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History
of Tuscarawas County, Ohio
(Source: History of
Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.,
1884)
BIOGRAPHIES
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Lawrence Twp. -
JACOB F. BAAD,
merchant, Boliver, was born June
5, 1848, near New Bedford,
Coshocton County, son of Jacob
and Charlotte (Riedt) Baad,
natives of Germany. Jacob
Baad emigrated to America in
Aug., 1832, and settled in
Pennsylvania; in 1838, he came to
Coshocton County, Ohio, remaining
until 1880, when he retired from
the farm and settled near
Bolivar. He is a member of
the Lutheran Church, and a
Democrat. His family
consisted of seven
children, one of whom died in
infancy. The survivors are Margaret
of this township; John, of
Coshocton County; Mary and
Catherine, of this township;
George, residing near Dover,
Ohio; and Jacob F., the
subject of this sketch. He
attended school near New Bedford,
learned the shoe-maker trade, and
followed it for four years.
He clerked in the dry goods store
of Dixon, Bailey
& Howk for three
years; then engaged to W. H.
McMurray as clerk in the drug
business eight months later; in
the spring of 1873, he became a
partner in the drug firm McMurray
& Baad, which has been
succeeded by Baad &
Maurer. Mr. Baad was
elected Township Treasurer in
1878, serving two years.
His political views are in
harmony with the Democratic
party.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 - Page
781 |
Sugar Creek
Twp. -
DANIEL BAIR,
retired farmer, P. O. Winfield,
was born in 1813 in this
county. His parents, Leonard
and Eve Bair, natives of
Pennsylvania, were very early
settlers of this county, coming
here in 1810. The county
was then very new, Indians, and
wild animals abounding, but they
took up a lease on a tract of 320
acres of land, which they cleared
and developed into a home.
The father died in 1826, the
mother in 1839. Of their
family of eleven children, only
two are living - our subject and
Esther, widow of Abraham
Knaga, of Whitley
County, Ind. Our subject
was raised on a farm, and
obtained his education in the
limited schools of those early
days. In 1836, he was
united in marriage with Sallie
Welty, a native of this
township. Mr. Bair
lived on rented property for
several years after his marriage,
and then bought a farm, and by
hard work and careful management
has gradually increased it until
the home place now comprises
176½ acres of well-improved
land. They have one child -
Esther Ann, who
was married to Harmon
Sheeler (deceased), by
whom she had three children - Edward,
George and Daniel.
Mr. Sheeler died in
1870, and Esther is
living with her father. Mr.
Bair died June 27,
1880. She was a member of
the Lutheran Church, and was a
faithful wife and kind
mother. Mr. Bair is
a life-long advocate of the
Democratic party, and cast his
first vote for Andrew
Jackson. He is a member of
the Lutheran Church.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page 928 |
D. W. BAKER,
dealer in groceries, drugs,
medicines, etc., Rowville, P. O.
Baltic, was born in Holmes County
October 2, 1855. He is a
the son of George and Sarah
(Shafer) Baker. His
father, George Baker,
emigrated to California in the
spring of 1855, and after the
year 1857 no word was ever
received from him, and his fate
is still unknown to his
family. D. W. was
reared on the farm, received an
education in the common schools,
and was married October 2, 1879,
to Almeda Rinehart, native
of Holmes County, but residing in
Coshocton County at time of
marriage. Mr. Baker
has been engaged in his present
business for one year and is
quite successful.
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Sugar
Creek Twp. -
EPHRAIM A. BAKER,
farmer, P. O. Shanesville, was
born in Sugar Creek Township,
Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Aug. 12,
1834, and is a son of Henry
Baker. He was
reared on his father's farm and
obtained a common school
education in this township.
For several years previous to his
marriage, he was occupied in
stock-raising. He married,
Feb. 11,1863, Miss
Catherine Byers, a
native of the kingdom of Bavaria,
Germany. Her parents
emigrated to America, settling in
Auburn Township, this county and
State, when she was but a few
months old. Her father died
shortly after his arrival, but
her mother still survives, and is
a resident of Dover, Ohio.
To Mr. and Mrs. Baker
have been born four children - Ellen
J., Edward B., James F.
and John H.
