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CHRISTIAN
GEIGER, farmer, P. O. Columbus Grove, Putnam County, was
born in Switzerland, November 16, 1835; son of Peter and Anna (Welty)
Geiger, also natives of Switzerland, former of whom came to
America in 1837, settling on a farm in Richland Township, and
raised a family of eight children. Christian, the youngest,
was reared on the farm, receiving a common school education, and
has made farming the business of his life. He is the owner of a
well-improved farm of eighty acres of land. He was married, in
1858, to Anna, daughter of Peter Thut, a
native of Switzerland and a pioneer of Allen County. To Mr.
Geiger and wife were born Elizabeth (wife of
Albert Shutz, a farmer in this county), Elias (a
farmer), Emma (at home), Mary and Sarah.
Mr. and Mrs. Geiger are members of the
Mennonite Church. In politics he is a Democrat.
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FREDERICK
GEIGER, farmer, P. O. Bluffton, was born in Putnam County,
Ohio, October 17, 1838; son of John and Barbara (Welty) Geiger,
natives of Switzerland, who came to America in 1835, and settled
on a farm in Riley Township, Putnam County, Ohio. They were
parents of seven children, three boys and four girls, all of whom
are now living and prospering. Our subject, the sixth born, was
reared on the farm, receiving a common school education, and early
in life learned the cabinetmaker's trade. He is of a mechanical
turn of mind, and a first-class workman. In 1853 he completed the
first pipe organ in Richland Township, which is still in use.
Farming, however, has been the principal business of his life, and
he is now owner of 116 acres of well-improved land in Richland
Township. Mr. Geiger was married, in 1864, to Elizabeth,
daughter of John Hilty, a prominent farmer of Allen County,
Ohio. Her parents were natives of Switzerland. To our subject and
wife were born ten children: Amos, Paulina, Calvin, Menno,
Katie Ann, Emma, John, Isaac W., Lavina and Lillie May. Mr.
and Mrs. Geiger are members of the American Mennonite Church,
in which he is a deacon.
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CHRISTIAN
GERBER, farmer, P. O. Bluffton, was born in Wayne County,
Ohio, September 6, 1823, only child of Ulrich (a farmer)
and Elizabeth (Leatherman) Gerber, natives of
Switzerland, and who came to America in 1822, settling in Wayne
County. Our subject received a common school education, and has
been a farmer all his life. He is now the owner of a well-improved
farm, comprising 116 acres of land, in Richland Township, where he
has resided since 1852. He was united in marriage in 1854 with
Mary, daughter of John Basinger, a farmer and an
early settler of Allen County, Ohio, and of German descent. Their
children are Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Amstutz
; Leah, wife of Peter B. Amstutz ; David,
farming on the home farm, and Hannah. Mr. and Mrs.
Gerber are members of the Mennonite Church. In politics he is
a Democrat.
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A. D. GOBLE,
a member of the Bluffton Tile Company, Bluffton, was born in
Alabama, September 15, 1849. son of John and Catherine E. (Isbel)
Goble, natives of Pennsylvania; former of Scotch-Irish
descent, a Presbyterian minister, who came to this county in 1866;
latter of English origin. They were parents of six children, of
whom A. D. is the next to the eldest. Our subject was educated at
Hayesville Institute, and chose for his occupation the drug
business, in which he continued but one year, however. He then
went West, remaining for four years, then ran an engine ten years,
and in 1874 came to this county, embarking in his present business
in 1884. He was married in 1872 to Rachel J., daughter of
Jacob Dilley, a farmer residing at Beaver Dam, Ohio. They are
of English descent. Mr. and Mrs. Goble have had four
children : Otis, Lewis C., Irma Zoe
and Harley. Mr. Goble is a member of the
Lutheran Church, his wife of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In
politics he is a Democrat.
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JACOB C. GOOD,
farmer, P. O. Elida, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, September
6, 1828; son of Joseph and Hagdalene (Campbell) Good, both
now deceased. Our subject came to this county with his family in
1853, and settled in Sugar Creek Township, where he still resides.
He was married in 1851, to Miss Anna Blosser of Hocking
County Ohio, daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Grove) Blosser,
the father deceased several years since, the mother now. residing
in Hocking County, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Jacob C. Good have
been born the following children: Lydia, Amon, Magdalene, Demas
and Anna. Mr. Good has cleared up and improved his farm in
many ways. He and his wife are members of the Mennonite Church.
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REV. PETER
GREDING, D. D., farmer and minister, P. O. Beaver Darn, was
born in Thusis Graubunden, Switzerland, February 28, 1837; son of
Peter and Barbara (Pernisch)
Greding, also natives of Switzerland, where the former died,
leaving a widow with two children, Peter being the younger.
Mrs. Barbara Greding came to America with her
family in 1858, and settled in Milwaukee, Wis. Our subject
received a good education in his native land, graduating from the
Cantonal College, in Chur, in 1856. After coming to America he
studied the English language and theology in Heidelberg College
and Seminary, Seneca County, Ohio, where he was afterward a
professor. He is a member of the Reformed Church in the United
States, was ordained a minister in that denomination in 1859, and
the same year came to Allen County, Ohio, where he established the
first German Reformed Church at Lima, and organized the Emanuel's
congregation at Riley Creek. He has been the means of having
several churches built in different parts of the country since he
was stationed in Ohio, and is actively engaged in ministerial
duties, filling the pulpit regularly. The farm on which he now
resides, and which he operates, comprises 133 acres of land. Our
subject was married in i860 to Miss Anna, daughter
of Samuel and Elizabeth Matter, also
natives of Switzerland. They have following named children :
Lydia, wife of J. Scott; Jennings, a farmer and
school teacher; Calvin; Emma; Bertha;
Clara; Amelia; Leander, and Hulda.
