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Ottawa Twp. -
DAVIS J. CABLE, attorney at law, Lima,
Ohio, was born Aug. 11, 1859, in Van Wert County, Ohio, son of
John I. and Angie R. (Johnson) Cable, and grandson of
Davis Johnson one of the earliest settlers of Van Wert
County, Ohio, and of Joseph Cable an early settler of
Ohio before it became a State, who edited the first paper at New
Lisbon, Ohio; he also represented what was formerly the fifth
district, consisting of Columbiana, Star, Jefferson and Carrol
Counties in United States Congress for two terms, 1848-1852.
He was the author of the first homestead bill presented to
Congress, was associate judge of Columbiana County. His
son John I. is a prominent citizen of Van Wert County.
His son John I. is a prominent citizen of Van Wert
County. Our subject received his early education at the
public schools of his native county, and later entered the law
school at the University of Ann Arbor, Mich. Afterward
removed to Lima, and in 1881 was examined by the Supreme Court
at Columbus, and admitted to the bar and began the practice of
law at Lima, was elected in 1882 city solicitor, a position he
held for two years. Was married in 1882, to Mary A.
Harnly. He is a member of the K. of P.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 683 |
Marion Twp. -
JOHN C. CAMPBELL, physician and farmer,
Landeck, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 14, 1827; son of
Charles and Jane (Clung) Campbell, natives of Pennsylvania,
former deceased, latter still living. They were parents of
three children: Charles, Ann and John C. Our
subject received a common school education, and after completing
a medical course at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio,
graduated in 1851, and entered on teh practice of his profession
in Perry County, Ohio, landing there September 10, same year,
and memorial day of Perry's victory. Soon after, he
removed to Spencerville, Ohio, where he practiced twenty-eight
years, and then returned to Landeck in the fall of 1883.
In addition to his professional duties the doctor owns and works
a farm. Dr. Campbell was married in May, 1856, to
Sarah J. Wells, who was born in Licking County, Ohio, in
1830, and by her has three children: Oral, Mary J.(wife
of F. Fackler), and an infant, deceased. The
doctor's success in life is due entirely to his own efforts.
His practice has been successful, and he has experienced the
hardships incident to the lives of all medical men in pioneer
days. He was the first mayor of Spencerville, also served
the people as justice of the peace. He was formerly a
member of the order of I. O. O. F. at Clear Cut. In
politics he is an active member of the Democratic party.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 623 |
ELIAB
CARMAN, the oldest of the living pioneers of Sugar Creek
township, Allen county, Ohio, and also the oldest man in the
township, being now in his eighty-seventh year, was born in
Shelby county, Ky., July 14, 1809, and is of French German
descent, his ancestors on his mother's side, having fled from
France to Germany, to avoid religious persecution, and there
intermarried with German families, the Carmans being of
that race.
JOSEPH CARMAN, the
great-grandfather of our subject, came from Germany to America
in the early days of the settlement of New Jersey, bringing his
family, and located on the Delaware river, in the colony of New
Jersey, about thirty miles from Philadelphia, Pa., and for many
years carried on farming together with boot and shoe making.
Joseph Carman, Jr., son of above and grandfather of
our subject, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution under
Washington, and was married in New Jersey to Miss Elizabeth
LaRue, the result of the union being the birth of seven
children - four sons, Caleb, Isaac, Joshua and James, and
three daughters, Mary, Elizabeth and one whose name has
lapsed from memory of their sorrows. Joseph
Carman Jr., removed to Kentucky in 1789, where he
became a companion of the famous frontiers man, David
Boone, frequently meeting him and coming side by side with
him in the same forts. Mr. Carman held a
patent for about 1,700 acres of land, which he had located, in
part, in what is now Shelby county, and part in Franklin county,
near where Frankfort now stands. This gentleman met with
an untimely death at the hands of Indians, while hunting.
James Carmen, son of Joseph, Jr., and the
father of our subject, was born in Virginia, Mar. 2, 1782, in
which state his father had resided for a few years. He
learned to read and write, and at the age of seven and one-half
years went to Kentucky with his father, there grew to manhood
and married Miss Comfort Clifton, a native
of Virginia and a daughter of Samuel Clifton.
The Etherton brothers, Peter and Aaron,
reached Kentucky simultaneously with Joseph Carman, and
there came with them a number of Virginians, one of whom,
William Linn, was lost in a river, and this stream is
still known as the No-Linn. With these Virginians
also came Isaac Hodgens, for whom the town of
Hodgensville, in LaRue county, is named, and who was the great
uncle of our subject.
James Carman and wife, for a few years
after their marriage, continued to reside in Kentucky, and in
that state their first three children were born. Just
before the war of 1812 Mr. Carman moved to Clark
county, Ind., where he resided until 1818, when he sought a home
in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he followed teaming until 1866 or
1867, when he came to live with our subject, with whom he passed
the two remaining years of his life, dying in Allen county in
1869 at the advanced age of eighty-seven years, eight months and
sixteen days. He had been twice married, and to his first
union, as recorded above, were born four children, Caleb,
Elizabeth, Eliab and Matilda - the last named born in
Indiana. The mother of these died in Ohio county, Ky., and
the second marriage of Mr. Carman took place in Butler county,
Ohio, with Mrs. Mary Smith, a widow, who
had borne the maiden name of Mary Edwards, and to
this union were born two children - Silas and Louisa.
Eliab Carman the proper subject of this memoir, was
but a mere child when taken by his parents to Indiana, but still
remembers the illumination and celebration in honor of
Jackson's victory at New Orleans. He was reared
chiefly in Ohio, however, partly learned the cooper's trade and
also assisted in teaming with his father in Cincinnati, and was
there married, Feb. 1, 1830, to Miss Mary Richards, who
was born Jan. 12, 1811, in Montgomeryshire, Wales, a daughter of
Richard and Sarah (Davis) Richards, the former of whom
came to America about 1820, and was one of the original settlers
with the Welsh colony of Paddy's Run, Butler county, Ohio.
IN 1834, he came to Sugar Creek township, Allen county, and
settled in section No. 19, his being one of the first Welsh
families to come to the township, and here he bought a quarter
section of land, much of which he cleared up and converted into
a fertile farm. To himself and wife were born eight
children, viz: Mary, Sarah, Jane, Elizabeth, Martha, Susan,
Thomas, Evan and William. The parents lived to
reach the age of about sixty-seven years, and both died in the
faith of the Presbyterian church.
After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Carman resided in
Cincinnati until Sept. 2, 1836, when they came to Sugar Creek
township, Allen county making their way by wagon, but at
times cutting their way through the forest. Mr. Carman
at once settled on eighty acres of his present farm, the deed to
which bears the signature of Andrew Jackson.
The land was all in the woods, but our subject set manfully to
work, built a log cabin, cleared up a farm, and by degrees added
to it, through untiring industry and a wise thrift, until he
owned 200 acres and became one of the most influential and
prosperous farmers of the township. Eight children were
born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Carman,
and of these, six lived to mature years, viz: Sarah C.,
Elizabeth Abigail, James, Louisa and Phebe A.
The beloved mother of this family died September 5, 1852, a
devoted member of the Baptist church and a lady of great
amiability of temper. The second marriage of Mr. Carman
took place in August, 1884, to Mrs. Henrietta Poe, widow
of James M. Poe, of the colonial family of that name and
a direct descendant of the famous Adam Poe, who killed
the Indian, Bigfoot. In religion Mr. Carman has
been for many years a Baptist; in politics he is a democrat, has
held the office of supervisor, and fourteen years was a member
of the school board - the first and second school-house in his
district having been erected during his incumbency. This
venerable gentleman has necessarily witnessed marvelous changes
in the physical and moral aspects of Sugar Creek township since
he first made it his home sixty years ago, but still lives to
enjoy, as he has done in the past, the honor and respect of
every citizen of the Sugar Creek township and those adjoining.
(Source#1: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen &
Van Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896
- Page 222) |
ELIAS CARMAN,
farmer, P. O. Delphos. was born in Shelby County, Ky., July 14,
1809: son of James and Comfort '"Clifton) Carman, natives
of Germany and France, respectively; and who lived for several
years in Kentucky, where Mrs. Carman died. James
Carman then moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained about
sixteen years, and where he again married; in 1865 he came to this
county, dying here in 1869. Our subject entered land in Sugar
Creek Township, this county, in 1834, on which he moved in 1836,
and where he still resides, and here he has improved many acres.
He was married, in 1830, to Mary Richards, of
Cincinnati, who bore him eight children, three now living:
Sarah C, Abigail S. and Louisa E. Mrs. Carman
died in September, 1882, aged seventy-two years. Mr.
