| PETER
BAUM, born in this township July 26, 1836, is a son of
Michael and Rheumhannah (Baum) Baum, natives of Pennsylvania,
and of German and Irish descent. His parents married in
Pennsylvania, and moved to Ohio in 1828, locating in Pickaway
County. From that point they moved to this county by wagon
several years later, and located in this township. The family
camped out till a cabin could be erected, the same being without
doors, windows or floors for two years. Eight of their nine
children yet survive. The father died in 1850; the mother is
still living, in her eighty-seventy year. Peter Baum,
our subject, resided with his parents till the spring of 1858, his
marriage to Miss Mary S. Bope occurring on May 8, of that
year. Mrs. Baum was born in this county Aug. 23, 1835,
and is a daughter of John and Lydia (Bretz)
Bope, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania. Her
parents married in Fairfield County, moved to this county rearing a
family of thirteen children, nine of whom are yet living. The
father died Dec. 22, 1882; the mother is still living. Mr.
and Mrs. Baum are parents of five children - Lydia A., John,
Ambrose W. E., Harrison and Mary, all living except
Harrison. Mr. Baum was reared a farmer, and from teh age
of twelve years has done for himself. About 1858 or 1860, he
purchased eighty acres of the old home farm, to which he has since
added thirty-five acres, and which he has very greatly improved with
buildings, drainage, cultivation, etc. Mr. Baum is a
member of Rubicon Lodge, N. 645, I. O. O. F., and affiliates with
the Democratic party. He served one term as Commissioner, and
has been Township Trustee several years. |
| ABRAHAM
BLUE was born Jan. 23, 1818, in Richland County, Ohio, and
was the eldest son of William and Susan (Emerine) Blue,
natives of Virginia, and Pennsylvania, of Dutch descent. They
were married, in Richland County, Ohio, and about seventeen years
later removed to Seneca County, Ohio, where they reared a family of
eight children, of whom five still survive, viz.: Abraham,
William W., Elizabeth, Samuel D. and Angelina W.
The parents removed in about 1870 to Forest, Ohio, where the father
died Dec. 26, 1872, and where his widow still resides in her
eighty-fourth year. Our subject was married, Sept. 15, 1842,
to Mary Ann Snook, of Crawford Township, this county, and
born near Frederickstown, Md., Feb. 3, 1824. She was the
daughter of Jacob and Mary A. The father died Nov. 5,
1870, and the mother died Aug. 27, 1872, aged respectively
seventy-three and eighty-two years. To Abraham and Mary
Blue two children were born - Chester C. and
Ruhemma A. the only former surviving. Our subject
purchased land in Hancock County, Ohio, in 1841, which he disposed
of after living upon it for about five years. He then
purchased land and other property in Adrian, Seneca County, where he
resided about seven years. In 1851, he sold out and purchased
the farm on which he now resides, containing 122 acres, to which he
has added considerable land. His farm is now valued at about
$75 to $90 per acre. He follows general agriculture at
present; followed railroad work as sub-contractor for several years,
also did contract work on the Miami & Erie Canal. He is a
Republican in politics. |
| CHESTER
C. BLUE is a native of Big Spring Township, Seneca Co., Ohio,
so of Abraham and Mary A. (Snook) Blue, and was born Aug. 25,
1843. He was married, Nov. 19, 1867, to Rose Ann L.
Hartman, who was born in Norton Township, Medina Co., Ohio, Nov.
11, 1849, daughter of Peter and Tracy (Mills) Hartman,
natives of Pennsylvania, and who moved to Ohio and settled in Medina
County in an early day. Their children were Joshua, Moses,
Jacob, Levi, Muasa, Manna, Mary and Rose Ann L. The
father died Nov. 11, 1860. The mother subsequently married
Mr. Darumur High, who died ten years later, after which she
returned to Medina County, where she passed away Sept. 11, 1874.
Mr. and Mrs. Blue are parents of four children - Albert,
born June 16, 1868; Almon, Feb. 7, 1870; Mary G., Apr.
20, 1875; Margie Ardella, Jan. 14, 1877. Albert
died Nov. 14, 1869. In 1880, Mr. Blue became the owner
of forty acres on which he now lives in the pursuit of general
agriculture. In the same year he erected a fine frame
residence. He is a Republican, a member of Wyandot Lodge, F. &
A. M., at McCutchenville, and, with Mrs. Blue a member of the
Evangelical Association. |
| CONRAD
BOPE was born in this township Aug. 15, 1839, son of John
and Lydia (Bretz) Bope, natives of Rockingham County, Va., and
Fairfield County, Ohio, respectively. His parents married in
Fairfield County, his father having moved there at four years of
age. They came to this county in 1830; settled first in
Sycamore Township, and one year later moved to Tymochtee, where they
purchased land and reared their children, nine of whom are still
living, namely, Abraham, Daniel, Susan, Mary S., Conrad, Eliza
J., Andrew, Amanda and George W. The father died Dec. 21,
1882; the mother is still living on the homestead. In April,
1861, Mr. Bope enlisted in Company G, Fifteenth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and served till August, same year. Sept.
1, 1861, he re-enlisted in Company G, Forty-ninth Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and participated in many of the chief battles of
the war, Shiloh, Stone River, Mission Ridge and Chickamauga being
among the number. In January, 1864, he veteranized and took
apart in the campaign of Atlanta. He was wounded June 27,
1864, at Picket's Mills, Ga., a gunshot removing the middle finger
of right hand, and as a result was absent from his regiment two
months. He joined his command at Atlanta, returned to
Nashville, participated in the engagement there, and was wounded in
the left shoulder which completely disabled him. He remained
six weeks at the Nashville hospital, when his father took him home
and he slowly recovered. In May, 1865, he went to Columbus,
and the following month received his discharge, having served as
Sergeant all through the service of the Army of the Cumberland.
