- Jefferson Twp. -
BENTON L. GARBER, farmer.  He was born and brought up in Jefferson Township, and upon a farm; after attending several terms of high school in Bellville, he taught during the winter of 1871-72.  On Oct. 12, 1872, he was married, and for some time resided with his father; he then purchased some thirty acres adjoining his father's farm, on which he moved and improved in November, 1879, he again moved on his father's farm; he was born Apr. 16, 1850; his wife, Lizzie E. Elston, was born June 6, 1854; her birth place is Provincetown, Mass., from which State her parents came to Bellville in 1855; her father was born in England; their children are Edna, born Aug. 19, 1873; Catharine, born Nov. 22, 1875; J. Heber, born Nov. 21, 1877.  Mr. Garber and wife united with the Universalist Church in 1873; they are also charter members of Jefferson Grange.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 803

- Jefferson Twp. -
DAVID L. GARBER, deceased; he was born Apr. 3, 1831, in Jefferson Township, in which he resided till death; he was married to Susan Leedy, Apr. 8, 1852, who was the daughter of Abraham Leedy, and was born June 7, 1830; their children are Aaron, born Jan. 18, 1853; Elihu, Oct. 6, 1854; James Franklin, Oct. 12, 1856; Martha E., June 17, 1858; Jennie A., July 19, 1860; Levi, Sept. 19, 1862; Ezra, Aug. 15, 1864. Ezra died Jan. 10, 1865, and his father Apr. 5, 1865.  Mr. Garber pursued the avocation of agriculture and stock-growing during his life; he was a member of the church of Christian Brethren.  The four sons cultivate the farm known as the John Leedy farm, containing over 230 acres, and are the editors and proprietors of the Richland Star, published at Bellville.  Jennie was married to Edwin Crain, Nov. 13, 1879.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 802
SHARON WICK'S NOTE:  See more extensive biography in History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 Vol. I & II, by A. J. Baughman -
Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co., 1908 (CLICK HERE)

- Jefferson Twp. -
DAVID GARBER, farmer; born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Sept. 26, 1806, and came to Ohio in 1823; he worked at the shoe trade some when young.  He married Eve Kusard in the fall of 1827; she was born Apr. 7, 1806, and came from Pennsylvania with Daniel Hetrick; Mr. Garber's first investment in real estate was made in Worthington Township, where he bought 70 acres and paid for it out of earnings made with a hoe and ax; after marriage, he moved the first time on a one-horse sled; they were fortunate enough to have a bed, a knife and a fork apiece, but no chairs or table; blocks of trees served as chairs, and an old chest as a table; he is now well fixed; the greater number of their children are dead; the living are Sarah, born Feb. 20, 1833; Samuel K., born Mar. 21, 1842: Susan, born July 29, 1845.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 803

- Washington Twp. -
EMANUEL GARBER, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Lexington; he was born Sept. 28, 1824, in Lancaster Co., Penn.; came to this county in 1835.  Was married to Emaline Diegle Feb. 6, 1849; she was born in Philadelphia, Penn., September 1830.  They have ten children, five sons and five daughters, viz., George F., William H., Isaac H. John W., Henry D., Eliza J., Mary A., Martha E., Anna S. and Emma R.; all living.  Eliza J. Garber was married to George W. Wert in February 1879.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 905

- Jefferson Twp. -
JACKSON L. GARBER, a son of Samuel Garber, was born in Jefferson Township, and brought up on a farm; he attended the Bellville High School during the winters of 1860 and 1861; the following winter, he taught school, and, during the summer of 1862, traveled in Michigan, Canada West, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Indiana; he kept a grocery and bakery in Mt. Gilead a part of 1865 and 1866; he sold out and came to Bellville and entered into partnership with Markey & Garber, changing the firm name to Markey, Garber & Co.; he continued this relation till 1867; after marriage, he moved to Pierceton, Ind., where he opened a shoe store; after being there a short time, he had to contend against a severe spell of the typhoid fever, which was followed by ague; he returned to Ohio in December, 1869, and followed school teaching several years; in the summer of 1871, he visited Florida in search of a home, but without finding a desirable place in March, 1873, he moved to Missouri, and is now cultivating a fruit and vegetable farm in St. Louis Co.; he has taught ten terms of school.  Mr. Garber was born Jan. 17, 1841; Mary E. Rummel, daughter of David J. Rummel, was born in Tiffin, Ohio, Oct. 24, 1847; they were married Nov. 24, 1867; they have one child - Harley D., who was born Feb. 12, 1879.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 803