Carman then married, in August, 1884, Mrs. Henrietta
(Barkshire) Poe, of Delphos, Ohio, widow of James M.
Poe, who died in September, 1871, and by whom she had two
children, Anna E. and Rose. Mrs.
Carman was born in April, 1834, in Warren County. Ind.,
daughter of William and Elizabeth (Thornbourgh) Barkshire,
natives of Ohio, both now dead. They were the parents of three
children, who survive them: Henrietta, Elizabeth and
Sarah M. Mr. Carman is a member of the Baptist Church,
and Mrs. Carman of the Christian Church. In politics
he is a life-long Democrat.
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Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 222) |
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ESAYAS CANTIENY, dealer in crockery and
chinaware, Lima, a son of Domenie Cantieny, was born Dec.
26, 1840, in Switzerland, where he was educated. He and
four brothers came to America. He came here in 1856,
settling in Missouri, where he remained for ten years. In
1866 he moved to Lima, and along with Mr. Purtscher,
embarked in the confectionery business, which he carried on
until 1882, when he opened the crockery and china store on Main
Street, opposite the Opera House, where he also keeps a variety
of toys. Mr. Cantieny was married in 1868, to
Vieny Amelung, by whom he has seven children: Charles,
Angeline, Mary, Dominie, Vieny, Nina and Nicholas.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 683 |
Bath Twp. -
SAMUEL CHAMBERS, farmer and cider
manufacturer, P. O. Lima, was born in Franklin County, Penn.,
Apr. 7, 1819, and is a son of Robert and Catherine (Hise)
Chambers, the former a native of Virginia and of English
descent, the latter a native of Germany. Our subject was
reared in his native county where he remained until eighteen
years of age, when he removed with his parents to Miami County,
Ohio. He was married May 28, 1844, to Harriet,
daughter of John K. and Susan (Krebs) Miller, of Miami
County, formerly of Maryland. The issue of this union was
nine children: Absolom, Sarah J. (deceased wife of
Newton D. Hadsell), Catherine, (wife of George Smith),
Eli (married to Katurah Spangler of Henry County,
Ohio), Susan (deceased wife of Henry D. Miller),
John (deceased), Emma (wife of Joseph M. Brower),
George and Harriet L. Mr. Chambers was
a resident of Miami County up to 1852, when he came to Allen
County and located in Bath Township on the farm he now occupies,
which was originally settled by Moses McClure. He
was a manufacturer of sorghum for several years, and wince 1879
has been quite extensively engaged in the manufacture of cider.
Mr. and Mrs. Chambers are members of the German Baptist
Church, of which he is one of the visiting brethren. In
politics he is a Republican.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 577 |
SAMUEL
CHAMBERS, one of the most progressive farmers of Bath
township, Allen county, Ohio, was born in Franklin county, Pa.,
April 7, 1819, the youngest son of Robert and Catherine (Hise)
Chambers. His grandfather Chambers was a native
of England, who early came to America, took an active part in
the patriot army during the Revolutionary war, and died at his
residence near Martinsburg, Va. He was a farmer by
occupation and of his descendants there is knowledge of only
three sons, Robert, Joseph and Jacob, of whom the
later died in Dayton, Ohio.
ROBERT CHAMBERS was born
about 1772, at Martinsburg, Va., where he grew up to manhood and
served in the war of 1812-15, as a volunteer for his native
state. About 1819 he moved to Franklin county, Pa., and in
1837 r3emoed to Miami county, Ohio, where he passed the
remaining years of his life, dying in 1852. He was
married, in Virginia, Catherine Hise, and to this union
were born eleven children in the following order: Sarah,
who married Samuel Taylor, of Franklin county, Pa., where
he died; Susan, who was three times married; first to
George Foth, secondly to James Frazier, and thirdly
to James Ward - and died in Allen county, Ohio; Jacob
died in Auglaize county, Ohio; Polly, married to Jesse
Ray, died in Kansas; Nancy, who was first
married to Daniel Shafer and secondly to John Shafer;
Eli, who died in Indiana; Elizabeth, who was married
to James Thackery and died in Miami county, Ohio; Otho,
who died in Franklin county, Pa.; Maria, married to
Joseph Bennett, and residing in Cass county, Ind.;
Samuel, our subject, and Catherine, who was married
to Dorance Vroman, and died in Illinois. The mother
of this large family passed the declining years of her life at
the home of our subject, dying January 18, 1860.
Samuel Chambers, whose name is placed at the
opening of this biographical memoir, received is early education
in the primitive log school-house in vogue in his youthful days,
and, his parents being by no means wealthy, he was placed out to
work for neighboring farmers at the early age of nine years -
working, in one instance, for five years for one employer,
Daniel Zuck, Franklin county, Pa. He was industrious
and frugal, and in 1837 was able to bring his parents to Ohio,
locating in Miami county, where he was employed in clearing up
lands until 1852, when he came to Bath township, Allen county,
and purchased eighty acres of his present farm, to which he
added forty acres, won through his own diligence and frugality.
He has carried on general farming, and in addition has largely
devoted his attention to the manufacture of cider and sorghum,
from which he has derived a considerable revenue.
The marriage of Mr. Chambers was solemnized, in
1844, with Miss Harriet Miller, who was born in
Washington county, Md., a daughter of John K. and Susan
(Krebs) Miller, who early came to Ohio and settled in Miami
county, where the marriage of their daughter took place.
The children that blessed this union were born in the following
order: Absolom, who died Sept. 28, 1890;
Sarah J., who was married to N. D. Hadsel and died
Dec. 6, 1883; Maria C., wife of George C. Smith; Eli,
of Van Wert county, Ohio; Susan E., who was married to
Henry D. Miller and died April 19, 1877; Emma, who
was first married to Joseph Brower, and secondly to
Michael Alstetter, of Bath township, Allen county; John,
who died August 30, 1858; George, who married Eliza
Dodson, who borne one child - Clara E.; and
Harriet L., wife of Allen J. Driver of German
township, Allen county. The mother of this family was
called from earth June 21, 1890, an inconceivably distressing
bereavement to the husband and surviving children and a
distressful sorrow to numerous sincere friends.
In his politics Mr. Chambers was at first a whig,
but later joined the ranks of the republican party, in which he
takes a warm interest, but has never sought recognition of his
services through the emoluments of public office. For
forty years he has been a devoted and active member of the
German Baptist church and has always been liberal of his means
toward its support, as he has also been in promoting all
enterprises intended for the well being of Bath township and the
county of Allen. He is recognized as one of the most
intelligent and enterprising farmers of the township and is
respected, wherever known, as a substantial and useful citizen,
and as an upright man.
(Source#1: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen
& Van Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co.,
1896 - Page 223) |
SAMUEL
D. CHAMBERS, one of the representative citizens of
Delphos, Ohio, and a well-known man in both Allen and Van Wert
counties, is a native of Ohio, having been born at Bolivar,
Tuscarawas county, Nov. 2, 1835. His father was
THOMAS CHAMBERS, who was a native of
Washington county, Pa., born in the year 1808, and was a son of
James Chambers, a native of Washington county, Pa., born
in the year 1808, and was a son of James Chambers, a
native of Ireland, who first located in Washington county, Pa.,
but subsequently removed by wagon to Licking county, Ohio, where
he died. Thomas Chambers was a molder by trade, and
followed that vocation in the furnace town of Ohio for many
years. From the fall of 1844 until the spring of 1849 he
resided in Cincinnati, and at the time removed to Lima, where a
brother and brother-in-law were then living. In September,
1850, he removed his family to Delphos, the foundry having been
removed from Lima to this point on account of the canal, and
here his death occurred in November, 1879. At Painesville,
Ohio, in 1833, he married Miss Mary Cannon, who was born
in Ohio in 1818. She is still living, and makes her home
with our subject.
Samuel D. Chambers was the eldest of a family of
six children, only two of whom are now living - himself and
brother Winfield. Our subject attended school in
Cincinnati, Lima and Delphos, securing a common-school
education. When fifteen years of age he began a three-year
apprenticeship at the molder's trade, which he finished with the
exception of a few months. In 1853 he entered the store of
F. J. Lye, merchant of Delphos, as a clerk, where he
remained three years, going thence to Lytle & Roebuck,
general merchants of Delphos, and with that firm continued until
1859. In that year he entered into a co-partnership with
Peter Phelan and engaged in the general mercantile trade,
under the firm name of Phelan & Chambers. This firm
continued until the death of Mr. Phelan in December,
1876, when the firm went out of business; Mr. Chambers
then took part of the stock, and in 1877 formed a co-partnership
with Henry Davies, under the firm name of Davies &
Chambers retired from mercantile life. In 1878 Mr.
