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Monroe Twp. -
A. M. FASIG, druggist, West Cairo, was
born in Ashland County, Ohio, Mar. 1950; son of Samuel and
Lucinda (Greenland) Fasig, former native of Pennsylvania, a
Baptist minister located at Havensville, Kans., latter a native
of Ohio. Their family numbered nine children. The
names of those living, and those deceased having issue, are:
Mrs. Ella Reed (deceased) late of Forest, Ohio; W. B.
who at fifteen years of age entered the service of his country
under Gen. Garfield, in which he remained three yeas, was
a cashier of the Cleveland branch of the New York Mutual Life
Insurance Company, and is now a man of prominence in York Mutual
Life Insurance3 Company, and is now a man of Prominence in the
State as a horseman, is secretary of the Cleveland Driving Park
Association; A. M.; and Charles S., a druggist of
Cridersville, Auglaize County., The subject of this sketch
at seventeen years of age began the mason's trade under his
father, with whom he worked for a number of years, contracting
and building, which he still carries on in connection with his
other business. He came to west Cairo in the spring of
1877 e3ngaging in the drug business with a branch store in
Cridersville, with his bother Charles, as a partner.
He was married Nov. 1, 1870, to Marietta Clark, who was
born Sept. 9, 1851, in Cincinnati, Ohio, daughter of George
W. and Martha J. (Randolph) Clark. To this union have
been born two children - Walter S. and Cora B.
Mr. Fasig takes a lively interest in educational and
municipal matters. HE and his family are connected with
the Methodist Episcopal Church of the village; 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 667) |
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Bath Twp. -
PETER FAZE, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born
in Baltimore County, Md., Dec. 4, 1820, son of Nicholas and
Cordelia (Zahn) Faze, native of Germany, who settled in
Perry Township, this county, in May, 1833, entering forty acres
of land which they cleared and improved, and on which they lived
until their death. They moved from York County, Penn., to
this county, bringing their goods in a one-horse wagon, and were
five weeks making the journey. They reared a family of
five children: Paul C. (now in Wisconsin), Mary,
Peter, William, Lydia (wife of A. J. Freeman), in
Massachusetts. Our subject was reared in Perry Township,
this county, from thirteen years of age, and lived with his
parents until their death. He added to his father's farm
until he had 200 acres, 130 of which he cleared and improved,
and it is now owned and occupied by his eldest son, William
B. In 1871 he moved to Bath Township, and has resided
on his present farm ever since. Mr. Faze has been
twice married, his first wife being Aurelia, daughter of
James and Margaret (Dobbins) McCullough, of Perry Township,
by whom he had three children: William B., Casson, and
Ella M. His present wife was Mary Parker, widow
of Aaron Parker, and daughter of Andrew and Lydia (Creps)
Winrott, of Lima; (she had three children by her first
husband - Sarah E., wife of Lyman Menas, of
Wapakoneta, Ohio; Calvin, deceased; Minnie, wife
of Charles Willower). Mr. Faze and wife are
members of the Market Street Presbyterian Church of Lima.
In politics he is a Republican.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 579 |
Perry Twp. -
WILLIAM FAZE, farmer, P. O. Westminster,
was born in York County, Penn., Jan. 30, 1823, son of
Nicholas and Cordelia (Zahn) Faze, natives of Germany, who
settled in Perry Township, this county, in 1833. Our
subject was reared in Perry Township from ten years of age.
His educational advantages were limited - six months' attendance
during his boyhood in the district schools, and three months
when twenty-five years of age comprising all his schooling.
In 1843 he went to Berkshire County, Mass., where he worked in a
paper mill at Mill River for seven years; then located at Great
Barrington, where he worked at the carpenter's trade eight
years. He was married May 19, 1850, to Betsey,
daughter of Killian and Margaret Smith, of Great
Barrington, Mass. The issued of this union was twelve
children, of whom seven survive: Ida (wife of
Clint Beiler), Nelson F., Flora D. (wife of W. G.
