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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Hancock County, Ohio
From It's Earliest Settlement to the Present Time.
Together with Reminiscences of Pioneer Life,
Incidents, Statistical Tables, and
Biographical Sketches
By D. B. Beardsley
Findley, O.
Publ. Springfield, O.
Republic Printing Company
1881
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Cass Twp. -
JOHN ECKLES, the
subject of this sketch was born in Westmoreland County, Penn.,
on the 25th day of April, 1795, and resided in that State until
1836. in 1819 Mr. Eckles married Esther Booth,
with whom he lived up to the time of her decease in 1862.
His ancestors were from Ireland. He, during his whole
active life, followed the occupation of a farmer. He is a
man of strong will and of very decided opinions, and is not
easily swerved from his purposes.
In 1836, with his wife and four sons, he emigrated to
this township. He purchased two hundred and twenty acres
of land on the ridge, between Fostoria and Van Buren,
principally of John Franks, sr. and went boldly to work
clearing up a farm, and he succeeded in making one of the very
best on the ridge. The country was new, no markets, no
roads, no neighbors scarcely, and the family endured all the
hardships incident to new settlements. Mr. E.
united with the Presbyterian Church in early life, and was one
of the first members of that church at Van Buren. He is
quite active for a man of his age, yet the weight of years is
sensibly felt by him, but his former habits, and his early
industry, enable him to now live a quiet, peaceful life, free
from toil or privations.
†Source 1: History of
Hancock County, Ohio By D. B. Beardsley, Findley, O. - Publ.
Springfield, O. Republic Printing Company - 1881 Page 234 |
Delaware Twp. -
JOSIAH ELDER,
whose parents came to this part of the county almost
simultaneously with the Lakes, after spending an honest,
active lifetime, almost, in the township, died a few yeas ago,
on the old homestead. Mr. Henry Helms, a sister of
Mr. Elder, related to me, a few yeas ago, the incidents
connected with her wedding day, in that long ago. She was
first married to William J. Greer, of this township.
She relates that her intended husband, and herself, travelled
from Delaware township to Findley on horseback - both on one
horse - through the almost trackless wilderness, where they
obtained a license, and then in the same manner went to the
residence of Joshua Hedges, a Justice of the Peace, three
miles west of Findley, where they were married, and returned to
their homes. The trip occupied three days. What do
my fair readers think of that style of wedding tour?
†Source 1: History of Hancock County, Ohio By D. B.
Beardsley, Findley, O. - Publ. Springfield, O. Republic Printing
Company - 1881 Page 238
(SHARON'S NOTE: This article is within a chapter about
Delaware Township and goes on about another subject
about the town.) |
GEORGE ENSMINGER entered the
land on which a part of the town of Van Buren now stands, in
1832, and in 1833 he, with John Trout, laid out the town
of Van Buren. Mr. Ensminger followed farming for a
livelihood, and was the owner of much valuable land in this
township. His descendants have all left the township.
†Source 1: History of
Hancock County, Ohio By D. B. Beardsley, Findley, O. - Publ.
Springfield, O. Republic Printing Company - 1881 Page 191 |
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