- Jefferson Twp. -
JEHU L. GARBER, was born and brought up in Jefferson Township, on a farm; in early life he taught a few terms of school, and from that time he occupied no position to bring his name prominently before the public until he arrived at middle age; in 1873, the Grange movement commenced to receive the attention of farmers, and he became interested and took a prominent part in establishing Jefferson Grange, and became its first Secretary; he was also the first State Deputy; he was active in the formation of the Patrons' Mutual Relief Association, prepared its constitution, and the success of the institution is largely due to his efforts, and to this time he has been its Secretary; he moved on a part of Sec. 34, 1864, and is giving his attention to stock-growing and agriculture.  He was born Oct. 29, 1835, and his wife, Susan Rebecca Wallace, Mar. 20, 1837; she was a daughter of George Wallace, and her birthplace was Dauphin Co., Penn.; her parents settled in Knox Co., Ohio, about the eyar 1852; they were married June 19, 1856, and their children are Ella, born Dec. 27, 1856; Irene, Dec. 18, 1858; Clara Alice, Sept. 17, 1860; Ida May, Mar. 27, 1862; Horatio S., July 5, 1864; Charles, Oct. 15, 1866; William J., Mar. 6, 1868; John M., Jun. 7, 1870; George Wallace, July 7, 1874; Mertie E., Apr. 16, 1876; Mamie Della, Sept. 3, 1878.  Charles died Apr. 16, 1867.  Mrs. Garber became a member of the United Brethren Church when young; they both became members of the Universalist Church about ten years ago; Mr. Garber erected a large brick residence on his farm in 1875.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 802
SHARON WICK'S NOTE:  See Photography of Jehu L. Garber with the biography Rebecca Garber

- Jefferson Twp. -
JOHN L. GARBER, farmer; resides on a part of Sec. 33; he was born in Jefferson Township, and brought up on a farm.  At the age of 20 years, he commenced to work at the carpenter trade.  In 1848, he went with others to Iowa and worked at millwrighting.  In 1851, he returned, and, in Richland and Knox cos., built fourteen dwelling-houses, besides numerous other buildings.  Mr. Garber was born Dec. 11, 1826.  His companion, Mary Swank, was born Oct. 21, 1830; they were married Aug. 27, 1854; children - Zeruiah was born Mar. 24, 1855; Elizabeth, Feb. 5, 1857; a son, Dec. 15, 1858; Samuel M., Nov. 29, 1859; Catharine E., Apr. 16, 1861; Florence, Feb. 15, 1865; Verda, Mar. 6, 1867; Charles, Feb. 23, 1869; Elvyra, Apr. 27, 1871; Walter, July 11, 1873.  Deaths - a son, died Jan. 2, 1859; Catharine, Mar. 20, 1862; Charles, Dec. 10, 1870; Elvyra, May 24, 1872.  After marriage, Mr. Garber bought a farm in Worthington Township, and moved on it in March, 1855.  The next fall, he returned to Jefferson Township, and, in 1856, purchased the farm on which he now resides.  He has been a successful farmer, and is well fixed.  He built his dwelling-house in 1861.  He is a charter member of the Jefferson Grange.  He and his wife united with the Universalist Church shortly after marriage.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 802
SHARON WICK'S NOTE:  See John in Samuel Garber's biography - Birth date the same as here.

- Jefferson Twp. -
LEWIS GARBER, farmer; resides on a part of Sec. 33, four miles south of Bellville; he is a son of Samuel Garber; was brought up a farmer; worked at the carpenter trade from his 21st to his 25th year, and in 1873 commenced bricklaying as a trade, in connection with farming.  He did the brickwork on the Jefferson Hall and half on the Town Hall in Bellville; he built a fine residence on his farm in 1863, and rebuilt it in 1878; he was born June 11, 1832, and was married to Mary, daughter of John Mock, Apr. 24, 1856; she was born Dec. 17, 1837;  Children - Calvin, born Feb. 12, 1857, died six days after; Mary Alice, Mar. 16, 1858; Hortense, Feb. 16, 1862; Alwilda, June 4, 1864; Luella, July 4, 1866; Jerry, Feb. 12, 1872; child not named, July 24, 1879.  After marriage they first lived on his father's farm; in 1860, he bought his present homestead.  Mr. Garber was a charter member of the Jefferson Grange No. 256.  He and his wife are communicants of the Universalist Church.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 802

