BIOGRAPHIES

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History of Allen County, Ohio
Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns,
Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc.; Portraits of
Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies;
History of the Northwest Territory;
History of Ohio; Statistical and
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Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
1885

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	Ottawa Twp. - DAVIS J. CABLE, attorney at law, Lima, Ohio, was born Aug. 11, 1859, in Van Wert County, Ohio, son of John I. and Angie R. (Johnson) Cable, and grandson of Davis Johnson one of the earliest settlers of Van Wert County, Ohio, and of Joseph Cable an early settler of Ohio before it became a State, who edited the first paper at New Lisbon, Ohio; he also represented what was formerly the fifth district, consisting of Columbiana, Star, Jefferson and Carrol Counties in United States Congress for two terms, 1848-1852.  He was the author of the first homestead bill presented to Congress, was associate judge of Columbiana County.  His son John I. is a prominent citizen of Van Wert County.  His son John I. is a prominent citizen of Van Wert County.  Our subject received his early education at the public schools of his native county, and later entered the law school at the University of Ann Arbor, Mich.  Afterward removed to Lima, and in 1881 was examined by the Supreme Court at Columbus, and admitted to the bar and began the practice of law at Lima, was elected in 1882 city solicitor, a position he held for two years.  Was married in 1882, to Mary A. Harnly.  He is a member of the K. of P. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 683
	Richland Twp. - R. F. CAHILL, grocer, Bluffton, was born in Cumberland County, Penn., Dec. 2, 1831; son of Richard and Sarah (Foulk) Cahill, the former born in Maryland, and of Irish descent, the latter a native of the Keystone State, of German Lineage.  His father, a physician, came to Ohio, where he followed his profession for many years, and in 1858 settled  in Bluffton, same State, and here practiced.  Our subject, the third in a family of seven children, received a common school educaiton in Wayne County.  His first business enterprise was buying and shipping live stock.  On coming to this county he entered into partnership with H. Waltz, who is now in the commission business in Buffalo, N. Y.  After the dissolution of this partnership Mr. Cahill continued in the stock business alone until 1876, when he embarked in the grocery business, which he has carried on with more than average success ever since.  He employs four clerks and enjoys a good trade.  Mr. Cahill was married, in 1859, to Miss Carrie Alelxander, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Rev. John Alexander, a pioneer minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and who was also a politician, a Democrat, and who at an early day served as county recorder of Allen County.  Mr. and Mrs. Cahill have two children: Lulu B. and Harry Lee, who is clerk in the store when not attending school.  Mr. Cahill went to California in 1850, returned in 1851, but the same year went back to the gold fields of that State, where he remained for about two years.  In politics he is a Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 758
	Richland Twp. - H. J. CALL, life and fire insurance and real estate agent, and traveling ticket agent for the Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, with head-quarters at Bluffton, was born in Erie County, Ohio, July 28, 1842; son of D. C. and Eliza (Grenolds) Call, of English descent, and natives of Vermont and New York, respectively.  D. C. Call is a minister of the Disciples Church, and has lived in Allen County since 1874; of his six children, H. J. is the second.  Our subject received his education in the common and high schools, and at Oberlin College.  During the war of the Rebellion he enlisted, in 1861, in the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, acting as Second Sergeant; was discharged in 1863, re-enlisted in Company C, Seventy-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served till the war closed.  He then went to Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio, and embarked in the grocery business.  In 1866 he came to Bluffton, his county, and engaged in the manufacture of oil barrels, in company with J. C. Powell.  Subsequently selling out his interest here, he went to Lima, where he carried on the same business; afterward returned to Bluffton, and for a time engaged in a similar pursuit, but in 1879 he commenced the insurance business, and now represents eight fire and life companies, and is also in real estate business.  Since 1882 he has life companies, and is also in real estate business.  Since 1882 he has also been traveling ticket agent for the Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company.  Mr. Call was married, in 1865, to Miss N. J., daughter of Hon. James Hogland, ex-congressman from Holmes County, Ohio.  Mr. Hon. James Hogland, ex-congressman from Holmes County, Ohio.  Mrs. Call is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Mr. Call has served as trustee of Richland Township; is a Democrat in politics; a F. & A. M. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 758
	Marion Twp. - JOHN C. CAMPBELL, physician and farmer, Landeck, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 14, 1827; son of Charles and Jane (Clung) Campbell, natives of Pennsylvania, former deceased, latter still living.  They were parents of three children: Charles, Ann and John C. Our subject received a common school education, and after completing a medical course at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, graduated in 1851, and entered on teh practice of his profession in Perry County, Ohio, landing there September 10, same year, and memorial day of Perry's victory.  Soon after, he removed to Spencerville, Ohio, where he practiced twenty-eight years, and then returned to Landeck in the fall of 1883.  In addition to his professional duties the doctor owns and works a farm.  Dr. Campbell was married in May, 1856, to Sarah J. Wells, who was born in Licking County, Ohio, in 1830, and by her has three children: Oral, Mary J.(wife of F. Fackler), and an infant, deceased.  The doctor's success in life is due entirely to his own efforts.  His practice has been successful, and he has experienced the hardships incident to the lives of all medical men in pioneer days.  He was the first mayor of Spencerville, also served the people as justice of the peace.  He was formerly a member of the order of I. O. O. F. at Clear Cut.  In politics he is an active member of the Democratic party. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 623
	Sugar Creek Twp. - ELIAS CARMAN, farmer, P. O. Delphos. was born in Shelby County, Ky., July 14, 1809: son of James and Comfort '"Clifton) Carman, natives of Germany and France, respectively; and who lived for several years in Kentucky, where Mrs. Carman died. James Carman then moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained about sixteen years, and where he again married; in 1865 he came to this county, dying here in 1869. Our subject entered land in Sugar Creek Township, this county, in 1834, on which he moved in 1836, and where he still resides, and here he has improved many acres. He was married, in 1830, to Mary Richards, of Cincinnati, who bore him eight children, three now living: Sarah C, Abigail S. and Louisa E. Mrs. Carman died in September, 1882, aged seventy-two years. Mr. Carman then married, in August, 1884,  Mrs. Henrietta (Barkshire) Poe, of Delphos, Ohio, widow of James M. Poe, who died in September, 1871, and by whom she had two children, Anna E. and Rose.  Mrs. Carman was born in April, 1834, in Warren County. Ind., daughter of William and Elizabeth (Thornbourgh) Barkshire, natives of Ohio, both now dead. They were the parents of three children, who survive them: Henrietta, Elizabeth and Sarah M.  Mr. Carman is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mrs. Carman of the Christian Church. In politics he is a life-long Democrat. ( Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 222)
	Ottawa Twp. - ESAYAS CANTIENY, dealer in crockery and chinaware, Lima, a son of Domenie Cantieny, was born Dec. 26, 1840, in Switzerland, where he was educated.  He and four brothers came to America.  He came here in 1856, settling in Missouri, where he remained for ten years.  In 1866 he moved to Lima, and along with Mr. Purtscher, embarked in the confectionery business, which he carried on until 1882, when he opened the crockery and china store on Main Street, opposite the Opera House, where he also keeps a variety of toys.  Mr. Cantieny was married in 1868, to Vieny Amelung, by whom he has seven children: Charles, Angeline, Mary, Dominie, Vieny, Nina and Nicholas. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 683
	Bath Twp. - SAMUEL CHAMBERS, farmer and cider manufacturer, P. O. Lima, was born in Franklin County, Penn., Apr. 7, 1819, and is a son of Robert and Catherine (Hise) Chambers, the former a native of Virginia and of English descent, the latter a native of Germany.  Our subject was reared in his native county where he remained until eighteen years of age, when he removed with his parents to Miami County, Ohio.  He was married May 28, 1844, to Harriet, daughter of John K. and Susan (Krebs) Miller, of Miami County, formerly of Maryland.  The issue of this union was nine children: Absolom, Sarah J. (deceased wife of Newton D. Hadsell), Catherine, (wife of George Smith), Eli (married to Katurah Spangler of Henry County, Ohio), Susan (deceased wife of Henry D. Miller), John (deceased), Emma (wife of Joseph M. Brower), George and Harriet L.  Mr. Chambers  was a resident of Miami County up to 1852, when he came to Allen County and located in Bath Township on the farm he now occupies, which was originally settled by Moses McClure.  He was a manufacturer of sorghum for several years, and wince 1879 has been quite extensively engaged in the manufacture of cider.  Mr. and Mrs. Chambers are members of the German Baptist Church, of which he is one of the visiting brethren.  In politics he is a Republican. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 577
