |
Marion Twp. -
WILLIAM H. ELWER, farmer and stock-raiser,
was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, Feb. 20, 1840, son of
William Elwer who was born and reared in Westphalia,
Prussia, and who came to America and to Hamilton County, Ohio,
when a young man, and Sept. 29, 1853, to Marion Township, this
county; his children are William H. and Joseph.
Our subject was married in 1867 to Miss Mary Ann Recker,
daughter of Andrew Recker, a pioneer farmer of Putnam
County, Ohio, a native of Hanover, Germany; and to this union
have been born two sons and four daughters: Kate, Frederick,
Christena, Mary, Rosa and Andrew. Mr. and Mrs.
Elwer are members of the Catholic Church. He has been
an active worker. Has served on school board two years and
has filled other official positions.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 629 |
Marion Twp. -
JOSEPH ESCH, proprietor of restaurant,
billiard room adn saloon, Delphos, was born Aug. 27, 1856, son
of Bernard and Mary (Heckman) Esch. He clerked for
his father until the latter's removal to Kansas, and in 1877 he
embarked in his present enterprise. Oct. 16, 1879, he was
married to Miss Kate Kroft, born in Dayton, Ohio, Feb.
14, 1856, by whom he has a daughter - Niona, born July
22, 1880. Politically Mr. Esch is a Democrat.
He is a member of the Catholic Church. The father of our
subject was born Jan. 1, 1821, near Osnabruck, Germany, where he
lived till 1842, when he came to America with Theo Wrocklage,
locating at Fort Jennings. A year later he assisted in
building the first log-cabin at Delphos. In 1844 Esch &
Wrocklage, formed a partnership and erected as ashery, and
in the following year opened a general store, continuing in
business till 1855. He was a member of the town council
several years, was one of the original movers in the
organization of the First National Bank, and for several years
was one of its board of directors. He was elected county
commissioner in 1870, and being re-elected served in that office
six years, making one of the most efficient capable
commissioners the county ever had, and through his exertions a
system of road improvements was inaugurated, the benefits of
which are now enjoyed by almost every section of the county.
His death occurred June 3, 1884, at Dexter, Kansas. In
1847 Mr. Bernard Esch married Mary Heckman, who
died in 1857, leaving to his care three children: Henry
(agent for the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad at
Middletown, Ohio), Annie (widow of Lehm Kahl), and
Joseph. His second marriage occurred in 1859, with
Catharine Karst, who survives him. By this union were
born six children: Bernard, Lewis, Theodore, Alexander, Frank
and John.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 629 |
Marion Twp. -
C. A. EVANS, M. D., Delphos, was born in
Hillsboro, Ohio, July 29, 1828, and comes of a people who have
furnished a fair share of medical talent in the West, several of
whom are reputable practitioners, dating on the paternal side,
their coming to this country about 1775, locating in Kentucky,
and their advent in Ohio about 1802. On the maternal side,
the Duckwalls came from the Rhine Provinces in connection
with Methodist mission work here early in the eighteenth
century. The subject of this sketch began the study of
medicine at nineteen years of age, and at twenty-two graduated
from the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, in the class of
1849-50. In June of 1850 he came to Delphos, and has since
been successfully identified with the practice of medicine here.
He was married, Apr. 4, 1855, in Columbia City, Ind., to Miss
Katie Ensler, a highly educated lady, and an ardent worker
in church and social interests. Upon the organization of
the T. C. & St. L. Railway, Dr. Evans took up railway
work with that corporation, with which he was actively
identified till it ceased to be a Delphos enterprise. He
organized the Delphos & Kokomo Railway, and remained its
president till 1878. In the following year he organized a
railway to Kokomo, Ind., (D. B. & F. Ry.), and was chosen its
President. In 1880 he organized the Cleveland, Delphos &
St. Louis Railway, serving as President till 1881, when he
resigned and accepted the Vice-Presidency of the Construction
Company. He has also been connected with the establishment
of other lines. During the last year he has attended
quietly to his professional practice. The Doctor served
the city as mayor four successive terms, and has filled other
civic official positions.
