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History of Logan County and Ohio
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers
186 Dearborn Street
1880
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Bloomfield Twp. -
SOLOMON GARLING, farmer; P. O., Bloom Centre.  Among the prosperous well-to-do farmers of Bloomfield is Mr. Solomon Garling, who was born in Pennsylvania on the 26th of March, 1820, and moved to Ohio with his father in 1824.  They settled in Fairfield Co., where he married Miss Marie Low in 1846.  They came to Bloomfield in 1850, and settled on the place they now own.  They have had four children - the first-born, Irving, died on Aug. 14, 1872; James Monroe, who was married to Miss Yates, of Hancock Co.; Mary and CatharineMr. Garling has been for ten years a Trustee of the township; belongs to the German Reformed Church at Bloom Centre, and is a Jacksonian Democrat.
Source:  History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 ~ Page 730
Zane Twp. -
GIBSON GARWOOD, retired; P. O., West Middleburg; was born Nov. 21, 1834, and is the son of Jonathan Garwood, who was born in Culpepper Co., Va., Apr. 1, 1802.  His parents Daniel and Polly Garwood, whose ancestors came from the county of Northumberland, Eng., in 1698, and located in New Jersey, and in 1768 in Virginia; came to Ohio in 1805 and settled near Milford Centre, and two years later came to Zane Tp., then a part of Champaign Co.  Jonathan Garwood married Miss Catharine Spears, Jan. 26, 1834.  She was born in Madison Co., Dec. 29, 1815, and her father was a soldier of the Revolutionary War.  There were two children, the subject of this sketch, and Marion, born Feb. 27, 1846, who joined the 17th O. V. I., Co. C, and died at Chatanooga, Tenn., Mar. 1, 1865, after faithfully serving his country.  Jonathan Garwood was a successful farmer and one of the best citizens of the township.  He is spoken of as a man of most uncommon public-spiritedness and liberality.  He died Mar. 19, 1875, lamented by all who knew him.  His widow still survives. Gibson married Miss Eliza Euans, a native of this township, on Sept. 9, 1857, and shortly after moved to Bates Co., Mo.  His wife died Mar. 20, 1861, and his only child, Ella Kate, Aug. 20, of same year. He returned to his old home in 1865, and continued to farm until 1879, when he retired from active business, and moved to Middleburg, where he enjoys such a life as his ample means enables him to do.  His agreeable ways, and kind and obliging disposition, makes him the friend of every one who knows him, and the writer of these sketches feels particularly indebted for the many contributions of items of history he has given him.  He has for many years kept an accurate daily record of such things as came under his observation, which for dates, etc., is often consulted by others, and has been valuable in the completion of the history of Zane Township.  He has served the township as Trustee, and was the first Superintendent of the Bellefontaine and Columbus Pike.  He is a member of East Liberty Lodge F. & A. M., La Fayette Chapter No. 60, R. A. M. and Logan Council No. 34, R. S. M.
Source:  History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 ~ Page 633
Harrison Twp. -
HENRY GOOD, farmer; P. O., Bellefontaine; was born in Logan Co., Mar. 16, 1828, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Houts) Good, who were natives of Loudoun Co., Va., and came to Logan Co. about 1820.  They settled in Harrison Township, one mile west of Bellefontaine, on the farm where Henry Good now lives.  They purchased this farm in the woods and improved it; the father and mother both died on this farm.  Mr. Good spent his youth and early manhood on his father's farm, receiving a good education, and at the age of nineteen went to learn the carpenters' trade, a business he followed for about twenty years.  He has lived on the old homestead most of his life, being away some ten or twelve years in his earlier married life.  He was married Apr. 12, 1855, to Elizabeth King; she was born in Logan Co., Apr. 27, 1833; her parents were natives of Kentucky and came to Logan Co., in a very early day, where they resided until their deaths.  From their marriage there were six children, three of whom are dead.  Maneroy J., Jacob K., John, Ella and Minnie E.; one of their children died also in infancy.  Mr. Good began business for himself entirely upon his own resources, and by hard work and proper economy, and the aid of an industrious wife, he has accumulated enough to keep himself and family without the necessity of hard work.  He owns the old homestead which has been brought to its present excellent state of cultivation, principally by his own work.
Source:  History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 ~ Page 621
Lake Twp. -
O. S. GOODWIN, carriage-maker; Bellefontaine.  The oldest as well as one of the leading carriage manufactories of Logan Co., is that owned and operated by the above named gentleman, who learned his trade as a woodworker in a carriage department in Ohio; he came to Bellefontaine as a first-class mechanic, and as a builder of carriages has built up a large trade, and won a very enviable reputation.  He came to Bellefontaine in 1868, and worked at his trade for Miller Bros.  In 1869 he entered as a partner in the firm of Duddy, Goodwin & Fossler, which continued some three years; then Duddy & Goodwin has been alone in the manufacturing business.  His work is noted for its solidity and elegance of finish.  The manufactory is located in the rear of the Miltenberger House.  The main buildings are 220 feet long, part of it two stories high.  Employs in busy season as high as ten men.  Besides the manufacture of all kinds of light vehicles, Mr. Goodwin is prepared to do repairing in the best possible manner.
