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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Allen County, Ohio
And Representative Citizens
Edited and Compiled by
Charles C. Miller, Ph. D.
Assisted by
Dr. Samuel A. Baxter
Lima, Ohio
Published by Richmond & Arnold
George Richmond; G. R. Arnold
Chicago, Ill
1906
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SALEM REED,
one of Shawnee township's leading citizens and substantial
farmers, is also a survivor of the Civil War. He owns a
well-improved farm of 80 acres, located in section 14, Shawnee
township, which was formerly a part of the old Napier
homestead. Mr. Reed was born in Fairfield
County, Ohio, May 2, 1842, and is a son of Samuel and Mary M.
(Aker) Reed.
Samuel Reed, the father of our subject, was born in
Fairfield County, Ohio, and was a son of Noah Reed, a
native of Licking County, Ohio. He died on his farm in
Shawnee township in August, 1894, aged 79 years. He
married Mary M. Aker, who was born July 30, 1814, and
died in March 1905, at the age of 91 years. Their children
were: Clara, Silas, Salem, Isaac, John W., Freeman,
Nelson, Almeda, Emma and Laura.
Salem Reed accompanied his parents to Shawnee
township in 1853. He attended school until he was about 18 years
old, and remained practically on the home farm until he had
attained his majority, working for neighboring farmers as well
as his father. On Feb. 1, 1864, he enlisted for service in the
Civil War, joining Company H. 74th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., in
which he served until the close of hostilities. He participated
in many battles, the first one of importance being that at
Resaca. His regiment was often employed in guarding railroads,
accompanying Sherman to the sea and participating in all that
wearying campaign which resulted in such great victories for the
Union cause. It remained in North Carolina until after the
surrender of Johnston.
After the war he returned home, where he lived until
his marriage, when he bought a tract of land in Shawnee
township, near the family homestead and partially cleared it;
but in a few years settled on another farm he had purchased, on
which he resided for nine years. For the past 22 years Mr.
Reed has been living on his present place, where he has carried
on general farming and stock-raising.
In 1866 Mr. Reed was married to
Elizabeth Adelia Napier, who was born in Mercer
County, Pennsylvania, June 28, 1841, and is a daughter of those
honored old pioneer settlers of the township, the late
William and Sarah (Huff) Napier.
Her father was one of the leading men of the township during a
long and exemplary life. He died in March, 1900, and is
survived by his venerable wife who still resides on the old
homestead in section 14, Shawnee township. Mr. and Mrs.
Reed have had eight children, namely: Ida, who
married William Hover and has two children,
Palleene and Alleene; Samuel W., who married
Florence Wilson and resides in Cleveland; Lulu,
who married Frank H. Place and has seven children -
Frank, Belva, Lee Everett, Ralph,
Eudora Lu, Olive, and an unnamed infant;
Smith Hamlin, who married Lulu Klippinger and
has one daughter— Evelyn, the family residing at Toledo;
Florence LaVerne, who married Clyde Coleman and
resides at Toledo; Walter Cledith, a resident of
Cleveland; Maud Sylvania, who married Clarence
McDaniel, the couple living at home; and an infant,
deceased.
Politically Mr. Reed is identified with
the Republican party, but is not always bound by party ties,
voting occasionally according to his personal judgment of
candidates. Formerly he was active in Mart Armstrong Post,
No. 202, G. A. R., at Lima; but, like his brother Silas,
finds the distance too great to make attendance easy. He
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a liberal
contributor to its support.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by Richmond &
Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 539 |
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SILAS REED,
one of the prominent farmers of Shawnee township, who resides on
a well-improved farm of 60 acres in section 14, is also a
veteran of the Civil War, having given over three years of his
life to the services of his country. Mr. Reed was
born in Fairfield County, Ohio, Jan. 18, 1840, and is a son of
Samuel and Mary M. (Aker) Reed.
