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| HARRISON DEAL
is a native of Salt Rock Township, where he was born February 3,
1843, the son of Washington and Caroline (Green) Deal, of
German ancestry, and natives of Ohio. They came to Marion
County in 1823. Mrs. Deal died June 25, 1854; Mr. Deal
is living at the age of sixty-six years. Our subject married,
Mar. 10, 1866, Sarah Britton, born Oct. 23, 1846, and a
daughter of Benjamin G. and Susan M. (Carm) Britton, natives
of Ohio and New York respectively. These people reared three
children - William H., Sarah and Louis M. Mr. and
Mrs. Deal are the parents of six children, five living - Cora
J., born Oct. 17, 1858; Penina L., Oct. 26, 1870;
Jalmah H., Oct. 9, 1875; Geoerge W. Shira, Jan. 26, 1881,
and an infant son, James A. Garfield, born Mar. 2, 1883.
Minnie G. was born Aug. 21, 1872, and died Nov. 17, 1872.
Mr. D. commenced life with nothing, but has 70 acres of
valuable land. He is a good farmer and a sound Republican. ~ Page 831 - Source #1: History of Marion County, Ohio - 1883 |
| HENRY DEAL, one of
the oldest pioneers of Grand Township, was born in Frederick County,
Va., Oct. 20, 1806. In 1809, his parents, George and
Catherine (Hott) Deal, removed to Ohio, and settled in Harrison
Township, Pickaway County, where they resided till April, 1823, when
they came to Marion County, and located in Salt Rock Township.
Mr. Deal entered 260 acres, paying the Government price $1,25
per acre. He died in June, 1851, aged seventy-two. He
was a Lieutenant of Capt. Hugh Creighton's company in the
late war with Great Britain. His father, Coonrad Deal,
came from Prussia, and was pressed in the service of the Revolution
on the British side. He served a short time and escaped to the
American side. Mrs. Deal, our subject's mother, died in
August, 1851. Of nine children born to George and Catharine
Deal, three are living; of these our subject is the eldest.
He was reared to manhood on a farm, and has always followed that
avocation. In 1828-29 he entered eighty acres, his present
farm in Grand Township. He cleared a site and erected a log
house 16x18 feet in size, which he occupied about twenty years, then
erected his present residence. Mr. Deal has cleared and
improved all but ten acres of his farm, and has aided in making many
of the first roads in the township, and building its first
schoolhouse. In 1831, he was married to Miss Elizabeth
Seaburn, a daughter of William Seaburn. She died in
1837, leaving three children; of these two are living - George
and William. George resides in Missouri, and William
is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a member of
the Central Ohio Conference. Mr. Deal again married in
October, 1837. This time to Miss Mary Wolf daughter of
Frederick Wolf. Mrs. Deal departed this life in
September, 1872. Mr. Deal adopted a child, Elijah
Kennedy and raised and educated him. He now has charge of
Mr. Deal's farm. Mr. Deal is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He owns the land he entered over
fifty years ago, and is one of the oldest pioneers of northern
Marion County. ~ Page 762 - Source #1: History of Marion County, Ohio - 1883 |
| JAMES
W. DEVORE, M. D., was for years one of the well known
medical practitioners of Marion County. At the time of his
death he owned seen hundred acres of valuable land, and in his home
farm there were four hundred acres alone. His widow is now
living there, surrounded by comforts which his care provided.
