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J. H.
PATTERSON, merchant, Bluffton, was born in West Virginia,
July 1, 1837, son of Enoch and Mary (Moore) Patterson,
who came to Ohio in 1838; the former, a farmer by occupation,
born in Old Virginia, of Irish descent; the latter, a native of
Ohio, of English lineage. Of their three children J. H.
is the eldest. Our subject received a common
school education in Mercer County, Ohio, and early in life
commenced clerking in a dry goods store. When the war of
the Rebellion broke out, he promptly enlisted, in 1861, in
Company A, Forty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was
orderly sergeant of the company. He was discharged on
account of disability, but soon regaining his health, he
re-enlisted in the Eighty-eighty Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and
when the company was organized was elected second lieutenant,
being soon afterward promoted to first lieutenant. He
participated in Shiloh and other battles. After his
discharge he returned to Ohio and farmed for two years, then
engaged in mercantile trade at Menden, Mercer Co., Ohio, and in
1875 moved to St. Mary's opened a store, and also engaged in the
grain business, in which he still continues. In 1881
Mr. Patterson opened a dry goods store at Bluffton, this
county. He was married, in 1866, to Mary J. Balliet,
who born him the following children: Emma, James
and Ida. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson are members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He held most of the
township offices in Union Township, Mercer Co., Ohio; is
commander of Post 83, G. A. R. In politics he is a
Republican.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 |
ALLEN
PHILLIPS, senior member of the firm Phillips Bros.,
Beaver Dam, was born in Knox County, Ohio, Nov. 23, 1848; son of
James and Mary (Hughes) Phillips. He was reared on the
farm and attended the Lima High School and also a school in Ada,
Ohio. He sold his farm in 1881 and opened a general
merchandise store at Beaver Dam, which business he and his
brother, W. S. now carry on. Mr. Phillips
was married, in 1872, to Sarah Ellen, a daughter of
Walter and Laura (Bassett) Edgecomb, and a sister of Mrs.
W. S. Phillips. She is a member of the Disciples
Church, Mr. Phillips of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He is a temperate man. He usually votes the
Democratic ticket; has been mayor of Beaver Dam, and is now
member of the town council. He is secretary of the I. O.
O. F. The father of Allen and W. S. Phillips,
is a prominent farmer and an early settler of Richland Township,
this county.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 |
W. S.
PHILLIPS, merchant, junior member of the firm Phillips
Bros., Beaver Dam, was born in Richland Township, this
county, Feb. 27, 1855; a son of James and Mary (Hughes)
Phillips, and was reared on the farm in Richland Township.
He was married, April 18, 1880, to Elsie Maria, daughter
of Walter and Laura (Bassett) Edgecomb. Their
children are Alfred and George Allen. Mr. Phillips
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, his wife of
the Disciples Church. He is a Democrat in politics.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 |
J. W. POGUE,
of the firm of Pogue & Miller, blacksmiths and
manufacturers of wagons, carriages, etc., Bluffton, was born
near Indianapolis, Ind., son of John and Melinda (Ferguson)
Pogue, the former of French and the latter of English
descent. His father, a carpenter, was twice married, and
reared four children, three by his first wife, of whom J. W.
is the youngest. Our subject received his education
and learned the blacksmith trade in the city of Indianapolis;
then went to Illinois and settled in Paris, Edgar County, and
there carried on business for five years, when he sold out and
bought a place, which he farmed till 1866, when he came to
Crawford County, Ohio, settling in Bucyrus and working at his
trade there till 1883, when he came to Bluffton, Ohio, and
embarked in his present business. He was married, in 1858,
to Emma D., daughter of Hon. Henry Babcock of
Indianapolis, Ind., and of English descent. The children
born to this union are Ada, Frances E., Minnie, Emma, and Roy
Ellsworth; of these Frances E., was married in 1883
to L. J. Miller, born in Ohio, Jan. 23, 1855, son of
Leonard (a cooper) and Frances (Gabe) Miller, and to
this union was born one child - Earl W. Mr. and Mrs.
