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BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Richland Co., Ohio
Past and Present
Illustrated
Publ: Mansfield by A. A., Graham & Co.
1807 - 1880
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Blooming Grove Twp. -
ANTHONY J. BACKENSTO, was born in this
county April 20, 1851, where he has since resided, and has
lived in this township fora period of six years; his
occupation ahs been that of farming all his life; his
occupation has been that of farming all his life. In
the year 1871, June 15, he was married to Miss Jane
Eller; they have two children, both of which are still
living, and named Ira E. and Ernestus C.
the health of his family, together with himself, is not very
good, and has not been since he removed to this place, he
being troubled with the heart disease, while that of his
wife and that of the oldest child is good, but the youngest
has never been very rugged, although Mr. Backensto
lives in one of the healthiest localities in his township,
as well as one of the most pleasant; although the hand of
disease has laid its hand upon him, he has the satisfaction
to known that himself and family enjoy the respect of all in
the community where he resides.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 745 |
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- Cass Twp. -
HENRY
BACKENSTO, pioneer and retired farmer,
was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., Oct. 31, 1825; his father
came to Ohio about the year 1830; brought his family by
wagon, and settled in Franklin Township, Richland Co., where
he remained until he died in 1851. Henry was
the fourth of eight children; he received his education in
the subscription schools of the county; at 16 years of age,
he took charge of a thrashing machine, which he followed for
six years; his father gave him an 80-acre tract of land,
which was covered with timber; he built a cabin on it, and
moved into it in the fall of 1847; he, in a few years
purchased several other tracts; bought a tract of land near
Shiloh, and then sold his farm in Blooming Grove Township;
in the year 1863, he moved to Shiloh, where he now lives; in
1873, he built a brick block in Shiloh, which he still owns.
He came of a thrifty stock of Pennsylvania farmers; when he
paid for his dwelling where he now resides, he had $15,
which he earned when a boy between 8 and 12 years of age,
making broom-handles and whipstocks. He was married to
Miss Sarah Clayburg Oct. 28, 1847; they have nine
children, four of whom are living.
Source: History of Richland Co.,
Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1809 -
1880 - Page 774 |
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Sandusky Twp. -
JAMES H. BAILEY, farmer; P. O.
Corsica; was born near Shelby, in this county, on July 4,
1830; his father removed from Adams Co., Penn., to Hamilton
Co., Ohio, in 1819, and thence to this county in 1826, and,
with his sons and other pioneers, aided in clearing up the
forest and making old Richland what it now is.
James H., when quite young, had earned enough by hard
labor to purchase 76 acres near his father's farm, which he
improved, and after the death of his father, in1 869, bought
the old homestead; in 1871, he sold both farms and paid
$12,570 for the elegant farm of 229 acres on which he now
resides in Sandusky Township. His improvements on the
farm have made it one of the bet in the township, and he is
acknowledged to be one of our most successful farmers.
He was married Apr. 6, 1865, to Miss Amanda, daughter
of the late John Root who then lived on the farm
adjoining the one now occupied by Mr. Baily
Mr. Root died Oct. 21, 1869.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio from 1808 to 1908 - by
A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pg. 874 |
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- Sandusky Twp. -
EMMAUS BAKER, farmer, P. O. Corsica;
was born on the farm where he now resides in Sandusky
Township, on Jan. 30, 1822; his father, Joseph Baker,
was born in Vermont in 1789; removed to this county in 1820,
and died in 1833. Emmaus and his brothers were
among the pioneers who assisted in clearing up the forests,
and converting the wilderness into fertile fields; he owns
the old homestead, embracing 160 acres of well improved
land, and is well fixed for enjoying life. He was
married in 1847 to Matilda, daughter of James
Dunlap, of Morrow Co.; she died in 1862. On Mar.
12, 1863, he was married to his present wife Amanda,
daughter of the late Daniel Logan.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio from 1808 to 1908 - by
A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pg. 875 |
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City of Mansfield -
GEORGE
BAKER, stonemason, and
grocery and provision merchant: he was born in Prussia June 9,
1816; learned the trade of stonemason; came to Mansfield Aug.
29, 1848. Married in the old country, Feb. 10, 1842, to Mary
Nips, with whom he has raised six children-Peter, born in
Germany Sept. 18, 1842; Lizzie, born in Germany Feb. 6, 1847;
Rena, born in Mansfield Aug. 2, 1849; George, born in Mansfield
Feb. 8, 1856; William, July 3, 1858; Emma Louisa, March 12,
1861. Mr. Baker has resided in Mansfield thirty-two years, and
is one of the representative German citizens; has been a member
of the German Secret Relief Society since Nov. 16, 1850.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
1807 - 1880 - Page 687 |
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Blooming Grove Twp. -
GUSTAVUS B. BAKER, was born in
Hampshire Co. Va., on the 24th February, 1834, where he
resided until the age of 4 years, when his parents removed
to Cumberland Co., Penn., where they remained about five
years, and from there they removed to Knox Co., Ohio, where
they stayed one year, and from there to this township, where
he has since resided, and has always paid the most of his
attention to farming. In the year 1859, on the 14th of
February, he was married to Miss Feann Stauffer; they
raised a family of eight children, seven of whom are still
living and named Cornelius O., Mary E., Sarah E., Harry
A., Augusta D., Perry B. and Alice M.; the one
who died was Benjamin F.; he departed his life on the
19th of February, 1872, aged 12 years and 8 months.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 745 |
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Franklin Twp. -
JOSHUA BAKER, farmer; P. O. Ganges.
He was born in Virginia, Rockingham Co., July 10, 1814.
Married in 1836 to Drusilla Lybarger, who was born in
Bedford Co., Penn., Feb. 28, 1817; they have the following
family: Esther A., born Mar. 24, 1837; John L.,
born Nov. 23, 1839; Daniel, born Nov. 2, 1841;
Josiah, born June 7, 1843; Joshua, born Jun. 1,
1846; Ann E., born Dec. 25, 1847; twins, born Jan.
16, 1850; Sarah J., born July 16, 1852; Louis U.,
born Apr. 16, 1854; Hattie, born Aug. 25, 1856;
Silas, born Aug. 14, 1858; Ida Belle, born Oct.
22, 1862. The following members are deceased:
John, died July 1, 1842; Esther, died Jan. 29,
1867; Mary Annetta, died Feb. 24, 1853.
Esther Baker was married to David Kissler; they
had two children - Minnie Jane, and Esther,
who resides with her grandfather, Joshua Baker;
Joshua Baker's father, John Baker, came to
Richland Co. in 1817; married to Sarah Turner, they
had four children - John Baker, died in 1858;
Sarah Baker, died Apr. 17, 1876; they both died in
Adams Co., Ind. Mr. Joshua Baker was a citizen
of this county when it was in its state of nature, infested
with Indians, wolves, deer, etc., in abundance; his father
had several encounters with the Indians; Mr. John Baker
was a soldier of the war of 1812.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
1807 - 1880 - Page 785 |
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Blooming Grove Twp. -
JOSIAH BAKER, was born in Cass
Township, on the 7th of June, 1843, and has always resided
in the county, although he has moved, from time to time,
from one township to another, and has recently sold his farm
in this township and purchased one in Franklin, where he
intends to make his future home. Mr. Baker has
never turned his attention to political matters to any great
extent, although he has represented his township as Trustee
two terms, and is now Supervisor and School Director.
In the year 1865, on the 27th of May, he was married to
Miss Sarah Arnold; they have a family of four children,
three of whom are still living - Lizzie M., George B.
and Curtiss C.; Andrew S. departed this life on the
13th of December, 1866, aged 8 months and 24 days. He
has always paid strict attention to business, has made for
himself and family a good home.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 745 |
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Blooming Grove Twp. -
PETER BAKER, was born in Germany Nov.
11, 1835; when at the age of 18 years, he came to this
country and located in New York city, where he resided until
the year 1858, when he removed to Ashland Co., where he
remained three years; from there he removed to Windsor, this
county, where he stayed six years; from there he moved back
to Ashland County, where he lived a short time, when he
moved back to this county, and located in this place, Rome,
where he manufactures boots and shoes of all grades.
He also has a notion store. His trade is that of
shoemaker, and he has always made that his business.
He learned the trade in Germany before he came to this
country. In the year 1856, June 16, he was married to
Miss Catherine Abeale, in New York City; they have
had nine children, is of whom are still living, and named
Leana, John, Frederick, Rosa, Augusta and Laura;
three died in New York City, named Henry, Annie and
Emma.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A.
A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 745 |
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Mifflin Twp. -
HENRY S. BALLIET,
farmer; P. O. Mansfield; the subject of this history was
born in Northampton Co., Penn., on the 26th day of November,
A. D. 1817; his father's name was Stephen Balliet,
and his mother's maiden name was Catherine Seiner;
his father was of English-German descent, and his mother of
German; his father was a farmer by occupation; he emigrated
to Ohio, A. D. 1837, and settled on the west half of Sec.