Chambers was elected to the office of auditor of Allen
county, as the nomination of the republican party,
notwithstanding the fact that the county was then and is at
present democratic. After serving one term of three years,
Mr. Chambers retired from politics.
Since retiring from mercantile business, Mr.
Chambers has been identified with various enterprises in
Delphos. He was one of the organizers and a director and
secretary for a time of the Delphos Savings & Loan association;
next he was cashier of the Delphos Commercial bank for about one
year; for the last five years he has been treasurer of the
Delphos Electric Light & Power company, and for a number of
years has been a member of the board of directors of the Delphos
National bank; for a number of years he has also been a director
of the Ohio Wheel company; he is also interested in the Hinge
Belt Coupler company of Delphos - a company formed for the
manufacture and sale of a patent device for the coupling of
belts, which is, in the opinion of the promoters and many
others, destined to fill a long-felt want and work a revolution
in the mode of coupling together belts of every description.
Mr. Chambers is a member of Hope lodge, No. 214,
F. & A. M., of Delphos, and of Shawnee commandry, No. 14, K. T.
of Lima. He is also a thirty-second degree Mason, being am
ember of Cleveland consistory. Mr. Chambers was
married, in 1862, to Sarah J. Kepner, of Columbia City,
Ind., To their union two children have been born. Mr.
and Mrs. Chambers and family are members of the Presbyterian
church of Delphos. During the late war Mr. Chambers
served in the 100-day service as quartermaster of the One
Hundred and Fifty-first regiment Ohio national guards.
(Source: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen
& Van Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co.,
1896 - Page 225) |
Shawnee Twp. -
JOSEPH B. CHIPMAN, farmer, P. O. Lima, was
born in Licking County, Ohio, July 4, 1834; son of Don L. and
Elizabeth (Dickey) Chipman the former a native of Jericho,
Chittenden Co., Vt., born Apr. 17, 1801, son of Joseph and
Amy (Reed) Chipman, early settlers of Licking County, Ohio,
where they located in 1816. Don L. Chipman lived in
Licking County, Ohio, up to 1848, when he came to this county,
locating in Shawnee Township, on the farm he now occupies, most
of which he cleared and where he made all improvements; he was
married three times, his first wife being Elizabeth Dickey,
of Licking County, Ohio, by whom he had six children who grew to
maturity: Amy J. (Mrs. Jacob Fry), Joseph B., Lorenzo D.
(deceased), James M., Albert A., (died of disease
contracted in the army during the late civil war), and Mary
A. E. ( Mrs. Miles Wilson ); his second wife was Cynthia
Connett (nee Morris), of German Township this county,
and his present wife was Mary A. Jennings (nee
Thayer), of Bath Township, this county, by whom he has one
child living - Ettie. Don L. Chipman cast
his first vote for Gen. Jackson when nominated for
president in 1824, and his voted at every presidential election
since. Our subject was reared in Licking County, Ohio,
until fourteen years of age, when he removed to Shawnee
Township, this county, and assisted his father in clearing his
farm. He received a limited education in the common
schools, spending his leisure time in educating himself, and at
the age of nineteen was so far advanced as to be able to teach a
country school, an occupation he followed for fifteen winters.
He was in the late war of the Rebellion, having enlisted Feb.
14, 1865, in Company C, One Hundred and Ninety-second Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. He served seven months, and was
honorably discharged in September, 1865. MR. Chipman
was married July 4, 1861, to Margaret, daughter of
Andrew and Nancy (Hamilton) Hammond, of Amanda Township,
this county, by whom he has four children: Ella, Nettie,
Clement and Onie. Mrs. Chipman is a member of
the Baptist Church, her eldest daughter of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Mr. Chipman served as justice of
the peace of his township four times, refusing a re-election.
He served as county infirmary director from 1875 to 1881.
In politics, he is a Democrat.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 788 |
Ottawa Twp. -
EDWARD CHRISTIAN, proprietor of Bottling
Works, Lima, was born Jan. 19, 1849, in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot
Co., Ohio; son of Anthony and Frances (Montor) Christen,
who came from France to America, in 1827 and 1829, respectively.
They first located in Philadelphia, Penn., where they were
married and resided three years; then lived nine years in Mobile
Ala., whence they moved to Ohio, settling in Upper Sandusky,
Wyandot County, about the time the Indians were preparing to
leave. They were parents of four children, all now living
(the eldest born previous to, the others after, their arrival in
Ohio), their names are Louisa, Adelia (wife of Mr. Heart),
Edward and Catherine (wife of Capt. Metts,
commander of Kirby's Light Guards, Ohio State Militia. Our
subject was united in marriage, in 1873, with Rose A.,
daughter of Victor and Catherine Gutzwiller, and by this
union were born five children: Mary, Eddie, Leo, Eugene
and Harry. In February established the Bottling
Works, located on Spring Street, four doors west of Main Street,
Lima, where he manufactures daily about 20,000 dozen bottles of
ginger ale, birch beer, champaign cider, syphon seltzer, mineral
waters and other plain health-giving beverages.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 684 |
Ottawa Twp. -
WALTON E. CLARK, teacher of music, Lima,
was born May 20, 1859, in Mattapoisett, Plymouth Co., Mass.; son
of Capt. James M. and Maria P. (Benson) Clark, and
grandson of James Clark and Stillman Benson,
descendants of the pilgram-fathers who landed at Plymouth Rock,
Capt. James M. Clark was twice married, having had by his
first wife one child, Susanna, wife of Capt. James W.
Blankinship, who was interested in the steamship
"Worcester," of Boston, and in several Steamship Companies.
By his second marriage (with Miss Benson), there were
three children: James M., Walton E. and John S.,
who died in infancy. Our subject was educated at the
Middleborough High School, graduating in 1877, and there began
the study of music, which he completed at the New England
Conservatory of Music, at Boston, Mass., graduating in theory
and harmony. He came to Lima, in August, 1883, and in
September of the same year, took the place of Prof. S. R.
Webb, and now presides at the organ of Market Street
Presbyterian Church, He is also engaged in teaching the
pianoforte, etc., and intends to open a music school in Lima.
He is a member and organist of Lodge No. 91, K. of P.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 684 |
Bath Twp. -
SOLOMON G. CLEMENTS, farmer, P. O. Lima,
was born in Fleming County, Ky., Apr. 3, 1811, and is a son of
Gustavus A. and Mary (Gregg) Clements. His paternal
grandfather was John Clements, a native of Ireland, and a
resident of Virginia, where he died in 1776. His maternal
grandfather was Solomon Gregg, a native of Pennsylvania,
of English descent, and a pioneer of Fleming County, Ky.
In 1811 the parents of our subject settled in Henry County, Ky.,
where they cleared and improved a farm on which they lived and
died. There the subject of this sketch was reared,
receiving a limited and common school education, and lived until
twenty-six years of age when he located in Gallatin County, Ky.
where he resided twelve years. In 1850 he settled in
German Township, Allen Co., Ohio, where he cleared and improved
a large farm on which he resided up to 1877, and then removed to
Bath Township, on the farm where he now resides. Mr.
Clements was married Mar. 20, 1834, to America,
daughter of John and Keturah (Clements) Hance of Henry
County, Ky. The issue of this union was eleven children,
six of whom are now living: John, Mary (wife of
George Taylor), Gustavus, William, Elvira E. (wife of
Christian Mullenour), and Malinda H. (wife of
Elvin Hadsel). Mr. and Mrs. Clements are
members of the Disciples Church. He is one of the
substantial and enterprising farmers of Bath Township. In
politics he is a Democrat.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 577 |
Monroe Twp. -
J. S. CLIPPINGER, physician and surgeon, West Cairo, was born
May 30, 1840, in Butler County, Ohio; son of Humphrey and
Darah A. (Jacques) Clippinger, who moved to this county in
1841, settling in Shawnee Township, about four miles from Lima,
where the former followed farming and carpentering.
