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WILSON
S. SCHUYLER, Pleasant, Holgate p. o., a general
merchant, was born in Hudson county in 1842, and was a son
of John Van Rensselaer and Cynthia (Nichols) Schuyler.
Cynthia was born in Ohio, and her husband, John,
was born in Dutchess county, N. Y., in 1797, and died in
1868, leaving a widow and four children: Josiah,
William, Wilson S., and Rachel Jane.
Wilson S. enlisted from Harden county, in Co. D, 34th
Ohio, in 1861, under Colonel S. Piette, served three
years and eight months, was wounded and discharged from the
hospital at Cumberland, Md. He was married in 1862 to
Sarah Pickle, of Harden county. They have one
adopted daughter, Bertha E., born in 1884.
Sarah was a daughter of Tobias and
Margaret Pickle.
Wilson S. settled in Holgate, and became engaged in
the ashery business, and in 1876 went into the grocery
business; has increased his stock and became a general
dealer in all classes of dry goods, clothing, boots and
shoes, staple and fancy goods. He is now proprietor of
the leading store in town.
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James E. Schofield |
JAMES
E. SCHOFIELD. In the latter part of the year
1833, a number of pioneers and their families ascended the
Maumee River in rudely constructed boats. Among these
was the family of Jared Scofield, a former resident of
Delaware county, N. Y., who settled on lands in that part of
Henry county that was known as Flat Rock township.
Here he had a tract of forest land, ninety acres in extent,
that required the attention of himself and sons for some
months before it was fit for tillage.
After a residence at this place of only three years
Jared Scofield died. His first wife died two years
before this, but he had remarried. In the family were
nine children, of whom James Edwin Scofield, the
subject of this sketch, was the third. He was born
near Unadilla, Delaware county, N. Y., on the 13th day of
May, 1821, therefore at the time of his father’s settlement
in this county he was but twelve years old. He lived
at home until his father died, after which a guardian was
appointed for him, and he was put to work on farms, at which
he continued faithfully until about nineteen years of age,
when he went to Lancaster, Fairfield county, and took up his
residence with an uncle, where he remained one summer
attending school. He then returned to this county and
resumed general work on the farm and the canal, which was
then in course of construction, and so continued until the
fall of 1846 when he was elected surveyor of Henry county.
In this office he served two terms of three years each.
During these years Mr. Scofield, with his earnings,
started a general merchandise business at Florida, in Flat
Rock township.
Mr. Scofield, on the 16th day of September,
1849, took to himself a wife in the person of Catharine
Elizabeth Loesch, daughter of George A. Loesch,
of Flat Rock township. Of this marriage seven children
have been born, six of whom are still living. In 1850
Mr. Scofield was appointed postmaster at Florida, and
continued in office until I856, at which time he was
officially decapitated for not supporting Mr.
Buchanan as a presidential candidate; he was, however,
reappointed in 186I and held the position until 1864, when
he resigned and moved to Okolola, where he again engaged in
trade, and when a post-office station was established at
that place, in 1865, Mr. Scofield was made
postmaster, and so held until 1869, at which time he ceased
the mercantile business, resigned the office and returned to
his farm; he, however, continued to hold his commission as
postmaster until 1872, as his resignation was not accepted
prior to that time. From that to the present time
Mr. Scofield has been numbered among the thrifty,
persevering and successful farmers of Flat Rock. In
the affairs of the township and county he has always taken
an active interest, and has frequently been chosen by his
towns men to fill some of the important offices in their
gift; in 1846 he was elected county surveyor, as the nominee
of the Democracy, and affiliated with that party until 1856,
when he supported John C. Fremont, but since that campaign
he has been an active, earnest Republican. Since about
1852 Mr. Scofield has held some office within
the township of Flat Rock, and rarely has he been defeated,
although at no time in all these years has there been a
Republican majority therein; first he was elected township
clerk and justice of the peace, and held the last named
office for three terms; he has been township treasurer one
term; assessor two or three terms; road supervisor, school
director, and, at the present time is school director,
township trustee and justice of the peace. These
several and long-continued political holdings in a
Democratic township attest the honesty, integrity and
faithfulness in the discharge of duty, of James E.
Scofield, and place him in the enviable position of
possessing the confidence of his fellowmen.
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JOHN N. SCOFIELD. In
the year 1855 Mr. Scofield became a resident of
Ridgeville township. Four years later he bought the
land upon which was afterwards built the little hamlet of
Ridgeville, being so named for the township. Perhaps
no man has been so instrumental in building up and improving
the place as he, and there are few, if any, who have done as
much for the welfare of the township at large as has Mr.