30, in Mifflin Township, Richland Co., where he continued to
reside until the day of his death; he died at the advanced
age of 94 years; his consort died about twelve years ago;
they were both interred in the Emmanuel Cemetery, near where
they had lived and died. H. S. Balliet was
married to Henrietta Lichtie, fifth daughter
of Peter and Catherine Lichtie, of Delaware Co.,
Ohio, by Rev. Cope, of the Lutheran Church, April 18,
A. D. 1844; Mrs. Balliet's father and mother
subsequently removed to Richland Co., and settled in Madison
Township, where they continued to reside until the day of
their death; they lived to the advanced age of 82 years.
The subject of this biography settled in Mifflin Township
soon after his marriage, his father presenting him with a
deed for 87½ acres off
the "old homestead." They have resided on this farm
from that time to the present, cultivating and improving it,
and now have it in a highly cultivated state. Mr.
and Mrs. Balliet, by industry, perseverance and economy,
have been enabled to acquire a competence for themselves and
children; they have two sons and one daughter living; the
names of the sons are Samuel L. and William A.;
the name of the daughter is Fianna. Samuel
married Catherine Lanehart; Fianna
married William Hess. Mr. and Mrs.
Balliet have been active and consistent members of the
Lutheran Church for about forty-six years, and are much
respected and highly esteemed by all who know them.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 723 |
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Mifflin Twp. -
JACOB BALLIET,
(deceased); he was born in 1800 came to Ohio in 1822.
He was married in April, 1823, to Mary Keifer;
they had six children - Mary, born Aug. 22, 1825;
Eliza, Aug. 21, 1827; Leonard, Aug. 10, 1829;
Ester, Oct. 8, 1830; Henry, Sept. 4, 1831;
Jacob, Nov. 18, 1833. Mrs. Mary
Balliet died Sept. 10, 1833. Mr. Balliet
was afterward married to Sarah Gongwer; they
had six children - Solomon, born Oct. 15,1835;
Hannah, Aug. 13, 1837; Emanuel, Oct. 13, 1839;
Ephraim, April 5, 1842; Louis, Nov. 11, 1847.
Mrs. Sarah Balliet died July 21, 1848,
and Mr. Balliet was again married to
Margaret Matthes Sept. 6, 1851; they had seven
children - Frank B., born Aug. 4, 1852; Melinda,
Aug. 13, 1854; Eliza, June 4, 1856 Joseph,
Aug. 13, 1857; Adam, Nov. 9, 1859; Amanda,
Aug. 31, 1861; Lydia, Sept. 18, 1863. Mr.
Jacob Balliet died Aug. 20, 1877; Calvin,
in March, 1864; Ephraim, in May, 1851; Eliza,
in Wisconsin.
Source: History of Richland Co.,
Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 -
1880 - Page 723 |
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Mifflin Twp. -
SOLOMON BALLIET,
farmer; P. O. Mansfield; he was born in Mifflin Township in
1832. He was married, in 1855, to Amanda
Royer, who was born in Greene Township, Ashland Co., in
1834; they have the following family: Mary Alice,
born in 1856; Stephen, in 1858; Oliver, in
1860; Emma, in 1862; George, in 1863; Ida,
in 1867; Loretta Elzina is dead. Mr.
Balliet owns an improved farm, with the
latest-improved buildings.
Source: History of Richland Co.,
Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 -
1880 - Page 823 |
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STEPHEN BALLIET,
farmer; P. O. Mansfield; he was born in 1813 in Carbon Co.,
Penn.; came to Richland Co. in 1837. He was married to
Catherine Haperman in 1837, who was born in 1815;
they have three children - George W. born in 1840;
John B., in 1842; Joseph L., in 1846.
Mr. Balliet resides on his farm in this township.
Source: History of Richland Co.,
Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 -
1880 - Page 816 |
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Mifflin Twp. -
FREDERICK BARR,
farmer; P. O. Lucas; he was born in Bedford Co., Penn., July
10, 1825; he came to Ohio in 1831, and was married, in 1851,
to Catherine Balliet, who was born in Richland
Co. Oct. 31,1830; they have the following children: David
Henry, born July 15, 1852; Mary Catherine,
Jan. 6, 1853; John Calvin, Sept. 27, 1854 ,
Harriet Elvina, Jan. 8, 1855; Cyrus
Melvin, Apr. 29, 1860; Samuel Curtis, Mar.
16, 1862; Ira Franklin, Dec. 12, 1864;
Orville (deceased), born Oct. 18, 1866; Ella
Amanda, July 12, 1868; Charles Franklin,
May 24, 1870; Jennie S., Nov. 22, 1872; Williard,
June 27, 1874. Mr. Barr has resided in this
township twenty-three years, and owns a well-improved farm,
with good buildings, and is an enterprising farmer.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 823 |
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Blooming Grove Twp. -
JOHN C. BARR, was born in Noble Co.,
Ind., on the 27th of September, 1855, where he resided until
the age of 2 years, when he removed to this county and
where he has since resided; Mr. Barr is by profession
a blacksmith, which he carries on at Ganges; he is
considered by all to be proficient at the business. In
the year 1877, he was married to Miss Libbie A. Stoer;
they have no children.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 746 |
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SAMUEL BARR,
farmer; P. O. Lucas; was born in Bedford Co., Penn., May 25,
1823; he is the eldest son of David and Mary Barr;
his mother's maiden name was Kaylor; his parents were
both of German descent; they came to Ohio in the spring of
1830. David Barr left his family in
Stark Co., during that summer, while he came to this county
to hunt a location; he purchased the southeast quarter of
Sec. 5, in Monroe Township; he removed his family to this
township in the fall of the same year, but, their farm being
unimproved, they did not move thereon till the following
spring; in the mean time, they put up a house and removed a
portion of the dense forest that encumbered their lands; in
the spring, they removed to their farm and went to work in
earnest to improve and cultivate it; by persevering industry
on the part of all the members of the family who were old
enough to labor, the wilderness disappeared and fruitful
fields appeared in their stead. David and
Mary Barr are the parents of seven children,
three sons and four daughters; they are named in the order
of their births, as follows: Samuel, Frederick,
Nancy, Susan, Elizabeth, Ephraim
and Mary. Ephraim died when about 18
years old. Elizabeth was married to Jeremiah
Jones; she died Dec. 28, 1878, leaving a family of
seven children, four sons and three daughters.
Samuel Bar_ remained with his father, assisting
him in improving and cultivating his farm, till some time
prior to his marriage. Feb. 16, 1846, he was united in
marriage to Miss Barbary A. Beasore, eldest
daughter of Daniel and Mary Beasore, of Monroe
Township; by this marriage, he had six children, one son and
five daughters, named as follows: Mary Jane,
John A., Salena
A., Martha A., Susan E. and
Emma A. Martha A. and Emma A. are
dead, and buried in the Mount Zion Cemetery. Mary
J. married William Durbin; John,
Susan L. Dillon; Salena A., Charles Swigart;
Susan E., W. S. Kerr. Mrs. Barr
was a consistent member of the German Reformed Church for
many years; she died Jan. 12, 1868, and was buried in the
Mount Zion Cemetery. Mr. Barr married for his
second wife Miss Susan M., eldest daughter of
Alexander and Ruth J. McBride; they were married Dec.
20, 1868; by this marriage he has had four children, two of
whom died in infancy; the names of the two living are
Hattie and Courtney Scott. Soon
after his first marriage, Mr. Barr rented one
of his father's farms; he lived on this farm about five
years; he managed, in that length of time, by the most
careful management and close applition to business,
to amass means enough, as he thought, to justify him in
buying a farm of his own; he purchased 120 acres of land in
Mifflin Township, and re moved his family thereon; he
subsequently sold 60 acres of this land; when Mr. Barr
removed to this farm, he found it very much out of repair;
the buildings were old and dilapidated, the fences rotten
and broken down, and the fields covered, to a great extent,
with briars and brambles; he immediately set about making
the necessary improvements; during his stay on this farm, he
built a dwelling, bank-barn and other outhouses, cleared his
fields of the briars and brambles that encumbered them,
repaired his fences, and made many other valuable.
improvements; nor was his labor in vain; he bought the whole
farm for $1,920, and sold the eighty acres for $5,000; after
residing on this farm about nineteen years, he sold it, as
above stated, and purchased the southeast quarter of Sec. 5,
in Monroe Township, to which he removed his family and where
he still continues to reside; this farm is highly fertile
and very productive, and Mr. Barr, being a
first-class farmer, has it under a good state of
cultivation; it is well adapted to all kinds of farming
purposes. Mr. Barr and wife are both
active and zealous members of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church at Lucas; they have contributed largely of their
means toward the building of churches, the support of the
ministry, and other religious and benevolent enterprises.
For the last ten years, Mr. Barr has been an
active member of Monroe Lodge, No. 224, I. O. O. F.; he has
attained to the highest rank in his lodge. Mrs.
Barr is an active and influential member of Morning Star
Lodge, No. 36, Daughters of Rebecca. Mr.
Barr has held offices of honor and trust, both in
Mifflin and Monroe Townships.
