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RICHARD
TEEGARDIN, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born in Sugar Creek
Township, this county, July 24,1847, and there reared; son of John
and Diana (Oard) Teegardin (both deceased), natives of Pickaway
County and this county respectively, and who were married in this
county; they reared a family of seven children, of whom two are
now living: Richard and Walter, who have a half brother, Silas, by
their father's second wife. Our subject was married January 21,
1871, to Miss Martha L. Ridenour of Sugar Creek Township, this
county, born June 15, 1852, daughter of. George M. and Eleanor P.
(Lipsett) Ridenour of this county, who had a family of seven
children, four now living: Eliza J., Martha L., Mary L. and Emma.
George M. Ridenour died, December 13, 1873. To Mr. and Mrs.
Teegardin have been born five children: Franklin G.. John H., Iva,
Myrtle and Allen C, all now living except Franklin G. Our subject
in addition to farming operates a threshing-machine in the season.
In politics he is a Democrat.
Source #2: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 |
N.
ELMER THOMAS. Beginning work as a boy with
responsibilities in advance of his age, through a long
apprenticeship serving and learning. N. Elmer Thomas
eventually reached a plane of independence in business, and as a
member of the firm of the Evans & Thomas Hardware Company
is identified with one of the leading concerns in Lima.
He was born in Lima Jan. 24, 1872, son of Louis and
Margaret (Jones) Thomas. Both his father and mother
were of Welsh parentage, and the families first settled in
Dayton. Louis Thomas and wife spent all their lives
in Lima, where he died in 1888 and his wife in 1908.
N. Elmer Thomas was the seventh in a family of
eight children. He was able to attend school regularly to
the age of sixteen, and then on account of his father's death
became a wage earner and worked for a time driving an express
wagon. Not long afterward he began an express wagon.
Not long afterward he began his apprenticeship at the hardware
trade as a handy man for Ewing & Emrick, hardware
merchants in the Holmes Block. He spent sixteen years with
that firm, and when he left them he was head salesman.
Another old time employe was E. A. Evans, who had been
with the firm of twenty-two years. In 1907 these two men
joined forces and established a hardware business of their own
in the Metropolitan Block under the name Evans & Thomas.
They have had the satisfaction of seeing their business grow and
prosper steadily through successive years, and now have a large
trade both in the city and over a country district twenty-five
miles around.
Mr. Thomas is also interested in many other
lines of business. He is a Republican and is affiliated
with Lima Lodge of Elks. In 1906 he married Miss Rowena
Knox, daughter of John and Margaret Knox, of Lima.
Source: A Standard History
of Allen County, Ohio - Vol. II - by Wm. Rusler - Publ. 1921 - Page 91 |
ABRAHAM THUT,
farmer, P. O. Bluffton, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, Nov.
24, 1839, son of Rev. John and Christina (Bechtel) Thut,
the former born in Switzerland, the latter in Pennsylvania, of
German descent. Rev. John Thut, a carpenter and
farmer, came from his native land to Holmes County, Ohio, when a
young man, and was there married; then came to Allen
County in 1847, settling on a farm in Richland Township; he was
a Mennonite minister for many years, and died in 1867. Our
subject, who is the fifth in a family of Thirteen children, ten
of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, was reared on the farm,
acquired his education in the common school. He is the
owner of 100 acres of well improved land. Mr. Thut
was married in 1866, to Elizabeth, daughter of Peter
Steiner, a native of Wayne County, Ohio, and of German
descent. Their children are Reuben, Enos, Noah,
Malinda, Mary Ann, Timothy, John and Elizabeth. Mr.
and Mrs. Thut are members of the American Mennonite Church.
Source #2: History of
Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 |
ALEXANDER
J. TRAVIS, physician, Spencerville, was born in Jefferson
County, Ohio, August 12, 1832. At the age of fifteen years he
entered the select school of Washington, Penn., and two years
later went to Wilkinsburgh, Penn,, where he remained three years,
then entered upon his course in life as a school teacher, a
profession he followed till 1854, when he turned his attention to
the study of medicine, under the tuition of Dr. Abel Carey
of Salem, Ohio. He remained there for four years and during this
time attended lectures at the Western Reserve College, Cleveland,
Ohio. In 1857 he commenced practicing at Dayton, Ohio; three years
later went to Mercer County, and three years after to Lancaster
County, Penn. From there he removed to Elida, Ohio, where he
remained eight years, then spent one year in Columbus Grove, then
two years in Lima, and has since resided in Spencerville, where he
has a large practice. The doctor was married, March 13, 1859, to
Miss Lizzie S. Lampson, who was born November
22, 1859, and died November 3, 1878, leaving to his care seven
children: William V., Melvin N., Menna F., Charles H., Eva M.,
Jessie E., and Henry M. Our subject filled the office
of mayor one term with honor to himself and to the satisfaction of
the people. He is an active member of the order of F. & A. M.
Politically he is a stanch Democrat.
Source #2: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co.,
1885 |
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