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BIOGRAPHIES
| HENRY READ,
farmer, P. O. Omar, was born in Steuben County, N.Y., May 31, 1820; son
of Elijah Read, born Dec. 10, 1792, and who was a sergeant under
Capt. Clelland in Gen. Wadsworth's command.
Elijah Read was one of the first settlers of Reed Township, and
served as justice of the peace nine years; he received his patent for
land from John Q. Adams, and was prominent among the early people
of the township; he was married, Mar. 20, 1816, to Sally W. Brundige,
who was born Aug. 19, 1800; both were from Steuben County, N. Y.; their
children were James B., born Feb. 5, 1818, died Apr. 17, 1863;
William and Henry (twins), born May 31, 1820, William died
Feb. 19, 1856; Susan M., born Sept. 27, 1827, died Jan. 12, 1856,
and George B., born Oct. 20, 1830, died July 22, 1842.
Our subject was married, Aug. 12, 1847, to Nancy Murray, of
Fairfield County, Ohio, daughter of John and Mary (Conwell) Murray.
By her he had three children: Mary, born Jan. 2, 1849, wife of
William Ricker, of Huron County, Ohio; Clara, born Feb. 13,
1851; and William H., born Nov. 1, 1857, married to Alice
Fifer. Mr. Read is a member of Harmony Grange No. 481. SOURCE: History of Seneca County, Ohio - 1886 - Reed Twp. - Page |
| JOHN T. REID. Is also one of the pioneers of Bloom, who have imprinted their
individualities upon the township. He was born in Frederick county,
Maryland, on the first day of January, 1807. His father died when
John was but six years old, and he was taken care of by his uncle,
Paul Talbot, who moved to Fairfield county, Ohio, where he was
married. There they settled in the woods an young John worked
among the farmers and was finally set in to work on the carding machine on
Indian creek, in Fairfield county, owned by one David Swasey.
From there he came to Bloom in 1828, in the fall, and worked for his
uncle, John Valentine, until the following Christmas. The
Mohawks, Senecas and Wyandots were then "swarming through the woods."
He became well acquainted with all the old settlers here, already named.
He returned to Fairfield, and all his earnings in the following spring put
together amounted only to the sum of $80, lacking $20, to buy eighty acres
at government prices. A friend loaned him the $20 and he started on
foot for Delaware, in the fall of 1829, and entered the eighty acres that
John Heilman now owns, near Honey creek. He returned to
Fairfield and worked eighteen months longer on a farm until he had earned
some more money. His uncle, John Valentine, then wrote to him
that Mr. Bever had eighty acres, which he would sell, adjoining the
other lot. Mr. Reid started on Christmas day and came to
Bloom on foot, where he arrived and bought the Bever land on New
Year's day, 1831. Before he left Fairfield county he had taken a school to teach, and there were three weeks to teach before the term closed. He returned, finished his school, came back to Bloom in February, with an axe and a bundle of clothing, which he carried on the axe-handle. He built a cabin in his forest and commenced clearing it. His uncle, William Norris, came from Fairfield county, and lived in the cabin with him awhile, and until his uncle, Norris, bought the land on which Fostoria now stands. On the 25th of April, 1833, Mr. Reid was married to Eliza Boyd Watson. They had four children, of whom three are still living. Mr. Reid is a tall, slender man, over six feet high, strong and muscular and has always enjoyed good health. He and Mrs. Reid are both members of the Presbyterian church and highly esteemed. Poor as Mr. Reid was when he commenced, his career is a conclusive proof of what industry, honesty and economy will accomplish. He now counts his wealth by many thousands, and lives at his ease. Mention has already been made of the picnics the younger generation prepare annually about the first of September, in Schoch's woods, to show their gratitude and esteem for their pioneer parents. I desire to refer to the subject again, here, only to say that at one of these, after Father Thompson, the pioneer minister of the gospel, closed his remarks on collecting the sheep that were lost in the woods, Mr. J. C. Hamptom was called upon for a speech, in which, among other many interesting things, he described Judge Cornell, and spoke of him as a very excellent character and citizen. He related an affair that took place before some justice of the peace when a fellow got very angry at the justice and threatened to whip him and would do so if he was not a magistrate. The justice told the fellow to go out into the road and he should be relieved of his consciencious scruples. The fellow backed out. Mr. Hampton also said: When I came from Ross county in 1822, my uncle, Thomas Boyd, lived in a small cabin. Ten boys of us went there to work for him. We made out to live. Our bed was a very primitive affair. A half dozen of us slept together. During the three months I staid there we had not a bit of bread. The little flour we had they stirred into boiling milk. They constituted the principal meal. We had a fish basket in Honey creek, close by that furnished us all the fresh fish we wanted. Sorry that no more of the speech could be preserved. Dr. Gibson also spoke, relating to his boyhood days and scenes of early life on Honey creek. His mother held the chair while her husband was sitting upon it, shaking with the ague. His father got nearly crazy every time the fever came on. One