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BIOGRAPHIES
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A Portrait and biographical record of Allen and Van Wert Counties, Ohio :
containing biographical sketches of many prominent and representative
citizens : together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents
of the United States, and biographies of the governors of Ohio.
Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1896, 1458 pgs.
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FREDERICK REED,
a prosperous farmer and ex-soldier, was born in Van Wert county, Ohio,
on his father's farm in Jennings township, November 9, 1839, a son of
Daniel and Mary (Tipton) Reed, and now resides in Tully
township, in the county of his birth.
Daniel Reed, a native of Pennsylvania, was a son
of Frederick Reed, a Pennsylvania farmer of good old Dutch
stock, and where a young man came to Ohio, and in Harrison county
married Miss Tipton, who was of English extraction, to which
union were born twelve children. About 1835 he came to Van Wert
county, and settled in what afterward became Jennings township,
bringing with him considerable money, but, as there were no stores in
the neighborhood in those pioneer days, he was compelled to go to
Sidney, Shelby county, to do his trading. Daniel entered
one-quarter section of land, and three brothers - Willialm, Quinton
and James - who came with him, and a forth - Peter, who
come later - all entered farms adjoining, making quite a settlement of
their own, but without neighbors. The land was covered with
heavy timber, but they soon made a deadening and raised their corn
among the decaying trees. At one period, for six weeks, they
ground their corn in a coffee-mill, the winter being too inclement to
permit going the long distance to mill. But this episode was
trifling, compared with the many other hardships inherent to pioneer
life, unnecessary to be mentioned in detail. Daniel Reed
assisted, among other early tasks, in putting in the locks of the
Cincinnati & Toledo canal, but of course devoted his efforts chiefly
to the development of his farm, succeeding in claring up an excellent
place of 160 acres; but hard work eventually overcame him and he died
at the comparatively early age of fifty-one years. He and wife
were members of the Christian church and his conduct through life was
most exemplary. He aided in organizing his township offices, and
at one time was county commissioner. For fourteen years his
brother William was a justice of the peace - or until he moved
west.
Frederick Reed, our subject, was reared in the
wilderness above alluded to, doing his share in clearing up the home
farm. He attended the first school established in his township,
which was taught in a rude log structure, with the customary primitive
adjuncts. He married, March 24, 1863, Susannah Berry,
daughter of Malachi and Mary (Taylor) Berry, and the next
December, leaving behind his young bride, enlisted in company G,
Second Ohio heavy artillery, for three years or during the war, under
Capt. Orris King, and served until Dec., 1865, when he was
honorably discharged at Nashville, Tenn., on account of the cessation
of hostilities. He fought at Strawberry Plains, Bull's Gap,
Knoxville, Lookout Mountain, Resaca, in many skirmishes, and wound up
with guard duty at Knoxville, Tenn. He contracted chronic
diarrhea during his term of service and was laid up a month in his
quarters, and later was attacked with rheumatism, from which he has
never fully recovered. On his return home he reengaged in
farming, buying eighty acres of the old home place, on which he lived
until his removal, in 1872, to his present farm of 100 acres in Tully
township, which he has cleared up and thoroughly improved with
first-class buildings. Here he had the misfortune of losing his
wife in 1884, and on March 20, 1885, he married Catherine Mozel,
the father of whom came from Germany about 1852, bringing his family,
which consisted of himself, wife and one son, Jacob.
Mr. Mozel first settled in Holmes county, Ohio, on a farm, but
about 1860 came to Tully township, bought forty acres, which he
increased to eighty acres, on which he still resides. The
children born to Mr. and Mrs. Mozel numbered seven, and were
named Jacob, Catherine, Elizabeth, Peter, John, Louisa and
Louisa, the last two of whom died in infancy. To Mr. and
Mrs. Reed have been born five children - an infant,
deceased, Elva M., Nora B., Olive E. and Arthur O.
The parents are members of the Methodist church, and in politics the
father is a republican, but has never been a seeker after office.
