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BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Logan County and Ohio
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers
186
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1880
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Rush
Creek Twp. -
AMBROSE J. FAWCETT, farmer; P. O.,
Rushsylvania. The Fawcett family, which
consisted of three brothers, came from Ireland about
1675, and settled in Virginia, in Frederick Co.
John Fawcett, son of the first descendants, born in
the Shenandoah Valley, in 1751, was a native of
Frederick Co., Va.; his children were - Isaac,
born in 1782; Elijah, born 1784; Sarah,
born 1785; Nathan, born 1787; David, born
1789; Elizabeth, born 1791; Jesse, born
1793; Susan, born 1795; Alban, born 1799;
all in Frederick Co., Va. John Fawcett,
father of the above, died in Frederick Co., Va., in
1814. About 1821 Isaac emigrated to the
State of Tennessee, and was drowned shortly after his
arrival by the sinking of a steamboat on the Mississippi
river. In 1824 David removed to Indiana and
fell a victim to the malarial climate and died.
The widow of John Fawcett, her son, Elijah,
her daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah and Susan,
and her youngest son, Alban, removed to Clinton
Co., Ohio, in 1822; Jesse followed in 1826;
Nathan in 1827; Nathan and Alban never
married; Jesse in the latter part of 1814
married Philadelphia Holloway of Frederick
Co., twelve years before his removal to Ohio; she was
Abel Holloway's daughter. Jesse's
family were - Ambrose J., born Sept. 26, 1816;
Robert B., Owen and Archibald born in
Frederick Co., Va.; Ann Jane, Priscilla and
Edward, born in Clinton Co., Ohio, and Sarah,
born in Logan Co., Ohio. In 1843 Jesse
settled in Logan Co., Rush Creek Twp., and on the 1st
day of July, 1870, in his 77th year, he departed this
life, and was buried near Zanesfield. On the 26th
day of May, 1880, Philadelphia, his wife, died in her
86th year, and was buried beside her husband. On
Nov. 9, 1841, Ambrose J. Fawcett married Mary
Gwinn, daughter of John Gwinn of Logan Co.,
Ohio; his children are - Ellwood, born Oct. 21,
1842, he enlisted in August, 1861, and on June 1, 1862,
he came home on a short furlough, but sickened and died
before the expiration of it, on June 13, 1862;
Estalino Fawcett, born May 8, 1845, still resides
with her parents; Ella, born Aug. 6, 1849, died
Oct. 20, 1851; Oscar L., born Jan. 28, 1855,
married Mary Melvina Leeth. By occupation
Ambrose J. Fawcett is a farmer, is in a thrifty
condition, and all his appointments have the air of
improvement and energy; he prefers the raising of horses
and cattle to any other stock and this department
receives marked attention from him. He is a member
of the Friends' Society, and, as is their manner, is
noted for his peaceful proclivities, general information
and industrious habits. His daughter, Estaline,
is a lady of culture and rare musical qualifications and
talents, but, like Ossian, must "sing with seeing."
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 690) |
Rush Creek Twp.
-
C. M. FISHER, physician;
Rushsylvania. John H. Fisher, son of
Henry Fisher, was a native of Berks Co., Pa.
He married Elizabeth Marshall, who was a daughter
of Conrad Marshall, who was a daughter of
Conrad Marshall, who was a son of John Marshall,
who came to France prior to the Revolutionary war, and
served as a soldier in that war. Conrad
Marshall married Elizabeth Hoover, of
Schuylkill Co., Pa. She was born Aug. 19, 1807, in
Berks Co., Pa. John H. Fisher had three
children - Dr. C. M. Fisher, born Dec. 16, 1839,
and who, after completing his education at
Bellefontaine, attended the Eclectic Medical College of
Cincinnati, Ohio, and was one of the graduates of 1862,
since which time he has been a resident of Rushsylvania.
The next son was John M., born Jan. 31, 1842, and
James M. Fisher, born Jan. 27, 1844, and who died
Aug. 16, 1845. On the 3d day of March, 1863,
Dr. C. M. Fisher married Mary E. Ansley,
the daughter of George and Deliverance Ansley,
who were natives of Kentucky. The birthday of
Mary E. Ansley was June 5, 1841, in Logan Co., O.
The Doctor's family are Anna May, born May 31,
1867, in Rushsylvania; George E., born Mar. 14,
1870, in Rushsylvania, and Mary E., born Dec. 25,
1872. The Doctor's father, John H. Fisher,
died Dec. 11, 1874. His mother died May 29, 1879.
Dr. C. M. Fisher is a physician and surgeon, full of
energy and a combination of rare qualities that cannot
fail of success, and is an ardent friend of education,
the devoted advocate of intellectual progress, willing
and ready at all times to make personal sacrifices for
the public good, and the advancement of learning.
He held the office of school examiner in the progressive
county of Logan.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 690) |
Perry Twp. -
L. C. FISHER, farmer; P. O., West
Mansfield; was born on the homestead farm, June 3, 1850,
being the youngest son of William and Rhoda Fisher.