	Marion Twp. - SAMUEL D. CHAMBERS, ex-auditor of Allen County, Delphos, was born in Bolivar, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, Nov. 2, 1835; son of Thomas Chambers of Pennsylvania, and grandson of James Chambers who came from Ireland and settled in Pennsylvania.  Samuel D. Chambers who came from Ireland and settled in Pennsylvania.  Samuel D. Chambers began life as a molder when fifteen years old, but after a few years abandoned that trade and took up merchandising here as clerk, and at the expiration of six years' close application engaged as principal in the business.  He has since enjoyed a prominent position in the mercantile interests of this city.  Upon the organization of the Ohio Wheel Company's works here, he took an active part in that industry, and has since remained an able supporter of it.  For many years he has been one of the directors of the Delphos National Bank; was also a member of the Commercial Bank, with which he but recently severed his connection, and has assisted in many other enterprises of the city and locality.  Upon the organization of the Toledo, Delphos & St. Louis Railroad, he assisted materially, and continued for many years an active member of its board of directors.  Mr. Chambers married in Columbia City, Ind., in 1862, Miss Sarah J., daughter of W. W. Kepner, a pioneer merchant of that city.  Their family consists of one son, William T., a student of the Pennsylvania Dental Institute of Philadelphia, Penn., and one daughter, Anna, a lady of fine literary and musical attainments, a graduate of Oxford Female College.  The family are members of the Presbyterian Church.  During the late war of the Rebellion our subject did active service as quartermaster of the One Hundred and Fifty-first Regiment, Ohio National Guards, from which he was honorably discharged.  He has been an active F. & A. M. for many years, and is a member of the Shawnee Commandery at Lima.  He has been a member of the city council for many years, and has filled its clerkship with ability.  Mr. Chambers is an honest and conscientious Republican in politics, and has always served his party with great interest and zeal. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 623
	Perry Twp. - ANDREW J. CHAPMAN, farmer, P. O. South Warsaw, was born in Butler County, Ohio, May 22, 1833, son of Lewis and Catherine (McTaggart) Chapman, both natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in Perry Township, this county, in 1837, locating on the southwest quarter of Section 25, which they entered, and on which they made some improvements.  The father died there in 1845, at the age of forty-four years; the mother died at the residence of our subject in November, 1880, in her eighty-second year.  They had five children:  Andrew J., John H., and three deceased in infancy.  The maternal grandfather of our subject was Henry McTaggart, of Pennsylvania.  Andrew J. was but four years of age when his father came to this county.  He received a limited common school education in Perry Township, and lived at home with his mother until he was thirty-three years of age, when he located on the farm where he now resides, a part of which he cleared, making all the improvements in buildings, etc.  At the time of his purchase his farm was low and wet, but by a system of draining, he has made it one of the finest in the township.  Mr. Chapman has been twice married, his first wife to whom he was married, May 3, 1866, being Lillie C., daughter of Alexander E. and Jane (McCoy) Kew.  His second wife was Priscilla A.,  daughter of Jesse L., and Elizabeth (McCoy) Bowdle, of Perry Township, to whom he was married May 9, 1869.  By this union there are six children:  Harley W., Effie W., Laura L., Sarah E., Jesse G., and Bessie.  Mr. Chapman was in the late war of the Rebellion, having enlisted Sept. 10, 1861, in Company D, Fifty-fourth Ohio Volunteer infantry, and was honorably discharged, Apr. 27, 1863.  He re-enlisted, May 4, 1864, in Company B, One Hundred and Fifty-first Ohio National Guards, and was at Washington, D. C. during Early's raid and in several skirmishes.  He was honorably discharged in August, 1864.  Mr. Chapman is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he has been connected for twenty-five years.  He is a breeder of thorough-bred Poland China hogs, and his farm is a model of thrift and neatness.  He has served as treasurer of the township, and was appraiser of real estate in 1880.  In politics he is a Republican. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 735
	Richland Twp. - JOHN CHARLTON, farmer, P. O. Bluffton, was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., Sept. 9, 1809; son of Thomas and Elizabeth (McClain) Charlton, the former, a farmer, of Irish descent, the latter a native of Pennsylvania, and learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed for eighteen years.  He came to Allen County, Ohio, in 1849, and bought his present farm comprising seventy-four acres of land, which he has since improved.  He was married in 1828, to Elizabeth Kemp, a native of Huntingdon County, Penn., and of Irish descent.  She died in 1883.  She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Of the eight children born to this union only four are now living: Ellen, wife of Isaac McHenry; Jane, wife of Mr. Russell; Martha, wife of Mr. Bernhard; and Mary, who is single and keeps house for her father.  Mr. Charlton is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He is a Republican in politics. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 759
	Shawnee Twp. - JOSEPH B. CHIPMAN, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born in Licking County, Ohio, July 4, 1834; son of Don L. and Elizabeth (Dickey) Chipman the former a native of Jericho, Chittenden Co., Vt., born Apr. 17, 1801, son of Joseph and Amy (Reed) Chipman, early settlers of Licking County, Ohio, where they located in 1816.  Don L. Chipman lived in Licking County, Ohio, up to 1848, when he came to this county, locating in Shawnee Township, on the farm he now occupies, most of which he cleared and where he made all improvements; he was married three times, his first wife being Elizabeth Dickey, of Licking County, Ohio, by whom he had six children who grew to maturity: Amy J. (Mrs. Jacob Fry), Joseph B., Lorenzo D. (deceased), James M., Albert A., (died of disease contracted in the army during the late civil war), and Mary A. E. ( Mrs. Miles Wilson ); his second wife was Cynthia Connett (nee Morris), of German Township this county, and his present wife was Mary A. Jennings (nee Thayer), of Bath Township, this county, by whom he has one child living - Ettie.  Don L. Chipman cast his first vote for Gen. Jackson when nominated for president in 1824, and his voted at every presidential election since.  Our subject was reared in Licking County, Ohio, until fourteen years of age, when he removed to Shawnee Township, this county, and assisted his father in clearing his farm.  He received a limited education in the common schools, spending his leisure time in educating himself, and at the age of nineteen was so far advanced as to be able to teach a country school, an occupation he followed for fifteen winters.  He was in the late war of the Rebellion, having enlisted Feb. 14, 1865, in Company C, One Hundred and Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He served seven months, and was honorably discharged in September, 1865.  MR. Chipman was married July 4, 1861, to Margaret, daughter of Andrew and Nancy (Hamilton) Hammond, of Amanda Township, this county, by whom he has four children: Ella, Nettie, Clement and Onie.  Mrs. Chipman is a member of the Baptist Church, her eldest daughter of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Mr. Chipman served as justice of the peace of his township four times, refusing a re-election.  He served as county infirmary director from 1875 to 1881.  In politics, he is a Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 788
	Ottawa Twp. - EDWARD CHRISTIAN, proprietor of Bottling Works, Lima, was born Jan. 19, 1849, in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot Co., Ohio; son of Anthony and Frances (Montor) Christen, who came from France to America, in 1827 and 1829, respectively.  They first located in Philadelphia, Penn., where they were married and resided three years; then lived nine years in Mobile Ala., whence they moved to Ohio, settling in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, about the time the Indians were preparing to leave.  They were parents of four children, all now living (the eldest born previous to, the others after, their arrival in Ohio), their names are Louisa, Adelia (wife of Mr. Heart),  Edward and Catherine (wife of Capt. Metts, commander of Kirby's Light Guards, Ohio State Militia.  Our subject was united in marriage, in 1873, with Rose A., daughter of Victor and Catherine Gutzwiller, and by this union were born five children: Mary, Eddie, Leo, Eugene and Harry.  In February established the Bottling Works, located on Spring Street, four doors west of Main Street, Lima, where he manufactures daily about 20,000 dozen bottles of ginger ale, birch beer, champaign cider, syphon seltzer, mineral waters and other plain health-giving beverages. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 684
	Marion Twp. - JOHN F. CLAPPER, farmer, P. O. Delphos, was born on the Roberts' farm in Sugar Creek Township, this county, near his present home, Mar. 31, 1840; some of Andrew and Stasha (Schlegel) Clapper, natives of Fairfield County, Ohio, former a son of Henry and Eleanor (Bussert) Clapper, latter a daughter of John Schlegel, a native of Maryland.  Henry Clapper, who was a native of Pennsylvania, born near Hagerstown, Mr., died July 24, 1860, aged eighty-four years; he was a  millwright by trade, served in the war of 1812, moved to Fairfield County, Ohio; cleared up a farm and plied his trade until 1832, when he came to this county with his wife, three sons and three daughters, a part of the family remaining in Fairfield County.  The father of our subject, who was one of the number who came to this county, died April 25, 1881, aged seventy years; his wife died in November, 1851.  They had thirteen children:  Jacob, in Marion Township, this county; Mary A. (died, aged seventeen years), an infant (deceased), Hannah (deceased, aged twenty years), Margaret J. (wife of Curtis Leist, in Marion Township, this county; Nancy A. (deceased wife of John Conrad, leaving a son, Stephen T., in this county), John F., Joseph H. in Van Wert County, Ohio; William D. (deceased Oct. 20, 1863, at Chattanooga, Tenn., of disease contracted in the United States service, while a member of Company E, Ninety-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry), Elizabeth, (wife of Lewis Allen of Marion Township, this county), Rachel (wife of Isaac Conrad), Susan and Jemima, single.  Andrew Clapper for  his second wife, married Lovina Bechtel a native of Pennsylvania, but an early settler in this county.  By her he had eight children:  Mary M., Vesta (wife of Benjamin Runyan, of Ft. Jennings), Sarah, Charles, Amos, Salena, William A., and Albert M. (last two twins).  The subject of this sketch remained upon the farm with his father, and attended winter school until his marriage, May 29, 1861, with Sarah Stuckey, who was born on the farm where she now lives, June 2, 1843, daughter of Samuel H. and Mary (Peters) Stuckey former one of the first settlers in Marion Township, this county, and a prominent man in official circles in the township, being one of its first officers.  