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Madison Twp. -
WALLEN CAMERON,
farmer, P. O. Arlington, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, Oct.
1, 1833, son of Alexander and Lydia (Miller) Cameron,
natives of Ohio, former of whom was a farmer and miller by
occupation; for many years conducted the hotel at Arlington.
His great-grandfather, Alexander Cameron, Sr., served in
the war of the Revolution, and was twice wounded.
Wallen Cameron, the subject of this sketch, came to this
county with his father at the age of eighteen eyars, and resided
here, engaged in farming, until 1872, when he removed to
Nebraska. His father dying, Wallen returned to this
county and took charge of the old homestead, still retaining his
real estate interests in Nebraska. In the fall of 1861 our
subject enlisted in an independent company of sharp-shooters,
which was afterward credited to the Fourteenth Missouri, and
still later to which was afterward credited to the Fourteenth
Missouri, and still later to the Sixty-sixth Illinois Regiment.
He was mustered out in July, 1865, after having rendered, with
his company, conspicuous service in many of the most brilliant
campaigns of the war in the Southwest, among which were the
battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, siege and capture of
Atlanta, and Sherman's march to the sea. Mr.
Cameron was united in marriage, Apr. 19, 1857, with Miss
Sarah J. Woods, a daughter of H. P. Woods, of
Dunkirk, Ohio. Of the six children born of this union five
are yet living: Melville, D., Jennie, Harry, Alexander B.
and Wallen. Mr. Cameron and family are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member
of the G. A. R.; in politics a Republican.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Cass Twp. -
C. W. CANFIELD,
farmer, P. O. Wineland, was born in Hancock County, Ohio, Jan.
23, 1845; son of Elijah Cyrus and Sarah Canfield, natives
of Portage County, Ohio, and Luzerne County, Penn.,
respectively. Mar. 28, 1872, our subject married Maria
Ames, a native of Seneca County, Ohio, born Oct. 15, 1851,
and to this union were born four children: Sarah Amanda,
born Dec. 8, 1873; William Riley, born Sept. 19, 1875;
Earl M., born Mar. 24, 1881, died Apr. 14, 1881, and
Gertie Ethel born Dec. 2, 1882. Mr. Canfield is
one of the enterprising men of his township and an industrious
farmer. In politics he is a Democrat.-
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ:
Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page 697 |
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Findlay Twp. -
GAGE CARLIN, of the firm of Carlin &
Carlin, fire and life insurance, real estate and loan
agents, Findlay, is the third son and eighth child of Parlee
and Sarah (DeWitt) Carlin pioneers of this county. The
subject of our sketch was born Oct. 16, 1850, at Findlay, Ohio;
received a good education and engaged in banking for several
years. In 1880 he united with William L. Carlin in
their present business. In 1877 he married Charlotte F.,
daughter of J. W. Knaggs, a pioneer of Wood County, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlin have no children. Mr. Carlin
has always been a liberal supporter of all measures
conducing to the public good of his locality. In politics
he is a Republican.
Source: History of Hancock
County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Findlay Twp. -
WILLIAM L. CARLIN, attorney at law, dealer
in real estate and insurance and loan agent, mayor of Findlay,
son of the late Dr. William D. and Harriet E. A. (Rawson)
Carlin and grandson of Squire Carlin and Dr. Bass Rawson,
was born and reared in Findlay, this county. After
completing a good education, he engaged in merchandising for a
time, then read law and was admitted to its practice. This
profession, however, not being palatable to him, our subject
became united, in 1880, with Gage Carlin (a
cousin) in their present business. He was married. May 26,
1874, at El Paso, Ill. , to Lizzie, daughter of the late
John King, Esq. They have two sons: Rawson King
and Earl. Mr. Carlin has always been an active
business man and citizen, and has served his city in its
councils as a useful member. He is public spirited and
progressive, and contributes liberally to measures tending to
the benefit of the public weal. In politics he is a
Republican.
Source: History of Hancock
County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Amanda Twp. -
JOSEPH CARVER, farmer, P. O. Vanlue, born
Oct. 10, 1808, in Northampton Twp., Bucks Co., Penn., is a son
of Robert and Mary (Smith) Carver, natives of
Pennsylvania, and who died in that State. Our subject came
to Ohio in 1855 and settled in Amanda Twp., this county.
He first moved into a cabin called "The Ashery," and soon after
entered eighty acres of land on which he still lives (having
improved it from the primitive forest); to this he has since
added forty acres. His children were eight in all, five of
whom are yet living: John; Martha, wife of William
Gorden; Mary, wife of S. Lee; Elizabeth, wife of
D. Kimble; Ellen, wife of W. Morehead. John
married Miss Orwie (their children are Dora M., Anna
E., Willialm P., Robert, Ida E., Elizabeth and Rosa).
He is the only son of Joseph Carver now living, and has
charge of the old home farm.
Source: History of Hancock
County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Orange
Twp. -
JOHN CHARLES, farmer, P. O. Ada, Hardin
County, a native of Richland County, Ohio, born March 15, 1831,
is a son of Isaac (a miller by trade, which he followed
most of his life) and Sarah (Moudy) Charles, the former
of Scotch and the latter of German descent, natives of
Pennsylvania and Maryland, respectively, and who were married in
Richland County, Ohio, about 1825, and died in Allen County,
Ohio, faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They
were the parents of five children: Elijah, Rosannah
(deceased), John, Isaac and Anna (latter
deceased). John Charles married, in 1850, Miss
Mary Caris, of Richland County, Ohio, a native of
France, born in 1833, daughter of Peter and Mary A. (Styret) Caris, who immigrated to America about 1840, and
settled in Richland County, Ohio, where Mrs. Caris
died in 1861. Mr. Caris came to Orange
Township, this county, and died here; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles moved to Orange Township, this county,
the same year they were married. He has reared a family of
five children: Mary A. (deceased), Isaac,
Andrew, Peter (deceased) and Sarah M. Mr.
Charles settled upon land which had been entered m Orange
Township, this county, by his father in 1840, and by industry
and economy has improved and accumulated land until he now has
300 acres. In 1884 he built a fine brick residence at a
cost of |5,000. He also has good out-buildings and various
other improvements on his place.
Source: History of Hancock
County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Pleasant
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J. B. CHERRY, farmer and stock raiser, P.
O. McComb, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, Mar. 1, 1842, son
of Ralph and Elizabeth (Lebe) Cherry, natives of
Pennsylvania and of German origin. Ralph Cherry, a
farmer by occupation, came to Hancock County, Ohio, in 1847, and
settled a half-mile northwest of Findlay. He reared a
family of seven children. Our subject, the fifth born, was
raised on a farm, attending the common schools. He worked
on his father's farm for a few years, and then engaged in the
harness business in McComb, in which he continued for five
years. He then rented and conducted a grist-mill for three
years. In 1875 he bought a farm of forty acres, and has
since been engaged in agricultural pursuits, for which purposes
he rents other and in addition to his farm. He was
married, in 1867, to Mary E., daughter of James Ewing,
of J. N. and Vick. Mr. and Mrs. Cherry are members
of the Presbyterian Church in McComb. Politically he is a
Republican. He has served as school director of his
township.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Amanda Twp. -
CORNELIUS CLARK, retired farmer, Vanlue,
born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, Jan. 12, 1804, is a son of
Horatio and Rebecca (Lane) Clark, natives of Pennsylvania,
whose parents came to Ohio in 1799, and purchased 640 acres of
land in what is now Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., and remained
there until their death. Their children, ten in number,
were reared on the banks of Walnut Creek. The lands
entered by Horatio Clark are held by the Clark
homestead. Cornelius Clark, now in his
eighty-second year, is an intelligent old gentleman, full of
life and vigor. He married, in 1826, Elizabeth Stephens,
who bore him thirteen children. She died in December,
1883. Those of their children still living are Lewis
C., Horatio, Cornelius, Mary, wife of Jacob Slike
(have six children), Clara, wife of Henry Putnam
(have five children), Wilkison, Van Buren, William
Luther C. and Erwin. Wilkison and Van Buren
are living on the old Clark homestead farm in Fairfield
County. William, Luther C. and Erwin are live in
Fairfield County. Cornelius Clark came to Hancock
County in 1864 and bought the old Daniel Beck farm, now
owned by his son Luther C. Clark. Our subject lives
a retired life with his widowed daughter, Mrs. Alspach,
in Vanlue, Ohio.