Source: History of Richland Co.,
Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 -
1880 - Page 830 |
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City of Mansfield -
MORDECAI
BARTLEY, deceased,
thirteenth Governor elected by the people of Ohio, was born in
Fayette Co., Penn., Dec. 18,1783. In 1804, he married Miss Welles, and five years afterward removed to Jefferson Co., Ohio,
where, upon the bank of that river, near the mouth of Cross
Creek, he purchased a farm and engaged in the business of
agriculture. Here his peaceful labors were interrupted by the
declaration of the war of 1812, when, in a few weeks, be
enlisted a company of volunteers, who elected him their Captain,
and took the field under Gen. Harrison. At the close of the war,
he removed to the almost unbroken wilderness of Richland Co.,
when Mansfield was the principal settlement; west of that place
he secured a sufficiently large space to satisfy him, and there,
with his ax, he opened a clearing in the forest, and erected his
home. Upon this farm, he worked diligently and successfully
several years, and then, removing to Mansfield with the savings
of his long years of farm labor, he entered into mercantile
business. He early developed a character that won the confidence
of those that knew him beat, for, is 1817, he was elected to the
State Senate, and appointed by the State Legislature to the then
important position of Register of the Land Office. This gave him
charge of the Virginia military district school lands. In 1823;
he was elected to Congress, and served Pour terms, when he
declined re-election. In Congress, he was the first to propose
the conversion of the land grants of Ohio into a permanent. food
for the support of the common school, and secured an
appropriation for the harbors of Cleveland, Sandusky City, Huron
and Vermillion. In 1844, having retired from Congress, and
engaged in mercantile and agricultural business, he was elected
Governor of Ohio on the Whig ticket. Both parties have testified
to the ability of his administration. In 1846, the war with
Mexico was strongly opposed by the anti-slavery people of Ohio,
they regarding its proclamation in the interest of slavery
extension, and, in response to the call for troops, they were
not in favor of Ohio filling her quota, but Gov Bartley
mentioned chat Ohio, in common with every other State, was
constitutionally bound to reaped the requisitions of the
National Government. He therefore adopted the proper measures,
and the necessary number of volunteers were enlisted, and
transferred to the authorities under his personal supervision.
The messages he wrote during his administration were papers of
ability, end plainly made apparent. his thorough knowledge of
the rather complex system of United State Government. He
declined a second nomination, though strongly urged to accept,
and, returning to his home, at Mansfield, he passed the evening
of his life in the retirement of his family, dividing his
attention between the practice of his profession as a lawyer,
and in the management of his farm near that city. He died Oct.
10, 1870.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 687 |
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Blooming Grove Twp. -
ISAIAH BASHORA, was born in Cumberland
Co., Penn., on the 26th of April, 1833; at the age of 2
years, his parents removed to the State of New York, where
they resided about ten years, when they came to this State
and located in Shelby, where they lived about six years;
thence they went to Bucyrus, where they remained until 1848,
when they removed to Wisconsin, where they lived two and
one-half years; they then returned to Bucyrus, where our
subject remained until 1858 and thence he removed to this
township, and has remained here ever since with the
exception of six months in Wood Co. and four years at
Shiloh. In the year 1853, on Feb. 12, he was married
to Miss Suzanah Hess; they have a family of four
children, three of whom are living - Henrietta, Maggie J.
and Ruehamie; the one deceased, Esther,
departed this life in August, 1858. Mr. B.
is by profession a blacksmith, and he, together with Mr.
Burns, carries on that business at Rome in all its
branches, where they do work right and at prices to suit the
times.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A.
A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 746 |
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City of Mansfield -
MRS.
ELIZABETH BAUGHMAN, daughter of James and
Hannah Cunningham, was born near Black Hand, Licking Co., Ohio, March
8, 1805 her mother dying when she was only 6 months old. she was
raised by her grandfather, Michael Statler, a farmer near Black
hand. After her father's second marriage, be removed to this
Richland county, where he figured prominently in the early
history of this section of Ohio. In 1819, the subject of this
sketch joined her father's family in this county, they residing
at that time in the Clear Fork Valley, below Newville, near what
is now known as St. John's Church. The change from her
grandfather Statler's a wealthy farmer in a more civilized
county to the hardships and privations of pioneer life here was
not a pleasant transition, and was made only because of her
father's request. Her grandfather, she says, was one of the
kindest and best of men, but she, then is her 16th year, with a
deep sense of filial duty, left a home of wealth, comfort and
ease, for a cabin in the rude wilderness, where property and
life were alike insecure from the savages and wild beasts of the
forest. The journey from Black Hand to St. John's was made in a
sled, in the month of January, 1819, is two days, stopping over
night near Mount Vernon. Sept. 27, 1825, she was married to
Jacob Baughman, who had succeeded to his father's farm, now
known as the Dome farm, near Walnut Hall School-house, in Monroe
Township, this county. Soon afterward, her husband sold the Dome
farm and bought eighty acres of land, situated between the Lowrey (now
Welty), and the Stoul farms, where he erected a
cabin and they commenced housekeeping. He afterward sold and
bought a number of farms, living at different intervals, in
Monroe, Worthington and Jefferson Townships, but returned to
Monroe, where be died, March 20, 1855, aged 63 years; he was
buried at Perrysville. Mrs. Baughman then removed to Bellville,
where she resided until 1869, when she removed to Mansfield,
where she has since resided. She is the mother of five
children-Mary C. (wife of Abraham Lash), Hannah L. (wife of
David Herring) deceased; Margaret C., deceased (wife of
Freeman Carlile). Abraham J. Baughman and
Sade E. Baughman; the two
latter, remaining single, have always lived with their mother.
Mrs. Baughman possesses an organization of wonderful tenacity,
and is of that wiry physical constitution, well-knit and
close-fibered, that accompanies a character of great ambition,
high spirit end wonderful endurance. While mild and persuasive,
yet she always possessed that degree of positive energy that
would not give up or back down, no matter what obstacles were in
her way. She worked hard suffered much, and accomplished much.
But she has seen the shadows of life's adversities succeeded by
the sunshine of prosperity, and has lived to realize the full
fruition of the glorious promise, "Your children shall rise up
and call you blessed."
She is of a hopeful disposition and her great strength
has consisted in being able to look at the bright side of
things. Her mirthfulness gives her power of sarcasm and
considerable pungency of speech. She is no fox in character, but
frank and outspoken, and would never toady to say one. Although
not schooled in physiognomy, she could always read faces almost
unerringly. She has the mental temperament of the Intellectual
organization. Is causal, systematic and industrious, and,
believing that application will accomplish almost anything, she
never had patience with the idle and fickle. Without trying, she
always made friends wherever she want, and the tones of her
voice would skins win her way anywhere. She united with the
Disciple Church in June, 1838, of which organization she has
ever since been a worthy and consistent member. Her sympathies
are warm, and in sickness she is tender and attentive. In the
home circle, as a mother, her children say she is without a
peer. Mrs. Baughman is five feet and one inch in height, weighs
105 pounds, erect in poise and symmetrical in build.
March 8, 1880, upon the occasion of her attaining her
75th year, a pioneer birthday party was given her at the family
residence, No. 100 South Main st., Mansfield, which was the
first pioneer social party ever held in Richland Co.; about
fifty guests were present, one of whom, Mrs. Solomon
Gladden,
was a contemporaneous pioneer with Mrs Baughman and was present
at her wedding fifty-five years ago; the exercises commenced at
6 o'clock, with music; the ballad, "We Meet Today;" composed and
set to music by Prof. Pontius, was sung by Miss
Kate Eichelberger, Prof. Pontius at the organ; after which a pioneer
sketch, written by a pioneer's daughter, Mrs. Dr. Patterson,
daughter of Solomon Gladden (who performed the marriage ceremony
for Mr. and Mrs. Baughman), was read by Mrs.
Richard, wife of Prof. J. Fraise Richard, of the Normal College, on account of
the unavoidable absence of Mrs. Patterson; music was furnished
by Prof. Will H. Pontius, Miss Kate Eichelberger and
Mrs. W. L.
Gaston; other fine selections were rendered by the trio; later
in the evening, Miss Mary Cox sang end played.
Gen. Brinkerhoff
being the patron saint of the pioneers of Richland Co., was
first called upon for an address "appropriate to the occasion."
He responded in a neat little speech complimentary to the
pioneers and "their times," as follows:
"The occasion which has called us together this evening, is one
of more than usual interest; birthday celebrations are always
pleasant occasions, and we are happy to meet and greet our
friends at their recurrence, but yet some birthdays are more
interesting than others, sad this is one of them. The lady in
whose honor we meet to-night, and whom we ere glad to find upon
her 76th birthday cheerful and happy, not in the winter of life,
but in the golden autumn time, is one of the living witnesses of
the childhood of our city. Seventy-five years, when we look
forward, seems a long time, but looking backward it is not so
long, and I have no doubt the incidents recalled by Mrs.
Patterson, when Elizabeth Cunningham was a girl, seem to
Mrs. Baughman but recent memories. In fact, with us all, it is our
early recollections that test the longest. In our sleep we do
not locate our dreams amid recent surroundings; but we go back
to the homes of our childhood. Mrs. Baughman's father,
Capt. James Cunningham, was among the first settlers of Mansfield,
and, in the year 1809, when Mansfield first had a habitation and
a name, he lived in its first cabin on the Sturges corner. Mrs.