Humphrey Clippinger is said to have started the first
nursery in the county, and after moving to Lima was engaged
largely in building, the machine shops at that place being among
the important contracts. His wife was killed near Dayton,
Ohio, in a railroad collision, in the latter part of the year
1863. They were parents of nine children: Mary
(deceased at the age of eighteen years); Mrs. C. M. Hughs
(a widow); Mrs. Susie M. Seaver, a resident o Toledo;
J. S.; Mrs. Sarah J. (Kiplinger) Stiles, in Washington, D.
C., where her husband holds a government position; Samuel D.,
a member of Company G, One Hundred and Eighty-first Regiment
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, killed at Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. Adelia
Nye, in Wisconsin; A. H., in Streator, Ill.; and
Mrs. A. B. Raitt, in Pierce City, Mo. Humphrey
Clippinger's second marriage was in 1865, with Mary Delap,
who bore him three children, all now living: Clifford,
Fred and Edward; last named being a prominent
resident of Joplin, Mo. Our subject attended the common
schools, and assisted his father until the spring of 1860, when
he began the study of medicine with Drs. Ashton and
Kincaid of Lima, and graduated from the Ohio Medical College
of Cincinnati in the spring of 1863. The same year he
located at St. Mary's, Ohio, where he remained four years, when
he returned to Lima and engaged in mercantile business, until
1869, in which year he commenced his profession at West Cairo,
where he now resides, making a specialty of the diseases of
children. The Doctor is a member of the Northwestern
Medical Association, and has been prominently identified with
the educational and municipal progress of the village, having
been elected, to the office of mayor two terms, and is now a
member of the town council. He was married in 1870, to
Emma A., daughter of William and Hulda S. (Howey) Reeder.
They have one child, Lowell M., born July 230, 1871.
Our subject and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in which he is an officer. In politics he is a
Democrat.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 663) |
L. Y.
COCHRUN, merchant, Spencerville, was born in Sugar Creek
Township, this county, August 3, 1849: son of Simon and Lacinda
(Miller) Cochrun, early settlers and still residents of Amanda
Township. They are the parents of five children, of whom L. Y.
is the second. Our subject was raised on a farm, and received a
common and normal school education. He entered upon his career in
life as a teacher, and for five years followed that occupation. He
was married, March 31, 1872, to Miss Margaret Berriman, of
Auglaize County, Ohio. To them have been born three children,
viz.: Bert, Carrie and Jennie. Mr.
Cochrun came to Spencerville in about 1874, and engaged in
mercantile business with Joseph August for about two
years, and a year later opened business for himself. From a small
grocery he has gradually increased his business, which now
comprises a general merchandise stock. In January, 1883, he had
the misfortune to lose his building and about half of his stock by
fire, but he has since erected a brick building, 26x80, into which
he removed his stock about April, 1884. He has been township clerk
two years, and clerk of the corporation six years.
(Source:
History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e.
Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 82) |
ISAAC COON,
farmer, P. O. Kempton, was born in Belmont County, Ohio Mar. 18,
1829, a son of George Coon, a native of Pennsylvania, who
was something over ninety-five years of age at the time of his
death, which occurred in 1873. The first wife of George
Coon was Christine Moore, the mother of our subject,
a native of Bourbon County, Ky., and by her he had fifteen
children, Isaac being the youngest; she died about 1843.
Our subject was reared on a farm, and received his education in
the early subscription schools. He was three years of age
when his parents removed to Section 4, Shawnee Township, this
county, and here he grew to maturity, fully acquainted with
pioneer life. At the age of nineteen he received his time
from his father and went to Delphos, where he went to work in a
saw mill. In about a year he had saved the money with
which he bought forty acres of land in Amanda Township, this
county, where he still lives, and to which he had added by
subsequent purchases, until now he has 280 acres in this
township, and eighty-five in Shawnee, the greater portion of
which is under cultivation. At one time he dealt quite
extensively in sheep, but at present makes no specialties.
Mr. Coon was married Mar. 14, 1850, to Julia Ann
Gaskel, who died June 8, 1858. She bore him three
children: Martha E., Martin L., and Benjamin F.
His second marriage, which occurred Mar. 3, 1861, was with
Sarah L. Cobb, born in Luzerne County, Penn., Sept. 5, 1843,
daughter of Aaron and Esther (Halstead) Cobb. To
this union six children were born: Sanford C., Orrin F.,
Albert O., Charles H., Lizzie L., and Ira E. Mr.
Coon was in the service three years in Company A, One
Hundred and eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was in
several engagements. At the battle of Franklin, Tenn., he
was shot through he right lung, which wound still troubles him.
Politically he is a Republican.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 561 |
Ottawa Twp. -
JESSE MAHLON COE, president of the Lima
Machine Works, Lima, Ohio, was born May 12, 1823, in Frederick
County, Md.; son of Thomas and Mary (Souder) Coe, natives
of Maryland and Pennsylvania, respectively. Thomas Coe,
was thrice married, first, Sept. 4, 1817, to Anna,
daughter of Jacob Souder, by whom he has one child
living- David. He was married on the second
occasion. Mar. 10, 1822, to Mary Souder, a sister
of his last wife, and by his union had four children: Jesse
Mahlon, Clarissa, Ellen, John S. and Mary T.
This wife died in Maryland in 1831, and Mr. Coe again
married, this time Abia Souder, by whom he had six
children of whom only Caroline is now living.
Thomas Coe died in May, 1858. Our subject was a
student in the public schools of Tiffin, and a graduate of the
Ohio Wesleyan University, of Delaware, Ohio. He was
married, Feb. 2, 1858, to Harriet, daughter of James
Brown; by whom he has two children: A. B. and
George W. A. B., the elder, was a graduate of
Heidelberg College and the founder of the Lima Sun, now
the Lima Daily Republican, which he sold to become the
secretary of the Lima Machine Works, and subsequently he went
into the Irvine Wheel Works, but is now doing a wholesale and
retail fruit trade. He was married June 16, 1881, to
Lizzie M. Oglevie, by whom he has two children: Lena M.
and Jessie M. George W., the younger, is a
professor of music, and author of several pieces of popular
music, which he has published. J. M. Coe, the
subject of this sketch has been one of the directors of the
First National Bank of Lima, Ohio, also one of the trustees of
the new Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, nearly since their
organization.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 684 |
Ottawa Twp. -
JOHN J. COLE, proprietor of nursery and
fruit grower, Lima, was born Oct. 28, 1823, in Warren County,
Ohio; son of John F. and Nancy A. (Watson) Cole, natives,
the former of New Jersey, the latter of Virginia, and who came
to Allen County, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1831, being among the first
settlers; they were married in 1822, and of their family of
thirteen children, only John J. and Eliphelet P.
are now living; they came to Lima when there were but two houses
in the place, and a third in course of erection. John
F. Cole was a shoemaker, also a reed manufacturer, he drove
a team from Lima to Cincinnati for goods before the railroad was
built; he died in May, 1881, his widow in 1884. Our
subject attended the country schools, and has otherwise improved
his education since. His early playmates were Indian boys,
and his knowledge of the growth of the county is extensive.
He learned the taylor's trade, and carried on a business in that
line for some years. Mr. Cole was married Sept. 15,
1844, to Mary A., daughter of Levi and Mary Saint,
latter of whom is still living. To this union were born
six children: Lutitia E. (now Mrs. Stienour),
Crittenden (married to Annie Friend), Adriana S., Filmore
H., Minnie E. (wife of I. W. Boyer), and Ollie D.
Mr. Cole has been constable, assessor and township trustee.
He has been long engaged in the nursery and fruit growing
business, and is an extensive apiarist. He is a F. & A. M.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 685 |
Ottawa Twp. -
SAMUEL COLLINS, retired grocer, Lima, was
born in March, 1824, in Belmont County, Ohio; son of John and
Rachael (Cunningham) Collins, natives of Pennsylvania, and
who came to Ohio in an early day, settling in Belmont County,
where they passed the remainder of their days; they were the
parents of nine children, six of whom are still living:
William, John, Daniel, Martha (Mrs. Moore), Margaret (Mrs.
Plumber), and Samuel. Our subject was educated
in his native county. He was married, in 1847, to Mary,
daughter of Christian Brinser by whom he has three
children: Rose (married to J. Rinkle), Daniel
(married to Emma Pierson), and Perry (married to
Catherine Fenlon). In 1852 Mr. Collins came
to Lima and began in the grocery business on the spot where the
Collins Block now stands. In 1861 he was elected
sheriff and served until 1865. He built the Collins Block
in 1875; has been very successful financially, and is now living
a retired life, respected and honored by all who know him.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 686 |
Ottawa Twp. -
H. M. COLVIN, Lima, is the eldest of a
family of four children: J. A., Fannie and Harry,
was born Feb. 6, 1858, in Perry Township this county; son of
W. R. and Ada (Daniels) Colvin, and great grandson of
James Daniels, latter being one of the first settlers of the
county, having served as Allen County's first commissioners,
having filled that office in the year 1831; also the first court
ever held in Allen County having been held in his (James
Daniel's) log-cabin, standing at that time near the present
site of the Market Street Bridge; our subject's maternal
grandfather, Benjamin M. Daniels, was a noted teacher,
scholar and Baptist divine, having by his own efforts and wholly
unassisted, obtained a fine education, and served the county for
years in the capacity of examiner of schools. The father
of the subject of this sketch (W. R. Colvin), was elected
city marshal of Lima in the year 1876, and faithfully and
honorably discharged the duties of said office for three
successive terms, in the aggregate six years in all; after the
expiration of his office he engaged in the grocery business with
his son H. M. Colvin; after doing business as grocer
successfully for two years, he bought a fine farm in Perry
Township, where he still resides. The subject of our
sketch first began the battle of the life in the capacity of
delivery boy and grocer's grocer's clerk, clerking for
John Wheeler, S. J. Mowen, and acting for Moore Bros.
wholesale grocery, as traveling salesman, and in 1878, he formed
a partnership with a fellow townsman, J. M. Bond, and
conducted the grocery business at No. 76. East Market
Street, Lima, afterward buying his partner out; he has since
successfully conducted the business on his own account.