Kerr), Cora, William, Mary and Pearl. In
1858 Mr. Faze returned to Allen County, and for several
years lived in Perry, Lima and Monroe Townships, locating, in
1867, permanently in Perry Township, on the farm where he now
resides, on which he has made considerable improvements.
His sister Mary, his brother Peter and himself are
all the members of his father's family now living in Allen
County. Mr. Faze is one of the enterprising farmers
of Perry Township. In politics he is a Republican.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 739 |
Ottawa Twp. -
GEORGE FELTZ, editor Lima Courier,
Lima, was born Mar. 18, 1843, in Tiffin, Ohio; son of
Florentz and Margaret (Loeffler) Feltz, the former born Nov.
7, 1803, in Otterstahl, France, the latter a native of Bavaria,
Germany. Florentz Feltz was a soldier in France,
serving under Charles X, and afterward under Louis
Philippe, in the Thirty-eighth Regiment, and served in the
revolution of Paris of 1830 and throughout the Belgian campaign.
He married his first wife in 1833, and in April, 1840, landed in
New York, then soon after moved to Sandusky, Ohio, thence to
Seneca County, where he remained until 1850, then moved to
Mercer County, Ohio, where he now resides, and is a farmer by
occupation. By his first wife Florentz Feltz had
two children: Joseph (in Wisconsin) and Florentz
(in Nebraska). This wife dying in 1840, soon after coming
to America, he married, in the same year, Margaret Loeffer,
by whom he had five children, two now living: Louis and
George. Our subject received his early education in
Seneca and Mercer Counties, Ohio, and in 1859 he attended St.
Mary's College at Dayton, Ohio. In 1860, at the age of
seventeen, he commenced teaching school at Fryburg, Auglaize
Co., Ohio, and continued there up to April, 1864. In 1864
he was married to Elizabeth Holdgreve, of Delphos, Ohio,
a teacher, and by this union there have been born five children,
four of whom are now living: Leander A., Albin G., Arthur C.
and Otmer J. He taught school soon after his
marriage in Sidney, Ohio, for two years, and afterward took the
position of operator on the Dayton & Michigan Railroad.
Mr. Feltz came to Lima in 1867, and carried on the grocery
trade for a short time, then engaged in the insurance and notary
public business, and in 1877 established the Lima Courier,
a live newspaper enjoying a circulation of over 1,000.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 693 |
| JOHN FENTON
( Source: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen & Van Wert
Counties, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896)
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JOHN FENTON,
a prominent pioneer of Allen County, was born in Trumbull County,
Ohio, July 11, 1825; son of Robert and Jane (McCrea) Fenton,
natives of Pennsylvania and Ireland, respectively, the former of
whom, of English descent, a farmer by occupation, enlisted in the
war of 1812, though he did not see active service. John
Fenton and his twin sister (now Mrs. James D.
Bentley) are the youngest in a family of eight children. When
ten years of age our subject accompanied his parents to this
county, and was here reared on the farm, attending the log
schoolhouse near by, and has made farming his life avocation. He
was a dutiful son, attending to the wants of his parents who lived
with him until they died—his father in 1852, aged seventy five
years, and his mother in 1855, aged seventy-one years. He was
married in 1849, to Isabella Outhwaite, who was born
in England in 1830, a daughter of George and
Isabella (Swan) Outhwaite. Mr. Fenton
came to this township forty-eight years ago, before Bluffton was
incorporated, and when the country was almost a wilderness. During
the late civil war he enlisted, in 1863, in the First Ohio Heavy
Artillery, serving till the close of the struggle. Mr. and Mrs.
Fenton have an adopted son, Frederick George Fenton, a
farmer of this county. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Bluffton. 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) |
WILLIAM Mc.
