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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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ABRAHAM B. THOMPSON.
About half a mile north from the village of Delta, in York
township, stands the residence of Abraham B. Thompson.
He is not a native of this county, but was born in
Lincolnshire, England, on the 5th day of March, 1831.
When Abraham was but three months old his mother
died, and when a little over one year old his father left
England and emigrated to the United States, leaving three
small children, the oldest being but five years of age,
entirely dependent upon the kind charity of relatives.
The father did not return to England until the year 1848,
and at that time our subject was seventeen years old.
Upon again coming to America Abraham accompanied his
father. They came to Royalton township, Fulton county,
and here the son lived until he attained his majority, when
he started out determined to work his own way in life, and,
above all other considerations, to acquire, at least, fair
business education. After working out by the month for
nearly a year, Mr. Thompson attended school at
Maumee city, and here he remained as long as he had money to
pay for board and tuition, but was finally obliged to give
up further study for want of funds, and, at this time, he
never so much realized the need of cash, as when compelled
to leave the school before finishing the course he had
marked out.
About this time there was considerable excitement over
the wonderful gold fields of California, and many of the
more venturesome young men of the east were going there.
In 1854, then being twenty-three years old, young
Thompson made the journey by the Nicaragua route.
On reaching the Pacific slop small-pox broke out among the
passengers, and many died before reaching their destination,
while from this and other unfortunate causes, the arrival of
all was much delayed. Upon reaching San Francisco our
subject was entirely out of money but by no means was he
discouraged. He borrowed $30 from a friend, and
started for mines full of hope and expectation. For
about four years he endured the hardships, privations and
disappointments of life in the mines, when in the fall of
1858, he returned to Ohio, having accumulated about $2,000
in money as the result of his toil. With this he
purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Amboy
township, the improvement and cultivation of which he
immediately commenced. Having got the farm and its
buildings in good condition, our subject realized that it
was "not good for man to live along," for we find that on
the 27th of November, 1859, he was married to Susan Ann
Powlesland, a native of Devonshire, England, but who
came with her parents to this country in the year 1849.
Of this marriage five children were born, viz.: Addison
Brooks, born Oct. 1, 1860; Cara Dora, born May
18, 1862; Evaline Francetta, born June 20, 1864;
Gertrude H., born June 7, 1867, died Apr. 10, 1969; and
Ira J., born May 10, 1868.
During his residence in Amboy township Abraham B.
Thompson was recognized as one of its most thrifty
farmers and enterprising business men. In 1869 he
erected a suitable building and commenced the manufacture of
cheese, which industry he has ever since continued with most
favorable results.
In 1875 Mr. Thompson moved to his present home
in York township, where, in 1877, he built the elegant
residence which he now occupies. At this place, in
1875, he built an extensive cheese factory, and, until 1883,
operated both this and that at Amboy, in which year the
Amboy factory was sold.
It will be seen that in this manufacture Mr.
Thompson has been engaged for the last eighteen years,
in fact, this has been as much, and possibly more, his
occupation as farming, although at both he has been
abundantly successful, and accumulated a comfortable
fortune, the result of energy, perseverance and
straightforward honesty. The cheese that he has
produced has always been a standard article in the market,
and brings good prices. It is shipped mainly to Toledo
and Adrian, although a fair proportion of the output is used
to supply a demand in the county.
While Mr. Thompson has been a very busy man in
conducting his business affairs, he has, nevertheless, found
time to show a patriotic interest in the welfare of his
township and county; and in the political history of each he
has been a prominent future as is shown by his various
political holdings, and in each of which he has been the
nominee of the Republican party. He has filled with
entire satisfaction the offices of township road supervisor,
school director (fifteen consecutive years), treasurer,
trustee, justice of the peace, and in connection with the
county's affairs, he filled the important and responsible
position of commissioner for nine consecutive years.
In the most ancient and honorable order of Masonry has
our subject been for many years a faithful craftsman.
He joined the order in 1863, and has filled various offices
of trust and responsibility in connection therewith; from
master of Fulton Lodge, NO. 248, he has advanced, and is now
acting M. E. H. P., of Octavius Waters Chapters, No. 154, of
Delta. In 1881 he became a member of Toledo
Commandery, and went into the Scottish rites in 1883.
† Source: History of
Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888
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ANDREW TUTTLE,
Flat Rock, Florida p. o., a merchant of the firm of
Messrs. Long and Tuttle, which firm was formed in
1882. Mr. Tuttle was born in Defiance
county, in 1845, and was brought up in the mercantile
business. In 1863 he enlisted in the 47th Ohio
Regiment, under Colonel Perry, and was discharged
at the close of the war, at Fort Dennison. He was
married in 1870 to Elizabeth Long. They
have had a family of three children. He became
engaged in the mercantile business in 1882, and formed
his present partnership. They also do a large
business in the buying, shipping of grain and produce,
in connection with their mercantile trade.
† Source: History of
Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888
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