- Jefferson Twp. -
SAMUEL GARBER; the progenitor of an industrious and well-known family of Garbers.  His father probably resided in York Co., Penn., when the subject of this sketch was born, and possessed an extraordinary taste for hunting; he usually kept a large number of horses and hounds, which worked in well with his sort of life; the horses were likely not kept solely for the purpose of hunting, as he made a business of purchasing "old skeletons," which he fattened upon a mixture made of red ant hills, and some kind of forage boiled together.  He enlisted during the war of 1812, and his relatives never again heard from him.  He had three sons, named respectively John, Samuel and David.  John moved to Iowa in an early day, where he died.  David resides in this township, and his biography is elsewhere given.  Samuel, whose name heads this sketch, was born May 8, 18094, and, during his early boyhood, his mother moved to Bedford Co., Penn., where he was placed in the care of a relative named Mock.  He was then about 12 years of age, but the cruel treatment that he received could not be endured, and he returned to the care of his mother, who was then married to Samuel Brawlier.  He remained in Pennsylvania, working o the shoe-bench and teaming over the mountains until 1821, when he emigrated with Jacob Mock to Ohio.  He worked at shoemaking a short time in this country.  He finally engaged himself as a laborer to John Leedy, and made his home with him, where he remained until he was married to Catharine Leedy, his daughter.  This transpired Sept. 17, 1825.  Their first years were spent on Sec. 28, Jefferson Township, 80 acres of which he entered.  Selling this, he bought a part of Sec. 34, on which he lived until the fall of 1851, when he moved upon his father-in-law's farm.  In 1863, he bought 192 acres of the northwestern part of sec. 13, on which he has since lived.  His wife, Catharine Leedy, was born Apr. 9, 1809.  Children - John, was born Dec. 11, 1826; Levi, Mar. 13, 1828; David, Apr. 3, 1831; Lewis, June 11, 1833; Jehu,*  Oct. 29, 1835; Elizabeth, Jan. 10, 1838; Jackson, Jan. 17, 1841; Washington, Apr. 12, 1843; Theodore, Aug. 9, 1845; Mary E., Feb. 14, 1848; Benton, Apr. 16, 1850; Mina, Sept. 5, 1854.  Deaths - Levi died Apr. 27, 1850, of spotted fever, while attending school in Bellville, and was buried before his friends know of his death; Mina, June 30, 1855; David, Apr. 5, 1865.  The mother died Oct. 24, 1879.  Mr. Garber and wife passed their lives in industry, and they leave an exemplary record, as citizens and parents.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 801

- Jefferson Twp. -
SAMUEL K. GARBER, farmer, was born in Jefferson Township Mar. 22, 1842.  He was married to Eunice Carpenter, in Crestline, Ohio, Oct. 17, 1863; she was born Sept. 16, 1841; her parents came to Holmes Co., this State, from New York, and lived but a short time afterward, and she was brought up by Hugh Oldfield, living near Crestline.  She united with the Baptist Church early in life, and from that she received letters to the Evangelical Church, of which she is yet a communicant; Mr. Garber is a member of the Universalist Church, to which he united in the fall of 1870; he was also a charter member of the Jefferson Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry.  Children - Mary Celinda was born May 5, 1865; David Oliver, born July 28, 1868; an infant born and died in 1875.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 803

- Jefferson Twp. -
THEODORE GARBER; resides about two and a half miles east of Bellville, on Sec. 13; he was born in Jefferson Township and brought up on a farm; he attended school at Bellville a few terms and commenced to teach in the fall of 1864 and taught five terms.  He is an active and official member of the Universalist Church.  He was a charter member of the Jefferson Grange in which he has held various offices; and an industrious and successful farmer; his house upon his well-improved homestead was built in 1870, and the barn in 1878.  Mrs. Garber's maiden name was Martha Celestia Lee, and she is the daughter of Ebenezer Lee and Jane C. Long; her parents lived in Wayne Co. at the time of her birth, and removed to Richland Co. in 1852; Mr. Garber was born Aug. 9, 1845; they were married Oct. 14, 1869; children - Lee, was born Apr. 14, 1871; Elbert Glenn, June 20, 1872; Lloyd M., in April, 1876; a girl, July 24, 1879; Lee died Sept. 10, 1871.  Mrs. Garber is also a member of the Universalist Church and Jefferson Grange.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 803
SHARON WICK'S NOTE:  See more extensive biography in History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 Vol. I & II, by A. J. Baughman -
Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co., 1908 (CLICK HERE)