FENTON, retired farmer P. O. Bluffton, was born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, December 25, 1815, son of Robert and
Jane (McCrea) Fenton; the former a native of
Pennsylvania, of Irish descent, in early years a carpenter, but in
later life a farmer-: the latter born in Ireland. They settled on
a farm in Richland Township, this county, in 1836. Our
subject, the fourth in their family of nine children, was reared
on the farm, receiving his education in the pioneer log
schoolhouse. He has made farming the occupation of his life, and
is the owner of eighty acres of land in Richland Township, this
county, on which he now resides. He was married, in 1860, to
Miss Jane Hatch, born in Marion County, Ohio, in 1837, a
daughter of Gardner and Harriet (Dudley) Hatch, who were
natives of Maine and of English descent, former a farmer in Hardin
County, Ohio. This union was blessed with five children: Emma
Jane (deceased), William James, Lizzie May,
John McCrea and Charles Gardner. Mr.
and Mrs. Fenton are members of the United
Presbyterian Church, in which he has officiated as elder. In
politics he is a Republican. He has served as trustee of Richland
Township. Mr. Fenton worked hard in early life, and by prudent
management of his resources has succeeded in accumulating enough
of this world's goods to keep him comfortable in the declining
years of his life.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 |
Ottawa Twp. -
J. J. FERRALL, attorney at law, Lima, was
born Mar. 4, 1835, in Crawford County, Ohio, during Andrew
Jackson's administration; son of Edmund and Nancy (Eden)
Ferrall, natives of Ohio, the former a farmer in Crawford
County, that State, and of Scotch descent, his parents having
been early settlers of Ohio. Edmund Ferrall and
wife had a family of eleven children, of whom J. J. is
the fifth. Our subject was educated in the common schools
of his native place, and has since been a deep student and
reader, a clear observer of men and things. Mr. Ferrall
was married in 1858, to Elizabeth, daughter of Alanson
Robinson, of New York, and who came to Ohio when young.
This union has been blessed with four sons and four daughters:
May, Josie A., William, Edward, Charles, Blanche, Orland
and Edith May (now Mrs. Kagy). Mr.
Ferrall began the study of law in 1873, and was admitted to
the bar by the district court of the county July 30, 1877, and
commenced the practice in 1877 in Bluffton, this county, of
which place he was mayor four years. He came to Lima in
1881 and opened the law office where he has since been actively
engaged. He is a F. & A. M.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 693 |
DANIEL
E. FETTER, of Bath township, Allen county, Ohio, was here
born, on the homestead of his father, GEORGE FETTER, Sept. 17,
1860. He was reared and lived upon his place until his
marriage, June 5, 1881, with Miss Ida Mella, daughter of
Reuben and Ann E. (Edgecomb) White, of Perry township,
which union has been blessed with the birth of the following
children: Eva, Clarence, Louis (deceased), Fannie,
Clara and Josie. After his marriage he settled
on his present place of seventy-eight acres, which he received
from a kind father and which he has improved in every detail and
converted into a handsome and fertile farm. He is also
interested with his brothers George and Jacob in the lime
and stone quarry business, and, like them, has proved himself to
be a capable business man, winning the respect of all his
neighbors through his industrious habits and upright walk
through life. In politics he affiliates with the
democratic party, and in religion he and his wife are consistent
members of the Lutheran church. The attention of the
reader is called to the biographies of Mr. Fetter's
younger brothers, which follow.
( Source: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen & Van Wert
Counties, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896) |
Bath Twp. -
GEORGE FETTER, farmer, quarryman and lime
manufacturer, P. O. Lima, was born in Baden, Germany, Aug. 15,
1826, and is a son of George and Barbara (Cupp) Fetter,
who settled in Bath Township, this county, in 1837, locating on
Section 21, on the farm now owned by Daniel Wollett, a
part of which they cleared and improved. The mother died
on that farm, and the father died in Shawnee Township, this
county, in 1856, at the age of fifty-six years. Their
children, who grew to manhood and womanhood, were
George, Catherine, (wife of Nicholas Lutz), Jacob
(deceased), Daniel, Elizabeth (wife of John Onesman.)
