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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
 Source:
History of Crawford County, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers
186 Dearborn Street
1881
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Holmes Twp. -
WILLIAM MATEER, farmer; P. O. Bucyrus; was
born Sept. 9, 1 823, eldest .son of James and Elizabeth (Shrum)
(Spangler)
Mateer, near Rosstown, York Co., Penn. His mother
was born in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Penn., Dec. 5, 1793;
father born Aug. 31, 1794,
near Lisburn, Cumberland Co., Penn., of Scotch-Irish descent.
William Mateer, our subject's great-grandfather,
started to this country from Ireland, early in 1700, with his
family, consisting of wife and four sons—William, James,
Robert and John, and buried all at sea; after
settling in America he had four other sons, whom he named same
as first four. The subject of our sketch attended school
in winter, and worked with his father on the farm in summer,
until about 21 years of age, at which time he engaged in farming
with his father, until his 23d year, when he was united in
marriage to Miss Catharine Ann Wagoner on
Sept. 8, 1846; she was born Feb. 12, 1825, youngest daughter of
Jacob and Susannah (Draver) Wagoner, respected farmers of
Cumberland Co., Penn. Mrs. Mateer's father
was born Oct. 8, 1787, her mother Dec. 1, 1784. They moved
from Cumberland Co., Penn., to Holmes Township, landing in
Bucyrus on Aug. 30, 1854, and engaged in farming near the place
on which they now reside. Two children were their issue—Mary
Elizabeth, born May 18, 1847, died Nov. 1, 1850, and
William Albert, born Oct. 20, 1850. The latter
attended school and helped his father on the farm until about 20
years of age, and, being a close student, was always at the head
of his class. He was married, Dec. 31, 1874, to Miss
Martha J. Davis, who was born May 20, 1855, daughter of
Jacob and Adaline (Mount) Davis, of Ashland Co., Ohio; from
this union, there was one child—Benjamin Franklin, born
Nov. 11, 1875; William A. died July 18, 1876. Mr.
and Mrs. Mateer and their daughter-in-law and child are
members of the M. E. Church, and are enjoying a happy life at
their pleasant home.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers,
186 Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 965 |
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Bucyrus Twp. -
C. M. MATTHEW, cabinet-maker, Bucyrus; son
of Frederick and Mary (Kuntz) Matthews; was born Apr. 25,
1825, in Prussia. He attended school until his 14th year.
At 16 he commenced learning cabinet-making, serving an
apprenticeship of three years under Phillip Heifner, in
the village of Thalsang, and was compelled to work early and
late. He afterward worked as journeyman in several places
in Prussia. In the early part of 1851, he sailed from
Antwerp, and, after a tempestuous voyage of fifty-five days,
landed at New York, in May, 1851. He went to Milwaukee,
Wis., at a time when stumps were in the midst of the town.
He worked on a farm for one year, and then went to Sandusky
City, working at his trade there for about two years. He
next worked at Republic, Seneca Co. Here he lived three
years and then removed to Leipsic, Putnam Co., residing there
two years. In October, 1860, he came to Bucyrus, where he
worked in the sash factory. The next year he helped build
the Bucyrus Machine Works, and was employed in the wood-work
department as pattern-maker and foreman, which position he held
ten years. In 1872, he opened a cabinet-shop and furniture
store in partnership with Conrad Strieb, which union
lasted until February, 1880, when the firm name was changed to
C. M. Matthew & Co. His establishment is on
Sandusky avenue, where he has a large stock of furniture, and is
at all times prepared to do undertaking on short notice.
He received a majority of the premiums at the lat Crawford
County Fair for displays of furniture. He is substantially
a self-made man, and by his careful management has placed
himself in easy circumstances. His father died when he was
but 2 years old. He has one brother, John P.,
Superintendent of Schools at Ludwiller. He was married
Aug. 22, 1853, to Miss Margaret Shaak, of Republic.
Her parents were born in Bavaria, and came to Seneca Co. in
1849. Her father is still living, aged 78. There
were nine children, of whom Louisa, Elizabeth, Mary, Jacob,
Adam, and John are living. Margaret and
Catharine are dead, and one died in the old country.
Of Mr. Matthew's marriage there are seven children -
Charles F., Louisa, Mary A., Henry J., John F., William E.
and George.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1881 - Page 782
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JAMES S. McCARRELL, dentist, Bucyrus; was
born Feb. 16, 1836, and is a son of James and Nancy (Shearer)
McCarrell. He first saw the light in Armstrong Co.,
Penn., and was raised on a farm, attending the common schools
until 14 years of age, when he entered an academy at Hookstown,
Penn., studying there for about three years, after which he
taught school for six years. At 24 years, he entered a
dental office at New Brighton, Penn., where he was a student
three years. He remained in Brighton some two years
longer, when he came to Bucyrus, Ohio, June 26, 1866, locating
in Picking's Block, where he has since practiced mechanical and
operative dentistry with fair success. He married Mary
Matthews, of Sandusky City, Ohio, Jan. 16, 1867.
Two children have been born of this union, viz., Maud and
Susan. He is at present a member of the Town
Council.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1881 - Page 786 |
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Auburn Twp. -
CHARLES McCONNELL, Tiro; was born in
Richland Co. Dec. 18, 1844. He is a son of Charles and
Nancy (Taggart) McConnell, who were parents of the following
family: Samuel, Mary, Susan, James, John, William, Charles,
Josiah and Isaac. James, John, William, Charles
and Josiah served faithfully in the late war.
James was killed in battle at Rocky Face Mountain, Ga.;
William died at Green Lake, Tex., from disease contracted
while in the army; Josiah died at home, four days after
his discharge, also from disease contracted in the army.
Those in the family living, are Samuel, Mary, John,
Charles and Isaac. Samuel married
Charity Lash, and lives in Auburn Township; Mary
lives in Auburn Township and is the wife of John Wynn; John
is single, and lives at home with his mother; Isaac is
single, and lives in Van Wert Co. Charles was
raised and educated in the county. He has an excellent
practical education, and is a school teacher of thirteen terms
experience. His occupation is that of school teaching, and
dealing in chromos, picture frames, tobaccos, toys and notions.
His shop is located in the northern part of Tiro, and in it is
the barber's chair, run by James Michener. The
McConnell family are Republicans in politics, and too much
praise cannot be given them for the heroic and gallant part they
took in helping to quell the war of the great rebellion.
And how much honor is due to the mother who raised seven sons
from infancy to manhood, sending five to battle for the right,
three of whom now sleep in soldier's graves. All honor to
such mothers, and may their names be immortalized, and written
forever in the hearts of the American people.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 870 |
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Liberty Twp. -
THOMAS McCULLOUGH, deceased. He was
born Aug. 14, 1831, on the farm where his widow and family
reside. His father, Alexander McCullough,
came here at the first settlement of the county; he died here,
leaving a widow and five children, Thomas, the eldest,
being only 10 years of age; consequently, he learned early in
life what it was to do for himself. The widow and her five
children struggled hard for subsistence, and, as time carried
them through the shifting scenes of pioneer life, they saw, with
much gratification, that the many and varied obstacles
disappeared as soon as approached; but of the five, only
William (now living in Wayne Co.) is left to compare the
present realities with the memories of the past. On Nov.