Source:  History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 ~ Page 599
Perry Twp. -
JOHN E. GORDON, farmer, P. O., West Mansfield; was born May 29, 1831, in Loudoun Co., Va.; is a son of John W. and Elizabeth (Randall) Gordon, both of whom were natives of the Old Dominion State.  Upon their arrival in this county they located upon the Darby, and afterwards removed to Champaign Co., where after about twelve years' residence, they moved to Adams, then to Clarke Co.  John, after attaining his majority, began to "paddle his own canoe."  In 1851, he was joined in wedlock to Barbara E. Keller, who was born in this township Jan. 16, 1834, and is a daughter of Frederick and Rachel (Skidmore) Keller; she was a sister of Joseph and Daniel Skidmore.  After John's marriage he located in Clarke Co., Ill., but subsequently returned to the "Buckeye State," and in January, 1862, enlisted in Co. B, 13th Ohio Battery, but was afterwards transferred to the 14th Ohio, and was finally discharged on account of physical disability.  He has since been a resident of Perry Tp., and engaged in farming.  His farm was formerly a part of the Banks land.  Of eight children born to him, seven are living - Joseph E., Rosa E., Joseph E., Ranson D., Mary E., Robert F., and Charles A.  Joseph E. is young and a useful teacher.  Both Mr. Gordon and wife are members of the Free Will Baptist Church.
Source:  History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 ~ Page 547
Hokes Twp. -
JACOB GRABIEL, farmer; P. O., Rushsylvania.  John Gabriel, came from Shenandoah Co., Va., in 1814.  John Grabiel, the father of Jacob Grabiel, was born in Shenandoah Co., Va., in 1786, and married Mary Haas; daughter of John Haas, of that county, and in 1812 left Virginia and came to Licking Co., O.  Jacob Grabiel, the third son of John Grabiel, was born Jan. 12, 1820, in Licking Co.  On the 14th day of February, 1855, Jacob married Mary Jane Westlake, daughter of Zephaniah Westlake, and Isabella, his wife, of Union Co., O.  Zephaniah was the third son of Samuel and Elizabeth Westlake, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Reid, who was born in New Jersey, of Irish parentage.  Mary Jane, now Mrs. Grabiel, was born Aug. 31, 1831, in Union Co., O.  Samuel was the son of George and Mercy Westlake, whose maiden name was Welland; born in England, George and Mercy Westlake whose maiden name was Welland; born in England.  George and Mercy Westlake were the great-grandparents of the aforementioned Westlakes.  Isabella Westlake, daughter of William and Mary Gregg, born in Kentucky, June 3, 1818, and whose maiden name was Mary Goldsberry; married Zephaniah Westlake, Nov. 12, 1829.  Mrs. Gregg was the daughter of John and Sally Goldsberry (Miss Sally Potts, of Philadelphia, Pa.).  In 1846 Jacob Grabiel came, in company with his brother John, to Logan Co., and purchased, in partnership, the lands where they now reside, and for three years boarded with George Ausley, when they made arrangements to keep "bachelor's hall" together, which felicitous plan they followed for two years, Jacob acting in the capacity of cook, until, satisfied with this stupid programme, married and set up in life on a higher plane, and has the following family: Ellwood Lawrence, born Mar. 5, 1856, and married Nannie Early Jan. 21, 1879; Gilbert C., born Mar. 22, 1858, now in Kansas; Zephaniah Orland, born Apr. 20, 1860; Reuben Ellsworth, born July 13, 1863; Joseph Gordon, born Feb. 26, 1866; Virgil Leon, born Apr. 16, 1868; Calvin Jeffers, born Oct. 17, 1871.  By occupation, Jacob Grabiel is a farmer; he raises stock and buys and sells cattle, sheep and hogs.  He has all the necessary appointments of a well arranged farm; moral, intellectual and religious improvement are assiduously cared for by the parents, are members of the Presbyterian Church in Rushsylvania.
