BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Twentieth Century History
of
Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens.
By J. A. Kemmell, M. D.
"History is Philosophy Teaching by Example"
Published by
Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co.
F. J. Richmond, Pres.
C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas.
Chicago, ILL
1910.
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JOHN BAKER, whose 240 acres of
valuable land all lies in Cass Township, Hancock County, O., 160
acres being in Section 26, and eighty acres of Section 27,
farther west, is one of the substantial and representative men
of this part of the county. He was born on this farm, Jan.
5, 1847, and is a son of Alexander and a grandson
of Grafton Baker.
ALEXANDER BAKER was born in
Carroll County, O., and was a young man when he came to Hancock
County. His father was Grafton Baker who was
probably a native of England but moved from Maryland to Virginia
and from there to Carroll County, O. When he came to
Hancock County he entered 200 acres of land in Washington
Township and a three-quarter section in Cass Township, and his
son John has the old deed for this land, bearing the
signature of Andrew Jackson as President of the United
States. Grafton Baker died on the Washington
Township land, leaving his property to his children. He
had four sons - Elisha, James, Alexander and Garrett,
and one daughter, Nancy, who was the wife of John
Ebersole. In the division of the property, Elisha,
Alexander and James took the Cass Township land,
while Garrett kept the old homestead in Washington
Township. Each one cleared up his own land, and erected
cabins in the woods, but Alexander was better off as his
father had built a frame house. All have taken pride in
keeping this land in the Baker name.
Alexander Baker married Catherine Eckert,
who was born in Fairfield County, O., and had accompanied her
parents to Hancock County. After marriage Alexander
Baker and wife settled on the 160-acre farm, on which
John Baker lives, although at that time it was covered by
the forest. Later he improved his residence and partly
cleared the farm. He died in 1849, aged thirty-seven
years, but his widow survived until 1909, dying in the
eighty-fourth year. They had the following children:
"Lucinda, deceased; John; and Amanda, who is
the wife of G. W. Norris.
John Baker had but meager school
opportunities as his father died when he was young, but he
remembers the old log school house. Being the only son he
was forced to take charge of the farm before he had reached
man's estate, but success has always attended his well directed
efforts. He no longer cultivates his land, renting it out,
and he enjoys a considerable income from oil wells on the
property. The substantial buildings on his home place he
put up and has done a large amount of improving in one way or
another. Mr. Baker has additional interests, being
vice-president and one of the directors of the Arcadia Bank and
Savings Company, at Arcadia, O.
On January 16, 1868, Mr. Baker was married to
Miss Sarah Binger, who died in 1887. Mr. Baker
has three children: Alexander, Lemuel and Amanda.
Alexander lives on a part of his father's land. He
married Marion Taylor and they have three children:
Earl, Helen and Garnett. Lemuel married
Mary Belle Dorsey and they have four children: Lois,
Harry, John and Frances. Mr. Baker is a
Republican in politics and at times he has served in public
office, having been township trustee and for twenty-four years
has been a justice of the peace.
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JOHN W. BAKER, postmaster at
Rawson, O., and the owner of a valuable farm in Union Township,
Hancock County, was born Sept. 12, 1855, one-half mile south of
Rawson, and is the son of Nathan E. and Elenore (Oman) Baker.
Nathan E. Baker was born in Lorain County, O., and
was brought to Hancock County by his father, Joseph Baker,
who was an early settler in Union Township. Nathan E.
Baker followed farming all through his active life and died
in 1900 at the age of seventy-seven years. He married
Elenore Oman, who was born in Pennsylvania and was a
daughter of Joseph Oman, who was one of the Eagle
Township's early settlers. She died in 1890, at the age of
sixty-seven years. They were well known and highly
respected people and are remembered in great kindness by those
with whom their lives were spent.
John W. Baker attended the country schools and
afterward gave his father assistance on the farm. In 1891
he was appointed assistant postmaster of the Rawson office, and
in 1899, received his commission as postmaster and has made a
very satisfactory official.
Mr. Baker has been a member of the Masonic Lodge
at Rawson for the past fifteen years, and has held every
official position in this lodge except Master, and at present is
serving as its treasurer. Since 1880 he has also been
identified with the Knights of Pythias at Rawson and has
likewise been an official of this organization. He is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Baker
has never married.
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JOSEPH P. BAKER, M. D.,
of Findlay, who takes high rank among the medical men of Hancock
County, was born at Fostoria, Seneca County, O., June 9, 1864.
His parents were Joshua c. and Clarissa A. (Moorhead) Baker,
the former of whom, a native of Columbiana County, this state,
followed the combined occupations of farming and teaching.
