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BIOGRAPHIES
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Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1896
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RICHARD HAGEL,
a progressive merchant of and the efficient postmaster of
Gypsum, Ottawa county, is a native of Ohio, born in Ottawa
county, Mar. 2, 1862.
He is a son of Louis and Wilhelmina (Hartenfelt)
Hagel, both of whom were natives of Germany, and are now
residents of Plasterbed. The father was born in Baden,
Germany, October 17, 1828, and is a son of Andrew and
Elizabeth Hagel, who spent their entire lives in the
Fatherland. He was there educated and learned the trade of
a stonemason. Crossing the broad Atlantic to America in
1852, he resided for two years in Newark, N. J., and in 1854
came to Portage township, Ottawa Co., Ohio, where he engaged in
farming and quarrying. In 1856 he removed to Carroll
township, same county, where he purchased land, and for two
years carried on agricultural pursuits. In 1858 he sold
his farm and removed to Plasterbed, which has been his place of
continuous residence since. His wife was born in Saxony,
Germany, Nov. 9, 1832, and was a daughter of Frederick and
Hannah Hartenfelt. With her parents she emigrated to
America in 1852, and they lived in Erie township, Ottawa Co.,
Ohio, until called to their final rest.
Mr. and Mrs. Hagel were married June 15, 1856,
in the town which is still their home, and their union was
blessed with ten children, six of whom are living: John,
born Mar. 26, 1857, and residing at Plasterbed; Emma,
born Dec. 27, 1858; Richard; Sarah, born Jan. 18, 1872,
now the wife of George Austin, of Plasterbed; William,
born Feb. 11, 1864, now residing in the same place; and Annie,
born Apr. 27, 1878.
Our subject acquired a fair English education in the
district schools of Portage township, Ottawa county, and when
his school life was ended entered upon his business c career as
a clerk in the store of Charles C. Peet, of Gypsum.
He has since been connected with mercantile interests. For
nine years he was employed in that capacity, during which time
he became familiar with merchandising in every detail, and the
experience thus acquired well fitted him for his own career
along this line. In 1884, after the death of his
employers, he purchased of the administrators the store, and has
since been sole proprietor. He has a well-appointed
establishment, carries a large stock of goods, and is doing a
flourishing business.
Mr. Hagel was married in Gypsum, Nov. 23, 1892,
to Miss Hannah E. Hess, a daughter of Christian and
Paulina (Warner) Hess, both of whom were natives of Germany,
residing in Gypsum. Mrs. Hagel was born at
Plasterbed, Feb. 20, 1869, and is an estimable lady, having many
friends. Socially, our subject is connected with Port
Clinton Lodge, No. 36, K. of P., and O. H. Perry Lodge, No. 27,
I. O. O. F. In politics he is a stalwart Republican, and
has ably served as postmaster at Gypsum since 1884. He
attends the Methodist Church, and is interested in everything
pertaining to the welfare and upbuilding of the community.
He has served as treasurer of the Island & Gypsum Fruit Co.
Mr. Hagel, is one of the progressive young business men
of the county, and by thrift and energy has raised himself to an
important position in the community; by fair dealing and
perseverance has built up a large and rapidly-increasing
mercantile business which ranks him among the solid commercial
men of his locality. In 1891, finding his quarters too
small, he erected the spacious store which he now occupies.
*Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of
Sandusky & Ottawa, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.,
1896 - Page 462 |
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JOSEPH
H. HAINES, an honored veteran of the Civil war,
now an esteemed citizen of Elmore, Ottawa county, was
born in Trenton, N. J., Dec. 17, 1844, and is a son of
Willis Parker and Susan (Brooks) Haines.
The father was born in Pennsylvania, in 1809, and,
during the greater part of his life, sailed the ocean.
He died Aug. 16, 1853. His wife, who was born in
the same State in 1814, died July 11, 1895; to them were
born seven children, all yet living - Edward, Martha,
Samuel, Joseph H., Lurania, and Sarah and
Mary P. (twins).
When our subject was only two years of age his parents
migrated to Huron county, Ohio, and afterward to Ottawa
county, where he attended the district schools.
His father died when he was nine years of age, leaving
seven children to be cared for by the mother, who, by
her diligence and earnest effort reared her family to
become honorable men and women and useful members of
society. Joseph H. began earning his living
when only ten years of age, and also gave a part of his
wages to his mother to assist her in caring for the
younger children.
Mr. Haines was employed as a farm hand until
after the breaking out of the Civil war, when, on the
4th of August, he responded to the country's call for
troops, enlisting in Company L, Third Ohio Cavalry.
His first battle was at Shiloh, and for two days he
participated in that hotly-contested struggle.
He was afterward in the battles of Chickamauga,
Missionary Ridge, Stone River and others. He was
twice taken prisoner, but made his escape on the field
of battle before being removed to Southern prisons.
For more than four years he faithfully followed the old
flag, and valiantly aided in the defense of the Union,
making an honorable war record of which he may well be
proud. When the South had laid down its arms, and
peace was once more restored, he was discharged Aug. 17,
1865, and returned home. The following year
he started westward and spent six years on the plains of
Colorado, Texas, Utah and other western States and
Territories, engaged in driving cattle. The
company with which he was associated was many times
attacked by Indians, and some of the number were killed.
On one occasion Mr. Haines was struck by an
arrow, but after a time recovered from the wound.
The life was often one of excitement, danger and
hardship. After six years had passed he returned
to Elmore, and has since lived in that locality.
On Mar. 10, 1872, was celebrated the marriage of our
subject and Miss Jennie Chapman, of
Elmore. She was born Oct. 16, 1853, in Pickaway
county, Ohio, where she remained until nine years of
age, when her family removed to Oak Harbor, Ottawa
county, coming a year later to Elmore, where she has
since lived. Her father, James R. Chapman,
was born in New York, in 1817, and her mother, whose
maiden name was Mary Hardin, was born in 1829.
They had ten children: William, Alanzo, Ira,
Lizzie, Jennie, Sarah, Ella, Fannie, Ann and
Nancy; those still living are William, Lizzie,
Jennie, Sarah, Ella and Fannie. The paternal
grandfather of Mrs. Haines went to sea when her
father was only six months old, and was never heard from
again. His wife was born about 1793. The
maternal grandfather, William Hardin, and his wife were
both born in 1799, and both died in 1885.
