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WILLIAM
A. FERGUSON, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O., Shaucks; the
youngest and only surviving member of a family of seven
children, was born July 30, 1858, in Morrow Co., Ohio. His
father, William R. Ferguson, familiarly known as "'Squire
Ferguson," was born and raised in Cumberland Co., Pa.,
and his mother, Mary M. (Morrow) Ferguson, was born and
raised in Franklin Co., Pa. His father was a farmer, and
came to this State in 1845, settling on the farm on which his
son now lives; this he cleared and improved as fast as possible,
and for some time before his death, was one of the leading men
in the county, being a successful wool-grower and dealer; he
died in the spring of 1874. William received a good
education, and when 18, commenced traveling; he visited various
places in the East, and went through the Western States and
territories to recuperate his failing health. e taught music for
some time in Utah and returned to his native State,
substantially benefited by his travels. He was married
Sept. 9, 1879, to Emma J., daughter of Henry L. and
Leah Shauck, who was born Jan. 6, 1860, in Richland Co.
He owns a large farm, good buildings and improvements, and has
as fine grades of sheep as can be found in the county. He
has so far been identified with the Republican party. |
FINLEY H. FLICKINGER -
Whether the elements of success i life are innate attributes of
the individual or whether they are quickened by a process of
circumstantial development, it is impossible clearly to determine.
Yet the study of a successful life is none the less profitable by
reason of the existence of this uncertainty, and in the majority
of cases it is found that exceptional ability, amounting to
genius, perhaps, was the real secret of the pre-eminence which
many envied. So it appears to the student of human nature
who seeks to trace the history of the rise of Finley H.
Flickinger, a typical American of the best class.
As superintendent of the Cardington schools Mr. Flickinger
has been identified with education interests in this
section of the state for twenty-five years and his labors have
been effective in raising the standard of the schools until the
educational system is one of which every citizen of the locality
ahs reason to be proud.
Professor
Finley H. Flickinger was born in Crawford county, Ohio,
on the 13th of September, 1867, and is a son of John and
Amanda (Fralick) Flickinger, both of whom were native of
Ohio. The father was long engaged in farming in Crawford
county, where he was respected and honored as one of the most
influential citizens in the community. He was summoned to
the life eternal in 1890 and his wife is living in Crawford
county, Ohio. Finley H. was the first in
order of birth in a family of eight children and he was afforded
the advantages of the public schools of his native county, being
graduated in the New Washington high school in 1887. He was
matriculated in the Ohio Northern University, in 1884, in which
excellent institution he was graduated as a member of the class of
1905, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He has a life
certificate for teaching in the common schools and also in the
high school, having received the former in 1900 and the latter in
1906. The high school certificate was received by
examination. Profesor
Flickinger has been identified with the pedagogic
profession in the Buckeye state for the past twenty-five years; he
served as principal at Iberia for six years and in 1903 came to
Cardington, where he has since been incumbent of the office of
superinten Cardington, where he has since been incumbent of the
office of superintendent of schools. For eleven years he was
a member of the board of school examiners. He is a man of
fine natural intelligence and broad humanitarian principles and he
has ever contributed his quota to the progress and development of
this section of the state.
In 1889 was
celebrated the marriage of Professor Flickinger
to Miss Ellen Wagner, of Crawford county, where
she was born in 1868. She was educated in the common schools
of the county and was graduated in the high school at New
Washington, after which she became a popular and successful
teacher in the schools of Crawford county, being thus engaged for
three years prior to her marriage. To this union have been born
three children, Karl, Eilene and Lucile.
Karl was graduated in the Cardington high school and in
Bliss College at Columbus, Ohio. He is now bookkeeper for
the Cleveland Wholesale Provision Company, with headquarters at
Cleveland. Eilene was graduated in the
local high school and remains at the parental home and Lucile is a
student in the high school, being a member of the class of 1912.
