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Vernon Twp. -
JOHN WARNER, farmer; P. O. Liberty
Corners. This gentleman who is one of hte prominent
citizens of this township and county, was born June 9, 1817, and
is a native of York Co., Penn. He is a son of Charles
and Catharine (Babbitts) Warner who with their family
removed from their native State and settled in Harrison Co.,
Ohio, where they remained nine years, removing at the end of
that time to Vernon Township, Crawford Co., where John
has ever since resided. At the time of Mr. Warner's
advent here, it was, of course, a wild and unsettled country,
the improvement of which required great labor and exertion.
His father was a man of upright integrity, who stood high in the
community, and was universally respected. His labors
improved a great portion of the land near the town of West
Liberty, and it was by his own unaided exertions that he raised
his family and gained for himself a competency. John
assisted his father when young and was afterward bound out
as apprentice to a carpenter, and soon after commenced business
for himself. While he was just beginning, his shop was
burned to the ground, and he lost al; securing more tools he
went to work again and amassed from his own labors a
considerable fortune and has now two farms, comprising in the
aggregate 240 acres of land. He was married in 1840 to
Rebecca Jane French, daughter of Judge French of this
county. Six children were the fruits of this union, two of
whom, Catharine and Charles, are dead. Those
living are William, Julia Ann, Franklin and Thomas
Jefferson. Mr. Warner is in every sense of the
word a self-made man, who has made all by his own exertion.
He has a fine home just north of Liberty Corners, and has the
respect of the entire community as one of its most influential
members. He has served the township as Clerk for fifteen
years, and as Justice of the Peace for eighteen years, and has
given the best of satisfaction in the administration of his
offices. He is well read on the various topics of the day,
and no man in the township stands higher in the public
estimation than Esquire Warner.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio,
Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers,
186 Dearborn Street. -
1881 - Page 976 |
LEO WHITE, a young
and successful farmer and stock-raiser of Dallas township,
Crawford county, is a son of Willard T. White, a retired
farmer, residing in Bucyrus, Ohio. The White family is
numbered among the oldest in the county. Going back in the
history of the ancestry, it is found to be of Virginia stock.
Charles White, the paternal great-grandfather of
Leo White, was born and reared in the Old Dominion
and was about sixteen years of age when the Revolutionary war
began. His name appears on the muster roll of militia. He
was in active military service several years during the struggle
of the colonies for American independence, being for a portion
of that period under the immediate command of General
Washington. He served also as one of the "minute men." When
his father died he inherited as a portion of his estate several
slaves, and being reared amid slavery conditions he was not at
first opposed to the system. Through inheritance and purchase he
became in time the owner of a large number of slaves. He removed
to Fayette county, Kentucky, and while there he liberated his
bondsmen. He had fought for liberty in the war of the Revolution
and could not believe it right to hold his fellow men in bondage
or reconcile it with the principles of eternal justice.
Becoming disgusted with the iniquitous system, he liberated his
negroes, thirteen in number, and soon afterward removed to Ross
county, Ohio, taking up his abode there about 1812. He followed
farming with fair success in that county, where he continued to
reside until his death, which occurred in 1856, when he had
attained the advanced age of ninety-six years. He had three
sons, namely: Samuel, George and Charles W.,
and the first two served in the American army during the war of
1812.
The youngest son, Charles W. White, was the
grandfather of our subject. He was born in Fayette county,
Kentucky, July 18, 1802, and when about eight years of age
accompanied his father on his removal, to Ross county, Ohio. At
the age of eighteen he left the parental home and visited the
"New Purchase" in northern Ohio. He secured work on the Indian
mill, located on the Sandusky river, being employed by the
government Indian agent at fifteen dollars per month. There he
worked for three years and saved his money, with which he
purchased two hundred and seven acres of land in what is now
Dallas township, Crawford county. After working for the
succeeding nine years for different people, he removed to his
land, and by industry, economy and good business management
became one of the largest land-owners and most successful
farmers and stock-raisers of the county. In 1830 he married
Hannah Simmons Hoover, and unto them were born
the following named children: Lorena, Willard T.
and Charles. Willard T. White, the father of
Leo White, was born in Dallas township, August 8,
1845. After engaged in farming and stock-dealing on an extensive
scale for many years and meeting with prosperity in his
undertakings, Mr. White, the father, removed to
Bucyrus, where he is now living in retirement from business
cares. Leo White resides upon the old homestead in
Dallas township, where his birth occurred July 17, 1870. He was
educated in the district schools and has always been connected
with the cultivation of the fields and the raising and sale of
stock. He has dealt quite largely in cattle and is a very
energetic, wide-awake young business man, carefully conducting
his interests, yet his methods are progressive and his
enterprise and straightforward dealings have gained him
prominence as one of the leading agriculturists of his
community.
In 1899 Mr. White was united in marriage
to Miss Velma Maud Shemer, a
daughter of Levi Shemer, of Dallas township, and
they have one child, Helen Lorena. Mr.
White is now serving as township treasurer, an office to
which he has been twice elected. He is a member of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is one of the
leading' and influential citizens of the community in which his
entire life has been passed.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford
County, Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 827 |
Auburn Twp. -
PETER WRIGHT, farmer; P. O. Plymouth; was
born in Plymouth Township, Richland Co., Ohio, January, 1835.
There were born to his parents, Joseph and Christina (Kinnamen)
Wright, five children - Peter, Sophia, Susanna, Manuel
and Haymen. Peter was reared on a farm, and
received a good common-school education. He was married,
October, 1859, to Sarah Bevier, daughter of Alexander
and Almira (Birch) Bevier. They have no children of
their own, but have raised one child from infancy to manhood.
Mr. Wright owns 80 acres of well-improved land. He
is a member of the Church of God, and a Republican in politics.
He is well informed on the issues of the day, and is a prominent
citizen in northern Auburn Township.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ. Chicago:
Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. -
1881 - Page 876 |
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