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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Centennial
Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio
Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company
1903
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SORELY LARKINS
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 555 |
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A. B. LATSHAW
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History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 240 |
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WILLIAM A. LEAR
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History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 405 |
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MICHAEL LECHNER
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 180 |
Noah Lee & wife |
NOAH LEE,
who owns a fine farm in Jackson township, was born
in Amanda township, Hancock county, Aug. 15, 1845,
and is a son of Richard and Lydia (Wyant) Lee,
both of whom were born and reared in Fairfield
county, this state. The paternal grandparents
were Zebulon and Margaret Lee, whose birth
occurred on the banks of the Susquehanna river, the
former born May 16, 1758, the latter Sept. 9, 1770.
The Lee family is of English lineage and was
established in America in colonial days. When
the colonies attempted to throw off the yoke of
British oppression the grandfather joined the army
which achieved the independence of the nation.
He served as a mail carrier and as a spy and
experienced the hardships of the memorable winter at
Valley Forge. After peace had been declared
and the republic established he brought his family
to Ohio, settling in Fairfield county at an early
day. When his son Richard came to
Hancock county he came with him and spent his last
years in Amanda township, passing away when our
subject was about seven or eight years of age.
He had been crippled while in the Revolutionary
service, but he survived until ninety-four years of
age. His wife, who bore the maiden name of
Margaret Courtright, survived him for more than
thirty years, and was ninety-three years of age when
called to her final rest. Their children were
Rachel, Noah, Daniel, John, Richard and
Stephen. Stephen Lee, born Feb. 15, 1813,
also resided in Amanda township.
Richard Lee, the father of our subject, was
reared in Fairfield county, and in 1830 came to
Hancock county and entered a tract of land, upon
which he located in the spring of the following
year. He took up his abode in the midst of the
wilderness, for there were no roads, leading into
the depths of the forest, and he devoted his
energies to opening up a farm. He became the
owner of several hundred acres of land, including
two hundred and forty acres in the home place, and
he gave to each of his children a farm. He
died of lung fever, in 1856, at the age of
forty-eight years, and was buried in the Lee
church cemetery. His wife survived him a
quarter of a century, passing away in 1881, at the
age of seventy-two years. In their family were
the following: Zebulon P., who is
living in Weston, Ohio; John W., who died at
the age of thirty-three years; Caroline, the
wife of Daniel Gilbert, of Van Lue, Ohio;
Francis Marion who is living retired in Findlay;
David, who died when past the age of sixty
years; Stephen, a resident of Amanda
township; Jason, who is probably in Oklahoma;
and Noah. The death of David,
the fourth son, occurred in a rather tragic manner.
He was tolling the bell for a funeral, when the rope
broke and he went to the top of the belfry.
The board of which he was standing slipped, he fell
eight feet, and several hours later was found dead.
This took place in the Lee church in
Amanda township, where he had tolled the bell for
twenty-five years.
Upon the old home farm
the boyhood days of our subject were passed.
His father died when he was nine years of age and
his mother afterward married Jacob F. Houck,
of Houcktown. They removed to the farm upon
which our subject now resides. Mr. Houck
had also been married previously. He came from
Baltimore county, Maryland, and settled on this
farm. He died in March, 1881, from injuries
received while in a saw mill, and the mother of our
subject passed away in December of the same year.
Noah Lee was thirteen years of age when he went
to the Houck farm. He was the youngest
and only child left with his mother at that time and
he remained with her until his marriage, in 1866, a
month before he attained his majority. He
wedded Mary E. Sampson, a daughter of
Nicholas and Eliza Sampson. She
lived upon an adjoining farm and was twenty years of
age at the time of her marriage. Mr. Lee
rented the Houck farm for six or seven years
and finally purchased the property, becoming owner
of one hundred and forty-six acres. A corner,
covering fifteen acres had previously been sold and
the village of Houcktown established thereon.
Mr. Lee added to his place until it now
contains two hundred and sixty acres of valuable
land, upon which he has erected a set of excellent
farm buildings. He has two hundred and twenty
acres of the place under a high state of cultivation
and the farm is as good as any in the locality,
being well tiled and improved with all modern
equipments. He has always carried on general
farming, generally feeding his own stock, and his
attention being closely given to his agricultural
purchase, he ahs prospered as the years have passed.
