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Source:
The County of Fulton
A History of Fulton County, Ohio
Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association
1905
Transcribed by
Sharon Wick
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GEORGE O. MEEKER, one of
the representative farmers of York township, was born in
East Cleveland, Cuyahoga county Ohio, on the 18th of
October, 1840, and is a son of John O. and Mary (Henderschott)
Meeker, the former of whom was born Aug. 20, 1816, in
the State of New Jersey, and the latter was born on the 6th
of December, 1819, their marriage having been solemnized in
East Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 5, 1834. The father was an
excellent mechanic and was employed as such for a
considerable time, but the major portion of his active
career was devoted to farming in which he met with a due
measure of success. In 1868 he came with his family to
Fulton county and located on a farm in Royalton township,
where his death occurred in April, 1888. His devoted
wife survived him by a number of years, continuing her
residence on the homestead farm until her demise, which
occurred in February, 1905, a zealous member of the Disciple
church. They because the parents of four sons -
George Oliver, Walter Smith, Clarence Henry, and Frank E.
Walter and Clarence were soldiers in Ohio regiments
during the Civil war, and the latter died as the result of
disabilities incurred while the service, his death occurring
Dec. 28, 1863, at which time he was aged twenty years, six
months and twenty-eight days. Walter and Frank
are prosperous farmers and popular citizens of Royalton
township. George O. Meeker was reared to
maturity in his native county, receiving a good
common-school education, and he accompanied his parents on
their removal to Fulton county, in 1868. Here he
assisted for some time in the operation of the homestead
farm of his father, after which he engaged in the same line
of enterprise on his own responsibility, eventually becoming
the owner of a farm in Royalton township, where he continued
to reside until 1884, when he sold the property and
purchased his present fine homestead, in Section 9, York
township, the same comprising seventy acres and being
equipped with excellent improvements. Mr. Meeker
has never been an aspirant for public office but has always
taken a loyal interest in public affairs, and has exercised
his franchise in support of the principles and policies of
the Republican party. He served for a time as school
director. He and his wife are members of the United
Brethren church and are active in its work. On the 1st
of November, 1864, in Morenci, Mich., was solemnized the
marriage of Mr. Meeker to Miss Hattie McQuillin,
daughter of David and Lydia McQuillin, early settlers
of this county. Mrs. Meeker's father and mother
became the parents of five sons and six daughters.
One son, James A., was first lieutenant in Company I,
Thirty-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry, in the early part of
the Civil war, being later promoted to captain of his
company and dying from the effects of a wound received in
the battle of Missionary Ridge. His body was brought
to the old home, in Fulton county, and was interred in the
in the Salisbury cemetery, where his former comrades erected
a handsome monument to his memory. John and
Thomas McQuillin also were soldiers in the Civil war.
Edward, Thomas and William are deceased, and
of the sisters of Mrs. Meeker the following is a
brief record: Eliza is the wife of John
Hefflebower, of Michigan; Nancy is the wife of
Jeremiah Miller, of Delta, this county; Delilah
is the wife of Levi Alwood, of Tennessee; Rachel
is the wife of William Daily, of York township.
Mrs. Meeker is the youngest of the children.
Mr. and Mrs. Meeker have one child, Abbie Mary,
who is now the wife of John F. Hettinger, county
surveyor of Fulton county. They reside in the city of
Wauseon and their only child is Hattie Louisa, named
in honor of her two grandmothers.
Source:
The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County, Ohio -
Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association -
1905 - Page 443 |
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FRANK C. MERRILL at
present township trustee of Fulton township, and one of the
extensive farmers and popular citizens of this section, was
born in the township where he now resides, on the 7th of
August, 1859, being a son of Osias and Jane (Vaughan)
Merrill, the former a native of the State of Maine and
the latter of Holmes county, Ohio. They were children
at the time when the respective county, Ohio. They
were children at the time when the respective families came
to Fulton county and settled in the same neighborhood in
Fulton township, about 1838. Osias and Jane
(Vaughan) Merrill were reared and educated in this
county, the latter dying on the homestead farm in Fulton
township. Her husband later consummated a second
marriage, and he was a resident of Swan Creek township at
the time of his death. Of the four children of the
first marriage Frank C. was the third in order of
birth. Horace A. is a successful lawyer in the
city of Toledo; James Eugene is the present auditor
of Fulton county; and Minnie is the wife of
William Biddle, residing on the old Merrill
homestead, which was also the Vaughan homestead.
Frank C. Merrill passed his boyhood days on the home
farm, and after duly taking advantage of the local school
privileges he continued his studies in the graded schools at
Wauseon. After leaving school he resumed his
connection with the agricultural industry, with which he has
ever since been prominently identified, saved for a period
of three years, during which he conducted a general store in
the village of Ai. He inherited one hundred and
thirteen acres, to which he later added by the purchase of a
contiguous tract of fifty-six acres, his farm being one of
the best-improved and best managed in the township of
Fulton. Mr. Merrill has always affiliated with
the Republican party, and has been a zealous worker in its
ranks, usually attending the county conventions and at all
times showing a public-spirited concern in local affairs.
He has previously been called upon to serve as township
trustee, to which office he was again elected in 1904.
His honored father was likewise prominent and influential in
local matters, and for a period of six years, from 1865, he
held the office of county auditor, and he was also a member
of the State constitutional convention of 1873, a stanch
supporter of the Union during the Civil war and he was an
ardent Republican from the time of the organization of the
party until the time of his death. His remains were
laid to rest beside those of his first wife, in the cemetery
at Ai. Frank C. Merrill is a member of Swanton
Lodge, No. 555, Free and Accepted Masons, and with Berry
Grange, No. 1111, at Ai. In 1882 Mr. Merrill
was united in marriage to Miss Etta Nobbs, a daughter
of James H. and Anna (Fetterman) Nobbs,
representatives of prominent pioneer families of Fulton
county, where Mrs. Merrill was born and reared.
Her paternal lineage is of English and her maternal of
German extraction. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill have
seven children: Herma, Clayton, Florence, Roy, Lucy,
Koryl, and Mildred. Herma is now the wife
of William Walters, and they reside on a farm
adjoining that of her father. Mr. Walters is a
son of Orlando Walters, mentioned elsewhere in this
publication.
Source:
The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County, Ohio -
Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association -
1905 - Page 447 |
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