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BIOGRAPHIES
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JACOB BACORN,
father of Mrs. Joseph Jones, was born in
New Jersey, in 1785, and came to Ashland county in 1829, and
settled on the farm now owned by Anderson Byers.
He is a member of the Baptist church, and in politics is a
Democrat. He married Phebe Harris, and is the
father of eleven children, viz: Elizabeth, deceased,
Mary, Sarah, deceased, Phebe Hannah, Nancy,
Alcinda, wife of Joseph Jones, Jacob,
deceased,
Rebecca, William and John.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 277 |
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ABEL
BAILEY was born in Westmoreland county,
Pennsylvania, July 24, 1799. In 1806, his
father, in company with other emigrants, came down
the Youghiogheny on a small faltboat to Pittsburgh.
The family of Mrs. Bryte, mother of John
and the late David Bryte, were also in the
company. On departing from Pittsburgh, they
attached the flat boat to one of the river boats,
and descended the Ohio to Steubenville, and located
about eight miles northwest of the village, where
they remained until 109, when John Bailey and
family located near New Lisbon and remained until
1816, and removed to Green township, Richland
county, and settled near Honey creek. Here the
family remained until 1818, when John Bailey,
father of Abel, purchased the southeast
quarter of section fourteen, in Clearcreek township,
and located upon it. John Bailey and
his son, Abel, visited and selected the
quarter in 1817, one year prior to the removal.
John Bailey, sr., father of
John Bailey, jr. who was the father of Abel
Bailey, was of English descent, and served
during the Revolutionary war, from Rhode Island, and
located with his family in Westmoreland county,
Pennsylvania, where he deceased. John
Bailey, father of Abel died in Richland
county, whither he had removed, about 1850.
Mrs. Bailey died in Clearcreek at an advanced
age. Abel married Miss Acsah,
daughter of John Murphy of Green township, in
1821, and in 1830 purchased the homestead in
Clearcreek township of his father, and still resides
thereon. When the Baileys removed to
Clearcreek in 181, they found the following pioneers
in the township: Nathaniel Bailey, a brother
of John who located in 1817, Abraham
Huffman, John McWilliams, David Barnes, Isaac
Vanmeter, Peter Vanostrand, Robert McBeth, James
Haney and his sons, Richard, John and
Thomas, Richard and john Freeborn, Thomas
Munholland, Patrick Elliott, Jacob Foulk, Thomas
Ford and his sons, Elijah, Elias, Thomas
and John and John Bryte. These
settlers were much scattered. The roads were
mere paths, ill-worked, and, in set seasons,
difficult to travel. There were no churches or
school-houses. There were a few Baptists and
Methodists. Their meetings were held in the
cabins of the pioneers for several years. The
meetings were held in the cabins of the pioneers for
several years. The forests of Clearcreek were
very dense, and the timber very tall and off unusual
size. The first settlers performed a prodigy
of labor in its removal. Mr. Bailey
says, "The task was absolutely disheartening."
By perseverance, however, fine farms were prepared,
and many of the pioneers, now well advanced in age,
are living in comfort and plenty. He remembers
vividly the scenes, ludicrous and otherwise, that
occurred at the early cabin raisings, log rollings,
and making roads. Fired by corn whiskey, and
an exuberance of animal spirits, the rugged pioneers
were ambitious to excel in all that tested physical
endurance and courage. Very few of the first
settlers remain. Many of them have long since
been gathered and garnered by the remorseless
reaper. Mr. Bailey has long been a
member of the Baptist denomination, and assisted in
the erection of the first church in Savannah, in
1840. It is a neat frame, and in a good
state of preservation. Upon the introduction
of the reform of Alexander Campbell, the church was
greatly weakened, many of the members having
connected with the new church. The Baptists
have no regular minister at present. The
members number about thirty. The family of
Mr. Bailey consists of Eli, of Van Wert,
Ohio, and John of Savannah. The
daughters are Jane, wife of David Andrews,
Ellen, wife of John Smith, and 'Aletha
wife of Simon Stentz. Mrs. Bailey died
in 1873. Mr. Bailey resides on the
homestead. He is in good health, and his
memory unimpaired.
Mr. Bailey relates that when he came to the
township in 1818, deer were very plenty, and the
hunters could easily procure an abundance of wild
meat. The most noted hunters of what is now
Ashland county were Edward Wheeler, Elias Ford,
James Kuykendall, Christopher Mykrants, Solomon Urie,
John McConnell, and Jacob Young, most of
whom are now deceased. They hunted along the
Vermillion river, the Black river, and on the Fire
Lands of the Reserve. At that time, large
encampments of Wyandots and Delawares
hunted annually along those streams, and frequently
met and conversed with the white hunters. The
last deer was killed as late as 1845, within the
present limits of Troy township.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations
and Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill,
M.D. - Published by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 154 |
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ADAM BAUN was born in York county, Pennsylvania, Feb. 25, 1819,
and came to Ohio before he was married, about the year 1839, and
worked in the gristmill for Mr. Daniel Smith, by the
year; here he worked six years and a half, and purchased a tract
of land of Hugh Finley; he then worked for Andrew
Newman and Joseph Boyd a period of ten years, in the
mill still owned by Mr. Boyd, but not now in operation.