In 1870, Mr. Baker
purchased seventy acres of the
old homestead farm, and has since
resided there. In politics,
he is a Democrat; was elected to
the office of Township
Trustee in 1877, and served in
that capacity for five years,
declining a re-election. He
filled the office with
satisfaction to the people and
with credit to himself. He
is a ardent friendship to the
cause of education, and the moral
and intellectual development of
the community in which he
resides. He has an
intelligent and interesting
family who are in high social
standing, and give promise of
making useful citizens.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page 929 |
Sugar
Creek Twp. -
WILLIAM C. BAKER,
farmer and Notary Public, P. O.
Shanesville, was born in Sugar
Creek Township, this county and
State, June 2, 1838. His
parents, Henry and Anna
Baker, natives of
Somerset County, Penn., were
immigrants to this township in
the year 1812, and were married
in 1832. They at once
settled on the farm which Mr.
Baker already owned and
which is still in the possession
of their children. Mr.
Baker departed this life
in 1870 followed by his widow in
1872. They were pioneers
belonging to that class of the
original settlers whose
indomitable energy and
perseverance overcame all the
difficulties and hardships
incident to a new country.
They left a family of eight
children, all of whom survive,
viz.: Henry, Ephraim,
Elizabeth and William
C., of this township; Andrew
J., of Huntington
County, Ind.; Reuben H.,
of Holmes County, Ohio; Margaret
A., wife of David
G. Pershing, of this
township; and Mary C.,
wife of Jacob Steeg,
of Boone County, Iowa. W.
C. Baker, the subject of
this sketch, was reared on his
father's farm, and educated at
the common schools of the
township. He adopted the
profession of teaching, and
followed it for several years in
this State and Indiana. He
also dealt in live stock, in
which business he visited the
States in the West and
Southwest. In 1870, he was
united in marriage with Miss
Anna Leavengood, who was
born in Auburn Township, this
county and State. The
results of this union have been
five children, viz.: Margaret
E., Franklin, Iola, Elnora
and Thomas J.
After a residence of eight years
in Auburn Township, Mr.
Baker settled on a part
of the old Baker Farm,
where he has since lived.
He has served two terms as
Township Assessor, and one term
as Justice of the Peace,
declining a re-election. He
has also an appointment as Notary
Public, which he has held for
several terms, and does
considerable public business as
Conveyancer, settling decedent's
estates, etc. In politics,
he is a Democrat, and is regarded
as leading business man and
influential citizen of Sugar
Creek Township.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page 929 |
Sugar Creek
Twp. -
DAVID BARR,
miller, of the firm of
David Barr & Son, Barr's
Mills, was born in 1820,
in Bedford County, Penn., and is
a son of Henry and
Susanna (Bixler) Barr,
who emigrated to the neighborhood
of Navarre, Stark Co., Ohio, in
1822. Mr. Barr
began the milling business when
fourteen years of age, and
continued it until the death in
1867; has wife died in
1863. The subject of this
sketch learned milling under his
father's instructions in Stark
Co., and at eighteen years of age
took up the carpenter's trade,
which he followed for about
twenty years. He was united
in marriage June 5, 1851, with Lavinia
Tom, who was born in
Stark County, Ohio. In
1867, he bought Walter's
Mill on Sugar Creek, in
this township, which name he
changed to Barr's Mills.
Here has grown up quite a village
on the Connotton Valley
Railroad. Mr. Barr
was quite active in securing the
railway, and gave liberally
toward it. In 1878, he took
into partnership his son, W.
M. Barr, under the firm
name of D. Barr &
Son. They have
improved the machinery and
building, and, by their
enterprise and courteous
treatment of their patrons, have
built up a large custom. Mr.
Barr is a
Republican. He is the
father of four children, viz.: Emma
S. (deceased), wife of
E. Henderson;
Webster M., Sarah E. and
James. W.
M. Barr was born in
Stark County, Ohio, Nov. 4,
1854. He learned the
milling business with his father,
and in 1878 engaged in
partnership with him. He
married Miss Jane Allison
Oct. 23, 1877.
Their children are Ida N.
