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Bucyrus Twp. -
D. C. CAHILL, lawyer, Bucyrus; was born
Nov. 2, 1832 in Vernon Township. and is a son of R. W. and
Eliza (Cummins) Cahill. His youth was spent on a farm. and
at the age of 20 he, in the fall of 1852, entered the
preparatory department of Wittenberg College at Springfield,
Ohio where he remained until 1856, after which he spent one term
at the Ohio Wesleyan University. In 1857, he went back to
Wittenberg where he completed the entire course, except the
formality of graduating. Owing to the failing health of
his father, he then took charge of the homestead. In the fall of
1868, he came to Bucyrus and entered the law office of S. R.
Harris, Esq., for the purpose of studying law. He was
admitted to the bar, Dec. 20, 1860, and practiced law here until
April, 1865, when he made a trip to San Francisco, Cal.,
overland, being nearly six months on the way, arriving there in
September, having visited many points of interest during the
journey. He went to Oregon and held an office in Linn Co.,
from September, 1866, until April 1867. He then returned
via Panama to New York, and was called home by the illness of
his brother, who was practicing law at Dayton, Ohio. At
the close of the 1867, he reopened a law office in Bucyrus:
closed his office in September 1868 and traveled with his
brother until his death, at San Antonio, Texas, in December
following. In June, 1869, he returned home and resumed his
law practice, in his present office, as the partner of Judge
Thomas Beer. He was out hunting in December of this
year when, by an accidental discharge of his gun, he received a
painful wound, which disabled him fro about eighteen months.
In the later part of 1871, he was employed by the Mansfield,
Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad, to obtain the right of way
through the county. In the spring of 1872, he again opened
a law office and practiced until his election as Clerk of the
Court in October, taking charge of the office in February, 1874,
and retired in February, 1880 when he resumed his law practice
with his brother Isaac Cahill, under the firm name
of Cahill Brothers, in No. 7 Quinby Block. He was married
in October, 1875, to Miss A. E. J. Juillard, of Bucyrus,
who was born in Stark County, Ohio, and is a daughter of John
N. Juilliard. She came to Bucyrus in 1867, where she learned
the millinery business with Miss Jennie L. Anderson, and
was partner for one season. Since 1868, she has done a
large business in the millinery department. She keeps a
large stock of millinery and notions.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1881 - Page 720 |
JOHN C. CAHILL.
Prominent among the eminently successful farmers of Crawford
county, Ohio, is John C. Cahill, who is one of the most
progressive and intelligent agriculturists of his locality and
one who has raised his farming operations into a science. The
birth of Mr. Cahill was on the farm which he now
occupies, in Vernon township, on April 14, 1862, and he is a son
of Richard Wallace and Catherine (Richards)
Cahill, and was a member of a family of thirteen children
born to his parents. The seven survivors of this once large
family are: Eliza, who is the wife of Washington
Cummins; James, who resides in Tiro; Isaac,
who is an attorney in Bucyrus; Richard, an attorney who
resides in Napoleon, Henry county, Ohio; Warren, who
lives in this township: John C., the subject of this
sketch; Jennette Gundrum, of Toledo, Ohio.
Richard W. Cahill, the father of our subject,
was a distinguished citizen of Crawford county. He was born in
Derby township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, on March 6,
1801, and was of Scotch-Irish descent. He was a son of Abram
and Nancy (Wallace) Cahill. His father was an officer in the
state militia, and at one time had charge of all of the forces
in western Pennsylvania. In 1818 Richard W. Cahill
removed with his parents to Wayne county, Ohio, in 1827 removed
to Crawford county and later purchased the farm which our
subject now occupies. In 1829 he married Miss Eliza
Cummins, who died in 1843. To this union were born two
children: Abraham, who became a distinguished lawyer of the
Dayton, Ohio, bar; and David C., now a practicing
attorney of Bucyrus, Ohio. In 1844 he was married to Miss
Catherine Richards. In 1841 Mr. Cahill was elected
to the state legislature and was re-elected in 1842 and in 1843,
serving his constituency in an admirable, non-partisan manner.
In 1850 he was elected a member of the Ohio constitutional
convention, serving with distinction as a member of that body,
In all his career, both public and private, the sympathies of
Richard W. Cahill were always with the great masses of the
common people, and he was at ail rimes an uncompromising foe of
corporations. Mr. Cahill became a large land owner
before his death, which took place on October 2, 1886. His home
farm consisted of one hundred and sixty acres, while he also
owned two hundred acres east of the town of DeKalb, one hundred
and twenty acres in Auburn township, which is now the property
of B. F. Lash, and other holdings. He was a power in the
Democratic party and held many of the township offices besides
his public service in the legislature and constitutional
convention. He was known as a consistent Christian gentleman,
and his declining years were comforted by the affection of all
who knew him.
The mother of our subject was born in 1822, in Vernon
township, which is now Jefferson township, a daughter of
James Richards, who was the second settler in the
township, appearing here in 1821. He was the first blacksmith in
the locality, and shortly after the erection of his cabin built
a small round-log shop. He made cow bells, prepared iron points
for plows, hammered out and tempered axes, obtaining his
supplies of iron from Sandusky City. Mr. Richards
found much to do in repairing settlers' wagons that had become
disordered in the long journey from the east. At this date there
were but two roads in the township. The Columbus and Sandusky
road, running north .and south through the township, had been
first cut out about the year 1818, and was simply a blazed path
through the forest, from which undergrowth and fallen trees had
been removed. The death of the mother of our subject was on
February 28, 1898.
John C. Cahill, whose successful farming
operations, in connection with his prominent identification with
all progressive movements in the township, bias became an
important factor in this part of Crawford county, was reared on
his father's farm. His primary education was completed in the
public schools, from which he graduated into the normal college,
at Ada, with a view of still pursuing higher branches in a
university. However, his father was alone on the farm and needed
his assistance, and in 1880 our subject returned to the old home
and took charge of the operations there. His parents experienced
tender care as long as they lived, and after the death of his
father he purchased the interest of the other heirs and now owns
the old Cahill farm, with the exception of two small portions.
Mr. Cahill is a thoroughly honorable man, liberal
with his employes and generous of heart—destitution and poverty
never appealing to him in vain. Modest and unassuming in manner,
yet when drawn out in conversation his opinions are sound and
valuable upon all questions which come under his observation. He
is a scientific farmer, thoroughly up-to-date and manages his
agricultural operations on the same basis that he would conduct
any other business. Hence he has been unusually successful and
many of his neighbors are inclined to follow his methods.
Mr. Cahill was married in 1887, to
Miss Mary Weirich, who was a native of Wayne county, Ohio, a
daughter of Christian and Addie (Miller) Weirich, both of
whom are now deceased. To our subject and wife have been born
three children, as follows: Allen W., John R. and
Edith, deceased. In politics he has been a life-long
Democrat, and has been honored by his -fellow citizens by
election to many of the responsible offices of the township. For
a considerable period he served as township trustee. At the
present time he is-serving his second term as clerk of the
township, his efficiency and honesty making him one of the most
highly esteemed officials in the county. Mrs. Cahill
is a consistent member of the United Presbyterian church, and
our subject is usually an attendant upon the services there with
Mrs. Cahill. For very many years the family name
has been one which has commanded respect in Crawford county, and
our subject is a worthy representative of it.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 838 |
Bucyrus Twp. -
ALEXANDER J. CALDWELL, farmer and
stock-raiser; P. O. Bucyrus. One of the prominent and
influential
families of the country is that of Caldwell. There is
scarcely a State in the Union in which the name is not found,
and always among the very best class of citizens. The
gentleman whose name heads this sketch is no exception and fully
maintains the honor, dignity and boundless hospitality of this
old and distinguished family. He is a son of Hon.
