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* BRIM, Gilbert B. - 449
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CASPER BEEKER, one of Wood
County's wealthiest citizens, and a resident of Pemberville,
was born in Hanover, Germany, January 1, 1829. His
father, Christian, was a native of the same place,
born about 1796, and came to the United States in 1843,
settling near Gibsonburg, Sandusky County, where he
purchased a small farm of forty acres. To the
cultivation of this place he gave his attention until his
death, about 1862. He was a man of great industry and
perseverance, but never accumulated wealth, and therefore
was unable to give his children many advantages or much
material assistance when they started out for themselves.
At the time of coming to the United States, the subject
of this notice was a lad of fourteen years. He
received but limited educational advantages, as he was
obliged to start out for himself at a very early age.
His first position was that of a farm laborer, for which he
received $8 per month. This work he continued for
several years during the summer seasons, while in the winter
months he engaged in chopping wood at two shillings per
cord. Working from daylight till dark industriously,
he gained a reputation for industry and energy, and his
services were in demand in the neighborhood. In this
way he not only supported himself, but was also enabled to
assist his parents.
When he was twenty, our subject bought a colt for $27,
and this he traded, with other considerations, for a piece
of land comprising eighty acres. At the age of
twenty-four, he bought eighty acres near Gibsonburg, for
which he paid $660 in cash, leaving an indebtedness upon it
and the other property of $200. His next task was taht
of clearing a small place and building a log house, to
which, at marriage, he brought his wife, formerly Miss
Clara Brauksieker, who had come to this country from
Germany at the same time he crossed the ocean.
In order to assist in clearing the land, Mr. Beeker
bought a pair of oxen, for which he went in debt. From
that time he prospered. He was enabled soon to pay all
indebtedness, thus giving him an opportunity to save money.
In the buying and selling of land, which he conducted upon
an extensive scale, he accumulated considerable money,
prosperity rewarding all his enterprises. In 1858 he
came to Wood County and bought a farm, situated about
one-half mile from the present town of Pemberville, which at
that time consisted of a store, a mill and one or two
houses. On removing from Sandusky County, he sold his
property near Gibsonburg for $32,400. He gave his
attention to the improvement of his farm near Pemberville
and there made his home for seven years, after which he sold
the place for $6,000. During the war he made a fortune
buying horses and other stock for the Government.
Upon selling his farm near Pemberville, Mr. Beeker
bought four hundred and forty acres situated three miles
from this place, and there he resided for some twenty years.
For the past nine years, however, he has made his home in
Pemberville, where during a portion of the time he has
operated a store. On his farm there are eleven oil
wells, representing a small fortune in themselves.
Aside from his elegant home, he owns considerable property
in the village.
Of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Beeker, six
children survive, five being deceased. Henry
was born July 28, 1863, and died August 3, 1856; Mary
was born May 22, 1855, and died August 13, 1856; Frank,
whose birth occurred June 11, 1857, is married and resides
on his father's farm; Mary (2d), who was born
November 28, 1859, is the wife of Harmon Smeasal, and
lives on a farm adjoining the old homestead; Casper
was born January 29, 1862, and died June 22 of the following
year; Eliza, who was born April 5, 1865, married
William Heckman, a farmer near Pemberville; Catherine
was born September 23, 1867, and passed away September
27, of the same year; Anna was born December
21, 1869, and is the wife of Frederick Rohr, who is
engaged in farm pursuits near Pemberville; Caroline,
born May 9, 1872, is the wife of John Dieger, a
farmer; John F., who was born April 10, 1874, assists
his brother in the cultivation of the farm; Jacob was
born February 23, 1878, and died on the 5th of March
following. The family is connected with the Lutheran
Church, to the support of which, as well as to all
benevolent enterprises, Mr. Beeker is a generous
contributor.
( Source: Portrait & Biological Record of City of Toledo &
Lucas & Wood Counties, Ohio - 1895) |
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OBEDIAH A.
BIGLEY is engaged in a hardware and general
mercantile business at Rising Sun, Montgomery Township, Wood
County. In 1883 he bought the store and stock, and a
few years later erected a good and substantial building, in
which he has conducted a successful business, and won a
reputation as an honorable and capable business man.
The father of our subject, Obediah, Sr., was
born in Orange County, N. Y., October 1, 1804, and was
married in Seneca County, Ohio, in 1830, to Elizabeth
Bowerman, a native of Pennsylvania, born March 23, 1817.
