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Richland Twp. -
M. K.
EDGECOMB, retired farmer, Beaver Dam, was born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, December 11, 1826, son of Uriah and Elizabeth (Doud)
Edgecomb, of English descent, and who came to Allen County in
1831 or 1832. settling in Bath Township. Their family consisted of
thirteen children, twelve of whom grew to manhood and womanhood
and five now living in this county. The father, who died at the
advanced age of eighty years, was a farmer, and made his home for
many years with his son, M. K., previous to his death. Our
subject, the ninth in the family, was reared on the farm and
educated in the common schools. He has been very successful in
life, has engaged in farming most of the time, and now owns a farm
in Richland Township and property in Beaver Dam. He operated a
threshing machine during the falls and winters from 1844 to 1858,
and now keeps a hotel in Beaver Dam. He was married, November 18,
1847, to Hannah E., daughter of Jacob Everitt, a
farmer and an early settler of Allen County. this State, and of
English descent. Their children are Madison, married and farming,
G. W. and William. Mr. and Mrs.
Edgecomb are members of the Disciples Church, in which he
is elder and of which he has been superintendent of the
Sabbath-school. He is a Republican in politics.
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Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 761) |
Bath Twp. -
WALTER
EDGECOMB, farmer, P. O. Beaver Dam, was born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, August 6, 1819, son of Uriah and Betsey (Doud)
Edgecomb, natives of Connecticut, who settled in Bath
Township, this county, in 1832, locating on the farm now occupied
by John Blaine, which they cleared and improved.
They had a family of thirteen children: Uriah (deceased),
Marilla (wife of Josiah DeLong), Ezra
(deceased), Lansil (deceased), Clarinda (deceased), Robert,
Walter, Lydia (deceased), Amy (deceased), Ann (wife of Elisha
C. Pangle), Marquis, Sarah (wife of Lewis
Bassitt) and an infant son (deceased). Uriah
Edgecomb afterward purchased the place now known as the
Hiram
Protsman farm, where he resided up to 1857, when he
removed to Richland Township, this county, and died on the farm
now owned by his son, Marquis, in 1861, at the age of seventy-four
years. Our subject was in his thirteenth year when his parents
settled in Bath Township. He received a limited education in the
district schools of his time, and when eighteen years of age
started in life for himself, working on a farm by the day and
month until he was twenty-one. He was married November 18, 1840,
to Laura, daughter of Samuel and Elsie (Lewis)
Bassitt, who settled in Bath Township in 1836, and by this
union there were eleven children: Ann E. (wife of Reuben
White), James (deceased), an infant daughter
(deceased), Lewis A. (killed at the Battle of Atlanta, Ga.,
July 21, 1864), Loretta (wife of Hiram Barber),
Sarah E. (wife of Allen Philips), Alba,
Mary J. (wife of Willis White), Elsie
(wife of S. Philips), Samuel S. (deceased),
and Lansil. After his marriage, our subject engaged in
farming on a rented farm. He has owned two farms besides the one
he now occupies, clearing and improving a part of both. In 1856 he
located on his present farm, all of which he has cleared and
improved, and where he has resided ever since. Mr. and Mrs.
Edgecomb are members of the Disciples Church. He filled the
office of trustee for many years, and held several other minor
offices in the township. Our subject is one of the leading farmers
of Bath. In politics he is a Republican.
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Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 579) |
ELIJAH EDMAN, retired farmer of Allen county,
Ohio, is a son of Paul and Hannah (Harris) Edman. Paul
Edman was a son of Samuel Edman, who was born near
Paterson, N. J. about the year 1760. Samuel
was one of the Revolutionary fathers, having been a soldier
under Washington. After the close of the war Mr. Edman
engaged for some time in rafting timber down the Delaware river,
and some time later he purchased a farm in Powhatan county, Va.,
upon which he lived for several years, or until 1814, in which
year he purchased 206 acres in Burlington township, Licking
county, Ohio. Upon this farm he died at the great
age of eighty-seven years. When he went to Virginia he was
without a dollar in the world, and he chopped 300 cords of wood
to obtain the means with which to pay for his farm in that
state. His first wife was Miss Dolly Paul, who died
some time in the thirties. By her he had the following
children, viz: Thomas and Peter, both of whom died
in Virginia; Samuel, who died in Licking county, Ohio;
William, who served with Gen. Hull in the war of
1812, and was with him at the time of his surrender at Detroit,
and died in Licking county, Ohio; John, who also died in
Licking county; Paul, who died in Allen county;
Catherine, who married John McKinley, and died in
Licking county, and Mary, who married James Hardin,
and died in Jackson county. Mr. Edman married, for
his second wife, Miss Sarah Chilcoat, by whom he had no
children.
PAUL EDMAN, the father of Elijah, was
born June 26, 1794, in Staunton, Va., in which state he learned
the trade of shoemaker. At the age of twenty-one he
removed to Licking county, Ohio, where he worked at his trade
for a year or two, and then purchased 106 acres of land in
Burlington township, that county. This land he improved
and lived upon it until 1851, when he removed to Shawnee
township, Allen county, where he purchased 176 acres in section
No. 19. This was for the most part timbered land, which he
cleared off, burning much of it in order to get it out of the
way, as was customary and indeed necessary in the olden time.
The remainder of his life was spent on this farm, and he died
March 20, 1873. In religious faith he was a Methodist, and
was one of the original members of the Shawnee Methodist
Episcopal church. Politically in early life he was a
democrat, but later he became a supporter of the republican
party, and he was one of the early trustees of Shawnee township.
His wife, Hannah Harris, was a daughter of William
Harris, of Virginia. She died February 20, 1875, and
both she and her husband lie at rest in the Shawnee Methodist
Episcopal burying ground. They were the parents of six
children, as follows: Thomas, of Calhoun county,
Iowa; William H., of Hutchison, Kans.; Rebecca,
wife of Samuel Dixson; Elijah, of Lima; Juliana,
deceased; and Oliver P., of Michigan.
Elijah Edman was born November 7, 1826, in
Licking county, Ohio, and was reared on the old homestead farm.
