BIOGRAPHIES

Source: 
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.
- Illustrated -
Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
1885

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AMANDA TOWNSHIP ADAMS, David S.  561 BABER, Isaac J.  561 COON, Isaac 561 COON, William R. 562 CREMEAN, Stephen D. 562 CULP, Conrad B. 563   FRY, Jacob 563 GRUBB, Thomas 564 HARRIS, Calvin 564 HARTER, Isaac 565 HOVER, Cyrus H. 565 LUTZ, Samuel 565   MACK, Christian 566 MILLER, A. D. 567 SHAFFER, Simon 567 SOUTHWORTH, Benjamin F. 567 WEYER, Andrew 568 WEYER, William H. 568 ARNOLD TOWNSHIP ARNOLD, John W. 799     AUGLAIZE TOWNSHIP BITLER, A. C. 570 DURBIN, Samuel 570 HARROD, J. M. 571   HEFFNER, Benjamin 571 MANAHAN, J. C. 571 MARRIOTT, Turner 572   ROSE, Valentine 572 RUDY, Shepherd 572 BATH TOWNSHIP ALDRIDGE, Joseph 574 ALTSTAETTER, Michael 574 ATMUR, Marshall 574 BEDFORD, Samuel 575 BIBLE, Harrison 575 BOOSE, Henry 576 BOOSE, Samuel 576 BYERLY, George S. 576 CHAMBERS, Samuel 577 CLEMENTS, Solomon G. 577 CUNNINGHAM, James R. 578   DUNLEVY, Joshua L. 578 EDGECOMB, Walter 579 FAZE, Peter 579 FETTER, George 580 FISK, Wilbur 580 GREER, Stephen H.   581 HADSELL, Almon E. 581 HADSELL, Daniel A.  582 MASON, Sumner F. 582 MASON, Zalmon R. -  583 MAY, Francis M. 583   MILLER, John B. 584 ROEDERER, Michael 584 ROUSH, Franklin 585 ROUSH, Hiram 585 RUMBAUGH, Benjamin 586 RUMBAUGH, Samuel A. 586 SEDER, David L. 587 SNYDER, Peter   587 TUNGET, Thomas H. 588 WOOD, Albert G.- 588 GERMAN TOWNSHIP ALBRECHT, August 590 ASHTON, Christopher 590 BAXTER, Smith 590 BECHTOL, Benjamin 591 BENERDOM, Joseph P. 591 BLACKBURN, John W. 591 BROWER, Daniel 592 CREMEAN, William J. 592 CRIDER, Daniel 593   CRITES, Daniel L. 594 CRITES, Elias 594 CRITES, Jacob 593 CULP, David 595 FRAUNFELTER, Israel 595 IRELAND, Charles 595 KANAWL, George D. 595 KIRACOFE, Henry 596 MURRAY, John W. 596   NEELY, James H. 597 RICE, Richard 597 SAWMILLER, Isaac   597 SHANE, James N. 598 STAVER, Daniel 598 SWISHER, James A. 599 TREMPERT, Herman 599 YOUNG, Amos 599 JACKSON TOWNSHIP AKERMAN, John 601 ARNOLD, Solomon H. 601 CORBET, T. W. 602 CRAIG, William 603 DOTSON, Isaac 604 DOTSON, Thomas 603 DURBIN, E. Lincoln 603 EVERSOLE, Lemuel 603 FISHER, Joseph 605 HEFFNER, Harrison 606   HELSER, Elijah 606 HUBER, Solomon 607 KNOBLE, Samuel 607 LONES, John 608 MALTBIE, Harrison 609 McCLUER, Moses 608 MEHAFFEY, Robert 610 MURRAY, James W. 611 MURRAY, Michael 610 PHILLIPS, Sanford P. 611   RUDY, A. S. 612 RUMBAUGH, William 