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History
of Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Source:
History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
1884
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JAMES D. FARBER
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THOMAS M. FEELEY
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CHRISTIAN FELLER,
farmer, P. O. Dundee, is a native of Switzerland, born Nov.
27, 1835, and is a son of Samuel and Barbara (Newenswander)
Feller, the latter of whom died in Switzerland.
They had three children - Christian, John and Anna
(deceased). Our subject came to this country in
1855 (five years after his father), and settled in this
county, where he, Christian, engaged in farming.
His father died in 1864. Christian was married,
Mar. 14, 1867, to Maggie Olmstead, the results of
which union have been a family of five children - William
Otto, Franklin Frederick Austin Henry, Ellsworth Edward
and Sue Allie. The family are members of the
German Reformed Church. Mrs. Feller was born,
Mar. 20, 1844, in Wayne Township, this county, and is the
daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Ricksecker) Olmstead.
Her father died in 1874. Mr. Feller has
served his township as District Clerk and Supervisor for a
number of terms. During the late civil war, he
enlisted in the Nineteenth Regiment Ohio Veteran Volunteer
Infantry, and served in the Army of the Cumberland until the
fall of 1865. He was sun struck in August, 1865, near
Green Lake, Tex.; was very sick then for about five weeks,
and ever since he has suffered much from the severe heat of
the sun. He has been breeding fine short-horn cattle,
and by the assistance of his faithful wife has secured a
fine farm of sixty (well-improved) acres of land.
Source: History of
Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 995 |
Sugar Creek Twp. -
MRS. CHARITY FERRIS, widow,
Shanesville, was born in the year 1830, in Athens County,
Ohio, the daughter of Joseph and Anna (McCune) Butt,
both natives of Ohio, the former of this county.
Mrs. Ferris was raised on a farm and
enjoyed the usual advantages and pleasures of a farmer's
daughter. In 1850, she was united in marriage with
Charles Ferris, of Tuscarawas County. He was a son of
John and Nancy (Campbell) Ferris, natives of
Ireland, but early pioneers of Tuscarawas Co., Ohio.
He grew up in the town of New Philadelphia and learned the
tinner's trade. After their marriage, Mr. and
Mrs. Ferris lived for two years in New
Philadelphia, and then came to Shanesville, where he
established a tin and stove trade. He was quite
successful in his business and built up a flourishing trade.
He departed this life on Sept. 12, 1879. His death was
very sudden, he dying from the effects of over-exertion and
exposure to heated air while putting out the fire of a
neighboring house belonging to Henry Goeler;
he expired half an hour after his heroic and successful act.
He was a kind husband and father, and an industrious and
useful citizen, enjoying the esteem of the entire community
in which he lived. Mr. and Mrs. Ferris
raised a family of four children - Ellen F.,
wife of Lyman C. Wright; George H., of
Dundee, Ohio; Joseph N., of West Point,
Neb., and Emmett C., still at home.
She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and an
advocate of the cause of temperance. She is a lady of
strong principles and estimable character, and takes a deep
interest in the welfare of her family. She is a worthy
example of the faithful, conscientious mothers who have
labored with patience and self-denial to bring up their
children to useful manhood and womanhood.
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SAMUEL FERTIG
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J. W. FETTER, coal operator,
Uhrichsville, was born in Bedford County, Penn., Oct. 16,
1848. He is a son of Peter and Mary Ann (Wakefoss)
Fetter, the former of whom died in 1870, aged forty-nine
years three months and five days; the widow lives in
Pennsylvania, and is of German and French descent.
