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WILLIAM THOMPSON, farmer, P. O.
Atwater, was born in Deerfield Township, this county, in 1822, son of Uriah
and Elizabeth (Allen) Thompson, natives of New Jersey, and among the
pioneers of 1810 to settle in Deerfield Township. At that time there were
but ten families in the township, the country was covered with woods, and wild
animals were in abundance. Their nearest market was New Lisbon.
Uriah Thompson secured eighty acres of land which he cleared, but
subsequently removed to Atwater Township, where he and his wife died at the ages
of eighty-four and seventy-nine, respectively. Of their six children,
three now survive: Uriah, Jr., William and Elizabeth.
Our subject has occupied his present farm, now comprising 225 acres, since he
was eighteen years oaf age. He erected a cheese factory on his place, and
has win for himself a wide reputation as a successful manufacturer of this
commodity. He began life empty-handed, clearing his farm of woods and
slowly improving it until he has now one of the best in the county. Mr.
Thompson was married in 1855, to Miss Emily Fowler, of
Pennsylvania. Of the children born to this union five are living:
Louie, Owen P., Lillie, Leona and Wendell.
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SAMUEL TOWNSEND, ticket and
station agent, Atwater, was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1836; son of
Jonathan and Ann Townsend of English and French descent, respectively.
They came from Bucks County, English and French descent, respectively.
They came from Bucks County, Penn., and settled in Mahoning County, Ohio, in
1833, where they both died. Our subject was married in 1865 to Miss
Lois Roller, of his native county. He was brought up on a farm and
followed various occupations until his removal to Atwater in 1870. He was
subsequently employed as assistant station agent until the resignation of
H. Hillyer, in January, 1884,
when he succeeded him, and has proved himself to be an efficient officer.
He is well known and highly respected.
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R. D. TROWBRIDGE, farmer, P. O.
Edinburgh, was born in Palmyra, Ohio, May 31, 1831, son of Carlos D. and Mary
Trowbridge, the former born in Connecticut, Dec. 25, 1804, and died July 24,
1833; the latter born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 27, 1800, died Oct. 11, 1873.
They were married in this county, Feb. 26, 1828, and here settled and remained
during their lives. Our subject was married, Dec. 19, 1852, to Louisa
L. Gilbert, born in Palmyra, this county, Aug. 24, 1832, daughter of
George S. and Electa M. Gilbert, natives of Palmyra, Ohio, and Hartford,
Conn., respectively, the former born Nov. 18, 1807, and the latter in 1810.
They were married in this county, where they settled and remained until their
death. Mr. and Mrs. Trowbridge are the parents of six children,
four of whom are now living: S. Addison, Mary E., Olive E. and Alta M.
The deceased are Frank D. and an infant. Our subject is
owner of 240 acres of land where he and his family reside. He has also
been engaged in the sale of agricultural implements.
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WILLIAM I. TUFFING, farmer, P. O.
Edinburgh, was born in London, England, Aug. 11, 1839, son of Isaac J. and
Mary A. Tuffing, natives of that country, where the former was born in 1798
and the latter in 1803. They immigrated to America and settled in this
county in 1854, and have remained here ever since. Our subject was
married, Nov. 30, 1865, to Lizzie Forsyth, born in Pennsylvania, June 9,
1835, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah Forsyth, natives of Scotland and of
England respectively, and who came to this county in 1835, and here remained
until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Tuffing have had two children:
Arthur E. and Olive M. Our subject, who has been a farmer all his
wife, owns ninety acres of good farming land. He has filled the office of
Assessor of his township. He and his wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
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JOHN TUTTLE, of Palmyra, Portage
County, the father of Lafayette Tuttle, was born at Lebanon, Conn., in 1762, and
lived in Sunderland, Mass., where a family of four sons and four daughters were
born, all of whom lived to an advanced age, except the eldest boy, John,
who met his death through inhaling well damp while digging a well. Our
subject served as a soldier under Gen. Randolph during the Revolutionary
war. In the year 1804, when he moved to Palmyra, Portage Co., Ohio, with
his family, be settled about one mile south of the township center. After
this his wife died, and by a second marriage he had a family of five boys and
two girls. He died Oct. 19, 1829, aged sixty-six years.
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LAFAYETTE TUTTLE, an early
pioneer of the town of Edinburg, was born in Massachusetts in 1797, the third
son of John Tuttle by first wife. He came with his parents to
Palmyra, Portage Co., Ohio, when but seven years old. He was married in
after years to Rebecca White, of Pennsylvania, and settled in the
northeast corner of Edinburg. He was a blacksmith by trade and being
raised in Ohio when it was a dense forest, commenced life with an iron will to
overcome all the obstacles which an early pioneer had to endure. The first
district school in that quarter of the town was taught by a Miss Emla Wilcok,
of Deerfield, in the year 1826, the school being held in a small blacksmith shop
owned by Lafayette Tuttle. He died at the age of fifty-two years
being then the owner of a large farm of about 300 acres of land, on which he had
erected a sawmill and grist-mill on the banks of a stream known as Silver Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Tuttle were both members of the Methodist Church.
They reared a family of nine children, six boys and three girls, most of whom
have gone West to partake of joys and sorrows of pioneer life. Hiram
Tuttle is now the only one of the family residing in Edinburg
Township, born Nov. 3, 1832. He was married Sept. 22, 1854, to N.
Margaret McCombs, born in Pennsylvania in 1835, daughter of John and
Nancy McCombs, who settled in this county in a very early day and remained
until the father's death. His widow resides with her son-in-law. Mr.
and Mrs. Tuttle have two children: Ellen A., wife of Nathan
I. Thompson, and Arthur H. Mr. Tuttle is a carpenter and
joiner by trade, but has engaged in farming for several years and owns eighty
acres of land where he and his family reside. He is a member of the I. O.
O. F. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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