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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Defiance County, Ohio
containing a History of the County; Its Townships,
Towns, Etc.;
Military Record; Portraits of Early Settlers and
Prominent Men; Farm Views; Personal
Reminiscences, Etc.
Published at Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
1883
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Defiance Twp. -
DR. I. N. THACKER, born January 27, 1811,
in the town of Essex and county of Essex, State of New York.
He came with his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio, in the fall of
1815. In the spring of 1816, his parents moved on a farm in
Clermont County, Ohio, where the Doctor grew up, attended
district school in the winter season and helped his father on
the farm in summer, till nineteen years of ago. In 1831,
he studied medicine under Dr. John Thacker, a cousin of
his, in Goshen, in the same county. In 1835, ho attended a
course of lectures at the Ohio
Medical College, at Cincinnati, and in 1840 he graduated at the
same college, and commenced practice at what was then Rochester,
now Morrowtown, Warren County, Ohio, and remained there about
fifteen years. He was married to Miss Lydia Haywood,
of Goshen, Clermont County, Ohio, Nov. 21, 1833. Six
children were born to them, four boys and two girls, viz.:
Joseph O., William H., L. G. , Sarah A., Isaac N. and Mary A.
Mr. Thacker came to Defiance Oct. 27, 1853, where he has
continued the practice of medicine for nearly thirty years.
Three of his sons were physicians: William H., was a
graduate of Ann Arbor Medical University, Michigan; I. N.,
of Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio; L. G., graduated at
Bellevue Medical College of Now York City, and commenced
practice at Defiance, March, 1866. He has an extensive
practice, and was married to Miss Lillie Noble, Jan. 27,
1869. They
have two children, Eugenie and Myrtle, aged
respectively thirteen and live years. The surviving
brother, Isaac N., is practicing medicine at Chihuahua,
Mexico. Joseph O. also studied medicine, but died
at the age of twenty years, before completion of studies.
He died May 3, 1858. William H. died in Denver,
Colo., July 80, 1876.
Source: History of Defiance County, Ohio - Published at
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 245 |
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Farmer Twp. -
ELISHA THARP was born in Montour County,
Pen., Mar. 1, 1806, and came to Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1818,
and resided there with a brother two years, and then removed
from there to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1820, where he married
Miss Anne Beck Apr. 4, 1836. He then removed to "Lost
Creek" Township, now "Farmer," in the spring of 1836. The
township was organization in the spring of 1836, as "Lost
Creek," but after due consideration changed to "Farmer
Township," believing it the better name, and called from an old
settler by the name of Nathan Farmer. Mr. Tharp is
the only person now living in the township who voted at its
organization, and who voted for the first officers.
James Fisher was the first Justice of the Peace, elected at
a special election, but failed to give bond. Oney Rice
was then elected Justice, and qualified in the proper manner and
served the legal time. At the time Mr. Tharp came
into the township, the following persons were there:
Levinus Bronson, Oney Rice, Jr., John Rice, Nathan
Farmer, Edward Lacost, Jacob Conkey, Harrison Conkey, Colin
Tharp, James and John Fisher. The names of
persons at the first election: Nathan Farmer, Elisha
Tharp, Elijah Lloyd, Isaac Wartenbe and William Powell
The first election was held at the residence of William
Powell, where George Zigler now lives. The
family of Mr. Tharp is Rachel M., Oscar P., Mary E.
(dead), Emily J., Susannah B., Elizabeth (dead),
Francis M., Elmaretta, Alfred B., Elzara M.; all grown; two
brothers and two sisters single. Mrs. Anne Tharp
was born July 15, 1815, and died June 1, 1868, aged fifty three
years. Mr. Tharp is of English descent.
Mr. T. has many anecdotes to tell of the first settlers, the
hard pioneer times, the game that existed when he first came,
which make his reminiscences quite interesting.
Source: History of Defiance County, Ohio - Published at Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 272 |
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Hicksville Twp. -
CONRAD THOMAN was born June 5, 1838, in
Germany. When nine years of age, he immigrated to America
with his fahter, Conrad, Sr., his mother having died in
Germany. His brothers and sisters were named Mary
Catharine, Laura and Henry, who are all living.