Peter Fetter was an ore-miner for eighteen or twenty
years. They were the parents of seven children, five
living, our subject being the second child. Our
subject was raised to mining, and was educated at the
schools of the township. On June 19, 1869, he was
married to E. A. C. Ringler, a native of
Pennsylvania, born Oct. 16, 1858. To this union six
children were born, five boys and one girl, viz.,
William, John, Frank, Mary and two infants. Our
subject was a member of the Eight-fourth Pennsylvania
Regiment, subsequently of the Seventy-sixth Regiment,
Company e. and served three years and nine months. He
was wounded at Cold Harbor June 2, 1863, at Fort Wagner,
Morris Island, S. C., July 11, 1864, and at Fort Fisher, at
the mouth of the Cape Fear River, N. C., in February or
March, 1865, by which latter wound he was disabled. He
participated in thirty-five battles, besides numerous
skirmishes, among which we name the following:
Yorktown, Winchester, Maryland Heights, Fort Pulaski, James
Island, Morris Island, Wilderness (seventy-two days), Cold
Harbor, Appomattox Court House, Gettysburg, Fort Fisher,
Petersburg, Bermuda Hundred, Wilmington, Goldsboro and
Raleigh. He lost his brother Joseph at Fort
Wagner July 11, 1863, and a cousin, Joseph J. Fetter,
both of the same regiment and company as our subject.
Our subject's grandfather had also been a soldier in his
day. Mr. Fetter's wife is a daughter of
Franklin and Susanna Kelley,
regiments of Doylestown, Ohio. Her father, a farmer,
died in 1868, aged thirty-six years, and was of German
descent; her mother was of Irish extraction. Their
family numbered seven children, all living, Mrs.
Fetter being the second child. Mr.
Fetter lives a quarter of a mile north of Uhrichsville,
where he has resided for five years, and has lived in
this county for thirteen years.
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GEORGE FIDLER
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GEORGE W. FINNEY
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BENJAMIN FISHER, farmer, P. O. Canal
Dover, was born in Pennsylvania Feb. 13, 1830, and is a son
of Frederick and Catherine (Kurts) Fisher. He
was a member of a family of nine children, viz.: George,
Mathias, Hosea, Benjamin, Pauline (wife of Philip
Ebert), Regenia (deceased), Caroline (wife
of Nathan Bair), Rebecca (deceased, wife of
John Kohr), and Rachel (wife of Joseph
Aleshouse). Frederick Fisher came with his
family to this State about the year 1834, and settled in
Sandy Township, where Mrs. Fisher died in 1843.
He then moved to Dover Township, same year, and resided
there until his death, which occurred in 1853. Our
subject was married in August of 1863, to Mrs. Catharine
(Wasman) Rosenberry, and by her had one child,
Ida Catherine, who is still at home. Mrs.
Fisher died in 1865, and on June 10, of the following
year our subject was united in marriage with Cynthia,
daughter of John Rutan and Elizabeth (Younkman) Sheplar,
natives of Pennsylvania. The latter died in Bethlehem
Township, Stark County, Ohio, where the family were located.
Mr. Sheplar is residing in Louisville, where he had
charge for a number of years of the United Brethren Church,
as pastor, but has since retired. Mr. and Mrs.
Fisher have been made the parents of five children, of
whom two, Jennie May and James Harvey, are
deceased, and Emma, Alice, Mary Julia and Earl
Benjamin still survive. The family are members of
the United Brethren Church. Mr. Fisher has held
the office of Township Trustee for several terms, and has a
fine farm of 100 highly cultivated land containing excellent
buildings thereon.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 – Page
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Sugar Creek Twp. -
FRANKLIN FISHER,
manufacturer, and proprietor of the Sugar Creek Woolen
Mills, Shanesville, was born in the year 1832, in Sugar
Creek Township, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. He is a son of
Jonathan and Esther Fisher, the former of
whom was a native of Maryland, and the latter born in
Somerset Co., Penn. They came to this county in 1830,
and died leaving the following-named children: Daniel
J., of Lakeville, St. Joseph Co., Ind.;
Adeline, wife of E. Showalter; Isaac,
of Wawpecong, Indiana; Eliza, wife of
C. Zimmer, Newcomerstown, Ohio;
Solomon, of Sugar Creek Township; Susanna,
wife of J. Weidman, of Stark Co., Ohio; and
Lucinda, wife of C. Penrod, whose
biography is also in this work. In 1833,
Jonathan Fisher bought a small farm and erected a
fulling mill. He gradually added to the work until it
developed quite a large trade. Mr. and Mrs.
