* DALRYMPLE, Frank
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DEAN, Washington
* DEATRICK, George W.
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DEATRICK, John F., Hon.
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DEEPE, Henry
* DEINDOERFER,
John Albert
* DENMAN, James K., M. D.
* DICKEY, Moses W. |
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DICKMAN, Jacob
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DIEHL, Christ., Brewing Company
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DIETSCH, John W.
* DOWE, John F.
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DOWELL, Benjamin B.
* DOZER, D. E.
* DUSTIN, George W., Prof.
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FRANK DALRYMPLE
This progressive and prosperous
citizen of Hicksville, Defiance county, and one of its
leading druggists, is of Scottish origin.
The American ancestor of the family was Evan Darumple
(or Dalrumple), as the name was then spelled, who was born
August 17, 1770, in Scotland, near Edinburg it is supposed.
He left his native land for the shores of America when a
young man, near the close of the eighteenth century, and
here, September 7, 1799, married Mary Williams. New
Jersey is regarded as the probable place of this event, as
their son Samuel Taylor, the father of the subject of this
sketch, was born in that State. To this union of Evan Dalrumple and Mary
Williams six children were born, their
names and dates of births being as follows: Nancy, September
12, 1801; John Arall, June 1, 1803; Samuel Taylor, February
16, 1805; Sarah, April 11, 1807; George, March 17, 1809; and
Elizabeth, July 15, 1811. The mother of this family
was called from earth April 8, 1812; the father survived
many years, passing away May 9, 1846, in the seventy-sixth
year of his age.
Samuel Taylor Dalrymple married Miss Mary
Rathban, a
native of south-central New York, and after marriage the
young couple made their home in Cleveland, Ohio, two years.
Mr. Dalrymple had learned the trade of a millwright in New
York, and this trade he pursued there and in Clarksville, in
the northwestern part of Williams county, where he was
located for a while after leaving Cleveland. He built
a gristmill at Clarksville, and moving thence in 183_ to
Farmer township, Defiance county, he there built a sawmill
and a gristmill. He subsequently purchased a farm of
eighty acres of forest land at Lost Creek, Farmer township,
upon which he settled. Taking up the work of clearing
this wild tract, he passed through many years of the toil
and hardships incident to pioneer life, but assiduously
labored on to the successful achievement of his undertaking,
making that place his home until the spring of 1874; and at
his death he was the owner of a fair estate. He was a
self-educated man; possessed great force of character; was
very temperate in his habits; and was, withal, a sincere
Christian worker. He was a member of the Methodist
Church, in which he was a trustee many years; he was also
steward and class leader; and besides rendered other
faithful service. In politics he was a Republican.
The children of this pioneer couple were Celia Ann,
George,
Benjamin S., Mary E., Sarah, Samuel P., Frank, Esther, John
and Laura. The second son, Benjamin S., served as a
soldier in the Union army; was a member of Company I, Fifth
Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. The father died October 1,
1879, at Monterey, Allegan county, Michigan, while visiting
his married children there, and was interred in Monterey
cemetery. His son Frank, the subject of this sketch,
was chosen executor of his estate, which is to remain
unsettled until after the death of the mother. She is
now living at an advanced age at Monterey.
Frank Dalrymple was born at the old homestead, in
Farmer township, April 8, 1848. On arriving at a
suitable age he spent his summers assisting in the duties of
the farm and his winters in school until he was nineteen
years old, when he went into the pine woods of Michigan and
worked nine months, then spent nearly three years at
carpentry, after which he gave his attention to study,
attending the Normal School at Newville nine months, one in
Williams county three months, and that at Edgerton five
months. He then, in turn, became an educator, teaching
eight terms in schools at Logan, Farmer Center, Six Corners
and Pleasant Ridge, when he again became a student, entering
Oberlin College in 1873 for a commercial course. He
was graduated the following year, and in the spring of that
year (1874) he located in Hicksville, buying property here,
and the winger of 1875-76 found him again engaged as an
instructor in the school at Pleasant Ridge. On the
first of the following May he purchased a drug store and
stock at Hicksville, and has conducted the drug business
here ever since. The cost of the store was $1,650, of
the stock $1,224; and his capital being then but thirty
dollars, he made the purchase trusting his profits would
enable him to cancel the indebtedness thus incurred.
In this he was not disappointed, as by October, 1879, he was
able to place himself on a sound financial basis, free from
debt; then in January, 1882, to build a two-story brick
block, 25x90 feet, to which he removed his business from its
original site, near the Presbyterian church, and he has been
located here ever since. Ever active and enterprising,
he has, during his busy life, given attention to a number of
business interests besides those already noted. He has
been correspondent of the Cincinnati "Commercial Gazette,"
the Chicago "Herald," the Chicago "Tribune," and several
other papers; was associate editor of the Defiance
"Republican" for a while and was editor and proprietor of
the Hicksville "Independent" for several years. In
disposing of this property he took in exchange one hundred
and twenty acres of land in Michigan. He was one of
the party that prospected and located oil in Hicksville; was
the reporter for the Commercial Agency of R. G. Dunn & Co.
for more than six years; and has been the up-town money
order agent of the United States Express Co. for the past
fourteen or fifteen years.
Mr. Dalrymple was married at Hicksville, May 20, 1876,
to Miss Nancy Moore, and their home, corner of Rock and
Smith streets, is brightened by three children:
William H., born November 27, 1878; Albert O., born March 6,
1882; and Fred V., born Jan. 2, 1885. Mrs.
Dalrymple
is a daughter of John A. and Sarah (Miller) Moore, of
Hicksville.
Mr. Dalrymple is a zealous and prominent Republican,
using his influence and contributing of his means toward the
support of the principles of his party, and he has served
the part of County, State and Congressional Conventions.
Socially he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, all of
the local offices of which order he has filled, and he is
also a member of the Ohio State Grand Lodge. The
religious connection of the family is with the Methodist
Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Dalrymple has been a member
since the winter of 1875-76, and he and his wife, who is
also a member, are in hearty sympathy with the organized
efforts of the Church for good. The former has served
on the official board, and the latter is an officer of the
aid Society, in which she is an active worker, and also in
the Foreign Missionary Society.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry,
Williams & Fulton. Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co. 1899. ~ Page 599 |
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WASHINGTON DEAN.