- Jefferson Twp. -
W. L. GARBER, was born in Jefferson Township years; April 12, 1843; he grew up on a farm; when arriving to manhood, he attended the high school at Bellville a short time; in the winter of 1860-61, he taught school in Knox Co.; he kept a few terms afterward; he continued to work at farming till 1866, when he formed a partnership with A. J. Markey and opened a dry-goods store in Bellville; they continued doing business a short time under the name of Markey & Garber, and then Jackson Garber entered as a third partner; the firm dissolved in 1868, and the subject of this sketch went on his father-in-law's farm and cultivated it four Oct. 10, 1872, he embarked as a salesman or wholesale agent for a powder house, at which he is yet engaged, traveling over the south part of Ohio and a portion of Indiana; he moved his family to Columbus in November, 1872.  He was married to Ann Amanda Rummel, daughter of David J. Rummel and Mary Klise, Apr. 7, 1867; she was born June 12, 1841; children - Alberta D., born Mar. 15, 1869; Edith Z., Feb. 13, 1872.  Mr. Garber and wife are members of the Universalist Church; he is also a member of the Masonic Fraternity.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 803

- Perry Twp. -
JOHN GARVER.     The subject of this sketch was born in Lancaster Co., Penn.; he came with his parents to Perry Township in 1834 or 1835, and they settled near Darlington.  After marriage, he moved from place to place, until he purchased a part of Sec. 35, which was in 1868.  He was brought up on a farm.  He commenced to go with a thrashing machine when 18 years old, and has given it more or less attention since.  At present, his time is principally devoted to farming.  His wife is a daughter of Jacob Hardman, who came to Perry Township in 1847 or 1848.  John Garver was born June 27, 1881; Emeline Hardman was born Aug. 4, 1835; they were married Oct. 14, 1852; children -  Elizabeth Ann was born Apr. 24, 1854; Jacob Allen, Jan. 13, 1856; George Henry, June 1, 1858; Emma Agnes, Sept. 18, 1860; Amanda Jane, Feb. 23, 1864; Artie Arvilla, Oct. 10, 1867; Joseph Wilbert, Oct. 10, 1869; Chancy Clyde, June 17, 1872; Marion Walter, June 27, 1875; Bertha May, Jan. 20, 1869.  Deaths - Jacob A. died Sept 21, 1859, and Emma Mar. 5, 1862.  Henry was married to Sarah M. Oyster July 29, 1869.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 860

- Troy Twp. -
JAMES R. GASS, farmer; second son of William and Jane Gass, was born in Brooke Co., Va., on the 8th of August, 1796; was brought by his parents to Fairfield Co., Ohio, in the summer of 1800, and to Knox Co., Ohio, in the spring of 1806, and thence to what is now Troy Township, in the spring of 1812, arriving at their cabin on the 23d of April, where he has resided continuously ever since, never having been absent from the township six weeks at one time, since the family first settled in it.  Was married in the fall of 1822, to Miss Jane W. Burns; they raised four sons and three daughters; have now living, three sons and two daughters; his sons are now all settled on farms, in Grundy Co., Mo.; all served awhile in the late rebellion, and escaped uninjured; his daughters, now living, are Mrs. Samuel Wilcox, of Delaware Co., Ohio, and Mrs. S. A. Walker, of Troy Township, Richland Co., Ohio; his first companion, and mother of all his children, died on the 28th of August, 1843; he was again married to Mrs. Mary Ann Coates, on the 5th of June, 1845, who died on the 29th of August, 1857; after living a widower more than eleven years, he was married, the third time, to his present companion, Mrs. O. S. Campbell, on the 3d of November, 1863; James was more slender and weakly than any of his four brothers, but is now the only survivor of the family; he still owns and occupies a part of the land first entered by his father, in Troy Township, in 1812; he has resided longer in the township than any other person; taught school a little in his youthful days; practiced surveying some, and served as Justice of the Peace, in all, thirty years; during all these thirty years he has never had a jury trial.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 899

