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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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HENRY
McCARTNEY, Margaretta, Venice p. o., was born in
Margaretta September 28, 1832, and was a son of William and
Eliza (Cooper) McCartney, who were married in Knox county.
Eliza was born in Trenton, N. J., and William in
Kentucky, and settled in Margaretta before the year 1812.
He served in the War of 1812, and soon after its close, about
1815, purchased by article 700 acres, and also purchased the
first flouring custom mill erected at Venice. He was born in
1791, and died in January, 1877. They had a family of six
children, four of whom are now living: Mrs. Catharine Dwelley,
Mrs. Gertrude Chapman, Henry and Harvey C. At the
time of his death William C. owned over 1,300 acres.
Henry was reared to farm work and is now engaged in that
business. He was married in 1863 to Anna Neill,
who was born in Margaretta in 1845. They have had a family of
four children: Charles, born May 3, 1864; William,
born February 23, 1866; Thomas, born August 19,. 1868;
and^Catharine, born April 23, 1875. Ann was a daughter of
Thomas and Rebecca Neill, who came
from Maryland to Margaretta in 1832. Thomas was educated
at Ada, O., and Catharine is now a student at Toledo.
Mr. McCartney now owns a farm of 100 acres, of the
purchase made by his father, and 300 acres purchased since.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 600 |
THOMAS
L. McEWEN, Sandusky, the wholesale and retail dealer in
flour and feed at Sandusky, was born in Huron, Erie county, in
1841. He was a son of T. C. and Huldah (Stevens)
McEwen. Huldah was born in Milan, Erie county, and her
husband, T. C, was born at Bellefonte, Centre county,
Pa., and settled in Erie county, O, in 1835. He was married in
1837, and had a family of three children : C. L., Thomas L.
and a sister, S. E. T. C. was engaged in the hardware
business, and in 1853 became a conductor on the S. M. and N.
Railroad. He was postmaster at Sandusky from 1861 to 1869.
Thomas L. McEwen was married in 1870 to Kate Ball,
of Newark. They have one son: Fred C, Thomas L. enlisted
in Company E, 3d Ohio Regiment, in 1861, and served to the close
of the war. He was discharged in August, 1865, at Columbus. He
has been engaged in the flour and feed business since 1882.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 601 |
JOHN
McKELVEY, was born in Plymouth, Huron county, O., Feb. 8,
1835, being the youngest of ten children. His parents,
Matthew McKelvey and Nancy Adams, were married March 27,
1818, in Greenfield township, Huron Co., O. His father,
Matthew McKelvey, was born in Westmoreland county, Pa.,
January 30, 1794. His father was William McKelvey,
who had lost a leg in the Revolutionary War. The family
moved from Pennsylvania to Portage county, O., in 1804, and from
there to Trumbull county, in 1806, and from there to Huron
county, in 1815.
His mother Nancy Adams, was born in Windham
county, Vt., July 30, 1798, and with her parents moved to
Greenfield township, Huron county, O., in the spring of 1815.
Her father, Bildad Adams, was one of the first three
county commissioners of Huron county, and she taught the first
school in Peru township. Soon after their marriage his
parents moved to Sandusky, where his father engaged in the
mercantile business. In 1825 they changed their residence
to Plymouth, Huron county, where his father completed the third
frame building erected in that locality. He opened the
first general store, and continued to advance the growth of the
village by erecting more houses. In 1830 he erected a
building for that purpose, and established a seminary for young
ladies. The family continued to reside in Plymouth until
the fall of 1840, when they moved to Hardin county, where a
large quantity of land had been purchased, and commodious
buildings for those times had been erected. But the
misfortune of sickness, resulting in the deaths of the mother
and three sisters, caused the return of the father and the
remaining four children to Plymouth, in the spring of 1842,
where another sister soon died, leaving only the younger three
living of the family of ten children. Those three are
still living at this date (1888) and reside: Martha, Mrs. E.