In 1822 he came to Ohio and worked as a farm hand for his
grandfather. In 1824 he came to this county, where he
remained for two years, and then returned to Seneca County,
continuing to make his home there for many years. In
1835 he purchased one hundred and twenty acres of
timber-land in Montgomery Township, this county, and after
clearing five acres built a log house. He later sold
forty acres of his land, but continued to cultivate the
remaining eighty acres until his death, which occurred
August 20, 1888, at the age of eighty-four years and ten
months. His wife departed this life March 7, 1894,
when in her seventy-eighth year. Mr. Bigley is
administrator of his parents' estate. Their eldest
child, Charlotte, married Henry Swartz, who
died in the war, and after that event she married Thomas
Hunt, but both are now deceased. Julia
first became the wife of Samuel Essex, and
after his demise she married Martin Mound, of
this township. John lives in Charlotte, Mich.
Mary is the wife of Edward J. Teeples, of
Bradner. Obediah A. is the next in order of
birth. Harriet was the wife of Benjamin
Eshelman. Louis and Lucy, twins, were the
next in the family. The former is a resident of East
Toledo, but his sister is now deceased. Jane,
the youngest of the family, married Daniel Conant,
and lives in Amsden, Seneca County, this state.
Obediah A. Bigley, whose name heads this
article, was born March 13, 1845, and was only ten years old
when he came to Wood County. He attended school more
or less until 1864, when, on the 22d of February, he
enlisted in Company E, Twenty-fifth Ohio Infantry, at
Sandusky City, under Colonel Houghton. After a
short period spent at Camp Chase, he was sent to New York
City, and thence to South Carolina. He took an active
part in the battle of Du Bois Neck, in which the Union
forces were defeated, and later, in the engagement at Honey
Hill, he was in the hardest fight of the campaign, about two
hundred and fifty soldiers of this regiment being killed or
wounded in the encounter. While on the raid to
Georgetown he was wounded in the left knee. Much of
his army service consisted of picket and guard duty.
After the war had closed he continued to work for the
Government until June 18, 1866.
On his return to Wood County Mr. Bigley was
variously employed for a couple of years, and then began
working at the carpenter's trade. He followed this
calling until 1881, when he took charge of his father's farm
for six months. From that time until the
present, as stated above, he has been interested in
merchandising in Rising Sun. Under Harrison's
administration he was Postmaster, and served for six months
over the four-years term. In local Republican circles
he was quite active, as he has also been in the Grand Army
of the Republic, in which he is Commander of Whitman Post.
He holds membership with the Patriotic Order Sons of
America, and is President of Camp No. 10, in addition to
which he is a member of the Odd Fellows' society, in which
he is Chaplain.
April 26, 1868, Mr. Bigley married Anna Bates,
daughter of John and Samantha (Knight) Bates.
The former was a native of Stark County, Ohio, and when
eleven years old moved to Sandusky County. After his
marriage he settled in Seneca County, and after a short
residence in Rising Sun moved to Missouri. He later
returned to Ohio, where he died, in Fostoria, May 16, 1881,
in his sixty-first year. His wife departed this life
July 12, 1894, aged seventy-three years. To Mr. and
Mrs. Bates were born five children: Lucy,
who is the wife of Jacob Baker, a laborer; Mrs.
Bigley; Sylvester, who lives in this county; John,
deceased; and Willis, whose home is in Kansas City.
Mr. and Mrs. Bigley are faithful members of the
United Brethren Church, of which he has been Class-leader
for the past two years.
The union of Mr. and Mrs. Bigley has been
blessed with seven children. C. P., the eldest,
born February 15, 1870, is a graduate of the State Normal
School at Fostoria, Ohio, and was taken into partnership by
his father October 1, 1894. They commenced operating
in the oil business in 18932, in which line they are still
engaged. Sarah A., who was born in August,
1872, married F. W. Bowers, and lives in Rising Sun.
Myron O., born June 4, 187, is attending the local
schools. Wilbert and Wilber, twins, were
born March 21, 1881, and the latter died July 5, 1881.
Claude and Clyde were born May 1, 18832, and
the former died September 8 following.
Since coming to the village of Rising Sun Mr. Bigley
has met with brilliant success, having made $6,500 and the
son $2,500. The former met with a severe accident
October 8, 18923, being kicked in the neck by a horse, and
he is still suffering from the effects of the accident.