He entered the land upon which Mr. Clapper now lives, receiving his patent for eighty acres Nov. 27, 1833, signed Andrew Jackson.  Samuel H. Stuckey, who was a son of Christian and Mary M. (Harsh) Stuckey natives of Maryland , but early settlers in Fairfield County, Ohio, was born Sept. 27, 1806; he died Apr. 25, 1876.  His wife Mary (Peters) /Stuckey, was a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, born Mar. 8, 1811, died Oct. 1, 1876.  She was a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Nye) Peters, natives of Maryland, but early settlers of Ohio.  Samuel H. Stuckey and wife were parents of the following children:  Levi, in Van Wert County, Ohio; Enos (deceased), Ezra, married (deceased); Elizabeth (deceased wife of Isaac Sthralem; she left one child, William L., in Lawrenceburg, Ind.), Mary M. (deceased wife of Henry Sherrick of Marion Township; she left six children), Maria (wife of Henry Friesuner of Marion Township, this county); Sarah (wife of John F. Clapper); Daniel P. (deceased Feb. 14, 1865, in South Carolina, while a member of Company D, Fifty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Seventeenth Army Corps), Christian, in Marion Township, this county; Lydia A. (deceased).  To our subject and wife were born eight children: Minnie F. (died, aged three years, four months), William D. born May 28. 1966; Mary A. born Sept. 14, 1868; Joseph C., born Sept. 6, 1870; Lula A., born July 11, 1873; Elliott E., born Sept. 19, 1875; Clara C., born Nov. 6, 1877; Margaret J., born Dec. 27, 1881.  Mr. Clapper enlisted Aug. 8, 1862, in Company E, Ninety-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was in twenty-eight battles with that regiment before its consolidation with the Fiftieth Regiment.  He was a faithful soldier, good and true; was neer sick nor wounded, and never off duty.  He was discharged June 26, 1865.  His brothers, Henry and Daniel, and brother-in-law, Lewis Allen, served with him in the same regiment.  He is a member of the United Brethren Church, superintendent of the Sabbath-school, and generally takes an active interest in educational matters. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 624
	Richland Twp. - J. ROSS CLARK, physician, Bluffton, was born at Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio, Jan. 8, 1827, the only son of Miller and Rachel (Corns) Clark.  Our subject's maternal grandmother, of German origin, was a resident of Valley Forge, at the time Gen. Washington and his soldiers wintered there.  The doctor's father, a farmer by occupation, came to Ohio in 1798, and here he was reared among the rural scenes of farm life.  He was of Irish descent, but of a family who came to America in an early day, his uncle, Abraham Clark, being one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.  At the age of eighteen years our subject commenced teaching, an occupation he followed with success for fifteen years.  During this time he studied medicine, and after he had fitted himself for the profession he abandoned teaching and immediately commenced to practice, first in Wyandot County, Ohio, then at Mount Blanchard, subsequently at Beaver Dam, this county, where he remained five years, and finally, in 1867, came to Bluffton where he has been in regular practice ever since.  The doctor has been twice married, and is father of six children, four by his first wife:  Marshall, Cynthia, Lowell and Lillie and two by his second wife:  Rowena Mabel and Roscoe.  Our subject is a Republican in politics; has never held any public office.  He is a member of the Northwestern Ohio Medical Association. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 759
	Ottawa Twp. - WALTON E. CLARK, teacher of music, Lima, was born May 20, 1859, in Mattapoisett, Plymouth Co., Mass.; son of Capt. James M. and Maria P. (Benson) Clark, and grandson of James Clark and Stillman Benson, descendants of the pilgram-fathers who landed at Plymouth Rock, Capt. James M. Clark was twice married, having had by his first wife one child, Susanna, wife of Capt. James W. Blankinship, who was interested in the steamship "Worcester," of Boston, and in several Steamship Companies.  By his second marriage (with Miss Benson), there were three children: James M., Walton E. and John S., who died in infancy.  Our subject was educated at the Middleborough High School, graduating in 1877, and there began the study of music, which he completed at the New England Conservatory of Music, at Boston, Mass., graduating in theory and harmony.  He came to Lima, in August, 1883, and in September of the same year, took the place of Prof. S. R. Webb, and now presides at the organ of Market Street Presbyterian Church, He is also engaged in teaching the pianoforte, etc., and intends to open a music school in Lima.  He is a member and organist of Lodge No. 91, K. of P. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 684
	Bath Twp. - SOLOMON G. CLEMENTS, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born in Fleming County, Ky., Apr. 3, 1811, and is a son of Gustavus A. and Mary (Gregg) Clements.  His paternal grandfather was John Clements, a native of Ireland, and a resident of Virginia, where he died in 1776.  His maternal grandfather was Solomon Gregg, a native of Pennsylvania, of English descent, and a pioneer of Fleming County, Ky.  In 1811 the parents of our subject settled in Henry County, Ky., where they cleared and improved a farm on which they lived and died.  There the subject of this sketch was reared, receiving a limited and common school education, and lived until twenty-six years of age when he located in Gallatin County, Ky. where he resided twelve years.  In 1850 he settled in German Township, Allen Co., Ohio, where he cleared and improved a large farm on which he resided up to 1877, and then removed to Bath Township, on the farm where he now resides.  Mr. Clements was married Mar. 20, 1834, to America, daughter of John and Keturah (Clements) Hance of Henry County, Ky.  The issue of this union was eleven children, six of whom are now living:  John, Mary (wife of George Taylor), Gustavus, William, Elvira E. (wife of Christian Mullenour), and Malinda H. (wife of Elvin Hadsel).  Mr. and Mrs. Clements are members of the Disciples Church.  He is one of the substantial and enterprising farmers of Bath Township.  In politics he is a Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 577
	Monroe Twp. - J. S. CLIPPINGER, physician and surgeon, West Cairo, was born May 30, 1840, in Butler County, Ohio; son of Humphrey and Darah A. (Jacques) Clippinger, who moved to this county in 1841, settling in Shawnee Township, about four miles from Lima, where the former followed farming and carpentering.  Humphrey Clippinger is said to have started the first nursery in the county, and after moving to Lima was engaged largely in building, the machine shops at that place being among the important contracts.  His wife was killed near Dayton, Ohio, in a railroad collision, in the latter part of the year 1863.  They were parents of nine children: Mary (deceased at the age of eighteen years); Mrs. C. M. Hughs (a widow); Mrs. Susie M. Seaver, a resident o Toledo; J. S.; Mrs. Sarah J. (Kiplinger) Stiles, in Washington, D. C., where her husband holds a government position; Samuel D., a member of Company G, One Hundred and Eighty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, killed at Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. Adelia Nye, in Wisconsin; A. H., in Streator, Ill.; and Mrs. A. B. Raitt, in Pierce City, Mo.  Humphrey Clippinger's second marriage was in 1865, with Mary Delap, who bore him three children, all now living:  Clifford, Fred and Edward; last named being a prominent resident of Joplin, Mo.  Our subject attended the common schools, and assisted his father until the spring of 1860, when he began the study of medicine with Drs. Ashton and Kincaid of Lima, and graduated from the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati in the spring of 1863.  The same year he located at St. Mary's, Ohio, where he remained four years, when he returned to Lima and engaged in mercantile business, until 1869, in which year he commenced his profession at West Cairo, where he now resides, making a specialty of the diseases of children.  The Doctor is a member of the Northwestern Medical Association, and has been prominently identified with the educational and municipal progress of the village, having been elected, to the office of mayor two terms, and is now a member of the town council.  He was married in 1870, to Emma A., daughter of William and Hulda S. (Howey) Reeder.  They have one child, Lowell M., born July 230, 1871.  Our subject and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in which he is an officer.  In politics he is a Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 663)
	Marion Twp. - JAMES COCHRUN, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Delphos, was born in Ross County, Ohio, Nov. 25, 1804, descended from a line of Scotch pioneers of that name in Virginia.  He has a brother and two sisters living:  John M., Catharine and Nancy.  Mr. Cochrun came to this county in 1817.  He married, in 1829, Miss Julia Ann, daughter of Andy Russell of Amanda Township, this county, who settled there in 1817.  He has one son, William M., living, by this marriage.  His second marriage was in 1834 with Isabel, daughter of William Sunderland, who settled in Amanda Township in 1817.  He has two sons and six daughters, living by this marriage:  Elizabeth, Julia Ann, Mary, James M., Ellen, Hattie, Nancy and Orlando, and lost a daughter and three sons, one of whom George W., died in Mellon Prison, Ga., after an honorable service in the Union Army.  James M., the second son living, was married in 1870 to Ellen, daughter of Jacob Roush of Amanda Township, who bore him a daughter, Minnie Almerta, now living in the King cemetery here; and in 1878 he married Catharine, daughter of Samuel Baxter, and by her he has one son and two daughters:  Dora, Orlando Berture, and Viola.  He did active and honorable service in Company B, McLaughlin's Squadron, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, during the last two years of the war; is a member of Ruel Post G. A. R.  James Cochrun Sr., has been a member of the Presbyterian Church for thirty five years, and an elder in it for many years.  He is well and favorably known as one of the public-spirited pioneers of Allen County. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 525
