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History of Auglaize Co., Ohio -
Vol. II of 2 Volumes
Edited by William J. McMurray
Wapakoneta, Ohio
Historical Publishing Company
Indianapolis
1923
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ISAAC FRANKLIN
WHEELER, a member of one of the pioneer
families of Logan township, former trustee of that township and
a substantial farmer and landowner of that township, now living
retired at Buckland, was born on a farm about a mile west of
Buckland and has lived in that neighborhood all his life, one of
the best known citizens thereabout. Mr. Wheeler was
born on July 3, 1860, and is a son of
HORACE and Mary Jane (Trotter)
WHEELER, pioneers of
the old Whitefeather (Buckland) settlement, who had come here
from Licking county in 1851, and of whom further and fitting
mention is made elsewhere in this volume. Of the six
children born to Horace Wheeler and wife two are living,
the subject of this sketch having an elder brother, James E.
Wheeler, a retired farmer, who also makes his home at
Buckland. Reared on the home farm west of Buckland, where
he was born, Isaac Franklin Wheeler received his
schooling in the neighborhood schools and remained with his
father on the farm, a helpful factor in the labors of developing
and improving the same, until his marriage at the age of
twenty-eight years, when he bought a "forty" in that
neighborhood and on that place established his home. His
affairs prospered and he added to his holdings until he became
the owner of a fine farm of 178 acres, and on that place made
his home until his retirement, in 1919, and removal to Buckland,
where he is now living and where he and his family are very
comfortably situated. Mr. Wheeler is a
Democrat and has long taken an active interest in local
political affairs, having served for one term as a member of the
board of trustees of Logan township. He also has served as
school director in his home district and in other ways has been
helpful in public service. He and his family are members
of the Bethlehem Christian Union church. It was in
October, 1888, that Isaac Franklin Wheeler was united in
marriage to Sarah Mack, daughter of Christian and
Christina (Gephart) Mack, and to this union five children
have been born, three of whom are living, Rowena, Frank
and Louella, the latter of whom is at home with her
parents. Rowena Wheeler married Ray Baum of
Spencerville, Ohio, and has one child, a son, Franklin.
Frank Wheeler married Hazel Reed, of Buckland, and
has three children, Roger, and Harold and
Howard (twins). Mrs. Sarah Wheeler was born in
the neighboring county of Allen, where her parents, both natives
of Germany, had settled after their marriage. Her mother
was twenty-one years of age when she came to this country, and
her father was fourteen. The Mack family settled in
Marion county upon coming to Ohio, and there Christian Mack
grew to manhood. After his marriage to Christina
Gephart he made his home in Allen county, where he became
the owner of a farm of 170 acres. To him and his wife were
born twelve children, six of whom are now living, Mrs.
Wheeler having a sister, Lena, and four brothers,
Isaac, John, William and Henry Mack.
Source: History of Auglaize
County, Ohio - Vol. II - Pub. 1923 - Page 553-534 |
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JAMES E. WHEELER,
one of Logan township's veteran farmers and a substantial
landowner of that township, now living retired at Buckland, was
born on a pioneer farm in that township and as lived there all
his life, a period of more than seventy years, thus being
personally familiar with all the details of the amazing
development that has taken place there since the days of his
childhood. Mr. Wheeler was born on Sept. 26, 1851,
and is a son of Horace and Mary (Trotter) Wheeler, who
were among the pioneers of that part of Auglaize county.
Horace Wheeler was born in Licking county, Ohio, where he
grew to manhood and was married. He made his home there
until the spring of 1851, when he came with his family over into
Auglaize county and settled on a farm of 123 acres which he
bought a mile and a half west of the river, in Logan township, a
bit north of west of the old Whitefeather Indian village, where
Buckland came to be held out when the railroad came along more
than twenty-years later. It was on May 2, 1851, that
Horace Wheeler established himself in this county. He
was a good farmer and gradually added to his land holdings until
he became the owner of 310 acres in Logan township and was
regarded as one of the substantial men of that community.