Mr. Colvin is one of the few men selected by nature, as it
seems, to make a "mark in the world;" beginning with nothing, he
has quite successfully battled with the "adversities of life,"
and has, by his judgment and own personal ability, acquired the
ownership of some fine city and farm property, and he is still
doing a thriving business at the "old stand," 76 East Market
Street.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 686 |
Shawnee Twp. -
JOSHUA B. COON, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born in Shawnee
Township, this county, Jan. 23, 1842; son of Wesley and Mary
A. (Flinn) Coon, former a son of George Coon, of
German descent and a native of Pennsylvania, who settled in
Shawnee Township, this county, in 1832; and latter a daughter of
Thomas Flinn a native of Ireland, who also came to
Shawnee Township same year. George Coon had a
family of nine children: Betsey, Wesley, George, Abigail,
Margaret, Amy, Alexander, Isaac and Tobias, and of
these, Wesley father of our subject, entered a farm on
Section 4, Shawnee Township, this county, in 1835, which he
cleared and improved, and where he resided until his death; he
died in 1866, at the age of fifty-six years; he was twice
married, his first wife being Mary A., daughter of
Thomas and Polly (Wilson) Flinn, and by this union there
were five children: Joshua B., Caleb, Philema (Mrs. James
Gaskell), Sarah A. (Mrs. Thomas Gorham), and Mary E.
(Mrs. Henry Nungester); his second wife was Caroline
daughter of Jacob Croft, of Shelby County, Ohio, by whom
he had three children: Lydia (Mrs. William Benardon), Rachel
(Mrs. Scott Rumbaugh), and Nettie M. Our
subject was reared in Shawnee Township, and educated in the
common schools. He was in the late war of the Rebellion,
enlisting Oct. 18, 1861, in Company E, Forty-sixth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry; he was in the Atlanta campaign, and with
Sherman in his march to the sea; was in the battles of
Chattanooga and Vicksburg, and many other engagements, and was
honorably discharged July 22, 1865, after three years and nine
months' service. After his discharge he returned home and
purchased the farm he now occupies, most of which he has cleared
and improved, himself. Mr. Coon was married, June
27, 1867, to Mary daughter of William and Eliza
(Schilling) Buckley, of Shawnee Township, this county, and
the issue of this union has been five children: Naotia
(deceased), Maude (deceased), Charles W., Mary A.
and Virgil M. Mr. and Mrs. Coon are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He has filled several of the
minor offices in the township. In politics he is a
Republican.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 789 |
WILLIAM
R. COON, farmer, P. O. Conant, was born in Shawnee
Township, this county, Jan. 27, 1842; son of George J. and
Julietta (Decoursey) Coon, natives of New England, and who
came to Allen County at an early date. Eight of their
thirteen children are living, of whom our subject is the eldest.
He obtained a common school education, and having been raised a
farmer has made farming the principal occupation of his life.
He is virtually self-made, having entered upon the battle of
life a poor man, and has accumulated his property through
industry and economy. He is worthy of the reputation he
sustains of being a practical farmer and a thorough business
man. Mr. Coon was married Nov. 8, 1866, to Jane,
daughter of James Place. She was born in Missouri,
Feb. 22, 1842. By this union were born nine children:
Lenora, Susan, Jane, William Elmer, Bely L., Hattie
(deceased), Alpheus (deceased) and Mercy
(deceased). Mr. Cook has twice been a servant of the
people of his township, having served as trustee and justice of
the peace. In Feb. 1862, he volunteered his services to
his country, and was with Sherman, till the close of the war.
He is a consistent member of the Christian Church. In
politics he is independent.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 562 |
Ottawa Twp. -
ISAIAH COPELAND, carpenter, Lima, was born
Mar. 16, 1841, in Lewistown, Mifflin Co., Penn.; son of
Willis and Mary A. (McKinney) Copeland, natives of Little
York, Penn., who were the parents of twelve children, nine now
living, four of whom reside in Ohio; two, Isaiah and an
elder brother, in this county. Our subject began learning
his trade in 1857, in Juanita County, Penn., with Philip
Coffman. He came to Lima in the spring of 1864, and
here for eleven years worked with Mr. McKeney on some of
the most prominent buildings in the city. Mr. Copeland
was married, in the fall of 1867, to Anna B., the second
in the family of eight children of William Young, of
Allen County. To Mr. Copeland and wife have been
born five children: William W., Frank E., Flora, Lulu
and Ray. Mr. Copeland personally is a straight,
well proportioned man, five feet ten inches in height, pleasant
in manners, and a workman well worthy of his hire.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 686 |
Jackson Twp. -
T. W. CORBET, Evangelical Lutheran
minister, P. O. Herring, was born in Guernsey Co., Ohio, Jan.
12, 1819, eldest child of Peter and Elizabeth (Barber) Corbet,
natives of England. Peter Corbet came to America
about 1806, when eighteen years of age. His death occurred
Aug. 4, 1855; his wife died in the fall of 1839. Two of
their ten children died young, and those who grew to maturity
are Thomas W., Sarah A., Rachel R., Peter (an M. D.),
Adam, Joseph, Elizabeth and Rev. John B.
At the age of twenty years our subject entered the Pennsylvania
College at Gettysburg, where he finished a curriculum,
Graduating in 1844. He also too a course in theology at
Gettysburg Seminary, and soon after entered upon the duties of
his chosen profession in his native county as pastor of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church. He has labored as such in
Perry, Van Wert, Hardin and Allen Counties, coming to the latter
county in 1860 and locating in Lafayette, Jackson Township,
where he has since resided, and where for twenty years he has
filled the office of school director. His health
having failed to such an extent as to cause his partial
retirement from active life, he has accepted the office of
Justice of the peace, to which he was elected in 1882, and the
duties thereof he has filled with honor to himself and to the
full satisfaction of the people. His first marriage
occurred Nov. 1, 1849, with Elizabeth C. Robins, who was
born July 9, 1832, daughter of John and Mary Robins,
where Mrs. Corbet was born. to this union were born
six children: Emma C. (wife of M. Contris),
William H. (treasurer of Van Wert County, Ohio), Mary E.,
Charles M., Ella A. and Edward H. Politically
our subject is a Democrat.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 602 |
GEORGE
W. CORLETT, junior member of the hardware firm of
Wolford & Corlett, is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, having
been born there Nov. 24, 1869. The hardware firm of which
he is a member is located at Spencerville, and was formed Aug.
10, 1895, succeeding to the business of J. B. Sunderland.
This firm carries a full line of general hardware,
agricultural implements, buggies, etc., in fact the most
complete stock of their various lines in the city of
Spencerville. They occupy tow rooms, having a frontage of
forty-four feet, and a depth of 100 feet. They are in
every way well equipped to transact a successful and prosperous
business. The members of the firm are both young men, are
ambitious, energetic, have business ability and are determined
to succeed.
George W. Corlett is a son of Robert and
Christiana (Caine) Corlett, the former of whom was born on
the Isle of Man, and the ancestry of Mrs. Corlett, the
Caines, were also from the same island. Mrs.
Corlett, however, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and both she
and her husband are still living, near Painesville, Ohio, on a
farm. George W. Corlett was reared on a farm near
Painesville, and was educated in the public schools in the
vicinity. When twenty years of age he entered the employ
of Lockwood, Taylor Hardware company, of Cleveland, Ohio,
and by this company was employed for about five years, both in
the house and on the road, his territory consisting of
northwestern Ohio and northeastern Indiana. At the end of
the five years mentioned he formed his present partnership with
W. J. Wolford, and located at Spencerville, where he
forms a part of one of the prominent business firms of the town.
Both are well known as active, pushing and reliable young men, a
reputation which will doubtless prove to be the next best thing
to their cash capital.
