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(Source: History of Mercer County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens -
Edited and compiled by Hon. S. S.
Scranton, Celina, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Co. -
Chicago, Illinois - 1907 -
*UNLESS Otherwise Noted.)
FRANK
LUDWIG DABBELT, a prosperous farmer and well-known
citizen of Franklin township, who owns a well-improved farm
of 140 acres, which has been in the family since the
grandfather's time, was born here on April 18, 1867.
He is a son of Hubert and Rosina (Lindhaus) Dabbelt.
The grandfather of Mr. Dabbelt, Barney Dabbelt,
was born in Germany, where he was twice married.
He settled in Franklin township, Mercer County, on the farm
above mentioned, and upon it passed the rest of his life.
The children of his first marriage were: Gerhard,
Hubert and Anna, the latter of whom married
John Beauchamp, and all are now deceased. The
children of the second marriage were: Ignatz,
August and Mollie, the latter of whom is
Mrs. Henry Dorston.
Hubert Dabbelt was about 15 years of age when he
accompanied his father to Mercer County, and he remained all
his life on the home farm, where he died Jan. 5, 1906.
At St. Sebastian's Catholic Church, at Sebastian, Mercer
County, he was married to Rosina Lindhaus, who was
born in Ohio, but is of German extraction. Of her
three brothers, Henry, Barney and Joseph, the first
named is dead. Of her sisters, Mary, Elizabeth,
Caroline, Catherine and Lena, Catherine is
deceased. Mrs. Dabbelt still survives and
resides at the home of the subject of this sketch.
The children of Hubert Dabbelt and wife were:
Barney John, who married Mary Hanfelder and
resides on a farm near Montezuma; Henry, who married
Christina Heyne, and lives at Dayton; Catherine,
who married Casper Clune and is now deceased;
Frank Ludwig, of this sketch; John and
Caroline, who died young; and Aloys, who married
Agnes Schwietermann and lives on a Franklin township
farm.
Frank Ludwib Dabbelt has always followed
farming. In 1898 he purchased his present farm, which
included a comfortable, 10-room frame house and good barn.
Mr. Dabbelt has made many improvements here and has a
very valuable property. In 1892 he had experiments
made to determine whether gas existed and the conclusions
were so favorable that he had a well drilled from which gas
still issues, which is utilized for heating and lighting.
On Oct. 20, 1898, Mr. Dabbelt ws united in
marriage with Mary Schwietermann, a daughter of
Joseph
Schwietermann, a prominent citizen of Franklin
township, and they have three children, namely: Hubert,
born July 26, 1901; Alfred, born August 30, 1903; and
Ferdinand, born April 24, 1905. Both Mr.
Dabbelt and wife are members of St. Sebastian's catholic
Church at Sebastian. |
HENRY
FRED DAMMEYER, who owns a fine farm of 121 acres
situated in section 25, Franklin township, was born September
17, 1840, at New Bremen, Auglaize County, Ohio, and is a son
of Henry and Margaret (Meyer) Dammeyer.
Henry Dammeyer and his wife, both of whom
were natives of Germany, came to this country and settled in
Auglaize County, Ohio, where they purchased a farm of 40 acres
near New Bremen. Mr. Dammeyer's brother
Christopher came to America with him and died shortly
afterwards. Henry Dammeyer was the father of two
children: Sophia, who married Fred Frey;
and lives in Hillsboro, Illinois; and Henry Fred,
the subject of this sketch. Mr. Dammeyer died
near New Bremen' at the age of 62 years. After his death his
wife sold the farm and with the family moved to
Franklin-township, settling on a farm which her son, Henry
Fred Dammeyer,- bought from Morris
Kelly, where Gustav Dammeyer, our subject's
son, now lives. Mrs. Dammeyer died on the farm
in 1888 at the age of 82 years.
Henry Fred Dammeyer was reared
on his father's farm and has always devoted himself to
agricultural pursuits. After his marriage he continued to live
on the farm purchased from Morris Kelly. Finally
he sold this farm to his son Gustav, and in 1892 bought his
present farm, which was the Myles Lane farm. Mr.
Dammeyer has one of the most highly developed farms in
Franklin township; the beautiful hedge fence, on each side of
the driveway leading to the house, adds much to the
attractiveness of the place.
Mr. Dammeyer was married January 24,
1867, to Auguste Thieman, a daughter of
Harmon H. and Margaret (Stapelberg) Thieman,
natives of Germany. Upon coming to this country, Mr. and
Mrs. Thieman located at Cincinnati, Ohio, where
they remained for two years, and then moved to New Bremen.
