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CHAPTER III.
CRAWFORD TOWNSHIP
INTRODUCTORY - THE TOWNSHIP A HUNDRED YEARS AGO - THE
CRAWFORD MONUMENT - THE STORY OF MATTHEW BRAYTON, THE LOST CHILD - EARLY
SETTLERS - EXTRACTS FROM WILLIALM BROWN'S DIARY - INHABITANTS OF THE
TOWNSHIP IN 1845 - ORIGINAL IMPROVEMENTS, ETC. - ST. JOSEPH'S ROMAN
CATHOLIC CHURCH - OFFICERS SINCE 1866 - HISTORY OF CAREY VILLAGE - ITS
MERCANTILE AND BANKING INTERESTS - MILLS, MANUFACTORIES, ETC. - HOTELS -
RELIGIOUS - EDUCATION, ETC. - SECRET SOCIETIES -
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
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JAMES BOWLBY
was born in Stark County, Ohio, Dec. 8, 1831. His parents,
James and Sarah (Gross) Bowlby, were natives of New Jersey and
Pennsylvania respectively. They came to Ohio in 1831, located
in Stark County, and reared to maturity a family of thirteen
children, namely, Joseph, Rachel, Emanuel, John, Jacob, Hannah,
Maria, James, Mary, Samuel, Elizabeth, Catharine and Sarah;
the deceased are Rachel, John, Mary and Samuel
The family moved to Crawford County, near Galion, where the father
died in 1870, in his seventy-fourth year, his wife having preceded
him in 1859, closing her life in her fifty-seventh year.
James Bowlby, who is the subject of this sketch, was introduced
to this county in 1852. He married Amanda
Grindle, Jan. 1, 1858, and
purchased a saw mill west of Carey, operating the same eight years
afterward it was again destroyed by fire. He rebuilt a third,
and in January, 1883, he sold out and removed to Carey, entering the
employ of Watson & Co., as foreman of the saw mill department of
their saw mill and planing mill. Mr. and Mrs. Bowlby
are parents of nine children - Ellen, Emma L., Alice A., Hattie,
Rolland D., Orville C., Noland H., Alfred B. and Joseph W.
Mr. Bowlby is a charter member of the Nights of Labor, and a
citizen of industrious habits and good character.
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| LEVI HILE, was born in Big
Spring Township, Seneca Co., Ohio, Feb. 24, 1853, son of John and
Susan (Putnam) Hile, natives of Germany and Ohio respectively.
His parents were married in this county, but lived in Seneca, where
they reared four sons and four daughters, namely: Mary A., Lovina,
Daniel, Levi, John H., Franklin, Ida E. and Emma A.
The deceased are Mary A. and Lovina. The father
died in 1869, in his fifty-ninth year; the mother is still living on
the home farm. Levi, our subject, has followed farm
labor from his youth. He was married, December 21, 1882, to
Miss Emily J. Shuman, who was born in this township Dec. 16,
1853. Her parents, Fred and Ann M. (Stahl) Shuman, were
natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent. They settled in
this township at an early day and reared a family of nine children -
Joseph, Sylvester, Ellen, Emily J., Catharine, Angeline, Susan,
George and Frank. Her parents are yet living.
Mr. Hile purchased 152 acres of land, April 1, 1883, in this
township, where he still resides. He has made many
improvements on the farm, and now values it at $90 per acre.
