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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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RICHARD H. SCOTT
is numbered among the enterprising and representative
agriculturists of Royalton township; he is also
vice-president of the Fulton County Savings Bank, of Lyons,
and he is an honored pioneer of the county, where he has
made his home for more than half a century. Mr.
Scott has the distinction of being a native of the
national metropolis, having been born in New York city, on
the 9th of June, 1836, and being a son of Robert and
Eliza (Halsey) Scott. His father was born in
Glasgow, Scotland, whence he came to America in youth, and
the mother was a native of the city of Boston, and a member
of one of the old Colonial families of New England.
This worthy couple was numbered among the prominent pioneers
of Fulton county, Ohio, having located in Royalton township
in the early '50's. Here the father secured eighty
acres of wild land, heavily timbered, the property being
located in Section 8, and he cleared and improved the place,
with the aid of his two sons. Both parents continued
to reside on this homestead until death, honored by all who
knew them. Of their two children the elder, Walter,
was killed on shipboard, on the Indian ocean, while en route
from New York city to Canton, China. Richard H.,
the younger son, was reared to the age of seventeen years in
New York city, where he received good educational
advantages, and the year 1853 marks the date of his arrival
in Fulton county, where he gave material aid to his father
in his reclamation of the homestead farm, and he also
cleared from the wilds a portion of the farm upon which he
now resides. He has one hundred and sixty acres of
most arable land and has made the best of improvements on
the place, including the erection of a handsome residence,
making the farmstead one of the most valuable and attractive
in this part of the county. Mr. Scott was a
loyal soldier of the Union during the War of the Rebellion,
having enlisted, on the 16th of October, 1861, as a private
in Company I, Sixty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, which
was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and he was an
active participant in all the engagements in which his
command took part until he was compelled to retire, by
reason of physical disability, having received his honorable
discharge in January, 1863. In politics he has been
identified with the Republican party from the time of its
organization, and the confidence and regard of the community
has been manifested in his being called upon to serve in
various offices of distinctive trust and responsibility.
He was trustee of Royalton township for fifteen years, and
was a member of the board of county commissioners for two
terms, of three years each. He was one of the
organizers of the Fulton County Savings bank, at Lyons, has
been a member of its directorate from the start, and for the
past two years he has been vice-president of the
institution. He is a member of Baxter Post, No. 238,
G. A. R. In 1853 Mr. Scott was united in
marriage to Miss Lucy A. Hilton, daughter of Jesse
and Cynthia (Travers) Hilton, of Royalton township, and
one son was born of this union, George C. who married
Miss Lottie Hoag and who died in 1902 leaving one
son, Charles E.
Source: The County of Fulton - A
History of Fulton County, Ohio - Publ.: Madison, Wis.
Northwestern Historical Association - 1905 - Page 540 |
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CHARLES L. SEWARD is properly
given representation in this volume by reason of his
standing as one of the progressive farmers and highly
esteemed citizens of Royalton township, his finely improved
farm lying contiguous to the village of Seward, which was
named in honor of the family of which he is a member.
He was born on the homestead farm, in Royalton township,
Aug. 15, 1862, and is a son of Charles N. and Lucy (Roop)
Seward. His paternal grandfather, David Seward,
a native of Connecticut, settled in Wayne county,
Michigan, in 1834, and somewhat later, while making a visit
to Monroe, that State, he was taken ill and there died.
His wife, whose maiden name was Susanna Smith, was
born in Delaware county, N. Y., and they became the parents
of eight children, namely: Lambert, Parmelia (Mrs. Samuel
Richards), Paulina (Mrs. Thomas Lee), Aaron, Versal, Charles
N., and Orsemus. In 1839 the widow
and her children removed to Fairfield township, Lenawee
county, Mich., and there she passed the remainder of her
life. Charles Nelson Seward, father of
the subject of this sketch, was born in Delaware county, N.
