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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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PHILIP YARNELL,
Freedom, Napoleon p. o., was born in Napoleon in 1858,
and was married in 1880 to Elma Sworden,
who was born in 1860. They have had two children:
Bertha and Lela. Elma was a
daughter of George and Susan (Babcock) Sworden.
He was born in Marion county and his wife in Seneca
county. George died Feb. 15, 1887, at the
age of fifty years, leaving a widow and a family of
eight children: Elma, Jennie, Olive,
Evert, Charlotte, Mary, Charles, and Dolly B. George
was a son of Zenas and Polly (Bowen) Sworden, who
were early settlers in Henry county. Philip
was a son of Daniel and Barbara Yarnell.
Barbara died in 1871. They had ten children,
eight of whom are now living: Byron, Charles,
Sarah J., Philip, Celia, Harry, Daniel jr., and
Leora.
† Source: History of
Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888
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DANIEL YARNELL, Wanseon, Wauseon p. o., a retired farmer and
representative man of Henry county, O., was born in
Wayne county April 20, 1820, and in early life was
engaged in farming. He was a son of Philip and
Ruth Yarnell. Ruth died leaving a family of
eight children, two of whom are now living, Daniel
and Nancy. Daniel settled in
Napoleon in 1845, and became proprietor of the Craig
Hotel. He sold it in 1848 and became engaged in
the general grocer and provision business. In 1851
he was elected sheriff' of the county, and at that time
sod his stock of goods. lie was elected treasurer 1854
and 1856, and was engaged in the general jobbing
business from 1858 to 1863. In 1863 he settled on
his farm, which consisted of one hundred and twenty
acres, and now owns about two hundred acres in Liberty
and Freedom. He was elected county commissioner in
1875, and again was elected to that office in 1878. he
returned to his farm in 1881, and became a resident of
Wauseon in the fall of 1885. He was married in 1848 to
Barbara Funk, who was born in Wayne
county. She died Sept. 20, 1872. They had a
family of ten children, eight of whom are now living:
Byron, Charles, Sarah J., Philip, Harry, Daniel jr.,
Celia, and Leora. Mr. Yarnell married
for his second wife Catherine Gehrett, of
Fairfield county, in September, 1875. By an
accident in 1841 Mr. Yarnell lost his left
arm. His father died in Napoleon in 1858.
† Source: History of
Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888
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