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GEORGE
W. BAILEY (deceased) was one of the
honored citizens of Catawba Island township, Ottawa
county, He was a native of Connecticut, born in Danbury,
Fairfield county, Feb. 1, 1811, and was a son of
William Ward and Anna (Bowton) Bailey, the former of
whom served as a soldier in the war of 1812.
In his native city our subject spent the days of his
boyhood and youth, and there learned the trades of
shoemaker and bricklayer, following the former during
the winter months, while through the summer season he
worked at the latter. In 1844 he removed to Ohio,
and on May 14 of that year located on Catawba Island
(then Van Rensselaer township), when this county was
almost an unbroken wilderness. Here he engaged in
shoemaking until his death, which occurred Mar. 19,
1848.
At New Fairfield, Conn., Jan. 12 1835, Mr. Bailey
married Miss Mary E. Bearss, a native of New
Fairfield, born May 16, 183, and a daughter of Joseph
T. and Annie (Hubble) Bearss, also natives of
Fairfield County, Conn. In the war of 1812, her
father fought in defense of the stars and stripes, and
her grandfathers were soldiers in the Revolutionary war.
Mr. and Mrs. Bailey became the parents of four
children: Thomas W., born May 13, 1837, died Mar.
8, 1890; Lorenzo S., born Dec. 24, 1838; Anna A.
born Aug. 19, 1840, is the wife of Frank Wonnel,
residing in Portage township, Ottawa County; and
George O., born Oct. 29, 1843, died Mar. 4, 1890,
from hardships incurred while serving in the army.
In religious faith the family is identified with the
Universalist Church.
LORENZO S. BAILEY, since
the death of his father, has looked after the interests
of the homestead farm and cared for hi smother, who is
now one of the oldest living residents of the community,
having attained her eighty-second year, is still hale
and hearty, and able to attend to her household duties.
During her life she has been a great weaver and has
woven thousands of years of rag carpet, prior to which
for years she spun the wool and wove the cloth for the
family's clothes. In the summer time they wore
cotton clothes colored with yellow oak or black walnut
bark boiled down to an extract and set with copperas to
hold its color. "Our young people of today" says
Mr. Lorenzo Bailey, "think they have hard times,
but they know nothing about hard times. I remember
very plainly when our family had nothing but boiled
wheat and hulled corn to eat. Flour was not made
in the county, and was hard to get. I worked many
a day for twenty-five cents per day, and the winter I
was sixteen I chopped wood for my uncle at fifty cents a
cord, and boarded myself. At eighteen I went to
learn the carpenter's trade, and for three years worked
for almost only my board; then followed fishing for
several years, made a little money, bought a piece of
land and commenced fruit growing." Lorenzo
Bailey is one of the most successful fruit growers
of the island, and is held in high esteem by all who
know him.
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R.
BELL. The subject of this sketch, senior
partner in the firm of R. Bell & Co., is one of
the leading men of Port Clinton, Ottawa county, where he
has carried on the fishery business for many years.
He was born Apr. 7, 1832, in Cecil county, Md., and is
the son of Abraham and Sarah Trump Bell.
ABRAHAM BELL was born in
Pennsylvania, near the Maryland State line, in 1800, and
carried on his occupation of a tanner and currier in
Maryland until 1834, when he came to Ohio and located
five miles west of Port Clinton, on Lake Erie, in Erie
township. Here he bought a farm, built a tannery,
and manufactured the first leather ever made in the
county. He was engaged in the business for some
thirty-eight years, and died in Ottawa county in 1875.
In politics he was a Whig; afterward, on the absorption
of that party into the Republican party, joining the
ranks of the latter. In religious faith he was
brought up in the Quaker faith, and was connected with
that denomination throughout his life. His wife
was born, in 1802, in Cecil county, Md., and died in
1841, the mother of twelve children - six sons and six
daughters.