The subject of this notice is fairly entitled to be
considered not only one of the enterprising farmers of
Washington township, Defiance county, but one of its
respected and honored citizens, and a man of more than
ordinary ability. A native of Ohio, he was born in
Vernon township, Crawford county, May 5, 1834, and in a
family of eight children - four sons and four daughters - he
is the eldest son and second child. His parents,
Samuel and Margaret (Tarr) Dean, were married and made
their home in Crawford county for some years. There
the father, who was a carpenter by trade, was killed by
falling from a scaffold, in 1849, but the mother is still
living at an advanced age.
In the county of his nativity Washington Dean
was reared and educated continuing to make it his home until
the fall of 1857, when with his mother he came to Defiance
county. In Washington township he purchased eighty-two
acres of land, which he has since owned, although he worked
in Indiana for a few years prior to his marriage. He
now has ninety-four acres under al high state of
cultivation, and improved with good and substantial
buildings. The neat and thrifty appearance of the
place denotes the industry and progressive spirit of the
owner, showing him to be a painstaking and systematic
farmer.
In Washington township, Defiance county, Mr. Dean
was married, in March, 1872, to Mrs. Clara Whitcomb.
They have reared one child, Edith Boyer, now the wife
of Harvey Borrick. The family have many warm
friends, and are widely and favorably known throughout the
county.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry,
Williams & Fulton. Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co. 1899. ~ Page 367 |
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
DEATRICK.
The State of Pennsylvania owes its high standing, among the
sovereign commonwealths that make up the United States, to
the high character and dauntless spirit of the settlers who
made their home within her borders in the early days.
To their inspiration and work is due her wonderful progress
in agriculture and manufacturing and the arts. They
opened the mines and cleared away the forests, transforming
the wilderness into fertile farms; they established churches
and schools in the savage wilds; laying the foundations for
the grand institutions of philanthropy and learning which
are the glory of the State at the present day. Among
these brave and far-sighted pioneers the hardy, industrious
and frugal emigrants from Germany were leaders, and their
descendants have ever been prominent factors in developing
and sustaining the varied activities which, combined in a
harmonious whole, constitute our modern civilization.
The family to which the subject of this sketch belongs
was represented in those early days of Pennsylvania's
progress by Johann Nicholaus Dietrich (as the name was then
spelled). He was born May 15, 1727, in the
village of Rigswieler, near Semmern, in the Pfalz
Palatinate, Rhenish Prussia, and as a young man came to
America in 1748, and entered a tract of seven hundred acres
of land a short distance northeast of Gettysburg, Adams
county, Pennsylvania. There he spent the remainder of
his life in agricultural pursuits, his death occurring in
1813. He was married in 1752 to Margaretha Haberin,
who died in 1797. Both were devout adherents of the
Lutheran Church, and were greatly esteemed for their worth.
They reared a family of seven sons and three daughters.
The eldest son, Jacob, our subject's grandfather, was a
soldier in the Revolutionary army. He and his wife
lived at the old homestead, where both died, the former in
1801 and the latter a few years later.
They had two sons and seven daughters, the youngest
child being our subject's father, Jacob Jacob Nicholas Deatrick, who was born at the farm near Gettysburg, March
24, 1799. He learned the details of manufacturing
linen and woolen goods in his youth, and carried on the
business during his active life, first at Chambersburg,
Pennsylvania, and for a time at Gettysburg, but in 1834 he
moved with his family to Ohio and established a
woolen-factory at Fredericksburg. In 1864 he retired
from business. In 1868 he moved to Defiance, where his
last days were spent. His wife, Elizabeth Boyer, to
whom he married March 25, 1823, died there in 1875, and he
breathed his last on February 23, 1888, the remains of both
being laid to rest side by side in the cemetery at Defiance.
Thirteen children blessed their union, the names with
the dates of birth being as follows: Elenora, February
21, 1824, married Henry C. Lytle of Wayne county, Ohio;
Maria, January 6, 1826, died in infancy; Anna Margaret
Rebecca, December 29, 1827, married James S. Ward, now
deceased, and resides at Plattsburg, Missouri; John
Frederick, November 26, 1829, is the present mayor of
Defiance; Jacob Nicholas, November 14, 1831, died in
infancy; Mary Jane, November 11, 1832, married (first)
Rev.
J. D. Long, who died in India, while they were serving as
missionaries, and (second) wedded Rev. John Lehman, who is
residing upon a farm near Sydney, Shelby county, Ohio;
Daniel William, September 15, 1835, died in infancy;
George Washington, July 9, 1837, is mentioned more fully below;
Sarah Louise, June 9, 1840, and Henry
Harrison, October 7,
1842, died in infancy; Harriet Amelia, December 19, 1844, is
a successful teacher at Hopkinsville, Kentucky; Charlotte
Albertine, September 10, 1847, married John H. Bleistein, of
Duncannon, Pennsylvania, now deceased, and she at present
makes her home at Defiance; Charles Henry, September 19,
1849, is a resident of Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
G. W. Deatrick is a native of the Buckeye State, having
first seen the light at Fredericksburg, where he grew to
manhood, attending the public schools, and familiarizing
himself with the details of his father's business through
practical work in a factory. On July 31, 1862, he
joined the brave "boys in blue" in the struggle for the
preservation of the Union, enlisting in Company H, One
Hundred Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private.
He served gallantly until the close of the war, and was
mustered out June 30, 1865, with the rank of sergeant.
On returning to the paths of peace he secured a position as
bookkeeper at Defiance, and followed that occupation until
he was appointed postmaster of Defiance by President Grant,
his commission being dated February 26, 1875. So
efficient did he prove himself to be, and so thoroughly
satisfied with his administration were the people of the
place, that he was re-appointed by President Hayes and again
by President Arthur, making three full terms. He
resigned, however, at the close of the eleventh year of
service to give place to an appointee of President
Cleveland. Mr. Deatrick retired from office with
honor, having won by his ability and fidelity the esteem and
good will of his fellow citizens without regard to party.
He resumed his former employment as bookkeeper and
accountant, in which he is regarded as an expert, and at
present he has charge of the books of the Defiance Machine
Works.