C. Lovell, in Greenfield township, Huron county, O.;
Matthew, in Tiffin, O., and John, the subject of this
sketch, in Sandusky. Soon after the death of his father,
which occurred in March 18, 1853, in Greenfield township, Huron
county, John first secured a situation in the general
store of W. T. & A. K. West, in Sandusky, where he
remained during the summer, but desiring to obtain a better
education, he decided in the fall to teach school during the
winter months, and attend school at Oberlin College during the
remaining nine months of each year, and he pursued that course
for three years, until ill health compelled him to discontinue
it. He thereafter settled in Sandusky, and engaged in the
commission business. In 1861 he set out one of the first
vineyards in the vicinity of Sandusky, and thereafter set out
several more. In 1867 he became engaged in the real estate
and insurance business. He discontinued the insurance
branch in 1874, but has continued the real estate business to
the present time, and has, during the past twenty years, made
ten additions to the city of Sandusky. He became
interested in the wholesale ice business in 1876, and has
continued his interest therein to the present time. In
1865, he added materially in effecting a reorganization of the
Erie County Agricultural Society, and in securing the permanent
location of the fair grounds at Sandusky. It was
principally through his efforts that the Sandusky Tool Company
came into existence. He was married June 26, 1861, to
Jennie R. Huntington. They have had six children, four
of whom are living: Janet H., born April 2, 1862; John
Jay, born May 24, 1863; Alice R., born April 25, 1867;
Ralph H., born December 7, 1877. Janet, John Jay
and Alice are graduates of the Sandusky High School, and
Janet and John Jay are graduates of Oberlin
College; the former of the class of 1883, and the latter of the
class of 1884. John Jay also graduated from Harvard
College Law School, receiving the degrees of A. M. and L. L.
B. in 1887. He was married to Miss Mary C. Mattocks,
an Oberlin graduate of the class of 1885, of Cleveland, July 12,
1887, and is now engaged in the practice of the law in New York
City. Janet was married to the Rev. C. F. Swift,
an Oberlin College classmate, July 27, 1886, and he is at
present the pastor of the Congregational Church, Saratoga
Springs, N. Y.
Mrs. John McKelvey was the daughter of
Appollos and Deborah Huntington, and was born in Brownville,
Jefferson County, N. Y., August 8, 1837. She came with her
parents to Sandusky, in the spring of 1852. She is a
graduate of the Sandusky High School of the class of 1856.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 601 |
JAMES
C. McKESSON, Groton, Sand Hill p. o., a pioneer of Erie
county, and a close observer of the many changes, was born in
Lycoming county, Pa., in 1814, and settled with his parents in
Perkins township in 1826. He was a son of Isaac and Betsey
(Colwell) McKesson. Isaac was a millwright, carpenter and
contract builder. They had a family of six children, three of
whom are now living: James C, Isaac, jr., and one
daughter. Isaac died in 1856, aged seventy-three years.
James C. was married in 1840 to Marietta Prout,
who was born in 1825. They have a family of four children:
Andrew D., Sarah E., Selina R. and Elmer Elsworth. Mrs.
McKesson was a daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Holt) Prout,
who settled in Erie county at an early date, coming-there from
Oneida county, N. Y. They had a family of ten children; three
sons and three daughters are now living. Andrew D. McKesson
was a student at Cleveland, and in 1861 he enlisted in the 8th
Ohio Regiment, re-enlisted in the 101st O. V. I., serving to the
close of the war. He was prominent in the construction of the
Mad River Railroad. His grandfather, John C. McKesson,
was the contractor. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary army,
and one of the wagon masters. At the close of the war he settled
in Pennsylvania.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 601 |
THOMAS
McMAHON, Perkins, Sandusky p. o., was born in Ireland in
1812, and settled in Erie county, coming here from New York
State in 1846. He was married in 1850 to Margaret
Norton. They had a family of five children: Katie, Anna,
John, Thomas and George. Thomas died in 1873. His
wife, Margaret, was born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1822,
and was a daughter of Michael and Katie
Fitzgerald, who settled in Sandusky in 1840, where Katie
died in 1847, leaving a family of eight children. Katie,
daughter of Thomas McMahon, is now the wife of
John Mulaney. John married Agnes
McGorey.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 602 |
PETER
MAINZER, Perkins, Sandusky p. o., was born in Prussia in
1828, and was a son of Charles and Barbara
Mainzer, who emigrated to America in 1844, and settled in
Sandusky with two sons and one daughter. Charles died in
1864, and his wife, Barbara, in 1865. Peter learned the
carpenter trade and became an extensive builder and jobber, a
business in which he was engaged until 1885, when he became
engaged in farming, and now has a fine farm of 160 acres. He was
married in 1855 to Christina Smith, of Perkins.
