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Orange Twp. -
WILLIAM PARK, farmer, P. O. Hassan, a
native of Hunterdon County, N. J., born Feb. 7, 1811, is a son
of John and Margaret M. (McLain) Park, natives of New
Jersey and of Irish descent, their forefathers being from
Counties Antrim and Tyrone; they married, in 1794, in Hunterdon
County, N. J.; reared a family in Hunterdon County, N. J., and
moved to Huntingdon County, Penn. The names of their
children are Robert, John, Elizabeth, Mary, James, Margaret,
William, Sarah and Joseph the two latter still
live in Huntingdon County, Penn.: Elizabeth and
James are in Jefferson County, Iowa; Margaret is in
Story County, Iowa; and the others (except our subject) are
deceased. Robert was a local Methodist
preacher from the age of twenty-eight years until 1876.
John served two terms in the Iowa Legislature, and was
speaker in the Senate; during the last term he was seized with
cancer in the mouth, went to Boston to effect a cure, and died
at the residence of his brother, Joseph, and was buried
with his parents in Cassville, Huntingdon Co., Penn. The
parents died in Pennsylvania. William Park came to
Ohio at the age of twenty-five years, lived for several years in
Coshocton and Knox Counties. John R. Gamble and he
had the contract of Section 23 on the Walhonding Canal, which
they completed. Miss Mary Riley, a native of Knox
County, Ohio, and daughter of Nicholas and Hannah (Shrimplin)
Riley, both deceased, who were the first settlers in that
county, and the parents of fourteen children, of whom Mary,
George, Hannah, Susan and Nicholas survive.
Mr. Park come to this county in 1849, and purchased over
1,100 acres of land in Orange Township, this county; he has
improved many acres of this land, and made liberal distributions
to his children, and his homestead farm is well supplied with
good buildings of all kinds. The children of Mr. and
Mrs. Park, nine in number, were Nicholas, Margaret, Susan
(deceased), Hannah, Sarah, John, Jane, Almira and
Rachel; all in this county except Nicholas and
John, who are in Ada, Ohio. Mr. Park has been
identified with the Republican party from its organization to
the present time. He has served his township for ten
years, as treasurer. He and his wife are faithful members
of the Christian Church.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Findlay Twp.
C. O. PARKER, son of Jonathan Parker,
was born Feb. 19, 1853, in this county, and was educated in the
Findlay schools. He taught school two terms, and worked
two years in the Jeffersonian office. He clerked
for seven years for Charles Hall, in the restaurant
business, and in 1880 opened his present excellent restaurant,
where he is doing a fine business. He married, Oct. 20,
1880, Louisa Kunz, and by her has one child, Myrtle R.
Mr. Parker is a Republican in politics; a member of the K.
of P. He and his estimable wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Findlay Twp. -
JOHN PARKER, miller, proprietor of the
Hancock Mills, Findlay, was born in Findlay, this county, Jan.
31, 1842, son of Jonathan and Lucinda (Workman) Parker.
Jonathan Parker was born near Martinsville, Va., and comes
of pioneer stock in that State. When a lad he moved with
his parents to Morgan County, Ohio, and from there a lad he
moved with his parents to Morgan County, Ohio, and from there to
Findlay, this county, in 1831. He was a carpenter by trade
and took leading rank in that profession here, he with W.
Taylor and A. Daughenbaugh building the first steam
saw mill in the county. The present Hancock Mills
(originally a planing-mill) were erected by him. The
subject of this sketch, who became apprenticed to
carriage-making here in early life, at the age of twenty-two
went West, and spent two years profitably in Montana; returning
here in 1865 he took up milling and has since been connected
with that industry in Findlay. In 1884 he engaged with
others in the importation direct of fine bred draft horses
(Norman and Percheron). He has been identified with the
development of some important interests and industries here; has
served with credit in the councils of Findlay. He is a
worthy Mason, and has attained to the degree of Knight Templar,
Shawnee Commandery, at Lima, Ohio. In politics he is a
Republican.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Findlay Twp. -
JONATHAN PARKER, deceased, was born in
Loudoun County, Va., Apr. 21, 1808. About the year 1813
his father crossed the mountains, on horseback, to Morgan
County, Ohio, where he purchased land. He returned home,
sold his property in Virginia and the following spring brought
his family, consisting then of his wife and six children, and
began anew the life of a pioneer in the green woods of Morgan
County. Our subject remained at home until he was fifteen
years of age, when he began learning the carpenter's trade,
which he had mastered by the time he reached his majority.