Mr. Corlett was married in May, 1895, to Miss
Eva Disbrow, of Wauseon, Ohio. He is a member of the
Cleveland Travelers' association, and is well known generally
throughout the state. The success with which he has so far
met, is altogether due to his own efforts, and although yet
young he has made and is making commendable progress in his line
of business. Being one of the broad-minded business men of
the county, and acting on correct business principles, there is
no reason why he should not become one of the most solid and
substantial men in the country.
(Source#1: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen &
Van Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896
- Page 232) |
Ottawa Twp. -
JAMES H. CORNS, railroad employe, Lima,
was born Mar. 6, 1826, in Zanesville, Ohio; son of Henry M.
and Cynthia A. (Harden) Corns came to Ohio in an early
day, and settled near Duncan's Falls, Muskingum County, Ohio,
where he remained for a few years; in 1843 he came to this
county, purchasing a farm one mile and three quarters east of
Lima, but afterward, in 1876, he removed to Missouri, where he
died. His widow subsequently returned to Lima, where she
resides with one of her daughters. Of her children four
are now living: Sarah (wife of John Dixon),
Irena (wife of William Osborn), Lucina, wife
of Michael Whisler, and James H. all residing in
Allen County. Henry M. Corns was a millwright by
trade, and built the first mill in this county (locating on Hay
Creek, four miles east of Lima) for Mr. Joseph Ward.
Our subject has been employed by the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne &
Chicago Railroad Company for many years; is now night clerk in
the freight office, and for years has had the charge of the mail
delivery of Lima. He is one of the substantial men of the
city, having 150 acres of well-improved land and a fine
residence. He was married to Mary A. Dixon, and to
this union were born Henry(married), Ella (wife of
Henry Rogers), and Ada (wife of Lee Pangle).
The mother of these children died in 1863, and in Oct. 1864,
Mr. Corns married Mary F. Anmod. Our subject
enlisted during the war of the Rebellion, Oct. 19, 1861, in
Company B, Eighty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, where
first time at Pittsburg Landing. He is a F. & A. M., and a
member of the I. O. O. F.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 686 |
|
F. B. Cotner Family
&
F. B. Cotner Residence |
FRANK B. COTNER.
As teacher, farmer and banker, Frank B. Cotner has been
prominently identified with the affairs of Allen County, of
which he is a native son. Mr. Cotner's home is at
Lafayette, where he is cashier of the Lafayette Banking Company.
He was born in Richland Township of Allen County, Nov.
2, 1868, son of David S. and Elizabeth Cotner. The
family came to Allen County in pioneer times and his father was
one of the prosperous farmers, always alert to his duties of
citizenship. Frank B. Cotner had a common school
education, and in 1892 graduated from the Ohio Northern
University at Ada. His active career as a teacher
continued from 1890 to 1907, a period of seventeen years, though
in the meantime he was also interested in farming, and is still
owner of farming lands in his section of the county.
Mr. Cotner in 1907 entered the banking business and for a
number of years has been cashier and a director of the Lafayette
Banking Company. He was mayor of Lafayette continuously
form 1908 to 1921. HE has also held several township
offices, and since giving up the role of a teacher has been
interested in school affairs.
Mr. Cotner is a democrat and is one of the
leaders in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Lafayette and has
served as superintendent of its Sunday School. He is
affiliated with Sager Lodge, No. 513 F. and A. M., having been
initiated January 25, passed February 22, and raised as Master
Mason, March 28, 1908. He has served the lodge as chaplain
and trustee. He was initiated June 16, 1890, in Beaver Dam
Lodge No. 689, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
At Lafayette, Oct. 15, 1891, Mr. Cotner married
Nancy J. Stoodt, daughter of Frederick and Rebecca
Stoodt. Her father was a Union soldier in the Civil
war and in after yeas a well known farmer of Allen County.
Mr. and Mrs. Cotner have three children: Clifford
A., who married Evadna E. Meyer; Bryan D., who
married Louise M. Urich, and David L. Cotner,
still at home.
Bryan D. Cotner enlisted in the army, from the Ohio
State University in the 37th Division in the World war. He
was in Belgium when the Armistice was signed.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio - Vol. II - by
Wm. Rusler - Publ. 1921 - Page 348
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JOHN W. COTNER when one year old accompanied the
family to Amanda Township, and in that locality he grew up,
acquiring a district school education, supplemented by a course
at Valparaiso Normal in Indiana. For one term he taught in
Sugar Creek Township, but his chief work for fifteen years was
at the carpenter's trade. While working as a
carpenter he was in Springfield, Illinois, for some time and
there met Miss Helena Schlitt, a native of that city.
They were married Mar. 22, 1899, and to their marriage were born
two children: Herman, who is a graduate of Lima High
School and is now a student in the Ohio State University, and
Ruth, still in high school.
The family are members of the Lutheran Church at Elida
and Mr. Cotner is a republican. Besides looking
after his farm he is one of the directors of the Farmers Equity
Exchange, is secretary and treasurer and director of the Farmers
Bank of Elida, and is also president of the Elida Mutual
Telephone Company.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio - Vol. II - by
Wm. Rusler - Publ. 1921 - Page 243 |
Ottawa Twp. -
MILTON C. CRAIG, miller, Lima, was born
Feb. 20, 1821, in the town of Beaver, Beaver Co., Penn.; son of
Samuel and Elizabeth (Balon) Craig, natives of
Pennsylvania, and who were the parents of six children, three of
whom are now living: Theodore, Susan (wife of Charles
Weaver, of Pennsylvania), and Milton C. Three
of the sons (all now deceased) served in the late war of the
Rebellion - Robert, James and Ralston. Ralston
was accidentally shot by the premature discharge of his pistol,
which fell from his pocket as he was drinking at a spring.
Our subject received his early education in his native State.
He was married, in 1846, to Elizabeth Christie, also a
native of Pennsylvania, and by her has four children living:
Samuel, Sarah (wife of John Trace), William
and Grace. Mr. Craig came to Ohio in 1856,
and helped lay the track of the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago
Railroad, and was also employed by the Dayton & Michigan
Railroad Company for eighteen years. He located
permanently in Lima, Ohio, and in 1881, opened the mill which
stands near the bridge on East Market Street, principally
engaged in grinding corn and all kinds of feed.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 687 |
Jackson Twp. -
WILLIAM CRAIG, farmer, P. O. Herring, was
born in Fayette County, Penn., Jan. 19, 1804; son of Joseph
and Elenor (Sargent) Craig. Joseph Craig was a son of
William and Martha (Lytle) Craig, born in New Jersey in
July, 1776, killed by a falling tree in 1824. Elenor
Craig died in 1812, leaving four children: Andrew,
William, Joseph and Richard, of whom William
is the only survivor. Joseph Craig married, for his
second wife, Susan (Coughenour) Bright, who died in about
1820, leaving two daughters: Sarah and Elenor.
(Elenor is the wife of John Lilly, of Brownsville,
Penn., and mother of five children: William, Robert,
Ira, John and Joseph). Sarah now lives
with her brother William. Our subject received a
limited education, and early in life served an apprenticeship to
learn the chair making and painting trades, which occupations he
followed several years. He came to Adams County, Ohio, in
1822, from there removing to Highland County, and while here he
entered land in 1835 in Allen County, and four years after he
removed to the same. He cleared about 100 acres of this
land, and in 1868 came to the farm, which is still his home.
Mr. Craig has retired in a measure from active life,
although the management of the farm has been under his
directions. He has also been quite an extensive stock
grower. Mr. Craig was married in 1825 to Sarah
Taylor, who died in 1840. She bore him one son who
grew to maturity - Richard, a farmer in Iowa. (He
married Mary McDougal, of Davenport, and by her has three
children: William, Mary and Sarah.) In
politics our subject has been a life long Democrat.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 603 |
Monroe Twp, -
WILLIAM Mc. CRANE, farmer, P. O. Columbus
Grove, Putnam County, was born Feb. 18, 1809, in Colerain Twp.,
Ross Co., Ohio, where he lived until thirty-two years of age,
son of James and Margaret (McClure) Crane, former born
about 1762, died in 1844, latter born in 1755, near Harrisburg,
Penn., died in 1843. Their children were Sarah
(deceased wife of Joshua Hall, leaving a family in
Hocking County, Ohio), Jane (wife of Robert M.