( Source: Portrait & Biological Record of City of Toledo &
Lucas & Wood Counties, Ohio - 1895) |
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THOMAS N. BIERLY |
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A. L. BORDNER,
one of the leading business men of Bradner, was born on a
farm near Prairie Depot, Wood County, Ohio, January 28,
1851. He is a son of Michael Bordner, who was
born in Licking Township, Dauphin County, Pa., Feb. 28,
1812. His grandparents on the paternal side, Peter
and Catherine (Godman) Bordner, were natives of
Pennsylvania, the former having been born in Lebanon County.
Both were descendants of German ancestry.
Thrown upon his own resources at the age of eleven
years, our subject's father began to work upon a farm,
receiving his board and clothes in compensation for his
labor. When fifteen years old he commenced to learn
the shoemaker's trade, and the following year he came to
Ohio with the hope of improving his chances for making his
way in life. He worked at his trade in Stark County,
receiving $27.50 and a pair of fine boots for a year's
labor. After four years in Stark, he came to Wood
County, and purchased a tract of land on the west side of
the middle branch of the Portage River, near the present
site of the village of Portage. Returning a short time
afterward to Stark County, he married Miss Leah
Bauchtel, and, accompanied by his young wife, started
for his prospective home in Wood County.
The place was then a wilderness, and on account of high
water it was impossible to reach the land upon which Mr.
Bordner had intended to settle. However, he soon
succeeded in disposing of the property, and purchased eighty
acres near Freeport, in Wood County, upon which he
constructed a small house of round poles, covered with
clapboards, and with a floor and door of puncheon. The
nearest mill at that time was at Fremont or Perrysburg, and
to reach either of these points it was necessary to make a
long and tedious trip. The journey hither was made
with an ox-team, and as the roads were very muddy,
considerable trouble was had in preventing the oxen from
getting stuck in the mud. The family subsisted mainly
upon the game brought down by Mr. Bordner's unerring
rifle. Animals were numerous, and at one time when
going home after dark, he was followed by a pack of wolves
to his very door, and in order to keep them from entering
the house by way of the chimney (the top of which was but a
few feet from the ground) he was compelled to build a fire
in the fireplace. In those frontier times, surrounded
by all the hardships a pioneer life, many were the hardships
endured by this brave man, but in spite of all the drawbacks
he now looks back upon those days as the happiest of his
life. In 1854 he lost his first wife, and three yeas
later he married Polly Yoey, of DeKalb County, Ind.
For twenty years Michael Bordner lived on the
farm, after which he spent two years in Freeport, and then
came to Bradner, which he bought a small tract of land.
Here his second wife died, since which time some of his
children have resided with him in order to make his
remaining days as happy and comfortable as possible.
In many respects he has been a remarkable man.
Starting in life a poor boy, settling in the swamps of Wood
county without means, he nevertheless made a fortune.
His generosity has been unlimited, and while he still has an
ample fortune left, much has gone to benefit others.
In all his dealings with his fellow-men his character has
never been stained by deceit or shadowed by dishonesty.
In fact, he has been known for the uprightness of his life
and the kindness of his heart. No appeal to him from a
worthy person has ever had made in vain. He is known
and honored as one of the most enterprising, generous and
kind-hearted citizens of the county.
In the family of Michael Bordner there were
eight children. Henry, who enlisted in the
Union army during the Civil War, was a member of the
Twenty-first Ohio Infantry, belonging to Company D; he died
during his service. Calvin, also a member of
the Seventy-second Regiment, lost his life in service.
Mary is the wife of George Bower. Lucy
is married to Levi Brook. Rachel is the wife of
Michael Bowe, of Rising Sun. Ellen, Mars.
Jasper Weller lives in Michigan. Sarah,
wife of M. Fairbanks, resides in Deshler, Wood
County, Ohio.
The only surviving son of the family is the subject of
this biographical sketch. He spent his early life upon
the home farm and was educated in the country schools.
After a short time devoted to farm work he came to Bradner,
in 1889, and opened a mercantile establishment, which he has
since conducted. He is an extensive dealer in stock
and poultry, and also has a large grocery trade, having met
with gratifying success in these various lines of work.
He owns a farm upon which there are five oil wells, and also
has considerable valuable property in Bradner. His
ability as a financier is recognized by all who know him,
and he is considered one of the shrewdest business men of
the county.
In 1871 Mr. Bordner was married to Miss Mary
Shinew, the daughter of a farmer living near Portage,
Wood County. They have three children living, and lost
one in infancy. The surviving sons are Edwin L.,
Harvey N. and Floyd W., intelligent young men,
whose prospects for successful careers are the brightest.
