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History of Hancock County, Ohio
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Pleasant Twp. -
A. L. BAILS, farmer
and stock raiser, P. O. McComb, was born in Hancock County,
Ohio, Nov. 5, 1836, son of Abraham and Rebecca (Alloway)
Bails, the former a native of Virginia, of English descent,
the latter born in Pennsylvania, of German origin; they were the
parents of thirteen children (all attaining maturity), eight of
whom are still living. Abraham Bails, who
was a brick layer in early life, came to Hancock County in 1883,
settling on land which he entered near Findlay. He died
Dec. 29, 1855. Our subject, the seventh born, grew up on
the farm, attending the log schoolhouse, where he acquired his
education. He is owner of two farms in this county.
Mr. Bails was twice married; on first occasion,
Jan. 1, 1858, to Elizabeth Hart, who bore him the
following named children: Emma A.; W. H., a school
teacher; Mary; Chester; Isaac and Ida
May (two last named being twins). Mrs.
Bails died in 1869. Our subject next married, in 1872,
Maria E. Moorhead, of Irish origin, daughter of Josiah
Moorhead. To this union were born two children:
Adam C. and Harvey E. (deceased). Mr.
and Mrs. Bails are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, in which he has been steward, class leader, trustee, and
superintendent of the Sabbath-school. Politically Mr.
Bails is a Republican. Formerly he was an active
member of the I. O. O. F.
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Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ:
Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page 822 |
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Cass Twp. -
JOHN BAKER, farmer,
P. O. Arcadia, was born in Cass Township, this county, in 1847;
son of Alexander and Catharine (Eckert) Baker, natives of
Ohio. The original Baker stock came to America from
England in an early day and settled near Baltimore, Md.
Grafton Baker, grandfather of our subject, moved from
Virginia to Carroll County, Ohio, and from there to this county
about the year 1830. He had a family of five sons and one
daughter. Mrs. Catharine (Eckert) Baker's people
came to Cass Township, this county, from Fairfield County, Ohio,
in an early day, and here settled. In 1844, after their
marriage, our subject's parents came to Cass Township. The
father died in 1849, leaving a family of three children - two
daughters and one son, John. The eldest daughter
died in 1866; the youngest married G. W. Norris (they
have a family of two sons and one daughter). The subject
of this sketch was married in 1808 to Sarah C. Binger,
whose parents came to this county from Carroll County, Ohio, in
an early day, and to this union have been born three children:
Alexander, Lemuel and Amanda. Mr.
Baker was elected to the office of justice of the peace
for Cass Township in the fall of 1883, which he still holds.
He resides on the old homestead, his mother, who is still
living, being with him.
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Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ:
Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page 696 |
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Cass Twp. -
DAVID R. BEESON,
farmer, P. O. Arcadia, was born in Fayette County, Penn., Sept.
13, 1827. H married, July 5, 1849, Elizabeth Sangston,
and in 1854 they moved to Cass Township, this county, and
settled on land which his father had entered in 1832. Here
they began, in the woods, to clear and improve the farm to which
they have since added, until they now own 232 acres of
well-improved land. To David R. Beeson and wife
have been born Martha A., now Mrs. Hosier;
James E.; Eliza A., now Mrs. Frederick;
John A.; Charles C.; Mary, now Mrs.
Bish; David R. Jr.; Jacob E. Turley and
Emma I. In addition to his general farming operations,
Mr. Beeson has devoted considerable attention to
buying and selling live-stock. During the war of the
Rebellion he did an extensive business in dealing in horses for
the United States Army. H e has led a very active life, and his
operations here have been attended with uniform success.
He is one of the representative farmers of Cass Township, and
enjoys the respect of the entire community. In politics he
is a Republican.
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Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ:
Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page 697 |
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JACOB E. BEESON,
farmer, P. O. Arcadia, was born in Fayette County, Penn., Jan.
21,1819, son of James and Agnes Beeson, who resided in
Fayette County until their death. Our subject married, in
1841, Eliza Dawson, who died in 1846, leaving two
children, James and John (both now deceased).
Dec. 1, 1853, Mr. Beeson came to Cass Township,
this county, and settled on a tract of land which had been
entered by his father in 1832. Here he began improving his
land, and June 20, 1869, he married Mrs. Elizabeth
Bowring, a native of England and whose parents resided
there until their death. She and her first husband,
Benjamin W. Bowring, immigrated to Canada in 1857, and moved
to the United States in 1859. Here Mr. Bowring
lost his life in defense of the Union cause, in June, 1864, just
one month before the expiration of his term of enlistment in the
Union army. Of Mr. Bowring's five children
only one is now living - Margaret Elizabeth, wife
of Henry B. Edwards, of Putnam County, Ohio. Mr.
Beeson has been an industrious man, and has acquired a
farm of 224 acres of fine land. His youngest son, John,
enlisted when but sixteen years of age and served three years
and four months in the Army of the Cumberland; he died in
November, 1865. Mr. Beeson is a Republican
in politics.