Scofield. With its civil and political history he
has been closely identified for upwards of thirty years, and
although his political convictions are not in accord with
the majority of the voters of the township, his personal
standing has been sufficient to break down party lines, and
place him in some most important of hits offices; still, he
has not been, by any means, a politician, nor has he ever
sought, while in office, to advance his own or his party's
interest at the expense of the opposing party; his efforts,
rather, have been directed toward the improvement and
development of the locality, thus benefiting the whole
people. As is well known, Mr. Scofield holds to
the doctrine of Republicanism, and, in the various offices
that he has been chosen to fill, he has always been the
representative of the Republican party. His candidacy
for the county office of probate judge is well re ran well
up with the ticket, notwithstanding the fact that he was
opposed by one of the strongest Democrats of the county - a
person of no less strength that James G. Haly.
John Newberry Scofield was born in Seneca county,
N. Y., August 30, 1814. When he was but three years
old his parents, Benjamin and Sally (Newberry) Scofield,
with their children, left Seneca county and came to Ohio,
locating in Strongville township, Cuyahoga county, where the
father purchased a tract of wild land, and upon which he
commenced an improvement, although his former occupation was
that of a carpenter. In the family of Benjamin
Scofield was thirteen children, and of these John
was the eighth in the order of their birth. John
lived with his parents until he became of age, and during
these years acquired a very good common school education.
At the age of twenty-one he went to Cleveland, where he
learned the carpenter trade, and at which he worked some six
or seven years, continuously thereafter, but he devoted
considerable of his time to teaching and farm work in
various portions of Cuyahoga county; in all his mechanical
labors in this county covered a period of something like
twenty years.
In the year 1837 he went to the town of Independence to
teach school, and while so employed, became acquainted with
Miss Anna L. Stafford one of his pupils, to whom, on
the 6th of September, 1838, he was married. From this
time until 1855, Mr. Scofield was variously
employed, part of the time on his father's farm, again at
his trade, then he bought and improved a piece of land, but,
in the year last named sold out and came to Henry county,
locating in Ridgeville township, where he purchased a
saw-mill property, completed the mill and set the machinery
in motion. This he owned and operated successfully for
about twenty-one years.
In connection with his business operations in this
locality Mr. Scofield has became possessed of large
tracts of wooded land, and many fine farms show the results
of his labor. In other branches of business, also, he
has been very active, and established and operated them with
good success. He built a cheese factory in the
township in 1867, but sold it after one season. In
January, 1878, he started a general store at Ridgeville, and
still owns and conducts it. In 1861, under the
administration of President Lincoln, Mr. Scofield was
appointed postmaster at this place, the name of the office
being Ridgeville Corners, but after about three or four
years he resigned; again, under President Hayes, he
was reappointed and held until the year 1887, when, under
the new administration, a successor was appointed.
In the year following that in which Mr. Scofield
became a resident of of Henry county, 1856, on the ad of
December, his wife, Anna, was taken away by the hand
of death. She bore him six children, but all of these,
save one, are dead. On the 16th of December, 1858,
Mr. Scofield married Margaret N. Harring, of Port
Byron, N. Y. She died March 26, 1886. Again, on
December 30, 1886, he was married to Sarah E. Harris,
of Ridgeville.
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Robert K. Scott |
HON. ROBERT K. SCOTT.
These pages do not contain the space requisite for a
detailed narrative of the events of the life of this man,
nor is it in accord with his desire that such detail should
be given, but rather, as a necessary part of the history of
Henry county, for his life during the last thirty-five years
has been almost inseparably connected with that there should
be made some reference to a career of business activity, and
one closely associated with the civil, social, political and
military history of the county, more closely, perhaps, than
that of any other person. Again, there lives not
within the county’s borders a single person that has risen
by his own or another’s effort to occupy the honorable and
distinguished positions that have been assigned, by those in
authority, to Robert K. Scott.
Governor Scott's residence in Henry county was
the result of an incident rather than of intent, as, at that
time, he was journeying westward over the Miami and Erie
Canal toward the Mississippi River, and thence intending by
water to reach California, where he had previously, though
for a short time, resided; but, on reaching the town of
Florida, he met a party of former acquaintances, by whom his
baggage was taken ashore and he, vi et armis,
compelled to accompany them ; still, this whole proceeding
was altogether friendly and with the desire that young Dr.
Scott should remain with them. Robert
Kingston Scott was a native of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, born in Armstrong county on the 8th day of
July, in the year 1826. His parents were John and
Jane (Hamilton) Scott. The father had been a civil
engineer, but at the time of Robert’s youth was a
farmer, and on the farm our subject passed the early years
of life, at work and in attending the district school.
Early in life Robert determined to enter some
profession and had a strong inclination for the law, but
subsequent events changed his course and he became a member
of the medical profession. At the age of fifteen he
left home and came to Stark county, in this State, where he
had a sister residing and with whom he lived and attended
school, the facilities for an education being much better
here than then could be found in Armstrong county.
Later young Scott began teaching school and, at the
same time, boarded with the family of Dr. Graves,
of Navarre, in Stark county. Here he gradually drifted
into the study of medicine and afterward supplemented his
course by lectures and further study at the Starling Medical
College at Columbus. He went to California just at the
time when the “ gold fever” was at its height. This
was in 1850, one year too late to entitle our subject to the
distinction Of having been a “Forty-niner."