Professor Flickinger is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church, as is also his wife, and he is a teacher in the
Sunday school, of which he is also assistant superintendent.
His interest in political questions is deep and sincere and he
gives an earnest support to Democratic principles, believing that
the platform of the party contains the best elements of good
government. In a fraternal way he is affiliated with
Cardington Lodge, No. 427, Knights of Pythias, in which he is past
chancellor. He is also a valued and appreciative member of
Cardington Lodge, No. 384, Free and Accepted Masons and of
Cardington Chapter, No. 163, Royal Arch Masons. In connection with
his chosen profession he is a member of the County Institute State
Teachers' Association.
Source:
History
of
Morrow
County,
Ohio: By
Abraham J. Baughman, Robert Franklin Bartlett - Publ. The Lewis
publishing company,
1911
- Page 490 |
Harmony Twp. -
JACOB FOGLE, farmer; P. O.., Chesterville; was
born Aug. 2, 1832, on the farm where he now lives; his father,
George, was born in Kentucky, and
mother, Mary Sellers, in Maryland;
they were married in Muskingum Co., Ohio, and came to Harmony Tp. In 1832, and
made their settlement on the farm where the subject now lives, and improved 123
acres; they had two children- John and
Jacob. The mother died Jan. 26,
1877, and the father in October, 1868.
Jacob attended school some,
and worked on his father’s farm, early learning the principles of farm labor; he
was married Jan. 5, 1853, by Rev.
Zachariah Thomas, to Mary,
daughter, of Joseph and Matilda (Burns)
Morris; her father was born in Wales, and came to Chester Tp., this county,
when a mere boy; her mother was a native of Columbiana Co., and also emigrated
here when young.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris had three children that grew up –
Mary A., Zelpha and
David (deceased).
Mrs. Fogle was born Aug. 15, 1835, in
this county; they settled at their marriage on the old homestead of his father,
where he has since remained; his wife inherited 76 acres, and he 123 acres, all
well improved, on which he makes a specialty of stock-raising, in which he is
successful. His marriage blessed him
with several children – William, born
June 29, 1855, and married Ettie Powell;
Alice, born Sept. 10, 1857, married
Charles E. Frits; Charles P., born April 13, 1859; bFred L., born Nov. 6, 1861; Morris, born June 13, 1865;
infant, Aug. 12, 1863, died Nov. 28, 1863; George A., born Jan. 4, 1870. Mr. Fogle hired a substitute
volunteer for the war, and also paid a portion of the amount to clear the
township draft; he is now serving his fourth term as Township Trustee, and has
been identified with the Democratic party, and has represented that body as
Delegate to County and Stae Conventions; he takes deep interest in any township
or county enterprise.
Source #1: History of Morrow County and Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880 - Page 706 |
EDWIN
FOUST came to his present farm of forty-eight acres, on
section 19 in Jefferson Township, in 1870. Upon the theory of
Horace Greeley, that a moderate amount of land well cultivated is
more desirable than a large extent partially neglected, he has
labored with most excellent results. In addition to the raising of
the cereals and vegetables for his household use he has given
considerable attention to the breeding of live stock, and has been
finely prospered, besides having one of the neatest and most
attractive homesteads in the township. As a member of the
community he is held in high respect, having proved himself a
first-class citizen, and without openly professing Christianity
has endeavored to do unto others as he would that they should do
unto him.
Our subject, who is in the prime of life, was born in
Morrow County, Ohio, Oct. 22, 1840.
His parents, Samuel and Cynthia (Cutler) Foust,
were natives respectively of Ohio and Vermont, the father having
been born in Delaware County, Oct. 5, 1815. He also followed
farming and merchandising to some extent, besides owning and
operating a potash and pearlash factory. He left the Buckeye State
in 1853, and coming to Michigan purchased land, a part of which
lay in Cambria and a part in Jefferson Township, and which now
belongs to our subject. The parental household included twelve
children, eight of whom are living, three in Michigan and five in
Ohio.