Lewis was 22 when he married Kate Critchfield,
who was born Mar. 18, 1850, and is a daughter and eldest
child of Resolve and Rebecca (Clark) Critchfield
born in Ohio Co., Va., in Oct. 1817. He was born
in Washington Co., Pa., Sept. 22, 1815. He was
likewise a son of Resolve, who was a son of
John. Resolve, the father of
Mrs. Fisher, is a prominent farmer in this township,
and was for many years during the early part of his life
a teacher and Superintendent of Schools in the South.
In 1875 Mr. Fisher moved to his present home,
situated in the north part of the township. Three
children have crowned their union - Bertha C.,
born Apr. 7, 1873; Florence, Sept. 26, 1875, and
Gail, Sept. 25, 1877. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Fisher are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Farming is the business in which he is
engaged.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - w/ some illustrations and
portraits ~ Page 647 |
W.
R. FISHER (Liberty Twp.), banker and grain
dealer; West Liberty; was born June 26, 1826, in
Hunterdon Co., N. J.; during early life, his educational
advantages were limited, but by study, observation and
experience, he has acquired a good business education;
at the age of sixteen he began the trade of
carriage-making, which he followed at Rosenburg for four
years; he then mined in California for three years, at
which he was somewhat successful. In 1851 he
returned to New Jersey, and there remained until 1853,
when he came to West Liberty and engaged in buying grain
under the firm name of Runkle & Co., continuing
about two yeas; he then merchandised under the firm name
of Fisher & Kelly, continuing one year, when
Kelly withdrew, and the firm changed to Fisher &
Greer, continuing four years. They then sold,
and Mr. Fisher engaged in his present business,
under the firm name of Taylor, Fisher & Co., and
is doing a fine business in banking and grain, etc.
He was married in banking and grain, etc. He was
married in 1854 to Eliza-Elizabeth M. Sieg, a
native of Virginia; they have one child - Kate,
who graduated at the Female Seminary at Staunton,
Virginia, in 1880. Mr. Fisher has been a
member of the School Board, and is now a member of the
Town Council. He is a member of Liberty Lodges,
Nos. 161, F., & A. M., and 96, I. O. O. F., and has been
treasurer of the latter since 1862. He takes an
active interest in all improvements, and his sterling
worth as a friend and neighbor, and as a successful
business man, is recognized by his friends and
acquaintances. His father, John, and
mother, Susan (Runkle) Fisher, were
born in New Jersey. They had three children, but
two survive - Jacob and W. R. The
father died 1832, and the mother was again married, this
time to Archibald Kennedy. She died
in 1876, a member of the Presbyterian Church, as was
also her husband. Mrs. Fisher's
grandfather was in the Revolutionary war. She has
a fork that was used by him during that struggle.
Mr. Fisher started life with nothing.
While he was serving his apprenticeship he worked for
$25 per year, and at the termination of his four years
he had only $30 left. This little treasure has
been improved, and he now ranks amongst the wealthy.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 709) |
CHARLES
F. FOX (Liberty Twp.), hardware, West Liberty; is
the son of Julias and Paulina Dietzel Fox; the
former was born in 1823, and died July 17, 1859;
he latter was born March 17, 129, both in Germany; they
emigrated to America in 1853 or 1854, and settled at
Springfield, Ohio, where the father engaged in
cabinet-making, in which he continued until his death;
he was buried by the Rover, til his death; he was buried
by the Rover, No. 4, Fire Company, of Springfield, and
was the first one to depart that organization, and was
borne to his silent resting-place on a hose wagon by his
faithful comrades, who deeply mourned his loss; he was
the father of Charles F. and Ernest E.
(deceased). The mother was again married, March 7,
1865, to George J. Walker, who was born Jan. 21,
1828, by whom she had three children, two of whom
survive - Anna and George. Charles F.
was born July 14, 1856, in Springfield, Ohio, where he
attended the pay school; at the age of 14 years he began
learning the tinner's trade with his uncle, Edwin
Dietzel, at his native city, which he continued
three years, and then engaged to a man by the name of
Otto for two years, transferring then to the employ
of Humphrey & Carter for two years. In
1878, he began business at West Liberty, and is running
a full line of stoves, tinward and house-furnishing
goods. He was married, Sept. 10, 1878, to
Maggie Hax, of Springfield, who was born June 21,
1856, and has blessed her husband with one child -
Theodore F. Her parents Frederick and
Elizabeth Gorman Hax, were natives of Germany and
had nine children; her father is a laborer in the Old
Champion Reaper Manufactory at Springfield; her parents
are both members of the Lutheran Church, as were also
his parents. Our subject and wife are active
members of the Lutheran Church at this place, in which
he as been Trustee. He has always been an active
Republican. He is comparatively young, yet he has,
by careful management, accumulated a nice little fortune
to make himself and family comfortable the rest of their
days. His gentlemanly appearance has won for him a
trade merited by but few in Logan Co.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 709 |
Stokes Twp. -
ADAM FRANK, carpenter and farmer;
P. O., Bloom Centre; is one of our enterprising
citizens, and can trace the family history back to the
time when they emigrated to the New World. Near
the year 1763, a family Holland, and one of the sons,
who bore the name of Adam, was then about 10
years of age. The family were in straitened circum
stances, and Adam's services were contracted for
a number of years in order that they might pay their
passage and get started in the new country. He
served through the Revolutionary war, and was married to
an English lady, by the name of Elizabeth Dryburg;
he lived for many years in Virginia, and from there
moved to this State; he died in his 87th year, and his
companion a few years later, at the same age. One
of their sons, named James, was born in
September, 1791, in Virginia, and accompanied his
parents to this State; he was married, in 1815, to
Elizabeth Merrill, who was born in Pennsylvania, but
was then living in Columbiana Co. They lived in
that county until 1829, when they moved to Licking Co.,
and bought a tract of new land, on which they resided
until the spring of 1847, when they moved to this
county; he died Aug. 28, 1849, and his wife Aug. 15,
1851. Their union produced eleven children, our
subject being the fourth; he was born Feb. 26, 1821, and
was married Jan. 24, 1841, to Rhoda A., daughter
of Alva and Maria (Conklin) Page; she was born
Dec. 17, 1825, in Broome Co., N. Y., and came to this
State when 10 years old. In 1844, they went to
Illinois, and lived there one year, then two years in
Iowa, and returned to this county, where they have since
lived, except the year 1878 they were in Tennessee.