	L. Y. COCHRUN, merchant, Spencerville, was born in Sugar Creek Township, this county, August 3, 1849: son of Simon and Lacinda (Miller) Cochrun, early settlers and still residents of Amanda Township. They are the parents of five children, of whom L. Y. is the second. Our subject was raised on a farm, and received a common and normal school education. He entered upon his career in life as a teacher, and for five years followed that occupation. He was married, March 31, 1872, to Miss Margaret Berriman, of Auglaize County, Ohio. To them have been born three children, viz.: Bert, Carrie and Jennie. Mr. Cochrun came to Spencerville in about 1874, and engaged in mercantile business with Joseph August for about two years, and a year later opened business for himself. From a small grocery he has gradually increased his business, which now comprises a general merchandise stock. In January, 1883, he had the misfortune to lose his building and about half of his stock by fire, but he has since erected a brick building, 26x80, into which he removed his stock about April, 1884. He has been township clerk two years, and clerk of the corporation six years. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 802
	Ottawa Twp. - JESSE MAHLON COE, president of the Lima Machine Works, Lima, Ohio, was born May 12, 1823, in Frederick County, Md.; son of Thomas and Mary (Souder) Coe, natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, respectively.  Thomas Coe, was thrice married, first, Sept. 4, 1817, to Anna, daughter of Jacob Souder, by whom he has one child living- David.  He was married on the second occasion.  Mar. 10, 1822, to Mary Souder, a sister of his last wife, and by his union had four children: Jesse Mahlon, Clarissa, Ellen, John S. and Mary T.  This wife died in Maryland in 1831, and Mr. Coe again married, this time Abia Souder, by whom he had six children of whom only Caroline is now living.  Thomas Coe died in May, 1858.  Our subject was a student in the public schools of Tiffin, and a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, of Delaware, Ohio.  He was married, Feb. 2, 1858, to Harriet, daughter of James Brown; by whom he has two children: A. B. and George W.  A. B., the elder, was a graduate of Heidelberg College and the founder of the Lima Sun, now the Lima Daily Republican, which he sold to become the secretary of the Lima Machine Works, and subsequently he went into the Irvine Wheel Works, but is now doing a wholesale and retail fruit trade.  He was married June 16, 1881, to Lizzie M. Oglevie, by whom he has two children: Lena M. and Jessie M.  George W., the younger, is a professor of music, and author of several pieces of popular music, which he has published.  J. M. Coe, the subject of this sketch has been one of the directors of the First National Bank of Lima, Ohio, also one of the trustees of the new Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, nearly since their organization. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 684
	Ottawa Twp. - JOHN J. COLE, proprietor of nursery and fruit grower, Lima, was born Oct. 28, 1823, in Warren County, Ohio; son of John F. and Nancy A. (Watson) Cole, natives, the former of New Jersey, the latter of Virginia, and who came to Allen County, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1831, being among the first settlers; they were married in 1822, and of their family of thirteen children, only John J. and Eliphelet P. are now living; they came to Lima when there were but two houses in the place, and a third in course of erection.  John F. Cole was a shoemaker, also a reed manufacturer, he drove a team from Lima to Cincinnati for goods before the railroad was built; he died in May, 1881, his widow in 1884.  Our subject attended the country schools, and has otherwise improved his education since.  His early playmates were Indian boys, and his knowledge of the growth of the county is extensive.  He learned the taylor's trade, and carried on a business in that line for some years.  Mr. Cole was married Sept. 15, 1844, to Mary A., daughter of Levi and Mary Saint, latter of whom is still living.  To this union were born six children: Lutitia E. (now Mrs. Stienour), Crittenden (married to Annie Friend), Adriana S., Filmore H., Minnie E. (wife of I. W. Boyer), and Ollie D.  Mr. Cole has been constable, assessor and township trustee.  He has been long engaged in the nursery and fruit growing business, and is an extensive apiarist.  He is a F. & A. M. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 685
	Ottawa Twp. - SAMUEL COLLINS, retired grocer, Lima, was born in March, 1824, in Belmont County, Ohio; son of John and Rachael (Cunningham) Collins, natives of Pennsylvania, and who came to Ohio in an early day, settling in Belmont County, where they passed the remainder of their days; they were the parents of nine children, six of whom are still living: William, John, Daniel, Martha (Mrs. Moore), Margaret (Mrs. Plumber), and Samuel.  Our subject was educated in his native county.  He was married, in 1847, to Mary, daughter of Christian Brinser by whom he has three children: Rose (married to J. Rinkle), Daniel (married to Emma Pierson), and Perry (married to Catherine Fenlon).  In 1852 Mr. Collins came to Lima and began in the grocery business on the spot where the Collins Block now stands.  In 1861 he was elected sheriff and served until 1865.  He built the Collins Block in 1875; has been very successful financially, and is now living a retired life, respected and honored by all who know him. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 686
	Ottawa Twp. - H. M. COLVIN, Lima, is the eldest of a family of four children: J. A., Fannie and Harry, was born Feb. 6, 1858, in Perry Township this county; son of W. R. and Ada (Daniels) Colvin, and great grandson of James Daniels, latter being one of the first settlers of the county, having served as Allen County's first commissioners, having filled that office in the year 1831; also the first court ever held in Allen County having been held in his (James Daniel's) log-cabin, standing at that time near the present site of the Market Street Bridge; our subject's maternal grandfather, Benjamin M. Daniels, was a noted teacher, scholar and Baptist divine, having by his own efforts and wholly unassisted, obtained a fine education, and served the county for years in the capacity of examiner of schools.  The father of the subject of this sketch (W. R. Colvin), was elected city marshal of Lima in the year 1876, and faithfully and honorably discharged the duties of said office for three successive terms, in the aggregate six years in all; after the expiration of his office he engaged in the grocery business with his son H. M. Colvin; after doing business as grocer successfully for two years, he bought a fine farm in Perry Township, where he still resides.  The subject of our sketch first began the battle of the life in the capacity of delivery boy and grocer's  grocer's clerk, clerking for John Wheeler, S. J. Mowen, and acting for Moore Bros. wholesale grocery, as traveling salesman, and in 1878, he formed a partnership with a fellow townsman, J. M. Bond, and conducted the grocery business at No. 76.  East Market Street, Lima, afterward buying his partner out; he has since successfully conducted the business on his own account.  Mr. Colvin is one of the few men selected by nature, as it seems, to make a "mark in the world;" beginning with nothing, he has quite successfully battled with the "adversities of life," and has, by his judgment and own personal ability, acquired the ownership of some fine city and farm property, and he is still doing a thriving business at the "old stand," 76 East Market Street. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 686
	Perry Twp. - WILLIAM R. COLVIN, farmer, P. O. South Warsaw, was born in Clark County, natives of Virginia, and who settled in Auglaize Township, this county, in 1837.  His maternal grandfather, Henry Hardesty, was among the first settlers of Auglaize Township, this county, where he cleared and improved a farm, on which he lived and died.  James and Elizabeth Colvin had two children:  William R. and Henry J., the latter deceased.  James Colvin died when our subject was about four years of age, and his widow married Thomas Hanthorn, by whom she had seven children:  Elizabeth A. (wife of Daniel Rowlins), Thomas E., George L., Emeline (wife of John Crumrine), Belle (wife of George Swallow), Howard and Alice (wife of James Frost).  Our subject was reared in Perry Township, this county, where he received a common school education.  He was married, Jan. 20, 1855, to Mary A., daughter of Benjamin M., and Martha (Hanthorn) Daniels, early settlers of Perry Township.  By this union there were four children:  Harmon M., Jerome A., Fanny and Henry.  After his marriage Mr. Colvin located in Lima, where he worked at the carpenter's trade for several years, and where he served as city marshal for years.  After the expiration of his office (as city marshal) he engaged in the grocery business with his son, H. M. Colvin, for two years.  He was in the late war of the Rebellion.  In the fall of 1883 he located in Perry Township, on the farm where he now resides.  He is a F. & A. M.; in politics a Republican. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 736
	Marion Twp. - S. F. CONKLING, Delphos, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Apr. 9, 1826, son of Isaac Conkling, who moved to that city from New Jersey and there settled at an early period of the city's history.  Our subject graduated from Farmer's College in a literary course of study in 1847-48, and entered the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, from which he graduated in 1851.  He carried on a profitable medical practice. in Reading, Hamilton Co., Ohio, for several years.  In 1858 he came to Delphos and actively engaged in manufacturing business, with which he has continued for several years, retiring from it latterly to return to the practice of his profession.  Dr. Conkling married in Butler County, Ohio, in 1851, Miss Margaret, daughter of Isaac King of that county, by whom he had a family of three sons and five daughters:  Luella (wife of J. Abel, a merchant of Walton, Ill.), Eva, Lillie, Frank K. (a farmer of Reno County, Kans.), Harry W. (of the Dutton House, Topeka, Kans.), Eddie P. (at home); Clarabell died Nov. 25, 1875, Hattie died in August, 1880, and they are buried with their mother, who departed this life in 1867. The doctor was married on second occasion to Mrs. Ann Cowan, a daughter of J. S. Feeley, of Delphos, by whom he has two daughters, Minnie and Mollie, and had one son, Willie (deceased).  Dr. Conkling has been one of the many active supporters of Delphos interests.  He has served in the city council; was commissioner of Van Wert County several years; member of the board of school directors and has held other local official positions.  He is a Royal Arch Mason and has been a F. & A. M. for many years. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 625