His father came to Crawford County, Ohio, where he died in his
seventy-sixth year. When twelve years old, our subject
struck out for himself, and when fifteen he commenced to learn
haroess making at Liberty Corners, Crawford County. In
1861, he enlisted in Company I, Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
on Sept. 26, 1861. He was at Pittsburg Landing, Stone
Rover, Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Atlanta and Lovejoy, and
was with the Fourth Michigan and Third Ohio when Jeff Davis was
captured. He was honorably discharged Aug. 4, 1865, having
escaped without a scratch, his horse being shot down from under
him at Stone River. He then returned to Crawford County
and January, 1866, came to Hicksville, taking up his trade for a
time, since which he has driven team and now a dray. He
married, in 1866 Melissa J., daughter of Finlay
and Margaret (Gardner) Britton, by whom he has two
children - Effa Bell, born in 1867, and Charles Levi
born in 1870.
Source: History of Defiance County, Ohio - Published at Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 306 |
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Hicksville Twp. -
F. M. THOMPSON, of
the firm of Thompson & Griffin, attorneys at law,
Hicksville, was born in Ashland County, Ohio, Dec. 29, 1851.
Mr. Thompson's boyhood was spent on the farm, and
he received his rudimentary education in the common schools.
At the age of seventeen years, he entered the Academy at
Newville, Ind., where for three years he applied himself closely
to study. After which he attended high school at Edgerton,
Ohio, one year. During the winter months of the above time
he taught school, and thus maintained himself during his school
days. In the winters of 1875 and 1876, he was employed as
a clerk in the State Insurance Department at Columbus, and
during this time he began reading law under the tutelage of
Hill, Myers & Cameron, who were his preceptors
until admitted to the bar of Ohio, at Toledo, Mar. 19, 1879.
Immediately thereafter, he opened an office in Hicksville and
began practicing in the courts of the county. In 1870, he
was appointed one of the school examiners of the county, which
position he yet holds. Oct. 12, 1876, Mr. T. was
married to Mercy daughter of Rev. N. Crary, by whom he
has had two children, viz.: Harry F. and Ray S.
Source: History of Defiance County,
Ohio - Published at Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page
300 |
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Adams Twp. -
T. J. TITTLE was "born in Richland Township, Ohio, Oct.
21, 1825. His father, Jacob Tittle, first
came to Defiance County in 1824, and settled in Richland
Township, where he lived until 1839. He then removed to
Adams Township, where he died in 1840 or 1841, aged fifty-five
years. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1785. The
children, T. J. and James, with their families
reside on the old homestead in Adams Township. Rachel
lives in Williams County, Ohio. Mr. T. states that
the United Brethren Church in Adams Township was organized in
1845. They held their first meeting in a log schoolhouse
near where Mr. Tubbs now lives. They have
now a new church edifice, built in 1870 at a cost of about
$1,000, and have a membership of seventy-five. Abraham
Battenbury organized the class in Adams Township and was
their first preacher. The present preacher is George
W. Dinius.
Source: History of Defiance County, Ohio - Published at
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 256 |
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Defiance Twp. -
FREDERICK TRAMPE was born in
Mecklenberg-Strelitz, Germany, Nov. 2, 1815; was married to
Mary Lannes, of Mechlenberg, Germany, May 1, 1851,
who was born Jan. 11, 1830. They had a family of nine
children—Louisa F., Frederick J., Charles L., John F., Mary
A., Herman J., Frederick W., Martin and Julius M.
Of this large family all are gone, except the mother and two of
the children, Harman J. and Julius M. Mr.
Trampe came over to this country July 4, l852; stopped at
Toledo five years; being a brick-maker by trade, he got
employment there as foreman for two years, then rented the yard
for three years and carried on the business himself. He
then came to Defiance, in 1857, and purchased a lot in what is
now East Defiance, and started a brick yard, which he carried on
till his death, Aug. 20, 1876. His wife and the two boys,
Herman and Julius, still live on the place,
carrying on the business. They manufacture about 1,500,000
brick annually, for which they find a ready market at home,
giving employment to about twenty-five hands during the
brick-making season.
Source: History of Defiance County, Ohio - Published at
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 220 |
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Noble Twp. -
WILLIAM TRAVIS, one
of the early settlers of Defiance County, was born in Adams
County, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1800. His parents were formerly from
Kentucky, moving from there to Adams County, Ohio, and remaining
until March, 1809, when they moved to the county of Delaware,
remaining in this countyuntil 1819, when Mr. Travis
left his father's house and came to Fort Defiance. He
returned to Delaware County the same year, remaining until the
summer of 1822, and on the 23d of July, 1822, was married to
Miss Mary C. Swartz, of Delaware County. Mr.