On March 14, 1860, Mr. Deatrick was united in marriage
with Miss Anna Mary Ober, a daughter of Henry C.
and Barbara
(Murphy) Ober, well-known residents of Elizabethtown,
Pennsylvania. Of the four children are: Harry
L., born February 24, 1861, now a salesman in a clothing
store in Toledo; Alice Pearl, born November 7, 1867, is the
wife of Earnest W. Ryder, of Chicago, Illinois; and
William
O., born June 8, 1869. Mr. Deatrick resides at No. 209
Wayne street, Defiance, in a pleasant home purchased in 1868
and rebuilt in 1894 with modern conveniences.
Always a stanch Republican, Mr. Deatrick is one of the
leading counselors of the party in his locality, and he also
takes great interest as a loyal citizen in any movement
which promises to benefit his community. For twenty
years past he as been a member of the Presbyterian Church at
Defiance. Socially, he is affiliated with Bishop Post
No. 22, Department of Ohio, G. A. R.; Defiance Lodge No. 147
B. P. O. Elks; and with the several Masonic bodies of the
city.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry,
Williams & Fulton. Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co. 1899. - Page 41 |
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HON. JOHN F. DEATRICK.
This gentleman for ten years (1880-86 and 1894-98) was mayor
of Defiance, has been for forty-three years past prominently
identified with the social, business and official life of
that thriving town. He is a native of Pennsylvania, having
been born at Chambersburg November 26, 1829, and is of
German descent.
Mr. Deatrick's grandparents came from the Fatherland in
the latter part of the eighteenth century, and located in
Pennsylvania, where they purchased farming lands. They
reared a large family of children, among whom was a son,
John Jacob Nicholas Deatrick, our subject's father, who was
born in Adams county, Pennsylvania, and there married Miss
Elizabeth Boyer, also of German ancestry. He owned and
operated a woolen-mill in his native county for some years,
but it was destroyed by fire, and about two years later he
removed with his family to Fredericksburg, Wayne county,
Ohio, arriving there in 1833. He operated a woolen-mill at
that place for many years, and was one of the substantial
citizens of that locality. For a long time he held the
office of postmaster. On his retirement from active business
he and his wife removed to Defiance, where they both passed
to the unseen world. This worthy couple were devout and
consistent members of the Presbyterian Church, and their
children, of whom there were thirteen, were carefully reared
in that faith.
The subject of this sketch, the third child in this
numerous family, was educated mainly in the schools of
Fredericksburg, so far as his education has been due to
school instruction at all. At an early age he began to learn
the practical details of work in the woolen-mill under his
father's supervision, thus forming habits of industry which
have contributed in no slight measure to the success
attained in later years. At nineteen he left the parental
roof and went to St. Paul, Minnesota, then a mere village of
six hundred inhabitants, and, finding employment at the
carpenter's trade, remained there a year and a half. He then
returned to Fredericksburg and entered into partnership with
his father in the woolen business, in which he continued
until 1853, when he went to Defiance to establish a
woolen-mill there. Certain parties had previously offered to
furnish a suitable building if he would supply the
machinery, but as their promises failed of fulfillment the
project was abandoned. Mr. Deatrick did, however, put in a
carding machine at a shop in Perry street, where the
Defiance Woolen Mills now stand, his venture being a nucleus
for the latter enterprise.
In 1853 he was married at Defiance to his first wife,
Miss Nancy Taylor, daughter of Judge
John Taylor, then a
member of the Ohio Senate. For some time Mr. Deatrick taught
school, but, determining to enter the legal profession, he
read law with a brother-in-law, David Taylor, of Defiance,
and in 1856 was admitted to the Bar. Two years later at
Cleveland, Ohio, he was admitted to practice in the United
States courts for this district. Like most "briefless
barristers," he sought at first, while waiting for strictly
legal business, to take up some similar lines of work, and
in 1856 he accepted an agency for the Washington Union
Insurance Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, and this laid the
foundation for the most extensive and profitable insurance
business in this section, now conducted under the firm name
of John F. Deatrick & Son. It is safe to say that they do
three-fourths of the business in that line in their
locality. For years past this firm has also carried on a
large real-estate and loan business, and they own many
valuable tracts of land, improved and unimproved. For ten
years after opening his office at Defiance, Mr. Deatrick
also acted as special agent for the Phoenix Insurance Co.,
of Hartford, Connecticut, traveling over a large territory
and establishing agencies at different points. In 1861 he
was appointed United States deputy marshal, and in 1872 he
was made chief of the Defiance fire department; but on his
election in 1880 to the office of mayor of his city he
resigned both these positions. That his administration was
able and efficient is proven by his re-election in 1882 and
1884; then after an interval. just long enough to teach the
people the value of his services, he was recalled to the
post in 1894, and was again chosen in 1896. From the close
of the war until 1890 he acted as war claim and pension
agent at Defiance, in addition to his other lines of
business.
Mr. Deatrick is a man of versatile talents and sound
common sense, and these qualities, combined with an
enterprising spirit, have naturally led him to lend a hand
in many important business ventures. As one instance among
many we will mention the Defiance Opera House, a handsome
structure, of which he was a leading promoter. Few men in
the State have as high a reputation as a judge of land
values. A man of strict integrity, Mr. Deatrick enjoys the
esteem and confidence of all classes, and his influence as a
progressive citizen ever ready to support a worthy cause is
a power for good.
By his first marriage Mr. Deatrick had eight children,
five of whom— Francis M., Claude T., Fred L., Charles L.,
and Ralph M.—are living. Three others—Edith May, Jeannette
and Nannie K.—died in infancy. The mother of this family
passed to the life beyond February 4, 1887, and on April 11,
1895, Mr. Deatrick was united in marriage with Miss
Marion Strong.
During the war and for some time afterward Mr. Deatrick
affiliated with the Republican party, but in the
Hayes-Tilden campaign he voted the Democratic ticket, and
has since acted with that party. He is a prominent member of
the Presbyterian Church, and also belongs to the Order of
Elks and to the K. T.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry,
Williams & Fulton. Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co. 1899. ~ Page 147 |
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HENRY
DEEPE. Mr. Deepe, who is proprietor of one of the best
and most highly cultivated farms of Tiffin township,
Defiance county, was born in Prussia, Germany, June 8, 1833,
a son of Frederick and Rachel (Schroer) Deepe, also
natives of Prussia, who in the fall of 1836 emigrated to
America, locating first in Stark county, Ohio. Later they
came to Defiance county, and in Tiffin township spent their
remaining days.