They have had a family of eleven children: Mary C, Joseph
Peter, Rosa, Barbara C, Frances E., Johanna D., John A.,
Christina, Sarah K., Anthona F. and William C. Mr Mainzer
has served several years as town treasurer, and also held other
minor offices.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 602 |
EDWARD
MANTEY, Margaretta. Sandusky p. o., was born in Russia in
1852, and was a son of Frederick A. and Dorothy (Pulaski)
Mantey. He came from Comientz, Russia, to America and
settled in Seneca county, O., in 1854, and in i860 came to Erie
county and settled in Margaretta township, where he purchased a
farm of twenty acres, which he converted into a vineyard. He has
a family of four children: Edward, Charles,
Albert and Sarah. Edward was married in
Sandusky in 1882 to Rosila M. Schonhardt, who was born in
Tiffin. They have had two children : Dorothy and Josephine.
Edward Mantey purchased a farm of thirty-two acres in
1880, ten acres of which he planted with Concord, Delaware,
Catawba and a number of other varieties of grapes. He is now
engaged in the manufacture of grape wines.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 602 |
FREDERICK
MANTEY, JR., Margaretta, Sandusky p. o., was born in
Poland, Russia, in 1825. and was a son of Frederick and
Wilhelmina Mantey. Frederick learned the machinist and metal
working business. He was married in 1848 to Dorothy
Pulaski, and emigrated to America in 1854, settled in Green
Springs, O., and in i860 settled on Kelley's Island, where he
became engaged in the grape business. He purchased five acres of
land, which he converted into a vineyard. He purchased the land
for $600, and in 1864 sold it for $3,000. This same spring he
settled in Margaretta, where he purchased twenty acres at $100
per acre. He now has twenty-five acres, fifteen of which he has
converted into a vineyard. He was drafted, but furnished a
substitute. He had a family of six children. His wife,
Dorothy, died September 15, 1880, leaving a family of four
children: Edward, Charles, Albert, and Sarah, who
married John Schonhardt. Charles read medicine and
was graduated from the Cleveland Medical College in 1885, and
settled in Stark county in the practice of his profession.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 602 |
JOHN
P. MAYER, jr., Sandusky, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany,
in 1814, and settled in Tiffin, O., in 1840, and in 1846 settled
in Sandusky. In 1848 he became engaged in the manufacture of
furniture, in which business he is still engaged. He was married
in 1852 to Elizabeth Doerflinger, who was born in
Germany. They have had a family of eleven children, seven of
whom are now living: Frederica, Amelia, Julia, Lottie,
Esther, Clara and Cora. Mr. Mayer has been successful
in his real estate purchases as well as in his business.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 602 |
AARON
WRIGHT MEEKER, Huron, one of the leading farmers of
Huron, was born in Berlin township January 14, 1816, and was a
son of Stephen and Polly (Platt) Meeker, who came from
Connecticut Stephen was born in 1780, and Polly in
1778. They settled in Ohio in 1810 with their children. They had
seven children in all: Barney, born in 1800; Hezekiah,
born in 1803; Hanford, born in 1808; Edward, born in
1804; Maria, born in 1811 ; Aaron W., born in 1816; and
George T., born in 1819. Two of the children are now living,
Maria and Aaron W. Stephen was a blacksmith by
trade, and built the steamers Eclipse and Lady of the Lake. He
was born in Hartford, Conn., and died in Huron, O. His wife died
in October, 1849. Aaron W. Meeker was married in 1838 to
Hannah Cuddeback, who was born in Vermillion in
1815. She died July 7, 1854, leaving five sons and one daughter:
Warren W., Polly M., Oscar, Barney, Frank and
Ernest. Mr. Meeker married his second wife, Cynthia Turner,
January 25, 1855. She was born November 7, 1831, in Victor,
Ontario county, N. Y. They have had two daughters, Hannah H.
