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Source:
The County of Fulton
A History of Fulton County, Ohio
Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association
1905
Transcribed by
Sharon Wick
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JOHN GEE, one of the venerable
pioneer citizens of York township, was born in Ulster
county, New York, on the 27th of May, 1822, and when he was
about twelve years of age his parents removed from the old
Empire State of Ohio, settling in Seneca county, where he
was reared to manhood on a farm. There he continued to
make his home, engaged in agricultural pursuits, until 1865,
when he came to Fulton county and settled in York township,
where he has ever since resided, save for a period of about
four years, which he passed in Clinton township. He
improved a valuable farm, which he still owns, and he is a
man who has ever commanded the unqualified confidence and
regard of the community in which he has so long made his
home. On the 25th of March, 1849, Mr. Gee was
united in marriage to Miss Catherine Grove, who was
born in Frederick county, Maryland, on the 23d of December,
1830, and who remained his devoted companion during more
than half a century, her death occurring on the 17th of
July, 1901. They became the parents of two sons,
William H. of whom individual mention is made upon a
succeedant page of this work, and John C., who
resides in Eaton county, Michigan. Mr. Gee is a
Republican in his political views and is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church, as was also his wife.
Source: The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton
County, Ohio - Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical
Association - 1905 - Page 359 |
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CHARLES LAMAR
GINGERY, of Swan Creek Twp., as one of those
progressive farmers & stock-growers who are upholding the
High Prestige of the industry of agriculture in Fulton
County, and he is known as a citizen of sterling worth and
utmost loyalty. He was born in Wood County, Ohio, on
the 5th of December, 1868 and is a son of Emanuel and
Margaret Ann (Dewitt) Gingery, the former of whom was
born in Seneca county and the latter in Huron county, this
state in 1879. They came to Wood county to the present
homestead of their son, Charles L., the place at the
time being entirely unimproved and a large portion of the
tract was covered with water, being of a swampy character.
The family lived on this place only one year and the father
then purchased 120 acres of more elevated land, 1/2 mile
East, where he maintained his home nearly 20 years and where
his 1st wife died, in middle life. He later
consummated a 2nd marriage and finally returned to Wood
county, where his death occurred on the 28th of April, 1905.
of the six children of the first marriage five are living.
Clinton DeWitt resides on a farm adjoining that of
Charles L.; Louisa died at the age of twelve years;
John A. resides with Clinton, both being
bachelors; Hattie L. is the wife of Patrick Foley,
a farmer of Swan Creek township; Charles L. was the
next in order of birth; and Arthur W. is also a
prosperous farmer of the same township. Charles L.
Gingery secured his early educational training in the
public schools of Wood and Fulton counties, and his entire
life has been identified with agricultural pursuits and
stock-raising. In 1891 he purchased his present
homestead of eighty acres, the place being now well
improved, nearly the entire tract having been reclaimed and
made available for cultivation, thus presenting a radically
different appearance then it did when his father first took
up his residence on the property. He has been
associated with his father and brothers in the reclaiming
and improving of more than three hundred acres of land in
this county, principally swamp and brush land. They
also have done many miles of ditching on their own lands and
for others, and have assisted in the construction of most of
the roads in this part of the county, whose development and
civic advancement they have materially contributed.
About a score of years ago the three brothers became
associated in raising of high-grade live-stock, including
horses, cattle and swine operating in conjunction for
seventeen years, since which time Charles L. has
continued in the same line of enterprise in an independent
way. He owns thoroughbred Belgian horses, polled
shorthorn cattle and Poland-China hogs, and the fine stock
of the Gingery Brothers has taken many premiums at
the county fair within the last several years.
Charles L. is an active, energetic and able business
man, his success in his chosen field of endeavor has been
excellent and commands the high regard of the people of the
community in which he has lived from his childhood days.