For upwards of forty years he continued in active practice in this
locality, and though he commenced life in poor circumstances he
amassed a fortune through earnest and persistent effort. He
was a member of the Masonic order, a friend to education and to all
public improvements. In 1869 he was elected on the Democratic
ticket to the State Legislature, and served for four years. He
also held township offices, and was Treasurer for one term. He
was called to his last reward May 25, 1890, and was buried in
Claridon Cemetery. The paternal grandfather of the Doctor was Porter DeVore, who was of French descent. His son, Cornelius, father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, and on reaching man's estate married Mary Porter, who born him six children. Sarah, who died in 1884, was the wife of George Hosinger; Jacob departed this life in 1874; Samuel is a resident of Galion; Daniel died in childhood; and Nancy died in 1892. Dr. Devore was born in Knox County, Ohio, near the village of Mt. Vernon, May 25, 1827, and was reared on a farm. When he was a lad of ten years his parents removed to Morrow County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. When fifteen years of age he began learning the potter's trade, at which he was employed for a year. He then continued his studies for about two years, after which he took up medicine under the instruction of Drs. McWright and Geller, at Mt. Gilead. Going to Cincinnati, the young man took a two years course at the Eclectic Medical College, from which institution he graduated in 1850. Not long afterward he settled in this township, where he practiced the remainder of his life and met with success in every way. He settled on and improved a tract of wild land, which is now one of the finest farms in the county. April 10, 1850, Dr. Devore married Alice M., daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth (Kimball) Martin. Mrs. Devore was born in the Keystone State, Oct. 27, 831. Her eldest child, Minnie J., was married, Nov. 18, 1874, to Melvin Aye, and has two children: Lillie, born Nov. 17, 1876, and Gertrude L., July 10, 883. Mr. Aye owns a farm, but resides in Marion. Julia, a second daughter, died in 1856. Floy L. is matron in the Girls' Industrial Home School of Delaware, Ohio. Martha E. and Minerva V. live at home; and Mary E., the youngest, married, Oct. 24, 1894, to George E. Hailey, an attorney-at-law of Chicago. The family have long been numbered among the most honored and respected ones of the township, where they have hosts of friends. order, a friend to education and to all public improvements. In 1869 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the State Legislature, and served for four years. He also held township offices, and was Treasurer for one term. He was called to his last reward May 25, 1890, and was buried in Claridon Cemetery. |
| DANIEL
S. DRAKE, who was born Dec. 12, 1805, in Orange County, N.
Y., married, for his first wife, Margaret Tindle, who died in
1833-34, leaving one daughter - Evaline, wife of O. E.
Richardson, of Morrow County, Ohio. For his second wife,
he married Clarissa Wilcox, of Waldo Township, in March,
1836. She was born Sept. 13, 1817. Their children were
Daniel W., Margaret (wife of Robert Douglas),
Francis M., William S. (dentist in Marion), John M.,
Charles H., Annetta, Thomas E., May R. (wife of W. Coonse),
Carrie, Iza and Olive. ~ Page 1008 - Source #1: History of Marion County, Ohio - 1883 |
| FRANCIS
M. DRAKE is the second son of Daniel S. and Clarissa Drake,
and was born on the old homestead, Jan. 31, 1842. There he was
reared and was educated at the common schools of his native place.
When nineteen years of age, he rented part of his father's farm,
which his grandfather had owned. This he farmed for two years,
when he bought ninety acres from his father in Pleasant Township
known as the "George Rupp Farm," and lived on it two years.
This property he traded for "Zeig Farm" of 100 acres in the
same township; here he resided also for two years. Selling the
latter farm in 1866, he moved to Cass County, Mo., and became
engaged in various business for about a year, when he returned to
Waldo. Here he dealt in stock for a period of about twelve
years, shipping largely to the Eastern markets. In June, 1867,
he bought the Lewallan farm in Waldo Township, containing
nearly 200 acres, and here he resided till April, 1877, when
he traded the farm for the Waldo Mills, which he has since been
operating. Our subject was married Dec. 10, 1861, to Miss
Minerva J., only daughter of David and Elizabeth Curren.
She was born in Waldo Township, April 26, 1844. To this
union have been born three children, viz., Clara Maud, born
April 7, 1864; Dennis David, born June 2, 1868; and Zepha
Francis, born Oct. 23, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Drake had
the misfortune to lose their home by fire in November, 1880, but in
the following year they rebuilt, erecting a two-story frame house,
at an expense of $1,000. Mrs. Drake is the owner of the
mill property and twelve acres of land. When an infant, Mr.
Drake was dubbed "Captain" by Captain Dowdy, an old
Indian, who frequently nourished him when paying visits to his
father's house. ~ Page 1019 - Source #1: History of Marion County, Ohio - 1883 |
| CAPT. WILLIAM S.