He is a Republican, and with his wife holds a membership in the
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| PAUL and ANNA HOUK
with their six children - Margaret, Catherine, John, Elizabeth,
Peter and Henry - emigrated from Smallenburg, Bavaria,
and landed in the United States in July, 1828, having spent three
months on the voyage. They were shipwrecked, but were finally
picked up by another vessel. They spent six months in
Philadelphia, and then came to Ohio and located three miles south of
Carey. Here the sons and daughters grew to maturity. The
two brothers, Peter and Henry, were twins, and no less
closely related in their business life. They were born
in Bavaria April 21, 1819, and at the age of Maturity learned the
trade of carpenters, working at the same together, building many of
the houses in Carey. Henry Houk married Juliette
Irene Searless, in November, 1844. She was an estimable
lady and died June 27, 1865 - childless. Her husband continued
his trade several years after his marriage. He then engaged in
the hardware business, next the drug trade, and afterward turned his
attention to the real estate and broker's business. He married
Elizabeth Sutphen, daughter of Richard D. and Sarah
Sutphen, who then resided at Toledo, but now at Carey. By
this marriage there were three children - Harry S., Hallie G.
and Willis Henery. Mrs. Houk is a native of
Fairfield County, Ohio, and was born Nov. 1, 1835. Mr. Houk
was quite successful in his business affairs and at his death, April
6, 1880, was the owner of considerable real estate in Carey, and
some in Toledo, Ohio. He erected his large, fine residence in
1876. Peter Houk married Susan Carr, daughter of
Nicholas and Margaret Carr, in April, 1844. He was
engaged as clerk in a dry goods store, at Adrian, Mich., for some
time, but subsequently returned to this county and purchased a farm
of 300 acres where he spent the remainder of his days. He died
July 5, 1870, leaving a wife and six children - Clinton N., Alvin
D., Althea F., Anna M., Nellie L. and Henry Peter.
The death of Alvin D. preceded that of his father five days.
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| CHARLES HOYT
was born in Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y., May 8, 1834. His parents,
Samuel and Abigail (Alford) Hoyt, were natives of New
Hampshire and New York respectively, the former born August 21,
1788; the later Oct. 9, 1792. They were married, Sept. 15,
1814, and moved to Ohio in 1854, locating in Seneca County.
Their children were Zina, Harrison, Mary, Aurilla A., Samuel J.,
Sarah J. and Charles, all living but Aurilla
The mother died Aug. 16, 1863; the father June 27, 1872.
Charles Hoyt remained with his parents, until the opening of the
late was, when he enlisted, Aug. 14, 1861, in Company D, Forty-ninth
Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, and entered the service. He
participated in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Serratt's Hills,
Corinth and other, receiving an honorable discharge, Sept. 11, 1863.
May 22, 1864, he again took the field as Captain of Company F, One
Hundred and Sixty-fourth Regiment Ohio National Guards, but soon
after returned to his position on the home farm, where he remained
till 1882, when he purchased 160 acres of Gov. Charles Foster,
in his township, where he now resides. He has since added
twenty-eight acres; now values his farm at $125 per acre, and is
engaged in general agriculture. He was married, Dec. 15, 1864,
to Miss Saloma Yentzer, of Adrian, Ohio, daughter of John
and Catharine Yentzer, natives of Pennsylvania and of German
parentage. She was born Nov. 1, 1839. Her parents reared
six children - Jacob, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Susan, Saloma and
John. The father died June 6, 1876, the mother in May
16, 1865; Saloma C., Nov. 11, 1866. On the 8th of Oct.,
1868, Mr. Hoyt was again married to Miss Emma M. Lott,
a native of Mansfield, resident of Tiffin, and daughter of
Cornelius and Eliza (Hitchne) Lott. She was born May 22,
1844. Her parents were married in Emmettsburg, Md.; moved to
Ohio in 1844, and located in Tiffin. Her father was a
carpenter by trade, and reared four children - Emma M., Amanda
H., Winfield S. and an infant daughter. Her mother died in
Aug., 1853; her father is now in his sixty-eighth year. Mr.