Mr. and Mrs. Haines have seven children:
Nellie, born Dec. 23, 1872, died Sept. 11, 1873;
Edward P., born June 3, 1875, completed the course
of study in Elmore High
School in 1892, and when thirteen years of age began the
study of pharmacy with Mr. Penfield, a druggist
of Elmore, by whom he is employed most of the time,
proving a very efficient clerk; Clarence B., born
Aug. 15, 1877, died Aug. 10, 1878; George A.,
born Jan. 23, 1879, is attending the high school of
Elmore; Maud, born Mar. 30, 1882, and Alice,
born April. 1, 1884, are still in school, and are also
studying instrumental music; and Glena L., born
June 19, 1893, died Apr. 11, 1895, Mr. Haines
is now engaged in the painting business in Elmore,
enjoying a good trade, and has the confidence and
support of many patrons, and all with whom he has come
in contact.
* Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the
counties of Sandusky & Ottawa, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - J.
H. Beers & Co., 1896 - Page 715 |
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BYRON
HARTSHORN was one of the prominent stock dealers,
fruit growers and agriculturists of Ottawa county, and
in his death the community lost one of its valued
citizens.
Our subject was born Jan. 1, 1829, at Plasterbed,
Danbury township, a son of Wyatt and Jane (Kelly)
Hartshorn. He received his elementary
education in the schools of the community, and also
pursued his studies in Sandusky City. From early
life he engaged in stock buying and in butchering, and
also followed fishing to some extent. Later he
formed a partnership with Milo Clemons in the
quarrying business, at Marble Head, and continued in
that line for a number of years. He possessed good
business ability, was enterprising and progressive, made
the most of his opportunities, and by his well directed
efforts achieved a fair success.
On July 28, 1853, in Portage township, Ottawa county,
was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Hartshorn and
Mary Dwelle, who was born in Portage township,
near Plasterbed, Dec. 16, 1828, a daughter of Elijah
and Clarissa (Woodford) Dwelle, the former a native
of Massachusetts, and the latter of New York. They
located in Portage township at a very early day in the
history of the county, and there spent the remainder of
their lives. To our subject and wife have come
nine children, of whom Clarissa, born May 27,
1854, died Aug. 16, 1856; Wyatt, born June 7,
1857, died Feb. 7, 1851; Alta, born Sept. 3,
1859, is now the wife of M. E. Hettrick, a
resident of Lakeside, Ohio; Lydia, born June 25,
1862, is the wife of William Hocke, a resident of
Sandusky City, Ohio; George B., born Dec. 5,
1864, makes his home in Lakeside; Everett, born
Nov. 18, 1867, is at home; and Nellie was born
Oct. 27, 1870.
The Hartshorn family were among the earliest
settlers of Danbury township, Ottawa county, and during
his entire life our subject was one of its most
prominent and progressive citizens. He was
public-spirited and enterprising, and readily endorsed
any project calculated to stimulate the development and
prosperity of his native township and county. He
was generous and affable in manner, his sympathies
expressing themselves in kindness to friends and family.
He was a man of broad charity and noble impulses, and
when called to his final rest, Dec. 12, 1894, he left to
his family the priceless heritage of a good name.
At the old home place resides his faithful wife and her
children, Everett and Nellie, and all their
surroundings bespeak taste and culture.
* Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the
counties of Sandusky & Ottawa, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - J.
H. Beers & Co., 1896 - Page 797 |
F. Hartshorn |
FLETCHER HARTSHORN.
The subject of this memorial was born March 17, 1831, at
Danbury, Ottawa county, where he spent the days of his
boyhood, youth and early manhood. He was a son of
Wyatt and Jane (Kelly) Hartshorn, the former born
October 16, 1793, the latter of September 17, 1805.
His parents were married on the 18th of March, 1824, and
he was the fourth in their family of eight children:
Catherine D., born March 8, 1825, became the wife
of George Mallory, May 18, 1845; Isaac B.,
born November 11, 1826, married Matilda Bryson,
January 28, 1853; Byron, born January 1, 1829,
wedded Mary Knapp, July 28, 1853; Sarah M.,
was born August 17, 1833; Alfred, born October 31,
1835, married Jane Mathews, August 31, 1859;
Harriet, born December 27, 1837, became the wife of
Charles D. Johnson, February 13,, 1859; married
Marshall Duroy, March 6, 1864.
His studious habits enabled Fletcher Hartshorn
to quickly master all that the common schools of that day
had to teach, and to this he added a course of study at
Delaware and Oberlin. At an early age he left school
to take charge of his father's business, and was soon
brought to notice as a business manager by the success
which attended his efforts. Soon his financial
abilities became well known in the commercial circles in
which he moved. His energy was untiring and his
integrity beyond question. His sagacity and insight
led to many desirable offers of business connections, some
of which he made available. He had the Midas touch -
all ventures seemed to prosper under his hands. He
became interested at different times in farming, grazing,
fruit growing, the handling and shipping of live stock,
speculating in real estate, and later in the manufacture
of the last-named enterprise, contiguous to his extensive
quarries and kilns, he built the work that is known as
Hartshorn's Dock.
Mr. Hartshorn was a man of strong reliance,
resolute character, always remarkably reticent in matters
concerning himself. In such an active career he must
have met with disappointments, but he made no mention of
them. He was an enthusiast in outdoor sports, his
dogs and gun furnishing the pastime in which he most
delighted. He was a royal entertainer, and in his
younger days delighted in playing the host to his bachelor
friends, and later his home, until darkened by the
affliction under which he suffered, was a model of
hospitality. When a student at Oberlin, he was
converted, united with the Congregational Church, and
often acted as teacher in the Sabbath-school. He was
free from narrowness and bigotry, had an open hand for all
worthy objects of charity, and accepted nothing but good
works as proof of good character.
On December 9, 1869, Mr. Hartshorn was united in
marriage with Ann Jemmetta Elwell, the eldest
daughter of H. H. Elwell, a former resident of
Sandusky, Ohio, now of Danbury township, Ottawa county.
Two children were born of this union - Lee, born
December 10, 1872, died January 25, 1873; and F.
