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MYRON
CALTRIDER (Centre Township) is the only son of John W.
and Emeline Caltrider, and was born in this township. The
parents settled here at an early day, and here, in June, 1872, the
father died, and the widow went to Bryan, where she remained two years,
then returned to the farm, where she sojourned till May, 1882, when she
again went to Bryan, and there expects to remain until the end of life.
Myron Caltrider, in 1876, made a trip to Philadelphia, and
October 22, of that year, there married Miss Alice Wyatt, whom he
brought to the old homestead, the place of his birth, and there settled
down for life. His farm comprises 114 acres of choice land, and is
well improved and tilled, and its owner is recognized as a skillful and
promising young farmer. He and Mrs. C. are members of the
Baptist Church, and are quiet, orderly and conservative young people.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical
- Illustrated - Publ.
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 770 |
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ANDREW CALVIN was born in Portage
County, Ohio, April 10, 1834, and is a son of Josiah and Elizabeth
(McGowan) Calvin, who were respectively born in Virginia and Ohio,
and parents of twelve children. In 1848, they came to Williams
County, and here the mother died in 1850; the father then married
Nancy Cosity, who died in August, 1858, the remains lying interred
in Lick Creek Cemetery; for his third wife he selected Esther Norris.
Andrew Calvin was married, January 1, 1860, to Emily Byres,
of Portage County, and to them have been born six children - Jerome
B., Emil E., Charles, Ross, Harry and Ella Dell. Mr.
C. always resided with his parents, and now owns the old homestead.
He and wife are members of the church of the Disciples, in which his
father is an Elder.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical
- Illustrated - Publ.
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 547 |
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SMITH
CALVIN (Centre Township) was born in Portage
County, Ohio, December 21, 1829, the son of Horatio and Hannah Calvin,
natives of Virginia, born respectively November 1, 1803, and February
12, 1807, and married in Portage County, Ohio, in March, 1827.
They became the parents of two children - David and Smith,
and in 1850 changed their residence to this county, where the father
died in April 1854. Smith Calvin learned shoemaking in
Portage, and in 1848, visited this county. He remained a short
time working at his trade, then he returned to Portage, and two years
later came back to Williams and worked at shoemaking for ten years.
August 26, 1852, he married Mary M. Miller. In 1863, he
bought and moved upon the eighty-acre farm where he still resides.
His wife died October 12, 1868, the mother of two children.
September 19, 1869, he married Elizabeth Bush, who died August
29, 1880, having borne three children; and June 2, 1882, he married
Jane Bush. Mr. Calvin has always been a kind and affectionate
husband and father, and has proved himself to be a thrifty farmer and
excellent neighbor.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical
- Illustrated - Publ.
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 770 |
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F.
M. CARTER, druggist and grocer, was born in Loudoun County, Va.,
April 11, 1828, and is the eldest of two children, a son and a daughter,
born to Eden and Susanna (Hann) Carter, who were natives of
Virginia, and of English and German descent respectively. Both
families came to America about the same time, settling in New Jersey,
the Carters being Quakers. Eden Carter was a stone
mason by trade, but after his marriage engaged in farming. In
September, 1852, he and family moved to Williams County, Ohio, having a
previous knowledge of the county had his daughter being the wife of
Dr. Kent, of Bryan. They located in Bryan, then a village of
between 400 and 500 people. Mr. Carter did not engaged in
active life, but lived retired until his death, which occurred August
15, 1857, preceded by his wife April 29, 1855. He and wife were
respected and esteemed people, and were widely known and universally
beloved. F. M. Carter's advantages in youth were but
limited, and he received only a common school education. He
preceded his parents to Williams County in 1850 to look at the country.
He purchased an interest in Dr. Kent's drug store in the building
Mr. Carter yet owns, and enlarged their stock to a general stock
of goods besides their drugs. Since that time, he has been
actively engaged in mercantile pursuits in partnership and alone.
He is now doing business alone, and has two rooms, one drug and the
other grocery, and carries a stock valued at upward of $10,000. He
does a first-class business, averaging annually $20,000. He has
came here a poor boy, but has made a comfortable home and established
himself in a good trade by his honorable dealings. He has been
three times married. First, to Miss Lucy A. Moore, who born
him two sons, both of whom are now dead. He married Miss Moore
November 29, 1855; she died April 5, 1861. His second wife was
a niece of his first, Ellen M. Moore, to whom he was married
April 7, 1862. This lady died November 9, 1871, leaving two
children - Frank L. and Minnie B. His third
and present wife is Zilpha E. Myers, to whom he was married June
23, 1873. To this union was born one son, George M.
