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History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Combination atlas map of Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Strasburg, Ohio: Gordon Print.,
1875
359 pgs. L. H. Everts
 
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THE UHRICH FAMILY.
MICHAEL ULRICH, (a) with whom we begin this narrative, was the progenitor of the Ulrich family in Tuscarawas County.  He was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, August 7, 1751.  He was twice married, first in 1772, to Catharine Borroway, by whom he had eight children.  He became a widower the first time in December, 1794.  He married the second time to Susannah C. Rouse.  He was confirmed in his youth at Hebron, Pennsylvania.  He emigrated from Pennsylvania to what is now Uhrichsville in 1804, and entered some fifteen hundred acres of land.
     Mr. Michael Uhrich was the one to whom belongs the honor of laying out the town of Uhrichsville,, and from him it took its name.  He was engaged in a variety of occupations.  He carried on the farming interests, dealt largely in live stock, conducted a general mercantile business, and also for many years kept what used to be known as Uhrich Hotel.
     He became a widower the second time on June 21, 1813, and died as such August 14, 1817, and was buried at Gnadenhutten on the 16th of said month.  He was the builder of the first grist- and saw-mill in Uhrichsville.  It stood on the site of the present one, owned by Messrs. Haskin & Huston, and was erected in 1806.  He was a man of great energy of character, and admirably adapted to be a pioneer.
" These Western pioneers an impulse felt
   Which their less hardy sons scarce understand;
  'Mid nature's new and wildest scenes they dwelt,
   And fought wild men and bests for every foot of land."
     Of his eight children the names of only five are now at hand: Hannah, Catherine (Katy), John, Jacob, and Michael.
    
He was a man of great energy and perseverance, was signally kind-hearted and benevolent towards meritorious objects, and has a valued citizen.

JACOB UHRICH, (a) son of Michael Uhrich, was born in Pennsylvania, August 2, 1783, and came with the family to Ohio in 1804.  His wife was Ann Maria Demuth, and was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in 1796.  He had ten children, whose names were:  Rosannah, Polly (Mary), George, Benjamin, Susannah, Jacob, John, Nancy, Joseph, and Caroline.  John died in infancy, and George at about the age of ten.
     Rosannah married George Ross, of Harrison County, Ohio, and is now deceased.
     Polly (Mary) married John Welsh, of Uhrichsville.  She deceased in 1833.
     Benjamin married Dianah Sorter, of Ohio, and now resides in Missouri.
     Susannah married Simon P. Blickensderfer, of Tuscarawas County, Deceased.
     Nancy was born December 19, 1822, and married Joseph Wallace of this County, December 23, 1841.  He had two sons and two daughters, - one son dying in infancy.
     Caroline  was born December 23, 1829; married John T. Hauser of North Carolina, May 19, 1850; died February 3, 1851.
     Mr. Jacob Uhrich died February 4, 1849; his wife, on February 5, 1853.

JACOB UHRICH (b) son of Jacob Uhrich (a), was born in Uhrichsville, October 8, 1820.  He was raised partly upon a farm and partly in a mill, and, at the age of fifteen, took charge of his father's farm and carried it on under his direction.  On March 19, 1845, he married Miss Rosannah C. Knaus, daughter of Joseph Knaus, of Tuscarawas County.  Miss Knaus was born near Trenton, in this County.  The following is his family record:  Joseph F., born October 12, 1847; Mary L., born June 25, 1851; Emma, born September, 1859; died in 1861; Alice May, born February 10, 1867.  Mary married John E. Dickerson, of Harrison County, Ohio; Joseph Married Marcela Burkshear, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
     In 1851, Mr. Jacob Uhrich, in company with his eldest brother, Benjamin, purchased of his father's estate the grist-mill, and ran it till 1862, when it was sold.  Subsequently, the brothers, Jacob and Joseph were associated together in the mill for about a year.  Mr. Uhrich resides upon a farm in Rush Township, upon which he settled in March, 1865.  For some ten years he served as Township Trustee, and as School Director for a period of nearly twenty years.  In politics, Mr. Uhrich is a Republican.