Baughman at that time was with her grandfather in Licking Co.,
but ten years later she removed to Richland Co. where she has
since been a resident. Since then Mansfield has become a
populous city, and a massive block of brick and stone occupies
the site of the little log cabin on Sturges' corner; and instead
of the drum of the pheasant and the hoot of the owl in the leafy
wood lands, we have for music the whistle of the locomotive and
the clangor of machinery in the huge and smoky factories. We
have churches and schools, busy mills, and all the pride, pomp
and panoply of wealth and position and fame; and yet, I doubt
very much if we have the wisdom, or patriotism, or sincerity, or
happy uses of those among whom Mrs. Baughman passed the early
years of life. Thirty years ago, when I came to Mansfield, very
many of the early pioneers were still living, and they seemed to
me men of larger mold and broader sympathies than those of this
later generation. It was this fact that led me to seek to
preserve some record of their lives, and very soon commenced to
gather some of their history, and, after twenty-five years of
waiting, a man who has a genius for writing history has come to
complete the work, and we hope very soon to put into print an
enduring record of the giants of those early days, who founded
the civilization; of Richland Co. Mr. Graham is with us to-night
and I doubt not he will bear out my estimate of the worth of our
early pioneers. Mrs. Baughman's father was one of them, and Mrs.
Patterson's father was another. I do not remember to have met
Capt. Cunningham, but I knew Solomon Gladden very well, and he
was a typical pioneer, massive in body and massive in mind.
Reuben Evarts, who is here to-night and whom present to you a
sample of the early pioneers; knew all of these men in their
prime, and I hope be will tell us something about them. However,
years have come and years have gone, and the great globe swung
in its mighty orbit around the sun, these mighty men of valor
passed out into the infinite, and of those who knew them and
were among them, of them about the only one who remains in
Mansfield now is Mrs. Baughman, whose birthday we celebrate
to-night. She is happy in having lived to see the result of
their labors, and we are happy in seeking to contribute to the
enjoyment of this hour."
After supper, the presents on the occasion were
formally presented by Hon. M. May in a brief, but appropriated
speech. Among the numerous presents we mention specially a
beautiful China tea-set from, Elder G. M. Kemp, Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff; Hon. M. May, S. E. Jenner, H. W. Albach,
Capt. A. C. Cummins and J. Fraise Richard; Elder Kemp, Mrs. Baughman's
Pastor, followed, responding to Mr. May, accepting the presents
in her behalf, in s speech brief, appropriate and touching in
its pathos; Reuben Evarts, a real and well preserved
representative pioneer, being called on, made some pleasing
allusions to pioneer life and character, and presented an
appropriate preamble and resolutions, which were adopted.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
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THE
BAUGHMAN FAMILY. The ancestor of the Baughman family
came from Germany, and boated in Pennsylvania. The only
knowledge the writer has of his family is of two sons-George and
Abraham; and one daughter, married W Joseph Charles.
George
emigrated to Ohio in 1805, and settled in Mifflin Township,
Franklin Co., where he spent the remainder of his life; he died
at a ripe old age, and is buried at Gahanna; be was the father
of the late Hon. Jesse Baughman, the founder of Gahanna, and one
of the originators of the Franklin County Pioneer Association.
Abraham was born on the Atlantic Ocean when his parents were en
route for America. He married Mary Catherine Deeds, and removed
from Cumberland to Washington Co., Penn., and afterward to
Richland Co., Ohio, settling in Monroe Township is 1811; they
had five sons and three daughters-Adam, John, Abraham,
Jacob and George, sad Catherine, Elisabeth and
Lovace; Catherine married
a Mr. Black, of Tuscarawas Co.; Elizabeth married a
Mr.
Stewart, and removed to Tennessee, and Lovace married
Mr. Gayman,
of Pittsburgh; Adam married a Miss Huffman, and removed to
Plain Township, Franklin Co., Ohio, and he and his wife are both
interred on the Baughman farm there, where they lived and where
they died; John married Elizabeth Wyandt, and settled in Wayne
Co., Ohio, and the township in which he lived was named for him;
Abraham married Susan Wyandt, and settled in Monroe Township,
Richland Co., Ohio, where he died is 1848; his children were
Margaret, wife of John Wolfe; David, married to
Rebecca Wolfs;
John, married to Catherine Castator; Aaron, married to
Catherine Schrack; Peter, married to Elise
Wyandt; George, married to
Minerva Merrell; Elisabeth, wife of Simon
McDanel; William,
married to Rachel Slater; Abraham, married to
Eliza Wrigton;
Susanna; Simon, married to Susan Mercer.
Jacob Baughman married Elizabeth Cunningham; his life was principally passed in Monroe
Township, Richland Co., where be died March 20, 1855, aged 63
years. They had five children-Mary C., married to Abraham
Lash;; Hannah L., married to David Herring; Margaret A., married to
Freeman Carlile; Abraham J. and Sarah E.; the two latter remain
single and live with their mother; they are printers, and
publish the Mansfield Call; they have also published
the Cleveland Temple Visitor, Mansfield (Ohio) Liberal,
Canal Fulton Herald and Medina Democrat. George
Baughman never married, and died is 1850.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
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Mifflin Twp. -
BENJAMIN BEAR,
agent sewing machines, West Windsor; he was born in Mifflin
Township Sept. 27, 1836. He was married in 1859, to
Catherine Ohl, who was born in Ashland Co.; they
have two children - Savilla, born in 1860, and
John, in 1863. Mr. Bear has been
engaged for a number of years in selling sewing machines; is
the agent for the White machine for Richland and Ashland
Cos.; this machine stands at the head of the list, and is a
most excellent one and needs no comment. Mr.
Bear's reputation in this business is extensively known.
Those wishing to buy sewing machines will do well to call on
him.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
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A. T. BELL, farmer; P. O. Shenandoah;
he was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., Jun. 18, 1821. He
was married in 1845, to Dorcas Young, who was born in
this county Dec. 17, 1824; they have the following children
- John H., born June 24, 1846; Mary J., Oct.
13, 1849; Hulda, Nov. 14, 1851; George W.,
Dec. 25, 1855; Eliza A., Sept. 29, 1859; Albert E.,
July 28, 1852; Viola May 24, 1867; Wesley,
born July 30, 1869. Joseph H. Bell died Apr.
12, 1864, and Hulda, Jan. 4, 1873. Mr. Bell
owns a well-improved farm in this township.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
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SAMUEL BELL, farmer; P. O. Mansfield;
he was born in the State of Maryland Feb. 20, 1824; came to
Ohio in 1841. He married in 1848, Martha M. Gates,
who was born in New Jersey Dec. 2, 1825, and who emigrated
with her parents to Ohio in 1827. Mr. and Mrs. Bell
have the following family: Harriet, born Aug.
2, 1850; Arminta, Jan. 27, 1852; Emma, June 6,
1854; Hubbard, June 30, 1857; Charles, June
24, 1859; Byron, Jan. 8, 1861; Eudora, June 6,
1862; Maud, Aug. 6, 1868. Arminta died
Aug. 29, 1852, and Emma, Jan. 6, 1861.
Harriet is married to J. D. Lewis. Jacob Bell,
father of Samuel Bell, was born in Washington Co.,
Md., in 1773. He emigrated to Richland Co., in 1841.
He was married to Barbara Emerick, who was born in
Schuylkill Co., Penn., 1780; they had the following family:
Mary B., born in February, 1807; Anthony, in
March, 1808; Jacob, July 4, 1809; Susannah,
June 26, 1811; John, in February, 1813; David,
Apr. 14, 1815; Peter, Feb. 9, 1821; Samuel,
Feb. 20, 1824. John Bell died in Richland Co.
Nov. 17, 1847. Mrs. Bell died Feb. 29, 1848i.
Mary married David Leiter. Anthony died
Feb. 16, 1859; Jacob died in 1837. Susannah
married John Shutt. John Bell died in
1859, and Peter Bell in 1875.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
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ANDREW J. BELLMAN, was born in
Middleburg, Portage Co., Ohio, Aug. 12, 1836; when at the
age of 6 months, his parents removed to Plymouth, in this
county, since which time he has resided in this county; in
1871, he removed to this township, which place has since
been his home; at the age of 15 years, he commenced at the
cabinet and chair making business, which trade he has made
his vocation until his removal here at Shenandoah, where he
has been engaged, together with his trade of carriage and
wagon making, as well as the carpenter trade,
house-painting and turning, and also paper-hanging - in all
of which he is considered proficient. In the year
1858, on Jan 28, he was married to Miss Mary Jane
Sonanstine; they have had six children, four of whom are
still living - Carrie, Eddie, Fred and Florence J.;
the ones that died were Kittie and an infant.
Mr. Bellman now carries on a repair-shop at this
place, where he does and designs to repair anything that can
be done by mechanical skill.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
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ABRAHAM BENEDICT, was born in Franklin
Co., Penn., Aug. 11, 1834, where he resided with his parents
until the age of about 7 years, when he removed with his
parents to this county and township, where he has resided
ever since, with the exception of about two years, when he
resided in Williams and Ashland Cos. about seven years.