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LEWIS
GRIFFITH, farmer, P. O. Gomer, is a native of Radnorshire,
Wales, born January 14, 1828; son of Lewis and Jane (Mills)
Griffith, natives of Montgomeryshire, Wales, where they were
married; they had two children, Margaret and Lewis,
who came with them to America in 1832. The family settled first in
Butler County, Ohio, where the father died in 1884; the widow
married again in that county where she and her husband lived until
1841, then moved to that part of Putnam County, Ohio, which is now
Sugar Creek Township, this county, and here she died in June 1877;
her second husband died in July, 1883. Our subject was married,
May 2, 1S57, to Miss Hannah Evans, of Sugar Creek Township,
this county, a native of Carnarvonshire, Wales, born in May. 1841,
daughter of William and Jane Evans. To
our subject and wife were born rive sons and four daughters:
Joseph H., Jane, William L., John M.. Margaret A., Evan F.,
Kate M., David C. and Cora E.. all now living. Mr.
Griffith purchased, in 1882, the home farm where he now resides,
which he rented from the time of his marriage and which he had
greatly improved. The original homestead building having been
destroyed by fire in 1872; our subject's stepfather, who owned the
farm at the time of the fire erected in its place the present
substantial residence. Mrs. Griffith is a member of the
Congregational Church. In politics Mr. Griffith is a
Republican.
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JOHN
GRISMORE, farmer, P. O. Bluffton. was born in Pennsylvania,
August 26, 1812. His parents, Abraham and
Elizabeth (Kerchner) Grismore, were natives of
Germany; the father was a farmer, but not very successful, for he
died a poor man leaving a family of ten children. Our subject,
from childhood, had to practice economy. He learned the tailor's
trade which he followed for seventeen years. He was united in
marriage, in 1837, with Catherine Weaver, of German
descent, and who was born November 8, 1816, in Butler County,
Ohio, daughter of Henry Weaver. To this union were
born nine children: Sarah (deceased), Henry, Mary
Ann,George, Elizabeth and an infant son
(deceased), Harriett, Phebe Ann, and
Martin. Mrs. Grismore, a member of the Lutheran
Church, died in 1880. Mr. Grismore has been a
resident of Richland Township, this county, since 1842 and has
done more to increase its prosperity than any other man here. He
first bought sixty eight acres of land, to which he added by
subsequent purchases, until at one time he owned 630 acres. He has
been industrious, economical and very successful, financially, and
by judiciously investing his money has now a comfortable
competency. He is a Democrat in politics.
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MARTIN
GRISMORE, farmer, P. O. Bluffton, was born in Rich-land
Township, this county, May 17, 1861, son of John
Grismore, a wealthy retired farmer and pioneer of Allen
County. Our subject received a common school education and has
followed agricultural pursuits all his life, being owner of the
farm on which he now resides. He was married, in 1882, to
Barbara, daughter of Godhard Althaus, also a
farmer here. Mr. and Mrs. Grismore
have two children: Viola May and Harry Lee.
Mr. Grismore is a Democrat in politics.
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THOMAS
GRUBB, farmer and justice of the peace, P. O. Kempton,
was born in Jackson Township, Allen Co., Ohio, Sept. 27, 1852;
son of John B. and Elizabeth (Robinson) Grubb, who are
still living, the former born in Morgan County, the latter in
Jackson Township, Allen Co., Ohio. They were early
settlers of Auglaize County, Ohio. They are the parents of
four living children: John A., Letitia J., Thomas and
Annie E. Thomas was reared on a farm, and has always
followed agricultural pursuits. His education was limited
to such as could be obtained in the common schools of those
days. He was united in marriage, Aug. 28, 1878, with
Miss Catherine Bowers, of Auglaize Township, his county,
born April 20, 1859, daughter of John and Amanda E. Bowers,
the former of whom, one of the early settlers of Allen County,
died about 1865. To this union three children were born:
Rolla G., Laura B. and Maud. Mr. Grubb moved
to Amanda Township, this county, in 1879, and settled on the
farm where he now resides. He was a charter member of
Rattlesnake Grange of Jackson Township. He is a consistent
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In his political
views he is identified with the Democratic party. He was
elected and commissioned justice of the peace in 1880, and
during his four years of service has performed most of the
official work of this office in the township. Our subject
is an energetic and enterprising man, and is destined to become
one of the substantial farmers of Amanda Township.
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CHARLES
GUSTWILLER, manufacturer of carriages, buggies and wagons,
Bluffton, a native of Germany, was born January 9, 1850, son of
Sebastian Gustwiller, also a carriage-maker, and who
came to America locating in New York, subsequently moving to
Detroit, Mich., where he followed his trade till 1860, when he
came to Allen County, Ohio, remaining here till 1862; he then went
to Henry County, same State, and there spent the remainder of his
life, dying in 1882. Of the six children born to his parents,
Charles is the eldest son. He received his schooling in this
county, worked with his father at carriage-making, and in 1871
came to Bluffton, working for different parties until 1875, when
he went into business on his own account. He was united in
marriage, in 1873, to Sarah E. Cahill, a sister of R. F.
and a daughter of Richard Cahill, M. D. (deceased).
They have two children: Lulu B. and Richard
Clair. In politics, Mr. Gustwiller is a
Democrat. He is secretary of the R. A. at Bluffton.
(Source #2) |
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