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BIOGRAPHIES
HISTORY OF HARDIN COUNTY, OHIO
Containing
A History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches,
Schools, Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Military
Record; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent
Men; History of the Northwest Territory;
History of Ohio; Miscellaneous
Matters, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED
Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
1883.
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Jackson Twp. -
DAVID E. FISHER, farmer, P. O. Patterson,
is a son of Mathew Fisher, who was born in
Allegheny County, Penn., Apr. 23, 1807, and who. when bordering
on manhood, settled with his parents on the Muskingum River,
Ohio, where he married Susan Mitchell, a native of
Pennsylvania, born Apr. 19, 1807. They settled in Hardin
County in 1875, where she died. Of their twelve children,
David E. is the seventh, and was born in Muskingum
County, Ohio, Sept. 11, 1839. He reached his seventeenth
year in his native county, and acquired common education, which
he has since greatly improved by home study. During 1857
and 1858, he was in Missouri and Iowa, but has since been a
resident of Ohio, where he has handled agricultural implements
for Aultman & Taylor, of Mansfield, and for a time
was Superintendent of their lumber yard; subsequently, he
represented the Findley Manufacturing Company during three
years. On June 13, 1876, he took out a patent on his "O K”
farming-mill, in which he has perfect control of screens while
running; uses the same screen for coarse or fine, wet or dry
wheat; besides this, he has his "shoe" hung on diamond springs,
which adds much to the ease of running the mill. He now
lives on his farm of thirty-eight acres in Jackson Township,
where he has been. elected as Trustee several terms he is the
present Assessor of his precinct, and has served for nine years
in the same capacity. His wife was Miss Lydia A. Fitch,
of Jackson Township, Wyandot Co., Ohio. They have seven
children, all living—Milroy M., Martha A., Eva V., Emma M.
and Mathew R. (twins), John W. C. and Jane
W. He and his wife belong to the Baptist Church and
also the Grange. The mother of our subject was born Apr. 19,
1807, died May 7, 1876, aged sixty-nine years and eighteen days.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 957 |
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Blanchard Twp. -
C. J. FLACK, carriage-maker, Dunkirk, was
born July 4, 1849, in Sycamore, Wyandot Co., Ohio. He is a
son of Henry J. and Elizabeth Ann Flack, the latter
(deceased) a native of Maryland and of German extraction.
His father, a native of Pennsylvania, a pioneer of Wyandot
County, taught the Indians in school, and for six years was
County Recorder in Upper Sandusky. He settled in the woods
in Seneca County, where he cut timber and built the house.
The subject of this sketch was raised and educated in Sandusky
County, where he learned his trade of carriage-maker, and worked
at it there for fifteen years. In 1872, he was working for
six months, in Sycamore, Ohio, and then came to Dunkirk.
From October, 1874, to march, 1875, he was in Nevada, and for
eighteen months after in Cardington, Ohio. On the 14th of
May, 1874, he was united in marriage to Ella Rumler, a
native of Kenton, Hardin County, born Mar. 25, 1855, and a
daughter of Emanuel and Amanda (Rhinehart) Rumler);
latter of German descent, a native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
Her father, a native of Maryland and a pioneer of Hardin County,
walked from Westminster to Springfield in 1840. He
enlisted in the army at the close of the war, but did not serve.
Mrs. Flack was the oldest of a family of four, one son
and three daughters, one of the latter deceased. Mr.
Flack lost a brother during the war, in 1864. He was a
Captain in the One Hundred and Forth-fourth Regiment, Company A;
he was captured in the Shenandoah Valley; died while on the
cars, and was thrown by the rebels in a ditch. Mrs.
Flack is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In politics, Mr. Flack is a Republican, and is a
well-known citizen of Dunkirk.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 872 |
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Cessna Twp. -
JOHN FOIT, farmer, P. O. North,
Washington, was born in Germany Dec. 18, 1822, and is a son of
Frederick and Catherine (Horbecker) Foit. He came
with his parents to America in 1838, and settled in Hardin
County, Ohio, in the same year. In 1844, he was married to
Margaret Troutman, a native of Germany, whence she
emigrated when a child. To this union there was born one
child, John S., married to Rebecca Lipper. Mrs.
Foit was married to Rebecca Yerrias, a native of
Ohio. She died without issue in April, 1857, and in
May of the same year Mr. Foit took for his third wife
Mary M. Smith, by whom he had ten children, as follows:
Henry, Jonas, Stephen, Edward, Melinda, William, Thomas, Ellen,
Lilla and Emma. Mrs. Foit departed this life on
Aug. 29, 1882. Mr. Foit is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been its Class Leader for
ten or twelve years. In politics, he is a Democrat, and is
one of the Township Trustees, having also served as Supervisor
and School Director.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 922 |
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Liberty Twp. -
S. G. FOUGHT,
farmer, P.O. Ada, was born Mar, 4, 1829, in Perry County, Ohio.
