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CHAPTER IX.
PITT TOWNSHIP
ITS LOCATION AND RELATION PRIOR TO THE ORGANIZATION
OF THE COUNTY - PRIMITIVE SETTLERS AND THEIR IMPROVEMENTS - FIRST ROAD -
VILLAGES OF LITTLE SANDUSKY AND FOWLER - THEIR CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS -
THE TOWNSHIP AS COMPARED WITH 1845 - ITS LIST OF REAL AND PERSONAL
ESTATES OWNERS
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
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GEORGE
W. BALDWIN was born in Hardy County, Va., Mar. 20, 1826.
He came to Ohio in 1856, and located in this county, working by the
month and farming rented land till 1860. He was married, Dec.
25, 1860, to Elmira Hunt, daughter of Snowden Hunt
(see sketch of A. C. Hunt), she being a native of this
county, born Aug. 5, 1835. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin have
three children - Cannia (wife of Henry Smith),
Abrose and Horace. Mrs. Baldwin inherited sixty
acres from her father's estate, the same being in good repair and
their present home. Mr. Baldwin is a Republican; he
served in the late war in the 100-day call, receiving an honorable
discharge. Himself and family are well-respected and good
citizens.
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CHRISTIAN
BARTH, son of Christian and Elizabeth (Hurny) Barth,
was born in Canton Berne, Switzerland, January 3, 1825. His
mother died March 3, 1837, and he emigrated to America in 1844, his
father and the remainder coming the following year. They
located in Tuscarawas County till 1858, when they removed to
Wyandot. The father died July 2, 1864. Our subject
worked at the carpenter's trade in Tuscarawas County till 1852, when
he came to Wyandot, and purchased forty acres of his present home,
to which he has added by subsequent purchases till he now owns 153
acres. In 1871 - 72, he built a large frame house, valued at
$800, and in 1875 his "bank" barn, at a cost of $800. He has
worked forty years at the carpenter's trade, usually employing from
two to four assistants during summers. Mr. Barth was
married 11, 1848, to Margaret, daughter of Benedict and
Ann (Moser) Struchen, also natives of Switzerland. They
emigrated in 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Barth have ten children
living - Oliver T., C. Henry, David F., John W., Daniel B., Eli,
Louis E., Albert E., Mary A. (wife of John Lawrence) and
Sophia C. The deceased are Rosanna, Daniel and
an infant. Mrs. Barth was born July 2, 1825.
Mr. Barth is a Democrat, and has served two years as Trustee.
Both are members of the Reformed Church.
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JACOB
BENDER was born in Richland County, Ohio, Jan. 2, 1844.
He is a son of Joseph and Catharine (Bush) Bender, natives of
Pennsylvania. They came to Ohio in 1835, their children being
as follows: Sarah, Mary A., Daniel Elizabeth, John, Jacob,
Catharine, Joseph, George, Margaret and Lydia The
mother died Feb. 14, 1880, aged sixty-four years, the father is
still living, in his seventy-ninth year. Jacob Bender
came to this county in 1866. He engaged in various occupations
till 1871, when he purchased his present farm of eighty acres,
paying $3,000 for the same. He now owns sixty acres, valued at
$75 per acre. He was married Mar. 14, 1872, to Miss Sarah
Smith, daughter of Jacob and Rebecca (Foucht) Smith, and
this union has been blessed by five children - Harry F., born
July 4, 1872; Minnie A., Apr. 10, 1875; Alton W., May
18, 1877; Grace V., Sept. 15, 1880; an infant is deceased.
Their mother was born Feb. 12, 1845; she is a member of the Reformed
Church. Mr. Bender is a Democrat.
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D. W. BOWLBY
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THOMAS M. BOWMAN
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DAVID BRETZ
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JACOB A. BREWER
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RICHARD CARTER
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DAVID CASTANIEN
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FRANK P. CASTANIEN
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JOHN CASTANIEN
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L. HOPKINS COOK
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STEPHEN R. COOK
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DANIEL COONS
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HENRY H. DAHMER
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CHARLES FEICHTER
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C. RUSH FOWLER
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SCOTT M. FOWLER
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STEPHEN P. FOWLER
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WILLIAM H. FRATER
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SAMUEL HARMAN
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DAVID HARPSTER
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SILAS S. HART
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HENRY HERRING
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GEORGE I. HOKE
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CHARLES HORNBY
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BARNET HUGHES
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JAMES LINDSEY HUGHES
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AMBROSE C. HUNT
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WILLIAM S. HUNT
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HENRY C. JURY
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JOHNSTON KERR
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MICHAEL KOTTERMAN
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SOLOMON KOTTERMAN
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GEORGE KRAMER
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MILES S. LEWIS
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SUMNER E. LEWIS
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GODFRED LININGER
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B. W. MARTIN
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JOHN MAWER
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THOMAS MCCLAIN
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CLAY MILLER
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DAVID D. MOUSER
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WILLIAM MOUSER
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M. BAKER MYERS
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CHRISTIAN NIEDERHAUSER
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JOHN NIEDERHAUSER
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ISAAC NUTTER
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WILLIAM PARKER
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WALTER R. ROWSE
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JOHN T. SCHUG
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COL. CYRUS SEARS
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DAVID SMITH
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JOHN H. SMITH
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ZACHARIAH T. SMITH
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JOHN W. SNYDER
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HIRAM STALTER
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NOAH STONEBURNER
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LEWIS STRAW
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CHRISTIAN
STURY was born in Canton Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 15, 1828.