Samuel Reed was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, and
was a son of Noah Reed, who was born in Licking County,
this State. Samuel Reed was a cooper by trade,
working at his vocation during the winter and farming in the
summer. He owned a farm in Shawnee township, where he died
in August, 1894, aged 79 years. He married Mary
Aker, who was born July 30, 1814, and died in March, 1905,
at the age of 91 years. Their children were: Clara,
who married Josiah Snyder, and was left a widow
six weeks later, her husband dying in the army; Silas;
Salem, a farmer of Shawnee township; Isaac, a farmer of
Shawnee township; John W., deceased; Freeman,
a resident of Lima; Nelson, a resident of Cridersville:
Almeda, deceased, formerly the wife of Cyrus Nye;
Emma, the wife of Charles Andrews; and
Laura (Redmond), a resident of Lima.
Our subject was a lad of 13 years when he accompanied
his parents to Shawnee township.
He attended school and assisted his father until he was 19 years
old, when he went to work for William U. Hover, with whom
he remained until he enlisted, soon after Fort Sumter was fired
on. His first enlistment was in Company A, 20th Reg., Ohio
Vol. Inf., under Capt. Mathias H. Nichols, which was sent
immediately to the front. and until August was engaged mainly in
guarding the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, during this period
participating in numerous skirmishes. In July, 1862, Mr.
Reed reenlisted, in Company B, 99th Reg., Ohio Vol.
Inf., for three years, or until the close of the war, when he
was honorably discharged at Cincinnati. The regiment
participated in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout
Mountain, Atlanta and Jonesboro; was with General
Sherman’s forces until the battle of Resaca and was placed
under General Thomas at Nashville. Here
Companies B and F were consolidated, or the former merged into
Company F, after which the command went to Washington and
Wilmington, where it again came under General Sherman and moved
on to Salisbury, Raleigh, City Point and Cincinnati. During this
long period Mr. Reed distinguished himself as a
loyal, cheerful, faithful soldier.
Upon his return from the army, Mr. Reed
was married and located four miles west of his present farm, on
which he lived for seven years and then, in 1873, bought his
present property.
On Aug. 8. 1865, Mr. Reed was married to
Harriet B. Napier, who was born in Trumbull County, Ohio,
July 7, 1843, and is a daughter of the late William and Sarah
(Huff) Napier. Mrs. Reed was a babe of
three months when her parents came to Shawnee township.
Her father was one of the prominent and esteemed citizens here
for many years, a man of substance and much valued in the church
and the community at large. Her venerable mother still
survives and lives on the homestead in section 14. Mr.
and Mrs. Reed have had the following children, namely:
Florence, who died aged five years; Alta, living at
Lima; Della, also of Lima; William E., who died at
Fostoria, Ohio, aged 24 years; Mamie. who died aged 17
years; Ethel, of Lima; LeRoy, who died in infancy;
Zelpha, who married Edwin Pryer, and is residing
temporarily in Missouri; and Roy, aged 15 years, who
lives at home.
Like his father, Mr. Reed is a
Republican. He was at one time an active member of Mart
Armstrong Post, No. 202, G. A. R., of Lima, but does not now
attend the meetings because of the distance from home. For
the past 48 years he has been a member of the Methodist
Ep1scopal Church.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by Richmond &
Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 508 |
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HON. JOHN E. RICHIE, formerly judge of the Court of
Common Pleas and now the senior member of the well-known law
firm of Richie & Leland of Lima, was born in Crawford
County, Ohio, Mar. 28, 1838, and is a son of Mirabeau F. and
Sarah (Eaton) Richie.
Mirabeau F. Richie was born in Pennsylvania but
came to Ohio when he was but 12 years of age, and settled in
Columbiana County, removing in 1839 to Van Wert County.
His family consisted of 10 children, seven of whom still
survive.
John E. Richie was a babe of one year when his
parents settled in Van Wert County. He was a student in
the first schoolhouse ever built in Harrison township and in
youth attended school when not engaged in work upon the farm.