McCartney, died leaving a family in Noble County, Ind.),
Mary (wife of Dumah Bartlett, died leaving a family
in Adelphi, Ross County, Ohio), Margaret (deceased,
unmarried), Mrs. Rebecca Bartlett (died leaving a family
at Adelphi), James (deceased, was engaged in the
furniture business at Circleville, Ohio, where he left a
family), and William Mc. Our subject commenced the
cabinet maker's trade, working at it three years, then engaged
in business with his brother at Adelphi, Ohio, where they
continued thirteen years. He then came to this county in
1840, where he entered eighty acres of his present farm, and
purchased forty acres of a Mr. Maberry, where there was a
little clearing. Here he endured the trials and hardships
of pioneer life, doing odd jobs at his trade to secure the
necessaries of life. Mr. Crane was married, May 28,
1837, to Susan Swinehart, who was born Apr. 3, 1818, near
Adelphi, Ohio, daughter of Anthony and Susan (Frederick)
Swinehart, natives of Pennsylvania, and who settled in a
very early day in Ross County. (They had three sons and
six daughters, all of whom had families but one daughter.
Those now living are Rebecca, wife of Enoch Pertee
in McLean County, Ill.; Sarah, widow of Jacob Will,
of Vinton County, Ohio; Daniel residing near Legonier,
Ind.; Susan, Caroline, wife of William Kieffer,
residing near Decatur, Ill.; Mary, widow of Jay Layton,
in Springfield, Ohio). To our subject and wife were born
Jane (wife of John Whitis of Macon, Mo.),
Elmira (deceased in young womanhood), Sarah, James A.,
Margaret (deceased wife of Harrison Turner,
leaving a family in Harvey County, Kans.), Mary (wife of
John Marshall, residing near Columbus Grove. Mr.
and Mrs. Crane are members of Rockport Presbyterian Church,
in which he was the first elder.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 664 |
STEPHEN
D. CREMEAN, farmer, P. O. Allentown, was born in Ross
County, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1827; son of Smith and Mary (Dillen)
Cremean, natives of Maryland, who settled in Ross County,
Ohio, about 1805. They were parents of ten children, of
whom our subject is the seventh. In 1830 they removed to
Allen County, and located in German Township, where Stephen
D. grew to maturity fully acquainted with pioneer life.
The father died in about 1859, the mother in February, 1880,
aged about ninety years. Our subject obtained a limited
common school education, and having been raised a farmer has
made that occupation the principle one of his life. For
about two years, however, he engaged in mercantile business at
Elida and Cridersville, Auglaize land in Amanda Township, this
county, where he still resides, and which he continued to add
to, at intervals, until his farm now consists of 275 acres of
choice land, all more or less highly cultivated; and in
connection with his farming interests has dealt in stock, more
extensively in buying and selling hogs. Mr. Cremean
was united in marriage, Nov. 5, 1848, with Tamsey John,
born in Ross County, Ohio, Apr. 23, 1829, by whom he has two
children: Mary Jane and Curtis. They have,
however, raised five other children: Annie Strawbridge,
Jessie Carr, Maria Roush, James and Amanda Shalter.
Mr. Cremean has filled the office of justice of the peace
one term, and is now serving his fifth term as township
treasurer. For about ten years he has been a consistent
member of the Christian Union Church. Politically he is
identified with the Democratic party. He is self-made man
having accumulated his property by his own efforts.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 562 |
Shawnee Twp. -
ABRAHAM CRIDER, farmer and county
commissioner, P. O. Lima, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio,
Oct. 19, 1828; son of Ephraim and Mary (Dunkle) Crider, a
former born Dec. 25, 1805, died in 1880. Ephraim Crider
was a son of Abraham and Sophia (Larick) Crider, who
settled in Pickaway County in 1814, and were parents of
Sophia (married to Andrew Thompson and who died,
leaving a family in Wyandot County, Ohio), David
(deceased, left family in Ross County, Ohio), Sally wife
of Timothy Spangler (died leaving a family in Pickaway
County, Ohio), Ephraim, father of our subject; Amelia,
the only one living of the family, married to a Mr. Howell,
who died leaving a family in Ross County, Ohio; and George
(deceased, left family near Adelphi, Ohio). The children
of Ephraim and Mary Crider were ten in number: Isaac
(residing near Howard, Kans.); Eliza (died, aged six
years)); Abraham; Hannah, wife of Jacob Darst, in
Auglaize County, Ohio; Maria, wife of Alexander Shaw,
of Cridersville, Ohio; Leanna wife of Allen Spiker
in Cridersville, Ohio; Reuben, in Auglaize County, Ohio;
Susan (deceased wife of John Reichelderfer who lives
in Auglaize County, Ohio); Ephraim (deceased, aged two
years); and John J., in Cridersville, Ohio.
Ephraim Crider came to Auglaize County, in 1854, and in 1855
laid out the town of Cridersville. The subject of this
sketch received a limited schooling, but studied late at nights
by fire-light. He remained with his father until his
marriage, September 26, 1852, with Mary Garling, who was
born June 11, 1828, in Fairfield County, daughter of John and
Catharine (Hummel) Garling, natives of Pennsylvania, who
came to Fairfield County, Ohio, in the winter of 1824.
John Garling was a son of Frederick Garling, and died
in 1872, aged eighty-two years; his widow died in 1884, aged
eighty-three; she was a daughter of Frederick and Hannah
(Stein) Hummel, natives of Pennsylvania, but early settlers
of Ohio. The children of John and Catharine Garling
were Jeremiah, Solomon and William, in Logan
County, Ohio; Daniel, in Hardin County, Ohio; Mary,
and John, in Columbus County, Ohio. Mr. Crider
and his wife came to this county in December, 1852, with a
team and $90 in cash, all their wealth, and here they endured
the trials and hardships of pioneer life. In 1854 Mr.
Crider bought eighty acres of land where he now lives, to
which he added until he now owns 400 acres. To our subject
and wife were born nine children: John F. and F. E.
born Oct. 2, 1853, both married, the former residing in Ada,
Ohio, the latter in Shawnee Township, this county; George W.,
born Feb. 16, 1855; Catharine, born Dec. 15, 1856, wife
of Amos Reichelderfer, in Auglaize County, Ohio;
William E., born May 29, 1858; Flora C., born Dec.
20, 1859, wife of Frank Terwilleger, in Tipton County,
Ind.; Mary A., born June 22, 1861; Margaret M.,
born Dec. 26, 1863; Hattie V., born Mar. 11, 1868.
Mr. Crider was chosen by the people of this township to
the office of trustee and treasurer, which he held many years,
and as a further reward for his strict business integrity he was
chosen in 1882, by the people of his county, to the more
responsible position of county commissioner, being now chairman
of that board.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 789 |
DANIEL
CRIDER, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born in Cridersville,
Auglaize Co., Ohio, Feb. 15, 1857; son of Isaac and Susan (Searfoss)
Crider, natives of Pickaway Co., Ohio, where they were
married and whence they moved in 1854 to Auglaize County, Ohio,
where they lived until 1863, and then moved to Shawnee Township,
this county. They reared a family of twelve children, of
whom ten are now living and in the fall of 1884 they removed to
Kansas. Our subject was married, Mar. 25, 1880, to
Maryettie East, a native of German Township, this county,
born Oct. 16, 1862, and daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Mumaw)
East, native of Pickaway and Knox Counties, Ohio, respectively,
and who are married in this county in 1855, parents of nine
children, of whom five are now living. To this union of
our subject and wife has been given one son, Orvin M.,
born Dec. 10, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Crider are members
of the United Brethren Church at Elida, Ohio. In politics
he is Democrat.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 789 |
Ottawa Twp. -
J. W. CRUM, manufacturer of and dealer in
chain pumps and fixtures, and dealer in force pumps, hose, pipe,
etc., Lima, was born Jan. 3, 1836, in Seneca County, Ohio; son
of John and Margaret (Evans) Crum, of German and English
descent, respectively. John Crum, a farmer and
wagon-maker by trade, was one of the early pioneers of Seneca
County, settling there in 1823, when it was a wilderness.
He was married three times and had fourteen children (six by
first and eight by second wife), six of whom are now living:
Rebecca (Mrs. Crawford); Amanda (Mrs. Ludwig), Frances (Mrs.
Wolgamuth), Hamilton, George and J. W. Our
subject was educated in Seneca County and came to Lima in 1880,
and began the manufacturing of pumps, in which he has met
success. He is now doing a fine business, dealing in
rubber bucket chain pumps, iron force pumps, etc. He
formerly carried on a carriage shop. During the war of the
Rebellion he enlisted in August, 1861, in Company A, Forty-ninth
Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. serving one year, and
was discharged on account of disability; later he served three
months in Company D, One Hundred and Forty fourth Regiment
National Guards. Mr. Crum was married, in 1866, to
Mary, daughter of Alex Carothers, and to this
union have been born three children, two now living: Fred
and Clara. Mr. Crum is a F. & A. M.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 687 |
CHRISTIAN C.
