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Source:
A Centennial
Biographical History
of
Crawford
County, Ohio
- ILLUSTRATED -
"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote
ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride
by remote generations."
- MACAULAY
Publ. Chicago:
The Lewis Publishing Company
1902
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WILLIAM S. TAYLOR.
William Stacy Taylor, a popular passenger conductor on
the Big Four Railroad residing at Galion, Ohio, was born in
Loudoun county, Virginia, on the 10th of February, 1845, and is
a representative of one of the early families of that state.
His grandfather, Joseph Gore, was a native of the
same county, as was Mahlon K. Taylor, the father of our
subject, whose birth occurred about the year 1810. In 1830
the latter was married to Miss Amanda M. Gore and in the
year 1849 removed to Logan county, Ohio, locating on a farm two
miles northwest of Bellefontaine, where he continued to reside,
engaging in the business of farming until his death, which
occurred Oct. 18, 1868. The children of this marriage were
as follows: Sarah J., the widow of Henry Casebolt,
of Bellefontaine; Ruth H., wife of John Grimes, a
retired farmer of Bellefontaine; Thomas O., who for a
number of years has been an employe of the Standard Oil Company,
located at various points and is now a resident of Columbus,
Ohio; Annabelle, wife of R. B. Keller, cashier of
the People's National Bank, of Bellefontaine; Frank G., a
resident of Sioux City, Iowa, and is now in the employ of the
street railway company of that place; Alice, who is living in
Springfield, Ohio; Elizabeth, who died at the old home farm near
Bellefontaine, in 1864, when three years of age; and William
S., whose name introduces this review.
William Stacy Taylor, whose name forms the
caption of this sketch, was a little lad of three summers when
the parents came with their family from Loudoun county,
Virginia, to Ohio, locating in Logan county, near Bellefontaine.
There from early youth until manhood Mr. Taylor continued
to reside on the farm contributing such labor and assistance as
his age and strength would enable him to perform. On the
27th of October, 1868, at the age of nearly twenty-four years,
he chose as a companion and helpmeet on life's journey Miss
Rachel Melinda Clabaugh, a daughter of Nicholas Clabaugh,
of Champaign county, Ohio, who died in 1851. This union
was blessed with the following children: Cornelia
Amanda, born Oct. 4, 1869; Agnes Belle, born
Sept. 10, 1870; Grace Edna, born May 10, 1872, and
died Mar. 23, 1878; and Iva Adel, who was born
Nov. 19, 1873. The eldest daughter is the wife of Joseph
Belser, of Bellefontaine, and Agnes Belle is
the wife of William H. Heffner, of Galion, while Iva
married the Rev. O. D. Baltzly, pastor of St. Luke's
church of Mansfield, Ohio.
William S. Taylor is a veteran of the war of the
Rebellion. He responded to the call of his country,
promptly enlisting in Company L. Second Ohio Heavy Artillery,
with which he served throughout the war. His connection
with the Big Four Railroad Company was begun in May, 1874, when
he was made brakeman. He successively passed through
different positions of importance and trust and was, in 1888,
promoted to the position of passenger conductor, which he has
held continuously through thirteen years. Judged by his
advancement during the term of his connection with the Big-Four
Company, merit and efficiency seem not to have been lacking in
the discharge of the duties assigned to him. At this
writing he is still a passenger conductor on the Big Four road
and resides in a handsome residence on North Columbus street in
Galion. He owns this property, together with other realty
in the city, and there he is living, surrounded by the comforts
and pleasures of life amid an affectionate family of noble
children and grandchildren to whom he is fondly attached.
He is happy in the evening of life knowing that he has provided
well for his loved ones. In October, 1873, he took up his abode
in Galion, where he has lived ever since. In religious
faith the family are Lutherans and in the church for many years
past Mr. Taylor has held various offices at
different times, ever giving his aid to church work with a
willingness and cheerfulness commensurate with his means, and he
was respected and highly esteemed by all who knew him.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 274 |
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MRS. ELISABETH TEEL,
a representative of one of the old and firmly established
families of Crawford county, was born in Liberty township, in
this county, on July 20, 1829. She was a daughter of
Horatio and Nancy (Link) Markley. Horatio Markley,
distinguished as one of the most powerful men, physically, in
Crawford county, came here from his home in Somerset county,
Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1804, and entered a
fractional quarter section of land (one hundred and forty-four
acres0 in Liberty township, this now being the home and property
of the subject of this sketch. He erected a log cabin on
his land and spent his life here, being very prosperous and able
to assist his children very materially. His death was in
1880, at the age of seventy-six. He was one of the leaders
in the English Lutheran church and for many years prior to his
death no needy person ever applied in vain to him for
assistance. Far and wide his charities extended and he was
beloved by all who knew him.