time his father was at Sandusky for provisions. It always took a week to get back. The roads were bad and the horses poor. Judge Leath happened to be at Sandusky the same time with a load of water melons to sell. He and the Doctor's father started for home together. On the way the latter became crazy with the fever, and had it not been for the Judge he would never have found his way back. The Doctor also referred to Black Jonathan, who lived with the Mohawks, on the Vanmeter place. Jonathan Pointer was half negro and half Indian. He was the interpretor for the preachers and gave the Indians the sermons by piece-meal as best he could, but whenever the subject or a point was a little difficult to transfer or comprehend, he would add: "I don't know, myself, whether that is so, or not." Dr. Gibson when yet a boy was very attentive upon the sick in the neighborhood, and thus naturally became a doctor. He applied himself to the books, and with hard study and his experience, became a distinguished physician. He was, indeed, a gentleman and a valued friend. He was on e of the class of thinkers who take nothing for granted became then cannot help it. We ought to have much charity for such people. The venerable Noah Seitz must not be forgotten. He came here from Fairfield county and settled on the northwest quarter of section five on the 5th of April 1822, and it was generally admitted that he was the first settler of Bloom. He sold out soon after the Edward Southerland and moved to Eden. Mrs. Southerland is still living in the third ward of Tiffin, and is known as the widow of Francis Bernard. Mrs. West, J. C. Martin and Abraham Kagy are among the few pioneers here that are still making "foot-prints in the sands of time." Who will not remember the tall slender form of Abraham Kagy, Esq., and his beautiful, pleasant home on Silver creek, where, for more than a half century, you were met with a hand of welcome and an open, honest, friendly countenance? These honored land marks of time should ever bee cherished by those who will occupy the places so rapidly becoming vacant. |
| JEREMIAH REX is a son of William
Rex and Susan Sloss. He was born in Stark county, Ohio, on the 9th
day of October, 1844. His father located with his family in Seneca
county soon thereafter. Jeremiah was married to Miss Laura J. A. Barrack on the 25th of October, 1865. This union was blessed with seven children, of whom five are living. Mr. Rex served in nearly all the offices of Seneca township for a number of years, and was elected clerk of the court of common please, in October, 1875, and re-elected in 1878. Every trust reposed in his hands was filled with promptness and fidelity.* pg 629 |
| Clinton Twp. - LYSANDER REYNOLDS, farmer, P. O. Tiffin, was born in the State of New York, Feb. 19, 1825, a son of Ibrahim and Harriet Reynolds, the former a native of Connecticut, and the latter of Orange County, N. Y.; they were married in the State of New York where they remained until 1836, at which time they came to this county, afterward moving to Hancock County, and from there to Carey, Wyandot County, where they remained until their death. Our subject was united in marriage, Sept. 1, 1853, with Elizabeth Huss, born in Frederick County, Md., Dec. 20, 1823, daughter of David and Nancy Huss, the former a native of Franklin County, Penn., and the latter of Maryland, and who were married in Maryland from whence they moved to Ohio in 1826, settling in this county, and here remained until their death. To our subject and wife have been born two children: Clara (wife of Emit Corthell), and Ida, (wife of William Corthee). Mr. Reynolds owns forty-four acres of improved land. He served his country in the late war, and is a member of the G. A. R. |
| JOHN H. RIDGELY was born August 16th, 1845, in Allegheny county, Maryland. He is a graduate of Heidelberg college, and was admitted to practice law in December, 1869. * |
| Cinton Twp. - JESSE RIFFLE, farmer, P. O. Tiffin, was born in Frederick County, Md., in 1816, son of Andrew and Magdalena Riffle, who were married in Adams County, Penn., where they remained until their death. The subject of this sketch was united in marriage, in 1846, with Mary A. Dedrick, born in France in 1824, and a daughter of Anthony Dedrick, who died in Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Riffle were born nine children: Cina J., Martin T., Mary A., wife of Thomas Bowser), Theabolt T., Rosa C.(wife of Luther C. Harsha) Theadore N., William F. and Jesse, now living; and Edward, deceased. Mr. Riffle is a miller by trade, which he followed for four years, but has engaged in farming during his latter days. He owns 100 acres of land in a high state of cultivation. He and his wife are embers of the Catholic Church. Mrs. Riffle departed this life Dec. 27, 1880, leaving her family and many friends to mourn her loss. |
| WILLIAM J. RIGBY (Rigby & Bever) was born at Fairfield county, Ohio, May 22, 1815 was admitted to the bar in 1860; located in Fostoria in 1867 and is at present the mayor of the city. |
| ABRAHAM RINEBOLD,
farmer, P. O. Fostoria, was born in Perry County, Ohio, Oct. 13, 1822,
son of John and Catherine (Wininger) Rinebold, the former a
nataive of Pennsylvania, the latter of Germany. His paternal
grandfather, Matthias Rinebold, a native of Pennsylvania, and his
maternal grandfather, Adam Wininger, a native of Germany, were
pioneer citizens of Perry County, Ohio, where they lived and died.