They were the parents of four children : Frank;
Christopher; Gustav; and Auguste. Mrs.
Dammeyer was born in Germany, November 16, 1850, and
was two years old when the family came to the United States.
She was reared and educated at New Bremen, Ohio. Her father
died in 1855, and her mother, August 31, 1893. Mr.
and Mrs. Dammeyer have had 11 children,
namely: Julius, who married Rosina Tontrup,
and has three children; Gustav, who married Christina
Rump and has five children; Theodore, who
married Lora Huenke and has three children;
Edward, who died at the age of 23 years; William,
who married Ida Kammon, and has one child;
Amanda, who married Leo Huenke and has one
child; Levi; Otto; Adelia; Oscar
and Frieda. Mr. Dammeyer and his wife are
members of the Lutheran Church at New Bremen.
Portraits of Julius, Gustav and
Theodore Dammeyer and views of the residence and
barn of Henry Fred Dammeyer accompany
this sketch.
(pp. 607 & 608)( Portraits will be added on request ~ Sharon
Wick) |
E. H.
DAVIS, a representative agriculturist of Liberty
township, where he owns a farm of 65 acres in section 7, on
which he located in the fall of 1900, was born in Blackford
County, Indiana, October 21, 1866, and is a son of Hugh and
Charlotte (Robbins) Davis.
Our subject was reared on his father's farm in
Blackford County. His parents were old residents there and
their remains rest in that county. His education was obtained
in the schools of Jackson township, Blackford County, where he
engaged in farming until 1900, when he came to his present
farm in Liberty township, Mercer County. His farm consists of
95 acres, as he owns a 30-acre tract in Adams County, Indiana,
adjoining his 65 acres in Liberty township.
Mr. Davis was married (first) to Clara
Fuqua, who was born in Blackford County, Indiana. She
was survived by three children, namely: Cecil and
Esta, the latter of whom is the wife of Frederick
Kessler of Blackford County; and Clarence M.,
who died aged two months. Mr. Davis was married
(second), December 19, 1900, to Mrs. Laura
Gothrup, also of Blackford County, Indiana.
In 1903 the Darby Oil Company began operating for oil
and gas on the farm of our subject, and both oil and gas have
been found and further development will probably bring Mr.
Davis very satisfying returns. Politically Mr.
Davis is a Democrat. |
HON.
JAMES H. DAY, president of the First National Bank of
Celina, for 25 consecutive years as judge of the Common
Please and Circuit courts, in Mercer County, displayed on
the bench those qualities that an intelligent, law-abiding
community approved and has still other claims to distinction
of his native state. A surviving officer of the great
Civil War, since his retirement from military life a
prominent member of both bench and bar, he has also been a
very important factor in business and social life.
Judge Day was born Feb. 10, 1840, near Findlay, Ohio,
and is a son of Ezekiel P. and Margaret (Barr) Day.
The Day family originated in England and the
Barr family was of Scotch-Irish extraction. The
Days settled at an early date in New Jersey and the
Barrs at an equally early period in Pennsylvania.
The father of Judge Day was born in Morris county,
New Jersey, Apr. 10, 1798, and the mother, in Chester
County, Pennsylvania, July 24, 17898. Ezekiel P.
Day died October 11, 1849. He was survived many
years by his widow and by a number of his 10 children.
James H. Day was educated in the public schools
of Hancock and Van Wert counties, remaining at his books
until 16 years of age, when he went to Van Wert and two
years later entered upon the study of the law in the office
of Edson & DePuy, a reputable law firm there,
where he continued for 21 months. In 1861 he embarked
in a mercantile business at Celina, but in July of the
following year he gave up his business prospects in order to
enter the Union Army in his country's defense. HE was
commissioned major of the 99th Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., and
served with efficiency until impaired health made his
resignation necessary. After a short time in the
business field at Celina, he resumed his law studies and was
admitted to the bar on Aug. 20, 1869. His evident
ability in the profession was immediately recognized and
during the succeeding decade he was more or less prominently
identified with the important litigation engaging the
attention of the courts of Mercer County.