They were married in 1863 and their family in due time numbered
six children. When their son Joseph was an infant
they removed to Hancock County, where they have since resided.
In his boyhood days Joseph P. Baker attended
school at Portage, and later at Findlay, continuing his studies
until he had reached his sixteenth year. From receiving
instruction he then took to imparting it, becoming a teacher in
the schools of Wood County, O., in which occupation he was
engaged for seven consecutive years. He then began the
study of medicine, under the guidance of Dr. Anson Hurd
of Findlay, an old and well known physician. He
subsequently continued his professional studies at Starling
Medical College, at Columbus, O., which he entered in 1888 and
from which he was graduated in the class of 1890, his marked
ability as a student and his personal popularity having won for
him the honor of being made president of the class. On
leaving college he began the practice of his profession at
Findlay and thus continued for several years. To increase
his store of medical knowledge he attended in 1894, the New York
Polyclinic, and three yeas later took a post-graduate course in
New York, being determined to keep himself abreast with the
progress of his profession. His conscientious efforts in
this direction have borne their natural fruit in a large and
increasing practice and a high professional reputation.
Joining the Northwestern Medical Association soon after his
location in this city, he served as its secretary from 1895 to
1902, in which latter year the honor was conferred on him of
being elected president of this association - an honor that
sufficiently indicates the regard with which he was held by his
medical brethren, and which was the more remarkable because of
his youth. From 1890 until 1893 he served on the Pension
Board of Hancock County. He is the leading examination
surgeon at Findlay for several of the more prominent life and
accident insurance companies, and holds the chair of obstetrics
and diseases of children, in the Findlay City Hospital.
Besides his membership in the Northwestern Ohio Medical
Association, as already mentioned, he belongs to the Hancock
County Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the
Order of Railway Surgeons.
As an evidence that he was still held in affectionate
remembrance by his class-mates, he was elected, in 1901,
president of the Alumni Association of his college, being also
appointed one of the censors. Dr. Baker is a Free
Mason of high standing, in 1891 being made a Master Mason in
Findlay Lodge, No. 227, and being also a member of Findlay
Chapter, No. 58, Council, No. 59, and Findlay Commandery, No.
49. He was also made a Scottish Rite Mason in 1898, at
Cleveland, O., and is a member of Zenobia Temple at Toledo.
His other fraternal connections are with Findlay Lodge, No. 85,
Knights of Pythias; Findlay Lodge, No. 75, of the Elks, and
Hancock Lodge, No. 73, I. O. O. F.
Dr. Baker was united in marriage May 25, 1892,
to Miss Harriet Schwartz, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Schwartz, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schwartz,
and they have a pleasant home at No. 228 W. Lincoln Street,
Findlay. In politics, Dr. Baker is a Republican,
although his political activity has been confined hitherto to
casting his vote.
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JOHN BAME, who is
one of the representative German-American citizens of Orange
Township, Hancock County, O., owns an excellent and carefully
improved farm of eighty acres. He was born in Germany,
Nov. 5, 1857, and was twenty years of age when he came to
America, making the voyage on a vessel that required two weeks
to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
Mr. Bame had attended school in his native land and
had a good German education. He landed the port of New
York and from there came to Hancock County, O., and secured farm
work in Van Buren Township and attended two terms of school
there. He worked by the month and by the year as a farmer
until after his marriage. In 1897 he bought his present
farm from Jacob Heldman. He immediately began to
improve his property, completing the draining of the land and
rebuilding his farm residence and putting all the different
structures in good shape. He devotes himself to general
farming, especially grain growing and each year also turns out
some fine cattle.
Mr. Bame was married in Van Buren Township to
Miss Barbara Beach, a daughter of John Beach, and
they have three children: Mena, Henry and Harvey.
Mr. and Mrs. Bame are members of the Lutheran church.
He is an independent voter, making his own estimate of the men
who desire office and casting his ballot according of his
judgment. Mr. Bame has very sensible, practical
ideals on general subjects and enjoys the respect of his fellow
citizens.
Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock
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JAMES M. BARR,* who for many
years was identified with the oil and gas industry, and served
four years as postmaster of Findlay, O., was born June 27, 1847,
on his present residence property at No. 200 W. Front Street,
Findlay, Ohio, a son of James H. and Mary (Shaw) Barr.
JAMES H. BARR was born in Fairfield
County, Ohio, and in early manhood came to Findlay, Ohio.
He was one of the pioneer merchants of Findlay, being a member
of the old firm of Taylor and Barr, and was the first probate
judge of Hancock County, in which capacity he served two terms.
