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BIOGRAPHIES
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Commemorative Biographical Records
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Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1896
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J. H. FAUS,
the popular and efficient city clerk of Port Clinton,
Ottawa county, is a native of that city, born Feb. 22,
1862, and has resided there all his life.
He is a son of Thomas and Artemesia Faus, the
latter of whom is a daughter of Garret Thorne, in
his day one of the oldest residents of Ottawa county,
Ohio, having located in Port Clinton in 1828, before the
county was organized, and there resided the long period
of sixty-five years, or up to his death which occurred
Mar. 6, 1890, when he was aged eighty-seven years.
When fourteen years old our subject's school days
closed, and he then entered the office of the Ottawa
County News (D. J. Stalter being then
proprietor) to learn the trade of printer. Here he
remained about a year, at the end of which time Mr.
Stalter having sold out to George R. Clark, our
subject began work in the office of the Ottawa County
Reporter, and there continued some
three and one-half years; but that journal changing
hands, he was offered, and accepted, the position of
foreman in the News office, which he held for
fourteen years or until August, 1895. In September
following Mr. Faus purchased of E. H. Bauman
his half interest in the Ottawa County Republican,
and now in partnership with well-merited
success.
Mr. Faus has always been
a Republican; was elected on that ticket clerk of
Portage township (in which Port Clinton is now situated)
four consecutive times (although the township has a
Democratic majority of about seventy-five), he on most
occasions being the only Republican elected, and being
elected by majorities ranging from 2 (the first time he
ran) to 179 - his total term of service as township
clerk being eight and one-half years. In 1980 he
was elected city clerk of Port Clinton by eighty
majority and was defeated for re-election in 1892 by a
majority of three in a total of over 500 votes (no
Republican was elected in the corporation that year).
In 1894 he was again elected city clerk, defeating by
seventy-nine votes the same opponent who in 1892 had
defeated him by three votes.
On June 16, 1886, Mr. Faus was married to
Miss Nettie Doyen, eldest daughter of Hubert and
Ellen Doyen of Port Clinton, and they have one
child, a bright little boy, named Alvin G.
Our subject is a member of the United Brethren Church;
socially, he is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias,
and is a charter member of Port Clinton Lodge No. 361.
It may be truly said of Mr. Faus that he is a
representative self-made man, his educating having been
very limited, mostly secured during his experience in
printing offices. He is well-liked, and highly
spoken of among all classes of people.
* Source: Commemorative
Biographical Records of the Counties of Sandusky and
Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page
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ANDREW FEILBACH is a
worthy representative of the business interests of
Elmore, Ottawa county, and having a wide acquaintance in
the community we feel assured that the record of his
life will prove of interest to many of our readers.
He was born in Sandusky county Dec. 13, 1854, and comes
of German origin. His father,
PHILIP FEILBACH, was born in Prussia, Nov.
11, 1813, and while in that country engaged in the
milling and bakery business. The year 1852
witnessed his emigration to America. He located
first in Sandusky City, Ohio, where he worked in a
lumber yard for a time, and then removed to Sandusky
county, where he purchased a farm, cleared and developed
the land, and made a valuable farming property and fine
home. For six years he was also extensively
engaged in the stave business. He passed away at
his home in Sandusky county, Mar. 30, 1893, and was
buried in the Guss Cemetery at Elmore. His wife,
who bore the maiden name of Margaret Steinborn,
was born in Prussia, Jan. 24, 1825; they were married in
1843, and reared a family of nine children, their names
and dates of birth being as follows: Caroline,
Jan. 15, 1845; Margaret, Mar. 16, 1847;
Christian, Mar. 31, 1850; Jacob H., Dec. 24,
1852; Andrew, Dec. 13, 1854; Catherine,
July 4, 1857; Emma May, Oct. 23, 1859; Charles,
Aug. 23, 1862; and Philip Apr. 17, 1868.
All but Margaret are still living.
Andrew Steinborn, father of Mrs. Philip Feilbach,
mother of Andrew Feilbach, was born in Brumberg,
in 1795.
Our subject remained for thirty-four years in the
county of his nativity. His educational advantages
were limited to the privileges afforded by the district
schools, but his training at farm labor was not meagre.