Y., Mar. 17, 1823, and was eleven years of age at the time
of the family removal of Michigan, where he was reared to
maturity. On the 1st of January, 1840, he located in
Royalton township, Fulton county, Ohio, where for many yeas
he successfully followed the carpenter trade, becoming one
of the leading contractors and builders of this section and
being identified with the erection of a large number of the
first houses in the township, and he also assisted in the
construction of the old plank-road, one of the first
improved highways in this part of the county. In the
early pioneer days his services were also much in
requisition in the manufacturing of coffins. Sept. 5,
1852, he married Miss Lucy Roop, daughter of John
and Mary (Mills) Roop, of Amboy township, and they
became the parents of five children, namely: Melvin
D., Alvin T., Ida (Mrs. Edgar Fuller),
Charles L. and William H. Charles L. was reared to
manhood in Royalton township and duly availed himself of the
advantages of the local schools during his boyhood and
youth, and he has always followed farming as a vocation.
He located on his present farm in 1901, the place comprising
one hundred acres and being under a high order of
productivity and improved with excellent buildings, making
it one of the model farms of the township. He is a
loyal supported of the principles and cause of the
Democratic party, and has served two terms as justice of the
peace and one term as trustee of his native township.
He is affiliated with Royalton Union Lodge, No. 434, Free
and Accepted Masons; Lyons Chapter, No. 175, Royal Arch
Masons, and Eastern Star, Magnolia Chapter, No. 87.
July 29, 1883, Mr. Seward was united in marriage to
Alice, daughter of Benson L. and Mary (Young)
Barden, honored pioneers of Royalton township and widow
of Alonzo Patterson. Two children were born on
her first marriage - Mary E., deceased wife of
George S. Brown, and Welcome, who remains with
her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Seward have one son,
Charles Lewis, who is associated with his father in
the management of the home farm. Both the father and
mother of the subject of this sketch are living and have
spent fifty-three years of their life together.
Source:
The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County, Ohio -
Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association -
1905 - Page 544 |
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ABRAM HOLMES SMITH,
senior member of the Delta Milling company, is one of the
early settlers of Fulton county, and during his residence of
fifty-seven years has witnessed the phenomenal growth and
prosperity of his adopted county with feelings of pride.
He was born in Reed township Seneca county, O., Feb. 2,
1832, and is a son of Elijah and Delano (Holmes) Smith,
the former being a native of New York and the latter of
Maine. The parents were married in Scipio township,
Seneca county, in 1829, the wife dying at the age of
nineteen, when Abram was an infant three days old.
Elijah Smith remained a resident of Seneca county
until 1838, when he removed to Crawford county, and coming
to Lucas county in 1847, he located on a farm four miles
southwest of Delta. Here he resided until 1870, when
he removed to Wauseon and there died two years later, aged
sixty-five years. Two children were born to father's
first marriage, Abram being the only surviving one.
Elijah Smith and second wife were the parents of two
children: E. J. Smith, a farmer living on the old
homestead, and Mrs. Mary E. McComb, of Ogden Center,
Mich. Abram Holmes Smith attended the district
school until 1849, after which he spent one school-year at
the Republic Academy, Seneca county, an institution under
the management of Professor Harvey, subsequently
Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Ohio.
Farming in season and teaching during the winter months
constituted the work of Mr. Smith until 1869, when he
removed to Wauseon and there engaged in the manufacture of
carriages, operating a plant employing from eight to ten
mechanics. As this business venture did not prove
profitable he abandoned it and served as an employee of
Lyon, Clement & Greenleaf in the milling business for seven
years. In November, 1889, he formed a business
partnership with W. H. Lambert, a sketch of whose
life appears elsewhere in this work, and together they
purchased the Delta mill of Charles Cullin, In
1900 this plant was destroyed by fire. Since that time
a new mill has been erected and incorporated, the
capitalization being twenty thousand dollars, of which
Smith and Lambert own ninety per cent. The
mill has a capacity of seventy-five barrels per day and
employs nine persons. In political views Mr. Smith
has been a Republican since the organization of the party
and he cast his first vote for president for Gen. John C.
Fremont. He has held the office offices of clerk,
trustee and treasurer of York township, clerk of Clinton
township and of the school-board while a resident of
Wauseon. For twenty-one years he served as one of the
school examiners of Fulton county. With his wife he is
a member of the Congregational church, but as this
denomination is not represented at Delta, he worships with
the Presbyterian church, being one of the ruling elders.