He has fully done his duty as a soldier and civilian, is self-made as
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WILLIAM REED, one
of the original pioneers of Tully township, Van Wert county, Ohio, is
a son of William and Martha (Howey) Reed, the former native of
Chester county, Pa. Jacob Reed, grandfather of our
subject, was a native of Ireland, and with his brother, Andrew,
came to America prior to the war of the Revolution. In that
heroic struggle Jacob served as a teamster, and Andrew
as a brave soldier in the ranks. After the close of the war
Jacob settled in Chester county, Pa.; later removed to near
Greensburg, in the western part of Pennsylvania, while Andrew
settled in Virginia. William Reed, Sr., in April, 1815,
brought his wife from Pennsylvania and settled in Ashland county,
Ohio, where he cleaned up a farm of 100 acres from the woods, and
there lived to be eighty years of age. He, also, was a soldier,
and served in the war of 1812, was a member of the Methodist church,
and was an honored pioneer. His six children, all born in
Ashland county, were named Rebecca, William, Elizabeth, George,
Rachel and Jacob.
William Reed, the subject of this sketch, was born
Dec. 25, 1815, on the farm which his father had opened in Ashland
county, Ohio, the previous April. He was taught the carpenter's
trade, and was married, in his native county, the Martha,
daughter of Jacob and Lydia Martin. For three years after
married he followed his trade in Ashland, then came to Van Wert
county, and in 1839 entered eighty acres of land in Tully township, on
which he settled Oct. 18, 1842. He built a cabin in the woods
and the first winter went to Fort Wayne for his provisions. By
hard work and perseverance he cleared up his original farm and added
to it from time to time until he owned 200 acres, hewn from a
wilderness infested with beasts of prey, but abounding in wild game.
Of the eleven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Reed, six grew to
maturity and were named Ann, Lydia, George, Rachael, Clara and
Alice. In politics M. Reed is a democrat, served
one year as justice of the peace, several times as township trustee,
has served on the school board in his district, and has been township
accessor two terms; in religion he is a Lutheran, and in this faith,
also, Mrs. Reed was called to rest August 7, 1891. The
six surviving children born to Mr. and Mrs Reed were married as
follows: Ann to the late John Keifer, a farmer of
Tully township, to which union were born three children: George
a farmer of Adams county, Ind., married Elizabeth Hines, who
born six children: Lydia was married to Alexander Rodgers,
a farmer now residing in Fort Wayne, with five children; Rachel,
the wife of Henry Johnson, of Sacramento, Cal., has five
children; Clara is married to Isaiah Clem, an engineer
on the Fort Wayne railroad, and has two children; Alice is the
wife of Peter Mozel, a farmer of Tully township, and is the
mother of three children.
William Reed, our subject, has now living a family of
six children, twenty-four grand children and nine great-grandchildren.
He still retains eighty acres of his well cultivated farm, which he
carved from the primitive forest when he first settled in the
township; the woods occupied almost every rod of land, and were filled
with game of all varieties, and it was his custom to carry a gun when
visiting, or when passing through the forest for any purpose, and he
frequently dropped a deer on the way; his wife herself killed two
deer, and moreover, a turkey or two. These birds frequently came
near the house in flocks of fifty or more, and the settlers had all
the game they wanted.
Peter Mozel, father of the younger Peter,
the husband of Alice Reed, is one of the respected citizens of
Tully township, and was born in Prussia. His father was
Ludwig Mozel, who married Elizabeth Beck, was a soldier in
the wars with Napoleon, at different times fought in both the French
and German armies, and was wounded in battle. He was the father
of three children- Peter, Ludwig and Mary E., and
died at the age of about fifty years, a member of the Presbyterian
church. His son Peter, was reared a farmer and was
educated in Prussia. At the age of thirty years he came to
America, landed in New York in March, 1853, came directly to Ohio, and
located in Holmes county, where he worked as a farmhand, and in 1854
married Louisa Roswiler, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth
(Young) Roswiler. Jacob Roswiler was a Hessian, and
was a weaver by trade and the father of four children - Peter,
Caroline, Louisa and Elizabeth. Jacob Roswiler was a
Prussian soldier in the Napoleonic wars, and he and wife died in
Germany at about the age of fifty years. Peter Mozel and
Louisa Roswiler became acquainted in Prussian, were passengers
together on the same sailing ship which brought them to America -
Louisa being accompanied by her brother, Peter, and sister Caroline
- and they all located in Holmes county, Ohio, where the marriage
of Peter and Louisa too, place, as stated above. In 1862,
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mozel came to Van Wert county and bought forty
acres of land near Convoy, on which they resided three years, then
sold and bought their present place of eighty acres in the forest,
which by industry and hard work, they have converted into a good home.