He has been an active worker in the local ranks of the
Republican party ever since attaining his legal majority and
is a member of the county central committee of the same at
the present time. He has served as ditch supervisor
and constable of Swan Creek township and is now a valued
member of the school board. It may be noted that his
father also was a stalwart supporter of the Republican party
and its principles, having espoused its cause at the time of
organization, when it stood as the exponent of the principle
that the Union must be preserved, and he was one of the Ohio
men who served with utmost loyalty as a soldier in the Civil
war, it being altogether probable that his death was
hastened by wounds which he received in service.
In 1891 Charles L. Gingery was united in marriage
to Miss Jennie Soles, whose death occurred only three
months later. In March, 1893, he wedded Miss Addie
Sanders, who was born and reared in Swan Creek township,
being a daughter of the late John Sanders, an honored
pioneer of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Gingery
have been children: Don, Dora J. and Herman A.
Source: The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton
County, Ohio -
Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association -
1905 - Page 655
Contributed By:
Bob Weaver |
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SYLVESTER GREEN, a
prominent farmer and popular citizen of Royalton township,
was born in Fairfield township, Lenawee county, Mich., on
the 28th of June, 1843, and is a son of James and Eliza (McConnell)
Green, both of whom were born near the city of Belfast,
Ireland, where they were reared and where their marriage was
solemnized in the year 1830. In the same year they
left the Emerald Isle and set bravely forth to establish for
themselves a home in America. They remained several
years in the State of New York, and then came to Toledo,
Ohio, where the father secured employment in connection with
the construction of the Maumee canal. He was thus
engaged about one year and then settled in Fairfield
township, Lenawee county, Mich., where, in 1840, he
purchased forty acres of land, retaining possession of the
same about two years, in the same township. This
latter farm he reclaimed and improved and there were both he
and his wife continued to reside until his death, which
occurred in Sept. 1888, at which time he was seventy-nine
years of age. His widow still survives and has reached
(1905) the venerable age of ninety-one years. They
became the parents of ten children, of whom six attained
years of maturity - Eliza, James Henry, Sylvester,
William, Rachel and George. Eliza, who is
deceased, was the wife of Edwin Smith, and Rachel
is the wife of Richard N. Miller. Sylvester
Green had an adequate experience in strenuous work
during his boyhood and youth, since he aided in the
reclaiming and cultivation of the pioneer homestead, in
Fairfield township, Lenawee county, Mich., and his
educational training was limited to the somewhat primitive
schools of the locality and period. He continued to
remain at the parental home until his marriage, in 1869,
when he purchased a farm of eighty acres in his native
township, where he continued to reside until 1875, when he
purchased forty acres there and then came to Royalton
township, Fulton county, where he purchased forty acres, in
Section 9, later adding forty acres of adjacent land,
clearing a considerable portion of the place from the wild
condition, and he has continued to add to his landed estate
from time to time until he now owns three hundred and six
acres, lying in Royalton township and across the Michigan
line in his native township of Fairfield. It includes
also the little homestead of twenty-six and one-half acres
where he now resides, a portion of the same being within the
corporate limits of the village of Lyons, where he has an
attractive home and where he has maintained his residence
since the autumn of 1902, being practically retired, though
still having a general supervision of his extensive farming
interests. He is a stalwart Republican and has been
incumbent of minor offices in his township, including that
of land-appraiser. He is affiliated with Lyons Lodge
No. 622, I. O. O. F., and with the adjunct organization, the
Daughters of Rebekah, of which latter Mrs. Green also
is a member. He and his wife are prominent members of
the Lyons Christian church, in which he is a deacon.
Mr. Green has been three times married. Aug. 9,
1869, he wedded Miss Lavina Catlin, daughter of
Burge Catlin, of Norwalk, Ohio, and she died in
1878, leaving two children - "Almon B., who married
Miss Fannie Oaks; and Mary L., who is the wife
of Arthur Wood. For his second wife Mr.
Green married Miss Eliza Catlin, sister of his
first wife, and she died in 1887, leaving no children.