Samuel S. and Margaret E. (Mickle) Caldwell and was born May
27, 1828, in Adams Co., Penn. he was 7 years old when his father
emigrated to this county and settled in Bucyrus. He lived
with his father until he was 23 years old, going to school
during the winter in an old log hut that like Solomon's Temple,
had been built without the "sound of ax, hammer or any iron
tool," at least there was no iron in the material of which it
was composed not even nails. In this crude hut he gained a
fair knowledge of the common branches of education. He was
married. May 25, 1853, to Miss Harriet C. Chambers,
daughter of Andrew and Isabella (Marshall) Chambers, who
was born in Richland Co., July 14, 1830. Seven children
were the fruit of this union all or whom are now living, -
Thomas J., married to Miss Mary and farms with his
father; Smith C., Edgar C., Mina B., Hattie L., Mary A.
and Frances Marion. After marriage Mr.
Caldwell settled on his present farm on the Marion road,
where he owned 100 acres. It was then but partially
improved and cleared and was somewhat swampy. He has
cleared it up, drained and improved it in the highest degree and
erected not only substantial but even elegant buildings.
Both he and his wife are exemplary members of the Presbyterian
Church. and have been for a number of years. He is a
Democrat and has always acted in concert with that party.
His father, Hon. Samuel S. Caldwell, was born in May
1804, in Adams Co., Penn., where he lived until 1835, in the
fall of which year he removed to Crawford Co., having married in
1827, Miss Margaret E. Mickle. He settled on the
Plains south of Bucyrus, where he bought 200 acres of land, and
farmed until 1856 when he removed to town. He lived here
until 1877, and on Nov. 18, of that year died at the house of
his son, Alexander in the 74th year of his age. His
aged wife survives him and lives with her son (our subject). and
is now in her 87th year. Hon. Samuel S. Caldwell was a
public spirited and enterprising man. He was Justice of
the Peace and Notary Public many years; was elected to the
Legislature in 1844, and served his constituency faithfully in
the Forty-third General Assembly and used his influence to have
the county seat retained at Bucyrus. His family was as
follows: Alexander J., Samuel, a farmer in Wyandot Co.,
and Florence McL., wife of, F. M. Welsh, of
South Bend. Ind.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1881 - Page 719 |
Auburn Twp. -
HUGH CALDWELL, farmer; P.O. Plymouth; was
born in Richland Co., Ohio, January, 1835. He is a son of
Thomas and Mary (Miller) Caldwell, who were parents of
nine children - George, Elizabeth, James, Hugh, Susanna,
Hannah, Catharine, William, and one that died in
infancy. Our subject was reared on a farm, and farming has
always been his chosen occupation. He was married Nov. 5,
1857, to Elizabeth Bevier, and by her had five children -
Florence, William, Franklin, John, and one that died
without name. Florence is dead; the balance of the
children are living at home with her parents. Mr.
Caldwell was in Company B, 60th O. V. I., in the late war,
where he served his country with distinction. He was a
quite a number of noted engagements, and among them might be
mentioned Petersburg, the battle of the Wilderness, and others.
It was in the army that Mr. Caldwell was taken with the
measles. Not having proper care, they settled on his
lungs, and to-day he is a mere wreck of the robust soldier he
was when he enlisted in February, 1863. Mr. Caldwell
is a member of the Church of God, and a Republican in politics.
He owns 29¾ acres of land, is well
known, and a good and useful citizen in the township.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ. Chicago:
Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. -
1881 - Page 862 |
Bucyrus Twp. -
WILLIAM CALDWELL, Bucyrus son of
Alexander and Mary (Agnew) Caldwell, was born Jan. 9, 1812
near
Gettysburg, Adams Co., Penn. His early manhood and Youth
were passed on the farm and in attending school. From his
19th year until he was 27 he worked for his father. In
1839 his father had come to Crawford Co., Ohio, purchased a farm
and the following year he and sister drove from Pennsylvania to
Ohio in a buggy. Here he found his father had purchased
258 acres of land on the Marion road, paying $11 per acre for
it. This road was one that was traveled considerably by
stock men and soon Mr. Caldwell's house became a kind of
tavern or place of entertainment for the weary traveler.
In 1841, William purchased the farm from the heirs, the
father having died. On the 19th of day of May, 1845 he was
united in marriage with Elizabeth Stow, daughter of
Samuel and Susan (Knisely) Stow, and by her he had the
following family: Alexander, born March 19, 1846, died
Oct. 20, 1856; Mary B., Nov. 23, 1847; Martha E.;
Charles, June 7, 1852 William May 31, 1854;
Samuel E.. May 28, 1857; and Frank, Dec. 30, 1859,
Mrs. Caldwell was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio,
Feb. 28, 1825, and her people were old settlers and prominent
people of Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. Mr. Caldwell
owns 488 acres of fine farming and grazing land, all of which he
has made by his own exertions, with the exception of $1,200 from
his father's estate. He first devoted his time and
attention to raising grain, when he took charge of the place,
but since 1843 has devoted his time to wool-growing. He is
a self-reliant and highly esteemed citizen. He and wife
are consistent members of tile Presbyterian Church while he is a
Democrat in politics.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1881 - Page 718 |
Bucyrus Twp. -
HON. ALLEN CAMPBELL, lawyer and Mayor,
Bucyrus. The Mayor of Bucyrus is the son of William H.
and
Esther (Gallup) Campbell and was born in Voluntown, Conn.,
Oct. 13, 1839. He received a good education attending
school at Plainfield and Ellington; also at normal seminaries in
Norwich and Providence, R. I. He afterward entered a
wholesale dry goods house in Providence as clerk, occupying the
position some fifteen months. Next he was book-keeper in
the Remington Rifle Works at Ilion, N. Y. having previous to
that time made a trip to the West Indies on the man-of-war San
Jacinto, in search of the Alabama. In the fill of 1868, he
came to Mansfield, Ohio and from there to Bucyrus, where he soon
became book keeper for the Bucyrus Machine Works, holding this
position some two tears. He was next a member of the firm
of D. W. Twitchell &, Co. in the boot and shoe trade and
continued until 1877. In 1878 he was elected Justice of
the Peace, filling that office and carrying on at the same time
a General insurance business. He was elected Mayor of the
city in April, 1880, receiving the support of both parties.
He was married in January, 1871, to Eva Rowse,
daughter of Horace Rowse, of Bucyrus. Three children are
the fruits of this union: Lillian, Horace and
Allen. Since his election, Mr. Campbell
has proven himself a competent official, and during his
residence in this city he has always been held in high esteem by
the citizens of the place.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1881 - Page 724 |
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JONATHAN CARMEAN |
JONATHAN CARMEAN
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page |
Bucyrus Twp. -
JONATHAN CARMEAN, farmer: P. O. Bucyrus; son of Maj.
Matthew and Rachel (Long) Carmean; was horn
Dec. 6, 1834, in what is now Dallas Township. Crawford Co.,
Ohio. Until he reached his majority, he remained on his
father's farm, receiving, in the meantime, an average school
education. For two years after becoming of age, he worked
his father's farm, carefully saving his earnings. In
December 1857. he was married to Miss Sarah J. Goodman of
Ross Co., Ohio. and by her had five children, all of whom are
living, as follows Alonzo, Dilla, lrvin, Eva B. and
Arizona. Mr. Carmean is sufficiently public minded to
take a deep interest in the welfare and prosperity of his
county. He is the present owner of 493 acres of fine
farming and grazing land 69 acres of the latter being timber.
Upon his farm are comfortable and commodious buildings.
Since 1860, Mr. Carmean has dealt quite extensively in
sheep, cattle and hogs. He at present owns and keeps on
his farm 800 head of fine sheep. His property is so
situated as to afford Mr. Carmean a handsome revenue.