DRAKE, from Orange County, N. Y., settled near the
Brundiges in Oct., 1807. His parents, as well as those of
his wife. Rebecca, came from Liverpool, England, in
1768, settling in Orange County. His father, John, wife a
Captain through the Revolutionary war, and died near Poughkeepsie,
N. Y., at an advanced age. On his arrival here, Capt. W. S.
Drake entered 109 acres, and in 1809 he purchased a whole
section, 640 acres, north of Waldo. He served six months as
Captain in the war of 1812, and also, until its close, Indian Agent
under Gen. Harrison. From 1815 to 1838, he was a mail
route agent. He owned a number of routes in Northern Ohio,
that from Columbus to Sandusky being one of them; was associated
with Judge Hinton and Mr. Neil, of Columbus. He
withdrew before Judge Hinton was detected in his squandering.
He also dealt extensively in cattle, purchasing them near Detroit
and driving to Eastern markets. He was Associate Judge on the
bench of his district four years. He died Sept. 1, 1851, and
his wife survived him until Aug. 30, 1856. They were members
of the regular Baptist Church. Of their fourteen children,
only two are now living, namely, Rebecca A., widow of
Benjamin Welch, and Harriet, a widow, residing in
Clinton, Ill. The deceased is Reuben; Rirar, who raised a crop of corn at Lower Sandusky, the site of what is now Fremont, for Maj. Butler, of Delaware, and on his return, near Upper Sandusky, was shot by hostile Wyandots for his money, being instantly killed, at the age of twenty-three; Mary, who married Jud Moses, and died in Delaware, aged forty-five; Phebe, who married Judge Brundige, and also died in Delaware aged forty-five; Clarissa, who married Adam Welch, and died in Clinton, Ill., in 1881, aged over eighty; Eliza, who died at the age of eighteen; John, who died in childhood; Abba, wife of James Coldom, and died in Delaware County; Daniel S., who died Dec. 30, 1881, an old resident in this county, and William W., who died in 1850 near Upper Sandusky, aged forty-three. While Capt. Drake was in the military service, eight or ten drunken Indians came to his house one day, and demanded that one of his sons, a young boy, should drum for them, which he refused to do, because it was Sunday and it would raise the neighbors. They seized him and set him in the center of the room and began a war dance. They hopped and skipped and yelled, flourishing their tomahawks and scalping-knives around his head, and once or twice seized his hair as if they intended to scalp him! Mr. Drake hurried the other children to the woods, there being snow on the ground, fearing they would all be killed, after which she got a hand-spike, or wooden poker, from the fireplace and ordered the Indians to leave. They left the house, and she then blew the dinner-horn to alarm the neighborhood, which served to increase the fears of the children, who hastened to the nearest cabin and related what was occurring. Two men with guns then hastened to the rescue, but on their arrival were happy to learn that the Indians had fled and no one injured. ~ Page 1007 - Source #1: History of Marion County, Ohio - 1883 - Waldo Township |
| DR. WILLIAM S.
DRAKE was born on the homestead in Waldo Township Jan. 8,
1844, and is a son of Daniel S. Drake. He was educated
in the schools of Marion and Delaware and studied dentristry with
Dunn & Emmons. In 1863, he went to Springfield, Ohio,
practicing his profession one year, when he located in Marion,
continuing to reside here since. He commands a good trade.
July 10, 1864, he enlisted in his country's defense in Company I,
One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
He served in the Twenty-third Army Corps. He fought at
Overhall's Creek, battle of the Cedars, Kenston, and in many minor
battles. He became Sergeant, and was discharged July 13, 1865,
at Charlotte, N. C. Returning, he resumed his profession.
Nov. 14, 1865, he was married to Miss Maria E. Guthrie,
daughter of John and Catherine Guthrie; she was born in
Shippensburg, Penn., Mar. 2,1843. They have four children -
Claudius S., Charles E., Raleigh and Frederick W.
They are members of the M. E. and Baptist Churches respectively, and
he of the K. of P. ~ Page 575 - Source #1: History of Marion County, Ohio - 1883 - Marion Township |
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