In the year 1857, Feb. 22, he was married to Mary E.
Stoner; they have raised a family of four children -
Henry N., Sarah Ann, Albert and Almira all
are still living, and Mr. Benedict has, by strict
integrity and good management, made for himself and
family a good home, and while himself and family enjoy good
health, they enjoy the regard of all who know them; the
father is dead, having died in Michigan; his mother is still
living with his sister, Margaret B., in Iowa, near he
State line.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
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MARCUS W. BENNETT
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio from 1808 to 1908 - by
A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pg. 875 |
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PETER BERNO,
merchant, Mansfield, Ohio; he was born
in Rhein Pfaltz, a province of the Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany,
and came to this country, with his parents, June 10, 1851, and
to Mansfield, Ohio, June 18, 1851; his father's name was Jacob
Berno, and his mother's Fredricka Profit. His grandfather, on
his father's aide, was a soldier in the French army during the
French Revolution, and, during the invasion of Germany by the
French, was taken prisoner. He subsequently remained and became
a citizen of that country. The name was originally spelled "Bernoux."
The subject of this sketch was married to Christianna Bohm,
whose parents were of German origin, and residents of Mansfield
since 1850.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
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PERKINS
BIGELOW, druggist; he was born in Marlboro, N.
H., Nov. 11, 1814: here we find him a farmer boy, alternately
attending school during the winter months, and working on his
father's farm during the remainder of the year, until 18 years
of age. The school being situated in a remote part of the
district, young Bigelow was compelled to traverse several miles
daily, in that bleak, winter climate, in order to gain that
knowledge which has been so useful to him in his after life.
Directly after leaving school, he was employed in dry goods, as
clerk, for five years previous to his removal to Ohio; arriving
at Newark, be continued as a salesman in dry goods for three
years, where, joining a colony for Texas in 1841, he accompanied
them as far as Arkansas, then up the White River until near the
boundary of the Cherokee Nation, undergoing the hardships
incident to such a trip at that time. While there, be assisted
in building the first log cabins of the colony, but soon after
was compelled, by reason of sickness, to return to Newark, Ohio,
where he entered a drug store, reading medicine at the same
time; then to Mansfield, in the year 1847, on the same block in
which he has continued in that business up to the present time,
ranking now as the oldest living merchant in continuous business
in Mansfield. During Dr. Bigelow's long and useful life in
Mansfield, he had been prominently connected with all
enterprises undertaken in the improvement of the city and the
welfare of the inhabitants, and has frequently been called by
them to positions of honor and trust. Elected as Mayor of the
city in 1852, he was re-elected in 1853. For twenty years, he
has been a useful member of the Cemetery Association, the plane
and improvements of which have been, in a great measure, due to
his judgment and skill. For fifteen years, he held the position
of Worshipful Master of the Mansfield Masonic Lodge, and at
present is a member of the Richland Mutual Insurance Co. Perking
Bigelow was married in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1846, to Miss Anna
Maria Palmer; they have two children-one son and one daughter.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
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SHARPLESS
E. BIRD, long connected with the St.
James Hotel, in Mansfield, was born on the 20th of December,
1844; his father and mother, William and and Jane (Sharpless)
Bird are residents of this city. S. E. Bird
was married July 4, 1869, in Mansfield, to Lizzie
Vonhof; a daughter of Louis Vonhof, proprietor of
the St. James building; to them have been born four
children, three of whom are dead and one living.
Mr. Bird, though a young man, has aided in years past in
giving Mansfield a high position by his skill in conducting
one of the best hotels in the State; he is now engaged in
the mercantile business.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
1807 - 1880 - Page 690 |
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JOSEPH
H. BLACK, dealer in staple dry goods corner of Fourth
and Main streets; was born in 1833 at Ballgreen County,
Donegal, Ireland; emigrated in 1851 to McConnelsville, Morgan
Co., Ohio; engaged as salesman "with Thomas W. Simpson, in dry
goods came to Mansfield in August, 1859; entered in partnership
with Moses Black, under the firm name of M. & J. H. Black, dry
goods; continued in partnership for sixteen years; dissolved in
1875, then resumed business in his own name; continues to do the
largest exclusive dry-goods trade in the city. He is a very hard
and earnest worker in the mercantile business; by his long
experience and close application, is thoroughly posted on all
matters connected with the dry-goods business, as he has been
almost raised in a dry-goods store; he is a solid, practical,
business man, and an excellent financier. Was married in 1866 to
Miss Alice G. Graham, daughter of Francis
Graham, of Ashland,
Ohio; their children are Mary, Augusta F , Joseph H., Jr., and
William G. Black. Residence on Mulberry street, No. 45.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
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S.
P. BLOSER, retired; he was born in Cumberland Co.,
Penn., in 1824; he came to Ohio in 1850. He was married in 1852
to Elizabeth Snyder, who was born in Lockport, N. Y.; they have
one daughter-Minnie, who is married to Henry Uhlich.
(Mansfield Township)
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
1807 - 1880 - Page 690 |
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Mifflin Twp. -
DAVID BOALS,
farmer, P. O. Mansfield; he was born in Mifflin Township
Dec. 22, 1836. He was married in 1861, to Mary
Huston, who was born in Franklin Township; they have
four children - William, born Jan. 13, 1862; Ella
J., June 26, 1863; John V. (deceased), Jan. 4,
1870; Estella, June 16, 1874. Mr.
Boals resides on the farm where he was born, and is a
farmer of the first class, and keeps up with all the
improvements.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
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JAMES W. BOALS,
farmer; P. O. Mansfield; he was born in Jefferson Co., Ohio,
June 16, 1825; came with his parents to Richland Co. in
1828. He was married in 1855, to Elizabeth Parkison,
who was born in Jefferson Co. in 1834; they have the
following children: Jacob (deceased), who was born
Sept. 8, 1857; Frank Leslie, Jan. 6, 1862; Wade
Parkison, Mar. 22, 1864. Mrs. Elizabeth Boals
died in 1866. James Boals was married again in
1870, to Elenor McElroy, who was born in Madison
Township.
(Mifflin Twp.)
(Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham &
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JOSIAH BOALS,
farmer; P. O. Mansfield; he was born in Mifflin Township
Sept. 17, 1829. He was married to Mary Snyder,
Apr. 6, 1864; she was born in this township Sept. 9, 1837;
they have one son - Robert C., born Nov. 9, 1866.
Mr. Boals owns one of the best improved farms in this
township, has excellent buildings, and all the modern
conveniences.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
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Monroe Twp. -
R. S. BOLES, M. D.,
Lucas; was born Mar. 8, 1843, in Franklin Township, Wayne
Co., Ohio; in 1853, his parents removed to Ripley Township,
Holmes Co.; in 1866, he began the study of medicine with
Drs. Bertolett & Todd, of Shreve, Wayne Co.; he
graduated at Charity Hospital Medical College during the
sessions of 1868 and 1869. He began the practice of
his profession in the spring of 1869, in West Windsor,
Richland Co.; in the spring of 1870, he removed to Lucas,
where he still resides. He was married to Catharine
Hale, of West Windsor, Oct. 19, 1871. His father,
William Boles, died Mar. 2, 1871. He has three
brothers and two sisters living. The Doctor is kind,
jovial and friendly in his disposition, affable and pleasing
in his manners. He is well fitted for the profession
he has chosen. Comparatively speaking, he has a very
lucrative practice for a man of his age; in his practice he
has been remarkably successful, and is now recognized as one
of the prominent physicians of our county.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
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JERRY
S. BOLLMAN, Recorder; was born in Lebanon Co.,
Penn., Jan. 20, 1834, and removed pith his parents to Richland
Co., where they settled in Franklin Township in 1849. Mr.
Bollman came to Mansfield and began the trade of cabinet-making
in 1852 with Capt. Reinaker, and served his full apprenticeship
of three years, when he entered the store of John H. Wigle,
where be remained for some time : then into Remy & Co.'s
dry-goods store, Scattergood & Penrose, Robinson &
Vance, C. L.
Avery's and Black's. In the year 1877, Mr. Bollman was elected
Recorder of Richland Co., on the Democratic ticket, and took
possession of the office on the 7th of January, 1878, and now
fills that position with credit to himself and to the
satisfaction of both political parties; the abstract office, in
connection with the one which he fills, is a model of
convenience, and reflects great credit on him, to whom it
personally belongs. Mr. Bollman was married to Miss Lydia A.
Dill in Mansfield July 7, 1858; they have four children, all
living-Burton T., now a telegraph operator in Mansfield;
Curtis
J., a druggist; Milton F., and Roy T. Mr. Bollman
is at present
a resident of the Third Ward, Mansfield, and enjoys the
confidence of the entire community.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
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JOHN BOOKWALTER, JR.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio from 1808 to 1908 - by
A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pg. 875 |
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HENRY
BOSSLER, woodworkman in the Mansfield Machine
Works; he was born in Madison Township, Richland Co., Jan. 14,
1839. Married. Sept. 27, 1863, Josephine Mcllvain, who was born
in Mansfield May 22, 1843; they have one son-William T., born
March 17, 1865. Mr. Bossler has been engaged with
the Mansfield Machine Works over two years, and has won the
entire confidence of his employers through his industry and
frugality, and is recognized as one of our substantial and
active citizens.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
1807 - 1880 - Page 690 |
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ROBERT
BOWLAND. He was born Sept. 19,
1774, in Pennsylvania. Was married in 1815, to Ann
J. Mercer, who was born in February, 1791; came to Ohio
in 1826, located in Mansfield and engaged in the dry goods
business many years. Died in November, 1857; Mrs.