Mr. and Mrs. Mozel are the parents of four children -
Catherine, Peter (married to Alice Reed), Elizabeth and
John. Mr. and Mrs Mozel are members of the German
Presbyterian church, and in politics he is a democrat. They are
ranked among the most thrifty, industrious and respected farmers of
Tully township, are useful members of the society. and disposed to aid
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WILLIAM
J. REED, a prominent citizen of Pleasant township, Van Wert
county, is a son of Jacob Reed, and was born September 8, 1851.
Jacob Reed was born in Ashland county, Ohio, September 15,
1825, was reared on a farm and is still living in comfortable
circumstances on his farm in Ashland county. He was married, in
1849, to Miss Mary Strickland, of Ashland county, Ohio, and to
this marriage there were born five children, viz: William,
born in 1851; Joseph, born in 1853; John, born in
1855; Anna, born in 1860, and Ella, born in 1861.
All are living but Ella, who died in 1862. William
and John are both married and living in Van Wert, Ohio;
Joseph is single and living in Ashland county, and Anna is
married to George Ohl. Jacob Reed, the father of these
children, is in politics a democrat, and is a member of the United
Brethren church. He is of Irish descent, and is in every way a
very liberal man.
William J. Reed was born in Ashland county, was
there brought up on a farm, and his education was received in the
common schools. At the age of twenty-one years he left home and
came to Van Wert county, purchasing a farm in Tully township, upon
which he lived for twenty-two years. At the end of this period,
or in February, 1895, he purchased another farm close to Van Wert,
upon which he now lives. In politics Mr. Reed is a
democrat, and in religion a Methodist. He is a man that has made
his own way in the world, has been successful and is respected by all.
On February 11, 1873, he married Miss Fanny B.
Staman, and is by her the father of five children, viz: Olin,
born in 1873; Myrtle, born in 1876; Frances E., born
in 1879; Pearl, born in 1881, and Millie, born in 1884.
All are living except Myrtle, who died in 1879. Those
living are attending school except Olin, who is a very promising young
man, and now studying telegraphing in the Van Wert office of the P.,
Ft. W. & C. Railroad company.
Miss Fanny B. Staman was born September 19,
1852. Her father was born in Pennsylvania Oct. 9, 1812, and at
an early age began working for his father, who ran a grist-mill and a
tannery. Remaining with his father, thus engaged until his
father's death, he inherited some valuable property, and continued the
business his father left him. In this he was very successful,
and being a careful and economical manager, acquired a good deal of
valuable property. In 1841 he was married to Miss Fanny Lantz
of Pennsylvania. Mr. Lantz was a German by birth, a
republican in politics, and a member of the Menese church. He
was the father of nine children, viz: William, Abraham, Anna,
Mary M., Curtis J., Fanny B., Harriet D., Francis L. and Lizzie
E. All are living but Harriet, who died in February,
1885. The rest are married and the heads of families.
Fanny B., the wife of the subject of this
sketch, was born in Ashland county, and at the age of twenty years was
married to Mr. Reed. She was well educated in her youth,
and is a bright, pleasant and intelligent woman, a good wife and a
loving mother. Both she and her husband stand high in the
estimation of the community in which they live. Both are public
spirited and are willing to aid any material improvement and any
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ROBERT
B. RHODES, mayor of Willshire, and a retired farmer of Mercer
county, Ohio, was born Aug. 25, 1833, in Caledonia county, Vt., and
is a son of JOSIAH K. and Mary (Brown) Rhodes. His
father was a native of New Hampshire, born in 1801, and was a son of
Oliver and Lucy Rhodes. Oliver Rhodes, the
grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a native of England
and a farmer, who, after coming to this country, passed the
remainder of his life in New Hampshire. Josiah K. Rhodes
was reared on a farm and learned the cabinet maker's and joiner's
trades, at which he worked for many years. In 1821 he married
Miss Mary Brown, a daughter of Robert Brown, a native
of Ireland, born in 1795, and came to the United States with her
parents when she was five years of age. The parents located in
New Jersey, and in that state they spent the rest of their lives.