In the fall of 1843 he returned to Pennsylvania and married
Miss Rebecca Lechman, of York county. She died June
28, 1857. They had two children, one son and one daughter.
The so, Adam, jr., was a soldier in the late war, in the
One hundred and Second Ohio volunteer infantry, company B, and
after a service as a soldier almost three years, and a prisoner
six months at Castle Thunder, at Cahoba, Alabama, while on his
way home at the close of the war, April 25th he was lot on the
boat Sultana, near Memphis, Tennessee. This came with
crushing weight on father and sister, and many who knew him well
in the neighborhood where he was raised. Feb. 25, 1859
Mr. Baun was married again, this time to Miss Ruby Ann
Snyder, whose parents lived in Crawford county, Ohio.
She died Apr. 7, 1878. By this union there were three sons
- Allen C., the oldest, is in the west; Lewis A.
and Edward I. are at home; they are all single.
Sarah J., born Apr. 14, 1845, is at home, filling the place
that only daughter and sister can. She takes entire
management of the household cares and duties. Mr. Baun
has a fine farm and manages it to good advantage, as the
appearance about his farm is proof. He has bought
and sold stock for many years, having many times driven over the
mountains. When he first came to Ohio he had but twenty
dollars, since which, by hard work and good management, and a
small amount he received from his father's estate, he has a
competence. In politics he is a Republican. Mr.
Baun is not a member of any church, but is a liberal
supporter of all such institutions.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page |
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DANIEL
BEACH was born in Warren, Litchfield county, Connecticut,
March 16, 1785. In 1805 he came on foot to Canfield, Mahoning
county, Ohio, and worked .one year, then returned and married
Lorinda Sacket, January 1, 1810. He purchased two
hundred acres of wild land in what is now Summit county, Ohio,
to which he removed in 1811, coming the entire route with a yoke
of oxen and one horse. In 1812 he was drafted in the. military
service, and served near Fort Croghan six months. In 1823 he
disposed of his farm and accompanied Bradford
Sturtevant
in search of a new home to Ruggles township, Huron, now Ashland
county, and purchased, of Jessup & Wakeman, of
Connecticut, one mile square of land in section three, he taking
the west and smallest part. He returned, and in July, 1823,
removed with his wife and five children—Cyrus, Reuben,
Cordelia, Harriet, and Daniel, to his new
home in the forest, about one mile west of what is now known as
the corners. The paths in the forest were narrow, and required
quite an effort to get over by teams. He had two yoke of oxen to
haul his goods. He encamped one night in Medina county, and one
night at Sullivan center. A man—Mr. John Soles—piloted
him thence by way of New London. He encamped one night on the
route in what is now Troy, and again at New London, and was just
one week in reaching his forest home. Their first supper was
cooked at the fire of a deserted Indian camp on the premises.
The forest was dense, and it required years of unremitting toil
to prepare the lands for culture. Mr. Beach was
accompanied in his removal by Eleazer Sacket, a
brother-in-law. He built a pole cabin, ten by fifteen feet, in
which he resided until he built a log cabin. By fall he had
cleared five acres, which he put in wheat. Other pioneers began
to select lands, and Mr.
Beach's cabin was frequently visited. In the winter of 1824
he hired hands, and cleared the timber from one hundred acres.
In the spring he and Bradford Sturtevant returned
to Tallmadge and purchased apple-trees for new orchards, some of
which yet bear fruit. Mr. Beach, by industry and
economy, accumulated a handsome property. In 1854 he divided his
homestead between his two sons, Wakeman and William,
and removed to Kent county, Michigan. Mrs. Beach
died on a visit to Ruggles, at the residence of her son, Cyrus
Beach, in November, 1856. Mr. Beach
subsequently married Mrs. Frances Peck, widow
of Tylor Peck. He died at his residence in Ruggles in May, 1862.
He was remarkable for his habits of industry and enterprise. He
was exact and careful in all his business transactions, and his
integrity was never questioned. His children were Cyrus S.,
Reuben K., Harriet L., married to Rollin Curtiss, Daniel,
deceased, Wakeman J., and Cordelia M.,
married to Isaac Cowell. Most of the family reside within
Ruggles township, and are noted as farmers and stock growers.
