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Source: Commemorative Biographical Record
of the counties of
SANDUSKY & OTTAWA, OHIO
J. B. Beers & Co. 1896
* Twentieth
Century History of Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative
Citizens -
by Basil Meek, Fremont, Ohio
Publ. 1909 Richmond -
Arnold Publ. Co., Chicago.
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DANA,
DANIEL H.
DANA,
GEORGE T. *
DECKER,
JACOB, HON. * (also Seneca Co., OH)
DEGROFT,
JOSEPH *
DEGROFT,
LEWIS *
DEGROFT,
MARY, MRS. *
DENNIS
FAMILY *
DENNIS,
NET E. *
DEWEY,
THOMAS P. *
DEYO,
HIRAM P.
DICK,
LORENZO *
DICKENSON,
ABNER J. * |
DICKINSON,
LOUIS A. *
DIEHL, CHARLES N.
* DIEHL, CHARLES 849
DILLON,
CHARLES M., MRS. * (Ann Kent Buckland)
DIRLAM,
CHARLES L., CAPT. *
DIRLAM,
ORRIN *
DODGE,
MARY I., MRS.
DOELL,
PETER *
DOHN,
FREDERICK *
DOHN,
FREDERICK W. *
DOHN,
MARY E., MRS. *
DOLL,
JOHN *
DOLL,
SAMUEL *
DONALDSON,
GEORGE * |
DONCYSON
FAMILY *
DONCYSON,
OSCAR J.
DONNELS,
GILBRETH S. *
DONNELS,
JAMES *
DONNELS,
JOHN L. *
DORR,
HENRY *
DORR,
HENRY S.
DORR, PHILIP *
DRIFTMEYER,
WILLIAM *
DUDROW,
BYRON R. *
DUNHAM,
ALMON, HON. *
DWIGHT,
WILSON *
DYMOND,
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HIRAM P.
DEYO, one of the
prosperous and influential farmers of York township, Sandusky
county, was born in Erie county, Ohio, Dec. 31, 1845, son of
John P. and Sarah A. (Foster) Deyo.
John P. Deyo, better known as "Dr. Deyo," for in his
younger years he was an active practitioner of medicine, still
survives at the ripe old age of ninety years, and is now a
member of his son Hiram's household. He was born Dec.
14, 1804, in Ulster county, N. Y., and when about nineteen years
of age migrated to Ontario county in the same State. At
Geneva he studied medicine under a preceptor, and bean to
practice. In the spring of 1833 he migrated to Ohio,
making the journey on horseback. His parents, William and
Elizabeth (Ketcham) Deyo, both of whom were born in New York,
east of the Hudson river, also migrated to Ohio. William Deyo, the son of
Henry Deyo, of Holland birth, was a carpenter
and joiner by trade, and died in his pioneer home in Erie
county, Ohio, at the age of sixty-five years. He had
served his country as a soldier in the war of 1812. His
wife, Elizabeth Ketcham, was of New England parentage. She
lived to the age of eighty-six years. Dr. John P. Deyo
settled in Huron county, four and one-half miles north of
Bellevue, and was the pioneer physician in that locality, making
his visits on horseback and carrying his medicines about with
him in saddlebags. After his father's death he quit the
active practice of his profession and settled on the old
homestead in Erie County, which was part of the "Firelands," and
which had been purchased before he moved to Ohio. He was
married, Apr. 4, 1836, to Sarah Foster, who was born in Erie
county, N.Y., Mar. 24, 1819. To Dr. and Mrs. Deyo were
born the following children: Maria L., born in Erie
county, Nov. 9, 1840, married to Henry Miller and living in
Clyde; Allen H., born June 1, 1843, now a farmer near Sedalia,
Mo.; Hiram P., subject of this sketch; Frank F., born Dec.
2, 1847, living at Pekin, Ill.; B. W., born Nov. 11, 1850, a
resident of Clio, Mich.; Delavan J., born Nov. 18, 1852,
implement dealer at Sandusky city; William J., born Apr. 29,
1855, died Mar. 5, 1858; Fred W., born Sep. 10, 1858, a salesman
at Sandusky city; and two children, who died in infancy.