Pierre, born June 4, 1875, still residing on the
homestead. Remaining on his farm for several years,
his time and energies were given to the development of its
superior resources.
While still a young man in the enjoyment of a
prosperous and rapidly increasing business, Mr.
Hartshorn was stricken with paralysis. The best
medical advise was summoned, mineral springs sought, and
every known means employed, hoping to prevent a recurrence
of the dreaded malady. Few may know the deep anxiety
which his case elicited from all his friends. His
aged mother who still survives him, with her superior
intelligence and skill; with the accumulated experience of
years, gave her loving, watchful care, striving with a
mother's solicitude to lessen his sufferings. His
young wife, with devotion unparalleled, was ever at his
side to comfort and cheer, and to minister to his every
want. But the insidious disease could not be
eliminated. The attacks were repeated, and as time
passed slowly but surely he was forced to yield to the
blighting influence, and at length became a hopeless
invalid. Through years of physical suffering, though
disappointed in hopes and aspirations, his unimpaired mind
was actively engaged with his business interests, which he
advised and dictated with the clearness and precision of
former days until a short time before the end came.
Mr. Hartshorn knew his life work was well done,
his loved ones abundantly provided for, and he often
expressed a desire to be released from the life which was
now a burden, to enter into rest - to go to his Father's
house, and there in the beautiful mansion prepared for
him, abide the coming of his beloved whom he was to leave
for a short time. He knew his time was very brief at
most - a mere fragment, as he indicated by measurement
upon his wasted finger - when they might join him there.
As these thoughts were presented, the light in his dimming
eyes grew brighter and an expression of satisfaction and
trust came to his countenance. By faith in the
precious promises vouchsafed him, he had gained a victory
over death. The tardy messenger came on Sunday
morning, December 21, 1889. The church bells were
tolling the hour of six as the released spirit took its
flight, leaving in our presence the "temple" untenanted;
the seeming requiem of the bells unbroken. The wife
and only living child, though bowed with sorrow
inexpressible, could not ask that he might longer remain
this side of the "portal." For weary years they had
witnessed the ravages of relentless disease; with tender
sympathy felt his affliction - had been "sad in his
sadness," and now they were "glad in his gladness" and
they saw himSustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach the grave
Like one who wraps the drapery of the couch
About him and lies down to peaceful dreams.
The obsequies, conducted by
Rev. George Peeke, pastor of the Congregational
Church, were observed at the family residence on East
Washington street, Sandusky, Ohio, Tuesday, December 24,
at two o'clock in the afternoon. Mrs. Mary
Robinson assisted by Messrs. McFall and
Talcott of the Aeolian Quartette, rendered with much
feeling the beautiful hymn. "Weary of Earth and
Laden With my Sin." Rev. Peeks selected for
the subject of his sermon the following appropriate text,
taken from St. Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy,
second chapter and twelfth verse: "If we suffer, we shall
reign with Him." After an eloquent and pathetic
address on the sufferings of mankind and the reward
thereof, he referred to the departed in the following
touching manner:
"The scope of these remarks applies to our
departed friend, Fletcher Hartshorn. God
called him toward suffering in order to prepare him for
divine nobility. During seventeen years he has been
a sufferer, and during the past nine years a sufferer
confined to his home, shut in from the busy activities he
so much loved. The keenness of his suffering can be
somewhat estimated by considering the exceptional vital
force with which he was endowed. He was a man with
immense vital powers, which, had he carefully considered,
might have given him an active life until four-score
years, but his ambition to achieve business success,
coupled with a desire to see all his affairs progress
rapidly and hormoniously, made him unsparing in his
application to every detail of business. Early in
his business life he paid the price of his devotion by a
paralytic shock. The last nine years were years of
patient waiting and uncomplaining suffering. It was
a signal and unusual providence that called so strong a
man to so many years of trial apart from that business
life with which his sympathies were entwined. None
but the unseen witnesses of God's moral kingdom can know
what a soul so placed could suffer. A disciplining
providence placed him in the hottest fires, but it melted
his dross and refined his gold. The result of this
trial was an unwavering faith, a beautiful confidence in
God. His frequent expression was 'It is all right,
all right.' During all his years of trial this was
his unswerving attitude. To sit nine years wasting
away and waiting for the end and to feel 'It is all right'
is the very sublimity of confidence and trust. His
kindness was as marked as his confidence. The
tendency of suffering is to make one sensitive, acerb and
impatient. None of these in our friend. His
soul was serene and sweet. Conspicuous above all
shone and was resigned. His royalty was apparent day
by day. His patience was truly sublime. No
saint ever suffered martyrdom with more apparent submission
and fortitude than he. During my six years
acquaintance with him, he has been to me a constant
wonder. To the end he resigned in true nobility.
Al that suffering can do for a soul seemed to have been
produced in Fletcher Hartshorn, and we devoutly
recognize the fact that he won the crown of spiritual
martyrdom. Such suffering as his could only lead to
humble trust in Christ. His confessions of
confidence and hope were clear and explicit.
Patiently he waited for the hour of deliverance, and after
the fierce conflict of years he rests;
Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep.
From which none ever wake to weep."
The services were concluded
with the singing of that beautiful hymn "Lead kindly light
amid th' encircling glom." The burial was in Oakland
Cemetery. The spires of the "Silent City" were
casting lengthening shadows across our pathway when we
left him to his long coveted rest. - [The foregoing is
from the pens of his loving and devoted wife and her
mother, Mrs. H. H. Elwell.]
In connection with the above sketch so ably written,
there is little to add, though it might truthfully be said
of the deceased that he was a man of fine education, broad
and general reading, and of a genial, sunny temperament,
and every citizen in Ottawa county was his warm friend.
In his domestic life he was a devoted husband and father,
attentive to his home duties through all his undertakings;
economical, yet given to acts of kindness and deeds of
charity where deserved. Always busy himself, he had
no sympathy for the shiftless and idle; but to the
unfortunate he was a kind and helpful friend, whose
sympathy was shown in acts rather than words, and in all
plans for the advancement of his community, his active
co-operation could be relied upon.
