BIOGRAPHIES

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History of Allen County, Ohio
Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns,
Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc.; Portraits of
Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies;
History of the Northwest Territory;
History of Ohio; Statistical and
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.
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Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
1885

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Perry Twp. - GEORGE H. RANKIN, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born in Auglaize Township, this county, May 11, 1846; son of John and Ann (French) Rankin.  His paternal grandfather, George Rankin, was a native of Virginia, who settled in Perry Township, this county, in 1839, locating on Section 4, on a part of the farm now owned by Thomas C. Roberts, which he cleared and improved, and afterward removed to Section 15, where he lived until his death; he died in July, 1881, in his eighty fourth year. He had eight children who grew to manhood and woman hood: John (deceased), Maria (wife of James Tapscott), William (deceased), Mary (deceased), Joshua, Eliza (wife of A. R. Krebs), Charlotte (wife of Adam Stoops), Isabella (wife of Joseph Neeley).  The maternal grandfather of our subject was John French, who settled in Bath Township, this county, in 1834.  John Rankin had five children: William (deceased), Perseba (deceased), George H., Lyman, and an infant daughter (deceased).  He was in the stock business in Westminster, this county, for several years prior to his death; he died Aug. 1, 1850, at the age of thirty years.  Our subject was reared in Perry Township, this county, where he received a common school education.  He was married Sept. 24, 1867, to Celinda, daughter of James L. and Nancy (Crane) Williams, of Perry Township, this county, formerly of Kentucky; by this union there were, five children, of whom two are now living: Minnie and Alvin.  Before his marriage Mr. Rankin worked at the carpenter's trade, but afterward embarked in farming, in which he is at present engaged, and has resided on his present farm since the spring of 1882.  He and his wife are members of the Disciples Church. In politics he is a Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 745

Shawnee Twp. - JEROME RAYMOND, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born in Scipio, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Sept. 15, 1811; son of David and Rebecca (McCaracan) Raymond, natives of Connecticut, and pioneers of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where the father died.  The mother afterward married Joseph Napier, settled in Vermillion Township, Huron Co., Ohio, from there removing to Rockport, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, and died in Mercer County, Penn.  Our subject was reared in Ashtabula County, Ohio, and two and a half months' schooling there was all the educational advantages he received.  On coming of age he engaged in farming in Middleburg Township, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where he resided until 1852, in which year he came to this county and settled in Shawnee Township, on the farm he now occupies and most of which he cleared and improved.  He has been twice married, his first wife, to whom he was married in 1839, being Almira Ackley, daughter of Thomas Ackley, of Middleburg. Ohio.  His present wife, to whom he was married Apr. 15, 1869, was Mrs. Eliza Truesdale, widow of Jesse Truesdale, and daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Warner) Connor, of Auglaize County, Ohio.  Mr. Raymond participated in the late war of the Rebellion, having enlisted in September, 1861, in Company B, Eighty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry; re-enlisted as a veteran in the same company and regiment, in 1863, and was honorably discharged July 23, 1865.  He was in the battles of Shiloh, Iuka.  Corinth, and in the Atlanta campaign, after which he was assigned to the care of baggage and received his final discharge at Camp Dennison, Ohio.  Mr. Raymond filled the office of township trustee one term. In politics he is a Republican. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 794

Marion Twp. - PATRICK REDMON, proprietor of livery business, Delphos, was born in county Westmeath, Ireland, in 1828, and immigrated to America when about eighteen years of age, locating in New York City.  Subsequently he traveled through several States, visiting Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, etc., eventually settling down in the livery business for a time at La Grange, Mo.  In 1858 he moved to Van Wert, establishing the first livery business there, thence went to Crestline, Ohio, where he engaged extensively in trading and dealing in horses, mules, &c., doing a profitable business for some years, and afterward located in Delphos, in the livery business.  Mr. Redmon married, in Crestline, Miss Louisa Breece, of Delphos, Ohio, and to this union have been born six sons and two daughters: Charles, Ida, William, Michael, Albert, Philip, Arthur and Lillie. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 651

Shawnee Twp. - MANUEL REED, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, Feb. 7, 1808; son of Thomas and Jane (Hover) Reed, natives of Pennsylvania and pioneers of Trumbull County, Ohio, where they lived and died.  Our subject was reared in Trumbull County, Ohio, where he received a limited education in the country schools.  In 1833 he came to this county and entered the laud he now owns and occupies, on which he settled in 1837, and all of which he cleared and improved.  He was married Nov. 17, 1835, to Elizabeth, daughter of Arthur and Henrietta (Jemison) O'Hara, of Irish descent; parents of eight children, two now living:  Horatio G., now in Reno, Nev., and Elizabeth (Mrs. Manuel Reed).  Arthur O'Hara was a pioneer merchant of Lima, where he located in 1833, and in 1837 moved to Wisconsin where he died.  Our subject and wife are parents of ten children, all born on the old homestead: Arthur (deceased), Warren (a physician in Kalida, Putnam Co., Ohio), Lorinda (Mrs. J. L. Smith), John, Irvin, Uretta (Mrs. Andrew McClintock), Sarah (Mrs. Solomon Shappell), Anna (Mrs. Jerry Bowsher), Jennetta (deceased), and Aldulia.  Mr. and Mrs. Reed are among the first pioneer families left in Shawnee Township.  They have twenty-four grandchildren.  Both are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Mr. Reed has filled several of the township offices.  In politics he is a Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 795

Shawnee Twp. - SAMUEL REED, farmer, P. O. Hume, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, Aug. 31, 1814, son of Noah and Betsey (Stahl) Reed, former a native of Connecticut, latter of Virginia; they were pioneers of Fairfield County, Ohio, where they lived for many years.  Our subject was reared in Fairfield County, Ohio, and was married, August 15, 1837, to Mary, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Culp) Akers, of Fairfield County, Ohio, by whom he had ten children: Clarissa (deceased), Silas, Salem, Isaac, John, Freeman, Nelson, Almeda (deceased), Emma (Mrs. Charles Andrew) and Laura.  Mr. Reed came to this county in the fall of 1852, and settled in Shawnee Township, on the farm where he now resides, all of which he cleared and improved.  In politics, he is a Republican. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 795