At the age of twenty he rented his father's farm and
began life for himself, operating that place some
fourteen years. As a companion and helpmeet on
life's journey he wedded Miss Bertha Beck, who
was born in Ottawa county, the wedding being celebrated
Oct. 1, 1876. She was born at Port Clinton, Sept.
14, 1857, and when a child her parents went to Sandusky
county, where she lived until her marriage. Her
father, Joseph Beck, was born in Switzerland,
Dec. 14, 1822, and in the city of Sandusky was married.
His wife was born in the same country, Apr. 13, 1827,
and came to America in 1851. Their children, ten
in number, were Emma, Hermina, Bertha, Frank, George,
Julia, Edward, Fred, William and Charles.
Of the family six are yet living. The parents
of Mrs. Beck were both born in Switzerland on
Apr. 7, 1804, and were baptised at the same time.
Her father was a carpenter by trade, and in 1852 crossed
the Atlantic to America, locating in the city of
Sandusky, Ohio, where they lived some six years,
removing then to Washington township, Sandusky county.
There the father died in 1884; the mother is still
living on the old home farm. Her father, John
Witmer, was born in May, 1804, in Switzerland, and
was a farmer and carpenter; his wife was born in the
same country in 1804; they became the parents of six
children. The maternal grandfather of Mrs.
Beck, John Heinzger, was born in Switzerland, in
1769, and his wife in 1781. Frank Beck, the
grandfather of Mrs. Feilbach, was born in the
same country in 1790, and made farming his life work.
He married Barbara Weber, whose birth occurred
there in 1808, and in their family were ten children.
On Mar. 4, 1889, our subject removed with his family to
Elmore, where for a year he conducted a meat market.
Selling out, he then joined his brother in the grocery
and crockery business, which they still conduct,
enjoying an extensive trade. He is an enterprising
successful business man, and Elmore numbers him among
its respected citizens. In politics, Mr.
Feilbach is a Republican, and is now serving his
second term as a member of the board of education,
taking a deep and commendable interest in all that
pertains to the public schools and to the welfare of the
community. Our subject and his wife have three
children: Clara, born Dec. 29, 1879; George
born Mar. 25, 1882; and Mable, born Sept. 14,
1888; died Oct. 18, 1892, and laid to rest in the Guss
Cemetery at Elmore.
* Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of the Counties of
Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1896 - Page 700 |
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JAMES
FERRIS. This gentleman has been a resident
of Ottawa county since before its organization, and for
the last forty years has been a resident of Benton
township, where, as a progressive farmer and valuable
citizen, he is well and favorably known.
An Ohioan by birth, he is a native of Clark county,
born Nov. 18, 1829, son of Andrew and Desire (Larnard)
Ferris, both of whom were New Englanders, the father
born about 1776 in the State of Connecticut. They
were the parents of ten children, all now deceased but
two - James, and Lewis, who lives near
Topeka, Kans. The mother died July 23, 1832, and
was buried in Clark county, Ohio, and in about 1837 the
father came to Ottawa county, where he passed the
remainder of his days, dying in 1858; he was laid to
rest in the cemetery at Elmore.
James Ferris spent his boyhood in his native
county, attending the log schoolhouse of the district,
where he obtained all his education. When about
thirteen years of age he hired out to do farm labor at
four dollars per month, afterward receiving eight and,
later, ten dollars per month, and at the early age of
sixteen he rented a farm, which he continued to work for
seven years. Meantime, when twenty-one years
old he purchased eighty acres of land of ex-Gov. Wood,
and shortly afterward traded this tract for the farm
whereon he now lives, consisting of ninety-six acres,
lying in Section 30, Benton township, of which at that
time only twenty acres had been cleared. A little
log house, 12x12, was the only building on the tract,
and Mr. Ferris lived therein until he had erected
a more substantial dwelling, in which he lived for
fifteen years. His stock of agricultural
implements in those days was materially different from
the outfit he now uses; he had a plow with wooden
mould-board instead of the modern sulky plow, with steel
mould-board, and a yoke of oxen for a team. Wagons
were a luxury. Having none of the modern
conveniences for handling hay, they used a forked brush
with limbs bent down, onto which they would roll a bunch
or two of hay and haul it to the stack; another way was
to take a long grape-vine, wrap it around a bunch of
hay, and draw it to the stack. In comparing the
old and new methods, the great improvements in farming
which have been made in recent years for economizing and
saving both time and labor are really striking. In
1852, when the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad
was in process of construction through Benton township,
Mr. Ferris engaged in getting out ties, and
later, in 1853, he assisted in the grading of this road
between Elliston and Graytown,. After the grading
was completed, he hauled ties for the railroad Company,
as well as all the timber for the old Graytown bridge
over the Tousant creek. In connection with general
farming, he has paid some attention to fruit growing,
especially apples and peaches, and he has one peach tree
which has borne fruit for the past forty years.