Our subject is the eldest of their eight children—two
sons and six daughters—and was three years old when brought
by his parents to the New World. After ten years spent in
Stark county, the family removed to Defiance county, where
he has since made his home, being reared in much the usual
manner of farmer boys of his day.
In Tiffin township Mr. Deepe was married,
November 8, 1855, to Miss Mary Redker,
also a native of Prussia, who was born October 21, 1839. Her
parents, Henry and Elizabeth Jane (Schroer) Redker,
were born, reared and married in Prussia, and in 1840
crossed the broad Atlantic, becoming residents of Tiffin
township, Defiance county, Ohio, where they continued to
live until called from this life. In their family were ten
children—two sons and eight daughters—Mrs. Deepe
being the eldest. To our subject and his wife have been born
twelve children, one of whom, Sarah C, died in
infancy. Those yet living are as follows: Pherobey J.,
now the wife of Wilbur Rummell; Mary E., wife
of John McComb; John W.; Elizabeth
E., wife of Edward Clay; Adelia,
wife of Samuel Burk; Phoebe E.? wife of
Emory Elliott; Nettie; Belle,
wife of Walter Dickman; William H.; Lewis C.;
and Chauncey M.
After his marriage, Mr. Deepe located in
Tiffin township, where he now owns an excellent farm of two
hundred acres, on which he has erected good and substantial
buildings, which add greatly to the value and attractive
appearance of the place. Throughout his business career he
has devoted his time and attention to agricultural pursuits,
and has met with a well merited success in his operations.
For over half a century he has been a resident of Defiance
county, and as a public spirited, progressive citizen, has
given support to all measures for the public good. As one of
the representative men of his community, he has been called
upon to serve in local official positions. Over his life
record there falls no shadow of wrong, his public service
was most exemplary, and his private life has been marked by
the utmost fidelity to duty. Both he and his wife are
sincere and worthy members of the United Brethren Church.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry,
Williams & Fulton. Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co. 1899. ~ Page 559 |
Jas. K. Denman, M.D. |
JAMES K. DENMAN,
M. D. The Denman family, of which
this prosperous physician is an honored representative, has
resided in Ohio for a number of years, numbering among its
members men who have risen to positions of honor and
responsibility, and has been closely associated with the
interests and welfare of the public.
The late Hon. Elisha G. Denman, born in Knox
county, Ohio, in 1821, removed to Williams county in 1851 -
then in the prime of manhood - and there continued to reside
till his death, which occurred in West Unity, in March,
1877. In early life he married Miss Almira H.
Morrison, a native of Richland county, Ohio, where she
was born in 1820, and at the time of their removal to West
Unity, Williams county, Mr. and Mrs. Denman were the
parents of three sons, the youngest of whom, James K.,
was an infant four months old. Three sons added to the
number in their new home completed the family circle.
The father was a farmer by occupation, but being a
public-spirited and influential citizen, was twice chosen
county treasurer, the duties incumbent upon which office he
faithfully discharged, and he was twice honored with an
election to the State Legislature, where, likewise, he
served to the satisfaction of his constituents.
Mrs. Denman was spared to the family many years after
the death of her husband. She departed this life at
West Unity, in December, 1896.
James K. Denman was born June 30, 1851, in
Batemantown, Knox county, Ohio, but becoming a part of the
new home at West Unity in his infancy, it became to him as a
birthplace, and their all the tender memories and
associations of his childhood and early month center.
The foundations of his education were laid in the common and
high schools of West Unity, and he subsequently attended the
Bryan Normal School. He then entered the employ of
Long Bros., druggists at Bryan, where he remained three
years; but his tastes inclining to the medical profession,
he again became a student, attending Wooster University,
Cleveland, one term, and on leaving that institution
completed a course in the Columbus Medical College,
graduating and receiving his degree there, Feb. 29, 1876.
The year 1876 was further signalized by his location at The
Bend, Delaware township, and the beginning of his medical
practice here in partnership with Doctor W. W. Moats
- this event occurring on the 5th of September. After
an associate practice of one year, the partnership was
dissolved, Doctor Denman continuing in practice here
along, however, the next two years, when he took up the drug
business in Sherwood, and carried it on two years. At
the expiration of that time he resumed his professional life
at The Bend as a general practitioner. In the winter
of 1895 he attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons
at Cleveland, bringing to his professional work here the
benefits of this attention to modern advances in medical
science and skill. The Doctor took his first
post-graduate degree at the Columbus Medical College in
1882, and his second one at the College of Physicians and
Surgeons at Cleveland in 1896.
In June, 1877, at The Bend, Miss Elizabeth Speaker,
a daughter of the late Charles Speaker, of Delaware
township, became his bride. She is a native of the
town, born in 1851. The home of Doctor and Mrs.
Denman is located at The Bend, Delaware township.
The Doctor owns a large farm of two hundred acres which he
conducts in connection with his professional duties.
They have two children: Charles G. and Emma.
The Doctor is a member of the
Defiance County Medical Society, and the Northwestern
Medical Society. He is medical examiner for the Union
Central and New York Life Insurance Companies.
Socially, he is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias;
politically, he is a Democrat. He is actively
interested in whatever pertains to the welfare and
advancement of the community, and his fellow townsmen have
manifested their regard for him by entrusting him with the
office of treasurer of the township for a period of seven
years.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry,
Williams & Fulton. Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co. 1899. ~ Page 322 |
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JOHN ALBERT DEINDOERFER.
Mr. Deindoerfer, who is editor and proprietor of the
German weekly, "Der Defiance Herold," published at Defiance,
is one of the leading citizens of this section. He was
born Aug. 8, 1861, at Waucoma, Iowa, and, his ancestors on
both sides being people of culture, it is not strange that
he should thus early have distinguished himself in a field
which demands intellectual ability.
Rev. Johannes Deindoerfer, father of our
subject, and a native of Bavaria, was prepared for the
Lutheran ministry in the Fatherland, graduating in theology
at Nuremberg, and being ordained at Hamburg just before
embarking for America. In 1851 he came to the United
States, locating in the vicinity of Saginaw, Michigan, where
he was ordained and placed in charge of a newly organized
congregation. While there he became associated with
other Lutheran divines in the organization of the Lutheran
Synod of Iowa, comprising a union of work-forces of the
denomination in various States. He organized a colony
of Lutherans at St. Sebald, Iowa, in 1853, and spent four
years as pastor at Madison, Wisconsin. Later he was
located at Waucoma, Iowa, and left that village in 1865, to
take charge of St. John's Lutheran Church at Toledo, Ohio,
corner of Erie and Harrison streets.