Marion Twp. - HORACE A. REEVE, attorney at law, Delphos, was born in Hancock, Delaware County, N. Y., March 2D, 1854.  His father, William Reeve, was a pioneer merchant there, and his immediate ancestors were the descendants of pioneers of New Jersey, among whom is known the Hon. Tapping Reeve, of Connecticut, author of " Domestic Relations" and other publications.  The subject of our sketch graduated in a full classical course of study at twenty- two (he had however been admitted to the practice of law, in Ohio, upon attaining his majority) and after graduating he accepted the principalship of the schools of Rosco, Ohio.  In 1877 he came to Delphos and engaged actively in the practice of law, and has been prominently identified with it since.  He has given a cordial support to all measures tending to the city's growth and development; has held a directorship of the Commercial Bank for several years, and is secretary of the Delphos Paper Co., in both of which institutions he is stockholder.  He married, in 1879, Miss Fannie, only child of John King, a pioneer attorney of Delphos.  She is a lady of excellent attainments, a graduate of Wesley College, Cincinnati.  They have two sons: Albert King and Horace Kent. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 651

Ottawa Twp. - CAPT. LEVI REICHELDERFER, lumber merchant, Lima, was born in March, 1828, in Pickaway County, Ohio.  He was early thrown on his own resources, leaving home when a lad, and going among strangers, being subjected to all those vicissitudes, which, though discouraging at the time, tended to develop an energy which otherwise might have remained dormant.  In 1849 our subject was married to Saville Binkley, who bore him six children: Austin C., who is now engaged in the Gas Company's office at Lima, Clara E., wife of T. W. Burrows, superintendent of the Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad, and a resident of St. Louis; Ella N., wife of E. B. Halladay, a dealer in rubber goods at Chicago, Ill.; Laura S., wife of Charles Owen, a lumber merchant of Lima; Minnie M., wife of L. Stamets, a dealer in buggies, carriages etc., Lima, and Merritt D.  Our subjects education was mainly the result of his own application and energy, but he gave his children good educational advantages, and they all occupy good positions in society.  Mr. Reichelderfer learned the carpenter's trade in youth.  He went to Morrow County, Ohio, in 1855, and there cleared a farm.  He afterward located at Cardington, and be came identified with its growth and improvements, and in 1860 served as commissioner of Morrow County.  He served as a soldier in the Mexican war, and during the late war of the Rebellion, in 1862, organized and was chosen captain of Company C, Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantery, and led his company through several engagements under Col. Vance.  After the war the captain returned to his home in Morrow County, and in 1873 he came to Lima, where he has since been actively engaged in the lumber trade and other business enterprises; served as infirmary director, and is member of the Ohio Egg Case Company, the Tennessee Marble Company, and is a director of the First National Bank of Lima. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 721

Marion Twp. - DR. RUDOLPH REUL (deceased) was born in Offenburg, Baden, Germany, Nov. 24, 1826.  He laid the foundation of his education in his native city, which has long been noted for its splendid high schools, and at the age of eighteen went to the University of Freiburg for the study of medicine.  Just as he had finished his studies, the latent fires of the German revolution of 1848 burst forth into flames, and like many other educated young men, our subject joined the ranks of the revolutionary army as lieutenant, sometimes serving as surgeon.  In 1849, when the revolution was subdued, he was imprisoned, and after a time fled to Strasburg, France.  In the fall of the same year he came to the United States and directly to Delphos, Ohio, where he had connections, and lived alternately there and at the Riley settlement.  After his marriage, in the fall of 1854, at Letitz, Penn., with Miss Marie Hepp, daughter of a Protestant minister in Baden, Germany, our subject settled permanently in Delphos, devoting himself to the practice of medicine.  His father, Joseph Reul, a tailor by trade, and for long years a citizen of Offenburg, followed his son to this country with his wife and daughter, in the spring of 1853.  With a short interruption, he stayed in his son's family altogether, and died there in the winter of 1875, at the ripe old age of seventy-nine.  When the Civil war broke out the doctor joined the army of the Republic, after Lincoln's call for 300,000 more men, in the fall of 1862, as captain of Company F., One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He was with the Twenty-third Army Corps in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia until the fall of 1864, when, having been wounded in the back before Atlanta, he retired from the service, and afterward devoted himself to his large practice.  At the same time he acted as director and president of the school board, always taking a lively interest in educational matters, and the growth and prosperity of Delphos he had ever at heart.  Naturally a strong man, he never felt perfectly well after the war, which he attributed to the exposure of the campaign, but strange enough, the real cause of his sufferings, and which ultimately led to his premature death, the wound in his back, he, the experienced physician, never thought of.  After having twice visited his old home in Germany, where he took his two eldest sons to school, and which journeys refreshed his health greatly for a while, he declined gradually.  He was struck with paralysis on July 29, 1879, and after much suffering, died August 19, 1879.  Of his three sons only the youngest was present at his death bed.  The two elder, whom he had called home in the last letter he ever wrote, started on their homeward journey on the day of his death. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 652

Spencer Twp. - URIAH RENNER, physician, Spencerville. was born in West Baltimore, Montgomery Co., Ohio, August 30, 1840; son of Emanuel and Sarah (Cecil) Renner, former a native of Maryland, latter of Pennsylvania. Our subject was raised on a farm. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Eighty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and in August, 1862, was taken prisoner and soon after sent home. In the fall of 1862 he entered Ottebine University, at Westville, Ohio, for three terms, then went to Whitley County, Ind., and for several years followed school teaching. While there he was arrested as a deserter, and confined in jail two weeks before he could prove to the contrary. In about 1864 he turned his attention to the study of medicine, in addition to his duties as teacher. During the winter of 1868-69 he attended lectures in the medical schools of Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating in May of the latter year; previous to this, however, he had practiced medicine at Botkins Station, Shelby Co., Ohio, about six months. Since then he has spent about two years at St. John, two years at Bradford Junction, five years in Kossuth, Auglaize County, and in the spring of 1879 located in Spencerville, where he has gained a leading place in the medical profession. Dr. Renner was married, June 13, 1865, to Miss Martha Snorf, who was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, March 21, 1840, and of whom he speaks as having been in truth a helpmeet. The doctor is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a leader of the Prohibition party in his vicinity. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 811

