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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
CENTENNIAL HISTORY of ERIE COUNTY, OHIO
Publ. 1925
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JOHN EUGENE CARROLL Source:
Centennial History of Erie County, Ohio - Publ. 1925 - Page
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HARRY L. COLE Source:
Centennial History of Erie County, Ohio - Publ. 1925 - Page
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J. J. Crecelius |
JACOB J. CRECELIUS.
Everybody in Oxford Township, Erie County, knows
Jacob Crecelius. He was born in that township
on the 7th of December, 1869. His father,
Jacob Crecelius, came from Germany to this country
in 1850, and became a farmer. His mother,
Catherine Erf, was a daughter of Jacob Erf,
of Huron County. She died in 1875. His father
died in 1900, leaving a family of nine children:
Mrs. Pauline Beibricher of Bellevue, Ohio;
Herman Crecelius, who died in 1921; Mrs. Catherine
Scheid of Huron Township; August
Crecelius of California; Dr. W. A.
Crecelius of Sandusky; Mrs. Matilda Greiner
of Sandusky; Dr. E. W. Crecelius, who died
in 1920; and Professor A. A. Crecelius,
Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio.
The
subject of this sketch was the third youngest of these
children. He received his education in the old
district school house and then took a correspondence school
law course at Chicago, but never attempted to practice.
At the age of eighteen, he entered into contract with a firm
as salesman and was very successful, but later came back to
the farm to help his father. In 1893, he engaged in
farming for himself, independent from his father, giving his
special attention to farming and stock raising, being a well
known horse dealer, etc. He purchased and sold many
fine horses which he shipped to city markets before the
automobile became general. He imported some very fine
draft stallions which sired better stock than the county had
had before. He was always active in community work and
in helping to modernize the life of the farmer in the
locality where he lived. He was an active worker for
the rural telephone and the rural mail service and in favor
of good schools. He was always outspoken in his
efforts to improve the educational facilities of his county.
During the World War, he was active in the soliciting for
the sale of Liberty Bonds and did all he could for the good
of his country.
He began to hold
township offices in his early twenties and has since then
been continually on the Board of Education and is still a
member of the local board. He served three terms as
county commissioner, from 1910 to 1916, and was president of
the board nearly all the time. He has been an active
Democrat in state and national politics, but in favor of the
best man for the position when it comes to local politics.
He is a member of the Milan Masonic lodge, Milan Odd Fellows
of which he was twice elected Noble Grand Master, and is
also a member of the Knights of Pythias of Sandusky, Ohio.
He belongs to the St. John's Evangelical Church of Oxford
Township.
On Feb. 23, 1893, in
Erie County, he was married to Minnie Ohlemacher,
daughter of Fred and Minnie Ohlemacher of
Milan Township. She is one of a family of seven
children, and has also one half-sister and one half-brother.
Mr. and Mrs. Crecelius have five
children:- Esther, now a teacher in State
Normal School, who has been especially active in educational
and social work with marked success; Homer,
who is now at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, and who
at the age of 18 enlisted and was over seas as a soldier for
thirty months in the Aviation Service; Catherine,
taught school and is now Mrs. Martin Brod
of Lorain, Ohio; Frederic and
Robert are at home and attending the high school in
Sandusky.
Mr. Crecelius
still lives on the farm and is ready at all times to help
and to aid whoever may need it.
Source: Centennial
History of Erie County, Ohio Vol. II - 1925 - Page 711 -
Oxford Twp. |
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DOMINICK MICHAEL CUA Source:
Centennial History of Erie County, Ohio - Publ. 1925 - Page
437 |
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HENRY D. CURTIS.
The President of the Curtis Oil Company was born May 31st,
1869, at Detroit, Michigan. He is the son of James
Curtis and Catherine Curtis. He says that
like most boys he was fond of swimming and baseball.
He came to Sandusky in 1877 and started to learn the
cooper's trade. In 1889 he went to California and put
in six months at the trade and then came back east. He
started peddling oil with a wagon to private consumers in
1900 and in 1916 he sold out to The Standard Oil Company and
took charge of their station in Sandusky. He stayed
with them several years and then quit to organize the Curtis
Oil Company. In addition to being President of the
Curtis Oil Company he is a director of the Sandusky Real
Estate Company and The Peoples Loan & Savings Company.
He was elected to the City Council in 1906 and served six
years. Politically he is a Democrat. Socially he
is a member of The Commercial Travellers. On May 21st,
1891, at Sandusky, Ohio he was married to Amelia Steibel,
the daughter of Captain John Steibel and Mary Steibel.
They have two children, Kenneth Earl Curtis, who is
unmarried, and Nell C. Curtis, who is married to
Walter Bender of Bellevue, Ohio.
Source:
Centennial History of Erie County, Ohio - Publ. 1925 - Page
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L. L. Curtis |
LEVERETT L. CURTIS. The
name of the Curtis family is inseparably connected
with the crayon business, which has been for many years one
of Sandusky's leading industries. The subject of this
sketch has grown up with the business, with which he has
been identified from boyhood. His father, W. D.
Curtis, was the organizer of the business now conducted
by The American Crayon Company. In 1851, W. D.
Curtis married Caroline E. Cowdery who ws the
mother of five children - L. L. Curtis; H. J. Curtis
deceased; Carrie Curtis Whitworth; Mary Curtis Price;
and Carl C. Curtis. In 1869, W. D. Curtis
together with his brothers-in-law, M. F. and John
S. Cowdery, began the manufacture of Crayons in a small
building on Columbus Avenue. They next located on
Hayes Avenue and the concern was known as The Western School
Supply Company. In a short time their product was
shipped over the country. In 1900, the plant was
destroyed by fire but was rebuilt and now is the largest
crayon factory in the world.
Mr. Curtis was born in Lake County, Ohio, but
has lived here since he was fourteen years old. He was
educated in the Lake County public schools. His first
position was as stock-keeper of the Western Supply Company.
Some years later, when the company was consolidated with the
Waltham Crayon Company of Massachusetts as The American
Crayon Company, he became superintendent of the entire
plant. This company is capitalized at $1,000,000 and
the man who worked his way up from bench hand is now
president of the company which manufactures crayons of every
description. The plant covers three acres and employs
three hundred and fifty people. His business records
has been one of accomplishment. He is director of The
Commercial Bank, director of the Kroma Color Company,
director of The Midland Bank of Cleveland, a member of the
Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the
Sunyendeand Club and the Sandusky Golf Club. His wife,
Anzonetta W. Curtis, has shared his prosperity and
his son, E. L. Curtis, is assistant secretary of the
company which he has so ably managed all the years.
Source:
Centennial History of Erie County, Ohio - Publ. 1925 - Page
388 |
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