Samuel Foust
endorsed Republican principles after the organization of that
party, and in religious views was a Baptist. He cast his last vote
in the fall of 1887, and died Jan. 14, 1888, in Williams County,
Ohio, to which he had returned to live in 1873. The mother is also
deceased. The boyhood and youth of Edwin Foust
were spent mostly at his father's farm, and he received a
common-school education. He commenced life for himself upon
reaching his majority, and was married when past the thirty-third
year of his age, Dec. 1, 1873, to Miss Elizabeth Cope,
who was born April 30, 1840, in Marion County, Ohio, and is the
daughter of Abram and Elizabeth Cope. After his
marriage he worked his father's farm seven years, and in 1870
purchased twenty acres, and subsequently added to his real estate
by the further purchase of twenty acres. He is the father of two
children only: His daughter Etta, who was born
Jan. 8, 1865, was married to John Watkins, a
well-to-do farmer of Jefferson Township, and they have one child;
the son, Judson, was born July 26, 1875, and is
now taking a course of study in the Montpelier (Ohio) graded
school. Mr. Foust, like his father, is a
Republican, politically, and is one of those upright and
straightforward citizens who universally command respect among
their neighbors.
(Source:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Hillsdale County, Michigan,
Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with
portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and
of the presidents of the United States. (Chicago, Chapman
Brothers, 1888), Michigan County Histories and Atlases,
695. -
Contributed by Judith Anne (Weeks) Ancell
jancell@spro.net from family records.) |
JACOB
FOUST. with a large family, came to what is now Ohio from
Pennsylvania as early as 1799. Upon his arrival at the Ohio River,
he found it so swollen by rains that he was forced to camp until
it subsided. Crossing near Wheeling and plunging into the forest,
he started in the direction of Zanesville, at which place he
arrived after countless trials, and quartered his family in a
blacksmith-shop.
In a short time, he
moved to Ross County, where he remained until the spring of 1807,
when he came up to the forks of the Whetstone, and squatted on
land belonging to the Campbell heirs. He
immediately put up a cabin, and then set to work clearing his
land, gaining material assistance from his four stalwart sons. The
first season, they cleared some five or six acres and planted it
with corn. Everything grew finely, and there promised to be
a large yield, but the squirrels and raccoons which had gotten
such a high appreciation of corn from the destruction of the crop
of Nathaniel Wyatt, came down in great numbers and destroyed the
entire growth. All his family are now dead. The following
story illustrative of pioneer life was told by Foust
to Judge Powell many years ago. Soon after he had
settled and raised his cabin, his wife was taken with a severe
attack of chills and fever, and from that cause, she became
dyspeptic. They had an abundance of cornbread in the house, but
this, she said, did not, agree with her. She told her husband that
what she needed was some wheat bread. Foust knew
there was no flour within fifty or sixty miles, but from devotion
to his wife, he determined to overcome all obstacles, and get the
desired article. He took a bag of wheat on his back, went to
Zanesville to get it ground, and then brought it back to his wife.
Page 521
Several of the old pioneers that came and settled in
this township had been in the war of the Revolution. Capt.
Wilcox bas been mentioned previously as having rained his
title in that struggle. The Wyatts, Brundiges, Coles,
Reeds, Drakes, Trindle, Hannaman, Dix, Sharp,
Hinton, FOUST and White, are some of the
names of those that participated in the 1812 war.
(Source:
History of Delaware County and Ohio Containing a Brief History of
the State of Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time
(186 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill, O. L. Baskin & Company,
Historical Publishers, 1880 - Page 516 - Contributed by Judith
Anne (Weeks) Ancell
jancell@spro.net from family records. |
PERRY
L. FOUST. - Prominent among the active and esteemed
residents of Westfield township is Perry L. Foust,
a successful agriculturist and land appraiser for the township.