The parents of our subject came to Seneca County, Ohio, in March, 1834,
settling in Loudon Township, on the farm now owned by him. The
father died in 1854, at the age of fifty-six years, the mother, who
still survives, is eighty-four years old. They were parents of
four children: Elizabeth, wife of Henry Stahl; Jacob; Abraham;
Rebecca, wife of John Shonts. Our Subject received a
limited education in the district schools. With the exception of
ten years, during which he was a resident of Jackson Township, he has
lived on the homestead since 8134, and with his brother Jacob,
assisted his father in clearing 100 acres of the old homestead, which he
came in possession of in 1859; he has since purchased land adjoining,
and his farm now comprises 434 acres of land, 250 of which is under
cultivation. He has made many improvements on his property,
erecting his present brick residence in 1871, and in 1875 erected a new
frame dwelling, and, also, in 1883, another frame dwelling. Mr.
Rinebold has been twice married. By his first wife,
Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Anna E. (Peter) Fruth, of
his township, he had two children: Rebecca and John.
By his present wife, Barbara, daughter of
Abraham and Barbara
(Shobach) Peter, of Loudon Township, this county, he has eight
children: Catherine, wife of George Yochum; Levi, Syvillia E.,
wife of Frederick Rosen; Abraham; Mary L.; Anna E.;
Ephraim and Henry (latter deceased). Mr. and Mrs.
Rinebold and all the family are memabers of the Lutheran Church.
He is a prominent farmer and public spirited citizen. In politics
he and all the sons and sons-in-law are Democrats. (Source: History of Seneca County, Ohio - Publ. 1886 - Page 922) |
| ABRAHAM
RINEBOLD. Through a long period the name of Rinebold
has been prominently connected with the history of Seneca County.
It is an untarnished name and one that is familiar to the People of this
section of the state by reason of the honorable and useful lives of
those who have borne it. Abraham Rinebold, of this review,
is a gentleman whose history forms a connecting link between the pioneer
past and modern present. He saw the country in the days when it
seemed almost on the borders of civilization, its land wild and
uncultivated, its forests standing in their primeval strength, its
log-cabin homes widely scattered, and its evidences of development few.
In the work of progress and development that has since wrought marvelous
changes he has borne his part, and today ranks among those substantial
and valued citizens of the community who laid broad and deep the
foundation of the present prosperity of the country. Mr. Rinebold is a native of Perry County, Ohio, where he was born on the 13th day of October, 1822, being a son of John and Catherine (Weininger) Rinebold. The father claimed Pennsylvania as the state of his nativity, and there he was born in January, 1797. When he was but three years of age his father, Matthias Rinebold, also a native of the Keystone state, removed to Perry county, Ohio, there entering three hundred and twenty acres of forest land, where the son John grew to years of maturity and was married. When he started out in life on his own account his father gave him a small farm, and there he continued to make his home until 1823, when he sold his little farm and removed to Richland county, Ohio, there purchasing a tract of eighty acres. In 1834, however, he again disposed of his land and in March 43moved to one hundred and sixty acres of our subject's resent farm, which he had entered previously. The marriage of John and Catherine (Weininger) Rinebold was blessed with four children, two of whom still survive, namely: Abraham, the subject of this review; and Rebecca, the widow of John Shonts, and a resident of Bloomville, Seneca county. Elizabeth, the wife of Henry Stahl, of Jackson township, died Mar. 6, 1902; and Jacob, who resided in Jackson township, where he was a prosperous farmer, died at the age of seventy-two years. Abraham Rinebold early in life assisted his father in clearing his little farm from the native timber and placing his fields under cultivation. Immediately after his marriage he purchased eighty acres of land in Jackson township, where he made his home for ten years, when he disposed of that place, and in 1858 purchased the old Rinebold homestead, for his father had died in 1853, and he returned to it in February, 1859. Here our subject has ever since continued to make his home, and as the years have passed by he has added to his landed possessions until he is now the owner of three hundred and sixty acres of excellent and productive land, constituting one of the finest farms in Seneca county. The work of this extensive place is now carried