No biography of Mr. Hartshorn would be complete
which failed to make mention of his most estimable wife
and widow. Side by side for twenty years they
journeyed along life's pathway together, mutually
encouraging and helping - he a kind husband and indulgent
father - she a faithful wife and loving mother.
During his long and tedious illness, she was not only his
constant attendant and faithful nurse, but also looked
after his business matters, in connection with his quarry
interests, and in these matters not only proved her love
and devotion, but also her excellent executive ability as
a thorough business woman.
* Source: Commemorative
Biographical Records of the Counties of Sandusky and
Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 126 |
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F.
S. HELLER, M. D., a successful medical
practitioner of Oak Harbor, Ottawa county, is numbered
among the native sons of Ohio, his birth having occurred
in Fremont, Sandusky county, Nov. 29, 1863. Dr.
Heller is a son of GEORGE B.
and Rhoda (Smith) HELLER, the
former of whom was born in Pennsylvania, and was of
German ancestry, while the latter was born in Sandusky
county, Ohio, and was of Scotch and English lineage.
For many years they were honored residents of Port
Clinton, this State, and the father efficiently filled
the office of auditor of Ottawa county for six years.
Upon his retirement to private life he engaged in the
boot and shoe business in that place until 1883, when he
removed to Oak Harbor, and embarked in the lumber
business. He and his estimable wife are still
residents of this place and are popular and highly
esteemed members of the community. Their union was
blessed with a family of four children, three of whom
are now living, namely: Roland F., F. S. and
Rufus S.
The Doctor obtained his primary education in the
public schools of Port Clinton, and completed his
literary education by a collegiate course in the Ohio
Wesleyan College, Delaware, Ohio. Wishing to take
up the study of medicine and make its practice his life
work he began reading with Dr. M. A. Hughes, of
Port Clinton, with whom he continued for a year, and in
1885 entered the Medical Department of the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he took a three-years'
course, graduating in the class of 1888. On
leaving that school he at once began the practice of his
chosen calling, establishing an office in Oak Harbor,
where he has remained continuously since. From the
beginning he has enjoyed a large clientele, and now has
a very extensive and lucrative practice, which attests
his skill and ability.
In Oak Harbor, in November, 1892, was celebrated the
marriage of Dr. Heller and Miss E. Gergrude
Metzger, daughter of John C. and Emma Metzger.
One child graces their union, Louis Wellington
who was born Oct. 17, 1893. The Doctor and his
wife attend the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are most
highly esteemed residents of Oak Harbor, occupying an
enviable position in social circles. Our subject
is a member of the Northwestern Medical Society, and the
Ohio State Medical Society, and the Ohio State Medical
Society, and is also a member of and medical examiner
for Oak Harbor Lodge No. 516, K. of P., and Oak Harbor
Lodge No. 226, K. O. T. M. He also belongs to
Alpha Chapter, Nu Sigma Nu Fraternity, of Ann Arbor,
Mich. In his political views he is a stanch
supporter of the Democratic party. He is a deep
student professionally, keeping thoroughly informed on
everything connected with the science of medicine, and
his ability is acknowledged both by the public and the
medical fraternity.
* Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the
Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 821 |
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AUGUSTUS HELLWIG is one of the most
enterprising young men of Benton township, Ottawa
county, of which he is a native, having been born Sept.
9, 1870, on the farm which he now superintends, son of
Justis and Elizabeth (Lang) Hellwig.
JUSTIS
HELLWIG was born Feb. 11, 1837, in Germany, where
he was educated. In 1854 he came to Canada, where
he lived until he was twenty-three years old in 1860
removing to Benton township, Ottawa Co., Ohio, where, in
1861, he and Mr. Fred Kewit purchased 160 acres
of land in Section 19, which they divided equally
between tem. In 1864 Mr. Hellwig bought the
portion belonging to Mr. Kewit, becoming the
owner of the entire tract. On Mar. 30, 1862, he
was married to Miss Elizabeth Lang, of Canada,
and the young couple settled on their new farm, then a
wilderness, on which Mr. Hellwig had worked one
year, keeping "bachelor's hall." They moved into a
log cabin until a better house could be erected, and, by
hard toil, he and his faithful helpmeet succeeded in
making for themselves one of the finest homes on Ottawa
county. They cleared off the farm, fenced it, put
on the buildings, put out fruit trees and made it a
really modern farm, continuing its improvement up to
Mr. Hellwig's death, which occurred Mar. 19, 1880.
Mr. Hellwig was treasurer of the township eleven
years, and for several years was township trustee, also
serving as real-estate assessor one term.
Politically he was a Democrat.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hellwig were born nine children,
their names and dates of birth being as follows:
Anna G., Jan. 21, 1863; Catherine Elizabeth,
Oct. 14, 1864; George F., Sept. 15, 1866;
John
Henry, June 23, 1868; Augustus G., Sept. 9,
1870; John Ernest, Oct. 13, 1872; William E.,
Jan. 1, 1875; Emma Augusta, Dec. 9, 1876, and
Carl F., May 22, 1878. Of these, Emma
died May 29, 1877; Catherine on Mar. 23, 1880;
Anna on Dec. 9, 1880, and George on Nov. 29,
1887. John H. was married in June, 1891, to
Elva H. was married in June, 1891, to Elva
Hammond, of Elliston. Mrs. Hellwig was
born Feb. 1, 1838, in Canada, where she was educated,
living there until her marriage, from which time she was
a faithful wife and kind mother. Since her
husband's death she has continued to conduct the farm,
and has erected a large barn and made other
improvements, proving her ability in many ways to manage
an extensive business. Her father, Detrick
Lang (maternal grandfather of our subject), was
born about 1800, in Germany, and was by
trade a wagon maker. He was killed at the raising
of a barn. His wife, Margaret (Bates), was
born about 1805, in Germany, and they were the parents
of four children - two sons and two daughters -
Margaret, Casper, Elizabeth and Peter.
John Hellwig, paternal grandfather of the gentleman
whose name opens this sketch, was born about 804, in
Germany, and married Anna Hetrick, who was born
in that country about 1806. They were the parents
of seven children, only one of whom is now living.
John Hellwig died in 1864, his wife in 1865.
Augustus Hellwig attended the public schools of
Elliston, completing his studies at the age of twenty.
