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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Centennial
Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio
Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company
1903
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SORELY LARKINS
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 555 |
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A. B. LATSHAW
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 240 |
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WILLIAM A. LEAR
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 405 |
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MICHAEL LECHNER
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 180 |
Noah Lee & wife |
NOAH LEE,
who owns a fine farm in Jackson township, was born
in Amanda township, Hancock county, Aug. 15, 1845,
and is a son of Richard and Lydia (Wyant) Lee,
both of whom were born and reared in Fairfield
county, this state. The paternal grandparents
were Zebulon and Margaret Lee, whose birth
occurred on the banks of the Susquehanna river, the
former born May 16, 1758, the latter Sept. 9, 1770.
The Lee family is of English lineage and was
established in America in colonial days. When
the colonies attempted to throw off the yoke of
British oppression the grandfather joined the army
which achieved the independence of the nation.
He served as a mail carrier and as a spy and
experienced the hardships of the memorable winter at
Valley Forge. After peace had been declared
and the republic established he brought his family
to Ohio, settling in Fairfield county at an early
day. When his son Richard came to
Hancock county he came with him and spent his last
years in Amanda township, passing away when our
subject was about seven or eight years of age.
He had been crippled while in the Revolutionary
service, but he survived until ninety-four years of
age. His wife, who bore the maiden name of
Margaret Courtright, survived him for more than
thirty years, and was ninety-three years of age when
called to her final rest. Their children were
Rachel, Noah, Daniel, John, Richard and
Stephen. Stephen Lee, born Feb. 15, 1813,
also resided in Amanda township.
Richard Lee, the father of our subject, was
reared in Fairfield county, and in 1830 came to
Hancock county and entered a tract of land, upon
which he located in the spring of the following
year. He took up his abode in the midst of the
wilderness, for there were no roads, leading into
the depths of the forest, and he devoted his
energies to opening up a farm. He became the
owner of several hundred acres of land, including
two hundred and forty acres in the home place, and
he gave to each of his children a farm. He
died of lung fever, in 1856, at the age of
forty-eight years, and was buried in the Lee
church cemetery. His wife survived him a
quarter of a century, passing away in 1881, at the
age of seventy-two years. In their family were
the following: Zebulon P., who is
living in Weston, Ohio; John W., who died at
the age of thirty-three years; Caroline, the
wife of Daniel Gilbert, of Van Lue, Ohio;
Francis Marion who is living retired in Findlay;
David, who died when past the age of sixty
years; Stephen, a resident of Amanda
township; Jason, who is probably in Oklahoma;
and Noah. The death of David,
the fourth son, occurred in a rather tragic manner.
He was tolling the bell for a funeral, when the rope
broke and he went to the top of the belfry.
The board of which he was standing slipped, he fell
eight feet, and several hours later was found dead.
This took place in the Lee church in
Amanda township, where he had tolled the bell for
twenty-five years.
Upon the old home farm
the boyhood days of our subject were passed.
His father died when he was nine years of age and
his mother afterward married Jacob F. Houck,
of Houcktown. They removed to the farm upon
which our subject now resides. Mr. Houck
had also been married previously. He came from
Baltimore county, Maryland, and settled on this
farm. He died in March, 1881, from injuries
received while in a saw mill, and the mother of our
subject passed away in December of the same year.
Noah Lee was thirteen years of age when he went
to the Houck farm. He was the youngest
and only child left with his mother at that time and
he remained with her until his marriage, in 1866, a
month before he attained his majority. He
wedded Mary E. Sampson, a daughter of
Nicholas and Eliza Sampson. She
lived upon an adjoining farm and was twenty years of
age at the time of her marriage. Mr. Lee
rented the Houck farm for six or seven years
and finally purchased the property, becoming owner
of one hundred and forty-six acres. A corner,
covering fifteen acres had previously been sold and
the village of Houcktown established thereon.
Mr. Lee added to his place until it now
contains two hundred and sixty acres of valuable
land, upon which he has erected a set of excellent
farm buildings. He has two hundred and twenty
acres of the place under a high state of cultivation
and the farm is as good as any in the locality,
being well tiled and improved with all modern
equipments. He has always carried on general
farming, generally feeding his own stock, and his
attention being closely given to his agricultural
purchase, he ahs prospered as the years have passed.
In 1881 Mr. Lee was called upon to mourn the
loss of his wife, who died on the 20th of August of
that year and his mother died in the following
December. Seven children were born unto our
subject and his wife, five of whom are living.
Ora E. is the wife of Mack B. Smith,
of Jackson township; C. A., who resides on
the farm, married Lura Bell and she died
leaving one child, Edith Gertrude, who has
since resided with her grandparents; Rozilla
is the wife of Harry Croft, of Fort Wayne,
Indiana; Richard N. is a practicing
physician of Mount Blanchard, Ohio; Jesse is
still on the home farm; and two of the children died
in infancy. On the 15th of April, 1883, Mr.
Lee was united in marriage to Mrs. Belle
Parker, the widow of W. F. Parker, who
was a harnessmaker of Van Lue, Ohio. Her
parents were Frederick and Catherine (Funk)
Shuler, and she was born in Pennsylvania, coming
to Amanda township, Hancock county, when to Mr.
Parker, by whom she had one child, Harry J.
Parker, who now assists in operating the Lee
farm, being a partner of Jesse Lee in the
enterprise. No children were born of the
second marriage, but Edith Gertrude, whose
mother was buried the day she was two weeks old, has
since lived with them as their own child.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee hold membership in the
Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has served
as steward, class leader and as Sunday-school
superintendent for a quarter of a century. He
is a Democrat in his political affiliations.
He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows at Mount Blanchard and both he and his wife
are connected with the Rebekah degree. Well
known in the county, their friends are many and will
receive with pleasure this record of their lives.
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 144 |
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SAMUEL LEMOTT
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 150 |
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ROBERT L. LEONARD
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 50
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FRANCIS M. LEWIS
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 544 |
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BENEDICT LICHTY
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 320 |
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JACOB A. LINHART
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 27 |
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JOHN H. LINHART
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 26 |
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LOUIS LONGBRAKE
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 214 |
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