In 1881 Mr. Lee was called upon to mourn the
loss of his wife, who died on the 20th of August of
that year and his mother died in the following
December. Seven children were born unto our
subject and his wife, five of whom are living.
Ora E. is the wife of Mack B. Smith,
of Jackson township; C. A., who resides on
the farm, married Lura Bell and she died
leaving one child, Edith Gertrude, who has
since resided with her grandparents; Rozilla
is the wife of Harry Croft, of Fort Wayne,
Indiana; Richard N. is a practicing
physician of Mount Blanchard, Ohio; Jesse is
still on the home farm; and two of the children died
in infancy. On the 15th of April, 1883, Mr.
Lee was united in marriage to Mrs. Belle
Parker, the widow of W. F. Parker, who
was a harnessmaker of Van Lue, Ohio. Her
parents were Frederick and Catherine (Funk)
Shuler, and she was born in Pennsylvania, coming
to Amanda township, Hancock county, when to Mr.
Parker, by whom she had one child, Harry J.
Parker, who now assists in operating the Lee
farm, being a partner of Jesse Lee in the
enterprise. No children were born of the
second marriage, but Edith Gertrude, whose
mother was buried the day she was two weeks old, has
since lived with them as their own child.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee hold membership in the
Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has served
as steward, class leader and as Sunday-school
superintendent for a quarter of a century. He
is a Democrat in his political affiliations.
He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows at Mount Blanchard and both he and his wife
are connected with the Rebekah degree. Well
known in the county, their friends are many and will
receive with pleasure this record of their lives.
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 144 |
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SAMUEL LEMOTT
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 150 |
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ROBERT L. LEONARD,
a prominent and well known farmer of Big Lick
township, owning and operating one hundred acres of
well cultivated soil, was born in the township in
which he resides, Aug. 4, 1854. Here he was
reared in the old homestead, which continued to be
the scene of his boyhood labors and pleasures until
his maturity and during the meantime he became
familiar with the curriculum
of studies covered by his home school. He
remained on his father's farm for several years
after his majority, his first real estate purchase
being in 1875 and consisting of ten acres.
This was soon increased by seventeen acres donated
to him by his father. These small holdings he
continued to improve, and in due time sold at a good
figure, with the proceeds of which he purchased the
first sixty acres of his present farm. He
cultivated this until 1901, when he added the
remaining forty acres. On this farm he has
erected suitable and commodious buildings of modern
construction, which add much to the pleasing
prospect. The marriage of our subject occurred
in this county in 1875, he being joined to Sarah
A., the daughter of John and Polly A. Kinsel.
To this happy union were born three childreen:
John A., a telegraph operator in Findlay,
Ohio; Fred S. and Estella G. Fred
S., the youngest son, has taken up agriculture
as his vocation, and is now working the home form.
The mother of these children was born in Big Lick
township, being a member of one of the noted pioneer
families of the early day. They are both
members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which
body he is a class leader and also a trustee.
The religious life of Mr. Leonard has always
been exceedingly active. There has never been
a time when he has not been connected with the
public life of his church in some particular.
He has served long years as superintendent of the
Sunday-school, and is at the present time advancing
his interests in the important place of chorister.
He is a man who carries out well the doctrines he
believes in his every day life without the sound of
trumpet or the display of banner. Fraternally
he is a member of the order of Ben Hur.
Samuel B. Leonard, the father of our subject,
was born in Pennsylvania, Mar. 27, 1815. His
grandfather was Robert Leonard, Sr., and his
grandmother, Frances Bayless, both of whom
were also natives of Washington county,
Pennsylvania. At the close of the war of 1812
they removed to Columbiana county, Ohio, where they
resided until 1837. At that date they came to
Hancock county, where they purchased a half section
of land in Big Lick township. This he divided
between his two sons, Samuel B. and Silas.
His family consisted of six children, four sons and
two daughteers. He later made
provisions for his sons William K. and
Abner. The daughters were Elizabeth
and Mary A. The parents were members of
the Presbyterian church, and were the means in their
day of the establishment of what is now known as the
Enon Valley Presbyterian church. He was
exceedingly strict with his children and looked well
to their moral development. He reared them in
accordance with the divine injunction "Train a child
in the way he should go, and when he is old he will
not depart from it." He died in 1867, mourned
by a devoted family and a large circle of friends.
The wife had died some years previously, about 1854.