4, 1858, Thomas united his fortunes with those of Mary
Cleland. She was born June 3, 1827, in Vernon
Township, this county. They have had five children—Martha
Atta, Rachel A., William C., and two who
died in infancy. Mr. McCulIough began school
teaching early in life, and continued the same in the winter
months, and, in the summer, attending to his farm duties, for
several years after his marriage. He was elected and held
the office of Township Trustee for two terms, with honor to
himself and satisfaction to those he represented. He took
a deep and lasting interest in the Sabbath school which was
organized in their district, and of which he was Superintendent
for six years. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
On the 12th of May, 1879, his career closed and his life of good
works was sealed in death, mourned by many and highly esteemed
by all who knew him. Mrs. McCulIough and her
three children are in good circumstances, and live happily on
their well-improved farm of 76 acres. She purposes giving
them a good education, which they are eager to avail themselves
of Her eldest daughter, Martha A., has taught school
during the past summer. Mrs. McCullough's father,
William Cleland, was born in Ireland, and
emigrated to the United States when young, with his parents. He
came to this county and settled in Vernon Township, where he is
still living, and is strong and active, considering that he is
in his 85th year. It took six weeks to make their voyage
across the ocean. He married Rachel Ramsy,
who was a native of Virginia.
Source:
History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin &
Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1881 -
Page 935 |
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Bucyrus -
WILLIAM McCUTCHEN, book-keeper, Bucyrus;
was born in Franklin Co., Penn., Oct. 6, 1841. He is a son
of James and Louisa (Pike) McCutchen, of Pennsylvania.
At 11 years of age he began learning the tailor's trade in Green
Castle, Penn., and after serving three years mastered his trade.
For four years he worked at his trade in different places in
Pennsylvania, and in April, 1861, came to Tiffin, Ohio. He
remained at this point a short time, and then removed to
Bloomville, Ohio, where he opened a tailor-shop, for custom
work. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Co. G, 49th O. V.
I., and was discharged at Louisville, Ky., Nov. 20, 1865.
Mr. McCutchen was in the campaign of the Army of
the Cumberland, and was an active participant in all the
engagements of that memorable campaign. On the same day he
was discharged, he married Miss Elizabeth C. Williams,
of Louisville, Ky. She was born in Indiana. To this
union were born two children—George and Mary L.,
both of whom died in childhood. After his marriage, Mr.
McCutchen came back to Bloomville, where he recommenced
the tailoring business. Since that time he has been in
different localities in Ohio, working at his trade and selling
sewing machines. In 1871, he came to Bucyrus, where he
engaged in selling sewing machines until Feb. 1, 1878, when his
services were engaged by the Franz & Pope Knitting
Machine Co., as book-keeper and Treasurer, and with whom he has
continued ever since. Mr. McCutchen is a
member of F. & A. M., Lodge, No. 443, of which he is Secretary.
He is a Republican in politics, and an intelligent, wide-awake
gentleman.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1881 - Page 787 |
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Auburn Twp. -
B. W. McKEE, M. D., physician and surgeon,
Tiro; was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, in1840. He is a son of
John and Margaret (Wallace) McKee, who were the parents
of eleven children - James, Margaret, Robert, B. W., Thomas
B., William A., Mary, John, and three others that died in
infancy without names. James is practicing medicine
at Des Moines, Iowa; Margaret married a Mr. Neeley,
and lives in Adair Co., Iowa; Robert died from disease
contracted while in his country's service; Thomas is the
present minister of the United Presbyterian Church at De Kalb;
William is in Wooster; Mary is in Richland Co.,
Ohio, the wife of J. W. Dougal, and John is in
Wayne Co. Our subject passed his youth on the farm and
going to school. He commenced the study of medicine April,
1865, under the instructions of his brother James, and
afterward under Prof. Firestone, who has now charged of
the Insane Asylum at Columbus. He commenced attending
medical lectures at Cleveland, in 1869, where he continued
steadily until his graduation, which was in 1870. On the
16th of June, 1870, he was united in marriage with Ruvilla
Weirich, daughter of Christian and Adaline (Miller)
Weirich, and by her had two children, the first of whom died
in infancy without a name, and the one living is Cruveilhier
W., born Apr. 15, 1875. Dr. McKee first located
in Northfield, and after one year moved to DeKalb, where he
remained eight years, and at the expiration of that time removed
to Tiro, where he has ever since resided. His grandfather,
Robert, and brother, Logan McKee, came from
Ireland to America the year before the war of Independence
began. Logan was among those who gave his life in
defense of his adopted country. Dr. McKee and his
brothers, James, Robert and Thomas, served
faithfully in the war of the rebellion. Mrs. McKee
was born Oct. 9, 1848. The Doctor is an excellent
physician, and he has a large and lucrative practice, which
keeps him busily engaged.
Source: History of Crawford
County, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 871 |
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Sandusky Twp. -
OLIVER P. McKEEHEN, farmer; P. O. Sulphur Springs; is the
son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Anderson) McKeehen, and was
born in Indiana Co., Penn., May 27, 1838. His father
removed to Ohio, when our subject was quite young, and settled
in Richland Co., and then near DeKalb. He next removed to
near Leesville, and then to Loudonville, and from there to
Sandusky Township and located on the farm now owned by his son
Oliver P. Here our subject lived till he was 22,
and worked on the farm. After one more year spent in work
for his father, he commenced buying and shipping stock, and
followed this until after the war, being very successful.
He then rented his father's farm and farmed it for three years,
after which he bought 60 acres opposite his present farm, and
lived there three and a half years, when his house was burned to
the ground. He soon after bought the farm where he now
lives, of his father, and has been living there ever since,
having built upon it a fine brick residence and otherwise
improved it, so that it is one of the best and most desirable in
the township. He was married Nov. 29, 1865, to Martha
J. Smith, daughter of
Alexander
Smith, whose biography appears elsewhere in this work;
they have six children - Laura, Etta, Charles Edgar, Clara
Edith, Anna Eurilla, Oliver Francis and Smith Leroy.
Mr. McKeehen has been one of the most enterprising and
successful farmers of his vicinity, and is a man held in high
esteem by all who know him.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 880 |
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Bucyrus Twp. -
DANIEL MILLER, Bucyrus. The history
of Crawford Co. would indeed be incomplete without the subjoined
sketch of the Miller family. John Miller,
father of Daniel, was a native of Little York, Penn.,
from which place to Perry Co., Ohio, his parents removed when he
was yet a child. He learned the cabinet-maker's trade in
early life, and soon after reaching his majority, went to
Licking Co., Ohio, where he worked at his trade. It was in
this county at Granville that he met Miss Lydia Murdick,
to whom he was married, and who was the mother of his five
children. For some time after his marriage, Mr.
Miller resided in Perry Co., working at his trade. In
1825, he came to Crawford Co., and settled in Bucyrus, which at
that time was but a small hamlet on the Sandusky River.
For some time, he worked at carpentering and cabinet-making, and
then engaged in the hotel business and dry goods trade. He
built the first carding-mill in the town, and through his
endeavors it proved a success, and was, for a number of years,
one of the leading industries of the county. He was twice
elected Sheriff of the county, and it is said by old settlers
that the county never had a more efficient officer. For a
number of years, he kept an exchange office and dealt quite
largely in real estate. He purchased of a Mr.
Clark 80 acres of land, which he laid out in town lots, and
which is now known as " Miller's Addition" to Bucyrus. He
was in fact one of the most prominent and successful business
men of that day, and contributed not a little to the building-up
and improving of the little city he had chosen as his home.
This good man departed this life in 1858, and was followed by
his wife in 1871. Daniel Miller was born in
Perry Co., Ohio, June 1, 1824, and his youth and early manhood
were passed upon a farm. He received a good common-school
education, and soon after reaching his majority, began for
himself as a farmer. His marriage with Miss
Maria Lemmon occurred in 1847. She was born in
Seneca Co., N. Y., May 20, 1827, and came from there to Seneca
Co., Ohio, when a child. She is sister of Judge
Lemmon, of Toledo, one of the leading jurists of Northern
Ohio. Mr. Miller's marriage bore the fruits
of seven children, six of whom are yet living—Jennie, John
D., Charles R., Francis E., Cassius M. and
Stansbury L. Jeannette was the name of the one
deceased. Mr. Miller has always been engaged
in agricultural pursuits. He owns 142 acres of land, one
and one-half miles west of Bucyrus, upon which are good and
substantial farm buildings. Politically, he is a
Republican. Socially, he and wife are second to none in the
county.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1881 - Page 778 |
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Bucyrus -
JACOB R. MILLER, stock-dealer; P. O.