He completed the school course before he was 18 years old, and
thereafter, until he reached manhood. he continued to assist his
father on the home farm in the summer season, while in the
winter he taught school. Arriving at manhood’s estate, he
began the study of the law, his reading being done under the
supervision of Edward A. Ballard, now of Denver,
Colorado, a well-known former attorney of Allen County. He
was admitted to the bar in 1867 and prior to coming to Lima
practiced law for six months at Bluffton.
Since locating in Lima, the subject of this sketch has
become one of the leading practitioners before all the courts
and has filled offices of responsibility. For three years
he served as justice of the peace, and was elected city
solicitor when the village was given its city charter. In
the fall of 1888 he was elected judge of the Court of Common
Pleas and served in that position from February, 1889. to
February, 1899. Since retiring from the bench, Judge
Richie has given his attention to a large and important
practice in partnership with F. F. Leland.
In 1861 our subject was married to Margaret J.
McCoy, a native of Van Wert County, Ohio. To this
union were born five children, as
follows: Idumea, wife of F. F. Leland, his present
law partner; Willis A., a prominent architect of Spokane,
Washington, who was architect of the State Capitol of Washington
and all the court houses around Puget Sound; Walter J.,
junior member of the firm of Richie & Richie;
Bertha, wife of Hugh L. Harrod, a traveling salesman,
with home in Lima; and Frank, deceased at the age of two
years.
The second marriage of Judge Richie was
contracted with Mrs. S. Louise (Van Arsdale) Wyker, who
by her first husband had one daughter. Lilian.
Judge Richie with his family attends the Presbyterian
Church. The beautiful family residence is situated at
No. 541 West
Wayne street, while Judge Richie’s offices are
in the Holland Block.
Politically, Judge Richie is identified
with the Democratic party. Fraternally he is associated
with the Knights of Pythias and the Odd Fellows. He has
long been looked upon as one of the city’s most public-spirited
men; one proof of this attitude was his gift in 1892 of a tract
of 10 acres for the use of Lima College. His portrait
accompanies this sketch.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by Richmond &
Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 429 |
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J.
C. RILEY, one of Lima's prominent business men, an
extensive oil producer, and organizer of the "International Fire
Alarm System" in Ohio, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1865,
and is a son of the late Michael Riley who for many years
was interested in the large contracting firm of Smith &
Williamson, of Cincinnati. Mr. Riley
is a nephew of John Charles Riley, a very
prominent politician of that city, ex-postmaster and a member of
the wholesale firm of McHenry & Company.
Our subject was reared and educated at Cincinnati and
there began his business career with the wholesale men’s
furnishing goods house of Liebunan & Schloss.
After four years with this well-known house, he entered the
traffic department of the old Cincinnati Southern Railroad for a
period of five years. Following this preparation, his
promotion to the positions of chief clerk and later to general
superintendent of the traffic and transportation departments of
the C., H, & D. Railway was rapid. For 12 years, he had
entire charge of the loss and damage claim department.
Early in April, 1889, he came to Lima to take charge of the Lima
terminals, having the title of general agent, and he continued
with this railroad until June 1, 1893.
At the above date Mr. Riley became
traffic manager for the Manhattan Oil Company and continued with
them until their sale to the Standard Oil Company, in 1900.
Since then he has been engaged almost exclusively in the oil
producing business. He is associated with J. R.
Keenan, of Marion, Indiana, and they have 45 oil-wells in
operation in Grant County, Indiana. He has been much
interested in the new magnetic system of fire alarms, has
acquired the patents of an automatic system and has just
organized a company for its introduction. He is a man of
great business enterprise and possesses a vast amount of
American push and energy.