James M. Barr was reared in Findlay, Ohio, and
after obtaining an education in the schools of this city, went
to New York City, where he spent six years working in a whole
sale house. He then returned to Findlay, Ohio, where he
succeeded S. C. Moore as postmaster, receiving his
appointment during Cleveland's last administration. Since
the close of his term as postmaster, Mr. Barr has devoted
his time to the oil and gas business, but is now not actively
engaged in business.
Mr. Barr was united in marriage with Laura P.
Starr, who comes of one of he prominent families of Wyandot
County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Hiram J. Starr,
deceased, who was one of the prominent farmers and stockmen of
that county. Mr. Barr is identified with the
Democratic party in politics, and has served as councilman and
in various other offices. He is fraternally a Mason.
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J. W. H. BEACH, M. D.
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OZIAS E. BENINGTON
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FREDERICK J.
BICKELHAUPT, a retail grocery merchant of Findlay, O., is
a native of Germany, having been born in the Province of Hesse-Darmstadt,
near the River Rhine, in 1843, a son of John Bickelhampt.
The latter, who was born also in Germany, in 1821, emigrated
with his family to the United States in 1851, locating first in
New York City. A year later they came to Findlay, O.,
where Frederick J. Bickelhaupt has since made his home.
The father died at Findlay in 1896.
Frederick J. Bickelhaupt in his youth received
but a limited education, but later reading, together with
observation and contact with the practical affairs of life,
broadened his understanding and made him in time a man of good
mental equipment, which he is today. When the Civil War
broke out, like so many of his countrymen, he offered his
services, enlisting at Findlay, in October, 1862, in Co. G, 57th
O. Vol. Inf., with which he saw an active service of fourth
months, for the following three months being confined to the
hospital. Subsequently receiving an honorable discharge,
he returned to Findlay and entered into partnership with his
father in the grocery and produce business, which connection
lasted until 1881, when the elder partner retired from the firm.
The business was continued alone by the junior partner until
1896, when he also retired for a time from business activity.
However, in 1907, he resumed as a retail grocery merchant and is
conducting a large business at No. 513 So. Main Street, Findlay,
where he has a modern, well equipped store. In the past as
in the present, Mr. Bickelhaupt won public confidence
through honorable methods. In politics he supports the
principles and policies of the Republican party, taking an
intelligent interest in public affairs and always casting his
influence on what he believes to be the right side.
Fraternally he holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows.
Mr. Bickelhaupt was first married in 1870.
In 1894 his second union occurred, to Miss Addie D. Folk,
a daughter of George Folk, of Findlay. Her family
is an old one in this state, dating from pioneer days, and her
maternal grandfather, Israel Pence, was born in Ohio and
served against British in the War of 1812. Mr. and Mrs.
Bickelhaupt have a pleasant residence at No. 131 West
Lincoln Street. They are held in high esteem by the
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SAMUEL H. BOLTON, M. D.
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EDWARD BOUTWELL, who carries
on general farming and stock raising on his valuable farm of 100
acres, which is situated in Section 14, Orange Township, Hancock
County, O., was born in this township, Mar. 19, 1866, and is a
son of Edwin and Rebecca (Elder) Boutwell.
EDWIN BOUTWELL was born in the
State of New York and in boyhood accompanied his parents to
Coshocton County, O., where he was educated in the schools of
that day, mostly of the pioneer type. He then came into
Hancock County and soon married Rebecca Elder, of Mt.
Blanchard, a daughter of Robert Elder. They settled
in Orange Township and there eleven children were born to them,
three of who are living. Edward Boutwell was one of
the early settlers and did the most of the clearing of his land.
Later in life he moved to the State of Washington in search of
health and lived there until his death, in his seventy-fifth
year. His wife died when aged seventy-two years and was
buried in the Hassam Cemetery, Orange Township. They were
members of the Riley Creek Baptist Church.
Edward Boutwell has almost always lived on his
present farm and as soon as his school days were over began to
give his father much assistance. He spent the first year
after his marriage in Van Wert County and then returned to
Orange Township and secured the southeast quarter of the
homestead. This part of the estate he has greatly
improved, having erected all the substantial buildings now
standing and having done all the understanding and ditching.
The first wild-cat well drilled in Orange Township was on his
farm and some oil and gas were developed. He has six acres
in very valuable timber.
Mr. Boutwell was married in 1885, to Miss
Eliza Zarabaugh, a daughter of Peter Zarabaugh, of
Orange Township, and they have had eleven children: Charles
H., Burley, William, Arthur, George, Luella, Ward, Etta, Mabel
Coyce and Ruth. The family attend the Baptist
church. In politics Mr. Boutwell is a Democrat as
was his father before him.
