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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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Logan Twp. -
HENRY DANIELS was born in Columbiana
County, Ohio, Apr. 4, 1820. His parents moved to Carroll
County, when he was twelve years old, and when thirty-five he
came to this county. He commenced teaching in 1838, and
continued in this profession until 1878. While in Carroll
County he located at Malvern and engaged in mercantile pursuits
during a period of ten years. Since coming to this county
he has been engaged at farming and teaching. July 9, 1841,
he married Margaret J. Long, of Carroll County, Ohio.
He is now living upon his old farm in Logan township, having
retired from active labor.
‡ 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 193 |
Duchouque Twp. -
C. P. DAVIS was born in Dayton, Ohio, in
1833. His father was a prominent Democrat in that
district, of which this county was then a part. He was an
elector on the Democratic Presidential ticket of 1840.
Our subject's first instruction in the printing business was
received in the Empire office in Dayton, Ohio, which he
entered May 1, 1846. Commencing at the bottom of the
ladder, as devil, he continued through 1849 and 1850, and
completed his course in James's book establishment in
Cincinnati. He next printed the Union County Tribune
for the proprietor, Hon. C. S. Hamilton, then a member of
the Ohio Constitutional Convention. Leaving Marysville, we
next find him at his old home at Dayton, engaged with two other
printers in editing and publishing the Daily City Item, a
paper which earned such popularity that it acquired the largest
circulation of the city papers, which gave it to the P. O.
advertising. Selling out in 1852, he shortly afterward
went to St. Marys, this county, and engaged in the grocery and
confectionery business, but withdrew in 1854, and crossed the
plains to California, spending about five months on the way.
Here he tried his luck in the mines, but found it less
profitable than printing. After a year or so, he, with a
junior partner, purchased the Mariposa Democrat. In
1858 he sold out to his partner and returned to Ohio by the way
of the Isthmus. In the winter of 1858 he became manager of
the Dayton Daily Empire, with which he was connected
until Nov. 1860. In 1859 he married a daughter of
Anthony Dieker, of Wapakoneta, Ohio. After severing
his connection with the Empire, he came to Wapakoneta,
with the expectation of purchasing the Democrat, but
failing in this, he engaged in the hardware business, and built
up a large and growing trade. In 1869, he was elected
clerk of the courts, on the Democratic ticket, and served nine
years and three months, having received the third-term
nomination without opposition. In 1875, he purchased a
half interest in the Democrat, and in 1876, he purchased
the interest of his partner, the late Robert McMurray.
‡ 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 127 |
Wayne Twp. -
JONATHAN DAWSON came to this township with
his father at the age of 13. He was deprived of early
educational advantages, but by close application to study at
home, he prepared himself for teaching, which he followed during
ten succeeding years. He served as justice of the peace
during a period of nine years. He still resides on the
land originally entered in Wayne 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 183 |
Wayne Twp. -
JOS. H. DAWSON, Jr., was born in Trumbull
County in 1815 and came to Allen County in 1835, and lived with
his uncle, Isaac Dawson, who had come to the county the
proceeding year. His first farm consisted of the northeast
quarter of Sec. 6, now owned by Alex. Kerr. In 1843
he married Maria Moore. They raised a family of
eight children, three of whom are still living, viz., Elisha
F., Mary Ann, and Chas. H. Mrs. Dawson died in
1865, since which time Mr. Dawson has resided with his
sons in the old home.
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 183 |
Wayne Twp. -
JOSEPH DAWSON, Sr., came from Trumbull
County to Allen County in the spring of 1836. His family
consisted of nine sons and one daughter, of whom Joseph R..
Joseph, Isaac, Jonathan, Newton, and Lewis are still
residents of Wayne township. Their first neighbors in the
new settlement were Daniel Ellsworth, Samuel McPherson, John
Perry, Allen Gilmore, Samuel Felger, and Isaac Dawson.
Mr. Dawson entered 1500 acres of land within Wayne township,
and afterward entered 200 acres more. He died at the old
home in 1865, at the advanced age of 83 years.
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 182 |
Wayne Twp. -
NEWTON DAWSON was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, Jan. 1st, 1825.
He came to Wayne township in 1836, when eleven years of age.
In March, 1852, he married Mary Kaufman, by whom he had
six children, two still living. In the same year he moved
to the farm on which he now lives. His wife died May,
1863. In 1865 he married Frances Landes, by whom he
also had six children. Mr. Dawson, although young
when he came to this county, has realized the hardships of
pioneer life, having helped to clear his father's farm,
afterward clearing his own. He owns two hundred acres of
land under a good state of cultivation. Mr. Dawson
taught district school several terms, but has devoted his life
principally to farming and stock raising.
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 183 |
Douhouque Twp. -
GEO. DELONG was born in Ross County, O.,
and settled in this township as early as 1833. At that
time the cry of the panther and wolf was heard almost every
night. Mr. D. has done much to improve the county,
and still lives on his farm, surrounded by the comforts of 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 133 |
Salem Twp. -
J. H. DUNATHAN, a son of the above, was
born in Sidney, Ohio, Mar. 18, 1836. In 1840 his parents
moved to Mercer County, and settled in Union township.
Here he lived until his 21st year. He commenced teaching
school when eighteen years of age, and continued in this
profession about fifteen years. In 1861 he came to
Auglaize County, purchased a farm and settled in Salem township.
Here he labored on the farm during the summer, and taught during
the winter for several years. The year of his settlement
here he was elected township trustee, which office he held three
years, when in 1864 he was elected justice of the peace, serving
in this capacity about twelve years. In 1876 he was
elected county commissioner, and is now serving his second term.
In Sept. 1873, he moved to Deep Cut, -where he entered the grain
and merchandise business, at the same time dealing in all kinds
of timber and produce. He has here a large warehouse, on
the canal banks, with a storage capacity of over 20,000 bushels,
while he handles about 50,000 bushels of grain annually.
He married Miss Mary Upton, Oct. 13, 1858, and has reared
a family of nine children, seven of whom are still living.
Mr. Dunathan is one of the most influential citizens of
the county, who by his ability and enterprise is deserving the
thanks of the whole county for the interest he takes in its
advancement. That this is understood is attested by the
offices of trust conferred upon him.
‡ 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 194 |
Duchouque Twp. -
O. T. DIEKER was born in Prussia June 2,
1827, and came with his parents to Wapakoneta when eleven years
of age. Here he learned the tanner trade with his father,
and worked at his business about six years, when he went to New
Bremen and accepted a clerkship. This position he held
about three years, when he took charge of a boat, which he
managed until 1848, when he returned to Wapakoneta and entered
the mercantile business, in which he is still engaged. He
was also in the livery business from 1864 to 1880. He has
been township treasurer two terms, and has served as councilman
several years.
‡ 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 128 |
Salem Twp. -
ROBT. H. DUNATHAN came from Franklin
County, Pa., in 1833, and settled near Dayton, Ohio, but
afterwards moved to Sidney, Ohio, and finally to Mercer County
in 1840.
‡ 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 194 |
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