The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Teel was also a
remarkable man, living to the age of one hundred and two years,
nine months and twenty-seven days, and his death occurring in
the house where our subject now lives, in 1864. His
father, a veteran of the Revolutionary war, owned six hundred
acres of land on the present site of Wheeling, and was killed by
the Indians.
Mrs. Teel was one of four children in her
parents' family, the three survivors being: John,
of Morrow county; Elisabeth, of this sketch, and
Mathias, of Wyandot county, this state. She grew up at
her parental home, acquiring an education in the pioneer
schools, and on Sept. 17, 1844, was united in marriage with
Mr. George W. Teel, who during his life was one of the
energetic and successful business men of Crawford county.
George W. Teel was born in Ashland, Ohio, on May
16, 1821, and he was a son of poor but honest and industrious
parents. At teh age of ten years, having received but a
limited education, he went to work in the brick-yard of John
Moffit, where he remained for two summers, and during the
two following seasons drove a team on the Ohio canal.
Later he engaged in farm work at various places in Stark county,
for several years. In the meantime his father, John C.
Teel, had removed to Guernsey county and purchased a small
farm. George managed this property for some two
years, while his father worked at his trade of blacksmith.
In his seventeenth year he taught school in Wayne county during
one winter, and also followed the same occupation in his
nineteenth year. After this he attended the Ashland
Academy for one term of five months and then engaged in clerking
for one year in a general store, in Benton, Holmes county.
In 1842 he removed to Navarre, in Stark county, and from April
to July engaged in the business of buying horses, which he took
to Canada and sold to the British officers.
Mr. Teel removed to Crawford county in August,
1843, and purchased the George W. Galloway farm, on which
he resided to the time of his death. For fifteen years he
taught school in Sulphur Springs, and vicinity and conducted the
first English school ever taught in the Broken Sword district.
After this the residents never wished to support a German school
in that locality. In 1844, for a period of six months, he
was engaged in the mercantile business in Sulphur Springs, with
a Mr. Allen, the establishment being known as The Great
Western Shore. In 1862 he was appointed revenue assessor
of Crawford county and served in this capacity for nine years,
and during the fall of 1872 he was employed by the A. & L. E. R.
R. as collecting agent for the corporation, continuing with the
company in this capacity for three years.
In the spring of 1877 Mr. Teel removed his
family to Bucyrus and was engaged one year as assignee in
settling up the business of Osman & Woodside. The
family removed to Crestline in the spring of 1878 and remained
there some twelve months and then returned to the farm in
Liberty township. During this time, however, Mr. Teel
still continued in Bucyrus as a partner in a carriage
establishment. He served some years as secretary of the
Crawford County Farmers' Fire Insurance company, and was also
purchasing agent for the Ohio Central Railroad Company, being
agent for this corporation, and also for the old A. & L. E. R.
R. He secured nearly all the right of way for the roadbed
from the coal fields of Toledo, including the depot grounds,
which were purchased in the '70s, in that city. Mr.
Teel was also instrumental to a great extent in securing the
guarantee fund for over one hundred thousand dollars subscribed,
in 1880, by the company, along the route as a local aid to its
completion. With Messrs. D. W. Swigart, C. Fenton, S.
R. Harris and James B. Gormly, he succeeded in the
enterprise of getting the machine-shops bill passed by the
legislature and was a member of many organizations requiring a
man of integrity.
