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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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DANIEL
LANDON RICHARDSON, a son of William Richardson,
whose biography appears in this work, was one of the oldest
residents of Auglaize county, and one of the largest property
owners in Logan township, where he lived for many years before
moving to Wapakoneta. He was born in Shelby county, Ohio,
August 17, 1816. He married Miss Agnes Francis in
1835, and commenced housekeeping in Franklin county, Ohio, where
he resided for eleven years. In 1846 he moved to Logan
township, where he purchased a large tract of land on the
Auglaize River and developed a farm. Here he resided until
1875, when he moved to Wapakoneta.
In 1844 he entered the ministry of the Christian
Church, and traveled for years on horseback through the wilds of
this section of the State, preaching to the people wherever he
could get them together, in the woods or in their cabins, there
being no churches in those days.
Elder Richardson died March 15, 1891, and was
buried in Green Lawn Cemetery. A handsome monument,
erected by himself, marks his resting place. |
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| WILLIAM
RICHARDSON, the subject of this sketch, was born in
Montgomery county, Virginia, in 1765. His boyhood was
passed during the exciting times of Indian wars and the American
Revolution. At the age of seventeen he served as scout and
soldier in the Indian border wars of western Virginia and
Pennsylvania. Later, he served two years on the skirmish
line in the Revolutionary War. He was a cousin of
General Anthony Wayne, their mothers having
been Mattie and Nancy Hiddens. He has the
reputation of having been married seven times. His first
wife was a Miss Mary Adney, whom he married in 1784, and
who died in 1811. In 1812 he entered Harrison's army and
served during the war, with the exception of two or three
months. In 1815 he married Catharine Millhouse, a
sister of Barbara Dillborne, who, with her husband, had
been murdered by three Shawnee Indians. Richardson
avenged the death of Mr. and Mrs. Dillborne by shooting
the three murderers. Two of the Indians were killed near
Piqua in Miami county - the third paying the death penalty on
the Auglaize River two miles north of Buckland in Auglaize
county. Richardson was a man of powerful physique
and of great endurance. The indulgence of his appetite led
to many quarrels and fights. It is said of him that he
would rather fight than eat." Owing his pugilistic
proclivities, he was called Rowdy Richardson.
During the last twenty years of his life he resided at Hamar,
Paulding county, Ohio. He died in that village at the
advanced age of one hundred and nine years, from injuries
received in breaking a colt. |
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JOHN
ROGERS was born in Orange county, New York, Oct. 20th,
1800. His parents subsequently moved to Sussex county, New
Jersey, and finally to Licking county, Ohio, in 1814. In
1821 he went to Richland county, Ohio, and shortly afterward
married Miss Mary Hadley of Mt. Vernon. In
the autumn of 1833 he came to Auglaize county and settled on the
site of the Blackhoof village, where he became one of the two
original founders of St. Johns. Tow years later Clay
township was organized, and at the first election he was chosen
trustee of the township. He afterwards held the office of
justice of the peace. His wife died about 1841, and ten
years later the married Mrs. Nancy Bechdolt. To the
development of the community he contributed his full share; and
having attained his eightieth year, he laid down the burden of
cares and years, April 30, 1880, and embraced the rest which
awaits even the restless. He was thus closely associated
with the village and township, having assisted in the founding
of both, and continued identified with them during a period of
nearly half a century.
R. SUTTON.
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