The mother is a daughter of G. W. Myers, whose biography
accompanies this volume. Mr. Carter is a member of the I.
O. O. F., and a Democrat in politics. He was elected to the State
Legislature the fall of 1877, and served in the regular and special
sessions of 1878 and 1879. Besides the above, he has held various
other positions of honor and trust.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical
- Illustrated - Publ.
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 547 |
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T.
S. CARVIN, the present Postmaster and prominent druggist of Edon,
Ohio, was born in Allen Co., Ind., May 10, 1850, one of a family of five
children born to Abram and Amanda (May) Carvin. When
thirteen years of age, his parents died, and he remained with his
guardian until he was sixteen, attending school and assisting in the
store, when he began life for himself, soon after, accepting a clerkship
for himself in a drug store at Bryan, where he remained until 1877, when
he came to Edon and purchased the drug house of J. Aller, where
he is still engaged in business, carrying a full stock of drugs, books,
stationery, wall paper and all merchandise usually found in his line.
He has been Postmaster here since 1877, and is identified with the
benevolent as well as the business interests of this place, being
Worshipful Master of a Masonic Lodge and Noble Grand of the I. O. O. F.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical
- Illustrated - Publ.
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 745 -
Florence Twp. |
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PETER
CHARPIOT.
Mr. Charpiot is a leading representative of the business
interests of Stryker, Williams county, being a prominent hardware
merchant of that place. Of excellent business ability and broad
resources, he has attained a leading place among the substantial
citizens of this part of the county, having won success by his well
directed, energetic efforts, and the prosperity that has come to him is
well deserved.
Mr. Charpiot was born September 23, 1835, m
France, where he was reared, and where he learned the tanner's trade. In
1854 he crossed the Atlantic, and after spending three months in
Defiance, Ohio, he came to Williams county. He worked at his trade for
four years in West Unity, and then opened a small tin shop in Stryker,
adding to it a limited stock of hardware a year later. As his trade
increased he gradually enlarged his stock to meet the growing demand,
and now has a large and well equipped store. While in West Unity his
store was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of nine thousand dollars,
and in January, 1897. his store in Stryker was burned, the damage
amounting to eighteen thousand dollars, but it was partly covered by
insurance. As soon as possible, he resumed business, however, and today
enjoys an excellent trade.
In West Unity, Mr. Charpiot was united in
marriage to Miss Elise Peugeot, who was also a
native of France, and to them were born six children, namely: Edward,
Leo, Leah, Emil, living, and two—Henry and
George— deceased. The mother of these died June 30, 1876. and on
November 26, 1876, Mr. Charpiot married Louise
Charpiot, a second cousin (their grandfathers being brothers), who
was born November 13, 1838, in France, coming to America in 1861. For
fifteen years she lived in New York City. By this marriage there is one
daughter, Alice, now the wife of Charles Grisier,
of Wauseon, Ohio, where he is engaged in the insurance business. As a
business man Mr. Charpiot has been enterprising,
energetic and always abreast of the times, and besides his property in
Stryker he now owns about five hundred acres of valuable land in
Williams county. He has ever taken an active interest in public affairs,
gives his political support to the Democratic party, and has efficiently
served in the capacity of school director and councilman. His life
record is well worthy of emulation, and contains many valuable lessons
of incentive, showing the possibilities that are open to young men who
wish to improve every opportunity for advancement.
(Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of Northwestern
Ohio - Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. 1899 - pg. 576) |
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JEREMIAH CLAY.
This thorough and skillful farmer and a man of more than ordinary
business capacity, is a representative of the agricultural interests of
Jefferson township, Williams county, Ohio, his home being in
Section 34, where he owns eighty areas of fine farming land under
excellent cultivation. He
was born in Richland county,
Ohio, Feb. 13, 1845, but in the spring of the
same year, when only three months old, he was brought to Williams
county, by his parents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Glime) Clay, who located in Mill Creek
township.
Jacob Clay, the
great-great-grandfather, was born in the Principality of Hesse, Germany,
and was one of the soldiers hired to
George III of
England
and sent to this country to fight against the Americans.
He afterward joined the Continental army, and helped to defeat
the forces of Great
Britain.
At the close of the Revolutionary war his family came and they
settled near Hanover, York county, Pennsylvania.
They reared a son, whom they named
Jacob.
The
son, Jacob Clay, the great-grandfather, was born in Germany, Jan.