Mr. Teel died on July 19, 1889. In 1882 he
had had a premonition, being stricken then with paralysis and
then gave up his position with the railroads and retired to live
on his farm. He enjoyed seven years of quiet life before
the end came. He was an active member of the Republican
party, and had been connected with the English Lutheran church
for many years. His death was widely lamented, as he had
been one of the most public-spirited men that Crawford county
ever possessed. Seven of his eight children still survive,
viz: Leander; Jared, of Mansfield; Laura L.,
the wife of Milton Ebert, of Elyria, Ohio; Ellen,
the wife of Ernest Michaelis, of Spokane, Washington;
George, of North Robinson, Ohio; Horatio M., in the
electric light business in Seattle, Washington; and
Frances, the wife of Grant Zerbe, of Sandusky.
Jennie, the second child, passed away.
After the death of her husband, Mrs. Teel, so
badly bereaved, removed to the old Markley homestead, the
home of her youth. At the time of her father's death she
purchased the property and resides upon it, very efficiently
managing the extensive farming operations carried on there.
She is a very intelligent lady, of superior judgment, and is one
very highly esteemed in Crawford county.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
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JAMES C. TOBIAS |
JAMES C. TOBIAS.
Judge James C. Tobias was born in Franklin county,
Pennsylvania, on the 11th of November, 1856, a son of William
B. and Catherine (Mills) Tobias. The father was born
near Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1815,
and was a son of Benjamin and Sarah (Clause) Tobias.
William B. Tobias resided on a farm until he was fifteen
years of age, receiving but three months' schooling, and that at
a night school. He then went to Carlisle, where he was
apprenticed to a cabinet-maker to learn the trade, serving four
and a half years. Then, after working about six months as
a journeyman, he went to Greencastle, Franklin county,
Pennsylvania, about the year 1836, there opening a shop, and
worked at his trade for about three years. His health
failing, he closed his shop and took up farming in Franklin
county, Pennsylvania, farming and residing in that county until
1864, when he came to Crawford county and settled in Liberty
township, removing to Holmes township some four years later.
In the latter township he continued his residence until 1877,
when he sold his farm and removed to Bucyrus, where he spent the
remainder of his life in retirement from active business
affairs. He died in Bucyrus. in 1882, at the age of
sixty-seven years. In 1841 he married Catherine
Mills, a native of Franklin county, Pennsylvania. She
is now. in 1901, residing in Bucyrus, and is eighty-four years
of age. She bore her husband the following children who
reached mature years: William F.. Jane C., Elizabeth. John
L., James C. and Daniel M.
William B. Tobias was dependent upon his own
resources from an early age, but by energy and industry he
prospered and gained a good estate. When the Civil war
broke out he was residing four miles from the Maryland state
line, and the army of General Robert E. Lee marched
through his farm. destroying much of his property, while the
state militia destroyed his stock without scruples, taking all
but six of his horses. At that time his son. James C.,
the subject of this biography, was a mere lad, and when the
Union army encamped on the Tobias and adjoining farms to
that of his father, the lad visited the soldiers' camp, where he
was permitted to go in and out with freedom, as he was also
permitted to do when a part of General Lee's army
camped in the same vicinity. But the boy was soon to be
taken from the scenes of his birthplace and that of warfare, for
in 1864, when James was eight years of age, his father
resolved to remove with his family to Crawford county. His
youth was spent upon the farm and his preliminary education was
acquired in the common schools. He was afterward sent to
Cold Run Academy, and in the spring of 1872 entered Oberlin
College, where he studied until the following September, when he
entered Mount Union College, remaining there three years.
He thus acquired a broad literary education to serve as a
foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of professional
knowledge. During the period of his college days he taught
school during" the winters, and all his vacations he labored
upon the farm earning money to assist in paying collegiate
expenses.
Predilection led him to prepare for the profession of
law, and in the fall of 1876 he became a student of law in the
office of Finley & Swigart, well known attorneys
of Bucyrus. He was admitted to the bar at Delaware, Ohio,
July 2, 1878, at the age of twenty-one, and immediately
afterward began the practice of law in Bucyrus, soon winning a
fair share of the public patronage. Important litigated
interests were entrusted to him and he soon demonstrated his
ability to successfully handle the intricate problems of
jurisprudence. In 1881 he entered into partnership with
F. S. Monnett, ex-attorney general of Ohio, under the firm
name of Tobias & Monnett, their relationship being
maintained until 1888, when Mr. Tobias was elected
probate judge of Crawford county, a position he continuously
filled until 1894. In 1896 he was elected judge of the
court of common pleas for the district comprising Crawford,
Marion and Wyandot counties, and is the present incumbent, his
term continuing over a period of five years and re-elected in
1901, without opposition, for a second term. His decisions
have been conspicuously fair and impartial and based upon a
thorough understanding of the law.