Ottawa Twp. - WILLIAM RHODA, blacksmith, Lima, was born Mar. 18, 1857, in Westminster, Allen Co., Ohio; son of Christopher and Mary (Snook) Rhoda, natives of Germany. Christopher Rhoda, who is a farmer, came to America in 1852-53 and settled in Westminster, this county, where he remained eight years; he then moved to German Township where he has resided twenty-five years.  His children, four in number, are all living: Louisa, wife of Jacob Newbright; William; Charles and Lewis.  Our subject, when seventeen years of age, was put to learn his trade with J. C. Blocker, who is now his partner.  He was married, in 1878, to Clara, daughter of Conrad Lemermon, and by her he had three children, one now living: Minnie (deceased), Carrie and Askor (latter deceased).  Mr. Rhoda entered into partnership with his former preceptor in the spring of 1884, locating on Union Street, where they are now engaged in making wagons, buggies, etc., and where they make a specialty of repair work and horse- shoeing. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 721

German Twp. - RICHARD RICE, physician, Elida, was born Feb. 7, 1825, in Oswego County, N. Y.; son of Joseph and Sarah (Bnel) Rice, former a son of Asa Rice, and a carpenter by trade, a native of Connecticut; later a native of Vermont, and both of Welsh descent.  They were married in Oswego County, N. Y., whence in 1844 they moved to Covington, Ky., and from there, in 1868, to Elida, this county, where they both died.  They were parents of thirteen children of whom our subject is the only survivor.  Our subject began the study of medicine in Kentucky, and pursued it there for a short time, and graduated in 1853 from the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio.  He commenced the practice of his profession in St. Johns, Auglaize County, Ohio, where he remained about two years, then in 1855, came to Elida, this county.  Dr. Rice was married in August, 1849, to Miss Samantha M. Carman, of Clinton Co., Ohio, daughter of James and Rosanna (Ellis) Carman, natives of Kentucky and Virginia respectively.  To our subject and wife were born three children of whom two are now living: Carman B. and Charles B.  Mrs. Rice died July 22, 1871, and Dr. Rice then married, Aug. 7, 1873, Miss Sarah Brown, of Wood County, Ohio, a native of Perry County, Ohio, born Apr. 15, 1827, daughter of Rev. Matthew Brown, a native of Virginia.  The Doctor served three years in the late war of the Rebellion, in McLaughlin's Squadron, Ohio Cavalry, and was promoted from private to captain in 1862, and in 1863 to major.  He returned home in 1864. In politics he is a Republican. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 597

Sugar Creek Twp. - GEORGE M. RIDENOUR (deceased) was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, March 6, 1826, son of Michael and Hannah (Shotts) Ridenour (deceased), natives of Westmoreland County, Penn., and who came to this county in a very early day. They were parents of fourteen children, of whom only Daniel and Isabella survive. Our subject was reared to farming, an occupation he followed all through life. He was married, December 31, 1848, to Miss Eleanor P. Lipsett of Sugar Creek Township, this county, a native of Burlington County, N. J., born August 6, 1828, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Peacock) Lipsett, also natives of New Jersey, who married in Burlington County. N. J., and moved to Warren County, Ohio, in 1833. Sarah (Peacock) Lipsett was born November 28, 1792, died in 1834 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, and Joseph Lipsett married his second wife (nee Mary Shim), in Warren County, Ohio, and they afterward came to this county where they passed the remainder of their days; he was born June 30, 1799, died in 1864. Joseph and Sarah Lipsett were the parents of five children, of whom Eleanor P. is the only survivor. Mr. Lipsett had three children, all now living, by his second wife. To the union of George M. and Eleanor P. Ridenour, were born seven children : Eliza J., Martha L., William J., Mary L., John E., Joshua A. and Emma, the sons all deceased. Our subject died December 13, 1873, and since then his widow has operated the farm which was left her by her father and husband. She is a member of the United Brethren Church. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 822

Sugar Creek Twp. - JOHN G. RIDENOUR, farmer, P. O. Elida, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, Feb. 14, 1827, son of George and Mary (Conrad) Ridenour natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland, respectively, and who were married in Fairfield County, Ohio, came to this county in 1829, and settled in Sugar Creek Township on land which the former had entered the previous year; they reared a family of five children:  Catherine, Christena, Dorothea (deceased), John G., and Joseph.  George Ridenour being one of the first settlers of this county endured many hardships and privations, and the circumstances of the times gave to his employments a somewhat versatile complexion, as he was a cooper, a maker of coffins, tooth extractor, setter of broken bones, etc., etc.; he died at the age of eighty-four; his widow still resides on the home farm, and is now in her eighty-fourth year.  Our subject was never married.  He became owner of land by the death of his father.  He had taught school for about nineteen quarters, was elected in 1858 (on Democratic ticket) to the office of county recorder, in which he served six years, then followed merchandising in Elida, Ohio, for several years, finally returning to the farm, where he now resides.  He also gives some attention to the manufacture of baskets and brooms.  Mr. Ridenour is a member of the Lutheran Church at Elida, Ohio. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 822

Perry Twp. - PETER RIDENOUR, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born in Perry County, Ohio, Sept. 22, 1817, son of Isaac and Lydia (Cotterman) Ridenour, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Allen County, Ohio, in 1834, locating on Section 8, in Perry Township, clearing and improving the farm now owned by Samuel Collins, and there they lived and died. They had thirteen children, of whom ten are now living: Peter, Samuel, Catherine (wife of N. J. Locke), Anna (wife of Peter Verbrecht), Eliza (wife of John Wesby), Mary (wife of H. J. Apple), James, Lovey (wife of Peter Imler), Sarah (wife of George Blubaker), and Henry.  The subject of this sketch was married in March, 1854, to Mrs. Lydia Bowell, daughter of John and Eve Losh, of Perry Township, by whom he has four children living: William, Lucy (wife of Douglass Coats), Delilah (wife of Frank Satters), and Alfretta.  Mr. Ridenour cleared a farm in Perry Township, on Section 21, comprising forty-six acres, which he still owns, and on which he settled in 1855.  Here he lived until 1872, when, on account of the death of his wife, he went to reside with William Ebling, Jr.  Our subject is one of the oldest settlers now living in Perry Township, this county.  In politics he has always been a stanch Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 746