Wakeman Beach, born January 11, 1825, is believed to
have been the first child born within the township. He resides
on the old homestead west of the corners. I am indebted to him
for the foregoing sketch.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 178 |
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JOSEPH
BECHTEL was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, Aug.
28, 1811, and came with his father's family, Peter Bechtel,
sr., to Milton township, Richland, now Ashland, county, in
1824. His father located on the southeast quarter of section
eighteen. There were but fifty or sixty families in the
township at that time. The mother of Joseph Bechtel
died in 1822 in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and his father
remained single. He died in 1861, aged about eighty-five
years. His family consisted of Joseph Barbara, wife
of Jacob Storer, and Jacob, who resides in
Indiana. Joseph married Magdalena Bauer in
1831, by whom he had the following children: Susannah, Peter,
Mary, Catherine, and two sons and one daughter deceased.
One son died in Company K, One hundred and Second regiment, Ohio
volunteer infantry, in the late war. When the Bechtels
located in Milton wild game, such as deer and turkeys, was
abundant. There was an occasional black bear to be found,
and the shrill shriek of the panther was frequently heard in the
forest. Wolves were plenty, and very destructive upon
sheep. Wild hogs, springing form the domestic race, and
escaping from their owners in search of mast were quite
numerous, and when disturbed, very ferocious. Mr.
Bechtel states that about 1830 he was pursued in the night
season through the forest by a panther, and it did not desist,
although he carried a torch a good part of the way, until he was
safely in his father's cabin. He had, also, a fight in
which he was severely wounded in the knee by a frantic boar, and
will carry the scar to his grave. He is now sixty-five
years old and quite vigorous. He states, in 1829, while
wild game was yet plenty, he offered Frank Graham, then
the principal merchant in Ashland, sixty pounds of good wheat
for one-fourth of a pound of powder, and was refused.
Wheat had no market, but ammunition was cash. About the
same time, he hauled twenty-four bushels of good wheat, with a
wagon and three horses, to Portland, now Sandusky, and was gone
seven days, and stuck in the mud eight times, and obtained but
three shilling - thirty-seven and one-half cents per bushel for
his wheat. About 1870 he sold his homestead and removed to
Ashland, where he now resides. He has been an active
member of the United Brethren church about twenty-two yeas.
As a citizen, he is industrious, frugal and upright. He
has passed through all the states of pioneer life, and is now
ready to be garnered with his fathers. In 1879 Mr.
Bechtel and lady removed to the State of Kansas to reside
with a married daughter, and are enjoying fine health at the
present writing, 1880.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 262) |
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RICHARD
BEER was born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania,
November 21, 1796. His father, Thomas Beer, of
Irish extraction, settled in that county in 1764. In 1800 he
located in Allegheny county, where he resided, engaged in
farming, twenty-one years. During this time he aided in clearing
the Ohio river of drift, and other obstructions, to the mouth of
the Beaver. In 1821 he located in Montgomery township, about two
miles southwest of Uniontown, now Ashland. He was accompanied by
a cousin, Richard Aten. He and
Mr. Aten kept bachelor's hall about six years, doing
their own cooking and housework. In the meantime, he made
considerable improvements on his homestead, by erecting a
comfortable dwelling, a barn and out-buildings, and clearing
some forty acres of land.
In 1827 he married Miss Jane Anderson,
by whom he had seven children: Emma, Adeline, William
A., Amanda, Thomas M., James, and Kate. James
was killed in Virginia during the late war. The remaining
members of the family, most of whom are married, reside in the
vicinity of Ashland.
When Mr. Beer arrived, in 1821, his nearest
neighbors were Michael Thomas, C. Wheeler, Benjamin
Shearer, Henry
and Daniel Vantilburg, Joshua Brown, and Daniel
Carter. Log-rollings, cabin-raisings, corn-huskings,
flax-pullings, and scutchings, as well as linsey-woolsey
clothing, corn-bread, pork, and venison, were the occupations,
the clothing and the food, of the hardy pioneers. It was not
uncommon, the first few years, to be so occupied five or six
days each week at such gatherings. The nearest mill was
Newman's, on the Black fork, to which Mr.
Beer
often resorted. He occasionally visited a mill, subsequently owned
by Armstrong Meaner, in Green township. For many
years wheat was cut with a sickle, and all the pioneers were
expert in its use. In fact, it was not uncommon to find women in
the field using the same instrument. In those days the fields
were carefully gleaned and very little grain was left standing.
When the stumps began to disappear, sickles were invaded and
were gradually substituted by the grain-cradle. Mr.
Beer says he owned the first grain cradle used in Montgomery
township, over fifty years ago, on the farm of
Joseph Sheets, where South Ashland now stands. It
created quite a sensation among the old reapers, because he
could cut a swath, equal to that of three reapers, with much
ease. The surplus grain of this region was hauled to Milan for a
market until about 1861, when the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
railroad was completed, and a home market furnished.
