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BIOGRAPHIES
 Source:
A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County
from The Earliest to the Present Date
by H. S. Knapp
Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
- 1863 -
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Montgomery
Twp. -
ALANSON WALKER emigrated
from Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, Mar. 19, 1822.
He engaged as an apprentice with Robert Ralston,
Jun., the first carpenter who established
himself in that business in Uniontown.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of
Ashland County from The Earliest to the Present
Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ. Philadelphia: J. B.
Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 215 |
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Green Twp. -
WILLIAM WALLACE
emigrated from Jefferson County, Ohio, with his wife
and three children, to the northwest quarter of
section 27, Green Township, in April, 1824. He
died in April, 1850, at the age of fifty-three
years. Of his family, who came with him to the
township, his widow and son Levi reside upon
the homestead above described. John
Wallace, the other surviving son, is also a
resident of Green Township.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 355 |
Orange Twp. -
EPHRAIM WELCH, an emigrant from Washington
County, Pennsylvania, removed to Orange Township, on the 8th of
February, 1828, and purchased of his father the southeast
quarter of section 2, which land he improved, and has since
occupied. Himself and wife then constituted his family.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp,
Publ. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 522 |
Ruggles Twp.
SALMON WESTON immigrated to Ruggles
Township, on the 17th of June, 1828. He removed from
Connecticut, and occupied one month in traveling from his old to
his new home. The journey was performed from Warren,
Connecticut, to Albany, New York, in wagons; from Albany to
Buffalo, on the Erie Canal; from the latter place to Sandusky
City, on the schooner Superior; and from Sandusky City to
Ruggles, in wagons. Mr. Weston was the first
settler in the eastern portion of the township.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page
541 |
Lake Twp. -
JOHN WETHERBEE emigrated from Pennsylvania
to Lake Township in 1817. His family consisted of his wife
and nine children, the only surviving one of whom, now a
resident of Ashland County, is Justice Wetherbee, Esq.,
of Mohican Township.
In 1846 Mr. Wetherbee removed to Green Township,
and on the 25th of December, 1853, died at the residence of his
son-in-law, James Aylesworth, of Wayne County, at the age
of seventy-seven years.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 390 |
Green Twp. -
JOHN WHITE emigrated from Pennsylvania to
Green Township, in 1823. He entered in the same year the
land upon which he now resides.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 355 |
Mohican Twp. -
RICHARD WINBIGLER
immigrated to
Mohican
Township from Maryland, in the fall of 1818.
The members of his family at this time
consisted of his wife and four children, namely,
Mary Ann, Henry, Elizabeth, and
William. The only
survivor of these, at this time, is
Henry
Winbigler, Esq., who resides upon the land
originally entered by his father, which land is the
west half of the northeast quarter of section 9,
Mohican Township.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 427 |
Mohican Twp. -
NICHOLAS WIREMAN immigrated
to the place now known as Mohicanville, but then as
Bell's Mills, on the 15th of January, 1833, and
rented of Harvey Bell his Carding
and fulling establishment, which occupied the site
of the present woolen manufactory of
Samuel Huff.
When
Mr. Wireman became a resident of the place, in 1833, the following
named persons embraced all the heads of families who
were then inhabitants, viz:
Simeon, Harvey, and Samuel
Bell,
Henry Sherradden, and
John Shaffer.
Of those named,
Mr. Wireman is now the only surviving resident, the others being
deceased or having removed from the village.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 427 |
FREDERICK
WISE removed from Centre County, Penn., to Perry Twp., in
May, 1822. His family consisted of his wife and seven
children. He had entered his land, being the southeast
quarter of section 18, in the year 1815. While exploring
the country for the purpose of making his selection, he made his
home with Baptiste Jerome. Mr. Wise yet
resides upon the land he originally entered.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 470 |
Green Twp. -
ISAAC WOLF removed with his family, consisting of his
wife and three children, from Beaver County,
Pennsylvania, to Green Township, in the spring of
1819. He had, the year previous, entered the
northwest quarter of section 25, and cleared a field
, sown wheat, and erected a cabin. He died in
October, 1840, at the age of fifty-five years.
Warring Wolf, who yet resides upon the farm
above mentioned, is the only survivor of the family,
except the widow, now residing in Ashland County.
The orchard on this farm originated in trees from
Johnny Appleseed's nursery, on the farm of the
late John Oliver.
"Bell's trail," after passing through the farm of
Joseph M. Byers, also passed through this
place, as well as the lands of David Hunter
and Benjamin McGuire.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 355 |
Milton Twp. -
JOHN WOODBURN removed to Milton Township, in September, 1825,
from Pennsylvania. Captain Woodburn served in the
war of 1812.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 538 |
Vermillion Twp. -
JOSEPH WORKMAN,
an emigrant from Adams County, Pennsylvania, removed with his
family (consisting of his wife and four children) to Vermillion
Township in the fall of 1815. He entered the northwest
quarter of section 26; and also purchased, of John Baptiste
Jerome, the property in section 12, since known as the Goudy
Mill property. He subsequently sold the last named tract
to Constance Lake, who erected upon it the first mill.
In 1854, he purchased the farm upon which he now resides - being
thirty acres in section 25. He is now in his
seventy-seventh year, and in vigorous mental and bodily health.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 295 |
Perry Twp. -
HENRY WORST, in the year 1814, entered the
northeast quarter of section 14. This quarter was regarded
as a choice one, and several persons who had been exploring the
country had selected it, and sat out for the Canton Land Office,
within a few hours of each other, to make the entry. In
this instance, "the race was to the swift." In company
with William McMullen, who had selected the adjacent
quarter, Mr. Worst had reached Wooster, traveling on
foot, and had called at the tavern of that little place for
refreshments. While their food was being prepared,
information reached them that they would be soon followed by two
men on horseback, known to be after the same land. Without
waiting for their refreshments, they immediately pushed forward
and reached Canton in advance of their pursuers, and made the
entries they had shown. On March, 20th, 1815, Mr. Worst
and family removed to his land. He had emigrated from
Pennsylvania. His household consisted of his wife and
eight children, the only survivors of whom, how residents of
Ashland County, are Samuel Worst, who occupies the old
homestead, and Mrs. Margaret, wife of John
Keener, of Jackson township. Mr. Worst is now
(February, 1862) in the seventy-seventh year of his age.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 471 |
THOMAS
WRIGHT emigrated, with the family of Robert Finney,
from Cadiz, Ohio, in the spring of 1820, and removed in April,
1823, to the land of which he has since made a farm, and upon
which he and family now reside On the 23d January,
1823, Mr. Wright and Miss Mary Cellar were united
in marriage by Rev. Samuel Cowles.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 167 |
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