Travis, his wife and one child, accompanied by David
Perdue, his wife and one child, on the 1st of March,
1824, started from Delaware County to come to this county.
They loaded their goods and effects belonging to both families
on a big wagon which was drawn by two yoke of oxen and one
horse. They came across the country through the woods,
cutting their way a part of the time, the woods being thick and
the roads narrow and not much traveled. The timber would fall
across the road and would have to be cut away by them before
they could pass on their way. Passed through the counties
of Delaware, Union, Champaign and Miami, then turned to the St.
Mary's River. On arriving at the river, they met with
Oliver Crain, who had a large dugout, a boat made out
of a large tree. He, too, was coming to this county, and
they made arrangements with him to bring their families and
goods on this boat down the river to Defiance; they helped
manage the boat on the way down as a compensation to him for
bringing their families and goods. Before they reached
Defiance, they bought the boat oŁ Mr. Crain, he
stopping off in Grain Township, Paulding County. They
brought their goods on to Defiance, landing here on the 1st day
of April, 1824. Mr. Travis then settled on
the Auglaize River, south of Defiance, about one mile up the
stream on the east side on what was then called the Shirley
farm, where he raised a crop of corn, which he fed to
stock cattle; he took them to Detroit, Mich., and there sold his
cattle at $4 net weight and took his pay in leather; came home
and disposed of the leather as best he could and purchased land
on the river at Delaware Bend. He lived there for a few
years, sold out and purchased land below on the river in
Delaware Township, now known as the Elias Bruner
farm. From there he moved to Defiance, bought property and
kept hotel for a short time; also bought other property in the
neighborhood, then sold his property in Defiance and purchased
the land in Noble Township that he afterward cleared up and made
his home till his death, which occurred Mar. 3, 1882. His
wife died Feb. 11, 1872. Their children were eleven in
number, of whom the following survive: Permillia (Armstrong),
William C., an attorney of Defiance, Nancy A. (Swartz),
of Defiance; Foreman E., of Defiance; David, of
Noble Township; and Martha E. (Williams). The
deceased are John, who was lost on the ill-fated Central
America, on his way home from California, in September, 1857;
and Mary Harriet Gilliman first, and Gilliman
second, who died young. By the fruits of his labor, Mr.
Travis saved a sufficiency for himself and family during his
life, and at the same time contributed to the relief of the poor
whenever the necessities of the case required it, and also
contributed to public improvements. He was an active
business man, always prompt to meet any engagement that he would
make or any demands brought against him, and was considered by
all that knew him to be a straight-forward and upright business
man, energetic and determined in anything that he undertook to
do. He was a great reader in his day, and a man of a
wonderful memory and of good mind, the latter of which he
retained up to the last moment of life.
Source: History of Defiance County, Ohio -
Published at Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Pages 336-337 |
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Adams Twp. -
CHARLES TUBBS was born Jan. 21, 1810, in
Oswego County, N. Y., and came to Adams Township in 1836, and
settled on Section 11, where he now resides. He married
Miss Lucy Howe, of Mexico, Oswego County, N.
Y. She died Aug. 16, 1870. Her children were
William B., Alfred S., Charles D. and Arba F.
He married the second time. Miss Charlotte Robinson, Feb.
25, 1871. Her family is Alice E., a girl six years
old. When he first settled in the township, John
Scott, Darius Jones, John and Jacob
Hively, James Davison, John
Hornish, William Mozier, Jacob
Swartzel. George Grubb and Eli
Markel were in it. The voters were then all present
and named. The first school was taught by Mrs. Tubbs in
the summer of 1837. It was a subscription school. There were
about nine scholar's. It was a hard township to clear and make
roads in. Mr. Tubbs did not spend much time
in hunting for game, but has been an industrious and successful
farmer and is a friend to the common school system of Ohio.
Source: History of Defiance County, Ohio - Published at
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 255 |
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Defiance Twp. -
JOHN TUTTLE
Source: History of Defiance County, Ohio - Published at
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 213 |
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