Fisher were industrious pioneer people, and left
behind them a good record for honesty and integrity of
character. Our subject was brought up to the trade of
wool manufacturing by his father, and attended the common
schools of the township. In 1861, he was married to
Miss Sarah Grupt, who was also born in this
township. This union has resulted in six children, viz:
Anna, Cora Charlotte (wife of Ira
Wolf), Jonathan L., Joseph
F., Susanna and Elwyn. In
1860, Mr. Fisher took charge of the woolen
mills on his own account. He is very enterprising, and
has improved the building and machinery and increased the
facilities for the business. By his close application
and courteous treatment of his patrons, he has secured a
large custom, extending even into the surrounding counties.
The Shanesville Woolen Mills have a first-class reputation
for honesty and good workmanship for many miles around.
They buy wool and manufacture plain and fancy stocking yarn,
satinets, cloth, cassimere, jeans, etc. Mr.
Fisher intends to still further increase the
facilities of his business, to keep up with the growing
trade. He also owns the old homestead. In
politics, he is a Democrat, and is a member of the German
Reformed Church. He is an ardent friend to the cause
of education, and has given his children good educational
advantages. He himself is well educated in both
English and German. His children are bright and
intelligent, and give promise of great usefulness in future
years. Sugar Creek Township has no more upright,
influential citizen than Franklin Fisher.
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GEORGE FISHER, farmer, P. O. New
Philadelphia, was born Nov. 30, 1830, son of Henry and
Elizabeth Fisher, the former of whom is a native of
Pennsylvania, the latter of Ohio. Henry Fisher
was born in 1795, and in 1818 came to this county; here he
settled, and purchased a small farm form the proceeds of day
labor, continuing to increase in this world's goods until he
had acquired 166 acres of well-improved land. He was
the parent of eleven children, viz.: John, Daniel,
Solomon, George, Joseph, Anna, Elizabeth, Lydia, Henry, Mary
and Catherine. Of these, two are deceased -
Henry, who died June, 2, 1882, and Elizabeth,
March 30, 1880. The subject of this sketch was
married, Mar. 27, 1856, to Miss Sarah A. Walters, and
has had a family of thirteen children, viz.: John
William, Henry B., Mary Jane, James Monroe, Sarah Matilda,
Clara Alice, George Abraham, Emma Lillie, Mae, Berkley
Wallace, Elsworth, Della Ann and a child who died in
infancy. All are unmarried and at home, and the family
are members of the Church of God. Mr. Fisher
has held the office of School Director for a number of years
with honor, and is the owner of 104 acres of well-cultivated
land, well stocked, and with good farm buildings on same.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 – Page
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HOSEA FISHER, farmer, P. O. Canal
Dover, was born in Beaver County, Penn., in 1828, and is a
son of Frederick and Catherine (Kurtz) Fisher, the
former of Baden, the latter of Wittenberg, Germany.
The subject of this sketch was married, in Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, in 1861, to Miss Amanda, daughter of
Andrew D. Swihart, and a native of this county. Of
the ten children born to this union, seven have survived,
viz.: Edward E., Maggie, Charles, Mary, Cora,
Harvey and Frederick. Mr. Fisher resides on
the homestead farm, consisting of 168½
acres, embracing some of the finest land in the county.
He is a man of a genial and social nature, a lover of home,
and although living a quiet and unostentatious life he is
widely and favorably known.
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Bucks Twp. -
V. C.
FISHER book-keeper for Wolf & Miller, planing
mill company, Rowville, was born in Coshocton County Ohio,
Nov. 320, 1846, son of Christian and Rebecca (Lower)
Fisher. His father was a native of York County,
Penn.; his mother of Coshocton County, Ohio. The
subject of this notice was reared on the farm, and received
a common school education. He taught school three
terms in his youth, then served a two years apprenticeship
at the tanner's trade, and carried on a tan yard of his own
for nine years. He was married, in 1867, to Emma
Lint, daughter of Daniel Lint. They have
three children - Sarah Ellen, Myra Catherine and
William Daniel, living, and one, Clara Althea,
deceased. Mr. Fisher and wife are members of
the German Baptist Church.