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HON. CHARLES BRIGHT, a former member of the Ohio State
Legislature, a veteran of the Civil War and the owner of 353
acres of valuable farm land in section 16, Marion Township,
Hancock County, O., belongs to one of the old pioneer families
of Fairfield County. He was born in the log house that
stood on his father's farm at that time, in Fairfield County,
O., Dec. 28, 1835. His parents were
David and Leah
(Arnold) Bright.
DAVID BRIGHT was born also in Fairfield County, and
was a son of David Bright moved to Ohio in 1800, and the
land having been entered previous at that time. On that
land David Bright the second grew to manhood, doing a
large share of the clearing and developing. He was the
second born in a family of five children, the others being:
John, Mary, Sarah and Susan. He was twice
married, first to Leah Arnold, who died in 1855, and his
second wife was Susan Jessell who survived him, his death
occurring in 1889, when he was seventy-seven years of age.
To his first union the following children were born:
Charles : Samuel who is deceased; Emily Jane,
deceased, who was the wife of Adam Fisher also deceased;
James, who is deceased; Julia Ann who is the wife
of William Spangler; and two children who died in
infancy. To the second union two sons were born:
David L. and John. The latter still lives on
the old homestead.
Charles Bright grew to manhood in Fairfield
County and attended the district schools. In 1861 he
enlisted for service in the Civil War entering Co. O. Vol. Inf.,
and remained in the army for three years and six weeks, at that
time receiving his honorable discharge. He was a brave and
ready soldier and gained promotion, bearing the rank of sergeant
at the close of his service. He participated in many
decisive battles of the great struggle, among these being:
Corinth, Wild Cat Mountain, Hoover's Gap, Buzzard's Roost,
Jonesboro and Chickamauga, at times being in the very center of
danger but escaped injury the nearest to it being when he
discovered that two bullets at the battle of Chickamauga had
been stopped in their probably otherwise fatal errand, by his
knapsack.
Mr. Bright returned then to Fairfield County and
was married there on Sept. 25, 1866, to Miss Catherine A.
Carnes. In the following spring they moved to Hancock
County and he first brought 157 acres of his present farm from
the David Tussing heirs and later added the rest of the
land. In 1886 he completed the erection of his commodious
and comfortable brick residence. Until he retired from
active labor, he followed farming and stock raising and these
industries are still carried on by his son, David R.
Three children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Bright: John C., who is in the oil
business; David R., who manages the farm, married
Chloe Morehead, and they have one child, Marilyn;
and Effie E., who is the wife of C. M. Wisely, of
Findlay, and they have four children: Evelyn,
Catherine, Ruth and Dorothy.
Mr. Bright has long been prominently identified
with the Republican Party, and in 1893 he was elected to the
Legislature and served most acceptably during one term in that
body.
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HENRY C. BRINKMAN,
an enterprising citizen and well known general farmer of Allen
Township, Hancock Co., Ohio, is the owner of a farm of 75 acres
located about one and a quarter miles east of Van Buren on the
Ridge Road. He was born in Germany, Feb. 1, 1871, and is a
son of HENRY W. and
Margaret Brinkman, the latter of whom died when the son
Henry was quite young.
In 1881 Henry Brinkman came to the United States
with his father, who first resided at Findlay, Ohio, for a short
time. They subsequently removed to Van Buren, where the
father worked two years on the Mnason Adams
farm in Allen Township, and they continued their residence on
that farm until 1893, in which he had purchased in Cass
Township. He married for his second wife, Minnie Nique,
and they now reside on the farm in Cass Township.
Henry Brinkman came to the United States with
his father, who first resided at Findlay, Ohio, for a short
time. They subsequently removed to Van Buren, where the
father worked two years on the Manson Adams farm in Allen
Township, and they continued their residence on that farm until
1893, in which year Mr. Brinkman removed to a farm of 65
acres, which he had purchased in Cass Township. He married
for his second wife, Minnie Nique, and they now reside on
the farm in Cass Township.
Henry Brinkman was reared from his tenth year in
Allen Township, and obtained his education in the district
schools of that vicinity and at Van Buren. He fellows
general farming and is one of the prosperous and enterprising
citizens of Allen Township. He is fraternally a member of
the Knights of Pythias, No. 473, and of the Knights of
Maccabees. He has served as a member of the Allen Township
school board, and is a member and trustee of the United Brethren
church of Van Buren, Ohio.
In 1894 Mr. Brinkman was united in marriage with
Emma J. Lyon, a daughter of E. S. Lyon.
Mrs. Brinkman taught school for twenty-one, months, three
months in Hancock County and eighteen months in North Baltimore.
