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BIOGRAPHIES
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Commemorative Biographical Records
of the counties
of Huron and Lorain, Ohio
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Published: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.,
1894
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W. H. JACOBS. This
well-known citizen of Norwalk traces his ancestry through the dim vistas of
many years to a Frenchman of the family name, who immigrated to Vermont in
early Colonial days. His son, John W. Jacobs, who was born in
Vermont, fought under Gen. Putnam at Bunker Hill, and was present during the
surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
His son, Gustavus, was born in 1792, in
Middlebury, Vt., and in 1818 was united in marriage with Harriet Perkins,
a native of the same place. They removed to a farm in the New York
colony, where he died at the age of eighty-five years. They were the
parents of nine children - seven sons and two daughters - of which family
Henry was killed in the Civil war, and six are yet living. The
parents were members of the M. E. Church.
Gustavus Jacobs, so of Gustavus and Harriet
(Perkins) Jacobs, was born, in 1828, in Wyoming county, N. Y., where his
youth was passed. He learned and followed the boat-builder's trade in
connection with the lumber business, and came to Huron county, Ohio, in
1863. He was married to Sarah A. Roth, who was born March 24,
1831, in Seneca Falls, N. Y., a daughter of Jacob Roth, and
grandchild of Casper Roth, whose parents were natives of Germany.
Casper Roth served throughout the Revolution, having fought at Valley
Forge, taking part also in the battle of Eutaw Springs, and was present at
the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. His son Jacob was born
in 1798, in Pennsylvania, and was married to Catherine McBeth.
He was soldier in the war of 1812, and fought at Lundy's Lane. After
the war most of his life was spent in New York, where he died at the age of
seventy-nine years. Gustavus and Sarah A. Jacobs have passed
their wedded life in Huron county, Ohio, where he has accumulated a large
fortune, and is now conducting a sawmill at Norwalk.
W. H. Jacobs, a son of Gustavus and Sarah A.
(Roth) Jacobs, was born in 1862, in Norwalk, Ohio. He attended a
grammar school and high school of his native place, and since his eighteenth
year has followed carpentry and contracting. He and George Stewart
have conducted a general business in that line under the firm name of
Stewart & Jacobs, for about one year and a half. They engaged in
all classes of contract work, including paving, the laying of sidewalks and
water pipes, and employing about twenty-eight men. W. H. Jacobs
is also interested in a saw-mill. He was married to Miss Nettie
Hamilton, a native of Pennsylvania, who has borne him one daughter -
Maude - and one son - Gustavus. In political opinion Mr.
Jacobs is a stanch Republican, and he and his wife are members of the
Congregational Church.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Huron and
Lorain, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1894 -
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GILBERT L. JOHNSON, a
prominent representative agriculturist of Clarksfield township, was born
Feb. 26, 1828, in the town of Danby, Tompkins Co., N. Y., a son of
Abraham Johnson, who was born in Connecticut.
Abraham Johnson was educated in the schools of
his native town, and there learned the two great branches of the building
trade, becoming a stone mason and carpenter. When a young man he
migrated to Tompkins county, N. Y., and located in Caroline Township where,
he met and married Sally Walton, also a native of Connecticut, who
came to Tompkins county, N. Y., when a girl, and resided there until 1846,
when the family migrated to Ohio. The children born to Abraham and
Sally Johnson are as follows: Phoebe, who married
Abraham Smith, and died in Clarksfield township; Wesley, a
farmer of Crawford county, Penn.; George, who resides in Branch
county, Mich.; Jane, who married Anthony Shipman, and died in
Clarksfield township; Gilbert L., the subject of this sketch;
Emily, wife of Aaron Thomas, of Henry county, Ohio; Lewis,
residing in Branch county, Mich., and Amanda, who first married
John Wilson, and is now the wife of Anson Wheeler, of
Henry county, Ohio. With the exception of Wesley the whole
family came to Ohio in 1846, making the journey with a wagon drawn by two
horses. On this wagon were packed the household goods, so that the
adults of the family had, practically, to walk over rough roads from their
old home in New York, to their new one in Ohio. On arriving in
Clarksfield township, Huron county, they found themselves in the midst of a
dense forest, but a space for a cabin was at once cleared and the erection
of a small log house begun. Before the structure was completed a storm
swept over the forest, blew down the trees on one side of the little
clearing, and one, failing on the house, demolished it. Undeterred,
the work of building was resumed, and the pioneers occupied their first home
in Ohio. The clearing away of the forest was then begun, and there was
soon another open space in the wilderness. Subsequently the father
built for his family a frame house, and followed his trades, giving much
more attention thereto than to agriculture, until his death, which occurred
in February, 1866. He was buried in East Creek cemetery, in New London
township, where the remains of his widow were interred in 1872.