In 1855 he was wedded to Miss Clotilla I. Tremain, a
native of Seneca county, who was born in 1835 and came to
this locality when one year old. Her father, Warren
Tremain, was the first justice of the peace of York
township, many years before the organization of Fulton
county. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had four
children. They are: Eva A., now Mrs.
Bate of Bellview, O.; W. L., a merchant of Delta;
Delana and Adda having died in infancy.
Source:
The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County, Ohio -
Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association -
1905 - Page 563 |
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ALBERT H. SMITH, a
well-known and highly esteemed member of the agricultural
community of Fulton township, was born on the old homestead,
where he now resides, on the 27th of February, 1857, and is
a son of Frederick and Margaret (Nort) Smith
The former was born in Germany in 1821, and was a son of
Frederick Smith, Sr., who with his family emigrated to
America in 1831, when his son, Frederick Smith, Jr.,
was a lad, ten years of age. Frederick
Smith, Sr. on coming to Ohio, first settled in
Tuscarawas county, but later came as a pioneer to Fulton
county, where he engaged in farming and where he spent the
remainder of his life, dying at an advanced age on the old
homestead, now owned by his grandson, Albert H. Smith.
Fredrick Smith, Sr.'s wife was also a native of Germany
and was about eighty years of age at the time of her death.
Here Frederick Smith, Jr. grew to manhood on the farm
in Fulton township and followed farming until 1882, when he
and his wife removed to Swanton, where both are happily
spending their declining years. They became the
parents of five children, namely: George, who is a
retired farmer, residing in Holland, Lucas county; Albert
H., who is the immediate subject of this review;
Edward, who is a prosperous farmer of Fulton township;
Charles, who is engaged in the drug business in
Swanton, as a member of the firm of Price & Smith;
Margaret, the wife of Edward Ott, of Toledo; and
Louis, who died in infancy. Albert H. Smith
has passed his entire life on the old homestead farm, and
his educational advantages were those afforded in the public
schools of the locality. He has won success in
connection with the great farming industry, and his place is
one of the model farms of the county. He devoted
considerable attention to the raising of live-stock of
superior grades, and also to dairying, and he is held in
high esteem in the community which has represented his home
from the time of his birth. He is a stanch
advocate of the principles of the Democratic party, and
Mrs. Smith and their children are members of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Apr. 13, 1882, Mrs.
Smith was united in marriage to Miss Delilah Snyder,
daughter of Jonas and Susanna (Hostetter) Snyder,
both of whom were born in Pennsylvania, where they were
married. Shortly afterward they came to Ohio and
located in Fulton township, this county, where both died at
the age of sixty-two years, Mr. Snyder having been a
representative farmer of the township. Mr. Snyder
and wife became the parents of seven daughters, namely:
Minerva, who became the wife of Albert Stillwell,
both being now deceased; Elizabeth, who is the wife
of Hiram Toland, of Forest, Hardin county; Emma,
who married Albert Robinson and is now deceased;
Alice, who is the wife of Watson Gardanier, of
Fulton township; Isabel, who is the wife of Peter
Shaffer, of Amboy township; Delilah, who is the
wife of Mr. Smith of this sketch; and Cora,
who is the wife of Manasses Sipe, residing near
Manchester, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Smith became the
parents of four children, of whom three are living.
Frederick G., born Sept. 1, 1884, is now a teacher in
the public schools of Swanton. He was graduated in the
high school of that place and later attended the normal
schools at Ada, Ohio, and Angola, Ind. He still
remains at the parental home when not engaged in the work of
his profession, Leo C., born Apr. 18, 1885, left the
Swanton high school at the beginning of his senior year and
then entered the Davis Business College, in Toledo, where he
took a commercial course. He passed the winter of
1904-5 in the farm West and is now assisting in the work of
the home farm. Hope Isabel, born Sept. 13,
1892, died at the age of ten years, and Edna Susanna,
the youngest of the children, was born Mar. 17, 1894.
Source:
The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County, Ohio -
Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association -
1905 - Page 566 |
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GEORGE W. SMITH,
proprietor of the leading meat-market of Metamora, and also
a buyer and shipper of live-stock, is an able and popular
business man and has passed his entire life in Fulton
county, with the exception of about one year. He was
born in Pike township, Oct. 28, 1867, and is a son of
Rufus and Elizabeth (Slocum) Smith. The father was
born in Northampton, Mass., in 1822, and was for many years
engaged in the hotel business in his native State, where his
marriage was solemnized, his wife being a native of
Washington Co., N.Y. In 1862 they came to Fulton
county and located in Pike township, where the father
developed a fine farm of fifty acres, upon which he still
resides, being held in unqualified esteem in the community.
