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BIOGRAPHIES
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A Portrait and Biographical Record of Allen & Van Wert
Counties, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co.
1896
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JOHN FENTON
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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JAMES FLANAGAN
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HENRY FLEEGER
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DR. TOBIAS H. FOLTZ
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JOSEPH FORD
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J. G. FOREMAN
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PETER FEEMAN
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ABRAHAM ALONZO FREY
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