There he remained until 1870, when he accepted a call
to St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Defiance, which had just
been newly organized. Here he found full scope for his
ability as a practical and energetic manager of Church
enterprises. Under his direction the brick edifice at
the corner of Clinton and Arabella streets was erected in
1872, at a cost of about ten thousand dollars, and later the
parsonage adjoining was built. He remained there until
1889, when he removed to Blissfield, Michigan, and four
months later he went to Ripon, Wisconsin, his last charge.
On retiring from the active work of the ministry, in 1893,
he located permanently at Waverly, Bremer county, Iowa,
where he now conducts the "Kirchen-Blatt," the official
organ of the Lutheran Synod of Iowa and other States.
Until 1893 he was vice president of the Synod and from 1873
to 1880 president of the Easterly District. In 1893 he
was elected president of the Synod, which office he still
holds, having been re-elected in 1896. He has always
been considered one of the most earnest and conscientious
ministers connected with that Synod, and he is also widely
known and quoted as an authority on Church affairs. He
is possessed of a most generous and kindly nature, any form
of suffering or trouble finding in him a ready and practical
sympathy, and he hold the esteem and affection of every
congregation over which he has presided.
In 1852 he was united in marriage at Frankinhilf,
Michigan, with Miss Katharina Weege, a native of
Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, who came to America with her
father, Heinrich Weege, a school teacher. To
Johannes and Katharina Deindoerfer nine children were
born, viz.: A still-born son; Christina; Henry
and Anna (twins), of whom the former died in 1884 at
the age of twenty-five; John Albert; Godfrey Carl; Maria
Anna; Carl who died when one year old, and Lena.
The subject of this biography was carefully
educated, being prepared for college under his father's
direct instruction. He attended the parochial schools
at Toledo and Defiance until 1874, when he began a course of
private study in Latin and Greek with his father. Thus
prepared, he in September, 1876, entered Wartburg College,
at Mendota, Illinois, which is conducted under the auspices
of the Lutheran Synod of Iowa, and completed the course
there, graduating in June, 1879. In the following
September he began a course in theology at Wartburg
Seminary, but in May, 1880, he was compelled to abandon his
studies on account of ill health. The summer of that
year he spent at Strawberry Point, Iowa, his health being
much benefited by the change.
His brother, Henry J. Deindoerfer, founded "Der
Defiance Herold" in 1881, with our subject as editor, the
first number being issued on May 4, of that year.
During the Bookwalter campaign in the fall of 1881, the two
brothers disagreed as to the policy of hte paper, our
subject siding with Bookwalter, and this resulted in the
transfer of the plant to White & Mains, in the spring
of 1882, J. A. Deindoerfer being retained by them as
editor. On March 28, 1886, he purchased the "Herold"
for three thousand dollars, the actual value of the outfit,
aside from the good will and the subscription list, being
about five hundred dollars. He had only one
hundred dollars. He had only one hundred dollars cash
capital; but, possessing plenty of pluck and confidence in
himself and his friends, he went to work energetically,
making improvements in the plant, putting in a new press and
other machinery, all operated by electricity, and enlarging
the paper, adding new and attractive features. Under
this enterprising management the paper has prospered as
never before, the subscription list increasing gradually
from seven hundred to one thousand five hundred. The "Herold"
is a seven-column quarto, and being the only German paper in
Defiance county it may be classed among the most desirable
journalistic properties in that section. Until 1894
Mr. Deindoerfer occupied rooms on the upper floor of the
Dolke building, No. 210 Clinton street, but as his
increasing business demanded better facilities he bought a
lot at No. 510 Court street, and built a brick structure at
a cost of three thousand five hundred dollars for the
accommodation of his plant. There are also two store
rooms eighteen by thirty-six feet; one of these rooms on the
ground floor is rented to the city for a public library, the
other is used as the editorial room. While Hon.
Elmer White was serving in the State Senate,
Mr. Deindoerfer acted as local editor of the "Defiance
Democrat," and afterward took the post of secretary of the
Democrat Printing Co. On the organization of the
Defiance Box Co., in 1892, he became a stockholder in that
enterprise, with which he is still connected. His
executive ability and excellent practical judgment make him
a valued worker in any business undertaking.
Mr. Deindoerfer is a Democrat in politics.
In the fall of 1882, during the Hill-Brigham campaign, he
took an active part for the first time as a public speaker,
and since that date has been an ardent worker in every
campaign. In 1890 he was elected county auditor, and
served in that capacity from September, 1891, to October,
1894. On April 4, 1898, he was elected mayor of the
city of Defiance, on the Democratic ticket. He is a
man of fine presence, and genial, generous spirit,
attracting and holding the esteem of all with whom he comes
in contact. As a public speaker he is among the best
in this section. Socially, he is a member of the
German Aid Society and the Ben Hur Lodge. He has an
elegant home, built by himself in 1891, at No. 623 Jefferson
street.
On April 27, 1882, Mr. Deindoerfer was married
at Blissfield, Michigan to Miss Lizzie H.
Blackmore, of Aurora, Illinois, daughter of James H.
and Jane Blackmore. Her father was
superintendent of the Frazier Wagon Company's works at
Aurora, and a highly respected citizen. Five children
have blessed this union: Helen May, born May 14,
1886; John Albert, born Nov. 17, 1888; William
Robert, born Feb. 5, 1891, and died Mar. 15, of the same
year; Charles William, born Mar. 7, 1893; and
Lillie, born Oct. 14, 1897.
Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1899. ~ Page 235 |
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MOSES
W. DICKEY. During his lifetime this gentleman
was a prominent resident of Mark township, Defiance county,
and he bears an honorable record as a soldier, having served
in the Union army during the most trying days of the Civil
war. As a citizen he was no less faithful to his
obligations, and he well deserved the high esteem in which
he was held.
Born Nov. 25, 832, in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, Mr.
Dickey was a son of John and Mary (Deets) Dickey.