Samuel B. Leonard was reared on the home farm,
received his early education in Columbiana county,
and removed with his wife to Hancock county in 1836,
his parents coming here a year later. He
continued his residence on the same farm which he
received from his father up to 1901. He was
united in marriage to Miss Isabelle Curry in
February, 1836. To this union there were born
three children, Elizabeth F,, John C. and
Robert L. John C., who was a member of
Company A, Twenty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, was captured at the battle of Chickamauga
and spent a period at Libby prison, from which he
was removed to Danville and finally to that dreadful
den at Andersonville, where he was starved to death.
The date is not known. Elizabeth is the
wife of C. Garber, elsewhere sketched in this
volume. Samuel B. Leonard has been
connected with the Methodist Episcopal church for
over sixty years. In that time he has been
very active in the service of the Master, having
served a continuous period of over fifty years as
class leader. His wife is a native of
Columbiana county, Ohio, born Nov. 29, 1815.
It will be of interest to mention in connection with
this family sketch that the first husband of Mrs.
Elizabeth Garber, Absalom Kleckner, was a
member of Company A, Twenty-first Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at the battle of
Stone River. He was sent home and buried with
military honors.
It is hardly necessary to add that Robert L. Leonard
and his family have the entire confidence of the
community in which they reside, in which they are
useful and loyal citizens.
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 50
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FRANCIS M. LEWIS
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BENEDICT LICHTY
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History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 320 |
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JACOB A. LINHART
- See JOHN H. LINHART
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 27 |
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JOHN H. LINHART.
One of the most valuable farms in Hancock county,
not only for agricultural purposes, but in the line
of oil producers, is that owned by the subject of
this review. It is situated in Cass township,
and on it are sixteen producing wells. The
subject of this biography is a son of Jacob and
Martha (Homing) Linhart, both of whom were
natives of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and
born about the year 1808. They passed almost
the entire period of their lives in the county of
their nativity, where they were successful and
prosperous farmers. In the last year of the
great Civil war they removed to Hancock county,
where they purchased two hundred and seventeen acres
of land, to which they added at various times, and
at their death the estate consisted of three hundred
and seventy-seven acres. Jacob Linhart
attended strictly to his own business, and succeeded
in paving the way for his descendants, who have
taken up the reins where he laid them down. He
gave adherence to the Lutheran faith, and was a
liberal contributor to the church. He died in
1872, his wife outliving him by two decades, and
their family numbered seven children, five of whom
are living.
John H. Linhart was born
in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1844, and
passed his boyhood on the farm, no event of special
importance occurring to break the monotony of his
existence. He acquired the ordinary branches
of education in the common schools of his district.
He has always confined himself to agricultural
pursuits, and upon arriving at maturity purchased
one hundred acres of land. He is a practical
farmer and a worthy citizen. He stands well in
tlie community, where he has held the office of
supervisor for some time. He, like his father
before him, is a member of the Lutheran church, as
is also Mrs. Linhart. This lady
he married in 1867, her maiden name having been
Hannah Starm. Her parents,
Samuel and Ehzabeth C. Starm, came to the county
about 1856 from Wayne county, Ohio, and settled in
Madison township on a farm of eighty acres.
They later removed to Fostoria, where Mr.
Starm pursued his early trade, that of
carpentry, for a number of years, and where he died
in 1892. Mrs. Starm is also
deceased, having passed to her rest in the year
1900. They reared a family of eight children,
four of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs.
Linhart have five children: Martha E., Jacob
A., Nellie M., Harvey S., and Curtis C.
Jacob A. Linhart, the eldest son, now one of the
progressive young farmers of the county, was born in
Cass township, Dec, 26, 1871. Being reared on
the farm, he early became familiar with the labors
of the field and meadow and assisted in the general
work. He passed his boyhood days uneventfully,
and in the common schools of his district acquired
his elementary education. Arriving at manhood,
he chose for a companion on life's journey a very
estimable lady and a member of one of the most
progressive and respected families in the county,
the record of which will be found elsewhere in this
volume. Her maiden name was Arnolda M.
Overholt, she being the daughter of J. S. and
Maria Overholt. Her marriage to Mr.
Linhart occurred Aug. 17, 1893, and to this
happy union have been born two children, Le Roy,
born Aug. 26, 1894, and John S., born May 14,
1896. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Linhart are
worthy members of the Lutheran church.
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 26 |
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LOUIS LONGBRAKE
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 214 |
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