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Biographies
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HISTORY OF ERIE CO., OHIO
with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches
of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers
Edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich
Published, Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -
1889
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CHARLES DAHNKE, Sandusky,
a dealer in groceries and provisions, was born in Sandusky
in 1858, and was son of John and Minnie Dahnke.
John died in 1879, leaving a widow and three
children: William C., Charles and
Minnie. Charles became engaged in the grocery
business in 1877. He was married that same year to
Julia Roth, who was born in Sandusky, in
1858. They have a family of three children:
Mary, Lizzie and Minnie.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page
557 |
FRED W. DAILEY, Oxford,
Milan p. o., was born in Oxford, Oct. 4, 1851, and is a son
of Erastus and Phoebe Dailey. He
received a liberal education and chose farming as an
occupation; was married Sept. 24, 1884, to Fannie E.,
daughter of Robert and Mary Killey, of
Marblehead, Ottawa county. Two children have been born
to them, Robert E., and Ethel
Wells.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page
557 |
GEORGE DANIEL, Sandusky,
one of the representative men of the county, was born in
Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, in 1834, and was a son of
John and Eva Daniel, who came to America and
settled in Sandusky in 1847. John was a stone cutter
by trade. He died in 1854, leaving a widow and one
son, George. Eva
died in 1872. John Daniel, in company
with his son, George, purchased a lot on
which they erected a store, and became engaged in the
general grocery and provision business. In 1855
George became sole owner, and in 1865 sold
the business. He became engaged in the manufacture of
grape wine in 1865, a business in which he is now engaged,
having storage for 20,000 gallons. He is now the
oldest manufacturer of wine in the county. He has held
many of the city offices. He was elected mayor for six
years; town treasurer in 1857; councilman for four terms,
and president of the board three years. He was elected
a member of the board of equalization of property, in 1880,
representing four counties, and in 1884 was appointed by
Governor Hoadley, commissioner of the
fishery interest, serving as treasurer of the same, and on
Nov. 28, 1887, was appointed postmaster. He was
married in 1855 to Agnes Iceman, who was
born in Erie county, N. Y. She died Aug. 14, 1883,
leaving ten children: George W., John N.,
Frank A., Benjamin W., Charles A., Victor Henry, Mary,
Amelia, Louisa B. and Agnes M. Mr.
Daniel married his second wife, Claudine
Good, Mar. 9, 1886. She was born in
Switzerland.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page
557 |
EMERY B. DARLING,
Perkins, Sandusky P. O., was born in Salisbury, Addison
county, Vt, in 1827, and was a son of Elnathan and Lucy
C. (Corbett) Darling, who were born in Connecticut. They
settled in Vermont, and in 1831 came to Chautauqua county,
N. Y., where they remained until 1835, when they settled in
Perkins township, Erie county, O., and purchased a homestead
farm of 100 acres. Lucy died in 1835, leaving three
children, of whom Emery B. is now the only surviving
one. Elnathan married for his third wife Sarah
Faulkner. They had one daughter, Amelia, now
Mrs. Converse. Elnathan was a blacksmith in early
life, after which he became engaged in the hotel business,
and then went into the mercantile business. He was sheriff
of Rutland county for several years. After settling in Ohio
he became engaged in farming. He was born in April, 1782,
and died September 13, 1870. Emery B. now owns and
occupies the old homestead. He responded to the call for the
100 day soldiers, and enlisted in Company B, 145th Ohio
Regiment, and was discharged in August, 1864. He served as
express messenger for two years.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page
558 |
BELDING DE LAMATRE,
Oxford, Kimball p. o., settled in Oxford township in 1844,
and purchased a farm of 937 acres, for which he paid $3 per
acre. He was born in Hyde Park, N. Y., in 1819, and
died in 1881. He was married to Elizabeth
O'Leary, in Oxford township, in 1848, and had a
family of six children, of whom five are living: Belding,
jr., Carrie E., James C., Clayton W., and
Grace J. Mr. De Lamatre was a large
stock drover and feeder. He was engaged in taking
large droves to the New York market via land, having at one
time 218 oxen shod for the journey, which lasted about sixty
days. Mr. De Lamatre improved his
farm, built a large brick farmhouse, also barn and other
buildings. He was interested at one time in grape
growing on Kelley's Island. For the last few years he
turned his attention to sheep raising. Mrs. De
Lamatre still lives on the old homestead, but
spends much of her time traveling. Her daughter,
Grace, who is still single, lives with her
mother. Belding, jr. was married in
1873, to Annie Wilson, who died in 1877,
leaving one child, Maro Mackey. He
married his second wife, Emma James, in
1880. they had two children, Hallie Austin
and Grace E. Belding jr. and
James C. manage the farm, which contains 550 acres.
Carrie E. married M. J. Love;
James C. married Mary Garlic in
1887; C. W. De Lamatre married
Martha Sargeant, in 1887, who moved with her
husband to Omaha, where C. W. has a large law practice.
