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Source:
History of Auglaize County, Ohio
- with the Indian History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement
of the County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880
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Duchouquet Twp. -
BENJAMIN M. BAKER was born in Hamilton
County, Ohio, in 1802. He married Sevilla Poe in
1825, and moved to Dochouquet township in 1834. He
built the second house on Two mile Creek north of Wapakoneta.
They have raised a family of eight children, four of whom are
still living. When he came here his nearest neighbor was
James Cheney, who lived about three and a half miles
distant. Mr. Baker has lived to see what was a wild
swampy country well improved by draining, clearing, and road
construction. He has now retired from active life.
Source:
History of Auglaize County, Ohio - with the Indian History of
Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880 - Page 130 |
Salem Twp. -
AUSTIN BARBER was born in Mercer County,
Ohio, in 1833; married Miss E. L. Hamilton in 1854, and
moved to Salem township, this county, May, 1863. Here he
settled on sec. 32d and with but 40 acres of cleared land,
commenced the improvement of his whole farm until now 180 of his
320 acres are cleared and tillable. Being one of the most
enterprising citizens, he has contributed largely to the
improvement of the township.
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Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - with the Indian History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the
County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880 - Page 195 |
St. Marys -
R. R. BARRINGTON was born in Ireland in
1797, and came to the United States in 1818; first locating at
Piqua, and coming to St. Marys in 1822. In January, 1824,
he married Mary Armstrong. Mrs. Barrington came
with her parents to St. Marys in 1818. Their family
consisted of six children. Mr. Barrington died in
1869, and Mrs. Barrington in 1871.
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - with the Indian
History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880 - Page 150 |
German Twp. -
JOHN F. BARTH was born in Hanover, Ger.,
in 1800, and came to Baltimore, Md., in1836, where he remained
about four years, when he came to New Bremen and settled on sec.
6, German township. Here, with his wife and four children,
he commenced the building of a home in the woods, and remained
upon the old farm until 1865. He reared a family of ten
children, six of whom are still living.
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - with the Indian
History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880 - Page 160 |
German Twp. -
WM. BARTH, a son of the above, was born in
1840, in German township, and still occupies the old homestead
of his father. His family consists of three children, one
son and two daughters. He has held many offices of trust
in his township and enjoys the respect of the community.
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - with the Indian
History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880 - Page |
Union Twp. -
LEMUEL BACOME was born in Champaign
County, Ohio, in 1809. In 1832, he came to this county,
and secured a farm, after which he returned home. The next
year he married Margaret Watt, and moved to the land
already secured. At this time there were only six other
white families in the township. On reaching his new home,
Mr. B's account book showed a credit of cash in hand to
amount of 18 cents, and a debit of $1. His old cabin,
built in 1832, is still standing.
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - with the Indian
History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880 - Page 186 |
Duchouquet Twp. -
DANIEL BITLER was born in Pennsylvania in
1783. He married Elizabeth Clevenstine in 1806.
Their family consisted of ten children. In 1832 they came
to Franklin County, Ohio, from there to St. Johns in 1834.
Mr. Bitler died Feb. 7, 1840; and Mrs. Bitler,
July, 1851.
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - with the Indian
History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880 - Page 134 |
Duchouquet Twp. -
SAMUEL BITLER, the youngest member of the
above-mentioned family, was born October, 1829, and was five
years old when his father came to this county. His
education was received in a cabin school. In 1848 he
married Susanna Colman, who died in April, 1855.
The following year he married Vastia Bailey, who died in
1871, leaving three children who still survive. He married
Augusta Mayor, his present wife, in 1871. In
1855 he opened a stare in St. Johns. This business, in
connection with stock dealing, was conducted until 1862, when he
entered the army, where he continued until the close of the
milling and grain business during the four following years.
On Jan. 1, 1870, he entered the banking business, in which he is
still engaged. He is also a stockholder in the
Wapakoneta Spoke and Wheel Manufacturing Company.
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - with the Indian
History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880 - Page 134 |
Duchouquet Twp. -
MR. L. N. BLUME was born at St. Johns,
Auglaize Co., Ohio, June 21, 1845, removing from thence for the
purpose of attending school to the town of Wapakoneta, the
county seat of said county, where he has ever since resided.