Dr. Scott spent one year in the Golden
State; he first went to digging, or rather making
preparations for digging; he succeeded in turning the Middle
Fork of the American River, but just as this great task was
completed and a very rich deposit of mineral discovered, the
Doctor awoke one morning to find
no less than forty feet of water over his claim ; but his
work was not wholly lost as he had already secured some
valuable dust, and he was the only person engaged in this
work that gained anything except disappointment. After
this, in company with eight men, our subject started on a
prospecting trip to the locality known as the " Secret
Diggings,” where they worked successfully for a time, but
Scott soon left the mines and commenced practice, which
he continued for some months with marked success; but,
following his inclination, he started for a return journey
to his home. On the way he visited several places of
interest along the coast of Mexico and South America.
After what seemed to him a visit of sufficient length
among friends and relatives, Dr. Scott again set his
face westward, intending to return to California, and it was
while carrying out this determination that he journeyed
across Henry county, where “circumstances " changed his
purpose, as has been heretofore narrated.
Having decided to remain in Florida, Dr.
Scott resumed his professional work and soon acquired a
remunerative practice. He had a thorough understanding
of medicine, and his reputation as a physician soon became
established throughout the county, and even beyond its
borders. For five years he was actively engaged here,
but after that became interested in a successful mercantile
business, which he continued for something like one and
one-half years, when he disposed Of it and came to reside at
the county seat. This was in the year 1860. Here
he formed a business partnership with Samuel M. Heller,
but, at the breaking out of the war, sold his interest to
that gentleman and devoted his own time, attention and
means, unselfishly and without hope of reward, to recruiting
and sending companies to the front. In the
organization of the Fourteenth and Thirty-eighth Regiments
he bore an active part, traveling throughout the county and
vicinity, raising men and perfecting these military
organizations; this being done he commenced recruiting the
Sixty eighth Infantry, which regiment has ever been known as
the pride of Henry county, it being composed largely of
young men from the several townships of that county. In this
work Dr. Scott was acting under orders from
Governor Dennison, and upon the full organization of the
command, he was entitled to, and offered the commission of
colonel, but declined and accepted that of lieu
tenant-colonel, while Harry Steedman was made
regimental commander. Soon after, however, Scott
succeeded to the command, and so continued until the fall of
Vicksburg, where by every military consideration, coolness
in action, bravery, and above all, meritorious services, he
honestly earned, and received a commission as
brigadier-general of United States Volunteer Infantry, the
instrument conferring this rank bearing the date of December
12, 1863. Again, in March, 1865, General
Scott was brevetted major-general, which rank he did not
resign nor was he mustered out of service, but, on the 15th
Of December following, he was ordered by the secretary of
war to report to General O. O. Howard at Washington;
which order being complied with, he was sent to relieve
General Saxton, at Charleston, S. C., as
commissioner of freedmen, refugees and abandoned lands.
In this capacity General Scott entered upon the
discharge of his duties soon after the first of January,
1866; he satisfactorily adjusted the difficulties existing
between the whites and blacks; protected the interests of
the loyal white residents and controlled the disposition of
the abandoned lands in the State. He was vested with
wide discretionary powers and much latitude in the
transaction of the business of his office; many abuses were
corrected and the affairs of the State were placed on a firm
basis. Notwithstanding the scope of his duty and
the many opportunities that were presented for self
advancement, and gain, General Scott was never
charged either with malfeasance or misfeasance in office,
and in this regard he was almost the only officer so
invested with power against whom no charge of corrupt
practice was made, or against whom no word of suspicion was
uttered. While in the performance of his duties here,
at the request of many citizens of Charleston and of the
State generally, the muster out of General Scott
from the service of the United States was suspended, but in
July, 1868, his resignation was accepted. In the same
year, having gained a residence in the State, General
Scott was placed in nomination by the Republican
State Convention for the office of governor, and at the
polls was elected by a majority of 45,000. Two years
later he was reelected to the same office, although by a
less majority of votes.
This was a period of reorganization. During his
first official term Governor Scott was ably assisted
by the most capable of the financiers and statesmen of the
Commonwealth; and there was but little political opposition
to his administration; but during his latter term of service
his administration was constantly hampered and embarrassed
by the designs of unscrupulous money getters, carpet baggers
and other obstructing elements against whom he had to
contend. Still further, the Democracy of the State again
became organized and sought, by all schemes and measures, to
overrun the Republican organization, which was eventually
accomplished.
It would be a useless task to attempt to set forth the
every act that marked the official life in the South of
Governor Scott, nor is it considered an important
feature of this sketch. Suffice it, therefore, to say
that his administration was a success; his duty lay plainly
before him and faithfully and fearlessly did he fulfill it;
and notwithstanding the clamor of certain of the chivalric
opposition, the governor’s efforts toward building up a safe
governmental structure for the State were materially
assisted by a large contingent of the honest and
conscientious residents of the city of Charleston and
elsewhere.