To Josiah K. Rhodes and his wife there were born
four children, as follows: Mary Ann, deceased, who
married Pascal I. Horton, of Granville; John S., a
farmer of Fort Recovery, Ohio, who enlisted in the Union army as
second lieutenant of company C, One Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio
volunteer infantry, and came out at the close of the war as captain
of his company; Martha J., wife of John Millison,
cabinet-maker and undertaker of Ostrander, Delaware county, Ohio,
and Robert B. the subject of this sketch.
After his marriage Josiah K. Rhodes located in
Groton, Caledonia county, Vt., and lived there until 1838, when he
removed to Ohio, settling temporarily in Strongsville, Cuyahoga
county, where he lived until 1840, and then removed to Licking
county. Here he lived until 1861, when he removed with his
son, Robert B., to Mercer county, Ohio. Josiah K.
Rhodes fought in Canada during the war of 1812-15, and was in
his political views a whig until the formation of the republican
party, when he united with that organization. During his
middle life he was a good deal of a politician, and he was a devoted
memer of the Baptist church, while his wife was a member of the
Covenanter church. She died in July, 1870 and he died in
November, 1893.
Robert B. Rhodes was educated in Granville,
Licking county, Ohio, and there learned the trade of gunsmith.
In that county, also, he was married to Miss Catherine Calvert,
Oct. 9, 1859. She is a daughter of Elisha and Sarah (Wichheiser)
Calvert, and to their marriage there were born three children:
John F., who died in 1882; Martha A. and Jennie L.,
both at home. The mother of these children was born in
Savannah, Athens county, Ohio, Nov. 18, 1840, her father having been
one of the early settlers of Delaware county, Ohio.
After his marriage the subject of this sketch settled
in Delaware county, where he followed his trade, in which he was
very proficient and skillful. In 1860 he removed to Indiana,
bought a farm and lived upon it five years, when he sold out and
bought a farm in Mercer county, Ohio, where he lived until 1878.
During all of this time he carried on his trade as well as his
farming. In 1878 he removed to Willshire, where he has lived
ever since, and where he worked at his trade until within a few
years, and now is living retired from all active labor. In
politics he is a stanch republican, with strong predilections toward
prohibition. For twelve years Mr. Rhodes has served as
mayor of Willshire, and at the present time holds that office.
He is a member of the Christian or Disciples' church and has always
been prominent in religious matters. He is one of the most
public spirited men in the county, and has done much toward building
up the town of Willshire; in fact, he is nearly always the first to
move in this direction. He was a most skillful workman in his
trade, and through it made a good living for many years.
His younger daughter is a most gifted artist, is a fine
musician and an excellent teacher. The elder daughter is the
housekeeper, and makes a most successful one, home always being
pleasant where she is. His son, who was a very promising young
man, died shortly before he was to have graduated, to the great
regret of his family and friends. He was the last male
descendant of his line, and with his death the last hope of
preserving the name to posterity became extinct.
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J. C. ROBINSON, present county commissioner and a prominent and
successful farmer of Pleasant township, Van Wert County, Ohio, is
the second son and eldest now living, born to Hamilton and Maria
(Riddle) Robinson.
JOHN C. ROBINSON was born in
Richland county, Ohio, Apr. 6, 1848, and when but five years of age
came with his parents to this county, where he has lived ever since.
He was educated in the common schools of his day, was taught
industry in his early youth, and was reared upon the farm by one of
the early settlers of Pleasant township. When but seventeen
years of age, he offered his service for the preservation of the
Union, but was not received on account of his youth. He
remained under the parental roof, assisting his father on the home
farm, until his marriage, which event took place, Feb. 5, 1870, at
which time he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Harris,
of Van Wert. To this happy union one daughter has been born -
Clara, now the wife of Carey Hoghe, an enterprising
young farmer of Pleasant township.
For two years after his marriage, Mr. Robinson
lived on a rented farm. He then purchased near the old
homestead a farm of forty acres, which has covered with woods, lying
in its natural state, which he at once began to clear and improve.