He is a stanch Republican politically and has been so since the
organization of that party; is a member of Grange No. 705 in
Bucyrus and merits and has gained the respect and confidence of
his follow-citizens.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1881 - Page 725 |
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TARLINGTON B. CARSON |
FARLINGTON B. CARROW
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 124 |
Bucyrus Twp. -
JOHN CARSON, photographer, Bucyrus is a
son of Robert and Bessie (Katon) Carson, and was born in
November, 1828 in County Cavan, Ireland. He received but
little Schooling and at the age of 7, left home to work at
whatever his hands found to do. At the age of 18 he came
to America and the voyage which occupied ten weeks, ended at New
York May 2, 1848. He went to New Jersey and spent two
years laboring there on a farm. He next went to New York
and shipped to New Orleans, where he remained over winter; in
the spring he came up the river and made his home in
Pennsylvania, near Greensburg, where he found employment on the
Pennsylvania Central Railroad. There also he received his
religious Convictions and became a member of the M. E. Church;
he then devoted three years to the trade of carriage-making and
then commenced daguerreotyping at Mt. Pleasant, Penn; in about
1859, he came to Ohio and settled in Upper Sandusky where he
worked at his first trade of carriage-making until 1864, when he
came to Bucyrus and followed the same business for some five
years. He was for some time owner of a photograph gallery
in Galion, Ohio, but soon returned to Bucyrus and established a
gallery in the west end of the Quinby Block, where he is
now located with every facility for the production of good
pictures, possessing good taste and artistic skill. He was
married in December. 1854, while in Greensburg, Penn., to
Miss Zeruiah Steelsmith of that place and of this union,
there are living six children: Mary E., Anna F., Charles R.,
Robert R., Frank W. and George W. Three are dead:
William E. and John R., who are buried in Wyandot
Co., and Lucy B. in Bucyrus. The parents of Mr.
Carson were both natives of Ireland, where the father was a
shoemaker and also a farmer. He raised seven children and
with his wife he removed to this country and settled in Albany,
N. Y., where he followed his trade. Both of Mr.
Carson's parents remained in this county during their lives.
On Oct. 25, 1880, Charles R. Carson, oldest son of
John Carson, took charge of the photograph gallery
and is doing excellent business. He has enjoyed six years
active experience in the work, and his work gives evidence of
true artistic taste and skill. Careful attention to detail
is necessary to success in taking pictures and realizing this,
Mr. Carson has studied posing and lighting
subjects, retouching of negatives and the toning of pictures
until the beauty and grace of his work are subjects of just
pride. He has all the modern facilities for taking a large
variety of styles having just added the "Winter" and "Apple
Blossom" scenes which are among the latest and most attractive.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ. Chicago:
Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. -
1881 - Page 724 |
Bucyrus Twp. -
DANIEL O. CASTLE, County Recorder,
Bucyrus; is the second son of Elisha and Phebe A. (Marshall)
Castle. He was born near Leesville, Ohio, Jan. 13,
1846. His early advantages for education were somewhat
meager leaving school at 12 years or age; he learned the trade
of shoemaker, which he followed until the breaking-out of the
late rebellion. In August 1862, he enlisted in the 101st
0. V. I., Company E, under Capt William Parson, or
Galion. He was under the command of Gen. Rosecrans in the
army of the Cumberland. Mr. Castle participated in
the battles of Perryville, Knob Gap, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga
and many other engagements. He was wounded by a musket
ball at the battle of Chickamauga, but remained until the close
of the struggle being mustered out at Plattsburg, N. Y., July
20, 1865. He returned to this county and at once resumed
his trade of shoemaker, dealing in boots and shoes at Crestline
and Leesville until 1874, when he formed a partnership with
Frederick Beech and they did a successful business in
dry goods at Leesville for two years. During this period,
our subject was Postmaster and also served in the capacity of
Justice of the Peace and Mayor of the incorporated village of
Leesville. He subsequently formed a business partnership
with his brother, which lasted about one year. In October
1878, Mr. Castle was elected to the office of
County Recorder and entered upon its duties Jan. 6, 1879 which
he has since performed in a manner at once faithful and
creditable. July 4, 1866, he was married to Miss Eliza
A. Smith of Leesville. By this union four children
were born, whose names are Laura, Jacob, Lelah and
Clayton A. Elisha the father of Mr. Castle, was
born about 1796, near Brownsville, Md. At 16 he enlisted
in the army serving 10 months in the War of 1812 and went to
Fayette Co., Penn. when a young man, and there married Phebe
A. Marshall. He followed the trade of shoemaker and
dealt in horses for some years. Coming to Crawford County in
1849, he settled on a farm in Sandusky. In 1848 he removed
to Leesville, where he kept a boot and shoe store and a shop
therewith. He died May 8, 1864 leaving two sons, Henry,
a farmer of Wyandot County, and Daniel O., the subject of
this sketch.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1881 - Page 719 |
AMOS B. CHARLTON.
Among the eminently successful and widely known farmers and
stock-raisers of Liberty township, Crawford county, is Amos
B. Charlton, who was born on the 7th of September, 1835, in
this township, a son of Michael and Anna (Mason) Charlton.
Nine children were born to the parents of our subject, and of
these six still survive, namely: Mary, the wife of L.
H. Mason, of Ashland county; Elizabeth, the widow of
J. H. Wert; Amos B., of this sketch: Narcissa,
the widow of William Tobias, of Wooster, Ohio;
Jonas,. formerly a member of the One Hundred and First Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and now a resident of Columbus county, Ohio;
and Alpheus D. Charles was a member of
Company C, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil war, and
died of typhus ever at Grafton, Virginia; and Anna and
Alexander have also passed away.
The father of this family, Michael Charlton,
was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, on the 5th. of March, 1808, a
son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Menser)
Charlton, who, with their family of ten children, emigrated
to Columbiana county, Ohio, as early as 1822. In 1829 his father
gave him a tract of eighty acres of land in Liberty township,
Crawford county, which the latter had entered some time
previously. After one summer s work on this farm, however,
Michael returned to Columbiana county, and there married
Anna Mason, who was born, therein in 1810. In the
following spring they returned to Liberty township and settled
on their farm, and this became their permanent residence. As
time went on Michael Charlton bought other land,
adding at different times. till he owned four hundred and
thirteen acres in Liberty township, and one hundred and sixty in
Columbiana county. A long and useful life was his, and although
it extended to his ninety-first year it was filled with good
deeds, and when death came, on January 15, 1899, he was
sincerely mourned by a large circle of friends. To the end he
took an interest in public affairs, was. a stanch Republican and
was a most estimable man. The mother had passed away on
September 20, 1892, at the age of eighty-one years, eleven
months and seven days.
Amos B. Charlton, our immediate subject, grew to
manhood surrounded by excellent home influences, and it was not
until he had attained his majority that he embarked in farming
upon his, own account. His success as a dealer and shipper of
stock was immediate, but the Civil war broke out just at this '
time, and on August 12, 1861, he enlisted for service in Company
C, Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was made second
lieutenant of his company. He saw eight months of service in the
Army of the Cumberland, under General Buell, but
was then stricken with typhoid fever and was sent to the
hospital at Louisville, Kentucky, for several weeks. So eager
was he to be again in the field that he rejoined his regiment
before he was able, suffered a relapse and was obliged to resign
his command, sending in his resignation. A change seemed to
cause sp much improvement that his comrades persuaded him to
recall his resignation, and in his desire to be again on the
field of duty he did so, but the very next day he was again
prostrated and was quickly put aboard the train and sent home.
This explains why he never received any formal discharge,
although he had been a brave and faithful soldier.
The following summer was spent by Mr.
Charlton in recuperating, but the next season he again
engaged in farming, working for his father on the shares and
also resumed his buying and shipping of stock to eastern
markets. When Mr. Charlton first engaged in the
business of shipping- he was the youngest shipper in this
section of the country. His judgment was excellent, he
understood his market, was careful and cautious and his business
in this line so prospered that the time came when he shipped as
high as ninety thousand dollars worth of stock in a single
season. In 1872 he purchased the home farm, consisting of one
hundred and seventy-one acres, and has ever since continued to
make this desirable place his home. He sold it in 1894 to L.