and Martha. Stephen Meeker was judge of the
county, and postmaster for a number of years.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 602 |
FRANK
MEEKER, Berlin, Ceylon p. o., was born in Huron in 1853,
and was a son of Aaron W. and Hannah (Cuddeback) Meeker,
who were married in Vermillion in 1838. Hannah was born
in 1815, and died July 7, 1854, leaving a family of six
children: Warren W., Polly M., Oscar, Barney, Frank and
Ernest. Aaron was born January 14, 1816, in Berlin township,
and was a son of Stephen and Polly (Platt) Meeker,
who came from Connecticut and settled here in 1810. Frank
Meeker was married January 12, 1876, to Viola
Griffin, a daughter of William and Lucy (Church) Griffin.
William Griffin was born in Connecticut in 1817.
They were married in 1848 and had two children: Viola,
and Eliza, who married George Barnes and
died in 1874, leaving two children, Charles and Lucy
Barnes. Mr. Griffin settled in Erie county with his parents,
his father, Nathaniel Griffin, being one of the
earliest settlers. William died in 1876. His widow,
Lucy, was a daughter of Theophilus and
Temperance D. Church, who came to this county from
Connecticut in 1820. They had a family of four children, of whom
Mrs. Griffin is now the only one surviving. She
now resides on the old homestead, which was purchased in 1855,
and which consists of 123 acres. At the time of purchasing they
paid $35 per acre.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 603 |
JOHN
MEYER, Sandusky, a grocery and provision merchant of
Sandusky, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1834, and was a son of
Joseph and Bridget (Mellenn) Meyer, who were born and
married in Germany, where Joseph died, leaving a widow
and three sons, John, Andrew and Leo.
Bridget was born in 1814, and in 1852 came to America with
her three sons and settled in Sandusky. John and Andrew
enlisted in the army on the call for three months men, in the
107th Regiment, and were discharged at Camp Taylor, Cleveland.
John, after settling here, became engaged in the brewing
business, and in 1868 purchased a lot on which he erected his
store and dwelling, and became engaged in the grocery business.
He has been a member of the board of education for years.
He was married in Sandusky in 1857 to Elizabeth Denes,
who was born in Germany. They have had a family of five
children: Emma, Andrew, Frank, Anna, and John, jr.
Elizabeth was a daughter of John Denes.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 604 |
AUGUST
MICHEL, Sandusky, a member of the firm of August and
Robert Michel, coopers of Sandusky. August was
born in Monroeville, Huron county, in 1856, and was a son of
John and Margaret (Smith) Michel. John was born
in Baden in 1822 and died in 1871; Margaret was born in
Bavaria, and died in 1884, leaving six children: August,
Robert, Henry, Lena, Mary and Paulina. August
was married in 1879 to Margaret Connors, of Sandusky.
They have had a family of five children, four of whom are now
living; George, born in 1881; Maggie, born
in 1883; Thomas, born in 1885; and Walter, born in
1887. Margaret was a daughter of Thomas Connors.
August learned the cooper's trade and settled in Sandusky
in 1879, as a journeyman cooper, and in 1882 became engaged in the manufacture of tanks, wine barrels, beer casks, etc.