Hoyt is a member of De Molay Commandery, at Tiffin, and of the
G. A. R. at Carey. He and Mrs. Hoyt are members of the
Presbyterian Church. Politically, Mr. Hoyt is a
Republican. |
| WILLIAM K. HUMBERT,
proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, Carey, was born in Berks County,
Penn., Jan. 10, 1826. His father and mother, Jacob and
Catharine (Kitling) Humbert, were also natives of Pennsylvania,
and of German parentage. They had eleven children - William
K., Jacob, Sarah, Daniel, Catharine, David, Ann, Mary, Frank, Amelia
and Charles. The latter was killed in the battle of
Gettysburg. Daniel was also a soldier, and was killed
by Mosby's Cavalry in Virginia. David, Frank and
William K. were also in the army. The children were
reared to farm life, and at the age of twenty William K. took
up the carpenter's trade, which he continued two and one-half years.
He then went to Tamaqua, Penn., and worked two years; then to
Reading two years at cabinet work; then to Philadelphia until the
spring of 1853. In the latter city, he married Flora Ludwig,
Dec. 21, 1852. She was born in Lehigh County, Penn., Oct.,
1833. They removed to Allentown, Penn., and resided there till
April, 1857, when they removed to Carey, Ohio, where he established
a furniture and cabinet business with his brother-in-law. Two
years after, he disposed of his interest and worked at cabinet
manufacturing till the beginning of the war. August 15, 1862,
he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and served throughout the Virginia campaigns.
After six months' service, he was detained to the medical
department, officiating as master in the hospital at Grafton, Va.
He was discharged in September, 1865, and returned to his family at
Carey, resuming his former trade, which he continued till the fall
of 1883, when he leased the Commercial Hotel, which he has since
managed. Mr. and Mrs. Humbert have five children, -
Dallas J., Lizzie, Harry, Katie and Clarence. The
family is associated with the Lutheran Church. Mr. H. is
a charter member of the G. A. R., and is a genial and hospital
landlord. |
| THOMAS HUNTER.
This enterprising farmer was born September 22, 1839, is a native of
this township, and son of William and Elizabeth (Reed) Hunter,
natives of Pennsylvania and Delaware respectively. His parents
were married in Fairfield County, and moved to Wyandot, entering
land in Crawford Township. The children were Mary, James,
Elizabeth, Zelinda, Lida, Mahala, John, Hester, Amelia,
Isabel, Martha, Margaret and Thomas. Zelinda and
Margaret are deceased; the mother died in 1850, the father in
June, 1860. After the death of his parents, Mr. Hunter
resided with his brother-in-law at McCutchenville till his marriage,
March 20, 1860, to Miss Elizabeth Zabriskie, who was born at
the above town September 27, 1837. She was a daughter of
Peter and Sarah (Reade) Zabriskie, natives of Ohio and Delaware
respectively, and of English, Polish and Dutch parentage. Her
parents were married in Lockport, N. Y., moved to Ohio, located at
McCutchenville and engaged in the butcher's business. Their
children were Mary E., Angelett, George and
Araminta. Mary E. and George are deceased.
The father died in May, 1845. The mother now resides in
Adrian, Seneca Co., Ohio, in her seventieth year. Mr. and
Mrs. Hunter have two sons - Edwin E., born Nov. 24, 1862,
and Charles W., May 10, 1877. Mr. Hunter rented
land a few years, and in 1864 purchased forty acres in Ridge
Township. He sold this, purchased a second forty in the same
township, sold again, and in 1872 purchased a second forty in the
same township, sold again, and in 1872 purchased eighty acres, on
which he now lives. In 1883, he added twenty-two acres in
Salem Township. Politically, Mr. Hunter is a
Republican. |
| EDWARD ILLIG, M. D. |
| GUS F. ILLIG, M. D. |
| CHARLES M. KARR |
| HENRY W. KARR |
| NATHAN KARR |
| A. P. KELLY |
| JOHN KEMMERLY |
| DAVID L. KENTFIELD |
| JACOB KNEASAL |
| H. B. KURTZ |
| ROBERT LOWERY |
| RUSSEL McCLURE |
| T. W. McCLURE |
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ALONZO F. MILLER, D. D. S. |
| JOHN R. MILLER |
| ALBERT H. MYERS, M. D. |
| JACOB NEWHARD |
| JAY NEWHARD |
AARON NIGH, retired farmer,
was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, Oct. 15, 1820.