After his father's death the farm was left to the
supervision of the mother and her older son Augustus,
who remained on the place, working for his mother until
1893, when he took the management of it himself.
He now superintends all the business of the farm, owns
horses and machinery, and is carrying on a modern
farming business on 160 acres of fine farming land,
doing all the work with the aid of only one man, hired
by the month. In addition to his farming interests
he is also a stock-holder in the Graytown Elgin Butter
Co., of Graytown, Ohio. His output of crops
annually is about thirty-five acres of wheat, forty
acres of hay, and twenty-five acres of corn. He is
also successfully engaged in raising fruit, principally
apples, pears and plums.
On Nov. 28, 1895, Mr. Hellwig was married to
Miss Emma T. Krieger, of Graytown, Ohio, who was
born July 24, 1868, at Klein Ehrenberg, Province of
Brandenburg, Germany, where she was educated. In
1882 she came to America with her parents, locating at
Graytown, Ohio, where they moved on a farm and there
lived until Mr. Krieger's death, in 1892, after
which the family removed into Graytown. In Germany
Mrs. Emma T. (Krieger) Hellwig's father,
William Kreiger, was a shepherd. he was born
at Brandenburg, Germany, September 25, 1825, and was
married in 1860 to Louisa Shertz, who was born
Dec. 24, 1837, also at Brandenburg. To them were
born five children, their names and dates of birth being
as follows: Harman G., Oct. 25, 1861;
Bertha A., May 2, 1863; Mary L., Dec. 27,
1865; Emma T., July 24, 1868; Augusta W.,
Aug. 6, 1873. William Krieger died Mar. 24,
1892, near Graytown. Harman G. died, in
1868, at Brandenburg, Germany.
Politically Mr. Hellwig is a Democrat and a
zealous worker for the success of his party. In
religious affiliation he is a member of the Lutheran
Church of Elliston. In addition to his ability as
a business man Mr. Hellwig is also an able
musician, and is the leader and instructor of the
Elliston Cornet Band, one of the best in the county.
The children of this family are all musicians, but at
present he is the most devoted to it. He is a
highly-respected young man, both in social and business
circles, and his uprightness in every way has gained him
universal good will.
* Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the
Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 672 |
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DR. HENRY
JOHN HELLWIG, veterinary surgeon,
Elmore, Ottawa county, is the son of Honored pioneers of
Ottawa county, Justus and Elizabeth (Lang) Hellwig.
He was born June 23, 1868, on the old homestead farm
near Elliston, Ohio, and acquired his education in the
schools of that place, after which he engaged in the
operation of the home farm for eight years, carrying on
the place for his mother for some years after his
father's death. He there made a specialty of stock
raising, keeping on hand fine grades of Percheron horses
and from his boyhood he has always been a lover of fine
horses.
In 1890 the Doctor went to New Hamburg, Canada, in
order to study veterinary surgery with Dr. William
Sterling, of that place. After six months he
returned home to spend the summer, and then went to
Toronto, Canada, where he took a regular course in the
Ontario Veterinary College, from which he graduated in
the class of 1892. When his studies were ended he
located in Elliston, spending four days in Oak Harbor,
practicing his profession. In the fall of 1893 he
removed to Elmore where in two years, he has built up an
enviable reputation as a veterinary surgeon, and enjoys
a very extensive practice. On June 18, 1891, the
Doctor was united in marriage with Miss Elva Hammond,
of Elliston. Her father, Henry Hammond, was
born in Harris township, Ottawa county, Jan. 25, 1845,
and is a thorough mechanic, having been employed by the
Toledo Bridge Company for twenty years, superintending
the erection of the bridges after the material is
prepared. He served in the army for three years,
where he was wounded, Jan. 4, 1864.
On Apr. 11, 1866, Mr. Hammond married Emily
Gyde, who was born in Ottawa county, Ohio, Feb. 25,
1848, and for a time he engaged in teaching school in
Ottawa county. Two children were born to them:
Emily (Mrs. Hellwig), and William, the latter
of whom is a bridge builder. The grandfather,
Anson Hammond, was born in Ohio about 1820, and died
in a hospital at Savannah, Ga., during the Civil war.
He wife, who bore the name of Margaretta Witty,
was born in Germany, Oct. 9, 1822, and died Feb. 6,
1891. The maternal grandparents were William
and Harriet (Meeker) Gyde, the former of whom was
born in England, in 1813, and was a carpenter by trade,
but also pursued the occupation of farming, while the
latter was born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1829.
Mrs Hellwig was born in Elliston, Ohio, Jan. 4,
1867, and, after attending the public schools of that
place, was a student in the normal school of Oak Harbor.
In 1884 she began teaching in this section of the State,
and for six years was numbered among the successful and
popular teachers of Ottawa county. Mrs. Hellwig
is a member of the M. E. Church, and president of the
Epworth League. Both the Doctor and Mrs.
Hellwig have music-loving natures, his violin making
an excellent accompaniment to her organ or piano, and in
their home their friends may always be sure of a refined
literary treat.
* Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the
Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 601 |
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WILLIAM A. HOLBROOK.
As an early pioneer of this State,, a well-known
agriculturist of Clay townships, and a brave veteran is
well worthy of place in this volume, in which is
preserved the record of many of he men who have aided in
placing the "Buckeye State" in the proud position which
she now holds. A man who has seen many
vicissitudes of fortune, yet has always borne himself
courageously, this honored citizen, with the faithful
wife, who has traveled by his side without faltering for
these many years, is now taking his ease, happily
enjoying the sunset of life after the heat and burden of
the day.
Our subject is the son of Josiah G. and Clarissa
(Felton) Holbrook, who were natives of Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania respectively, and his birth took place
in Groton township, Huron (now Erie) county, Ohio Mar.
12, 1823. His education was very limited, as the
school facilities at that early day were exceedingly
meagre. A rough log cabin with puncheon floor and
slab seats, with an aperture between logs, covered with
greased paper doing duty for windows, very few and
simple text books and a teacher who probably knew but
little more than the pupils, were not great incentives
to learning; yet from such schoolhouses have emanated
some of the great minds who have controlled the nation.
At twelve years of age our subject was thought old
enough to take up the burden of life, and began work on
the farm with his father. At this he labored until
eighteen years old, when he learned the trade of a
blacksmith, serving as an apprentice for five years.
