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THE FARMERS SAVINGS BANK
COMPANY, of Ashley, was established in business Feb. 9,
1905, with a capital stock of $25,000, Mr. F. E. Whipple being
the first president of that institution and Mr. B. A. Durkee,
cashier, serving as such until Jan. 1, 1907, when the following
officers were elected: W. Slack, president; T. J. Cole,
vice-president:; F. E. Whipple, cashier; and J. F. Riley,
assistant cashier. The directors of the bank are all well known
business men, as follows: W. Slack, T. J. Cole, J. F. Wilt,
H. Blair, Isaac Clark, B. F. McMaster and R. D. McGonigle.
The Farmers Savings Bank Company
erected a fine two-story brick building, the second floor being
occupied by the Masonic Lodge, the main floor consisting of three
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D. C. FAY, physician and
surgeon; Ostrander. Among the successful practitioners of
medicine in Central Ohio is Dr. D. C> Fay; he was born
in Union Co., Ohio, Aug. 10, 1843, the only child of Benjamin A.
and Hester (Robinson) Fay, who were early settlers of Union Co.,
His father was for a number of years Surveyor of that county; both
parents are now living, and reside in Marysville, Union Co., Ohio.
Dr. Fay spent his youth with his parents, at home; his
father, who was finely educated, taught him until he was 16 years of
age, when he attended an academy; after returning home, he taught
school for two years, and then began the sutdy of medicine with Dr.
Southard, of Marysville, Ohio; in 1864, he attended his first course
of lectures at the Starling Medical College of Columbus, Ohio, and
in 1866, graduated at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati; soon
after graduating, he located in Ostrander, where he has since
remained. He was united in marriage with Mary A. Liggett
Jan. 31, 1871; she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, April 25, 1848;
they have one child, Monna L., born Mar. 7, 1874.
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JOHN H. FIELD,
physician and surgeon; Ostrander; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio,
April 1, 1847; when about 5 years of age, his father, Dr. E.
Field, moved to the village of Ostrander, where the son grew up;
he received a good education, and at the age of 22 began to
study medicine under his father's instructions; in 1872, he attended
his first course of lectures at the Cincinnati College of Medicine
and Surgery, and in 1873 graduated at this college at the head of
his class; he began practice in his naive village, and has disproved
the old adage, that "a prophet is not without honor save in his own
country," as he has had excellent success, and his services are
highly appreciated. He was united in marriage with Lizzie
H. Berger July 17, 1873; she was born in Columbia Co., Penn.,
Mar. 19, 1857; her parents, Amos and Matilda (Harpster) Berger
are natives of Pennsylvania, where they now reside. They have
two children - Nettie M., born May 13, 1874, and Myrtie K.,
Sept. 24, 1877. (Source #2) |
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ALONZO FISHER,
farmer; P. O. Berkshire; is a son of George and Phoebe (Hopkins)
Fisher; his father was born May 4, 1788, near Washington, Penn.,
and came to Ohio in 1806, settling in Berkshire Township; he
came from Pennsylvania by teams and was compelled to cut roads
through the forest, as he came. At Various times, the red man
would pile brush for him, and take bread and milk for compensation;
he built the first frame house in this township, which is still
standing. His wife was a daughter of Stephen Hopkins,
was of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, a soldier of
the Revolutionary war, for which his wife received a pension; she
lost, at one time, $500, through a mail robbery; it was afterward
found buried; she was born Dec. 22, 1794, and came to Ohio in 1808,
with her mother; married Mr. Fisher, Jan. 17, 1811; she died
Aug. 15, 1865; he died Mar. 21, 1869. Mr. Fisher, the
subject of this sketch, was born Jan. 11, 1834, on the present farm,
where he has always lived and assisted his father in making a home.
He married, Sept. 7, 1864, Susan, a daughter of George
Roberts; her father was born May 13, 1818, in Ohio, and is now
living in Harlem Township; her mother was a daughter of J.
