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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
INDEX
Source:
The County of Williams
A History of Williams County, Ohio,
from the Earliest Days with Special Chapters on Various Subjects,
including Each of the Different Townships;
Also a Biographical Department
By William Henry Shinn
PART 2
Published
Madison, Wis.
Northwestern Historical Association
1905
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MICHAEL FISHER,
deceased, at the time of his death a prominent
and successful farmer in Center township,
Williams county, O., was a native of Germany,
having been born in Bavaria on Apr. 12, 1830.
When ten years old he emigrated to the United
States with his parents, Jacob Andrew and
Anna Barbara (Houch) Fister, who first
located in what is now Defiance county, O., and
in 1841 removed to Center township, Williams
county, and settled on the farm now owned partly
by George M. Fisher, and partly by the
widow of Michael Fisher, and here both
spent the remainder of their days. They
were the parents of four children, three sons
and one daughter, of whom only are living.
Michael Fisher located on the farm where
his family resides, in 1853, and their resided
until his death on Feb. 25, 1905. In
politics he was a Democrat and with his wife a
member of the Evangelical Lutheran church.
On Aug. 15, 1853, he was wedded to Miss Mary
Laufer, born in Tiffin, O., Mar. 14, 1837,
the daughter of Nicholas and Catherine
(Shear) Laufer both natives of Germany, who
come to the United States in an early day and
settled, first at Tiffin and from there removed
to Williams county in 1853, where he died Jan.
16, 1860, aged sixty-nine years, and his wife on
June 25, 1866, aged fifty-eight years. He
was a Democrat and with his wife a member of the
Reformed church. They had a family of
twelve children, of whom four are yet living.
To Michael Fisher and wife were born
fourteen children, thirteen of whom are yet
living. Those living are: Jacob,
born Dec. 6, 1854; George Michael, born
Feb. 5, 1857; Mary Elizabeth, born June
25, 1858; Anna Margaret, born Feb. 13,
1860; John Z. born June 17, 1862;
Caroline, born Oct. 22, 1863; Henry
Elsworth, born Feb. 24, 1865; David
Walter, born June 4, 1868; William Martin,
born Jan. 27, 1870; Albert Clarence, born
June 9, 1871; Franklin Charles Frederick,
born Jan. 19, 1874; Martha Matilda born
Feb. 3, 1878; Victoria Celestia, born
Feb. 1, 1884. Simon Frederick, the
eighth child, was born Nov. 12, 1866, and died
June 13, 1868. Frank C. Fisher was
reared on the old homestead and was educated in
the district schools. He has followed
farming and stock-raising all his life. He
now has charge of the old homestead of 115
acres, which is in a high state of cultivation.
On Jan. 18, 1899, he was united in marriage with
Dora M. Mavis, daughter of Calvin and
Maria (Martin) Mavis, both natives of
Defiance county, O., where they continued to
reside until their deaths. Politically
Frank C. Fisher is a Democrat, but has never
sought office.
Source: The County of Williams, A History of
Williams Co., Ohio, Part 2, Publ. Madison, Wis.,
Northwestern Historical Assn., 1905 - Page 368 |
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SAMUEL E. FOLK,
superintendent of the electric light and water
works plants of Bryan, Williams county, O., was
born in Karle, six miles from Bryan, on Apr. 22,
1863. The first representative of the
Folk family, who moved his family here long
before the era of railroads, and when this part
of the State is still a veritable wilderness.
Samuel E. Folk is the son of William
and Catherine (Andrew) Folk, both natives of
Pennsylvania. William Folk was a
gunsmith by trade and followed that avocation
for many years. In 1864 he removed to
Bryan, O., where he died in 1897. His
widow is still living, but in her sixty-sixth
year. Two children were born to them,
whose names were, Samuel E., and
Minnie, the latter of whom married
Richard Palmer, and died in December, 1904.