When he was about four yeas old his parents removed to Allen
county, Ohio, and four or five years old his parents removed
to Allen county, Ohio, and four or five years later they
settled upon a farm in Putnam county, this State, where
their remaining years were spent. Our subject was the
fifth in a family of nine children, eight of whom lived to
maturity, and until he was about thirty years old he resided
at the homestead in Putnam county. On April 7, 1861,
he enlisted in Company E, Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, being one of the first to offer his services to
the government. After four months he left the
regiment, his term having expired; but on Aug. 7, 1862, he
enlisted in Company E, One Hundred Eighteenth Ohio volunteer
Infantry, with which he remained until the close of the war.
He took part in numerous engagements, including sixteen
hard-fought battles, but had the good fortune to escape
injury. Among the battles in which he
participated were those of Franklin and Nashville,
Tennessee, as well as those of the famous campaign of
Atlanta, under Sherman. When the struggle ended
he returned to Putnam county, and on Jan. 13, 1866, he was
married there to Miss Lucinda May. The first
five years of his married life were spent upon the farm in
the same county, but he afterward removed to Pleasant
township, Henry county, where he remained four years.
In October, 1876, he settled in Defiance county, and he ever
after resided at the family homestead in Section 13, Mark
township, a fine estate of four hundred acres, upon which he
made valuable improvements; he also owned eighty acres in
Putnam county, Ohio. In addition to the offices
already mentioned, Mr. Dicket served as justice of
the peace in Putnam county five or six years. He died
of heart failure June 27, 1898.
Mr. Dickey, as is his widow, was a leading
member of the German Baptist Church, and interested in all
that concerned the welfare of the community. In
politics he was a Democrat, and for some three years past he
held the office of township trustee, his excellent judgment
being appreciated by his co-workers in his party and by the
community in general. Of the ten children who blessed
his home two heave passed away. Moses
dying at the age of sixteen, and Pearl in infancy.
The survivors are Charles E., Ella J. (wife of
Jacob Fraker). Abbie E. (wife of Pomeroy
Helmick, and Sidney F., Berten A., Alva M., Eli T.,
and Audrey P., all five yet at home. Of this
family, Charles E. married Minta Meese, of
Pennsylvania, and they live in Mark township (they have
three children - Charles F., Robert M. and an infant
unnamed).
John and Mary (Deets) Dickey, parents of our
subject, were born in Pennsylvania. They had four sons
and four daughters: Susan (Mrs. John Shafer), Mary (Mrs.
Eli Sigler), Jonas (deceased), Jacob (of Putnam
county), Moses W. (our subject), Lydia (Mrs. Leven
Corkwell), David L (of Putnam county, Ohio), and
Elize (Mrs. Levi Troyer, also of Putnam county).
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry,
Williams & Fulton. Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co. 1899. ~ Page 71 |
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JACOB DICKMAN.
One of the most intelligent and highly respected citizens of
Noble township is Mr. Dickman, the subject of this
memoir. He has spent his entire life in Defiance
county, having been born in Tiffin township, August 5, 1850.
The late William Dickman, father of Jacob
Dickman, was born in Hanover, Germany, October 2, 1810,
emigrated to the United States in early life and took up his
residence in Pennsylvania. Soon after in the State he
married Miss Rebecca A. Kanecamp, also a native of
Hanover, Germany. Shortly after their marriage they
came to Wooster, Ohio, where they made their home for a
time, and in 1846 removed to Tiffin township, Defiance
county, continuing to live there until called to their final
rest, the mother dying in 1872, the father on November 2,
1892. Wherever known they were held in high esteem.
In their family of eight children - six sons and two
daughters - Jacob Dickman was the youngest.
Upon the old home farm in Tiffin township he grew to
manhood, early becoming familiar with every department of
farm work, and acquiring a good practical education in the
common schools of the neighborhood. For six winters he
successfully engaged in teaching, but throughout the greater
part of his active business life his attention ahs been
given to agricultural pursuits. After his marriage he
located upon his present fine farm of seventy-three and
one-half acres in Noble township, which he has placed under
high state of cultivation and improved with good buildings.
In Mark township, Defiance county, Mr. Dickman
was married September 7, 1871, to Miss Susie Smith,
who was born in that township, October 17, 1851. Of
the ten children born to them, seven are still living,
namely: Nellie (now the wife of Charles Fortney),
Alta (wife of A. L. Overly), Joseph Clay,
Lulu, Jacob Ray, Blaine, and May. Those
deceased are: Minnie C., Susie I., and Fay.
Mr. Dickman uses his right of franchise in
support of the principles of the Republican party, and takes
quite an active interest in local political affairs.
He is now acceptably serving as one of the trustees of the
Orphans' Home in Defiance county. In the United
Brethren Church he holds membership, and takes an active
part in all church work. As a business man he has met
with success, and in connection with his farming operations
he is making a specialty of bee culture, having upon his
place a fine apiary, and he has taken over ten thousand
pounds of honey in a single year. Mr. Dickman's
articles on Bee Culture have appeared in the "American Bee
Journal," "American Apiculturist," "Ohio Farmer," and
"American Agriculturist."
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry,
Williams & Fulton. Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co. 1899. ~ Page 211 |
Christ Diehl
Brewing Co.,
ChristDiehl, Sr.
Christ Diehl, Jr.
Diehl, John C.
Diehl, Albert F. |
CHRIST. DIEHL
BREWING COMPANY.
The Christ. Diehl Brewing Company, of
Defiance, Ohio, is one of the leading industries of that
city. The enterprise was founded by Jacob
Karst in 1867, and a little later he admitted Joseph
Bauer as a partner. In the spring of 1871, Christ.
Diehl, Sr., purchased the share of Jacob Karst,
and the firm until 1873 was Bauer & Diehl.
When Alvin Bauer was admitted to the firm the
name was changed to Joseph Bauer & Co., but in
1878 Alvin sold out to the other partners, and the
firm was again known as Bauer & Diehl, so
continuing until 1885, when Christ. Diehl,
Sr., purchased the interest of Joseph Bauer,
the enterprise then becoming known as the Christ.
Diehl Brewery, and the present large establishment was
mainly erected by him. It thus continued until 1896, when
Christ. Diehl, Sr., sold out to his sons,
Christ. Diehl, Jr., John C. Diehl
and Albert F. Diehl, and the business is now carried
on under the name of the Christ. Diehl Brewing
Co., but the firm is not organized as a stock company.