Bucyrus. The subject of this sketch is a son of Henry
and Elizabeth (Bamberger) Miller, and was born in Dauphin
Co., Penn., Jan. 19, 1839. The family lived in Dauphin Co.
until Jacob was 8 years old, when they moved to
Northumberland Co., of the same State, living some seven years
there. They returned to Dauphin Co., where Mr.
Miller lived until 1865, working hard at farm labor, and
going to school but little in youth. In 1865, our subject
went to Schuylkill Co., and followed the double occupation of
stock-dealer and butcher in the town of Ashland, Penn., until
1871, having good success except for the loss of ac- counts
during the strike of 1869. In the spring of 1871, he came to
Bucyrus, where he kept the Mader House for one
year. In 1873, he opened a butcher-shop on South Sandusky
avenue, between Charles and Warren streets, doing a prosperous
business until 1878, when he rented the shop to John
Heinlen, and has since devoted his attention to buying and
selling stock, dealing extensively in cattle. Oct. 22. 1866, he
married Miss Hannah Bensinger, of
Schuylkill Co., Penn., and of this marriage there were five
children, two of whom are living—Ulysses G. and
Villera L.; those deceased are Cora L., died in
infancy, in Pennsylvania, and lies buried in Schuylkill Co.,
while two are buried here—Katie O. and Jennie B.
Mr. Miller and wife are both valued members of the German
Methodist Church, and he is an esteemed citizen.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1881 - Page 791 |
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Bucyrus -
JOHN MEYER, Bucyrus; was born March 24,
1832, in Lindach, Oberamt Gmuend, Wurtemberg, Germany. He
is the son of Caspar and Catharina (Esterday) Meyer, who
were natives of Germany and the parents of six children, viz.,
Dorotha, Christian, Mary, John, Catharina and Barbara.
The father was twice married, his second wife being Margaret
Mangold, who was the mother of two children, viz.,
Rosanna and Magdalena. The father was a baker
and farmer, and held, during his lifetime, many positions of
honor and trust in his native country. The subject of this
sketch attended school and assisted his father until 14 years of
age. About this time, the father died. This
compelled young Meyer to care for himself, and the next
five years found him working on a farm at $30 per year. He
had saved some money at the expiration of that time, and he
concluded to try his fortune in the New World. He arrived
in the United States in 1853, and, the same year, came to
Bucyrus, Ohio, which he has since made his home. On his
arrival at Bucyrus, he had but $2, but he went to work on a
farm, and, for two years, followed that as a vocation. He
then, for a few years, worked in a hotel and at brick-making.
He was united in marriage, April 8, 1858, to Miss
Margaret, daughter of Jacob and Eva (Stichler)
Bauer, both natives of Bavaria, Germany, and the parents
of five children. Michael, one of the sons, was a
soldier in the war of the rebellion, and was killed while
fighting for his country. Mrs. Meyer was
born Oct. 17, 1838, in Bavaria, Germany. Her marriage with
Mr. Meyer bore the fruit of seven children, six of
whom are now living, viz., Elizabeth, John,
Jacob, Catharine, Charles and Frank.
The name of the one deceased was Amelia. Mr.
Meyer worked, for some years after his marriage, at
brick-making. He then entered the employ of Vollrath
& Blicke, with whom he remained some three years, and
then purchased the business of them, in which he has since
remained. He owns a nice business property on Sandusky
street, and is doing a large and steadily increasing business.
He is a Democrat in politics, and has twice been elected to the
responsible office of Corporation Treasurer. He is spoken
of in very complimentary terms as an official.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1881 - Page 779 |
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Chatfield Twp. -
JACOB MILLER, retired farmer; P. O.
Poplar; was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, Oct. 7, 1809, and is of
German descent. His grandfather, Andrew Miller,
possessed a large farm, and a fine mill property in Germany,
which was destroyed by the army, during the war with France, and
his two sons becoming subject to the "draft," although he had
previously paid the sum necessary to clear them, he left
everything, and with his wife, two sons and a daughter, fled to
America, and settled at Hagerstown, Maryland. The family
all died the same season, except Jacob, and he soon after
came to Fairfield County, in this state, and taught school.
He was there married to Barbara Burtner, who had come
here from Pennsylvania, after reaching maturity. In March,
1830, the family moved to Seneca County, where they lived until
their death. Jacob, who is the subject of this
sketch, was the eldest son, and his school life is embraced in
two days' attendance. He commenced working out when quite
young, and himself earned the $100 with which his father entered
80 acres of land in Seneca county. He cleared this besides
a great deal for others. He was married, one Feb. 25,
1831, to Phoebe Pennington who was born in Virginia, and
came to Seneca County in 1826. In January, 1849, Mr.
Miller moved to where he now lives, and where he and his
sons have cleared some 200 acres of land. He has from time
to time added to the original purchase, until he possessed
nearly 1,000 acres; but a few years since, he transferred most
of this to his children. His wife died Apr. 9, 1875,
having borne eight children, four of whom are living - Nancy,
Lewis, George W. and Levi L. On Mar. 2, 1876,
he was united to Miss Nancy La Follet. She was born
June 21, 1838, in Hampshire Co., Va., and came here in 1858.
She has borne him two children, one of whom is living, named
Howard J. Both he and wife are members of the United
Brethren Church. He has always been a Democrat, and voted
first for Andrew Jackson.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ. Chicago:
Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. -
1881 - Page 1020 |
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Holmes Twp. -
JACOB MILLER, farmer; P. O. Bucyrus; was
born Aug. 17, 1820, and is the youngest son of John A. and
Mary E. (Wert) Miller, residents of Dauphin Co., Penn.
They moved to Crawford Co. in October, 1830. and settled in
Todd, then Sycamore, Township. After living there about
ten years, they removed to Holmes Township, where they lived,
and died twenty-five years ago. Our subject worked on the
farm and received a common education. At the age of 22
years, he married Miss Polly Shupp, daughter of a
respected citizen of Holmes Township. This wife dying, he
was again married, only to again lose the wife of his
affections. He married his third and last wife, Mary
Ream, on Apr. 13, 1852. He has had nine children;
born to him. Those living are Thomas, Elizabeth, Sarah,
Eve, Christopher, Maria and Emma. Catharine and
John died in infancy. Mr. Miller and
wife are both members of the Lutheran Church, are exemplary
Christians, and are well esteemed in the township where they
live.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers,
186 Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 962 |
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Cranberry Twp. -
JOHN MILLER, merchant, New Washington.
Among the prominent and influential business men of New
Washington is this gentleman, who was born July 2, 1839, in the
province of Lorraine, France. His parents, Peter and
Mary A. (Ludman) Miller, were natives of France, the father
born in 1811, and the mother in 1818. They were married in
1838, and were the parents of nine children, viz.: John,
Mary Ann, Hubert, Magdalena, Nicholas,
Mary, Josephina, Julia and Jacob;
eight of these children are yet living. The parents left
their native country for the United States, arriving in Buffalo,
N. Y., on the 19th of July, 1847. They remained in Buffalo
until 1856. when they removed to Crawford Co.. Ohio, locating in
New Washington, where the father engaged in mercantile pursuits.