Monroe Twp. - JACOB B. RINEHART, farmer, P. O. West Cairo, was born Nov. 30, 1840, in Montgomery County, Ohio, son of Daniel and Esther (Brumbaugh) Rinehart, former a son of Jacob and Susanna (Bromer) Rinehart, latter a native of Pennsylvania, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Folk) Brumbaugh.  Our subject, who is the eldest of ten children, six of whom are now living, was first married, Jan. 27, 1863, to Elizabeth M. Emrick, of Miami County, who died Jan. 3, 1864, in her twenty-first year, and Mr. Rinehart then married, Oct. 1, 1867, Mary E. Early, born Mar. 7, 1842, by which marriage were born seven children, two deceased in infancy.  Those now living are Jesse S., born July 31, 1868; Chalmer F., born Sept. 12, 1869; Henry E., born Mar. 25, 1872; Mary E., (a twin) born May 23, 1874; Cora Emma, born Apr. 24, 1883.  The family are members of the German Baptist Church.  In politics Mr. Rinehart is a Republican.  The brothers and sisters of our subject are Sarah (wife of Levi Spitler), John, Hannah (wife of Aaron Sollenberger), Henry (at present a medical student in Brooklyn, N. Y.), and Noah, all residents of Montgomery County, Ohio.  Mrs. Rinehart's parents, both now living, are Samuel and Harriet (Wright) Early, natives of Virginia, the former born May 19, 1810, in Rockingham County, son of Jacob Early (who lived to be ninety years of age, blind he last forty years of his life) and Magdalene (Wanger) Early, a daughter of Henry Wanger.  Samuel and Harriet (Wright) Early were married Aug. 11, 1831, and had ten children; three daughters died in infancy.  Those who grew to maturity were David (farming near Salem, Oreg.), John (a minister in the German Baptist Church in Cherokee County, Iowa; Jacob (died leaving a family in Bath Township, this county), Noah (farming in Johnson County, Mo.), Mary E. (with whom her parents reside), Samuel (farming in Newton County, Mo.), Isaac (residing with his family in Barry County, Mich.).  Two sons, Jacob and Samuel, served in the late war.  The family are members of the German Baptist Church. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 671

Marion Twp. -  JAMES A. RISK represents the leading hotel business of Delphos, in the "Rose House," which is located convenient to the business interests of the city and at the crossing of the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago, the Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis and the Cleveland, Delphos & St. Louis Railways.  It is entirely new, and furnished with all modern conveniences, the enterprising proprietor having spared no pains in the improvements.  He has an able corps of assistants, and the valuable support of his wife, Mrs. James Risk, a landlady to whom too much credit for her abilities cannot be given, and his son, J. M. Risk, under whose general management the hostlery is kept, and whose able executive abilities renders "Rose House" one of the most convenient and comfortable hotels in this part of the State.  The traveling trade will take no "risk" in stopping at this place. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 652

Marion Twp. - CHARLES W. RISLEY, general freight and passenger agent of the Cleveland, Delphos & St. Louis Railway, Delphos, was born in Delphos, Aug. 13, 1851.  His father, Winchton L. Risley, a native of Vermont, pettled in Delphos in an early day.  The subject of our sketch, after completing a good common school education, was employed as postal clerk in the postoffice (his mother succeeded his father in the postmastership of Delphos).  At seventeen he engaged in a collegiate course of study, and, at twenty-one, accepted a position in the then First National Bank as book-keeper, subsequently becoming assistant cashier.  Retiring from this position, in 1878, he engaged in insurance business with the Fidelity Fire Insurance Company, of Delphos, and was appointed its acting secretary.  He subsequently accepted the position of adjuster with the Fire Insurance Adjustment Company of Cincinnati.  Upon the organization of the Cleveland, Delphos & St. Louis Railroad Company, Mr. Risley accepted the secretaryship of the Ohio Construction Company, who built the road, and when the road became operated by the present corporation in 1882, was appointed to his present incumbency, which he creditably fills. In 1879 our subject was married, in Delphos, to Miss Rose L., daughter of Charles H. Whittier, manufacturer, of Delphos, Ohio.  She is a lady of good attainments.  They have one daughter, Mary L.  Mr. and Mrs. Risley are active members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he is one of the board of trustees.  He is one of the representative men of Delphos, an ardent supporter of all measures tending to its growth and welfare. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 653

Ottawa Twp. - THOMAS M. ROBB (deceased), was born Oct. 25, 1812, in Washington County, Penn., and came in the winter of 1815 to Ohio with his parents, who settled in Guernsey County.  The family are of Scotch descent, and date back to the days of religious persecution in Scotland, when their ancestry fled to the north of Ireland; from there emigrating to America.  The education enjoyed by our subject was limited, and when but a lad he learned the printer's trade in Cambridge, Ohio, work ing at it afterward in Zanesville, Cincinnati and Marysville, Ohio.  Being anxious to see his native State, he. in 1830, crossed the mountains on foot into Pennsylvania, and visited Philadelphia and Baltimore.  Returning to Ohio, he located in Bellefontaine, where he edited the Aurora in 1836 and there remained till 1852.  He began the publication of the Union Gazette in 1841-4-2; served as postmaster seven years.  Mr. Robb was next appointed clerk of the court of Logan County under the old constitution, and this office he filled until 1851.  In the spring of 1852 he moved to Bond County, Ill., and in the fall of the same year came to Lima, where he entered law practice with Charles N. Lamison.  In 1856 he was elected probate judge, in which capacity he served six years.  In 1862 he was elected mayor of Lima, filling the chair till 1807, when he was elected to the Legislature of Ohio, serving nearly two terras.  When near the close of his second term he was struck with paralysis, where upon he returned to Lima.  He died in 1879.  Our subject was married, in 1835, to Miss Ann Moore, by whom he had eight children: Edward L., Mary Josephine, Thomas B. (deceased), Theodore D., Elizabeth (deceased in infancy), Anna Cornelia, John M. and Frank R. Theodore D. is one of the leading members of the Lima bar, born June 29, 1839, in Bellefontaine, Ohio.  He was admitted to the bar in 1870, as was his father before him.  In politics he is a Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 721