H. Mason, who in turn sold it to W. H. Charlton.
The marriage of Mr. Charlton was in 1809,
to Miss Emma E. Hoppel, a native of Northampton county,
Pennsylvania, born on the 23d of October, 1849, and came to
Crawford county with her parents when quite young. To this
marriage were born seven children: Virgil H., who is in
the office of the Osborne Machine Company, of Columbus,
Ohio; Ary B., a hotel man of Allegheny, Pennsylvania;
Michael Z., a teacher, who resides at home; Anna, a
teacher and wife of Dr. E. E. Bevington, of Sulphur
Springs, Ohio.: Mabel, .also a teacher, who is the wife
of W. F. McCameron, of Sandusky township; and
Orlo H. and Donald H., who are living at home. All of
the children of Mr. Charlton have been afforded excellent
educational opportunities and four of them have been acceptable
teachers. Virgil H. and Michael Z. finished their
courses at Ada (Ohio) College.
Mr. Charlton has been identified with
various interests, for nine years being a partner in the
butchering business in Sulphur Springs, continuing until 1895,
and he did not give up his successful stock business until 1885.
Since the latter date he has paid considerable attention to the
farm. In politics he has ever been a stanch Republican, and most
acceptably served the township as assessor for three years. His
connection with the Lutheran church has covered many years, in
which he has held the position of trustee and is known as one of
its most liberal supporters. Not only is Mr. Charlton
an intelligent and liberal-minded man, but is also something of
a traveler, having visited fourteen of the states in the Union.
Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic order, in which he
is highly esteemed.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 856 |
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JOHN A. CHESNEY |
JOHN A. CHESNEY Source: A Centennial Biographical History
of Crawford County, Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 114 |
Bucyrus Twp. -
JOHN M. CHESNEY, physician and druggist,
Bucyrus; was born May 31, 1825 in Mercer Co., Penn., and is the
son of John and Elizabeth (Mahon) Chesney. His
early youth was passed on a farm and the earlier part of his
education was received at a district school. At the age of
16 years he entered an academy at Jamestown, Penn. After
some time spent there in diligent study, he taught some two
terms of school, and then commenced the study of medicine in the
office of his brother Robert, in Shelocta, at the age of
19. He was thus engaged for three years, and practiced in
company with his brother. He removed to Ohio in the spring
of 1847, and remained with his brother at Marseilles for some
six months, when he located at Huntsville, Hardin Co. and there
visited his patients on foot when the roads were well nigh
impassable by other means. On one of these pedestrian
trips, he was lost near the Hog Creek Marsh and remained there
all night, being unable to regain his way. In the spring
of 1851 he located in Kenton, Ohio, and remained there some two
years. He then went to Marseilles and remained until 1876,
excepting, three years spent in Upper Sandusky. In January
of 1876 he removed to Bucyrus and engaged in business at 5
Quinby Block, where he is now engaged dealing in drugs and
books, in which trade he receives a large share of the public
patronage. He was married at Kenton in May, l851 to Junelia
Thompson. Of this marriage there were born five children,
three of whom survive: John A., Vill Roy and Floy.
Dr. Chesney is a physician of considerable merit,
and as a merchant he has met with deserved success, and stands
high among the leading business men of Bucyrus.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1881 - Page 724 |
Bucyrus Twp. -
SHANNON CLEMENTS. Probate Judge, Bucyrus:
was born Aug. 17. 1841 and is a native of this county: he is a
son of James and Eliza Stone Clements. His parents removed to
Bucyrus when he was aged 6 years and educated eir son in the
public schools. His father was a native of Washington Co., Penn.
and removed to Ohio when quite young, his parents being among
the first settlers. He taught school in his youth and was one of
the pioneer teachers. In 1846, he was elected Sheriff of the
county serving two terms. He was then elected Probate Judge
taking charge in 1864 and has since practiced law in Bucyrus.
The subject of this sketch entered the post office at Crestline
when 16 years of age and was soon after appointed mail agent
which post he held until 1860. At the outbreak of the war, he
enlisted in Co. K. 120th 0. V. I. under command of Col. French,
his corps being under Gen. Grant. He participated in the battles
of Chickasaw Bluff, Arkansas Post, Grand Gulf, Raymond, Champion
Hill, Black River, siege of Vicksburg, Jackson. Miss., Blakely,
Ala., and other minor engagements; only three of his company
returned at the close of the war. He was mustered out at
Houston, Texas in October 1865 and never, during the whole time
of his service for the old flag, was he sick, wounded, or off
duty. He was clerk for his father, serving five years, and six
years for Judge Lee. He was elected in October 1875, and
re-elected in 1878, running ahead of his ticket both times.
He was married Nov. 16, 1870 to Miss Anna Mullons, of
Bucyrus, who is a native of England. As a public official,
Judge Clements is noted as upright and honest, and he is
a man universally respected by the citizens of Crawford Co.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1881 - Page 723 |
GEORGE CLOSE -
See NELSON CLOSE
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 459 |
HARVEY
CLOSE, of Texas township, Crawford County, Ohio, is a son
of Nelson and Elizabeth (Bender) Close, and was born at
the old house of the family in Texas township, Mar. 31, 1858.
Nelson Close, who was a prominent citizen of Texas
township, was born in the Empire state in 1818, and died at his
home Apr. 25, 1874. By his wife, Elizabeth Bender,
who is still living he had children as follows: Mary,
who married Michael Davis, and lives in Nebraska;
George, who owns a part of his father's old homestead;
Hannah, who is dead; Ella, who lives in Texas
township; Harvey, who is the immediate subject of this
sketch; Adelbert, who is dead; and "Alta, who
married Robert Torbet and lives in Homes county, Ohio.
Mr. Ohio was a member of the Lutheran Church, in which
his widow is also a communicant. The latter taught a
subscription school in a log building at Benton in her young
womanhood.
The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools
near his home and for a time was a student at the Normal School
at Fostoria, Seneca county, Ohio, and finished his studies at
Ada, Hardin county, this state. He began active life as a
school-teacher at the age of eighteen years, and from that time
on for twelve years he taught school every winter, giving his
attention to farming during the spring, summer and fall months.
Since 1888 he has devoted himself exclusively to farming.
He is the owner of ninety acres of fertile land, which he has
improved and placed under cultivation and which he has furnished
with a good house, large barns and graneries and all essential
outhouses. He gives his attention to general farming and
stock-raising and makes a specialty of strawberries, to which he
devotes about three acres of land and of which he sold four
hundred and seventy-five bushels in 1901.
Mr. Close was married Mar. 21, 1883, to Miss
Lizzie Fleming, and they have two children: Iva, aged
seventeen; and Charles, aged eleven years, Mr. Close
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he fills
the office of steward. In politics he is a Democrat, and
he exerts a recognized influence upon local affairs. He
circulated the petition for the postoffice of the village of
Plankton and conferred upon the locality the name by which it
has become known. He was first elected to the office of
justice of the peace in 1880, and by repeated re-election he has
served in that office since except during four years. In
1890 he was elected to the office of land appraiser. The
public schools of the township have always been very close to
his heart, and he has, by suggestion and otherwise, been
instrumental in broadening their scope and in increasing their
efficiency. His long experience in the school-room gave
him a practical and technical knowledge necessary to such
service, and he has been an adviser both to teachers and
directors, whose opinion has been often sought and has always
been held valuable.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 511 |
NELSON CLOSE,
who in his time was one of the prominent citizens of Texas
township, Crawford county, Ohio, was born in the state of New
York in 1818, and died at his home in Texas township Apr. 25,
1874. He emigrated to Ohio in 1844 and located on the farm
on which he passed the remainder of his life. He was
married in 1845 to Elizabeth Bender, who was born in
Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, Feb. 15, 1820, a daughter of
GEORGE and Mary (Fohler) Bender.
