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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	HARRY J. PARKER, who is engaged in general farming on a tract of eighty acres located on the Houcktown-Findlay road in Jackson Township, has been a lifelong resident of Hancock County, and was born Apr. 4, 1876 at Vanlue, Hancock County, O., a son of Wilbur S. and Mary A. (Shuler) Parker.  Wilbur S. Parker was also a native of Hancock County County, and followed harness-making at Vanlue, where he was residing at the time of his death.  His wife was a native of Pennsylvania.      Harry J. Parker was reared in Jackson Township and received his education in the schools of the district, and has always followed farming as an occupation.  He purchased his present farm of eighty acres in 1905, from the William Doty estate.  Mr. Parker is politically a Republican, and although never caring to hold office, is at present serving as township clerk.  He has for twenty years been a member of the M.E. church at Houcktown.      In November, 1898, Mr. Parker was united in marriage with Letie Houck, who is a daughter of S. F. and Rebecca (Sampson) Houck, the former a resident of Houcktown, O., the latter being deceased.  Mr. Parker is fraternally a member of the Macabees, Lodge No. 197, at Findlay, and of Post Nov. 67, Sons of Veterans. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 343
	DAVID PEPPLE, * whose valuable farm of 160 acres is situated in Section 23, Cass Township, Hancock County, O., is one of the representative business men of this section.  He was born on his present farm, May 13, 1861, and is a son of John and Mary (Groner) Pepple and a grandson of Simon Pepple.      John Pepple grew to manhood in Columbiana County, O., a son of Simon Pepple, who was a native of Pennsylvania.  In Columbiana County,  John Pepple was married to Mary Groner, whose people had also come from Pennsylvania, and after the birth of their first child, John Pepple and wife moved to Hancock County, settling in the woods, their tract being now included in the present farm.  The wife had inherited sixty-six acres from her father and later John Pepple added the remainder until the aggregate was 173 acres.  Their first house was the usual pioneer affair, made of logs, but as the land became cleared and cultivated and grew profitable, a better one was erected and their last years were spent in great comfort.  Her death occurred in 1891, at the age of sixty-six years, while his followed, in 1897, when he was aged seventy-eight years.  They had the following children:  Samuel, who lives in Minnesota; Reuben G., who lives in Michigan; Elias W., who lives in Cass Township; Lucinda E., deceased, who was the wife of E. Powell, of Hancock County; Simon, who is deceased; John W., who is also deceased; Mary Ellen, who is the wife of C. Sherman, of Hancock County; and David Edson.      David Edson Pepple may be said to have spent his whole life in Cass Township, the only time excepted being his twenty-first summer which he passed with a brother in the West.  He attended the district schools and then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, and later came into possession of the home farm through purchase.  He carries on general farming and raises stock for his own use.  He is a stockholder in and was one of the organizers of the Arcadia Bank and Savings Company, at Arcadia, O.      On Sept. 1, 1887, Mr. Pepple was married to Miss Ella M. Burman, a daughter of Henry and Susan Burman, of Van Buren, O., and they have one son, Clyde E.  This young man, who is a member of the class of 1911 at Delaware College, has made a fine record both for punctuality and scholarship ever since he began attending school.  Mr. Pepple and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Arcadia.  He is identified with the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and the D. O. K. K., belonging to organization at Findlay, Toledo and Arcadia. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 640
	BATEMAN B. POWELL, formerly county commissioner of Hancock County, O., and a leading farmer of Blanchard Township, where he owns 170 acres of valuable land, was born in Fairfield County, O., May 14, 1833.  His parents were Daniel and Eliza (Beatty) Powell.      DANIEL POWELL was born in Union County, Pa., and was seven years of age when his parents brought him to Fairfield County, in 1814.  He grew to manhood there and in 1832 was married to Eliza Beatty, who died at the age of sixty-eight years.  They had eight children: Bateman B.; Peter, who is deceased; Mary, who married Jacob Whitehurst; Sarah, who married Samuel Raney; Daniel who married Mary Cheesebrough; Elizabeth, who was married twice, first to Charles Weisner and second to James Wells; Alexander, who married Rebecca Jackson; and John, who married a Miss Shoeman.  After marriage, Daniel Powell and wife lived for a time in Fairfield County and then moved to Wyandot County and there both he and wife died, he surviving to the age of seventy-seven years.  He was a farmer and in early manhood had visited Blanchard and Eagle Township in Hancock County and had entered several tracts of land abut had never lived on them.  He was a stanch Jacksonian Democrat and so impressed his sons with the justice of those principles that all have followed in his political footsteps.  Both he and wife were members of the United Brethren church.     Bateman B. Powell remembers the first school he attended, the log cabin in which it was held being at Greencastle, in Fairfield County.  