In 1879 the Judge was united in marriage to Miss
Amina J. Monnett, a daughter of Abraham Monnett,
elsewhere mentioned in this volume, and they now have two
children, Deane A., who is now a student in the Ohio
State University, at Columbus, and Helen, who is pursuing
her education in the Bucyrus high school. The Judge has
always given his political support to the Democratic party and
is unswerving in his advocacy of its principles. The cause
of education has ever found in him a warm friend, and for
fifteen years he efficiently served as a member of the school
board, acting as its president during the last ten years of his
incumbency. He did much to promote the interests of the
schools, his labor proving of great benefit along the lines of
intellectual advancement. The Judge has been identified
with the financial interests of the city as well as with the
practice of law, and was one of the organizers of the City Bank
of Bucyrus, in which he served as vice-president for ten years
and director for eighteen years. Socially he is connected
with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and with the
Knights of Pythias fraternities, serving as past chancellor in
the lodge of the latter organization. He and his wife are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is one of
the trustees. Endowed by nature with high intellectual
qualities, to which have been added the discipline and
embellishments of culture, his is a most attractive personality.
Well versed in the learning of his profession and with a deep
knowledge of human nature and of the springs of human conduct,
he is in the courts an advocate of great power and influence and
on the bench is a judge who ever commands the respect of the
lawyers and of the public by reason of his dignity in office and
extreme fairness in decision.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
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CHARLES TOBIN. Upon the farm where
he now resides Charles Tobin first opened his eyes to the
light of day on the 20th of January, 1855. He is now the
only survivor of the three children born until William J. and
Marjory (Stewart) Tobin. The family is of Irish
lineage, and the father of our subject was born in the town of
Letter Kenny, in County Donegal, Ireland, about 1820. His
parents died within one week of typhoid fever, and he was thus
left an orphan at the age of eight years. He then became
an inmate of the home of an uncle, Mr. John Gibson, with
whom he remained until twenty years of age. Attracted by
the opportunities afforded in the land of the free, he has his
way to the new world in 1840, landing in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, after a voyage of four weeks upon the sailing
vessel "The Lazy Hulk," so named because of her slowness in
travel. When he reached the shores of the new world Mr.
Tobin had but one English guinea, and this he changed into
United States money, receiving four dollars and eighty-four
cents. For ten days he remained in Philadelphia and then
went up the Delaware river about thirty-miles, where he secured
employment as a farm hand, working in that capacity until the
spring of 1841 and during the winter attended school. He
then came to Ohio by way of the Ohio river to Pittsburg and by
stage to Richland county, locating in Rome, where his uncle,
Dr. Gustavus Allen, then resided. Our subject worked
upon his uncle's farm during the summer months and in the winter
again took up his educational work in the district schools of
the neighborhood. In the spring of 1853 he entered
upon an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade under a Mr.
Haymaker, of Franklin township, with whom he remained for
two years. He afterward went to Mansfield, where he was
employed at his trade for a similar period during the fall and
winter months, while in the summer he worked at farm labor.
About 1845 he entered the employ of a Mr. Barnett, a
wagon-maker of Franklin township, in whose service he continued
for two winters. He then obtained work with Charles
Stewart as a farm hand, and in 1847 he was united in
marriage to his employer's daughter, Miss Margorie Stewart,
who was born in Franklin township, Richland county. Her
mother was Mrs. Catherine (Sweeney) Stewart, and both of
her parents were natives of County Donegal, Ireland.
Immediately after their marriage they came to the United States
and for a short period were residents of Pennsylvania, coming
thence to Ohio. The father entered land on Black Fork, in
Franklin township, Richland county, being one of the first
settlers in this portion of the state. The Indians were
yet numerous and the country was wild and unimproved.
After his marriage William J.