Mrs. Close came with her father and other members of this
family to Ohio in 1824. They made the journey from
Pennsylvania by horse team and stopped for about a year at
Bucyrus, the site of which was at that time marked by only a few
primitive log cabins. In 1825 they went on to Benton, in
Crawford county, where Mr. Bender entered a claim to
government land, on which he erected a small log house.
The forests round about abounded with wild game and Indians
often came to his cabin, but never showed aught but a friendly
disposition. He hunted some and burned a good deal of
lime, which he hauled to Bucyrus. He was a very
progressive and enterprising man, who was a member of the
Lutheran church and took an active interest in evangelical and
Sunday-school work. He was the first incumbent of the
office of trustee of Texas township and platted the village of
Benton, and was the first postmaster at that point. He
died Feb. 10, 1851, aged fifty-four years. His daughter,
Mrs. Close, taught a subscription school in a log
building at Benton when she was about twenty years old.
She was the oldest of eight children of her parents and she was
early orphaned. by the death of her mother at the early age of
thirty-two years.
Mr. Bender's house was noted for its
hospitality, and its roof sheltered not only white men, but from
time to time Indians remained there over night. The
Indians trusted him and he wielded considerable influence over
them, and it was their custom to come to him for advice
concerning their troubles with each other and with whites.
Mr. Bender's advent in Texas township was followed by
some discouraging incidents. Nearly all of his money was
stolen and one of his horses died, but he did not permit these
troubles to daunt his courage, though he and his family endured
many hardships and often were put to great inconvenience to
secure the necessaries of life. He was obliged to carry
his wheat on horseback to Upper Sandusky to mill, and after
waiting for it to be ground brought his share of the flour home,
the miller retaining the customary toll for grinding it.
The only windows in their first house were holes in the wall
covered with greased paper, and while they admitted a certain
amount of light nothing was visible through them. They had
no stove in their cabin, and they ate form old-fashioned pewter
dishes which they had brought with them from the east.
Mr. Bender was an industrious man, the sounds of whose ax
strokes could be heard early the late, and he cleared most of
his land of the dense forest, and eventually even of the stumps,
fenced it and put it under a good state of cultivation.
Nelson and Elizabeth (Bender) Close had children
as follows: Their daughter Mary is the wife of
Michael Davis, of Nebraska. Their son George
owns a part of his father's homestead on which his father made
his original settlement, which consisted of one hundred and
twenty acres. Their daughter Hannah is dead.
Their daughter Ella lives at the homestead in Texas
township. A biographical sketch of their son Harvey
appears elsewhere in this work. Their son, Adelbert
is dead. Their daughter Alta lives in Holmes
county, Ohio. Mr. Close was a member of the
Lutheran Church, and his widow, who since his death has lived on
the farm home, is also devotedly attached to the belief of that
religious organization.
George Close, son of Nelson and Elizabeth
(Bender) Close, who since his father's death has farmed the
old homestead, has won a good business success and is regarded
as an enterprising, progressive citizen of much public spirit.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 459 |
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THOS. H. B. CLUTTER |
THOMAS H. B. CLUTTER
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 76 |
Bucyrus Twp. -
J. R. CLYMER, attorney at law. Bucyrus ;
was born in Franklin Co., Ohio, Jan. 23, 1834, of English, Irish
and German parentage. The paternal ancestors of Mr.
Clymer were among the early settlers of Pennsylvania.
He is lineally descended from the Hon. George Clymer, of
that State, one of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence, and inventor of the "Colombian" printing press,
which was the first constructed of iron. His father is a
clergyman, held in high esteem, and his mother an accomplished
woman. In the year 1837. the family moved to Westfield,
Morrow Co., Ohio, where our subject received the rudimentary
elements of his education in a log schoolhouse. In 1849,
he entered the Otterbein University where he laid the foundation
of his after usefulness. He removed to Galion, Ohio, in
1851, and became the chosen teacher of the high school and
acting Superintendent of the Union schools of that place for
several years. He was appointed Deputy Clerk of Court,
under A. P. Widman, June 18, 1859. Mr. Widman
died Nov. 30, 1860, and our subject was appointed to fill
the unexpired term. In 1861, he was elected Clerk of the
Courts of Crawford Co., for a fall term of three years, and
reelected in 1864. After an official career of six years,
during which time he won the approval of political friends and
opponents alike, he retired from public office and purchased the
Crawford County Forum, becoming editor and proprietor April 15,
1868; he held that position until April, 1877. By his talents
and industry, he made the Forum a welcome visitor in every
household and has done much to elevate the moral and literary
tone of journalism in this county. As an editor Mr.
Clymer was distinguished for his clear comprehension of
questions and events. He is both logical and forcible in
expressing his ideas, and their influence is often recognized in
party platforms. The productions of his pen, in both prose
and poetry evince great terseness and practicability. His
journalistic paragraphs are frequently copied into leading
newspapers of the country. He is also spoken of as an able
literary critic, and the selections which appeared in the Forum
under his direction indicate the excellence of his judgment and
taste. In appreciation of these qualities, in 1874, he was
appointed to edit all the Democratic papers (over a hundred in
number) published by the Aikens Newspaper Companies of
Cincinnati and Milwaukee. Mr. Clymer has
occupied several positions of importance, an unsought by him.
In this connection may he mentioned that he was a delegate from
the Ninth Congressional District of Ohio, at the Conservative
National Convention, which met at Philadelphia in 1866, and was
also a Centennial Commissioner for the Fourteenth District,
appointed by Gov. William Allen of Ohio. During his
occupancy of the Clerk's office, Mr. Clymer began
the study of law under the direction of Judge Plants,
and on retiring from the editorial chair of the Forum, he
entered the field of legal research, and was admitted to the bar
at Tiffin, April 9, 1878, and entered upon the practice of his
profession in Bucyrus. As an advocate and counselor he has
had signal success, rising at once into prominence by his
versatile talents and impressive oratory. He is an earnest
and faithful Christian gentlemen, being a communicant of the
fresh; Presbyterian Church and a zealous worker in the Sabbath
school. He was married to Miss Mary M. Shaw of Westfield
Township, Morrow Co., Ohio, in August 1856. Of this marriage
three children were born, but one of whom is living, Rosella
C. Clymer a successful teacher in the Bucyrus Union Schools.
His wife, Mary M., departed this life May 4, 1866.
He was re-married, to Miss Kate E. Franz, in September,
1867. She is the oldest daughter of the late Col. John
Franz of Bucyrus. The fruit of this happy union is
three children: Franklin M., Blanche S. and Thomas W.
Source 2: History of Crawford County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street - 1881 - Page 724 |
Bucyrus Twp. -
REV. HENRY W. CONLEY, dentist, Bucyrus; is
a son of Levers Conley, and was born Oct. 12,
1835, in Liberty Township, this county. He was reared on a
farm, and followed farming until his 19th year, having taught
two terms, also, in the district school, in the meantime.
He entered Mt. Union College in the fall of 1859, and also
attended Otterbein University. Altogether, he taught some
eleven terms of the district school. Uniting with the M. E.
Church in 1859, he was soon afterward licensed to exhort.
He removed to Decatur, Ill., in 1863, and commenced the study of
dentistry. After spending some two years there, he came to
Plymouth, Ohio, and entered upon the practice of that
profession, continuing eighteen months. He was licensed to
preach, and admitted to the Northern Ohio Conference in 1867,
and commenced his ministerial labors at Woodbury, Ohio, and
Newcomerstown. In 1870, he was transferred to the Kansas
Conference, and was stationed at Oswego for two years.