For a period of some six years after his retirement
from official life Governor Scott continued to
reside in Columbia, where he was engaged in business, mainly
in dealing in stocks and bonds, besides giving some
attention to farming, but in July, I878, he, with his
family, returned to Napoleon, and his long neglected real
estate interests in this locality. From that until the
present time he has been one of the most extensive and
successful dealers in lands
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DR. AUGUSTUS R. SCHAEFFER,
Ridgeville, Ridgeville Corners p. o., was born in Goshen,
Elk hart county, Ind., in 1859. He was a graduate of the
Normal School at Goshen, in 1875, after which he learned the
baker’s trade; not satisfied with this business, he read
medicine with Drs. Wickham and Irvine,
and was graduated from the Eclectic Medical College of
Cincinnati, in 1880, after which he settled in South Bend,
Ind, and in 1883 came to Ridgeville, and now resides here in
the practice of his profession, that of a physician and
surgeon. He was married in 1882, to Grace E. Price.
They have two children, Genevieve and Bessie. Grace
E. was a daughter of John and Emma Price. Dr.
A. R. Schaffer was a son of C. N. Schaffer and
Christina (Gould) Schaffer, who emigrated
from Wurtemburg, Germany, and settled in Indiana, in 1847.
They had two children, Dr. A. R. and Emma. C. H.
was a blacksmith by trade, but is now engaged in the
mercantile business at Goshen.
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A. B. Scribner |
A. B. SCRIBNER.
In the year 1818 there came to the Maumee
Valley the family of Elisha Scribner, a native
and former resident of Onondaga county, N. Y. The
family did not, however, come directly to this locality upon
leaving the Empire State, but went to Cincinnati, thence to
Greeneville, Darke county, and from the last named place
came to that part of the Maumee Valley that was, two years
later, erected into the county of Henry, and at the point
then known as Prairie du Masque.
Elisha Scribner was the grandfather of
the subject of this sketch. The pioneer lived only ten
or twelve years in this county when he was taken away by the
hand of death.
Edwin Scribner, the father of our
subject, was one“ of the younger children
of Elisha, and was some ten or twelve years old at
the time of the family’s settlement in this valley. At
about the age of twenty-one Edwin Scribner
married Lucinda Bucklin, of which marriage
seven children were born, and of these children, Allen
Bawher Scribner, the subject of this sketch,
was next to the oldest. That Edwin Scribner
was one of the most enterprising men of the county is fully
shown by the following narrative of the events of the life
of his son during the days of young manhood. He was,
moreover, deeply interested in all that pertained to the
welfare and education of his own family and the people of
the county as well. For many terms he was a teacher of the
schools of his vicinity, and among those who were his pupils
can be named some of the most prosperous business men and
farmers of the county.
Allen B. Scribner was born on the 25th day of
March, in the year I835, in what was then Damascus township,
but is now included within the boundaries of Washington
township. He was brought up on the farm, performing such
work as could be done by a boy, and on every occasion
possible attending school, with the desire of acquiring an
education more extended than was given in the schools of the
locality; but it seems that much of his time was required by
his father in the work on the farm and at the saw-mill,
where he was chief assistant, not only at the work, but in
keeping the books and attending generally to the business.
When about twenty-three years of age young Scribner
obtained his father’s consent for a course of collegiate
study, and although the son had devised a plan whereby the
necessary expense could be defrayed without parental
assistance, nevertheless the father insisted upon paying the
same, and made that the only condition of his son’s action.
In the year 1859 Mr. Scribner entered
Heidelberg College, at Tiffin, O., where he remained but a
single year, and then, in the fall of 1860, entered the Ohio
Wesleyan University at Delaware, taking a classical course.
From this institution he did not graduate, but left during
his senior year to accept a traveling situation with a large
publishing house of New York city. This action was in part
induced by one of the college faculty, by whom young
Scribner had been highly recommended to the firm as a young
man of superior qualifications.
In the same year in which he left college Mr.
Scribner was married to Mary Catharine
Potter, daughter of John Potter, of
Delaware county, O. Of this marriage five children
have been born, three of whom are still living.
For a period of four years Mr. Scribner
was connected with the publishing house, performing
satisfactorily every duty to which he was assigned, and the
experience acquired by him during these years was of benefit
equal to his salary, as he was brought constantly into
association with men of under
standing and recognized ability, by which he was enabled to
readily judge of men and men's natures, which has proved of
great value to him in business life.