Source: History of
Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 729 |
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JEREMIAH FLAD, blacksmith,
Bolivar, was born in Rittenburg, Germany, in 1823, son
of Balthazer and Sibola (App) Flad. He
learned the locksmith trade, and in 1845 emigrated to
America and settled in Bolivar, where he commenced
blacksmithing. He was married in June, 1851, to
Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Roof, native of
Switzerland. They have had seven children, five of
whom, Rosine, Catherine, John,
George and Mary, are living. Rosine
is the wife of Alexander Anders, a
shoe-maker by trade; Catherine is the wife of
Hamilton Kline, a carpenter and a son of
Samuel Kline of Bolivar; John was
married May 1, 1881, to Lizzie, daughter of
Charles Winters; they have one child -
Florence Herby; Mary is at home;
John and George are locksmiths at Bolivar.
Mr. Flad and family are members of the
German Lutheran Church.
Source: History of
Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 784 |
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G. F. FLEMING
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LEWIS R. FLETCHER, farmer, P. O.
Newcomerstown, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, Jan.
5, 1830, and was raised there till thirteen years of
age. He is a son of Adam and Catherine Fletcher,
the former a native of Staten Island, N. Y., of English
descent, the latter is of German lineage. Our
subject was married, Oct. 9, 1856, in Coshocton County,
by Rev. John Baker, to Mary Culbertson,
born near Keene, Coshocton County, June 23, 1833, and a
daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Wilson)
Culbertson, the former of Ohio, the latter of
Pennsylvania. The result of this union has been a
family of six children, four boys and two girls, both of
the latter deceased. Their names are Henry W.,
Clara E. (deceased), James H., Anna B.
(deceased) and Albert H. and Robert W.
(twins). Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher are members
of the United Brethren Church, along with the two oldest
children, and Mr. Fletcher is the owner of 160
acres of land, two miles south of Newcomerstown.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 868 |
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JOHN JACOB FOEHL, merchant,
Blackband, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, whence he
emigrated in 1865, coming to this country and settling
in Stark County, Ohio. In 1866, he married Mary
Sperrle, by whom he has had a family of ten children
- Amelia Margaret, John Jacob, Christina Mary,
Charles, Elizabeth, Rosa Catherine, Gustave Adolph, Emma
Matilda, and two infants, deceased. In 1873,
they removed to Tuscarawas County. Mrs. Foehls
parents were John Jacob and Margaret Sperrle,
natives of Germany. She came to America in 1866,
and located in Stark County. Mr. Foehl is
doing a large mercantile business, and has the post
office and station agency at Blackband. He and
family are members of the German Reformed Church.
He is also a member of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 430, in
good standing.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
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JAMES C. FORBES, farmer; P. O. Port Washington, was born in Uhrichsville, Ohio,
Dec. 22, 1860, the son of Andrew and
Louisa A. (Seaman), Forbes. Andrew
Forbes was for many years a leading merchant of
Uhrichsville, and in 1863
and 1864 represented the county in the State Legislature. He died in the prime of life. His wife was the only child of
Robert Seaman, who was the largest
land owner in Clay
Township, acquiring, by his own exertions, over 1,000 acres of land,
most of which is bottom land.
James C. was married, May 15, 1881,
to Ida Bremer, daughter of
Peyola and Matilda Bremer, of the
township. They have one child –
Laura May.
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Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 – Page 735
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D. C. FOSTER
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GEORGE FOSTER
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MRS. SARAH FOUT
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JOSHUA FOWLER, farmer and carpenter,
P. O. Uhrichsville, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, Nov.
6, 1831. His father, Andrew W. Fowler, was a
farmer. He came to this county in 1833 and settled
near Newport. He is now residing in Mill Township.
