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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	PETER RAUSCH, who is engaged in general farming on a tract of 100 acres in Orange Township, Hancock County, O., was born June 13, 1846, in Germany, and is a son of John and Barbara Rausch, both of whom always lived in Germany.  The mother died when our subject was but eleven years of age.      Peter Rausch was reared and obtained his education in his native country, and at the age of twenty-two years came to America, landing in New York City after a voyage of thirteen days.  He then came to Findlay, O., and soon purchased a tract of sixty acres in Eagle Township.  This land had originally been entered from the Government by the former owner, and about thirty acres of it had been cleared when Mr. Rausch made his purchase.  He subsequently sold this farm, and purchased his present farm of 100 acres in Section 1, Orange Township, and here carries on farming in a general way.  About five acres of the farm are yet in timber, but Mr. Rausch has done considerable draining and otherwise improved the land, including the building of nearly all of the fences on the place.      Mr. Rausch was married about one week after landing in America, his wife, who was Susanna Krichbaum, having come to this country on the same vessel.  Of their union were born the following children:  Peter, Philip, Katie, William, John, George, Jacob, and Charles.  John died at the age of seven years.      Mr. Rausch has been a resident of Hancock County for thirty years, and is one of the representative and public spirited citizens of Orange Township.  Politically he is an Independent Democrat, but has never sought office for himself.  He is a charter member of the German Lutheran church of which he is secretary. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 549
	JOHN D. RENSHLER, funeral director and embalmer, has been established in this business at Findlay, O., since 1895.  He was born on a farm east of Findlay, near the Van Horn Cemetery, in Amanda Township, Hancock County, May 6, 1871, and is a son of Levi W. and Mary J. (Harrison) Renshler.  The father of Mr. Renshler moved from Pennsylvania of Ohio.      John D. Renshler attended the local schools and when he embarked in the undertaking business, with I. Clark Bright, of McComb, he was entirely without capital.  He was associated with Mr. Bright at McComb for about six years and is still interested there although residing at Findlay, and is also a member of the firm of Renshler & Deeds, at Rawson, O.  Mr. Renshler is also proprietor and manager of the Twentieth Century Couch Manufacturing Company, which manufactures couches, caskets and davenports, together with a general line of funeral furnishings, making a specialty of a davenport which he has patented, as he has also a casket with an old iron finish.  They also manufacture the Landon Patent Cement Grave Vault.  This factory has been in operation since 1906.  Mr. Renshler is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Embalming at Boston, Mass., of the class of 1894.  He is a member of the Guaranteed Undertakers' Co-operative Syndicate and Exchange List Company, of Philadelphia.  He has well appointed quarters and keeps a full line of all paraphernalia pertaining to the necessities or demands of his business.      Mr Renshler married Miss Harriet R. Lanck, of Findlay, a daughter of Michael Lanck and they have two children: Nellie and Clarence J.  With his family he is a member of the Central Church of Christ.  He belongs to the Elks, Odd Fellows, Maccabees, Tribe of Ben Hur, Modern Woodmen, Red Men and the Home Guards. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 553
	ADAM RETTIG,* who is a general farmer in Jackson Township, Hancock County, Ohio, where he owns forty acres of land, was born in Van Buren Township, Hancock County, Oct. 15, 1859.  His parents were John and Katherine (Pifer) Rettig.  Both were born in Germany and they came to America about sixty years ago, landing at New York and coming immediately to Hancock County, Ohio, where the father purchased land.      Adam Rettig grew to manhood on a farm and has carried on farming and stock raising ever since he grew old enough to use farm tools.  He is a very practical, sensible man and thoroughly understands his business.  Mr. Rettig was married Mar. 6, 1886, to Miss Annie Appeld a daughter of Fred and Paulina (Marolion) Appeld, and they have had six children:  Charles who died in infancy; Linda,  who is married to August Clish and they live on a farm in Madison Township; Mary and Sherman who reside at home and are attending school in Jackson Township; and Clara and Ernest, both of whom died when young.  Mr. REttig and wife are members of the German Lutheran church at Arlington.  He has always voted the Democratic ticket. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 622