After having severed his connection with this firm
Mr. Scribner returned home, and for five years
thereafter managed his father's farm. This, too, was a
successful venture, and a source of profit. In 1871 he left
the farm and moved to Napoleon, and engaged in manufacture
connected with a foundry and machine shop, under the firm
style of Scribner & Badeau, and was so
continued for about one year when the firm became
Scribner & James; but, still later, was entirely
owned and managed by our subject until it was finally
closed. In 1875 he started a fire insurance business
at Napoleon, and continued it about two years, when he
retired, and, in 1877, established an agricultural implement
business, which he has since successfully managed. To
this, in 1880, was added a general and extensive hardware
stock, the combined interests requiring Mr.
Scribner’s whole time and attention.
In all his business relations and associations with men
Mr. Scribner has been governed and actuated by
principles of entire fairness, honesty and perseverance, and
in his multitude of transactions no word is spoken against
his integrity, and no man can well say to the contrary.
These qualities have not only made him a leading business
man of the county, but one who possesses the confidence,
respect and esteem of his fellow-men.
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ALLEN B.
SCRIBNER, Napoleon, a general hardware dealer of
Napoleon, O., was born in Henry county, March 25, 1835, and
was a son of Edwin and Lucinda (Bucklin) Scribner,
who were married in October, 1831. Lucinda was
born in Vermont, in February, 13, 1813, and Edwin was
born in Otsego county, N. Y., in 1808. Edwin settled
in Henry county with his parents, in 1818. He
was a son of Elisha and Nancy Scribner. Elisha
invested in land, and soon became one of the leading men of
the northwest. He held many of the town and county
offices, and was serving the office of side judge at the
time of his death, which occurred in 1825. Elisha
and Nancy left four sons and three daughters, of whom
Edwin was the only surviving one of his family.
He was termed the pioneer of Henry county, and the oldest
resident of the county living at the time of his death,
which occurred May 16, 1887.
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DAVID C.
SCRIBNER, Washington, Liberty p. o., was born in
Washington township, Henry county, in 1844, and was a son of
the early pioneers, Edward and Lucinda (Bucklin)
Scribner. Edwin settled in Washington county with
his parents in 1817. He was a son of Judge Elisha
and Nancy Scribner, who came to Ohio from Otsego county,
N. Y., where Edwin was born in 1808. Judge
Elisha died in Henry county in 1875, leaving four
sons and three daughters, of whom Edwin is the only
one :now living. Edwin was married in 1829 to
Lucinda Bucklin, who was born in Vermont.
David C. Scribner was married in 1873 to Nellie
May Austin, who was born in Belgrade,
Kennebeck county, Me., in 1846 . They have had a family of
three sons: Frank L., Harry C., and Ralph Clark.
Nellie was a daughter of Leonard and
Charlotte Austin. Nellie was a teacher for
several terms. David C. was engaged in the
mercantile business in Liberty, and also in Missouri, and
settled on his farm in Washington township, in 1875.
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HARPER SENTER,
Harrison, Grelton p. o., one of the leading farmers of Henry
county, was born in New Hampshire in 1812, and was a son of
Leonard and Lucy (Palmer) Senter, who settled in
Muskingum county in 1818, where Lucy died.
Harper was bound out to Asa Crockett, and
at the age of twenty-one years, commenced his business
life as a farmer. He was married in 1835 to Irene
Emery, who was born in 1815. They have had two
children: Caroline was married in 1858 to Alden C.
Emery. They have had one son, Vernon J.,
and Asa C., who was married in 1878 to Ellen E.
Emery. He enlisted in the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 10th
Army Corps, in 1864, and served to the end of his term of
enlistment. He settled in Harrison in 1847,
on his present homestead of 160 acres, which was then
covered with a heavy growth of timber, put up a log house,
and gave accommodations to a. family of ten persons during
the winter. He has now one of the finest improved
farms in the county. Mrs. Senter was a
daughter of Tristam and Lydia (Whitmarsh) Emery, who
settled in Seneca county in 1833.
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JOSEPH SHAFF,
Napoleon, was born at Nassau, Germany, in 1846 and settled
in Crawford county, O., in 1854, with his parents,
Phillip and Appolina Shaff. His
father died in 1859, after which his mother, with four
children settled in Henry county. The mother died in l882.
Joseph was apprenticed to learn the carriage
and wagon business and commenced his present business in
1870 as a manufacturer of carriages, wagons, sleds and
cutters. He was married in 1876 to Kate
Lenhard.
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DOCTOR J. W. SHARPE,
Damascus, McClure p. o., a physician and surgeon of McClure,
Damascus township, was born in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada in
1858. He read medicine and was graduated from the
Toronto University in 1879 and settled in Ridgeville, and in
1870 came to Damascus and settled here in the practice of
his profession. He erected his office and stocked it
with medicine and drugs for the especial use of his patients
and his large practice. He is a son of William and
Anna Sharpe, who have a family of four children:
William James, Thomas, Hellen M. and Doctor J.
W. William James is a physician and surgeon
at Toledo, O., was a gradaute of McGill University at
Montreal.