The trustees had not expended a great deal of money to fit the building with many luxuries, the one end affording the heat necessary.  However, at that time, many of the pioneer homes were no better equipped and the stern discipline of those days certainly produced a type of men and woman which the present generation can regard with pride and in many cases, may profitably emulate.  After his marriage, in 1857, Mr. Powell and wife remained on a farm in Fairfield County until the spring of 1860 and then came to Blanchard Township, Hancock County, where they have lived ever since and have the distinction of being the oldest married couple in this township.  Mr. and Mrs. Powell went to housekeeping in a cabin of two rooms, on a tract of twenty acres.  Gradually he increased his possessions until he had acquired 400 acres, this land having been entered from the Government in 1833.  Mr. Powell has been generous to his children, church and neighborhood, having given all his land away except 170 acres.  He cleared about 300 acres himself, put in the drainage and erected the substantial buildings.      In Fairfield County, O., in 1857, Mr. Powell was married to Miss Elizabeth Whitehurst, a daughter of John Whitehurst, and they have four children: Margaret V., who married Charles Heckman and they live in Blanchard Township; America Belle, who is the wife of John Kisseberth, a farmer in Blanchard Township; Sherman E., who married Ella Faller, now deceased; and Henderson E., who lives at Findlay, married Daisy Wells.  Mr. and Mrs. Powell are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and he assisted liberally in the erection of the brick edifice at Benton Ridge.  He served as county commissioner from Dec. 6, 1880, to Dec. 3, 1883, retiring from office with the confidence of his fellow citizens to accompany him to private life. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 302
	H. J. POWELL, M. D., * who is successfully engaged in the practice of medicine at Rawson, Ohio, is a native of Hancock County, born in Eagle Township, Aug. 9, 1870.  His parents are Irvin and Lucinda (Evans) Powell, the former of whom was born in Fairfield County and the latter in Hancock County.  They reside on their farm in Eagle Township and attended school there in boyhood and later was a student in the Findlay schools.  He afterwards engaged in teaching, for fifteen years following this profession at North Baltimore, in Wood County, and during nine years being principal of the public schools there.  For his educational work he was well prepared, having previously graduated from Angola College, at Angola, Ind., and in 1904, from Findlay College, at Findlay, Ohio.  From North Baltimore he entered the Western Reserve College and was graduated with his medical degree in 1908 and took a post-graduate course and received the degree of A. M., in 1909.  He located for practice at Rawson, in 1908, and has identified himself thoroughly with the interests of this town.  He is serving as a member of the city council, having been elected on the Democratic ticket.       In 1894 Dr. Powell was married to Miss Lena Roberts, a daughter of Henry Roberts, of North Baltimore, Ohio, and they have three children: Rose, Doris and Maxine.  Dr. Powell and family are members of the United Brethren Church at Rawson.  For twenty years he has been a member of the order of Maccabees and is medical examiner for the Rawson lodge, and since 1908 he has also been identified with the Odd Fellows. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 655
	J. E. POWELL, M. D., was born in Eagle Township, Hancock County, Ohio, on April 15, 1861.  The day the first gun of the Civil War was fired at Fort Sumter.  He was graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, class of 1890; has practiced in Findlay since his graduation and has served Hancock County as coroner. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 147 (Found in Chapter II - The Medical Profession)
	JACOB E. POWELL, M. D., physician and surgeon at Findlay, has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession in this city since June, 1890, and through his professional knowledge and skill, has built up a large and lucrative practice.  He was born Apr. 15, 1861, in Eagle Township, Hancock County, O., and is a son of Daniel L. Powell, one of the older residents of Eagle Township.      Dr. Powell was one of a large family of children and during his boyhood and early youth his help on the pioneer farm was needed by his father, the latter having secured his land from the Government in 1836.  Agricultural life, however, did not appeal to the youth in any way and he eagerly took advantage of every chance to advance himself in a knowledge of books, and at a surprisingly early age secured a certificate to teach school.  He continued to teach and while so engaged continued his own studies and thus prepared himself for entrance to Findlay College, of which he is a charter member, and while there followed the same course and prepared for the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Baltimore, Md.  From that institution he was graduated in March, 1890.      With his diploma in his possession, which had been earned through perseverance and self denial, Dr. Powell confidently entered into practice and the immediate and continued success which has crowned his work, has given the best testimony to the thoroughness of his knowledge as well as to his natural aptitude in this greatest of professions.  In 1892 he was elected coroner of Hancock County and served two years but otherwise has accepted no political position.      Dr. Powell was married Nov. 6, 1887, to Miss Eva J. Oman, of Bluffton, Ind.  They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.  Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow.  His convenient and well equipped office is located at No. 414½ S. Main Street, Findlay. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 364