On that place he lived for many years, or until his removal to a
farm in the near vicinity of Spencerville, where he died, not
long afterward, in 1909. He was twice married and by his
union with Mary Trotter was the father of six children,
of whom but two are now living, the subject of this sketch and
his brother, Franklin Wheeler, the deceased children of
this family having been Catherine, William Cynthia and
Orlinda. By his second marriage, to Johanna
Bitters, Horace Wheeler was the father of four children,
Albert, Almira, Mary and Jesse. Reared on the
home farm west of Buckland, James E. Wheeler grew to
manhood there, receiving his schooling in the neighborhood
schools, and remained on the home place until his marriage at
the age of twenty-two, when he bought a tract of eighty-six
acres in that same township and there established his home,
continuing to farm that place until his retirement in 1899, when
he moved to Buckland, where he has since resided. James
E. Wheeler has been twice married. On Dec. 3, 1873, he
was united in marriage to Rachel Burnfield, also of
Logan township, who died in December, 1887. To that union
were born six children, all of whom are living save one (Horace
D.), the others being William, Charles T., Jacob F., Mary
Jane and Myrtle. On Dec. 26, 1890, Mr.
Wheeler married Nancy M. Sutton, who was born at
Columbus Grove, in Putnam county, this state, and to this union
ten children have been born, Edna, Mildred, Delsadia, Robert,
Alva, Carl, James, Horace, Sarah and Eugene. Mr.
and Mrs. Wheeler are members of the Christian church and are
Democrats. Mr. Wheeler is affiliated with the local
tent of the Knights of Macabees.
Source: History of Auglaize
County, Ohio - Vol. II - Pub. 1923 - Page |
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JOHN W. WHEELER,
who died at his home in the immediate vicinity of Buckland in
the spring of 1914, was one of Logan township's best known
farmers and a man of influence in the community in which all his
life had been spent. It, therefore, is but fitting that in
this history of the county in which his life's labors were
performed, some modest tribute should be paid to the good memory
he left at his passing. Mr. Wheeler was born on a
farm in the Buckland neighborhood on Sept. 19, 1861, and was a
son of MALINE and
Elizabeth WHEELER,
who were among the pioneers of that community. Reared on
that farm, John W. Wheeler grew to manhood there,
receiving his schooling in the neighborhood schools, and when
twenty-two years of age was married. After his marriage he
became engaged in farming on his own account in that
neighborhood and there spent the remainder of his life, his
death occurring on Apr. 10, 1914. He was a member of the
Christian church, as is his widow, and was also affiliated with
the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias. It was on Dec.
15, 1883, that John W. Wheeler was united in marriage to
Alva A. Gochenour, also a member of one of the pioneer
families of the Buckland neighborhood, and to that union were
born five children, Bessie, Robert, Leona, Florence and
Louella, all of whom are married save Robert.
Bessie Wheeler married Otto Niswonger, of
Wapakoneta, and has three children, Catherine, Roy and
Howard. Leona Wheeler married Marion Baker,
who is now looking after the affairs of Mrs. Wheeler's farm
in the vicinity of Buckland, and has one child, a son,
Robert. Florence Wheeler married C. J. Sullivan,
of Detroit, Mich., and has one child, a daughter, Virginia, and
Louiella Wheeler married Daniel Brookhart.