The following is a record of the parental family:
Robert M. lived at home until eighteen years of age,
when he returned to the East, married and practiced
medicine at Harrisburg, Penn.; he afterward returned to
Ohio, where he died, leaving a widow and two sons,
Samuel T. is living retired at Riverside, Cal.;
Mary Anna married James Hoops, and lives in
Chester county, Penn.; Rachel died when about
twenty years old; Rebecca, who lives in
Louisville, Ky., is the widow of Dr. Officer, and
has had two children, both living with her; Philena,
who married W. W. Batlin, is deceased; Sarah
Melissa married William Clark, and died in
early womanhood; our subject comes next in order of
birth; Abraham, who is in the general merchandise
business, lives at Elwell, Ohio; Joseph M., who
was a member of Company I, Forty-first Regiment Ohio
Infantry, in the Civil war, died near Chattanooga,
Tenn., in the latter part of 1863.
The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood days on
his father's farm, assisting in the farm work and in the
tannery, and having only the limited advantages to be
obtained at a country school, until he was sixteen years
old, when he started for himself, becoming a clerk in a
store at Port Clinton, where he remained two years.
At the early age of eighteen years he was married to
Miss Amelia Wilson, and made his home in Erie
township. Here he began fishing with seines in
1850, carrying on a small business at first, which has
steadily grown ever since. In all these years he
has missed but one season's fishing. In 1859 he
went to California, crossing the Plains with an ox-team,
and locating near the foot hills of the Sierra Nevada
range. It was a wearisome journey to the land of
gold in those days, and Mr. Bell was five months
making the trip, leaving home on the 6th of March, and
reaching Placerville, or Hangtown, August 8. He
returned home via the Panama Route, and was twenty-four
days coming form San Francisco to New York. In
1873 Mr. Bell erected the building which he still
occupies, and has been carrying on a prosperous business
ever since, sending carloads of fish as far west as
Omaha and east to the Atlantic. His yearly catch
is between five thousand and eight thousand tons of
fish, and he uses two steam tugs in his business.
Mr. Bell's first wife died in Port Clinton in
1873, when forty-one years old. They were the
parents of the following named children: Perry,
who died when twenty-four years old, was married, and
left four children - Amelia, Norah, Richard and
Perry; Phylena and George died in early
youth; Joseph lives in Port Clinton (he married
Miss Angeline Magruder, and has one child -
Ruth; he is a member of the firm of R. Bell &
Co., and captain of one of his father's tugs);
Rebecca; Josephine; Sarah Lucinda, who married W.
R. Webster, editor of the Port Clinton News,
and has one child - Chauncey; and two that died
in infancy unnamed.
Mr. Bell was married in1874 to Miss Huldah L.
Masten, who was born in Scottsburg, N. Y., in 1852.
Of this marriage four children have been born: John
McAllister, Bessie, Edna and Earl. Mr. Bell
is a Republican, and, socially, has passed all the
chairs in the I. O. O. F. [Since the above was written
Mr. Bell informs us that he left Port Clinton
September 19, 1895, and will spend the remainder of his
life at Riverside, California - Editor.]
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the
Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 495 |
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CLAUS
BUCK (deceased) was one of the most prominent and
highly-respected residents of Danbury township, a
wide-awake, progressive citizens, taking an active part
i all matter tending to advance the interests of the
county generally.
He was born in Basdahl, Amt. Bremervorde, Germany, Apr.
6, 1809, and was educated in his native land. When
a young man of twenty-seven years he left his native
village for America, and, after a tempestuous voyage of
eleven weeks, reached New York City, Jan. 1, 1836.
Later in the same month he started for Ohio, traveling
by stage and on foot, and on Feb. 19, 1836, after a
tedious and tiresome journey of then weeks he reached
the southern shore of the Peninsula, being one of the
seven original German settlers of Danbury township, all
of whom preceded him to the grave.
Here in the ten vast wilderness, Mr. Buck made
himself a home, engaging in agricultural pursuits, and
during his fifty-eight years of residence in Danbury
township, Ottawa county, he saw many wonderful changes
in his adopted country, and in all possible ways aided
in the development of his resident community. Ohio
was at that time considered the "Far West." The
Indians still roamed in Ottawa county, and this
beautiful Peninsula was a forest awaiting civilization.