His parents Adam and Catharine (Fauchnaue) Nigh, were both born in Maryland, came to Ohio
when young, and were married in
Fairfield
County.
The children born to them were
Emanuel, John, Aaron, Barbara, Gideon, Silas, George A.,
Delano, Jonas, Adam and Harrison. In 1834, the family moved to this
township, where Mr. Nigh entered 640
acres of land, and began its improvement.
Mrs. Nigh died in 1856, and
Mr. Nigh in December, 1877.
Aaron resided on the farm with his parents, till his marriage to
Eliza J. Ogg, June 2, 1842. His wife was a
daughter of Kinzley Ogg, and was born
May 1822. Her father came here from
Jackson
County in 1826. After his marriage,
Mr. Nigh went into the woods and began clearing up a farm of seventy-five acres
purchased of his father. To this farm
additions were made till he owned 240 acres.
Five children were born to them – Chester K., Margaret (now
Mrs. Bachor), Scott, Albert and James. Mrs. Nigh passed from earth Dec. 17,
1880, and in 1881 Mr. Nigh sold the
farm and moved to Carey, where he has since lived a quiet, retired life. He was married, Aug. 21, 1881, to
Mrs. Mary E. Fisk, born Dec. 15,
1827, widow of C. M. Fisk, and
daughter of Samuel Richey, a farmer
of this county, who came here from Virginia. By her
first husband, Mrs. Nigh has four
children – Senoratta, Esmeralda,
Amarillis and Alfretta. Mr. Nigh is a Republican, and served
eight years as Trustee of the township.
He has been a consistent member of the U. B. Church for the past thirty years. His first wife was a member of the same
society, as is also his present wife.
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GEORGE A. NIGH,
son of
Adam Nigh, was born in Fairfield Co.,
Ohio, Oct. 13, 1829. He was but a child when his parents
came to this locality. His early
years, up to the date of his marriage, Oct. 4, 1850, were spent with his parents
in farm life. His wife was
Lucinda Cushman who was born in
Ashtabula Co., Ohio,
Nov. 8, 1832. Her parents both died
while she was a child of six years.
She came to this county from Fairfield
with friends about 1847.
Mr. and Mrs. Nigh have four living
children – Amariah F., Effie, Emanuel
and Iva.
Two died in infancy.
After his marriage Mr. Nigh tiled his
father’s farm one year and then purchased a small farm near Carey. In 1864, he enlisted in Company D,
One Hundred and Forth-fourth Ohio National Guards, and served four months. He sold his farm before going to the
army, and on returning farmed about ten years and then turned his attention to
gardening, which he has engaged in sine 1874.
Mr. Nigh has been Street
Commissioner eight years in Carey.
He is a member of the G. A. R. and Good Templars.
Both he and Mrs. Nigh united
with the United
Brethren Church
about thirty years ago.
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HARRISON H. NYE,
son of
Adam and Catharine Nye, was born near
Carey Apr. 20, 1836. He was reared
on a farm, and when about eighteen years of age began teaching school. He obtained a good education and
taught about twenty years – three terms, in the schools of Carey. In 1859 he made a trip to
California to recover something from one Buel for whom his
father had gone security and lost considerable property. Not being successful, he returned
after eighteen months and resumed his school work, working at intervals at the
carpenter’s trade. He traveled
considerably in the West, teaching in the respective States of Indiana,
Illinois and Kansas. Dec. 3, 1860, he married
Susan Drumm, daughter of Elias Drumm, of
Seneca County,
Ohio.
Two children were born to them, one living –
Albert M., now in business at Carey. In 1872,
Mr. Nye engaged as local agent for the Walter A. Wood Harvester, and has since handled agricultural implements of various
kinds. He is an earnest Republican,
and both he and Mrs. Nye are members
of the Lutheran
Church.