The firm now employs fifteen men.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 604 |
CHARLES
MILLER, Sandusky, the merchant tailor of Sandusky, was
born in Nassau, kingdom of Prussia, Germany, in 1829, and was a
son of William and Elizabeth Miller, who emigrated to
America in 1852, and settled in Sandusky, where they died
leaving a family of six children: Charles, William,
Elizabeth, Philapera, Wilhelmina and Anton.
Charles Miller came to America, in 1848, and worked in New
York and Ashland county, O., as a journeyman tailor, and in 1852
settled in Sandusky. In 1856 he commenced his merchant
tailoring business, and in 1857 formed a partnership with Julius
Robrhan,
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 604 |
DANIEL
MILLER, JR., Groton, North Monroeville p. o., was born in
Nassau, Germany, in 1834, and was a son of Daniel and
Philopena Miller, who died in Germany. They had a
family of ten children, four of whom are now living:
Charles, Christina, Daniel and Philopena.
Daniel came to America in 1854, and settled in Monroeville,
Huron county, in 1856, and worked at farming by the month, until
1859, when he rented a farm. He was married in 1861 to
Anna Scheit, who was born in Nassau, Germany, in 1839.
They have had a family of seven sons and two daughters: Carl
Albert, Emma Caroline, William Adolph, Gustave C., William
Louis, Amelia Kathrena, Edward Henry, George Carl and
Otto Levi. Mr. Miller purchased a farm in 1865, which
consisted of 115 acres, and for which he paid $6,000. He
purchased his present homestead of 92½
acres in 1875, for which he paid $7,000. He now owns 207½
acres. He learned the carpenter's trade in Germany, and
followed the same in Sandusky, for two years, after which he
became engaged in farming. He now is trustee of the
township, and has held that office for five years.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 605 |
WILLIAM
MILLER, JR., Groton, North Monroeville p. o., was born in
Dietz, Nassau, Germany, in 1831, and was a son of William and
Elizabeth (Detrich) Miller, who emigrated to America in1851,
and settled in Sandusky. He was born in 1801. They
had a family of seven children, one of whom died in Germany; the
other six came to America: Charles, William, jr., Elizabeth,
Elmena, Philopena and Anthony. William jr. was
married in 1857 to Philopena Ohlemacher who was born in
Bachsculbach, Germany. She died in 1861, leaving three
sons: William, Henry and Charles. Mr. Miller
married his second wife, Jane Gross, in May, 1862.
She was born in Pennsylvania. They have a family of eleven
children, nine of whom are now living: Clara, Emma, Rosa,
Rudolph, Flora, Lydia, Lawrence, Frank, Cynthia and twins,
who died. Mr. Miller learned the carpenter's trade,
but in 1857 became engaged in farming, and in 1863 purchased a
farm of 115 acres, for which he paid $5,750. He now owns a
farm of 457 acres of well improved land. He lost all of
his barns, sheds and grain by fire, in 1887. He is now
engaged in the raising and shipping of stock.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 605 |
HENRY
MILNER, Perkins, Sandusky p. o., a prominent farmer of
Perkins township, was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1820, and
was a son of Thomas and Ann (Bowser) Milner,
who came to Canada in 1829, after which they settled in Niagara
county, N. Y., and in 1836 settled in Huron county, O., where
they remained for a short time, when they came to Perkins
township. Thomas died in 1876, and his wife, Ann,
in 1870. They had a family of nine children, five of whom
are now living: Henry, Thomas D., John, Mary A., Sarah Jane.
Henry was married in 1847, to Huldah Westfall, a
daughter of Abraham Westfall, of Chemung county, N. Y.
They settled in Perkins township in 1853, where they purchased
their homestead. They have one adopted daughter, Sarah
Lodine, who married C. F. Steen. They have two
daughters, twins. Mr. Milner is very active in the
affairs of the town and county, and was one of the organizers of
the county mutual insurance company, in 1877, and served as
president of the company for eight years.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 605 |
HENRY
MOORE, Margaretta, Venice p. o., a merchant and grape
producer, was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, in 1826, and in
1846 emigrated with his mother and stepfather, Paul Leidorf.
His mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Ohlenbacher.
The parents died in Venice. Mrs. Leidorf left a
family of five children, two, Henry and Ann, by
her first marriage; and Catharine, Elizabeth and John,
by her second marriage. Henry is now the only
surviving one. Henry was married in 1849 to Mary
J. Bourke, who was born at Black Rock, Buffalo, N. Y.
They have had a family of five children: Elizabeth,
Mary J., Henry J., Catharine L., and George A. Mr.
Moore learned the miller's trade, and had charge of the
Venice ill for twenty six years, a position which he resigned in
1872, and became engaged in the manufacture of staves and
heading, at Perrysburg, Wood county. He became engaged in
the mercantile business at Venice, in 1874, being a member of
the firm of Gookey & Moore, and in 1887 he became sole
owner and proprietor of the business. He has a farm of 15
acres and a vineyard of 10 acres. He has been township
treasurer for nine years, and served in the 145th Regiment,
under the 100-day call, and was discharged at Camp Chase.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 606 |
EDWARD
R. MOOS, Sandusky, was born in Sandusky, O., in 1855, and
married in 1879 to Antoinette Schnaitter, who was born in
Sandusky. They have had four children: Anna E., Edna
C., Edward L., and Cora. Edward R. was a son of
Adam Moos, who was born in Rhine province of Bavaria,
Germany, in 1819, and came to America in 1841, settling in New
York, where he remained until 1849, when he came to Sandusky,
O., where he married Mary A. Klueber, who was born in
Bruckenow, Bavaria, Germany, in 1817. They have one son,
Edward R., born in 1855. His first wife was
Frances Stark, to whom he married in New York, in 1841.
She died, leaving two children: Adam jr. and Rosa.
Adam is a retired boot and shoe dealer. He has held
several of the city offices; was assessor for several years, and
also alderman. His son, Edward R., became engaged
in the manufacture of grape wine in 1876, and erected his
present wine cellars in 1882, with a capacity for 35,000
gallons.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 606 |
WILLIAM
EDWARD MOOTZ, Kelley's Island, was born in Buffalo, N.
Y., in 1850, and was a son of William and Elizabeth (Young)
Mootz, who were born in Germany, and married in Buffalo, N.
Y., in 1848. They settled on Kelley's Island, in 1865.
They had a family of ten children, all of whom grew to manhood
and womanhood, when nine died within four years time. The
mother died in January, 1886, leaving but one son, William
E., who was married in 1885 to Mrs. Sarah Woodford Mootz.
They have one daughter, Grace. Mrs. Mootz had two
children by a previous marriage, Irene and Earl
who died in 1888. Mr. Mootz received a liberal
education. He learned telegraphy and located at
Marblehead, where he was appointed postmaster. He is now
engaged in the cultivation of grapes on the island.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 606 |
D.
B. MOREY, Sandusky, was born in Jewett City, New London
county, Conn., in 1823. He emigrated with his parents,
E. B. Morey and family, from Connecticut, in 831, and
settled in Lyme, Huron county, O. He was married in 1847
to Catharine Packwood, who was born in Huron county, O.,
in 1828, and was a daughter of Thomas W. Packwood, of
Connecticut. In 1852 he purchased a homestead of the
Edward Brothers, consisting of 134 acres. Mr.
Edwards laid the foundation for the first steam saw-mill in
the county, in 1848. In 1849 work on this mill was checked
on account of the prevalence of the cholera. In 1852 the
saw-mill was finished by Mr. Morey. He carried on a
large business in lumber, and made ship timber and black walnut
lumber a specialty. At one time the demand for lumber was
so great that he employed two sets of men, thereby running the
mill night and day. He was an early justice and trustee of
the town, always taking an active interest in any project that
promised prosperity to the town and county. Mr. Morey
made it his aim in life to give his children a liberal
education. Robert S. attended Oberlin College;
Julia R. attended the schools at Milan, and studied music;
William O. graduated from a commercial college; Thomas
E. graduated from the Sandusky High School, attended Oberlin
College, and studied one year at the Ann Arbor Law University;
Georgiana L. graduated from Sandusky High School, and
studied medicine. Mr. Morey died March 12, 1885.