on by his sons, for Mr. Rinebold has laid aside the active cares of a business life, and today, after a useful and beneficent career, is quietly living at his beautiful home, surrounded by the comforts that earnest labor has brought to him. His political support is given to the Democracy, but although a public-spirited and progressive citizen at all times he has never been a seeker for the honors of public office, preferring to give his time and attention to his home duties. In November, 1845, was celebrated the marriage of our subject and Miss Elizabeth Fruth, but after a happy married life of seven years the loving wife was called to her final rest. Three children were born to that union, but only two of the number are now living, - Rebecca, at home; and John, a farmer of this township, and formerly a director of the county infirmary. For his second wife Mr. Rinebold chose Miss Barbara Peters, their wedding having been celebrated April 7, 1853. She is a native of Germany, but when twelve years of age came with her parents to the United States, the family locating in Loudon township. Eight children have been born of this union, namely: Catherine, the wife of George Yochum, of Jackson township; Levi, of Liberty township; Abraham P. is associated with his brother-in-law, Fred Rosen, in the operation of the homestead, each having separate implements; Mary, deceased; Anna E., deceased; and Ephraim, who makes his home in Loudon township. The family are members of the Lutheran church, in which Mr. Rinebold long held office. His life is exemplary in all respects and he has ever supported those interests which are calculated to benefit and uplift humanity, while his own high moral worth is deserving of the highest commendation. (Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Seneca County, Ohio - Publ. by Lewis Publishing Company - 1902) |
| JACOB RINEBOLD,
farmer, P. O. Fostoria, was born in Perry County, Ohio, Oct. 28, 1821,
son of John and Catherine (Wininger) Rinebold, the former, a
native of Pennsylvania, and the latter (still living), a native of
Germany. They came from Richland County to Seneca County, Ohio, in
1834, and settled in Loudon Township, entering 160 acres of land (now
occupied by Abraham Rinebold), which they cleared and improved,
and where the father died; mother still living. They reared a
family of four children: Elizabeth, wife of Henry Stahl,
Jacob; Abraham; and Rebecca, wife of John Shontz.
Our subject's great-grandfather had two sons, Henry and
Matthias, who came from Germany to America and fought in the
Revolutionary war, in 1776, under Gen. Washington Our
subject was reared in Loudon Township, from thirteen years of age and
received a limited education in the school, of his day. He was
married, in December, 1850, to Mary A., daughter of John and
Elizabeth (Good) Lambright, of Jackson Township, this county, by
whom he has had nine children, seven now living: Noah; Elizabeth,
wife of Newton Stearns; Susannah, wife of Cyris Yost; Henry;
Mahala, wife of David Smith; Rachel, wife of Philip
Wiraugh, and Jacob. Mr. Rinebold is one of the
substantial citizens and farmers of Seneca County, where he has cleared
and improved a part of a farm on Section 16, Jackson Township. He
is a member of the Lutheran Church, his wife of the German Reformed
Church. Politically Mr. Rinebold is a Democrat. (Source: History of Seneca County, Ohio - Publ. 1886 - Page 922) |
| JOHN RINEBOLD,
farmer, P. O., Fostoria, was born in Jackson Township, this county, Oct.
16, 1850, son of Abraham and Ann Elizabeth (Fruth) Rinebold.
His paternal grandfather, John Rinebold, settled in Loudon
Township, this county, in 1834, and his maternal grandfather, a native
of Germany, settled in same township in 1832. Our subject was
reared in Jackson and Loudon Townships and was educated in the common
schools. March 21, 1872, he married Anna M., daughter of
George and Margaret (Niner) Kisling, of Jackson Township, this
county, and by her he had one child - George A. After his
marriage, Mr. Rinebold engaged in farming on the Rinebold
homestead, in Loudon Township, living there until 1881, when he
purchased the farm whereon he now resides. He and his wife are
members of the Lutheran Church. He is one of the representataive
young farmers of hte township. Politically he is a Democrat. (Source: History of Seneca County, Ohio - Publ. 1886 - Page 923) |
| NOAH RINEBOLD,
farmer, P. O. Longley, Wood County, was born on Section 16, Jackson
Township, Seneca Co., Ohio, May 15, 1851, the eldest son of Jacob
Rinebold, a wealthy farmer. Noah Rinebold received a
common school education, and was engaged exclusively in farming until
1882, since which time he has also been dealing in farm implements.