Source:
History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by
Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 631 |
Marion Twp. -
HUGH W. EVANS, druggist, Palace Drug
Store, Delphos, was born in Brown Township, Franklin Co., Ohio,
in 1853; son of Richard E and Mary (Jones) Evans, former
a native of Wales, a farmer by occupation, and a resident of Van
Wert County, Ohio; latter, also a native of Wales, died in 1880.
They were parents of eight children: Richard M., Elizabeth,
Jane, Catherine, David H., John R., Mary A. and Hugh W.
Until he was fourteen years of age, the life of our subject was
spent on a farm. He then came to Delphos and engaged in a
drug store, in order to learn the business. In 1875 he
became a member of the firm of Eysenbach & Co., which
three or four years later became Evans & Evans,
remaining so till 1883, when the firm dissolved, and our subject
formed a new partnership with F. G. Beckman. Mr. Evans
has been a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association
since September, 1881, and his knowledge of the Welsh, in
addition to the English language, is an advantage of the Welsh,
in addition to the English language, is an advantage in his
business, whilst his many years experience justly entitle him to
the confidence of the people. Our subject was married,
Mar. 20, 1883, to Miss Annie Robinson, by whom he has one
son - Robinson Blaine, born Mar. 15, 1884. In
politics Mr. Evans is a leader and a stanch advocate of
the principles of the Republican party. He is an active
member of Hope Lodge, F. & A. M.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 632 |
Marion Twp. -
JOHN W. EVANS, druggist and bookseller,
Delphos, one of the most worthy and enterprising men of the
city, was born May 21, 1847, among the mines of Jackson County,
Ohio; son of William and Jane (Evans) Evans, natives of
Aberystwyth, Wales, and who came early to America. They
had seven children: two died early in life; D. W., a
farmer and stock-dealer in Venedocia, Ohio; Jane, wife of
D. E. Evans, a merchant of Venedocia, Ohio; John W.;
William, farming in Van Wert County, Ohio; and Thomas,
who died aged twenty-three years. The father was killed
while at work at Cambria Furnace, in Jackson County, Ohio, the
subject of this sketch being then but seven years of age.
The mother was afterward married to Isaac Jones, of
Jackson County, Ohio, where she died. Mr. Evans
received the chief part of his education by the time he reached
his twelfth year, attending but two terms afterward, as at that
age he was engaged in hauling ore, iron, coal etc., at the mines
and furnaces. Upon starting out for himself at sixteen
years of age he received $13 from his stepfather, and this he
was compelled to use for necessary clothing and traveling
expenses to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he arrived penniless.
He secured work, however, on gun-boats which were built at that
place, and here, by industry and application, he soon commanded
the confidence of his employers and the highest praise for his
labor. He first came to Van Wert County, Ohio, in the fall
of 1863, and returned to Jackson County, where he worked until
the following fall, when he again came to Van Wert County, and
taught school during the winters, continuing his work at the
same time. In the fall of 1867 Mr. Evans was
married, and then engaged in farming and teaching for seven
years. He next became a partner in the drug and book firm
of Eysenbach & Co., in which he continued two years, when
Mr. Eysenbach retired and the firm became Evans &
Evans. Early in 1883 another change occurred, and the
firm became Evans & Bliss, as at present. Mr.
Evans is engaged with his brother-in-law, Hugh Evans,
in the real estate business. His wife, Elizabeth,
was a daughter of Richard E. and Mary (Jones) Evans,
who was natives of Llanbrynmair, Wales, and who first settled in
Franklin County, Ohio, thence moved to Van Wert County, Ohio.
By her he has five children: Richard J., Jane, John H. V.,
Irvin Blaine and Viola Ann. While a resident of
Van Wert County Mr. Evans was township trustee, and was
commissioned justice of the peace under Gov. Noyes.
Since his residence in Delphos he has been a member of the city
council several years. He is P. G. and treasurer of
Okonoxy Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 201, also collector of Delphos
Council No. 200 Royal Arcanum.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 631 |
RICHARD EVANS, farmer and
stock-dealer, P. O Delphos, was born in Montgomeryshire, North
Wales, Sept. 4, 1817 and immigrated to America in 1840, settling
in Butler County, Ohio. In 1852 he came to America in
1840, settling in Butler County, Ohio. In 1852 he came to
this county and settled on his present farm, paying $1,860 for
160 acres uncleared land, of which he has cleared 135 acres.