Twenty-one men are employed at the brewery, which has an
annual capacity of fifteen thousand barrels, while their
annual output amounts to about twelve thousand. The
brewery contains all the modern appliances, and the best
product is placed upon the market. As the brothers
were all reared to the business, it has been continued by
them on the safe and judicious lines established by their
father with the forceful energy of youth.
CHRIST. DIEHL, SR., was born in Hessen-Darmstadt,
Germany, Aug. 21, 1842, a son of Paul Diehl, a
native of the same place, who died when Christ, was
but eight years of age. Christ. Diehl,
Sr., was educated in the old country, and on coming
to the New World in 1861 he engaged in the brewing business,
which he has followed in his native land. In June,
1869, he married Mary Rantz, a native of
Sandusky, Ohio, and a daughter of Casper Rantz,
a carpenter by trade. To this union have been born six
sons: Christ., Jr., John C., Albert F., Joseph A., August
and Frank B. In 1863 Christ.
Diehl, Sr., enlisted for the hundred-days’
service, and then re-enlisted in the cavalry under
Captain Updegraff. He and his three eldest sons
(mentioned more fully below) have organized a live-stock
company, and handle all kinds of live stock and poultry.
In politics Mr. Diehl is a Democrat, and in
religion is a Roman Catholic, as are also his three younger
sons, while the mother and three elder sons adhere to the
Lutheran faith.
The Christ. Diehl Brewing Company is composed of
Christ. Diehl, Jr., John C. Diehl, and Albert F.
Diehl. They are systematic business men, and while
young in years are experienced in every detail of the
business in which they are engaged.
CHRIST. DIEHL, JR., the senior member of the
firm, was born in Toledo, Ohio, Mar. 1, 1870, and was
educated in the schools of Defiance. From boyhood he
evinced such a natural adaptability for business that at the
age of thirteen he was placed in charge of the books of his
father’s business, and has ever since been actively
connected with its management. He always finds time to
aid in the advancement of municipal interest, politically
and socially. He casts his ballot with the Democratic
party, is prominent in the municipal government, and has
served his fellow townsmen as member of the city council for
two terms. Socially he belongs to the B. P. O. E. and
other organizations, and he is a leading member of the
Lutheran Church at Defiance. In 1893 he was married to
Miss Louisa Speiser, and to this union have been born
two sons: Arthur, on Jan. 25, 1895, and Edwin,
on Aug. 14, 1897.
JOHN C. DIEHL, the next younger member of the
firm, was born in Henry county, Ohio, Mar. 27, 1872.
He is a scientific brewer, and has full charge of that
branch of the business. After pursuing his studies for
some years in the schools of Defiance, he in 1891 entered
the American Brewing Academy at Chicago, Illinois, where he
took a course in practical and scientific brewing. In
1894 he returned to the same institution. and made a
study of all the modern means and methods of the business.
This school and academy training has well fitted Mr.
Diehl for his department of the business, which he
well and ably conducts. Socially, religiously and
politically he adheres to the same organizations as his
brother Christ.
ALBERT F. DIEHL, the youngest member of the
firm, who is also one of the youngest business men in
northwestern Ohio (in fact the firm when organized in 1896,
was managed by the youngest men of any firm in Defiance
county), was born in Defiance, Nov. 13, 1875, and in the
public schools of that place he received a good literary
training, later attending Defiance College to prepare for
his business course, where both of his brothers, had
preceded him. From this institution he was graduated
in 1892. He has charge of the books of the firm, and
looks after all accounts pertaining to the business.
Like his elder brothers he adheres to the Lutheran faith, is
a Democrat politically, and socially is a member of the B.
P. O. E.
It is interesting to visit their place of business,
each member attends to his own department to which neither
of the others gives any concern, and at the close of each
day the work in each department is so complete, that a
report can be given by any one of the firm of the exact
condition of affairs in his line of work. While the
members of the firm are thorough business men, they are very
social, genial gentlemen, and in the city of Defiance, where
they were born, reared and educated, none are held in more
universal respect than are the members of The Christ.
Diehl Brewing Company.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry,
Williams & Fulton. Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co. 1899. ~ Page 312 |
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JOHN W. DIETSCH.
Among the sturdy and stalwart citizens of Richland
township, Defiance county, whose place of birth was in the
German Fatherland, and who, with the industry and thrift so
natural to the people of that country, have rapidly
progressed toward that financial condition so much coveted
by all, is the subject of this personal history.
Born in Bavaria, Germany, February 27, 1822, our
subject grew to manhood upon a farm there. In 1845 he
bade adieu to his native land and sailed for America,
landing in Baltimore, Maryland, whence he went to Franklin
county, Indiana. There he lived until 1849, in which
year he crossed the Plains to California, hoping from the
gold mines of that State to secure a fortune; but during the
three years he spent upon the Pacific slope he met with only
ordinary success.
On his return to the East, Mr. Dietsch came to
Defiance county, Ohio and located upon land in Section 26,
Richland township, which he had purchased in 1848 before
going to California. He at once began the improvement
and cultivation of his land, and upon that property has made
his home continuously since 1852. Upon the place, which
comprises two hundred and seventy-three acres of fine land,
he has erected good buildings, and made many other
improvements which add greatly to its value and attractive
appearance.
In Richland township, January 28, 1855, Mr. Dietsch
was married to Miss Sarah Gackel, who was born in
Alsace, Germany, January 18, 1835, and came to America in
1847. Eight children have been born to them, namely:
Magdelena; Elizabeth, now the wife of George Wirth;
Catherine, wife of Peter Engle; Louis; Henry;
Phoebe, wife of Charles Thieroff; Adam and
John. The parents and children hold membership in
the Lutheran Church, and are widely and favorably known.
Mr. Dietsch has ever taken an active interest in the
welfare of his adopted country, and he is recognized as a
valued and useful citizen of his community. For three
years he acceptably served as treasurer of Richland
township.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry,
Williams & Fulton. Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co. 1899. ~ Page 549 |
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JOHN F.
DOWE. Few men are more prominent or more widely known in
Defiance county than John F. Dowe, of Brunersburg, who for
two terms most acceptably served as treasurer of the county.
He is public-spirited, and thoroughly interested in whatever
tends to promote the moral, intellectual and material
welfare of the community. He has been an important
factor in political circles, and his popularity is well
deserved.