	Amanda Twp. - ISAAC COON, farmer, P. O. Kempton, was born in Belmont County, Ohio Mar. 18, 1829, a son of George Coon, a native of Pennsylvania, who was something over ninety-five years of age at the time of his death, which occurred in 1873.  The first wife of George Coon was Christine Moore, the mother of our subject, a native of Bourbon County, Ky., and by her he had fifteen children, Isaac being the youngest; she died about 1843.  Our subject was reared on a farm, and received his education in the early subscription schools.  He was three years of age when his parents removed to Section 4, Shawnee Township, this county, and here he grew to maturity, fully acquainted with pioneer life.  At the age of nineteen he received his time from his father and went to Delphos, where he went to work in a saw mill.  In about a year he had saved the money with which he bought forty acres of land in Amanda Township, this county, where he still lives, and to which he had added by subsequent purchases, until now he has 280 acres in this township, and eighty-five in Shawnee, the greater portion of which is under cultivation.  At one time he dealt quite extensively in sheep, but at present makes no specialties.  Mr. Coon was married Mar. 14, 1850, to Julia Ann Gaskel, who died June 8, 1858.  She bore him three children: Martha E., Martin L., and Benjamin F.  His second marriage, which occurred Mar. 3, 1861, was with Sarah L. Cobb, born in Luzerne County, Penn., Sept. 5, 1843, daughter of Aaron and Esther (Halstead) Cobb.  To this union six children were born: Sanford C., Orrin F., Albert O., Charles H., Lizzie L., and Ira E.  Mr. Coon was in the service three years in Company A, One Hundred and eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was in several engagements.  At the battle of Franklin, Tenn., he was shot through he right lung, which wound still troubles him.  Politically he is a Republican. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 561
	Shawnee Twp. - JOSHUA B. COON, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born in Shawnee Township, this county, Jan. 23, 1842; son of Wesley and Mary A. (Flinn) Coon, former a son of George Coon, of German descent and a native of Pennsylvania, who settled in Shawnee Township, this county, in 1832; and latter a daughter of Thomas Flinn a native of Ireland, who also came to Shawnee Township same year.  George Coon had a family of nine children: Betsey, Wesley, George, Abigail, Margaret, Amy, Alexander, Isaac and Tobias, and of these, Wesley father of our subject, entered a farm on Section 4, Shawnee Township, this county, in 1835, which he cleared and improved, and where he resided until his death; he died in 1866, at the age of fifty-six years; he was twice married, his first wife being Mary A., daughter of Thomas and Polly (Wilson) Flinn, and by this union there were five children: Joshua B., Caleb, Philema (Mrs. James Gaskell), Sarah A. (Mrs. Thomas Gorham), and Mary E. (Mrs. Henry Nungester); his second wife was Caroline daughter of Jacob Croft, of Shelby County, Ohio, by whom he had three children: Lydia (Mrs. William Benardon), Rachel (Mrs. Scott Rumbaugh), and Nettie M.  Our subject was reared in Shawnee Township, and educated in the common schools.  He was in the late war of the Rebellion, enlisting Oct. 18, 1861, in Company E, Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; he was in the Atlanta campaign, and with Sherman in his march to the sea; was in the battles of Chattanooga and Vicksburg, and many other engagements, and was honorably discharged July 22, 1865, after three years and nine months' service.  After his discharge he returned home and purchased the farm he now occupies, most of which he has cleared and improved, himself.  Mr. Coon was married, June 27, 1867, to Mary daughter of William and Eliza (Schilling) Buckley, of Shawnee Township, this county, and the issue of this union has been five children: Naotia (deceased), Maude (deceased), Charles W., Mary A. and Virgil M.  Mr. and Mrs. Coon are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He has filled several of the minor offices in the township.  In politics he is a Republican. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 789
	Amanda Twp. - WILLIAM R. COON, farmer, P. O. Conant, was born in Shawnee Township, this county, Jan. 27, 1842; son of George J. and Julietta (Decoursey) Coon, natives of New England, and who came to Allen County at an early date.  Eight of their thirteen children are living, of whom our subject is the eldest.  He obtained a common school education, and having been raised a farmer has made farming the principal occupation of his life.  He is virtually self-made, having entered upon the battle of life a poor man, and has accumulated his property through industry and economy.  He is worthy of the reputation he sustains of being a practical farmer and a thorough business man.  Mr. Coon was married Nov. 8, 1866, to Jane, daughter of James Place.  She was born in Missouri, Feb. 22, 1842.  By this union were born nine children: Lenora, Susan, Jane, William Elmer, Bely L., Hattie (deceased), Alpheus (deceased) and Mercy (deceased). Mr. Cook has twice been a servant of the people of his township, having served as trustee and justice of the peace.  In Feb. 1862, he volunteered his services to his country, and was with Sherman, till the close of the war.  He is a consistent member of the Christian Church.  In politics he is independent. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 562
	Ottawa Twp. - ISAIAH COPELAND, carpenter, Lima, was born Mar. 16, 1841, in Lewistown, Mifflin Co., Penn.; son of Willis and Mary A. (McKinney) Copeland, natives of Little York, Penn., who were the parents of twelve children, nine now living, four of whom reside in Ohio; two, Isaiah and an elder brother, in this county.  Our subject began learning his trade in 1857, in Juanita County, Penn., with Philip Coffman.  He came to Lima in the spring of 1864, and here for eleven years worked with Mr. McKeney on some of the most prominent buildings in the city.  Mr. Copeland was married, in the fall of 1867, to Anna B., the second in the family of eight children of William Young, of Allen County.  To Mr. Copeland and wife have been born five children:  William W., Frank E., Flora, Lulu and Ray.  Mr. Copeland personally is a straight, well proportioned man, five feet ten inches in height, pleasant in manners, and a workman well worthy of his hire. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 686
	Jackson Twp. - T. W. CORBET, Evangelical Lutheran minister, P. O. Herring, was born in Guernsey Co., Ohio, Jan. 12, 1819, eldest child of Peter and Elizabeth (Barber) Corbet, natives of England.  Peter Corbet came to America about 1806, when eighteen years of age.  His death occurred Aug. 4, 1855; his wife died in the fall of 1839.  Two of their ten children died young, and those who grew to maturity are Thomas W., Sarah A., Rachel R., Peter (an M. D.), Adam, Joseph, Elizabeth and Rev. John B.   At the age of twenty years our subject entered the Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, where he finished a curriculum, Graduating in 1844.  He also too a course in theology at Gettysburg Seminary, and soon after entered upon the duties of his chosen profession in his native county as pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.  He has labored as such in Perry, Van Wert, Hardin and Allen Counties, coming to the latter county in 1860 and locating in Lafayette, Jackson Township, where he has since resided, and where for twenty years he has filled the office of  school director.  His health having failed to such an extent as to cause his partial retirement from active life, he has accepted the office of Justice of the peace, to which he was elected in 1882, and the duties thereof he has filled with honor to himself and to the full satisfaction of the people.  His first marriage occurred Nov. 1, 1849, with Elizabeth C. Robins, who was born July 9, 1832, daughter of John and Mary Robins, where Mrs. Corbet was born.  to this union were born six children:  Emma C. (wife of M. Contris), William H. (treasurer of Van Wert County, Ohio), Mary E., Charles M., Ella A. and Edward H.  Politically our subject is a Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 602
	Ottawa Twp. - JAMES H. CORNS, railroad employe, Lima, was born Mar. 6, 1826, in Zanesville, Ohio; son of Henry M. and Cynthia A. (Harden) Corns came to Ohio in an early day, and settled near Duncan's Falls, Muskingum County, Ohio, where he remained for a few years; in 1843 he came to this county, purchasing a farm one mile and three quarters east of Lima, but afterward, in 1876, he removed to Missouri, where he died.  His widow subsequently returned to Lima, where she resides with one of her daughters.  Of her children four are now living: Sarah (wife of John Dixon), Irena (wife of William Osborn), Lucina, wife of Michael Whisler, and James H. all residing in Allen County.  Henry M. Corns was a millwright by trade, and built the first mill in this county (locating on Hay Creek, four miles east of Lima) for Mr. Joseph Ward.  Our subject has been employed by the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railroad Company for many years; is now night clerk in the freight office, and for years has had the charge of the mail delivery of Lima.  He is one of the substantial men of the city, having 150 acres of well-improved land and a fine residence.  He was married to Mary A. Dixon, and to this union were born Henry(married), Ella (wife of Henry Rogers), and Ada (wife of Lee Pangle).  The mother of these children died in 1863, and in Oct. 1864, Mr. Corns married Mary F. Anmod.  Our subject enlisted during the war of the Rebellion, Oct. 19, 1861, in Company B, Eighty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, where first time at Pittsburg Landing.  He is a F. & A. M., and a member of the I. O. O. F. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 686
	Ottawa Twp. - MILTON C. CRAIG, miller, Lima, was born Feb. 20, 1821, in the town of Beaver, Beaver Co., Penn.; son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Balon) Craig, natives of Pennsylvania, and who were the parents of six children, three of whom are now living: Theodore, Susan (wife of Charles Weaver, of Pennsylvania), and Milton C.  Three of the sons (all now deceased) served in the late war of the Rebellion - Robert, James and Ralston.  Ralston was accidentally shot by the premature discharge of his pistol, which fell from his pocket as he was drinking at a spring.  Our subject received his early education in his native State.  He was married, in 1846, to Elizabeth Christie, also a native of Pennsylvania, and by her has four children living: Samuel, Sarah  (wife of John Trace), William and Grace.  Mr. Craig came to Ohio in 1856, and helped lay the track of the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railroad, and was also employed by the Dayton & Michigan Railroad Company for eighteen years.  He located permanently in Lima, Ohio, and in 1881, opened the mill which stands near the bridge on East Market Street, principally engaged in grinding corn and all kinds of feed. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 687
