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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Stark County:
with an outline sketch of
Ohio
Chicago: Baskin & Battey,
1881
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Osnaburg Twp.
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JOHN VAN VOORHIS, farmer and stock
man; P. O. Mapleton. Among the many prominent families
of Osnaburg Twp. is that of Van Voorhis, which the
subject of this sketch represents. John Van Voorhis
was born in Osnaburg Twp., Sept. 19, 1824, son of Peter
and Margaret (Sickman) Van Voorhis. His father was
a native of York State; his mother of the Keystone State.
John; his mother of the Keystone State. John
was an apprentice on his father's farm until he was
eighteen, at which time he engaged himself to a shoemaker in
Canton, O., and continued pounding his last for nine
years. During these years he purchased 111 acres in
the southern part of Osnaburg Twp. In 1851 he removed
to the same. In 1863, he increased this fine-sized
farm by an additional tract of 31 acres. Not only has
he his fields in the highest state of cultivation, but he
has also removed many of the early land marks, and replaced
them by neat and convenient buildings. In
connection with his grain farming, he usually keeps a few
stall-fed steers, and a well assorted lot of choice Merino
ewes. Mr. Van Voorhis, united in marriage, Feb.
27, 1845, and has been blessed with eleven children, ten of
whom are living - Elizabeth. Mrs. William Judd;
Peter K., in Osnaburg Twp.; Mary, Mrs. Sutzchal,
of Sandy Twp.; Dan. E., of Pike Twp., dealer and
shipper of live stock; Margaret, Mrs. Niman,
deceased, of Osnaburg Twp.; Caroline, Mrs. Ed. L. Roaher,
of Michigan. Those who are at home are: Eleanora,
William and Elmer. Mrs. Van Voorhis
was re-united in wedlock to Miss Barbara Judd, in the
centennial year. They are all members of the Christian
Church. In politics, he began with the Whig party, and
remained in that faith until the Republican party arose,
with which he still affiliates.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 -
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Lawrence Twp. -
EDWARD
JOSEPH VATTMANN, Roman Catholic Priest, Canal Fulton;
was born in Westphalia, Prussia; he is one of a family of
four children, one of whom is a Circuit Court Judge, and
another Color Sergeant in a Uhlan regiment of the land of
his birth. After attending the public schools of his
native place until he was 11 years of age, our subject
entered the Gymnasium and made a complete course of nine
years, when he graduated at the age of 20 years; he then
studied medicine one year, after which he commenced a
regular philosophical and theological course in Paderborn
University, and i three years graduated: he was then
ordained a Deacon of the Catholic Church. He emigrated
to America in the fall of 1864, and proceeded to St.
Charles, Mo., where, after a short service as an assistant,
he became parish priest of St. John's congregation, Franklin
Co., Mo.; he remained in his charge about two years, within
which he bought the Presbyterian Church building at the
county seat, and fitted it up for a Roman Catholic Church;
it was while he was located at St. John's that he became
amenable to the law known as "Drake's test oath law," under
which he and about forty other Catholic priests, upon
refusal to take this oath of allegiance to the United States
Government, were incarcerated in the public jails; having
been released on his own recognizance, he was never
afterward called upon to answer before the court. On
the expiration of his service in Franklin Co., Mo., he was
appointed to a charge at Findlay, Ohio, where he remained
about two years, and built St. Nicholas' Church, as a cost
of $15,000; during his stay there, he attended mission
stations at Fostoria (where he built a parsonage), at
Winter's, at Carey (where he laid the corner-stone of a new
church edifice), and at Bluffton; he was next appointed to
Dungannon, Columbiana Co., Ohio, where he remained about
eight years, and during his services there he established a
Catholic school, which he placed in charge of sixteen
"Sisters of Divine Providence," who had been banished from
Mayence, Germany, by the Government, and over this school
Father Vattmann was appointed Superior; at the
close of his pastorate in Dungannon, he removed to Canal
Fulton, where he has built a fine parsonage, and officiates
as Pastor at mission stations, among which may be mentioned
Marshallville, Orrville, Manchester, Fairview, Medina,
Russell, North Lawrence and several others; he has a school
in connection with the congregation, which numbers about one
hundred and twenty pupils, and employs as teachers only
those who are qualified to pass examination by the County
Board of Examiners. Father Vattmann is an
enthusiastic and efficient worker in the important position
he occupies and as a Pastor and preacher has achieved great
success; his manners are genial, education superior, has
fine administrative and executive ability, and is popular
with all classes of the community in which he resides.
Source: History of Stark County:
with an outline sketch of Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881
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Marlborough Twp. -
J.
W. VAUGHAN; P. O. Marlborough; was born on the farm
June 19, 1831, on which he now resides. His parents
were David and Elizabeth (Shellenberger) Vaughan, and
his grandfather was Edward Vaughan. His
great-grandfather Vaughan was a native of Scotland,
and came to the United States previous to the Revolutionary
War. David Vaughan was a native of Sussex Co.,
New Jersey, his birth occurring Jan. 1, 1794. His
father dying when he was a child, he was reared among
strangers in Sussex Co., with whom he learned the carpenter
and joiners' trade. Being a man of enterprise he came
west to Steubenville, Ohio, about 1818, for the purpose of
bettering his condition financially. He remained at
this point six years, draying and teaming. Six months
previous to his settlement in Stark Co., he started for
Michigan, but meeting relatives here, he was induced to
purchase property and make this his future abode. In
1825 he moved his family to the place he had selected on
Sec. 20, Marlborough Twp. He settled here in the
woods, and after living to see the wilderness in which he
had located become a glorious country for enlightened people
to live in, he died, that event occurring Aug. 20, 1867.
He started in life a poor boy, with honesty for his motto.
He nobly lived up to this maxim, and, after undergoing many
hard knocks, died, leaving property to the value of $10,000.
His wife died about 1854. They were parents of
fourteen children, ten of whom lived to maturity.
These ten were - Edward, Mary, Catharine, Milly A.,
Hannah, Jacob, Joseph W., David L., Sarah and Naomia.
Of these only the last six named are living, and all reside
in Stark Co. Joseph W. Vaughan, the subject of
this biography, lived at home until eighteen years old, when
he began going abroad to school, and teaching during
vacations to obtain means to go to school. He attended
the academy at Marlborough, the Mt. Union College and
Oberlin College, at different times, obtaining a good
education. He has taught school to a considerable
extent, and has been principal of the schools of Navarre and
Louisville, in Stark Co., and also had charge of the Normal
School at Johnstown, Licking Co. Besides being a most
successful teacher, Mr. Vaughan has practiced law to
a considerable extent in the county. He was married
Oct. 7, 1854, to Miss Mary L. Lyons, of Tuscarawas
Twp., and by her had a family of four - Wilbur F., Minnie
M., deceased; Burton W. and Bertha F. R.
In 1860 Mr. Vaughan purchased his present place, but
has since moved away, and returned again. In 1880 he
commenced contacting on the Connotton Valley Ry. Co. line,
and a connection with that has carried on farming. He
owns 140 acres of good land; is a Republican in his
political views; is a Republican in his political views; has
held various township offices, and is of the "Disciples'"
faith. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812.
Source: History of Stark County: with
an outline sketch of Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881
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