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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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Moulton Twp. -
JOHN COGAN was born in Sligo County,
Ireland. He emigrated to this country in 1847, and settled
in this county in Feb. 1851, in Moulton township on the farm
on which he now resides.
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 200 |
Moulton Twp. -
THOMAS and PATRICK COGAN were born in
Sligo County, Ireland. They came to America in 1847, and
to Moulton township, this county and State, in 1850. They
entered land in this township among the settlers of this 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 200 |
Clay Twp. - St.
John's -
JAMES H. COLEMAN was born in Kentucky Jan.
14, 1796. When he was about fourteen months old his
parents came to Warren County, Ohio. When he had attained
the age of twenty-two he moved to Shelby County, where he
remained fifteen years, and then came to this county, where he
has since resided, with the exception of about eleven years
spent in Logan County. He is now one of the oldest
settlers of this county, is the oldest man in Clay township, and
one of the oldest men in Clay township, and one of the oldest
settlers of this part of the State, as this is his eighty-third
year of residence within its limits. He was the first
justice of the peace of this township, which office he held
twenty-four yeas; was county commissioner a part of one term,
after which he was elected to same office, receiving the
unanimous vote of his township. This is the only case of
unanimity at an election in this 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 175 |
Clay Twp. - St. John's
S. S. COLEMAN was born in Shelby
County, Ohio, Apr. 1, 1823, and at the age of eleven years came
with his parents to this county, where he has since resided,
with the exception of two yeas in Allen County and one season in
Kansas. He married Miss Nancy A. Copeland Dec. 21,
1844. They have reared a family of five children, all of
whom still reside in this county except one daughter, who is in
Kansas. Mrs. Coleman married Elizabeth Hanson,
of Ross County, who is 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 175 |
Goshen Twp. -
JOHN
CONLEY was born in Ireland in 1808, and came to
America while young. He learned the stonemason trade,
superintended the building of some of these arches on the Miami
Canal in Shelby County. Married Eliza Marshal in
1838. He came to Auglaize County in 1839, and died in
1860, leaving his wife and six children. His widow died in
1876. Both are buried in Goshen township cemetery.
Henry and Alphonso are now residents of the old
homestead in Goshen 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 178 |
Moulton Twp. -
JAMES L. COOK was born in Delaware County,
Ohio. He settled in Moulton township, this county, in
1850. There were but few settlers at that time; much of
the land was still owned by the government.
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 200 |
Union Twp. -
ABNER COPELAND came with his family from Virginia
to Union township in the spring of 1836.
His oldest son, Joseph, bought a piece of land
in Clay township, but sold this, and bought land in Union
township. He has now over nine hundred acres. In
1849 he married Mary Ann English. They have raised
five children, of which four still survive. The
Copelands came to Union township when it was new and wild,
and encountered all the difficulties and inconveniences of
pioneer life. Their first team was a yoke of bulls, and
after the death of one of these the other was worked alone like
a horse. Mr. Copeland relates the following
incident touching this bovine. One of his neighbors, who
then owned the bull, had him bridled and saddled to take a grist
to mill. All went pleasantly enough until they met another
bull, when both animals evinced such fury that the rider of this
one soon saw fit to dismount. This he did, and removed his
grist, saddle, and bridle, and permitted the beasts to settle
their differences, after which he saddled and bridled his game
horse, and proceeded on his way. For illustration, see
Copeland page.
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 185 |
Duchouquet Twp. -
WM. CRAFT was born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, in 1819, and came to Butler County, Ohio, in 1826.
From there he came to this county in 1835, and lived in Pusheta
township the ensuing four years. He then went to Piqua to
learn a trade, and returned to Wapakoneta in 1840 and opened a
wagon shop. He continued in this business until 1852, when
he commenced working at the carpenter trade, which he followed
the ensuing eleven years. In 1863 he moved to his farm,
where he still resides. In 1842 he married Theresa
Hammel, who died in 1852. In 1856 he married
Elizabeth Hattis. He has reared ten children, eight of
whom are still living. His land borders on Wapakoneta, his
residence being within the corporation. His wagon shop was
the first one in the town and he knows of one wagon now in use,
built by him in 1842. When he came to Wapakoneta it had a
population of about twenty-five. He was appointed county
commissioner in the spring of 1876 to fill vacancy arising by
the death of C. Heisler, and in autumn of same year was
elected to fill the unexpired term of one year. In 1877
was elected for the full term, in which capacity he still
serves.
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 132 |
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