	FRANK S. ROBINSON, one of the prominent men of Hancock County, O., and one of the most successful and progressive farmers, owns 320 acre of valuable land, eighty acres in Pleasant Township, being his home farm, eighty more being situated in Blanchard Township, while 160 acres lie in Putnam County.  Mr. Robinson was born in Richland County, O., Apr. 25, 1865, and is a son of William and Mary (Kahl) Robinson.      William Robinson was born in Richland County and died there.  His parents were of English birth and were pioneers in that county.  They had two sons, William and James S. the latter of whom became one of Hardin County's leading men.  He learned the printer's trade and then entered journalism.  He established the Kenton Republican and continued its editor for a number of years.  In 1880 he was elected to the office of Secretary of State, in Ohio, and served two terms and for two terms was a member of Congress.  He became a man of wealth as well as public importance and entertained lavishly at his hospital home, his residence taking up a whole block at Kenton.  He married Hester Carlin, of Findlay, for his second wife, and a son and daughter survive them.      Frank S. Robinson is one of a family of ten children, in which there were five sons and five daughters, he being the sixth in order of birth.  Clara, the eldest, is the wife of I. Q. Haverfield, of Mansfield, O.  Florence never married.  Charles W. is a farmer in Richland County and married Belle Pittinger.  James C. is a farmer in Putnam County and married Flora McClish.  Jennie, who is deceased, was the wife of Morris Shively of Richland County, and is survived by two children:  Tola and Harry.  Kate is the wife of Paul Roethlisberger of Mansfield.  Etta is the wife of Walter Y. McGuire of Ashland County.  George resides on the old farm in Richland County.  He married Eliza Myers.  Walter, the youngest, married Irene Pittinger.  He is a farmer in Richland County.      Frank S. Robinson obtained his education in the Richland County schools and remained on the home farm of 140 acres until January, 1883, when he went to Deshler and in April to Blanchard Township, Hancock County, where he resided for seven years.  Since his marriage, in 1890, Mr. Robinson has lived on his present farm of eighty acres in Pleasant Township.  This is one of the best improved properties in this section of the county.  The handsome, modern residence is beautifully situated, and the barn, recently erected, is equipped with what is known as the Shawver's Patent, being the first one introduced in the township.  Mr. Robinson follows scientific methods and is credited with being the most uniformly successful agriculturist in this part of Hancock County.      On Dec. 31, 1890, Mr. Robinson was married to Miss Nannie M. Davis, the youngest daughter of Alfred Davis, a substantial citizen of Blanchard Township.  They have an adopted son, Tola a nephew of Mr. Robinson, a youth of brilliant mind and with bright respects.  In 1910 he graduated from the McComb High School, with the highest honors of his class and is preparing to enter the Ohio State University, at Columbus, in the fall of the same year.      In politics, Mr. Robinson is a Republican and in 1908 he was the nominee of his party for the state legislature.  While defeated he had a flattering following, running 250 votes ahead of President Taft, in the county.  He is a member of Hancock County Central and Executive Committees and was elected to the latter by a vote of twenty out of a possible twenty-one, although he had not sought the honor.  For more than fifteen years he has served actively in Republican politics, has been a delegate to two state conventions and was a delegate to the state convention which was held at Columbus, Aug. 26, 1910.  He is a member of McComb Lodge, No. 179, Knights of Pythias.  He was reared in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 443
	JACOB MELVIN ROBINSON, a successful farmer and representative citizen of Pleasant Township, Hancock County, O., where he owns eighty acres of valuable and well improved land, was born in Blanchard Township, Hancock County, June 28, 1864, and is a son of Samuel H. and Elizabeth Deter Robinson.      SAMUEL. H. ROBINSON, was born in Columbiana County, O., in 1833, and is a retired resident of McComb.  He was a mere boy when his father, Jacob Robinson, moved to Wood County, O., near Hoytsville.  The latter later moved to McComb, where he and his wife died.  Samuel H. Robinson lived in Hancock County, near the Putnam County line, for forty years, and owned a farm of seventy acres in Blanchard Township.  Before the railroad was built through McComb, he engaged in teaming for some eyars for the firm of Snyder & Barney of McComb.  He has alwyas been a respected and useful citizen.  He married Elizabeth Deter, who died in 1902, at the age of seventy years.  They ahd three sons born to them:  John Wallace, who is a farmer in Union County, near Marysville, O.; Peter Amos, who engaged in the poultry business at McComb, and Jacob M., of Pleasant Township.      Jacob Melvin Robinson was educated in the public schools at Hancock County.  Farming has been his main business.  His unmarried life was spent in Pleasant Township.  