One of Defiance county's native sons, Mr. Dowe was born
in the village of Brunersburg, Noble township,
February 21, 1851. His father, John Dowe, Sr., was
born in Baden, Germany, and when a young man came to the New
World. In Defiance county he married Miss Barbara
Speaker, also a native of Germany, and during most of their
married life they lived in Noble township, where both died,
the father at the age of sixty-six years, the mother at the
age of seventy-four. Our subject is third in the order
of birth in the family of six children - three sons and
three daughters.
John F. Dowe was reared in Brunersburg, receiving a
good common school education, which has well fitted him for
the responsible duties of life. Farming has been his
principal occupation, and he is now the owner of a
well-improved and highly cultivated farm of one hundred and
fifty acres in Noble township, which he successfully
operates. He was married in Brunersburg to Miss Etta
Hilton, a native of Noble township, who died in 1878, after
a short married life of three years. In April, 1883,
he was again married, his second union being with Miss
Ella Koons, also a native of Defiance county, by whom he has six
children, namely: Florence, Pearl, Carrie,
Charlie, Beatrice
and Vernie.
Since attaining his majority Mr. Dowe has taken an
active and influential part in local politics; has filled
the offices of clerk of Noble township and assessor for
several terms; has been prominently identified with
educational affairs, and for two terms he served as
treasurer of Defiance county with credit to himself and to
the entire satisfaction of the general public. His
loyalty as a citizen, and his devotion to his county's
interests, have been among his marked characteristics, and
the community is fortunate that numbers him among its
citizens.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry,
Williams & Fulton. Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co. 1899. ~ Page 590 |
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BENJAMIN BERNARD DOWELL.
This highly-esteemed citizen of Hicksville, is joint editor
and proprietor of "The News" of that city, and his ability
and energy have done much to establish the popularity of the
paper.
Mr. Dowell is of Welsh and Irish blood through
his paternal ancestry, and the family settled in Ohio in
pioneer times, his grandfather, Rev. Thomas Dowell, a
resident of Holmesville, Holmes county, having been a
prominent minister of the M. E. Church in the early days.
Wesley Dowell, the father of our subject, located at
Hicksville in 1848, and for many years has been successfully
engaged in business there as a jeweler. He is an
expert mechanic, and excels in fine work, such as the making
and repairing of watches and clocks. His wife, whose
maiden name was Frances Elizabeth Clemmer, is a
member of an old Virginia family, of French and Irish
extraction.
Mr. Dowell was educated in the common schools of
Hicksville, and at the age of fourteen became connected with
the newspaper business, commencing with the somewhat
ubiquitous position of "devil" in the office of "The
Hicksville News." In the following year he was
employed as a compositor on the "Toledo Blade," and later he
worked for nine months as a journeyman in Kentucky. He
then returned to Hicksville and for thirteen years he has
been identified with "The News," in which he owns a half
interest. During this period he had entire charge of
the enterprise for one year, about 1894.
On May 24, 1891, Mr. Dowell was married to
Miss Eva A. Ringer, by whom he has had two children:
Dixon D., born in 1892, and Thaddeus D., born
in 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Dowell are popular in
social life, and the latter is a member of the M. E. Church
of Hicksville.
Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1899. ~ Page 250 |
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D. E.
DOZER.
D. E. Dozer, attorney at law, Defiance, Defiance
county, Ohio.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry,
Williams & Fulton. Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co. 1899. ~ Page 565 |
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JOHN DREXLER, JR.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry,
Williams & Fulton. Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co. 1899. ~ Page |
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PROFESSOR GEORGE W. DUSTIN. Although this gentleman has been identified with the
history of Sherwood, Defiance county, but a comparatively
short time, he is honored with a prominent place among its
leading and valued citizens.
The late Samuel Dustin was a
Pennsylvanian by birth, born in Westmoreland county. As a
life companion he wedded Miss Catharine
Zeigler, a native of Wayne county, Ohio, and here they
resided during the early part of their married life, but
later he removed to a farm in Williams county, this State,
where Mr. Dustin devoted the remainder of his
life to agriculture. They had eight children—six sons and
two daughters—George W. being the second in the order
of birth. The father departed this life May 19, 1892; the
widowed mother still survives.
George W. Dustin was born in the Williams county
home, July 12, 1848. and was reared on the paternal farm. He
obtained the foundation of a good education in the common
schools of his native county, and later completed a course
of study at the Normal College at Bryan, graduating in 1872.
Prior to that, in 1868, he engaged in teaching in Williams
county, and on his-graduation from college received the
compliment of an appointment to the principalship of the
public schools at Montpelier. After filling this position
for more than three years, he taught at Farmer Center,
Defiance county, six years, when he was chosen principal of
the schools at Butler, Indiana, and accepting the position,
was there one year.
On November 14, 1875, Professor Dustin
was united in marriage with Miss Esther A. Poast,
a daughter of the late John and Catherine (Rodkey) Poast
of Williams county. Their family consisted of ten
children—four sons and six daughters—Mrs. Dustin
being the sixth child. Her native place is Bryan, Ohio,
where she was born May 19, 1852. The home in Williams county
was saddened by the death of the father December 15, 1862,
and after a long period of widowhood the mother passed away,
at Bryan, February 24, 1897.
Professor and Mrs. Dustin
have become the parents of four children, as follows:
Carmie A., Winnie A. (deceased in infancy),
Vena A., and Loyal A. In 1892. the. Professor
accepted the principalship of the Sherwood public school,
which numbers about one hundred and twenty regular pupils,
bringing to the work, in addition to a well-furnished and
cultivated mind, an experience of nearly a quarter of a
century of continuous engagement in the labors of his
vocation. Possessing a just appreciation of the benefits of
a liberal education, as also a love for literary pursuits,
he gives assiduous attention to the duties of his calling as
instructor of youth, with fruitful results; and, in addition
to these labors, he has served on the county board of school
examiners for a term of three years, and was reappointed
August 30, 1898, for a second term of three years.
Our subject and his wife are members of the U. B.
Church, and take an active part in Church work. The former
has interested himself largely in Sunday-school work and has
been superintendent of several Sunday-schools. A man of
ability in his calling, his position is one of influence,
and he enjoys the confidence and high regard of the
community.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry,
Williams & Fulton. Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co. 1899. ~ Page 596 |
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