Mr. Riley was married on June 27, 1898, to
Mrs. Peter Smith, who is a daughter of John
E. McMaher, one of the early contractors of Chicago, who
built one of the first tunnels under Lake Michigan to the cribs
and had the contract for almost all of the early brick paving
done in that city. Mr. Riley is a member of
the Elks and of the Knights of Columbus.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by
Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 429 |
Hon. Theodore D. Robb |
HON. THEODORE D. ROBB
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 469 |
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FRANCIS M. ROBERTS,
an influential farmer of Allen County, owns a well kept farm of
61 acres in sections 16 and 22, Bath township, where he has
resided for the past 18 years. He is a son of Warren
and Mary (Rumbaugh) Roberts, and was born Oct. 8, 1851, in
Jackson township, Allen County, Ohio. Both parents were
natives of this county, the father dying here in 1853. The
mother reached her 70th year and was living in Kansas at the
time of her death. Their family consisted of six children,
namely: William S., who died in Indiana after serving
almost five yeas in the Civil War; George W., who died in
the army at Nashville, Tennessee; Milo, a successful
farmer of Bath township; Anna Jane, deceased; Francis
M.; and Warren, deceased.
Francis M. Roberts has been engaged in farming
all his life and has also worked at teh carpenter's trade
considerably. He moved to Kansas about 1877 and farmed
there about two and a half yeas before entirely making up his
mind that Ohio was hard o beat as a farming State. He then
returned to Allen County and again took up agricultural work in
Bath township, where he has since resided. In 1887 he
purchased his present farm, where he raises considerable grain
each year, the greater part of which is consumed by the stock
which he fattens for market.
Mr. Roberts was married in 1872 to Emma
Roush, who was born May 7, 1850, in Juniata County,
Pennsylvania. and is a daughter of Henry and Susannah Roush,
who came to this county when Mrs. Roberts was a
child of about two years. Eleven children have been born
to Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, namely: Charles, born
Dec. 6, 1872, and residing in Lima, who served in the
Spanish-American War; Almenta, born Aug. 8, 1874, who
married Emmett Fisher,
of Lima; Maggie Jane, born Jan. 26, 1876, deceased
Feb. 1, 1903; Francis Ephraim, born Jan. 16, 1878,
who is now a resident of Oregon; Anna Jane, born
Dec. 8, 1880; Bertha May, born Nov. 21, 1882;
Cora, born Aug. 1, 1885; William Theodore,
born Mar. 19, 1888; Ruth L., born July 14, 1893;
Oliver Ray, born Oct. 22, 1890; and Gertrude,
born July 19, 1895. The family home is one of the neatest
and most commodious in the township, and bears evidence of the
care and labor bestowed upon it by its owner. Mr.
Roberts has been a lifelong Republican. For more
than 30 years he was a zealous worker in the Methodist Episcopal
and United Brethren churches, but during the past three years he
has not been active in church work, although retaining all his
old time interest.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 554 |
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THOMAS
C. ROBERTS, general farmer and stock-raiser of Allen County,
owns a quarter section of land in Perry township and is one of
the most influential and prominent agriculturists of the
country. He was born at Westminster Allen County, Ohio,
Apr. 14, 1853, and is a son of Josiah B. and Margaret (Winrot)
Roberts. His grandparents, William and Hannah
(Morrison) Roberts, were natives of Virginia, of
Scotch-Irish descent, the latter being a daughter of Andrew
Morrison The grandfather was a carpenter, working at
his trade in West Virginia, where he reared a family of three
children, viz.: Josiah B.; Margaret T., wife of
Samuel Davison French, whose sketch and portrait appear
elsewhere in this work; and Catherine wife of Jacob
Moss, of Westminster.
Josiah B. Roberts was born Feb. 20, 1822, at
Frankford, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, making his first
trip to West Liberty, Ohio, when a boy, but returning to his
native State. About 1835 he located at Westminster, Allen
County, and was obliged to cut his way through the dense timber
in making the journey from West Virginia. He conducted a
store at Westminster for several years, and in 1854 purchased
the homestead which is now occupied by his son, Alton.
He moved his family to this farm in the fall of 1854 and lived
upon it until his death. His wife, Margaret, was
born near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of
Isaac Winrot. Of the 11 children born to them,
but six reached maturity, namely: Oliver C., who
resided in Perry township and was a member of an Ohio regiment
enlisted for the 100-day service in the Civil War - his
constitution was undermined and he was taken with jaundice,
which probably resulted in his death later; William A.,
who died in the spring of 1905; Lenora (Mrs. Hiram Holdridge),
of Lima; Viola (Dunlap), who resides in Hardin County;
Thomas C.; and Alton, who resides on the home
farm. In politics Josiah B. Roberts was a
Republican.
Thomas C. Roberts was an infant when his parents
removed to the farm where he grew to manhood and became familiar
with the work which has made him one of the most practical and
progressive agriculturists of his day. Soon after his
marriage he purchased his present farm of 160 acres, and has
carried on general farming in connection with stock-raising.
He has improved the property with substantial buildings and his
method of cultivation is steadily increasing its value by adding
to the productiveness of the land.
Mr. Roberts married Elizabeth T. Moore,
who was born in Perry township, but was reared in Lima, where
her father, William Moore, founded the wholesale house of
The Moore Brothers Company, one of the largest
mercantile concerns in the city. Her mother was formerly
Amanda Ballard. Mrs. Roberts
is the mother of two children - Florence, born in 1882
and Ruth, born in 1886. Mr. Roberts
is a stanch Republican.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 454 |
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JERE ROBINSON,
who occupies the responsible position of district foreman of the
Ohio Oil Company, at Lima, has been a resident of this city
since 1896. He was born at Newton Hamilton, Mifflin
County, Pennsylvania, in 1851, and is a son of Robert and
Ellen (Stephenson) Robinson.
The father of Mr. Robinson
was born in Ireland. For many years he was a resident of
New Castle, Pennsylvania, wehre he was connected with the
building of public works. He died there in 1871.
Jere Robinson was educated in the schools of New
Castle. He learned the trade of molder, at which he worked
for five years and then became engineer of the public works at
New Castle for two years. From there he went to the oil
field of Clarion County as a pumper and continued there for five
years. His next engagement was in the Bradford field,
where he had seven more years of experience, and from there he
came to Cridersville, in Auglaize County, Ohio, and took charge
of the property of Roess Brothers & Company, of
Oil City, Pennsylvania. He continued in this
position until the Pennsylvania capitalists sold out to the Ohio
Oil Company, and since then he has been associated with the
latter company. For the past 18 years, with the exception
of but three months, he has occupied the import ant position of
foreman. He is a man of large practical experience in oil
and his efficiency is appreciated by the Ohio Oil Company.
In 1877 Mr. Robinson was married to Isabel
Alexander, who is a daughter of James Alexander, of
Pennsylvania. They have had five children, viz: Ivy May,
wife of R. J. Banta, of the firm of F. J. Banta & Son,
candy manufacturers of Lima; Mabel E., and Elsie R.,
students at Hollins Institute, Virginia; and Herbert and
Albert, both deceased. The family belong to the
Market Street Presbyterian Church. Fraternally Mr. Robinson is a
member of the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of the
Maccabees.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by
Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 846 |
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W.
F. ROBINSON, chief engineer of the gauging department of
The Buckeye Pipe Line Company, has been located at Lima for the
past 14 years, and has been identified with the oil industry
since boyhood. He was born in 1860 in Brooklyn, New York.
and is a son of James Robinson, now deceased. James
Robinson was also interested in oil production, having
started in at old Oil Creek when the oil industry was in its
infancy. When the various pipe lines were consolidated, in
April, 1877, he was made chief engineer of the tank gauging
department, a position he held until his death in 1898.
The Robinson family left Brooklyn in 1862
and located in the oil field of Pennsylvania, their first
residence being at Petroleum Center. From there, in 1873,
they moved to St. Petersburg, Clarion County, and six years
later our subject was made his father’s assistant in the
business and stationed at Bradford, Pennsylvania. He
remained there 12 years when he was sent to take charge of the
office at Lima, and upon the death of his father in 1898 he was
promoted to the office of chief engineer. His territory
embraces all the oil fields of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West
Virginia, Indiana, Kansas and Indian Territory, with offices at
Bradford, Pennsylvania, Lima and Independence, Kansas.