Politically he was originally a Whig, having voted for William Henry
Harrison, later became an Abolitionist, a Free-soiler, and finally a
Republican.
Gilbert L. Johnson was raised in the manner
common to boys of the pioneer period, attending school only as circumstances
permitted. When twelve or thirteen years old he assisted his father in
making barrels, for the latter was a cooper as well as a stone mason and
carpenter. When eighteen years old he accompanied his parents to Ohio,
and at once went to work in clearing the farm, in which he was engaged until
1849, when he commenced to work for himself. He found employment at
eleven dollars per month, cutting cordwood near Norwalk; and having a
knowledge of coopering, also earned money at that trade, and steadily
advanced. His marriage with Rhoda Cotton took place Mar. 1,
1855. She was born May 9, 1829, at Truxton, Cortland Co., N. Y., a
daughter of Jonathan and Polly (Kingsley) Cotton, who settled in
Wayne county, Ohio, in 1832, where Mr. Johnson met and married
Miss Cotton, while he was an employe of the Cleveland, Tuscarawas Valley
& Wheeling Railroad Company, then in course of construction. Mrs.
Johnson was a schoolteacher in Wayne county, Ohio, and Mr. Johnson
boarded at her father's house while working on the railroad in that section.
The children born to this marriage were as follows: Effie, now
Mrs. Reuben Knapp, of Huntington, Lorain county; Walton, who
died in 1864, at the age of six years; Lewis, who married Lillie
Lee, and resides in Clarksfield; and Clara, now Mrs. Earl
Ketcham, of New London, Huron County. After marriage Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson moved to Coldwater, Mich., where he worked at the trade of
cooper until he learned of the illness of his wife's parents, when he and
his wife returned to Wayne county to care for them. For four years he
was engaged in farming in Milton township.
In 1860 he removed to Huron county, purchased a farm of
forty acres in Clarksfield township, and there lived until 1866, when he
took possession of his present farm. This tract contains 120 acres,
well improved, with a substantial, well-furnished house, good farm
buildings, fences, and large orchard, representing his savings since the
close of the Civil War. Mr. Johnson cast his first Presidential
vote for John C. Fremont, and has ever since been a Republican.
He takes a deep interest in political affairs, studies current subjects, and
is well posted on the issues of the day. He and his wife are Free-will
Baptists, and he is trustee in the church.
Source: Commemorative
Biographical Records of the counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio -
Illustrated -
Published: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1894 - Page 170 |
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RALPH C. JOHNSON,
prominent in agricultural circles in Fitchville township, was born Aug. 31,
1822, in Middlesex county, N. J., son of William Johnson.
WILLIAM JOHNSON, son of Ralph Johnson, was
born in Middlesex county, N. J., Sept. 18, 1793. About the age of
fifteen years he was apprenticed to a tanner and currier and a shoemaker,
and worked at these trades for five years, five months and eighteen days.
In 1821 he married Lydia (a daughter of Ralph Cortleyon), a
native of the same county, born Apr. 22, 1800, and their children are as
follows: Ralph C., born Aug. 31, 1822; Gertrude A., born
Dec. 28, 1823, married J. C. Ransom, and died Mar. 9, 1892; Mary,
born July 5, 1825, married William Prosser, and died May 14, 1882;
Eliza Jane, born Apr. 8, 1827, widow of S. K. Barnes, residing in
Fitchville, Ohio; Alfred S., born Mar. 29, 1829, a resident of New
London, Ohio; Catherine, born Dec. 7, 1830, who married J. M.
Foote, and subsequently Ira Foote, and died Feb. 8, 1877; and
William C., born Feb. 7, 1833, died Nov. 13, 1833. The mother of
this family died Apr. 3, 1834, and the same year Mr. Johnson married
Melinda Blodgett. To this second marriage came the following:
Lewis, born Sept. 13, 1835, now a resident of Clarksfield township;
Philena, born Nov. 16, 1837, who married George Foote, and
subsequently John Bigelow; Oliver, born June 14, 1841, died
Aug. 16, 1849; and Lydia, born Sept. 14, 1846, died Aug. 10, 1849.
