BIOGRAPHIES

*Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio
containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of he Early Settled Families
- Illustrated -
Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
1891

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ALEXANDER A. FAWCETT   ALEXANDER A. FAWCETT, one of the leading progressive farmers of Loudon Township, Carroll County, was born in Union Township, same county, May 16, 1929.  His grandfather, John Fawcett, married Miss Letta Armstrong, and to them were born the following named children:  Elizabeth Riley, Letta Grace, Jane Atwell, Ann McCourt, Dorinda Brooks, Charles and Alexander.  In 1816 John Fawcett, with his family, emigrated from his native land, Ireland, landing in New York City, where they remained a short time and then started on foot for Ohio.  Arriving in what is now Union Township, Carroll County, Mr. Fawcett entered a one-half section of land.  Here he erected a small but, which was built by placing two forked posts in the ground, and then putting a pole in the forks for a ridge pole; he next split slabs from trees, and then placed one end of each on the ground and the other against the ridge pole, leaving a hole in the peak for the smoke to escape.  In this hut the family resided till they could build a better cabin, and about the only provisions they had was cornmeal mush and milk.  After a few years Mr. Fawcett erected a hewed-log house, in which he lived till 1837, when he put up the brick dwelling which is yet standing.  On this land Mr. Fawcett resided from the time he entered it till his death.  He died in 1838 at the age of about seventy-five years, his wife having passed from earth the year previous.  They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years.      Their son Charles, the father of the subject of these lines, was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1799.  He received a common-school education in his native land, and, coming with the rest of the family to Union Township, when seventeen years of age, he took an active part in clearing the land his father had entered.  In 1820 he married Miss Margery Brooks, a native of Ireland, who was born about the year 1800, and came to the United States when sixteen years of age.  To this union were born the following named children:  Nancy Grace (deceased); John, in Union Township, Carroll County; Dr. Henry (deceased); Letta Kneen, a resident of Iowa; Rebecca Butler, in Nevada County, Cal.; Alexander A.; Dr. Charles, a resident of Salem, Columbiana Co., Ohio; Dorinda Teter, in West Virginia; Thomas, in Cedar County, Iowa; Margery Moore, residing at Harlem Springs, Carroll Co., Ohio, and  James (deceased, of whom Thomas and James were both soldiers in the Civil War.  Charles Fawcett remained on the old farm until 1857, in which year he removed to Cedar County, Iowa, where he remained till his death in 1873.; his widow died in 1882.  They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and politically Mr. Fawcett was first a Whig, and afterward, on the formation of the party, a stanch Republican.  He served several years as justice of the peace in Union Township.      Alexander A. Fawcett grew to manhood in Union Township, Carroll County, receiving his education in the common schools of the neighborhood, and remained on the home farm till Feb. 1, 1855, the date of his marriage with Miss Ella Kneen, who was born in September, 1829, on the farm our subject now owns in Loudon Township, Carroll County, a daughter of William and Mary (Kenyon) Kneen, natives of the Isle of Man.  The Kneens immigrated to the United States in 18326, and first located in New Rumley, Harrison Co., Ohio, where they remained a short time, and then purchased the farm of 160 acres now owned by our subject.  Here they passed the remainder of their lives.  Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Fawcett came to the farm where they now reside.  To them have been born the following named children: Mary Reed (deceased); William C., a civil engineer in West Virginia; Ella, John H. and Flora, at home.  The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics Mr. Fawcett is a Republican. Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 962   JOHN FRITSCHLE (deceased), who was numbered among the prominent farmers of Roe Township, Carroll County, was born Dec. 9, 1817, in Baden, Germany.  His father, also named John, reared a family of six children, of whom four were boys.  He came to what is now Brown Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, in 1829, and followed farming all his days, dying in the faith of the Lutheran Church, of which he was one of the founders in Carroll County.       John Fritschle, our subject, received his limited education in Germany, inasmuch as his youthful days after his arrival in America were occupied in hard labor on the farm in Carroll County, clearing and improving.  On June 15, 1845, he married Christina Wetzel, daughter of George Wetzel, and born Mr. 4, 1825.  They at once located in Harrison Township, Carroll County, where they resided until 1867, when they came to the farm in Rose Township now owned by his widow.  The children born to John and Christina Fritschle were named as follows:  George, Catherine (Mrs. John Voelm), Christina (Mrs. Daniel Baker), Jacob, Caroline (Mrs. Philip Lid), Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles Sattler), Lydia (Mrs. Daniel Seemann), Mary (Mrs. Allen Black), John and Sarah.  Mr. Fritschle was originally a Whig in his politics but afterward a Republican, in which party he became a leader.  He was a prominent member of the Lutheran Church, in the faith of which he died Jan. 4, 1874, his remains being interred at Waynesburg.  The life of Mr. Fritschle was an exemplary  one, worthy of emulation of the young.  He left a large valuable property, the result of his industry and frugality, in which he was encouraged and assisted by his worthy wife.  He was patriotic and enterprising, and was ever active in promoting all measures intended for the public good. Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 961 NOTES: