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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
Vol. II
by Wm. Rusler - Publ.
1921
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JOHN HENRY ENSLEN.
Nothing happens without a cause. Back of every success
there are reasons, whether the world knows them or not. It
is often said by the unthinking that it is impossible to
understand some men's success, but this is because they are
unable to appreciate the reasons which lie back of the
fundamental principles of this man's life and effort. Some
believe that promotions are merely because of assistance
rendered from the outside; others claim that friendship plays a
large part in securing a firm foothold on the ladder of success,
but the final verdict of the student of men usually is that no
man progresses very far unless he has a special fitness for his
work; a willingness to give the best of what is in him to it,
and a native ability which carries him far in advance of the one
who labors simply for the present emoluments. John
Henry Enslen, one of the substantial citizens and sole proprieor
of the Enslen General Store of Elida, is a man who
measures up to the above standards, and has the satisfaction of
knowing that his is the largest establishment of its kind in his
community.
John Henry Enslen was born in Sugar Creek
township, Allen county, Ohio, Mar. 20, 1859, a son of John
and Mary (Shutt) Enslen, of Pennsylvania-Dutch stock, well
known as farming people. John Enslen, the paternal
grandfather, was born in Germany, from which country he came to
the United States in young manhood on a sailing vessel, and
after his arrival located in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, fro
whence he went to Franklin county, Ohio, and there his son
John was born in 1811, he being the seventh in a family of
eight children. In 1831 the family moved to Allen county
and settled in Sugar Creek township, where the grandfather died.
The younger John Enslen, father of John Henry Enslen,
made Sugar Creek township his home from 1831 until his death,
and spent his life as a farmer. There were eight children
born to the latter, and of them John Henry Enslen was the
third.
John Henry Enslen attended the district schools
of Sugar Creek township, and then for a year was a student of
the Elida High School under Professor S. D. Crites.
He then began working for Charles B. Rice of Elida, who
was postmaster and agent and telegrapher for the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and during the two years he was with him learned
something of telegraphy. Mr. Enslen then formed a
partnership with George R. Leist, under the caption of
Leist & Enslen, and opened a general store at the west end
of Main street, Elida, in 1887. For the first three years
he had only a third interest, but then acquired a half interest,
and in 1892 became the sole proprietor, in that year erecting
his present two-story brick building, which he has since
occupied. He has been very successful and has a large
trade in the city and throughout the surrounding country for ten
miles. Mr. Enslen has invested to a considerable
extent in real estate, and is a man of ample means.
In 1883 John Henry Enslen was married to Ella
Sawmiller, a daughter of Andrew and Catherine (Hilyard)
Sawmiller, of Marion township, Allen county. They have
two children, namely: Orlo F., who married Gay
Baxter, of Elida, in 1914, and they have one child, Emily
Maurine; and Cretora, who is at home. Mr.
Enslen has always been a Democrat, has been town treasurer
two terms, and has served on the town council and the school
board. The United Brethren Church holds his membership,
and he is high in the councils of his denomination. In
every way Mr. Enslen measures up to a high standard of
citizenship and richly merits the prosperity which has fallen to
his share.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
- Page 141 |
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EMMIT E. EVERETT.
Only those who come into personal contact with Emmit E.
Everett, of Lima, descendant of one of the worthy old
families of Allen county, and one of the popular and successful
attorneys of this section of the Buckeye state, can understand
how thoroughly nature and training, habits of thought and action
have enabled him to accomplish his life work and made him a fit
representative of the profession to which he belongs. He
is a fine type of the sturdy, conscientious, progressive
American of today - a man who unites a high order of ability
with patriotism, clean morality and sound common sense, and who
stands in the front rank of those who represent the best thought
and action in the locality in which he lives.
Emmit E. Everett was born in Monroe township,
Allen county, Ohio, on May 21, 1876, and is the son of Jasper
and Margaret (Reeder) Everett. Both of his parents are
also natives of Allen county, the father having been born in
Monroe township and the mother in Jackson township. His
paternal grandparents were Jacob Doty and Elizabeth (Bush)
Everett natives of Pennsylvania, and his maternal
grandparents were Henry and Sarah (Hawk) Reeder, also
natives of the Keystone state. Henry Reeder walked
all the way from his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to
Allen county, Ohio, in about 1837, blazing his way through the
dense timber and locating in Jackson township. The
Everetts came to this county at about the same time and
settled in Monroe township. There Jasper Everett
was born and reared, and after his marriage he settled on a farm
in Monroe township, where he and his wife still live, at the
respective ages of seventy and sixty-nine years. They are
the parents of the following children: Elzie, of Monroe
township; Emmit E., the subject of this sketch; Vacie,
the wife of Charles Lamb, of Monroe township; Alzadie,
the wife of Frank Stockler, of Monroe township; and
Lester and Grover, both of whom also live in Monroe
township.
Emmit E. Everett was reared on the home farm and
secured his elementary education in the common schools. At
the age of eighteen years he began to teach school, teaching two
years in Montgomery county, Ohio, and one year at Eldora, Hardin
county, Iowa. He then attended the graduated from the
Lutheran College at Lima. He had given considerable
attention to the study of law, and in 1905 was admitted to the
bar. He entered the law department of the Ohio State
University in 1903, where he was graduated in 1905, and
immediately thereafter entered upon the active practice of his
profession in Lima. He holds the following college
degrees: Batchelor of Pedagogy, Bachelor of Science and
Bachelor of Laws. Mr. Everet has been very
successful in the practice, and is conceded to be one of the
keenest and most sagacious attorneys practicing at the local
bar, and has been employed in many of the most important cases
tried in the courts of Allen and adjoining counties. From
1908 to 1916 he served as justice of the peace, giving general
satisfaction because of the promptness with which he dispatched
the matters coming before him and the impartiality and fairness
of his decisions.
On Aug. 26, 1900, Mr. Everett was married to
Gracia Crum, who was born in Tiffin, Ohio, but was reared in
Lima. She is the daughter of Henry G. and Belle (Myers)
Crum, both of whom were natives of Seneca county, Ohio.
To Mr. and Mrs. Everett have been born two sons, Paul
and William Howard.
Politically Mr. Everett is an earnest
supporter of the Democratic party, while his religious
membership is with the Methodist Episcopal Church. He
takes a deep interest in fraternal matters and is a member of
the Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has filled the chairs
in the Blue Lodge, the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, the
Council, and the Commandery of Knights Templar, and has attained
to the thirty-second degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish
Rite; Lodge No. 52, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks;
Lodge No. 142, Knights of the Maccabees; Lodge No. 199, Loyal
Order of Moose; and Camp No. 3290, Modern Woodmen of America,
all at Lima. Mr. Everett holds a position of
unequivocal confidence and esteem in the community where he has
labored to so goodly ends, ever discharging his duties, whether
public or private, in a most conscientious manner, and winning
the confidence and esteem of all who know him.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
- Page 167 |
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