Mrs. Beer died in 1859, and Mr.
Beer, now (1875,) aged seventy-nine years, resides in
Ashland. He is quite vigorous; his mind is clear and vivacious;
he loves a joke and abounds in humor. Like all his Scotch-Irish
ancestors, he is much attached to the Presbyterian church, of
which he is a member.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 254 |
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CAPTAIN
ROBERT BEER. In the correspondence of the Pittsburgh
Herald, we find the following concerning Captain Beer,
who accompanied the expedition of Colonel Robert
Crooks, in the war of 1812, to Upper Sandusky. The captain
died about May 4, 1880, aged nearly ninety years.
I've just had a conversation with Captain
Robert Beer, one of our oldest and most respected
citizens, who served his country in the war of 1812. In answer
to my inquiries, he gave the following account of his trip from
this city to Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and his return on foot the
following winter of 1813-13:
"About the first of November, 1812, the Government
advertised for volunteer teamsters, having some thirty carriages
(without cannon, however) and forty covered wagons to supply
with drivers. As soon as a volunteer would sign the roll, he was
ordered to go into a large yard, on Garrison alley, and bridle
four horses. I was among the volunteers, being then an
unsophisticated country boy of twenty years. (You will observe
that I am now old enough to vote.) I was directed to hitch a
team to a cannon-carriage, and drive over to the ground where
the western penitentiary now stands. Here we were encamped for
three weeks before we were ready to start. The road wagons were
loaded with cannon-powder, clothing, and all kinds of government
stores. These wagons were drawn by five, and sometimes by six,
horses. All being in readiness, we started for General
Harrison's
winter quarters, at Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Colonel James
Anderson was wagon-master; James McHenry, a
bricklayer of our city, assistant wagon-master; Paul Anderson,
forage-master; and Captain Gratiot had command of
the train. To guard the teams and property, we had Captain
Johnson and his company, from Greensburgh, now called
Darlington, and half a company from Beaver county, under command
of Lieutenant Walker, who was subsequently killed
by the Indians.
"The journey was through an almost unbroken wilderness,
and its difficulties cannot be appreciated by the people of
to-day. Ten miles was considered a good day's travel, and when
the route was bad, as was frequently the case, we did not make
more than six miles. It took us three days to go through
Hahn's
swamp, and had hard work to do it in that time. We would often
stop for a day, and, mounting our horses, go miles away along
paths, there being no wagon road, and return with our horses
loaded with forage.
"At Canton we lay a whole week, repairing the wagons, shoeing the
horses, and giving them much needed rest, and procuring a supply
of foliage.
"From Canton to Wooster it was thirty-five miles. At
the latter place we found the first picketed fort. Mansfield, it
may be said, ended the settlements in this direction. The only
buildings were a fort, one tavern, one store, and one private
house; We remained three days in Wooster to recruit our horses,
repair damages and gather forage. Between Wooster and Mansfield
we had a good deal of new road to cut, the old one being
impassable for the train. This was slow work, as you can judge.
"We were about two months on the road, and finally
reached Upper Sandusky on New Year's day—and as cold a. day, by
the way, as I ever experienced. We never saw a fire from sunrise
till sunset, and to make the matter worse, we were but thinly
clad at best. On our arrival we were ordered to ungear our
horses and start with them for a small town on the Scioto river,
called Franklinton, just across the river from Columbus. Corn
was plenty and cheap in that neighborhood, and they wanted their
horses to recruit there for the spring service.
"Next day we started back to Upper Sandusky to get our
money and be discharged from the service. There was no money
thereto pay us with—not a dollar in the treasury—so they
furnished us with tents and rations. We pitched our tents just
outside the military lines, and for three weeks had nothing to
occupy our time but eating and sleeping. At the end of this time
Colonel Piatt, of Cincinnati, who was treasurer of the army,
gave us our discharge and an order for our pay at the barracks
in Pittsburgh. We hadn't a dollar towards paying our way home.
They gave us rations to put in our knapsacks, but they got stale
and unfit for use.
"Of course, after we left our horses at Franklinton, we
did all our traveling on foot. I cannot tell the distance from
Franklinton to Upper Sandusky, but from the latter place to
Mansfield was thirty-five miles. We all arrived in Pittsburgh
safe and well, after a very fatiguing journey.
"The Captain Gratiot I have mentioned was one of
the engineer corps of the regular army, and an officer of high
standing. Captain Wheaton was the paymaster; and a cross
old chap he was. He carried a canteen of brandy slung round his
neck, and sometimes he absorbed the brandy too freely.
"I suppose I am entitled to a pension for my services
in 1812, but I have not yet applied for one. I observe that some
are drawing pensions whose term of service lasted only fourteen
days. In "1856 I got a land warrant for one hundred and sixty
acres of land."