After being educated in the district school, and attaining to
manhood's estate, he located on a farm, upon which he remained
until 1852, when he removed to Allen county, where he united
with his father and assisted him in clearing up and improving
his Shawnee township farm. In fact all the improvements on
that farm were made by Elijah Edman. After his
father's death, he purchased the farm, and has added thereto,
until now it contains 276 acres. In 1889 Mr. Edman
retired from active life, and located in Lima, permitting his
sons, Wilson and Charles, to live on the operate
the farm.
In May, 1863, Mr. Edman enlisted in company C,
One Hundred and Fifty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, and served
therein 100 days. In 1864 he joined company C, One Hundred
and Ninety-second Ohio volunteer infantry, and served with this
regiment until the close of the war. He is now a member of
Mart. Armstrong post, No. 202, G. A. R. In politics a
seeker after office, has held the offices of township trustee and
school director, beside several minor offices of trust.
Mr. Edman was married November 28, 1852, to
Martha J., daughter of John Wagner, who settled in
Licking county, Ohio, removing there from Lancaster county, Pa.,
and laying out the town of Chatham. Mr. Edman and
Martha J., his wife, became the parents of nine children, as
follows. Wilson, who married Miranda Blackburn,
and now lives upon the old homestead; Marion, who married
Miss Mary J. Bowser, and lives in Auglaize county;
Charles, who married Miss Josie McCoy; Amos,
who married Miss Ordella Arthur, who resides in Lima;
Alzeda, deceased; Eva J., wife of Lewis Neff,
of Lima; Martin F., of Lima, Grant and Ida.
All of these children, inheriting the good health and physical
strength of their parents, are now living but one, as will be
seen by the above record.
( Source: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen & Van Wert
Counties, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896) |
Marion Twp. -
THOMAS B. EDWARDS, dealer in general
groceries, etc., Delphos, was born in Jackson County, Ohio, Feb.
4, 1855. His father, the late Benjamin Edwards,
farmer of that county, settled there from Wales about 1810.
The subject of our sketch received a good common school
education in his native county, and for a time engaged in
farming, but on Apr. 22, 1877, he took up merchandising here,
with Jones & Griffith, and in March of the following year
assumed entire control of the business, has by dint of able
management secured a very lucrative trade, and has already
amassed a nice competence although a young man, amid
old-established competitors. Mr. Edwards married in
Delphos, in 1879, Lucy Ann, daughter of the late John
Morrow of Indiana. She was reared and educated in this
city and is a lady of good literary and musical attainments.
They have two sons and one daughter: Robert Thomas, Edna May
and an infant (unnamed). Mr. Edwards is one of hte
progressive men of Delphos, an able supporter of its interests.
He is a member of K. of P. and of the R. A.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 629 |
Sugar Creek Twp. -
ISAAC
EHERNMAN, farmer, P. O. Elida, was born in Fail-field
County, Ohio, April 25, 1830; son of Frederick and Sarah
(Ridenour) Ehernman, natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
respectively, of German descent, and who were married in
Fairfield County, Ohio, and came to this county in 1831, where
they lived and died, each at the age of eighty-four years; they
were parents of eight children, of whom three are now living:
John, Elizabeth and Isaac. Our subject was married in
December, 1854, to Margaret Hosier, of Sugar Creek
Township, this county, a native of Perry County, Ohio, born in
March, 1834, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Moyer)
Hosier, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German descent, who
came from Perry County, Ohio, to this county about 1847; they were
parents of twelve children, of whom seven are now living:
Susanna, Valentine, Jacob, Margaret and
Elizabeth (twins), Alexander and George. To
Mr. and Mrs. Ehernman were born ten
children: Sarah E., Alice J., Caroline A., William A.,
George B., Mary E., Charles A., Emma L., Albert M. and
John F., all now living except Sarah E. and
Mary E. Our subject purchased the home farm after the death of
his father, and now owns 123 acres of land, which he has improved
in many ways, He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
his wife of the UB Church. In politics he is a Democrat.
(
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 818) |
Marion Twp. -
WILLIAM H. ELWER, farmer and stock-raiser,
was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, Feb. 20, 1840, son of
William Elwer who was born and reared in Westphalia,
Prussia, and who came to America and to Hamilton County, Ohio,
when a young man, and Sept. 29, 1853, to Marion Township, this
county; his children are William H. and Joseph.
Our subject was married in 1867 to Miss Mary Ann Recker,
daughter of Andrew Recker, a pioneer farmer of Putnam
County, Ohio, a native of Hanover, Germany; and to this union
have been born two sons and four daughters: Kate, Frederick,
Christena, Mary, Rosa and Andrew. Mr. and Mrs.
Elwer are members of the Catholic Church. He has been
an active worker. Has served on school board two years and
has filled other official positions.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 629 |
GEORGE
S. ENSLEN, a prominent and successful young man, was born
in Sugar Creek township, Allen county, Ohio, July 30, 1868.
He is a son of John and Mary M. Enslen, and was reared by
his parents on the farm, to all kinds of farm work. His
education was received in the common schools of his county, and
so well did he improve the opportunities afforded him that he is
well prepared and qualified to meet all the practical duties of
life. So well satisfied was he with his home and with farm
life that it was not until 1893 that he determined upon an
independent course of life for himself, and in September of that
year he went to Allentown, where, in partnership with his
brother, J. H. Enslen, he established himself in
business, they together opening a general store, the only one in
Allentown, in which they kept a complete stock of everything in
the line of merchandise, dry goods, groceries, hardware, etc.,
that one would naturally expect to find in such a store.
They were in business more than two years, but in June, 1895,
the business was disposed of to C. Nelson, and Mr.
Enslen became connected with the Union Clothing house, of
Lima.
Politically George S. Enslen is a strong
democrat, and is one of the leading men in his party, as well as
one of the most popular, and in 1894 he was appointed postmaster
of Allentown. Mr. Enslen was married Oct. 25, 1893,
to Miss Lydia Sereff, daughter of William and Sarah
Sereff. She was born in German township. To this
marriage of the subject there has been born one child - Erwin.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Enslen are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and are highly esteemed members of general
society. Mr. Enslen is a class leader in his
church, and takes great interest in the work of the
Sunday-school.
Thus it will be seen that for a man yet on the sunny
side of the prime of life, Mr. Enslen has made a most
creditable record, and certainly ahs in store for him greater
successes than any he has yet achieved. The young men of
the county have thus before them an example worthy of all
emulation, and it is doubtless true that many are already
profiting thereby, either in their outward lives or in their
private plans; for an example is often a more powerful teacher
than any precept or collection of precepts that can be publicly
or privately taught or presented.