It may with truth be sold that Mr. B. embarked in the mercantile
affairs, which he has pursued with energy and diligence up to
the present, meeting with the measures of success which is a
sure reward to those who with industry and economy adhere to a
calling.
During leisure moments, and whilst engaged in business
affairs, and having a laudable desire for self-improveme4n4t,
Mr. B. commenced the study of the law, to which profession
he became a member in the course of two years, being the only
one admitted out of a class of three, he preceptor being the
Hon. W. V. M. Layton, deceased. At the time when
business enterprise was at a low ebb, Mr. Blume's efforts
largely contributed to the organization of the Wapakoneta Spoke
and Wheel Co., of which he became a charter member; this
corporation being one of the most important manufacturing
interests in said city, whose wares are sold throughout the
entire country.
Source: History of Auglaize
County, Ohio - with the Indian History of Wapakoneta, and the
First Settlement of the County. - Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton,
Publisher - 1880 - Page 137 |
Ducbouquet Twp. -
REV. DAVID BOBP was born in Pennsylvania
in 1809, and came to this county in 1837, when he entered the
land on which he now lives. He devoted the greater portion
of his life to the work of the ministry, but declining health
compelled him to relinquish this position. He still acts
however in the capacity of a local minister. He has
officiated at 95 marriages, and preached perhaps as many funeral
sermons as any man in the county.
Source: History of Auglaize
County, Ohio - with the Indian History of Wapakoneta, and the
First Settlement of the County. - Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton,
Publisher - 1880 - Page 131 |
German Twp. -
HON. CHARLES BOESEL was born in Bavaria,
February, 1814, and came to Baltimore, June 24, 1833. From
Baltimore he came by way of Pittsburg and Cincinnati to Bremen.
During the ensuing five years he was engaged at boot and shoe
making, until 1838, when he opened a store of general supplies,
with which he was connected during the next thirty years.
A few years since he entered the banking business, in which he
is still engaged. He has at different periods held
important elective and appointive offices. Starting as
clerk of Bremen when the voting population did not exceed
fifteen, he became commissioner of Mercer County in 1840, and
served two terms. At about the same time was appointed
postmaster, in which capacity he served nine years. From
1851 to 1854 was superintendent of Miami and Erie Canal.
From 1861 to 1865 was representative of Auglaize County in
General Assembly, and again was State Senator from 1867 to 1871.
He is now a member of the State Board of Charities.
Source: History of Auglaize
County, Ohio - with the Indian History of Wapakoneta, and the
First Settlement of the County. - Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton,
Publisher - 1880 - Page 158 |
German Twp. -
J. H. BOSCHE was born in Hanover, April,
1831, and came to America in 1844. After spending two
years in Cincinnati he came to Bremen in 1846, where he was
engaged as clerk in a general produce store until 1852, when he
went to Montezuma, Ohio, and engaged in the merchandise trade,
but returned to Bremen after an absence of two years, where he
has since been engaged in mercantile pursuits. Since he
has been engaged in the pork and grain trade in connection with
many other enterprises.
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - with the Indian
History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880 - Page 159 |
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Duchouquet Twp. -
JOHN C. BOTHE, to whom reference is
already made as one of the earliest business men of Wapakoneta,
was born in Prussia Dec. 23, 1807, and came to the United States
in 1823, stopping first at Baltimore, from which place he soon
proceeded to Dayton, O., where he was employed as a clerk until
1833, when he came to Wapakoneta. Here he purchased two
town lots, after which he went back as far as Sidney, where he
located about a year in the interest of his Dayton employers.
He was next sent by the same firm to Wapakoneta to conduct a
branch house, with which he was identified until 1835, when he
visited himself in the dry goods business at this place.
In 1860 he built a warehouse and became an extensive grain
dealer, in which business he continued until 1875, when he
retired from active business. In 1878 he again visited
Europe, returning the same year. After a long and active
business career, in which he was associated with the public
enterprises of the town and county, he has thrown aside business
responsibilities and leads a retired life in Wapakoneta.
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - with the Indian
History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880 - Page 138 |
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Logan Twp. -
FRANCIS
M. BOWSHER was born in Ross County, Ohio, Dec. 15, 1830,
and married Miss Elizabeth Straus, Feb. 13, 18959.
