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BIOGRAPHIES
(Source #1: Mack, Horace - History of Columbiana
County, Ohio : with illustrations and biographical sketches of
some of its prominent men and pioneers.
Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879, 372 pgs. )
(Source #2 - History of Upper
Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891)
(Source #3
- History of Columbiana County, Ohio:
Historical Publ. Co. Topeka - Indianapolis - 1926)
NOTE: As Always, Biographies will be transcribed upon
request.
Sharon W.
| HON . JACOB VAN FOSSAN VOL II - P 298 |
| WILLIAM
VAN FOSSAN was among the earliest settlers of Madison
township, Columbiana Co., Ohio; he was born in 1810, on the
4th of October, the son of Arnold Van Fossan, who was
born in Pennsylvania. He came to Ohio with his parents
about 1784, and settled in Columbiana county, when that
portion of the state was a wilderness. He received his
education in the log schoolhouse of his boyhood, and upon
reaching the years of manhood, married Eleanor Clark,
daughter of Hugh Clark. Shortly after his
marriage he removed to Wayne township, and after remaining
there for a short time, moved to various different places,
until he finally settled in Madison township again, where he
remained until his death, December 10, 1864. His
father was a soldier in the war of 1812. William's
wife is still living at West Point, Madison township, at the
age of seventy-nine years. They had eleven children,
as follows: Amy, wife of J. A. Mick; Joseph,
Mary A., deceased; Jessie was drowned in
the Mississippi river; James is a resident of
Madison township; William, now residing in Iowa;
Mariah, wife of W. G. Patterson; Adaline, wife of
W. S. McClane; Martha, wife of Andrew Binsley;
Daniel, of Cadiz, Ohio, and Henry W., a resident
of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Van Fousan served his
township in many different offices. He was a member of
the Presbyterian church, and was held in the highest esteem
by his neighbors. Joseph Van Fossan was born
February 6, 1834, in Elk Run township. Having received
a good common school education, and having attained to the
years of manhood, he married Hester Baugh, daughter
of John and Mariah Baugh, early settlers of
Columbiana county. The former died in 1856 and the
later in 1884. Eight children have been born to this
happy union: William H., Jessie E., wife of
Elva Patterson; Warren C., Edith E., Frank E.,
Lillian H., Charles, deceased, and Bertha C.
Mr. Van Fossan has been treasurer of Madison township
and also a trustee, and has filled many other minor offices,
although he is a staunch democrat and the township largely
republican. He has a farm of 208 acres under the
highest state of cultivation, and is accounted as one of the
most substantial and esteemed residents of the township. |
| WILLIAM HARVEY VAN FOSSAN VOL. II - P 249 |
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