Mr. Ferris has certainly done one man's share in the
develop0ment of Benton township's agricultural
interests, and he has also taken an interest in local
public affairs, taking a loyal pride in the welfare and
prosperity of his community. When Ottawa county
was erected he was a resident of Harris township, and
saw the officials when they were making their tour of
the county to locate the county seat; for ten years he
served faithfully as treasurer of Benton township,
during part of which time there were only twelve or
fifteen votes within its limits; now there are nearly
six hundred.
In 1853 Mr. Ferris was married to Miss
Elizabeth E. Brayton, of Harris township, and she
was his constant adviser and helper until her death, in
April, 1895, husband and wife uniting their efforts to
secure a good home for themselves and family; and the
fine farm, cleared and improved with good fences,
buildings, etc., shows that their labor was not in vain.
To this union were born nine children, viz.: Stephen,
born Feb. 2, 1854; Ezekiel R., born Oct. 30,
1857; Evelyn F., born Oct. 9, 1859; Asa I.,
born Aug. 19, 1861; Mary C., born Apr. 24, 1864;
Augustus L., born Mar. 13, 1866; James, born
Feb. 28, 1868; Cora E., born Sept. 26, 1870; and
Christina, born May 1, 1873. Of these,
Stephen died Sept. 15, 1870, and Evelyn F.,
on Sept. 22, 1879. One daughter, Christiana
(Mrs. Shoemaker) lives in Graytown. Mr.
Ferris has always taken an interest and pride in the
success of his children, helping them as much as
possible on their start in life, for having himself
commenced unaided he realizes to the full the advantages
of such help to a beginner; they have, however, made the
most of their abilities and opportunities, and industry
and ambition are prominent characteristics of the entire
family. The eldest living son, Ezekiel R.,
left home for Kansas with but ninety dollars, which he
paid for arranging papers for his property out there;
during the erection of his house he was boarding seven
miles from the place, and frequently, at the close of a
hard day's work, he would lie down on the ground and
sleep until morning; he is still living in Kansas; he is
a farmer, and has 320 acres of land.
Augustus L. Ferris, the sixth child, like others of the
family, is a great lover of books, and he always carries
one in his pocket, improving every leisure moment.
In his boyhood he worked on the farm in summer and
attended district school in the winter, making the most
of his time in and out of school, and by reading and
study fitted himself for the profession of teaching, now
holding a three-years' certificate in Ottawa county; the
State of Ohio issues only one grade of certificate
higher than this. At the age of twenty he
commenced teaching in the county, and after three terms
of teaching learned telegraphy, at which he worked for
several years. In 1892 he returned to his
profession, accepting his present position of principal
of the Graytown schools. It may be said that this
young man has made a success of everything he has
undertaken, and he has a bright future before him.
On Sept. 15, 1892, he was united in marriage with
Miss Mary Eisenman of Graytown, and to this union
has come one child, Harold Brayton, born Aug. 17,
1893. Four children of the Ferris family
are teachers, and excellent ones, and they may be said
to have taken the same part in the intellectual
advancement of the county as their father has in its
agricultural development. One daughter, Mary
remained at home, assisting in the household duties,
until seventeen years of age, when she set out to fit
herself for teachers in the county. Cora
was the only member of the family who enjoyed the
privilege of attending high school. She began
teaching when sixteen years of age and taught eight
years, when she married Charles Hess, of Gypsum,
Ohio.