Here the father remained actively engaged in business until
1866. when he sold out and returned to Buffalo. The father
is dead, but the mother is still living, and resides at Buffalo,
as do several of the children. John Miller
received the advantages of a common-school education. In
1865. he, in connection with P. D. Studer, embarked in
the boot and shoe trade, at New Washington. After about
one year, Mr. Miller sold his interest to his
partner, and engaged in a general mercantile business; he has
ever since remained in this business, and has, by his upright
conduct and strict business habits, built up a large and
steadily increasing business. Mr. Miller was
married, Jan. 12, 1862, to Miss Catharine Yochum.
She was born Mar. 31, 1840. From this union are nine
children—Peter C, Clara M., Mary E., Josepbina O., Henrietta
L., Elvina E., C. L., Henry L. and Clara R. Mr.
Miller is a Democrat and a member of the Catholic Church.
He has held a number of positions of honor and trust in the
municipal and township governments, and is at present Director
of the County Infirmary of Crawford Co. He owns valuable
property in New Washington, and is one of the prominent and
influential men of Crawford Co.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 994 |
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Bucyrus -
JOHN R. MILLER, lumber merchant, Bucyrus;
was born Nov. 13, 1840, near Londonderry, England; he is the son
of Joseph and Sarah (Henry) Miller, both of whom were
born in Cheshire, England, and who now reside in Perth Co., Out,
Canada; Mr. Miller was 8 years old when his people
emigrated from England to Canada; they settled on a farm in the
same county in which they still reside; there the early life of
John R. was spent, and an education received; at the age
of 16 years, he began learning the carpenter's trade with one
Jacob Bald, of Stratford, with whom he remained for two
years; his father buying a carriage factory, required the help
of his son to run it; he therefore quit the carpenter's trade to
take charge of the wood-work department in the shops of his
father; his father continued the business for four years, when
he sold out; this left young Miller free to make new
arrangements for his own future; accordingly, in the spring of
1863, he came to Seneca Co., Ohio, to see an uncle, and, while
there, he took a contract to build for him a barn; this piece of
work served as an introduction for him, and, after its
completion, he secured plenty of contracts for building; for a
time, he followed the business of building in the States in
summer, and returning to his home in Canada in winter. May
4, 1874, he was married to Miss Mary E. McKinstry, of
Bucyrus, Ohio. For two years after marriage, Mr.
Miller lived in Seneca Co., Ohio, but, in February of 1876,
he came to Bucyrus, where he has since resided; for one year, he
worked at his trade, and then became a member of the firm of
Osman Miller & Co., manufacturers and dealers in
lumber; several changes were made in the firm until 1879, when
Mr. Miller became the sole owner and proprietor;
he has been one of the active, energetic business men of
Bucyrus, and his success is the result of his own good
financiering. He is a Republican, and a member of the
Knights of Honor; Mrs. Miller, as well as himself,
is a member of the M. E. Church. They have two children
living—Carrie Gertrude and James William.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
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LEWIS MILLER, farmer; P. O. Poplar; was
born Mar. 18, 1836, in Seneca Co., Ohio; he received a good
education, attending the common schools while young, and, at the
age of 18, entered the Otterbein University, situated at
Westerville, Ohio, where he attended for two years, after which
he attended Heidelberg College, at Tiffin, Ohio, one year.
Mr. Miller had a desire to enter the legal
profession, but, after commencing the study of law, was
compelled to give it up on account of his health. His
parents were Jacob and Phoebe (Pennington) Miller.
His father is a native of Ohio, and still living; his mother was
a native of Virginia; she died at the age of 96 years.
Lewis has taught about twenty terms of school, has been School
Examiner for some time, and has been engaged in farming to some
extent nearly all his life. He has been considerable of a
sporting man, and was the owner of "Ketchup," bred and raised by
his father, taking several handsome races, and making his best
time at Tiffin, Ohio, in 2:24. Mr. Miller
was married, on Feb. 12, 1880, to Crilley A. Houseburg.
He is a man of good information,
and a Democrat.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 980 |
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W. W. MILLER,
retired; P. O. Bucyrus; whose portrait and that of his wife,
appear in this book, is another of the old and honored pioneers
of Crawford Co. He was born in Manheim Township, Berks
Co., Penn., on March 1, 1808, and is the son of Peter
Miller, who migrated with his family to Crawford Co. in the
year 1835; the journey was made by wagon and was a most tedious
one, the family consisting of the father and mother and seven
children, all of whom arrived safely at the old Blue Ball Inn,
two miles south of Bucyrus, on the 16th of May, 1835. They
resided at the Blue Ball until the 4th of the following June,
when they rented a house in the village of Bucyrus, to which
they removed. Mr. Miller and his son, the
subject of this sketch, engaged in hauling earth from the hill
north of town, to fill in and level the public square.
They continued teaming, at different kinds of work, until on the
12th of the following December, when they purchased the lot
where the Western Hotel now stands, paying for it $850, when
together they engaged in the mercantile business, under the firm
name of Peter Miller & Son. Now, to
go back to the earlier life of Mr. Miller: He was
reared on a farm, and remained with his father until the age of
14, when he began hiring out to do farm-work. This he
continued for a few years, or until 1828, when he secured a
situation as salesman in a store at McKeansburg, Penn.; there
his first instructions as a salesman were received. His
first year's salary for this work was $30. In 1830, he
secured, through the influence of his uncle, John
Miller, a situation in the store of Mr. Henry
Arnold, in Lancaster, Ohio. A short residence in
that place brought on an attack of fever and ague, on account of
which he returned to Pennsylvania. Recovering, he again
secured a situation in McKeansburg, where he remained most of
the time until preparations were made by his father to move to
Ohio, which event occurred as above stated. The business
was conducted in Bucyrus under the firm name of Peter
Miller & Son, until the death of the old gentleman, which
occurred on his 55th birthday, August 1, 1839. W. W.
continued the business until Aug. 31, 1848, when his building
and entire stock of goods were destroyed by fire. Though
sustaining this loss by fire, Mr. Miller was still
in fair financial circumstances, and in 1852, he, in company
with some other gentlemen of Bucyrus and Mansfield—John
Sherman, now of national reputation, being one of the
number—engaged in the general banking business in Bucyrus.
The Mansfield gentlemen withdrawing, the business was continued
until 1862, by Messrs. Musgrave, Hetich,
Adams and Miller, of Bucyrus, when they discontinued
the business to devote their time to other interests and
enterprises. Mr. Miller has bought and sold
many different lots and tracts of land in and about Bucyrus.
For a number of years, he has been in no active business, but
has been reaping the reward of his early industry and economy,
in a pleasant home in West Bucyrus, where, in company with his
estimable wife, he resides in peace and contentment. On
Jan. 28, 1836, Mr. Miller was married to Miss
Catharine, daughter of Henry and
Catharine Sell. She too, bore her burdens nobly
in their early struggles to accumulate a competency, and in the
rearing of their family of four children to honorable man and
womanhood. Her portrait appears in this work, as a lady
worthy of a place in the history of Crawford Co. Their
children are Maria W., now the wife of C. H.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
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S. B. MILLS, blacksmith; is the son of
Samuel and Mary (Tussing) Mills, and was born in Rockingham
Co., Va., March 21, 1847. At the age of 18, he commenced
learning the trade of blacksmith at New Market, Shenandoah Co.,
and served two and a half years' apprenticeship, afterward
working two and a half years as a journeyman. In 1870, he
came to Bucyrus and entered his present shop as a workman; but,
in 1876, he purchased the establishment, and is doing a general
business in blacksmithing, wagon-making and horse-shoeing,
employing four hands. He has an enviable reputation for
turning out first-class work, it being invariably satisfactory.
He was married, Oct. 1, 1872, to Miss Mary Barth, of this
county. They have two children—Homer O., born in July,
1873, and an infant daughter, born in February, 1880. He
is a member of the English Lutheran Church, and also belongs to
the Knights of Honor and the Royal Arcanum. He is a
Republican in politics.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
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A. E. MONNETT, farmer and stock-dealer; P.