The same year he came to Logan township and entered his pioneer
farm. Mrs. Bowsher died Jan. 13, 1875, leaving a
family of eight children, six sons and two daughters. Feb.
6, 1877, Mr. Bowsher married Mrs. Sarah J.
Roberts. The children are all living, and named as
follows: John A., Mary J., wife of Marion
Edman; Thomas E., Amos G., Angeline G., Charles F., Harry
D., and Columbus. Mr. Bowsher owns 1660
acres of valuable land of which 1100 acres are cleared.
During the past few years he has devoted his attention largely
to sheep, and has a present about 2000 head, being the largest
dealer in sheep in the county.
‡ Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - with the Indian History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the
County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880 - Page 192 |
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Logan
Twp. -
MADISON J. BOWSHER was born in Ross
County, Ohio, in 1827, and married Maria Luckhart
in 1847. About 1849 he moved to Allen County, Ohio, where
he remained about thirteen years, when he came to Logan
township, this county, and settled on 213⅓
acres of timber land, where he built a cabin and commenced
clearing the land. He has now 364⅓ acres, of which about
200 are cleared. He has raised a family of six children,
named John G., Catharine M., Nelson L., Jacob F., Sarah A.,
and Albert G.; while Mary J., Rachel R., Amos L.,
and Franklin H. have been removed by death.
Mr. Bowsher was one of the pioneers of this section,
and has contributed his full share to the development of the
township.
‡ Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - with the Indian History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the
County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880 - Page 192 |
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HENRY L. BRANDENBURG
was born in Maryland in 1805. He first settled in
Montgomery County in 1815, removing to St. Marys in 1833.
He married Elizabeth Benner in 1837, raising a family of
three children, two of whom are still living. He is at
present living with his daughter, Mrs. Hagerman.
Mr. Brandenburg being one of the early settlers, commenced
life in the woods, doing much of his work in the night, by the
light of a burning brush-heap.
‡ Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - with the Indian
History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880 - Page 151 - St.
Marys Twp. |
Noble Twp. -
NICHOLAS BREWER was born in Highland
County, Ohio, in 1812. In 1830 he married Sarah Noble,
and four years later came to this township, and entered 80 acres
of land, and moved his family here in 1836. His neighbors
were Solomon Denny, Israel Johns, David Woodruff; in
Valentine, David Ross, James and John Vanmeyce,
and Jesse Daniels. Mr. Brewer voted the fall he
came here, and has never missed an election since. He has
held township or county offices for a period of thirty-five
years, having been county commissioner for six years. His
family consisted of five sons and five daughters, of whom one
son and one daughter are deceased. Mrs. Brewer died
in January, 1870. When Mr. Brewer came to the
township it was a wilderness, and his own farm was an unbroken
forest. It was so wild when he brought his family that he
was compelled to get a man to accompany him from St. Marys, who
by the use of an axe was able to reach and open a way to the
farm. Since then a comfortable home has been secured, and
land enough acquired to give each child 80 acres. Although
well advanced in years and retired from active work, he still
superintends his farm, and enjoys the respect of all his
neighbor.
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - with the Indian
History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880 - Page 196 |
Goshen Twp. -
JAMES
BURDIN was born in Clinton County, Ohio. He came to
Auglaize County about 1832, and settled in Duchouquet township,
raised a family of two children, one still living, viz., W.
H. H. Burdin, Esq., of Goshen township. Mr. Burdin
died March, 1850. W. H. H. Burdin was a
prisoner of war about fifteen months, and was one of the men
placed under the fire of the Union guns at Charleston for the
protection of the city.
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - with the Indian
History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880 - Page 178 |
Duchouque Twp. -
GEO. W. BURKE was born in Virginia in
1815, and came to this township in 1832, which was before the
Indians left the reservation. At this date there were no
laid-out roads in the township. The land where he now
lives, in section 9, was so wet and swampy that he would not
have given a dollar for the whole section. At this period
he could only find twelve families in the township. He
married Margaret, daughter of John Morris, Esq.,
in 1841, and has reared a family of twelve children, of whom
eight are still living.
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - with the Indian
History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the County. -
Wapakoneta: Robert Sutton, Publisher - 1880 - Page 133 |
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