Our subject reared in Bath Township, this county, from eleven
years of age , and two months' attendance in the common schools
comprised his educational advantages after he came to Allen
County. He lived with his parents until twenty-six years
of age, and began life for himself, working by the month, though
his main start was made by cutting and hauling wood to the
Pittsburgh Railroad for 80 cents per cord. He rented a
farm for a couple of years, then purchased forty acres of land,
and has continued to prosper, until now he is the owner of
several farms, aggregating 872 acres. He was for years
extensively engaged in buying and selling stock, and for the
past four years he has been doing a large business in the
manufacture of lime, operating from one to two kilns. He
is also the owner of a large stone quarry, comprising sixty
acres, the products being used for building and piking purposes.
He uses a stone crusher, steam drills, and all necessary
implements to carry on that branch of his business. Mr.
Fetter was married, August 23, 1853, to Sarah,
daughter of William and Sarah (Ridenour) Ward, of Sugar
Creek Township, this county, by whom he has nine children:
John, Elizabeth (wife of E. E. Gray), Ellen
(wife of James Hull), Daniel, George R.,
Jacob, Ida, Julius and Allie. Mr. and
Mrs. Fetter are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
He is one of the leading and enterprising citizens of Bath
Township, and has filled various offices of trust. In
politics he is a Democrat.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 580 |
GEORGE R.
FETTER, a thriving young farmer and rising citizen of
Bath township, Allen county, Ohio, his birthplace, is a son of
George and Sarah (Dent) Fetter, and was born on the
homestead Nov. 15, 183, and here his life has been spent up to
the present time.
GEORGE R. FETTER, Sr., paternal
grandfather of the subject of this biography, came from Baden,
Germany, in 1835, bringing his family, consisting of himself,
wife (who had borne the name of Cupp), and four children,
named George, Catherine, Jacob, and Daniel, of
whom George and Jacob are now deceased. The
family, on landing in the United States, at once came to Ohio,
where the father entered eighty acres of wild land in Bath
township, Allen county, which, he cleared up and transformed
into a productive farm, and on which he passed the remainder of
his days, a respected citizen, a democrat in politics, and in
religion a Lutheran.
GEORGE FETTER, Jr., eldest son of
George Sr., and father of our subject, was born in
Germany in 1826, came to America with his father, and was reared
to manhood on the Bath Township homestead, receiving his
education in the frontier log school-house. After
assisting in clearing and cultivating the home place until
twenty-six years of age, he married and settled down in section
No. 22, same township, where he improved a farm. He then
settled in section No. 27, where J. K., his son, now
resides, and later added to his landed possessions until he
became one of the largest land-owns in Bath township, his broad
acres being now divided up into farms and occupied by his
children. His wife bore the maiden name of Sarah Ward
and was a daughter of William Ward, of German township,
Allen county. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Fetter
were born nine children, in the following order: John
W.; Elizabeth, wife of Edward Gray; Elizabeth E.,
wife of James C. Hull; Daniel P.; George R.; Jacob E.; Sarah
I., wife of Owen Griffith; Junius K., and
Alberta, wife of Joshua Bibel. The mother of
this family died in 1885 and the father in January, 1895, both
members of the Lutheran church, and the remains of both lie
interred in Zion churchyard, Bath township. Mr. Fetter
was in politics a democrat, and was a man who took considerable
interest in the affairs of his township and county. He
served for many years as a school director, was for along time
township trustee, and was universally looked up to by his fellow
townsmen as a man of great sagacity and as one to be relied on
in all emergencies.
George R. Fetter, the subject proper of this
sketch, remained on the home farm assisting his father, until
the latter's death, when he came into possession of his present
farm, in section No. 27, on the Lafayette road, four miles east
of Lima. His marriage took place, in 1885, with Miss
Nancy A. Hefner, daughter of Amos Hefner, of Bath
township, the union resulting in the birth of five children -
George A., Hattie B., Orrie A., Retta B., and
Aaron W. Mr. Fetter had acquired a good knowledge of
business as well as of farming, and is now quite extensively
engaged in developing the stone quarries on his land, operating
lime-kilns, etc. In politics he is a democrat, and for
four or five years has been honored with the position of
township trustee, an office he has filled with credit to himself
and to the satisfaction of the public. As a business man
the name of Mr. Fetter stands without a blemish, and his
social standing is a very desirable one.