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DAVID S. NYE, son
of
Frisby and Isabel (Hulbert) Nye, was
born in Ridge
Township, this county, June 22, 1836. He was reared a farmer and before his
twentieth year he married Mary M.,
daughter of William and Sarah Starr,
the event taking place Mar. 26, 1856.
Mr. Nye’s parents moved from Fairfield County to Hancock, about 1833, and unloaded their effects
under a tree, till a cabin could be erected.
Mrs. Nye was born Sept. 23,
1838. She began life with her
husband by keeping the hotel, American House, now known as the Commercial House,
at Carey, conducting this business one year.
Mr. Nye then purchased the
building and grocery stock of Thurman & Dunaway, for the sum of $1,300 cash, and a horse, saddle and bridle. He was quite successful until he
closed his business and enlisted as a soldier, May 2, 1864. He was a member of Company D, One
Hundred and Forty fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged, Sept. 2,
1864. Previous to his enlistment, he
had spent about eighteen months in special service for the Federal Government. He was slightly wounded at the
skirmish of Dranesvine, and was also wounded slightly by
Kirby Smith’s pickets on the Lexington
pike, Ky.,
neither of which disabled him from service.
He was honorably discharged, and received a certificate of thanks signed
by President Lincoln and
Secretary Stanton for the worthy
service he had rendered his country.
At the close of the war, he returned to Carey and resumed the grocery business,
which he continued until Jan., 1884.
Mr. Nye is a Democrat, but one other
of the family voting with him. He
has eight children – Laura A., Flora T.,
Ella J., Florence L., Minnie L., Elmer E., Grace V.
and
David H.
Florence
and
Elmer are deceased.
Mr. Nye was present at the hotel at
Alexandria, when
Jackson shot and killed
Col. Ellsworth, and saw
Jeff C.
Davis shoot Gen. Nelson at the Gault House,
Louisville.
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FRANCIS PAHL,
son of Peter and Lena Pahl, was born in Baden, Germany, Nov.
20, 1818. (See sketch of Joseph Pahl) He
was married Dec. 2, 1844, to Mary Simons, having emigrated to
this country ten years previous. Mrs. Pahl was a
resident of Norwalk, Ohio, a native of Germany, and daughter of
John and Mary (Kling) Simons, who were natives of Germany, and
who emigrated to America in 1834. On arriving in this country,
her parents located in New York City. Three years later they
moved to Seneca County, Ohio, and in 1863, to this county.
Their nine children were Mary, Elizabeth, Catharine, Julia,
Peter, Lena, Henry, Margaret and Adam - all living now
but Mary, Elizabeth and Peter. The father died
Feb. 5, 1883; the mother resides in Upper Sandusky in her
eighty-fifth year. Mr. Pahl purchased his first land in
Huron County, Ohio, in 1841. To this first twenty acres he
added twenty more subsequently, and this farm he cultivated till
1869, when he sold out, moved to Wyandot County and purchased 156
acres on which he now lives. Mr. and Mrs. Pahl had
eight children -Elizabeth, Mary A., Catharine, Frank, Peter,
Rosa, Frederick J. and Hellen. Of these Mary A.,
Catharine and Frederick J. are deceased. The mother
died July 4, 1857, and was interred at Norwalk, Ohio. Mr.
Pahl was married, Dec. 2, 1858, to Miss Lena Simons, a
sister of his former wife, and to this union nine children were
born, namely, Louisa S., 1859; Francis, 1860; Henry,
1862; Mary A., 1864; William F., 1866; Emil A.,
1869; John, 1871; Charlie, 1873, and Kosmos, 1876.
