BIOGRAPHIES

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Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio
Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago & New York
1920
Transcribed by Sharon Wick

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Lucius Palmer Taylor	LUCIUS PALMER TAYLOR Source: Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio - by The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago & New York - 1920 - Page 23
	ELMER C. TURPENING, of Swan Creek, secured his education in the district school, and for a number of years he has served the community as a member of the Board of Education.  He is a republican in politics, and is a member of the United Brethren Church.  He has served the church in the capacity of class leader, and the Sunday School as its superintendent.      While Mr. Turpening is a native of Fulton county, having been born Apr. 14, 1863, in York Township, his father, Ephraim Turpening,  was born in New York and his mother, Mary Ann (Croyle) Turpening was born in Pennsylvania.  Since 1854 they  have lived in Fulton county.  Mrs. Turpening's family ancestors had come in 1845, her grandfather, Samuel Croyle having come into Swan Creek when there was nothing but a wilderness, and he had his part in reclaiming it.      Ephraim Turpening settled in Swan Creek Township soon after his marriage, and for five years he lived there.  He sold his land and bought a farm in York Township, but he soon sold it and bought again in Swan Creek Township.  He died there in 1871, while his wife lived at the old home until her death in 1897.  E. C. Turpening who relates the family story, is second from the youngest of their children, the others being: John, of Swan Creek; Alfred, of Toledo; Jane, of Delta; Rebecca, wife of Amos Keith, of Delta; Elmer C. and Alfred.  Charles, the oldest child, died early, and Cicero died in the Civil war.      On Mar. 4, 1883, Elmer C. Turpening married Mary Delilah Warren a daughter of Lyman and Sarah (Wilson) Warren, of York Township.  Their children are:  Charles N.; Loretta, wife of Henry Metzger; Beulah, wife of Watson Lewis, of Swan Creek; Florence, wife of Opher McKinley of Cleveland; Maud wife of Fred Enteman of Toledo; Jay, Ruth and Cecil.      His well ordered farm, his substantial home, his attractive family, and the calls that have been made upon him for leadership and service in the community sufficiently establish the place of Elmer C. Turpening among the prominent citizens of Fulton county.  He has lived here nearly sixty years, in his mature life has carried forward the work begun by the pioneers and probably has many years of usefulness still ahead of him. Source: Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio - by The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago & New York - 1920 - Page 326
	GEORGE W. TWISS was a cooper, and he also operated a water powersaw mill.  At one time when he was along the stream there was a panther lying in the sun, and without disturbing it he returned to the house for his trusty flintlock gun.  He hurried back and shot the panther, breaking its shoulder.  The gunshot aroused the bull dog and it attacked the panther, which was so crippled it could not climb a tree in making its escape from the place.  While the dog and panther were fighting they both got into the stream, and Mr. Twiss waded in and clubbed the panther to death.  The settlers frequently had adventures with wild animals of the forest.      When Russell Twiss came to northern Ohio he lived for four years in Spencer and then moved to a farm in Richfield township, of Lucas county.  The place was under water and he cleared and drained it.   His wife died there June 16, 1900, and he died Jan. 3, 1903, in Swanton.  Their children are: Caroline, widow of Walter Stinson, of Casanovia, Michigan; Reuben, of Niagara Falls, New York; Eliza Jane, wife of Joseph Corth, of Toledo; G. W. Twiss, who relates the family history; Mary, wife of Eugene Crissey, died May 30, 1900, and Arietta, who died in infancy.      On Apr. 20, 1879, G. W. Twiss married Clarinda J. Sloan, of Seneca county.  She is a daughter of Horatio and Rebecca (Hall) Sloan.  The parental grandfather was Alonzo Sloan and the maternal grandfather was Reuben Hall.  When they were married they located on a forty acre tract of timber in Amboy.  It was under water and he cleared and drained it.  While reclaiming this land Mr. Twiss frequently shot wild turkeys, and it was no trouble to supply wild meats for his dinner table.  While Amboy is now fine farming land, it was wild country when Mr. Twiss first located in it.  While he only had frame buildings in 1899, Mr. Twiss bought and hauled brick from Toledo and built a fine ten-room brick house.      From time to time Mr. Twiss has bought more land, paying $16 to $20 an acre for it, but now the price of land is a different story.  Some of the young men would like to have such opportunities of securing farmsteads in Fulton county.  Mr. Twiss planted an orchard of more than 100 trees, and he was always an active man until 1909, since which time he has rented the farm.  A man who always has worked always will find something to do as long as he remains in the country.      The children are: Bertha, a graduate of the Toledo Conservatory; Frank J., of Richfield, who married Verna Gillette, and they have one son, Harold; Burton A., of Lyons, married Helen L. Stebbins, and they have one son. George Frederick: Arthur Lee Twiss, married Oct. 29, 1919, Vena Hackett, and lives on a sixty acre farm adjoining his father.  The family are Methodists.  Mr. Twiss is a republican and for twelve years he has served as a school director.  He is a member of the F. and A. M., No. 555, of Swanton.  The family has social and business interests in both Fulton and Lucas counties. ‡ Source: Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio - by The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago & New York - 1920 - Page 63

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