Here he did valuable service in the vineyard, building up a
church worth $4,000 and increasing the membership from 35 to
300, having made 250 conversions during the period of his
ministrations. Lawrence, Kan., became his home for the year
following, and. by the advice of his physician he went South,
and was stationed at Coffeeville, the southern terminus of the
Galveston Railroad. This town had then been in existence
some six months, and had a population of l,200. Mr.
Conley preached the first Methodist sermon ever delivered
in the place. He remained there two years, and built up a
strong healthy church organization, his labors being blessed
abundantly. He was transferred to the Northern Ohio
Conference in 1874, and had charge of the church at Belleville,
Ohio. During his two years pastorate here, he had 140
conversions to the church. He next went to his old home,
at Sulphur Springs, remaining two years, where he was appointed
to his first charge (that of Woodbury). His wife's health
failing, he sustained a supernumerary relation to the church,
and removed to Bucyrus in April, 1880. Here he opened an
office of dentistry at No. 14 Quinby Block, where he is prepared
to do all kinds of mechanical and operative dentistry. Mr.
Conley was married to Annie E. White, of Liberty
Township, Nov. 6, 1866. They had three children: Donzellie,
Minturn and Harrison, which last named died at Sulphur
Springs, aged 4 years and 4 months. The subject of this sketch
has been a devoted worker in the cause of redemption, and his
labors have been blessed with eminent success.
Source 2: History of Crawford County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street - 1881 - Page 723 |
Bucyrus Twp. -
JEREMIAH CORRELL, shoe merchant, Bucyrus;
was born May 17, 1832, in Adams Co., Penn., and is a son of
John and Elizabeth (Lind) Correll; he was reared on a farm
until he had attained his 20th year, in the meantime attending
school and acquiring a serviceable education; his parents
removed to
Stark Co., Ohio, when he was but 2 years old, and there he
lived for the twenty-five years; in the spring of 1859, he came
to this county and commenced farming in Liberty Township where
he remained for several years; he then returned to Stark Co.,
where he remained until 1869, when he came to Bucyrus and
started a boot and shoe store in the room which he now occupies,
and where he now carries an extensive stock of boots, shoes and
leather findings. He was married, Jan. 10, 1856, to
Miss Susan E. Bogen, of Whetstone Township, who was born in
Loudoun Co., Va., Nov. 10, 1832; her parents removed to Ohio in
1835, and settled near Canton, Ohio; they came to Crawford Co.
in 1848; of Mr. Correll's marriage, there are four
children living - John F., William W., Etha E., Jennie E.;
two born to them are dead. Mr. Correll is a
member of, and Deacon in, the Disciples' Church, is an upright
business man, and universally respected.
Source 2: History of Crawford County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street - 1881 - Page 725 |
Polk Twp. -
T. COSSLON, conductor, Galion; was born in
Springfield, Ohio, in 1854. He has been railroading for
the past ten years, and, during that time, had three fingers
taken off in an accident. At the present time he is
running a train on the C., C., C. & I. R. R.
Source 2: History of Crawford County, Ohio
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Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
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1881 - Page 840 |
Bucyrus Twp. -
HENRY COUTS farmer and veterinary surgeon;
P.O. Bucyrus; - was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., July 4, 1810.
Christian Couts, the father of Henry was of
Scotch descent and served three years in the American army
during the Revolutionary war. He removed to Crawford
County with his family, about the year 1821 when the subject of
this sketch was about 12 years of age; they settled in Liberty
Township southeast of what is now Sulphur Springs. When
Henry Couts was a young man, between the ages of 14
and 20, he would frequently reside with the Indians and
occasionally, these visits were several weeks in length.
During these visits, he was frequently the guest of Johnny
Cake, a half breed Wyandot Indian, whose father was a
Frenchman. This savage resided at Upper Sandusky, in a hut
which stood near the Wyandot Mission Church. Johnny
Cake liked Couts, who occasionally practiced at
shooting with the bow and arrows with the two sons of his savage
friend; they would occasionally make hunting excursions together
on the Honey Creek, Sycamore Creek and the Broken Sword.
Couts relates that he also spent many nights with Bill
Walker, one of the chiefs. This Indian read law and
practiced some at an early day; he lived in a frame house,
possessed many articles found in the homes of the whites, and
was more civilized than Johnny Cake and many other
savages. Walker had two sisters, with whom Coots
spent many a pleasant hour. The subject of this sketch was
always on friendly terms with the Indians, but once he had a
fuss with one called Between-the-Logs. Couts had a
very fine hunting dog, and this savage desired to purchase it
and while the Indian was hunting on the Broken Sword, he visited
Couts with the intention of securing, the coveted animal.
But Couts didn't wish to sell the dog, and
Between-the-logs became very angry about it; he was intoxicated,
and when Couts entered his cabin after conversing with
him the enraged savage ran his knife through the door of the
house. He also threatened Couts' life, and drew his
gun upon him several times but did not fire at him: but he
finally left vowing to remember Cout's in the future
after he left. The owner of the dog thought over the indignities
he had suffered and grew very angry about it; he followed the
Indian several miles, and, overtaking him drew his gun to shoot
the savage but the charge did not explode, and the warrior
escaped. Couts says he was always glad in after years,
that the gun missed fire. But at the next general muster,
Between-the-logs attended: he became intoxicated, and commenced
to abuse Couts who turned in and thrashed the savage. Couts
was a very good wrestler in his younger days; was known as the
"bully Dutchman," and one time gained a signal victory over a
man named Erastus Finn who challenged any man in
Capt. Linton's militia company. Couts
was married to Sarah Ann Peterman on Aug.
25, 1833; she was born June 22, 1818. They resided in
Liberty Township until September 1841 and then removed to
Missouri, where they remained for about twelve months.
While a resident of Liberty, he served as Constable several
terms. When he returned from Missouri, he settled in
Bucyrus and followed the occupation of teamster for Henry
Converse, and made frequent trips between Bucyrus and
Sandusky City. In 1846 he secured a contract for carrying
the mail through the county and continued in this business for
some eighteen years. He served as street Commissioner and
Marshal of Bucyrus for two terms. In the early part of
1863, he secured a position as Veterinary Surgeon in the 34th O.
V. C. under Col. Franklin, and served in this
capacity nearly eighteen months. He removed to his present
residence southwest of town, about 1866, where he ran a saw-mill
until some two years since, when he sold the mill privileges to
the County Commissioners; since then, he has been farming and
practicing veterinary surgery. Mr. Couts
joined the M. E. Church at Annapolis in his younger day's, and
was a Class-leader for some five years. After he returned from
Missouri, he connected himself with the Protestant M. E. Church,
and is at the present time a member of the U. B. congregation.
The subject of this sketch is the father of the following
children: Samuel, born April 10, 1831; married to
Sarah A. Nichols March 24, 1857, and died Nov. 23, 1865;
David born Nov. 4, 1835; now a resident of Page Co., Iowa
and married to Sarah A. Palmer; John A., born Oct.
2, 1837, married to Mary A.. Burst Nov. 29, 1860, and now
a resident of Upper Sandusky; William H., born March 15,
1840, married to Hatty Mead Dec. 10, 1863, and now
a resident of Sandusky Township; Barbara E. born March
18, 1842; married to George Sware, Dec. 18. l862,
and after her first husband died, to Jacob Shupp,
they reside southwest of Bucyrus; Jacob, born March 3,
1844 married Miss Catharine Forney Jan. 17,
l864 and now resides in Bucyrus; Jeremiah B., born March
7, 1846, married Susan Myers and is a plasterer in
Bucyrus; Frances born, July 18, 1848, and died in
infancy; Hiram Andrew, born Nov. 6, 1849, and died
May 7, 1871; Eliza Jane, born April 7, 1852. and
died in infancy; Sanford, born Sept. 21, l854, married
Cynthia Dixon and now a resident of Upper Sandusky;
Charles Fremont, born March 29, 1857, married to
Hattie E. Mahaffey on Nov. 12, 1878, and resides
southwest of town. Six of the sons mentioned above (all
who were old enough), enlisted in the Union Army during the late
rebellion, and served their country on many a
bloody-battle-field; their father was too old to enlist as a
soldier, but entered the service as a Veterinary Surgeon.
