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| WILLIAM H.
ECKLER, farmer; P. O. Shaucks; ranks among the successful
farmers of Morrow county; he was born Sept. 22, 1815, in
Maryland, a native State of his father, John Eckler, a
farmer, who served in the war of 1812, and died when William
was an infant. The mother, Margaret Eckler, was
left with a large family, and William passed his early
years with different families, most of the time with his
godmother. He was apprenticed to a carpenter, but his
trade proving distasteful to him, on reaching his majority, he
abandoned it for the more congenial pursuit of farming. He
soon emigrated to this State, and has since lived in what is now
Morrow county. By industry and good management, he has
secured a good farm, on which he expects to pass the rest of his
life in comfort and peace. He has been Treasurer of his
township several terms, performing his duties with satisfaction
to the public. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, in
which belief he was raised. Mr. Eckler was married
Jan. 21, 1842, to Sarah, daughter of Stephen and Mary
Barhan; her parents were among the first settlers in the
county, and endured the privations that usually fell to early
emigrants. By this marriage three children were born, of
which the eldest dying in infancy - Mary J. born Nov. 30,
1853, and Emma A. March 19, 1859. |
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Harmony Twp. –
G. M. ELLIOTT, farmer; P. O., Cardington; was born Dec. 28, 1815, in
Pennsylvania. His
father, James, and his mother, Jane Elliott, were born
in Ireland, and came to
Ohio
when quite young. They came to Knox
Co. in 1830, where they died – the father, Oct. 16, 1840, and the mother, 1865. They had seven children –
Hugh, Nancy, James, G. M., John, Samuel
and Patrick; his parents were
Presbyterians. While on their way to
this country, they became scarce of water to drink, on the ocean, and had to
hold out sheets while it was raining, and would then wring them, and would drink
the water thus extracted.
Mr. Elliott took advantage of the
limited opportunities for getting an education, by diligent work at the
fireside. He was married in 1849, to
Mary Harrod, born Sept. 4, 1819, by
whom he had five children – James M.,
deceased; Judson, deceased;
Jane E., married George Nuterman, Wayne Co., Ind.;
Samuel, deceased. In 1850 they came to their present
farm of eighty-nine acres, and have improved the same. He has been Township Treasurer for
twelve years, and Trustee a number of years.
He makes a specialty of Spanish sheep.
They attend the Disciple Church; he
takes a deep interest in any worthy county enterprise.
Source #1: History of Morrow County and Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880 - Page 706
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