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History of Shelby County, Ohio
Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So.
1883

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  Cynthian Twp. -
JAMES GALLEY.  The Galleys are of German descent, but came to America during the eighteenth century.  They located in the State of Maryland.  Jacob Galley was born in 1800.  He married Lydia Derr about 1827.  He was a millwright by trade, which occupation he followed through life.  Their family consisted of twelve children, only five of whom are now living.  They immigrated to Shelby County in 1845, and located in Loramie Township.  In 1852 he was killed by being thrown from a wagon.  His wife died in 1862.
     James Galley, the second son of the above, was born in Frederick County, Md., in 1830, consequently was fifteen years of age at the time they came to the county.  In 1851 he married Mary A. Finfrock, a daughter of Peter and Barbary (Palmer) Finfrock.  After marriage he rented land until 1866, when he bought his present home in Cynthian.  Upon this home he has erected good buildings, and has a well improved farm, all made by industry and economy.  They have reared three children, viz., Emma A., John P., and Melinda E.  The latter died in 1882.

Source 2: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 275
  Dinsmore Twp. -
MARK GALLIMORE was born in Greene County, Ohio, Jan. 5, 1824.  He is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth Gallimore.  On the 18th of April, 1844, he married Miss Margaret J. Wilson, of Greene County, Ohio, born Sept. 22, 1827.  Mr. and Mrs. Gallimore came to Shelby County in the autumn of 1844, and located in Dinsmore Township.  They lived on several different farms until 1854, when he purchased and settled on the farm in section 11, Dinsmore Township, on which he has since resided, and followed farming.  His wife died Sept. 20, 1861, leaving a husband and eight children, four sons and four daughters to mourn the loss of a wife and mother.  One of the sons, Lewis C. Gallimore enlisted in Company G, 6th Regiment of the Veteran Reserve Volunteers.  He was wounded in battle, from the effects of which he died Apr. 13, 1870.  The other seven children are yet living.  On the 1st of January, 1862, Mr. Gallimore married Mrs. Rachel Ogan, nee' Clutch, then of Sidney but a native of Warren County, Ohio, where she was born Aug. 31, 1816.  By this union he has one child, viz.,, Edwin.  In August, 1862, Mr. Gallimore enlisted in Company H, 99th O. V. I., and served about eighteen months, or until April, 1864, when he was discharged from the service on account of disability.
Source 2: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 248
  Dinsmore Twp. -
SAMUEL GALLIMORE deceased, was born in Virginia Nov. 12, 1794.  When yet a small boy his parents came to Ohio and located in Clinton County, where young Gallimore grew to manhood.  He married Miss Elizabeth Bragg, then of Clinton County, but a native of East Tennessee, where she was born Aug. 19, 1807, and came to Ohio with her parents when yet a small girl.  Mr. and Mrs. Gallimore came to Shelby County in 1846, and settled on a part of the southwest quarter of section 10, Dinsmore Township, on which he passed the remainder of his days.  He died Mar. 21, 1878.  His companion is living on the home farm, at the advanced age of seventy-four years.  He reared a family of nine children, viz., Mark, Isaac A., Rosline, Samuel H., Elisha S., Emily A., John, Elias M., and Margaret, four of whom are now deceased, viz., Isaac A., Rosline, Elisha S., and John.  Isaac A. died in the war of 1861, while fighting in defence of his country.  He died at his post in battle as color bearer, with the old flag in his hands.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 248
  Perry Twp. -
ANTHONY GEARHART, a son of the above, was born in Miami County in 1831.  Came with his father’s family to Shelby County in 1840.  The farm on which they moved was nearly all in the woods, and boys at that day who were old enough to work had but little time for school.  It was here that young Gearhart received his education, by attending school a few weeks in the winter season until he was sixteen years of age, when his school privileges closed.  He continued to work for his father on the farm till 1856, when he married Miss Elizabeth Burditt, by whom he has had two children, Marella J. and George L.  Mr. Gearhart is located on section 24, Perry Township.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 223
  Perry Twp. -
LEWIS M. GEARHART was born in Virginia in the year 1804.  Came to Champaign County, Ohio, in 1805.  From there they removed to Miami County in 1818, where he lived till he came to Shelby County in 1840, and settled on section 18, Perry Township.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 223
  Perry Twp. -
JAMES F. GEARHEART, a younger son of Lewis M. Gearhart, was born in Miami County in 1834.  Came with the rest of his father’s family to Shelby County in 1840.  Here he received a limited education.  He learned the carpenter trade, which he followed some ten years, but has followed farming the greater part of his life.  In the year 1860 he married Miss Elizabeth Miller.  By this union they have had seven children.  Their names are: Harry M., born 1861; Edwin E., born 1862; Lucinda C., born 1864; Augusta D., born 1867; William L., born 1869; Jennie D., born 1870; and Otis E., born 1877.
     William Miller, the father of Mrs. Gearhart, came to Shelby County in 1824.  Caleb Goble, the grandfather of Mrs. G., was born in New Jersey in 1760.  About 1792 he came to Ohio, and settled near where Lebanon, Warren County, now is, with his wife and four children.  Here, in the year 1809, the mother of Mrs. G. (Lucinda Goble) was born.  Caleb Goble, her father, came to what is now Shelby County in the year 1814 or 1815, and first located where Sidney now is, lived there a year or two, then moved up the river, and located on school land, near where Pt. Jefferson now is the exact time of their settlement cannot be given, but from what we can gather from Mrs. Miller it was immediately after the close of the war of 1812.