He married, March 7, 1872, Anna Craun, a daughter of Isaac
Craun, and of German extraction. To this unio have been born
the following children: A. A., Daisy A., Bertha L. and Martha
May. In politics Mr. Rinebold is a Democrat. (Source: History of Seneca County, Ohio - Publ. 1886 - Page 875) |
| ANDREW RINGLE, farmer, P. O. Bettsville, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., Oct. 11, 1817, son of Abram and Elizabeth (Cole) Ringle, who settled in Stark County, Ohio, about 1832. Abram Ringle died about 1836, aged sixty-five years; his widow died in Gratiot County, Mich., in 1870, aged seventy-eight years. They were the parents of nine children, only two of whom are now living: Abram, who resides in Gratiot County, Mich., and Andrew. The subject of this sketch settled on his present farm in 1846. He was married, in Sept., 1844, to Hannah Reeder, a native of Stark County, Ohio, who died April 16, 1884, aged sixty-five years. She was a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hewett) Reeder, and the mother of ten children, eight of whom died young. Those now living are William and Mrs. Eliza Sechman, both living at home. William was married, Dec. 15, 1864, to Lucinda Cook, a native of Liberty Township, this county, and a daughter of William and Sarah (Fry) Cook, of Wood County. By this marriage there were nine children, seven of whom are now living: Mahala, Irvin, Andrew, Jessie, Ida E., Dayton and Hannah. Mr. Ringle started out in life with but a few dollars, but by faithful effort he has accumulated a property of 280 acres of choice land, after having endured all the trials and hardships of pioneer life, clearing over 200 acres of the wilderness and swamp of Liberty Township. |
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Clinton
Twp. - |
JONAS ROMIG, dealer in boots and shoes, (Source: History of Seneca County, Ohio - Publ. 1886 - Page 819) |
| ELI L.
ROSENBERGER. One of the prominent old pioneer families of
Seneca county is that of the Rosenbergers, which has been well
represented in Liberty township from a very early day They have
ever borne their part in the upbuilding and development of this region,
and have invariably been exponents of progress and liberal ideas upon
all subjects. Henry Rosenberger, the founder of the family in this portion of Ohio, came from Virginia to Clinton Township, Seneca county, in a very early day. In this locality Anthony Rosenberger, his son and the father of our subject, was born about 1829. When the time came for him to choose a life occupation he continued in the vocation to which he had been reared, farming, and after his marriage he rented his father's farm and land adjoining. Later he became the owner of forty acres in Hopewell township, but remained there only a short time and then located on land belonging to his father-in-law. In 1863 he became the owner of one hundred and sixty-acres of our subject's present farm, which continued to be his home from that time until 1872, when he purchased and removed to a farm of one hundred and twenty-seven acres in Pleasant township, there spending his remaining days, his death occurring about 1880. He was a Republican in his political affiliations and was a member of the Methodist Protestant church, in which he was an active and efficient worker and for many years he led the singing therein, having a fine bass voice. For his first wife Mr. Rosenberger chose Jane Michaels, and they had three children, namely: Jennie, the wife of Edward Heilman, of Clinton township; Mary, the wife of David Zimmerman, of Hamilton county, Indiana; and Eli L., the subject of this review. The wife and mother passed away in death in 1862, and for his second wife the father chose Miss Margaret Zimmerman, by whom he had one child, Ida, now the wife of Frank Edwards, of Pleasant township. Mr. Rosenberger is still living at the old homestead, aged sixty-seven. Eli L. Rosenberger received his elementary education in the comman schools of this locality, and later he was a student for one term in the following spring he removed to his present home far, near the home stead, where he owns ninety-seven acres of rich and productive land. The place is extremely fertile and well improved and is considered one of the most valuable farms of its size in the county. In 1896 he erected one of the most magnificent farm residences in Seneca county, which is supplied with all the modern conveniences known to the city home and is complete in all its appointments. Two months after locating upon his present homestead, Mr. Rosenberger was united in marriage to Miss Flora I. Michaels, a daughter of George Michaels, now a resident of Illinois. Two children have been born unto this union, - Ralph R. and Ward E. The Republican party receives Mr. Rosenberger's support and co-operation, and his religious preference is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Protestant church. He gives his support to all moral, educational, social or material interests which he believes will benefit the community, and as a man of sterling worth he justly merits the high regard in which he is held. SOURCE: History of Seneca County, Ohio - 1902 - Page 556 |