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DANIEL
L. SHEPARD, Damascus, McClure p. o., was born in
York, Adams county, O., in December, 1822 and was a son of
N. L. and Nancy (Nanna) Shephard, who were natives of
Virginia, and married in Adams county, O., in 1821.
Nancy died in Adams county in 1840 leaving a family of
nine children, six of whom are now living. N. L. settled in
Henry county in 1847 where he died in 1883 at the age of
ninety-three years. In early life he was a carpenter,
but later in life became engaged in gaming, and located in
section seventeen. David L., enlisted in the. United
States army in May, 1846, served under General George W.
Morgan, of Ohio in the Mexican war, as sergeant and was
discharged at New Orleans in July, 1847, at the close of the
war and the battle of victory. He entered a farm of
eighty acres for his land warrant, which he received from
the government, and now owns a fine improved farm of 120
acres. From 1849 to 1852 he made some improvements on
the farm and also built his log house, and in 1852 married
Maria Hockman, who was born in Fairfield
county, and was a daughter of Joseph and Polly
Hockman who settled here in 1846. They had eleven
children, nine of whom are now living: J. B., Mary E., F.
N., Rebecca A., M. W., Florence E., Huldah J., Austin
and Edward. Mr. Shepard erected his present
fine residence and farm buildings in 1883.
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JOSEPH SHERMAN,
Freedom, Napoleon p. o., a successful and leading farmer of
his town, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1834, and was
a son of Jacob and Mary (Waltz) Sherman. They
had family of five children: Antona, Frederick,
Joseph and Carly. Joseph
emigrated to America in May, 1854, and settled in Napoleon,
O., and became engaged in farming and lumbering. He
enlisted in Company C, 124th Volunteers, in August, 1863,
under Colonel Payne, of Cleveland, and was
promoted to second sergeant. He was discharged at Nashville,
Tenn., July 9, 1865. He was married in August, 1865,
to Christina Miller, who was born in Baden,
Germany. January 2, 1841. They have had a family of seven
children: John, Joseph, August,
Charles, Olesius, Mary and Sophronia
Christina was a daughter of Lawrence and Jane B.
Miller, who came from Baden to Henry county in 1854,
with a family of six children. Joseph purchased his
present farm of 72 1-3 acres, in 1865. He now owns a
farm of 160 acres of highly improved land.
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F. T. SHONER,
Napoleon, saddle and harness manufacturer of Napoleon, was
born in Bavaria in 1841 and emigrated to America in 1856 and
settled in Napoleon in 1861, where he became engaged in his
present business. He now carries a full line of goods
pertaining to the saddlery business and in connection
carries on a large repair trade.
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CHARLES M.
SHOWMAN, Washington, Liberty Centre p. o., was born
in Fairfield county, July 5, 1854, and was married in 1881
to Delia Young, of Liberty. They have had a
family of three children: Cloise M., Melville B., and
Meme. Charles M. Showmanis engaged in general
farming. He was a son of John F. and Lavina
(Hammond) Showman. Lavina was born in
Washington county, Md., in 1816, and John F. was born
in Kentucky in 1812. They were married in Maryland
in 1836, and settled from Fairfield county in Henry, in
1837, with a family of eight children. They first
settled on the Judge Corey farm of 285
acres, which they purchased in 1875. John died
in 1877. The children are Robert W. (born in
1836), John H., Annie L., William R., Vardinique, Frank
M., Charles M., Sarah E., and two who died in infancy.
David P., Joseph B., Robert W., and William B., enlisted
and served in the War of the Rebellion.
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F.
W. SHOWMAN,
Washington, Liberty
Center, P.O., was born in Fairfield county i 1850, and was a
son of John and Lovina (Hammond) Showman. She
was born in Washington county, Md., in 1816, and her
husband, John, was born in Kentucky, in 1812.
They were married in Washington county, Maryland in 1836,
and had a family of ten children, seven of whom are now
living; Robert W., John H., Annie L., Willialm B., Frank
M., Cahrles M., and Sarah C. Robert W., enlisted
in Co. D, 14th Ohio, John H. and William B. in the
128th Regiment. William B. now receives a
pension. John Showman settled in Henry county
in 1857, on the Judge Corey farm of 285 acres and
purchased the same in 1865. John died in 1877,
leaving a widow and eight children. F. M. Showman
now resides on the old homestead.
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ROBERT W. SHOWMAN,
Washington, Texas p. o., was born in Washington county, Md.,
near Harpers Ferry, in 1836, and was married in Dec., 1866,
to Martha Edwards, who was born in Washington
township, O., in 1836. They have had four children:
Blair C., born in 1867; Cynthia C., born 1869;
Lillie M., born 1872; Fanny F., born 1874;
Robert W., enlisted in August, 1861, in Co. D., 14th
Ohio Regiment, commanded by Colonel Steadman
and which was attached to the 3d Brigade, 3d Division, 14th
Corps. He was discharged at Atlanta, Sept. 12, 1864.