Edwards, and was born Jan. 28, 1823; her parents had four
children. Mr. Fisher is now owner of 280 acres of
well-improved land, 114 acres of which was willed to him by his
father and the remainder he purchased; he makes a specialty of
raising stock. They have a family of four children - David,
Albert, Daisy and Phoebe. The are members of the M.
E. Church at Berkshire, of which he is class-leader, and has also
been connected with the Sabbath school of the same denomination.
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HENRY FISHER, farmer;
P. O. Berkshire; is a son of George and Phoebe Fisher, and
was born on his father's farm in 1819, in Berkshire Township, where
he has spent most of his life, engaged in farming. In 1841, he
was married to Julia Spear, daughter of Elias Spear,
of Vermont, by whom he had three children, two living - Emma and
William; Dora (deceased); his wife died in 1864. He
was again married, in 1869, to Mary A., daughter of
Charles Case, whose sketch appears in this work; by her he has
three children - Louie, Cora and Liverta. Mr. Fisher
owns 117 acres of well-improved land, which is part of the old
homestead of his father; his farm is finely adapted to
stock-raising, which he makes a specialty. He has held several
township offices, but the most of his life has been devoted to his
farming interests. (Source #2) |
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O. E. FOSTER, grain
merchant, Sunbury; is a son of John and Anna (Cooper) Foster;
his father was born in Maryland, and came to Ohio in 1840, settling
in Licking Co., engaging in agriculture; his mother was a daughter
of Tego Cooper, of English descent, and was born in 1820 in
Maryland; they had a family of twelve children, eight of whom
survive, and all in Delaware Co. The subject of this
sketch was born in 1838 in Maryland, and came with the family by
team to Ohio; he lived on a farm until 19 years old, and then
attended school at Delaware for one year; in 1861, he began reading
law with Col. Reid of Delaware, continuing two years; he had,
however, before reading law, attended college at Westerville,
Franklin Co., Ohio; in 1868, he engaged in civil engineering at
Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo., three years, and farmed in
Missouri four years; in 1875, he returned to Delaware Co.; he at
once engaged in the grain business at Galena, until 1878, when he
began the same business at Sunbury, where he occupies as a warehouse
a two story frame building, 80x24 feet; he has now on hand a large
quantity of grain, in addition to which he handles several other
products; his business aggregates from $200 to $500 per day; he is
young and active, and puts his whole attention to his business,
which insures success. He was married in 1863, to Permelia
Conklin, a daughter of Matthew Conklin of New York; they
have three children - Ralph R., Annie and Eddy. Mr.
Foster has taught school eleven terms. |
JUDGE BENJAMIN F.
FRESHWATER was born November 24, 1852, on the "Hinton
Farm" in Delaware Township, and grew to manhood on his
father's farm in Berlin Township. He is the son of Captain
Archibald Freshwater, an honored veteran of the Civil War.
The subject of this sketch received his early education in the
public schools. At the age of nineteen he entered the Ohio
Wesleyan University, where he completed the classical course, and
was graduated in the year 1877. He began the study of law in
the office of Carper and Van Deman, teaching
school at times to help defray expenses. He was admitted to
the Bar on the second day of June, 1880, by the Supreme Court of
Ohio, and on the first day of July, 1880, began the practice of his
profession, having formed a partnership with F. B. DeWitt, of
Paulding County, Ohio. The style of the firm being DeWitt
and Freshwater. In the year 1881 the partnership was
dissolved, Mr. Freshwater continuing the practice of Paulding
County until the year 1885, when he returned to his old home and he
opened an office in Delaware in the autumn of that year.
Mr. Freshwater is a Republican in politics, and
he was chosen secretary of the Republican Central Committee in which
he served the party for two years. He was nominated for
probate judge by the Republican party in the year 1893, and was
elected and entered upon the duties of his office February 9, 1894.
He was re-nominated and re-elected in the year 1896, and served out
his full term. After his retirement from office he entered
into a partnership for the practice of law, with Hon. F. M.