In his death the town lost a valuable and upright citizen.
He was esteemed by all with whom he had any dealings, and with
those who knew him socially.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 607 |
GEORGE
H. MORGAN, Perkins, Sandusky p. o., one of the successful
farmers of Perkins township, was born in Groton, in 1831.
He was a son of Chester Hamilton, of Milan, but was
adopted in 1833 by Thomas Morgan of Perkins.
Thomas Morgan and his wife were from Ipswitch, England.
They settled in Groton in 1832. George received a
common school education. He was brought up to farming, and
purchased a farm of 137 acres, which was mostly timberland, and
cleared a large portion of it which he sold, and purchased his
present fine farm of 100 acres. He furnished a substitute
on the 100-day call. He was married at Macedon, N. Y., in
1854, to Mary Jane Montfort, who was born in Pleasant
Valley, Dutchess county, N. Y., in 1830. They have had two
children, Mary Julia, and Theron T., married in
March, 1885, to Miss Maude Benschoten, of Berlin
Township.
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DOCTOR.
FRANK W. MORLEY, Huron p. o., a physician and surgeon of
Huron, was born in Syracuse, Onondaga county, N. Y., in 1860,
and was a son of Rev. B. and Mary A. (Leet) Morley.
Rev. Mr. Morley was born in Cayuga county, N. Y., and his
wife, Mary, in Oakland, Mich. Elder Morley,
though over seventy years of age, is still an active man in his
profession, that of a Baptist clergyman, now living at Bay City,
Mich. Dr. Frank W., received a high school
education, read medicine and graduated from the Cleveland
Homeopathic Medical College in 1884, and settled in Huron, Erie
county, O., where he became engaged in the practice of his
profession, and now has an extensive practice. He was married to
Elouisa E. Durkee, of Birmingham, Oakland county, Mich.,
in October, 1884. They have had two children, Frank W.,
Jr., and Elouisa D.
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ALEXANDER MOTRY,
Perkins, Sandusky p. o., is the present superintendent of Erie
County Infirmary, being appointed Mar. 4, 1884. He filled
the office with great credit to himself, and satisfaction to the
county during the construction of the finest county infirmary
building in the State. The infirmary has a capacity for
300 inmates, and now has about 106. Mr. Motry was
born in Sandusky in 1846, and was a son of Joseph and Theresa
(Lenhart) Motry, who were born in Germany, and married in
Sandusky, in 1843, where Joseph had settled in 1833.
He died in 1869, aged 56 years. He left a family of five
children: Elizabeth, Joseph, jr., Alexander, Charles and
John. Joseph had three sons by his first wife:
Theodore, Frederick and Henry. Alexander was
married in 1873 to Regina Josephine Eby, who was born in
1849. She was a daughter of Joseph and Regina (Karber)
Eby. Mr. Eby settled in Sandusky, in 1849,
where his wife died in 1855, leaving three daughters, Regina
J., Louisa and Sophia. He had one daughter,
Elizabeth, by his second wife. Three of his sons
enlisted: Frederick served in the 23d Ohio
Volunteers, under Colonel Hayes; Henry served in the
Hoffman Battalion on Johnston's Island, and Alexander
enlisted in 1862, in the 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery, under
Captain Blye, and served to the close of the war, when he
was discharged at Knoxville, Tenn., July 25, 1865. Mr.
Motry was a member of the city council in 1876. He
became engaged in the wholesale ice business in 1883.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
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ROBERT
ROSLING MOYSEY, Kelley's Island, one of the leading
grape, peach, apple, quince and small fruit growers on the
island, was born in Lincolnshire, England, in October, 1826, and
was a son of William and Mary (Rosling) Moysey, who had a
family of three children: Robert Rosling, Harriet and
David. Robert came to America in 1852. He was
married in England May 18, 1848, to Sallie Dennison.
