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BIOGRAPHIES
(Source: History of Northwestern Ohio & Auglaize County
- by C. W. Williamson - Columbus, Ohio - Press of W. M. Linn &
Sons - 1905)
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JOHN
H. GOCHENOUR was born in Shenandoah county, Virginia,
January 13, 1835. His father died in 1839, and four years
afterward his mother married John Dingledine, a native of
the Old Dominion. The boy was educated in the common schools
of Shenandoah county, and made his home with his mother and
stepfather, until he was eighteen years of age. In 1849, he
emigrated to Ohio and began learning the carpenter's trade in
Champaign county. In 1853, he married Miss Sarah C.
Weaver. Four children have been born in this union, two,
only, are living: Elva A. and Jeanetta, both
of them having supplemented their common school education by
attendance at college.
Mr. Gochenour, after his marriage, moved to
Logan township, Auglaize county, and settled on the farm now
occupied by him. The first business to which his attention
upon his arrival in 1859, was the erection of a house in the midst
of the forest. The development of a farm was a work slow in
process, but by dint of persevering labor and economy he cleared
seventy-five acres of land. Year by year, as his means
permitted, he added to the original tract of land, until he is now
the owner of four hundred acres of excellent land, all the fruits
of his exertions, coupled with the assistance of his esteemed and
agreeable helpmate.
Mr. and Mrs. Gochenour are members of the
Christian Union Church, and are zealous and active workers in the
same. In his political career, he has always been a stanch
Democrat, and his first presidential vote was cast for James
Buchanan. He has the township treasurer for many years,
and also held the position of land appraiser, and in fact, has
held all the offices of the township; discharging the duties of
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ROBERT
B. GORDON, for more than fifty years an active and
leading citizen of St. Mary's, was born near Winchester,
Virginia, November 20, 1815. When he was fourteen years of
age he came with the family to Piqua, where his father entered
upon a mercantile cancer, which was continued until 1861.
Mr.Gordon obtained his early education in an old
log school house in his native place. After the family
settled in Piqua he attended a public school in that place, and
later finished his education in an academy. At the age of
twenty-one he became clerk in his father's store at Piqua.
In 1839 he came to St. Mary's and established himself in
business as a general merchant at this point in company with
David Bates, who was chief engineer of the canal that was
then in course of construction. At the end of three years
he withdrew from the partnership, and was elected treasurer of
Mercer county, which office he held four years. Upon his
retirement from office he purchased a half interest in a
flouring mill on the canal, which he retained three years.
Later he engaged in farming and stock raising having eleven
hundred acres of land at that time. In 1855 he purchased a
large and well-equipped flouring mill in St. Mary's, which he
operated until his death, which occurred Dec. 25, 1896.
Mr. Gordon was elected Representative to the
State Legislature in 1864, and was re-elected in 1866. He
was prominent in local politics, and was a stanch Democrat.
His first vote was cast for Martin Van Buren.
Mr. Gordon was married, Sept. 18, 1838, to
Catharine Barington, daughter of William R. and
Jane Barington. Of this union eight children were
born, of whom Robert B., Jr., is the only survivor.
The latter is a well-known public man, who has served as county
auditor for two terms, and has represented his district in
Congress for four years. |
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