Marriott, the style of the firm being Marriott &
Freshwater. This firm continued in the practice until
February, 1902, when Judge Wickham retired from the Common
Pleas Court judgship, to which he had been elected in November,
1906, since which time Marriott and Freshwater have continued
the practice under the style of the old firm of Marriott and
Freshwater.
Mr. Freshwater belongs to the following named
fraternal organizations, viz.: Hiram Lodge, F. & A. M.;
Lenape Lodge, No. 28, K. of P., and Delaware Lodge, B. P. O. E.
He is one of the Alumni Trustees of the Ohio Wesleyan University,
and is one of the directors of The Delaware Savings Bank Company,
and is the attorney for the People's Building and Loan Company, and
is now in the midst of an active and lucrative practice of his
profession. (Source #1) |
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H. C. & W. P. FROST,
farmers; P. O. Berkshire; are sons of Daniel and Mary (Fassett)
Frost; their father was born in 1795 in Connecticut, and came to
Ohio in 1840, settling in Berkshire Township; he died in 1842; their
mother was born in 1785 in Connecticut; they had four children,
three of whom are living, W. P. Frost was born Jan. 12,
1825, and came to Ohio with his parents when 15 years old; at the
death of their father, they were thrown upon their own resources; at
the age of 19, W. P. began teaching, continuing five years,
and then engaged in driving cattle and hogs to New York from this
county, making a trip through in from sixty-vive to ninety days; in
1849, he engaged in merchandising with J. D. Carney, at
Berkshire Corners, continuing three years; he then withdrew and
engaged in driving and shipping stock; he then engaged in farming
with his brother; he now owns 200 acres. He was married, Oct.
23, 1851, to Delia M. Crawford, daughter of Maj. J. C.
Crawford, of the old Ohio militia, who was born in 1801 in
Butler Co., Penn., and came to Ohio in 1811, with his people;
settled in Berkshire Township in 1826; he is now living in Illinois.
Her mother was a daughter of John Benedict; she was
born Jan. 29, 1800, and died in 1868. Her father was a
cabinet-maker, carpenter and joiner, and assisted in building the
Protestant Episcopal Church of Berkshire; he and brother turned the
posts used in the building by hand. He was Postmaster of
Berkshire for twenty-five years. Her grandfather was a
Revolutionary soldier. W. P. Frost has held the office
of Township Clerk, four terms; Trustee and Assessor each one term,
and School Director twenty-years. They are church members, he
of the Presbyterian, and she of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