Mrs. Malinda Johnson died Sept. 14, 1849, and on Jan. 30, 1850,
Mr. Johnson married Mrs. Hepzibah (Blodgett) Eaton (widow of
Jonathan Eaton), who died Sept. 20, 1861, without issue. The
father died Feb. 24, 1867.
William Johnson followed his trade in New Jersey
until his removal to Ontario County, N. Y., in 1825. In 1835 he
migrated to Ohio, where, in Hartland township, Huron county, he had
purchased some land. On Nov. 17 of that year the family started on the
journey to that township, arriving at their destination Dec. 2, 1835.
The method of transportation was a lumber wagon, and the route via
Rochester, Buffalo, Cleveland and Elyria. His purchase of 220 acres
for two thousand dollars was half paid for in the fall of 1835, and within a
few years the second one thousand dollars was paid up. On this farm
Mr. Johnson led an active life until within a short time prior to his
death, when he retired to the home of a daughter at New London, where he
passed away, and was buried with Baptist ritual, in Hartland Ridge Cemetery.
Ralph C. Johnson received an elementary
education in the rude schools which were in vogue in his youth. He was
reared on the farm and worked thereon till Feb. 5, 1849, on which day he
married Eliza L. Townsend, born in Huron county Dec. 22, 1825, a
daughter of Hosea Townsend, who was a pioneer. After marriage, Mr.
and Mrs. Johnson located on a tract of wild land in Hartland township,
and remained there for sixteen years, until the land was all cleared.
In 1865 they located on the Hickock farm, one mile south of
Fitchville Center, where they have resided to the present day. One
child has been born to Ralph C. and Eliza L. Johnson: Eliza
J., wife of Richard L. Merrick. She graduated from Oberlin
College, and is now a practicing physician at Cleveland, Ohio, of the
Homeopathic School. Mrs. Johnson is a member of the Baptist
Church at Fitchville. R. C. Johnson was originally a Whig,
became a Republican in 1856, and has since been a most stanch supporter of
that party. He has held offices in each township where he has resided,
and has always been an efficient and courteous official. Mr.
Johnson is a successful farmer and stock grower. His estate of
over 378 acres, in this rich section of Ohio, has been won, principally by
his stern, hard labor in the forest and field. The improvements have
been mainly made by him, and the herds and flocks which browse upon his
beautiful farm have been gathered by him. All in all he is the sole
architect of his own fortune, and a man who deserves the place he holds in
the estimation of his neighbors and of the people of Fitchville
township.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of
Huron and Lorain, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago: J. H. Beers &
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WILLIAM JOHNSON - See
RALPH JOHNSON Source:
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HON. WATSON D. JOHNSTON - See
WILLIAM HUMPHREY JOHNSTON
Source: Commemorative
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WILLIAM HUMPHREY JOHNSTON,
B. S., M. S., M. D., is a native of Townsend Center, Huron Co., Ohio,
born Dec. 17, 1866, only child of
HON. WATSON D.
and Delia (Humphrey) JOHNSTON.
Hon. Watson D. Johnston was born in Allegheny
county, Penn., May 21, 1844, the eldest in the family of five children of
Rev. John W. and Sarah (Murray) Johnston, natives, the father of
Pennsylvania, the mother of New York State, and of Scotch-English and
Scotch-Irish descent, respectively.
Rev. John W. Johnston received a thorough
classical education at Jefferson College and the Western Theological
Seminary of Allegheny, graduating from both institutions with high honors.
After completing his theological studies he was ordained to the ministry of
the Presbyterian Church, and was pastor for various congregations in the
western part of Pennsylvania. In 1842 he was married in his native
State to Miss Sarah Murray; he died in March, 1882, in his
seventy-seventh year. His father, Rev. Robert Johnston, was
also a lifelong Presbyterian minister, and was a veteran of the war of 1812,
having served in the Pennsylvania line. The ancestors of the
Johnston family were among the pioneers of western Pennsylvania, taking
an active and honorable part in the various struggles of that Commonwealth
in the old Colonial days. The Murray family were among the
early settlers of New York, the old family home being in the vicinity of
Albany.