(deceased), and
Mila. The family
are members of the Lutheran
Church.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page 930 |
JOHN HENRY BENFER,
farmer, P. O. Dundee, was born in
this township Aug. 26,
1839. He is the son of Henry
and Margaret (Kappenberger)
Benfer, the former a native
of Ohio, the latter of
Pennsylvania. Their family
consisted of four children - Sarah
A. (wife of Robert Price),
Rev. Elias Ranson, John Henry,
and Mary Catherine (wife
of James W. Stont). Our
subject was married to Miss
Rachel Johnson Oct. 6, 1863,
and to them were born ten
children, viz., Ulysses Grant (deceased),
Thomas Jefferson (deceased),
Mary Clarinda, Elsa, Andesa,
James Pomeroy, Judge Amos,
Clifford Thurman, William Francis
and Elca Grace. The
faimly are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Benfer has held the
offices of Township Trustee and
Justice of the Peace, and is
serving his second term as County
Commissioner. He was a
volunteer during the late
rebellion in the One Hundred and
Twenty-sixth Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and was a
brave soldier, but being taken
sick he was discharged for
physical disability. He is
a member of the Masonic
fraternity. Mr. Brenfer
owns a well-improved farm of 150
acres with splendid buildings
thereon, secured by his own
industry.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 - Page
994 |
Sugar
Creek Twp. -
MARGARET
(HOSELTON) BEYER, resident
of Shanesville for seventeen
years, was born in Maryland Apr.
3, 1823. Is a daughter of Christian
and Eva (Rohrer) Hoselton.
Her parents were natives of
Maryland, and in the autumn of
the year, 1823, emigrated to
Holmes County, Ohio. After
living there twenty-two years,
they moved to Dover Township,
Tuscarawas County, and in 1860 to
New Philadelphia. Her Mrs.
Hoselton departed this
life, at the advanced age of
eighty-one and a half
years. She was a member of
the Lutheran Church,
and was a lady of estimable
character. In 1879, Mr.
Hoselton moved to the
State of Iowa, where he died,
April 19, 1883, at the age of
ninety six years. He was
also a member of the Lutheran
Church, and much esteemed.
He leaves a family of seven
children, viz.: John,
of Bloomington, Ill.;
Jacob, Davenport, Iowa; Margaret,
our subject; Catherine,
wife of Rev. J. W. Swick,
Dayton, Ohio; Magdalene,
wife of Isaac Gorsuch,
Nokomis, Ill.; Eva,
widow of Isaac Jones, New
Philadelphia; and
Elizabeth, wife of
Joseph Smutz, of this
county. The subject of this
sketch was united in marriage,
Sept. 11, 1866, with Mr.
John Beyer, a native of
Pennsylvania. He was a
merchant of Shanesville, and
departed this life on Aug. 10,
1875. Mrs. Beyer
is an ardent advocate of woman
suffrage, temperance and other
reforms, embodying the advanced
ideas of modern thought.
She is a lady of intelligence and
literary culture, and wields a
strong influence in favor of the
cause of truth, morality and
justice - "yes! justice to
all creatures, whether male or
female."
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page 930 |
Clay
Twp. -
JOSEPH BIDWELL,
farmer, P. O. Lock 17, was born
in England Oct. 22, 1822, the son
of John and Jane Bidwell,
who emigrated to America in 1831
with their family, and settled in
New York. Six or seven
years later they removed to
Trenton, county, and there
remained till death. Joseph
Bidwell was married in 1852
to Louisa Blower, a native
of Ohio, and of Scotch
ancestry. She departed this
life two years later, and in 1860
Mr. Bidwell was married to
Harriet Blickensderfer,
daughter of Abram
Blickensderfer. Their
five children were George
Wesley, Charles Emmett (who
died young), Mary Elizabeth,
Hannah Jane(who died at the
age of two years) and was again
married to Rebecca Richardson.
Her only child is William Richardson.
They have, however, an adopted
child, Denver Brown, four
years of age. Mr.
Bidwell is a member of the
Moravian Church. Source:
History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers
& Co., 1884 – Page 734 |
Sandy Twp. -
ALLEN D. BLACK,
merchant, Mineral City, was born
Aug. 27, 1854, and is the son of Philip
and Rose (Render) Black. Philip
was a native of Ohio and died in
1876. His wife, Rose, was
a native of England. Their three
children were Angeline (wife
of C. E. Brothers),
Alice (wife of M. B.
Skeels), and Allen D.
the subject of this sketch. He
was married in 1882 to Miss
Mary, daughter of John and
Christina Freitchley. To Mr.
and Mrs. Black one child, Lottie
P., has been born. Mr.