Returning home Mr. Bope was married, Sept. 27, 1866, to
Miss Dorothy Coon, who was born in Sycamore Township Sept. 7,
1842. Her parents were Adam and Elizabeth (Heckathorn)
Coon, natives of Virginia and of German extraction. They
were married, in this county, eight of their eleven children
surviving, namely, Jacob, Barbara, Catharine, Henry, Elizabeth,
Mary A., Dorothy and Ethan. The father died March
28, 1877; the mother Sept. 4, 1882. In 1871, Mr. Bope
purchased ninety-seven acres on which he still lives, and on which
he erected in 1877 a fine brick residence at a cost of $3,000.
He follows general agriculture, and gives some attention to the
raising of thoroughbred horses. He is a strong Republican.
Mr. Bope is a member of the Evangelical Church. |
| PETER
C. KING, son of Peter and Mary (Whitney) King, was
born in Perry Co., Ohio. His parents were natives of Germany
and Pennsylvania respectively, married in Perry Co., Ohio, in 1812,
in the war of which year Mr. King entered soon after his
marriage, and continued in the servicer till its close. He was
the father of fourteen children - Saloma, Catharine, Rebecca,
Lydia, Susan, Solomon, Mary, Peter C., David C., Leah, Elizabeth,
John C., William C., and Frank C. Four are deceased
- Solomon, Lydia, Susan and Saloma. The father
died in 1859, aged seventy-six years; the mother, Jan. 26, 1860,
aged sixty-seven years. Peter C. King, the subject of
this sketch remained at home on his father's farm and worked in his
grist mill till his marriage to Caroline Long, Mar. 30, 1848.
She was the eldest daughter of David and Sarah (Mechling) Long,
and was born in Perry Co., Oct. 16, 1829. Her parents were
natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, of German descent and were
married in Perry Co., Ohio. Their children were Simon G.,
Caroline, Reuben and Hannah, all deceased but
Caroline. The father died June 19, 1833, aged thirty-one
years; his widow married Michael Mechling, in Fairfield Co.,
Ohio, and soon after moved to Perry County. They had eight
children - Amos, Mahala, Franklin, Mary, Benjamin, Jesse and
Martha. The father died Feb. 14, 1866, aged fifty-six
years. The mother passed away Jan. 26, 1868. To Peter
and Caroline King were born eight children - Benjamin F.,
Mar. 23, 1849; Matilda A., May 9, 1851; Mary A., July
31, 1854; Sarah E., May 30, 1859; Alvin D., May 20,
1860; Ella May, Jan. 12, 1863; Leefe E., Dec. 12,
1865, and an infant daughter who was born July 6, 1864. Those
now living are Mary A., Sarah E., and Leefe E.
In 1848, soon after his marriage, our subject loaded his
"Pennsylvania wagon," and with two teams attached to it, started to
this county. He halted in Pitt Township, Apr. 21, on land
purchased from his father a tract of eighty acres, and in a few
years purchased eighty more on Section 10, where they resided till
1853. He then sold out purchased 200 acres three miles
northeast of Upper Sandusky, and in 1855 he sold this farm and
purchased a saw and grist-mill on the Sandusky River, eight miles
north of Sandusky. In 1864, Mr. King purchased his
present farm of 161 acres, and added forty-five acres in 1871, and
twenty-five acres in 1879. In 1881, Mr. King, with
others, formed a cemetery association, and laid out a fine cemetery
adjoining his farm, near the United Brethren Church. Mr.
King is a Prohibitionist politically, and with Mrs. K.,
is a member of the United Brethren Church. |
| SOLOMON
RONK was born March 1, 1834. He is a son of Jacob and
Anna M. (Van Buskirk) Ronk, and native of Bedford, Cuyahoga Co.,
Ohio. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia
respectively, of German and Scotch lineage; were married in Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, his father being engaged in stone work, contractor, etc.
In 1834, the family moved to Seneca County, and in 1848, or near that
time, purchased land in this county. The children were named as
follows: Saray A.., Sophia, William, Solomon, Mary A.,
Melinda, Eliza J. Melissa and Cordelia, all living but
William and Mary A. The father died October 8, 1873,
in his seventieth year; the mother now resides in York State in her
seventy-fifth year. At the age of twenty-two, Solomon Ronk
began operations for himself working by day's work in various
parts of the country. He was married December 31, 1861, to
Margaret A. Cox, who was born in Crawford County, Ohio, February
2, 1833. Her parents were William and Sarah (Ward) Cox,
natives of Ohio and Virginia, and of English and Scotch descent.
Their children were George, Lydia J., Margaret A., Emma T., Sarah,
John, Mary L., Eliza and William, the two latter deceased.
The mother died August 5, 1878. To Mr. and Mrs. Ronk were
born six children - William E., Iva M., Edward J., George
W., Jacob E. and Anna A. Edward J. died in infancy.
Mr. Ronk farmed, rented land a few years, and then purchased
eighty acres in Mifflin Township, though still renting for some time.
He finally traded his eighty acres for forty-eight in Crane Township,
where he resided till 1882, when he sold out and purchased 185 acres
in Tymochtee where he now lives, owning 160 acres also in Jay County,
Ind. He is a Republican, and, with Mrs. Ronk, a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. ~ Page 1052 |
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