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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Hancock County, Ohio
From It's Earliest Settlement to the Present Time.
Together with Reminiscences of Pioneer Life,
Incidents, Statistical Tables, and
Biographical Sketches
By D. B. Beardsley
Findley, O.
Publ. Springfield, O.
Republic Printing Company
1881
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MICHAEL FISHEL,
one of the
early residents, only a few years ago sold his farm on the
south side of the river, and now resides in the village of McComb.
†Source: History of
Hancock County, Ohio By D. B. Beardsley, Findley, O. - Publ.
Springfield, O. Republic Printing Company - 1881 Page 208 |
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NICHOLAS FOLK came from
Fairfield County, and took up his abode on the Tawa Creek, on
what is known as the Teatsorth farm, which he entered.
Mr. Folk was a small man, rather feeble in health, but
succeeded in clearing up the farm on which he lived and died.
He was respected by all who knew him.
(See
BURKET)
†Source: History of
Hancock County, Ohio By D. B. Beardsley, Findley, O. - Publ.
Springfield, O. Republic Printing Company - 1881 Page 444 |
WILLIAM FOUNTAIN, or the old
man Fountain, as he was familiarly called, came to
the county in 1830, and settled in this township, on lands on
which he resided for nearly fifty years, and up to the time of
his death. Of an unassuming and retired disposition,
attentive to his own affairs, taking little part in public
matters, his acquaintance was never very extensive. But no
man in his neighborhood was more highly respected, or considered
more trustworthy. Mr. Fountain came from
Franklin County, and lived to be almost a centenarian.
Mr. F. was born in Caroline Co., Md., Jan. 6th,
1784. He was of Irish descent, and was the second of three
brothers. In 1824 he came to Franklin Co, Ohio, and
settled in Plain township. In 1809 Mr. F. was
married to Sarah Barton, by whom he had five children.
Mrs. F. died in 1821, and Mr. F. married
Mrs. Rebecca Smith, with whom he lived until the time of her
death, a period of more than forty years. Mr. F.
sold his farm in Franklin, and came to Hancock, taking up his
residence on the farm on which he died. At the time of his
death he was the oldest person in the county.
†Source: History of
Hancock County, Ohio By D. B. Beardsley, Findley, O. - Publ.
Springfield, O. Republic Printing Company - 1881 Page 389 |
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