Black has been engaged for
years in the dry goods trade, at
first with his father, and at
present he is a member of the
firm of Black & Graham
Bros. Mr. Black is
Treasurer of the village, and in
politics is Democratic.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884~ Page
916 |
Clay
Twp. -
ISAAC
BLICKENSDERFER, retired
farmer, Gnadenhutten, was born in
Warwick Township Oct. 1,
1813. His father, Christian,
was born September 16, 1787,
and died Apr. 4, 1854; his
mother, Sarah (Frederick),
was born in 1786, and died in
1880, aged ninety-four
years. They had four
children- Abram, Isaac
(the subject of this sketch), Christie
Ann (wife of Ferdinand
Helwig) and Sarah (wife
of Lewis Peter), all
residents of Gnadenhutten.
Christian Blickensderfer was
one of eight men who, with their
families, emigrated in 1812 from
Lancaster County, Penn., to
Tuscarawas County. Isaac
was raised in Warwick Township,
and remained on the farm until
his family had grown to maturity.
He was married, in 1834, to Elvina
Meyer, born in Pennsylvania
June 13, 1814. Their
children are Josiah F., a
resident of Iowa; Louisa, deceased;
Annie, deceased; Francis
E., who was a member of the
Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and was killed at
Atlanta, Ga.; and Sarah, a
resident of Pennsylvania. Mr.
Blickensderfer has been a
resident of Clay Townshipsince
1870. He is a member of the
Moravian Church.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 – Page
734 |
Sandy
Twp. -
AARON BORDNER,
farmer, P. O. Sandyville, was
born Jan. 5, 1842, son of John
P. and Sarah Bordner, whose
family consisted of Thirteen
children. Ten of these are yet
living, viz.: Ann Eliza,
Josiah, John W., Hamon, Harriet,
Levi, Daniel, William, Joseph
and Aaron. John Bordner
was a member of the Odd Fellows
Lodge at Bolivar, and was largely
instrumental in its success. Aaron
Bordner was married, Jan. 5,
1869, to Mary, daughter of
Mathias Umholts. They have
four children - Lillie L.,
Laura, Eda and Arminta.
Mr. Bordner has a fine farm
of eighty acres in Sandy Creek
Valley, where he resides. He is a
member of hte M. E. Church, and
in politics is a Republican.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884~ Pg.
917 |
Goshen Twp. -
A. L. BOURQUIN
(deceased) was born at
L'Auovresse, Canton of Berne,
Switzerland, August 230,
1809. He was there reared,
and when twenty-eight years of
age came to American. He
had learned the blacksmith trade
in his native land, thoroughly
understood machinery, and first
located at Mount Eaton, Wayne
Co., Ohio. He afterward
worked at Zoar, in this county,
and St. Louis, Mo., for some
time, and in 18423 came back to
this county and bought 100 acres
of land in this township.
He located thereon and engaged in
farming till his death. He
subsequently added 267 acres to
his first purchase, and also
bought ninety-seven acres near
Rockford Township. He died
of abscess of the stomach and
liver, April 21, 1879, aged
sixty-nine years and eight
months. He was reared in
the German Reformed denomination,
and was a member of the church at
New Philadelphia. He was
formerly a Whig in politics, but
subsequently became a
Republican. Mr. Bourquin
was married at Mount Eaton, Ohio,
in 1841, to Mary A. Bichnoff,
a native of France. They
were the parents of nine
children, only three living - Adellie,
residing in Shelby County, Ill.; Edward,
residing in Tuscarawas County,
Ohio; and Abram, residing
in Montgomery County, Ill. Mrs.
Bourquin died in 1857 and
both are buried in the cemetery
at New Philadelphia. Edward,
the sixth child and third son of
these parents, was born on the
old homestead October 31,
1851. He obtained a good
common school education, and
remained with his parents until
the fall of 1876, when he went to
Christian County, Ill. In
February, 1879, he returned home
and has since resided here.
He inherited one-half of the home
farm and purchased the remaining
half from the other heirs. His
land is mostly on the
"plains", and the
greater part is under
cultivation. Mr.
Bourquin is a member of New
Philadelphia Lodge, No. 177
(Masonic) and votes with the
Republican party. He was
never an office-holder. He
was married, October 22, 18732,
to Mary, daughter of Henry
Mosher, of this
township. Of the four
children given them, three are
living - Charlie A., Alvin L.
and Nellie M. Mrs.