CULP, farmer, P. O. Elida, was born in Sugar Creek
Township, this county, July 21, 1853, on the farm where he was
reared, and which he has for several years operated; a son of
Christian and Elizabeth (Good) Culp, and brother of David
Culp. His father died January 5, 1883. His mother now resides
with him on the home farm. He was married, April 10, 1874, to
Miss Christena Good, of Marion Township, this county, daughter
of Abraham and Rebecca Good, who came from Virginia, and
settled in this county about 1865. To the union of our subject and
wife have been born four children: Simeon, John,
Rebecca and an infant daughter.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 818 |
CONRAD
CULP, farmer, P. O. Allentown, was born in Pickaway
County, Ohio, June 13, 1819, being third in the family of
thirteen children of Peter and Susan (Broucher) Culp,
natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in Pickaway County in 1802.
Conrad B. was raised on a farm, and early in life learned
the trades of carpenter and joiner and shoe-maker. He
conducted a shoe store in Pickaway County about five years, and
has worked more or less at the carpenter's trade for twenty
years. In connection with his trades he has also owned a
farm. Mr. Culp was united in marriage, in 1842,
with Sarah Duncle, who died in 1847 leaving to his care
six children: Franklin (deceased), George D.
(deceased). In 1850 he was again married, this time to
Rachael Imler, who died in 1877; she bore him five children:
Sarah C. (deceased), Rachael (deceased), Hannah
J., Clement Brinlen and Harriet I. In 1847
Mr. Culp went to Auglaize County where he bought a quarter
section of wild land, built a water saw-mill, and remained for
eleven years, then removed to Lima, this county, and for two
years was engaged in mercantile business and working at his
trade. In the fall of 1860 he purchased his present
property which was then in a state of nature, and which he has
converted into a good farm, having placed the same under a high
state of cultivation, it being the third farm he has cleared up
in his time, one in Allen County, one in Auglaize County and one
in Fairfield County. In 1877 he erected a large barn, at
that time the best in the neighborhood. His education has
been obtained in the common schools and in contact with the
world. From the age of fifteen years he was catechised in
the Lutheran Church until he united with the Christian Union
Church, of which he ahs been a consistent member for several
years. His political sympathy is with the Democratic
Party.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 563 |
Ottawa Twp. -
NOAH CULP, tool-dresser, Lima, was born
Jan. 27, 1840, in Fairfield County, Ohio; son of Christian
and Elizaeth (Good) Culp, who came to Ohio in 1833, settling
in Fairfield County. They were parents of ten children:
David, Noah, Magdalene, Fannie, Nancy, Annie, Susan
(deceased), Sophia is in Allen County, Ind.; Anna
is a resident of Adams County, Ind. Christian Culp
was a blacksmith, working at his trade during the week, and
preaching in the Mennonite Church on the Sabbath. He came
to Allen County, Ohio, in 1850, and settled on a farm in Sugar
Creek Township, where he lived until his death in 1884; his
widow still resides there. Our subject began his trade, in
1868, in Allen County, became a fine workman, and since 1880 has
been tool-dresser in the Lima Machine Works. He was
married Nov. 19, 1862, to Elizabeth L., daughter of
David Ashbaugh, by his second marriage, with Annie
Armatrout. To Mr. Culp and wife have been born
to children: James E. and Clara A., wife of
Edward Drieschman (they have one cihld - Earl Cleveland.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 688 |
Bath Twp. -
JAMES R. CUNNINGHAM, farmer, P. O. Lima,
was born in Lima this county, Jan. 13, 138, son of James and
Martha (Kennedy) Cunningham, the former a native of
Washington County, Penn., but reared and educated in Licking
County, Ohio. The latter was a native of Nelson, Portage
Co., Ohio. They reared a family of eleven children of whom
nine grew to manhood and womanhood: Jamers R., Martha L.
(wife of N. W. McCormick), Mary (wife of John
Winden), Emily (wife of John Hutchinson),
Kate (wife of E. C. Baldwin), Thomas L. (killed
in the Confederate service during the late war of the
Rebellion), DeWitt C., Flora (wife of D. D. Nichols),
and Nelson W. The father of our subject settled in
Bath Township, this county, in 1833, taught school for a time
and was also engaged in mercantile business in Lima. He
afterward engaged in faring, and cleared up a large tract of
land where South Lima now stands. The paternal grandfather
of our subject, James Cunningham, formerly of Washington
County, Penn., was a Presbyterian clergyman, a pioneer minister
of Licking County, Ohio, and died at Martinsburg. His
maternal grandfather was Thomas Kennedy, a farmer by
occupation, who settled in Lima in 1834. Our subject was
reared and educated in Lima, this county. He was married
Oct. 17, 1861, to Nancy J., daughter of David and
Martha (Custard) Heckathorn, of Bath Township. The
issue of this union is three children: May (wife of
Oscar L. Edgecomb), Ermina and Earl D. Mr.
Cunninghanm at the breaking out of the late war of the
Rebellion, enlisted in Company A, Twentieth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and was discharged after three months' service.
He re-enlisted in the spring of 1864 in Company D, One Hundred
and Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably
discharged after four months' service. He is a member of
the Disciples Church, Mrs. Cunningham of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Democrat.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 578 |
Ottawa Twp. -
THEODORE E. CUNNINGHAM, attorney at law,
Lima, was born Oct. 31, 1830, in Wayne County, Ohio; son of
Dr. William and Anna (Ewalt) Cunningham, natives, the former
of Washington County, the latter of Bedford County, Penn.
Dr. William Cunningham came to the State of Ohio, in 1821,
with his father, Archibald C., who settled in Wayne
County, and in January, 1832, came to this county, settling in
the then village of Lima, and erected a cabin on a spot where
the southeast corner of the public square now terminates, and
there lived and raised his family of seven children, four of
whom are still living: Eliza (widow of H. Walters,
a resident of Lima), Clementina (married to C. Brice,
of Lima), Sarah B. (wife of B. Mannis of Putnam
County, Ohio) and Theodore E. Our subject was
educated in this county, and with his natural ability genial
manners, close attention to business, has won for himself a
leading position in the city, and he is still one of its
principal attorneys. He entered the printing business as
an apprentice with Hon. James Mackenzie, then in Kalida,
Ohio, and in 1852 bought the Lima Argus, in company with
William C. Tomkinson, which was then published by
Matthias Nichols, who, having been elected to Congress,
retired. The Argus was the only paper then
published in Lima, and this they carried on until 1854, when
Mr. Cunningham retiring, he was succeeded by T. M. Robb,
who continued the Argus until the fall of 1855, at
which time our subject and Mr. Poland took
possession of the office, and started an anti-Neb. paper,
entitled the People's Press, which they carried on about
one year, when Mr. Cunningham retired. He then
entered the law (having been admitted to the bar in 1852) with
Mr. Waldorf, which partnership continued until 1860, when
he was commissioned one of the board of enrollment of the Fifth
District of Ohio, and in 1866 was elected representative of the
Johnson Constitutional Convention, again resuming law practice
in 1873.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 688 |
Ottawa Twp. -
ELIJAH CURTISS, the well-known and highly
esteemed physician of Lima, was born Apr. 11, 1812, in Berkshire
County, Mass., son of Abner and Elizabeth (Salter) Curtiss.
The family came to Ohio in 1821, and settled in Summit County.
They traveled with a three-horse team (taking thirty-one days to
make a journey now accomplished by railroad in a day and a half)
to within six miles of Cleveland, where one of the horses died
from the effects of eating castor beans, then the balance of the
journey had to be made with two horses. Abner Curtiss,
who was a farmer, experienced all the struggles and hardships of
pioneer life. He reared a family of eight children on the
reserve, four of whom are now living: Anna (wife of
John Hartsill), Percis (wife of George Phelps,
of New York), Daniel and Elijah. Our subject
received his education at Hudson College, and began the study of
medicine, when nineteen years old, at Akron, Ohio, with Dr.
Elijah Hanchett, attending a course of lectures at
Herkimer Medical Institute. The doctor was married to
Flora F., daughter of Elijah Hanchett, his former
preceptor, and to this union were born two children: Mary E.
and Charles who was educated at Oxford, studied
medicine under his father, took a course of lectures at
Cincinnati, and began to practice at Decatur, Adams Co., Ind.,
returning to Lima in 1875. Where he entered into
partnership with his father. He was married in 1880 to
Miss Liprick (have two children - Dwight and an
infant). He is a F. & A. M. and a member of the I. O. O.
F.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 689 |
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