( Source: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen & Van Wert
Counties, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896) |
JACOB
E. FETTER, engineer, quarryman and general business man,
was born on the old homestead in Bath township, Allen county,
Ohio, on the old Findlay road, Nov. 8, 1866, a son of George
and Sarah (Ward) Fetter. He received a good common-school
education, and at the age of nine years started to run an engine
in his father's stone quarry and lime works, one-quarter of a
mile south of the residence, where he was employed for six
years, and then moved east, up the creek, to the present place,
where he was employed in running a steam drill. Jacob
E. Fetter remained with his parents until his marriage, Apr.
14, 1879, to Miss Martha Swain, daughter of Jacob
Swain, of Branch county, Mich., and settled on a farm then
owned by his father, consisting of sixty-nine acres, in section
No.23, Bath township, Allen county, Ohio, five miles east Lima,
on the Lafayette road, which farm has since, in July, 1894, been
deeded to him by his respected parent. His marriage has
been blessed with four children, of whom the youngest died in
infancy, those living to adult age being named Jacob L.,
Catherine and Henrietta. Jacob Swain, father of
Mrs. Martha Fetter, was born in Pennsylvania and married
Miss Henrietta Frey, of Michigan, to which union were born
three children, as follows: David L.; Albert and
Martha (Mrs. Fetter), who all lived to maturity, to make
glad the hearts of their parents.
Mr. Fetter, our subject, has made all the
improvements on his sixty-nine-acre farm and has associated with
himself his two brothers, George and Daniel, in
the stone-quarrying and lime-kiln business, of which business,
our subject once had full possession but later formed a
partnership with the tow brothers named, and together they
carried on the business until March, 1892, when another brother,
Julius, was admitted to the firm, who remained one year
only and then sold back to the three brothers, who originally
constituted the firm, who had paid $5,150 to George Fetter
for the thirty-four and one-third acres which constituted his
share of the quarry. Daniel, George and Jacob
Fetter also own eighty acres in section No. 25, Bath
township, derived from their father, George. In
1890 our subject was also employed, in the spring of the year,
in blowing stumps for the Van Wert county reservoir at a salary
of $20 per day, and also ran a steam drill for Jacob Stehlie,
in the year 1882, and Jacob Custer, for $10 per day,
in same year. In 1893 he began to traffic in stone,
selling large quantities to Edward Dais of Lima, Ohio,
and also engaged in shipping large quantities of lime to Niles,
Mich., and to J. H. Whiteman, of Wapakoneta, Ohio.
In politics, Mr. Fetter is a democrat, and
in religion Mrs. Fetter is a devout Lutheran. It
will be seen that Mr. Fetter is one of the most
substantial, shrewdest and most enterprising business men of
Allen county, and the high standing he has attained among his
fellow-citizens is due, in a great measure, to this inherent
energy, which indeed makes him a man among men, which he is
universally recognized to be. A perusal of the biographies
of other members of this family, to be found in other pages of
this volume, will be found of much interest.
( Source: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen & Van Wert
Counties, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896) |
JULIUS
K. FETTER is a native of Bath township, Allen county,
Ohio, was born on the home farm in 1870, and is a son of
George and Sarah Fetter, old-timers of the township and
county. Until the age of twenty-four years he resided with
his parents and then married Miss Susan Coon, a native of
Amanda township, Allen county, and a daughter of William Coon,
a well-known farmer. Mr. Fetter, after his
marriage, settled on the farm owned by his father in Bath
township and four years later removed to his present farm of 109
acres in the same township, which farm was the gift of his
generous father; one child, Oris, blessed his marriage
with Miss Coon. In politics, Mr. Fetter
belongs to the young democracy of the county and takes an active
part in advancing the interests of his organization, but has
never sought office from his party as a reward for his services,
preferring to devote his attention to the interests of his
private affairs.