Mr. Robinson was married in 1884 to Mary E.
Conneely, a native of Pennsylvania. They have two
daughters—Genevieve and Frances, the former being
a graduate and the latter a student of the Lima High School.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by
Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 865 |
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JOHN W. ROTHE,
one of the substantial farmers and representative citizens of
German township, where he owns land aggregating 292 acres,
situated in sections 13, 14 and 23, was born in Germany, Nov.
29, 1830, and is a son of Frederick and Mary Rothe.
In 1855 John W. Rothe, accompanied by his
parents, came to America and located in Perry township, Allen
County, Ohio, where he bought 50 acres of land for which he paid
$12 per acre. It was a piece of woodland on which a
round-log cabin stood, and this was the family home for 10
years. Mr. Rothe then purchased 80 acres in
sections 13 and 14, German township, subsequently adding to this
until he now owns 292 acres of some of the finest land to be
found in the county. Prior to coming to the United States
he had learned the blacksmith trade at which he worked during
his younger years.
In 1856 Mr. Rothe was married to Mary Fuchs,
and they have had two sons—John and Frederick.
The elder son, John Rothe, died in 1898; his wife,
Elizabeth Lease, died in 1899 and their only child
died when one year old.
Frederick Rothe, the second son, resides
on the home farm and superintends its cultivation. He
married Tinnie Houseman, and to them have been
born four children, viz.: Rudy (the only daughter), who
died at the age of six years; and Albert, Calvin
and Leonard, who at tend the district school in section
13.
Mr. and Mrs. Rothe are worthy members of the
German Reformed Church at Lima, of which Mr. Rothe has
been a trustee and deacon. These good people are looking
forward with pleasure to a celebration of their Golden Wedding,”
which occurs Jan. 27, 1906. They will have a wide circle
of friends to wish them continued peace and prosperity for they
are well known and most highly esteemed.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by Richmond &
Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 453 |
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FRANKLIN ROUSH, owner and
proprietor of the "Clover Leaf Farm," which is situated in
section 28, Bath township, was born in Juniata County,
Pennsylvania, Oct. 1, 1838, and is a son of Henry and
Elizabeth (Morehead) Rouse.
The Roush family originated in Germany.
George Rouse, the grandfather of our subject, was born in
Union County, Pennsylvania. There his son Henry was
born Dec. 25, 1803. He died here at the age of 78 years.
During a few years of his early manhood he followed the trade of
blacksmith, but the remainder of his life was spent in
agricultural pursuits. He was at one time captain of a
company of State militia. Politically he was a Democrat;
in religion, a Lutheran. He was a hard-working man, honest
and upright and left 100 acres of good land to his family.
He married Elizabeth Morehead, who belongs to a
Pennsylvania-Dutch community. She died when our subject
was only four years old, the mother of these children:
George, of Michigan; John, of Lima; Joseph, of Macon,
Georgia; Katherine (Copeland) of Lima; William,
who died in Kansas; Henry, of Iowa; Franklin, of
this sketch; Philip, of Allen County; and Jacob,
of Illinois. The father married again and the children of
his second union were: Theodore, of Lima; Jane
(Boose), deceased; Emma (Roberts), of Bath
township; and Ephraim, of Bath township.
Franklin Roush remained in Pennsylvania until his
father moved to a farm in Bath township, about 1851. Being
13 years old at that time, he was able to give considerable
assistance about the farm, where he remained until he was 17
years old. He then went to Iowa where he stayed one year.
At that time a large part of the present populous State was
nothing but a wilderness and where he stayed while in Iowa was
so secluded that it could only be reached by ox teams. It
took him a month to make the trip over the 1,000 miles of road.
He worked in the wilderness for one year and then turned
eastward and proceeded as far as Illinois, where he took the
cars and came home. Two years he spent here and then went
back to Illinois and spent a summer, and in the following
spring, when the Civil War broke out, he was one of the first in
his neighborhood to offer his services to his country.