	Jackson Twp. - WILLIAM CRAIG, farmer, P. O. Herring, was born in Fayette County, Penn., Jan. 19, 1804; son of Joseph and Elenor (Sargent) Craig.  Joseph Craig was a son of William and Martha (Lytle) Craig, born in New Jersey in July, 1776, killed by a falling tree in 1824.  Elenor Craig died in 1812, leaving four children:  Andrew, William, Joseph and Richard, of whom William is the only survivor.  Joseph Craig married, for his second wife, Susan (Coughenour) Bright, who died in about 1820, leaving two daughters: Sarah and Elenor.  (Elenor is the wife of John Lilly, of Brownsville, Penn., and mother of five children:  William, Robert, Ira, John and Joseph).  Sarah now lives with her brother William.  Our subject received a limited education, and early in life served an apprenticeship to learn the chair making and painting trades, which occupations he followed several years.  He came to Adams County, Ohio, in 1822, from there removing to Highland County, and while here he entered land in 1835 in Allen County, and four years after he removed to the same.  He cleared about 100 acres of this land, and in 1868 came to the farm, which is still his home.  Mr. Craig has retired in a measure from active life, although the management of the farm has been under his directions.  He has also been quite an extensive stock grower.  Mr. Craig was married in 1825 to Sarah Taylor, who died in 1840.  She bore him one son who grew to maturity - Richard, a farmer in Iowa.  (He married Mary McDougal, of Davenport, and by her has three children: William, Mary and Sarah.)  In politics our subject has been a life long Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 603
	Monroe Twp, - WILLIAM Mc. CRANE, farmer, P. O. Columbus Grove, Putnam County, was born Feb. 18, 1809, in Colerain Twp., Ross Co., Ohio, where he lived until thirty-two years of age, son of James and Margaret (McClure) Crane, former born about 1762, died in 1844, latter born in 1755, near Harrisburg, Penn., died in 1843.  Their children were Sarah (deceased wife of Joshua Hall, leaving a family in Hocking County, Ohio), Jane (wife of Robert M. McCartney, died leaving a family in Noble County, Ind.), Mary (wife of Dumah Bartlett, died leaving a family in Adelphi, Ross County, Ohio), Margaret (deceased, unmarried), Mrs. Rebecca Bartlett (died leaving a family at Adelphi), James (deceased, was engaged in the furniture business at Circleville, Ohio, where he left a family), and William Mc.  Our subject commenced the cabinet maker's trade, working at it three years, then engaged in business with his brother at Adelphi, Ohio, where they continued thirteen years.  He then came to this county in 1840, where he entered eighty acres of his present farm, and purchased forty acres of a Mr. Maberry, where there was a little clearing.  Here he endured the trials and hardships of pioneer life, doing odd jobs at his trade to secure the necessaries of life.  Mr. Crane was married, May 28, 1837, to Susan Swinehart, who was born Apr. 3, 1818, near Adelphi, Ohio, daughter of Anthony and Susan (Frederick) Swinehart, natives of Pennsylvania, and who settled in a very early day in Ross County.  (They had three sons and six daughters, all of whom had families but one daughter.  Those now living are Rebecca, wife of Enoch Pertee in McLean County, Ill.; Sarah, widow of Jacob Will, of Vinton County, Ohio; Daniel residing near Legonier, Ind.; Susan, Caroline, wife of William Kieffer, residing near Decatur, Ill.; Mary, widow of Jay Layton, in Springfield, Ohio).  To our subject and wife were born Jane (wife of John Whitis of Macon, Mo.), Elmira (deceased in young womanhood), Sarah, James A., Margaret  (deceased wife of Harrison Turner, leaving a family in Harvey County, Kans.), Mary (wife of John Marshall, residing near Columbus Grove.  Mr. and Mrs. Crane are members of Rockport Presbyterian Church, in which he was the first elder. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 664
	Amanda Twp. - STEPHEN D. CREMEAN, farmer, P. O. Allentown, was born in Ross County, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1827; son of Smith and Mary (Dillen) Cremean, natives of Maryland, who settled in Ross County, Ohio, about 1805.  They were parents of ten children, of whom our subject is the seventh.  In 1830 they removed to Allen County, and located in German Township, where Stephen D. grew to maturity fully acquainted with pioneer life.  The father died in about 1859, the mother in February, 1880, aged about ninety years.  Our subject obtained a limited common school education, and having been raised a farmer has made that occupation the principle one of his life.  For about two years, however, he engaged in mercantile business at Elida and Cridersville, Auglaize land in Amanda Township, this county, where he still resides, and which he continued to add to, at intervals, until his farm now consists of 275 acres of choice land, all more or less highly cultivated; and in connection with his farming interests has dealt in stock, more extensively in buying and selling hogs.  Mr. Cremean was united in marriage, Nov. 5, 1848, with Tamsey John, born in Ross County, Ohio, Apr. 23, 1829, by whom he has two children: Mary Jane and Curtis.  They have, however, raised five other children: Annie Strawbridge, Jessie Carr, Maria Roush, James and Amanda Shalter.  Mr. Cremean has filled the office of justice of the peace one term, and is now serving his fifth term as township treasurer.  For about ten years he has been a consistent member of the Christian Union Church.  Politically he is identified with the Democratic party.  He is self-made man having accumulated his property by his own efforts. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 562
	German Twp. - WILLIAM J. CREMEAN, farmer, P. O. Allentown, was born in Ross County, Ohio, Feb. 26, 1830, son of Smith and Mary (Dillen) Cremean, natives of Maryland, and who are married in 1807, in Ross County, Ohio, where they lived until 1831, when they moved to this county, settling in German Township.  Of their family of eleven children only three survive:  Curtis, Stephen D. and William J.  The father died July 28, 1858, and the mother Mar. 2, 1881, aged seventy six and ninety years respectively.  Our subject was married Nov. 6, 1851, to Miss Mavina Smith, a native of Green County, Ohio, born Aug. 24, 1835, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Neely) Smith, natives of Virginia, and who were married in this county.  They had a family of ten children.  The father and mother now reside in Missouri, aged seventy and sixty-eight respectively.  To our subject and wife have been born four teen children, all living: William A., Eliza J., James H., Frances M., Edward S., Henrietta E., Emma, John N., Charles W., Lewis N., Jackson A., Addie L., Bertha M. and Stephen D.  Mr. Cremean purchased his farm in 1852, and has followed general agriculture chiefly ever since.  He served nine months in the late war of the Rebellion, in Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and since 1865 he has devoted considerable time to preaching in "the Church of Christ, in Christian Union," traveling from 1,400 to 2,350 miles annually. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 592
	Richland Twp. - L. C. CRIBLEZ Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 760
	Shawnee Twp. - ABRAHAM CRIDER, farmer and county commissioner, P. O. Lima, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, Oct. 19, 1828; son of Ephraim and Mary (Dunkle) Crider, a former born Dec. 25, 1805, died in 1880.  Ephraim Crider was a son of Abraham and Sophia (Larick) Crider, who settled in Pickaway County in 1814, and were parents of Sophia (married to Andrew Thompson and who died, leaving a family in Wyandot County, Ohio), David (deceased, left family in Ross County, Ohio), Sally wife of Timothy Spangler (died leaving a family in Pickaway County, Ohio), Ephraim, father of our subject; Amelia, the only one living of the family, married to a Mr. Howell, who died leaving a family in Ross County, Ohio; and George (deceased, left family near Adelphi, Ohio).  The children of Ephraim and Mary Crider were ten in number: Isaac (residing near Howard, Kans.); Eliza (died, aged six years)); Abraham; Hannah, wife of Jacob Darst, in Auglaize County, Ohio; Maria, wife of Alexander Shaw, of Cridersville, Ohio; Leanna wife of Allen Spiker in Cridersville, Ohio; Reuben, in Auglaize County, Ohio; Susan (deceased wife of John Reichelderfer who lives in Auglaize County, Ohio); Ephraim (deceased, aged two years); and John J., in Cridersville, Ohio.  Ephraim Crider came to Auglaize County, in 1854, and in 1855 laid out the town of Cridersville.  The subject of this sketch received a limited schooling, but studied late at nights by fire-light.  He remained with his father until his marriage, September 26, 1852, with Mary Garling, who was born June 11, 1828, in Fairfield County, daughter of John and Catharine (Hummel) Garling, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Fairfield County, Ohio, in the winter of 1824.  John Garling was a son of Frederick Garling, and died in 1872, aged eighty-two years; his widow died in 1884, aged eighty-three; she was a daughter of Frederick and Hannah (Stein) Hummel, natives of Pennsylvania, but early settlers of Ohio.  The children of John and Catharine Garling were Jeremiah, Solomon and William, in Logan County, Ohio; Daniel, in Hardin County, Ohio; Mary, and John, in Columbus County, Ohio.  Mr. Crider and his wife came to this county in December, 1852, with a team and $90 in cash, all their wealth, and here they endured the trials and hardships of pioneer life.  In 1854 Mr. Crider bought eighty acres of land where he now lives, to which he added until he now owns 400 acres.  To our subject and wife were born nine children: John F. and F. E. born Oct. 2, 1853, both married, the former residing in Ada, Ohio, the latter in Shawnee Township, this county; George W., born Feb. 16, 1855; Catharine, born Dec. 15, 1856, wife of Amos Reichelderfer, in Auglaize County, Ohio; William E., born May 29, 1858; Flora C., born Dec. 20, 1859, wife of Frank Terwilleger, in Tipton County, Ind.; Mary A., born June 22, 1861; Margaret M., born Dec. 26, 1863; Hattie V., born Mar. 11, 1868.  Mr. Crider was chosen by the people of this township to the office of trustee and treasurer, which he held many years, and as a further reward for his strict business integrity he was chosen in 1882, by the people of his county, to the more responsible position of county commissioner, being now chairman of that board. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 789
	German Twp. - DANIEL CRIDER, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born in Cridersville, Auglaize Co., Ohio, Feb. 15, 1857; son of Isaac and Susan (Searfoss) Crider, natives of Pickaway Co., Ohio, where they were married and whence they moved in 1854 to Auglaize County, Ohio, where they lived until 1863, and then moved to Shawnee Township, this county.  They reared a family of twelve children, of whom ten are now living and in the fall of 1884 they removed to Kansas.  Our subject was married, Mar. 25, 1880, to Maryettie East, a native of German Township, this county, born Oct. 16, 1862, and daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Mumaw) East, native of Pickaway and Knox Counties, Ohio, respectively, and who are married in this county in 1855, parents of nine children, of whom five are now living.  To this union of our subject and wife has been given one son, Orvin M., born Dec. 10, 1880.  Mr. and Mrs. Crider are members of the United Brethren Church at Elida, Ohio.  In politics he is Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 789