The pioneer's life at the best is one of toil.
None but those who hae passed through a like experience
can ever realize the hardships and privations of such a
life, and the present generation have but little idea of
the difficulties and trials their forefathers, and such
men as the subject of this sketch, were obliged to
undergo in those early days in order to bring this
country to its present state of prosperity and
perfection.
On Jan. 5, 1844, Mr. Buck was united in marriage
with Miss Rebecca Brauer, who was born in
Fredericksdorf, Germany, Sept. 29, 1821, a daughter of
Frederick and Christina Brauer. In 1842 she
came to America with her father, her mother having
passed away in the land of her nativity two years
previous. For more than fifty years she was the
faithful companion and helpmeet of Mr. Buck, and
still survives him, now at the advanced age of
seventy-four years. Their union was blessed with
but one child, a daughter - Christiana M.- who
was born Mar. 27, 1845, and who, on the 2nd of May,
1866, was united in marriage with Henry H. Lullman.
She died Jan. 1, 1882, leaving two daughters - Regina
R. and Rebecca - who still reside with their
grandmother, caring for her during her declining years.
Mr. Buck was an earnest worker in the Lutheran
Church, and was a liberal contributor to both the old
church and the handsome and imposing edifice that now
adorns the township. He was a consistent member of
the organization, as are his granddaughters and widow.
For many years he was a great sufferer, and for two
years prior to his death was unable to leave his room.
He passed peacefully away at one o'clock on the morning
of Dec. 20, 1894, at the advanced age of eighty-five
years, eight months and fourteen days, sadly mourned by
his relatives and a large circle of friends and
acquaintances, who lived and revered him for his many
noble traits of character and unswerving integrity.
He died as he lived, and his end was like the coming
into harbor of a stately ship after a long and
successful voyage. He looked death in the face with taht
calmness and dignity, that serene certainty that it was
a change for the better which Christian faith, such as
he possessed, could alone inspire. He has passed
away from among his old friends and companions in life,
but his memory will long be cherished by all who knew
him.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the
Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 368 |
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HERMAN
BUNTE. Among the enterprising and
prosperous citizens of Allen township, Ottawa county, is
found the gentleman whose name here appears, and who,
besides carrying on farming, is engaged in the
manufacture of tiles and also coopers' material.
Mr. Bunte is a native of the "Fatherland",
having been born in Hanover, Germany, Oct. 18, 1849, a
son of William and Mary (Hebbeler) Bunte, both
also natives of Hanover, who had a family of nine
children, six of whom are living, as follows:
Mary, wife of Henry Gerkensmyer,
residing in Clay township; Henry, who lives in
Woodville, Sandusky county; Herman, our subject;
William, who lives at Curtis, in Allen township;
Annie, wife of Herman Strautman residing
in Clay township; and Louis, who lives in Allen
township. The father is still living, near
Williston, Allen township, but the mother passed away
July 26, 1891. Our subject received his education
in the district schools of his native county, and spent
his boyhood upon his father's farm. In 1866 he
accompanied the family to America, where they settled in
Woodville township, Sandusky Co., this state. Here
he was engaged in farming for thirteen years, and in
1879 removed to the section of Clay township which is
now Allen township, where he has since carried on
agricultural pursuits. Not content to confine his
energies to one branch of business, Mr. Bunte
entered upon the manufacture of tiles, in which he has
been so successful as to place him among the leading
manufacturers of this part of the county. Later he
still further extended his operations by going into the
lumber business in Centre township, Wood county, where
he owns and operates a mill for furnishing boards and
other material for the use of coopers. In this as
well as in other ventures he has been remarkably
successful a result due to his industry, progressive
ideas and excellent judgment. Mr. Bunte was
married in Covington, Ky., Dec. 18, 1884, to Sarah
Philena, daughter of William and Mary (Roberts)
King. No children have been born of this
marriage.
Mr. Bunte is a stanch Democrat, and is
interested in all that pertains to the growth and
upbuilding of the community in which he resides.
He and his wife are worthy members of the Lutheran
Church, and command the respect and esteem of their
neighbors. |
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