His parents were Evan and Mary (Jones) Evans, who died in
Wales. (Evan Evans was a son of John and Mary
Evans who were married at the ages of Nineteen, and
seventeen years, respectively, and lived together until they
were aged, respectively, one hundred and three and one hundred
and one, a period of eighty-four years of married life).
They were parents of nine children: John, who died
without issue; Lewis, living with family in
Montgomeryshire, Wales; Evan, died in London, single;
Mary, died young; Edward, died leaving a family in
Wales; Elizabeth, died young; Richard, and
Margaret, deceased wife of Edward Evans, leaving one
daughter and son residing in Allen County. Mr. Evans
received but twelve day' schooling during his life-time, but
having a natural love for live stock he hired out as a herd in
Wales, and turned his attention to the study of the habits and
diseases of stock, thus arriving at a considerable degree of
prominence as a veterinary surgeon and dealer and shipper in
stock. He has, in connection with his other business, been
engaged in the manufacture of brick for thirty-five years.
Mr. Evans was thrice married, his first and second wife
bearing him children who all died young. His third
marriage was with Mary Jones, who was born Mar. 20, 1827,
on Paddy's Run in Butler County, Ohio, from which place
her father John R. Jones, came to what is now Gomer, this
county, in 1834, being one of th4e first and most prominent
settlers of that place. To our subject and wife have been
born ten children, eight of whom died in infancy. The
surviving two are now living with their parents:
Margaret J. (wife of John W. Humphreys) and
Francis (who married Elizabeth J. Howells, by whom he
had one child). Mr. Evans is an enterprising man,
and takes an active interest in all educational and religious
matters. With his family he is a member of the
Congregational Church.
Source:
History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by
Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 630 |
Ottawa Twp. -
TIMOTHY EVANS, carpenter and builder,
Lima, was born Sept. 28, 1850, in Sugar Creek Township, Putnam
Co., Ohio, son of David and Ann (James) Evans, natives of
Wales, and who came to Ohio in 1839, locating in Sugar Creek
Township, Allen County, afterward moving to Sugar Creek
Township, Putnam County, same State. Their children were
ten in number: Mary, David (deceased), John, Benjamin
(deceased), Hannah (deceased), Elizabeth
(deceased), Evan, Ann, Lucretia and Timothy; four
eldest born in Wales. The father is still living; the
mother died in 1882. Our subject received his early
education in the county schools, and learned carpentering.
He came to Lima in 1870 and began life on his own account as
carpenter and builder, and has been so employed up to the
present time. Though comparatively a young man, Mr.
Evans has much ability and turns out first-class work.
He was united in marriage in October, 1880, with Miss Mary,
daughter of Thomas Reese, a native of Wales, and by his
union there is a child - Franklin. Mr. Evans is a
member of the I. O. O. F.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 692 |
Monroe Twp. -
DANIEL EVERSOLE, farmer, P. O. Columbus
Grove, Putnam County, was born Apr. 14, 1833, in Sandusky
County, Ohio, son of Peter and Rebecca (Snyder)
Eversole, natives of Perry County, Ohio, former a son of
Peter and Nancy (Shelhorn) Eversole; latter a daughter of
Daniel Snyder. They had seven children: Eliza,
(wife of Elijah Helser in Jackson Twp., this county),
Catharine (widow of John McCarty, in Perry County,
Ohio, with her family), Frances (wife of Henry Hersey,
farmer in Noble County, Ind.), Nancy (deceased wife of
Jacob Helser, also deceased, in Perry County, Ohio),
Rebecca (wife of William Wolfin Fairfield County,
Ohio), Lemmuel (farmer in Jackson Township, this county),
and Daniel. The parents dying when our subject was
about three years of age, he was then taken back to his native
county, where his uncle raised him, and for whom he worked,
receiving through him a very meager education. At sixteen
years of age Mr. Eversole was bound out for three yeas to
learn blacksmithing, having two weeks each harvest in which he
would work in order to earn spending money for the whole year.
