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Source:
A Centennial
Biographical History
of
Crawford
County, Ohio
- ILLUSTRATED -
"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote
ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride
by remote generations."
- MACAULAY
Publ. Chicago:
The Lewis Publishing Company
1902
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THOMAS N. PATTERSON, D.
D. S. Prominent among- the rising- professional men
of Cranberry, township, Crawford county, is Dr. Thomas
Newton Patterson, a successful and popular
practitioner of dentistry, who in the past six years has
absorbed the greater part of the patronage in his line in this
section. The birth of Dr. Patterson was in
Guernsey county, Ohio, on August 30, 1866, and he was a son of
William and Mary J. (Young) Patterson. The former was
born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where he grew to
manhood and pursued the trade of millwright for some years,
later engaging in contracting.
The early boyhood of Thomas N. Patterson was
spent in his home and in attendance upon the common schools in
his district, but at the age of fifteen years he began to make
his own way in the world. His first work was in a sash factory
in Mansfield, and while employed there during the day he pursued
his studies at night. With the exception of short intervals he
continued in the sash factory for the following ten years and
then accepted a position in the wholesale department of the
hardware firm of Wagner & Son, with whom he
remained one year. His tastes, however, were not in this line,
and he determined to begin the study of dentistry. In the fall
of 1893 he entered the Ohio State Medical University and in the
spring of 1896 he was graduated at this institution. In the
following spring he located in New Washington and since .then
has been very successful in his practice. Dr.
Patterson is a student and .keeps well informed concerning
all of the modern discoveries in his chosen profession, and
employs all of the modern implements which have done so .much in
late years to change the whole practice of his science.
Dr. Patterson was. married in February,
1896, to Miss Mary M. Nagle, who was born in Mansfield,
and was the daughter of Daniel Nagle. Two children were
born of this union: Margaret, deceased, and an infant.
Dr. Patterson is an active member of the United
Brethren church, where he is Highly regarded. His skill and
close attention to business have won for him the confidence of
the public, and he is regarded as one of the rising young men in
his profession whose success is permanent.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 847 |
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JOHN PFLEIDERER.
Prominent among the public spirited, progressive and successful
farmers of Liberty township, Crawford county, Ohio, is John
Pfleiderer, one of the most highly esteemed citizens of this
locality. He is a product of this township, born here on
November 14, 1833, a son of Christian and Barbara Pfleiderer,
who were natives of Germany and became early settlers in this
part of the state. Seven children were born to these
worthy pioneer parents, the three survivors being Christian, of
this township John, of this township; John, of
this biography, and Daniel, also of this township.
John Pfleiderer grew up in his father's house, a
sturdy, healthy lad, noted for his strength and manliness, and
at the age of twelve years was able to take his place with the
grown laborers in the harvest field. He has seen the
wonderful changes which have taken place in Liberty township, as
his services were required to assist in the learning of the
fertile fields he now owns of the virgin forest growth.
Well he remembers the hardships of those early days and recalls
many interesting events of men and localities of which the world
never tires of hearing, because of the prominence of Buckeye
state has so long held in public regard.
After the marriage of his brother David, young
John went to make his home with him, as he was his
guardian, and worked for him until his marriage, on June 16,
1859, to Miss Mary A. Kafer, a native of Liberty
township, and a daughter of Frederick Kafer, a native of
Germany, who was an early settler of the county. Previous
to his marriage he had made preparations for it by purchasing
sixty acres of land, which is included in his present farm.
In later years, as prosperity smiled upon him, on account of his
persevering efforts, he gradually added until he now owns one
hundred and sixty-one and one-half acres in the home place, and
also owns a most desirable tract of eighty acres, located one
and one-half miles south of Sulphur Springs, and also a section
of land in Texas, which promises to be very valuable.
The eight surviving children of Mr. and Mrs.
Pfleiderer are: Franklin, Samuel, and Emanuel,
of this township; Joseph, the farmer on the home place;
Lizzie, the wife of George Abendroth, of this
township; Amanda, the wife of Louis Witter, of
Bucyrus; and Emma and Ida, at home.
Mr. Pfleiderer is one of the
most progressive farmers of this locality. His investments
are undertaken with good judgment and are universally
remunerative, while aside from this personal matters he is
interested in anything which promises to be of benefit to the
locality. In politics he has always been a Democrat.
For the past fourteen years he has faithfully served in the
offices of the Lutheran church and contributes to it largely,
ever being ready to promote its charitable and benevolent
enterprises.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 604 |
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THEODORE F. POPE.