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 223
  Dinsmore Twp. -
PETER GERBER, deceased, was born in Switzerland, Dec. 4, 1803, where he passed his minority days.  He was a carpenter by trade, which he followed as his vocation for several years.  When he had attained the age of twenty-five years, he went to Holland, where he enlisted in the standing army, in which he remained five years, when he emigrated to America and located in Miamisburg, Montgomery County, O., where he married Miss Sarah Freemore, then of Miamisburg, but a native of Pennsylvania, where she was born Aug. 30, 1794.  Mr. and Mrs. Gerber settled in Montgomery County, remained until the fall of 1836, when they came to Shelby County, entered, made improvements, and settled on the N. E. quarter  of section 23, Dinsmore Township, on which Mr. Gerger died Oct. 9, 1874.  His companion is still surviving him, and is now residing on the old home farm with her son, John C. Gerber.  They reared a family of three children, viz., Samuel, John C., and Lucinda.
     John C. Gerber
, second son of Peter Gerber, was born in Dinsmore Township, this county, Oct. 7, 1837.  He has made farming his vocation, and now owns the old home farm and several other farms in Dinsmore Township.  He is considered one of the leading farmers in the township.  Feb. 15, 1856, he married Miss Catharine Smith, by whom he has six children, three sons and three daughters.

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 245
  Dinsmore Twp. -
ELIAS GIBSON was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Oct. 12, 1829.  He is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth Gibson, who were natives of Pennsylvania and moved to Ohio in 1837, and settled on the west half of the northwest quarter of section 12, Van Buren Township, on which Mrs. Gibson died  in 1848.  Mr. Gibson remained on the farm until 1860, when he moved to Allen County, Indiana, where he departed this life May 30, 1881.  He served in the war of 1812.  He reared a family of seven children, viz., Joseph, Martin, John, Mary, Elias, Sarah E., and William, all of whom are yet living except Joseph, who died in 1857.
     Elias Gibson, subject of this sketch, came to Shelby County with his parents in 1837, and settled in Van Buren Township.  On the 29th of April, 1850, he married Miss Anna M., daughter of David and Sarah Howell, of Shelby County, born in Perry Township Jan. 2, 1831.  By this union he has a family of seven children, six sons and one daughter.  In 1866 Mr. Gibson purchased and moved on the farm in section 6, Dinsmore Township, on which he is now residing, and conducting the business of farming with success.