O. Bucyrus; is a son of Abraham and Catharine (Brougher)
Monnett, and was born Oct. 3, 1845, in Scott Township,
Marion Co., Ohio. Here he spent his youth on the farm,
acquiring a common-school education in the meantime. At
the age of 21, he took charge of a farm of 600 acres, which he
still owns. He at once devoted his attention largely to
the raising of stock, principally that of cattle and sheep.
In the rearing and handling of stock, he has been eminently
successful. He united his fortunes with Miss Anna
Walton, of Marion Co., Feb. 20, 1868. Of this marriage
four children were born—Irvin E., Rosa C, Walter J. and
Ada A. The latter died in infancy. Mr.
Monnett is a Republican in politics.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers,
186 Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 775 |
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ABRAHAM MONNETT, banker, Bucyrus; few of
the residents of Crawford Co., and perhaps none of those who may
be numbered among the pioneers, have risen to a place of greater
prominence as a citizen and a man of sterling worth and business
ability, then the subject of this sketch - Mr. Abraham
Monnett - whose portrait appears in this work. He is a
descendant of Mr. Abraham Monnett, who, with his family
moved from Virginia to Ohio, in the year 1800, and settled near
the village of Chillicothe. His family consisted of
Isaac, Thomas, Margaret, Jeremiah (the father of our
subject), John, William, Osburn and Elizabeth.
Jeremiah Monnett returned to Virginia, where he was married
to Miss Alcy Slagle. They settled near Cumberland,
on the Potomac River, and resided there until 1814, he then,
with his family of a wife and five small children - one of whom
was the subject of this memoir - removed to Ohio and settled in
Pickaway Co. Their trip from Virginia was a very
hard one, and probably would not have been undertaken but for
the help of a Widow Jones, with whom Mr. Monnett
joined teams. Mr. Monnett was a regularly ordained
minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and when arriving in
Pickaway Co. he had only $5 in money, and his team and
small supply of household goods. He remained a resident of
Pickaway Co. until 1835, and then removed to Crawford Co.,
settling four and a half miles south of the village of Bucyrus,
where he resided until his death, which occurred in September of
1863. Mr. Abraham Monnett was born on the 12th of
October, 1811, in the State of Virginia and near the Maryland
line. His wife was spent in the home of his birthplace
until his parents removed to Ohio in 1814. In that early
day of the settlement of Pickaway Co., but few opportunities
were afforded him for attaining an education. Always
active, energetic, and endowed with great decision of character,
he had before leaving Pickaway Co. with his father, in 1835,
taken an active part in all local matters, and while residing
there he joined a company of Militia, of which he was First
Lieutenant; his commission for this office was signed by
George McArthur. Shortly after his father moved to
Crawford Co., Abraham bought a forty acres of land lying
in Scott Township, Marion Co., Ohio. Soon after his going
to Marion Co., he joined the Militia Company commanded by
Capt. Beckley, in which he also was elected First
Lieutenant. In June of 1836, Mr. Monnett returned
to Pickaway Co., where on the 9th of that month he was married
to Miss Catharine Brougher, who had been an orphan from
her 4th year, and by whom he received $2,500, and proceeds of
the sale of land of which she was the heir. This, with the
exception of $120, given him by his father, was the only money
received by him and the only part of his extensive fortune, not
accumulated by his own energy and industry and economy.
Shortly after his marriage, Mr. Monnett took up his
residence in Scott Township, Marion Co. In 1838, he began
the handling of cattle, many of which he bought in Illinois, and
drove through to his farm in Marion Co., to do which would
sometimes require a thirty-days drive. Later in life he
assisted largely in the organization of the Marion Co. Bank, an
institution in which he has since held an interest and of which
he has been the President since 1864. At present he is
also the President of the Farmer's Bank of Marion Co., Ohio.
He is also at the head of the Crawford Co. Bank of Bucyrus,
where much of his time is spent. Besides his interest in
the above enterprises, Mr. Monnett owns, in Crawford and
Marion Cos., 11,000 acres of choice land. Truly, this is a
fortune for one man to accumulate, whose early life was spent in
a new country, where, to attend a very common school, he was
obliged to walk two and a half miles. Mr. Monnett
has not been successful in financial affairs only, but in the
rearing of a family of twelve children to honorable man and
womanhood. They are situated as follows: Ephraim
B., farmer, of Dallas Township; Martha, wife of G.
H. Wright, of Bucyrus Township; Oliver, farmer, in
Dallas Township; John T., farmer, residence Marion Co.,
Ohio; Aley, wife of James Malcom of Bucyrus;
Augustus E., farmer, of Bucyrus Township; Marvin J.,
farmer and stock-dealer, Dallas Township; Mary J., wife
of George Hull, banker, Findlay, Ohio; Madison W.,
Teller Crawford Co. Bank; Nelson, on the old homestead,
in Marion Co.; Amina J., wife of Calvin Tobias, of
Bucyrus, and Kate, wife of Loouis Ross, farmer, of
Dallas Township. Mrs. Monnett died on Feb. 8, 1875,
and on May 30, 1877, Mr. Monnett was again married.
His present wife was Mrs. Jane Johnston, daughter of
Mr. Samuel Ludwig, whose portrait appears in this book, as
does also the biography of his life. They resided for a
short time after this marriage on a farm owned by the widow, but
later removed to Bucyrus, where they now reside. Mr.
Monnett has for many years been a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. In his early manhood he was a member of
the Whig party, but since the organization of the Republican
party he has cast his vote and influence for it. His first
Presidential vote was cast for J. Q. Adams.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
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ABRAHAM C. MONNETT, deceased; son of
William and Elizabeth (Cahill) Monnett; was born in Bucyrus
Township, Mar. 31, 1839, and lived on the plains until 1851,
when he came to Bucyrus and attended school until he was 21,
when he attended the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware one
year, but was compelled to come home on account of sickness.
In 1861, he enlisted as a private in the 34th O. V. I., Co. E,
and rose to the rank of Sergeant. He participated in the
battles fought in Virginia, and was honorably discharged in
1864. On his return, he engaged with his father in
stock-raising and farming until about 1870, whom they dissolved
partnership, and Mr. Monnett continued alone until 1878,
when he was stricken down with consumption, and died Apr. 17,
1879, after a lingering illness. He was a man highly
esteemed by all who knew him - a kind and affectionate husband
and loving father. He was married, Dec. 11, 1867 to
Miss Jennie E. Walwork, of Bucyrus. She was born at
Saratoga, N. Y., June 6, 1840. She received her education
at the Albany State Normal School, graduating there in July,
1860. The following August, she came to Bucyrus, and, in
September, 1861, she accepted a position in the Bucyrus Union
Schools, where, for five successive years she taught with
gratifying success. Five children were born of her
marriage - Frank W., born Mar. 18, 1869; Wallace L.,
Sept. 18, 1871; Elizabeth, Mar. 22, 1873; Julia,
Nov. 13, 1874; Rachel, Aug. 3, 1876.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers,
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E. B. MONNETT, farmer and stock-dealer;
was born in Marion Co., Ohio, Mar. 21, 1837; is a son of A.
Monnett of Bucyrus. Mr. Monnett was raised in
Marion and Crawford Counties, and was united in the holy bonds
of matrimony to Miss Ellen C. Barton of Pennsylvania,
Nov. 20, 1861. They have been blessed with four children,
two of whom are living - Nettie B. and William A.
