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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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Wayne
Twp.
CHRISTIAN FELLER,
farmer, P. O. Dundee, is a native
of Switzerland, born Nov. 27,
1835, and is a son of Samuel
and Barbara (Newenswander) Feller,
the latter of whom died in
Switzerland. They had three
children - Christian, John
and Anna (deceased).
Our subject came to this country
in 1855 (five years after his
father), and settled in this
county, where he, Christian,
engaged in farming. His
father died in 1864. Christian
was married, Mar. 14, 1867, to Maggie
Olmstead, the results of
which union have been a family of
five children - William Otto,
Franklin Frederick Austin Henry,
Ellsworth Edward and Sue
Allie. The family are
members of the German Reformed
Church. Mrs. Feller
was born, Mar. 20, 1844, in Wayne
Township, this county, and is the
daughter of Jacob and Barbara
(Ricksecker) Olmstead. Her
father died in 1874. Mr.
Feller has served his
township as District Clerk and
Supervisor for a number of
terms. During the late
civil war, he enlisted in the
Nineteenth Regiment Ohio Veteran
Volunteer Infantry, and served in
the Army of the Cumberland until
the fall of 1865. He was
sunstruck in August, 1865, near
Green Lake, Tex.; was very sick
then for about five weeks, and
ever since he has suffered much
from the severe heat of the
sun. He has been breeding
fine short-horn cattle, and by
the assistance of his faithful
wife has secured a fine farm of
sixty (well-improved) acres of
land.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 -
Page 995 |
Sugar
Creek Twp. -
MRS. CHARITY
FERRIS, widow,
Shanesville, was born in the year
1830, in Athens County, Ohio, the
daughter of Joseph and
Anna (McCune) Butt, both
natives of Ohio, the former of
this county. Mrs.
Ferris was raised on a
farm and enjoyed the usual
advantages and pleasures of a
farmer's daughter. In 1850,
she was united in marriage with
Charles Ferris, of Tuscarawas
County. He was a son of
John and Nancy (Campbell) Ferris,
natives of Ireland, but early
pioneers of Tuscarawas Co.,
Ohio. He grew up in the
town of New Philadelphia and
learned the tinner's trade.
After their marriage, Mr.
and Mrs. Ferris lived
for two years in New
Philadelphia, and then came to
Shanesville, where he established
a tin and stove trade. He
was quite successful in his
business and built up a
flourishing trade. He
departed this life on Sept. 12,
1879. His death was very
sudden, he dying from the effects
of over-exertion and exposure to
heated air while putting out the
fire of a neighboring house
belonging to Henry Goeler;
he expired half an hour after his
heroic and successful act.
He was a kind husband and father,
and an industrious and useful
citizen, enjoying the esteem of
the entire community in which he
lived. Mr. and Mrs.
Ferris raised a family
of four children - Ellen
F., wife of Lyman
C. Wright; George H., of
Dundee, Ohio; Joseph N.,
of West Point, Neb., and Emmett
C., still at home.
She is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and an advocate
of the cause of temperance.
She is a lady of strong
principles and estimable
character, and takes a deep
interest in the welfare of her
family. She is a worthy
example of the faithful,
conscientious mothers who have
labored with patience and
self-denial to bring up their
children to useful manhood and
womanhood.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page
933 |
Sugar
Creek Twp. -
FRANKLIN FISHER,
manufacturer, and proprietor of
the Sugar Creek Woolen Mills,
Shanesville, was born in the year
1832, in Sugar Creek Township,
Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. He is
a son of Jonathan and
Esther Fisher, the
former of whom was a native of
Maryland, and the latter born in
Somerset Co., Penn. They
came to this county in 1830, and
died leaving the following-named
children: Daniel
J., of Lakeville, St.
Joseph Co., Ind.; Adeline,
wife of E.
Showalter; Isaac, of
Wawpecong, Indiana; Eliza,
wife of C. Zimmer,
Newcomerstown, Ohio; Solomon,
of Sugar Creek Township; Susanna,
wife of J. Weidman,
of Stark Co., Ohio; and
Lucinda, wife of C.
Penrod, whose biography
is also in this work. In
1833, Jonathan Fisher
bought a small farm and erected a
fulling mill. He gradually
added to the work until it
developed quite a large
trade. Mr. and Mrs.
Fisher were industrious
pioneer people, and left behind
them a good record for honesty
and integrity of character.
Our subject was brought up to the
trade of wool manufacturing by
his father, and attended the
common schools of the
township. In 1861, he was
married to Miss Sarah
Grupt, who was also born
in this township. This
union has resulted in six
children, viz: Anna,
Cora Charlotte (wife of Ira
Wolf), Jonathan
L., Joseph F.,
Susanna and
Elwyn. In 1860, Mr.
Fisher took charge of
the woolen mills on his own
account. He is very
enterprising, and has improved
the building and machinery and
increased the facilities for the
business. By his close
application and courteous
treatment of his patrons, he has
secured a large custom, extending
even into the surrounding
counties. The Shanesville
Woolen Mills have a first-class
reputation for honesty and good
workmanship for many miles
around. They buy wool and
manufacture plain and fancy
stocking yarn, satinets, cloth,
cassimere, jeans, etc. Mr.