At nineteen years of age he went to Sandusky County, Ohio, where
he worked one year at his trade at $12.25 per month. The
following year he came to this county, locating near Lafayette
were he followed his trade several years. In 1858 he moved
to a piece of land where there was a small clearing. On
Jan. 10, 1857, Mr. Eversole, was married to Malvina
Tompkins, who was born Nov. 25, 1837, near Lima, Ohio,
daughter of Abel and Elizabeth (Heindel) Tompkins, who
arrived at Lima from Marion County, Ohio, on election day of
President Jackson's second term. They had twelve
children, eight of whom died in infancy. Those living are
William H. (married in August, 1879, to Jane Searfoss,
by whom he has two children, Earl and Charles), Francis M.
(married in February, 1880, to Sadie Allen, of Putnam
County, Ohio, by whom he has one child, Mary M.) John H.
and Walter H. William H. and Francis M. are
farming along with their father. Mr. Eversole came
to his present home in March, 1866, where he has accumulated a
large and well-kept farm of 320 acres. Mrs.
Eversole's parents are still living, the father born Mar.
14, 1799, the mother Oct. 15, 1801. Of their fourteen
children two are living: Mrs. Eversole and Eleanor
(wife of Theophilus Raines, by whom she has a family of
five children). Mr. Eversole is a man of enterprise
and prominence among the people of the township in which he
lives, having been chosen to fill the offices of trustee ad
treasurer, which later he now holds. He was a member of
Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-first Regiment Ohio National
Guards, doing duty at Washington, D. C., resisting General
Early's attack on that city. He takes much interest in
educational and religious matters. In politics he is a
Republican. He and his family are members of the Christian
Church.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 665 |
Jackson Twp. -
LEMUEL EVERSOLE, farmer and stock-raiser,
P. O. Herring, was born in Perry County, Ohio, Oct. 30, 1929;
son of Peter and Rebecca (Snyder) Eversole, natives of
Perry County, Ohio. They were the parents of seven
children who grew to maturity: Eliza, Catherine, Francis,
Nancy (deceased), Lemuel, Rebecca and Daniel.
When our subject was but two years of age his parents removed to
Blackswamp, in Sandusky County, Ohio, where they both died in
1835, within a month of each other. Our subject was thus
early thrown on his own resources, and his educational
advantages were necessarily limited to a few months each year in
the common schools. At the death of his parents he
returned to Perry County, and until he arrived at the age of
seventeen years resided with his uncle, John Eversole.
He then served as apprentice to the carpenter trade for three
years engaged in mining and constructing gold washers.
Soon after his return East, in teh spring of 1852, he purchased
wild land in Allen County, Ohio, and during the winter of that
year he worked for Mussey & Winn, of Lima, at
cabinet-making. The following six years he worked at his
trade in the eastern part of the county, and during this time
sold his land and purchased the farm of 320 acres upon which he
now resides, and on which he has made all the improvements,
having placed it under a state of cultivation, making it second
to none in this vicinity. He erected in 1872 a fine bank
barn, and in 1875 a fine brick residence, among the first in the
township. In May, 1864, our subject enlisted, and was
appointed second corporal of Company A, One Hundred and
Fifty-first Ohio National Guards in the 100 days' service with
Capt. King, of Delphos. Mr. Eversole was
married, July 8, 1855, to Miss Sarah Nash, born in
Jackson Township, this county, July 11, 1837, daughter of
Thomas and Rebecca (Akins) Nash, who were among the early
settlers of the county, former deceased, latter now living at
the advanced age of ninety-eight years. To the union of
our subject and wife were born twelve children: George W.,
of Van Wert County, Ohio; Eliza J. (wife of L. B.
Harrod), Frank J. (in California), John E.,
Charles A., Elva C., Daniel B., Nettie B., Lemuel N., Aura D.,
Ralph and an infant (deceased). While a resident of
Perry county Mr. Eversole united with the I. O. O. F.,
and was one of the charter members of the Order at Lima.
He has been a consistent member of the Christian Church about
three years; is one of the present township trustees; is a
school director as well as successful stock-raisers of the
neighborhood. In politics he has always been a stanch
Republican.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 604 |
Monroe Twp. -
FRANK EWING, physician and surgeon, West
Cairo, was born May 19, 1843, in Trumbull County, Ohio, son of
John A. and Elizabeth (Clemmens) Ewing, the former a
native of Mahoning county, Ohio, the latter a native of
Pennsylvania. They moved to Hancock County, Ohio, in 1850
where they engaged in farming. Their children were Mrs.