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JOSEPH PAHL,
son of Peter and Lena (Wemerd) Pahl, was born in Rubed,
France, June 7, 1834. His parents were natives of Germany and
emigrated to America i 1834. They spent one year in Buffalo,
and then moved to Huron County, Ohio, where they reared seven
children - Lawrence, Frank, Lena, Emily, Julia, Joseph and
Peter, all living but Lena. The mother died in
September, 1841, the father in December, 1874, their respective ages
being forty and seventy-four years respectively. In September,
1856, our subject was married to Miss Angeline Frend, of
Cleveland, a resident at that time of Norwalk, Ohio, and a native of
Germany. She emigrated with her parents when about five years
of age, and died at the birth of her second child, her first also
dying an infant. Mr. Pahl was married, Sept. 17, 1860,
to Catharine Kurs, of Seneca County, a native of Germany, and
daughter of Joseph and Mona Krus, who emigrated in 1850, and
settled in the above county. The father died four years since;
the mother still survives. Mr. and Mrs. Pahl are
parents of thirteen children, ten living, namely, Frank A., Mary,
Joseph A., Fred A., Josephine, Edward, Caroline, Anna, Albert
and Lewis; the others died in infancy. In 1856 Mr.
Pahl purchased land in Huron County, but in 1865 sold out and
came to Wyandot, where he purchased ninety-three acres in this
township, where he now resides. His farm is well-improved and
valued at $90 to $100 per acre. He is a Democrat in politics,
and both himself and Mrs. Pahl are members of the Catholic
Church.
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| JOHN A. PITTSFORD |
| DANIEL POWELL |
| LUTHER G. RANGER |
| JOHN G. REYNOLDS
was born in Seneca County, Ohio, Jan. 2, 1837, and is a son of
Abraham and Harriet (Goldsmith) Reynolds. His parents were
married in New York, their native State, and with two children came
to Ohio in 1830, locating on a farm near Republic, Seneca County.
Later they removed to Tiffin. There were nine children, viz.,
Lysander, Matilda Harriet, Volney, Alphonso, John G., Alice,
Eliza and William. The two latter daughters are deceased.
John G. the subject of this sketch, obtained a good common
school education, and attended the Heidelberg College. He
taught school in the country schools of Seneca County, and one term
in the Carey Schools. His sisters were all teachers.
November 14, 1867, he married Margaret Purkey, widow of
William Purkey, and daughter of James Vickers, one of the
pioneers of Hancock County, Ohio, where she was born April 29, 1838.
They have two children - Morley P. and Glenn.
Mrs. Reynolds had two children by her first husband - Olive (deceased)
and Bertie. Her parents, James and Sarah (Madison)
Vickers, were natives of England, and emigrated to this country
in 1818. They were two years at Pittsburgh, Penn., then moved
to Wayne County, Ohio, and in 1834 to Hancock County. Their
children were Sarah A., Elizabeth, James A., Mary, George and
Margaret. Her parents died at their home in Hancock
County, her father in his seventy-third year, her mother in her
eighty-fifty year. Mr. Reynolds' parents died at his
home in Carey; his father in the seventy-fifth year of his age, his
mother in her seventy-sixth. In August, 1862, Mr. Reynolds
enlisted in Company D, One Hundred Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, to serve three years. He was promoted to Sergeant,
and participated in many of the heaviest battles, namely,
Moorefield, Winchester, New Market, Piedmont, Lynchburg, Snicker's
Ford, Martinsburg, Strasburg, Charleston, Halltown, Berryville,
Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, besides many minor engagements,
witnessing the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. In the three
years; service he escaped without a wound or a day of sickness, and
was never absent from his regiment twenty-four hours. On his
return from the war, he resumed teaching and farming. In 1873,
he purchased three acres, with a fine brick residence in Carey, and
in 1881 he purchased 101 acres joining the corporation. Mr.
Reynolds is a member of the K. of H. and G. A. R. The
family is associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. |
| J. A. ROYER, M. D. |
| WILLIAM SALTZ |
| GEORGE W. SAVIDGE is a native of this township.