Source 2: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 248
  DAVID K. GILLESPIE.  The ancestors of the above are from Ireland. George Gillespie was the first to come to America.  He came a young man, about 1740, and located in Pennsylvania.  Here he married Jane Allen. and raised a family of ten children.  About the year 1795 this family removed to Butler County, Ohio, where the father died in 1823.
     WILLIAM GILLESPIE, son of the above, was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1183, and was twelve years of age at the time they came to Ohio.  In 1816 he married Miss Mary Miskimmins.  They raised a family of eleven children.  They came to Shelby County in 1838, and settled in Washington Township.  Here he purchased a farm, or rather a piece of land, in the woods, having but little means after the payment of his land.  His family was large, the country new and malarious.  They all took sick; provisions were high; before they got well, or able to work, their means was all spent, and they were left in the woods destitute, without means of support.  They did the best they could, raising, spinning, weaving, and making their own clothing.  Saving every penny they could, they managed to live until they had cleared enough land to raise grain to sell; but grain by this time was very low in price; they could only get from fifteen to twenty cents for corn.  Mr. Gillespie lived here to clear his farm by the aid of his boys, and died in 1862, at the age of 80 years.  Mrs. Gillespie died in 1872, at the age of 73 years.

     DAVID KIRKWOOD GILLESPIE, the subject of this sketch, a son of Wm. Gillespie, was born in Warren County, Ohio, in 1821; lived with his father on the farm, and came with him to Shelby County when he was sixteen years of age; helped his father to clear the farm, and remained with him until he was twenty-eight years of age.  In 1850 he went to Lockington to engage in the grain trade.  His capital stock in trade, all told, was only six hundred dollars.  In 1851 he married Miss Martha McKee.  He at first commenced buying grain on commission, but it was not long before grain took such a decline that the men for whom he was buying sent him word that they could not furnish any more means, as the markets would not justify.  He then determined to buy and ship for himself.  He invested in an old boat and team, and loaded it with grain.  This took all the capital he had.  The boat on its first trip was, through the carelessness of its manager, so badly injured that it sank, and its cargo of grain was almost a total loss.  Mr. G. was now left without a dollar.  He felt almost discouraged, but his brave wife said to him, “We are yet young and strong, let us try again.”  He then went to his father and asked him what he should do?  His father told him that he could not help him any, but if he could find anybody who would let him have money he would give him his name as security.  The next day he went to Piqua, where the first man he met he asked if he knew where a boy like him could get some money to use by giving good security?  The man told him he would let him have all he wanted without security.  So with this assurance he returned home, repaired his boat, commenced buying and shipping grain.  The markets were favorable, and it was not long before he was out of his financial trouble.  Within that year he paid off all his indebtedness and had several thousand dollars left.  In 1854 his wife died, having borne him two children, both of which died in infancy.  In 1856 he again married, this time to Miss Marian McKee, a cousin of his first wife, with whom he lived till 1675, when she died.  There were by this union eight children, four of whom are now living, viz., William H., born 1657; James M., born 1861; Lee W., born 1864; and Anna S., born 1869.  In 1878 he was married to Sarah J. McKnight, with whom he is now living.  He continued the purchase and shipment of grain at Lockington until the year 1864, when he sold out his business there and removed to a farm of 350 acres he had purchased in Miami County, known as the Johnston farm, in Upper Piqua, for which he had paid $33,600 cash.  A few years later he bought the old homestead of his father, for which he paid $8300. Beside this he owned the Lockington mills, and his property in Kirkwood, where he now lives. This property was all made while he lived in Lockington, during fourteen years. In 1859 Mr. Gillespie was elected commissioner of the county, which office he filled till 1864, when he moved to Miami County. He remained on his farm in Miami until 1877, when he returned to Shelby and located in Pontiac, now called Kirkwood, in honor of Mr. G.’s middle name.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 190