Mrs. Elizabeth E. (Brayton) Ferris was born Oct.
18, 1831, in Huron county, Ohio, where she spent her
girlhood, and met Mr. Ferris after coming to
Ottawa county. Asa Brayton, her father, was
born about 1798, in Vermont, and her mother was a native
of New Jersey, born in 1796; they had three children -
two sons and one daughter (Mrs. Ferris) - of
whom, one son died while serving in the Mexican war.
Asa Brayton met his death in the service of his
country, he and his brother having entered the war of
the Rebellion, and he was shot at the battle of
Pittsburg Landing. One of Mrs. Ferris'
cousins, Mathew Brayton, was stolen by the
Indians when seven years old, and grew up among them,
marrying the daughter of an Indian chief, by whom he had
two children. Two brothers of Mr. Ferris'
grandmother were scalped by the Indians.
(Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the
Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 512 |
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STEPHEN FETTERLY,
proprietor of the basket factory at Oak Harbor, Ottawa
county, and one of the live, wide-awake men of the
county, is a native of Ohio, having been born at
Painesville, Lake county, Oct. 5, 1849.
He is a son of David and Emily (Hoople) Fetterly,
the former of whom was born in 1807, of Holland
parentage, and when a young man moved to Canada, where
he married a Miss Hoople. In that country,
he and his wife remained till 1849, in which year they
removed to Painesville, Ohio, where they remained three
years the father in the meantime working at his trade,
that of blacksmith. In 1852 they took up their
residence in Salem township, Ottawa county, where Mr.
Fetterly was made the first justice of the peace,
and where he and his wife* Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of the Counties of
Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1896 - Page 531 |
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AUGUST FLECKNER * Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of the Counties of
Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1896 - Page 593 |
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ISAAC M. FLORO
is numbered among the native sons of Ottawa county, his
birth having occurred in Erie township, Apr. 28, 1848, a
son of John and Lydia Floro, well known and
esteemed people of the community. In the usual
manner of farmer lads he was reared, obtaining his
education in the district schools of his neighborhood,
and aiding in the labors of the farm as soon as he
reached a sufficient age. The occupation to which
he was reared he has made his life work, and today he is
ranked among the progressive and prominent farmers of
the township. He is thorough and painstaking in
all his work, and his home place, with its neat
appearance and good improvements, indicates the
sagacious supervision of a careful owner.
On June 6, 1873, at Locust Point, Ohio, was celebrated
the marriage of Isaac M. Floro and Miss Mary
Finkin, who was born in Erie township, Mar. 16,
1854, and is a daughter of Martin and Elizabeth
(Sinclair) Finkin. Her father has now departed
this life, but her mother is still living in Carroll
township, Ottawa county. Mr. and Mrs. Floro
are the parents of children, as follows: Martin,
born Apr. 12, 1874; Henry, born Jun. 8, 1876;
Nana, born Sept. 25, 1878, now the wife of
William Dewitt, a resident of Carroll township,
Ottawa county; Hattie, born June 12, 1881;
George W., born Dec. 27, 1886; and Calvin L.,
born Jul. 8, 1892, died Aug. 21, 1893.
Mr. Floro is a justice of the peace in Ottawa
county, and has efficiently filled various township
offices, discharging his duties with credit to himself
and satisfaction to his constituents. His
political support is given to the Democracy, and he is
an enterprising citizen, deeply interested in all that
pertains to the welfare of the community. He was
deputy master of the Ohio State Grange for Ottawa county
for twelve years, having been appointed by Col. J. H.
Brigham, then master of the Ohio State Grange.
* Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of the Counties of
Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1896 - Page 665 |
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JOHN FLORO,
retired farmer and probably the oldest living resident
of Erie township, Ottawa county, was born in Hamilton
county, Ohio, Oct. 7, 1810. He is a son of
David and Anna (Leonard) Floro, the former of whom
was a native of Kentucky, and the latter of Virginia,
and in whose family were twelve children, of whom five
are yet living, namely: John E., subject of this
sketch; Joseph, who is residing in Carroll
township, Ottawa county; David, whose home is in
Oak Harbor, Ohio; Jesse, a resident of Oklahoma;
and Lucilla, wife of Abraham Stouts, a
resident of Benton township, Ottawa county.