Socially Mr. Bordner is an Odd Fellow. In
his religious views he is connected with the Methodist
Episcopal Church, of which he is Trustee, and for two years
he has filled the position of Superintendent of the
Sunday-school.
( Source: Portrait & Biological Record of City of Toledo &
Lucas & Wood Counties, Ohio - 1895) |
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GILBERT B. BRIM,
a well-to-do and prosperous farmer of Lake Township, Wood
County, makes his abode on section 27, near the village of
Latchie. He has owned this homestead since the fall of
1875, when he rented for a year to a tenant, but since that
time has been engaged in its cultivation himself. He
sold a portion of his original farm, but bought other and
more fertile land, and the homestead now numbers one hundred
and sixteen acres. The place lies eight miles from
Toledo, where a ready market is found for the farm products.
George Brim the father of our subject, was born
Sept. 20, 1807, in Devonshire, England, and was one of the
pioneer settlers in this county, to which he came in the
spring of 1835. His declining years were passed in
Sandusky County, Ohio, where his death occurred Dec. 7,
1873. Oct. 1, 1840, he married Miss Betsy M.,
daughter of Peter and Rebecca (gilbert) Loop.
She was born in 1813, and died Mar. 12, 1894, aged
eighty-two years. Nine children were born to George
and Betsy Brim, namely: James J., who is
operating the old homestead in Sandusky County; Walter W.,
who is represented elsewhere in this work; Emeline
and Emily, twins, the latter of whom died in infancy;
George, also deceased; 'Laney M., Mrs. J. C.
Recker; Gilbert B.; Betsy M., Mrs. George Ash; and
Clara E., Mrs. W. E. Gardner.
Gilbert B. Brim was born near Woodville, Sandusky
County, May 19, 1853, and attended the district schools of
that neighborhood until reaching his majority. AS soon
as he was old enough to work his help was required on the
farm, and he continued to live with his widowed mother until
he was married, in 1877, when the exception of one year,
when he worked at Millbury with his brother Walter W.
He has been a School director and Highway Supervisor, and in
politics is a Republican, having cast his first vote for
R. B. Hayes.
In Troy Township occurred the marriage of G. B.
Brim and Lizzie E. Hahn, Mar. 1, 1877 The
lady was born July 16, 1853, and is a daughter of
Valentine and Magdalene (Berg) Hahn, who were married in
July, 1852, and had a family of four sons and six daughters,
as follows: 'Lizzie E.; Herman D., who is
carrying on the old farm in Troy Township; Mary and
Laura, twins, the former the wife of George Brown
and the latter the wife of William Andrews, both
farmers of Troy Township; and Theodore, Barbara, Katie,
Albert, August and Clara. The six last
mentioned are living at home with their parents.
Valentine Hahn was born in Germany, near the River Rhine,
Mar. 3, 1814, and came to the United States about 1844,
since which time he has been engaged in farming. He is
a son of Jacob Hahn, who was a miller in the
Fatherland. Mrs. Magdalene Hahn was born in
Germany, and was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth
(Smith) Berg, who came to America prior to 1843.
They first settled in Cleveland, and went thence to Ashland
County, where they passed remainder of their lives.
Jacob Berg was also a miller by trade, and worked at
that vocation after coming to this country.
Nine children came to bless the union of Mr. and
Mrs. Bain, their names and dates of birth being as
follows: George Valentine, born Dec. 6, 1877;
Clara Mabel, Aug. 8, 1879; Otto Richard, Dec.
18, 1881; Orville Gilbert, Aug. 18, 1883; James
Lloyd, Oct. 4, 1885; Logan L., Feb. 14, 1888;
twin children that died unnamed; and Edna May, born
May 17, 1894. In Jan., 1892, Mr. and Mrs. Brim
became members of the Evangelical Church at MIllbury.
( Source: Portrait & Biological Record of City of Toledo &
Lucas & Wood Counties, Ohio - 1895) |
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WALTER W. BRIM |
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DAVID B. BROWN, M. D.
The professional men of Pemberville are an
element in the development of this progressive little city,
to the reputation of which they are constantly adding by
their talents and skill. To this class belongs Dr.
Brown, who has conducted a general practice as a
physician and surgeon here since 1881. As a physician
he is patient, constant, sympathetic, yet in the hour of
extremity cool, calm and courageous, thus inspiring his
patients with the greatest confidence in this skill.
Although his practice requires almost his entire time, yet
he still continues the study of his profession, keeping
himself abreast with the practical details in the
improvements of medicine.