  Washington Twp. -
HAMILTON S. GILLESPIE  was born in Warren County in the year 1835.  When three years of age he was brought by his parents to Washington Township.  He is a son of Wm. Gillespie, who is spoken of elsewhere in this work.  Hamilton grew to manhood in this township.  At the age of eighteen years he commenced teaching school, which he followed four years, then engaged in the mercantile trade in Lockington, but remained in the business only one year; then engaged in buying and shipping grain at Lockington with his brother D. K., which he followed until 1862.  In August, 1862, he received an order from Gov. Tod to recruit a company of volunteers, which he did, recruiting one hundred and one men all from his own county, and principally from his own neighborhood. This company were all first-class men, sons of farmers, and all respectable men of standing in the county, and when mustered into the service made as fine an appearance as any company in the regiment.  At the time his company was completed, Capt. Gillespie was offered five hundred dollars each by two other parties from other counties for the appointment of the first and second lieutenants’ position, which he promptly refused, and let his company elect their own oificers.  He took his company to Camp Dennison in Sept. 1862, and was assigned to the 50th O. V. I.  A history of this regiment will be found elsewhere in this work.  Capt. Gillespie had the command of this company until July 1863, When he was promoted to major of the regiment, and again promoted to Lieut. Colonel in August, 1864, and had command of the regiment until the time of its consolidation with the 99th O. V. I. in 1865.  After the consolidation of the two regiments Col. Gillespie was mustered out of the service and came home a couple of months before the close of the war.  He then again engaged in buying grain, at which he has continued the most of the time since that date.  In 1865 he was married to Miss Mary M. McKnight.  They have had born to them six children, viz., George H., Robert W., John H. B., Hamilton S., Roy E., and David K.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 289
  Loramie Twp. -
ANDREW H. GINN, son of James and Eliza Ginn, was born in Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio, Mar. 6, 1844.  His minority days were spent on the farm with his parents.  He has been successfully engaged in farming, butchering, and stock-dealing.  On the 3d of January, 1872, he married Miss Hattie Hoel of Hamilton County, Ohio, born Jan. 7, 1846, by whom he has four children now living, viz., Gertrude, James H., Cecil, and William.  In May, 1880, Mr. Ginn purchased and moved on the farm near Mt. Jefferson, on which he now resides.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 314
  Loramie Twp. -
JAMES GINN, deceased, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1800.  He married Miss Eliza Miller, who was born in same county, Aug. 1, 1808.  Mr. and Mrs. Ginn emigrated to America in 1826 and located in Miami County, Ohio, remained until 1832, when they came to Shelby County, entered, and settled on the west half of the northeast quarter of section 21, Loramie Township.  He afterwards made other purchases of land until he owned three hundred and twenty acres of good land.  He died June 30, 1856.  His widow remained on the home farm until July 6, 1881, when she moved to Piqua, Miami County, where she is now residing.  They reared a family of nine children, viz., Elizabeth, John, James, Anna, Robert, Andrew H., William W., Charles, and Maggie.  Robert was killed in the battle of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864; John died in California Aug. 14, 1881; Elizabeth died in Canada in March, 1870.  The other six are yet living.  James Ginn served over two years in the war of 1861.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 314
  Loramie Twp. -
WILLIAM W. GINN, son of James Ginn, was born in Loramie Township, this county, Apr. 30, 1846.  He has made farming his principal business, and now owns one hundred and sixty acres of his father's home farm  On the 19th of May, 1881, he married Miss Bell W. Morrow, who was born in this township Jan. 22, 1859, daughter of Thomas and Jane Morrow.  Mr. Ginn has filled the office of trustee for four years, and township assessor two terms.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 314
Jackson Twp. -
 JOAB GLICK

