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Source: History of Marion County, Ohio - 1883
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| WILLIAM C. RAPP, a
prominent and successful business man of Marion, is the proprietor
of a large harness and saddlery establishment, which he has
conducted for several years. He is a man of great ability, and
for two years was Fire Marshal, and for four years was City Marshal,
of Marion. Mr. Rapp was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, July 21, 1844, and is the son of Jacob Rapp, a well-to-do farmer of the Fatherland. He set sail for America with his family in 1852, and after landing on American shores continued his westward journey until Marion County, this state, was reached. Here he located on a farm not far from this city, but before they could become fully acquainted with their new surroundings they were both seized with the cholera and died. This was in 1854, just two years after leaving their native land. They left at their deceased nine children, all of whom attained mature years, but at the present writing only three are living. George D. served as a soldier in the Civil War, in the Fourth Ohio Regiment, and was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg; Frederick, who was also a soldier at that time, fought in the Eighty-second Ohio Infantry, and on his return from the battlefield located in Indiana, where he died in 1874. After the death of his parents our subject was cared for by Samuel Snyder, a farmer in the locality of their home, who was very kind to him and gave him every advantage for securing a common-school education. He was a member of his household on the outbreak of the late war, and, being fired with the spirit of patriotism, enlisted, in August, 1862, joining Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Infantry. His regiment was ordered to the front and young Rapp did valiant service in the battles of Perryville, Franklin, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and also in those of the Atlanta campaign. When on the charge at Kenesaw Mountain he was wounded in the left arm, thus rendering him unfit for further active service. He was sent to the hospital at Nashville, from there to Columbus, and later to Cleveland, where he was honorably discharged, May 25, 1865. After his experience in the army our subject went on a farm near Marion, where he remained until the spring of 1869. Being at that time fully recovered from the effects of life on the battlefield, he returned to the city, anxious once more to engage in business for himself. That year he opened up a grocery, which he operated successfully for eight years, at the expiration of which time he disposed of his business, being appointed driver of the fire engine. He was the incumbent of this position for two years, and the following four years was City Marshal. Refusing at the end of that time to be an office-holder any longer, he established himself in the business in which he is now engaged, dealing in saddlery, harness, trunks, etc. Mr. Rapp was married, in 1871, to Miss Clara Idleman. She died three years later, leaving a son, Orlando, who is now a student in the Hillsdale (Mich.) College. In May, 1883, our subject chose for his second companion Mrs. Ida. M. Walters, of Marion. By her first marriage she had two children, Claud C. and Bertha B. Mr. Rapp is very prominent in the various social orders of the city, being Past Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias and Past Commander of the Grand Army Post, and as an Odd Fellow is influential in his lodge. He is a strong Republican in politics and upholds the principles of his party on every occasion. His family occupy a beautiful home in the best portion of the city, by whose residents they are held in high esteem. |
| MRS.
CATHERINE (RISER) ROSTON was born Mar. 16, 1822, in
Wurtemberg, Germany; when aged six yeasr she was brought to America,
settling at Zoar, Ohio, then at Lexington, Ohio, but in 1841 came to
Marion County, locating near the "Canaan Church" in Tully Township.
Our subject worked by day or week until about thirty years old, when
she married James Roston; they lived until 1873 in
Morrow County, Ohio. She at present owns her farm of forty
acres, and ahs acquired a good source of income. She has been
a faithful member of the Free Will Baptist Church. He owns
twenty acres of good land adjoining his mother's. Source #1: History of Marion County, Ohio - 1883 - Page 1002 - Tully Twp. |
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