Hopewell Twp. - HENRY ROSENBERGER. This pioneer and early settler, of Hopewell Township, was born in Shenandoah County, Va., June 28, 1798, and is a son of Anthony and Barbara Rosenberger. He came to Seneca County with his wife and three children Dec. 30, 1823, and settled on 170 acres of land that he had entered the preceding year, located on Section 1, of Hopewell Township, and Section 6, of Clinton Township. Here he soon erected a round-log house 18x20 in size, into which he moved. It is related by him that on his arrival with his family his possessions amounted to one horse, a wagon, a small quantity of pork and 25 cents in money. For the first year and a half they had but one barrel of flour, part of which was spoilt at that. The family subsisted principally on game meat, which was abundant (deer especially, of which he killed many). Corn bread was the great "stand by." His 10 acres of land he cleared up, and in course of time a hewed-log house built by him, which is now occupied by his son, Jacob, on this farm. The Seneca Indians were his near neighbors, with whom he was always on friendly terms, they sometimes stopping over night with him; one of their "trails" passed through his land. Before leaving Virginia Mr. Rosenberger was a member of the German Reformed Church, and after coming here he joined the United Brethren, but upward of thirty years ago he became a member of the Methodist Church, still retaining his connection with that society, of which he is steward. He largely aided in erecting the Rosenberger Methodist Protestant Church that is located on his old farm. In politics he was formerly a Whig, later a stanch Republican, and during the Rebellion he was active in encouraging enlistment and assisting the Union cause. He was married twice, first, April 5, 1818, to Miss Jane Shoul, who bore him the following named children: James, William, Mary E., Harriett, George N., Anthony D., Margaret Ann, John ., Martha J., Jacob and Eliza. This wife dying, Mr. Rosenberger married, in 1876, Maria Smith, and by this union there are two children: Lona May and Henry Ellsworth. In 1876 Mr. Rosenberger sold 330 acres, left his farm and moved to Tiffin, where he has since lived in retirement, and although eighty-seven years of age, has, until the past year, been vigorous and healthy. He is one of the very few pioneers still living, and enjoys the respect of all who known him.| SOURCE: History of Seneca County, Ohio - 1886 - Page 865 |
| Clinton Twp. - JACOB ROSENBERGER, farmer, P. O. Tiffin, was born Feb. 19, 1837, in Clinton Township, this county, a son of Henry and Jane (Shaul) Rosenberger, natives of Virginia. Henry Rosenberger came to Ohio in 1822, settling in Clinton Township, this county, where he entered ninety acres of land (then all forest), and began toiling in the interests of his family, clearing the land and educating his children and making a perfect home for them; and here he lived and labored for fifty-one years. He was a valuable and honored citizen of his township. In 1876 he moved to Tiffin, Ohio, and after his farm to Jacob (fifth son), and here our subject still resides. He was twice married, and by his first wife had eleven children, seven now living: James (married, and by his first wife had eleven children, seven now living: James (married to Mary Romsburger), George (married twice; his present wife was Delila Baker), John (married to Ann Baker), Elizabeth (wife of George Kepple), Martha (wife of David Loose), Eliza (wife of J. B. Shaul) and Jacob. Our subject remained with his father on the farm till he was twenty years of age. He was married, June 5, 1859, to Sophia, daughter of John Loose, and by this union there were nine children, seven living. Frank (married to Ora Michaels), Cora (wife of Oliver Crum), William, Henry, Silas, Stullie and Early. The deceased are J. W. and Eli. Mr. Rosenberger has long been one of the substantial farmers of Clinton Township. He and his family are members of the M. P. Church. SOURCE: History of Seneca County, Ohio - 1886 - Page 820 |
| NICHOLAS ROSENBERGER, P. O. Bettsville, was born near Charlestown, Va., Jan. 12, 1814, son of Frederick and Catharine (Shaull) Rosenberger, former a son of Frederick and (Hopewell) Rosenberger, latter a daughter of Michael and Rosanna (Seidner) Shaull, early settlers of Liberty Township. The parents of our subject came to this county in 1826, and in the township. In this house was assembled the first meeting for divine worship held in the township. They entered 240 acres of land in Section 4, where in 1829 our subject's father built the first saw-mill in Liberty Township, and in 1831 added the first grist mill in the township, and the same year he assisted in building, on the line between Sections 7 and 8, the first schoolhouse in the township. Our subject's educational advantages were poor, and he was unable to write until after his twenty-first year, but by close application he soon afterward acquired the rudiments of a common school education, and became one of the most prominent of the early officials of Liberty Township. He held the office of constable eleven years, also the offices of assessor and land appraiser, and was first lieutenant of the early militia company of the township. He was married, in 1836, to Jane A. Betts, who was born in Chatauqua County, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1820, daughter of Nathan and Phoebe (Caulkin) Betts, who located in Liberty Township, this county, in 1834. Mr. and Mrs. Rosenberger have five children: Mariette (deceased wife of N. Lyberger, leaving family), Clarissa (deceased), Phoebe E. (wife of A. Betts), Avilda and Edgar (deceased). |
