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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
CENTENNIAL HISTORY of ERIE COUNTY, OHIO
By H. L. Peeke
President of The Firelands Historical Society
Publ. 1925
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G. F. Eshenroder |
GEORGE FREDERICK
ESHENRODER. More than half of
the lawyers now practicing at the Erie County Bar were born
in this county. Among this number is George
Frederick Eshenroder, who was born on a farm east of
Kimball, Nov. 7, 1862. His father, William
Eshenroder, was a German who came originally from
Nassau, Germany. His mother came from Oswego, New
York, and became a resident of this county when about seven
years old, making the trip by canal boat and sail boat on
the Erie Canal and Lake Erie. Shortly after the death
of his father his mother bought a brick house at Cookes'
Corners, now North Monroeville. After living there a
year or two, she moved to Forest, Ohio, where Mr.
Eshenroder attended school, afterwards returning to
Kimball and later moving to Milan, where he attended the
Normal School. After finishing school, he began the
study of law with W. W. Bowen at Sandusky, and later
took a law course at Ada, being admitted to the bar in 1894.
During his course of study he supported himself by farming
and soliciting insurance. He began the practice of law
at Milan and later removed to Sandusky, where he has
practiced until the present time. He never held a
public office except that of township clerk of Milan for one
term. Politically, he has been a Republican and was
once or twice a candidate of his party for local offices.
He is a member of Marks Lodge I. O. O. F. at Milan, and a
Blue Lodge Mason of No. 339 F. & A. M.., Milan, Ohio.
He also belongs to the I. O. O. F. Encampment at Sandusky,
Ohio, and for two years represented Erie County at the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows. He is not remarried, which has
arisen from no fault on his part. Like many lawyers,
professional success did not come to him without a hard
struggle, but he is now the possessor of an established
practice of a general nature.
Source: Centennial History of Erie
County, Ohio Vol. II - 1925 - Page 362 |
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