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SQUIRE CARLIN, was the second
of eight children, and was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., Dec. 25,
1801. His parents came to Ohio when he was about six years
old, and located at the mouth of Huron River, in Huron County,
there being but one other white family in the county. Here
his father commenced farming, but after a residence of about a
year at this place, he removed to Michigan, near the site of the
present town of Monroe. Here he remained but a few months,
when he returned to Ohio, and located on the Maumee River, at
the present town of Maumee City. Mr. Carlin's
father being a blacksmith, he was employed by the Government to
work for the Indians.
Mr. Carlin's family remained
here, Squire working on a farm, until the war of 1812
broke out. After Hull's surrender, the family went
to Urbana for safety. They travelled through the
wilderness country of Wood, Hancock, Hardin and Logan Counties.
All the goods that Mr. Carlin was able to save in his
flight, were packed on two horses, and with these, and his wife
and four children, he made the perilous journey. When the
family passed Findley, the Fort was occupied by soldiers.
After about two years, and before the close of the war,
the elder Mr. Carlin and Squire returned to the
Maumee. When the war closed the family returned to their
old home. Mr. C. was employed about the farm, and
in 1821 was married to Sarah Wolcott. He had made
numerous trips to Findley, buying furs and stock, or whatever
was for sale, and in 1826, with his wife and oldest child,
William D., who was about four years old, he took up
his residence here permanently. When Mr. C. first
came, there was but one white family in the place.
Mr. Carlin's ancestors were Welsh, and were
always noted for strong constitutions, and great powers of
endurance, and Mr. C. himself has been a man of iron
constitution, and has endured innumerable hardships and
privations.
He followed trading with Indians, and made many
excursions to their camps in the wilderness, sleeping on the
ground, travelling in all kinds of weather, laying under the
trees in winter, obliged to shake the snow from his blankets to
prevent being entirely snowed under. Mr. Carlin
built the first frame house, and also the first brick house in
Findley, both on the lot on which he now resides. In 1826
he opened a dry goods store, and in 1828 his brother, Parlee
became connected with him. This partnership existed
between these two brothers until 1852. The firm of "S. &
P. Carlin was known all over the country.
In 1849 Mr. Carlin was carried off by the
California fever, and was one of the first who crossed the
plains to that El Dorado, and endured the hardships of that long
and severe trip equally well with the younger members of the
company. The journey occupied about six months.
After a residence of three years in California, without a day's
sickness, he returned and continued in the dry goods trade until
1852. Mr. C's wife died in 1850, whilst he was yet
in California.
Mr. Carlin was elected Treasurer of the county
in 1830, and by successive elections served eight years.
He was a voter at the first election held in the county for
county officers. Mr. Carlin was also Post Master
for nineteen years. Of an active energetic disposition he
delighted to be out doors. The brothers were for years the
proprietors of a flouring and saw mill. Mr. C.
united with the Methodist Church in 1844, and has been a member
ever since.
He has been extensively engaged in farming and
railroading since he quit the mercantile business. He has
lived here long enough to witness the rise and fall of many
business firms. He has outlived nearly all his
contemporaries, and is about the sole link between the past and
present. In 1854 Mr. C. married Mrs. D. B.
Gardner, with whom he still lives. He was the father
of thirteen children, ten by his first, and three by his last
wife. Of the first there are but two, Elliott and
Mrs. G. W. Myers, and of his second, Fred, who lives
in Findley. Dr. W. D. Carlin, son of Mr. C.,
died at Vicksburg as Surgeon of the 57th Regiment. |
Findley Twp. -
JOB CHAMBERLAIN.
Mr. Chamberlain was born in the State of Connecticut and
was married there to a Miss Deborah Root, and with her
removed to Cayuga Co., N. Y., where they lived for twenty-eight
years. They then emigrated to the west, and settled at
Lawrenceburg, Ind., where after a residence at that place of two
years, they came to Urbana, Ohio, and after a year's residence,
they in 1822, removed to this township, and settled on what is
known as Chamberlains's Hill. At that time there
were but six white families in the county, Benjamin Cox,
Wilson Vance, William Moreland, ____ Smith, John Simpson,
and George Lake, who lived at what is now Mt. Blanchard.
When Mr. Chamberlain arrived in the township,
there were no buildings on his land, and he was compelled to
unload his goods on the ground, but what few settlers were here,
assisted him in building a cabin, and such was their expedition
that Mr. Chamberlain occupied his new house on the third
day from the time the building was commenced.