Watson D. Johnston received his education at the
common schools in the vicinity of his place of birth, at an academy and at
Oberlin College, all which advantages were secured to him mainly by his own
exertions. After leaving college he taught school for about two years
in Illinois, after which he was employed in the office of a rolling mills at
Kittanning, one year. He then came to Townsend Center, Huron county,
where he has since been successfully engaged in a general mercantile
business, and has been postmaster of the village for several years. He
is a stanch Republican, and represented the county in the State Legislature
two terms, from 1883 to 1887; at various times he has been clerk and
treasurer of his township, all of which incumbencies he has filled with
credit to himself and satisfaction of his constituents. On Mar. 15,
1866, he was married in Townsend Center to Miss Delia Humphrey, a
native of Ohio, daughter of William and Sarah (Bierce) Humphrey, both
natives of Connecticut and of English descent. One son was born to
this union, William Humphrey, subject of sketch. The mother
died in June, 1869, and for his second wife Mr. Johnston was wedded
in June, 1872, at Butler, Penn., to Miss Caroline Walker, a native of
Pennsylvania, born in April, 1844. This union was blessed with five
children, viz.: Robert, Mame, Thomas, Emma and Maggie.
Mr. Johnston is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of Lodge No. 322, F.
& A. M., East Townsend, of which he has twice been worshipful master.
William Humphrey Johnston, after several
years attendance at the common schools and academy of his native town,
entered the Scientific Department of the University of Notre Dame, near
South Bend, Ind., from which institution he subsequently graduated with
highest honors, in June, 1885, receiving the degree of B. S.; to him was
also awarded the gold medal, or first prize for English Essays; the gold
medal for original work in the Biological Laboratory, and the gold medal of
the Scientific Association. During the same year, 1885, he became a
member of the American Society of Microscopy. After graduating he
taught at the University in the department of Natural Science from some two
years, and at the same time took a medical and a special or post-graduate
course, receiving the degree of M. S. in 1887. Dr. Johnston
then pursued his medical studies in the Medical Department of the Western
Reserve University, of Cleveland, Ohio, during which time he served as
assistant professor in the Department of Microscopy, having charge and
principal control of the laboratory, and he was also first assistant to
Prof. C. B. Parker, M. R. C. S., professor of surgery. He
graduated with high honors in the class of 1889, after which he returned to
the home of his childhood, where, in the short space of three years, he has
succeeded in building up an extensive and lucrative practice. The
Doctor is fully equipped with all the latest modern appliances, having
beyond a doubt the largest and best collection of surgical and scientific
instruments and apparatus to be found in this part of the State. His
microscope, with its various attachments, is one of the most complete known
to the profession. Aside from his use of the instrument in the usual
lines, and as an aid to medical study and diagnosis, he has devoted much
time to the more delicate and difficult microscopial technique, such as
finds its application in so-called "expert work." In addition to
his professional work, he also takes considerable interest in agriculture,
owning, in the immediate vicinity of Collins and Townsend Center, a
well-improved farm of between three and four hundred acres, which, however,
is mainly operated by tenants. On Sept. 18 1888, Dr. Johnston was
married at Norwalk, Ohio, to Miss Nellie E. Dollard, daughter of
James P. Dollard. She was was born in Bellevue, Ohio, Aug. 12,
1868, and left that place at about the age of four, residing first at
Collins, Ohio, afterward, and until her marriage, at Norwalk. Dr. and
Mrs. Johnston have one child, Donald Humphrey, born May 8,
1893. Socially Dr. Johnston belongs to the Masonic
Fraternity, being a member of East Townsend Lodge No. 322, F. & A.
M., Huron Chapter No. 7, R. A. M., Norwalk Council No. 24, R. & S. M., and
Norwalk Commandery No. 18 K. T. He is also a member of the S. V. and
Tent physician of the Townsend K. O. T. M. His present residence is
the old Wm. Humphrey homestead.
Source: Commemorative
Biographical Records of the counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio -
Illustrated -
Published: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1894 - Page 120 |
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GEORGE
JOINER, than whom there is no more highly respected citizen in
Norwich township, where he has his home, is a native of Huron county, born
in Greenfield township in 1839.
Ralph Joiner, his father, a son of William
Joiner, was born in Shelburne Falls, Mass., July 28, 1804. At the
age of seven years he was bound out by his mother, till twenty-one years
old, to one Smead, a tanner and currier and shoemaker with whom he
worked his full time, and then took a sea voyage from Boston to Cuba and the
West India Islands, in the capacity of ship's cook. After this voyage
he commenced the trade of boot and shoe making in Deerfield, Mass.,
continuing in same five years. He then took another trip, this time
through the State of Illinois, to New Orleans, down the Ohio river, and to
Sandusky City, Ohio, thence to Greenfield township, Huron Co., Ohio, to a
brother's (Osias Joiner), where he made his home until he was
married. In the fall of 1835 he took charge of a grocery store for
Mackintire Beemer, at Greenfield Center, Ohio, remaining a year
an a half. On Aug. 3, 1837, Mr. Ralph Joiner was married to
Miss Eliza Incho, born Aug. 5, 1817, a daughter of Robert Inscho,
and to this union were born nine children, their names and dates of birth
being as follows: George (subject of this
sketch), May 24, 1839; Richard M., May 31, 1841 (deceased); Ralph
C., June 23, 1843; Harriet, June 28, 1845 (deceased); Charles,
Aug. 1, 1847; Charlotte L., Apr. 28, 1850; Frank P., Dec.