For several generations the family to which the Doctor
belongs has resided in Ohio. His father, Thomas,
was born in Knox County, this state, near the city of Mt.
Vernon. He was reared upon a farm, and upon arriving
at man's estate selected agriculture for his life
occupation. Settling in Morrow County about 1850, he engaged
in cultivating a farm there for nine yeas. In 1859 he
came to Wood County, and afterward made is home upon a farm
seven miles south of Pemberville, where his death occurred
in 1889. His widow, who is still living on the old
homestead in this county, was a native of Hayden, Md., and
bore the maiden name of Rachel Mills. Orphaned
by the death of her parents when she was a mere child, she
came to Ohio parents when she was a mere child, she came to
Ohio with a family of the name of Meyers, with whom
she remained until her marriage.
During the residence of the family in Morrow County,
Ohio, the subject of this sketch was born April 17, 1852.
The family of which he is a member consists of three
brothers and three sisters, all of whom are living.
Henry B. has for twenty-four years been Principal of a
college at Valparaiso, Ind.; William T. resides on a
farm near Bradner, Ohio; Sarah is the wife of
James Shoewalter; Ellen married Milton Ashley;
and Mary is the wife of Joseph Jennings.
The first seen years of the life of our subject
were passed on the home farm near Mt. Gilead. In 1859
he came with his parents of Wood County, where he attended
the district schools of the neighborhood and the public
schools of Bradner. On completing his studies he began
to teach, and followed that profession for five years.
It was not, however, his intention to make this his life
work, and having resolved to become a physician, in 1872 he
commenced the study of medicine at Freeport, Ohio, under the
guidance of Dr. N. W. Goodrick with whom he remained
for two years. In 1874-75 he attended lectures in the
Cincinnati Medical College, from which institution he was
graduated February 23, 1876.
At once after completing his medical studies, Dr.
Brown opened an office for practice at Sherwood,
Defiance County, Ohio, where he remained for a number of
years. In 1881 he came to Pemberville, where he has
given his attention to professional duties ever since, and
has built up a large and remunerative practice.
Through devotion to his profession he has gained a place
among the successful physicians of the county, and has also
become the possessor of some valuable property, including a
comfortable residence. Here he and is wife, with their
three children, Truman Glen, Dale Benton and Neva
B., have established a pleasant home. Mrs. Brown
was Miss Minnie Truman prior to her marriage in 1881,
and is the daughter of a farmer living near Woodville.
In his fraternal relations Dr. Brown is a Royal
Arch Mason, of the blue lodge. In the Odd Fellows'
lodge he is serving as Noble Grand. He is also
connected with the Order of the Maccabees. His
religious views incline him to the faith of the Baptist
Church, of which he was a member until death. Mrs.
Brown is an active member of the Presbyterian Church and
is always ready to aid in charitable enterprises for the aid
of those in distress. While the Doctor has never been
an aspirant for official honors, he never fails to cast his
ballot for the men nominated by the Democratic party, and
his views coincide with the principles promulgated by that
organization.
( Source: Portrait & Biological Record of City of Toledo &
Lucas & Wood Counties, Ohio - 1895) |
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JOHN W. BROWNSBERGER.
No resident of Weston has been more closely identified
with its history than the subject of this sketch, who has been
an eye-witness of its material growth and an important factor
in the development of its commercial interests.
Here he is conducting a furniture and undertaking
business, and by his reliable and straightforward transactions
he has gained the confidence of the people as a patriotic
citizen and an upright, shrewd business man.
In Perrysburg
Township, Wood County, Ohio,
the subject of this notice was born Mar. 24, 1843, being the
next to the youngest among eight children comprising the
family of John and Barbara (Failor) Brownsberger.
His father, who was born in Cumberland County, Pa.,
Mar. 27, 1800, was reared on a farm, and in his youth learned
the trade of a weaver, which occupation he followed until
1832. In the
spring of that year he came to Ohio and entered land near
Perrysburg, in Wood County, being one of the pioneers of this
region, which was then in its primitive state.
It was not long, however, before settlers began to
flock into the county, and soon improvements were introduced,
cities sprang into existence, and fine farms were improved.
Soon after making settlement in Perrysburg Township,
John Brownsberger was chosen Justice of the Peace and superintendent
of road improvements.
For a number of years he also had charge of the
toll-gates. So faithfully did he perform his duties as a
citizen that he gained the esteem and confidence of his
neighbors. A short
time before his death he removed to
Lucas
County, and there he
passed away at the age of eighty-six.