Mr. Monnett owns one of the best stock farms in the county,
consisting of 553 acres of land in Dallas Township, watered by
the Scioto River, running through from north to south, thus
always furnishing a bountiful supply of pure, fresh water to his
herds. He is extensively engaged in buying and shipping
stock to New York, Pittsburgh and other Eastern cities. He
commenced when he was 22 years old, and has kept it up with
increased vigor ever since. He makes a shipment nearly
every week in the year. He also owns a nice little farm
near Bucyrus; is a strong friend of education, and has
been one of the School Board for a number of years; is a clerk
of the township, and is always identified with all progressive
movements in the county; is a stalwart Republican. Mr.
and Mrs. Monnett are both members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 1029 |
ELIZABETH MONNETT |
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ELIZABETH MONNETT - Portrait
Source: History of Crawford County,
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M. J. MONNETT, farmer and stock-dealer; was born in
Marion Co., Ohio, Aug. 24, 1847, son of A. Monnett, of
Bucyrus; was raised in Marion and Crawford Cos., and was married
to Miss Alice A., daughter of
G. W. Hull,
Esq., of Bucyrus (a sketch of whose life appears in
this work), Jan. 5, 1869. They have had one son born to
them - Orra Eugene. He is engaged in raising stock
on his fine farm of 560 acres of land, which is in excellent
condition, and well watered, the Scioto running through it from
north to south. Mr. and Mrs. Monnett is a
Republican in politics, of the stalwart stripe.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 -Page 1029 |
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M. W. MONNETT, Assistant Cashier of
Crawford County Bank, Bucyrus; is the son of Abraham
Monnett, whose biography appears in this work. He was
born Aug. 8, 1851, in Scott Township, Marion Co. He
attended common school until 1871, and then took a commercial
course in the Buckeye Business College, of Sandusky City,
graduating in March, 1872. He remained on the farm until
1878, when he became Assistant Cashier in the Crawford County
Bank, which responsible position he still holds. Before
this appointment, he did considerable business in live stock,
and proved himself a live business man. He was married,
Sept. 12, 1872, to Rosalie A. Brewer, of Marion Co.
Of this marriage there are two children living—Ernest E.
and Edith A. His wife died Aug. 17, 1876. He
was remarried, Dec. 3, 1879, to Miss Arma McCrory,
of Bucyrus.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 775 |
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OLIVER MONNETT, farmer and stock-dealer; P. O. Bucyrus;
was born in Marion Co., Ohio, Aug. 12, 1840, the son of A.
Monnett, Esq., whose life appears in this work. He was
raised in Marion and Crawford Cos., Ohio, and was married to
Miss Etta, daughter of Charles Reamer, Esq., of this
county, and formerlly of Pennsylvania. To them have been
born two sons and three daughters - Lorain H., Dimma, Milla,
Charles A. and Emma. He owns 954 acres of land,
all well improved, on which is built one of the best houses in
the county. Mr. Monnett is extensively engaged in
stock-raising, often having over 1,000 head on his farm.
He is favorably disposed toward all christian denominations, but
is himself a member of the M. E. Church.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
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ORWIN BRUCE MONNETT, farmer, etc.; P. O.
Bucyrus; son of Rev. Thomas J. and Henrietta (Johnston)
Monnett, was born Sept. 29, 1850, in this township. He
was 10 years old when his father returned from his ministerial
labors to the farm. He worked on the farm from 1860 to
1869. attending in the meantime the common schools. In the
fall of 1869. he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at
Delaware, remaining one year. In the fall of 1870, he
entered the Ohio Business College at Delaware, from which
institution he graduated in January, 1871. In June of the
same year lie became bookkeeper for the woolen-mill company of
Bucyrus, serving acceptably there for nearly one year. In
May, 1872, he bought an interest in a wholesale and retail
grocery and provision store in Bucyrus, becoming a partner with
G. W. Myers. This partnership lasted until
September, 1873, when he retired from the store and returned to
the farm. In 1874 and 1875, he was clerk in American
Express Company's office at Galion, and, in May of the latter
year, became book-keeper for Monnett, Frayer &
Co., for one year. In the fall of 1876, he again returned
to the farm, where he has since remained, aiding his father in
the management of his large estate. Nov. 14, 1877, he
married Miss Annie Hoffman, of Bucyrus, a
daughter of Charles F. Hoffman, Esq. She was born
Apr. 12, 1858. Mr. Monuett is a Republican;
and is at present a member of and President of the School Board
of Bucyrus Township, and taught school in 1879-80. He is a
local member of Chautauqua Scientific and Literary Circle, in
which he takes considerable interest and is a shining light.
Source: History of Crawford
County, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 775 |
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REV. THOMAS J. MONNETT, farmer and
minister, Bucyrus, whose portrait appears in this work, is a son
of Rev. Jeremiah and Aley (Slagle) Monnett, and was born
Jan. 26, 1826, in Pickaway Co., Ohio. When nine years of
age, his parents removed to this county and settled on the place
where he now lives. They came from an old and thickly
settled country, and, arriving at their new home in a
heavy rain, drenched to the skin, the prospect before them
seemed anything but inviting. In the midst of all this his
mother was taken sick, which added to the anxiety of the
situation. Young Monnett was employed in herding
stock, and riding among the yellow-blossomed weeds, which
covered the Plains; he was often lost almost in sight of his
father's cabin. An old cabin residence near by was
converted into a schoolhouse during the summer of 1836, and
Harriet Bover, an Eastern lady of some attainments, taught
the first school in it. Pupils came four or five miles to
the first winter school, which was taught by a Mr. Kenough.
In these schools young Monnett studied until he was 16,
mastering the common branches as far as taught by those early
teachers. In his 16th year, Rev. Osborn Monnett, of
the Norwalk Seminary of the Methodist Episcopal Church, came to
the neighborhood, and soon after started a school at his own
residence, in which he was enrolled among the first pupils.
He was a very thorough teacher, and for two years, young
Monnett pursued the studies of grammar, philosophy and
algebra. About the year 1845, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan
University at Delaware, and returned and took charge of the home
school that winter at $18 per month, it being the first school
under the district system. He taught two term, at the same
time occupying himself with individual study. At 21 years
of age, he began reading medicine with Drs. F. Swingley
and Douglass, of Bucyrus, and recited to them for one
year. Previous to attaining his majority, he read Clark's
Commentaries through to his father, who was a minister of the
Gospel, and the church licensed him to preach, but, not feeling
sure of his duty, he did not then enter the ministry.
A few years later, however, being called by the church and his
own convictions, he took charge of Melmore Circuit, under
Presiding Elder Wm. Disbra, for one year, as supply.
He was then recommended unanimously by the circuit to the North
Ohio Conference, and in 1853, he joined the conference and was
sent to Fostoria, where he labored for two years, having a
glorious revival each year; he was then sent to Kenton, one of
the strongest charges at that time in the conference; and was
ordained Elder, having completed a comprehensive course of study
in four years - which usually requires six years. He
remained at Kenton one year, and then went to Upper Sandusky,
laboring there two years with good success. He was then
removed to the Caledonia Circuit, which enabled him to be at
home, and here he labored to for two years, having a large
revival at Monnett Chapel, in which 108 persons joined
the church; he labored continuously for forty-two nights, which
proved too much for his already over-tasked system, and brought
on a hemorrhage of the lungs, and he retired for two years, much
broken down in health. In 1861, he took a superannuated
relation to the North Ohio Conference, and on his recovery he
labored in the ministry in various places. He has been
called upon to settle up some large estates for T. F.
Johnston and others. About 1861, he began stocking his
farm and had good success, and some years later, he purchased
the old homestead; he now owns about 1,200 acres of fine farming
and grazing land. He has been engaged in various public
enterprises, among them the Bucyrus Woolen Mills, and is now,
with J. G. Grayer owner of the Bucyrus Gas Works.