He is a native and to the "manner born"; his birth having occurred
in this part of Morrow county Oct. 24, 1867. He is a son of
Samuel Foust, Jr., and grandson of Samuel
Foust, Sr., who was born in Pennsylvania, of German
ancestors, and subsequently became one of the early pioneers of
Morrow county, settling here when the country roundabout was in
its pristine wildness.
Samuel
Foust, Jr., was a life-long resident of Morrow county,
his death occurring while he was yet in the prime of life, in
1881. His wife, whose maiden name was Jennie Fisk,
was born near Nelsonville, Athens county, Ohio, and is now living
in Ashley, Delaware county, Ohio. To her and her husband
three children were born and reared, namely: Perry L.,
Harry L., of Ashley; and Claudia, wife
of James Warline, of Ashley.
Brought up on the home farm, Perry L. Foust
acquired his early education in the district schools, which he
attended during the winter terms until fourteen years old, when he
had the misfortune to lose his father. At the age of twelve
years, however, he had begun work for an uncle, William F.
Smyth, with whom he remained until ready to begin life on
his own responsibility. A young man of energy and ambition,
with excellent business capacity and tact, Mr. Foust
steadily climbed the ladder of attainments, and now holds an
assured position among the successful agriculturists of Westfield
township, his snug little farm of forty-eight acres being under a
good state of culture, and responding to his magic touch.
Politically identified with the Democratic party, Mr.
Foust represents Westfield township on the Democratic
Central Committee. He has served as township supervisor, and
in 1909 was elected to his present position as land appraiser.
Fraternally he is a member of Ashley Lodge, No. 421, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is past grand, and likewise,
belongs to the Encampment.
On Mar. 31,
1887, Mr. Foust was united in marriage with
Carrie Russell, who was born and educated in
Westfield township, being a daughter of Eban Russell.
Five children have been born into the happy home of
Mr. and Mrs. Foust, namely: Clifford,
who married Mabel Roosevelt, of Delaware county;
Harley, who was graduated from the Cardington
High School with the class of 1910; Doris, born
Mar. 5, 1901; Fern, born Feb. 26, 1904; and
Clio, born Nov. 22, 1905.
Source: History
of
Morrow
County,
Ohio:
By Abraham J. Baughman, Robert Franklin Bartlett - Publ.
The Lewis publishing company,
1911 - Page 836
NOTE:
According to John Mitchell,
the Biography book incorrectly lists Eben Russell as Evan
Russell. He
has copies of Eben’s Civil War pension records.
During the 1910 census of Westfield
in Morrow county, Ohio, this couple had been married for 23
years. They had a total of five children and all five were
living. The date and place of this marriage were reported in a
Latter Day Saints Individual Record. |
WILLIAM P. FOUST, son of
John and Dorcas (Place) Foust, was born in Delaware, now
Morrow County, Ohio, March 13, 1827. During the boyhood of
our subject, he attended the usual schools at Westfield, Ohio, and
remained on the home farm until grown to manhood.
He was married, in Mount Gilead, Ohio, November 14, 1850, to
Miss Amy Payne.
Our
subject followed farming and the huckstering business as well as
carpentering for many years; he was also enrolling officer in
Westfield Township during the war, having been, on account of
ill-health, rejected for active service for which he volunteered.
He now began the practice of dentistry, having extracted teeth
with his father when but fourteen years old. After receiving
instructions in plate work from Mr. Thomas, of
Morrow County, he exercised his art at various points until, in
the spring of 1882, he came to Montpelier and began business with
his son, Morgan, in a very proper manner, and
they are successful.
Mr. and
Mrs. Foust have had six children-Morgan, Milton,
Mary, Minnie, Minerva (deceased) and Bird.