The well-known farmer of Lykens township, Crawford county, Ohio,
whose name is the title of this sketch, is a worthy example of
that class so numerous in America, that of the self-made men,
and it is the aim of the writer to include in this work a brief
account of his career not alone because it is due to Mr. Pope
that he should be properly represented in these pages but also
in the that others, reading of his success, may be encouraged to
surmount obstacles and press forward more bravely along the hard
but promising pathway of life.
Theodore F. Pope was born in Delaware, Ohio,
March 30, 1845. At the age of five years he was taken to
Williams county, Ohio, where he lived until he was fifteen years
old, when his mother died. He then went to Mansfield,
Ohio, and found a home with his uncle J. H. Barron, with
whom he lived two years. Then, in 1862, at the age of
seventeen years, he enlisted as a private in the Tenth Ohio
Cavalry and entered upon a career as a soldier under the gallant
General Kilpatrick. His first experience of battle
was at Snow Hill. He afterward fought at Shelbyville, and
under Sherman participated in that distinguished
officer's celebrated march to the sea, enduring many hardships
and taking part in many desperate sorties and hotly-contested
engagements. He was honorably discharged from the service
August 9, 1865.
After the war Mr. Pope went to Lykens, Crawford
county, Ohio, where for three years he was a clerk in a store.
He left that position to assume the management of a sawmill,
which he retained for one year. He then engaged in
farming, which he has continued successfully to the present
time. In 1884 he removed to his present farm, which he
worked under lease one year and which he bought in 1885.
It contains one hundred and ten acres of well-improved and
well-cultivated land and is provided with a good residence,
ample barns and all necessary outbuildings. He gives his
attention to general farming.
Mr. Pope was married April 23, 1868, to Miss
Amy B. Yingling, who has borne him six children. Their
daughter Esther is the wife of H. B. Tippin, of
Lykens, Ohio. Their daughter Rena married Daniel
Augeny, also of Lykens. Their daughter Ada
is the wife of Michael Geiger, of Chatfield. Their
daughter Sanoma married H. E. Valentine, of Logan
county, Ohio. Their son Clifford J. and their son
Judson K. are members of their household.
Mr. Pope is a Republican in political
affiliation, and he is not without influence in the local
councils of his party. He has never been an office seeker,
but has been prevailed upon to serve his fellow townsmen as
assessor of Lykens township, to which office he has been twice
elected. His interest in the welfare of his township and
county has been manifested in many ways, and he never withholds
his support from any measure which he believes tends to the
advancement of worthy local interests. He is a member of
Lykens Lodge, No. 506, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 450 |
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LEWIS PRY, of Crawford
county, Ohio, is a member of a well-known and highly respected
family of this county, and is also one of its most highly
esteemed citizens. The birth of Mr. Pry was in
Sandusky township, in Crawford county, in 1847, and he was a son
of Frederick and Rickey (Bowman) Pry, the former of whom
was long a resident of Crawford county and a worthy
representative of his German ancestors, a man whose word was
ever equal to his bond in any business transaction.
Frederick Pry was long known, as his years extended far
beyond the three score and ten of the Psalmist, his death
occurring on April 1, 1893, in his nineteenth year.
Lewis Pry, the immediate subject, was reared
under a good and pious father and mother, and attended the
common schools in his youth, beginning at the age of twenty-one
to make a career for himself. His first attempt was on the
home farm, which he managed on shares. In 1873 he married
Miss Catherine Heer, who was a native of Germany and a
daughter of Sebastian Heer. She came to America
with her parents when she was three years old. Mr. and
Mrs. Heer spent a short time in Wayne county, Ohio, prior to
locating in Crawford county, but later purchased the farm upon
which our subject now resides, and here the last days of Mrs.
Pry's parents were spent.
After marriage Mr. Pry settled upon his
father-in-law's farm and continued to manage and operate this
land until the death of Mr. and Mrs. Heer. This
property was then sold and a brother -in-law of our subject
purchased eighty acres of it, and our subject bought twenty-five
acres, building upon his tract a commodious farm house, and here
the family resided until 1896, when he purchased the remaining
eighty acres, and he then removed his family to the old Heer
homestead, and there they have since resided. Here Mr.
Pry has one hundred and five acres. Formerly he owned
a one-half interest in the old Kinsley homestead, of
ninety-six acres, and also twenty acres south of his home farm,
but this land he has disposed of.
Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Pry we may
name Matilda the wife of Barney Cole, of
Vernon township, this county; William, a farmer on his
father's land; Daniel, Charles and Franklin, at
home. Mr. Pry is one of the leading Democrats of this section and
actively supports his party, men and measures. Although he
is not connected by membership with any religious organization,
he is a regular attendant at divine services, and liberally
supports all church and charitable enterprises. He stands
well in the estimation of his fellow citizens and is known as a
good farmer and a useful and excellent citizen.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 801 |
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MOSES PUGH
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MOSES PUGH
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 428 |
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