His devoted wife passed away on Dec. 23, 1897. Their
children are: Allister, Alice (wife of Henry
Gifford), Alfred, Albert, Frank, Charles, Edward,
George W. and Sumner. George W. Smith
was reared to manhood on the home farm, and to the public
schools of his native township he is indebted for his early
educational advantages. He remained identified with
the work and management of the home farm until 1892, when he
located in Amboy township, where he was successfully engaged
in farming and stock-growing until the autumn of 1903, when
he removed to Toledo. In June, 1904, he came to
Metamora and purchased the meat-market which he has since
successfully conducted, catering to a large and
representative trade, and he also does a profitable business
in the buying and shipping of stock, especially cattle.
In politics his proclivities are indicated by the stanch
adherence he accords to the Republican party, and,
fraternally, he is affiliated with Lyons Lodge, No. 622,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Oct. 27, 1892,
Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Blain,
of Amboy township, and a granddaughter of Charles and
Rachel (Bartholomew) Blain, natives respectively of
Onondaga and Montgomery counties, N. Y. They came to
Fulton county prior to 1845, and the grandfather died in
1902, aged eighty-four years. He reared six sons and
three daughters, and four of his sons and two of his
sons-in-law were Union soldiers in the Civil war. The
father of Mrs. Smith enlisted in the regular army in
1865, serving three years on the western frontier.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two sons - Dallas, born
Aug. 17, 1893, and Florence, born Nov. 10, 1897, both
attending school.
Source:
The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County, Ohio -
Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association -
1905 - Page 567 |
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GILBERT SMITH, a retired
farmer and highly respected citizen of Swanton, is a native
of Seneca county, N. Y., where he was born on July 7, 1846.
He is a son of Colwell Smith was a farmer by
occupation, having followed that calling with unusual
success for many years. In 1866 he removed from New
York State to Lanawee county, Mich., where he and his wife
continued to reside until his death in April, 1905. He
was eighty-six years of age at the time of his death, and
his widow is now eighty-three years old, and resides in Senica,
Mich. Of the eight children that were born to this
venerable couple all are still living - certainly a happy as
well as a remarkable state of affairs. They are:
George W., the eldest, express agent at Sterling,
Ill., who served three years during the Civil war in the One
Hundred and Twenty-sixth New York infantry, was wounded at
Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864, and discharged from the
service because of that disability; Gilbert, the
subject of this sketch; Jones, a laborer, residing
near Adrian, Mich.; Thomas, a farmer of Lenawee, Mich;
Howard, of Seneca, Mich.; Coe a resident of
Morenci, Mich.; Jennie, the widow of Frank Van
Dorn, a resident of Adrian, Mich., and Irvin, who
resides at Seneca, Mich. All are married and have
families. Gilbert grew to manhood in his native
county and received his education by attending the public
schools. On Dec. 26, 1863, at the age of a little past
seventeen, he enlisted as a private in Company C of the One
Hundred and Twenty-sixth New York infantry (the same
regiment in which his brother served), and was assigned to
duty with the Second Army Corps in the Army of the Potomac,
sharing the honors of that grand old army in the suppression
of the Rebellion. He participated in the battles of
the Wilderness, Poe River, Nye River, Spottsylvania, North
Ann and Cold Harbor. In the last named engagement he
received a wound which not only disabled him from further
active service in the army, but has practically unfitted him
for the arduous duties of life. The wound was received
while making a charge to dislodge the Confederate
sharp-shooters, who were concealed in the trees and
elsewhere and were harassing the command on the firing-line.
While the charge was successful, it was made at the fearful
cost to the forty brave volunteers who participated in it.
A minie-ball entered on the right side of Mr. Smith's
body and, striking the fourth rib, passed out on the right
side of the spinal column, just "grazing it." The
wound was identical with that which cost the life of
President Garfield. After being in Stanton
Hospital at Washington, D. C., until the fall of 1864,
Mr. Smith had recovered sufficiently to enable him to
perform light duty, and he was detailed as an orderly
in the hospital, in which capacity he served until the close
of the war. On June 8, 1865, he received his final
discharge. After his return to his parental home in
Seneca county, N. Y., he accompanied his parents to Lawrence
county, Mich., the following year. After his marriage
he came to Swanton and located on a farm half a mile south
of the village, where he made his home for twenty-four
years. Since December, 1904, he ahs been a resident of
Swanton. Owing to the severity of his wound, he
receives a liberal pension from the National government.
In politics he is an upcompromising Republican. The
only public office that he has filled is that of assessor of
Swan Creek township. He is actively identified with
Quiggle Post No. 289, Grand Army of the Republic, and is an
earnets member of the Methodist Episcopal church. On
Feb. 19, 1870, he was united in the bonds of matrimony with
Miss Fannie M. Hinkley, natives of Massachusetts.
To this union there were born the following children:
Herbert L., Floyd D., George W. and Stella.
All are married, Stella being the wife of Lloyd
Mizer, of Swanton. Mrs. Smith died on Sept.
19, 1901. On Dec. 13, 1902, Mr. Smith was
married a second time, the lady of his choice being Miss
Myrtle A. Jackson, the daughter of William H. and
Harriet R. (Geer) Jackson, formerly of Swan Creek
township, but now of Colton, O. William H. Jackson
enlisted as an officer in the Thirty-eighth Ohio volunteer
infantry and served throughout the Civil war. To
William H. Jackson and wife the following children were
born: James E., and Susan E. are
deceased. Chester D. served in the
Spanish-American war, being a member of Company C of the
Sixth Ohio volunteer infantry.
Source: The
County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County, Ohio - Publ.:
Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association - 1905 -
Page 568 |
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HIRAM B. SMITH, a
successful farmer and stock-raiser of Swan Creek township,
is a native of Milan, Huron county, O., born Feb. 16, 1862.
He is the son of John and Bertha (Barber) Smith, both
natives of the State of New York. Their family
consisted of three sons and one daughter, deceased, as
follows: William, a resident of Swanton;
Alfred, who is on the farm with his brother Hiram;
Hiram B., and Susan who was the wife of
Theodore Little of Swanton, where she died, leaving two
daughters. Hiram B. Smith accompanied his
parents to Fulton county when he was a child of four years.
Here he grew to manhood, was educated and has since resided.
He began his life career as a farmer, in which he has been
more than usually successful. His home farm is one of
the best improved farms in Fulton county. The
buildings are new and modern, including a large double-barn,
built in 1901, and capable of holding thirty-five head of
stock and sixty tons of hay. It is a handsome
structure and modern in all of its appliances. In
addition to the home estate and adjoining it Mr. Smith
owns a tract of eighty acres of well improved and valuable
land. In political views he is a Republican, but in
religious matters he is not identified with any religious
body. The maiden name of the lady whom he married, on
July 24, 1881, was Miss Evlyn Kyper, a daughter of
Cyrus and Cynthia M. (Spaulding) Kyper, the former a
native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Fulton county.
Cyrus Kyper removed to Ohio and located in Fulton
county in pioneer days. Here, in sight of his
daughter's present home, he owned a large tract of land and
was quite prosperous in agricultural pursuits. He died
at the age of forty-two years, and is survived by his widow
who still resides on the old homestead. The family
comprises a son and a daughter, the former, William
by name, being a teacher at Angola, Ind. To Hiram
B. Smith and wife four children have been born.
They are: Clarence C. principal of the Lyons,
O., public schools, who was educated at Delta high-school,
Oberlin college and the Angola, Ind., Normal, and
married Miss Chloe Putnam of Fulton
township; Hazel Grace, a young lady at home;
Eva Maude, a student of the public schools, and Fred
Dana, an infant six months old, the pet of the family.
The grand-parents of Mrs. Smith were natives of
Maine. Mr. Smith is a genial, companionable
gentleman, whose hospitality is unbounded, in which he is
joined by his amiable wife. Their beautiful modern
home is the central attraction in the community, where it
far excels all rivals and evinces the public spirit and
progressiveness of the owners.
Source: The
County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County, Ohio - Publ.:
Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association - 1905 -
Page 569 |
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WALTER SMITH - The fair
land of hills and heather claims this venerable and honored
citizen as a native son, and he is a representative of one
of the sterling pioneer families of Fulton county and is
to-day numbered among the prominent farmers and influential
citizens of Royalton township. He was born in
Roxburghshire, Scotland, on the 26th of May, 1826, and is a
son of John and Margaret (Scott) Smith, who
immigrated to America in 1842 and who took up their
residences in what is now Royalton township, Fulton county,
Ohio, in the same year. The old homestead farm is now
owned by Adner Frantz and wife. John Smith
cleared a portion of his farm and became one of the
influential and popular citizens of the county. He
died in 1859 at the age of forty-eight years, and his wife
passed away some years later. They became the parents
of seven children, all of whom accompanied them to America:
Betsey became the wife of James Cuthbert, Jane
married Alvin Hamlin, James was the next in order of
birth, Margaret became the wife of A. M. Williams,
and the other children were Catherine, Walter and
William S. The subject of this review is now the
only survivor. Mr. Smith secured his
educational training principally in his native land, and was
about sixteen years of age at the time when he came with his
parents to Fulton township, and during the long intervening
years he has continued to be a resident public-spirit and as
a man of the highest integrity in all the relations of life.
He grew to manhood on the home farm and during his entire
independent career has continued to be associated with the
agricultural interests of the county in whose development
and progress he has materially assisted. In 1855
Mr. Smith located on his present farm, which has thus
been his home for a half century, and he has developed the
same into one of the finest places in this section.
His landed estate comprises two hundred acres - eighty acres
in Royalton township, eighty in Chesterfield township, and
forty acres in Lenawee county, Michigan, the homestead being
all in one body, however, the Michigan portion being in the
adjoining township of Seneca. Mr. Smith
reclaimed this entire farm from the wilds, and in view of
the conditions which are in evidence to-day, bespeaking all
of thrift and prosperity, he has no reason to feel that he
has been denied a due reward for his many years of toil and
endeavor. In politics Mr. Smith gives his
support to the Democratic party. May 25, 1856 stands
as the date of the marriage of Mr. Smith to
Miss Eleanor H. Smith, daughter of Charles D. and
Jane B. (Helmes) Smith of Royalton township, and they
have four children: Edwin J., Charles E., William M.
and Walter Scott, all of whom are well established in
life, honorable and useful citizens in their respective
fields of endeavor. Mr. Smith's parents were
both natives of Orange county, New York, and were numbered
among the pioneers of Fulton county, Ohio, having taken up
their residence in Royalton township about 1835. The
father secured one hundred and twenty acres of government
land, reclaiming the same to cultivation, and there he and
his wife continued to reside until their death. Of
their eight children six attained maturity namely:
Eleanor H., wife of the subject of this sketch;
Martin; Louisa, wife of John Atkinson, of
Delta, Ohio; Lotan, a resident of Royalton township;
Margaret, wife of Dr. Selah W. Moulton; and
Charles B., a resident of Royalton township.
Source: The
County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County, Ohio - Publ.:
Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association - 1905 -
Page 570 |
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CHARLES E. STRONG,
one of the prominent farmers and honored citizens of Pike
township, is a member of one of the sterling pioneer
families of the Buckeye State and is a representative of
stanch New England stock. He is of the eighth
generation in direct descent from John Strong, who
was born in Taunton, England, in 1605. The worthy
ancestor removed to London and later to Plymouth, England,
from which latter place he set sail for America on the 20th
of November, 1630, in the ship "Mary and John," commanded by
Captain Staub, and the passenger list numbered one
hundred and forty persons. The vessel arrived at
Nantasket-Hall, Plymouth colony, Massachusetts, on Sunday,
May 30, 1630, and there, in the following December, John
Strong was united in marriage to Miss Abigail Ford.
He died Apr. 14, 1699, leaving eighteen children, fifteen of
whom had children at the time of his death: there were
one hundred and fourteen grandchildren and thirty-three
great-grandchildren. The direct line of descent is
traced to the subject of this sketch through Jedediah
Strong, son of John, the founder of the family in
America. Jedediah Strong was born May 7, 1637,
and on the 18th of November, 1662, he was united in marriage
to Freedom Woodward, who died in May, 1681.