He then worked as a journeyman for a year and a half,
when his eyesight became affected and he was forced to
give up the business. He next took up the trade of
a carpenter and builder, although he had no previous
knowledge of it, and also worked as a shipwright for a
period of three years. He then tried sailing on
the lakes, and at one time commanded a boat plying on
the Wabash Canal. In 1852, he went to Michigan,
where he took any employment that came to hand, from
that of a common laborer, to that of a contractor and
builder. He remained there until enlisting Sept.
3, 1862, in Company A, Third Michigan Cavalry.
With his regiment he traveled over a good portion of the
Southern States, and on Mar. 12, 1863, in the engagement
at Island No. 10, he was shot in the left arm, the
bullet passing through his shoulder and disabling him.
He was sent to the hospital, where he remained one
month, and then receiving leave of absence, went to his
father's house in Sandusky county, where his wife was
staying. After the expiration of his month's
furlough, he returned to Camp Chase in July, but his
wound still being troublesome he was discharged in
August, as physically unable for duty. On leaving
the army Mr. Holbrook spent a short time
in Sandusky county and then came to Clay township,
locating at Genoa, where he was engaged in the cooper's
business for three years. At the end of that time
he sold out and purchased eighty acres of timberland in
a part of the same township, which is now Allen
township. At that time there were only three log
cabins in the vicinity, no roads, no schools, nothing to
foretell the great future in store for the State and
county. With the energy and industry so
characteristic of those grand old pioneers, our subject
at once began work, and in a short time had built a
cabin and cleared fifteen acres of the land.
Becoming dissatisfied with his location he sold this
place and bought forty acres in another part of Clay
township. This was also timberland, and he began
the work of carving out a home in the wilderness.
By degrees the trees were felled, orchards planted,
fields tilled and soon a comfortable dwelling house,
with its accompanying barns and outhouses, transformed
the place into a home worthy its industrious occupants.
With his own hands Mr. Holbrook erected
all the buildings upon the place, and with the aid of
his devoted wife has secured the pleasant home where
they are spending their later years, surrounded by their
children, and happy in the consciousness of well-spent
lives.
On Aug. 19, 1S49, our subject was married in Sherman
township, Huron county, to Miss Nancy Murry, and
to them have come four children, viz.: Lewella A.,
born in Huron county, June 1, 1850, died at New Buffalo,
Mich., Aug/ 29, 1857; Naomi, born Nov. 22, 1856,
at New Buffalo, and educated in Clay township, was
married to George M. Pierson, who was killed in
1892, in a railroad accident at St. Louis (she has one
child, Lillia, a graduate teacher at Port
Clinton, where they reside); Jennie was born Oct.
9, 1865, in Clay township, where she attended school,
and was married June 8, 1894, to Elmer Rue,
who is in the oil business at Gibsonburg, Sandusky
county (they have no children); Eleazer M., born
Apr. 29, 1869, received his education in Genoa, and was
married Aug. 18, 1893, to Emma Ulrich,
daughter of Charles Ulrich, a farmer of
Clay township (one child has come to them, Annie
Lewella, born May 14, 1895).
Josiah G. Holbrook, father of our subject, was
born Mar. 8, 1796, in New York State, where he was a
farmer. In 1815 he came to Ohio, locating in
Groton township, Huron (now Erie) county, and farming
there for twelve years; he then removed to Sandusky
county, and there resided until just before his death,
which occurred in Michigan in 1882. He was first
married in 1815, in the State of New York, to Deborah
Olds, by whom he had three children: Alvina,
Silas and Rachel. His wife died in
Huron county Dec. 17, 1819, and on Oct. 22, 1820, he was
again married, this time to Clarissa Felton,
daughter of John Felton, of Sherman
township, Huron county. To this marriage children
were born as follows: Deborah, July 17, 1821
(died Nov. 25, 1822); William A., Mar. 12, 1823;
Erastus F., Nov. 21, 1824; Lucinda, Sept.
2, 1826 (died Aug. 25, 1827); Margaret, July 24,
1828; Sophia, Mar. 26, 1832; Josiah, born
July 10, 1830 (died in 185 1); Samuel, Apr. 25,
1836 (died Oct. 25, 1836); Henry, born Aug. 26,
1838; one child died in infancy. The mother of
this family died in Sandusky county in May, 1872.
James Murry, the father of Mrs.
William Holbrook, was a native of Ireland, and came
to this country when a lad of sixteen, learning the
blacksmith's trade in New York, and working there until
coming to Ohio, where he located in Huron county and
followed his trade. He was married about 1814 to
Miss Almira Slater, and they became the parents
of five children, viz.: John, Naomi, Nancy (Mrs.
Holbrook), James, and Eleazer (who
died in April, 1865). Mr. Murry died
in 1840 in Huron county. His wife passed away July
20, 1895, at the ripe old age of eighty-nine years.
Mr. Holbrook is a strong supporter of the
Republican party, from principle, and has no aspirations
for office, never having accepted even the smallest gift
in that way that could be conferred upon him. He
is content to do his duty for the sake of right, and
commands the respect and esteem of all who know him.
He belongs to Elliott Wyman Post No. 39, G. A. R., and
in religious connection both he and his wife are members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, attending services at
Genoa.
* Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the
Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 545 |
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CHARLES
F. HOLDER, land-owner and agriculturist of Allen
township, Ottawa county, was born in Wittenberg,
Germany, Dec. 31, 1847. He was a son of
Christian and Annie (Miller) Holder, both natives of
that country, and who with their family emigrated to
America when Charles was ten years old, locating
on a farm at Fremont, Sandusky county, Ohio.
Here the boy assisted his father in farm work, during
the summer, and in winter attended the district school,
carrying on the studies begun in the public schools of
his native land, until he was thirteen years old.
Then, becoming tired of the monotonous life of a
farmer's boy, he determined to see something more of the
great world, and shipped as a cabin boy on one of the
lake vessels. For eighteen years he followed the
life of a seaman during the summer season, spending the
winter months in cutting railroad ties, staves, spokes,
etc., during which years he worked his way up from a
cabin boy to captain. During the last three years
of his sea-faring career, he commanded the schooners "Heatherbell"
and "Bessie," sailing on Lakes Erie, Michigan and Huron.