He was of German descent, but the family had been
represented in America for many
generations, and some of his ancestors took part in the
Revolutionary War.
The mother of our subject was also a native of
Cumberland County,
Pa., and was born Aug. 30, 1804.
Her death occurred in Lucas Co., this state, at the age
of seventy-six, after she had spent a number of years in total
blindness. She was
of German origin, her ancestors having emigrated to the United States in an early day.
Our worthy subject spent his early life on a farm, and
received his education in the country schools near his home.
At the age of fifteen he started out in life for
himself, first becoming a clerk in a grocery store, where he
received only his board for the first three years.
Aug. 5, 1860, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundredth
Regiment Ohio Volunteers, and served for three years.
He enlisted as a private, but was promoted to the
office of Corporal soon after, and served in that capacity
during his enlistment.
He took an active part in a number of engagements, and
was taken prisoner, with about three hundred others, at
Lewiston Station,
Tenn., and was confined at different
times in Jonesborough, Libby and Belle Isle Prisons, being
held a prisoner for seven months before he was paroled.
He was mustered out July 3, 1865, and returned to his
home at Perrysburg.
A short time after coming home,
Mr. Brownsberger
took a course in a commercial college, and then entered a
dry-goods store in Toledo, where he remained eight years.
After this he went into the office of the Auditor of
Lucas County, and prepared a set of geographical books for Wood
County, and when the work was
completed he remained as assistant clerk for a short time.
He was then appointed Deputy Sheriff, serving for two
years. In 1858 he
was elected Sheriff of the county, and re-elected in 1870.
It was during this term of office that the fight
between Bowling Green
and Perrysburg for the distinction of being the county seat
occurred, and he had a hard time in preserving order during
that exciting time.
He followed the instructions of Chief Justice Waite,
and defended the records from being taken by a mob that came
to remove them. On
the 3d of July, 1869, a celebration was held at a place about
twelve miles from Perrysburg, and in the disturbance that
generally takes place on such occasions
David Shilling shot and killed
Charles Lunday.
A mob collected, which was going to hang
Shilling
immediately, but a friend sent word to our subject, who was
Sheriff at the time and he rode his horse on the run the whole
twelve miles, and arrived in time to rescue the man.
Mr. Brownsberger was a young, boyish-looking fellow at the time, and
the mob consisted of twenty-five of the most desperate men in
the county, but he had the nerve to rush into the crowd,
rescue his man and take him to the county jail.
When his term of office had expired,
Mr. Brownsberger
removed to Weston and erected a large saw and planning mill,
which he successfully conducted for three years.
In connection with his other business, he also acted as
Deputy Sheriff of the county, in which office he had gained a
reputation as a terror to evil-doers and a friend to the
law-abiding citizens.
In July, 1874, he sold out his interest in the mill,
and took charge of the records of the Probate Court, which
position he filled for two years.
In the spring of 1876 our subject became a keeper in the
State’s Prison at
Columbus,
Ohio, but only remained there
eleven months.
After returning to his home he remained a short time, and then
went to Bowling Green, where he occupied the position
of Deputy Clerk for five years.
At the expiration of this time he was obliged to resign
his place in the office on account of poor health, and, going
from there to Toledo, he embarked in the undertaking
business. He
followed this occupation for three and a-half years, and then
sold out and found employment as a conductor on the Clover
Leaf Railroad. He
was also express-man and baggagemaster for a time, and
remained in the employment of the railroad for six years.
In 1892 he bought an interest in a furniture store in
Weston, and in January, 1893, came here and took possession,
and has been actively engaged in the furniture business, in
connection with that of undertaker, up to the present time.
He has an attractive store, and his trade extends over
the surrounding country, as he is a man who is held in the
highest respect by all who know him, and has the confidence of
the entire community.
Mr. Brownsberger
was united in marriage with
Miss Lucy J. Bonney, of this city, Feb. 24, 1869, and to them three
children have been born.
Bessie May
is the wife of C. K.
Merrill, and resides in Toledo.
Mabel B. is
attending school in
Toledo.
The only son died in infancy. Our subject is a stanch
Republican in his political views, and in his younger days
took an active part in politics, being one of the leading men
of his party in the county.
Fraternally he is connected with Lodge No. 123, F. & A.
M., of Perrysburg, and Post No. 20, G. A. R., of Weston.
He is also a member of the Undertakers’ Union and
Gen. John W. Fuller
Commandery, at Toledo.
( Source: Portrait & Biological Record of City of Toledo &
Lucas & Wood Counties, Ohio - 1895 - Page 456)
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