H. C. Post was born May 21, 1823, in Luzerne Co., Penn., and
came to Ohio Oct. 4, 1840; he attended school in his younger days as
much as convenient; he followed farming until April 28, 1846, when
he started in the employ of J. S. Hutchins, with a drove of
cattle for Boston, and was fifty-six days on the raod; he then
returned to Ohio by way of Buffalo, where he met Charles
Robinson, to whom he hired, and drove 200 head of cattle to New
York; he then took an interest, buying 108 head of cattle and 700
head of hogs, which they drove to Albany, N. Y., and then shipped to
Boston; he was thus principally engaged until 1863, when he began
devoting his time to farming, which he has continued in connection
with stock-raising. He was President of the Delaware,
Berkshire & Sunbury Pike for four years, and Justice of the Peace
five years. He paid out over $400 for the war; his brother,
W. P., paid out $1,100. Mr. Frost was married, Dec.
28, 1870, to Mary J. Ramsey, daughter of Samuel A. and
Mary A. Ramsey; her parents were from New Jersey, and came to
Ohio at an early day, and are living in Porter Township; she was
born in 1843 in this county, and has taught school; they have two
children - David R., born Jan. 13, 1877; Henrietta,
born Dec. 27, 1878. Mr. Frost is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of Berkshire. (Source #2) |
JOHN M. FROST, retired
farmer, Berkshire; is a son of Stephen and Mary (Cogswell) Frost,
both of whom are natives of Connecticut. Mr. Frost, the
subject of this sketch, was born in 1801, in Brooklyn, Windham Co.,
Conn., and moved with his parents to Pennsylvania in 1805; in 1837,
he came by team to Delaware Co., Ohio, and settled where he now
resides, on his farm of 150 acres; he has followed farming during
his life, except three years in which he was engaged in the grocery
business. He was married, Nov. 13, 1828, to P. S. Fassett;
they have had six children; all are living, five in Ohio and one in
California - John M., Nathaniel C., A. E. (now married to
Philip W. Loveridge), Mary A., Irene (now Mrs. Gregg),
and Elvira L. (now Mrs. Lampman). Nathaniel
C. was married to Nancy Chadwick Sept. 30, 1869, by whom
he had two children - John M. and an infant (deceased); his
wife died March 3, 1876; he again married, Aug. 14, 1879, Emma L.,
daughter of John and Rebecca Powell; she was born in
November, 1849, in Knox Co.; he was born Sept. 11, 1831.
(Source #2) |
GEORGE FRYMAN - See
Thomas A. Fryman biography
(Source # 1 -pg. 588) |
THOMAS A.
FRYMAN, one of Thompson Township's representative citizens,
owning a valuable farm of seventy-three and one-half acres, has
resided here ever since 1850, with the exception of three years which
he dedicated to the service of his country. Mr. Fryman
was born in Monroe County, Ohio, January 21, 1844, and is a son of
George and Margaret ( Porterfield) Fryman,
and a grandson of GEORGE and Mary Fryman,
who lived and died in Pennsylvania.
GEORGE FRYMAN moved from Monroe to
Belmont County, Ohio, and from there to Delaware County, which he
reached March 1, 1850. Fie was welcomed by his brother, John
Fryman, who had come to Delaware County in 1835. from
Pennsylvania, subsequently being followed by his brothers and two
sisters, Mary A. and Margaret. Mary A. was the wife of
Louis H. Vincent, and Margaret was the wife of Robert
Craig. All are now deceased. One brother. Samuel, moved
from Delaware County to Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, prior to the
Civil War, and two of his sons served in the Confederate army, and one
son and a son-in-law were soldiers in the Union army.
In 1857, George Fryman, father of
Thomas A., purchased twenty acres of land in the woods, in
Thompson Township, which he later cleared and improved, and he resided
on the place until the close of his life, September 30, 1899. when
aged eighty-eight years, five months and nineteen days. He married
Margaret Porterfield. who was born June 9. 1813, who died
in August, 1902, aged eighty-eight years, two months and ten days. She
was born in America but was of Irish parentage. Three Porterfield
brothers came from Ireland and settled in Belmont County. Ohio, one of
these, Alexander Porterfield, being her father.
There were nine children born to George Fryman and wife,
three of whom died in infancy and four of whom survive. The record is
as follows: Mary Jane married Salathail Rose
and died in June, 1873. Susanna is the widow of Dexter
Durfey and resides at Marion, Ohio. Christiana, who was
born December 27, 1841, died November 25, 1843. Thomas A.
was the fourth born in this family. John, who was born December
15, 1846, died November 24, 1847. Margaret Elizabeth,
who was born September 13, 1848, married John Agin after
the close of the Civil War, and died September 27, 1868. Sarah C.
married David Williams and they live in Thompson
Township. Martha E. is the widow of John Williams
and resides in Thompson Township, just west of her brother, Thomas
A. Hannah, the youngest, was born October 26, 1857, died January
7, 1863.