Samuel E. Folk was reared and educated in
Bryan. After leaving school he worked in
his father's gunshop for some time, but as his
predilection was more for machinery than for
gunmaking, he, in 1891, engaged in business for
himself by establishing a shop for machine work,
repairing, etc., in which business he continued
for eleven years. In 1902 he was elected
superintendent of the electric light and water
works plants of Bryan, a position that he still
fills with profit to the city and with great
credit to himself. A natural machinist, he
has done his work so thoroughly and so
satisfactorily that the city fathers regard his
services as indispensable. He is actively
identified with Free Masonry, being a Blue Lodge
and Chapter member. In religious matters
he is affiliated with the Methodist church.
On July 26, 1885, he was united in marriage to
Miss Orcelia Dorshimer a native of
Williams county, the daughter of Henry
Dorshimer. One daughter has blessed
their marriage, Faye by name.
Source: The County of Williams, A History of
Williams Co., Ohio, Part 2, Publ. Madison, Wis.,
Northwestern Historical Assn., 1905 - Page 370 |
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SHERMAN S. FRAZIER, M. D., is
engaged in the practice of his profession in Kunkle, and the evidences of his success are not
only those to be seen in the large practice
which he controls but also in the independent
position which he has gained through his
professional endeavors and business operations.
He has a finely equipped drug store, conducting
the same in connection with his practice, and
has other local interests of importance, while
no citizen of the community is held in higher
esteem. Dr. Frazier was born in
Blackford county, Ind., on the 1st of June,
1865, and is a son of William F. M. and
Catherine (Ulum) Frazier, the former of whom
was born in Hamilton county, O., Sept. 2, 1828,
while the latter was born in Greenville, Darke
county, O., May 29, 1830. The paternal
grandparents of the Doctor were William and
Anna (Pickens) Frazer, the former of whom
was born and reared in Scotland, whence he came
to America and located in Ohio in an early day.
He later removed to Delaware county, Ind., where
he died at the patriarchal age of ninety-nine
years, six months and thirteen days.
William F. M. Frazier was educated in the
common schools of Marion county, O., and was
there engaged as a potter until about 1851, when
he removed to Blackford county, Ind., where he
continued to reside until his death, which
occurred Feb. 2, 1902, while his devoted wife
passed away Mar. 19, 1904, both having been
members of the Church of God. The father
was one of the first four men to became
identified with the Republican party in
Blackford county, and in 1864 he enlisted as a
member of Company, Fifty-third Indiana volunteer
infantry, with which he served until the close
of the war, having taken aprt in several
engagements and participated in Sherman's
memorable march from Atlanta to the sea.
Of his six sons three are living, Dr. Frazier
secured his early education in the public
schools of Dundee, Ind., after which he
continued his studies in the old Methodist
Episcopal College at Fort Wayne, that state.
Having decided to adopt the medical profession
as his vocation in life he was matriculated in
the Fort Wayne College of Medicine, in which he
completed the prescribed course and was
graduated on the 4th of March, 1801, with the
degree of Doctor of Medicine On the day
following his graduation he opened an office and
began practice at Dundee, Ind., where he
remained eighteen months, at the expiration of
which, on the 1st of July, 1892, he came to
Kunkle, where he has since been engaged in
active practice as a physician and surgeon and
where he has met with marked success, gaining
high standing among his confriers and having the
confidence of the people of the community.
He came to Kunkle burdened with debt and he is
now in a position of financial independence, his
competency representing the results of his own
efforts and good management. Soon after
locating in this attractive village he
established a drug business, which he has since
continued most successfully, owning the building
in which his store is quartered and also having
one of the finest residence properties in the
town. He is a stockholder in the Kunkle
State Banking Company, and owns one-seventh of
the stock of the Farmer's Telephone Company,
while he is president of the board of directors
of the Kunkle Manufacturing Company,
manufactures of kitchen furniture. The
doctor is a stanch Republican in politics but he
has never sought office, though he served four
years as county coroner. He is a valued
member of the Williams County Medical Society
and the Ohio State Medical Association, and is
also affiliated with the Kunkle Lodge, No. 821,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Pioneer
Lodge, No. 347, Knights of Pythias, at Pioneer.
Oct. 13, 1897, Dr. Frazier was married to
Miss Alma B Benson, of Angola, Ind., and
they have one daughter,
Catherine B.
Source: The County of Williams, A History of
Williams Co., Ohio, Part 2, Publ. Madison, Wis.,
Northwestern Historical Assn., 1905 - Page 374 |
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