He is a son of Jacob and Eva (Dacham) Fought, natives of
Pennsylvania and of German descent. His father, a farmer,
was an early settler of Perry County, having resided there for
nearly seventy years. Our subject was reared on the home farm
until twenty-one years of age, when he worked out by the month
for a time, and was for seven years afterward in a saw mill.
He subsequently went to farming, which he has since followed for
his occupation. In 1860, he came to this county, settling in
Section 31, where he is still residing, and is the owner of 120
acres of good land. In 1859, he married Alvena
Joerris, who was born in Germany, and is the daughter of
George Joerris. Her parents are both Germans.
Nine children resulted from this union, of whom eight are
living, viz.: Melinda A., Meda P., Caroline E.,
Lodema Catherine, Sarah E., Emma Amelia,
Rosetta Margaret and William A. Bertha, the youngest but
one, is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Fought are members of the
Reformed Church, where the former has been an Elder; he has also
been Superintendent of the Sabbath school. In politics, Mr.
Fought is a Democrat. He is one of the leading Germans in
the township.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 1001
(Transcribed by Teri Eriksen) |
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Blanchard Twp. -
C. J. FRY, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born May 5, 1833, in Knox
County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Mary (Mowery) Fry,
of German and English descent. He moved to Hardin County
when six months old, and with the exception of three years spent
in Illinois and Iowa, has remained here since. By occupation,
he is a farmer and stock-raiser, and makes a specialty of hogs.
He is the owner of seventy acres of land in Section 21,
Blanchard Township. On the 10th of September, 1857, he was
united in marriage with Susan Wilson, a native of Hardin
County, and a daughter of John Wilson. This union
resulted in five children - Lell F. Mary M., Cynthia,
Elmer and Nettie. He enlisted in the
Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company C, and served
three years and seven months, participating in the battle of
Dallas, Ga.; was taken prisoner at Fayetteville, S. C., and was
in the Andersonville, Danville and Libby prisons for twenty-one
days. Mr. Fry and his wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Fry has filled the
office of School Director, and for three years as Township
Trustee, and, in politics, is a Republican.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 873 |
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Blanchard Twp. -
ENOCH FRY, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was born
Feb. 2, 1830, in Coshocton County, Ohio. He came to Hardin
County when three years of age. Is a farmer by occupation,
and owns fifty-nine acres of land in Blanchard Township.
For nearly six years, he was working in California, where, at Point
Deception, off San Francisco, he was wrecked, and robbed of $800
by the purser. He returned to Hardin County in
1855. He enlisted in the Ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry,
Company B, and served until the close of the war; was
struck twice at Vicksburg and once at Pea Ridge. On the
12th of October, 1869, he was united in marriage to Sarah A.
born June 8, 1830, in Ross County, Ohio, widow of Thomas
Smith and daughter of Samuel and Cathem (Holverstott)
Strausser. Mr. and Man. Fry have no children of their
own, so they adopted a child - William E., born Sept. 10,
1876, aged two weeks at the time of his adoption. Mrs.
Fry was married to her first husband in 1850, in Marion
County, by whom she had five children, two deceased. Mr.
Fry and his wife are members of the Christian Church, in
which the former was at one time a Deacon. Mr. Fry
has filled the office of School Director, and is one of the
useful citizens of Blanchard Township.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 873 |
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Blanchard Twp. -
GEORGE W. FULKS, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk,
was born Apr. 5, 1846, Coshocton County, this State. He is
a son of Kinzey and Louisa (Lynch) Fulks; the latter a
native of Ohio, the former of German extraction a native of
Pennsylvania, who moved to Coshocton County at the age of eighteen
years, and is still a resident there. The subject of this
sketch is the fifth child of a family of ten children, seven
living. He was reared in Coshocton County and received a
common school education. In September, 1869, he was united
in marriage with Eleanor Byan (deceased), born June 29,
1850, in Coshocton County, and a daughter of Joseph and
Matilda (Graham) Byan, of Irish descent. This union
resulted in three children - Charles L., Frank L. and
James K. Mr. Fulks formed a second union, Apr. 24,
1878, in Dunkirk, with Cathem M. Shane, born Nov. 20,
1852
in Medina County. Her parents are John and Rachel A.
(Ault) Shane, of Irish and German lineage. Two
children have been born - Rachel Louisa and Claude.
Mr. Fulks has resided in Blanchard Township, this county, for
eight years; owns a farm in Section 30, where he carries on farming
and stock-raising. He is a Republican in politics, and
is a member of the United Brethren Church.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 873 |
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