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| CHRISTIAN ABEL, carriage and buggy manufacturer, Prospect Village, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, April 29, 1843. His parents' names were George and Gottlieben (Fiegle) Abel; the father is deceased, and the mother is still living in Germany. October 1, 1865, our subject arrived at the porot of New York, then being twenty-two years of age. He immediately came to Ohio and commenced learning the blacksmith's trade with Jacob Smelzer, one mile southwest of Marion, with whom he remained three and one-half yeas, when he when PAGE 910 |
| BENJAMIN C. ADAMS. Abraham Adams, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was probably a native of England. He afterward lived in Luzerne County, Penn., and came with his family in Ohio in 1807 or 1808, locating on a farm in Harlan Township, Delaware County, where he and his wife both died. The father of Benjamin C. Adams was Elijah Adams, was born Jan. 2, 1778, in Luzerne County, Penn. He was married in Pennsylvania to Nancy Carey, daughter of Comfort Carey, and came to Ohio in the fall of 1810, bringing his wife and family of three children, as follows: Mercy Ann, born Oct. 5, 1804; Simeon, born September 3, 1806, and died aged fourteen years, and Julia Ann, born March 4, 1809. They came to Harlan Township, Delaware County, during the winter of 1810-11. Elijah Adams bought a farm of 200 acres in Radnor Township, two and a half miles south of what is now Prospect Village. During this winter, he also built a log house on this land, 18x20 feet in size; and in March, 1811, moved into it with his family. They had the following children born on this place - Benjamin C., June 24, 1811; Abraham, March 4, 1814; Susannah, May 22, 1816; Eli, Jr., March 19, 1818; Margaret, April 19, 1820; John, March 13, 1822, died aged thirty-five years; Hosea, February 19, 1824, and died aged seven years; James G., May 7, 1826. Eight of their children lived to have families. Elijah Adams was a Justice of the Peace for thirty years, besides serving in nearly all the offices of the township. In politics, he was a Whig, and afterward a Republican. He was a stanch member of the Methodist Church, and was a firm friend and supporter of the cause of education in the pioneer schools. He taught school for several winters in this township. His wife died in1834 or 1835, and he was married again to Mary Landon, by whom he had one child; she also died before him. Elijah Adams died May 4, 1873. Benjamin C. Adams was born in the pioneer home of his father, two and a half miles south of Prospect Village, June 24, 1811, as will be seen, only three months after his parents had moved into their log house, then located in a perfect wilderness. Here he passed his early years, assisting on the farm and also becoming an adept, when a boy, in hunting all the wild animals then abounding in the forest. The taste for hunting while a boy still adheres to him in his advanced years, and now, when making visits to his married child in distant Dakota, he invariably takes his hunting tackle, and there, in the western wilds, with his grandson, re-enacts the scenes of his boyhood pioneer days. He learned the carpenter's and blacksmith's trades when a young man; the latter business he followed in Prospect Village for seven years; at this place he was also engaged in the mercantile business for several years. Mr. Adams was married, September 24, 1833, to Nancy Wolfley, a daughter of Ludwig and Mary Wolfley, and they had two children - Mary who grew up to womanhood and was married to Aden Fields, and died leaving one child - Newton Fields - who married, and is still living. B. C. Adams' wife died September 12, 1836, and September 12, 1842, he was married to Rachel Waters, a daughter of Samuel B. and Mary (Adams) Waters. The children by this marriage that lived to grow up were these: Spencer G., born August 7, 1844, married Nancy Williams and lives in Dell Rapids, Dak., where he acts as a Gospel minister in the missionary work, and Ida F., born December 6, 1858, married George M. Curtis, and lives in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Ohio. Benjamin C. Adams' second wife died September 27, 1864, and April 25, 1867, he married Catharine E. Williams, a daughter of John T. and Kittie E. Williams; no children by this marriage. Mr. Adams commenced the battle of life in his young manhood with little of this world's goods. With his axe and hands he started even-handed with fortune, and has, by a career of industry and straightforward, honest conduct through life, been successful in not only acquiring a comfortable competence, but also in earning and holding the respect and confidence of all who know him. Besides being engaged in blacksmithing, merchandising, carpentering, etc., at different times, he was for twenty-one years of his life actively engaged in farming; He has now retired from business. HE is a stockholder in the Prospect Bank, and occupies himself in looking after his invested interests of different kinds. He has been a member of the Methodist Church for over forty years, serving during that time in nearly all the official positions of the church and Sunday school. In politics, he is a Republican. Mr. Adams has probably resided longer in Prospect Township than any person now living within its borders, and interesting reminiscences from his pen will be found elsewhere. |
| JACOB ALMENDINGER, (Prospect Twp), farmer was born in Waldo Township, June 15, 1841?, and is a son of David and Louisa C. Almendinger. Mr. Almendinger has lived on a farm all his life, with the exception of one year that he spent at carpentering. He bought the farm of eighty acres on which he resides in 1878. He was married in 1864 to Lydia Book, and they ahve had four children - Louisa C., Mary A., John W., and Clara. His wife died in 1875, and he married Tabitha Johnson, and by this marriage three are three children, namely, Jesse B., William D. and an infant. Mr. Almendinger lives in the north part of Prospect Township, and is one of the substantial farmers of this vicinity. |
| JOHN A. AULT
was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, Sept. 20, 1810, the eldest of nine
children, remaining with his parents till he was twenty-four years
of age, and giving them his wages. June 15, 1836, he married
Miss Leah Nace, daughter of Peter and
Elizabeth Nace, of Pennsylvania, and of their six children
since born, four are still living, namely: George W.,
soldier in the late war; Lucinda, wife of George Plotner;
Jerome; and Melinda, wife of
Augustus Askine. In 1837, Mr. Ault
bought eight acres of land in Belmont County, but sold that in 1843
and bought fifty acres where he now resides; his home at present
comprises seventy acres; has owned at one time 300 acres, and was
worth $20,000. He has been a hard worker, having cleared 100
acres of land, and in a single day has split 256 rails from the
stump, cradled five acres of oats, and often 100 dozen of grain.
He is still a stout man. His wife died at the age of
seventy-five. Mr. Ault's father, John
Ault, was a native of New York, and a soldier in the war of
1812, with Gen. Harrison. His mother,
Eve Ault, was a native of Washington County, Penn.
His parents moved to this State in 1806. Source #1: History of Marion County, Ohio - 1883 - Page 993 - Tully Twp. |
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