Thomas A. Fryman attended the district schools
near his home. He was but seventeen years of age when he enlisted for
service in the Civil War, entering Company F, Ninety-sixth Regiment,
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Camp Delaware, on August 4, 1862. On the
first of the next month the regiment was sent to Louisville, Kentucky,
and from there to Memphis, Tennessee, and then on to Vicksburg, where
it was stationed until the surrender of that city. From Vicksburg the
regiment was sent in pursuit of General Johnson, first
to Jackson and from there to New Orleans, and then to Matagorda Bay,
then back to Vicksburg. Mr. Fryman participated in the
Red River campaign and assisted in the capture of Fort Morgan, Spanish
Fort, Fort Gaines and Mobile. After the battle of Mobile the young
soldier was mustered out and returned to Camp Chase, Ohio, July 29,
T865, going from there to his home. Although he was prostrated by a
sun stroke, at Jackson, Mississippi, he returned comparatively
unharmed notwithstanding his post of duty had frequently been one of
the greatest danger, and his record shows that he never evaded any
service.
Mr. Fryman then resumed the peaceful
pursuits of agriculture and has given much attention to raising hogs,
each year having a large number to put on the market. He has added to
the original farm and has improved the land by thorough cultivation
and has erected new buildings and remodeled the old ones. A part of
his residence was the old home of his uncle John and, although
constructed or logs, was considered a very fine house when it was
built, the best one in the whole township. In 1903 he erected his
present substantial barn.
Mr. Fryman married Evaline
Durfey, who is a daughter of James and Jane (Nafus) Durfey, and a
granddaughter of Ebenezer and Malinda Durfey.
James Durfey was a tailor by trade, residing in Union
County, where Mrs. Fryman was born. Mr. and Mrs.
Fryman have had six children, namely: Ettie Elnora, Sarah C,
George J., Cora, William Oscar and Thomas
Ray. Ettie Elnora was born in 1867 and
married Archibald Black. They reside one-half mile
distant from Magnetic Springs, in Union County. They have had seven
children: Clyde, Claude, Clifford, Clinton, Mary Evaline, Thomas
Call, Clayton and Zola, the latter being deceased. Sarah
C. was born in September, 1870, married John Gabriel
and they lived in Radnor Township near Prospect. They have three
daughters and two sons: Florence. Carl, Grace,
Frances and Lester. George J. was tern September 6,
1873, married Bertha Williams of Wyandot County and they
live in Union County. They have one child, Dorance. Cora
was born September 30, 1876, married Nelson C. Fryman
and they reside in Thompson Township and have two sons and one
daughter: Ernest, Max and Mildred. William
Oscar was born September 30, 1879, married Lydia
Smart of Union County and they have one child, Leah
Evaline. Thomas Ray was born in June, 1881. He
married Clara Rider and they have one daughter, Clara
Louise.
In politics, Mr. Fryman is a Democrat.
For fifteen years he has served as a justice of the peace and for
thirty years has been a useful member of the township Board of
Education. He has always taken an active interest in advancing his
community and is identified with the various movements which have made
this one of the most intelligent and progressive sections of Delaware
County.
(Source #1 - pg. 588) |
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AMOS FULLER, farmer; P.
O. Ostrander; was the son of Amos and Lucinda (Vevins) Fuller,
who were the parents of six children, and natives of Connecticut;
soon after their marriage, they started from Connecticut by water to
Canada; while on this voyage, our subject was born on the 11th day
of May, 1801; they remained in Canada but a short time; they then
removed to Detroit, Mich., where they were at the time Gen. Hull
surrendered that place to the British; in the latter part of the
year 1813, they came to Ohio and located in Sandusky; there the
father died in the year 1815; the mother survived the father eight
years, when she also departed this life. Our subject came to
Delaware Co. in 1825, where he has since resided; he commenced
business for himself a poor boy, and by his own endeavors has become
the owner of 188 acres of well-improved land; Mr. Fuller is
now one of the oldest settlers in the county. He was married
to Rebecca Burroughs April 1, 1824; she was born in Virginia
in the year 1804. From this union, they were blessed with
thirteen children, twelve of whom they raised to man and womanhood;
his wife died April 4, 1877. In the late war, Mr. Fuller
had seven sons, all of whom lived to return home except one, who was
killed in the Red River expedition. All were Republicans and
Whigs. Mr. Fuller is now 78 years of age, and is in
good health. He is a member of the United Brethren Church.
(Source #2) |
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