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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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HUDSON J. CALL
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ELIAB
CARMAN, the oldest of the living pioneers of Sugar Creek
township, Allen county, Ohio, and also the oldest man in the
township, being now in his eighty-seventh year, was born in
Shelby county, Ky., July 14, 1809, and is of French German
descent, his ancestors on his mother's side, having fled from
France to Germany, to avoid religious persecution, and there
intermarried with German families, the Carmans being of
that race.
JOSEPH CARMAN, the
great-grandfather of our subject, came from Germany to America
in the early days of the settlement of New Jersey, bringing his
family, and located on the Delaware river, in the colony of New
Jersey, about thirty miles from Philadelphia, Pa., and for many
years carried on farming together with boot and shoe making.
Joseph Carman, Jr., son of above and grandfather of
our subject, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution under
Washington, and was married in New Jersey to Miss Elizabeth
LaRue, the result of the union being the birth of seven
children - four sons, Caleb, Isaac, Joshua and James, and
three daughters, Mary, Elizabeth and one whose name has
lapsed from memory of their sorrows. Joseph
Carman Jr., removed to Kentucky in 1789, where he
became a companion of the famous frontiers man, David
Boone, frequently meeting him and coming side by side with
him in the same forts. Mr. Carman held a
patent for about 1,700 acres of land, which he had located, in
part, in what is now Shelby county, and part in Franklin county,
near where Frankfort now stands. This gentleman met with
an untimely death at the hands of Indians, while hunting.
James Carmen, son of Joseph, Jr., and the
father of our subject, was born in Virginia, Mar. 2, 1782, in
which state his father had resided for a few years. He
learned to read and write, and at the age of seven and one-half
years went to Kentucky with his father, there grew to manhood
and married Miss Comfort Clifton, a native
of Virginia and a daughter of Samuel Clifton.
The Etherton brothers, Peter and Aaron,
reached Kentucky simultaneously with Joseph Carman, and
there came with them a number of Virginians, one of whom,
William Linn, was lost in a river, and this stream is
still known as the No-Linn. With these Virginians
also came Isaac Hodgens, for whom the town of
Hodgensville, in LaRue county, is named, and who was the great
uncle of our subject.
James Carman and wife, for a few years
after their marriage, continued to reside in Kentucky, and in
that state their first three children were born. Just
before the war of 1812 Mr. Carman moved to Clark
county, Ind., where he resided until 1818, when he sought a home
in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he followed teaming until 1866 or
1867, when he came to live with our subject, with whom he passed
the two remaining years of his life, dying in Allen county in
1869 at the advanced age of eighty-seven years, eight months and
sixteen days. He had been twice married, and to his first
union, as recorded above, were born four children, Caleb,
Elizabeth, Eliab and Matilda - the last named born in
Indiana. The mother of these died in Ohio county, Ky., and
the second marriage of Mr. Carman took place in Butler county,
Ohio, with Mrs. Mary Smith, a widow, who
had borne the maiden name of Mary Edwards, and to
this union were born two children - Silas and Louisa.
Eliab Carman the proper subject of this memoir, was
but a mere child when taken by his parents to Indiana, but still
remembers the illumination and celebration in honor of
Jackson's victory at New Orleans. He was reared
chiefly in Ohio, however, partly learned the cooper's trade and
also assisted in teaming with his father in Cincinnati, and was
there married, Feb. 1, 1830, to Miss Mary Richards, who
was born Jan. 12, 1811, in Montgomeryshire, Wales, a daughter of
Richard and Sarah (Davis) Richards, the former of whom
came to America about 1820, and was one of the original settlers
with the Welsh colony of Paddy's Run, Butler county, Ohio.
IN 1834, he came to Sugar Creek township, Allen county, and
settled in section No. 19, his being one of the first Welsh
families to come to the township, and here he bought a quarter
section of land, much of which he cleared up and converted into
a fertile farm. To himself and wife were born eight
children, viz: Mary, Sarah, Jane, Elizabeth, Martha, Susan,
Thomas, Evan and William. The parents lived to
reach the age of about sixty-seven years, and both died in the
faith of the Presbyterian church.