They settled in Mansfield, Richland county, O., July 27, 1852.
Mrs. Moysey died in 1865. They had a family of
eight children, three of whom are now living: William A.,
born in 1854; John T., born in 1856; David R.,
born in 1858, and Alfred C., born in1861, died July 12,
1881, from consumption contracted while at Oberlin College.
Mr. Moysey was married the second time in 1868, to
Susan Snyder, of Pennsylvania. They have had one
daughter, Sally S., now at the Oberlin Conservatory of
Music. Mr. Moysey has by industry and frugal habits
acquired a fie property, and now owns 70 acres on the island, 60
acres of which consists of a vineyard. He was one of the
founders of the Sweet Valley Wine Company, and is now its
treasurer. This company was organized in 1887, with a
capital of $50,000. Robert's parents settled in
Mansfield, O., in 1858, where his father's William died
1865. His wife then came to the island to reside with her
son, Robert, and while on a visit at Mansfield in 1882,
died at the age of 76, and was buried there.
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WILLIAM R. MOYSEY,
Kelley's Island, was born in Richmond county, O., Feb. 4, 1854,
and was a son of Robert R., and Sally (Dennison) Mosey,
who had a family of eight children, four sons are now living:
William R., John T., David R. and Alfred C. The
mother died Mar. 16, 1865, and Mr. Moysey was married a
second time in March, 1868, to Susan Snyder. They
have had one daughter, Sally. William R. Moysey
was educated at Oberlin College. He is now engaged in
farming and the culture of grapes, having a vineyard of ten
acres. He purchased 19 acres of land in 1881. He
served as secretary of the Sweet Valley Wine Company. His
parents were born and married in Lincolnshire, England, and
settled in Richland county, O., in 1852, and in 1868 came to
Kelley's Island.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 609 |
CHARLES H.
MUENCHER, Sandusky, proprietor of the pioneer hat and can
and fur store, of Sandusky, was born at Gambier, Knox county, in
1837. He received a classical education, and was graduated
from the Union College at Schenectady, N. Y., in the class of
1857. He settled in Sandusky in 1858 as successor to
Austin Ferry. The founders of the business were Peck
and Stapleton, of the hat and fur trade. C.
H. Muenscher, was a son of Rev. Joseph and Ruth
(Washburn) Muenscher. Joseph was born in Rhode Island,
and Ruth in Massachusetts. They settled in Ohio in
1834. Joseph was an M. E. Clergyman. They
died in Knox county. Charles H. was married in
1864, to Susie C. Burgess. They have a family of
three children: Charles H., jr., Bessie W. and Percy.
Susie was a daughter of Rev. Oliver Burgess, now
of Cleveland. Mr. Muenscher is a large purchaser
and shipper of wool and furs, and a dealer in hats, caps and
gents' furnishing goods, trunks and robes.
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JACOB
MURSCHEL, Sandusky p. o., was born in Wurtemburg,
Germany, Jan. 1, 1824, and was a son of John and Barbara
Merschel. Jacob and his brother Michael came to
America in 1852, when Jacob settled and his brother
Michael came to America in 1852, when Jacob settled
in Norwalk, Huron county, and became engaged in the baking
business. He was married in 1854 to Mary Yingling,
who was born in Wurtemburg, Germany. They have a family of
five sons now living: William, Charles, Jacob jr., Fred
and Albert. Mr. Murschel settled in Bellevue, in
1859, and in 1866 settled in Sandusky as proprietor of the Bing
Hotel, and engaged in the general grocery and provision business
on Mark street in 1869, and in 1875 purchased his lot and
erected his present dwelling. In 1876 he built his hotel
at the Lake Shore Railroad Depot, and conducted the same until
1884, when he was succeeded by his son, William. In
1881 he became engaged in the manufacture of carbonate drinks,
and in the bottling business. The firm is now J.
Murschel & Son.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 609 |
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