| Reed Twp. - JOHN ROSPERT, farmer and notary public, P. O. Frank, was born Oct. 21, 1841, in Berns, Rhenish Prussia; son of George and Catharine (Haas) Rospert. His father, who is still living, was born Apr. 1, 1815, in the same place, a son of Nicholas and Susanna (Seles) Rospert, the former of whom was a son of Peter Rospert. Our subject's mother, a daughter of Peter and Catharine (Glassner) Haas, died in her thirty-fourth year. The family came to America, landing in New Orleans in 1851, and thence made their way via river to Cincinnati, Ohio. Within thirty days after their arrival in this country, in which they were entire strangers, our subject lost by death his mother, two brothers and his only sister. His father subsequently married Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher (nee Heitz) by whom he had seven children, six of whom are deceased; Catharine, who is married to Jacob Kuhn, is still alive. Our subject came with his father to Seneca County, Ohio, in 1852. He was educated in the parochial schools, at St. Mary's Institute, near Dayton, and at the seminary in Thompson Township, this county. At sixteen years of age he began teaching, in which profession he continued in the district and parochial schools until 1871, when he turned his attention to farming and the business of notary; has held the office of justice of the peace. He was married, May 2, 1865, to Catharine Wagner, born in Lorain County, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1843, daughter of Mathias and Mary A. (Webber) Wagner, early settlers of Lorain County, Ohio, parents of twelve children, seven of whom are now living: Nicholas, in Elyria, Ohio; Peter and John, at Avon, Ohio; Joseph, in San Francisco, Cal.: J. P. in this township; Catharine; and Emma, widow of Matthias Hendges, a soldier who died in the late war. The father of this family died in 1857, in his fifty-fourth year. To Mr. and Mrs. Rospert were born Mary Louisa, Pius, Oranna M., Cornelius C., Adelhaid, Mary J., Leo A. and Coletta. Mr. Rospert is a farmer of influence and prominence. He and his family are members of the Catholic Church. SOURCE: History of Seneca County, Ohio - 1886 - Page 965 |
| JOHN
ROSPERT. There is no element which has entered our composite
national fabric that has been of more practical strength, value and
utility than that furnished by the sturdy persevering and honorable sons
of Germany, and in the progress of our Union this element has played an
important part. Intensely practical, and ever having a clear
comprehension of the ethics of life, the German contingent has wielded a
powerful influence, and this service cannot be held in light estimation by
those who appreciate true civilization and true advancement. Among the most prominent German-American citizens of this section of Ohio is John Rospert, who was born in the town of Berus, in a Rhenish province of Prussia, Oct. 21, 1841, a son of George and Catherine (Haas) Rospert. The father was also a native of that locality, where he was born on the 1st of April, 1815, and there he learned the trade of weaver which he followed in his native country until 1850. In that year he emigrated to America, embarking at Havre de Grace and landing at New Orleans after a voyage of forty-two days, on the 28th of November. From that city he made the river voyage to Cincinnati, but during the trip his wife and one daughter died, and the third day after their arrival in Cincinnati a son died. Two weeks later another son was called to the home beyond, thus leaving the father and our subject the sole survivors of the family. In the spring of 1851 they came to Seneca county, arriving in Thompson township on the 19th of March of that year, and there the father found employment at farm labor, while the son was left with a friend of the family, John Glassner, where he remained for about two years. From there he was sent to St. Mary's Institute, at Dayton, Ohio, where he continued his studies for the following two years. In the meantime his father had been a second time married, a Mrs. Fisher, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Heitz, becoming his wife. They became the parents of five children, but of this family one only is now living, Catherine, the wife of Jacob Kuhn, Jr., of Miriam, Michigan. After leaving the Dayton institute our subject returned to her father's home, the latter having purchased a small farm in Thompson township, but three years later he sold that place and bought the land on which his son John now resides, in Reed township, and there he spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring on the 6th of November, 1887, caused by injuries received in the burning of his house on that date. John Rospert, whose name introduces this review, grew to years of maturity in the Buckeye state, and at the age of sixteen he entered the teacher's profession, that occupation claiming his attention during the winter months, while during the summer season he followed the tilling of the soil. Continuing as an instructor in the parochial schools from 1863 until 1871, he then abandoned that occupation and returned to the old