During a great part of his life he was engaged in
building and running steamboats, and it is hardly necessary to
say that his long record was spotless and unblemished. He
retired from active business several years ago, and since then
devoted his time to his private affairs.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 255 |
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WILLIAM BEER
was born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, near the New
Jersey line, in 1794. His father, Thomas Beer,
served as a soldier in the American Revolution, and brought home
from new Jersey a relic highly prized by his children, and
exhibited by Mr. Beer with especial interest. It
was an English bayonet, and had the words, "29 reg. 5 division,
King George III," engraved on it. It had
evidently been left by one of the British soldiers, who fled or
was killed during the battle. His father removed with his
family to Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1800,
where he resided twelve miles below Pittsburg, about thirty
years. Mr. Beer was of Irish descent.
In 1825 he married Miss Mary Mann, and removed
to Montgomery township, Richland (now Ashland) county, in 1832,
and located on a quarter of land adjoining his brother
Richard. Here he resided about forty years and
cheerfully submitted to all the toils of a pioneer in clearing
up his homestead. In 1867, he had the misfortune to lose,
by death, his excellent lady. His family consisted of
Thomas, Quincy, Henry, Calvin, Serena,
Sherman W. and B. F. Beer. Mr. Beer
died Oct. 3, 1879. The entire family, except Sherman W.,
preceded Mr.
Beer to the grave.
Mr. Beer possessed, to the last, all his
mental faculties. He was noted as retaining a most
retentive memory for dates and events, and loved to dwell upon
the border scenes of seventy or eighty years ago. From the
gravity of his manner and personal dignity, he was familiarly
called "Judge." Indeed, he was much more worthy such a
promotion than many "limbs of the law," who preside over our
courts. He had long been a zealous and worthy member of
the Presbyterian church, and illustrated the goodness of his
heart by many acts of kindness to the poor and the orphan.
Though called suddenly to bid adieu to time and the scenes of
earth, we cannot doubt his fitness for another and, we trust, a
better world. His cheerful face and kind words will greet
us no more, but be embalmed in memory. The tide waits for
no man. Soon the bell will toll a last farewell to the
aged pioneers. May they rest in peace.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 254 |
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JOHN BELL was born in Wayne county, Ohio,
Oct. 3, 1827, and settled in Ashland county in April, 1836.
He was married June 12, 1849, to Elenor McCrary, daughter
of J. D. S. McCrary, of Ashland county, Ohio. Their
children were: Sarah A., born Mar. 10, 1850; William
H., born Jan. 17, 1852; D. W., born Nov. 9, 1853;
Mary I., born Sept. 3, 1855; G. W., born Jul. 12,
1857; Nancy J., born Jul. 7, 1859; Emma L., born
June 22, 1863; Elizabeth M., born July 4, 1865; Flora,
born Sept. 23, 1867; Hatty M., born Aug. 18, 1869;
Lilly, born Aug. 22, 1874; an infant born June 27, 1861; an
infant born May 8, 1862; two infants died, one on June
29, 1861, and one Sept. 11, 1862. In politics Mr. Bell
is a Republican. Both himself and his wife are members of
the United Presbyterian church.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 303 |
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MR. J. H. BOYD was born in Washington
county, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1810; came to Ohio with his wife
and three children in 1850. Mr. Boyd's father
accompanied him, and located near where Mr. Thomas
Stafford now lives, his mother having died May 26, 1827, at the
age of thirty-eight years. The subject of this sketch
located on a tract of land a short distance from where he now
lives, where he remained about twenty-five years. In
connection with his farm Mr. Boyd has owned and operated
a flouring mill, which he kept in operation about twenty-three
years. His father died in the spring of 1869, at the
advanced age of eighty-five years, and even at that age was
quite active, showing very little the weight of so many winters.
They seem to be a long-lived people, as an uncle of Mr. J. H.
Boyd is still living in Washington county, Pennsylvania, at
the wonderful age of one hundred years. Mr. Boyd
has given his time entirely to farming, with the exception of
the mill just mentioned. Jan. 31, 1839, he was married to
Miss Elizabeth Burns, of Ohio county, Virginia. She
died Feb. 18, 1861. By this union there were three
children - Rebecca Mary, born Apr. 3, 1840; James T.,
born Sep. 9, 1843; Emeline, born July 6, 1845, all of
whom are living, married, and have families of their own. Rebecca,
the wife of Alva Ingman, a farmer of Mohican township,
has two children. James lives on the old home farm,
and has three children; and Emeline is the wife of
Porter Craig, and lives in Lawrence county, Illinois, and
has two children. Feb. 26, 1863, Mr. Boyd married
Miss Kesiah Nailor, of Mohican township. They have
one child, Edward E., born May 24, 1864. He is at
home with his parents. Mr. Boyd is a Republican in
politics; and is a member of the Presbyterian church at
Hayesville, Ohio. He has been connected with the
Presbyterian church for over forty-five years. Mrs.