Bourquin is a member of the
Plains Methodist Episcopal
Church, of this township.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 |
Wayne Twp. -
JOHN BOWERS,
farmer, P. O. Dundee, was born in
Wayne County, Ohio, in 1840, and
is a son of John and Susan
(Gardner) Bowers. His
parents were natives of
Pennsylvania, and settled near
Mount Eaton, Ohio, at an early
day, spending there the remainder
of their lives. They reared
a large family of children, eight
of whom are now living, viz., Joseph,
Samuel, Jacob, Susan (wife of
John Pircel), Lydia (wife
of John Bair), John,
Henry and Levi. John
Bowers was married to Catherine,
daughter of Samuel and Maria
(Malone) Boyd. Mrs. Bowers
died Apr. 30, 1883. Their
family numbered three children,
viz., Clara Ellen
(deceased), Icadora and Louis
Lonnear. The
family are members of the Church
of God. Mr. Bowers
was a volunteer during the late
war, enlisting in the
Twenty-fifth Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry and proved
himself a brave soldier; after a
service of about one year,,,,,,
he received an honorable
discharge. He owns
ninety-one acres of well
cultivated land, on which are
erected good farm buildings.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 - Page
994 |
Wayne Twp -
DAVID BRADLEY,
miller, Dundee, was born in
Westmoreland County, Penn.,
October 10, 1810. His
parents, Jeremiah and Mary
(Lute) Bradley were natives
of Maryland and Pennsylvania
respectively. They came to
Ohio and settled in Harrison
County, where Jeremiah died;
his widow then removed to Brown
County, Ind., where she died
Sept. 8, 1882, aged ninety-five
years. Their family
numbered six children, viz., David,
Mary (wife of John Cook,
deceased), Joseph Levi, Maria
(deceased) and Susanna (wife
of George Shawbaugh.)
April 13, 1846, our subject was
married to Mary Morgan, in
this county, on the farm where
they now reside. The result
of this union has been one child,
Francis Marian, who is
married, and resides on the farm
with his parents. Mr.
Bradley worked at the
carpenter's trade until about
1863. He purchased the
flouring-mill which he is now
operating, and has always been
successful in business, having
accumulated a large amount of
property, including a farm of 120
acres, besides his mills.
He is one of the old pioneers,
and has done much for the
advancement of the county.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 - Page
994 |
Sandy Twp. -
JOHN BRICK, coal
miner, P. O. Mineral Point, was
born in Germany, where all his
relatives yet remain. He is a son
of Anthony and Lena (Cooper)
Brick, and emigrated to
America in 1884. For eight years
he resided in Columbiana County,
Ohio; then came to his present
place in Sandy Township, after
spending four years in
Sandyville. He owns forty acres
of fine coal land on the C. &
P. R. R., and is engaged
in extensive coal mining. Mr.
Brick was married in 1835 to
Miss Mary Stutzel. She died,
leaving him eight children, viz.:
Lyreneus, George, John,
Catherine, Lena, Henry, Charles and
Elizabeth, all of whom are
married. Mr. Brick was
again married in June, 1867, to Mary,
daughter of Anthony Hughes.
Their children are Edward,
James and Anthony. Mr.
Brick received a good
education in Germany, and has a
pleasant family about him.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~
Page 917 |
Sugar
Creek Twp. -
DAVID G. BRUNER,
dentist, Dover, Ohio, was born in
the year 1829. His parents
were then living in Fayette Co.,
Penn., but came in their later
years to Tuscarawas Co., Ohio,
remaining for two years, and
finally proceeding to Defiance
Co., where they spent the
remainder of their lives.
The subject of this sketch was
raised on his father's farm,
receiving his literary education
in the township, and afterward in
the Normal School at Staunton,
Penn. He came to Ohio and
Sugar Creek Township, in 1851,
and settled on the place he now
occupies, immediately commencing
the practice of his
profession. He was married
in 1853, to Miss Rachel
A. Stout, a resident of
Westmoreland County, Penn.
To them have been born two sons,
one of whom, Richard,
is a wholesale druggist in
Pueblo, Colo.; he has been an
energetic, enterprising and
successful business man, and has
made a first class standing for
himself among the citizens of
that young and flourishing
city. The other son, William,
is a successful cattle-raiser, in
El Paso Co., Colo. Dr.