Pogue are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in
which he is a class leader. In politics he is a Democrat.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 |
CASPER
POHLMAN, a practical and successful farmer of Marion
township, Allen county, was born in Putnam county, Ohio, Feb. 1,
1844. He is a son of Mathias and Gertrude (Applebaum)
Pohlman. He was reared on a farm, and received a good
common-school education. At the age of eighteen he began
to learn the trade of blacksmith at Delphos, and he followed
this trade for seventeen years. On May 6, 1868, he married
Miss Josephine Koordt, daughter of Joseph Koordt.
She was born in Germany, and died about 1872. Mr. and
Mrs. Pohlman were the parents of two children, viz:
Joseph and Anna. Mr. Pohlman married,
for his second wife, Miss Margaret Schmitz, daughter of
Joseph Schmitz, and to this marriage there have been born
eleven children, viz: Frank, August, who died at
the age of fourteen years; Bernard, Charles, Alexander,
Josephine, Julia, Katie, Antone, Henry and Willie.
In 1878, Mr. Pohlman, abandoning his trade
as blacksmith as a means of making a living, settled on his
present farm, then consisting of eighty-three acres. Here
he has worked faithfully and industriously, improving the farm
and improving and erecting other buildings. He has also added to
the size of the farm, so that now it contains ninety-seven
instead of eighty-three acres. Among the noticeable
buildings Mr. Pohlman has erected on his farm is a fine
new residence, which makes a most comfortable home for himself
and his family. He has a very substantial barn, and other
good buildings. What property Mr. Pohlman has he
has accumulated and acquired by his own industry and economy,
and it is proper to refer to him as one of the self-made men of
Allen county. In religion he is a devout Catholic, and has
done his full share toward building up his church in Delphos.
He is a very liberal man for his means, and is in every way
practical and sensible. He has always been a hard-working
man, and is bringing up his children in the fear of God and in
the love of their country.
(Source#1: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen
& Van Wert Counties, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896 ) |
CLEMENS
POHLMAN, one of the well-known citizens of Marion
township, Allen county, Ohio, residing on his farm in the edge
of Delphos, is a native of Hanover, Germany, having been born in
the neighborhood of the town of Melle, Oct. 2, 1840. His
parents were Casper M. and Clara (Hensle) Pohlman, the
former of whom was a carpenter and general woodworker. He
brought his family over to America in Oct., 1844, and came
direct to the farm on which his son resides. At that time
there were only a few families in this locality, the place being
then known as section No. 10. The canal had been opened in
the spring of the same year he came, and Delphos was unknown,
what is now the city being only a few log cabins. He
purchased first only forty acres, but afterward added to the
first tract until he owned altogether seventy-one acres.
After coming here he worked at his trade, building churches,
mills, etc., in different parts of the country. His death
occurred in June, 1881, in his eighty-first year. His wife
died in June, 1876, in her sixty-sixth year. On the same
ship that Mr. Pohlman and his family came over in, was
Father Bredeick, the founder of Delphos and of Saint John's
Roman Catholic church.
To the parents ten children were born, three of whom
are now living, as follows: John, a farmer of
Delphos; Mary now the wife of Frederick Louse, a
farmer of Marion township, and our subject. Clemens
Pohlman was four years old when he came with his father to
Delphos, and he has resided here ever since. He secured
his education in the parochial school at Saint Mary's college in
Cleveland. In 1865 he was married to Bernedina Brinkman,
who was born at Glandorf, in Putnam county, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1844,
and is the daughter of Frank Brinkman, a native of
Hanover. To Mr. and Mrs. Pohlman seven children
have been born, as follows: John; Clara, now the
wife of Jacob Thourenin, of Canton, Ohio; Theresa,
now the wife of Joseph Wiesgerber, of Delphos; Henry,
deceased; Annie, deceased; Josephine and Rosa.