Boyd is a member of the same church.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 300 |
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GEORGE W.
BOWERICE, was born in Frederick county, Maryland, Nov.
15, 1818, and came with his father, Christian Bowerice,
to Orange township, Richland (now Ashland) county, in 1829.
He removed to Troy township in 1845. He married Eva
Stober, daughter of Jacob Stober, of Clearcreek.
Christian Bowrice, his father, also settled in Troy, and
deceased September 3, 1866, aged seventy-three years.
Mrs. Bowerice died in October, 1869, aged seventy-two years.
George W. is their only son. His family consists of
six boys and three girls. Mr. Bowerice is an
intelligent farmer, and may be regarded as one of the pioneers
of Troy.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 180 |
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BENJAMIN BRUBAKER was born in Milton
township, this county, June 10, 1835, where he resided until the
year 1864, when he removed to Vermilion township, where he lived
one year. From thence he removed back to Milton township,
remaining four years, when he came to this township, where he
has since resided. He was married, Mar. 27, 1859, to
Lydia Roland, who was also born in the county. They
have reared a family of seven children, four of whom are still
living, as follows: Daniel, Annie, Reuben, and
Mary E. Those who died were Sarah, Samuel and
Almira. Mr. Brubaker is the sixth child of Peter
and Mary Brubaker, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this
work.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 319 |
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Lake
Twp. -
GEORGE BRUBAKER, born in Dauphin county,
Pennsylvania, in 1798, and came to Ohio in 1825, and settled in
Lake township, Ashland county, on the farm now owned by John
Garst. In 1819 he married Elizabeth Burkhart of
Bedford county, Pennsylvania. He was a mason, but after he
came to Ohio gave up his trade and engaged in farming. He
was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics
a Democrat. He died in 1862. He was the father of
eleven children, six of whom are living, viz.: Joseph
B.; Margaret B., wife of Abram R. Owen; George W.;
Elias P., who married Diantha Rodgers, and
lives in California; Mary E., wife of D. C. Kean,
and Harrison A., who married Elizabeth Gilbert,
and lives in Michigan
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 286 |
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Lake
Twp. -
GEORGE W. BRUBAKER, son of George
Brubaker, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, Jan. 12,
1828, and came to Ohio with his father in 1834. He went to
school in Lake township and attended the Vermillion institute in
Hayesville two years and a half; has taught school twenty-two
winters and one summer, and is one of the veteran teachers of
the county. In 1856 he purchased the farm on which he now
lives, and commenced with a very small amount of capital, but
has by hard labor and economy accumulated a nice property.
He has cut in one day with a cradle ten acres of wheat, and has
several times cut eight acres, and frequently cut five acres of
oats in a half day. He has held the office of justice of
the peace in Lake township nine years, and has been clerk and
trustee for several years. He is engaged in farming, and
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1852 he
married Susannah Smith, of Green township, Ashland
county, Ohio. She was born in Maryland. They are the
parents of nine children, viz.: Emma E., wife of
Abel Gowdy; Simpson, who died when three years old;
Sophrona, wife of Harpster Cooper, Mary L., wife of
L___ S. McKinley; Rosella R.; Dyantha J.; Edson O.; Anna B.
and George W.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 286 |
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JACOB BRUBAKER was born in
Mifflin township, Ashland County, Oct. 19, 1843. His
parents, John and Catharine Brubaker, came from Lancaster
county, Pennsylvania, to Ohio, in 1832, and made a home in the
woods, where they improved a farm and raised a family of eight
children, as follows: Joseph, Henry, Elizabeth, John,
Catharine, David, Jacob and Polly. Of these,
Joseph, Elizabeth, John and Polly are deceased.
Henry studied medicine in Mansfield under Dr. Page,
and was in active practice for twenty-five years in Indianapolis
and other places, and at the present time is in the store of his
brother Jacob, at Ashland. Catharine married
Samuel Heckman and lives on the home farm. David
is in the store of his brother Jacob, and, besides this,
attends to other business. Polly and Elizabeth
died young. John died at Chattanooga while a
soldier in the Rebellion, and Joseph died at his home in
Indiana in 1875.
Jacob Brubaker, the subject of this sketch,
obtained an education in the common schools of Mifflin, and
remained on the farm until about twenty years of age, attending
school during the winter season. He then came to Ashland
and was in the employ of J. Cahn as clerk, for one year,
after which he clerked for B. Palmer six months.