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Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ:
Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page 697 |
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Pleasant Twp. -
EDWIN N. BOWMAN,
merchant, Doweyville, was born in Defiance County, Ohio, May 14,
1857; son of Isaac and Jennett (McFarland) Bowman, also
natives of Ohio and of French and Scotch origin. Their
family consisted of two children: Orville, now residing
in Wood County, Ohio, and Edward N. The father,
Isaac Bowman, was an architect by profession, which
occupation he followed through life. Our subject received
his education in the common schools. He learned the bakery
and confectionery business which he followed for three years,
and since then, was principally occupied in clerking, until
1882, when he came to Deweyville and established his present
business. He was united in marriage, in 1881, with Mary
C., daughter of Jacob T. Wyckoff and of German
lineage. Their children are Joyce, Ross and
Edith. Mr. Bowman is a Democrat in politics.
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Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ:
Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page 824 |
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Portage Twp. -
S. BOWMAN, farmer,
P. O. North Baltimore, Wood County, was born in Bedford County,
Penn., May 1, 1818, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Moorland)
Bowman; former was a native of Maryland, a carpenter and
joiner by trade; latter, born in the north of Ireland. The
father settled in Wood County, Ohio, in 1836, where he followed
the occupation of farming until his death, which occurred in
1846. His family consisted of four sons and four
daughters. Our subject, the second son, received his
education in a select school in Pennsylvania, and chose farming
as his occupation. He has resided in this county since
1836. His present farm consists of 100 acres of land now
under a high state of cultivation; it was wild timbered land
when he first came here, and he has made most of the
improvements upon it himself. Mr. Bowman was united
in marriage, in 1850, with Prudence, daughter of
William Edgar, and of Scotch and English descent.
Their children are Columbia J., with the David M.
Thomas; Rebecca S.; William E., a school teacher; Phebe
and Milo L. Mr. and Mrs. Bowman are members of
the Presbyterian Church, in which he has been an elder for many
years, and a teacher in the Sabbath school. In politics
Mr. Bowman is a Republican. He has been township clerk
and school director.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ:
Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page 848 |
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Washington Twp. -
DR. WILLIAM G. BRAYTON,
physician and surgeon, Arcadia, is a native of Wyandot County,
Ohio, born Apr. 23, 1849, one of eleven children born to
William and Margaret (Carr) Brayton, natives of Vermont and
New York, respectively, former a miller by trade. Our
subject's grandfather built his first flouring-mill in this
section at a very early date. Dr. Brayton remained
in his native county until twenty-four years of age. He
studied medicine under the instruction of his uncle, Dr. A.
Brayton, and afterward attended the Michigan University at
Ann Arbor, and later took several courses of lectures at the
Miami University at Ann Arbor, and later
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page 876 |
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Amanda
Twp. -
NIMROD W. BRIGHT, JR., farmer, P. O.
Vanlue, born Mar. 7, 1865, in Big Lick Twp., Hancock Co., Ohio,
is a son of Major and S. S. (Fairman) Bright, natives of
Ohio, and a great-grandson of Major Bright, who located
or entered 3,000 acres of land in Amanda Township, this county,
and was an extensive stock raiser and one of the oldest pioneers
of this county. His son, Nimrod, Sr., the
grandfather of our subject, one of the largest land-holders and
stock raisers in the county, resides in the village of Vanlue,
this county. He is a thorough farmer, and held at one time
as much land as his father ,and perhaps more; he and his
brother, John C. were pioneer ministers. The father
of our subject is a well-to-do farmer, occupying lands in Amanda
Township, this county, and, like his ancestors, has given his
children land and educated them to become thorough farmers.
His children are Elizabeth (wife of Melvin Ewing),
Emma L. (wife of E. Wilcox), an infant (deceased)
and Nimrod W., Jr. Our subject is a young man of
promise, and has received an education equal to his day.
He is a man of quick perception and good judgment, and has
become an efficient teacher, a profession he follows during the
winters.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co.,
1886 - Page 658 |
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Amanda
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BENJAMIN F. BURNAP, P. O. Vanlue, born
Jan. 30, 1837, in Columbus, Ohio; is a son of Daniel G. and
Harriet (Baker) Burnap, natives of Vermont and Pennsylvania
respectively, and who were married June 2, 1822. Daniel
G. Burnap, by profession a physician, came to Ohio about the
year 1818 and settled near Lancaster, in Fairfield Co., where he
had quite an extensive practice. He afterward moved to
Orange Twp., Delaware Co., and there died. His widow
became the wife of William D. Whitney, a merchant, who
moved in 1850 to Mt. Blanchard, this county, where he kept a
grocery, and later they removed to Vanlue, Ohio. Mrs.
Harriet Whitney died in Vanlue Feb. 19, 1869. There
were seven children in the first family: John (deceased
in California), Lampson S., Angeline R.
(wife of Henry Cockrell), Eliza B. (wife of E.