Mr. Pohlman and family are members of the Saint John's
Roman Catholic church. John Pohlman, deceased, was
born in the kingdom of Hanover, Germany, Aug. 15, 1833, came
with his parents to America in 1844, having always resided in
Delphos, owned a farm and other property. He was a member
of Saint John's Roman Catholic church, and died April 17, 1895.
(Source#1: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen &
Van Wert Counties, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896 ) |
CHARLES
C. POST, deceased, was one of the old and highly
respected citizens of Amanda township, Allen county, Ohio.
He was born in Washington county, Pa., July 27, 1800, where he
spent his boyhood days. He was the son of Jeremiah,
who was born in New York, and who removed to Pennsylvania about
the year 1775. The family dates back several generations
to German ancestry. In 1822 Mr. Post moved to
Richland county, Ohio, and twenty years later settled in Amanda
township, Allen county, and located in what is now known as Post
Mill, which he erected in 1843, where he engaged in the milling
business for several years - being a millwright by profession.
For three years previous to his coming to Allen county he was
located at Upper Sandusky, constructing mills for the Indians.
After he had operated the mill in Amanda township for a few
years he moved to his farm in sections Nos. 8 and 17, which
consisted of 540 acres, where he made many valuable
improvements. He was elected to the Ohio legislature in
1855 and held at different periods many of the township offices.
He died Mar. 27, 1884, and his wife died Feb. 22, 1886.
Before her marriage Mrs. Post was a Miss Elizabeth
Bryant, a cousin of William Cullen Bryant, and a
relative of the first Bryant of Washington county, Pa.
She was born Mar. 13, 1801. A family of eight children
were born to them, five of whom grew to maturity:
Martha, wife of Cyrus Hoover, of Spencerville, Ohio;
Leonidas H.; Adam C.; Isaac B. and Charles G.
With the birth of the republican party Mr. Post became
identified with it and was a member of the Methodist church.
LEONIDAS H. POST
was born Aug. 9, 1832. His boyhood was spent at home and
in Oberlin college, Ohio, and at the age of fifteen he engaged
in the trade of a stove molder, at Lima, Ohio. In 1852 he
made a trip to California via New York, returning by way of New
Orleans, in 1854. Aug. 2, 1854, he was untied in marriage
to Miss Eliza J. Stewart, daughter of Samuel Stewart,
since which time he has lived in Amanda township, where he owns
a farm of 200 acres of finely improved land, there being none
superior to it in the county, the entire estate indicating the
thrift of the owner. He has contributed more than any
other man in his section to the improvement of draft horses,
having owned seven blooded breeding horses, in company with
Mr. Hoover. He also raises a high grade of cattle,
having introduced the shorthorn and other breeds well known.
Politically Mr. Post has always been a stanch
republican, but at present is a strong advocate for free coinage
of silver. He has at different times filled several of the
local offices of the township and has proved himself an
efficient and trustworthy public servant. His marriage has
been blessed by the birth of four children, viz: Samuel A.,
Charles C., Edward G. and Leonides H., Jr. The
family are Baptists in religious profession. The son,
Charles C., was married May 19, 1884, to Miss Ida Crites,
daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Crites. She was
born Feb. 22, 1862, and died Mar. 24, 1889, leaving two
children, Clar B. and Ida G. Mr. Post is one
of the progressive young farmers of the township and owns a farm
of 171 acres. Politically he is a populist and lives in
full faith of its successful future.
The Stewart Family, alluded to above , was
represented among the very earliest settlers of Allen county,
Ohio; by William and Samuel, who came to this county in
1824. They were natives of Pennsylvania and were of a
family of ten children. Their parents were Matthias and
Elizabeth Stewart. Samuel Stewart was born in Lycoming
county, Pa., grew to manhood in Champaign county, Ohio, where he
was married, and two years after that event, came with his wife
and one child, to Amanda township, and entered a tract of land
in section No. 9, where his daughter, Mrs. Leonides Post,
now lives. His brother William entered land at the
same time, adjoining him on the west. Here they made homes
and spent the balance of their lives. Four children were
born to Samuel, viz: Thomas, Elizabeth, Eliza J.,
and Matthew; the last named died in childhood, as did
Thomas. Samuel Stewart was a man of rare and noble
qualities - was open-hearted and generous and ever ready to lend
a helping hand whenever needed. He was public spirited and
enterprising and was among the first in all good works and
undertakings, and was one of the first board of county
commissioners of Allen county. His first wife dying, he
was married a second time, and to this marriage two children
were born, but both died in infancy. Mr. Post's
mother's name was Thomas and her father, Capt. Thomas,
was a soldier in the war of 1812 and was afterward killed by the
Indians in Logan county, Ohio, near Bellefontaine about 1815.