In 1848 he was married to Henrietta Johnston, of
Dallas Township and had born to him by his marriage, seven
children, viz.: Orwin Bruce, of this township;
Wm. A., commission stock-dealer of Chicago; Wm. A.,
commission stock-dealer of Chicago; Francis S., still at
home; John G. (deceased 10 years); Effie at home;
Webster and Agnes, died in childhood. His wife died
Nov. 22, 1871, in her 43d year, and on the 4th of September,
1873, he was married to Miss Sarah Rexroth, of Bucyrus,
who was born at Winchester, in this county, May 4, 1842,
and educated in the Bucyrus schools, and at Mt. Union College.
She began teaching at 15, and taught seven terms, in this
county; in 1862, she began teaching in Bucyrus Union Schools,
and continued until 1873, teaching in every grade, and in a high
school department. She was identified with the missionary
work in this county, having been Corresponding Secretary of the
Cincinnati branch of the Women's Foreign Society and Sunday
school work and is now Superintendent of the Sunday school.
Mr. Monnett's father and uncle came about 1835,
and were the first Methodists in the neighborhood. His
father married Alcy Slagle, who was born in Virginia, and
received from her father's estate a number of slaves, which he
brought across the Ohio River to free them, when he moved to
Pickaway County in 1801. Mr. Monnett, the subject,
has always been a Republican in politics. He was nominated
for the State Senate in the district composed of Crawford,
Wyandot and Seneca Counties, and cut down the Democratic
majority 400 votes; was also nominated for Representative in
1879.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ. Chicago:
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COL. WILLIAM MONNETT, Bucyrus; is the son of Isaac and
Elizabeth (Pittinger) Monnett, and was born in Ross Co.,
Ohio, Apr. 22, 1808; when he was 5 years old, his parents
removed to Pickaway Co., and here our subject lived on a farm
till he was 20 years of age; during this time, he was given the
advantages of a subscription school; his father set apart a room
as a study for his boys, recognizing the necessity of thorough
education, and our subject so applied himself that, when 18
years of age, he was sufficiently advanced to teach school
himself; in the fall of 1828, his father's family removed to
Crawford Co. and settled on the Plains of the Sandusky, about
five miles south of Bucyrus; here his father entered 1,440 acres
of land, giving to each of his children 160 acres; in company
with his brothers John and Abraham. Col.
Monnett had charge of 1,300 acres of land which their father
had purchased of Samuel Stutz; they fenced it in, making
one large field; in 1830, they pastured 300 cattle for Allen
Kelly, and, another year, drove for John Wylie and
David Holderman; the following fall, he purchased a large
drove of cattle, and, being successful in this venture, he
continued for several years to buy, graze and sell large numbers
of cattle, and has been very successful; in 1837, just preceding
the panic, he owned 700 cattle, and, at one time, he owned
1,400. Mr. Monnett had united with the M. E. Church
at the age of 12, and, at the age of 32, he was licensed to
preach, and continued for ten years, at the end of which time he
was compelled to abandon the ministry on account of his health.
On the same day that he was licensed to preach, he was appointed
Colonel of the 1st Regiment, 3d Brigade, of 11th Division Ohio
Militia, and for seven years served efficiently, when he
resigned. He lived where W. H. Kinnear now lives
until 1851; here he taught school several terms, and then came
to Bucyrus to give his children the advantages of a better
education. On coming to Bucyrus, Col. Monnett
formed a partnership with Patterson Marshall, keeping a
general store, one of the largest of that day; he continued some
three years and then retired, purchasing 400 acres just east of
Bucyrus, and also about 1,100 acres near Cranberry Marsh, of
Paul Hetich; he has since been engaged in keeping large
numbers of cattle and sheep, his son Abraham engaging
with him from 1864 to 1875. Mr. Monnett has been
one of the prominent men of this county, and especially
prominent in religious work; he has been Recording Steward of
the church for several years, and fills that position at the
present writing; he is a Republican in politics, and, previous
to the organization of the party, he was a Whig. He was
married, Jan. 11, 1831, to Elizabeth Cahill, of Bucyrus,
a daughter of Abraham Cahill, and sister of Hon.
Richard Cahill; of this union there were five children -
Mary J., wife of Hon. S. R. Harris, of Bucyrus;
Rachel, wife of W. H. Kinnear, of Bucyrus Township;
Sarah L., wife of L. L. Walker, of Whetstone
Township; Isaac W., died in his 43d year at Washington
Territory, and Abram C. died at Bucyrus, in his 41st
year, both leaving families.
Source: History of Crawford
County, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 772 |
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Bucyrus Twp. -
WM. MONNETT
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ. Chicago:
Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. -
1881 - Page 711 |
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Lykens Twp. -
JOHN MOORE, farmer; P.O. Lykens; was born
in Harrison Co., Ohio, July 7, 1823, and is one of the
well-to-do and flourishing farmers of the county. His
father, Maurice Moore, was born and reared in the State
of New Jersey, and was there married to Hannah Davis, who
came to this country from Wales in her childhood. He was a
farmer by occupation, and, a few years after his marriage,
emigrated to Harrison Co., Ohio, and cleared a farm. In
the year 1834, he moved to Seneca Co. and entered a
quarter-section of land, which he cleared and improved, with the
help of his sons, and on which he is now living. The
subject of this sketch received only a meager education, and
vividly remembers many of the privations through which the
family passed, in their pioneer home. He recollects
distinctly the time when they ground buckwheat through their
coffee-mill, for a family in which there were nine children.
He was married Oct. 9, 1845, to Sarah R. McLaughlin,
daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Fisher) McLaughlin, her
father being of Scotch-Irish descent, while her mother was of
Dutch extraction. She was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio,
May 10, 1825, and came to Seneca Co. when 16 years old.
After marriage Mr. Moore lived west of Bucyrus
about two years, and, in the spring of 1848, moved to where he
now lives, having cleared his farm from the dense forest, and
has an elegant and attractive home. He has erected
substantial and tasty buildings, and can now enjoy the benefits
to be derived from his lifetime of industry. Four children
have blessed their union—Eliza J., Hannah A., Sarah F.
and Ardella A. The three eldest married, but the first
one has since died. The youngest died Jan. 16, 1864, when
in her 9th year. Mrs. Moore has of late
years been afflicted, but places her trust in Him that doeth
everything for the best. She is a member of the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Moore is a charter
member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and identifies himself with
the Republican party.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio,
Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 1039 |
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Auburn Twp. -
JOHN MORROW, farmer; P. O. Tiro; was born
in Auburn Township, July 13, 1851. He is a son of James
and Margaret (Ake) Morrow, and grandson of Charles Morrow,
who came to Auburn Township in 1817. His father and mother
were natives of Pennsylvania. The former was born in 1809,
and the latter in 1812. They were married in Auburn
Township Sept. 9, 1830, and to them were born six children,
viz.: William, Mary A. (deceased), Charles, David
(deceased), James and John. Those living are
all in Auburn Township. John passed his youth and
early manhood on his father's place and going to school.
He was married, Dec. 10, 1874, to Susan N. Cory, daughter
of Thomas Cory, and to them were born two sons - Harry
B., born Dec. 20, 1875, and Charley J., born May 18,
1878. Mr. Morrow owns 160 acres of well-improved
land, and is a Democrat in politics. His father was a man
of good, steady habits, and was well respected by his friends
and neighbors. He died Mar. 8, 1875. His mother
lives on the old place wit him, in Auburn Township.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio,
Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 870 |
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Auburn Twp. -
AMOS MORSE, farmer; P. O. Tiro; was born
Feb. 7, 1819, in Huron Co., Ohio. His parents,
Rudolphus and Huldah (Williams) Morse, were natives of
Massachusetts. The father was born Apr. 17, 1791,
and his wife June 26, 1794. They were married in Ontario
Co., N.Y., Nov. 13, 1816, and moved to Huron Co., Ohio, June,
1818, and in March, 1820, came to Auburn Township, Crawford Co.,
where he remained all his life. They were the parents of
six children, viz., Amos, Amanda, Joel, Joseph W., Zebediah
and Malin D. Amos Malin are the only ones in the
family now living. The parents came to Auburn Township
when the country was but very thinly settled. Their
financial means were very small, and, coming as they did into a
new country, their start depended mainly on their own physical
exertions. The father died Oct. 11, 1872, and the mother
May 26, 1873. Mr. Morse was one of the most
influential men of his neighborhood, holding several offices of
honor and trust in his township. Amos passed his
youth with his parents, and when he reached his majority, began
for himself. On the 13th of May, 1849, he was married
Mehetabel, daughter of David and Dorcas (White) Carlisle,
and by her had three children - Frank R., born May 17,
1852, and Amanda and Adelia, twins, born Sept. 56, 1854.
