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Cass Twp. -
JOHN ECKLES, the
subject of this sketch was born in Westmoreland County, Penn.,
on the 25th day of April, 1795, and resided in that State until
1836. in 1819 Mr. Eckles married Esther Booth,
with whom he lived up to the time of her decease in 1862.
His ancestors were from Ireland. He, during his whole
active life, followed the occupation of a farmer. He is a
man of strong will and of very decided opinions, and is not
easily swerved from his purposes.
In 1836, with his wife and four sons, he emigrated to
this township. He purchased two hundred and twenty acres
of land on the ridge, between Fostoria and Van Buren,
principally of John Franks, sr. and went boldly to work
clearing up a farm, and he succeeded in making one of the very
best on the ridge. The country was new, no markets, no
roads, no neighbors scarcely, and the family endured all the
hardships incident to new settlements. Mr. E.
united with the Presbyterian Church in early life, and was one
of the first members of that church at Van Buren. He is
quite active for a man of his age, yet the weight of years is
sensibly felt by him, but his former habits, and his early
industry, enable him to now live a quiet, peaceful life, free
from toil or privations. |
Delaware Twp. -
JOSIAH ELDER,
whose parents came to this part of the county almost
simultaneously with the Lakes, after spending an honest,
active lifetime, almost, in the township, died a few yeas ago,
on the old homestead. Mr. Henry Helms, a sister of
Mr. Elder, related to me, a few yeas ago, the incidents
connected with her wedding day, in that long ago. She was
first married to William J. Greer, of this township.
She relates that her intended husband, and herself, travelled
from Delaware township to Findley on horseback - both on one
horse - through the almost trackless wilderness, where they
obtained a license, and then in the same manner went to the
residence of Joshua Hedges, a Justice of the Peace, three
miles west of Findley, where they were married, and returned to
their homes. The trip occupied three days. What do
my fair readers think of that style of wedding tour? |
GEORGE ENSMINGER entered the
land on which a part of the town of Van Buren now stands, in
1832, and in 1833 he, with John Trout, laid out the town
of Van Buren. Mr. Ensminger followed farming for a
livelihood, and was the owner of much valuable land in this
township. His descendants have all left the township.
~ Page 191 - Allen Twp. - History of Hancock County, Ohio -
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G. W. ERNEST.
Among the German element which is
so honorably associated with the history of Hancock county, none are more worthy
of mention than the gentleman whose name we here present. He comes of one of the
early pioneer families, and is himself a man of high repute in the community.
Jacob Ernest was the first of the
family to remove to Hancock county, the date being 1836. He had been a resident of Perry
county, Pennsylvania,
where he was born. In that county he
was married to Mary Moose. When he came to Hancock county he
purchased eighty acres of land, to which he subsequently added forty-five. He proceeded to clear and improve
this land, and such was his industry and the good business judgment which he
displayed in business life, that he was able to accumulate a competence before
his death. He was a good practical
farmer in his day, and was an extensive raiser of fine stock. Politically he believed in the
principles of government as taught by Jefferson,
and served his township as trustee at frequent intervals. In matters of religion he favored and
was a prominent member of the German Lutheran church. The family which he reared consisted
of nine children, three of whom are living at the present time,
G. W. Ernest, the subject of this
sketch; Charles and
E. J.
The father of the family died in 1885, and his wife in 1876.
Mr. Ernest was born Sept. 7, 1840, in
Washington
township, where he was reared. His
early education was acquired in the schools of his where he was reared. His early education was acquird
in the schools of his native township.
Like his father before him, he chose farming as an occupation, and such
was his training and his own industry that he is looked upon as one of the
leading farmers of his county. He
and his brother Charles operate a
farm of one hundred and fifteen acres jointly, besides a tract of one hundred
and sixty acres which they own in Wood county.
Mr. G. W. Ernest has never
married.
Charles, the other brother, was born in 1859, and married
Miss Ida Kelley. The
Ernests are of German descent as is
also the Moose family. They were good citizens in the early
days, and their sons continue to sustain he reputation which they enjoyed for
probity and upright conduct. They
enjoy the confidence and esteem of their fellow citizens in a high degree.
Source: Centennial Biographical History of
Hancock
County, Publ. 1903 - Page 205
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