29, 1852; Benjamin F., Aug. 14, 1855, and Augusta Arminda,
July 29, 1862 (deceased). The father of this family died in 1877, of
cancer in the hand. The mother, now in the seventy-seventy year of her
age, is at the present writing visiting her three sons, who are residents of
Hillsdale county, Michigan.
Robert Inscho, father of Mrs. Ralph Joiner,
was born in New Jersey in 1765; moved to Virginia in 1806, whence after a
residence there he came to New Haven township, Huron Co., Ohio, settling on
a farm that is now owned by a grandchild of his. Some time in the
"forties" he moved to Noble county, Ind., and there died at the age of
eighty-seven years.
George Joiner, subject of this sketch, was
reared to farm work, and has ever since been successful in his agricultural
labors. Before he was twenty years old he bought thirty-eight acres of
land in Greenfield township, and in 1861 he came to Norwich township, where
he worked by the month for Wesley Robinson, and also hauled wood for
the railroad, making good wages. He then took up farming on his
present place in Norwich township, first buying eighty acres, to which he
has from time to time added until he now has 227½
acres of as fine land as can be found in the township. In 1860 Mr.
Joiner was married to Miss Elizabeth Doncer, of Norwich township,
Huron county, daughter of George Doncer, and their home has been
blessed with five children, namely: Wesley C., born Aug. 8,
1861; Sarah J., born Feb. 4, 1864; Clara E., born Aug. 12,
1867; Alice I., born Nov. 13, 1869, and George Henry Harrison,
born Aug. 18, 1876. A Republican since the breaking out of the Civil
war, our subject has held some offices in his township with characteristic
ability and fidelity - notably having served on the board of education, and
as district clerk. Together with his wife he holds to the tenets of
the U. B. Church of Chicago, Ohio.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of
Huron and Lorain, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co., 1894 - Page 226 |
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RALPH JOINER - See
GEORGE JOINER Source: Commemorative
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F. H. JONES,
attorney at law, Norwalk. From the unanimous testimony of this
community, we may well say that this gentleman is one of the leading members
of the Huron county bar. He was born September 15, 1858, near Madison,
Wisconsin, a son of James and Sabra (Alvord) Jones, who migrated from
Massachusetts to the West, settling in Wisconsin. After a time,
however, they retraced their steps, returning East and locating in Bellevue,
Huron Co., Ohio. The paternal ancestors of the family came to this
country about 1700, and settled on the island known as Martha's Vineyard;
the maternal ancestors were from England.
F. H. Jones received his early education in the
common schools, and then became a student in Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, where he received the degree of A. B. in the class of 1882.
During the year 1882-83 he was superintendent of the public schools of
Mentor, Ohio. He then entered the Cincinnati Law School, and in 1885
received his diploma, conferring the degree of LL. B. Locating first
in Sandusky, Ohio, he there commenced the practice of his profession, but in
a short time removed to Norwalk, entering into the law practice in
partnership with G. R. Walker. This firm was subsequently
dissolved, and Mr. Jones opened out his present office, where he has
since been in active practice, gaining an unusual degree of success.
Pleasant in address, a diligent student and graceful speaker, his onward
course has been the inevitable result following strong and fixed causes.
He has the entire respect and confidence of his professional brethren, and
the courts have designated their confidence by appointing him referee in a
number of important cases. He has given special study in the law to
the subjects of equity, corporations and realty, and his researches in these
lines have made him influential if not an authority, even with the older men
of the profession. Mr. Jones is yet a young man; the future with its
fairest promises is all before him, and here his closest friends may in
confidence anchor their fondest hopes. In politics he has always been
an enthusiastic and active Republican.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of
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D. L. JUSTICE,
a progressive, influential farmer citizen of Clarksfield township, Huron
Co., Ohio, is a native of same, born June 18, 1852. His father, PETER JUSTICE, was born July 23, 1796, in Milford
township, Somerset Co., Penn., son of Nathan Justice, who was a
distiller (then a very common pursuit), and manufacturer of linseed oil.