His wife, Martha was a daughter of David and Cynthia
Ann (Meek) Edwards. Cynthia was born in
Clark County, O., in 1804, and her husband, David,
was born in Virginia, in 1797. They were married in
1824, and settled in 1834 in Henry County, on the Maumee
River, on his farm which he had purchased in 1832.
They had a family of nine children. David filed
in 1873, and his wife in 1858. Mrs. Martha Showmanis
the only one of the family now living. Robert W.,
was a son of John F. and Lavina (Hammond) Showman.
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GAVIN
SMELLIE, JR., Dover, Tedrow p. o., was born in
Cuyahoga county, O., in 1833, and was a son of Gavin and
Amanda (Norris) Smellie. Amanda was born in
New Jersey, and Gavin was born near Glasgow, in Scotland,
in 1801. They were married at Cleveland, O., and had a
family of ten children, four of whom are now living:
John, Gavin, Susan and W. R. (the publisher of
the ____ at Cleveland). Five of the sons, John,
Gavin, jr., Charles, Emerson and William
enlisted. Two were killed while in the service,
Emerson and Charles. Gavin, jr., enlisted
in Co. K., 30th Illinois, September, 1861, under Colonel
Fouk, served three years, and was discharged at
Springfield, Ill., in 1864. He was married in 1857 to
Julia A. Whittecar, of Madison county, O. They
have had five children: Alice A., Charles H., Harry B.,
Emma J., and Herman G. They settled in
Fulton county, on their present homestead farm on 74 acres
in 1869. Mr. Smellie was trustee for two years,
and is at present treasurer of the township.
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ABRAHAM
SMITH, Liberty Centre, was born in Pennsylvania, in
1816, and was a son of Henry Smith. Abraham was
married in January, 1838, to Rebecca Bergstresa, of
Yates county, N. Y. They have had eleven sons and one
daughter; seven are now living as follows: Catharine,
Henry, George, William, Charles, Albert and Edward.
One son, Isaac, enlisted in Co. G, Ohio Vols., on Feb. 15,
1864, and died July 13, 1864, from wounds received while in
service. Nelson died leaving a widow and one
son, Werdna. Mr. Smith settled in Seneca county
in 1840, coming there from New York, and in 1863 settled in
Henry county, and then became engaged in farming.
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FRANCIS
W. SMITH, Washington, Liberty p. o., was born in
Wayne County, O., in 1833, and was a son of Daniel C.,
and Elizabeth (McLaren) Smith, who were born and
married in Pennsylvania. They settled in Wayne county,
O., in 1820, and in 1833 came to Damascus, Henry County,
where they died; he in 1840, and his wife in 1842.
They had a family of eleven children, but two of whom are
now living; James M. and Francis W. Francis
W. enlisted in Co. D, 68th Ohio Volunteers, on Nov. 11,
1861, under Colonel R. K. Scott, was mustered out at
Savannah, Dec. 19, 1864, as corporal. He was married
in 1865 to Lavonia Buchanan. They have had a
family of five children: Lillie, Carrie, Scott, Gertrude,
and Frank. Lavonia was a daughter of
Matthew and Rachel M. (Scott) Buchanan, who were married
Jan. 28, 1830. Rachel was born in 1816, and
died in 1850. Her husband was born in 1806, and died
Jun. 25, 1887. They had a family of three children:
Joanna J., Elizabeth M., and Lavonia.
Matthew settled in Henry county in 1854, where he now
resides. He retired from business and has travelled
for some years.
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JOHN SMITH, Flat Rock,
Holgate p. o., one of the extensive and successful farmers
of Henry county, was born in Marion county, O., in 1836.
He was a son of Philip and Nancy Smith. John
was married in 1859 to Susan Curren, of Marion
county. They have had a family of seven children:
William M., Mary E., Martha A., James E., Philip
Sheridan, Nancy E., and Rosetta. The
father, Philip, was born in France, in 1800, and his
wife, Nancy, was born in Pennsylvania in 1810.
They were married in Pennsylvania, and settled in Marion
county in 1832. They have had a family of twelve
children, seven of whom are now living: John,
Philip, Mary, Eliza, Magdalena, Rebecca, Hannah, and
Catharine. Susan was a daughter of John and
Margaret Curren. Mr. Smith settled in Flat Rock in
1861, and purchased his homestead of 40 acres in 1863, and
now owns a farm of 260 acres. He is engaged largely in
the buying and selling of stock.
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JOHN SMITH, JR., Gorham,
Fayette p. o., an early settler in Chesterfield, who came
there in 1849, was born in Berne, Switzerland, in 1815, and
was a son of John and Rosine (Broker) Smith, was
emigrated to America in 1832, and settled in Detroit, Mich.,
and became engaged in farming. They had four sons and
three daughters. John, jr., was married in 1840
to Elizabeth Peiren. She was born in Berne,
Switzerland. They have a family of four children: Jacob
P., Alonzo, Elizabeth and Mary. John, jr.,
settled in Chesterfield township, Fulton county, in 1849,
and purchased a farm which he sold in 1875, and settled in
Gorham township, where he purchased a farm of 160 acres, for
which he paid $8,800. He retired from active life in
1884, and now resides with his son at Handy Corners.