On the 19th of the following December he married Abigail
Stebbins, who died July 16, 1689. In January,
1691, he married Mary Hart Lee, who died Oct. 10,
1710. Jedediah Strong lived with his first wife
for a period of nineteen years, with his second wife seven
years, and with his third nine years, and notwithstanding
his three marriages he lived thirty-three years as a widower
and sixty-one years unmarried. During the years
1677-8-9 he was paid eighteen shillings a year for blowing
the trumpet to summon the people to church on Sunday.
He died May 22, 1733, leaving fourteen children. His
son, Jedediah Strong, Jr., was born, Aug. 7, 1667,
and on the 8th of November, 1688, was united in marriage to
Miss Abby Ingersoll who was born August 24, 1663.
He was a farmer in Northampton, Massachusetts, until 1696,
when he removed to Lebanon, Connecticut, where there were
but four white families settled at the time. He was
killed by Indians, at Wood Creek, New York, Oct. 12, 1709,
leaving eight children. His son Ezra, the next
in line of direct descent, was born Nov. 2, 1702, and on the
12th of January, 1730, was married to Miss Abigail
Caverly, who was born in 1715. Ezra Strong
was a farmer at Lebanon, Connecticut, where he died
Mar. 7, 1785, his wife passing away in 1788; they became the
parents of twelve children. Philip Strong, son
of Ezra and Abigail (Caverly) Strong, was born, Feb.
9, 1735, and in 1757 or 1758 he married Rhoda Payne,
who was born in1739, and he died Sept. 13, 1789, having been
a farmer and drover by vocation and having been one of the
first settlers at Warren, Litchfield county, Connecticut.
His wife died Nov. 10, 1825. It is a matter of record
that in her younger days she was a woman of prodigious
strength, and that she raised a large tub of clear water to
her mouth and drank to the health of her betrothed, asking
him to return the compliment; she became the mother of
fifteen children. The next in line of descent to the
subject of this review was Stephen Strong, who was
born at Warren, Connecticut, Jan. 28, 1770. Feb. 3,
1792, he married Lydia Hine, who was born Jan. 3,
1775, a daughter of Daniel and Lydia (Beecham) Hine,
of New Milford, Connecticut. He died Dec. 8, 1852, his
children having been eight in number, his son, Stephen
Hine Strong, was born Aug. 8, 1804, and was
married, on the 14th of January, 1830, to Therza J.
Everett, who was born in Warren, Connecticut, Feb. 25,
1807. She died Jan. 6, 1878, and his death occurred in
1898. They became the parents of ten children, whose
names, with respective dates of birth, are here entered:
Francis Marion, Nov. 5, 1830; Flora J., Jul.
7, 1832; Abbie M., May 10, 1834; Charles E.,
subject of this review, Oct. 24, 1835; Edwin H., Aug.
3, 1837; Mary A., Mar. 20, 1839; Elijah M.
Jan. 3, 1841; William H., Oct. 17, 1842; Stephen A.,
Jan. 19, 1845; and Frederick, Jan. 24, 1848, his
death occurring on the 21st of the following April.
Charles E., Edwin H., Elijah M. and Stephen A.
were all in active service as Union soldiers in the Civil
war. Charles E. enlisted in Company E, First
Ohio Light Artillery, and remained in service until the
close of the war, having taken part in the battles of Stone
River and Nashville and in more than forty skirmishes.
He received his honorable discharge on the 9th of July,
1865. Charles E. Strong was born in Warren
township, Litchfield county, Connecticut on the 24th of Oct.
1835, and two years later, in 1837, his parents immigrated
to Ohio, settling in Medina county and passing the remainder
of their lives in this State. Charles was
reared to the strenuous discipline of the pioneer farm, and
has ever followed agriculture as his life vocation. He
continued resident of Medina county until 1874, when
he came to Fulton county and located on the farm which is
now his home. He has made excellent improvements on
the place and it is now one of the attractive and valuable
rural farms of the county, comprising eighty acres of land,
all available for cultivation. Mr. Strong is a
stanch Democrat in his political adherency, and is
affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic and the
Grange. On the 19th of September, 1865, Mr. Strong
was united in marriage to Miss Helen M. Graham, who
was born in Medina county, Ohio on the 3d of September,
1846, being a daughter of Alanson and Jane (Stephenson)
Graham, of English and Irish descent, respectively.