After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Carman resided in
Cincinnati until Sept. 2, 1836, when they came to Sugar Creek
township, Allen county making their way by wagon, but at
times cutting their way through the forest. Mr. Carman
at once settled on eighty acres of his present farm, the deed to
which bears the signature of Andrew Jackson.
The land was all in the woods, but our subject set manfully to
work, built a log cabin, cleared up a farm, and by degrees added
to it, through untiring industry and a wise thrift, until he
owned 200 acres and became one of the most influential and
prosperous farmers of the township. Eight children were
born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Carman,
and of these, six lived to mature years, viz: Sarah C.,
Elizabeth Abigail, James, Louisa and Phebe A.
The beloved mother of this family died September 5, 1852, a
devoted member of the Baptist church and a lady of great
amiability of temper. The second marriage of Mr. Carman
took place in August, 1884, to Mrs. Henrietta Poe, widow
of James M. Poe, of the colonial family of that name and
a direct descendant of the famous Adam Poe, who killed
the Indian, Bigfoot. In religion Mr. Carman has
been for many years a Baptist; in politics he is a democrat, has
held the office of supervisor, and fourteen years was a member
of the school board - the first and second school-house in his
district having been erected during his incumbency. This
venerable gentleman has necessarily witnessed marvelous changes
in the physical and moral aspects of Sugar Creek township since
he first made it his home sixty years ago, but still lives to
enjoy, as he has done in the past, the honor and respect of
every citizen of the Sugar Creek township and those adjoining.
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SAMUEL
CHAMBERS, one of the most progressive farmers of Bath
township, Allen county, Ohio, was born in Franklin county, Pa.,
April 7, 1819, the youngest son of Robert and Catherine (Hise)
Chambers. His grandfather Chambers was a native
of England, who early came to America, took an active part in
the patriot army during the Revolutionary war, and died at his
residence near Martinsburg, Va. He was a farmer by
occupation and of his descendants there is knowledge of only
three sons, Robert, Joseph and Jacob, of whom the
later died in Dayton, Ohio.
ROBERT CHAMBERS was born
about 1772, at Martinsburg, Va., where he grew up to manhood and
served in the war of 1812-15, as a volunteer for his native
state. About 1819 he moved to Franklin county, Pa., and in
1837 r3emoed to Miami county, Ohio, where he passed the
remaining years of his life, dying in 1852. He was
married, in Virginia, Catherine Hise, and to this union
were born eleven children in the following order: Sarah,
who married Samuel Taylor, of Franklin county, Pa., where
he died; Susan, who was three times married; first to
George Foth, secondly to James Frazier, and thirdly
to James Ward - and died in Allen county, Ohio; Jacob
died in Auglaize county, Ohio; Polly, married to Jesse
Ray, died in Kansas; Nancy, who was first
married to Daniel Shafer and secondly to John Shafer;
Eli, who died in Indiana; Elizabeth, who was married
to James Thackery and died in Miami county, Ohio; Otho,
who died in Franklin county, Pa.; Maria, married to
Joseph Bennett, and residing in Cass county, Ind.;
Samuel, our subject, and Catherine, who was married
to Dorance Vroman, and died in Illinois. The mother
of this large family passed the declining years of her life at
the home of our subject, dying January 18, 1860.
Samuel Chambers, whose name is placed at the
opening of this biographical memoir, received is early education
in the primitive log school-house in vogue in his youthful days,
and, his parents being by no means wealthy, he was placed out to
work for neighboring farmers at the early age of nine years -
working, in one instance, for five years for one employer,
Daniel Zuck, Franklin county, Pa. He was industrious
and frugal, and in 1837 was able to bring his parents to Ohio,
locating in Miami county, where he was employed in clearing up
lands until 1852, when he came to Bath township, Allen county,
and purchased eighty acres of his present farm, to which he
added forty acres, won through his own diligence and frugality.