Clayton received a college education, and was a graduate
from the Cincinnati Law School; was admitted to the bar in
1886. They have one child, Harrison C.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page
558 |
SAMUEL DEVLIN, Perkins,
Sandusky p. o., an extensive farmer and dealer in stock was
born in Delaware county, N. Y., i 1832, and was a son of
Walter and Jane (Foster) Devlin, who were
married in Ireland, and settled in New York with one
daughter, Margaret, in 1836. They
came to Perkins township, Ohio, where they died. They
had a family of ten children, seven of whom are now living:
Margaret, Mary Jane, Samuel, Walter, Jr., Nancy,
Matilda and Fannie.
Mr. Devlin was married in 1872 to Nettie
Hinds, who was born in Huron, and was a daughter of
Edward and Theodosia Hinds. Samuel
and Nettie have a family of four children,
Samuel J., Belle, Walter and Rosa.
Mr. Devlin now owns a farm of 300 acres.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page
559 |
DR. JOHN PALMER DEYO,
Groton, Bellevue p. o., was, was born in New Paltz, Ulster
county, N. Y., in 1804, and was a son of William and
Elizabeth (Ketcham) Deyo, who, with their son,
Hiram, came to Groton in 1831 and purchased
a tract of 1,200 acres, for which they paid $1.25 per acre.
They had a family of five children: Ruth,
Hiram, Dr. John P., Maria and Patience.
John is now the only surviving one.
Hiram was married in Erie county, N.Y., and
settled in Erie county, O., in 1831, where he died in 1845,
leaving a widow and eight children. John P.
was graduated from then Geneva College, N. Y., in the class
of 1826, being a classmate of ex-Governors Seymour
and Hunt of New York. He was
graduated from the Hamilton Medical College of New York in
1827, and settled in North Carolina in the practice of his
profession in February, 1833; settled in Groton, where he
also practiced his profession until the death of his father
in 1838, when he settled on the old homestead farm and
became engaged in farming. His mother was born in 1775
and died in 1861. John P. was married
in 1836 to Sarah Ann Foster, who was born
in Tonawanda, Erie county, N. Y. She died Sept. 14,
1887, leaving six sons and one daughter, Maria,
Allen, Hiram, Frank, Bardeen, Delevan and
Fred.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page
559 |
OTIS P. DEYO, Groton,
Bellevue p. o., one of the representative men of Erie county
was born in Groton township Feb. 7, 1843, and was a son of
Hiram and Rachel (Coe) Deyo. Rachel was born
in New Jersey, Sept. 13, 1824, and was a daughter of
Matthew and Martha Coe, who died in New York State.
Hiram was born in New Paltz, Ulster county,
N. Y., Sept. 22, 1802, and came to Groton in the fall of
1831, when he purchased about 1,300 acres at $1.25 per acre.
He sold his father 400 acres for $3 per acre. His
father and family settled in Groton in 1832, where they
died. They were William and Elizabeth (Ketcham)
Deyo. They had a family of two sons and three
daughters, Ruth, Hiram, John P.,
Maria and Patience.
John P. is now the only one living. Hiram
died in 1845, leaving a widow and eight children, six sons
and one daughter of whom are now living:
George, Denton, Festus, Charles, Rosanna, William
and Otis B. Erastus died leaving a
widow and two children. Denton
enlisted in Sherman's regiment of sharpshooters in 1863.
Otis B. was married Dec. 5, 1867, to
Augusta Ford, who was born in Groton in
1847. They have had a family of three children, two
are now living, Royal C., born Dec. 28,
1875; and Ernest F., born in Nov., 1880.
Augusta was a daughter of James and
Mary A. (Rowcliff) Ford, who were born in England.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page
559 |
WILLIAM DILGER, Sandusky,
florist and landscape gardener of Sandusky, was born in
Sandusky in 1857, and was a son of Rudolph and Mary (Ruemmeli)
Dilger, who were natives of Germany, but came to this
country at an early date. They died in Sandusky when
William was quite young. Three of their
children are now living: Amalia, William and
Albert. Mr. Dilber was apprenticed to his
profession. He settled in Sandusky in 1878, where he
became engaged in his present occupation. His
buildings are covered with 6,500 square feet of glass, and
he has one of the largest, as well the choicest La Marque
rose trees in the country. It is now fourteen years
old, covering a space 22 by 44 feet, and in 1887 had over
nine thousand buds and blossoms. Mr. Dilger was
married in 1876 to Esther Leach, of Indianapolis.
She was born in Pennsylvania. They have had a family
of four children, Stella M., William H., Royal L. and
Hazel W.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page
560 |
JOHN W. DOERFLINGER,
Sandusky, was born in Sandusky in 1856, and was married in
November, 1886, to Anna Schlenk, who was also born in
Sandusky. They have one son, Edgar F., born
Mar. 20, 1888. John W. was a son of Charles
F. and Margaret (Maul) Doerflinger, who were born in
Germany, and settled in Sandusky about 1834. They have
had a family of five children, Charles, born in 1848;
Christina, John W., Louisa and Frank. John
W. became a partner in the Germania Basket Company,
which was organized in 1881 by Charles Doerflinger and C.