Source 2: History of Crawford County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street - 1881 - Page 720 |
COLONEL WILLIAM CRAWFORD,
in whose honor Crawford County was named, was a Virginian, of
Scotch Irish lineage, born in the year 1732. His childhood
home was that of a pioneer farmer of the Old Dominion. His
education was limited. In early life he learned the art of
surveying in companionship with Washington, and followed the
vocation, together with farm work, until about twenty-three
years of age.
In the year 1755 he forsook the plow and compass and
began a most brilliant military career. Commissioned an
ensign by the governor of Virginia, and joining the company of
riflemen, he accompanied the army of the ill-fated General
Braddock in the march against Fort du Quesne. For
gallantry displayed upon that disastrous occasion, Ensign
Crawford was promoted the following year to a
lieutenancy. Later he received a captain's commission,
recruited a company and participated in the second march against
Fort du Quesne, reaching which the army found it vacated.
For three years thereafter Captain Crawford remained in
the army service of Virginia, and then returned to his home in
the valley of Shenandoah. Until 1767 he was again engaged
in farming and surveying. After examining the valley of
the Youghiogheny, he located there in what is now Fayette
county, Pennsylvania, thither removing his family in the year
1769.
When the war of independence came on he recruited a
regiment for continental service. Jan. 12, 1776, he was
made lieutenant-colonel of the Fifth Virginia Regiment, and Oct.
11th, the same year, he was appointed colonel of the Seventh
Regiment of Virginia battalions, by congress, commission to be
dated the 14th of August. Colonel Crawford served
under Washington upon the seaboard, repaired to Fort
Pitt, built Fort Crawford, engaged under McIntosh in the
Detroit expedition, aided Clark's expedition, then
retired from active military service by returning to his home,
hoping to discontinue in warfare. But, induced to join in
the Sandusky expedition, we find him again in warfare, and it
was in this last named expedition that he lost his life.
While on this expedition he was captured by the Delaware
Indians, and at their hands met an awful death by torture, -
burning at the stake, June 11, 1782!
It is fitting that some mention, in this connection, be
made of the gallant officers who served under Colonel
Crawford in the Sandusky expedition.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 12 |
ELIAS CRISSINGER,
a trustee of Dallas township and a prominent farmer and
successful stock-raiser, was born near Peru, Illinois, August
11, 1853. He was a son of William and Mary (Baker)
Crissinger, both natives of Ohio, the former of Marion
county and the latter of Crawford county. The paternal
grandparents were of Dutch ancestry and removed from
Pennsylvania to Crawford county, Ohio, early in its settlement,
later going to Marion county where they spent their last days.
William Crissinger was
reared in Marion county, but his wife grew up in Crawford
county, where her father, Benajah Baker, was a
pioneer settler of Whetstone township. Later in life he removed
to Indiana and died in Jasper county. Four children were born to
Mr. and Mrs. Crissinger, one of whom has passed away.
After the death of our subject's mother in Illinois, when he was
but two years old, the father placed the children in the care of
their paternal grandparents. Later he married a second time and
lived in Marion county, and from there, in 1861, he entered the
United States army, and upon the expiration of his term of
enlistment re-enlisted, and died at Murfreesboro while serving
in the cause of his country.
Our subject did not live with his grandparents very
long, as after his second marriage the father claimed his
children. After his death they were directed by a guardian and
thus Elias had several early homes, but was given a
common-school education and was taught how to work on a farm.
From early life, however, he was obliged to earn all he received
and perhaps the stern discipline of necessity helped to make him
the reliable and excellent man he now is.
In 1874 Mr. Crissinger was married to
Harriet L. Houser, a daughter of Anthony Houser,
of Marion county, Ohio, and then settled in Dallas county, where
he began farming, first as a renter. An accidental discharge of
a shotgun so injured his hand that the amputation of his arm
below the elbow became necessary, and affliction which was borne
with most wonderful courage.
For the following seventeen years the family resided in
Marion county upon a forty-acre farm given to Mrs.
Crissinger by her father, but in 1896 he bought a farm of
one hundred and sixty acres, in Dallas township, Crawford
county, where he has since lived and followed farming.
In 1897 Mr. Crissinger was elected
trustee, and in 1900 was re-elected for a second term and in the
spring- of 1901 he was made assessor also and is now serving in
both positions, to the entire satisfaction of the community. In
politics he is a member of the Democratic party and is one of
the representative men of his community. With his wife and
family of eight children he belongs to the Methodist church,
where he is most highly esteemed for his many traits of
Christian character. His business relations have brought him
into contact with almost all the residents of the township and
there is no one who has more friends than Elias
Crissinger.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 829 |
ROBERT
E. CROWLEY, who is a passenger conductor on the Big Four
Railroad, was born in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, in 1849,
and is a son of Robert Crowley, a native of Scotland.
Having arrived at years of maturity, the father married Miss
Agnes J. McCullough, also a native of the land of hills and
heather, their wedding being celebrated in Edinburg.
Crossing the Atlantic to America, they became residents of
Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, where occurred the birth of our
subject. He spent his boyhood days under the parental roof
until fifteen years of age, when he ran away from home in order
to aid his country in preserving the Union. On account of
his extreme youth his parents withheld their consent for him to
become a soldier, but his spirit of loyalty could not be checked
and he therefore quietly left the parental abode 1864 and was
enrolled as a member of the Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Five other bys of hte neighborhood enlisted at the same time,
but four of the number were killed or died in the service.
Mr. Crowley was with Sheridan in the Shenandoah
valley and did dispatch duty for a long time. This
service was particularly arduous and dangerous, but he never
faltered, although so young, and was ever found true to the
trusts reposed in him and to the important work given into his
charge. He was twice slightly wounded, and at the close of
the war was mustered out at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, receiving
an honorable discharge.
Throughout the greater part of his business career
Mr. Crowley has been connected with railroad service, having
been for twenty-eight years in the employ of the Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company. He was on
the road when it was known as the Bee Line, and since 1873 he
has been a conductor on what is now the Big Four Railroad, a
part of the Vanderbilt system. For some years he acted as
freight conductor between Galion and Union City, Indiana, but
since 1880 has been a passenger conductor, running to
Indianapolis. During all of the years of his connection
with the road he has never had an accident, never been suspended
and has never been reprimanded by railway authorities. It
is a record of which he has every reason to be proud and one
indicating close application and unquestioned fidelity.
Mr. Crowley was united in marriage to Miss
Margaret Carrothers, a daughter of George Carrothers,
who came from county Fermnagh, Ireland, to the new world when a
lad of ten summers. accompanied by his parents, who located in
Guernsey county, Ohio. This family of Carrothers were
heirs to the Abercrombie castle and estates in
Scotland. After some time spent in Guernsey county,
George Carrothers removed to Noble county, from there to
Morrow county, where his last days were passed. His widow
is still living on a farm in that county, her home being seven
miles from Galion. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Crowley have
been born five children: Agness Jane and Clyde
W., twins, who died in infancy, at the ages of eight months
and two years, respectively; Margaret, who is in Little
Rock, Arkansas, acting as private secretary to Bishop rown,
of the Episcopal church. She was educated in St. Mary's
Episcopal school, at Knoxville, Illinois, being graduated with
the class of 1898, in which she won class and valedictorian
honors. She learned stenography and typewriting in three
months, after which she accepted her present position.
Bishop Brown was residing in Galion during her infancy and
acted as her godfather and Mrs. Brown as godmother.
There are also two sons in Mr. Crowley's family -
Forest Glenn and Robert Garfield, - both of Galion,
the latter now a student in the high school.