Mr. Roush enlisted in April, 1861, from
Greenville, Darke County, Ohio, entering Company K, 11th Reg.,
Ohio Vol. Inf., under Captain Newkirk.
During his four months of service he was not out of the State,
but before he was discharged he assisted in the building of Camp
Dennison. He was then taken sick and for a whole year he
was in poor health, or he would have immediately re-entered the
army. He farmed for a time but in the spring of 1865 he
again enlisted, this time in Company D, 192nd Reg., Ohio Vol.
Inf., under Captain Lybrand. and was sent with his
regiment to guard Harper’s Ferry. He was mustered out on
Sept. 1, 1865. For the following 12 years Mr.
Roush lived at Lima, working at first for others; but later
establishing a business of his own in the manufacture of wood
stirrups and saddle trees. For three years he was in
partnership with Messrs. King and Day, and the
business was prosperous, furnishing employment for 29 hands,
1876 being the banner year. Subsequently Mr.
Roush bought out his partners and continued the business
alone for a number of years.
After disposing of his interests at Lima, he removed to
the homestead farm which he operated for two and a half years.
In 1880 he bought his present farm of 142½
acres in section 28, Bath township. He named his farm
“Clover Leaf” and for six years he ran the “Clover Leaf Dairy.”
building up a great reputation for his products. His land
is very valuable for all purposes. Oil has been found
here, and of the 10 wells that have been sunk six are in active
operation. He is engaged in general farming and
stock-raising, but also enjoys an income from a fine stone
quarry on the place and runs a crusher to prepare stone for road
purposes. He is a man of a great deal of energy and
understands how to turn all his advantages to excellent account.
In 1862 Mr. Roush was married to
Mahala Harvey, of Allen County, who is a daughter of
George and Nancy Harvey, and they have
a fine family of children, named as follows: Willis,
living at home; John F., of California, who has one son;
Bertha Ellen, who married Charles
Mumaugh, of Bath township and has six children; Araminta,
living at home; William, a traveling salesman, who has
one child; Mary, living at home; Alanson George,
of Cleveland; Oliver S., of Lima, who has one child;
James Delbert, of Cleveland, who has two children;
Ina Pearl, who married Harry Lewis and has one
son; and Grace May, living at home. The last
named, the 11th member. of the family, shares this
distinction with both her mother and grandmother.
Mr. Roush has always been a Democrat.
and on numerous occasions he has been elected to office.
He has been township trustee for six years and has been
assessor, councilman and a school official in Lima and in Bath
township. He is one of the comrades of Mart
Armstrong Post, No. 202, G. A. R., at Lima. For a
member of years he has been a member of the Christian Church, of
which he is one of the deacons.
Mr. Roush is a man of sterling character
and is truly representative of the best type of Allen County
farmers and first-class citizens.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by Richmond &
Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 473 |
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WILLIAM ROUSH, M. D.,
one of Spencerville's well established physicians and surgeons,
belongs to an old pioneer family of Allen County. He was
born on the old homestead in Amanda township, Dec. 6, 1864, and
is a son of Jacob M. and Elizabeth (Holtzapple) Roush.
The father of Dr. Roush was born in
Pennsylvania in 1816 and came to Ohio in 1848. He lived to
be over 77 years of age. He married Elizabeth
Holtzapple, who died in 1903, aged over 76 years. They
had 12 children, of whom two sons and two daughters still
survive.
Dr. Roush received his .primary education
in the district schools and spent two years at Elida, also two
terms at the Ohio Normal University at Ada, following which he
taught school for four years in Marion and Amanda townships.
He read medicine for 18 months with Dr. S. A. Hitchcock,
at Elida, before entering the Cincinnati College of Medicine and
Surgery. He was graduated in the class of 1891, receiving
a gold medal for his high standing on general examination.