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 233

  Dinsmore Twp. -
BENJAMIN GOOD was born near Reading, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11, 1818.  When he had attained the age of six years, or in 1824, his parents, Philip and Elizabeth Good, moved to Virginia, and located thirteen miles north of Richmond, where they remained until August, 1832, when they moved to Ohio, stopped in Greene County one year, and in August, 1833, they came to Shelby County, entered, and settled on the east half of the southwest quarter of section 27, Dinsmore Township, on which they lived until 1823, when they moved to Wabash, Indiana, where they passed the remainder of their days.
     Benjamin Good, subject of this sketch, came to Shelby County with his parents in 1833, and has since been a citizen of the township. On the 3d of October, 1847, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of John and Mary M. Munch.  Miss Munch was born in Greene County, Ohio, Dec. 13, 1824, and came to Shelby County with her parents in 1832.  Mr. and Mrs. Good settled on the north half of the northwwest quarter of section 21, on which he has since resided.  They have a family of six children, viz., John M., William H., Mary M., Nancy J., Benjamin F. and Samuel E.  Mr. Good has made farming his business, and now owns a farm of eighty acres.
Source 2: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 246
  Green Twp. -
MATTHIAS GRAY, deceased, was born in Greene County, Ohio, Mar. 11, 1811.  He made farming his avocation through life.  In 1835, or 1836 he came to Shelby County, and entered the northwest quarter of section 11, Green Township.  In 1837 he married Miss Nancy Garbry, then of Miami County, Ohio.  Miss Garbry was born in Pennsylvania, Oct. 14, 1812, and came to Miami County with her parents when a small girl.
     Mr. and Mrs. Gray settled on his land in Green Township, on which he made improvements, and lived until 1859, when he purchased land in section 12, same township, where he died Mar. 11, 1875.  His companion is still surviving him, and is now residing in Miami County.  They reared a family of five children, three of whom are now living.  One of his sons, William G., served three years in the war of 1861.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 207
  Jackson Twp. -
NICHOLAS GROSS, son of Nicholas and Elizabeth Gross, was born in Germany Dec. 18, 1818.  When he had attained the age of nine years, or in 1827, his parents emigrated to America, and located in Stark County, Ohio, where young Gross grew to manhood on a farm.  In 1841 he married Miss Catharine Rinehart, a native of Germany.  Soon after his marriage he moved to Auglaize County, Ohio, and settled on a farm four miles southeast of St. Johns in Clay Township, remained until 1850, when he came to Shelby County, and settled near Plattsville in Green Township, remained about two years, or until 1852, when he came to Jackson Township, purchased, and settled on the farm in section 33, on which he now resides.  He has made farming his principal vocation through life, and now owns a farm of three hundred and seventy acres of good land in Jackson Township, on which he is conducting the business of farming with success, and is classed among the leading farmers in the county.  He reared a family of eleven children, viz., Elizabeth, Christian, Abraham, Caroline, Sophia, Samuel, Magdalena, Sarah, Daniel, Catharine, and Solomon, all of whom are yet living except Abraham, who died in 1862.  His son Christian served in the war of 1861.  His companion died in February, 1869.  On the 18th of June, 1869, he married Mrs. Elizabeth Gross nee Lininger, a native of Germany, where she was born Jan. 20, 1819, with whom he is now living.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 234
  Van Buren Twp. -
RUDOLF GROTHAUS, a farmer with post-office at New Bremen, was born in Hanover in 1836, and came to this county with his parents, Herman H. and Caroline Grothaus, in 1844.  In 1855 he married Caroline, daughter of Henry and Miana Baker, who was born in Auglaize County in 1839.  Their children are named Henry E., Caroline, Frederick, John, and Christian.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 253
  Dinsmore Twp. -
ANDREW GUTMANN, a merchant of Botkins, was born in Bavaria Feb. 8, 1823, and came to America, landing at New Orleans in 1846.  He at length went to Chillicothe, Ohio, where he remained until 1846, when he moved to the village of Freyburg, in Auglaize County.  At this place he engaged in the merchandise business, which he conducted without interruption until February, 1863.  At this date he moved to his present site in Botkins, where he has conducted the same business as a general supply merchant.  In addition to the merchant business, he in 1865 built the Botkins steam grist mill, and after operating it about five years sold it in 1870, but in August, 1881, repurchased it, and has since been operating it.  Besides doing a local trade in flour and feed, he buys  grain of all kinds for shipment.  His store is in the building formerly used as a warehouse by Ross Botkin, deceased.  It was changed into a storeroom by August Hoffman about three years before it passed into the hands of its present owner.
     On the 7th of February, 1854, Mr. Gutmann married Miss Catherine Seiter of Freyburg, Ohio.  They have seven children living, named Joseph, Alexander, Frank, Anna, Rosa, Andrew and Leo.  Of these all are at home except Alexander, who lives in Lima, Ohio, although Joseph also is married.

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 241

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