- Troy Twp. -
JOHN GASS (deceased), third son of William and Jane Gass; he was born in Brooke Co., Va., on the 12th of June, A. D. 1798; was brought by his parents to Fairfield Co., Ohio, in June, 1800; then to Knox Co., Ohio, in the spring of 1806, and to Troy Township, Ohio, on the 23d of April, 1812; he lived and labored hard with his father and family on their farm, until March of 1821, when he was married to Miss Ann McCluer he built his log cabin, and commenced business on their own farm.  Their children were five sons and three daughters, all of whom are living except one son and one daughter; those living are William R., now of Illinois; S. A., of Troy Township;  P. P., of Plattsmouth, Neb.; Octavius D., of Arizona; Mrs. Chester Wilcox, of Troy, and Mrs. Dr. McKinly of Kansas.  John was an industrious, sober, honest man, and much respected by his acquaintances; he departed this life on the 30th of January, 1859, at his home in Troy, and in his 61st year.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 900

- Troy Twp. -
WILLIAM GASS (deceased), who entered the first land in Troy Township, in A. D. 1811, was born in Franklin Co., Penn., on Feb. 14, 1769; removed with his parents to Western Pennsylvania when a youth; worked there a few years, assisting his father, then returned to his native county, and in 1793 was married to Mrs. Jane McClain soon after their marriage, they moved to Brooke Co., Va., where he bought a small farm; sold out there in June, 1800, and emigrated to the Northwest Territory, squatting on land which he bought as soon as opened for sale, near New Lancaster, now Fairfield Co., Ohio; in the spring of 1806, he sold out there and removed to Knox Co., Ohio, entering a quarter-section, one mile east of Mt. Vernon, where he resided until the spring of 1812, when he sold it and removed to his land in what is now Troy Township, Richland Co., where he remained during his life, reaching his log cabin the 23d of April.  His family was then four sons in the following order:  Benjamin, James R., John, and William; their mother died in March of 1817.  In July, 1818, he was married to Mrs. Rebecca Meredith, mother of Judge John Meredith, by whom he had one son, Isaac Gass; Mr. Gass was Representative of Fair-field County in the Legislature of 1803-04, sitting at Chillicothe; he was also frequently a member, both from Knox and Richland Cos., until he became quite aged; was said to be the oldest man in the Legislature during the last winter that he served, to wit: 1832-33; though of rather limited education, and making but little show, he was quite popular, and esteemed as a good reliable statesman.  Religiously he was of the Baptist order, and died in that faith, in March of 1846, a little over 77 years old.  A daughter, Elizabeth, was born in September, 1800, while the family resided in Fairfield Co.; she lived to be about 5 years old and lost her life from the effects of the kick of a colt.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 899

- Troy Twp. -
WILLIAM GASS (deceased), fourth son of William and Jane Gass); was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, on the 25th of September, 1803; removed with his parents and their family to Knox Co., Ohio, in the spring of 1806, and thence to Troy Township, Richland Co., Ohio, where they arrived on the 23d day of April, 1812; William was a studious boy, and apt to learn, but had only means and opportunity to acquire a common-school education; labored on the farm with his father until the summer of 1829, when he was married to Miss Violet Davis, and settled on the farm in said township, which he owned and occupied nearly all the time until his decease, which occurred after about five days' sickness, on the 17th of May, 1876; his first companion died in the summer of 1852; they had four children, all of whom died in infancy except Benjamin R. Gass, who has been for some years Superintendent of Public Schools in Michigan; in the spring of 1853, William was married to Mrs. Sarah Young, who still survives him; there were no children of that marriage but R. F. Gass, who still resides on the farm owned by his father; in 1836, William became a preacher of the Disciple, or Campbellite order, and continued to proclaim that Gospel until his death; he was a pious, zealous man, much respected and esteemed by all his acquaintances.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 900

Franklin Twp. -
BENJAMIN GIPE, farmer; P. O. Mansfield; he was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Mar. 30, 1813; came to Ohio in 1851.  Married to Elizabeth Conley, who was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., May 16, 1813; they have the following family; Anna, born Oct. 19, 1837; Catherine, Dec. 27, 1838; Lydia, Nov. 11, 1840; Elizabeth, Sept. 16, 1842; Jacob, Nov. 9, 1844; Samuel, Aug. 21, 1846; Sarah, July 19, 1848; Barbara, May 30, 1851; John, Apr. 5, 1854; Polly, Sept. 18, 1857; Catherine died in 1849, and Lydia, in 1843.  Mr. Gipe owns a well-improved farm in this township.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 786