Source 3: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Amanda Twp. -
JOSEPH W. CLASON, farmer, P. O. Mount
Blanchard; born Sept., 1827, in Stamford, Conn., is a son of
Benjamin and Nancy (Ayres) Clason, natives of Connecticut,
both of whom died in that State. Benjamin Clason
was the father of seven children, four of whom are now living:
Joseph W., Stephen, Samuel and John, all of
Connecticut except Joseph W. The subject of this
sketch came to Ohio in 1857, and settled in Amanda Township,
this county, on land formerly occupied by his brother James,
who came to Ohio prior to this date and died here.
Joseph W. Clason had been a teacher in Connecticut for
several years. He belongs to a family who early learned to
take care of themselves. He received a fair education, as
do most sons of New England, and, in 1858, married Sarah E.,
daughter of Sanford Smith. To this marriage were
born two children: Solomon W. (deceased) and Lillie A.
Mr. Clason has 113 acres of good land in Amanda Twp.,
this county. He has been a successful farmer and has laid
up a good competency for himself and family.
Source: History of Hancock
County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Union Twp. -
N. H. CLYMER, farmer and stock raiser, P.
O. Mount Cory, was born on the farm where he now resides, in
Union Township, Hancock Co., Ohio, Nov. 15, 1856, son of C.
F. and Catharine (Knichleson) Clymer, latter a native of
Pennsylvania; C. F. Clymer our subject's father, a native
of Ohio, of English descent, was a farmer all his life, born
Nov. 26, 1821, and died July 25, 1878, aged fifty six yeas.
He was the son of Francis Clymer and was twice married;
he had ten children by his first wife and five by his second
wife, and ten of his children grew to maturity. He was an
active member of the United Brethren Church for thirty years.
Our subject's grandfather, Francis Clymer, was an
early pioneer of Hancock County, and entered the land where our
subject was born and now resides. N. H. Clymer, the
subject of this sketch, was reared on the farm, received a good
English education, and chose farming as his occupation. He
is the owner of 100 acres of land. Feb. 6, 1881, Mr.
Clymer was united in marriage with Eliza Whisler,
of German descent, daughter of David and Mary Ann (Tobias)
Whisler. Mr. and Mrs. Clymer have one child
living, Irvin L. Mrs. Clymer is a member of the
United Brethren Church. In politics Mr. Clymer
is a Republican. One of Mr. Clymer' s
brothers lost his life in his country's cause during the late
war.
Source: History of Hancock
County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Pleasant Twp. -
TAYLOR CONINE, farmer and stock raiser, P.
O. Shawtown, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, Oct. 23, 1857, a
son of James H. and Elizabeth (Guear) Conine, the former
a native of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania and of German
origin. They reared a family of eight children, Taylor
being the fourth. James H. Conine, a farmer by
occupation, was an early settler of Hancock County, coming here
in 1855 and settling on a farm in Blanchard Township. Our
subject, who was reared on the farm and attended the common
school, ahs always followed agricultural pursuits and has been
remarkably successful, now owning a farm of eighty acres on
Section 20, Pleasant Township, where on he now resides.
Mr. Conine was united in marriage, Feb. 5, 1885, with
Mary H., daughter of F. High, and early settler of
this county and where he lived for many yeas (at his death
Mrs. Conine, his only child, inherited eighty acres of
improved land on Section 19, this township). In politics
Mr. Conine is a Democrat.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Pleasant Twp. -
WILLIAM H. CONINE, retired farmer, McComb,
was born in Morris County, N. J., July 22, 18125, son of
Jacob and Sarah (Lawrence) Conine, natives of New Jersey,
and of German descent, the former a farmer by occupation.
Our subject, who early lost his father, was reared by his uncle,
who kept a hotel. After receiving a common school
education, he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked
for several years. He was married, in 1840, to Loretta
G. Gail, a native of Erie County, N. Y., and to this union
were born four children: Ira B., Hannah M., Srah F. and
Statira M. Mrs. Conine died in 1884. She was
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which our subject
has served as steward and trustee. Mr. Conine is a
Republican in politics; served as school director for
twenty-five years and as trustee several terms; was justice of
the peace nine years and mayor of McComb two years. He has
lived in Ohio since 1821, and in Hancock County since 1848.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Pleasant
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W. P. COOPER, manufacturer, McComb, was
born in Portage Township, this county, July 6, 1851, son of
Judge James and Jane Eliza (Cusac) Cooper, former a pioneer
of Hancock County. Our subject was reared on the farm;
received a common school education in his native county, and
followed agricultural hardwood lumber, and is now doing a
general lumbering business. He was married in 1871 to
Anna E. Marshall, of Scotch origin, and daughter of James
Marshall. This union has been blessed with nine
children, eight of who are now living: H. J. Lena V.,
Phebe E., Ettie J., Thomas S., James, Nellie and John.
