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* Source 1 : History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881
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Source 2:
Portrait &
Biographical Record of Stark County, Ohio
Chicago - Chapman Bros. - 1892
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J. GESZNER, farmer; P. O. Robertsville; was born Nov.
3, 1837, in Cincinnati, O.; a son of George L. and
Catharine (Weirman) Geszner, natives of Prussia; sailed
for the United States in 1818; and his father continued his
trade as baker in Philadelphia. In 1836 they removed
to Cincinnati; his parents returned to Philadelphia, and
after a short residence removed to Stark Co. in 1847, and
purchased 142 acres. George L. Geszner died in
1865, leaving the estate to the subject of this sketch and
Elizabeth wife of Valentine Mong.
The farm being willed to George, he has improved it
with a fine residence where he enjoys the felicities of
single life. In politics Mr. Geszner votes the
Democratic ticket. He is a member of the Lutheran
Church at Robertsville and a strong supporter of the same
financially. |
| WILLIAM BERRY
GOODIN, deceased, whose
residence was in Osnaburg Tp., Stark Co., was born in
Fayette Co., Penn., June 26, 1814. He came to Ohio
with his parents when 2 years of age, settling in Wayne
County, near Mt. Eaton. The day following their
arrival, the neighbors, five in number, all then living in
the township, met together, cut down the trees and built a
cabin, the family moving in the second day, living and
lodging in it without a door for over a week - while the
woods around was full of wild animals. Often in the
night time was the mother awakened by the bowling of wolves,
when she would reach out to ascertain if there children were
all there. Mr. Goodin's youth was filled with
incidents common to frontier life. His educational
opportunities were extremely limited. At the age of
18, he began teaming for his father from Wooster to
Pittsburgh. At 25, his father fitted him out with a
five-horse team, to do for himself. At the age of 27
he married Joanna Springer, of New Lisbon, Ohio, and
soon after purchased and settled upon a farm in Osnaburg Tp.,
Stark Co., thought he continued teaming to and from
Pittsburgh some years after. For two seasons he ran a
canal boat from Massillon to Cleveland, and was popular with
freighters as he was reliable and trustworthy. In
1852, he abandoned freighting and retired upon his farm,
giving his entire attention to his family and farm. In
character, he was honest, humane and charitable. If he
had an enemy, it was not known. Though not a member of
the church, he was a strict observer of the Sabbath Day.
During our civil war he was a strong supporter of the Union
cause and an active agent for the Townships of Osnaburg and
Paris in procuring substitutes for the draft. After an
illness of one week, he died July 22, 1878 - aged 64 years
and 26 days. His wife survived him, with seven out of
a family of nine children. Two a son and a daughter,
died in infancy. Four of the remaining seven are
married. One son resides in Huntington Co., Ind.
The others in Stark County. He had sixteen
grand-children. |
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