Spencer Twp. - SIMON ROBBINS, hardware merchant, Spencerville, was born in Mercer County, Ohio, July 7, 1841; son of James and Celia (Brewer) Bobbins, natives of Clinton County,  Ohio, and early settlers of Auglaize County; they were the parents of eleven children, of whom Simon is the fourth. Our subject was raised on a farm, his education being limited to the common schools. He entered upon his career in life as a farmer. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with Capt. Kennedy, served three years and received his discharge as orderly sergeant. He was in several engagements in which his regiment took part, the Atlanta campaign, Franklin, Nashville, and others. He is an active member of Kishler Post, G. A. R., at St. Mary's, and is also a member of the I. O. O. F. and Methodist Episcopal Church. After he returned from the war he engaged in mercantile business at Spencerville for five years, then moved back to his farm in Auglaize County, and turned his attention to agricultural pursuits and raising short-horn cattle, of which he has the tiniest herd in that vicinity. In December, 1883, he retired from farm labor, but still owns his farm. Returning to Spencerville Mr. Robbins purchased a stock of hardware, in which business he still remains. He was married December 13, 1866, to Orphelina Lawrence, who was born in Auglaize County, Ohio. June 20, 1845, and to this union were born eight children: O. Roscoe I., Cora A., Nora B., Jennie M., Mary C., Ida B., Albert R. and Zoa G. Mr. Robbins has served the people in several township offices. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; has always been identified with the Democratic party. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 811

Ottawa Twp. - JOSIAH B. ROBERTS, farmer and stock-dealer, Lima, was born in Frankford, Greenbrier Co., Va., Feb. 20, 1822, son of William and Hannah (Morrison) Roberts, natives of Virginia, and of Scotch-Irish descent.  William Roberts was a carpenter by trade, a son of Thomas Roberts.  Our subject's maternal grandfather, Andrew Morrison, was a native of Virginia and a farmer by occupation.  Our subject was reared in his native county and educated in the common schools.  When eight een years of age he came to this county with his mother and stepfather (John Perkins), who purchased a farm in Auglaize Township, and with them he resided up to 1844, when he embarked at Westminster in mercantile business, in which he was engaged up to 1852.  In 1854 he located in Ottawa Township, this county, on the farm where he now resides, and has since been engaged in farming, besides doing an extensive business in buying and selling stock.  Mr. Roberts was married Aug. 6, 1841, to Margaret, daughter of Andrew and Lydia (Creps) Winrott,of Auglaize Township, this county.  The issue of this union was nine children, of whom six grew to manhood and womanhood; William, Oliver C., (died Mar. 16, 1877, of disease contracted in the army during the late war), Thomas C., Alton H., Leonora (Mrs. H. H Holdridge), Viola (Mrs. J. R. Duulap).  During his residence in Auglaize Township, Mr. Roberts served as justice of the peace two terms. In politics he is a Republican. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 722

Richland Twp. - LEWIS ROBERTS, farmer, P. O. Beaver Dam, was born in the Empire State, June 3. 1827, son of farmer, P. O. Beaver Dam, was born in the Empire State, June 3. 1827, son of Sylvester and Charity (Lewis) Roberts, who were of English descent and natives of New York.  His father, a farmer, was three times married, and had nine children by each of the first two wives; had no children by his third wife.  Our subject, the, who were of English descent and natives of New York.  His father, a farmer, was three times married, and had nine children by each of the first two wives; had no children by his third wife.  Our subject, the seventh child by the first marriage, was reared on a farm, and has lived in the county forty-nine years; has been a farmer all his life, and is owner of 188 acres of land in Allen County.  Mr. Roberts was married in 1850, to Elizabeth, daughter of William and Anna (Aldridge) Rumbaugh, the former a farmer by occupation, of German descent, the latter of Scotch-Irish lineage.  To this union were born the following children: Samuel (married to Sarah J. Parker), Electa (married to John Nicolet), Lafayette, Roxanna (deceased), Sylvester (married to Dor- B. Weaver), Lewis Freman, Albert F. and Elizabeth.  Mr. and Mrs. Roberts are members of the First Disciples Church; in politics he is a Republican. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 775

Perry Twp. - THOMAS C. ROBERTS, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born in Westminster, Auglaize Township, Allen County, Ohio, Apr. 14, 1853, son of Josiah B. and Margaret (Winrot) Roberts.  He was reared in Ottawa Township, this county, from two years of age, and educated in the Union school of Lima, residing with his parents until twenty-six years of age.  He was united in marriage June 18, 1879, with Elizabeth I., daughter of William and Amanda (Ballard) Moore, of Lima, this county.  The issue of this union is one child, Florence M.  In 1879 Mr. Roberts located in Perry Township, on the farm where he now resides, on which he has made all the improvements in buildings, etc.  He is one of the enterprising young farmers of Perry Township. In politics he is a Republican. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 746