He has carried on general farming, and in addition has largely
devoted his attention to the manufacture of cider and sorghum,
from which he has derived a considerable revenue.
The marriage of Mr. Chambers was solemnized, in
1844, with Miss Harriet Miller, who was born in
Washington county, Md., a daughter of John K. and Susan
(Krebs) Miller, who early came to Ohio and settled in Miami
county, where the marriage of their daughter took place.
The children that blessed this union were born in the following
order: Absolom, who died Sept. 28, 1890;
Sarah J., who was married to N. D. Hadsel and died
Dec. 6, 1883; Maria C., wife of George C. Smith; Eli,
of Van Wert county, Ohio; Susan E., who was married to
Henry D. Miller and died April 19, 1877; Emma, who
was first married to Joseph Brower, and secondly to
Michael Alstetter, of Bath township, Allen county; John,
who died August 30, 1858; George, who married Eliza
Dodson, who borne one child - Clara E.; and
Harriet L., wife of Allen J. Driver of German
township, Allen county. The mother of this family was
called from earth June 21, 1890, an inconceivably distressing
bereavement to the husband and surviving children and a
distressful sorrow to numerous sincere friends.
In his politics Mr. Chambers was at first a whig,
but later joined the ranks of the republican party, in which he
takes a warm interest, but has never sought recognition of his
services through the emoluments of public office. For
forty years he has been a devoted and active member of the
German Baptist church and has always been liberal of his means
toward its support, as he has also been in promoting all
enterprises intended for the well being of Bath township and the
county of Allen. He is recognized as one of the most
intelligent and enterprising farmers of the township and is
respected, wherever known, as a substantial and useful citizen,
and as an upright man.
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SAMUEL
D. CHAMBERS, one of the representative citizens of
Delphos, Ohio, and a well-known man in both Allen and Van Wert
counties, is a native of Ohio, having been born at Bolivar,
Tuscarawas county, Nov. 2, 1835. His father was
THOMAS CHAMBERS, who was a native of
Washington county, Pa., born in the year 1808, and was a son of
James Chambers, a native of Washington county, Pa., born
in the year 1808, and was a son of James Chambers, a
native of Ireland, who first located in Washington county, Pa.,
but subsequently removed by wagon to Licking county, Ohio, where
he died. Thomas Chambers was a molder by trade, and
followed that vocation in the furnace town of Ohio for many
years. From the fall of 1844 until the spring of 1849 he
resided in Cincinnati, and at the time removed to Lima, where a
brother and brother-in-law were then living. In September,
1850, he removed his family to Delphos, the foundry having been
removed from Lima to this point on account of the canal, and
here his death occurred in November, 1879. At Painesville,
Ohio, in 1833, he married Miss Mary Cannon, who was born
in Ohio in 1818. She is still living, and makes her home
with our subject.
Samuel D. Chambers was the eldest of a family of
six children, only two of whom are now living - himself and
brother Winfield. Our subject attended school in
Cincinnati, Lima and Delphos, securing a common-school
education. When fifteen years of age he began a three-year
apprenticeship at the molder's trade, which he finished with the
exception of a few months. In 1853 he entered the store of
F. J. Lye, merchant of Delphos, as a clerk, where he
remained three years, going thence to Lytle & Roebuck,
general merchants of Delphos, and with that firm continued until
1859. In that year he entered into a co-partnership with
Peter Phelan and engaged in the general mercantile trade,
under the firm name of Phelan & Chambers. This firm
continued until the death of Mr. Phelan in December,
1876, when the firm went out of business; Mr. Chambers
then took part of the stock, and in 1877 formed a co-partnership
with Henry Davies, under the firm name of Davies &
Chambers retired from mercantile life. In 1878 Mr.
Chambers was elected to the office of auditor of Allen
county, as the nomination of the republican party,
notwithstanding the fact that the county was then and is at
present democratic. After serving one term of three years,
Mr. Chambers retired from politics.
Since retiring from mercantile business, Mr.
Chambers has been identified with various enterprises in
Delphos. He was one of the organizers and a director and
secretary for a time of the Delphos Savings & Loan association;
next he was cashier of the Delphos Commercial bank for about one
year; for the last five years he has been treasurer of the
Delphos Electric Light & Power company, and for a number of
years has been a member of the board of directors of the Delphos
National bank; for a number of years he has also been a director
of the Ohio Wheel company; he is also interested in the Hinge
Belt Coupler company of Delphos - a company formed for the
manufacture and sale of a patent device for the coupling of
belts, which is, in the opinion of the promoters and many
others, destined to fill a long-felt want and work a revolution
in the mode of coupling together belts of every description.
Mr. Chambers is a member of Hope lodge, No. 214,
F. & A. M., of Delphos, and of Shawnee commandry, No. 14, K. T.
of Lima. He is also a thirty-second degree Mason, being am
ember of Cleveland consistory. Mr. Chambers was
married, in 1862, to Sarah J. Kepner, of Columbia City,
Ind., To their union two children have been born. Mr.
and Mrs. Chambers and family are members of the Presbyterian
church of Delphos. During the late war Mr. Chambers
served in the 100-day service as quartermaster of the One
Hundred and Fifty-first regiment Ohio national guards.
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CAPT. WARREN CLARK
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LAMBERT Y. COCHRAN
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WILLIAM R. COCHRAN
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WESLEY COON
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GEORGE
W. CORLETT, junior member of the hardware firm of
Wolford & Corlett, is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, having
been born there Nov. 24, 1869. The hardware firm of which
he is a member is located at Spencerville, and was formed Aug.
10, 1895, succeeding to the business of J. B. Sunderland.
This firm carries a full line of general hardware,
agricultural implements, buggies, etc., in fact the most
complete stock of their various lines in the city of
Spencerville. They occupy tow rooms, having a frontage of
forty-four feet, and a depth of 100 feet. They are in
every way well equipped to transact a successful and prosperous
business. The members of the firm are both young men, are
ambitious, energetic, have business ability and are determined
to succeed.
George W. Corlett is a son of Robert and
Christiana (Caine) Corlett, the former of whom was born on
the Isle of Man, and the ancestry of Mrs. Corlett, the
Caines, were also from the same island. Mrs.
Corlett, however, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and both she
and her husband are still living, near Painesville, Ohio, on a
farm. George W. Corlett was reared on a farm near
Painesville, and was educated in the public schools in the
vicinity. When twenty years of age he entered the employ
of Lockwood, Taylor Hardware company, of Cleveland, Ohio,
and by this company was employed for about five years, both in
the house and on the road, his territory consisting of
northwestern Ohio and northeastern Indiana. At the end of
the five years mentioned he formed his present partnership with
W. J. Wolford, and located at Spencerville, where he
forms a part of one of the prominent business firms of the town.
Both are well known as active, pushing and reliable young men, a
reputation which will doubtless prove to be the next best thing
to their cash capital.
Mr. Corlett was married in May, 1895, to Miss
Eva Disbrow, of Wauseon, Ohio. He is a member of the
Cleveland Travelers' association, and is well known generally
throughout the state. The success with which he has so far
met, is altogether due to his own efforts, and although yet
young he has made and is making commendable progress in his line
of business. Being one of the broad-minded business men of
the county, and acting on correct business principles, there is
no reason why he should not become one of the most solid and
substantial men in the country.
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LEVI COUNTS
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WILLIAM G. CRANE
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THE CRITES FAMILY
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HON. CHARLES CRITES
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D. H. CRITES
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ELIAS CRITES
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EMANUEL S. CRITES
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JACOB CRITES
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OBED B. CRITES
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STEPHEN D. CRITES
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JOHN C. CRONLEY
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JAMES ALLEN CULP
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THOMAS J. CURTIS
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W. H. CUSTER
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