William Coon, father of Mrs. Susan Fetter,
was born in Amanda township, Allen county, Ohio, in 1843, and
there married his first wife, who bore the maiden name of
Jane Place. To this union were born ten children,
including Mrs. Fetter. Mr. Jane Coon
died in 1885, and the second marriage of Mr. Coon was to
Lucinda Sheline of Indiana. Mr. Coon is a
prosperous farmer, owning a farm of 182 acres in Amanda
township, and is a highly respected gentleman. He is a
prominent member of the Christian church, and an influential and
useful member of the farmers' alliance (Patrons of Husbandry) of
Amanda township. Julius K. Fetter, although yet a
young man, has made his mark in this community as a practical
and accomplished agriculturist, and the active interest he takes
in the public affairs of his township gives indication of the
usefulness he will attain as a citizen in the days yet to come.
( Source: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen & Van Wert
Counties, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896) |
Marion Twp. -
EDWARD FINCKH, proprietor of restaurant
and saloon, Delphos, was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, June 20,
1841; son of Augustus and Theodora (Zimerle) Finckh, also
natives of Wurttemberg, where they died. Augustus
Finckh was stadtpfleger at Ellwanger, Wurttemberg.
Our subject came to America at the age of twelve years, with his
uncle Joseph Zimerle, and the first two years after his
arrival in this country worked in a bakery and brewery; then
clerked for Wrocklage & Co. nine years, and afterward was
engaged in butchering with Lawrence Deubler. In
1864 Mr.. Finckh was married to Anna Worner who
was born May 12, 1843, in Wurttemberg, Germany, coming to
Delphos, this county, at seven years of age. To this union
have been born eight children: Annie, Edward (in drug
business in Delphos, Ohio,), Adolph (preparing for the
priesthood at Notre Dame College, South Bend, Ind.),
Josephine, Alexander, Flora, Joseph and Albert.
Aug. 31, 1864, Mr. Finckh commenced the wholesale liquor
business, in which he remained until 1870, and then engaged in
brewing in Delphos, and also Van Wert, Van Wert Co., Ohio, until
1874, when he embarked in his present enterprise. Mr.
Finckh started out in life a poor boy, having received but a
meager education, but by energy and application he has
surmounted many obstacles, and has succeeded in taking his place
among the first in his lie in the city of Delphos. He was
a member of the city council several terms. He is active
in politics and educational matters. The family are
members of the Catholic Church.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 634 |
Jackson Twp. -
JOSEPH FISHER, farmer, P. O. Herring, was
born in Perry County, Ohio, Aug. 3, 1828, son of Christian
Fisher, who was born in Perry County, Ohio and died Aug. 22,
1863, aged sixty-six years. Christian Fisher came
to Allen County in 1854, and held several offices of trust in
this and Perry Counties. His widow, nee Eva
Strombaugh, was born in Perry County, Ohio, Apr. 12, 1810,
and is still living. They were parents of eleven children:
Levi, Joseph, Margaret, Elizabeth, Eve, Charles, Sarah, Hannah,
Catherine, Franklin and Frederick. Five of the
above are still living, Charles, Sarah and Joseph
being residents of this county. Our subject received a
common school education, and remained with his parents until
after arriving at maturity. In 1854 he came to Allen
County, and located upon the farm which is still his home, and
which is now under such a state of cultivation as to denote a
thrifty owner. Mr. Fisher owns ninety-one acres.
He owned the first separator in this vicinity, and for twenty
seasons followed threshing. He was also among the first to
adopt the new agricultural implements, such as mowers, reapers,
etc. Under Gen. Sherman he served his country
nearly four years, having enlisted in Company I, Forty-sixth
Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Our subject was married
Jan. 27, 1850, to Jemima Stockberger, of Perry County,
born Jan. 14, 1830, and to this union six children were born:
Mary A. (wife of J. H. Umdaugh), Benjamin F., Almanary
(wife of James W. King), Noah (deceased),
Martha ElDora and Sarah. Mrs. Fisher is a
daughter of George and Christine (Boyer) Stockberger, of
Pennsylvania, who settled in Perry County, Ohio, in 1804; the
father died in 1846, the mother in 1850. They were parents
of thirteen children: Sarah, Elizabeth, John, Mary, Nancy,
Susan, Catherine, Christine, Hannah, George, Solomon, Jemima
and Joseph. Our subject is an active member of the
Dexter Gilbert Post, G. A. R., also a grange; he has served as
township trustee several terms; is a consistent member of the
Lutheran Church. Politically he is a Democrat, and voted
for Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 605 |
Bath Twp. -
WILBUR FISK, liquor dealer, P. O. Lima,
was born in Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1844, and is a son of
Samuel F. and Harriet (Lehman) Fisk, the former native of
New Hampshire, the latter of Pennsylvania. He was reared
on a farm in Auglaize County, Ohio (where his parents had
located in 1848) and was educated in the common schools.