	OLIVER POWELL, * a retired farmer and highly respected citizen of Findlay, Ohio, residing in a very pleasant and attractive residence situated at No. 608 Center Street, came here from his farm in 1900 and has continued to live here for the past ten years.  He is a valued member of the G. A. R. Post at Findlay, having served in this organization as chaplain and commander and gained admission to this body on account of his loyal service in the Civil War.  Mr. Powell was born Nov. 21, 1834, on a farm stuated in Liberty Township, Hancock County, Ohio, three miles southwest of Findlay, and is a son of Henry and Catherine (Fellers) Powell.      Henry Powell was born in Pennsylvania and lived there until after his marriage when he came to Fairfield County, Ohio, and in 1830 to Hancock County, where he entered land in Liberty Township.  HE developed an excellent farm and lived there until his death in 1876.  He was married first to Catherine Fellers, who died in1838, and secondly to Rebecca Myers.      Oliver Powell was reared on the farm in Liberty Township and attended the old log school that was not far distant from his home.  He engaged in farming and in 1858 built a saw-mill and operated it until Oct. 15, 1862, when he enlisted for service in the Civil War.  He became a member of Company H, 10th O. Vol. Cav., and remained in the army until the close of the War of the Rebellion, a period of two yeas and eight months.  With his comrades, Mr. Powell passed all through the Tennessee campaign, mainly doing scout duty, and afterward was under Sherman in the great march to the sea; he was present at the fall of Atlanta and participated in many of the most stirring events of that section.  He did not escape all the dangers of war.  When near Raleigh, North Carolina, his commander was surprised by a larger force and Corporal Powell, together with about 200 of his comrades, was taken prisoner.  The whole party was marched to Richmond and for two days Corporal Powell had a realization of that Libby Prison was like.  This was in the spring of 1865 when the Confederates were no longer anxious to keep their prisoners and with two days he was paroled and was given a furlough home by his commander for thirty days.  At its end he reported at Columbus but just then an order came from the Government that all paroled prisoners should be mustered out and with this welcome news he was soon on his way home.     Mr. Powell was married on Christmas Day, 1868, to Miss Rachel Comer, who was born in Liberty Township, and died in 1900, at Findlay.  Mr. and Mrs. Powell had six children: Blanche, who is a teacher in the McKee school at Findlay; Grace, who died aged one year; James Powell, who is an engineer on the Lake Shore Railroad and lives at Dunkirk, New York; Gertrude, who is the wife of Roy Flucke, of Findlay; Otto, who died aged two years; and Herbert, who died when seventeen years of age.  Mr. Powell continued to live in Liberty Township until 1882 and then moved to his farm of eighty acres near Mt. Cory, which he sold prior to coming to Findlay in 1900.  He has been identified with the Republican party almost since its organization but he has never been willing to accept public office.  From his youth he has been a member of the Evangelical church.  For years he has been prominent in the Grand Army and is very well known in the organization. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 626
	JOSEPH PUGH, who resides on his valuable farm of eighty acres, which is situated in Section 35, Madison Township, Hancock County, O., was born in Van Buren Township, Hancock County, Apr. 30, 1843, and is a son of John W. and Sarah Pugh.      The parents of Mr. Pugh were early settlers in Hancock County.  His father entered 160 acres in Van Buren Township, one mile west of Mr. Pugh's present farm, and there carried on agricultural pursuits until the close of his life.  He was a man of some consequence in his township and served some eight years as a justice of the peace.      Joseph Pugh was reared in Van Buren Township and obtained his schooling there.  From youth he has been engaged in farming, locating on this place after his marriage.  He devotes his land to general agriculture, grain growing and stock raising, and is numbered with the prosperous and successful farmers of Madison Township although in late years he has practically resigned the management of his farm to his son, John W. Pugh.      Joseph Pugh was married in 1865 to Miss Martha Johnson, lady who was born in Van Wert County, and they have had three children: Zenobia, who is the wife of John Steinman of Van Buren Township, and they have eight children - Della, Bertha, Marie, Cloyd, Ivin, Franklin, Howard and Raymond; John W., who was born and reared and attended school in Madison Township and now is manager of his father's farm, married Mattie Chestnut, of Hardin County, O., and they have three children - Cuma, Emma and Wilbert; and Arlando, who died in infancy.  Mr. Pugh has always been one of the responsible men of his township since locating here and for fourteen years served as member of the school board in District No. 6, Madison Township.  J. W. Pugh is identified with the order of Maccabees and attends Lodge No. 471 at Williamstown. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 550

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