Sarah J. Walker residing near Ada, Ohio; Alexander C.,
residing near Bluffton, this county; Frank; Thomas C.,
who fell in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain in 1864, while
fighting nobly in the western army; Myron J., professor
of natural sciences in Ada Normal College; Mrs. Eliza A.
Miller, residing near Bluffton, this county. The
father of our subject was twice married, on second occasion to
Mary Battles of Hancock County, Ohio, and by this union
were born five children: Flora, Chase, Calvin, Nettie D.,
and Cora. The maternal great-grandfather of our
subject, Daniel Clemmens, who is mentioned in the history
of the Revolution, was Gen. Washington's Cook.
Mr. Ewing's educational advantages were not great
until his seventeenth year, when he began teaching, closely
applying himself to study until Aug. 11, 1862, when he enlisted
in Company B, Ninety-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry under
General Thomas. He participated in numerous deadly battles,
and saw considerable hospital service in wound dressing, & c.
until discharged July 26, 1865. Returning home he engaged
in teaching, traveling and laboring as a lumberman in the lumber
regions of northern Michigan during the years 1868, 1869, 1870
graduating from that institution in medicine, Mar. 30, 1870, and
in chemistry and pharmacy June 27, 1870. The Doctor is
truly a self-made man, having relied exclusively upon his own
resources for his own education, showing subsequently his
magnanimity in assisting in educating his brother, Prof.
Ewing, of Ada. He located at West Cairo in August,
1870, where he has met with marked success in his profession and
other important business interests. Our subject is a
stockholder in the First National Bank at Lima, owns and
controls a farm, and is an active partner in a grist-mill.
The high standing of the village schools is largely due to his
great interest in educational matters. He is a member of
the Northwestern Medical Association also of the Pharmaceutical
Association of Ann Arbor, Mich. He was married, Dec. 29,
1872, to Nancy, daughter of Robert Downing, and
they had three children: Dolly (deceased), Addie,
and Bessie.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 666 |
Marion Twp. -
HENRY P. EYSENBACH, druggist, Delphos, was
born in Odernheim, Germany, Dec. 12, 1843. His father,
Wendel Eysenbach, a teacher, in 1851 came to this country
with a family of four sons and one daughter, viz.: Mary
(now widow of George Schilling) Louis, a farmer,
Henry P., William, a merchant, all of Delphos;
Theodore, a merchant of Spencerville; Lena, born
here, wife of John Vetter, a hardware dealer of Delphos.
The subject of this sketch spent his early life upon the farm
taken by his father in Marion Township in 1851. After
receiving a good education he entered the drug business at the
age of eighteen, and has by dint of able business tact secured
for himself a handsome competence. He has been an active
promoter and stockholder in many of the important interests of
the city, chief among which may be mentioned in Delphos Paper
Company, of which he is president, and the Delphos Woolen
Company, as well as many others, providing in the aggregate,
support to about 100 people. Mr. Eysenbach has been
ever ready to uphold all measures tending toward the growth of
the city and locality. He is a member of the city council
and school board, and has filled other local official positions.
During the late war of the Rebellion he did active service in
Company A, One Hundred and Fifty-first Regiment Ohio National
Guards. He married in Delphos, in 1867, Miss. Augusta,
daughter of the Rev. Frederick Alstatter, late of
Delphos. She was born in Koenig, Germany, in 1848, and
reared and educated in Marion Township, this county, having come
to this country in the same ship as her future husband.
Mr. and Mrs. Eysenbach have one son and two daughters
living: Clara, Lina and Gustav; their eldest
daughter, Louisa, died aged fifteen years and is buried
in the city cemetery. The family are supporters of the
German Reformed Church, but Mr. Eysenbach has always
contributed liberally to all denominations.
Source:
History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by
Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 634 |
Marion Twp. -
LOUIS EYSENBACH, farmer and stock-breeder,
Delphos, was born May 22, 1841, in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany;
and came to America with his parents at ten years of age.