Ottawa Twp. - REV. A. T. ROBERTSON, pastor of the Main Street Presbyterian Church, of Lima, was born Sept. 14, 1849, near Waynesburg, Stark Co., Ohio.  His father, Alexander Robertson, was a native of Westmoreland County, Penn.; his mother, Mary (Arbuckle) Robertson, was a native of eastern Ohio.  In an early day his parents settled near Waynesburg, Ohio.  They had a family of ten children, seven of whom are living: John, George, Martin, Alexander T., Rebecca J., Ella and Elizabeth. James A. and William B. (both of whom served their country during the Rebellion, are dead).  Alexander Robertson, who is still a resident of Stark County, Ohio, worked a farm until his children were reared and educated io the country schools; his wife died in 1884.  Our subject received his classical education at the University of "Wooster, Ohio, and the University of Highland, Kans., graduating at the latter institution in 1875, and at the former in 1877.  He pursued his theological course at the seminaries at San Francisco, Cal., and Allegheny, Penn., and graduated at the latter in 1878.  He was licensed to preach by the San Francisco Presbytery in 1877, and was ordained to the ministry by the Presbytery of Osage, Mo. , in 1879.  He came to Lima in the spring of 1883 and took charge of the congregation where he still ministers.  Since coming here Mr. Robertson has laid out an addition to Lima, in the northwestern part of the city, which he has improved considerably. He was united in marriage, in 1877, with Laura J., daughter of Rev. Dr. T. V. Milligan, of Steubenville, Ohio, (now of East Liverpool) and this union has been blessed with two children: Helen A. and Lorin M. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 722

Bath Twp. - MICHAEL ROEDERER, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born in Baden, Germany, July 10, 1828, and is a son of Michael and Barbara (Keller) Roederer, who settled in Bath Township, this county, in 1837, locating on a part of the farm now owned by J. B. Miller where they lived one year.  IN 1838 they purchased 240 acres on Sections 15 and 16, which, with the assistance of their sons, they cleared and improved, and there lived and died.  They had three children:  Michael, Barbara (wife of Jacob Miller) and Jacob M.  Our subject was reared in Bath Township from nine years of age, and received a limited education in the common schools.  He lived on a part of the old homestead until 1882, when he located on the farm where he now resides.  He has been twice married, his first wife, to whom he was wedded Nov. 22, 1854, being Mary, daughter of George and Catherine Gudakunst of Auglaize County, Ohio, the issue of which union was six children: Elizabeth (wife of Walter Snyder), William, John, George (deceased), Catherine (wife of Isaac Roush) and Franklin.  On Aug. 1, 1868, Mr. Roederer married his present wife, Mrs. elizabeth Nass, widow of Christopher Nass and daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Bucher) Altstaetter.  By this union there are two children:  Lewis M. and Louisa A.  Mrs. Roederer had four children by her first husband: an infant daughter (deceased), John, Mary (wife of Fred Fry) and Sarah (deceased).  Mr. and Mrs. Roederer  are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.  He has held the office of trustee and school director of Bath Township for several terms.  In politics he is a Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 584

Marion Twp. - STEPHEN G. ROLOSON, photographic artist, Delphos, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, Feb. 28, 1855, and is descended of a line of pioneers of this county.  His father, Utley Roloson, was born in Delaware County, son of Nathaniel Roloson, who settled there, coming from Pennsylvania at an early period in the history of the county.  The subject of this sketch completed a good literary education and engaged at farming till at the age of twenty-five years, when he came to Delphos and took up his present vocation, which he has successfully carried on since.  He has always given a cordial support to measures tending to the development of the social life of the city.  He is a charter member of Delphos Lodge, No. 139, Knights of Pythias, and its present chancellor commander. He has also been for several years a member of I. O. O. F., of which he is a past grand. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 653

Auglaize Twp. - VALENTINE ROSE was born in 1820 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, son of Henry and Catherine (Ault) Rose, natives of Pennsylvania, where they died.  They were parents of ten children, six now living: Jacob, Henry, Valentine, Elizabeth, Mary A. and Susan.  Our subject, who is the only one living in Ohio, was married in 1843 to Caroline C. Carlin, and to this union were born four children, of whom two are living: Anthony J., married to Miss Mary J. Plummer (have one child - Lula M.) and Margaret Jane, married to David N. Moyer (have one child - Robert Franklin).  Mr. Rose came to Ohio in 1864, and settled where he now lives.  Beginning life with but little, he now owns a well cultivated farm, which he purchased of Abraham Shockey, and on which he has made all the improvements.  Mr. Rose has followed agricultural pursuits the great part of his life. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 572

Marion Twp. - JOHN ROTH, retired butcher, Delphos, was born in Bierne, Bavaria, in 1816, and engaged at butchering there.  In 1842 he came to America and completed learning his trade in Baltimore, Md., afterward locating in Logan, Hocking Co., Ohio, where he was successfully connected with butchering for fifteen years.  He was married in Logan, in 1845, to Miss Mary, daughter of the late John Ramser, a native of Alsace, Germany, and at one time a prominent merchant of Logan.  Our subject and wife had a family of four sons and four daughters: Mary (wife of Joseph Kindly, of Delphos), Joseph J. (of the firm of Roth Bros.), Barbara (wife of George Stevens, of Delphos), John (also a member of the firm), Henry (a butcher in California), Kate, Frank (of the firm) and Julia.  In 1859 Mr. Roth came to Delphos and carried on the butchering business successfully until his retirement from it in 1879, when he transferred it to his sons, who constitute the firm of "Roth Bros.," having a meat market, prominent among the leading industries of Delphos.  Mr. Roth, by steadily working at his business, secured a handsome competence, and he has lived to see his family occupying good positions in the social and industrial life of his adopted city.  He has visited the land of his nativity on different occasions.  He and his family are members of the Roman Catholic Church. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 653