612 SAGER, Newton 613 SAGER, Newton, Jr. 614 STEMPLE, Jacob 614 URICH, Franklin 615 WAMSLEY, Charles 615 WATT, Robert 616 WATT, William 617 WINGATE, John C. 617 MARION TOWNSHIP AMMAN, Frederick 618 BAXTER, James 618 BEYER, Frederick 619 BLISS, David M. 620 BLISS, Lester, Col. 619 BREESE, Thomas 620 BRENNEMAN, David 621 BROTHERTON, B. J. 622 CAMPBELL, John C. 623 CHAMBERS, Samuel D. 623 CLAPPER, John F. 624 COCHRUN, James 625 CONKLING, S. F., M.D. 625 DAVIS, Charles S. 626 DERWORT, Joseph 626 DIENSTBERGER, Jacob 627 DILLSAVER, Jonathan 627 DILLSAVER, Simon 628 DITTO, David W. 628 DITTO, Samuel F. 629 EDWARDS, Thomas B.  629 ELWER, William H. 629 ESCH, Joseph 629 EVANS, C. A., M.D. 631 EVANS, Hugh W. 632 EVANS, John W. 631 EVANS, Richard 630 EYSENBACH, Henry P. 634 EYSENBACH, Louis 633 EYSENBACH, Wendel 632 FINCKH, Edward 634   GOETTE, H. 635 HANDEL, Theodore A. 635 HASTINGS, Enos W. 636 HEILAND, John B., Rev. 636 HERRICK, Ira S. 636 HESSELING, John Henry 637 HILTNER, Leonard 637 HOEFFEL, Aloysius I., Rev. Fath. 637 HOTZ, John 638 HUMPHREYS, Evan 638 HUMPHREYS, William J. 639 HUNSAKER, Jacob 639 IRICK, James I. 640 JONES, Evan H. 641 JUDKINS, William Wilson 641 KING, John 642 KOLLSMITH, Frederick 643 KRUTSCH Bros. 643 KUNDERT, Henry 643 LAUSE, B. H. 644 LAUSE, Frederick 644 LINDEMANN, Bernard & Frederick 645 LINDEMANN, Henry 645 LONG, Minor T. 645 LUDWIG, Charles C. 646 LUDWIG, Isaac 646 LYE, Francis Joseph 646 LYTLE, R. K. 647 McSHANE, James Francis 648 MEIHLS, George 648 MINNIG, David 648 MOENNIG, Henry John 649   MYERS, David H. 649 OSTENDORF, Joseph 649 PATRICK, Alford M. 650 POLING, Benjamin 650 REDMON, Patrick 651 REEVE, Horace A. 651 REUL, Rudolph, Dr. 652 RISK, James A. 652 RISLEY, Charles W. 653 ROLOSON, Stephen G. 653 ROTH, John 653 SCHLINK, Francis Henry, M.D. 654 SCHMIDT, C. A. 655 SHENK, Alexander 655 SHENK, John 656 SHENK, Sylvester F. 655 TOLAN, D. H. 657 TRENTMAN, Henry 657 STEVER, Abraham Isaiah 656 WAGNER, Henry P., M.D. 657 WAHMHOFF, John H. 658 WATKINS, William E., Squire 659 WEGER, F. A. 659 WEIBLE, Henry, Hon. 660 WILLIAMSON, George H., M.D. 660 WAGNER, Henry P., M.D. 657 WAHMHOFF, John H. 658 WATKINS, William E., Squire 659 WEGER, F. A. 659 WEIBLE, Henry, Hon. 660 WILLIAMSON, George H., M.D. 660 ZIMERLE, Joseph H. 661 MONROE TOWNSHIP ALSTETTER, George Frederick 663 ALSTETTER, Jacob 662 CLIPPINGER, J. S. 663 CRANE, William Mc.  664 DAVIS, Robert E. 665 EVERSOLE, Daniel 665 EWING, Frank 666 FASIG, A. M. 667   HOFFERBERT, Peter 667 