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DANIEL V. FLUMERFELT.
The subject of this sketch disclaims the possession
of any qualities that entitle him to the mention which
his friends believe should be made of him; yet it is in
no spirit of adulation when we say that his busy and
active life is illustrative of the success that attends
honest, well-directed endeavor, industry and adherence
to duty. "Uncle Dan," as he is everywhere known,
is one of those men to whom the trite term "self-made"
is appropriately applied. Though lacking the
advantages of a higher education in college, he has
absorbed from those valuable instructors - experience
and observation.
Those who know Mr. Flumerfelt well and
intimately need no explanation about him. To
strangers, however, it is sufficient to say that he has
inherited from his father a great deal of his looks and
personal appearance, but more so his tenacity and
perseverance. His sound judgment and good business
capacity where shown in many instances while living in
Seneca county, especially in the building of the "Flumerfelt
bridge," which is a fair monument of his perseverance
and sagacity. As early as 1836 he had assisted, as
carpenter, in putting up the frame work of the Stem's
and the Hedge's mills near Green Spring, Ohio, which
were patronized by pioneer farmers for many miles
around. His native pluck was shown, later, in
litigation with a railroad company, whose opposition he
contested to the supreme court, securing a verdict in
his favor in each court in which the case was tried.
The father of our subject, Cornelius Flumerfelt,
was born in New Jersey July 10, 1774, in Sussex county,
and was reared on a farm. In 1804 he was married
to Catherine Christman. On the second day
of May, 1826, they started for Ohio. It took them
four weeks to reach Seneca county. He bought the
west half of the southwest quarter of Section 16, in
Pleasant township. Mr. Daniel Rice had a
lease on land from the commissioners of Sandusky county,
which he also bought. Mr. Rice had built a
log cabin, and Mr. Flumerfelt moved into that.
Mr. Flumerfelt was twice married. There
were six children of the second marriage, of whom
Daniel V., our subject, was second, and is the only
one of them now living. Cornelius Flumerfelt
was a fine specimen of well-developed physical manhood.
He was six feet tall, of fair complexion, had blue eyes,
and was very straight and well-proportioned. He
was a purely German type, very firm in his convictions,
slow of speech and fixed in his habits. He voted
for every Democratic candidate for President after
Washington, and always took an active part in
politics. He was one of the positive men of the
country. His word was his bond, and to be relied
upon. He was highly respected wherever he had
become known. He died Aug. 28, 1871, at the age of
ninety-seven. His second wife died in 1847.
D. V. Flumerfelt, our subject, was born in
Sussex (now Warren) county, near Danville, N. J., Oct.
13, 1807. He came to Seneca county, Ohio, with his
father's family. He married Miss Melinda
Littler, of Hardin county, Va., Oct. 12, 1837.
This union was blessed with five sons and five
daughters, of whom one son and three daughters have
died. Those living are: (1) Mathilda, who
married Matthew T. Lutz, a retired farmer,
Ballville township; (2) Ann Mariea, who married
Dennis Deran, a farmer in Ballville township; (3)
George, who married Ellen Cheney, living in
Bellville township; (4) Amos, who married Etta
Crowe, and lives in the State of Kansas; (5)
Charles, single, living at Old Fort, Seneca Co.,
Ohio, an ex-member of the Ohio Legislature; and (6)
Abraham, unmarried, living with parents.
Our subject came to Ballville township, Sandusky
county, in the spring of 1884, and purchased his present
beautiful home near Sandusky river. He is the
owner of 1,200 acres of land. His first vote was
for Andrew Jackson.
Source #1
- Page 374
(NOTE: There are portraits of Mr. and Mrs.
Flumerfelt however they are not good copies. You
will need to find the original copy of the book to get
good copies. ~ SW) |
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