Bowland died in April, 1858.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
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Franklin Twp. -
JOHN BRADLEY, farmer; P. O. Mansfield;
he was born in Mercer Co., Penn., May 31, 1809; came to Ohio
Feb. 14, 1820; married in 1837 to Sarah Ann McKnabb,
who was born in Coshocton Co., Ohio; they have five children
- Margaret J. (deceased), born May 24, 1838;
George, Mar. 24, 1840; Mary, Jan. 15, 1842;
Sarah, May 29, 1844; Eliza, Mar. 7, 1849. Mr.
Bradley was married the second time to Elenor Winton,
who was born in Richland Co.; she died Apr. 13, 1879.
Mr. Bradley has been engaged in farming since he
first located in this county; he has always been one of the
prominent citizens of this township.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
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DAVID BRICKER, farmer, P. O.
Shenandoah; he was born in Franklin Township Oct. 23, 1839.
Married, Dec. 15, 1860, to Susannah Urich, who was
born in Franklin Township, Mar. 24, 1841; they have the
following family: Catharine E., born Feb. 15,
1862; George, Sept. 6, 1863; Harriet, Dec. 4,
1865; Jennie, Apr. 10, 1868; Carrie, Feb. 28,
1870; Addie, Sept. 25, 1873; Mary, Nov. 17,
1875; Charlie Ross, Feb. 22, 1878. Mr.
Bricker owns a well-improved farm with good buildings
and owns 311 acres. George Bricker, brother of
David, enlisted in the 20th O. V. I.; was engaged in
a number of battles and was honorably discharged.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
1807 - 1880 - Page 784 |
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LEVI BRICKER, was born in Lebanon Co.,
Penn., on the 19th of Dec., 1817, where he resided until the
age of 21 years, when he removed to this county and located
in Franklin Township and rented a little cabin of his uncle,
and worked out by the day's work. Mr. Bricker
possessed only what he could bring in a one-horse wagon -
wearing apparel, a few dishes, etc., $160 in money, his wife
and one child. In the fall, Mr. Bricker began
butchering for 75 cents per day, but soon after, his wages
were raised to $1 per day. Soon after, his
brother-in-law gave him his two horses to go and trade for a
stallion owned by one Gideon Lozier; ;he went and
traded one of the horses, gave $30 to boot, payable in one
year, and that rigged him for farming. This was the
first of the year 1840. He rented a small place from
the same party he made the trade with containing 80 acres;
he cleared 3 acres for three crops, but Mr. Lozier
having married again, he sold his crops to him and came over
to this township and located on John Arnold's
place, and bought the crops on the grounds from one Mr.
Livey, who had the place rented. Mr.
Bricker lived there two years; then he bought 80 acres
of land in Franklin Township, all forest; built him a little
cabin, into which he moved in the spring of 1843; he cleared
his land in about three years, together with 10 acres of
Philip Fisher's land adjoining his; he borrowed
the money to purchase his land from his father-in-law,
David Werner; the amount was $500; he paid him
back annually with 5 per cent interest; he earned a great
part of his money by driving horses over the mountains; he
made his first trip in 1845 with nine horses; a great part
of the way he went alone. Mr. Bricker
followed that as his vocation every year until he located in
this township in 1852. Sometimes Mr. Bricker
would have to walk back a great part of the way, as he could
not get room on the coach; he never came back but what he
would always bring his money with him - from $1,000 to
$4,000, not in drafts, but generally in Lebanon bank money,
which was just as good as the gold out here; he was never
robbed, nor was there ever any attempt to rob him. He
bought the place which he now occupies in 1851, together
with 44 acres, paying cash, $1,500. Previous to this
purchase, he bought the 160 acres east of here for $1,600
cash, but had to borrow $400; his father-in-law went his
security. Mr. Bricker is considered one of the
most successful business men in the county; has given work
to a great many men; has always lent his aid in all public
improvements, and is considered one of the largest
land-owners in this part of the county. He has, by
good management, and strict attention to business, made for
himself and family a good home, having given his children
over $50,000. Mr. Bricker well remembers when
he would go through with horses, porters would say along the
road that dealt in stock, as also in Philadelphia they would
often make the remark: "There comes Bricker; and what
he tells you about his horses, you can rest assured is
correct." Mr. Bricker made net, over
$1,600 in two trips with horses over the mountains.
Mr. Bricker had by his first wife ten children,
nine of whom are living. By his second wife three, all
of whom are living. Mr. Tobias Coffman, of
Lancaster, Penn., claims that Mr. Bricker can beat
any man in America on the "jig dance;" he says he will bet
his last dollar on him as regards time.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
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HON
JACOB BRINKERHOFF, was born in
the town of Niles, Cayuga Co., N. Y , Aug. 31, 1810. His father,
Henry I. Brinkerhoff, was a native of Pennsylvania, having been
born near the town of Gettysburg; his grandfather, however, was
from Hackensack, N. J., and belonged to the old Dutch family of
New York, the progenitor of which came from Drentland, in
Holland, in the year 1638. His mother, nee Rachel Bevier, was of
Huguenot descent, and came from Ulster Co , N. Y. After a
thorough English education, obtained at the public schools and
at the academy at Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., N. Y., be entered
the law office of Messrs. Howell & Brother, in Bath, Steuben
Co., in 1834. Here he regularly prosecuted his studies two
years, and in the spring of 1836, removed to Mansfield, Ohio,
where, in May, 1837, he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme
Court of the State, and immediately entered upon the practice of
Era profession. He soon acquired reputation as a lawyer of more
than average ability, and in the course of a year or two was
elected Prosecuting Attorney for Richland County, the duties of
which he performed successfully for four years; at the
expiration of his office, in the fall of 1843, be was elected to
Congress, on the Democratic ticket; while serving as a member of
this body, he became affiliated with the Free-Soil party, and
drew up the famous resolution introduced by David Wilmot, of
Pennsylvania, and since known as the Wilmot Proviso; the
original draft of this resolution, in his own handwriting,
is still in his possession. Several copies of this
resolution were made and distributed among the Free Soil
members of Congress, with the understanding that whoever
among them should catch the Speaker's eye and get the floor
should introduce it; Wilmot was
the fortunate man, and thereby his name was attached to the
resolution, and it has gone into history as the "Wilmot
Proviso," instead of the Brinkerhoff Proviso, as it should have
been. At the close of his Congressional career, he resumed the
practice of law, at Mansfield, in which he successfully labored
until he was elevated to the Supreme Bench, his first term
commencing Jan. 9, 1856; in this highly honorable position, be
was retained for three successive terms, covering a period of
fifteen years, and it is but justice to mention that a fourth
term was offered him, but he declined a renomination. The Ohio
State Reports contain many of his opinions, delivered during his
term upon the Supreme Bench, and they are everywhere very highly
regarded by the profession. He was married, Oct. 4, 1837, to
Caroline Campbell, of Lodi, Seneca Co., N. Y., who died at that
place while on a visit., Nov. 18, 1839. His present wife was Marion
Titus, of Detroit, Mich., by whom he has four children
now living, two sons and two daughters, viz. : Malvina,
George, Roelof and Gertrude. The Judge has retired from his profession,
and still resides at Mansfield, but in feeble health.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
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GEN.
ROELIFF BRINKERHOFF, was born in Owasco, Cayuga Co., N. Y. June 28, 1828. The Brinkerhoffs of
America are all descended from Joris Dericksen Brinckerhoff, who
came from Drentland, Holland, in 1638, with his wife Susannah,
and settled in Brooklyn, N. Y., then New Netherlands. The
members of the family are now numerous, and for the most part
are settled upon Long Island, and in the valley of the Hudson,
but still a few families of the name can be found in almost
every Western State. The Western Brinkerhoffs are mostly
descendants of Hendrick, son of Joris, who settled in New
Jersey, and who dropped the letter c from his name. Gen.