One of his sons, John, enlisted in December, 1861, in
Co. A, 67th Ohio Regiment, and lost his life at Fort
Waggoner, with others of his company.
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AMERICUS M. SPAFFORD,
Harrison, Napoleon p. o., was born in Jefferson county, N.
Y., in 1819, and was a son of Abner and Betsey (Leach)
Spafford. Abner was born in Jeffrey, N. H.
They settled in Tecumseh, Mich., in 1824, where Betsey
died leaving a family of eight children, three of whom are
now living: Mrs. H. M. Webster, Cynthia M. Tilton,
and Americus. Abner died in Wisconsin.
Americus M. purchased his time from his father, paying
therefore by a note of $50. At the age of nineteen
years he became engaged in driving stage, and in 1844
settled in Ohio, and became an employee of the Toledo and
Wabash packet. He settled in Napoleon in 1845, and in
1847 married Maria Glass, a sister of Jeremiah
Glass. She was born in Trumbull county, in 1829.
They had a family of five children, three of whom are now
living: Francis C., born 1853, married Alice
Omwake in 1877, had two children, one living; Harriet
L., born 1855, and Lester V., born 1863.
Harriet married William C. Nibel in 1876.
They have had four children. Mr. Spafford has
been treasurer, trustee and supervisor of his town. He
purchased his present homestead of sixty acres in 1858.
The Spaffords are descendants of one of the oldest
families in England, and were early settlers in America.
First settled in Georgetown, Mass., in 1638.
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DANIEL W. SPANGLER,
Freedom, Napoleon p. o., was born in Fairfield county in
1827, and was married in 1860 to Mary Meyers, who was
born in Wells county, Ind., and came to Ohio with her
parents at the age of twelve years. They settled in
Freedom, Henry county, in November, 1862, and have had a
family of three children: Mary, Elizabeth (who
died at the age of six years), and Daniel. Mr.
Spangler purchased his present farm in 1860. He
was engaged in teaching in 1865, after which he became a
farmer, erected his buildings, and cleared his farm.
He has taken an interest in all town and county affairs,
holding several of the township offices. He was
sheriff of the county in 1877 and 1878, but owing to
impaired health, was obliged to retire from active public
life in 1880. He was a son of John and Christina
Spangler. John died in Fairfield county, in 1834,
leaving a widow and four children: Catharine, Mary,
Christopher, and Daniel W. His widow,
Christina, died in Henry county in August, 1876, at the
age of seventy-six years. Mary was a daughter
of Jacob and Caroline Meyers, natives of Hanover,
Germany.
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SQUIRE FREDERICK STEWARD,
Liberty, Liberty Centre p. o., was born in Huron county, O.,
in 1845, and was a son of John and Elizabeth (Jerry)
Steward, who were born and married in England, near
Lynn. They emigrated to and settled in Huron county in
1837, with a family of four children. They came to
Liberty in 1852. They had ten children in all, eight
of whom are now living: John, Robert, Thomas, Ann,
Richard, Joseph, Frederick, and Matthew.
Three sons enlisted, Frederick, in Co. D, 124th Ohio
Vols., on Feb. 24, 1864; Joseph enlisted in the 124th
in October, 1862, and Richard in the 68th in 1861.
Joseph was wounded, but at the close of the war
all the boys returned home, and all on the same day.
Frederick S. is at present justice, having
held that office for three successive terms. He was
married in1870 to Emeline Hoover, a daughter of
Joseph and Mary Hoover. They had two children.
Squire Frederick Steward purchased his homestead in
1874. It consists of 100 acres, 90 of which have been
improved and are under cultivation.
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DOCTOR
J. M. STOUT, Pleasant, Holgate p. o., was born in
Knox county, O., in 1839, and was a son of William and
Ellen Stout, who settled near Napoleon in 1866,
and in 1871 settled in Missouri. They had a family of
six sons, and four of them enlisted and served in the late
war. The sons were
Felix D., Benjamin
F., Brad W., J. M., Stephen H., Isaac N. Doctor J. M.
Stout fitted himself for and became a teacher. In
1861 he enlisted in Co. H, 3d Ohio Vols., under Colonel
I. M. Morrow, and was discharged July, 1862, on account
of disability. He read medicine in St. Louisville,
Licking county, O., after which he settled in Knox county,
in the practice of his profession. He settled in
Florida, Henry county, O., in 1872, afterward in Holgate in
1882, where he has been engaged as physician and surgeon
ever since. He was married in 1866 to Sophia E.
Gilson, who died in 1878, leaving one son, William E.
Dr. J. M. then married for his second wife,
Christina Stout, in 1880,. She had one
child by her first husband.
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