He was born July 24, 1847, and is a son of Foster W. and Julia (Kirtz)
Savidge, of Salem Township. Mr. Savidge made his
first purchase of land in Allen County, Ohio, in 1874, remaining in
that locality four years. In 1878, he sold his farm and returned
to this county, purchasing his present farm of seventy acres, upon
which he has sine resided. He was married in 1876 to Miss
Alice Davis, a resident and native of Marion County, and a
daughter of Isaac and Farby (Walker) Davis, who still reside in
Marion County, and who are the parents of five children, namely,
Alice, Emma, Eley, John and Hattie. Emma A., Foster W.,
and Lulu L. In politics, Mr. Savidge is in
favor of Republicanism. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, and
well respected as a neighbor and citizen in his community. |
| EDWARD S. SHELLHOUSE |
| JACOB C. SHULER |
| FREDERICK SHUMAN |
| JOSEPH SHUMAN |
| SYLVESTER SHUMAN |
JAMES R. SIDDALL
is a native of Mahoning County, Ohio, and was born July 11, 1842.
His parents, Joshua and Mary A. Siddall, were natives of Ohio
and reared seven children. The family moved to Hancock County
in the spring of 1851, and in the fall of the same year the father
died, owning about300 acres of land. James R. remained
with his mother till twenty years old. He then enlisted (fall
of 1862) in Company6 H, Fifty-seventy Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and
served until the fall of 1863. Returning to his home in the
spring of 1864, he went to Montana, and was engaged in mining till
1869, when he again returned to Hancock County. In 1870, he
went to Kansas, but returned the same year; farmed one year on his
mother's land; run a saloon two years in Vanlue; came to Carey in
January, 1874, and till 1884 conducted a saloon in that place.
He married Mary Hart October 20, 1879, and they have one
daughter - Jessie. Mr. Siddall was elected Councilman
in 1881, and re-elected in 1883. In February, 1884, in company
with C. L. Sheldon, a nephew whom he reared, he opened a
grocery store in Carey, in a building purchased in December
previous. They are enjoying a liberal patronage.
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| M. A. SMALLEY |
| CLINTON SMITH |
| DAVID SMITH |
| M. B. SMITH |
| HIRAM J. STARR |
| FRANKLIN M. STARR |
| AMOS STETLER |
| MICHAEL STINER |
| JACOB F. STOLL |
| LUDWIG STOLL |
| DAVID STRAW |
| D. H. STRAW |
| WILLIAM A. WALBORN |
| SAXTON C. WILLIAMS |
| ANDREW J. WONDER |
| DAVIS H. WONDER |
| FRED H. WONDER |
| MATHIAS WONDER |
| FRANCIS J. WORALLO |
| JOHN F. ZIMMERMAN
was born in Green Springs, Sandusky Co., Ohio, June 5, 1851.
His parents, William and Elizabeth (Brownell) Zimmerman, were
respectively natives of Pennsylvania and New York State, and of
German and English descent. They were married in Sandusky
County, where they reared five children, four sons and one daughter
- Charles W., John R., Electa A., James A. and Elijah H.,
all living. At the age of twenty, our subject began learning
the art of photography at Green Springs, Ohio, and continued under
instructions at that place two years. He then removed to
Carey, and two years later to Crestline, but returned to Carey in
1877. The following year he built a small gallery, occupying
the same until 1881, when he sold and erected a larger and more
suitable building. In 1880, he provided himself with a two
story frame residence, which he has since occupied. Feb. 3,
1874, Mr. Zimmerman was married to Miss Nancy A.,
daughter of Henderson and Mary (Lowry) Lytle, early settlers
of this county and the parents of twelve children. Mr.
Zimmerman, a native of Carey, Ohio, was born August 26, 1855.
The union of Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman has been crowned with
three children - Marey E., William H. and Carol A.
Mrs. Zimmerman departed this life May 28, 1881 being at the time
of her death a member of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Zimmerman
celebrated his second marriage in Nov., 1882, and Miss Martha E.
Lytle, a sister to his former wife. She was born Nov. 22,
1858. Mr. Zimmerman is Democratic in political
sentiment, a member of Myrtle Lodge, No. 416, of Good Templars, and
of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Zimmerman is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. |
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