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BIOGRAPHIES
A Standard History
of
Erie County, Ohio
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular
Attention
to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial,
Civic and Social Development. A Chronicle of the People, with Family
Lineage and Memoirs.
By
HEWSON L. PEEKE
Assisted by the Board of Advisory Editors
Volume I.
ILLUSTRATED
The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago and New York
1916
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RAYMOND W.
ROCKWELL. Since the year 1860 Raymond W.
Rockwell has been a resident of East Oxford, having
come there when a youth, and since attaining manhood has
been prosperously identified with the agricultural
enterprise of that community with the exception of five
years spent in Lenawee County, Michigan. His long
residence, his well known integrity of character, and
his official position at different times in township
affairs have brought him an influential place in the
life of Erie County.
Mr. Rockwell is in fact a native of Erie County,
and his family were among the early settlers. He
was born in Milan Township, Aug. 7, 1851, a son of
John and Sarah (Wilcox) Rockwell, his father a
native of Delaware County, New York, and his mother of
Connecticut. John Rockwell came from New
York State to Ohio about 1835, the family first settling
in Lorain County, but after a short residence there he
came to Erie County, locating in Milan Township.
He was there early enough to become identified with the
pioneer settlement and development, and lived there
until his death.
In 1860, when Raymond W. Rockwell was nine years
old, his parents moved into Oxford Township, and he grew
up in that locality, acquiring his education in the
public schools, supplemented by much observation and
experience of men and affairs in after life. In
November, 1878, he married Miss Louisa C. Koch.
Mrs. Rockwell was born in Germany and was brought
to this country when quite young by her father, John
P. Koch, who for many years has been a resident of
Oxford Township and is now a venerable octogenarian.
Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell are the parents of four
children: Minnie E., wife of Irvin
Fox living near Lancaster, Ohio; William F.
of North Monroeville; Sarah P. wife of Frank
Keinzly, of Oxford Township, and John P., now
deceased.
In a public way Mr. Rockwell served two terms as
a trustee of Oxford Township and has liberally
supported every movement that would make this community
a more progressive place as an agricultural district and
the locality of homes and institutions. He is a
republican, and is affiliated with the Knights of the
Maccabees at Bloomingville.
Source: The Standard History of Erie County, Ohio
- Published 1916 - Page 1134 |
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