After marriage he lived for five years in Blanchard Township and then removed to Richfield Township, Henry County, where he resided for eleven years.      In the spring of 1905 he purchased his farm from his father and immediately began improving the property, building his comfortable and attractive residence and a modern, well proportioned barn, with dimensions of 60 by 36 feet and with a crib and wagon shed that is 16 by 36 feet in dimensions.  He carried on general farming and sock raising, following modern methods and considering the use of improved farm machinery one of the necessary adjuncts.  In politics he is a Democrat, but takes only the interest of a good and intelligent citizen in public affairs, entertaining no desire to hold office.      In 1889 Mr. Robinson was married to Miss Ida Alwilda Bowers, a daughter of Daniel Bowers, of Blanchard Township, and they have three children, namely:  Harold Clinton, aged eighteen years; Carrie Alta, aged fifteen years; and Velzora Marie, aged ten years, all of whom are being given educational advantages. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 570
	S. G. ROBINSON, whose farm of 160 acres is situated in Section 3 and 4, Blanchard Township, Hancock County, O., was born in Erie County, N. Y., May 29, 131, and is a son of Benjamin E. and Sarah (Gail) Robinson.      Benjamin E. Robinson carried on the tanning business in Erie County, N. Y., before he came with his family to Ohio, in 1838, and settled in Franklin County, on the National Turnpike road, eleven miles east of Columbus.  Of the seven children born to Benjamin E. and Sarah Robinson, five survive.  Mr. Robinson also has two half brothers living and one half-sister.      S. G. Robinson was seven years old when his parents moved to Ohio and he attended the district schools in Franklin County.  He was twenty years of age when he came to Blanchard Township, Hancock County, and he has seen many wonderful changes.  He carried the chain in the surveys made for many of the roads through this section and at time has followed an Indian trail which was not more than ten inches wide and in some parts not more than four or five inches, as far as the Maumee River.  Mr. Robinson cleared up the greater part of his farm by himself and has devoted the land to general agriculture.  He has been one of the leading men of his section and for twenty-four years has been a justice of the peace.  Being of a peaceful disposition himself, he has been able to settle many cases out of court and thus has saved much trouble. and expense to those who found it necessary to have their differences adjusted by some one with the right sense of justice.  In politics, Mr. Robinson is a Republican.      Mr. Robinson was married in February, 1859 to Miss Mary Ann Haddox, a daughter of Enoch Haddox, of Blanchard Township, and five children were born to them:  Edward, Stella, Ida, Samuel and Alexander.  After the death of his first wife he married Emma (McKain) Day, a daughter of James McKain, of Pittsburg, and later of Toledo, O.  Mr. Robinson has long been one of the representative men of Blanchard Township. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 497
	ALFRED L. RUSSELL, who owns eighty acres of farm land, situated in Section 6, Big Lick Township, Hancock County, O., six and one-half miles east of Findlay, on the Tiffin turnpike road, was born on this farm, Dec. 17, 1861, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Taylor) Russell.      William Russell was born in Jefferson County, O., Apr. 14, 1826, a son of William Russell, who was born in County Cork, Ireland, and came to America in 1812.  The father of Alfred L. Russell was left an orphan at the age of fourteen years.  He came as a farm hand to Big Lick Township where he worked until he purchased the farm which he continued to reside on until his death, on July 20, 1902.  In 1852 he was married to Elizabeth Taylor, who was born in Washington Township, Hancock County, and died Apr. 8, 1895.  To this union nine children were born, as follows:  George, Martha J., Wesley J., Emily, William T., Sarah C., Alfred, Robert B., and Charles.      Alfred L. Russell has spent the greater part of his life in his native township, where he obtained h is education, and has been engaged in farming and stock raising ever since leaving school.  The favorable location of his farm gives him one of the finest watering places for his stock, in the township.   He has two gas wells in operation on the farm that he uses for his own purposes.  He purchased this place in 190, it being a part of the old homestead.      In 1887, Mr. Russell was married to Miss Zettie Snyder, and they have had five children, namely: Floyd, Ethel, Arnot, Ruth, and Kent, who died in infancy.  Mr. Russell and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and attend services at Arcadia.  He is a republican in politics but has never been William to be a candidate for office.  He is one of the reliable and representative citizens and practical business men of this section. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 369

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