Source:  History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 ~ Page  692
Bokes Twp. -
JOHN GRABIEL, farmer; P. O. Rushsylvania.  Jacob Grabiel was of transatlantic origin, and was a citizen of Shenandoah Co., Va.; John Grabiel, Sr., Jacob's son, was born in the same county, in the year 1786; he married Mary Haas, daughter of John Haas, of Shenandoah Co., Va., and in 1812 removed to Licking Co., Ohio; John Grabiel, Jr., was born Dec. 7, 1815, in Licking Co., O., and in 1846 came to Logan Co., and purchased the lands on which he now finds himself so comfortably situated; he continued to improve his lands until on the 31st of December, 1857, tired of single blessedness, he married the lady of his choice, Miss Sarah D. Tharp, daughter of William an Mary Tharp, of Jefferson Tp., Logan Co.; she was born Nov. 28, 1834, in the aforesaid township, and at her marriage was a member of the Baptist Church.  John Grabiel's family are - Luthera Quindaro, born Nov. 8, 1858, and died Nov. 15, 1861; Mary Emeline, born Nov. 23, 1860, and died Nov. 7, 1861; William Hillman, born Aug. 5, 1862; Elma Vidella, born Dec. 2, 1864; John Welling, born Mar. 17, 1867; Herman Honnell, born July 6, 1869; Rachel Olga, born Feb. 9, 1872; Sarah Elizabeth, born Aug. 20, 1875, and Annah Lois, born Mar. 14, 1878.  By occupation John Grabiel is a farmer, who not only raises all farms stocks, but buys and sells it, and as an agriculturist is active and energetic in the production of the usual farm products, such as wheat, corn, etc.  Around his home there seems to linger an air of thriftiness, and a spirit of generous hospitality pervades the household.  His church connections, which are Presbyterian, and his household education are marked characteristics of his Christian aims, and moral and intellectual intuitious, both as it regards his position in the community and his kind intentions to his family and posterity.
Source:  History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 ~ Page  693
Perry Twp. -
MILTON GREEN, farmer; P. O., East Liberty; born in Monroe Tp., Feb. 26, 1825.  There were 13 children in the family, all of whom lived to be married.  The first death that occurred in the family was after the person had attained the age of 40.  Milton was the second of the family.  He father's name was George R. Green, who immigrated to this State in 1809, stopping in Clarke Co. until the following year, and settled in what is now Logan Co., in Monroe Tp., on the Mackachack.  Here he settled and was one of the staunch and true men of that early time.  He was for several years engaged in the local work of the Methodist Church, and attended to his temporal affairs as well.  He died Sept. 7, 1862.  His wife survived him until May 7, 1876.  Milton lived a bachelor until he was 35.  On Nov. 3, 1859, he was married to Mrs. Sarah Devore.  She was a daughter of C. H. Austin; her mother was Rebecca Ray.  They settled here on the farm where Mr. Green now lives.  Here his wife was born, in 1831.  They have six children - Lillie, Peony, Rosa, Rebecca, Della May and Milton M.  Mr. Green, like his ancestors, is true to Republican principles.  He was 400 acres of land.
Source:  History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 648
Lake Twp. -
DR. A. E. GRIFFIN, dentist; Bellefontaine; was born in Greene Co., N.Y., in 1832; having moved to Ohio with his parents about 1834.  In 1853 he began to learn dentistry at Wilmington.  After serving his apprenticeship, he went to Shelbyville, Ky., and began the practice of dentistry, where he remained about two years, when he returned to Ohio and practiced dentistry at Mt. Gilead, Urbana, Marion and Pickaway.  In April, 1864, he came to Bellefontaine, where he has remained practicing his profession ever since, and today is the oldest dentist in this vicinity.  He has occupied his present office, located over the First National Bank, for the last fourteen years.  His offices are neat and well arranged, where he is prepared to do the very best of dental work.  Dr. Griffin was a soldier in this late war; he enlisted in Co. D, 87th O. V. I., participating in the battle of Harper's Ferry.  He filled the office of member of the Bellefontaine School Board, for two terms, with credit.
Source:  History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 ~ Page 599
Perry Twp. -
JOHN GWYNN, farmer; P. O., West Mansfield; was born Oct. 27, 1843, in Jefferson Tp., and was the fifth child of John and Glielma (McMillen) Gwynn.  In his 20th year, he enlisted in the 132d regiment, Co. I, O. N. G., and, serving out his term of enlistment, re-enlisted in Co. K, 88th O. V. I., and remained until the close of the war, receiving his discharge July 4, 18665; returning home, he engaged in farming.  On Nov. 30, 1867, he was united by marriage to Ann Eliza Harriman only daughter of Stephen and Harriet Harriman who was born in this township in September, 1842; they remained on the home farm after marriage, until 1869, when they located on the pike, one mile west of Mansfield, their present place of residence, having 139½ acres of land; they have two interesting children - Minnie, born July 16, 1871, and Frank, July 27, 1875.  He is a member of White Lodge, I. O. O. F., Nov. 576; both he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source:  History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 648

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