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CHAPTER IV.
EDEN TOWNSHIP
THE TOWNSHIP AS ORIGINALLY SETTLED - EARLY SETTLERS -
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE TOWNSHIP IN 1845 - EDUCATIONAL
AND RELIGIOUS - TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS SINCE 1845 -
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
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| URIAH L.
BACHTELL, son of Joseph and Anna M. (Moore) Bachtell,
was born in Stark County, Ohio, Aug. 3, 1837. His parents were
natives of Frederick County, Md.; married Nov. 5, 1829, and removed
to this county in 1845, purchasing 100 acres, on which they reared a
family of eight children - Susan, Samuel, Henry, Uriah L., Mary
L., Sarah E., Adah and Emmet E. Henry is
deceased, died Aug. 2, 1836. The mother died Feb. 9, 1872,
aged sixty-one years; the father July 30, 1883, aged seventy-eight
years. Our subject enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and
Seventy-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Sept. 1864, and
served nine months in the late war, being discharged at Nashville,
Tenn., June 17, 1865. He returned home in the fall of the same
year, and purchased eighty acres of land, on which he still resides.
He was married Nov. 16, 1865, to Rachel Bowlby, a native of
Wayne County, Ohio, daughter of Emanuel and Sarah (Stall) Bowlby,
natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in this county in 1852.
Their family consisted of twelve children - Samantha, Rachel,
Doctor W., Hester A., Lydia, Wellington, Nelson, Marshall, Alice M.,
William S. and James, all living but Marshall and
an infant son. Mr. and Mrs. Uriah Bachtell are the
parents of three children - Cyrus F., Thomas and Huldy.
The first is deceased, his death occurring Sept. 7, 1874.
Mr. Bachetell has always been a farmer, and now owns 100 acres,
valued at $80 per acre. In politics, he is a Republican. |
| PETER TRAXLER
was born in Stark County, Ohio, November 13, 1825. His
parents, Daniel and Elizabeth (Cramer) Traxler, were natives
of Cumberland County, Penn., were married there, and subsequently
moved to Stark County, Ohio, where they reared a family. Their
children were Catharine, Elizabeth, George, Daniel, Peter and John,
all deceased but the three latter. Our subject, Peter,
was married, March 25, 1846, to Catharine Conkle, of Crawford
County, Ohio, native of Columbiana County, Ohio, daughter of Adam
and Mary (Wyerbaugh) Conkle, natives of Pennsylvania. Her
parents were married in Columbiana County, Ohio, and moved to
Crawford County about 1837, their children being Nicholas,
Catharine, Elizabeth, Jason, Jacob, Sarah J., William H., Samuel S.,
Adam and Mary. Their father died May 7, 1872; the
mother January 8, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Traxler have
eleven children, viz., Daniel C., Adam W., Peter P., Nicholas C.,
Jacob J., Mary E., John N. R., Cicly Jane, Ida L., Jason W., and
Francis L. Mr. Traxler lived with his parents till
twenty-one years of age and attended the common schools. In
1851, he purchased eighty acres of timber land, on which he built a
frame house, in which he lived till 1873, when he completed a fine
brick residence. He owns 120 acres of good land, valued at $75
per acre, his wife owning five city lots in Bucyrus, valued at
$2,000. Mr. Traxler is a Democrat. His wife is a
member of the Presbyterian Church. |
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