	German Twp. - DANIEL L. CRITES, (deceased) was a native of Pickaway County, Ohio, born Oct. 30, 1833; eldest son of Charles and Sophia (Ludwig) Crites, natives of Pennsylvania, and who came to Ohio in 1812, locating first in Pickaway County (where they were married Oct. 4, 1832) and in 1839 moving to this county and settling in German Township.  They were parents of twelve children, all living but two.  The father and mother are now seventy-six and seventy-one years of age respectively.  Our subject was educated in the common schools, and was reared a farmer.  He followed teaching in winter and farm work in summer for a few years.  He served two years as deputy auditor in Pickaway County, Ohio.  Mr. Crites read medicine in 1854-55, from which time he practiced to some extent until 1862.  He served over two years in the late war of the Rebellion as lieutenant in Company K, One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  In 1865 he accepted the position as deputy auditor of this county, which he held until 1869, when he was appointed to fill the unexpired term in same of William Dowling, who died in August of that year.  In 1870 he accepted the position as deputy clerk of the county, in which capacity he served five years, and in 1875 was elected to the office of clerk of the County Courts until 1882.  Mr. Crites served as assessor and land appraiser in his township; was surveyor of Putnam County, Ohio; was licensed clerk in the House of Representatives at Columbus, Ohio, during the Sixty- first General Assembly.  He took great interest in improving the schools of his village.  Our subject was married Mar. 3, 1855, to Miss Martha John, a native of this county, born Sept. 25, 1833, daughter of Griffith and Rachel (Miller) John, and who is now the oldest person living in the township, who is a native of it.  To this union were born two daughters: Bertha and Tirzah K.  Mrs. Crites' parents were natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia respectively, and were married in Ross County, Ohio, in 1816.  They reared a family of thirteen children, and settled in this county in 1832, where the father died Feb. 20, 1855, aged sixty-one years, and the mother June 23, 1861, also aged sixty-one years.  Daniel L. Crites, the subject of above sketch, died Mar. 30, 1885. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 594
	German Twp. - ELIAS CRITES ,farmer, P. O. Elida, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, June 21, 1825, son of John D. and Catharine (Petra) Crites, natives of Pennsylvania, and who were married in Berks County, Penn., and moved to Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1812, where they died.  Of their family of thirteen children only five are now living: Charles, Amos, Levi, Jacob and Elias.  Our subject was married, in 1851, to Miss Catharine Mowery, a native of Pickaway County, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Rachel (Dunkel) Mowery, who were among the first settlers in Pickaway County, Ohio, where they lived and died.  To our subject and wife were born three children: Mary S. (deceased), John D. and Willison W.  Mrs. Crites died in 1862, and in the fall of same year Mr. Crites married Mrs. Leannah (Mowery) Reichelderfer, a sister of his first wife, and widow of Venus Reichelderfer, by whom she had two children, of whom George S. is now living.  Our subject came to this county in 1871, and settled in German Township, where he still resides.  He spent his early years working at the carpenter's trade, but now follows farming and pays special attention to raising short-horn cattle exclusively.  He has served in some of the township offices; in politics he is a Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 594
	German Twp. - JACOB CRITES, farmer, P.O. Allentown, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, Oct. 19, 1822.  He was made a cripple for life by accidentally stepping on the knife of a straw-cutter, nearly severing his left foot from the leg.  Early in life he commenced to work at the blacksmith trade, an occupation he followed seventeen years.  He came to this county, in 1842, and Oct. 2, 1845, was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jane Cremean, who died Sept. 12, 1859, leaving to his care seven children.  His second marriage occurred Feb. 5, 1860 with Mrs. Emily Sellars.  During his lifetime Mr. Crites served the public in nearly all offices of trust in the township, and to the people of the county he has been very useful as county commissioner, to which office he was twice elected, filling the same with honor to himself and to the full satisfaction of the people.  A great many private trusts also have been assigned to him, such as administering on the estates of many of his deceased neighbors.  It is his intention and desire, however, to retire from public life and devote his entire attention to his farming interests, (which are considerable,) in addition to which he has, for several years, been engaged more or less extensively in raising stock; his specialties being thorough-bred hogs.  Mr. Crites was one of the incorporators of Allen Lodge, I. O. O. F. , and for four years was master of German Grange, of which he has thrice been State delegate.  Since the age of twenty Mr. Crites has been identified with some religious denomination, and for several years with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been very useful, filling several offices of the same, at present being superintendent of the Sabbath-school. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 593
	Perry Twp. - ROSS CROSSLEY, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born in Warren County, Ohio, Dec. 23, 1818, son of Joseph and Mary (Wright) Crossley, who settled in Bath Township, in 1832, locating on the farm now owned by George French, where they resided about a year, when they removed to Perry Township, and there lived and died.  Joseph Crossley was a Baptist minister, and served as justice of the peace of Perry Township, this county, for several terms.  He had ten children:  Sally (deceased), Samuel (deceased),  Eliza (deceased), Julia A. (deceased), Huldah, Joseph (deceased, Reynolds, Ross, James and William (deceased).  Our subject was fourteen years of age when his parents came to Allen county, and has resided in Perry Township since 1833.  He was married Jan. 9, 1844, to Phebe, daughter of Henry and Joan (Davis) Apple, and who has resided in Perry Township since 1832.  By this union there were twelve children, of whom ten are now living:  Lavina (wife of Robert Hill); Elizabeth A. (wife of Joseph Tapscott); Henry, Isaiah S., Cloyd J., Miner C., Viola L., Elmer E., Arminta and Eddie E.  Mr. Crossley settled in 1847 on his present farm, most of which he has cleared and improved.  He was a manufacturer of brick for several years, and the last he made (in 1854) were used in the construction of his present residence, built in 1855.  He is one of the substanial farmers of Perry Township; starting in life poor, he has by his own exertions accumulated a fine property.  He has never been an office seeker; in politics he is a Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 736
	Ottawa Twp. - J. W. CRUM, manufacturer of and dealer in chain pumps and fixtures, and dealer in force pumps, hose, pipe, etc., Lima, was born Jan. 3, 1836, in Seneca County, Ohio; son of John and Margaret (Evans) Crum, of German and English descent, respectively.  John Crum, a farmer and wagon-maker by trade, was one of the early pioneers of Seneca County, settling there in 1823, when it was a wilderness.  He was married three times and had fourteen children (six by first and eight by second wife), six of whom are now living: Rebecca (Mrs. Crawford); Amanda (Mrs. Ludwig), Frances (Mrs. Wolgamuth), Hamilton, George and J. W.  Our subject was educated in Seneca County and came to Lima in 1880, and began the manufacturing of pumps, in which he has met success.  He is now doing a fine business, dealing in rubber bucket chain pumps, iron force pumps, etc.  He formerly carried on a carriage shop.  During the war of the Rebellion he enlisted in August, 1861, in Company A, Forty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  serving one year, and was discharged on account of disability; later he served three months in Company D, One Hundred and Forty fourth Regiment National Guards.  Mr. Crum was married, in 1866, to Mary, daughter of Alex Carothers, and to this union have been born three children, two now living: Fred and Clara.  Mr. Crum is a F. & A. M. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 687
	Perry Twp. - LEONARD CRUMRINE, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born on the farm where he now resides in Perry Township, this county, Mar. 12, 1847; a son of Martin and Catherine (Broshes) Crumrine, who settled in Perry Township, in the spring of 1835, clearing and improving the farm now occupied by our subject.  His father was a native of Perry County, Ohio, a daughter of Leonard and Margaret (Hetrick) Broshes.  They were married in 1830, and reared a family of seven children: David (deceased), Leah, wife of Joseph Sellers; Cathrine, wife of Christopher Martin; Margaret (deceased), Mary, wife of Isaac McLain; John; and Leonard.  The father died in 1860, in his fifty-third year, the mother resides with our subject on the old homestead, now in her seventy-sixty year.  Our subject was reared on the old homestead where he has always resided.  He was married Feb. 4, 1869, to Tamar, daughter of Hiram and Emma (Ulrey) Burns, early settlers of Perry Township, and now residents of Lima, this county.  The issue of this union was eight children:  Alva, Harry (deceased, Emma, Lawrence, Carrie, Cliff, Maggie, and Willie.  Mr. Crumrine is a representative farmer.  He has neither held office nor sought it; in politics he is a Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 736
	Sugar Creek Twp. - CHRISTIAN C. CULP, farmer, P. O. Elida, was born in Sugar Creek Township, this county, July 21, 1853, on the farm where he was reared, and which he has for several years operated; a son of Christian and Elizabeth (Good) Culp, and brother of David Culp. His father died January 5, 1883. His mother now resides with him on the home farm. He was married, April 10, 1874, to Miss Christena Good, of Marion Township, this county, daughter of Abraham and Rebecca Good, who came from Virginia, and settled in this county about 1865. To the union of our subject and wife have been born four children: Simeon, John, Rebecca and an infant daughter. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 818