( Source: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen & Van Wert
Counties, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896) |
JOHN
ENSLEN, one of the oldest settlers of Sugar Creek
township, Allen county, Ohio, and a prominent farmer, descends
from an old American colonial family of sturdy German origin,
and more proximately from the state of Pennsylvania.
ABRAHAM ENSLEN, grandfather of our
subject, came from Germany to America on a sailing vessel, which
was sixteen weeks on the ocean. He finally settled in
Luzerne county, in the Keystone state, and cleared up a farm
from the wilderness, became a substantial husbandman, lived to a
good old age, and left four children - Jacob, Conrad, John
and Henry. John Enslen, son of Abraham
and father of our subject, was born in Luzerne county, Pa., Feb.
3, 1780, was there reared to farming and married Catherine
Transil, the union resulting in the birth of eleven
children, of whom two died in infancy. Mr. Enslen
served in the war of 1812, and about 1813 came to Ohio and was
one of the very early pioneers of Franklin county, where he
cleared up a farm of forty acres, on which he resided until
1831, when he came to what is now Sugar Creek township, Allen
county, and here cleared up from the woods the farm on which his
son John, our subject, now resides - there being at the
time of his coming but two other settlers in the township, a
Mr. Jacobs and William Clevenger, and the township
being then a part of Putnam county. He at first entered
eighty acres, but, being a man of great nerve, industry and
thrift, he increased his possessions until he became owner of
240 acres in Putnam county - Allen not being then organized -
and was the first man to pay taxes in Kalida. Mr.
Enslen was one of the organizers of Allen county, took part
in the erection of Sugar Creek township, and was otherwise
active and prominent in the early public affairs of his chosen
place of residence, holding the position of an early township
trustee and therefore being a factor in its elementary position
as a constituent portion of the county. In religion he was
an old-school Presbyterian, and also one of the founders of the
old-school Baptist church of his township, but prior to the
organization of these societies and the erection of their church
edifices, religious exercises of both congregations were held at
his own residence. He was an ardent friend of education
and among the first to found subscription schools and to aid in
the bringing about the present system of common schools.
The first school-house was where John E. Jones's brick
blacksmith shop now stands, one mile east of Gomer, and was a
round log structure, with split logs for seats, greased paper
for window-panes, a fireplace as wide as a barn door, and
otherwise primitively furnished. The tuition term lasted
for three months in the winter, with Elijah Lippencott as
the first tutor, in 1839, and this school even Mr. Enslen
attended, going and coming a mile and a half through the woods
and swamps. The children of John and Catherine Enslen
were born in the following order: Abraham, Frederick, Mary,
Betsey, Hiram, Sarah A., Catherine, Louis, Margaret, John
and Lydia. The father of this family lived until he
reached the age of seventy-six years and died in 1856, one of
the most respected pioneers of Allen county.
Of the above enumerated children John Enslen,
the subject proper of this biography, was born in Franklin
County, Ohio, Feb. 3, 1831, and was an infant when brought to
Allen county by his parents, the journey being made in a wagon
through the woods and through which the father had to cut the
greater part of the ay. Here Mr. Enslen grew to
manhood on the frontier farm of his father, which he assisted in
a great measure to clear from the forest, and here was educated
in one of the old fashioned log houses of that early day.
At the age of twenty-three years he married, in Delphos, Mar.
30, 1854, Miss Mary M. Shutt, who was born in Medina
county, Ohio, in 1832, a daughter of Henry Shutt, who was
a weaver by trade and came from Pennsylvania to Delphos, Ohio,
about 1852. Mr. Shutt was a member of the German
Reform Church and died near Delphos, an aged man and the father
of five children - John, Jacob, Daniel, Sarah, Mary M.
and Elizabeth.
After his marriage, Mr. Enslen settled on
the old homestead, where he has since made his home and on which
he has made extensive improvements and placed under a high state
of cultivation. On the death of his father he was
appointed executor of the estate and subsequently bought the
rights of the other heirs, and now owns a splendid farm of 160
acres, on which, in 1852, he built a modern residence and all
necessary farm structures. To his marriage with Mary M.
Shutt the following children have been born: Edgar
W., John H., Columbus E., Francis M., William M., Rosa
B., George S. and Carrie D.
In politics Mr. Enslen has been a life-long
democrat, and has filled the office of county infirmary
director; for four consecutive years he served as township
trustee, and also as trustee a single term, and has been a
member of the school board a number of years, being especially
interested in educational progress. He has also been much
interested in the roads of the township and has always been an
ardent friend of good and solid pikes, and was one of the first
to advocate their construction throughout the township. In
religion Mr. Enslen has for many years been a faithful
adherent of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has for
a long time officiated as class leader and steward, and in the
support of which he has always assisted liberally from his means
in the erection of church edifices and otherwise. The
death of Mrs. Mary M. (Shutt) Enslen took place Feb. 12,
1895. She was a woman of many Christian virtues and died
in the full profession of the faith of the Methodist church, of
which she had, since almost childhood, been a devoted member,
and in the faith of which she had reared her children to worthy
manhood and womanhood. Mr. Enslen still resides on
the old homestead, an honored citizen and respected for his
public spirit and the great service he ahs rendered his
fellow-citizens in redeeming the county from its original wild
and almost uninhabitable condition and in making it the center
of a prosperous and civilized community, such as it is found
to-day.
( Source: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen & Van Wert
Counties, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896) |
JOHN
H. ENSLEN, the leading merchant of Elida, Allen county,
Ohio, who forms the subject of this biography, has been engaged
in business for the past twelve years. His first entrance
into the mercantile field was in company with G. R. Leist,
who was one of the old and reliable merchants of this place; he
however had a number of years of experience as a clerk and was
not a novice in the trade. When he entered partnership
with Mr. Leist, his capital consisted of a few
hundred dollars, but a fortune of pluck and courage. That
he succeeded even beyond his most sanguine ambition is evidenced
by a look at his handsome store, with its well-filled shelves,
of which he is now sole proprietor. At present he carries
about $8,000 in stock, and a sewing needle or a harvest-binder
can be obtained here without advance notice. The genial
proprietor is enterprising and successful, and is one of the
most popular men of the town, and altogether the one necessary
man. In 1892 he erected his handsome brick block - 20 x 80
of brick - the upper story being a hall. Mr. Enslen
is a native of Allen county, Sugar Creek township, and was born
March 20, 1859. He was reared on a farm and educated in
the district schools, and at twenty years of age began clerking
in a dry-goods store. On December 6, 1883, he was married
to Miss Ella Laumillerb, daughter of Andrew and
Catherine Laumiller, of Marion township, both
pioneers of the county. Two children have born to Mr.
