C. E.
SCHLEGEL, merchant, Benton, Ohio, was born at New Bedford,
Coshocton Co., Ohio, July 11, 1853, son of August and Christina
(Maurer) Schlegel, natives of Germany, who immigrated to America
about 1849 and located at New Bedford. The father was a
stonemason by trade, and worked at it for some years after coming to
this country, but they are now engaged in farming.
Our subject received good schooling, and in turn began
to teach, an occupation he followed for some time. In 1873 he
engaged as clerk in mercantile business at Benton, and in 1877 he
purchased the business of his employer, being now one of the leading
merchants of the eastern part of the county. In 1876 he was
united in marriage with Miss Ellen, daughter of Joseph
McCulloch, of Berlin Township, and they have one child,
Bertha. Mr. Schlegel is a supporter of the principles of
the Democratic party, and has served his township as trustee.
He was appointed post master at Benton in 1877, and served until
1880; was again appointed in 1885, and is still serving in that
capacity, He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church. |
| JOHN
SCHONAUER was born in Switzerland, April 19, 1828, son of
John and Magdaline (Saltsman) Schonauer. HE was educated
for a teacher in the State Seminary of Switzerland, and engaged in
school teaching for a number of years. In 1851 he was united
in marriage with Miss Ann Schupbach, a native of Switzerland,
and in 1852 they immigrated to America, coming direct to Homes
County, Ohio, where they first were located in Salt Creek Township,
near Middletown. Here Mr. Schonauer started in life
single-handed, and for two years found work as a day laborer.
In 1855 he purchased forty acres of his present farm, and by hard
labor, industry and good management has accumulated a farm of 240
acres of land, well improved and stocked. Their family
consists of seven children: Mary, wife of Christian Beller,
of Killbuck Township; John Adolph, residing in Indiana;
Henry, in Coshocton County, married to Rachel Crosky; Lena,
wife of David McKelvy in Killbuck Township; Edward,
living on the homestead, married to Ella Brink; Albert and
Emma, living at home. |
DAVID T.
SIMPSON, Sr. The ancient family homestead was located
at and included the land where the city of Lewistown, Penn., now
stands, 3,000 acres of land having been acquired partly by purchase
and partly for service in the Revolutionary War by Matthew
Simpson, father of George N. Simpson and grandfather of
David T. Simpson, Sr. After the close of the Revolutionary
War, Matthew Simpson constructed and built on the land three
iron furnaces about fifty feet square, which were perhaps the first
constructed in the State, and there fostered and developed in its
infancy what is now the great iron industry of the State of
Pennsylvania.
David T. Simpson, Sr., was born at Bloomfield,
Perry Co., Penn., Jan. 11, 1833. A short time afterward his
father, George N. Simpson, moved to Buffalo, Penn., and
afterward to Hallifax and then to Hollidaysburg, where David T.
Simpson, Sr., lived and assisted his father in the
cabinet-making and furniture businesses till he was about
twenty-three years of age, at which time, about the spring of 1856,
he was married to Miss Sarah A. Wachob. In
March, 1858, he moved to Millersburgh, Ohio, where he engaged in the
furniture business from 1858 till about 1874, during the summer
season from 1874 till 1880 he was engaged in the painting business,
and during the winter season was occupied principally in buying
hides and pelts and shipping them. From 1880 till the present
time he has been unable to perform any work or carry on any
business, and for the past two years has been suffering from a
stroke of paralysis. During the period from 1858 to 1889 he
has been prominently identified and in sympathy with all movements
for the improvement of the town and the good of the general public.
He was appointed by President Grant
United States Revenue Collector and Gauger, and acted as such for
two years. In 1862 he enlsited for three years as a private in
the War of the Rebellion; re-enlisted in March, 1863, was appointed
sergeant-major, and was discharged at Cleveland, Ohio, in September,
1864, at the close of the war.
He is the father of six children, the eldest of whom,
Ida, is married to James A. Uhl, farmer, and lives about
two miles southwest of Millersburgh; George N. received a
liberal education, and graduated from the medical department of
Wooster University at Cleveland, Ohio, in June, 1888, and is now
associated with Dr. Lashell, at Meadville, Penn., in the
practice of medicine, their practice paying at present-about $14,000
per annum (he is a stanch and uncompromising Republican in politics,
and is a member of the Methodist Church; he is now about twenty-nine
years of age); Elizabeth B. was married to George
Fitzgerald, a farmer, and lives about two miles southeast of
Millersburgh, now aged twenty-eight years;
DAVID T., Jr., received a liberal education, and read
law with Daniel S. Ulh (deceased) of Millersburgh (was
admitted, and at once engaged in the practice of law, with his
office over the Commercial Bank, where he has taken and maintains a
prominent place among the efficient and successful members of the
legal bar of this county; he is now twenty-six years of age.); the
two younger children - William W. and Juaniata - are
still attending school. As a family they are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics are stanch and
uncompromising Republicans |
SAMUEL
BEATTY STERLING, a prominent farmer and a native of Holmes
County, was born September 20, 1831. His father, James
Sterling, was a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., and in
1821 became identified with Wayne (now Holmes) County, Ohio, buying
130 acres of land, all of which was timber. He lived to see
the most of his land under cultivation and became one of the
prominent, well-to-do farmers of the county. In addition to
his farm in Holmes County he owned considerable land in Indiana, on
Eel River. When he settled in Holmes County the country was
infested with wild animals, and he has many hardships to undergo,
and many difficulties to overcome. He married a Miss Beatty,
and they had a family of seven children: Sarah, now
Mrs. Starrett, in Fredericksburgh, born July 14, 1821;
William, born November 18, 1822; Robert, born May 7,
1824; Jane, born March 16, 1826; John B., born April 23,
1828, in Whitley County, Ind.; Samuel B., born September 20,
1831; George, born June 1, 1837. Of these three,
Sarah, John B. and Samuel B., are now living. The
father died at the age of fifty-nine years, the result of an
accident, and the mother at the age of seventy-three years.
Samuel B. Sterling remained with his parents
until his marriage, when he located on a farm and began life for
himself. In 1861 he bought the farm of 130 acres where he now
lives, which was the property of his father-in-law. He is one
of the best known farmers of the township, and is a leading and
public spirited citizen. He was married February 4, 1858, to
Miss Rachel, daughter of Thomas McConkey, an early
settler of Ohio, at one time owning the property which is now the
site of the village of Shreve. To Mr. and Mrs. Sterling
were born three children, two of whom - James Elmer and
Thomas McConkey - are living; Marven E. is deceased.
Mrs. Sterling died March 12, 1884, aged fifty-five years.
Mr. Sterling is a member of the Disciples Church; in politics
he is a Democrat. |
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