Bruner took a course of
studies in the science of
dentistry in Pittsburgh, Penn.,
and has practiced ever since he
came to this county. He is
thorough and skillful in his
chosen profession, and by his
courteous treatment of his
patrons and superior scientific
attainments, has built up a large
practice in this and adjoining
counties. His work gives
entire satisfaction to his
customers, and is a
recommendation to those who need
the services of a skillful
dentist. He takes great
interest in the cause of
education, and was engaged for
some time in his early life in
teaching. He is a supporter
of the Democratic party in
politics, and is a member of the
United Brethren Church.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page 930 |
Sugar
Creek Twp. -
JOHN BURKHALTER, painter and
tanner, Shanesville, was born in
the Canton of Berne, Switzerland,
in 1832. His parents ended
their days in the mother
country. He came to America
and to Shanesville, Ohio, when
twenty years of age, and, having
learned tanning in Switzerland,
commenced working at that
trade. On Jan. 6, 1856, he
was united in marriage with Miss
Christina Burki, also a
native of Switzerland, and to
them have been born nine children
- Frederick W.,
residing in Dover, Ohio; Mary
L., wife of Jerome
Weimer, of Barr's Mills;
John H., Charles E.,
Benjamin F., Hannah A.,
Melissa, George W. and Dewitt
C. In 1865, Mr.
Burkhalter removed to
Dundee, Ohio, and carried on a
tan yard for twelve years,
returning to Shanesville in
1878. He is a supporter of
the Democratic party, and a
member of the German Reformed
Church. He has been a man
of quiet industry and usefulness,
and enjoys the respect of all his
friends and neighbors.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page 931 |
Sugar Creek
Twp. -
JACOB BURKY,
of the firm of Burky
& Troyer,
druggists. Shanesville, was
born in the Canton of Berne,
Switzerland, July 6, 1833, and is
a son of John Burky. Our
subject was educated in the
native country and emigrated to
the United States, coming to
Holmes County, Ohio, in
1853. He began the study of
the medical profession in early
boyhood, and in March, 1863,
engaged in the practice of
medicine, living on a farm in
Sugar Creek Township, where he
also kept a small drug
store. In 1859, he took a
trip back to his fatherland, and
on the journey there was
appointed the ship's physician,
the duties of which he discharged
to the end of the voyage.
On the 1st of September, 1879, he
purchased Dr. Miller's
interest in the drug store,
becoming a partner with Mr.
Troyer. The firm
keep a first class, reliable
stock of drugs, and have
established a flourishing
trade. Dr. Burky
was united in marriage, June 9,
1881, with Miss Elizabeth
Oswald, who was born in
Holmes County, Ohio. He is
one of the leading, intelligent
men of Sugar Creek Township.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884~ Page 930 |
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Sugar
Creek Twp. -
RICHARD BURRELL,
farmer, P. O. Dundee, was born in
this county Jan. 23, 1815.
His parents, Richard and
Ruhama (Wode) Burrell, were
natives of Maryland, and came to
Tuscarawas County in 1806, and to
Wayne Township about the year
1811. They had a family of
nine children, of whom only two
survive, Richard and
John, the latter a resident
of Richland County, Ohio. Richard,
our subject was married, Oct. 20,
1836, to Sarah, daughter
of Joseph and Elizabeth
(Masters) Lewis, natives of
Pennsylvania. They came to
Ohio in an early day, and settled
in this county in 1833, the
father engaging in farming.
Mr. and Mrs. Burrell are
the parents of eleven children,
six of whom are living - Joseph
Lewis, Richard Wareham, Jeremiah,
Charles Peter, Frances Marion
and Alcid. The
family are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Burrell died June 13,
1883. Mr. Burrell has
now retired from business; he has
been successful in life, and has
acquired 300 acres of land, which
he has divided among his
children. He has been an
active worker in the advancement
of education, and in the
settlement of the county
generally.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 - Page
995 |
Sugar
Creek Twp. -
BRUNER DAVID G.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page 930 |
Sugar
Creek Twp. -
JOHN BURKHALTER
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page 931 |
Sugar
Creek Twp. -
JACOB BURKY
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page 931 |
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