Enslen and wife - Orlo C. and Critoria.
Mrs. Enslen is a member of the United Brethren
church, in which she is an active and energetic worker.
Our subject is an Odd Fellow in his fraternal affiliations and
an enthusiastic member of the order.
Mr. Enslen was the second son and third-born
child in a family of nine children which blessed the union of
John and Mary M. (Shutt) Enslen, who were both natives of
the Buckeye state, each of them coming to Allen county in
childhood with their parents and here reared among the pioneer
scenes of the northwest. It is evident that the parents of
Mr. Enslen were early taught the valuable lessons of
industry and economy, which they have practiced through life and
which have caused them to be numbered among the representative
citizens of Allen county. The father, JOHN
ENSLEN,
has been identified throughout his life with agricultural
interests, he being one of the progressive and practical men of
his day as well as liberal in all public enterprises and
encouraging every movement that had the welfare of the community
in sight. He was married on the 30th of March, 1854, to
Miss Shutt, who was born in Medina county, Ohio, June 9,
1833, and in early childhood came to Allen county, where she was
educated, and from 1849 up to the time of her marriage, in 1854,
she was one of the prominent school-teachers of her county.
As previously stated, there were born nine children unto this
marriage, named as follows: an infant deceased, unnamed;
Edgar W., a farmer; John H., the subject of this
sketch; Columbus E., and Francis M., (twins), both
now employed as firemen on the P., F. W. & C. R. R.; William
M., practicing physician of Fort Wayne, Ind.; Rosa B.,
at home; George S., who was of late in the employ of his
older brother, John H., the merchant, and was located at
Allentown, and Carrie D., at home. John Enslen,
the husband and father, is one of the representative men of
Sugar Creek township, where he has resided since 1831, having
been born in Franklin county, Ohio, on January 3, of the same
year; he was the son of John Enslen, Sr., who was a
native of Pennsylvania and one of the early pioneers of Franklin
county. Mrs. Enslen, after rearing her children to
manhood and womanhood, was called to her long home on the 12th
of February, 1895, she having been a true and faithful
companion, a fond wife, and loving mother, and a lady of many
good traits of character which endeared her to all those she
came in contact with, and at her death she left a husband and
eight children to mourn her loss.
( Source: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen & Van Wert
Counties, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896) |
Marion Twp. -
JOSEPH ESCH, proprietor of restaurant,
billiard room adn saloon, Delphos, was born Aug. 27, 1856, son
of Bernard and Mary (Heckman) Esch. He clerked for
his father until the latter's removal to Kansas, and in 1877 he
embarked in his present enterprise. Oct. 16, 1879, he was
married to Miss Kate Kroft, born in Dayton, Ohio, Feb.
14, 1856, by whom he has a daughter - Niona, born July
22, 1880. Politically Mr. Esch is a Democrat.
He is a member of the Catholic Church. The father of our
subject was born Jan. 1, 1821, near Osnabruck, Germany, where he
lived till 1842, when he came to America with Theo Wrocklage,
locating at Fort Jennings. A year later he assisted in
building the first log-cabin at Delphos. In 1844 Esch &
Wrocklage, formed a partnership and erected as ashery, and
in the following year opened a general store, continuing in
business till 1855. He was a member of the town council
several years, was one of the original movers in the
organization of the First National Bank, and for several years
was one of its board of directors. He was elected county
commissioner in 1870, and being re-elected served in that office
six years, making one of the most efficient capable
commissioners the county ever had, and through his exertions a
system of road improvements was inaugurated, the benefits of
which are now enjoyed by almost every section of the county.
His death occurred June 3, 1884, at Dexter, Kansas. In
1847 Mr. Bernard Esch married Mary Heckman, who
died in 1857, leaving to his care three children: Henry
(agent for the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad at
Middletown, Ohio), Annie (widow of Lehm Kahl), and
Joseph. His second marriage occurred in 1859, with
Catharine Karst, who survives him. By this union were
born six children: Bernard, Lewis, Theodore, Alexander, Frank
and John.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 629 |
Marion Twp. -
C. A. EVANS, M. D., Delphos, was born in
Hillsboro, Ohio, July 29, 1828, and comes of a people who have
furnished a fair share of medical talent in the West, several of
whom are reputable practitioners, dating on the paternal side,
their coming to this country about 1775, locating in Kentucky,
and their advent in Ohio about 1802. On the maternal side,
the Duckwalls came from the Rhine Provinces in connection
with Methodist mission work here early in the eighteenth
century. The subject of this sketch began the study of
medicine at nineteen years of age, and at twenty-two graduated
from the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, in the class of
1849-50. In June of 1850 he came to Delphos, and has since
been successfully identified with the practice of medicine here.
He was married, Apr. 4, 1855, in Columbia City, Ind., to Miss
Katie Ensler, a highly educated lady, and an ardent worker
in church and social interests. Upon the organization of
the T. C. & St. L. Railway, Dr. Evans took up railway
work with that corporation, with which he was actively
identified till it ceased to be a Delphos enterprise. He
organized the Delphos & Kokomo Railway, and remained its
president till 1878. In the following year he organized a
railway to Kokomo, Ind., (D. B. & F. Ry.), and was chosen its
President. In 1880 he organized the Cleveland, Delphos &
St. Louis Railway, serving as President till 1881, when he
resigned and accepted the Vice-Presidency of the Construction
Company. He has also been connected with the establishment
of other lines. During the last year he has attended
quietly to his professional practice. The Doctor served
the city as mayor four successive terms, and has filled other
civic official positions.
Source:
History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e.
Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 631 |
Marion Twp. -
HUGH W. EVANS, druggist, Palace Drug
Store, Delphos, was born in Brown Township, Franklin Co., Ohio,
in 1853; son of Richard E and Mary (Jones) Evans, former
a native of Wales, a farmer by occupation, and a resident of Van
Wert County, Ohio; latter, also a native of Wales, died in 1880.
They were parents of eight children: Richard M., Elizabeth,
Jane, Catherine, David H., John R., Mary A. and Hugh W.
Until he was fourteen years of age, the life of our subject was
spent on a farm. He then came to Delphos and engaged in a
drug store, in order to learn the business. In 1875 he
became a member of the firm of Eysenbach & Co., which
three or four years later became Evans & Evans,
remaining so till 1883, when the firm dissolved, and our subject
formed a new partnership with F. G. Beckman. Mr. Evans
has been a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association
since September, 1881, and his knowledge of the Welsh, in
addition to the English language, is an advantage of the Welsh,
in addition to the English language, is an advantage in his
business, whilst his many years experience justly entitle him to
the confidence of the people. Our subject was married,
Mar. 20, 1883, to Miss Annie Robinson, by whom he has one
son - Robinson Blaine, born Mar. 15, 1884. In
politics Mr. Evans is a leader and a stanch advocate of
the principles of the Republican party. He is an active
member of Hope Lodge, F. & A. M.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 632 |
Marion Twp. -
JOHN W. EVANS, druggist and bookseller,
Delphos, one of the most worthy and enterprising men of the
city, was born May 21, 1847, among the mines of Jackson County,
Ohio; son of William and Jane (Evans) Evans, natives of
Aberystwyth, Wales, and who came early to America. They
had seven children: two died early in life; D. W., a
farmer and stock-dealer in Venedocia, Ohio; Jane, wife of
D. E. Evans, a merchant of Venedocia, Ohio; John W.;
William, farming in Van Wert County, Ohio; and Thomas,
who died aged twenty-three years. The father was killed
while at work at Cambria Furnace, in Jackson County, Ohio, the
subject of this sketch being then but seven years of age.
The mother was afterward married to Isaac Jones, of
Jackson County, Ohio, where she died. Mr. Evans
received the chief part of his education by the time he reached
his twelfth year, attending but two terms afterward, as at that
age he was engaged in hauling ore, iron, coal etc., at the mines
and furnaces. Upon starting out for himself at sixteen
years of age he received $13 from his stepfather, and this he
was compelled to use for necessary clothing and traveling
expenses to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he arrived penniless.
He secured work, however, on gun-boats which were built at that
place, and here, by industry and application, he soon commanded
the confidence of his employers and the highest praise for his
labor. He first came to Van Wert County, Ohio, in the fall
of 1863, and returned to Jackson County, where he worked until
the following fall, when he again came to Van Wert County, and
taught school during the winters, continuing his work at the
same time. In the fall of 1867 Mr. Evans was
married, and then engaged in farming and teaching for seven
years. He next became a partner in the drug and book firm
of Eysenbach & Co., in which he continued two years, when
Mr. Eysenbach retired and the firm became Evans &
Evans. Early in 1883 another change occurred, and the
firm became Evans & Bliss, as at present. Mr.
Evans is engaged with his brother-in-law, Hugh Evans,
in the real estate business. His wife, Elizabeth,
was a daughter of Richard E. and Mary (Jones) Evans,
who was natives of Llanbrynmair, Wales, and who first settled in
Franklin County, Ohio, thence moved to Van Wert County, Ohio.
By her he has five children: Richard J., Jane, John H. V.,
Irvin Blaine and Viola Ann. While a resident of
Van Wert County Mr. Evans was township trustee, and was
commissioned justice of the peace under Gov. Noyes.
Since his residence in Delphos he has been a member of the city
council several years. He is P. G. and treasurer of
Okonoxy Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 201, also collector of Delphos
Council No. 200 Royal Arcanum.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 631 |
RICHARD EVANS, farmer and
stock-dealer, P. O Delphos, was born in Montgomeryshire, North
Wales, Sept. 4, 1817 and immigrated to America in 1840, settling
in Butler County, Ohio. In 1852 he came to America in
1840, settling in Butler County, Ohio. In 1852 he came to
this county and settled on his present farm, paying $1,860 for
160 acres uncleared land, of which he has cleared 135 acres.
His parents were Evan and Mary (Jones) Evans, who died in
Wales. (Evan Evans was a son of John and Mary
Evans who were married at the ages of Nineteen, and
seventeen years, respectively, and lived together until they
were aged, respectively, one hundred and three and one hundred
and one, a period of eighty-four years of married life).
They were parents of nine children: John, who died
without issue; Lewis, living with family in
Montgomeryshire, Wales; Evan, died in London, single;
Mary, died young; Edward, died leaving a family in
Wales; Elizabeth, died young; Richard, and
Margaret, deceased wife of Edward Evans, leaving one
daughter and son residing in Allen County. Mr. Evans
received but twelve day' schooling during his life-time, but
having a natural love for live stock he hired out as a herd in
Wales, and turned his attention to the study of the habits and
diseases of stock, thus arriving at a considerable degree of
prominence as a veterinary surgeon and dealer and shipper in
stock. He has, in connection with his other business, been
engaged in the manufacture of brick for thirty-five years.
Mr. Evans was thrice married, his first and second wife
bearing him children who all died young. His third
marriage was with Mary Jones, who was born Mar. 20, 1827,
on Paddy's Run in Butler County, Ohio, from which place
her father John R. Jones, came to what is now Gomer, this
county, in 1834, being one of th4e first and most prominent
settlers of that place. To our subject and wife have been
born ten children, eight of whom died in infancy. The
surviving two are now living with their parents:
Margaret J. (wife of John W. Humphreys) and
Francis (who married Elizabeth J. Howells, by whom he
had one child). Mr. Evans is an enterprising man,
and takes an active interest in all educational and religious
matters. With his family he is a member of the
Congregational Church.
Source:
History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e.
Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 630 |
Ottawa Twp. -
TIMOTHY EVANS, carpenter and builder,
Lima, was born Sept. 28, 1850, in Sugar Creek Township, Putnam
Co., Ohio, son of David and Ann (James) Evans, natives of
Wales, and who came to Ohio in 1839, locating in Sugar Creek
Township, Allen County, afterward moving to Sugar Creek
Township, Putnam County, same State. Their children were
ten in number: Mary, David (deceased), John, Benjamin
(deceased), Hannah (deceased), Elizabeth
(deceased), Evan, Ann, Lucretia and Timothy; four
eldest born in Wales. The father is still living; the
mother died in 1882. Our subject received his early
education in the county schools, and learned carpentering.
He came to Lima in 1870 and began life on his own account as
carpenter and builder, and has been so employed up to the
present time. Though comparatively a young man, Mr.
Evans has much ability and turns out first-class work.
He was united in marriage in October, 1880, with Miss Mary,
daughter of Thomas Reese, a native of Wales, and by his
union there is a child - Franklin. Mr. Evans is a
member of the I. O. O. F.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 692 |
Monroe Twp. -
DANIEL EVERSOLE, farmer, P. O. Columbus
Grove, Putnam County, was born Apr. 14, 1833, in Sandusky
County, Ohio, son of Peter and Rebecca (Snyder)
Eversole, natives of Perry County, Ohio, former a son of
Peter and Nancy (Shelhorn) Eversole; latter a daughter of
Daniel Snyder. They had seven children: Eliza,
(wife of Elijah Helser in Jackson Twp., this county),
Catharine (widow of John McCarty, in Perry County,
Ohio, with her family), Frances (wife of Henry Hersey,
farmer in Noble County, Ind.), Nancy (deceased wife of
Jacob Helser, also deceased, in Perry County, Ohio),
Rebecca (wife of William Wolfin Fairfield County,
Ohio), Lemmuel (farmer in Jackson Township, this county),
and Daniel. The parents dying when our subject was
about three years of age, he was then taken back to his native
county, where his uncle raised him, and for whom he worked,
receiving through him a very meager education. At sixteen
years of age Mr. Eversole was bound out for three yeas to
learn blacksmithing, having two weeks each harvest in which he
would work in order to earn spending money for the whole year.
At nineteen years of age he went to Sandusky County, Ohio, where
he worked one year at his trade at $12.25 per month. The
following year he came to this county, locating near Lafayette
were he followed his trade several years. In 1858 he moved
to a piece of land where there was a small clearing. On
Jan. 10, 1857, Mr. Eversole, was married to Malvina
Tompkins, who was born Nov. 25, 1837, near Lima, Ohio,
daughter of Abel and Elizabeth (Heindel) Tompkins, who
arrived at Lima from Marion County, Ohio, on election day of
President Jackson's second term. They had twelve
children, eight of whom died in infancy. Those living are
William H. (married in August, 1879, to Jane Searfoss,
by whom he has two children, Earl and Charles), Francis M.
(married in February, 1880, to Sadie Allen, of Putnam
County, Ohio, by whom he has one child, Mary M.) John H.
and Walter H. William H. and Francis M. are
farming along with their father. Mr. Eversole came
to his present home in March, 1866, where he has accumulated a
large and well-kept farm of 320 acres. Mrs.
Eversole's parents are still living, the father born Mar.
14, 1799, the mother Oct. 15, 1801. Of their fourteen
children two are living: Mrs. Eversole and Eleanor
(wife of Theophilus Raines, by whom she has a family of
five children). Mr. Eversole is a man of enterprise
and prominence among the people of the township in which he
lives, having been chosen to fill the offices of trustee ad
treasurer, which later he now holds. He was a member of
Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-first Regiment Ohio National
Guards, doing duty at Washington, D. C., resisting General
Early's attack on that city. He takes much interest in
educational and religious matters. In politics he is a
Republican. He and his family are members of the Christian
Church.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 665 |
Jackson Twp. -
LEMUEL EVERSOLE, farmer and stock-raiser,
P. O. Herring, was born in Perry County, Ohio, Oct. 30, 1929;
son of Peter and Rebecca (Snyder) Eversole, natives of
Perry County, Ohio. They were the parents of seven
children who grew to maturity: Eliza, Catherine, Francis,
Nancy (deceased), Lemuel, Rebecca and Daniel.
When our subject was but two years of age his parents removed to
Blackswamp, in Sandusky County, Ohio, where they both died in
1835, within a month of each other. Our subject was thus
early thrown on his own resources, and his educational
advantages were necessarily limited to a few months each year in
the common schools. At the death of his parents he
returned to Perry County, and until he arrived at the age of
seventeen years resided with his uncle, John Eversole.
He then served as apprentice to the carpenter trade for three
years engaged in mining and constructing gold washers.
Soon after his return East, in teh spring of 1852, he purchased
wild land in Allen County, Ohio, and during the winter of that
year he worked for Mussey & Winn, of Lima, at
cabinet-making. The following six years he worked at his
trade in the eastern part of the county, and during this time
sold his land and purchased the farm of 320 acres upon which he
now resides, and on which he has made all the improvements,
having placed it under a state of cultivation, making it second
to none in this vicinity. He erected in 1872 a fine bank
barn, and in 1875 a fine brick residence, among the first in the
township. In May, 1864, our subject enlisted, and was
appointed second corporal of Company A, One Hundred and
Fifty-first Ohio National Guards in the 100 days' service with
Capt. King, of Delphos. Mr. Eversole was
married, July 8, 1855, to Miss Sarah Nash, born in
Jackson Township, this county, July 11, 1837, daughter of
Thomas and Rebecca (Akins) Nash, who were among the early
settlers of the county, former deceased, latter now living at
the advanced age of ninety-eight years. To the union of
our subject and wife were born twelve children: George W.,
of Van Wert County, Ohio; Eliza J. (wife of L. B.
Harrod), Frank J. (in California), John E.,
Charles A., Elva C., Daniel B., Nettie B., Lemuel N., Aura D.,
Ralph and an infant (deceased). While a resident of
Perry county Mr. Eversole united with the I. O. O. F.,
and was one of the charter members of the Order at Lima.
He has been a consistent member of the Christian Church about
three years; is one of the present township trustees; is a
school director as well as successful stock-raisers of the
neighborhood. In politics he has always been a stanch
Republican.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 604 |
Monroe Twp. -
FRANK EWING, physician and surgeon, West
Cairo, was born May 19, 1843, in Trumbull County, Ohio, son of
John A. and Elizabeth (Clemmens) Ewing, the former a
native of Mahoning county, Ohio, the latter a native of
Pennsylvania. They moved to Hancock County, Ohio, in 1850
where they engaged in farming. Their children were Mrs.