Since the death of her husband Mrs. Wheeler has continued
to make her home on the farm just outside of Buckland, where she
is very comfortably situated. She was born in that
vicinity and is a daughter of John H. and Sarah C. (Weaver)
Gochenour, who were married in Champaign county, this state,
in 1853, and who, in 1859, came to Auglaize county and settled
on a pioneer farm along the river on the south line of Logan
township at the site of the historic spring, where old Chief
Whitefeather had his Indian village in the days long gone
and where Buckland came to be laid out when the railroad came
along in the middle '70s. John H. Gochenour was a
Virginian by birth, born in Shenandoah county, in the Old
Dominion, Jan. 13, 1835. Four years later his father died
and his mother married John Dingleddine, who, in 1849,
came to Ohio with his family and settled in Champaign county,
later coming up into Auglaize county and settling in Logan
township. John H. Gochenour was but fourteen years
of age when he came to Ohio and in Champaign county he learned
the carpenter's trade. He married at the age of eighteen
years and continued to make his home in Champaign county until
in 1859, when, as noted above, he came to this county and
settled on a woodland tract along the river in Logan township.
As he got that tract partially cleared and developed he added to
his holdings and as his affairs prospered bought other lands
until he became the owner of more than 400 acres of land and was
reputed one of the most substantial farmers of that
neighborhood. He was a Democrat, one of the leaders of
that party in Logan township, and for seven years (1893-1900)
served as treasurer of the township. When the preliminary
survey of the railroad was made through that part of the county,
Mr. Gochenour, in association with his neighbor,
Josiah Clawson, had a town site platted on their respective
lands on either side of the proposed right of way and to this
plat gave the name of Whitefeather, in honor of the Indian
Chief, who formerly had this village there. When the
railroad station afterward was established at that town site the
railroad company gave the name of Buckland to the place, in
honor of General Buckland, of Fremont, one of the
promoters of the road, and later by legal process the name of
the village was formally changed from Whitefeather to Buckland.
In 1874, Mr. Gochenour platted an addition to this town
site and afterward fioled three further additions. When
the village was incorporated, in 1892, Mr. Gochenour was
elected a member of the first town board. He and his wife
were the parents of two daughters. Mrs. Wheeler and
her sister, Jeanette.
Source: History of Auglaize
County, Ohio - Vol. II - Pub. 1923 - Page 572-573 |
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ARTHUR R. WHETSTONE,
one of Salem township's well known farmers and landowners, has
lived in this state all his life, a resident of Auglaize county
since the days of his infancy, he having been under three years
of age when his parents settled here in 1874. Mr.
Whetstone was born on a farm in Ross county, Ohio, May 6,
1871, and is a son of Simon W. and Amanda (Feaster) Whetstone,
both of whom were born in that same county, members of pioneer
families there. The late Simon Whetstone, formerly
and for years a well known resident of Logan township, grew to
manhood in Ross county and after his marriage there took up
farming, a vocation he followed the remainder of his life.
In 1874 he disposed of his interests in Ross county and moved
with his family to Auglaize county, locating on a farm of eighty
acres in Logan township, where he spent the remainder of his
life. He and his wife were the parents of six children,
three of whom are still living, the subject of this sketch
having a sister, Belle, and a brother, Jesse Whetstone.
As is noted above, Arthur R. Whetstone was but a small
child when he came with his parents to this county in 1874 from
Ross county and he grew to manhood on the farm in Logan
township, receiving his schooling in his schools of that
neighborhood. He was a well grown boy when the oil and gas
"boom" broke out in this section of the state and for some time
thereafter he was employed in the oil fields, but after his
marriage he rented a farm and entered upon the vocation he ever
since has followed. Not long afterward he bought a "forty"
in Logan township and on that place made his home for five
years, at the end of which time he sold that farm and bought a
farm of 142 acres just south of Buckland. Five years later
he disposed of that place and then bought the farm of sixty-five
acres on which he is now living in Salem township and has since
resided on this latter place, he and his family being very
comfortably situated. Since taking possession of this
farm, Mr. Whetstone has made extensive improvements on
the place and now has a well equipped farm plant and is doing
well in his operations. It was in December, 1897, that
Arthur R. Whetstone was united in marriage to Dora Kraft,
who was born in the neighboring county of Allen, and to this
union two children have been born, a son, Clarence J.,
and a daughter, Addie E., the latter of whom married
Miles B. Reed and has one child, a son, Robert.