He was in the late war of the Rebellion, having enlisted Dec.
10, 1863, as a teamster in the Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and was discharged Mar. 25, 1864. In 1866 he
located at Sidney, Ohio, where he was engaged in teaming for one
year, and in 1867 went to Troy Ohio, where he was superintendent
of the gas works for six years. In 1873 he located in
Lima, and embarked in the business in which he is at present
engaged. He was married, Feb. 25, 1869, to Laura B.,
daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Heller) Wise, of Troy,
Ohio. The issue of this union was three children:
Maggie, Samuel F. (deceased) and Amsy W. Mr. and
Mrs. Fisk are members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
He is a prominent member of the I. O. O. F., in politics a
stanch Democrat.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 580 |
JAMES
FITZPATRICK, Spencerville, was born in Wayne county, Ohio,
July 2, 1848, son of Patrick and Margaret (Doudel) Fitzpatrick,
former of whom when twenty years of age came to America, and
located in New York, from there moving to Summit County. Ohio, and
eventually to Wayne County. The latter came to America when
sixteen years of age. They were married in New York State, and to
them were born eleven children, of whom James is next to the
youngest. The early days of our subject were spent on a farm and
in attending school. He entered upon his career in life as a
farmer, and in 1879 came to this county, where he has since
engaged in the grocery and queensware business. His trade is
extensive, and he is recognized as one of the best grocery men of
Spencerville. Mr. Fitzpatrick was united in
marriage, in 1875, with Miss Maggie Lannon, a
native of Hamilton County, Ohio, born September 9, 1857. To this
union were born two children: Alice I. and Eddie.
Mr. Fitzpatrick has served the people as a member of
the council, and is the present township clerk. Politically he is
identified with the Democratic party.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 803 |
Ottawa Twp. -
WILLIAM M. FLETCHER, physician, Lima, was
born in 854 in Dalton, Wayne Co., Ohio; son of William and
Ann Eliza (Moffit) Fletcher, natives of the north of
Ireland. His grandparents came to America about 1833 and
settled in Wayne County, Ohio, where William (subject's
father) was reared. In after years he was a coal merchant.
William and Ann Eliza Fletcher had a family of seven
children, all of whom survive: Belle, Ella,
Frances, Wesley, William M., Charles and John.
Our subject when quite young, began the study of medicine, and
later took a course of lectures in the P. M. Medical Institute
of Cincinnati. He first practiced his profession for two
years in his native town, and then removed to St. John's,
Auglaize Co., Ohio, where he remained four and a half years.
In September, 1884, the Doctor came to this county, locating in
South Lima, where he opened what is known as the "South Lima
Drug Store." He also enjoys a successful medical Practice.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 693 |
Ottawa Twp. -
OWEN FRANCIS, dealer in boots and shoes,
Lima, was born Jan. 18, 1841, in Wales, son of Ellis and
Catherine (Jones) Francis, natives of same country, and
who were the parents of eight children: Owen, Susan
(wife of T. H. Jones), Jennie and Kate,
living; Mary, Annie, Hugh and an infant are
deceased. Ellis Francis came to America in 1852,
landing in New York, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he
remained for three years. In 1855 he came to Ohio, and
being a farmer settled in Sugar Creek Township, Allen County.
He died in 1879; his widow still resides in the county.