When our subject was only three years of age his
parents removed to Clark County, Ohio, where he was
reared to manhood, and received such limited educational
privileges as were afforded the children of those early
days in the old log schoolhouse with its slab seats and
other primitive furniture. In 1832 he took up his
residence in Erie township, Ottawa county, and for
sixty-three years has been one of its honored and valued
citizens; today he is one of the few remaining pioneers
of the county who gave been spared to see the primeval
forest transformed into cultivated farms with their
fields of waving grain, while substantial and imposing
residences have taken the place of the rude log cabins.
Mr. Floro has been twice married. In
April, 1843, in Erie township, he wedded Miss Lydia
Deer, daughter of Lyman and Melinda Deer, who
were natives of New York, and early settlers of Erie
township, Ottawa county. By this union were born
twelve children, and seven still survive, a brief record
of them being as follows: Anna, born Aug.
18, 1844, is now the wife of Daniel Sinclair, of
Carroll township, Ottawa county; David, who was
born Jan. 18, 1846, is residing in Carroll township;
Ezekiel, who was born Dec. 10, 1847, is a resident
farmer of Benton township, Ottawa county; Isaac M.,
born Apr. 28, 1848, makes his home in Erie township;
Jacob, born Aug. 28, 1857, is located in Lacarne;
Esther Ann, born Jan. 1, 1859, is the wife of
Henry Fink, a farmer of Carroll township; John E.,
born Feb. 15, 1861, is living on the old home farm with
his father. The mother of this family passed away
Mar. 4, 1864, and on Nov. 3, 1864, Mr. Floro was
united in marriage with Elizabeth Williams, whose
parents were residents of Carroll township, Ottawa
county. Two children came to the second marriage,
one now living - Frances, born Oct. 15, 1865.
Mr. Floro efficiently filled the office of
justice of the peace for three years, and has been
called to other positions of public trust in the
township, although he has never been an office seeker.
Throughout his entire life he has adhered to the
principles of the Democratic party, and is one of its
stalwart supporters. He has always been highly
esteemed for his sterling worth and strict integrity,
and his is an honored old age in which he is surrounded
by many friends who respect him in the highest degree.
Jacob Floro, son of this honored pioneer, was
born Aug. 28, 1857, and was educated in the district
schools of Erie township, where his entire life has been
passed. He is numbered among the leading farmers
of his locality, and possesses business ability of a
high order. In politics he is a stalwart Democrat,
and he is a member of the Grange. His family
attend the United Brethren Church. On July 29,
1882, he was married at Locust Point, Ohio, to Julia
Finken, who was born in Carroll township, Ottawa
county, Jan. 22, 1861, and is a daughter of Henry and
Mary (Bauman) Finken. They have two children -
Milton Hl., born Aug. 20, 1884; and Perinthia
Mabel, born Apr. 22, 1894.
JOHN E. FLORO, the youngest son in the family,
was born on the old home farm, Feb. 15, 1861, and
through his youth attended the district schools of the
neighborhood, also aiding in the labors of the farm.
He early became familiar with agricultural life in its
various departments, and now in his father's declining
years he manages and operates the old homestead; thus
relieving his father of all business care. He was
married in Carroll township, Ottawa county, Nov. 19,
1885, to Mary Ann Ballard, who was born Feb. 27,
1867, a daughter of James and Mary M. Perrey) Ballard.
They now have had three children - Pearl May,
born Jan. 29, 1886; Estella, born Apr. 8, 1891;
and Harvey D., born Feb. 25, 1893. John
E. Floro has served as supervisor of his township
for four years, and in his political faith is a
Democrat. A wide-awake and progressive young man,
he is devoted to the best interests of the community,
and is a representative farmer and popular citizen, both
widely and favorably known in Ottawa county.
* Source: Commemorative
Biographical Records of the Counties of Sandusky and
Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 836 |
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DANIEL V. FLUMERFELT.