Sarah J. Walker residing near Ada, Ohio; Alexander C.,
residing near Bluffton, this county; Frank; Thomas C.,
who fell in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain in 1864, while
fighting nobly in the western army; Myron J., professor
of natural sciences in Ada Normal College; Mrs. Eliza A.
Miller, residing near Bluffton, this county. The
father of our subject was twice married, on second occasion to
Mary Battles of Hancock County, Ohio, and by this union
were born five children: Flora, Chase, Calvin, Nettie D.,
and Cora. The maternal great-grandfather of our
subject, Daniel Clemmens, who is mentioned in the history
of the Revolution, was Gen. Washington's Cook.
Mr. Ewing's educational advantages were not great
until his seventeenth year, when he began teaching, closely
applying himself to study until Aug. 11, 1862, when he enlisted
in Company B, Ninety-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry under
General Thomas. He participated in numerous deadly battles,
and saw considerable hospital service in wound dressing, & c.
until discharged July 26, 1865. Returning home he engaged
in teaching, traveling and laboring as a lumberman in the lumber
regions of northern Michigan during the years 1868, 1869, 1870
graduating from that institution in medicine, Mar. 30, 1870, and
in chemistry and pharmacy June 27, 1870. The Doctor is
truly a self-made man, having relied exclusively upon his own
resources for his own education, showing subsequently his
magnanimity in assisting in educating his brother, Prof.
Ewing, of Ada. He located at West Cairo in August,
1870, where he has met with marked success in his profession and
other important business interests. Our subject is a
stockholder in the First National Bank at Lima, owns and
controls a farm, and is an active partner in a grist-mill.
The high standing of the village schools is largely due to his
great interest in educational matters. He is a member of
the Northwestern Medical Association also of the Pharmaceutical
Association of Ann Arbor, Mich. He was married, Dec. 29,
1872, to Nancy, daughter of Robert Downing, and
they had three children: Dolly (deceased), Addie,
and Bessie.
(
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 666) |
WILLIAM T.
EXLINE, one of the prominent citizens of Delphos, and
ex-auditor of Van Wert county, Ohio, is a native of Tuscarawas
county, born Sept. 22, 1837. His father was
VALENTINE EXLINE, who was a native of Bedford county,
Pa., born April 4, 1809, the son of Bernard Exline, a
Virginian by birth. The Exline family was
originally from Switzerland, and came to America before the
Revolutionary War, settling in the Shenandoah valley in
Virginia. Adam Exline, the great-grandfather of our
subject, had four sons. He went to Bedford county, Pa.,
and bought each of his sons a farm and they all settled in the
Keystone state. A brother of his, John Exline,
remained in Virginia, and his descendants, as they became
American, Anglicized their name of that of Axline.
In 1825 Bernard Exline sold his farm in Pennsylvania and
moved to Ohio, settling in Muskingum county on Muskingum river,
and the land he purchased including the present site of
Conesville, and here death occurred a short time afterward.
A short time following the death of Bernard Exline, his
son Valentine was apprenticed by his brother and guardian
to learn the cabinetmaker's and wheelwright trade at Carlisle,
Ohio. While there he was married to Evaline Thompson,
who was a native of Coshocton county, born Aug. 31, 1814.
Valentine Exline returned to the old home from Carlisle
and bought the interest of the other heirs in the home place,
and for about three years made his home there. He then
sold out the place, and removed to Tuscarawas county. In
1846 he came to Allen county, settling about three and a half
miles south of Lima. Previous to his settling in the
county he traveled through this part of Ohio as a Minister of
the Evangelical Lutheran church. His death occurred Jan.
8, 1887, and his wife died July 8, 1894. There were eleven
children born to these parents, three sons and three daughters
of whom are living.
William T. Exline was in his ninth year when he
came to Allen county. He received his education in the
common schools; in his eighteenth year he began teaching, and
for five winters preceding the war he followed the vocation of
Van Wert and Mercer counties, Ohio. In 1852 the family
removed to Van Wert county, in the south part of which
Valentine Exline had entered 316 acres of land in 1837, of
which he still owns 160 acres. In July, 1862, our subject
was commissioned by Gov. Tod as second lieutenant of
company A, Ninety-ninth Ohio volunteer infantry. The
regiment left Camp Lima Sept. 1, 1862, and in the following
November he was promoted to first lieutenant. At
Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 1863, where his captain was killed, he
was commissioned captain of company A. After the battle of
Nashville, Tenn., in December, 1864, the Ninety-ninth and
Fiftieth Ohio regiments were afterward known as the Fiftieth
Ohio regiment, and of this Capt. Exline was
captain of company A, until they were mustered out of service at
Salisbury, N. C., June 26, 1865, but the regiment was not
disbanded until the 17th of the following month. At the
storming of Lookout Mountain, Nov. 23, 1863, Capt. Exline
was wounded in the right hip by a sharpshooter, and for a time
was in the hospital at Bridgeport and Nashville. He
returned to Van Wert county, Ohio, Thursday, July 22, 1865, and
the following Saturday was nominated by the republicans for
auditor of Van Wert county, and was elected for the term of two
years; leaving the office he removed to the farm. In 1878
Capt. Exline was re-elected auditor of Van Wert
county, for a three years' term, and was re-elected at the
expiration of that term. He returned to the farm in 1885,
where he remained until the spring of 1894 when he removed to
Delphos to take the position of general manager of the Ohio
Wheel company.
Capt. Exline was married, Dec. 21, 1865, to
Esther Scott, of Putnam county, who was born in Warren
county, Ohio, daughter of Richard and Margaret Scott.
To this union seven children have been born, two sons and five
daughters, all living. Capt. Exline is a member of
the Royal Arcanum, and of the G. A. R., and is one of the most
prominent men in the county, both socially and politically.
Following are the names of Capt. Exline's children, in
order of birth: Eva May, wife of J. A. Foore, of
Saint Mary's; Scott L., of the First National bank,
Cleveland, Ohio; William Grant, book-keeper of the
Enterprise Printing & Lithography company, of Cleveland, Ohio;
Margaret G., assistant book-keeper of the Ohio Wheel
company; Estella, Ethel and Georgia E., at home.