With this experience, he engaged in a partnership business, the
firm name being J. P. Graham & Co., with which business
he was connected about two years. In 1865 he formed a
partnership with his brother David, the partnership has several
times been hanged, and within the past two years he has
conducted the business without partnership relations. He
was married June 12, 1866, to Agnes R. Humrickhouser, and
has two children: Ora J., born in 1874, and Guy
H., born in 1879
Mr. Brubaker has depended on his own unaided
exertions for his start in life, and all that he has is due to
his untiring industry, energy and pluck. In his business
he had achieved a good degree of success and now stand, as the
leading dry goods dealer of Ashland and one of the solid
business men of this town.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 364 |
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PETER BRUBAKER was born in
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, Feb. 20, 1795, and was the son
of John Brubaker of German descent. He grew to
manhood and married in his native county. He married
Miss Mary Brubaker, though of no relation, in 1818, and
remained in Lancaster until the year 1823, when he came to
Milton township, Richland, now Ashland county, Ohio, and settled
upon the farm upon which he died, adjoining that of Joseph
Charles When he entered the land, he found it covered
by an almost unbroken forest of large timber. By
long-continued labor, he subdued the wild luxuriance of nature,
and made a desirable farm for his homestead. When he
settled in the wilds of Milton, he found that the Croningers,
John Hazlet, James Andrews, and others had preceded him.
At that early period, wolves, deer, wild turkey, and an
occasional bear, ranged the forests of the township.
Mr. Brubaker lived to see a great change in the appearance
of the native forests of the township, his neighbors, like
himself, having by industry and economy accumulated a desirable
property.
In 1870, his wife, aged about seventy-five years,
deceased; since which time Mr. Brubaker resided on his
homestead, near Mr. Charles, until his death, Apr. 21,
1879. He had been a member of a branch of the Tunker
church, known as the River Brethren, about forty-five years, at
Chestnut grove, near his home, where he was buried.
At his decease, his family consisted of ten children,
all grown: Susan wife of Henry Rowland; Mary
wife of Christian Rowland; John; Elizabeth, wife of
Nathan Stirewalt; Maria, wife of John Gongwer; Fannie,
wife of Jacob Barr, deceased; Benjamin; Nancy wife
of William Stauffer; Lydia, deceased; and Christian.
These all reside in Ashland county. It is estimated he
had sixty-eight grand-children at the time of his deceased.
Mr. Brubaker was known among his neighbors an an
industrious economical conscientious Christian, always desirous
of peace and good will among men. "By their f___ ye shall
know them." A good man has gone to his rest, and his works
will follow him. Funeral services were conducted by the
Rev. J. D. Parker assisted by Rev. H. Davison.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 258 |
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Vermillion Twp. -
GEORGE BUCHANAN was born in Washington
county, Pennsylvania, in 1800. In about 1831 he came to
Ashland county, Ohio, and located in Vermillion township, on a
farm near Hayesville. In 1829 he married Miss Elizabeth
Bragg, and has one son living in Newton, Iowa. Mrs.
Buchanan died Sept. 5, 1833. Feb. 27, 1840, Mr.
Buchanan was married to Mrs. Rosena Miles. They
have seven children - three sons and four daughters. Two
sons and three daughters are married. Mr. Buchanan
taught school in Alabama a number of years previous to locating
in Ashland county, since which time his business has been that
of a farmer. He has served in the capacity of justice of
the peace.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 309 |
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THE BULL
FAMILY.
HEZEKIAH BULL, born in Dublin, Ireland, came to America
before the Revolution, and first settled in Hartford,
Connecticut. He served one year in the Revolution, and after the
Revolution engaged in business in Hartford, Connecticut, and
became the owner of a vessel in the West India trade, in which
business he continued until 1815, when he sold out his business,
and in 1816 came to Canton, Ohio. Here he remained one year,
then moved to Massillon, where he settled on the farm now owned
by Kent Jervis, or his heirs, where he died in 1818. He
married an English lady, and was the father of eight children,
seven of whom came to Ohio. Caleb on the Spanish main;
Hester, Maria Louisa, Jefferson and G. W. settled in
Loudonville; Hoyland, in Tennessee, and Emily in
California.
G. W. BULL was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in
1799, and there received his education. When only eleven years
old he went to sea, and followed a sailor's life about ten
years, with an interval of one year. In 1820 he gave up a
sea-faring life arid came to Ohio, and settled on a farm for a
short time. In 1821 with Thomas Taylor, he built a
flat-boat, loaded it with pork, hams, bacon and whiskey, then
the products of the country, and started for New Orleans from a
point near the iron bridge across the Black fork in Loudonville.
The round trip took about three months. These trips he continued
to make at intervals until 1832, when he abandoned the business,
and settled on the farm now owned by Hon. J. W. Bull, in
Hanover township, where he held the office of justice of the
peace fifteen years, and was township trustee, clerk, and
treasurer for a number of years. In politics he was a Democrat.