Mrs. Foust is the daughter of Austin and
Lucinda (Lyons) Payne, natives of Vermont and now
residing in Sunbury, Delaware Co., this State, the father being
about ninety-three years of age and still quite strong and active.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio Containing a
Brief History of the State of Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to
the Present Time (186 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill, O. L. Baskin
& Company, Historical Publishers, 1880 - Page 641 - Contributed by
Judith Anne (Weeks) Ancell
jancell@spro.net from family records. |
WILSON
FOUST, farmer and stockraiser; P. O., Westfield; the only
son of Abraham and Almira Foust, was born Apr. 7,
1821, near Winsor's Corner, in Delaware Co.; his father was born
Apr. 7, 1796, and came to Ohio when a small boy, and settled first
in Pickaway Co., and later in Delaware Co., and settled in this
township, as noted in the history of the same. He married
Mrs. Almira Cone, and raised a family of four
children, all of whom are now settled in this vicinity. When
Wilson was a small boy, his father moved to the
farm where he now lives, with limited advantages for an education,
most of which was secured in one term; at the age of 18 he went to
learn the carpenters' trade, at which he worked some eight or ten
years, in the meantime spending three years in Indiana. On
his return he married Miss Ellen Claypool, Oct.
14, 1850, leaving the same day for Iowa, with his wife; he
remained there two years, during which time was born,
Warren M., Oct. 28, 1851, who now resides in Wyoming
Territory; on their return to Ohio, two other children were born,
Bruce B., Feb. 22, 1852, also now in Wyoming
Territory, and Mary E., Oct. 16, 1854. He
purchased the farm where he now resides, about this time
consisting of 62 acres. Soon afterward his first wife died,
and he married Miss Lucy A. Durkee,
from which union there were six children, of whom four are living
- O. K., born Nov. 8, 1861; Flora L.,
Nov. 19, 1863; Harriet A., Nov. 20, 1865;
Kelly O. K., Oct. 3, 1868. In addition to the home
farm, he has by careful management accumulated considerable
property, including a piece of land of 25 acres, of rich bottom on
the Whetstone River; another piece of 32 acres, a farm of 84
acres, and another of 20 acres in Marion Co. He gives
especial attention to breeding cattle, keeping good grades, and
has a fine flock of sheep. He is a member of the Westfield
Lodge I. O. O. F., and Ashley Lodge of Free Masons.
Source:
History of Morrow County and Ohio
-
Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880 - Page 638 |
WILSON FOUST
- Persistency and energy, as coupled with integrity of purpose,
are the factors which conserve success and make it consistent.
To the larger and surer vision there is no such think as luck.
Through his own well applied endeavors Wilson Foust has made the
most of opportunity and he himself built the ladder by which he
has risen to affluence. Although now ninety years of age, he
still retains in much of their former vigor the splendid physical
and mental qualities of his youth. Mr. Foust,
in his active life, was a carpenter and cabinet maker by trade,
and at one time he owned as much as seven hundred acres of fine
land in Morrow county, Ohio.
Wilson Foust was born in Westfield township, Morrow
county, Ohio, the date of his nativity being the 7th of April,
1821. He is a son of Abram and Elmira (Munson) Foust,
the former of whom was born in Ohio, on the 6th of April, 1796.
The mother was twice married, Mr. Foust resided
for a time in Delaware county, Ohio, where he was engaged in
agricultural pursuits and they became the parents of four
children, namely: Almira, Esther, Harriett and
Wilson. Wilson Foust was reared to maturity
on the old home farm and he received his educational training in
the public schools of his native place, attending the old log
subscription school until he had attained to the age of about
fourteen years. He then began to work at the salary of ten
dollars a month and eventually learned the carpenter's trade.
He also learned the trade of cabinet maker and in due time entered
into the partnership with Adam Wolf, they being
interested in the making of fanning mills. Subsequently he
went to Iowa, where he remained for a period of three years and
where he was successful i his various ventures, making
considerable money and gaining a lot of valuable experience.
About 1851 he returned to Morrow county, where he purchased a
tract of sixty-two acres of land, to which he added a small tract
at a time until he was the owner of a fine estate of seven hundred
acres.