	Amanda Twp. - CONRAD CULP, farmer, P. O. Allentown, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, June 13, 1819, being third in the family of thirteen children of Peter and Susan (Broucher) Culp, natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in Pickaway County in 1802.  Conrad B. was raised on a farm, and early in life learned the trades of carpenter and joiner and shoe-maker.  He conducted a shoe store in Pickaway County about five years, and has worked more or less at the carpenter's trade for twenty years.  In connection with his trades he has also owned a farm.  Mr. Culp was united in marriage, in 1842, with Sarah Duncle, who died in 1847 leaving to his care six children:  Franklin (deceased), George D. (deceased).  In 1850 he was again married, this time to Rachael Imler, who died in 1877; she bore him five children: Sarah C. (deceased), Rachael (deceased), Hannah J., Clement Brinlen and Harriet I.  In 1847 Mr. Culp went to Auglaize County where he bought a quarter section of wild land, built a water saw-mill, and remained for eleven years, then removed to Lima, this county, and for two years was engaged in mercantile business and working at his trade.  In the fall of 1860 he purchased his present property which was then in a state of nature, and which he has converted into a good farm, having placed the same under a high state of cultivation, it being the third farm he has cleared up in his time, one in Allen County, one in Auglaize County and one in Fairfield County.  In 1877 he erected a large barn, at that time the best in the neighborhood.  His education has been obtained in the common schools and in contact with the world.  From the age of fifteen years he was catechised in the Lutheran Church until he united with the Christian Union Church, of which he ahs been a consistent member for several years.  His political sympathy is with the Democratic Party. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 563
	German Twp. - DAVID CULP, farmer, P. O. Elida, is a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, born Oct. 10, 1838, eldest son of Christian and Elizabeth (Good) Culp, natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectively, and who were married in Fairfield County, Ohio, and moved with their family to this county in 1851.  Christian Culp died Jan. 5, 1883.  His widow still resides in this county.  Our subject was married, June 20, 1861, to Miss Nancy Brenneman, of German Township, this county, a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, daughter of John and Nancy (Grove) Brenneman (both deceased) who came from Virginia, and were among the first settlers in Fairfield County, Ohio, and who moved to this county about 1854.  Mr. and Mrs. Culp are parents of ten children: John B., Elizabeth A., Emma J., Nancy C., Melinda A., Christian L., Ella M., Cora M., Martha M. and Sarah E., all now living except Elizabeth A. and Ella M.  Mr. Culp purchased land in German Township, this county, in 1871, which he has cleared and improved in many ways.  He gives considerable attention to the breeding of Durham cattle, pure bred hogs, etc., etc.  He suffered a serious loss a few years since by fire, but is now in a prosperous condition.  He owns 152 acres good land, with excellent buildings.  Mr. and Mrs. Culp are members of the Mennonite Church. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 595
	Ottawa Twp. - NOAH CULP, tool-dresser, Lima, was born Jan. 27, 1840, in Fairfield County, Ohio; son of Christian and Elizaeth (Good) Culp, who came to Ohio in 1833, settling in Fairfield County.  They were parents of ten children: David, Noah, Magdalene, Fannie, Nancy, Annie, Susan (deceased), Sophia is in Allen County, Ind.; Anna is a resident of Adams County, Ind.  Christian Culp was a blacksmith, working at his trade during the week, and preaching in the Mennonite Church on the Sabbath.  He came to Allen County, Ohio, in 1850, and settled on a farm in Sugar Creek Township, where he lived until his death in 1884; his widow still resides there.  Our subject began his trade, in 1868, in Allen County, became a fine workman, and since 1880 has been tool-dresser in the Lima Machine Works.  He was married Nov. 19, 1862, to Elizabeth L., daughter of David Ashbaugh, by his second marriage, with Annie Armatrout.  To Mr. Culp and wife have been born to children: James E. and Clara A., wife of Edward Drieschman (they have one cihld - Earl Cleveland. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 688
	Bath Twp. - JAMES R. CUNNINGHAM, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born in Lima this county, Jan. 13, 138, son of James and Martha (Kennedy) Cunningham, the former a native of Washington County, Penn., but reared and educated in Licking County, Ohio.  The latter was a native of Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio.  They reared a family of eleven children of whom nine grew to manhood and womanhood: Jamers R., Martha L. (wife of N. W. McCormick), Mary (wife of John Winden), Emily (wife of John Hutchinson), Kate (wife of E. C. Baldwin), Thomas L. (killed in the Confederate service during the late war of the Rebellion), DeWitt C., Flora (wife of D. D. Nichols), and Nelson W.  The father of our subject settled in Bath Township, this county, in 1833, taught school for a time and was also engaged in mercantile business in Lima.  He afterward engaged in faring, and cleared up a large tract of land where South Lima now stands.  The paternal grandfather of our subject, James Cunningham, formerly of Washington County, Penn., was a Presbyterian clergyman, a pioneer minister of Licking County, Ohio, and died at Martinsburg.  His maternal grandfather was Thomas Kennedy, a farmer by occupation, who settled in Lima in 1834.  Our subject was reared and educated in Lima, this county.  He was married Oct. 17, 1861, to Nancy J., daughter of David and Martha (Custard) Heckathorn, of Bath Township.  The issue of this union is three children: May (wife of Oscar L. Edgecomb), Ermina and Earl D.  Mr. Cunninghanm at the breaking out of the late war of the Rebellion, enlisted in Company A, Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged after three months' service.  He re-enlisted in the spring of 1864 in Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged after four months' service.  He is a member of the Disciples Church, Mrs. Cunningham of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  In politics he is a Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 578
	Richland Twp. - N. W. CUNNINGHAM, editor and proprietor of the Bluffton News, Bluffton, was born at Lima, Ohio, Feb. 24, 1856; son of Col. James and Martha (Kennedy) Cunningham, natives of Ohio.  His father, who came to Allen County in 1832. first settled on a farm, but was afterward a merchant at Lima, and held almost every office in the county from supervisor to State senator.  Our subject, who is the youngest of the eleven children born to his parents, learned the printer's trade in the Democrat office at Lima, which was then conducted by D. S. Fisher, and there remained four years.  In 1875 he established his present paper in Bluffton.  He was married at Durango, Col., in 1882, to Miss Eva A. Ballard, formerly a teacher of Bluffton Schools. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 760
	Ottawa Twp. - THEODORE E. CUNNINGHAM, attorney at law, Lima, was born Oct. 31, 1830, in Wayne County, Ohio; son of Dr. William and Anna (Ewalt) Cunningham, natives, the former of Washington County, the latter of Bedford County, Penn.  Dr. William Cunningham came to the State of Ohio, in 1821, with his father, Archibald C., who settled in Wayne County, and in January, 1832, came to this county, settling in the then village of Lima, and erected a cabin on a spot where the southeast corner of the public square now terminates, and there lived and raised his family of seven children, four of whom are still living: Eliza (widow of H. Walters, a resident of Lima), Clementina (married to C. Brice, of Lima), Sarah B. (wife of B. Mannis of Putnam County, Ohio) and Theodore E.  Our subject was educated in this county, and with his natural ability genial manners, close attention to business, has won for himself a leading position in the city, and he is still one of its principal attorneys.  He entered the printing business as an apprentice with Hon. James Mackenzie, then in Kalida, Ohio, and in 1852 bought the Lima Argus, in company with William C. Tomkinson, which was then published by Matthias Nichols, who, having been elected to Congress, retired.  The Argus was the only paper then published in Lima, and this they carried on until 1854, when Mr. Cunningham retiring, he was succeeded by T. M. Robb, who continued the Argus until the fall of 1855, at which time our subject and Mr. Poland took possession of the office, and started an anti-Neb. paper, entitled the People's Press, which they carried on about one year, when Mr. Cunningham retired.  He then entered the law (having been admitted to the bar in 1852) with Mr. Waldorf, which partnership continued until 1860, when he was commissioned one of the board of enrollment of the Fifth District of Ohio, and in 1866 was elected representative of the Johnson Constitutional Convention, again resuming law practice in 1873. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 688
	Ottawa Twp. - ELIJAH CURTISS, the well-known and highly esteemed physician of Lima, was born Apr. 11, 1812, in Berkshire County, Mass., son of Abner and Elizabeth (Salter) Curtiss.  The family came to Ohio in 1821, and settled in Summit County.  They traveled with a three-horse team (taking thirty-one days to make a journey now accomplished by railroad in a day and a half) to within six miles of Cleveland, where one of the horses died from the effects of eating castor beans, then the balance of the journey had to be made with two horses.  Abner Curtiss, who was a farmer, experienced all the struggles and hardships of pioneer life.  He reared a family of eight children on the reserve, four of whom are now living:  Anna (wife of John Hartsill), Percis (wife of George Phelps, of New York), Daniel and Elijah.  Our subject received his education at Hudson College, and began the study of medicine, when nineteen years old, at Akron, Ohio, with Dr. Elijah Hanchett, attending a course of  lectures at Herkimer Medical Institute.  The doctor was married to Flora F., daughter of Elijah Hanchett, his former preceptor, and to this union were born two children: Mary E. and Charles who was educated at Oxford, studied medicine under his father, took a course of lectures at Cincinnati, and began to practice at Decatur, Adams Co., Ind., returning to Lima in 1875.  Where he entered into partnership with his father.  He was married in 1880 to Miss Liprick (have two children - Dwight and an infant).  He is a F. & A. M. and a member of the I. O. O. F. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 689