30, 1769, and died Aug. 17, 1860.
Catharine, his wife,
was born Mar. 30, 1772, and died Sept. 5, 1850.
To them was born a son,
John, the grandfather, Sept. 15, 1794; died Oct. 24, 1870.
His wife, Margaret (Miller), to whom he was married Nov. 26, 1818, was born
Jan. 1, 1796, and died Oct. 1, 1879.
To them three sons and one daughter were born.
John Clay and family,
together with his parents, removed from York
county, Pennsylvania, to
Richland
county, Ohio,
in 1828.
Jacob Clay, the father, was the second of the four children, the
others being George, William
and Catharine.
Jacob
Clay was born Nov. 21, 1821.
Elizabeth (Glime), his wife was born in Pennsylvania, July 11, 1823.
Both are enjoying good health in their home at West Unity,
Ohio.
They were married in Richland
county, Ohio,
in 1844. One son,
Jeremiah, was born here.
They removed to Williams county,
Ohio, in 1845, and here there were eight more
children born, four of whom died in infancy.
Those who reached maturity were
Jeremiah, William, Catharine,
Sarah Ann, and John H.
On
the home farm in Mill Creek township,
Jeremiah Clay, passed the
days of his boyhood and youth, remaining with his parents until he
married and removed to a home of his own.
On Feb. 15, 1864, he enlisted in Company G, Sixty-eighth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and served until the war was ended and peace once
more reigned, being mustered out July 10, 1865.
Returning to the old home in Mill Creek township, he worked at
the carpenter’s trade for three years.
On June
24, 1869, in Bryan, Ohio,
Mr. Clay was united in
marriage to Miss Elizabeth,
daughter of Daniel and Sarah Bear,
both of whom were early settlers of Williams county, and are now
deceased. To
Mr. and Mrs. Clay were born
six children, three of whom died when young; those living are
Sydney S., a minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church;
Martha D., now the wife of O.
L. Kelly; and Charles B.
Mr. Clay
has spent the greater part of his life in Williams county, but lived for
nine years in Gorham township, Fulton county, Ohio, and two years in
Michigan. With the exception
of six years during which he was engaged in mercantile business in
Pulaski,
Ohio, he has always devoted his
time and attention to farming, and has been remarkably successful in
carrying on that occupation, with which he is thoroughly familiar.
No man takes a deeper interest in the prosperity of the county,
and it is safe to say that few have contributed in a larger degree in
making it one of the best in this great commonwealth.
Politically he adheres to the Republican party, is one of its
most earnest advocates, and takes a great interest in its success.
He is an earnest Christian gentleman, a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, to which his wife and children also belong, and all
take a leading and active part in its work.
The family is one of the highest respectability, and occupies a
prominent position in social circles.
Fraternally, Mr. Clay is a member of Evans Post, No. 149, G. A. F., and of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
(Source: Commemorative
Biographical Record of Northwestern Ohio - Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
1899 - pg. 433)
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WILLIAM CLUM, son of Samuel and Catharine Clum, was born in
Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1846, where his early days were spent,
and where he lived until the war, when he enlisted, in 1864, in the One
Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Regiment, for three months previously
having been in the Government services as teamster. On Jan. 15,
1870, he was married in Williams County, Ohio, to Miss Ellen Platt;
one child - Bernice, was the fruit of this union. Mr.
Clum began farming on thirty acres of land owned by him in
Tuscarawas County, which he sold, and purchased eighty acres in Superior
Township, this partly improved, and he has added many other improvements
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ISAAC COURTNEY, son of Edward and PHebe (Votaw)
Courtney, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, Dec. 2, 1827.
Our subject attended school in Columbiana County, and afterward learned
carpentering, beginning at the age of nineteen. On July 4, 1851,
he was married to Miss Sarah Hoadley. He then followed his
trade in the county and purchased twenty acres of woodland. This
he sold and came to Williams County in 1858, locating in Superior
Township, on 160 acres where he now lives. He has since added to
the original acres until they reach at this time 360, 240 acres of which
are under cultivation; he also deals in stock. Mr. and Mrs.
Courtney have four children - Elizabeth J., Eli Wisman, Alphretta
and Louis Faber. Mr. Courtney's parents were natives of
Maryland and Virginia, and were pioneers of Ohio, settling in Columbiana
County when it was a wilderness - their nearest neighbor being eight
miles away. Mrs. Courtney's parents, Hiram and Elizabeth
Hoadley, were natives of Connecticut and of Wales.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical
- Illustrated - Publ.
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 629 |
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