Fisher intends to still
further increase the facilities
of his business, to keep up with
the growing trade. He also
owns the old homestead. In
politics, he is a Democrat, and
is a member of the German
Reformed Church. He is an
ardent friend to the cause of
education, and has given his
children good educational
advantages. He himself is
well educated in both English and
German. His children are
bright and intelligent, and give
promise of great usefulness in
future years. Sugar Creek
Township has no more upright,
influential citizen than Franklin
Fisher.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 \ ~
Page 933 |
Bucks Twp. -
V. C. FISHER
book-keeper for Wolf &
Miller, planing mill company,
Rowville, was born in Coshocton
County Ohio, Nov. 320, 1846, son
of Christian and Rebecca
(Lower) Fisher. His
father was a native of York
County, Penn.; his mother of
Coshocton County, Ohio. The
subject of this notice was reared
on the farm, and received a
common school education. He
taught school three terms in his
youth, then served a two years
apprenticeship at the tanner's
trade, and carried on a tan yard
of his own for nine years.
He was married, in 1867, to Emma
Lint, daughter of Daniel
Lint. They have three
children - Sarah Ellen, Myra
Catherine and William
Daniel, living, and one, Clara
Althea, deceased. Mr.
Fisher and wife are members
of the German Baptist Church.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884
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Oxford
Twp. -
LEWIS R. FLETCHER,
farmer, P. O. Newcomerstown, was
born in Coshocton County, Ohio,
Jan. 5, 1830, and was raised
there till thirteen years of age.
He is a son of Adam and
Catherine Fletcher, the
former a native of States Island,
N. Y., of English descent, the
latter is of German lineage. Our
subject was married, Oct. 9,
1856, in Coshocton Co., by Rev.
John Baker, to Mary
Culbertson, born near Keene,
Coshocton Co., June 23, 1833, and
a daughter of Alexander and
Elizabeth (Wilson) Culbertson,
the former of Ohio, the latter of
Pennsylvania. The result of this
union has been a family of six
children, four boys and two
girls, both of the latter
deceased. Their names are Henry
W. Clara E.
(deceased), James R., Anna
B. (deceased) and Albert
H. and Robert W.
(twins). Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher
are members of the United
Brethren Church, along with the
two oldest children, and Mr.
Fletcher is the owner of 160
acres of land, two miles south of
Newcomerstown.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page 868 |
Clay Twp.
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JAMES C. FORBES,
farmer; P. O. Port Washington,
was born in Uhrichsville, Ohio,
Dec. 22, 1860, the son of Andrew
and Louisa A. (Seaman),
Forbes. Andrew Forbes
was for many years a leading
merchant of Uhrichesville, and in
1863 and 1864 represented the
county in the State
Legislature. He died in the
prime of life. His wife was
the only child of Robert
Seaman, who was the largest
land owner in Clay Township,
acquiring, by his own exertions,
over 1,000 acres of land, most of
which is bottom land. James
C. was married, May 15, 1881,
to Ida Bremer, daughter of
Peyola and Matilda Bremer,
of the township. They have
one child – Laura
May.
Source: History of
Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago
: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884
– Page 735 |
Sugar
Creek Twp. -
HENRY FROELICH,
farmer, P. O. Barr's
Mills, was born in Rhine
Bavaria, Germany, in 1830, and is
a son of Henry and
Margaret Froelich, the
latter a daughter John
Andrus Lanzer.
They were married in Germany in
1824, and came to this county
with their fmaily in 1844. Mr.
Froelich died Jan. 14,
1872. His widow, who still
lives, resides with her daughter,
Mrs. Henry Schumacher,
in Bucks Township. Our
subject was raised on a farm, and
obtained his education in
Germany. Since he came here
he has, by private study,
obtained a pretty good knowledge
of the English language. He
lived with his father until his
marriage to Miss Phebe
Schumacher in
1852. She was also a native
of Germany, but came here in
infancy. Their family
numbered eleven children, of whom
eight are living, viz.:
Phebe, wife of Henry
Widder; Albert, married
to Henry Allison; Barbara,
wife of Adam Lahm; John, married
to Mary Yanney; Emma,
wife of Lee Miller;
William, Benjamin and
Clara, at home. Mr.
and Mrs. Froelich have
been industrious and successful
in life, and by their own hard
work and good management have
acquired a fine farm of 264 acres
of well improved land. He
takes an interest in the culture
of live stock, and has some
full-blooded animals on his
farm. In politics, he is a
Democrat, and he and his wife are
members of the German Reformed
Church. Mr.
Froelich and Josiah
Stough built the cheese
factory at Barr's Mills in
1883. It is now operated by
Frederick Von Gunten,
a native of Switzerland, who has
been in this country five years.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page
934 |
Sugar
Creek Twp. -
ERVIN FULTON,
manufacturer, Shanesville, was
born in Fayette Co., Penn., in
1844. His parents, James
C. and Margaret Fulton,
were natives of Penn. and came to
this county in 1854. Mrs.
Fulton died in 1873; her
husband, who survives, is a
resident of the state of Indiana
and is seventy years of
age. The subject of this
sketch spent his boyhood days on
a farm and for his education
attended the common
schools. In 1863, he was
married to Miss Sarah A.
Wertman, who was born in
Bedford Co., Penn; her parents, Jacob
and Sarah Wertman, are
two very old residents of
Tuscarawas County. To
Mr. and Mrs. Fulton have
been born two children- George
W. and William
S. Mr. Fulton
farmed during his early years,
but soon went into the lumber
business and spent fifteen years
(1863 to 1878) in Defiance Co.,
Ohio, getting out lumber.
He still owns a saw mill, which
he is now setting up in the
town. His principal
interests are centered in the
brick and tile mill which he owns
and operates. The mill
embodies the very latest
improvements, and is the only one
of its kind in Tuscarawas County.
Mr. Fulton
is a Republican in politics, and
is a member of the United
Brethren Church. He is
energetic and enterprising, and
by his own efforts has made a
success in life.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page
934 |
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