W. Koegle. John purchased his interest in 1884.
They now give employment to about thirty-five hands, and
produce about six hundred thousand baskets per season, which
are consumed by the home peach and grape production.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page
560 |
JOHN G. DORN, Sandusky, a
manufacturer of grape wine and brandy, and also engaged in
the wholesale ice business, was born in Cincinnati in1861,
and was a son of John Philip and Margaret Dorn, who
were married in Cincinnati in 1854. She was born in
Bavaria, and came to Cincinnati in 1852. Her husband
was born in Bavaria, Germany. Margaret died
Nov. 12, 1885, and her husband Jan. 31, 1886. They had
a family of four children, two died at an early age, John
C. and Catharine M. are now living. Mr.
Dorn settled in Sandusky in 1866 and became engaged in
the brewing business, being a member of the firm of
Sorgel, Dorn & Raible. He sold his interest in
this business in 1870 and became engaged in the grape wine
and brandy business of wine, and has a vineyard of
sixty-five acres.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page
560 |
LAWRENCE DREHER,
Margaretta, Venice p. o., an extensive and successful farmer
of Margaretta, having a farm of 400 acres of the best land
in the township, was born in Kirchhoffen, Baden, Germany,
Aug. 10, 1834, and came to America in 1854 and settled in
Sandusky, a poor young man, where he found employment
chopping wood for John Homegardner, with whom he
remained until 1855, when he, in company with three others,
went to Middle Bass Island, Lake Erie, in the interest of
the steamboat company, having a contract to chop 500 cords
of wood for that company. In 1856-57 Mr. Dreher
lived at Put-in-bay, there being only six families on the
island at that time. Here he was engaged in chopping
and clearing, and in 1858 settled in Margaretta, where he
purchased his homestead of sixty acres, for which he paid
forty dollars per acre. He was married in 1859 to
Emma Fox, who was born in Bavaria. They have had
two children: Emma born Dec. 16, 1859 and Henry
born May 19, 1861. Emma was born in 1835, and
came to Wyandotte county, Ohio, in June, 1856, and settled
in Sandusky in 1857. Her parents died in Germany, and
she, in company with her three brothers, settled in
Wyandotte company in 1856. After residing here thirty
years, she returned November 1st, 1886, to Germany for a
three months visit. She is now engaged in taking
charge of the farm, and raises large quantities of grapes
besides other fruits.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page
561 |
KARL DRUMM, Oxford, Kimball
p. o., was born in St. Julian, Rhein Pfalz, Bayern Province,
Germany, and was the second son of Abraham and Catharine
Drumm, who had a family of six children, four of whom
came to America: Abraham jr., Charles, Catharine and
Christopher. Charles came in 1855, and settled
in Huron county, O., where he and his brother,
Christopher, hired a farm, and afterward they purchased
his present home of one hundred acres, in Oxford township,
Erie county, for which they paid three thousand dollars,
after which they dissolved partnership, and Christopher
then purchased a farm in Milan township. Charles
has improved his land, and erected a fine dwelling and other
farm buildings. He was married in 1861 to Barbara
Catharine Slessman, daughter of Martin and Mary
Elizabeth Slessman, who had a family of six children, of
which she was the oldest, and was born in Adams township,
Seneca county, O., in 1838. They have two daughters,
Henrietta and Mary Elizabeth. Elizabeth
was married in 1880 to Fred Justie. They have
four children: Charles Christopher, Henry, Emma and
Catharine Henrietta.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page
561 |
OSCAR DWIGHT, Margaretta,
Castalia p. o., was born in Livingston county, N. Y., in
1838, and was a son of Roswell and Eloisa (Skidmore)
Dwight. She was born in Vermont in 1812;
Roswell was born in Hatfield, Mass., in August, 1813,
and they were married in Avon, N. Y., in 1837. Mr.
Dwight visited Margaretta in 1833 and returned to
Livingston county. After his marriage they settled in
Margaretta, in 1838, with one son. They had a family
of eight children: Oscar, Eveline, Mary L., Henry, Emily,
Albert, Fred and Frank. Mary L. married
John Wilson, and died leaving a family; Emily
married Mr. Coughenour; and Eveline married a
Mr. Bardsher. Roswell Dwight died in July,
1887. His wife, Eloisa, was a daughter of
Philo and Elizabeth (Patterson) Skidmore. His wife
died in Vermont, and Philo came to Ohio, where he
resided with his daughter from 1866 to 1868, when he died,
aged 84 years. Oscar enlisted in Company G.,
101st regiment, in January, 1864, served to the close of the
war, when he was discharged November, 1865. Henry
enlisted in Company G, 101st regiment, in 1862, and was
discharged with his regiment in 1865. During service
he was transferred to the 51st Ohio Regiment. Oscar
was married in 1868 to Harriet Jones, who was born in
Nunda, Livingston county, N. Y., and was a daughter of
Henry C. and Pelina Jones, who settled here in 1850.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page
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