He then, with one suit of clothes and an extra shirt tied up in
a cotton handkerchief, and 75 cents in money, started on a tramp
in search of work. He received employment for two years in
various places, from which he saved $200. In the summer of
1831 he became acquainted with Frederick Henderson, with
whom he soon made arrangements to come to Findlay. On Oct.
18, 1831, Frederick Henderson wife and child, and
Jonathan Parker, together with Henderson's brother,
who was employed to move them, started for Blue Rock Township,
Muskingum Co., Ohio, with four horses and an old wagon which
broke down when they had journeyed some ten miles. This
they replaced with another and came on to Upper Sandusky.
From there they found the road very bad, and when at a place
between the present site of Carey and the old Judge Brown
farm, the "bottom fell out of the road," and they were
obliged to solicit aid. By securing ox teams from the
neighbors they were hauled to Peter George's, who lived
at a place called "Old Ashery," where they remained overnight,
sleeping in Mr. George's cabin, 14x14 feet. The
river was too high to cross with team the next morning, so they
hired Mr. George and an assistant to bring them in a
canoe to Findlay. As the little dug-out floated slowly
down the river Mr. Parker meditated on the gloomy aspect
of the surroundings, and occasionally gazed upon log
cabins, located long distances apart, and interrogated Mr.
George with such queries as whether a stranger was likely to
get lost in the woods? October 28, they landed above the
old Brush Dam. The next morning they took pirogues and
went back for their goods, and in the evening they moved into a
log cabin located where the jail now stands. Mr. Parker's
bedstead had but one post, the walls constituting the others,
and the cord was lin bark. During the winter of 1832
Mr. Parker boarded now lives. Jonathan Parker
was married to Elizabeth Hamilton, resulting in one
child, short-lived, and followed soon to its grave by the
mother. Mr. Parker subsequently married Lucinda
Workman, and was blessed with the following named children:
Joseph, deceased; Albert and John; Mrs.
Parker died May 15, 1844, and Mr. Parker
was again married; this time, Feb. 18, 1846, with Nancy A.
Workman, a sister to his second wife, who has borne him
three children: W. F., deceased; and C. O.
For several years after coming to Findlay, Mr. Parker
engaged at the carpenter's trade. He constructed the first
steam mill in the county and built and operated the saw-mill now
owned by Mrs. Powell, and also erected a combined
saw and grist-mill - the Hancock Mills, now the property of his
son John. Jonathan Parker was an
active Whig and a stanch Republican; he united with the
Methodist Church in 1842, and lived a devoted Christian life.
He was very popular as president of the Hancock County Pioneer
Association, and being one of the best known men in this county,
he was one of the most respected. He died Sept. 27, 1879.
Elsewhere will be found a portrait of this worthy pioneer.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Findlay Twp. -
W. S. PARKER, son of Jonathan Parker,
was born Feb. 14, 1849, and educated in Findlay schools and
Cleveland College. He married, Feb. 14, 1872, Clara C.,
daughter of Miles W. Vance, and to them were born
Mabel C., Percy P., Vance J. and Dean W. Mr. Parker
began business for himself, in 1871, with his brother, John P.,
operating the old Parker Mills, from which he withdrew in
January, 1883, and engaged with Shull & Fisher in
the manufacture of doors, sash and blinds, and dealing in hard
and soft lumber. He is also interested with his brother,
Albert, in a herd of Holstein cattle, in Colorado. Mr.
Parker is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is
secretary in the lodge; is also a member of the Royal Arcanum;
he is a member of the Findlay School Board; in politics an
earnest Republican. He and his wife are active members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Orange Twp. -
WILLIAM PEPPELL,
farmer, P. O. Bluffton, Allen County, was born in Pennsylvania
in 1817; is a son of Lewis and Rachel (Jones) Peppell,
latter of whom died when our subject was quite young.
Lewis Peppell then came to Ohio with the children, only two
of whom are now living - William and Catharine - and
settled in Columbiana County, where the father died a few years
later. William Peppell married, in New Lisbon,
Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1840, Mrs. Isabelle
(Hamilton) Warren, and they came to this county the
same year. Mrs. Peppell is a native of Ireland,
born Mar. 5, 1812, the former wife of William Warren, a
native of County Down, Ireland, where they were married in
December, 1827. In the spring of 1828 they came to America
and settled in Erie County, Penn., and about two years later
removed to Columbiana County, Ohio, where Mr. Warren
died, and where his widow met and married her present husband.
By Mr. Warren she was the mother of five children:
Jane (deceased, Isabelle, William S., Mary A.