HOLMES, Isaac 668 JENNINGS, Gregory 668 KOHLI, Jacob 669 MILLER, Adam 670 MILLER, Henry 670 MORRIS, Henry 671 RINEHART, Jacob B. 671   SCHLOSSER, John 672 SIGLER, Lewis 672 SMITH, Jabez 673 SNYDER, Levi 674 STATES, Joseph A. 674 WRIGHT, Valentine H. 675 YANT, Noah B. 676 OTTAWA TOWNSHIP APLAS, David G. 677 ARTER, F. G., M.D. 677 ASHTON, Edwin 678 ASHTON, Francis 679 ASHTON, J. R. 679 ASHTON, William 678 BAKER, Oliver 679 BASFORD, George W. 680 BAXTER, George M. 681 BAXTER, Samuel A. 680 BOURQUIN, John P. 681 BOWERS, Byron 681 BROOKS, P. H. 682 BROTHERTON, John F. 682 BRYAN, Caspar F. 683 CABLE, Davis J. 683 CANTIENY, Esayas 683 CHRISTIAN, Edward 684 CLARK, Walton E. 684 COE, Jesse Mahlon 684 COLE, John J. 685 COLLINS, Samuel 685 COLVIN, H. M. 686 COPELAND, Isaiah 686 CORNS, James H. 686 CRAIG, Milton C. 687 CRUM, J. W. 687 CULP, Noah 688 CUNNINGHAM, Theodore E. 688 CURTISS, Elijah 689 DAY, G. 689 DISMAN, G. W. 690 DITTO, Gideon 690 DOBBINS, T. W. 691 DUNGAN, James M. 691 EBERSOLE, R. H. 692 ELDER, James A. 692 EVANS, Timothy 692 FELTZ, George 693 FERRALL, J. J. 693 FLETCHER, William M. 693 FRANCIS, Owen 694 GALE, Emanuel 694 GARRETSON, N. H. 694   GIBSON, George A. 695 GOEBEL, Lewis F. 695 GOLDSMITH, Joseph 695 GORTON, William B. 696 GROVE, James 696 HACKEDORN, H. B. 697 HACKEDORN, W. E. 697 HALLADAY, Calvin 697 HALLER, J. M. 698 HALLER, John P. 698 HALM, W. B. 699 HANTHORN, Thomas 9 699 HARLEY, John P. 700 HARPER, W. H. 700 HARTER, William H. 700 HOHL, G. W. 701 HOLMES, Branson P. 701 HOUTZER, V. H. 702 HUGHES, C. M., Jr. 702 HUGHES, J. R. 702 IRVIN, George H. 703 JACKSON, E. W. 703 JACOBS, T. K. 704 JAMES, George W. 704 JOHNS, E. H. 704 JOHNSTON, Alfred D. 706 JOHNSTON, Thomas P., Rev. 705 JONES, R. C. 706 KEIL, Philip 706 KELLER, John W. 706 KEMMER, Otto F. 707 KIBBY, Harman 707 KRAUSS, Samuel K. 7008 LONG, Charles L. 708 MACKENZIE, James 709 MARTIN, John 712 McCOMB, William 709 McKIBBEN, John 710 MEILY, George H. 712 MELHORN, John 713 METZGER, Charles 713 MILLER, William 713 MOCK, J. W. 714   MOSER, Jacob 714 MOTTER, Isaac S. 714 MYERS, George W. 715 NEFF, Henry C. 715 NEISE, Henry 715 O'NEILL, Peter 716 OSBORN, Albert 716 PANGLE, I. Newton 716 PARHAM, H. 717 PARMENTER, Orville L. 717 PILLARS, Isaiah 718 POLING, W. D. 719 PORTER, W. L. 719 PROPHET, Hinchman S. 720 REICHELDERFER, Levi, Capt. 721 RHODA, William 721 ROBB, Thomas M. 721 ROBERTS, Josiah B. 722 ROBERTSON, A. T., Rev. 722 RUNKLE, Chester F., Dr. 723 SANFORD, Samuel 723 SATTERTHWAIT, Isaac W. 724 