Source#1: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen &
Van Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896
- Page 426 |
MAJ. ISAAC B.
POST, banker. Spencerville, was born in Shelby, Richland
Co., Ohio, June 21, 1846: son of Charles Post, who was born
in Washington County, Penn., July 27, 1800; and who, in 1823, came
to Knox Co., Ohio, and the following year married Elizabeth
Bryant; by her he had four sons and one daughter who grew to
maturity; he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in
1831; in 1842 he removed to Allen County, and settled in Amanda
Township; in the winter of 1856-57 he represented this county in
the State legislature; he was a firm anti-slavery man and sent
three of his four sons to the war; his death occurred March 28,
1884, and his loss fell not only on his family but was felt by the
community. Our subject in early life was employed on a farm, his
education being limited to the common and graded schools of his
native county. His first business enterprise was farming, and
teaching school, winters. At the breaking out of the war of the
Rebellion, he enlisted in April 1861, in Company E, Fifteenth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, in the three months' service, and was in West
Virginia with McClellan. At the expiration of this term of
service he re-enlisted for three years in Company C, Thirty-second
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, returned to West Virginia, and served
with Fremont and Seigle, and was captured at
Harper's Ferry in September, 1862. On being exchanged, he with his
regiment joined the Army of the Tennessee and was with Grant in
the Vicksburg campaign, commanding a company of men, with rank of
second lieutenant. He was promoted to be captain in 1863 and
served as such in the campaign against and in the capture of
Atlanta in 1864, after which he was promoted to be major, serving
till the close of the war on the staff as division inspector.
Maj. Post was married, in October, 1874, to Miss
Emma E., only child of John and Eunice A. (Griffin) Berry,
early settlers of Van Wert County, Ohio, and who was born in Van
Wert County, in 1850. To this union was born one son— Ira B.
At the close of the war Maj. Post dealt in hardwood
lumber about two years, then turned his attention to farming and
stock-raising at which he continued until August 4, 1883, when he
formed a partnership with Henry Wasson, and opened a
private bank at Spencerville, of which he is cashier. He has been
a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church about six
years, and takes an active part in Sabbath school work. During the
year 1879, he and his family spent several months traveling over
the Western States and Territories. Maj. Post is
commander of Fair Post, No. 322, G. A. R. Politically he is a
stanch Republican.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 |
SAMUEL
A. POST. - Modern farming is distinctively different from
that kind of agriculture carried on by the pioneers. With
the pioneer it was not necessary to do anything more, after
clearing his land, that to cultivate the soil. The modern
farmer has, beside the cultivation of his farm, to attend to its
fertilizing and its underdraining. All of these he must do
in a scientific manner if he would secure the best results.
Samuel A. Post is one of the scientific farmers of German
township, Allen county, and is illustrating by his own course
and experience what farming can be developed into. Mr.
Post was born in Amanda township, Allen county, Ohio, Nov.
22, 1856, and is a son of L. H. and Eliza J. (Stewart) Post.
By them he was early instructed in all the duties of a
farmer's boy, and was given a good common-school education, he
remaining at home with them until he had attained to manhood.
In 1876 he entered the Western Normal university at Ada, Ohio,
with the view of taking a thorough normal course of study; but
after he had been in attendance one term he was compelled to
return to his home, and give up school, on account of ill
health. Here, however, occurred probably one of the most
eventful and probably also the happiest event of this life, that
of his marriage, which is noticed more in full in the following
paragraph.