(deceased) and Hamilton. By her present husband
Mrs. Peppell is the mother of six children: Warrick, Mary
c., Harriet, Stelta, Lewis and Matilda, all living
except Warrick and Mary C. Mr. Peppell's
first purchase of land in Orange Township, this county, was
eighty acres, and by his industry and economy he has made
several additions to the same, now owning 320 acres, most of
which, by the help of his family, he has cleared and improved in
various ways.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Big Lick Twp. -
JOHN PETERS, farmer, P. O. Arcadia, was born in Virginia
Feb. 5, 1829. His parents, natives of Virginia, came to
Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1849, and from there to this county.
They were parents of ten children: Ann (deceased wife of
J. Laughlin), Catherine (deceased wife of
Joseph Dillery), John, Abraham, Mary (wife of Seth Smith),
Elizabeth (wife of George Taylor), David, Susan
(wife of John Ribley), Midleton and Savina
(both deceased). The subject of this sketch married,
Oct. 9, 1851, Cynthia McFadden, and to them were born
eight children - all living: Ambrose (married to
Elizabeth Ewing), Christena J. (wife of John C.
Thomas), Amos W. (married to Rosa Kamp),
George W. (married to Lucy Kinsel), Ida,
Abraham L., Alice and David. Mr. Peters
is the owner of a fine farm of 156 acres of well improved land,
situate in Section 5, Big Lick Township; in politics he is a
Republican.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Liberty Twp. -
ANDREW POWELL,
farmer, P. O. Findlay, was born May 25, 1827, in Fairfield
County, Ohio, came to this county with his parents, Samuel
and Sarah Powell, in 1834, and was reared in Liberty
Township, this county. He was united in marriage, Dec. 20,
1848, with Phoebe Ann Yates, who died Sept. 15, 1859,
leaving six children: Mrs. Emily Dreisbach, Theodore,
Franklin P., Mrs. Priscilla De Long of Tipton
County, Ind., Elijah (deceased) and Roger
Sherman. After the death of his first wife Mr.
Powell became united in marriage, in 1860, with
Caroline Dotson, who died in 1877, leaving seven
children: Mrs. Sarah E. Hamlin, Ellsworth, Charles D.,
Sullivan, Huntington, Jennie June and Homer K.
For his third wife Mr. Powell married, Mar. 5, 1878,
Sarah A. Longbrake, widow of Harmon Longbrake and
daughter of Andrew Fellers. At the time of her
marriage with our subject she had three children, Cora S.,
Minnie E. and Curtis E. By her union with Mr.
Powell she has two children: Inez May and
James G. Mr. Powell has been industrious and
successful in life and owns a fine farm of 295 acres of as good
land as there is in this county. His farm includes the
family homestead and here he has erected a handsome brick
residence and added other valuable improvements. He also
owns 120 acres of land in Tipton County, Ind., and valuable town
property in Findlay, Ohio. He devotes a great deal of
attention to the business of bee keeping, and was one of the
earliest to introduce this industry into this county. He
now has a fine, well-stocked apiary. Mr. Powell and
family are members of the United Brethren Church. He has
largely contributed to the erection of a fine church, costing
over $5,000, called the "Powell Memorial Church," on his
premises. Mr. Powell is a man of upright and
firm principles, a valuable and prominent citizen, highly
respected by the entire community. In politics he is a
Republican.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago -
Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page 795 |
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Blanchard Twp.
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BEATMAN BEATTY POWELL,
one of the leading farmers of Blanchard Township, P. O. Benton
Ridge, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, May 14, 1833, son of
Daniel and Eliza (Beatty) Powell, natives of Union and
Lycoming Counties, Penn., respectively. The Powells come
of a long and worthy line of Welsh pioneer ancestry in
Pennsylvania. In 1808 Daniel Powell located
in Fairfield County, Ohio. The subject of our sketch was
reared there, and at the age of twenty-seven came to this county
and took up land, clearing and improving a nice farm of eighty
acres, to which he has since added nearly 800 acres, making a
total of 870 acres of valuable land. He resides on Section
28, Blanchard Township. He married, in 1857, Elizabeth,
daughter of John Whitehurst, of Fairfield County,
Ohio, and they have a family of two sons and two daughters:
Margaret Virginia, wife of Charles
Heckerman, farmer, Blanchard Township, and America
Belle, wife of John Kizbeth, also a farmer of
Blanchard Township. His sons, Sherman Ellsworth
and Henderson, are both of the same vocation as their
father. Mr. Powell pays considerable attention to
the rearing and breeding of fine bred cattle and hogs. He
is a leading character in his locality, of a genial nature,
open-hearted, frank and generous to a fault. He has
oftentimes been selected by the people of his township and
county to represent their interests in the councils of Blanchard
Township and the county. He and his wife attend the
services of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he is a
liberal contributor. Mr. Powell has always
done a leading share in the support of all measures tending to
the welfare of his locality. In politics he is a Democrat.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ:
Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page 694 |
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Liberty Twp. -
D. M. POWELL, farmer and
stock raiser, P O. Findlay, was born in Hancock County, Ohio,
Feb. 3, 1840, son of Samuel Powell, a native of
Pennsylvania, who was among the early settlers of this county.