The mother was born Jan. 8, 1819. Frank married
Alvira B. Stock, in 1873; Delia married Milton W.
Griffeth, in 1877. In his earlier years, Mr. Morse
was a school teacher. He is a Republican in politics, and
although in a Democratic neighborhood has held the office of
Justice of the Peace for the past twenty years. Owns 160
acres of land. He is a Baptist in religion, and is a man
of more than ordinary intelligence.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio,
Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 871 |
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Jefferson Twp. -
CHARLES MYERS, Galion; was born in
Whetstone Township, Crawford Co., Ohio, May 17, 1840. He
is the son of Nicholas and Saloma (Mauerer) Myers, both
of whom were natives of Baden, Germany, where they married and
lived until 1817. They then emigrated to the United
States, and located in Northumberland Co., Penn., remaining
there until 1830, when they removed to Crawford Co., Ohio,
entering 100 acres of land near the center of Whetstone
Township. By economy and hard work they managed to acquire
considerable property. The father died July 10, 1869, and
the mother, Feb. 6, 1873. They were the parents of ten
children, and seven of them are yet living. Charles'
early years, until he was 17 years of age, were passed on
his father's farm, but, after reaching that age, and until he
was 22, he worked by the month for neighboring farmers, saving
considerable money in the meantime. On the 31st of
December, 1861, he was married to Miss Catharine Beach.
This lady was born in Whetstone Township, Feb. 16, 1840, and
bore her husband seven children, as follows: Isaac I.,
Elizabeth E., Samuel H., Laura L., Washington W., by his
exemplary conduct and sterling integrity, won the confidence of
his fellow citizens, and has been honored with various positions
of responsibility, among which may be mentioned those of
Trustee, Assessor, Land Appraiser, Justice of the Peace, and has
served for six years in the prominent position of County
Commissioner. He owns 181 acres of land, upon which are
comfortable and commodious buildings. He is an influential
Democrat, and also a member of the German Lutheran Church.
For the last two years he has been shipping considerable live
stock. It is scarcely necessary to mention that he is one
of the most prominent citizens in the county.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio,
Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 898 |
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Bucyrus Twp. -
LOUIS K. MYERS, Assistant Postmaster,
Bucyrus; is a son of George W. and Mary (Hart) Myers, and
was born in Galion Feb. 9, 1852. His fathers family
removed to Bucyrus in 1856, where our subject went to school
until his 17th year. Afterward, he was clerk for his
father until 1869; he was then appointed Deputy Postmaster under
J. P. Rader, and, the office changing hands, he remained
one year under John Hopley, afterward becoming a
clerk and book-keeper in the produce business until 1873; he
then became an engineer on the Atlantic & Lake Erie R. R.; he
was on the engineering corps until 1874, when he became chief
clerk for C. W. Timanus, remaining one year; he was next
book-keeper for A. M. Jones, in the Buckeye Shops.
In the fall of 1876, he was bill and shipping clerk for Tracy
& Avery, of Mansfield. In the fall of 1877, himself and
brother entered into the grocery business. In 1878, he entered
the post office again, under Mr. Hopley, and has
since then remained the deputy clerk. He was Captain
of the Bucyrus Light Guards until his departure for Mansfield,
and has been a steadfast Republican and good worker in the
cause; he is also a member of the M. E. Church. In discharging
his duties as clerk in the post office, he has given
satisfactory evidence of his ability in that department of the
public service.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio,
Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 780 |
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Todd Twp. -
LUTHER M. MYERS, retired; P. O. Osceola;
was born in the State of Maryland in the year 1814, and is the
son of Adam and Margaret (Worman) Myers. Mr. Myers
attended subscription school while young at different times
until he was 14 years of age, paying a small sum per quarter,
his grammar consuming a part of his time for three days, and he
improvised rules for arithmetic to suit himself, Mr.
Myers served an apprenticeship at milling, carpentering and
mill-wrighting. He had charge of a mill for several years,
and, in 1848, moved to Wyandot Co., Ohio, where he resided until
1854, at which time he removed to Crawford Co., Ohio, where he
has since resided. He was married, in 1844, to Susan
Hoy, and both of them are living to a good old age,
though not blessed with any children. Our subject has been
a life-long Democrat, though laying aside party affiliations at
times in local matters, voting for those who, in his judgment,
are the most eminently qualified to fill the positions sought.
Mr. Myers is a man that keeps thoroughly posted on
all general subjects, and takes an interest in all enterprises
of interest to himself and those around him. He is a
Notary Public, and, by his unpretentious manners, he commands
the good will and respect of his neighbors and fellow-men
generally.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio,
Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 984 |
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Bucyrus Twp. -
GEN. SAMUEL MYERS, Nevada; is a son of
Abraham Myers, and was born on the 4th day of December,
1802, near Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Penn. His father was
born on the memorable day of July 4, 1776, and was a miller by
trade. He bought a mill in York Co., Penn., where he lived
for several years, and, about 1807 or 1808, he removed to
Carlisle, Cumberland Co. The subject of this sketch left
home when 18 years of age, and learned the trade of tailor,
serving three years. He was married on the 6th day of
October, 1825 (then about 22 years of age), to Rebecca
Deardorf, who was born July 31, 1808, and, in the fall of
1827, they removed to Bucyrus, Crawford Co., where they lived in
the town and vicinity for a period of fifty-three years.
His wife died July 17, 1845. leaving ten children, the youngest
but 7 days old. He kept house with his children for about
three years, when he was again married, June 22, 1848, to Mrs.
Hannah Hamilton, the result of which was one son,
born July 2, 1849. Bucyrus was but a small place when
Mr. Myers moved to it, consisting of a few houses
only, and they of the regular pioneer pattern. He, with a
few other public-spirited citizens then living in the new
settlement, went to work in good earnest to build up the town
and improve the country, so as to make it attractive to
emigrants. There were many Indians then in this section of
the country. They were good friends to Mr. Myers
and his family, and he always felt himself perfectly safe among
them. They, and their squaws and papooses, would
frequently come to his house, and his good wife would give them
something to eat, for which they always seemed grateful. Mr.
Myers was instrumental in raising an independent company
of militia, called "Bucyrus Guards," of which he was elected
Captain, a position he held several years, when he was elected
Brigadier General of the Third Brigade, 11th Division of Ohio
Militia, which, after commanding several years, he resigned.
He was elected County Treasurer in 1834, and served for ten
years; the county then embraced quite an extensive territory,
and he went to every township to receive the taxes, to the place
of holding elections, on horseback, mostly along Indian trails
and paths. In 1848, he was elected to the State
Legislature, and, in the fall of the same year, was one of the
Electors for the State, and was elected a second time to the
Legislature. During those years. he lived at Bucyrus, and
was frequently called upon to assist in getting up improvements
for the benefit of the town and the surrounding country, such as
securing the county seat at Bucyrus, railroads and other
improvements, Gen. Myers has always been a
public-spirited citizen, and to his enterprise Bucyrus and
Crawford County owe much of their wealth and prosperity.
He now lives at Nevada, just over the line in Wyandot County.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio,
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