Bath Twp. FRANKLIN ROUSH, farmer and wood stirrup manufacturer, P. O. Lima, was born in Juniata County, Penn., Oct. 1, 1838, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Morehead) Roush.  Henry Roush came to Allen County in 1852, and located in Bath Township on the farm now occupied by his widow, a part of which he cleared and improved.  He was twice married, his first wife being Elizabeth Morehead, by whom he had nine children:  George, John, Joseph, William, Catherine (wife of Willis Copeland), Henry, Franklin, Philip and Jacob.  His second wife was Susannah Winegardner, by whom he had four children: Theodore, Jane (wife of Samuel Boose), Emma (wife of F. M. Roberts) and Ephraim.  Henry Roush died in 1882 at the age of seventy-nine years.  Our subject was reared in Bath Township, this county, from fourteen years of age, and was educated in the common schools.  He was in the late war of the Rebellion, enlisting in 1861 in Company D, Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was honorable discharged after four months' service.  He enlisted again, Feb. 28, 1864, in Company D, One Hundred and Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving seven months, when he was honorably discharged.  He was married, Mar. 6, 1862, to Mahala, daughter of George N. and Nancy (Sly) Harvey of Bath Township, by whom he has eleven children: Willis, Bertha (wife of Charles Mumbaugh), John, Araminta, William, Mary, Alanson.  Ollie, James D., Iona and Grace May.  Nancy (Sly) Harvey, Mahala (our subject's wife) and Grace May (daughter of our subject), are each youngest in families of eleven children.  After his marriage Mr. Roush engaged in farming in Bath Township.  In 1865 he removed to Lima, this county, residing there until 1877.  In 1867 he embarked in the manufacture of wood stirrups in Lima, in which he has done quite an extensive trade, and is still carrying on this business in connection with his farming interests.  In 1877 Mr. Roush returned to Bath Township, living on the old homestead for three and one-half years, when he purchased the farm he now occupies.  He and his wife are members of the Disciples Church, as are also their two eldest children.  He is serving his third term as township trustee of Bath.  In politics he is a Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 585

Bath Twp. - HIRAM ROUSH, contractor, P. O. Lima, was born in Juniata County, Pen., Oct. 25, 1850, and is a son of Joseph and Jane (Kanawel) Roush, who settled in Bath Township, this county, in 1852, where they cleared and improved a farm.  They were parents of six children: Cornelius, Solomon, Hiram, John, Edward and Isaac, all members of the Lutheran Church.  Our subject's paternal grandparents, George and Mary (Mick) Roush, were natives of Pennsylvania, of German and English descent, respectively.  His maternal grandparents, John and Margaret Kanawel, were of Juniata County, Penn.  Our subject was reared in Bath Township from two years of age, and was educated in the common schools.  At the age of twenty-one years he entered the Dayton & Michigan Railroad Shops at Lima, where he worked at boiler-making for three years and eight months, and was engaged at that kind of work for five years.  Since 1876 he has been contractor in different lines of business.  Mr. Roush has been married twice; on first occasion, Aug. 15, 1871, to Sarah E., daughter of Frederick and Sarah (Stepleton) Bechtel, of Jackson Township, this county, and by her he had one child - Edith G.  His present wife was Ella Whitmer of Bath Township, a native of Virginia, to whom he was married Mar. 22, 1874.  Mr. and Mrs. Roush are members of the Lutheran Church.  In politics he is a Democrat. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 585

Jackson Twp. - A. S. RUDY, physician and surgeon, Lafayette, was born in Auglaize Township, this county, Dec. 5, 1855; son of Frederick and Mary (Staley) Rudy, natives of Miami County, Ohio, and who were among the early settlers of Allen County, former born Dec. 4, 1809, still living in Auglaize Township; latter died in 1859, leaving seven children who grew to maturity: Jacob, Shepherd, Caroline (now deceased), Sylvester, Anna ( now deceased), Albert and Alice.  Our subject up to the age of nineteen years, was employed upon a farm and in attending the common schools of the neighborhood.  During the fall of 1874 he attended the normal school at Ada, and taught school during the winter, his time being thus employed for several years, and about 1877 he became superintendent of the public schools at Westminster, Ohio, which position he held for a period of nine successive terms.  He completed the scientific course at Ada, graduating in May 1881.  Our subject had previously given his attention to the reading of medicine, and continuing the same he attended his first course of lectures in the medical department of Western Reserve University at Cleveland, Ohio.  He entered the medical college of Ohio at Cincinnati, in September, 1883, graduating Mar. 7, 1884.  Having passed a very creditable examination he immediately entered on the practice of his profession at Lafayette, Ohio, where, through his thorough knowledge of and close attention to business, he has secured a practice justly due to years of labor, showing that much confidence is placed in his skill as a physician and surgeon.  During his practice the Doctor has not lost a patient, and has successfully treated severe cases of typhoid fever, congestion of the brain, etc.  He became a member of Sager Ldoge, No. 513, F. & A. M. in April 1880; was formerly member of an order of Sons of Temperance.  Politically he is identified with the Republican party. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 612

Auglaize Twp. - SHEPHERD RUDY, farmer, P. O. Westminster, was born Feb. 16, 1823, in Miami County, Ohio; son of Jacob and Fannie (Neff) Rudy, the grandson of Frederick Rudy, who was a native of Pennsylvania.  Jacob Rudy came to Ohio in 1798, and settled near Dayton, in Miami County, as one of the pioneers of that county, before the county seat, Troy, was thought of.  He entered 172 acres of land, which he cleared entire, and there raised a family of eleven children, seven of whom are now living: Frederick, Shepherd, Aaron, Nancy (now Mrs. Studebaker), Elizabeth (now Mrs. Lancis), Fannie (now Mrs. Sproul), and Sarah (now Mrs. Shellabarger).  Our subject received his early education in Miami County, Ohio.  He was married June 22, 1847, to Ann Stonburgur, by whom he has ten children, eight now living: Almeda (now Mrs. E., Bowdle), Eliza (now Mrs. J. Place), Cordelia (now Mrs. R. Hutchinson) Mary F., Adam F., Jacob M., William E. and Ollie M.  Our subject came to this county in 1849, and settled on his present farm of 160 acres, with good improvements, now owned by him, formerly by David Gilmer.  Mr. Rudy has been active in school matters, having been director  for many years.  He is a member of, and leader, in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 572