He later married his present wife, whose maiden name was
Celia Catlin and who is likewise a sister of the two
former wives of Mr. Green. No children have
been born of this union.
Source: The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County,
Ohio - Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical
Association - 1905 - Page 389 |
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CONLEY E. GUILFORD is
incumbent of the office of treasurer of Fulton county and is
a popular and well-known citizen, so that it is incumbent
that he be accorded representation in this work. He
was born in the town of Cuba, N. Y., on the 24th of July,
1851, and is a son of Robert G. Guilford, who came to
Fulton county in 1858 and located on a farm in Dover
township. In 1863 the father tendered his services in
defense of the Union, enlisting in the One Hundred and
Twenty-fifty Ohio volunteer infantry, and he sacrificed his
life on the altar of his country, his death occurring in
1863. He was a son of Samuel Guilford, a native
of Massachusetts and of old Puritan stock. The latter
removed from Wakefield, Mass, to the State of New York,
where he passed the remainder of his life, having rendered
valiant service as a soldier in the War of 1812. The
maiden name of the mother of the present treasurer of Fulton
county was Phoebe Post, and she was born in
Cazenovia, N. Y. By reason of the loss of her husband
a heavy burden of responsibility was thrown upon her
shoulders, in the management of the estate and in caring for
her children, and it is fitting that in this connection a
statement of tribute be paid her memory for the noble and
unselfish way in which she performed the duties which thus
made so great exactions upon her mind, heart and strength.
She died on the old homestead farm, in Dover township in the
year 1869. Conley E. Guilford is indebted to
the public schools of Fulton county for his early
educational privileges, having been about seven years of age
at the time of his parents' removed to this State, and in
order to aid and relieve his widowed mother he early began
the battles of life on his own responsibility. Having
been reared on a farm, he naturally initiated his
independent career as a worker along the lines to which he
had been trained, but he was early called upon to serve in
positions of public trust and responsibility. He was
incumbent of the office of clerk of Clinton township about
twelve years, and for two years was a valued member of the
Wauseon school-board. In 1872 he engaged in the drug
business in Wauseon, continuing in this line of enterprise
until 1896 and being numbered among the representative
businessmen of the county capital. In 1881 he was
commissioned postmaster, by President Garfield,
continuing in charge of the Wauseon office until the
accession of Grover Cleveland to the
presidential chair. In 1901 Mr. Guilford became
the candidate of the Republican party for the office of
treasurer of Fulton county, was elected by a gratifying
majority, and the popular estimate placed upon his
administration was best indicated by his re-election in
1903. The routine of the office work was very
summarily interrupted in January, 1905, by the daring
robbery of the safe in the treasurer's office, and
naturally, Mr. Guilford feels greatly disconcerted
and aggrieved over the affair, though by no means could have
had anticipated or forefended the crime, which entailed a
very considerable loss to him personally. Thus far all
efforts to apprehend the guilty persons have proven futile.
No iota of blame attaches to any of the county officials,
since every reasonable provision and effort were made to
safeguard the county funds. It is evident that the
robbery was committed by experts, the vault and safe having
been reduced to a chaotic mass of wreckage by means of
nitroglycerine and other powerful explosives. The
county's loss was made good by the insurance company which
had indemnified the safe and its contents. Mr.
Guilford has for many years taken a prominent part in
the political affairs of the county, and is a leader in the
local councils of the Republican party. He is a member
of the Masonic fraternity and deeply appreciative of the
noble and time-honored organization. In 1881 Mr.
Guilford was united in marriage to Miss Florence
McConnell, daughter of A. W. McConnell, who
removed to Fulton county for Medina county, in 1870, and who
now resides in Wauseon. He served six yeas as auditor
of the county and is a well-known and honored citizen.
Mr. and Mrs. Guilford have two sons, Frank
R., who is a student in the Ohio State University, in
Columbus, and Clarence A., who is attending the
Wauseon public schools.
Source: The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton
County, Ohio -
Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association -
1905 - Page 393 |
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