Samuel Powell settled in the wild woods and reared
a family of thirteen children, the subject of this sketch being
the ninth. D. M. Powell was reared on the farm,
acquired his early education in the common schools and has made
agriculture the business of his life. He has been
successful and is now the owner of a first-class farm,
comprising 236 acres of land in Liberty Township, this county,
on which he resides. In 1866 Mr. Powell was
united in marriage with Hannah, daughter of Jonas
Hartman, and a native of Pennsylvania, of Dutch descent.
They have one child, Fannie.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ:
Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page 795 |
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Union Twp. -
DANIEL POWELL, retired
farmer, P. O. Benton Ridge, Ohio was born in Fairfield County,
Ohio, May 19, 1815; son of John Phillip and Elizabeth (Raudebaugh)
Powell, of German origin and natives of Pennsylvania, former
a farmer and carpenter; their family consisted of fourteen
children, twelve of whom grew to maturity, Daniel being
the sixth. Our subject was reared on the farm and attended
the common school in Fairfield County, Ohio, and has made
agriculture the business of his life. He came to Hancock
County in 1844, and settled in Union Township, on the farm where
he now resides. As a farmer he has been successful, owning
now 240 acres of land. Most of Mr. Powell's life
has been devoted to hard labor; he has worked all day and all
night, when business was crowding, in the saw-mill in Fairfield
County, Ohio. In 1840 he was united in marriage with
Elizabeth Rauch, daughter of John Rauch,
and fourteen children were born of this union: Emanuel, a
farmer; Mary Ann, wife of A. Foltz; John
H., a telegraph operator; George W., a physician in
New York State; Jonas, a farmer; Sarah J., wife of
Joseph Bender; Ellen, wife of George
Whisler; Hattie, wife of F. Andre;
Louisa, at home; Catharine A., wife of D. Craft;
W. C. V.; Levina (deceased wife of Aaron
Double); Elizabeth, and an infant (deceased).
Mrs. Powell died in 1879. She was a member
of the United Brethren Church. Mr. Powell is
a member of same church. He has been trustee and school
director. In politics he is a Democrat.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ:
Chicago - Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page 867 |
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Findley Twp. &
Village -
GEORGE W. POWELL,
farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Findlay, was born in Fairfield
County, Ohio, Jan. 11, 1826, son of Samuel and Sarah (Rabenait)
Powell, who settled in Liberty Township, this county, in
1834. He is one of a family of eight sons and five
daughters, of whom five sons and three daughters survive.
George W. Powell was born and raised on the farm, and
from the age of twenty-one to twenty-eight occupied his time in
the winter teaching school and the remainder of the year on the
farm, and has been successfully connected with that industry in
this county since. At the age of twenty-seven he married
Mary Jane, daughter of Allen McCahan,
Esq., and they have two sons and five daughters: Solon,
Pearce (a teacher in Findlay, this county), Zela
Jane, Alice Melissa, Florence
Etna (wife of Charles N. Isham), Beecher
Worth, Patience Eugenia and Mary
Lucretia. The family attend worship at the church of
the Evangelical Association. George W. Powell is a
hard-working, industrious farmer, and has secured a handsome
competency. He pays considerable attention to the rearing
and breeding of fine stock, among which may be mentioned
short-horn cattle, merino sheep and Poland China hogs. In
public life he has held aloof from office-seeking; yet he has
held township and county positions of trust. In politics
he is a Prohibition Republican.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago -
Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page776 |
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Blanchard Twp. -
REV. JOHN POWELL,
minister of the United Brethren Church, and author of the
history of the Powell family, was born in
Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1819, son of Philip and Elizabeth
(Radebaugh) Powell, natives of Pennsylvania, of Welsh and
German descent, respectively, the former of whom died in 1849.
