MONTGOMERY A.
CARSNER is a contractor and carpenter of Millbury.
He has erected several large schoolhouses and a number of
modern and commodious barns in Wood and adjoining counties,
as well as many good residences in this locality. He
bought his home place in 1882, and placed thereon the neat
cottage which he now occupies. He has been a School
Director and President of the Board of Education.
Since the campaign of 1884, he has used his influence in
favor of the Republican party, but prior to that time was a
Democrat. At present he is one of the Village
Councilmen.
The parents of our subject were Michael and Mary A.
(Miller) Carsner, who were married in Wood County, about
1847. The father was born in 1830, in Wood County, and
died Apr. 29, 1875. His wife, Mary A., was born
Jan. 27, 1830. Michael was the son of Samuel
Carsner, a Pennsylvanian, who came to northwestern Ohio
prior to 1840 and kept a hotel on the pike in early days.
He moved to Iowa in 1858, and died there about ten years
ago. The mother of our subject was a daughter of
James and Mary (Anderson) Miller. The former died
of cholera, Dec. 5, 1848. He was a native of
Pennsylvania, and became one of the early settlers of
Toledo, Ohio. To Michael, who wedded Charles
Link, now foreman in the Transfer Company barns in
Toledo; Montgomery, of whom we write; Daniel,
who died in 1864; Isabel, who lives in Toledo with
her sister; and one who died in infancy in 1862, the
mother's death occurring about the same time.
Montgomery 'A. Carsner was born where the town
of Pemberville now stands, Sept. 8, 1850, and grew to
manhood in Wood County. He first attended the country
schools, but afterward was a student in Toledo. About
1865 he began learning the carpenter's trade, but spent only
three weeks at the business then. For the next four
years he sailed on the Great Lakes, principally Huron and
Erie, and was engaged in the lumber trade. In 1870 he
once more took up carpentering, with John Parker, for
whom he worked about a year, and then started out for
himself. He was employed at this business throughout
northern Ohio until 1885, when he became foreman in the
stave factory of Curtis & Karchner, and held that
position until the mill was removed to Tennessee. At
that time he returned to his regular vocation, to which he
has since devoted his energies.
Aug. 1, 1870, Mr. Carsner married Miss Hannah
Shiffert, a native of Allentown, Pa., born Aug. 22,
1854. Her parents, Allen and Eliza (Fenstermaker)
Shiffert, were natives of Pennsylvania, having been born
Jan. 29, 1826, and June 15, 1822, respectively. They
are still living and are residents of Genoa, Ottawa County,
Ohio. Mrs. Carsner is one of three children.
Her brother, Hyman, is a farmer near Genoa, Ottawa
County; and her sister, Rosa Ann, is the wife of
John Bush, also a farmer of that locality.
The union of our subject and his wife has been blessed
with eight children: Allen, who died in 1888,
aged sixteen years; Eliza, who is the wife of Fred
Kalmbach, of Millbury; Harry, who is employed
with his father; Ida May, who died in 1881; Mabel,
Fayette and Orville Earl who are attending
school; and Elroy, an infant. Mrs. Carsner,
who was only seven years of age when she was brought by her
parents to Ohio, attended the common schools of Genoa until
she was in her sixteenth year. She is now a member of
the Evangelical Church of Millbury.
( Source: Portrait & Biological Record of City of Toledo &
Lucas & Wood Counties, Ohio - 1895 - Page 319) |