SCHULTHEIS, W. 724 SELFRIDGE, O. B.  725 SELFRIDGE, Oliver B. 724 SHULER, Daniel J. 726 SMITH, Salathiel M. 726 STANDISH, Walter H. 729 STEWART, Albert G. 727 SUNDERLAND, J. B. 727 THRIFT, Robert W. 728 TIMBERLAKE, William 728 TIMMONDS, W. W. 730 TOWNSEND, James B. 729 TREAT, Samuel H. 730 WALDORF, George W. 730 WILLIAMS, A. R. 731 WILLIAMS, William W. 731 WISE, Jacob 731 WORLINE, D. A. 732 WYKOFF, Garrett 732 YODER, Samuel S. 732 ZIMMERMANN, Adam 730 PERRY TOWNSHIP BEDFORD, James H. 734 BIDDINGER, James 734 BOWDLE, Jesse L. 734 CHAPMAN, Andrew J. 735 COLVIN, William R. 736 CROSSLEY, Ross 736 CRUMRINE, Leonard 736 DAVIS, Francis Y. 737 DITZLER, Jacob 738 FAULKNER, Saul 739 FAZE, William 739   FRANKLIN, James 739 FRENCH, Samuel D. 740 HARDIN, John 740 HEFFNER, Harrison 741 HEFNER, David 741 HEFNER, Isaac 742 HULLINGER, James C. 742 JACOBS, Cadwallader 742 JACOBS, James A. 743 LONES, Milton 744 MECHLING, Eli 744   MEELY, Reuben V. 744 NEELY, Henry C. 745 RANKIN, George H. 745 RIDENOUR, Peter 746 ROBERTS, Thomas C. 746 SELLERS, Joseph 746 STEVENSON, Eli J. 747 STEVENSON, Nathan D. 747 TAPSCOTT, Joseph 748 WHITE, Reuben 748 WONNELL, Edward 749 RICHLAND TOWNSHIP ALTHAUS, Godhard 751 AMSTUTZ, Christian B. 751 AMSTUTZ, Christian U. 751 AMSTUTZ, John 753 AMSTUTZ, John C. 751 AMSTUTZ, Peter B. 752 AMSTUTZ, Samuel 752 BAILEY, G. W. 753 BALMER, A. 753 BALMER, B. 754 BARNARD, John, Rev. 754 BASINGER, David P., Rev. 755 BASINGER, John C. 754 BASINGER, Noah C. 755 BASINGER, Peter P. 755 BASSETT, Samuel 756 BATES, J. T. 756 BENROTH, George 756 BENTLEY, Thomas J. 757 BIERY, T. H. 757 BIXEL, Peter 758 CAHILL, R. F. 758 CALL, H. J. 758 CHARLTON, John 759 CLARK, J. Ross 759 CRIBLEZ, L. C. 760 CUNNINGHAM, N. W. 760 DAY, Charles S.   760 DILLMAN, Henry 760 EDGECOMB, M. K. 761   FENTON, John 761 FENTON, William Mc. 761 GEIGER, Christian 762 GEIGER, Frederick 762 GERBER, Christian 762 GOBLE, A. D. 763 GREDING, Peter, D.D., Rev. 763 GRISMORE, John 763 GRISMORE, Martin 764 GUNTEN, John Von 781 GUSTWILLER, Charles 764 HERR, Simon 764 HILTY, J. 765 HILTY, Noah 765 HONNELL, J. Guy 765 HUBER, Lewis W. 766 JENNINGS, Lewis  766 LANGAN, O. S. 767 LEWIS, William 767 LIGHT, G. A. 768 LUGIBIHL, Benjamin P. 768 MARSHALL, Cyrus 769 MARSHALL, James H. 769 McPEAK, James 769 MOHLER, W. H. 770 MOORE, William W.   770 MURRAY, F. Marion 771 MURRAY, Thomas 771 NEUENSCHWANDER, Elias 773   NEUENSCHWANDER, Isaac N. 773 NEUENSCHWANDER, J. S. 772 NEUENSCHWANDER, Michael 772 PATTERSON, J. H. 774 PHILLIPS, Allen 