Brinkerhoff is of the seventh generation in America; his father,
George R., was born near Gettysburg, Penn., but his grandfather,
Roeliff, came from Hackensack, N. J.; his ancestors on his
mother's side (the Bouviers), and on his grandmother's (the
Demarests), were French Huguenots, fleeing from religious
persecution who found safety and a home among the tolerant
Dutchmen of the New Netherlands. Roeliff, the subject of this
sketch, at the age of 18 was a school teacher in his native town; at 18, he was in charge of a school near Hendersonville,
Tenn.; at 19, he was a tutor in the family of Andrew Jackson,
Jr., at the Hermitage, and remained there until 1850, when he
came North and entered as a law student in the office of his
kinsman, the Hon. Jacob Brinkerhoff at Mansfield, Ohio; in 1852,
he was admitted to the bar, and entered the practice, and
remained in the profession until the war of the rebellion; during that time, June, 1855 to 1859, he was one of the editors
and proprietors of the Mansfield Herald. In September,
1861, he entered the military service as First Lieutenant and
Regimental Quartermaster of the 64th O. V. I.; in November of
the same year, be was promoted to the position of Captain and
Assistant Quartermaster, and during the winter was on duty at
Bardstown, Ky; after the capture of Nashville, be was placed in
charge of transportation, land and river, is that city; after
the battle of Pittsburg Landing, be was ordered to the front,
and placed in charge of the field transportation of the Army of
the Ohio; after the capture of Corinth, be went home on sick
furlough, and was thence ordered to Maine as Chief Quartermaster
in that State; subsequently, he was transferred to Pittsburgh,
Penn., in charge of transportation and army stores, and thence
to Washington City as Post Quartermaster, and remained on that
duty until June, 1865, when he was made a Colonel and Inspector
of the Quartermaster's Department; he was then retained on duty
at the War Office, with Secretary Stanton, until November, when
he was ordered to Cincinnati as Chief Quartermaster of that
Department; in September, 1866, its was breveted a Brigadier
General of Volunteers; he was also tendered a commission in the
regular army, but declined; on the 1st of October, at his own
request, he was mustered out of service, having completed five
years of continuous service in the army, Gen. Brinkerhoff is the
author of the book entitled "The Volunteer Quartermaster;' which
is still the standard guide for the officers and employee of the
Quartermaster's Department. After his retirement from the army,
be returned to the practice of his profession, at Mansfield. In
1873, upon the organization of the Mansfield Savings Bank, he
became its executive officer as cashier, and has since retained
that position; he is also a member of the Board of State
Charities, and President of the National Conference of
Charities. Gen. Brinkerhoff, Feb. 8, 1852, married Mary
Lake Bentley, of Mansfield, daughter of Baldwin
Bentley, and
grand-daughter of Gen. Robert Bentley, by whom he has a family
of four children, two sons and two daughters-Robert Bentley,
Addis Horton, Mary and Roeliff, all now living at Mansfield.
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SAMUEL
G. BRINLEY, (deceased); was
born in Mifflin Township Sept. 10, 1831; his father, John
Brinley, is a resident of La Grange Co., Ind. Samuel
G. was the
first child. When 16 years of age, he commenced clerking in a
dry-goods store in Petersburg, where he lived four years; soon
after, he removed to this city, and was engaged in the dry-goods
store of James Weldon, where he remained ten years. For several
years during the war, he held the position of Deputy Provost
Marshal and United States Marshal, and was a clerk in the
Treasurer's office of this county under T. J. Robinson. He was
married, Oct. 30, 1853, in Mansfield, to Miss Elzina S. Grubaugh; they are the parents of seven children. Charles Oscar
was born Aug. 7, 1854; John Allen was born Aug. 1,
1857; Joseph
Franklin was born March 27, 1860; Harry S. was born July 16,
1864; Elzina S. was born Dec. 15, 1866, and died April
15, 1868; Aden wan born June 25, 1870, and Lee was born Feb. 19, 1872.
Mr. Brinley died in this city Dec. 26, 1876; be was, for a
number of years before his death, a successful contractor and
builder, and had the confidence and esteem of the community. He
was a member of the I. O. O. F. for a number of years, and of
the Methodist Church for twenty-five years. Mrs Elzina Brinley
was born near Loudenville, Ashland Co., Nov. 19, 1833; she is
now a resident of West Bloom street.
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T.
G. BRISTOR, dentist; he was
born in Washington, Washington Co., Penn., in 1837; he came to
Steubenville, Ohio, in 1844, where he studied dentistry; he
came to Mansfield in 1858, and engaged in the practice of
dentistry. In 1865, he went to St. Louis, Mo., and practiced
dentistry until 1872, when he returned to Mansfield; he has
been engaged here since. He is the oldest dentist in the city.
He has branch offices at Shelby, Shiloh, Bellville and
Hayesville, which places be visits once each month-Mondays and
Tuesdays.
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JAMES R.
BRISTOR, dentist, Mansfield; he was born in
Washington, Washington Co., Penn., Jan. 28, 1834, and emigrated
to Steubenville, Ohio, April 1, 1845, with his father and mother; in 1857, he connected himself with the dental profession and
moved to Mansfield, in 1860, and located. He was married, Jan.
6, 1873, to Hannah M. Duncan, widow of Alex. Critchfield,
of
Millersburg, Ohio; she was born at Bloomfield, Coshocton Co.,
Ohio, Feb. 26, 1840, and moved with her father and mother to
Millersburg, Ohio, in the fall of 1852, and to Mansfield in
January, 1873; they have three children-John Henry,
born April 25, 1874; Harriet Louisa, Sept. 14,
1875; Laura Virginia,
April 20, 1878. In 1876, Mr. Bristor was elected from the Fourth
Ward as one of the city Councilmen, and, in 1879, he was chosen
to preside as President of Council of the city of Mansfield.
James R. Bristor was born of Henry M. Bristor and
Minerva Ruple Bristor, his wife, both of whom were born in Washington Co.,
Penn. Henry M. Bristor was born of Thomas Bristor and
Elizabeth Dubany Bristor, his wife, both of whom were born near the James
River, in Eastern Virginia; their parents lived within hearing
distance of the cannon at the surrender of Cornwallis at
Yorktown, Va. Minerva Ruple Bristor was born to
James Ruple and
Dina G. Ruple, in Washington Co., Penn. Hannah Duncan
Bristor
was born of John Duncan and Nancy Casey
Duncan; her father
emigrate from Washington, Penn., to Ohio, and her mother from
Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
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RUNYAN BROKAW,
farmer; P. O. Adario; he was born in Essex Co., N. J., Mar.
27, 1829; he is a son of Christian and Margaret Brokaw,
and is the eighth of a family of eleven children. He
remained at home until he was married, in 1853, to Mary
McCan, who died in 1861. He lived on the old
homestead about three years after his marriage, and then
sold out and went to Illinois, where he stayed about two
years; he then went back to Pennsylvania, and took charge of
a gang of men on the broad-gauge railroad that was in the
course of construction, and worked at that until December,
1863, when he went to Nashville, Tenn., and worked on the
Government works there about twelve months. In 1865,
he was married to Martha Osburn, who died in
1867. After he came back from Tennessee, he lived in
different parts of the county until 1870, when he bought
where he now resides. He has been married eleven years
to Jenny Hawt; he has five children, whose
names are Lilly, William, Georgiana,
George R. and Mary J.
Source: History of Richland Co.,
Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 -
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S. A.
BRONSON, D. D., Pastor Protestant Episcopal Church;
Dr. Bronson is a lineal descendant of Abraham Bronson, one of
the two Bronsons who, in 1673, petitioned the court for the
privilege of settling on a plantation in what is now the town of
Waterbury, Conn.; Dr. Bronson's father, Bela
Bronson, emigrated
from Connecticut to Ohio and settled in what is now Columbia,
Lorain Co., in 1807; the Doctor was then in his infancy, and
was carried in his mother's arms across the Cuyahoga, with the
first team that crossed in the tide of Western emigration; be
was taken to church by his mother and was baptized in Waterbury,
his native place; the first minister of the Gospel he remembers
to have seen was when he was about 9 years old; his mother and
the church service, read by laymen, were his only teachers; at
the age of 16, he traveled on horseback about seventy miles in
the fruitless search for a Latin dictionary; he afterward
attended school at Kenyon College, where be graduated in 1833; two years after, he was ordained to the ministry; from 1845 to
1850, he was President of Kenyon College; in 1867, be was
Professor of Ecclesiastical history in the same institution; in
1872, he came to Mansfield to accept the pastorate of the church
here; be had, however, filled the pulpit a year and a half
before coming.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
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JOHN BROWNELLER, engaged with steam
thrashing-machine; P. O. Mansfield; he was born in Virginia,
July 8, 1836. Married to
Anna E. Small, who was
born June 16, 1840; they have seven children - Mary Jane,
born Oct. 19, 1859; Allie, May 21, 1861; Charlie,
May 11, 1864; Samuel, Aug. 10, 1866; Dora A.
and Carrie E., born June 6, 1870; John W.,
Nov. 24, 1872. Mary Jane married Frank
Taylor Aug. 20, 1876; they had one son, Fenton E.,
who died at the age of 2 years and 3 months. Mr.
Browneller has a saw-mill, and is also engaged in that
business. He is one of the leading men of Franklin
Township.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
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GEORGE BURGOYNE, was born in Dolphin
Co., Penn., on the 28th of June, 1802, where he resided
until the year 1833, when he removed to this township, and
where he has since resided. Mr. Burgoyne
is a tanner by profession, and followed that as his vocation
until the year 1840, since when he has paid his attention to
farming. In the year 1830, on the 25th of March, he
was married to Miss Anna Bell they have a family of
five children, all of whom are living named Alfred,
Hannah Jane, John P., George A., and Elizabeth Ann.