Of their union have been born the following children - Floyd
E., Bertha M. and Ruth Anlize, the last named being
just one month old when the agent was canvassing for the
history.
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HENRY WILLIAM BRINKMAN,
who is engaged in general farming on a tract of sixty-five
acres, located in Section 15, Cass Township, was born Apr. 23,
1842, in Hanover, Germany, and is a son of Lewis and Dorothy
(Trader) Brinkman.
Lewis Brinkman and his wife were both born in
Hanover Germany, and spent their entire lives in their native
country. They were the parents of one child, Henry
William, the subject of this record. The mother of our
subject first married Henry Agathon, by whom she had the
following children: Frederick Coberg, Henry, Detrich,
Dora and Lenora, all of whom are now deceased.
Henry W. Brinkman grew to maturity in Hanover,
Germany, where during his early manhood he worked in a factory,
and in 1880 he came to the United States. He had saved
some money before coming to this country, but the expenses of
the trip, together with sickness, swallowed up the greater part
of it, leaving him just sufficient capital with which to buy a
cow and some furniture. For the first two years after
coming here he worked out by the day at seventy-five cents per
day. In 1890, however, he purchased from L. Stacey
his present farm, where he has since carried on general farming,
and has made all the improvements on his property, having
erected a good substantial house and other buildings.
Mr. Brinkman was first married in Germany in
1868, to Margrethe schuhlenber, and of this union were
born five children, namely: William, Henry, who married
Emma Lyons, and has three children, Floyd Bertha
and Ruth; Minnie, who is the wife of Frank Harrold,
and has six children, Clara, Alice, William, Edward, Clarence,
and Floyd; and John and Sophie, who are
deceased. Mrs. Brinkman died in 1880, and Mr.
Brinkman formed a second union with Marie Flinert,
who died about three and a half years after their marriage.
On Aug. 20, 1884, Mr. Brinkman married Minnie Nickie,
a daughter of Fred and Mary (Doll) Nickie, both natives
of "Germany. Mrs. Brinkman was born Jan. 18, 1863,
in Hancock County, Ohio, the other children being: Carl,
Sarah, Mary, Dora, Josie, and one that died in infancy.
Mrs. Brinkman's father subsequently married Augusta
Cuert, which union resulted in the following issue:
Augusta, Lena, Emma, Anna, Martin, and Elva, a three
last mentioned being now deceased. The father died in
January, 1892.
Mr. and Mrs. Brinkman have had the following
children: Charles, who died in infancy; Edward,
who married Ethel Wilkes; Nora, who is the wife of
George Drake; Lewis; Dora; Emma; Lydia, and Augusta.
Mr. and Mrs. Brinkman are members of the Lutheran Church.
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REV. CHARLES I. BROWN., D. D.,
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JOHN MELVIN BYAL,
one of the leading citizens of Pleasant Township, who has spent
his entire life in Hancock County, belongs to an old pioneer
family of Ohio. His farm of 120 acres is devoted to
general agriculture and the raising of stock. He was born
in Findlay Township, Aug. 14, 1865, and is a son of Campbell
and Anna (Pendleton) Byal.
The Byal family originated in Ireland.
The grandfather, John Byal, settled in Findlay Township,
Hancock County, near the site of the Infirmary and he built a
mill west of Findlay. The father of John M. Byal
followed farming in Findlay Township and died in 1881. The
mother still survives and resides at Findlay. She was born
in 1836 in Hancock County, a daughter of Joel and Amy
Pendleton, both of whom died on their farm one and one-half
miles west of Findlay. For forty years he was county
surveyor of Hancock County. John M. Byal is the
eldest of his parents' family of six children and the three
other survivors are: Nora, who is the wife of W.
E. Gorrell, of Findlay; and Clement and Leslie,
both of whom reside in Findlay Township.
John M. Byal obtained his education in the
public schools of Findlay Township, after which he engaged in
farming and continued to reside there until he was twenty-three
years of age, when he moved to Blanchard Township. Mr.
Byal was a resident of that township for twenty-two years
and then came to his present farm. He has a very desirable
and valuable property here in which he takes much interest,
carefully cultivating his land and growing some very find stock.
Mr. Byal was married to Miss Frances Cornwell,
a daughter of D. J. and R. Cornwell, on Mar. 29, 1888,
and they have four children - Fern, Lester, Gladys and
Frederick - all of whom reside at home. Mr. Byal
and family are members of the United Brethren church. He
is identified with Lodge No. 354, Odd Fellows. Nominally
he is a Democrat, but in local elections he generally uses his
own judgment about candidates, putting the man and his record
before party.
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