He settled first at Elida, but removed in 1893 to Spencerville,
where he now controls a very satisfactory practice. At
various times he has taken post graduate courses at Baltimore
and Cincinnati. He belongs to all the leading medical
organizations of county and State. In 1893, he was
appointed pension examiner, and served during President
Cleveland’s second administration. He has always
taken a more or less active part in politics as becomes an
intelligent citizen, and he has also shown his interest in
public matters by serving on the Board of Public Service, the
Board of Education and other civic bodies; he was one of the
original trustees of the city electric plant.
In June, 1894, Dr. Roush was married to
Vade Wright, a native of Highland County, Ohio, a
sister of County Commissioner Samuel W. Wright and a
daughter of W. G. Wright, now a resident of Michigan.
They have three children, viz: Gerald, Richard and
Lucile.
Dr. Roush belongs to Lima Lodge, No. 162,
B. P. O. E., and is a past grand of Deep Cut Lodge, No. 311, I.
O. O. F., and a past chief patriarch of Spencerville Encampment,
No. 279.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 753 |
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W.
E. RUDY, the veteran automobile dealer of Lima, was born
in Allen County 38 years ago and has been a resident of the city
of Lima for the past 15 years. Mr. Rudy established
a new line of business for Lima when he opened his garage and
entered into the sale of automobiles, bringing the first machine
to this county. He carries, in addition, a complete line of
bicycle sundries and a good line of bicycles.
Mr. Rudy grew to manhood in Allen County and
enjoyed the advantage of a college education, having taken the
scientific course in the Ohio Normal University at Ada, from
which he was graduated. Two years of practical work in
teaching followed, when he became a "knight of the grip" and for
five years was salesman for a bicycle company, traveling over
Ohio, Pennsylvania, and a part of New York in his eastern
Territory, and through Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma in the
West. In 1890 he settled in Lima and engaged in retailing
automobiles and bicycles, his business growing to such an extent
that it necessitated enlarged quarters, when he erected his
garage, a large building 100 by 50 feet, which is located on
Elizabeth street, near the Postoffice—a splendid site and a
splendid business.
Mr. Rudy was married in
1892 to Anna Doolittle, of Pennsylvania, by whom he has
two bright children—Mildred and Marcus.
Mr.
Rudy is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church while
his wife is a Presbyterian, was a member of the Lima City
Council for two years and is always ready to lend his hearty
support to any movement of utilitarian import.
Fraternally, he is connected with the Elks, the Red Men and the
Odd Fellows.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by
Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 580 |
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SCOTT T. RUMBAUGH,
who owns a fine farm of 114 acres, situated in section 32,
German township, was born in Bath township, this county, on Oct.
13, 1859, and is a son of Benjamin and Mary Jane (Roberts)
Rumbaugh.
Benjamin Rumbaugh, father of our subject, was also
a native of Bath township. He
died at Lima, in February, 1903, and was buried in Greenlawn
Cemetery. The mother of our subject still survives and
resides at Lima.
Scott T. Rumbaugh was reared and educated in
Bath township, and remained there until he was 25 years old,
when he came to Lima and secured work in the L. E. & W. Railroad
shops. In 1902 Mr. Rumbaugh bought the fine farm
which he now occupies, and in 1905 erected the handsome
residence which is the family home, the old farm house being
occupied by his son-in-law, Charles
Smith.
On Dec. 25, 1884, Mr. Rumbaugh was united in
marriage, at Allentown, with Rachel Coon, who is a
daughter of Wesley and Caroline (Craft)
Coon, and a sister of Mrs. W. H. Benedum. The
Coons were very early settlers of Allen County, locating
in the vicinity of Spencerville.
Mr. and Mrs. Rumbaugh have two children living,
viz: Tressie, born June 22, 1887, who was married Apr.
11, 1903, to Charles Smith, and has one child—Frank,
born Oct. 9, 1904; and Pauline, born May 15, 1900.
A twin boy and girl, Nellie and Edgar, born June
13, 1895, lived but a few hours.
Mr. Rumbaugh and wife are members of the
United Brethren Church, at Allentown, and accord it liberal
support. He is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by Richmond &
Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 710 |
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