In December, 1852, he died. In 1822 he married Nancy
Farrquhr, who died in 1877. He was the father of ten
children, seven of whom are still living, viz: John W.,
who married Nancy Watson, afterwards married Eliza J.
Pippit; George F., who married Ann Menor, and lives
in Ashland county, Ohio; Sarah J., wife of
Abner Stutes, living in Cleveland, Ohio; Hester M.
and Nancy E., both living in Ashland county; Emily
U., wife of Mr. Hazelett, living in Michigan; and
Phebe E., who lives in Loudonville.
HON. JOHN W. BULL was born in Loudonville,
Richland county, Ohio, August 16, 1824, and received a common
school education. He worked on a farm until his twenty-seventh
year, when he accepted a position as route agent on the
Bellefontaine & Indiana railroad, and traveled between Galion
and Indianapolis for nearly two years, when, in 1854, he was
transferred to the Ohio & Indiana road, and traveled between
Crestline and Chicago for four years. In 1861 he resigned his
position as route agent, to accept the appointment of passenger
conductor on the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago railroad. This
position he resigned to take charge of the Meyer house,
in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. He gave up this business on account of
the ill health of his wife, and in 1872 returned to Loudonville.
In 1872 he served as mayor of the village, and as justice of the
peace. He was elected to the Sixty-third general assembly by a
majority of six hundred and seventy-two. He has always been an
ultra Democrat, and from present indications will die in that
faith. In 1847 he married Nancy Watson, of Loudonville,
who died in 1851. In 1859 he married Eliza J. Pippet, and
is the father of two children—one died in infancy, and Anna E.
died when two years old.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 383 |
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JUDGE TULLY C. BUSHNELL was
born in Vermillion township, Ashland county, May 5, 1826.
His grandfather, Sterling G. Bushnell, was on e of the
early pioneers of this county; a sketch of his life will be
found in another part of this work. His father, Collins
Bushnell, lived in Vermillion township during his life.
In 1832 or 1833 business called him to New Orleans, where the
cholera was raging; he was attacked by the disease, and died at
Fort Adams on his return trip. Collins Bushnell
left a widow, Eliza Potts Bushnell who afterward married
Mr. Janette Purdy, and died in 1842. She was the
mother of three children by her first husband: Tully C.,
Sterling G., and Collins W.
Judge Tully C. Bushnell obtained an education at
the old Ashland academy, under the instruction of Lorin
Andrews, and before reaching his majority in 1846, entered
the service as captain of company C, Forty-second Ohio volunteer
infantry, General Garfield's regiment. He was also
largely instrumental in recruiting company H of the same
regiment. He was in the service fifteen months, and in the
Cumberland Gap campaign planted the first flag on the enemy's
works. He was in several engagements, and was specially
mentioned by the commanding general, George W. Morgan,
for gallant conduct in resisting the attack of General
Stevenson's division for two hours, with but forty men under
his command. On account of disability he was discharged
from the service, and returned to his home in Ashland, where he
was confined to the house for nine months. After his
recovery he entered the quartermaster's department at Nashville,
as chief clerk, and remained at that post some six months.
In November, 1866, he was appointed by Governor Cox to
fill the unexpired term of Judge Ingmand, as probate
judge of the county, and was afterwards elected to fill the
balance of the short term, and one full term of three years, on
the Republican ticket, in a strong Democratic county.
Since the expiration of his term in the probate office he has
been engaged in mercantile pursuits and the produce business,
and at present, attends to the wool trade. He was married
Jan. 4, 1848, to Nancy C. Willson, and has raised a
family of five children - one son and four daughters. The
eldest, Allie W., married S. D. Willson; Frank T. C.
married Miss Ollie Corbus; Garie married Daniel Smith;
Emma Grace and Nettie Maud remain at home.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 406 |
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MR. H. BUTCHER was born in
Jefferson county, Ohio in 1837. At the age of fifteen he
left home and learned the blacksmith trade, at which he worked
about twenty years. Mr. Butcher came into
Hayesville, Ashland county, Ohio, in 1859, and was married June
9, 1867, to Miss Amanda Smalley, of Ashland. In
1862 he hired to the government as a mechanic. In about
six weeks after he was promoted to the superintendency of the
Franklin shops at Nashville, having under his control about
twelve hundred men. This position Mr. Butcher held
one year, when he was appointed by Captain Irvin, acting
assistant quartermaster, as storekeeper for the government at
Nashville, Holding this position until Lee's surrender.
After the war closed Mr. Butcher remained in Nashville
one year, and worked at his trade. For four years he has
been mayor of Hayesville, justice of the peace three years, and
postmaster four years position he still occupies. A
daughter, aged eight years, is the only child.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 309 |
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