( Source: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen & Van Wert
Counties, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896) |
Marion Twp. -
HENRY P. EYSENBACH, druggist, Delphos, was
born in Odernheim, Germany, Dec. 12, 1843. His father,
Wendel Eysenbach, a teacher, in 1851 came to this country
with a family of four sons and one daughter, viz.: Mary
(now widow of George Schilling) Louis, a farmer,
Henry P., William, a merchant, all of Delphos;
Theodore, a merchant of Spencerville; Lena, born
here, wife of John Vetter, a hardware dealer of Delphos.
The subject of this sketch spent his early life upon the farm
taken by his father in Marion Township in 1851. After
receiving a good education he entered the drug business at the
age of eighteen, and has by dint of able business tact secured
for himself a handsome competence. He has been an active
promoter and stockholder in many of the important interests of
the city, chief among which may be mentioned in Delphos Paper
Company, of which he is president, and the Delphos Woolen
Company, as well as many others, providing in the aggregate,
support to about 100 people. Mr. Eysenbach has been
ever ready to uphold all measures tending toward the growth of
the city and locality. He is a member of the city council
and school board, and has filled other local official positions.
During the late war of the Rebellion he did active service in
Company A, One Hundred and Fifty-first Regiment Ohio National
Guards. He married in Delphos, in 1867, Miss. Augusta,
daughter of the Rev. Frederick Alstatter, late of
Delphos. She was born in Koenig, Germany, in 1848, and
reared and educated in Marion Township, this county, having come
to this country in the same ship as her future husband.
Mr. and Mrs. Eysenbach have one son and two daughters
living: Clara, Lina and Gustav; their eldest
daughter, Louisa, died aged fifteen years and is buried
in the city cemetery. The family are supporters of the
German Reformed Church, but Mr. Eysenbach has always
contributed liberally to all denominations.
Source:
History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e.
Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 634 |
Marion Twp. -
LOUIS EYSENBACH, farmer and stock-breeder,
Delphos, was born May 22, 1841, in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany;
and came to America with his parents at ten years of age.
He received the advantages of the German schools until leaving
the "Fatherland," and also some instruction in the schools of
Delphos, this county. He remained with his father on the
farm until July 26, 1862, when he enlisted in Company A,
Ninety-ninth Regiment, under Capt. William C. Scott;
starting from Camp Lima, he went through the Kentucky, Tennessee
and Atlanta campaigns, thence was transferred to North Carolina,
where he wound up his military career, and was discharged at
Camp Dennison, Ohio. He participated in the battles of
Stone River, Ringold, Chickamauga and at Lookout Mountain, where
the colors of the brave Ninety-ninth waved over two of the
enemy's forts. He was also at Mission Ridge, Pigeon
Mountain and Nashville. The regiment having by this time
suffered heavy losses, the remnant was consolidated with the
Fiftieth Regiment. Mr. Eysenbach never was off duty
during the whole time, was never in the hospital and never
wounded, excepting a bruise in the shoulder by a ball at Stone
River, not sufficient to relieve him from duty. He was
mustered out of service in July, 1865, and returned home and
engaged in general farming and stock raising at his present
place. He was married Aug. 17, 1869, to Minnie
Winkleman, born in Mecklenburg, Germany, Dec. 1, 1844,
daughter of William and Earnestine (Mueller) Winkleman,
former native of Strelitz, latter a daughter of Theodore and
Fredrica (Tack) Mueller. But two of their children
survive, Mrs. Eysenbach and Eliza, who is in
Cincinnati. Mrs. Eysenbach, after immigrating with
her parents in 1854, losing her mother one week after reaching
this country, lived in Cincinnati until 1856, and after changing
places of residence several times in Ohio and Indiana, went with
her father to Minnesota in 1857, where they were some of the
founders of New Ulm. Living there among the Sioux Indians,
her father was at one time offered thirty ponies for her by an
Indian chief, but being refused, he tried to capture her
afterward, when the Indian outbreak occurred at that place in
July, 1862. On this occasion the whole family had a very
narrow escape, having their house burned and losing all other
property. They returned to Cincinnati where Mrs.
Eysenbach completed her education, and engaged in teaching
public school until her marriage in 1869. To Mr.
Eysenbach and wife were born nine children: Gretchen,
born June 24, 1870; Earnest, born Sept. 13, 1872; Ella,
born Mar. 26, 1874; Ida, born Dec. 23, 1875; Oscar,
born Aug. 15, 1877; Wendell, born Aug. 15, 1879; Louis,
born July 8, 1881; Dora, born Sept. 2, 1883, and
Juliania, born Jan. 17, 1885. Our subject was the
first to introduce into Allen County the famous Holstein cattle
of which he has a small, but fine herd.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 633 |
Marion Twp. -
WENDEL EYSENBACH, professor of music and
inventor of astronomical instruments, Delphos, was born in
Eberstadt, near Darmstadt, Germany, Apr. 29, 1810, and was
reared on a farm. At seventeen he attended the Seminary of
Friedberg, and graduated from that institution as public teacher
at the age of twenty. After acting for awhile as private
instructor, he received appointment as public teacher, and was
very reputably connected with that profession in his native land
for many years. He was, however, impeached (during the
troubles of the Revolution in 1848) for his very outspoken
liberal sentiments, and upon trial was sentenced but embarked
for this country with his family, in 1851, and settled in
Delphos. He had married, in 1838, Miss Margaret
Schilling, by when he had four sons and a daughter born in
Germany: Louis, a farmer in Marion Township; Henry P.,
a prominent merchant and manufacturer in Delphos; William,
proprietor of billiard hall and saloon in Delphos; Theodore,
a merchant in Spencerville; Mary, widow of George
Schilling, of Delphos; and Lina (born in Delphos),
now the wife of John Vetter, hardware merchant, in
Delphos. Since coming to this country Mr. Eysenbach
has applied himself successfully in different business pursuits,
and beside accumulating a nice competence, has educated his
family well and has lived to see them prosperously connected.
For several years he has been well known in the county and
elsewhere as an able music-teacher. During the last four
years he has applied himself to inventing and perfecting
astronomical apparatus, which is his pride, and his workshop
amply attests to his close observation and industry.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 632 |
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