Of their family of fourteen children twelve grew to manhood and
womanhood, and still survive, our subject being the eighth in
the family. Rev. John Powell received his schooling
in Fairfield County, Ohio, and has been a minister of the gospel
since he was nineteen years of age. He traveled a circuit
when he was twenty-one years of age, and has been an itinerant
preacher for forty-five years. In 1878 he commenced
compiling the work known as "The Powell History,"
completing the first volume in 1880; the second volume is now
nearly ready for the press. Our subject is a successful
farmer and at one time owned 600 acres of land. He still
owns a farm in Blanchard Township, this county. In 1843 Rev.
John Powell was united in marriage with Elizabeth
Trapp, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Berkley) Trapp,
of German descent. Our subject and wife have four children
living: Mary K., wife of Elmer Harpst; Lydia A.,
wife of George W. Kinney; Ester J., wife of
George Harpst, and John L., the last named being the
only child of our subject now at home. John L. was born
Jan. 1, 1861; received his education in this county and is the
owner of 100 acres of well improved land; he also works his
father's farm, and deals in stock. He is remarkably
successful as a farmer and trader; is also much interested in
the breeding and rearing of horses. In politics he is a
Republican.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago -
Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page 694 |
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Eagle Twp. -
PETER H. POWELL,
farmer and justice of the peace, P. O. Findlay, was born
in Eagle Township, this county, July 17, 1838. His father,
Phillip Powell, of Mifflin County, Penn., came to
Fairfield County, Ohio, when nine years of age, and remained
there until 1833, when he moved to this county and settled on a
farm of 160 acres of land which his father had entered for him
in Eagle Township. Here Phillip married, Feb. 22,
1836, Miss Elizabeth Fellers, who died Mar.
6, 1841, leaving three children: Joshua, of Liberty
Township, this county; Peter H., the subject of this
sketch, and Simon W., in California (he married, May 27,
1876, Miss Volarian Dolora Lovisa
Cheenecoff, of St. Petersburg, Russia). Phillip
Powell's second wife was Miss Susanna
Tussing, to whom he was married Apr. 15, 1842; she died Oct.
25, 1857; she had one child - Moses - born Feb. 19, 1851,
and died Mar. 2, 1851. Mr. Powell afterward
married, in October, 1861, Mrs. Magdalene
Meisel. Phillip Powell died Aug. 29,
1866, leaving an honorable record as a faithful man and worthy
pioneer citizen. The subject of this sketch married, Mar.
24, 1861, Miss Catherine E. Cogley, daughter of Jacob
Cogley, and they settled where they now reside, in
August, 1867. Here they purchased the interest of the
heirs, and now own the homestead place of 160 acres of well
improved land. Their children are Jacob S.,
Alice Altona, Simon Joshua, Emma Virginia,
Mary Elmina and Clemens Laurence. Mr.
Powell is a life-long Democrat. He was called upon to
serve his township as trustee, and soon after, in the fall of
1872, was elected justice of the peace, and was re-elected in
1875, 1878, 1881 and 1884. He also holds the position of
treasurer of Eagle Township, this county. Judge
Powell discharges all his duties faithfully and honestly,
and to the entire satisfaction of the people. He and his
wife are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church; he is a
member of the I. O. O. F. He is a man of strict
integrity, progressive, public-spirited, a valuable citizen,
highly respected by the entire community.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ:
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Findlay Twp. &
Village -
SOLOMON POWELL,
farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Findlay, was born in Fairfield
County, Ohio, Oct. 11, 1832, son of Samuel and Sarah Rabinalt
Powell, who came to this county in 1834. When a lad he
received the rudiments of an education in the primitive schools
of his day, and while working on the farm he applied himself
during his leisure hours to study, and at the age of twenty-one
years taught school, which, in connection with his receipts for
his farm work, enabled him to purchase property and embark in
farming for himself. He has been successful, and now owns
240 acres of valuable land, well stocked. Mr.
Powell married, in this county, Hannah Thomas,
and by her he has one son and three daughters: Flory,
wife of Harrison Foltz; Effie, wife of
James Browneller; Junius and Tina (the
latter two being at home). Our subject and wife are worthy
members of the United Brethren Church, which he has served in an
official capacity for several years. He has also served,
with credit, on the school board of his district, and in other
local official positions. Mr. Powell is a
worthy citizen, a kind husband and father, and an exemplary
business man. He has sought to encourage a higher and more
progressive state of affairs in the social and industrial life
of his community.
Source: History of Hancock County, Ohio - Publ: Chicago -
Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 - Page776 |
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