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† Source:
History of
Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY
Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888.
Transcribed by
Sharon Wick
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ANTHONY B. ROBINSON
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Source: History of
Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888
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HON. E. H. RORICK
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Source: History of
Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888
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BENJAMIN F.
RUSSELL, Gorham, Fayette p. o., one of the early
settlers of Gorham township, coming there in 1844, was
born in Rochester, Monroe county, N. Y., in 1818, and
was a son of Simon and Polly (Bailey) Russell,
who were born and married in Maine and settled in Monroe
county, N. Y. they settled in Lake County, O.,
from Buffalo, N. Y., in 1818, where Simon L. died
about 1852, leaving a widow and eleven children, eight
of whom are now living: Mrs. Rebecca Knight,
James, Mrs. Mary Minkler, Benjamin F., Mrs. Abigal
Chase, Joseph, Mrs. Elizabeth Blaky and Mrs.
Caroline Cram. The widow, Polly, died
in Henry county, Ohio, in 1855, aged ____ years.
Benjamin F. Russell be came engaged in the
grocery and provision business at Maumee City, in 1841,
and sold out and became a salesman in Seneca, Mich., in
1842. He was married in 1843 to Elmina Ford
of Gorham. Elmina was born in Massachusetts
and died in September, 1846. They had three
children, all of whom died at an early age.
Elmina was a daughter of his second wife, born Mar.
3, 1852, died Aug. 10, 1870, died from the poisonous
effects of a potato bug bite. Russell
married, for his second wife, a sister of his first
wife, Delia Ann Ford, who was born Apr. 29, 1827,
and married Mar. 2,1847. They have had a
family of eight children, five of whom are now living:
Amos L. (born Jan. 13, 1848), L. Fremont
(Aug. 25, 1854), Flora May (May 16, 1857),
Emily Virginia (October 7, 1860), Mary Ophelia
(born Sept. 12, 1862). Elmina and
Delia Ann were daughters of Ansel and Debora
(Tower) Ford who settled in Gorham township in 1841
coming there from Massachusetts. On settlement
here Mr. Russell purchased a farm of thirty acres
for which he paid $120. He now has two hundred
acres on section twenty-eight, and in addition to this
owns other farms of 240 acres. He has been an
active and successful man and has now retired from
active business life.
† Source: History of
Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888
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SILAS B.
RUSSELL, Gorham, Fayette p. o., was born in
Royalton, Niagara county, N. Y., Apr. 16, 1828, and was
a son of John and Catharine (Fogleman) Russell.
John was born in Herkimer county, N. Y., and his
wife in Sunbury, Pa. They settled in Gorham
township in 1853, on section 33. Silas B.
Russell was married on Aug. 25, 1855 to Catharine
Hoffman, who was born in 1836. They have had a
family of five children, four sons now living:
Charles H., William F., Willard Harvey and Albert
Walter. Catharine was a daughter of Daniel
and Christina (Zettlemeyer) Hoffman of Pennsylvania,
who settled in Gorham, in 1844, and had a family of
seven children, two of whom died in Seneca county, N.
Y., five are now living: Daniel, Charles,
Samuel, Isaac and Catharine. Mr. and
Mrs. Russell now own 140 acres purchased by Mr.
Hoffman on settlement here. Mrs. Hoffman
died at Mrs. Russell's, aged ninety-one years, in
1887. The father, Daniel who was born in
1796 died in 1871. John Russell was born
Jan. 1, 1800, and died Dec. 1, 1878. His wife,
Catharine, was born Nov. 26, 1799, and died Sept.
24, 1881. They had a family of nine children,
three of whom are now living: George, Silas B.
and Henry. Three of the brothers enlisted;
they were, Jeremiah, Ransom and Rowland.
† Source: History of
Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888
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JACOB S.
RYCHENER, German, a teacher and farmer, was born
in German township in 1859, and was a son of one of the
first settlers of German township. His parents
were Christian and Magdalena (Grieser) Rychener.
She was born in France in 1817 and Christian was
born in Switzerland in 1813. He came to America in
1833 and in Wayne county followed the blacksmith trade
for a short time, then in 1835 came to German township,
Fulton county (then Henry county) where he purchased
forty acres of land for which he paid fifty dollars.
They were married in 1841 in what was then known as
Lucas county, and where the first couple married in
German township. They have had eleven children:
Soloma, Christian, Joseph, Mary, Daniel, Gideon,
Magdalena, Barbara, Henry, Fannie and Jacob
S. Jacob has acquired a liberal
education and has taught for several years, and has now
completed a full course in plain penmanship at the Pen
Art Hall, Wauseon, O.
† Source: History of
Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888
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