By industry and frugality, Mr. Holder acquired
enough money to purchase, in 1881, a tract of forty
acres of land in Salem Township, Ottawa Co., this State,
part of which was cleared. This he finished
clearing, but the attraction of the water was still too
strong for him and he sold the place and again became a
sailor, going out as commander of the "Bessie," and
taking his wife and three children with him. He
remained on this vessel one year, when he came to Allen
(then Clay) township, and purchased eighty acres of
land, the larger part of which was in a wild state.
A small log cabin was on the place, and into this Mr.
Holder moved with his family. With the help of
his brave wife he went to work with a will to clear off
the timber an bring the land under cultivation,
succeeding, after years of hard toil, in redeeming it
from the wilderness and making of it a valuable
property. He planted orchards and vines as well as
fields of grain, and built a dwelling house, barns and
outhouses, all of which stand as monuments to the
enterprising and progressive ideals of the man, and
to-day he is enjoying the fruits of his labor. He
afterward bought thirty-five acres of land, almost
cleared, near his first location, for which he paid
upward of $1,500, besides spending hundreds of dollars
in clearing and improving it.
Mr. Holder was married June 18, 1873, to
Louisa, daughter of Casper and Christiana
(Plumkhorne) Whittaker, the former a native of
Switzerland, the latter of Germany. To Mr. and
Mrs. Holder have been born five children, all of
whom are living; Charles C. F., born August 31,
1873; William J., November 4, 1875; Frank J.,
January 31, 1879; Ida M., October 18, 1881;
and Ella C., June 25, 1885. All the
children have been educated in the public schools of
Allen township, and the boys assist their father on the
farm.
Christian Holder, the father of our subject, was
born in Wittenberg, Germany, in September, 1804.
He married and became the father of five children, four
of whom with his wife died of consumption. He
again married, Annie Miller becoming his wife,
and to them five children were born. John,
the eldest of this union born in Germany, Aug. 15, 1846,
was married in Fremont, this State, to Miss Fannie
Phiper, and died in April, 1891; he became the
father of three children: Albert, Clara R. L.,
and Lizzie G.
Christian Holder emigrated with his family to this
country in 1857 and settled in Sandusky County, where,
after undergoing many trials and hardships, he
succeeded, with the help of his sons, in bringing his
swampy land under a high state of cultivation.
Here he lived and worked for twenty-five years, gaining
the esteem and respect of his neighbors. On Oct.
10, 1882, while crossing the railroad track near his
home, he was struck by an engine and instantly killed.
His wife died some four years previous, in 1878.
Casper Whittaker, father of the wife of our
subject, was born in Switzerland in 1817, and was a
carriage builder by occupation. He came to this
country when a young man, and settled in Sandusky
county, where he followed his trade for some years,
after which he farmed in Riley township, that county,
until his death June 15, 1885. He was married to
Christiana Plumkhorne, a native of Germany, and
to them eleven children were born, of whom the following
survive: John, born Apr. 5, 1857, is a farmer at
Fremont; Louisa, born July 24, 1858, is the wife
of our subject; Albert, born June 25, 1861, is a
farmer of Allen township; Rosa, born in July,
1858, married Mar. 4, 1879, and lives in Wood county.
Mr. Holder is a man who has the welfare of the
community at heart, and is deeply interested in the
cause of education. He was one of the few who
aided in the establishment of public schools in Allen
township, and has held the office of a school director
for the pat twelve years. In his political views
he is a Democrat, and, socially, belongs to Genoa Lodge,
No. 584, I. O. O. F., and also to the Truants Lodge, a
German organization. The family attend the
Lutheran Church, and stand high in the estimation of
their fellow citizens.
* Source: Commemorative
Biographical Records of the Counties of Sandusky and
Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 698 |
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ERNST HEMINGER,
a prominent agriculturist and manufacturer, of Salem
township, Ottawa county, and a representative,
progressive business man, was born in Salem township,
Apr. 12, 1851.
The parents of our subject, Frederick and Katherina
(Holt) Heminger, natives of Germany, emigrated to
America and settled in Salem township, Ottawa Co., Ohio,
in October, 1850, when that section of country was still
in its primitive condition. Their family consisted
of ten children, as follows: Rosa, wife of
Andrew Shegor, of Port Clinton, Ohio, and
Frederick, of Cleveland, Ohio (children of the
father by a former marriage); Ernst, the subject
proper of this sketch; William, of Oak Harbor;
Albert, of Lakeview, Oregon; August, of Erie
county, Ohio; Louis, of Carroll township, Ottawa
Co., Ohio; Amelia, wife of John Minke,
also of Carroll township; Nettie, wife of
Ferdinand Shellhorn, of Sandusky, Ohio, and
Christopher, of Erie county. The father
departed this life Jan. 16, 1887; the mother is still
living, and is now a resident of Oak Harbor.
Ernst Heminger, the gentleman whose name
introduces this sketch, received his preliminary
education in the district schools of his native
township, his early boyhood days being spent about the
farm. On leaving school he served an
apprenticeship term to the trade of a carpenter, which
vocation he followed for nearly ten years, then
embarking in agricultural pursuits, lumber manufacturing
and also in the manufacturing of wine and cider, his
business relations extending over a large extent of
territory. In his different enterprises, Mr. Heminger
has ever proved himself a man of sound judgment and
excellent business qualifications, and it is needless to
say that success has crowned his efforts.
Our subject was united in marriage, in Salem township,
Ottawa Co., Ohio, Apr. 16, 1877, with Miss Mina
Huttenlocher, whose parents, Michael and
Katherine (Gram) Huttenlocher, both natives of the
Fatherland, crossed the ocean to the New World and
settled in Salem township, Ottawa Co., Ohio, in 1852,
where they have since resided. To Mr. and
Mrs. Heminger have come nine children, as follows:
W. F. August, born Mar. 25, 1878; C.William,
born Dec 7, 1879; E. Harman, born Feb. 4,
1881; C. Anna, born Mar 13, 1884; Louis,
born June 14, 1886; Rosa, born Apr. 3, 1889;
Emma, born Mar. 30, 1891; Olga, born July 30,
1893, and Elizabeth, born Sept. 13, 1895.