Mrs. Chamberlain died on the 8th day of January,
1829, and about a year afterwards Mr. Chamberlain married
a Miss Sarah Criner, and removed about six miles west of
Findley, in Liberty township, dividing his old farm between his
two sons, Norman and Job. Mr. Chamberlain
died in 1848, and his wife in 1854. |
Union Twp. -
WILLIAM CHURCH is
the oldest of the eight children of Collis and Elizabeth
Church, and was born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New
York, Feb. 4, 1818. His father was a farmer, and
William followed until he was twenty-one years of age, at
which time he commenced learning the trade of blacksmith, and
although he is now and has been for a number of years a farmer,
he has not forgotten how to swing the sledge and weld the iron,
and does all his own smithing, besides occasionally a job of
repairing for his neighbors.
Mr. Church came to Ohio almost fifty years ago,
the family and household goods making the trip in a wagon.
On their arrival in the state, they located in the northern part
of Wayne County, near the village of Jackson. Here Mr.
C's mother died.
In 1834 the family came to the county and located on
the land on which the town of Rawson now stands. Mr.
Church came to the village of Findley and learned his trade
with David Webster.
In 1840 he married Martha J. Teatsorth, and
followed his trade for thirteen years. He then purchased
the farm in Liberty Township, known as the Burkhead farm.
After a residence here of a few years, he sold out and removed
to the farm on which he now resides in the township.
Mrs. Church died in 1873.
Mr. Church is the father of four children, three
of whom are living. He has always been a man of strict
morals, but never united with any church organization. He
owns one of the finest farms in the county, on which are very
tasteful and substantial buildings. He has always been
noted for his honesty and industry. He practices economy
without penuriousness, and hospitality without extravagance. |
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ISAAC COMER came to this
township from Fairfield County, and located on the farm now
owned by J. B. Wagner, about four miles west of Findley,
on the Benton road. Mr. Comer was one of those
large, jolly, good-natured men that we occasionally meet.
Frank in all his sayings, kind and generous in his acts,
honest and prompt in his dealings, he was universally liked, and
his death was sincerely regretted. |
Portage Twp. -
JUDGE JOHN COOPER was a native
of Fayette County, Pa., where he was born April 25, 1811.
He is the oldest son of James Cooper who came to
Pennsylvania from New York. Mr. Cooper's ancestors
on his father's side were Scotch, and on his mother's side were
Low Dutch. His father was a farmer, in which business the
Judge has been engaged all his life, and very successful has he
been. In 1812 the family came to Perry County, Ohio, and
settled near Somerset. That part of the State was but
sparsely settled, and the land which the Judge's father had
entered had to be reclaimed from the wilderness, and here the
Judge labored until 1832, when he came to this township,
bringing with him his young wife, Jane Eliza, daughter of
Daniel Cusac, whom he married in 1830. There were
but seventeen families in the township, which included Portage
and the west half of Allen, when he came here. He at once
located on the same land on which he now resides. Mr.
and Mrs. Cooper celebrated their Golden Wedding, at the
fiftieth anniversary of their wedded life, and all their
children were present.
His first neighbors in the township were John
Thompson, Robert Walters and John Howard, and they
were about the only residents of what is now Portage township.
The Judge has held important offices in the township and county.
In 1849 he was appointed one of the Associate Judges of the
county, and held that office until the adoption of the president
constitution. In 1862 he was elected County Commissioner,
and served sic years as such. He was also one of the first
Directors of the County Infirmary.
Mr. Cooper had no other educational advantages
than those furnished by a common country school. He is not
a member of any church, but in religious belief has a leaning
towards the old school Baptists. He has always been a
friend to schools and churches, and has taken an active interest
in both. He is the father of nine children, six of whom
are living. |
Union Twp. -
PHILIP CRAMER lived to a very
old age, and was the pioneer minister of the United Brethren
Church. He was a man of some ability, zealous in his
"Master's work," a good neighbor, honest in all his dealings,
and much respected by all his acquaintances. |
DANIEL CUSAC was born in Mifflin
County, Pa., in January, 1790. His parents were natives of
Ireland, and were married before leaving that country.
Mr. Cusac came to Perry County, Ohio, when quite a young
man, and there married Sarah Sellers, who died in
October, 1881, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years, having
survived her husband about fourteen years. Mr. Cusac
came to this county in 1838, and took up his residence in this
township, on the farm on which he died. He and ten
children, nine of whom are still living. John and Mrs.
Judge Cooper, two of the children, reside in Portage
township. Two of them, Capt. Isaac Cusac and
Mrs. Mulford, are in Pleasant township. The others,
William, James, Mrs. John Reed, Mrs. James Cooper and
Mrs. Robert Poe reside in Liberty township. Mr. C.
had a limited common school education, but was a man of good
strong common sense. He was a consistent member of the
Presbyterian Church for fifty years, and led an upright, honest
life, respected by all who knew him.
Unassuming and domestic in his habits, he made no
figure in public, and although his counsel and advice was sought
for, it was given with modesty and fairness, and for the best
interests of those desiring it. He died at a good old age,
loved and respected, and left to his children a good name, and
to his wife a good home. |
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