Ellis), Benjamin F., James K. and Daniel G. Daniel
G. Burnap was a man of considerable talent and natural tact.
His son, Benjamin F., the subject of this sketch has
engaged extensively in land speculations in the West, where he
has at the present time several hundred acres; he also owns a
fine farm in Amanda Twp., this county, and a saw and
planing-mill, picture gallery and harness shop, in Vanlue, Ohio.
He taught school for many terms, and has filled the office of
justice of the peace for six years, elected in a Democratic
township although he is a Republican in politics. He
married, in 1877, Nancy J. Howard, and by her has one
son, Guy F.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Findlay Twp. & Village -
HENRY BYAL, retired
farmer, Findlay, was born in Stark County, Ohio, Mar. 23, 1817,
son of John and Elizabeth (Newstutter) Byal. He is
the fourth in descent from ____ Byal, who settled in Baltimore,
Md., from Paris, France. Elizabeth Newstutter was
a daughter of Henry Newstutter, who served as a
Hessian soldier with the British under Burgoyne was captured at
Saratoga and never exchanged. He came to Ohio in 1809 and
settled in Stark County. John Byal came with
his father, William, to Ohio in 1809, when a lad, and
after spending twenty-three years in Stark County moved to this
county in 1832, where William died in 1840, followed by
his son John in 1853* (his widow surviving him
about six years). They left a family of nine children -
four sons and five daughters. Our subject, when a young
man, worked on a farm and attended the saw-mill of his father.
Upon reaching manhood he engaged in farming, and cleared up a
nice place for himself, which he rented in 1847 and embarked in
merchandising in Putnam County; retiring from that after seven
years' successful experience, he returned to Findlay, where he
has been identified with many different interests since,
principally, however, in buying and selling real estate.
He was married, in 1842, to Dorotha Comer, who
bore him one son and three daughters, of whom Mary
Elizabeth, wife of S. D. Houpt, is the only survivor.
In 1860 Mrs. Byal passed away her life in full
communion with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is buried in
Maple Grove Cemetery with her children: Squire C.,
Amanda and Ida. In 1862 Mr. Byal
was again united in marriage, this time with Mary,
daughter of the late Jacob Lamb. Mr. and
Mrs. Byal attend services at the Presbyterian Church, of
which he has been an efficient official. He has always
been a cordial supporter of measures tending to the advancement
of the interests of Hancock County, and has served this city and
township in useful official positions.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago -
Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page731
(NOTE: Also see Biography of Henry Byal in
Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903)
NOTE: 1850 Census lists Henry and Dorothy Byal, ages 33
and 31 respectively living in Riley Twp., Putnam Co., Ohio.
Also living there was Mary E. Byal aged 3 years, b. Ohio. and
Robert Marshal, aged 25, a merchant born in Ohio
NOTE: 1880 Census lists Henry and Mary L. Byal aged 63 and
59 respectively living on Sandusky Street, Findlay, Ohio.
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Findlay Twp. & Village
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CAMPBELL BYAL
(deceased), son of John and Elizabeth (Newstutter) Byal,
was born in 1835, and reared on the farm which he subsequently
owned, in Findlay Township, this county. He took great
pride in this property, and built upon and improved it until he
had made it one of the most beautiful farms in Hancock County.
Campbull Byal always took an active interest in
the development of the social and industrial life of this
locality, and was for many years a prominent spirit in the
United Brethren Church, but the breaking out of the war of the
Rebellion created considerable dissension in that body, and
Mr. Byal chose a quiet retirement from church
matters. He served as infirmary director two terms, and as
member of the school board of his district for several terms,
also in many township offices. He was happily married in
this county to Anna, daughter of Joel and Amy
(Sherman) Pendleton, and to them were born three sons and
one daughter: John Melville, Nora M.,
Clement L. and Leslie L. Campbell
Byal departed this life Aug. 11, 1881, and his remains
are buried in Maple Grove Cemetery.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago -
Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page732 |
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Pleasant Twp. -
JAMES H. BYAL, farmer and
stock raiser, P. O. McComb, was born two miles west of Findlay,
Hancock Co., Ohio, Apr. 14, 1847; son of Jacob and Sarah Jane
(Watson) Byal. Jacob Byal, born in Ohio and of
English origin, was a son of John Byal who came to Ohio
in an early day, and came to Hancock County when a young man,
settling on a farm. Of the seven children born to Jacob
and Sarah Jane Byal four attained maturity and two now
survive, viz: James H. and Martha, now the wife of
W. Raymond. One son, John, was killed in the
late war of the Rebellion. Our subject, who has been a
farmer all his life, owns eighty acres of land in Pleasant
Township. He was married in 1870, to Anna, daughter
of Peter Boughtall, who was among the first settlers of
Findlay. Their children are as follows: Eva, Emma,
Frederick, Belle and Tobias. Mr. Byal is
a Republican in politics. During the late civil war he
enlisted in Company G, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1864.
He is a member of the G. A. R.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ:
Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page 825 |
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