Tobin remained upon his father-in-law's farm as a farm hand
for three years, in connection with his brother-in-law. In
the spring of 1850 he came with his young wife and one child to
his present home, having purchased eighty acres of land during
the previous winter. This was practically virgin forest,
for only a small patch of four acres had been cleared, and up it
a log cabin had been erected. This little pioneer home
furnished shelter for the Tobin family until the spring
of 1861, when the residence which our subject is now located was
erected. In the following autumn he built a substantial
bank barn, and in the course of time made his farm one of
the best improved country seats in this portion of the
state, reclaiming the land from the forest and the swamps and
transforming it into richly cultivated fields, whose golden
harvests returned to him a gratifying income each year.
During the '50s Mr. Tobin also purchased an additional
tract of forty-one acres a quarter of a mile west and a quarter
of a mile south of his home. He is a stanch Democrat, but
the honor and emoluments of office have not had attraction for
him, as he has preferred to devote his energies to his farming
interest. Of the Presbyterian church he is a
consistent member, and during the past quarter of a century has
faithfully served as one of its elders. Although he has
traveled life's journey for more than eighty years he is yet in
possession of all his faculties and enjoyed remarkably good
health until the past winter, when his constitution was
somewhat undermined by la grippe. Throughout the
community in which he has resided he is venerated and respected
and enjoys the warm friendship of young and old, rich and poor.
His wife passed away in July, 1883, when fifty-five years of
age.
Charles Tobin spent the days of his boyhood in
the usual manner of farmer lads of that period. In the
winter months he carried his text-books to the nearest school
and there mastered the common branches of English learning.
He worked upon his father's farm as health and strength would
permit and in the winter of 1889-90 he went to southern
California for the purpose of recuperating his health. In
the same hear he was united in marriage to Miss Chloris
Beattie Turrittin, a native of Le Seuer county, Minnesota,
and a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Kendall) Turrittin.
Her father was born in County Donegal, Ireland, and her mother
was a native of Maine. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs.
Tobin has been blessed with two children, but the son died
in infancy. The daughter, Margie Elizabeth, was
born May 6, 1894.
In the spring following his marriage Mr. Tobin
assumed the management of the home farm, which he has since
operated on the shares. He has placed the land under a
high state of cultivation, and the neat and thrifty appearance
of the place indicates his careful supervision. In
politics he is quite prominent in Democratic circles, and in
n1892 was appointed township trustee to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of John Bland. In the spring of
1893 he was regularly elected to the office, and in 1896 was
re-elected, so that he has served for more than two terms.
He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church, and also
belong to Cranberry Grange, No. 1435, Patrons of Husbandry.
Mr. Tobin is accounted one of the progressive
agriculturists of his community. His entire life has been
passed within the borders of Crawford county, and the fact that
many of his warmest friends are numbered among those who have
known him from childhood is an indication of his upright and
straightforward career.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
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THOMAS TOBIN.
The name of Tobin is a familiar one in Crawford county,
for through many years its representatives have been actively
connected with its agricultural interests and have been
promoters of the progress and development of this portion of the
state. Thomas Tobin, of this review, was born in
Letter Kenny county, Donegal, Ireland, about 1822. Little
is known concerning the ancestral history of the family, for
during his early boyhood his parents died within one week of
typhoid fever.
After the death of his parents Thomas Tobin
found a home with his uncle, John Gibson, where he
remained until his twentieth year. Then, in connection
with his brother William, he rented a field and raised a
crop of flax. With the sale of his crop and through other
means the brothers acquired enough money to enable one of them
to come to America, and as William was the elder our
subject turned over his money to him, with the agreement that
William was to send for Thomas when he had earned the
sum sufficient to pay the latter's passage to the new world.
In 1844 our subject started for the United States, landing in
Philadelphia on the 3d of July, after seven weeks spent on the
bosom of the Atlantic. Two weeks later he came to Ohio,
making the trip by rail to Johnstown, thence by canal to
Pittsburg and on to Wooster, Ohio, by stage. From that
place to Rome he continued the journey on foot. During the
succeeding autumn he went to work for a Mr. Haymaker, in
Franklin township, Richland county, by whom his brother
William was employed, and for a year continued in that
service, receiving the meager compensation of three dollars per
month for his services. He next went to Mansfield, where
he engaged in carpentering for two years, and in the spring of
1847 he returned to Franklin township, entering into partnership
with his former employer, Mr. Haymaker, the connection
being maintained until late in the succeeding autumn.