Our subject was reared on a farm, and received his early
education in Pennsylvania. He was married in n1873, to
Annie J., daughter of Richard and Ann Lewis, natives
of Wales and residents of Delaware, Ohio. This union was
blessed with four children: Nannie, Richard (deceased),
Edna and Hugh. Mr. Francis, in 1882,
opened a boot and shoe store in Lima, where he still continues
in business. During the late war of the Rebellion, he
enlisted, in 1861, serving three months in the Twenty-first Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. He re-enlisted the same year (1861) in
Company A, Fifty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in
the capacity of private, corporal, sergeant, sergeant-major,
second lieutenant and first lieutenant, until March 12, 1865,
when he was captured while out in charge of a foraging party,
near Fayetteville, N. C. and was held as a prisoner of war for
two months, then paroled, when he returned to his home in Allen
County. The war being over he never returned to his
regiment. Mr. Francis is a successful business man,
enjoying the pleasure of doing the largest boot and shoe
business in Lima.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 694 |
Perry Twp. -
JAMES FRANKLIN, farmer, P. O. Lima, was
born in Tioga County, N. Y., Apr. 29, 1812; son of Thomas and
Hannah (Sibley) Franklin, who settled in Perry
Township, this county, in 1831, locating in what is a part of
the corporation of the city of Lima, where they cleared and
improved a farm upon which they resided for many years.
They had a family of eleven children: Eli (deceased),
John (deceased), Clarissa (deceased), James,
Thomas, William, Elisha, Joseph (deceased), Harriet
(deceased), James, Thomas, William, Elisha, Joseph
(deceased), Harriet (deceased), Cynthia A.
(deceased) and David. Our subject was reared in
Warren and Miami Counties, Ohio, and in 1833, settled in
Perry Township, this county, on the farm where he now resides,
comprising eight acres of land, which he cleared and improved;
he also owns another farm of sixty acres near by, which he has
also cleared and improved. He was married Dec. 11, 1834,
to Sarah, daughter of George and Nancy (Shepherd)
Hawthorn, of Perry township, this county, by whom he had
nine children: Benjamin, Sarah A. (wife of John W.
Bond), Elizabeth J. (wife of Henry Garrison),
Thomas J. (deceased), Emeline (deceased), George
W., Joseph, J. Shepherd, who resides with him on the old
homestead, was married Dec. 30, 1874, to Laura, daughter
of Joseph and Ellen (Moninger) Dixon, of Shawnee
Township, this county (they have two children - Gertrude
and Leonora). Our subject is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, as are also his wife and son, who
reside with him. In politics he was formerly a Democrat,
but has been a Republican since the organization of the party.
When twenty-one years of age Mr. Franklin started in life
with but $5 in his pocket, and by industry and frugality has
accumulated a fine property.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 739 |
JACOB FRY,
farmer, P. O. Conant, was born in Pennsylvania Feb. 26, 1827, a
son of Abraham and Mary (Beckenbaugh) Fry, of
Pennsylvania, of whose family of nine children only four are
living, Jacob being the youngest. Our subject was
married, Oct. 5, 1848, to Amy J. Chipman, who died in
March, 1871, the mother of seven children: Abraham L., Mary
E. deceased), Isabel (wife of L. Bowersock),
Rosetta (wife of William King), Ida A.
(deceased), Mattie (deceased), and William S.
Mr. Fry came to Allen County in 1849, and two years later
located on his farm in Amanda Township, and has been one of the
sturdy pioneers who have cleared away the forests and prepared
the soil for cultivation. He has served the people as
trustee for three years. During the war he enlisted in
Company D, One Hundred and Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
remaining in the service till the close of the struggle.
Religiously he is connected with the Baptist Church.
Mr. Fry's oldest son, Abram L., was born Jan . 14,
1850, received a common school education, and has always been a
farmer. He is still living on the homestead. He has
been township clerk two years, and is now serving as such by
appointment on an unfinished term. He was married, Dec.
29, 1870, to Josephine Fryer, born in Allen County July
24, 1854, by whom he has had four children: Ida Bell
(deceased), Alpheus, Inetta and Effie May.
Politically both our subject and son of Democrats.
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Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 - Page 563) |
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