The subject of this sketch disclaims the possession
of any qualities that entitle him to the mention which
his friends believe should be made of him; yet it is in
no spirit of adulation when we say that his busy and
active life is illustrative of the success that attends
honest, well-directed endeavor, industry and adherence
to duty. "Uncle Dan," as he is everywhere known,
is one of those men to whom the trite term "self-made"
is appropriately applied. Though lacking the
advantages of a higher education in college, he has
absorbed from those valuable instructors - experience
and observation.
Those who know Mr. Flumerfelt well and
intimately need no explanation about him. To
strangers, however, it is sufficient to say that he has
inherited from his father a great deal of his looks and
personal appearance, but more so his tenacity and
perseverance. His sound judgment and good business
capacity where shown in many instances while living in
Seneca county, especially in the building of the "Flumerfelt
bridge," which is a fair monument of his perseverance
and sagacity. As early as 1836 he had assisted, as
carpenter, in putting up the frame work of the Stem's
and the Hedge's mills near Green Spring, Ohio, which
were patronized by pioneer farmers for many miles
around. His native pluck was shown, later, in
litigation with a railroad company, whose opposition he
contested to the supreme court, securing a verdict in
his favor in each court in which the case was tried.
The father of our subject, Cornelius Flumerfelt,
was born in New Jersey July 10, 1774, in Sussex county,
and was reared on a farm. In 1804 he was married
to Catherine Christman. On the second day
of May, 1826, they started for Ohio. It took them
four weeks to reach Seneca county. He bought the
west half of the southwest quarter of Section 16, in
Pleasant township. Mr. Daniel Rice had a
lease on land from the commissioners of Sandusky county,
which he also bought. Mr. Rice had built a
log cabin, and Mr. Flumerfelt moved into that.
Mr. Flumerfelt was twice married. There
were six children of the second marriage, of whom
Daniel V., our subject, was second, and is the only
one of them now living. Cornelius Flumerfelt
was a fine specimen of well-developed physical manhood.
He was six feet tall, of fair complexion, had blue eyes,
and was very straight and well-proportioned. He
was a purely German type, very firm in his convictions,
slow of speech and fixed in his habits. He voted
for every Democratic candidate for President after
Washington, and always took an active part in
politics. He was one of the positive men of the
country. His word was his bond, and to be relied
upon. He was highly respected wherever he had
become known. He died Aug. 28, 1871, at the age of
ninety-seven. His second wife died in 1847.
D. V. Flumerfelt, our subject, was born in
Sussex (now Warren) county, near Danville, N. J., Oct.
13, 1807. He came to Seneca county, Ohio, with his
father's family. He married Miss Melinda
Littler, of Hardin county, Va., Oct. 12, 1837.
This union was blessed with five sons and five
daughters, of whom one son and three daughters have
died. Those living are: (1) Mathilda, who
married Matthew T. Lutz, a retired farmer,
Ballville township; (2) Ann Maria, who married
Dennis Deran, a farmer in Ballville township; (3)
George, who married Ellen Cheney, living in
Bellville township; (4) Amos, who married Etta
Crowe, and lives in the State of Kansas; (5)
Charles, single, living at Old Fort, Seneca Co.,
Ohio, an ex-member of the Ohio Legislature; and (6)
Abraham, unmarried, living with parents.
Our subject came to Ballville township, Sandusky
county, in the spring of 1884, and purchased his present
beautiful home near Sandusky river. He is the
owner of 1,200 acres of land. His first vote was
for Andrew Jackson.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the
Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. 1896
- Page 374
(NOTE: There are portraits of Mr. and Mrs.
Flumerfelt however they are not good copies. You
will need to find the original copy of the book to get
good copies. ~ SW) |
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AMOS FOUGHT * Source: Commemorative
Biographical Records of the Counties of Sandusky and
Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 735 |
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SAMUEL FOUGHT * Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of the Counties of
Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1896 - Page 474 |
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NICHOLAS FOX * Source: Commemorative
Biographical Records of the Counties of Sandusky and
Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 666 |
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ERNST
FRANCK, better known to the residents of Ottawa
and Sandusky Counties as "Squire Franck," has for the
past forty-five years been an honored and respected
resident of this section of the State. He was born
Aug. 10,1824, in the extreme northern part of Wurtemburg,
Germany, son of John Christian and Augusta Wilhelmina
(Smitt) Franck, also natives of Wurtemberg, where
they spent their entire lives, the father passing away
in 1847, the mother in 1846.