The family are devout members of the Lutheran Church.
Socially they enjoy the respect of the entire community.
In his political preferences Mr. Heminger
affiliates with the Democratic party.
* Source: Commemorative
Biographical Records of the Counties of Sandusky and
Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 595 |
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CHARLES
HOUTS. This gentleman, who is one of the
oldest pioneers of Ottawa county, and a prosperous
agriculturist and fruit grower of Clay township, has
also a record as a soldier in the late Civil war of
which he may well be proud. The participants in
that struggle for the preservation of the union are
growing perceptibly fewer as the years roll on, and it
will not be long ere none are left to tell the story.
We who hear it from the lips of those who took an active
part in its victories and defeats are fortunate indeed.
Mr. Houts was born in Scott township, Sandusky
Co., Ohio, Aug. 11, 1842, son of John and Rhoda
(Schroggy) Houts, the former of whom was born in
1813, in Pennsylvania, and the latter in Columbiana
County, Ohio. When seven months old he was brought
to Ottawa county, and in his boyhood he attended the
public school at Port Clinton, afterward assisting his
father in the work upon the farm. When the call
for men for three-years' service in the Civil war was
made, the patriotic youth responded by enlisting Jan. 4,
1864, in Company G, One Hundredth Ohio Infantry, under
the command of Col. Patrick Sleaven. He was
in many bloody battles, where he saw thousands of men
dying on the field, and learned from experience the
horrors of war. Among the notable engagements in
which he took part were: The battle of Rocky Face
Ridge, Ga., May 5 to 9; Resaca, Ga., May 13 to 16;
Dallas, Ga., May 27 to June 4; Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.,
June 9 to 30; Utay Creek, where they lost one hundred
men, Aug. 6; Atlanta, Ga., July 29 to Sept. 2; Columbia,
Tenn., Nov. 24, to 28; Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, and
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 15 to 16, all in 1864. In
all these engagements Mr. Houts was so fortunate
as not to receive even a scratch, although his comrades
fell all around him, and indeed throughout the whole
campaign he enjoyed the best of health, with the
exception of an attack of measles which kept him in the
hospital for a week or two. He received his
discharge after brilliant victories at Salisbury, N. C.,
on July 17, 1865.
After his return from the army Mr. Houts
sailed on Lake Erie and Lake Huron for six years.
He then took up the trade of a carpenter and joiner, at
which he worked six years, during three of which he was
in partnership with Samuel Wisner, under the firm
name of Houts & Wisner, carrying on the business
of contractors and builders at Port Clinton.
Subsequently he engaged in farming, working for six
years on a farm near Port Clinton, after which he came
to Clay township, rented a farm, and worked thereon for
five more years. By hard work and frugality during
all this time he managed to save enough money too buy a
farm of his own, and in 1888 purchased eighty acres of
land near Clay Center, which was partly under
cultivation. Here he went to work with a will,
spending every spare moment in beautifying the place.
He rebuilt the dwelling house and all the barns, and
made other needed improvements, and to-day is enjoying
the fruit of his labors in a pleasant, comfortable home.
Mr. Houts was married, Dec. 31, 1868, at Port
Clinton, to Caroline P., daughter of J. R.
HEIM, a merchant of that place, and they have one
child, John Richard, born Oct. 17, 1870. He
was educated in the public schools of Clay township, and
worked on the homestead farm for several years. He
was married Dec. 20, 1893, to Lillie M., daughter
of Frederick Sutton, Esq., of Martin, where the
couple now reside.
JOHN HOUTS, the father of our
subject, was born near Strasburg, Penn., and came to
Ottawa county when quite young, locating near Port
Clinton. Here he was married in 1836 to Rhoda
Schroggy, and to them five children were born, as
follows: Henry, born in 1841, died when
quite young; Charles H., our subject, born in
1842; Mary A. born in 1844, is the widow of
William Britten who was killed in a stone quarry at
Marble Head (she has three children); James, born
in 1846, at Port Clinton, is married and lives in
Michigan (he has two children); one died in infancy.
The mother of our subject was one of the first school
teachers in Port Clinton. She died there in 1848.
In 1853 the father married again, taking for his second
wife Amanda Mommeney of Port Clinton, and five
more children were added to the family, viz.: John,
who is an engineer on a vessel on Lake Erie; Rosie,
deceased; William, who lives in one of the
Western States; Clara, living in Kansas; and
Ida, married and living in Cleveland. Mr.
Houts passed peacefully away at the home of his son
Charles, in Clay township, Mar. 11, 1894, at the
ripe old age of eighty-one years and two months, beloved
and respected by all who knew him.
J. R. HEIM, the father of Mrs.
Charles Houts, was born at Baden, Germany, Mar. 4,
1821, ad came to this county when a young man, living
for some years at Plasterbed, this State. He then
removed to Port Clinton, where he was engaged in the
hotel business for a number of years, subsequently
buying a farm near Port Clinton, on which he lived until
his death, which took place Jan. 4, 1886; his wife
preceded him to the better land, dying May 7, 1869.
Mr. Heim was married in 1847 to Pauline Moos,
and they became the parents of twelve children, their
names and dates of birth being as follows:
Caroline, Nov. 7, 1848, now the wife of our subject;
John R., born Jan. 26, 1850; Adam, Mar.
30, 1852, died Mar. 30, 1892; Christine, Feb. 17,
1854; Maria B., Sept. 12, 1855; Magdelena,
Sept. 26, 1857; Catherine P., July 11, 1859;
August, August 9, 1861; William C., Mar. 11,
1863; Edward C., Feb. 22, 1865; Clara E. J.,
Mar. 14, 1867; and Christoph L., May 7, 1869,
died Sept. 1, same year.
Our subject in politics is a stanch Democrat, and an
admirer of President Cleveland. He was a
trustee of Clay township for several years, and a school
director and member of the board of education at Genoa.
HE was clerk of the board for two years, and held the
office of trustee three years in Portage township.
Socially, he is a member of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and also of Clay Lodge, F. & A. M., at Genoa.
He is a man of influence, well liked, both in public and
private life.
* Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the
counties of Sandusky & Ottawa, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - J.
H. Beers & Co., 1896 - Page 411 |
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