The qualities displayed by Judge Day in his
private practice emphasized his fitness for a position on
the bench and in Oct. 1870 he was elected judge of the Court
of Common Pleas in the First Sub-Division of the Third
Judicial District. This comprised Allen, Auglaize,
Mercer, Shelby and Van Wert counties. Judge Day
entered upon the duties of this office on Feb. 9, 1880, and
was subsequently re-elected twice, serving 13 consecutive
years. He retired from this position only to accept
one on the circuit bench, to which he was subsequently
re-elected. It did not take long for his
fellow-citizens to realize that Judge Day, in
an official position, deserved their profound respect.
He proved himself impartial, consistent, learned and
fearless and retired from judicial life with his robes
untarnished.
On June 10, 1863, Judge Day was united in
marriage with Francis O. Small, a daughter of
Richard W. and Elizabeth Small, of Celina, Ohio.
Their four daughters are: Margaret R., who
married Andrew G. Briggs, a prominent oil producer,
banker and merchant at Geneva, Indiana; Annie L., who
married John W. Loree, a prominent attorney at
Celina; Elizabeth S., who married Hon. William E.
Tou Velle, one of Celina's prominent lawyers, now
representing this district in Congress; and Frances Edna.
Judge Day is a Democrat and has been an active
member of his party. He has always advocated an
effective public school system and has served as a member of
the Celina Board of Education. Fraternally he is a
Mason. Portraits of Judge and Mrs. Day
are shown on nearby pages. (SHARON'S NOTE: They will
be displayed upon request.) |
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EDWARD
A. DIBBLE, a representative citizen of Center
Township, was born December 1, 1831, in Essex County, New
York, and is a son of Lyman and Eliza Jane (Smart)
Dibble.
Lyman Dibble was born Mar. 2, 1804, and was a son
of Levi Dibble, a native of Vermont, whose parents
had immigrated from France in the 18th century and settled
in New England. Lyman Dibble was reared and
educated in New York, but in 1837 he moved to Champaign
County, Ohio, where he engaged in farming for eight years.
He then came to Mercer County and lived for several years in
Jefferson township, and then moved to Center township, where
he purchased 80 acres of farm land from his brother Luman,
who had made the original entry. To this he added 40
acres and built a log cabin on the place, which was later
replaced by another, which was built by his son Charles,
in 1850, who still resides there. Lyman Dibble
remained on this farm until his death, which occurred July
24, 1869, at the age of 65 years. On Feb. 17, 1831, he
married Eliza Jane Smart, who was a native of
Vermont, born Feb. 7, 1813, and died Aug. 6, 1898, at the
age of 85 years. They were the parents of the
following children: Edward A.; Charles F.; Rebecca,
who married James F. Moore of Mendon; and Frances
Ann. Mr. Dibble was a life-long Democrat.
He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Mr. Dibble grew to
manhood on the home farm in Center Township, he being about
15 years old when his parents moved to Ohio. In 1862
he enlisted in Company F, 56th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., at
Celina, Ohio, and served until Aug. 4, 1863. He
participated in the battles at Port Gibson, Champion Hills
and the siege of Vicksburg, receiving no injuries In battle,
but contracting rheumatism and scurvy, from which diseases
he has suffered more or less ever since. His monthly
pension of $8 was increased there years since to $12.
Mr. Dibble was married Nov. 30, 1854, to Mary
Kumpf, a daughter of George and Catherine Kumpf.
The former was of German and the latter of French
ancestry. Mr. and Mrs. Dibble have had the
following children: Alton, who lives at home;
Annie, who resides at home; Susan Jane, who died
while her father was in the army; Levi, deceased;
George S., residing at St. Marys, who married Jane
Springer, and has four children - Hazel V., Flossie
B., Artie Belle, and Harold; Ida Belle, who
lives in Lima, Ohio; William Henry, residing at
Celina, who married Ida Belle Steel, and has three
children - Donald Steele, Glendale and Opal;
an infant, deceased, unnamed; Leroy S., an employe in
the L. E. & W. R. R. offices, at Lima, who married Ida
Mathilda Hays; and Catherine, who died aged about
eight years.
Mr. Dibble has always been an active Democrat.
He was a member of the Board of Infirmary Directors for six
years, served also as township trustee, supervisor, and
school director, and was a member of the Board of Education.
As an infirmary director, his record shows the faithfulness
of his services and the economical manner in which he
guarded the interests of the county. He is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church and was class leader for
several years. Formerly he was a member of the Neptune
Post, G. A. R., in which he filled all the offices but
quartermaster and chaplain; and when that post passed out of
existence, he joined Kiesler Post, No. 83, at St. Marys.
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