home far, which subsequently came into his possession, together with about one hundred and seventy acres of adjoining land. He has erected substantial and modern buildings on his land, has placed his fields under an excellent state of cultivation, and his is now one of the most valuable and best-improved homesteads in this locality. The marriage of Mr. Rospert was celebrated on the 2d of May, 1865, Miss Catherine Wagner becoming his wife. Their union was blessed with eight children, namely: Mary L., the wife of Roger Palmer, of Bellevue, Ohio; Pius A., who became a sailor and was drowned May 8, 1891, in Saginaw Bay, Michigan, at the age of twenty-three; Oranna M., at home; Cornelius, who carries on the work of the home farm; Addie, the wife of Peter A. Burens, of Bellevue, Ohio; Mary J., the wife of Theodore Thiry, of Toledo; Leo A., an employe of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company; and Colleta T., at home. The wife and mother was called to her final rest on the 14th of December, 1886, and on the 31st of September, 1890, Mr. Rospert was united in marriage to Miss Anna V. Hann, a native of Thompson township, Seneca county, and five children came to brighten and bless their home, - Anthony T., Ruperta M., Anna C., Frederick G. and Rose M. The mother of these children also has passed away, her death occurring on the 17th of December, 1899. The Democracy receives Mr. Rospert's hearty support and co-operation. In 1871 he was made a notary public, which position he has ever since continued to fill, and he has also served at various times as a justice of the peace, has been a member of the school board for many years, and at the present time is filling the position of township treasurer. He is a member of St. Mary's Assumption Catholic Church at Reed, of which he has long served as secretary and trustee. In 1901 Mr. Rospert and three friends made a tour of Europe where they spent the summer and visited the principal points of interest, Rotterdam and other Holland cities, then to Cologne, Coblentz and Treves, Strasburg, and into Switzerland, thence through St. Gotthardt tunnel to Milan, Italy, Genoa, along the Mediterranean to Pisa and the Eternal City, where they visited the Vatican, including audience of the pope as he took his walk. They saw the sights of the city, including the catacombs. Thence they went to Venice and Padua, returning over the Alps, through the Tyrol to Innspruck, Austria, and back through the Rhinish provinces and through Alsace and Lorraine to Paris; thence they went to Rheims and Boulogne, where they boarded steamers for home, which was reached after an absence of three months. Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Seneca County, Ohio - Publ. by Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 |
| DANIEL C. RULE,
farmer, P. O. Green Spring, is a native of Adams Township, this county,
born Dec. 10, 1838; son of Daniel and Jane (Groscost) Rule, who
were among the first settlers in this county, where Daniel Rule
still resides. The mother of our subject died Dec. 2, 1879, aged
seventy-eight years; she was a native of Pennsylvania and came with her
parents to Trumbull County, Ohio, where she met and married Daniel
Rule; from there, a few years later, they came by overland route
with an ox team to this county. They stopped first in Scipio
Township, and thence came to Adams Township. They reared a family
of ten children, of whom five survive. Mrs. Rule's father
was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Daniel C. Rule the
subject of this sketch, was married Mar. 20, 1862. to Elenor Church,
of Adams Township, this county, where she was born June 1, 1837,
daughter of Earl and Colena (Titus) Church, natives of New York
and Connecticut respectively, and who were married in Litchfield, Conn.,
June 14, 1827; they resided in Genesee County, N. Y., a few years, then
moved to Huron County, Ohio, and in 1837 came to Adams Township this
county; they had eight children, five of whom are still living.
Mr. Church died in August, 1849, aged fifty-one years; his widow
died Jan. 18, 1884, aged seventy-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Rule
are the parents of one daughter and three sons: Anna C.,
Ralph, Harvey and Daniel C., all living except Harvey, who
died Sept. 14, 1874. Mr. Rule gives considerable attention
to stock dealing. He is a Republican, and has taken an active part
in the politics of his township. His brother, Isaac P. Rule,
was a member of the One Hundred and First Regiment Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1862. He served
thirteen months and was mortally wounded at the battle of Chickamauga.
The post of G. A. R., at Tiffin, Ohio, is named in honor of him. (Source: History of Seneca County, Ohio - Publ. 1886 - Page 709) |
| * SOURCE:
History of Seneca County : from the close of the Revolutionary War to
July, 1880 : embracing many personal sketches of pioneers, anecdotes, and
faithful descriptions of events pertaining to the organization of the
county and its progress Springfield, Ohio: Transcript Print. Co., 1880, 717 pgs. † SOURCE: History of Seneca County, Ohio containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, etc. etc. - Illustrated - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. |
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