His parents were John and Susanna (Ringgenberg) Stury, who
both died in Switzerland. Their children were Susanna,
John, Christian and Rudolph. Christian Stury
emigrated in 1849, and located in this county in 1850. He was
married, Aug. 23, 1852, to Magdalene Kipfer, daughter of
John and Elizabeth (Ellenberger) Kipfer natives of Switzerland,
who came to America in 1833, locating in Holmes County till 1846,
when they removed to hits township. Both are now deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Stury have had eight children - Henry
(deceased), Susanna (wife of William Longwell), Rosanna
(wife of David Barth), Frederick William (deceased),
Magdalene, Emma C. and Charles In 1864, Mr.
Stury enlisted in Company C, Thirty-seventh Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and fought in the battles at Goldsboro,
Sylvania, Raleigh and in many skirmishes, receiving his discharge
June 5, 1865. From 1864 to 1867, Mr. Stury rented land,
purchasing his present farm at the latter date. It is well
improved and in a high state of cultivation. Mr. Sturyis
a Democrat; both himself and wife members of the Reformed Church, of
which he has been Trustee and Deacon.
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JEREMIAH J. SWIHART
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PETER M. SWIHART
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JACOB
SWINEHART was born in Perry County, Ohio, Aug. 30, 1814.
He is a son of John and Christina Swinehart, natives of
Virginia and of German ancestry. The latter's grandfather
Kelly, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and the former's
father a soldier in the war of 1812. Jacob Swinehart
remained, till he arrived at his majority, with his parents, and
returned to assist his mother after the death of his father.
He learned the carpenter's trade with his brother, and engaged in
that business several years. He was married, Aug. 30, 1838, to
Mary A. Kelly daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Longwell)
Kelly, natives of Ohio and of Irish extraction, and nine
children were born to this union - Mary A. (wife of Aaron
Cooperrider), Sarah, (wife of J. A. Smith), Joseph P.,
Christina A. (wife of Peter Mustachler), Emma
(wife of John Wiest), John H., Elizabeth A., Eliza J. and
Lydia E. Mrs. Swinehart was born Mar. 1, 1816.
Mr. S. located on his present farm in 1848. He owns ninety
acres, all in good state of cultivation. He erected a
comfortable dwelling in 1875, since which time his health has been
rapidly failing. He is a Democrat; himself and wife both
members of the German Reformed Church.
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JOSEPH P. SWINEHART was born
in this township Jan. 13, 1852. He is a son of Jacob and
Mary A. (Kelly) Swinehart, with whom he remained upon the farm
till his marriage, Mar. 6, 1879, to Miss Margaret Heininger,
daughter of John and Mary (Wilt) Heininger, residents of this
township also. The children born to this union are Myrtie
A., Jan. 4, 1881, and Joseph H., Jan. 21, 1883.
Mrs. Swinehart was born Jan. 1, 1863. Since his
marriage, Mr. Swinehart has been tilling his father's farm of
ninety acres, with very gratifying success. He is a Democrat;
himself and wife members of the German Reformed Church, and very
industrious and well-respected citizens.
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HENRY TROUP is a native
of Perry County, Ohio, born Jan. 31, 1840. His parents,
Samuel and Eve (Foucht) Troup, were natives of the same county,
where they resided till 1840, when they removed to Sandusky County,
residing there thirteen years, coming to Wayndot in 1853, and
settling where our subject now resides, and where the mother died in
1861, aged about thirty-nine years. The father is now, in his
sixty-eighth year, a resident of Allen County, Ohio. Their
children were Henry, Samuel, Adam and Levi, living;
and Emaline, Aaron, Jacob and Matilda, deceased.
Henry, our subject, remained with his parents till his
marriage to Drusilla Lawrence, Nov. 20, 1859. She was a
daughter of Jacob and Judah (Swinehart) Lawrence, natives of
Perry County, and early settlers of this township.
The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Troup are Christian J.,
Almeda A., William W., Charles P., Samuel O., and Iva E.
Franklin E. is deceased. During the first seventeen years
of married life, Mr. Troup rented land, purchasing his
present farm of thirty two acres in 1876. It is a pleasant
home, in good repair, valued at $80 per acre. Both himself and
wife are members of the Reformed Church, of which he was formerly
Deacon and now Trustee.
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JAMES WHITTAKER
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CHRISTOPHER WIEST
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BENJAMIN WILLIAMS
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JOHN WOOD
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JOHN WOOD, JR.
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REUBEN WOOD
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REUBEN
S. WOOD, son of Reuben and Diantha (Bay) Wood, is a native of
this township, born Jan. 20, 1858. He obtained a good
education, and remained at home till his marriage to Miss Leefee
McLain which event occurred Apr. 8, 1879. Mrs. Wood
is a daughter of Abraham and Catharine (Berlein) McLain, and
was born Feb. 28, 1862. The children born of this marriage are
Grace A., born Oct. 22, 1879, and Walter S., Jan. 6,
1882. At the age of twenty-one, Mr. Wood received
as his portion of the father's estate forty seven acres, to which he
has added by subsequent purchases till he now owns 117 acres of
choice land, well-improved and valued at $80 per acre. Mr.
Wood is a Republican, and an industrious, enterprising young
farmer.
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JACOB G. WORLEY
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