774 PHILLIPS, James 774 PHILLIPS, W. S. 775 POGUE, J. W. 775 ROBERTS, Lewis 775 SCHIFFERLY, John 776 SHULL, Jackson 777 SHULL, Joseph 777 SOLOMON, George 777 ST. JOHN, A. J. 776 STAGER, Moses 778 STEARNS, Horace W. 778 STEINER, C. P., Rev. 778 STEINER, H. C. 781 STOCKLER, Charles F. 779 SWANY, G. W. 779 THUT, Abraham 780 TRIPLETT, Will A. 780 UPDIKE, J. V., Rev. 780 VERNON, Jesse 781 VON GUNTEN, John 781 WATKINS, Robert 782 WETHERILL, I. R. 782 WILSON, William 783 ZELLER, M. E. 783 SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP ADGATE, Charles H. 784 BERRYMAN, John H. 784 BOYD, John 785 BREESE, David M. 787 BREESE, George 785 BREESE, William D. 786 BREESE, William H. 787 BURKHART, George 788 CHIPMAN, Joseph B. 788   COON, Joshua B. 789 CRIDER, Abraham 789 DIXSON, Joseph 790 GRAHAM, Christopher 791 HALL, Margaret, Mrs. 791 HOVER, James A. 792 MALTBIE, Thomas A. 793 MOWERY, Amos 79 NAPIER, William 794   RAYMOND, Jerome 794 REED, Manuel 795 REED, Samuel 795 SHAPPELL, Solomon 795 SPYKER, Samuel 796 STEPELTON, David 796 STOCKTON, Robert G. 797 ZURMEHLY, Samuel 797 SPENCER TOWNSHIP ARDNER, NICHOLAS J. 799 BAILEY, John N. 799 BEARD, John M. 800 BERYMAN, Ephraim 800 BOOK, Jacob 801 BRYAN, A., M.D. 801 BUEHLER, Charles F. 802 BURNS, Thomas C. 802 COCHRAN, L. Y. 802 DUNATHAN, J. H. 803 FITZPATRICK, James 803 HART, H. Clay   - also see Source 1 - Hart, H. Clay 803 HARVEY, Merritt   -  Also see Source 1 - Harvey, Merritt 804   HERMINGHUYSEN, A. E. 805 HILL, Hugh M. 805 HOCH, Jacob 806 HOOKER, Adison S. 806 HOVER, Charles A. 806 KEETH, Frank M. 807 KEETH, Johnzey 807 KEPHART, George H. 805 KILL, Nicholas 808 KOENIG, Christopher W. 808 McDONALD, James E. 809 MOUSER, Perry 809 POST, Isaac B., Maj. 809 POST, William 810   PURDY, O. W. 811 RENNER, Uriah 811 ROBBINS, Simon 811 SHAFFER, Emanuel 812 SHERER, Abraham W. 813 STAUB, Henry 813 SEITER, J. G. 812 SUTTON, Robert 814 TRAVIS, Alexander J. 814 VORNDRAN, Michael A.   814 WELCH, Jacob R. 815 WELSH, John D. 815 WILKINS, Tilman 816     SUGAR CREEK TOWNSHIP BRENNEMAN, Abraham 817 BROWER, Joseph 817 CARMAN, Elias 817 CULP, C. Christian 818 EHERNMAN, Isaac 818 GOOD, Jacob C. 818 GRIFFITH, Lewis 819 IRVIN, Edward H. 819   IRVIN, Samuel W. 819 JACOBS, James M. 820 MARTZ, George W. 820 MARTZ, Michael 820 NICHOLAS, James 820 OARD, Peter 822 RIDENOUR, George M. 822   RIDENOUR, John G. 822 SHERRICK, Benjamin 823 SHERRICK, Henry 823 SHOEMAKER, Charles M. 823 STEMEN, Andrew 824 STEMEN, Samuel 824 TEEGARDIN, Richard 824 .