Mrs. Strong was summoned to the life eternal on the 18th
of January, 1896, and is survived by two of her three
children. Effie L., who was born Feb. 5, 1867, was
married, on the 16th of December, 1885 to John A. Gay,
and she died Dec. 21, 1891. Edwin G., born
Sept. 22, 1869, is now a resident of North Dakota. Orlo
F., the youngest of the children, new has charge of the
operation of the homestead farm. He was born on this
farm, on the 18th of May, 1875, was educated in the public
schools, has continuously been associated with his father in
farming operations, and he now devotes considerable
attention also to the dairying business. On the 4th of
February, 1899, Orlo F. Strong was united in marriage
to Miss Edna C. Allen, who was born in Fulton county,
on the 11th of September, 1879, being a daughter of
Charles E. and Sarah J. (Smout) Allen, both of whom were
likewise born in this county, the former on the 22d of
October, 1850, and the latter on the 9th of May, 1854: They
still reside in Royalton township, where Mr. Allen is
a prominent farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Orlo F. Strong
became the parents of two children, of whom the elder is
deceased. Eva Helen, born Feb. 25, 1901, died
on the 17th of March, 1902. Charles A. was born
Aug. 22, 1902.
Source:
The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County, Ohio -
Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association -
1905 - Page 587 |
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ELIJAH M. STRONG - In
connection with the preceding sketch, dedicated to
Charles E. Strong, brother of Elijah M., is given
a specially complete genealogical record, and by reason of
this fact it is not necessary to re-enter the family in the
present article, since ready reference may be made to the
one mentioned. Elijah M. Strong is one of the
representative farmers of Pike township, where he has a well
improved estate of 120 acres, devoted to diversified
agriculture and stock-growing. Mr. Strong was
born in Medina county, Ohio, on the 3d of Jan. 1841, and is
a son of Stephen H. and Thirza J. (Everett) Strong.
He was reared to manhood in his native county, in whose
common schools he secured his early educational training.
He was but twenty years of age at the outbreak of the War of
the Rebellion, but he forthwith signified his loyalty and
patriotism by tendering his services in defense of the
union. In 1861 he enlisted as a member of Company E,
First Ohio Light Artillery, with which he served three
years, seeing much of the strenuous duty of the soldier and
taking part in many skirmishes and a number of important
battles. He received his honorable discharge on the 2d
of September, 1864, having made a record which stands to his
perpetual honor. In March, 1866, Mr. Strong
came to Fulton county and located on the farm where he now
resides. His farm was in the midst of a tract of
virgin forest, three milest square, and his original
residence was a board shanty of primitive order. He
has reclaimed his land to cultivation and has made the best
of improvements throughout, including the erection of an
attractive residence and other good buildings. As a
young man he was engaged in teaching in the district schools
at intervals, for a period of ten years. In politics
Mr. Strong is a stanch Republican, in 1890 he served
as land-appraiser, and he was incumbent of the office of
township trustee several terms. He is a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and has been identified with the
Grange from the time of its organization. He is one of
the influential, zealous and prominent members of the United
Brethren church at Winameg, Ohio, and is particularly active
in the work of the church, contributing liberally of his
time and means to the support of the organization and its
various collateral benevolences. His wife also is a
devoted member of the same religious body. In 1869
Mr. Strong was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth
Sindel, who was born in Fulton county, in 1851, being a
daughter of John and Harriet Sindel, honored pioneers
of the county. Mr. Strong died in November,
188, and in 1893, Mr. Strong married Mrs.
Mary E. (Cately) Denius, widow of Samuel
Dinius. She was born and reared in Fulton
county and is a daughter of Judge S. H. Cately,
deceased, of Delta, Ohio. She had three children by
her first marriage, and they were reared and educated by
herself and her second husband, and they also reared Miss
Estella Converse, a daughter of Mr.
Strong's sister.
Source:
The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County, Ohio -
Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association -
1905 - Page 589 |
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