Hiram P. Deyo grew to manhood on the home farm in Erie
county, attending the district schools and also taking a term or
two at Milan. He was married, Jan. 6, 1870, to Francis P.
Thompson, who was born in Thompson township, Seneca Co., Ohio,
Nov. 5, 1845, daughter of William and Hannah (Holman)
Thompson. William Thompson when a boy came from
Pennsylvania with his parents who settled in Thompson township,
Seneca county. He died at the age of seventy-five years,
in Erie county. Children as follows were born to William
and Hannah Thompson: Sarah Ann, who married Theophilus Gardner,
and is now deceased; Delia, wife of Charles Russell, of York
township; Josiah, who lives on the old homestead; William H., of
Thompson township, Seneca county, and Celesta M. wife of
S. E.
Bardwell, of Erie county.
Mr. Deyo has been a lifelong farmer, except for abut
eight months, when he was on the road as a Baltimore & Ohio
express messenger. He came from Erie county to York
township, Sandusky county, purchasing the excellent farm of
eighty-seven acres which he now cultivates. Mr. Deyo
affiliates with the People's party, and himself and wife are
consistent members of the M. E. Church. They have one
child, Miss Stella Deyo, a handsome and highly-accomplished
young lady. She taught her first school at the age of
fourteen years, and has since taken a thorough course of
instruction in the Musical Conservatory at Oberlin. She is
now a teacher of vocal and instrumental music, and is one of the
most popular belles in the social life of Sandusky county.
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LOUIS A. DICKINSON,
the present postmaster at Fremont, Sandusky county, was born in
that city May 16, 180, a son of Abner J. and Louise P. (Mitchener)
Dickinson.
Abner J. Dickinson was born in New York State May
13, 1817, a son of Alpheus and Martha Dickinson, whose
family consisted of seven sons and three daughters: Rodolphus,
Rodolphus, Alexander, Alpheus, Obid, Martha, Sarah (Mrs. David
Beard, of Greene, N. Y.), Satira (Mrs. George Grant,
of Fremont), Champion, and Abner J. Louise P.
Mitchener, mother county, Penn., Dec. 23, 1815, the eldest
of the seven children of Ryner and Lydia Mitchener, viz.:
Louise P., Hon. Charles H. (late of New Philadelphia,
Ohio), Mrs. Ann French, Mrs. Rachel Bartlett, Lydia,
Mrs. Margaret Evans, and Mrs. Henrietta R. Dickinson
(wife of Abner J.), all of whom were reared and educated
among the Society of Friends. The father of Louis A.
came to Ohio at the age of twenty-one, and six years later
settled in Lower Sandusky (now Fremont), where for many years he
was engaged in general mercantile business. In politics he
was a Democrat, and in 1854-56 he represented his county in the
General Assembly of the State of Ohio. During the Civil
war he entered the ranks of the Union army, and died May 28,
1863, at Camp Triune, Tenn. His widow now resides at No.
316 S. Arch street, Fremont. To them were born three
children: Martha J., deceased wife of James H. Fowler,
an attorney at law, of Fremont; Charles J., who died in
1874; and Louis Abner.
Louis A. Dickinson was reared in Fremont by his
widowed mother, was educated in the city schools, and graduated
from Fremont High School at the age of seventeen, taking the
combined Latin and English four-years' course in three years.