Mr. Crowley is a Republican in his political
views, and, though he takes no active part in campaign work, he
believes firmly in the principles of the party and keeps well
informed on the issues of the day. He was reared in the
Episcopal church and he and his family attend its services.
Although his life has been quietly passed it contains many
lessons worthy of emulation, as does that of every man, who,
like Mr. Crowley, is true to his duties, to himself, to
his neighbors and to his country.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 564 |
JACOB CRUM. One of
the old and highly respected farmers of Crawford county is Jacob
Crum, who has established a reputation as a thorough farmer and
estimable and useful citizen during a residence here which
covers more than a half century. Mr. Crum was born
in Adams county, Pennsylvania, on April 10, 1825, and he was a
son of Moses and Margaret (Rex) Crum, and was one of a
family of six children which was born to his parents. Of this
family our subject and his brother Michael, who is a
resident of Richland county, are the only living
representatives.
Moses Crum was a farmer in Pennsylvania,
where he was born in 1792, and from that state he emigrated to
Ohio, about 1838, locating in Sharon township, Richland county.
Here he lived until 1877, at which time he passed away, at the
age of eighty-five years and two months. His most worthy widow
survived him for about ten years, her age reaching ninety-five
years. Mr. Crum possessed at the time of his
decease about two hundred and forty acres of land, and provided
well for his children, ever taking a deep interest in their
welfare.
Jacob Crum was reared to farm work and
was about thirteen years old when his parents removed to Ohio.
His educational advantages were limited, his only opportunity
being during the few winter months when he could be spared from
the farm, the school house being such as the pioneer locality
provided, as at that time the advantages of education were not
always appreciated by those who were obliged to provide houses
and teachers.
Our subject remained at home until his marriage, in
1855, to Miss Susan Naser, who was a native of Cumberland
county, Pennsylvania, and who was a daughter of Samuel
Naser, who came to Richland county in 1834. Mr.
Naser located in Sharon township and lived there his
remaining years. After marriage our subject and his young
wife began housekeeping on the farm which he now occupies, in
Vernon township. This property was a present from his honored
father and comprised one hundred and sixty-six acres, to which
our subject has since added other lands. In 1880 he purchased a
tract of forty acres, which is located one-fourth of a mile
south of his home place, and in 1885 he bought another farm, the
location of the latter being in Auburn township, across the
highway from his residence farm, and consists of one hundred and
seventy acres. With these additions our subject owns three
hundred and seventy-six acres of land, and carries on extensive
farming and stock-raising operations.
Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Crum,
as follows: Samuel, residing on the Auburn township farm;
Elzina, the wife of Warren Turtle, of
Shelby: Jeremiah, of the state of Washington; Curtis,
of Shelby, Ohio; John, residing at home; Catherine,
the wife of Edward Johnson, of Shelby; and Luella,
deceased. In politics Mr. Crum has been a
life-long Democrat, and has been of service to his locality in
several offices, notably as school director, for several years.
He has been long one of the leading members of the Reformed
church, as was his wife until her death, in 1888. During his
long life in this locality Mr. Crum has witnessed
many changes, and has done his part in {developing the
agricultural section in his vicinity, and is held in "high
esteem and is one of the most substantial citizens of the
county.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 806 |
Auburn Twp. -
WILLIAM CUMMINS, farmer and stock-dealer;
P. O. Tiro; son of David and Mary (Wilson) Cummins; was
born in Indiana Co., Penn., Mar. 28, 1834. His father was
a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in 1804, and his mother a
native of Ireland, born in 1810. The parents were married
in Indiana Co., Penn., and 1831, and to them were born the
following family: John D., David, Joseph, Caroline, T. H. B.,
A. J., Elizabeth M. and William. William passed
his youth on the farm, and in going to school. He
commenced for himself when 21 years of age, by entering the
mercantile business in his native county. Aug. 25, 1864,
he was united in marriage with Mary J. Morrow, daughter
of David C. Morrow, and granddaughter of Charles
Morrow who came to Auburn Township in 1817. By her
Mr. Cummins has this family; Sarah M., born 1865;
David M., born 1867; Cora E., born 1867; David W.,
born 1869; Jeanette, born 1871; Joseph D., and
John S., twins, born 1874; Julia B. M. and Nancy
S. C., twins, born 1876, and one born in 1880, that died
soon after its birth, without being named. Of these five
are living - Cora E., David W., Joseph D., Julia and
Nancy. Mr. Cummins was a commissioned Captain of the
78th O. V. I., Company A, and served in that capacity until his
health failed, which compelled him to reign, in August, 1873.
He is a Democrat in politics, and is one of the largest
land-owners living in Auburn Township; 280 acres of his land
lies in Richland Co., and 320 in Crawford Co. Mr.
Cummins is a well-educated and enterprising gentleman, and
is among the most prominent and successful farmers of Crawford
County.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ. Chicago:
Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. -
1881 - Page 862 |
Auburn Twp. -
R. R. CURTIS, farmer and stock-raiser; P.
O. New Washington; is a son of Josiah and Mary (Rockwell)
Curtis, and is of English descent. He was born in
1817, and, like his father before him, chose farming as his
vocation in life. He was married in the spring of 1839, to
Margaret De Witt, daughter of Tjerick and Margaret
(Dean) De Witt, and to this union were born five children -
Mariam, Mary J., Elizabeth, George W. and
Calista J. Mariam is the wife of Samuel Wynn,
and lives in Lucas Co., Ohio; Mary J. is dead;
Elizabeth lives in Adams Co., Ind., and is the wife of
David Wynn; George married Mary E. Smith, and lives
in Lucas Co. Mr. Curtis owns 165 acres of good
land, 40 acres of it being the Cranberry Township, and the
balance in Auburn Township. He is a Republican, and a
member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Curtis is an
enterprising and upright man in his dealings with men, and is
highly respected by all who know him.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ. Chicago:
Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. -
1881 - Page 862 |
Bucyrus Twp. -
M. C. CUYKENDALL, physician and surgeon,
Bucyrus; is the son of Cornelius and Elizabeth (Courtright)
Cuvkendall, and was born Nov. 2l, 1829, in Cuyahoga Co., N.
Y. He lived on a farm until his 17th year, and then
entered Grotors Academy, in Tompkins Co., N. Y., remaining two
years, and teaching in the winter. He taught the following
winter and worked at carpentering for the two ensuing seasons,
spending the winter months meanwhile in teaching. His
parents had died when he was 14, leaving him to battle with life
alone. In the winter of 1849, he came to Plymouth,
Richland Co.; the following year he commenced the study of
medicine. In the spring of 1851, he entered the office of
Drs. Benschoter & Bevier, at Plymouth, and
continued with them until the spring of 1853, having entered the
Cleveland Medical College in 1851. He graduated from that
institution in 1853, and commenced practice in Richland Co.
In July, 1857, he came to Bucyrus. and has since remained there,
save the time spent in the army. He was commissioned
Surgeon of the 3d 0. V. C., in October, 1861. In July,
1862, he was promoted to Brigade Surgeon of the Second Cavalry
Brigade, Second Division of the Army of the Cumberland. In 1863,
he was made Medical Director of two divisions, which made him a
staff officer under Gen. Crook. In December
1864, he was mustered out at Columbia, Tenn. He then
resumed the practice of his profession at Bucyrus. He has
made a specialty of surgery for thirty- years and is counted as
one of the most skillful physicians to the State. In 1875,
he was elected Professor of Medical and surgical Diseases of
Women in the Columbus Medical College. He is a member of
the American Medical Association, and also that of the State of
Ohio; he was also President of the Northwestern Ohio Medical
Association. He was married Jan. 29, 1854, to Miss
Lucy White, of Auburn Township; they have one
daughter Ida W., wife of Dr. W. B. Carson of
Bucyrus.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1881 - Page 721 |
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