Clarence J. Whetstone married Florence Wagoner and
also has one child, a daughter, Thelma. The
Whetstones have a pleasant home on rural mail route No. 1
out of St. Marys. Mr. and Mrs. Whetstone are
members of the Christian church at Buckland and are Republicans.
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - Vol. II -
Pub. 1923 - Page 417 |
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HARDY C. WHETSTONE,
a member of one of the real pioneer families of Logan township
and proprietor of an excellent farm on rural mail route No. 3
out of Wapakoneta, was born in that township and has lived there
all his life, the present owner, in the third generation, of the
place his grandfather entered from the Government back in
pioneer days when the lands hereabout were being opened for
settlement. Mr. Whetstone was born on Sept. 17,
1858, and is a son of Jesse and Catherine (Richardson)
Whetstone, the latter of whom was a member of the pioneer
Richardson family so prominent in the early affairs of that
part of the county. Jesse Whetstone was born in
Ross county, Ohio, and was but a babe, not yet a year old, when
his parents,
SIMON and Nancy (Hyer)
WHETSTONE, came up into this
part of the state and settled in the new lands here along the
river in the old Ft. Amanda settlement. The lands here
along the river in the old Ft. Amanda settlement. The date
of their arrival here was Apr. 21, 1821, long before Auglaize
county was erected as a separate civic entity, these lands then
lying in Allen county. Simon Whetstone, the
pioneer, entered from the Government a tract of seventy-five
acres west of the river in the southern part of section 27 of
Logan township, about a mile and a half south of old Ft. Amanda,
built in log cabin on this tract, established his home there and
proceeded to clear the place and make a farm out of it. He
later added to this an adjoining "forty" on the west, and still
later bought another tract, until before his death he was the
owner of a good farm of 160 acres. It was on this pioneer
farm there along the river that Jesse Whetstone grew to
manhood, becoming a practical farmer. After his marriage
he bought an "eighty" in that neighborhood and was there engaged
in farming until after the death of his father, when he sold
that place and bought the home farm of 160 acres, to which he
gradually added until he became the owner of 240 acres and was
accounted one of the most substantial farmers of that section,
and there he spent his last days. Jesse Whetstone
was twice married. His first wife, Elizabeth Moorman,
died two years after her marriage, without issue, and he then
married Catherine Richardson, daughter of
Daniel Richardson. To this latter union were born
seven children, all of whom are living save two (Jennie and
John H.) the subject of this sketch having a sister,
Almeda, and three brothers, Daniel, Walter and
Frank Whetstone. Reared on the home farm in Logan
township, Hardy C. Whetstone received his schooling in
the local schools, and from the days of his boyhood has been
devoted to the affairs of the farm. He married when
twenty-one years of age and then began farming on his own
account, taking over a part of the home farm. After his
father's death he bought seventy-five acres of the home place
and has since added by purchase until now he has an excellent
farm of 147 acres, which he has improved in up-to-date fashion
and on which he has a well-equipped farm plant. In
addition to his general farming, Mr. Whetstone has
long given considerable attention to the raising of live stock
and has done well in his operations. In his political
views Mr. Whetstone is "independent." He and his
wife are members of the Christian church at Buckland, and he is
a member of the local grange of the Patrons of Husbandry.
He has ever given a good citizen's attention to local civic
affairs and is now serving as school director in his district.
It was on Sept. 28, 1879, that Hardy C. Whetstone was
united in marriage to Jennie Anderson, who was born in
Harrison county, Ohio, daughter of Thomas and Mary
(Walker) Anderson, and to this union three children have
been born, Grace, Effie and Charles, the two
latter of whom are deceased. Effie Whetstone
married George Walters and died leaving seven children,
Columbus, Ralph, Mary, Leah, Robert, Francis and Franklin
D. Grace Whetstone is the wife of Wesley Fisher,
of Logan township.
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - Vol. II -
Pub. 1923 - Page 409 |
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SIMON WHETSTONE
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - Vol. II -
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