At the age of twenty-two he was elected county surveyor of
Sandusky county on the Democratic ticket, and served in
that capacity for six years. In 1887 he was elected to the
city council from the First Ward, and in 1889 was appointed city
civil engineer, which position he held until Feb. 25, 1895, when
he was appointed, by President Cleveland, postmaster of
the city. He is a member of Brainard Lodge, No. 336, F. &
A. M., and of Fremont Lodge, K. of P. In 1886, he married
Francis H. Mitchener, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, and to
this union were born two daughters: Christine M. and
M. Louise. Mrs. Dickinson died in Fremont, Aug. 9,
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CHARLES N. DIEHL,
who conducts a blacksmith business, wagon repair shop and deals
in farm implements and engines, at the village of Colby,
Sandusky County, is one of the enterprising and successful young
businessmen of the place. He was born in Union County,
Pennsylvania, February 9, 1876, and is a son of George W. and
Rebecca (Kleckner) Diehl, farming people who still live in Union
County. Charles N. Diehl remained on the home farm in Union
County until he was eighteen years old, but, finding himself
better adapted for another line of industry, became an
apprentice to the blacksmith and horse-shoeing trade and worked
at the same for four years in Pennsylvania. He was then
twenty-two years old and came to Bellevue, Ohio, where he worked
for four years more as a blacksmith. For nine months after this
he was fireman on an engine on the Nickel Plate Railroad,
following which, in September, 1902, he came to Colby and two
and a half years later, built his shop. Mr. Diehl has equipped
his place of business with modern improvements, putting in a gas
engine, drills, saw, plane and a forge with the latest pattern
of hand blower. The quality of his work and the promptness with
which it is done, have brought his success. In July, 1898, Mr.
Diehl was married in Center County, Pennsylvania, to Miss
Rose Corman, a daughter of James Corman, a farmer who still lives in
Center County. Mr. and Mrs. Diehl have one son, Corman James, a
bright school boy of ten years. Mr. Diehl is a member of the
German Aid Association, of Bellevue.
Source: Twentieth
Century History of Sandusky County, Ohio - 1909 - pgs 849-850
Contributed by his Great Grandson,
Jim Diehl
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OSCAR J. DONCYSON,
of Fremont, Sandusky county, is a native of the same, having
been born Mar. 14, 1862, a son of Christian and Marie Magdalen
(Engler) Doncyson. The German spelling of the name was
Danzeison..
Christian Doncyson was a native of Dentzlingen, Baden,
Germany, born Dec. 11, 1812, son of Bernhardt and Anna (Hugin)
Doncyson, who were also natives of Baden. His mother died
in Dentzlingen in 1813, during the Napoleonic war, and in 1815
his father married, for his second wife, Miss Christina Stribin.
Christian Doncyson was educated in the public schools, and at
the age of fourteen became a member of the Evangelical
Protestant Church. He learned the trade of baker, at which
he labored two years, and then worked in a brewery at
Emmendingen, at the age of twenty-one commencing to serve in the
Second Regiment of Baden Dragoons at Mannheim. After
thirteen months' service he was honorably discharged, at the
request of his father, who had decided to emigrate to America.
The Doncyson family left their home in Baden June 30,
1834, and after a tedious journey of nineteen days arrived at
Havre, where they took passage for America. The company
consisted of Bernhardt Doncyson and wife, their sons John and
Christian, George Engler and wife, and their children - Marie
Magdalen (afterward wife of Judge Doncyson), Mrs. Christian
Shively, Mrs. Catherine Ochs, George Engler, Andrew Engler,
Henry Engler and Mrs. Rosina Longenbach. After a voyage of
thirty-seven days they reached New York, from which city they
proceeded by canal-boat to Buffalo, thence on the steamer
"Harrison" to Portland (now Sandusky City), and by boat to Lower
Sandusky. Bernhardt Doncyson bought eighty acres of wild
land in Sandusky township, near the mouth of Little Mud creek,
where he followed farming about twenty-three years. His
death occurred Feb. 1, 1867, and that of his wife in July,
1867.