Mrs. Cooper is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In
politics Mr. Cooper is a Democrat. He has served as
trustee of Portage Township.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Findlay Twp. & Village -
A. B. CROZIER, of
the firm of Crozier & Linaweaver, photographers, Findlay,
was born in Washington Township, this county, Jan. 25, 1853, son
of John and Susan Scott Crozier, the former a native of
Brooke County, Va. (now West Virginia), and the latter of
Carroll County, Ohio. They settled in this county in an
early day, and reared a family of five sons and one daughter.
A. B. Crozier, the subject of this sketch, spent his
early life on the farm, but at the age of twenty-three years he
took up photography, with which profession he has been
successfully connected since. He was united in marriage in
Findlay with Etna A. Ray, and to them have een born two
children: Charlie Merle and Nellie Ray. Mr.
Crozier is a member of the Photographers' Union. In
politics he is a Republican.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ:
Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page 738 |
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Orange Twp. -
JAMES CUMMANS (deceased), a native of
Loudoun County, Va., born Sept. 12, 1804, was the eldest, and at
the time of his death, the only living son of aron and Eleah
(Huff) Cummins, natives of Virginia and South Carolina,
respectively, latter reared in Pennsylvania; they were married
in Hampshire County, Va., and soon after moved to Loudoun
County, Va., but in a few years returned to Hampshire County,
where they reared their family of six children: James, John,
Elizabeth, Catharine, Aaron and Eleah. The
father dying in Hampshire County, Va., in 1813, the mother and
family moved to Ohio several years later and settled in
Columbiana County, where Mrs. Cummans died.
James Cummans came to Orange Township, this county, about
1837-38 and entered land which he improved. He married,
Oct. 13, 1831, Sarah Rickey, a native of
Columbiana County, Ohio, born Dec. 25, 1810, and to this union
were born fifteen children: Rueann, John W.,
Eleah, David, James, Elizabeth J., Sarah C., Aaron, George M. ,
Mary, Harriet, Henry, Nicholas, Oscar and Jesse.
Mr. Cummans died Mar. 6, 1886; he was a man of extraordinary
strength when in his prime. He was one of the first voters
in Orange Township, this county, assisted in the organization of
the township, and served in most of its offices. He was
always identified with the Democratic party, and was a prominent
member of the Reformed Church.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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E. T. Cummins |
Pleasant Twp. -
E. T. CUMMINS, farmer and stock raiser, P. O., Shawtown,
was born in Champaign County, Ohio, Dec. 27, 1828, son of
Benjamin and Mary (Davis) Cummins, natives of Kentucky, and
of Irish and Scotch descent, respectively. Benjamin
Cummins who was a farmer, came to Hancock County, Ohio, in
1831, locating in Liberty Township, but afterward removed to
Pleasant Township, where he died in 1875. Our subject,
third in a family of ten children, received his education in
Findlay, was reared on a farm, and early in life,
commenced teaching school, a vocation he followed for many years
during the winters, farming in the summers. Since 1867
Mr. Cummins has been a minister of the gospel in the
Methodist Church; has had several charges but of late years has
filled vacancies. He was married, in 1855, to Sarah E.,
daughter of William and Rachel (Skelly) Hanna, natives of
Pennsylvania, and of Irish and 'Scotch descent. To Mr.
and Mrs. Cummins were born the following named children:
Albert B., married and engaged in farming; Maria L.,
wife of G. M. Swaney; Elmer and Olive,
both at home. Mrs. Cummins s a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Cummins is
deacon. Politically, our years, also served as township
trustee, and for twenty years was school director. His
principal occupation for several years has been settled up
decedents' estates. He has lived in Pleasant Township for
about fifty years.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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