Not long after his return to his home he married
Miss Sarah A. Crites, daughter of Jacob and Emily Crites,
who was born in German township, Allen county. Mr. and
Mrs. Post have a family of five children, viz: William
Stewart, born Oct. 9, 1881; Cora Ethel, born Nov. 22,
1882; Louie Crites, born Nov. 10, 1884; Charles B.,
born Dec. 8, 1888, and Clarence M., born Dec. 7, 1892.
After his marriage Mr. Post settled down on the farm he
has occupied ever since, and which he still occupies. It
consists of seventy acres in section No. 29, German township,
and this farm, since he located upon it, he has made, by careful
and skillful tillage and improvement generally, one of the best
farms in Allen county. One improvement worthy of note is
his fine frame house, erected in 1890, with all modern
improvements, and with a depth of seventy-two feet. His
stock barns are also of the most improved kind, as also are his
grain barns. Another very notable improvement is the
putting down of nearly 30,000 feet of underdraining tile, which,
by its carrying off the surplus water, lengthens out the season
for cultivation, and warms up the soil, so that his farm is more
productive than it otherwise would be, in addition to being
pleasanter to cultivate. Mr. Post is engaged
principally in general farming and stock raising, keeping only
the best grades of stock. Thus it will be seen that he is
one of the leaders in adopting modern and improved farm methods,
and in this way sets an example to his neighbors, and exercises
an influence upon them that he could not do in any other way,
and which would at the same time be so beneficial to them.
Politically Mr. Post is a strong republican, and though
never seeking office, he has been selected as a member of the
school board. Religiously he is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and lives consistently with his profession.
Altogether Mr. Post is one of Allen county's
representative men, and his industry and well directed energy
have placed him in the front rank of her best citizens.
Source#1: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen &
Van Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896
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WILLIAM POST,
farmer, P. O. Spencerville, was born on the farm where he now
lives in Spencer Township, February 28, 1854; son of Martin and
Caroline Post, who had four children: Lucretia, William, John H.
and Theodore. Martin Post, one of the pioDeersof Spencer Township,
a native of Richland County, Ohio, born September 24, 1827, died
June 8, 1882, was an influential farmer, a hard-working man,
active in all enterprises tending to development of the county,
and highly esteemed for his many good qualities; his widow, a
native of Berks County, Penn., born March 21, 1827, still
survives. Our subject obtained a common school education, and has
always followed the occupation of a farmer. He was united in
marriage, December 28, 1876, with Cinderella Uncapher, who was
born in Marion County, Ohio, April 7, 1856. Their union has
resulted in two children: Walter W. and Flora Bell. Mr. Post bears
the reputation of being an energetic and enterprising man, and is
considered a rising young farmer, destined to become one of the
substantial citizens of the township. John H. Post, a younger
brother of our subject, was born August 7, 1860, and also lives on
a portion of the homestead farm; he was married, February 7, 1884,
to Miss Sarah Winans, who was born March 28, 1863.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 |
O. W. PURDY,
farmer, P. O. Spencerville, one of the landmarks of Spencer
Township, this county, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, in March,
1829, fourth in the family of ten children born to Elijah and
Clairmeda (Babcock) Purdy, the former a native of Pennsylvania, a
Baptist minister, latter a native of Virginia. Our subject's
facilities for obtaining an education were limited to the common
school, held in a neighboring log-cabin. He came to Spencer
Township, Allen County, in 1849, and from a state of nature has
placed his farm, which he purchased at SI. 50 per acre, under a
state of cultivation, the appearance of it denoting him to be an
energetic, enterprising man. He has served the people as school
director and trustee. Mr. Purdy was married in Holmes County,
Ohio, in 1853, to Miss Mary Ann Carpenter, who was born in
Guernsey County, Ohio, in May, 1829. To them have been born twelve
children, (among which were three pairs of twins), only seven are
now living: Per-cilla Jane, John, Ruth, George, Elijah, Catherine
and Franklin.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 |
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