Christian Doncyson assisted his father in farm work
until 1836, when he found employment, as a baker, with Fred
Wise, who occupied a wooden building on the site of the Star
Clothing House, Fremont. He next worked a few months with
Fred Boos, a baker, at Sandusky City, and then went to Manhattan
(now Toledo), Ohio, where he plied his trade, and where, on
Feb. 7, 1837, he married Marie M. Engler. Returning to
Sandusky county he again assisted his parents on the farm until
1838, when he hired out to John Stahl to manage a bakery in a
building then belonging to Mrs. S. A. Grant, near the west end
of State street bridge, Lower Sandusky. Here he remained
until 1844, when he and George Engler jointly bought out John
Stahl's grocery, and conducted the business together for several
years. In 1853 Mr. Doncyson erected a three-story brick
building on ground which he afterward sold to the Wheeling &
Lake Erie Railroad Company, and carried on a grocery and
provision store for upward of twenty years. In 1883 he
built a fine brick mansion on the corner of Croghan and Wayne
streets, which he occupied as a family residence during the rest
of his life. He held various offices of honor and trust in
his community, having been treasurer of Sandusky township from
1846 to 1862, county infirmary director from 1867 to 1878,
probate judge from 1878 and 1884, member of the city council of
Fremont two terms, and of the city board of education twelve
years. He was quiet and unassuming in manner, but proved a
faithful and obliging official. During the last ten years
of his life he lived partly retired from business, serving
occasionally as deputy clerk for Hon. E. F. Dickinson and Hon.
Joseph Zimmerman. He was for many years a member of Fort
Stephenson Lodge, F. & A. M., and worshipful master of the same.
The children of Christian and Marie M. Doncyson, all born in
Sandusky, were: Christena, wife of Leonard Adler, a butcher on
East State street, Fremont; Elizabeth, deceased wife of Charles
Geisen, a brewer; Lucy A., who married Herman J. Gottron, a
marble dealer (both now deceased); Henry G., a soldier of the
Civil war, who served in Company K., One Hundredth Regiment O.
V. I., married Miss Carrie Brown and is living at Topeka, Kans.,
where he is employed in the pension office; John R., a grocer of
Fremont, who married Farry Kent; Herman W., an architect, of
Fremont, married to Amelia Hidber; George E., a liveryman, of
Fremont; Oscar J., whose name introduces this sketch; Ella,
widow of Jesse Schultz, who was a teacher; and two sons and one
daughter who died in infancy. Judge C. Doncyson died at
his home in Fremont, Ohio, June 14, 1893, and was buried with
Masonic honors, in Oakwood cemetery. His wife preceded him
to the grave May 18, 1892, at the age of seventy-two.
Oscar J. Doncyson, the subject proper of this sketch,
spent his youth in assisting his parents and attending the
public schools of his native city, Fremont. At the age of
eighteen he entered on life for himself as clerk in a grocery
store. In 1886 he established a grocery and provision
store on his own account; but two years later he sold his
grocery stock, and became an employe, in the county auditor's
office, where he served as deputy for a number of years.
He had previously assisted his father in the office of probate
judge. In religious connection he is a member of Grace
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BYRON R. DUDROW, a resident of Fremont,
Sandusky county, is a native of
Ohio, born Mar. 1, 1855, in Adams
township, near Green Spring, Seneca county, and is a son of
David W. and Mary J. (Rule) Dudrow,
the former of whom was born Oct. 25, 1825, in Frederick county, Md., a son of
David and Elizabeth (Hines) Dudrow,
also natives of Maryland, born in German ancestry.
DANIEL W. DUDROW settled in Seneca county,
Ohio, in 1845, becoming the owner
of a large farm there, which he conducted up to the time of his decease,
prospering himself and assisting others to prosper, his life presenting a
striking example of industry, integrity and unselfishness. On January 8, 1853, he was married to
Miss Mary J. Rule, who was born in
Seneca county, Ohio, daughter of Daniel
and Jane (Grosscost) Rule, to which union were born eight children, four of
whom died in infancy, and three sons and one daughter are yet living to wit:
Byron R., in Fremont, Ohio;
William and
Fred, in Adams township, Seneca
county, engaged in farming and stockraising; and
Jennie, with her mother on the old homestead. On
May 16, 1888, the father, Daniel W.
Dudrow, met with a fatal accident, being instantly killed by the kick of a
horse.