Bath Twp. - BENJAMIN RUMBAUGH, farmer, P. O. Lima, was born in Greene County, Ohio, Apr. 21, 1825, son of William and Anna (Aldridge) Rumbaugh, the former born in Virginia, Aug. 6, 1782, the latter in Maryland, Dec. 11, 1799.  They came to Allen County in 1830, locating in Bath Township, on a farm now owned by David Hefner, which they cleared and improved, and where they lived until the death of Mr. Rumbaugh, Jan. 8, 1868.  The widow, now aged eighty-five years, resides with our subject.  They had a family of thirteen children: Jacob (deceased), Samuel A. (deceased), Mary A. (wife of Dan France), Benjamin, Elizabeth M. (wife of Lewis Roberts), Uriah F. (deceased), Lucinda (wife of James McCluer), George, William, John B., Anna (deceased), Irena (wife of Alex. McClure), and an infant daughter (deceased).  Our subject was reared in Bath Township, this county, from seven years old, and made his home with his parents until twenty-six years of age.  After reaching his majority he worked by the month for several years, and in 1853 settled on the farm he now occupies, all of which he cleared and improved himself.  He was married, Jan. 27, 1851, to Mary Jane, daughter of Sylvester and Charity (Lewis) Roberts, of Bath Township, by whom he had six children: Uriah, Martha M.  (deceased), Ann E. (wife of Bruce Whites), Scott, Lake and Jason.  Mr. Rumbaugh served in the late war of the Rebellion, and was honorably discharged after 120 days' service.  He and his wife are members of the Protestant Methodist Church.  In politics he is a Republican. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 586

Bath Twp. - SAMUEL A. RUMBAUGH (deceased), was born in Greene County, Ohio, May 7, 1821, son of William and Anna (Aldridge) Rumbaugh, who settled in Bath Township, this county, in 1830.  Our subject wsa reared in Bath Township from ten years of age, and received a limited education in the common schools.  He was twice married, first on Feb. 16, 1843, to Rosana Whitehouse, of Greene County, Ohio, by whom he had two children: Anna (wife of Robert McKee), and Barton, who died of disease contracted in the army during the late war of the Rebellion.  His second marriage, Jan. 5, 1854, was with Susan, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Wormsley) Channell, of Randolph County, W. Va., and the issue of this union was six children: Hannah  (wife of Garrett Dudgeon), Cornelia (wife of Thomas Wetherill), Josephine (deceased), Grant, Calahan and Icy.  In 1854 Mr. Rumbaugh located in Bath Township, this county, clearing and improving a farm on which he resided up to 1867, when he removed to the farm now occupied by his widow, on which he erected all the present buildings and made many other improvements.  He was a thrifty farmer.  In politics he was a Republican.  For eight years prior to his death he was a member of the Christian Church.  He died Feb. 15, 1884, at the age of sixty-three years. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 586

Jackson Twp. - WILLIAM RUMBAUGH, farmer, P. O. Herring, was born in Bath Township, this county, July 9, 1834; son of William and Anna (Aldridge) Rumbaugh, of German and Scotch descent, respectively.  William Rumbaugh, Sr., was born in Virginia, Aug. 6, 1792, and moved to Greene County, Ohio, at an early date with his parents, and came to Allen County in Ohio, at an early date with his parents, and came to Allen County in 1828, moving his family three years later.  During the war of 1812 he was in camp twelve days, but was not mustered in.  He was an enterprising, kind-hearted, benevolent man.  He lived to see his twelve children married, dying Jan. 8, 1868.  His widow, who was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 11, 1799, is still living.  Their children were Jacob (deceased), Samuel (deceased), Mary, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Uriah (deceased), Lucinda, George, William, John, Anna (deceased), and Irena.  Our subject remained upon the home farm until he was twenty-three years of age.  Soon after his marriage he turned his attention to learning the cooper trade, which for twenty years was his chief occupation.  Three years he engaged in mercantile business, and four years owned and operated a grist-mill at Lafayette.  Owing to ill-health he eventually returned to agricultural pursuits, and in March, 1878, moved on his present highly cultivated farm of 187 acres, where he makes buying and selling stock a specialty.  Feb. 22, 1857, Mr. Rumbaugh married Miss Anner O. Bryte, a native of Ashland, Ohio, born Oct. 22, 1836, daughter of David Bryte, who was born in Fayette County, Penn., in December, 1806, and whose parents a year later moved to Jefferson County, Ohio.  He, David Bryte, followed teaching several years, and was twice sheriff of Richland County, Ohio.  He was one of the first infirmary directors of Allen County, where he lived a few years.  He was a zealous Christian and an ardent Democrat; at his death his loss was universally mourned.  His first wife, nee Mary Van Ostrain, lived but a short time; his second wife, nee Wealthy Slocum, was a descendant of Anthony Slocum, one of the forty-six original purchasers of the territory of Cohasset, now in Massachusetts.  Mrs. Bryte was born in New York, Jan. 16, 1816, and is still living, the mother of seven children: Anna O., Eliza (deceased), Harriet, Hannah (deceased), Amanda, John (deceased), and Alice A.  To the union of our subject and wife were born two children: Charles V. (a reporter for the Daily Republican of Lima), and Tully A.  Mrs. Rumbaugh taught twenty-five terms in the common school and seven terms in the high school after her marriage.  While in town our subject was for several years a member of the council and school board, and held other offices of trust.  He enlisted in the 100 days' service in Company G, Fifty-first Ohio National Guards, and served for a term of his enlistment; he was at Fort Reno in defense of Washington.  For many years he has been a zealous Christian and Sabbath-school worker.  In politics he is a Republican. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 612

Ottawa Twp. - DR. CHESTER F. RUNKLE, Dr. S. M. Smith's associate in office.  Lima, was born in Albany, N. Y., in 1840; son of William and Maria (Johnson) Runkle, natives of that county.  William Runkle was a. mill wright by trade, and was among the early mill-builders of New York State, but afterward followed farming.  Of the five children born to this couple three are now living: the father died aged eighty-two, the mother seventy-three.  Chester F., the fourth son, received his early education in Albany, and in 1866 began the study of medicine with his brother, Dr. W. H. Runkle, of Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating from the Albany Medical College, New York.  He came to Lima in 1872, opened an office and entered upon his profession, and since 1874 he and Dr. Smith have occupied the same office.  Dr. Runkle was married Aug. 20, 1861, to Elizabeth, daughter of Nathan Talbott.  The latter, who has attained the age of eighty-seven years, has been an active contractor and builder, and still looks after his business with an untiring energy.  Dr. Runkle and wife have three children: Emma (wife of C. G. Sulivan, of Cincinnati), William and Nathan. Source:  History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by  Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 723

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