Mr. Burgoyne is one of the oldest surviving settlers of
this county and he together with his brother associates, can
recall many hardships and privations that he had to contend
with, that the present, as well as the future generations,
will never know nor experience.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
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JOHN P. BURGOYNE, was born in this
township on the 13th of June, 1836, where he has since
resided. Mr. Burgoyne has always paid his
attention to farming. He has never paid much attention
to political matters. In the year 1862, on the 5th of
March, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Cline; they
have one son - George F.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A.
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BARNBUS BURNS, attorney at law. The parents of Mr.
Burns, Andrew and Sarah (Caldwell)
Burns, were Irish Catholics,
and emigrated to America about the year 1800; they had a family
of five children, three sons and two daughters. Mr. B., the
youngest of five children, was born in Fayette Co., Penn., June
29, 1817; he emigrated with his parents to Milton Township,
Ashland Co., settling there June 20, 1820; Mr. Burns remained on
a farm until he was of age; he received a common-school
education, and also spent a short time in the Ashland and
Mansfield schools. He came to Mansfield April 9, 1838, where he
has resided ever since. He was Deputy Clerk of the Courts, from
1839 to 1846,; he studied law in the offices of Hon. Thomas W.
Bartley and Hon. Samuel J. Kirkwood, and was admitted to
practice in the summer of 1848, and has practiced law in
Mansfield from that date to the present time. In the fall of
1849, Mr. Burns was elected to the Ohio State Senate, and
re-elected in the fall of 1849; he was Presidential Elector for
the State at large, on the Democratic ticket, in 1852; be
served as Colonel of the 86th O. V. I. in the war of the
rebellion, doing excellent service there; after his return, he
again began the practice of his profession. In 1873, he was
elected a member of the Constitutional Convention, and the same
year was nominated on the Democratic ticket as Lieutenant
Governor; out of a vote of nearly 600,000, be was defeated by
only about five hundred votes; in 1876, Col. Burns was one of
the Ohio Commissioners at the Centennial Exposition, filling
that office, like all others, in a manner satisfactory to all
the interests concerned therein; Col. B. has served several
terms as one of the Trustees of the Ohio Soldiers' Orphans'
Home; he is now, although 63 years old, actively engaged in the
practice of his profession, being one of the oldest members of
the Mansfield bar now in practice; he has always been an active
and consistent Democrat. Col. Burns was married, Sept, 18, 1841,
to Miss Urath Gore; Mr, and Mrs. B. became the parents of seven
children, two of whom died in infancy; three sons and two
daughters yet survive - Mary (wife of Dr. Geo. Mitchell),
John Caldwell, Kate, Jerrie H. and
Barna G.
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JAMES A. BURNS, was born in this
township Jan. 24, 1841, and has always resided here, with
the exception of three years he was in the late war; he
enlisted Sept. 7, 1851; was a member of Co. E, 3d O. V. I.;
he was discharged Oct. 3, 1864. Mr. Burns is a
blacksmith by trade, having learned the trade at the age of
18 years, and has since followed that as his vocation; he
now carries on the blacksmithing business at this place
(Rome), where he does all kinds of work pertaining to the
business. On the 12th of July, 1865, he was married to
Miss Elizabeth Burns, who was born Franklin Co.,
Penn., Feb. 18, 1838; they have four children, all of whom
are living - Charles F., Clinton, Victor L. and
Minnie. The health of himself and family is good.
Mr. Burns has, by strict attention to business, built
up for himself a good trade.
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WILLIAM F. BURNS, was born in this
county and township Apr. 1, 1843; his principal vocation has
been that of farming; he engaged himself at the carpenter
trade for about three years. He is the eighth child of
William and Mary Burns, of whom
mention is made in another part of this work, as their lives
are connected with the early part of the county. In
the year 1870, Jan. 25, he was married to Miss Lovina
Zeigler. They have raised a family of five
children, named Curtis A., Flora E., Scott A., Carrie L.
and the baby. Mr. Burns was a member of Co. F,
82d O. V. I., and was enrolled on the 5th of November, 1862,
and was discharged from the service the 24th of July, 186 5,
at Louisville, Ky.; he participated in all the different
battles and marches that his regiment was called upon to
participate and engage in, having, during his time of
service, marched a distance of over three thousand miles, as
the records will show; he entered the service as private,
and was discharged with the rank of corporal.
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WILLIAM
BUSHNELL, physician. The
family from which Dr. Bushnell descends dates back, in America,
to early in the sixteenth century. Sometime in that period, Francis
Bushnell came from England to America, and located in
Guilford, Hartford Co., Conn.; be died in 1646, as the records
show, his death being the first authentic date in possession of
the family. He left five sons-Francis, William, John,
Richard
and Isaac. The second son, William, married and settled in
Connecticut, and, at his death, left four children, the second
of whom, Ephraim, also lived in Connecticut, and raised a family
of seven children. His third child, James, was born March 12,
1716, and, about the year 1736, married a Miss Dudley. He was a
seafaring man, and, soon after his marriage, went to sea on one
of his voyages, and was never afterward heard from. It is
supposed his vessel was lost at sea. After his departure to sea,
his only son, Alexander, was born; June 2, 1737. Feb. 12, 1761,
he married Chloe Waite, a member of the Waite family of Lyme,
Conn. (Chief Justice Waits, of Ohio, is a descendant of the same
family). Miss Waits was born June 20, 1738. She lived to be 94
years old, dying Oct. 28, 1832. She became the mother of eleven
children. The sixth child, Sterling G., the father of Dr.
Bushnell, was born in Hartford Co., Conn., in 1781. The exact
date is not known, as the record has been lost. Mr. Bushnell
came to Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1805, and to Vermillion Township,
Ashland Co., May 20, 1820. His family then consisted of eleven
children-Betsey, Lury, William, Collins,
Sedelia, Jotham, Huldah,
Rosella, Horner, Olive and Thomas. Of these, six are now
living-Betsey, William, Sedelia, Huldah,
Rosella and Thomas. Mr.
Bushnell lived in this township until August, 1847, when his
death occurred. He was 76 years of age. His wife lived several
years after her husband's death, dying in the old homestead; she
lives with her son Thomas, who is there yet. Mr.
Bushnell was a
man of scholarly attainments, and great force of character. He
was a surveyor, and surveyed parts of the Reserve in the
counties of Ashtabula, Medina and Lorain; while living in
Trumbull Co., be surveyed a good deal of its territory there.
William B. remained at home in Vermillion Township, teaching
school about one year, assisted in opening the farm, and
studying medicine; he then went to Trumbull Co. to study
medicine; in 1825, he went to the old Ohio Medical College, at
Cincinnati, where he remained about one year at the medical
school; at the end of the time, he went to New Orleans, and
settled at Point Coupee, where he practiced medicine one year;
while there, he taught in an academy seven months: from there he
returned to this county, and located in Mansfield; this was in
July, 1828. The Doctor has since lived here, engaged in the
practice of medicine. When Dr. Bushnell was s boy, he took a
small part in the war of 1812. He was quite ambitious of
military life then, as were all boys of the day, and enjoyed at
least one adventure. After Hull's surrender, when in his 12th
year, the 1st Regiment of the 3d Brigade, and the 4th Division
of the Ohio Militia, on its way to the frontier, halted and took
dinner at the residence of his father, who was Adjutant of that
regiment. William, believing he was old enough to go with the
troops, pleaded his cause so earnestly to accompany the
regiment, that he was allowed to do so, and marched with it to
the vicinity of Cleveland, where the troops were encamped. A
battle being imminent with the Indians, his father told him he
most go back home. He obeyed very reluctantly, as he desired to
take a hand in the fighting. He retraced his steps alone through
the dense wilderness, guided only by the trail left by the
regiment.
April 5, 1836, Dr. Bushnell married Mary, only daughter of
Gen Robert Bentley, a man of much ability, who resided in this
county. Of their children only one is living-Martin B., a
resident of Mansfield. During his long and successful career as
a physician, Dr. Bushnell has also devoted himself to public
business, and held several places of responsibility. Many of the
internal improvements in the northern portion of the State were
either projected by him, or owe their existence to his energy
end influence. He was one of the Directors of the Atlantic &
Great Western Railway, not only during its construction, but for
some years after its completion. In 1849, Dr. Bushnell was
elected a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, and
subsequently re-elected, and served several terms in that
legislative body. After the establishment of the Cleveland
Medical College, he was connected with it as a Censor for about
fifteen years. He is a member of the American Medical
Association, and also of the Ohio Medical Association; and, as
a physician and surgeon, be ranks with the most eminent in the
State. Possessed of a remarkably vigorous constitution, he has
been enabled to perform an unusual amount of work. In the early
days of his practice, with almost impassable roads to travel
long distances, it required the constant exercise of those
virtues. He is possessed of an exceedingly dignified and
pleasant appearance, and commands the respect of the community
where he has lived so long, and with satisfaction to his
constituents, whom he has represented. In June, 1878, he wee
appointed by Gov. Bishop the Delegate of Ohio to the
International Congress on prison reform, called by and under the
auspices of Sweden, to take place in Stockholm on the 29th of
June. The Doctor took passage on the Inman steamer City of
Chester, to attend to the duties of his delegation, and at the
some time enjoy a European tour. Since his return, be has been
quietly living in the city, enjoying the fruits of a long and
busy life.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers.
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