Subsequently he sold this farm and purchased the one on which he now
lives. He has added to his farm from time to time until it now
contains 208 acres is well stocked and improved, and in an excellent
state of cultivation. Mr. Robinson is one of the
classical, well-read farmers of this county, and it being his chosen
work he was elected director of the agricultural board of the
county. He is a leading and influential member of Pleasant
grange, No. 399, and has done much to advance to agricultural
interests of the community in which he lives. As a farmer,
Mr. Robinson is enterprising and progressive, and is one of the
public-spirited men of the county, being at all times ready to lend
a helping hand to any enterprise that would tend to the development
and better condition of the community at large. Politically he
is a stanch supporter of the republican party, which party he has
served as a willing and efficient officer. In 1884 he was
chosen infirmary superintendent, which place he filled to the entire
satisfaction of the directors. At the close of this official
position he was nominated, in the fall of 1888, to fill the office
of county commissioner of his district, and in November of the same
year was elected by the usual majority. Mr. Robinson
and his most estimable wife take a deep interest in matters
educational and the welfare of the rising generation, with whom they
are very popular. They are generous and benevolent and highly
esteemed wherever known.
HAMILTON ROBINSON, the father of
John C., is one of the oldest and most successful farmers of
Pleasant township; he is the son of John and Margaret (Nelson)
Robinson who were both natives of Ireland - the former of county
Down, near Belfast, and who immigrated to America in childhood.
The father of John Robinson was James Robinson, a
Protestant in religion, who was forced to leave his country on
account of his religious belief in 1788, when he came to America and
settled in Westmoreland county, Pa., where he died in the year 1816.
There John Robinson, grandfather of John C., was
reared to manhood and received a limited education in a little old
log school-house. He served in the war of 1812, and soon after
his enlistment was given a captain's commission and after the war
returned to his farm in Westmoreland county, Pa. Subsequently,
in 1814, he started westward on horseback, accompanied by a friend
by the name of John Law, carrying his camp kettle and
necessary equipment on pack saddles, determined to seek his fortune.
He halted in the wilderness of Richland county, Ohio, where he
entered three tracts of land in the name of himself and two
brothers. On this land, with the help of his companion, he
erected a log cabin, in which he soon established his young family
and began the task of clearing a farm from the woods. About
the year 1800 he was united in marriage with Margaret Nelson,
also a native of Ireland, who had come to America with her parents
in childhood; to their union were born nine children - Hamilton,
the father of J. C., being the youngest and the only one now
living; they were named as fallows in order of birth: James,
John, Alexander, William, Thomas, Agnes, Esther, Margaret and
Hamilton. Mr. Robinson was a man of unusual strength and
courage, steadfast in his purposes and firm in his convictions, and
was a stanch member of the Associated Reform church.
Hamilton Robinson was born in Richland county,
Ohio, Dec. 10, 1817, and there grew to manhood on the old homestead,
which he assisted in clearing from the woods, and was educated in
the pioneer schools of that day. Jan. 25, 1842, he was united
in marriage with Maria Riddle, also of Richland county and
daughter of James and Effie Riddle. To this union
eleven children have been born, viz: Eliza, deceased;
Issabella, wife of James Leslie, deceased; William,
deceased; John C., county commissioner; Margaret,
deceased wife of Martin North; James H., farmer of
Pleasant township; Jane, wife of Emanuel Good; Sarah,
Thomas A., Nancy A., and Esther M., the wife of Lemuel
Dwyer. Mrs. Robinson was born in Washington county, Pa.,
Apr. 21, 1822, and when a child came with her parents of Richland
county, Ohio. In early life she was a member of the Associated
reform church, but upon locating in Van Wert county united with the
Presbyterian church, with which she was connected at the time of her
death, December 24, 1779.
In Sept., 1852, Mr. Robinson moved to this
county and purchased a farm in Pleasant township, upon which he
resided four years; then purchased the farm on which he now lives,
and since that time has been prominently identified with the
agricultural interests of Van Wert county. He is a life-long
member of the Associated Reform church and has always been a liberal
supporter of church and school as well as all benevolent enterprises
and institutions. Politically in early life he was a democrat,
but being opposed to slavery he joined the republican party at its
formation and has since been a strong supporter of its principles.
He is one of the few remaining pioneers of Pleasant township who
were instrumental in the early development of the county, and to him
as much as any other man are largely due the goods roads of the
community and the growth and development of his township and county;
thus he can look back upon a long and useful life well spent, and no
man stands higher for integrity and honor in the county than
Hamilton Robinson.
~ Source: A Portrait and Biographical Record of Allen and Van
Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co. - 1896 - Page
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