The maiden name of our subject's mother is Elizabeth
Martin. Our subject is the sixth in a family of
twelve children; he was reared on a farm until sixteen years
of age and then served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's
trade at which he worked until the breaking-out of the late
war. In 1861, he enlisted in the Fifty-first Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, Company E, under Capt. Dr. Chalfant;
served till his time was out and re-enlisted, in 1863, in
the same company. He was a non-commissioned officer;
was on detached service for one year, in the Pioneer Corps,
and fourteen months with the mechanics and engineers on
fortifications. A part of this time he worked at his
trade. He was in the battles of Stone River and
Kenesaw Mountain, besides numerous skirmishes. He was
married, Nov. 25, 1852, to Emeline, daughter of
Gabriel Watson, of Irish descent. The four
children resulting form this union are Ellen (wife of
George Gore, an engineer on a Kentucky railroad),
Maria J. (wife of James Gore, a machinist,
deceased), Lucretia (widow of John Price,
machinist, and now the wife of N. B. Angle, also a
machinist, residing in Cleveland) and John C.
(married, a fireman on the C. L. & W. Railroad, residing in
Lorain, Ohio). Mrs. Fowler is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, Mr. Fowler
is a Republican. He owns a fine residence and
fifteen acres of land near Uhrichsville and is held in high
esteem by his neighbors and friends.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 – Page
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CHRISTIAN
FOX, farmer, P. O. Yorktown, was born in Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, Oct. 22, 1829, a son of Leopold and
Elizabeth Fox. Leopold Fox was born in
Germany in 1789, and came to this country about 1826,
locating in this county immediately after his arrival, and
engaged in farming. He had worked at the trade of
shoe-maker in his native country. His wife was a
daughter of a Mr. Kuhn, and they were married in this
country, and had a family of five children, their names as
follows: Mary Ann, wife of Nicholas Winkler;
Christian, Leopold, John, and a child who died in
infancy. Our subject's father died in 1850, and was
followed by the widow in 1852. They came to this
township among the first, and acquired a fine farm,
consisting of 100 acres of improved land, with good farm
buildings thereon. They were members of the Reformed
Church in good standing. Christian our subject,
was married, Dec. 3, 1852, to Miss Elizabeth Affolter,
and to them were born nine children - Elizabeth, wife
of Manuel Hawk; John; Mary Ann, wife of John Raber;
Catherine; Christian, married to a Miss Maggie
Grosarth; Joseph; Frederick; Lydia Magdalane; Sarah,
deceased, and Emma Josephine. Mr. Fox and
family are members of the German Reformed Church. He
has held the office of Trustee and School Director for a
number of terms, and honor. His farm of 306 acres of
land is well-improved, with
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Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 – Page
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Goshen Twp. -
ALEXANDER FRANCE
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JOHN FREY
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WOOD FRIBLEY
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DANIEL FRIBLY, farmer, P. O. New
Philadelphia, was born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 12, 1812, and
is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Woods) Fribly.
His father was born in 1783, and died in 1852. His
mother, who was of English parentage, was born in 1793, and
died in 1852. His mother, who was of English
parentage, was born in 1793, adn died in 1870. His
father was of German descent, and settled with his wife, in
Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1817. To them were born
twelve children, viz.: John (deceased), Daniel,
Samuel Thompson, John W., David, Enoch (deceased),
Jacob, Joseph (deceased); Ellen, wife of Simon
Williams; Mary (deceased), wife of Joseph Kennedy,
minister; Elizabeth, wife of Charles McGruder;
Margaret, wife of Henry Wagner. Our subject
was married in York Township, to Miss Leah Catherine
Edmonds, on July 24, 1836, and and has reared a family
of nine children, their names as follows: Edward,
John Wesley, James Jacob, Emery Lambert, Milton Woods,
Charles McGruder; Cornelia Elizabeth, wife of John
Louis Roll (deceased); Lucinda Ellen, wife of
Lyman Hardman; Susan Matilda, wife of Rev.
Lelland. Mrs. Fribly died Dec. 28, 1882.
The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Fribly is a strong Republican, although he has
never cared for political honors. He has always taken
great interest in the advancement of education; his own
schooling was received in a log schoolhouse, where they used
greased paper for windows. Although he has had no
advantages of school, he is a man of more than ordinary
abilities. He owns a fine farm of 253 acres of
improved land, with excellent farm buildings, and well
stocked, which he has earned by his own exertions.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 – Page
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Goshen Twp. -
ENOCH FRIBLEY
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Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 – Page 700 |
Sugar Creek Twp. -
HENRY FROELICH, farmer, P.