The subject of this review acquired his primary
education in the district schools of his native town,
and from 1839 until 1843 attended the Polytechnic School
of Stuttgart. In 1843 he entered the University of
Tuebingen, where he spent three and a half years, in
1847 graduating for State service in the branches of
forestry and finance. He served in those
departments until 1850, in March of which year he
crossed the ocean to America, coming direct to Ohio.
He located in Salem township about a mile and a half
from the site of Oak Harbor, on the land where he still
has his residence. He has lived to see Oak Harbor
grow from an insignificant village of two or three log
cabins to an important and flourishing town, which he
himself laid out. Mr. Franck served as
county engineer for thirty-eight years - during which
time he platted all the towns in Ottawa county - and for
thirty-three years as county surveyor, and the greater
part of the roads and ditches and townships have been
laid out and platted by him or under his supervision.
In 1856 he was appointed justice of the peace, and for
more than thirty-eight years has faithfully performed
the duties of that office with a painstaking fidelity
that has won for him the unlimited confidence and
respect of the people he has so efficiently served.
Mr. Franck is an excellent type of the sturdy old
pioneers of Ottawa county, to whom too much credit can
not be given for the improvement and advancement of the
country. He has seen the dense forest replaced by
fertile fields, and has himself been instrumental in
effecting these changes. In his long life and
early pioneer experiences he has an interesting history,
and could relate many a tale oaf hardships and dangers
endured by the early settlers of these counties that the
present generation does not realize. He has a host
of friends whose confidence he well merits, and he is
one of the bet known residents of Ottawa county.
In manner he is modest and unassuming, but his sterling
worth is recognized, and he has the esteem of young and
old, rich and poor. Since becoming a citizen of
the United States, he has been a supporter of the
Democracy.
Mr. Franck has been twice married; first time,
in Salem township, in 1851, to Miss Mary Wheeler,
daughter of John and Nancy Wheeler, natives of
Connecticut and early settlers of Ottawa County.
Mrs. Franck died Feb. 10, 1854, and the three
children of that marriage have also passed away; the
eldest, Rudolph E., born Mar. 13, 1852, died Aug.
14, 1894; the other two (twins) died in infancy.
In the fall of 1854 our subject married Louisa,
daughter of William G. and Regina Franck,
natives of Germany, who spent their last days in Salem
township, Ottawa county. The family born of the
second marriage numbered ten children, to-wit:
Wilhelmena Augusta, born Dec. 7, 1855, now the wife
of Dr. S. D. Allen, of Oak Harbor; Caroline
Fedora, born Apr. 15, 1857, now the wife of John
Eckhoff, of Oak Harbor; Herman, born Jan. 29,
1859, died May 16, 1870; Julia Louisa, born Mar.
10, 1861, now the wife of William Campbell, of
Oak Harbor; Elenora, born Dec. 9, 1862, now the
wife of Dr. Gradolph, a dentist of Oak Harbor;
Ernestina Louisa, born Feb. 16, 1864, now the wife
of Carl Bauch, of Oak Harbor; Christian
William Godfrey, born Nov. 7, 1867, married to
Miss Cora Lattimore, and they reside on the old
homestead; Paul Frederick, born Mar. 20, 1870,
died Aug. 26, 1878; Carl A. Frederick, born Oct.
14, 1872, now a merchant of Crossville, Tenn.; and
Emil Feodor born Jan. 23, 1876, living in Oak
Harbor. The family attend the Lutheran Church, and
all the members are people of prominence in the
community.
* Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the
Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 521 |
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HON. AUGUSTUS F. FRESE * Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of the Counties of
Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1896 - Page 722 |
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CHARLES F. FRESE * Source: Commemorative Biographical
Records of the Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio:
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 511 |
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WILLIAM H. FRY * Source: Commemorative Biographical
Records of the Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio:
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 450 |
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