DANIEL RULE,
grandfather of
Byron R. Dudrow, was born Oct. 28,
1801, on the banks fo the Susquehanna river, in Perry county,
Penn., was of
Teutonic descent, and spoke the German language fluently, while his wife,
Jane (Grosscost), was of Scotch-Irish
lineage. In the fall of 1824 he
moved to Seneca county, Ohio, at which time the Seneca In the fall of 1824 he
moved to Seneca county, Ohio, at which time the Seneca Indians lived on the
Seneca Reservation, and he became well acquainted with many of them some of whom
were Redmen of note in their day, including the famous warrior chief
Small Cloud Spicer, who at that time
was a resident of the Sandusky Valley.
Samuel Rule, brother of
Daniel, owned and improved a large
farm in Menard county, Ill., dying there Nov.
7, 1884, while George, a half-brother
of Daniel, was one of the pioneers of
Sandusky county, Ohio.
Daniel Rule’s grandfather was a
soldier in the Revolutionary war, serving under
Gen. Washington, and participated in the siege of Yorktown; after the surrender of
Cornwallis he returned to his home in southern Pennsylvania, and there succumbed to an abscess
which had formed in his side.
Byron R. Dudrow, the subject proper
of these lines, received his elementary education at the district schools of the
neighborhood of his place of birth, which was supplemented with a course of
study at the Union schools of Tiffin and Clyde,
Ohio. This for
a few years occupied his winter days, his summers being passed for the most part
in assisting on his father’s farm in Adams
township. In the autumn of 1872 he
entered the Preparatory Department of Baldwin University,
Berea, Ohio, remaining there
continuously until June, 1877, returning home only for his vacations. By close application and hard study
he gained one year upon his class, and did not require to attend college during
the session of 1877-78; but in the latter year he returned to
Berea, and on June 6th graduated from Baldwin in the classical course, receiving the degree of B. A. On June 9, 1881, the degree of M. A.
was conferred upon him.
On June 18, 1877,
Mr. Dudrow commenced the study of law
in the office of Basil
Meek, at
Clyde, Ohio, and was admitted to the
bar by the District Court, Apr. 26, 1879.
He did not, however, at once enter into active practice, but served as
deputy clerk of courts of Sandusky county from the time of his admission to the bar until Apr.
26, 1880, at which time he commenced the practice of the law. He has been engaged in the trial of
some prominent cases, and with success.
One of the most important trials in which he has engaged was the defense
of Mrs. Lizzie Aldridge, who was
charged with the murder of her husband,
John Aldridge, the trial taking place at
Hastings, Neb., in June, 1889.
Mrs. Aldridge was acquitted, and of
Mr. Dudrow’s efforts in this case the
Hastings (Neb.)
Republican said: “Mr. Dudrow, of
Fremont, Ohio, was an earnest and pleasing talker; every word and action had
power and weight that exerted an influence upon the jurors.” The Adams county (Neb.)
Democrat, also speaking of his able argument at the same trial, said: “Of
Mr. Dudrow, of Fremont, Ohio, it may
be said that during the trial he won the good opinion and admiration of our
people by his manly, eloquent and logical argument to the jury, and by the able
manner in which he conducted the part of the case assigned to him.” From 1883 till 1888
Mr. Dudrow practiced law in partnership with H. R. Finefrock, and since 1891 he has been associated with his father-in-law,
Basil Meek, and
John W. Worst.
On Nov. 21,
1878, Mr. Dudrow was united in
marriage at Clyde, Ohio, with
Miss Mary E. Meek, daughter of
Basil Meek, and who for several years
had been a teacher in the Clyde public schools. In his political predilections our
subject is a Democrat, and has three times been elected to the office of city
solicitor of Fremont, his services in that capacity covering a period of six
years. Besides his residence on
Birchard avenue, Fremont, he owns a 300 acre farm in Townsend township, and
he is considered one of Sandusky county’s most useful, progressive citizens.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Record
of the counties of
SANDUSKY & OTTAWA, OHIO -
J. B. Beers & Co. 1896 ~ Page 146
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