Their relation being then severed, Mr. Tobin
continued carpentering and building on his own account until
after his marriage, when he turned his attention to agricultural
pursuits.
On the 6th of April, 1849, was celebrated the marriage
of our subject and Miss Elizabeth Shilling, a native of
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of David and
Anna (Hollister) Shilling, both of whom were natives of
Germany and came from Pennsylvania to Crawford county, Ohio,
about 1847. During the years of a happy married life eight
children have come to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tobin,
and the family circle yet remains unbroken by the hand of death.
The children are: Anna Mary, widow of Samuel
Springer, of Cranberry township; William James, who
conducts a blacksmith shop in New Washington; David Elmer,
a resident farmer of Cranberry township; John Franklin,
who is a proprietor of a grocery store in New Washington;
Marjorie E., wife of Allison Bittikoffer, of Bucyrus;
Thomas G., of Canyon City, Colorado; Eva E., at
home; and Clement L., who is living in Denver, Colorado.
For a year after his marriage Mr. Tobin resided
upon the farm which adjoins his present home place, and then
purchased the eighty acres which he has since improved and
cultivated. He first erected a log cabin in the midst of
the forest and removed to his home, the family experiencing many
of the trials and hardships of pioneer life during the early
days in which he was gaining a start. After some years he
erected his present substantial residence and other farm
buildings and has since carried on the work of development and
improvement, until the property is now very valuable. In
politics he is a Democrat and in religious faith is an English
Lutheran. Strong purpose and indefatigable energy have
been the means of bringing to him success in life, and he is now
numbered among the men of affluence and among the leading and
influential citizens of Cranberry township.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
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WILLIAM S. TUTTLE.
Wherever they have found residence in the United States,
Canadians have been model citizens, and their descendants have
followed in their footsteps. Prominent among Canadians who
have settled in Crawford county, Ohio, was the late Alvin F.
Tuttle, whose son, William S. Tuttle, is a well-known
farmer of Texas township.
Alvin F. Tuttle was born near Elizabethtown,
Canada, May 26, 1818, and was reared to manhood there. In
1839 he settled in Lykens township, Crawford county, Ohio. In
1841 he was joined by his parents, and they bought eighty acres
of land where John Tuttle now lives. Later Alvin
F. Tuttle removed to Texas township and bought eighty acres
of land where his son, William S. Tuttle, now resides.
He added to his original purchase until he owned one hundred and
ninety acres, which he cleared and improved until it was a
valuable agricultural property. He was a Republican in
politics from the organization of that party until his death,
and took much interest in township affairs, serving his fellow
citizens as township clerk and filling the office of assessor of
taxes for more than fifteen years. He was for more than
sixty years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, devout
in his worship, regular in attendance at stated services and
generous in his contributions toward the support of its material
interests. When he came to the county he began his career
in a log cabin which he erected in the wilderness. The
woods were alive with game of all kinds and the Indians were
frequent visitors at his humble abode. He was married Oct.
1, 1844, to Eliza Thompson, who died May 26, 1893.
He died May 26, 1901, and they are buried in Poplar cemetery
near their old home. They had five children, the following
information concerning four of whom will be found interesting:
Norsicy A. died in infancy; George T. lives in
Bucyrus, Ohio; V. O., who was a butcher, died in Nevada;
and Dow J. is a merchant at Sycamore, Ohio.
William S. Tuttle, youngest child of Alvin F.
and Eliza (Thompson) Tuttle, was born on the farm in Texas
township, Crawford county, Ohio, on which he now lies, Sept. 17,
1856. He was reared to farm labor and educated in the
district school. He farmed in association with his father
until the latter's death, and is one of the most successful
general farmers in the township. He is now the owner of
his father's old homestead. In politics he is a
Republican, and he has held the office of trustee of Texas
township for five years. He is a Knight of Pythias and is
widely known as a popular, enterprising and public-spirited man.
Jan. 1, 1880, he married Miss Jennie Dunlap.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
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