He received the advantages of the German schools until leaving
the "Fatherland," and also some instruction in the schools of
Delphos, this county. He remained with his father on the
farm until July 26, 1862, when he enlisted in Company A,
Ninety-ninth Regiment, under Capt. William C. Scott;
starting from Camp Lima, he went through the Kentucky, Tennessee
and Atlanta campaigns, thence was transferred to North Carolina,
where he wound up his military career, and was discharged at
Camp Dennison, Ohio. He participated in the battles of
Stone River, Ringold, Chickamauga and at Lookout Mountain, where
the colors of the brave Ninety-ninth waved over two of the
enemy's forts. He was also at Mission Ridge, Pigeon
Mountain and Nashville. The regiment having by this time
suffered heavy losses, the remnant was consolidated with the
Fiftieth Regiment. Mr. Eysenbach never was off duty
during the whole time, was never in the hospital and never
wounded, excepting a bruise in the shoulder by a ball at Stone
River, not sufficient to relieve him from duty. He was
mustered out of service in July, 1865, and returned home and
engaged in general farming and stock raising at his present
place. He was married Aug. 17, 1869, to Minnie
Winkleman, born in Mecklenburg, Germany, Dec. 1, 1844,
daughter of William and Earnestine (Mueller) Winkleman,
former native of Strelitz, latter a daughter of Theodore and
Fredrica (Tack) Mueller. But two of their children
survive, Mrs. Eysenbach and Eliza, who is in
Cincinnati. Mrs. Eysenbach, after immigrating with
her parents in 1854, losing her mother one week after reaching
this country, lived in Cincinnati until 1856, and after changing
places of residence several times in Ohio and Indiana, went with
her father to Minnesota in 1857, where they were some of the
founders of New Ulm. Living there among the Sioux Indians,
her father was at one time offered thirty ponies for her by an
Indian chief, but being refused, he tried to capture her
afterward, when the Indian outbreak occurred at that place in
July, 1862. On this occasion the whole family had a very
narrow escape, having their house burned and losing all other
property. They returned to Cincinnati where Mrs.
Eysenbach completed her education, and engaged in teaching
public school until her marriage in 1869. To Mr.
Eysenbach and wife were born nine children: Gretchen,
born June 24, 1870; Earnest, born Sept. 13, 1872; Ella,
born Mar. 26, 1874; Ida, born Dec. 23, 1875; Oscar,
born Aug. 15, 1877; Wendell, born Aug. 15, 1879; Louis,
born July 8, 1881; Dora, born Sept. 2, 1883, and
Juliania, born Jan. 17, 1885. Our subject was the
first to introduce into Allen County the famous Holstein cattle
of which he has a small, but fine herd.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 633 |
Marion Twp. -
WENDEL EYSENBACH, professor of music and
inventor of astronomical instruments, Delphos, was born in
Eberstadt, near Darmstadt, Germany, Apr. 29, 1810, and was
reared on a farm. At seventeen he attended the Seminary of
Friedberg, and graduated from that institution as public teacher
at the age of twenty. After acting for awhile as private
instructor, he received appointment as public teacher, and was
very reputably connected with that profession in his native land
for many years. He was, however, impeached (during the
troubles of the Revolution in 1848) for his very outspoken
liberal sentiments, and upon trial was sentenced but embarked
for this country with his family, in 1851, and settled in
Delphos. He had married, in 1838, Miss Margaret
Schilling, by when he had four sons and a daughter born in
Germany: Louis, a farmer in Marion Township; Henry P.,
a prominent merchant and manufacturer in Delphos; William,
proprietor of billiard hall and saloon in Delphos; Theodore,
a merchant in Spencerville; Mary, widow of George
Schilling, of Delphos; and Lina (born in Delphos),
now the wife of John Vetter, hardware merchant, in
Delphos. Since coming to this country Mr. Eysenbach
has applied himself successfully in different business pursuits,
and beside accumulating a nice competence, has educated his
family well and has lived to see them prosperously connected.
For several years he has been well known in the county and
elsewhere as an able music-teacher. During the last four
years he has applied himself to inventing and perfecting
astronomical apparatus, which is his pride, and his workshop
amply attests to his close observation and industry.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 632 |
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