O. Barr's Mills, was born in Rhine Bavaria,
Germany, in 1830, and is a son of Henry and Margaret
Froelich, the latter a daughter John Andrus
Lanzer. They were married in Germany in 1824,
and came to this county with their family in 1844.
Mr. Froelich died Jan. 14, 1872. His
widow, who still lives, resides with her daughter,
Mrs. Henry Schumacher, in Bucks Township. Our
subject was raised on a farm, and obtained his education in
Germany. Since he came here he has, by private study,
obtained a pretty good knowledge of the English language.
He lived with his father until his marriage to Miss
Phebe Schumacher in 1852. She was also a
native of Germany, but came here in infancy. Their
family numbered eleven children, of whom eight are living,
viz.: Phebe, wife of Henry Widder; Albert, married to Henry
Allison; Barbara, wife of Adam Lahm; John,
married to Mary Yanney; Emma, wife
of Lee Miller; William, Benjamin
and Clara, at home. Mr.
and Mrs. Froelich have been industrious and
successful in life, and by their own hard work and good
management have acquired a fine farm of 264 acres of well
improved land. He takes an interest in the culture of
live stock, and has some full-blooded animals on his farm.
In politics, he is a Democrat, and he and his wife are
members of the German Reformed Church. Mr.
Froelich and Josiah Stough
built the cheese factory at Barr's Mills in 1883. It
is now operated by Frederick Von Gunten, a
native of Switzerland, who has been in this country five
years.
Source: History of
Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 ~
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Oxford Twp. -
WILLIAM FRUSH, painter and carpenter,
Post Boy, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, near
Shepherdstown, Feb. 16, 1819, and is a son of Henry and
Rebecca (Rippeth) Frush; the former, a native of
Maryland, of German extraction, died in 1838, aged
fifty-eight years; the latter, a native of Pennsylvania, of
English descent, died in 1872, aged sixty-three years.
Our subject was brought up in Belmont County, and educated
at the common schools. He is the first son and third
child in a family of eleven children, three boys and eight
girls, five surviving, and has been a resident of this
county sixteen years. He enlisted May 1, 1864, in the
One Hundred and Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a
private, and participated in three battles, viz., Maryland
Heights, in July, 1864; Snicker Gap, in July, 1864; and
Winchester, in August, 1864; he was also engaged in numerous
skirmishes, and was discharged Sept. 12, 1864. Mr.
Frush resides with his sister, Amelia A., born in
Belmont County April 4, 1828; she is owner of five acres of
land.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 868 |
Sugar Creek Twp. -
ERVIN FULTON, manufacturer,
Shanesville, was born in Fayette Co., Penn., in 1844.
His parents, James C. and Margaret Fulton,
were natives of Penn. and came to this county in 1854.
Mrs. Fulton died in 1873; her husband, who
survives, is a resident of the state of Indiana and is
seventy years of age. The subject of this sketch spent
his boyhood days on a farm and for his education attended
the common schools. In 1863, he was married to
Miss Sarah A. Wertman, who was born in Bedford Co.,
Penn; her parents, Jacob and Sarah Wertman,
are two very old residents of Tuscarawas County. To
Mr. and Mrs. Fulton have been born two children-
George W. and William S. Mr.
Fulton farmed during his early years, but soon went
into the lumber business and spent fifteen years (1863 to
1878) in Defiance Co., Ohio, getting out lumber. He
still owns a saw mill, which he is now setting up in the
town. His principal interests are centered in the
brick and tile mill which he owns and operates. The
mill embodies the very latest improvements, and is the only
one of its kind in Tuscarawas County. Mr.
Fulton is a Republican in politics, and is a member
of the United Brethren Church. He is energetic and
enterprising, and by his own efforts has made a success in
life.
Source: History of
Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 ~
Page 934 |
Mill Twp. -
PHILIP C. FURNEY
Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 – Page |
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