JOSEPH UHRICH was born in Uhrichsville, May 9, 1827.  He was reared on a farm.  At the age of eighteen he began to deal in live-stock, which business he has followed more or less up to the present time.
     On May 21, 1850, he was married to Miss Katy Ann Walton, daughter of Joseph and Nancy Walton, of Tuscarawas County.  Miss Walton was born in this County, June 1, 1826.  Mr. Uhrich has had six sons and two daughters, - one son dying in infancy.  Their names are:  Rosannah C., born June 29, 1851; Emmet W., born January 1, 1853; Benjamin W., born August 13, 1855; Carrie, born March 1, 1858; Charley W. and Clarence F., twins, born March 2, 1861, - Clarence died August 27, 1862; Edward P., born July 20, 1863; and Franky, born February 4, 1869.
     The eldest son, E. W. Uhrich, had been engaged for the past three years as clerk in the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank Uhrichsville.
     Among the positions of trust that Mr. Uhrich has held the township may be mentioned those of Trustee and Treasurer, the latter of which he filed for some five years.  When the Whig party was in existence be was an adherent to its principles; he is now a Republican.

CATHERINE UHRICH, youngest daughter of Michael Uhrich, Sr., was born in Litiz, Pennsylvania, February 23, 1792.  She was twice married; first, to Godfrey Haga, by whom she had four daughters:  Susan, Sarah, Elizabeth and Mary.   Mr. Haga was a very highly educated man, spoke four languages, and was one of the first judges of the Common Pleas Court of Tuscarawas County.  Mrs. Haga's second husband and John Andreas, whom she married in February, 1825; notice under the head of John Andeas.

MICHAEL UHRICH (b) youngest child of Michael Uhrich (a), was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, about the year 1784.  His wife was Mary Baltzley, of Tuscarawas County.  She was a native of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.  The following were his children, all born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio:
     Philip, born May 28, 1813; married Terissa Buck.  Had five children. Died in July, 1863.
     William, born April 4, 1815.  His first wife was Miss Catherine Huston, daughter of Alexander Huston, an early settler of this County.  Had four children.  His second wife was Miss Susan Myers, of Uhrichsville.  Has had six children by second wife.  He now resides in Van Wert County, Ohio.
     Lydia, born October 15, 1818.  She never married.
     Daniel, born February 4, 1821.  Died at the age of three
     Mary, born August 2, 1823; married on October 31, 1848, to Edward A. Parrish, of Uhrichsville.  He has had three sons and two daughters: James H., born August 23, 1849; Eunice M., born January 7, 1851; Edward R., born July 27, 1854;  William H., born November 22, 1856; Ada, born July 23, 1862.
     Sarah,  born May 14, 1826; married Robert Gorley, May 4, 1847.
The family records is as follows:  Mary A., born September 13, 1849; John B., born August 20, 1853; Laura M., born January 16, 1857; Alice U., born May 19, 1859.  Mr. Gorley is a native of Washington County, Pennsylvania, and was born Oct. 20, 1814.  Settled in Uhrichsville in 1845.
     For thirty years he followed the tanner's trade, but for the last fifteen years he has been engaged as a painter.  In politics he is a Republican.
     George, born October 4, 1829; married Adeline Brown,  of Uhrichsville.  Has had three sons and two daughters.  He is a blacksmith by trade, and lives in McLean County, Illinois.

ELIAS UHRICH, was born in Uhrichsville, May 6, 1832.  For the greater part of the time he was employed at the tanning business, till he was twenty-two years of age.  He subsequently, without any previous instruction, took up the carpenter's trade, and, by the aid of such books as he was able to obtain, coupled with his own efforts, learned the same.   He has followed it for the past twenty-one years, and is a superior workman in his trade.
     On April 27, 1854, he married Miss Catherine Latto, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 20, 1832.  Has a son and a daughter: Oscar w., born March 1, 1855; Minnie, born December 8, 1866.
Source: Combination Atlas Map of Tuscarawas County, Ohio by L. H. Everts & Co. – Philadelphia – 1875 ~ Page 9

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