In politics Mr. Foust
accords an unswerving allegiance to the principles promulgated by
the Democratic party and for a time he gave most efficient service
as supervisor of his township. He has ever manifested a deep
and sincere interest in public affairs and his contribution to
progress and development has been of no mean order. In a
fraternal way he is affiliated with the Masons and Odd Fellows.
He is a fine old man and commands the high regard of all with whom
he has had business or personal dealings. He is most
generous and has given to each of his children a fine large farm.
Mr. Foust has been twice married. On
the 5th of November, 1850, was solemnized his marriage to
Miss Ellen Claypool, who was born and reared in Licking
county, Ohio, and who was summoned to the life eternal in 1855.
To this union were born three children, Warren,
who resides at Cheyenne City; Bruce, of Trumbull
county, Ohio; and Mary E., who is the wife of
Hiram Barber, to whom a sketch is dedicated on
other pages of this work. On the 14th of Sept., 1856, was
recorded the marriage of Mr. Foust to Miss Lucy Durkee,
who was born on the 20th of February, 1835 and who is the daughter
of Schuyler and Felicia (Southworth)
Durkee. She was reared and educated in Morrow
county, where occurred her marriage to Mr. Foust.
This union has been blessed with four children - Carson,
Kelley, Lozana and Elmira, all of whom
are married and reside in this county and Delaware.
Mr. and Mrs. Foust number among the oldest settlers in
Morrow county and they have ever been prominent and popular
citizens.
Mr. Foust
traces his lineage to the German, as his grandfather came from
Germany, and the original spelling of the name was "Faust."
Source: History
of
Morrow
County,
Ohio:
By Abraham J. Baughman, Robert Franklin Bartlett - Publ.
The Lewis publishing company,
1911 - Page 777 |
|
HORACE
L. FRANCIS, farming; P. O., Three Locusts; born December
10th, 1849, in Claridon Tp., Marion Co., Ohio, the seventh child
born to A. P. Francis and Alvira Townly his wife;
who were born, raised and married in Tompkins Co., New York, and
emigrated West, locating in Caledonia, Marion Co., about the
year 1835, where he engaged in merchandising for several years.
Subsequently he engaged in farming, buying 200 acres in the
north part of Canaan Tp., Sec. 4, where he lived until his
death, which took place in 1868, at the age of 65; his wife
survived him three years. Horace was married Jan.
1, 1870, to Mary C. Smith, who was born in this township
Jan'y 3, 1853, a daughter of Jefferson and Catharine (Hines)
Smith, who was a native of Old Virginia, now settled in
Gilead Tp. After Horace was married, they lived one
year in Indianapolis, and engaged in railroading; 1872, he
located on a part of the (last purchased) home farm, having
sixty acres. They have had two children - Charley,
born March 20, 1871, died Sept. 20, 1872; Sept. 20, 1872;
Stella, born July 3, 1872. Mrs. Francis'
grandmother is of the Fritzman family, who came from
Germany. |
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Harmony Twp. -
HENRY FRITS, farmer; P. O.,
Chestserville; was born Mar. 7, 1829, in Franklin Co., Ohio;
son of John and
Elizabeth Frits; his younger days were spent in school, and
clearing the forests; his life has been one of usefulness. He was married in 1852, to
Rhoda, daughter of
Nicodemus and Anna Chilcoat; she was born in 1832.
They settled after marriage, on the land now owned by
John Cook
and
Charles Jaggers. In 1854 he bought his present
farm of 51 acres, of his brother George;
they have improved the same, and now enjoy 120 acres of fine land, attained
entirely by their own labors. They
had three children – Lavina, born
Nov. 20, 1853; married Clinton Acker;
Charles, born May 21, 1858, married
Alice Fogle; William. He paid
out about $500 for this township, to clear a draft, made during the civil war;
he has been identified with the Democratic party since he became a voter. Takes interest in all enterprises, is
an industrious and accommodating farmer.
Source #1: History of Morrow County and Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880 - Page 706
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