Peter received a common-school education,
obtained some knowledge of farming on a place which his father owned, and
when yet a youth learned the trade of carpenter and joiner. He
enlisted in the war of 1812, but was not called into the service, and after
the close of that conflict worked at his trade for five years. In
early manhood he started for the West in company with a cousin, Adam
Mikesell crossing the Ohio river at Steubenville, and traveling through
Zanesville, Columbus and Delaware toward Upper Sandusky, meeting Indians and
passing through Indian villages around Delaware, thence to Fulton county,
Ohio, in search of land. HE returned to Pennsylvania (making the
entire journey, coming and going, on foot), and for some time gave his
attention to his trade. Later he came to Holmes county, Ohio, where,
on Dec. 13, 1827, he was united in marriage with Miss Lydia Twaddle,
who was born Oct. 22, 1811, in Jefferson county, Ohio, daughter of Alex.
and Elizabeth (Ramage) Twaddle. While living in Holmes county
children as follows came to this union: Thomas W., born Jan. 23,
1829, deceased Apr. 27, 1862; Nathan, born May 4, 1831, merchant and
postmaster at North Morenci, Mich.; George W., born June 17, 1833,
deceased Mar. 23, 1886; and Henry H., born Dec. 31, 1835, a farmer of
New London township, Huron county.
In 1837 the family moved to Clarksfield township, Huron
county, coming with an ox team by way of Wellington, and as the roads were
few and very bad they had to pick out their way by marked trees. He
purchased 116½ acres (which he paid for by
working out by the day), where he passed the remainder of his life, and
which at the time of his settlement contained no improvements but a small
log house. Here the remainder of his family was born, as follows:
John A., born Jan. 10, 1839, a farmer of Brighton township, Lorain
county; Susan, born Aug. 25, 1841, living on the old homestead in
Clarksfield township (she has been blind all her life, having been born so);
Royal F., born Apr. 16, 1844, died Sept. 23, 1891, in Brighton
township, Lorain county; Andrew A., born Dec. 24, 1846 (he was born
blind); and Daniel L., subject of this memoir. Andrew
uses horse power to cut his fodder, and has a mill to grind his feed.
In winters he does all his own chores alone only in summers hiring some one
by the day to assist him. After the death of the mother, Susan kept
house for the family, and all the work is now done by them with the
assistance of a hire woman.
Peter Justice was by trade a cabinet maker, and
for years made all the coffins used in his section. The coffin for his
eldest son was among the first factory coffins brought to those parts, and
after that he gradually ceased to follow his trade, finally, about 1875,
discontinuing it altogether. He was a very robust, well-preserved man,
and the day he was seventy-five he walked fourteen miles and cradled over
five acres of wheat ground. In pioneer days he would walk to Ruggles,
Ashland county, taking his grist to the mill, where he would often have to
wait over night, as there were so many before him. Roads were few and
difficult to follow, and on one occasion he got lost and wandered to Troy,
Ashland county, before he could tell where he was. He was never sick,
and never had occasion to call a physician until the illness which caused
his death. Once, while chopping in the woods, he was struck by a
falling timber, and received a cut some inches long across his forehead,
which was sewed up by his wife, as there were no doctors near. He
passed away Mar. 7, 1881, preceded by his wife on June 1, 1873, and both are
buried at Rochester, Lorain Co., Ohio. He was a member of the
Democratic party, but never took any further interest in politics than to
cast his vote at each election.
D. L. Justice was educated in the common schools
of his vicinity, and was reared to farm life. When a young man he
commenced to learn photography in New London, Ohio, having previously read
much on this subject, in which art he became quite proficient. He
remained on the home farm until Mar. 23, 1890, when he was united in
marriage with Miss Elsie C. Fox, who was born Sept. 30, 1866, in
Clarksfield township, daughter of David Fox. Shortly
afterward they settled on a farm which he had owned for some time, and where
they have since made their home. On Oct. 30, 1893, a son was born to
them, named Peter A. Mr. Justice, who is engaged in
general agriculture, is a well-informed, intelligent, progressive citizen of
the community. In politics he is a Democrat.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Huron and
Lorain, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1894 -
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PETER
JUSTICE - See D. L. JUSTICE
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Huron and
Lorain, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1894 -
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