Mr. Frank has cleared a good farm, and has
also worked at the carpenters' trade many years.
He served in Company F., 191st O. V. I., and both he and
wife belong to the First, Christian Church, in which she
has been preaching since 1862, her labors for the Master
having been crowned with success. Mr.
Frank has served as deacon over twenty years.
They have four children living—Adaline,
Caroline, Maria and Edward A., all of
whom are married. Mr. Frank is at
present identified with the Prohibition party.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 627 |
Miami Twp. -
SAMUEL FRANTZ, tinner; De Graff;
was born in Logan Co., O., near Bellefontaine, May 7,
1827. His parents, Abraham Frantz and
Catherine (Hontz) Frantz, were both natives of
Virginia; the third generation behind the present were
natives of Switzerland. His father was a farmer,
and Mr. Frantz passed his youth on his father's
farm. At the age of 20 years he left home to
learn the tinner's trade; he passed the period of his
apprenticeship in Logansville, Huntsville and
Bellefontaine; then for two years worked as journeyman-tinner
in several different places, when he entered into
partnership in Huntsville; the firm was known as
Foster & Frantz; here he remained five years.
It was at this place he married, Apr. 3, 1852, Miss
Mary Ann Leonard, who died in
October, 1855, leaving him with two sons, since grown to
maturity. Frank P. Frantz, who married
Miss Sallie Gessner and is living in
De Graff, and Sydney J. Frantz, who is
working at the tinner's trade at La Rue. July 1st,
1856, he married Miss Harriet M. Evans; by this
union there were two children— Miss Kate Frantz,
who married S. K. Neer and resides in De Graff,
and Charles A. Frantz, who died Oct. 27, 1879,
aged 19 years. After the five years in Huntsville,
he spent two years in journeyman-work; then in the
spring of 1859 he engaged in business at West Liberty
under the firm name of H. W. Jones & Co.; and
afterward at Sidney on his own responsibility.
This continued till the spring of 1862, when he sold out
his business and the following two years he engaged in
journeyman-work; it was here he was bereft of his
companion Feb. 8, 1862. In 1864 he enlisted in the
hundred-day service, 132nd O. N. G., and went through
all their experiences at White House Landing, Bermuda
Hundred, Petersburg and Richmond, and at the intrenched
works near Norfolk; after this term of service had
expired he returned to his home, and ten days after his
arrival he was drafted and was connected with the 19th
O. V. I., a regiment, by the way, which he never saw;
when the detachment was on the way to join their
regiment they were given into the command of Sherman,
joined his army at Atlanta and with him marched to the
sea; was mustered out at the close of the war; he
returned home, and in the following October settled in
business in De Graff. Jan. 19, 1866 he married Mrs.
R. L. Thomas, of this place, and they have one son
living—Sam. Cary Frantz, now 12 years of age, and
one, Harry Frantz, who died when but 7 months
old. On coming to De Graff, Mr. Frantz at
first took charge of a tinshop which he soon purchased,
and has since controlled; it embraces stoves, tin, glass
and queensware. After this chequered experience
Mr. Frantz has settled into a flourishing business
which must bring him competency and comfort.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 775 |
Perry Twp. -
SARAH J. FREER, farming, P. O.
Zanesfield; was a daughter of Haines Austin, who
was born in New Jersey, Aug. 8, 1808, and was married to
Rachel Garwood in 1833; she was born in New
Jersey in 1812, and located in that county where
Sarah J. was born, June 27, 1834; the family
emigrating to this county in the year 1835, locating in
Perry Tp. Here the family have since remained.
Haines Austin was stricken down suddenly Nov. 18
1837 - had started to New Jersey on a visit and while on
the road to Bellefontaine he fell dead of heart disease.
His wife yet survives him, she residing with her son and
daughter, Josiah and Elizabeth, in this township.
Sarah J. was married Nov. 5, 1854, to Isaiah
G. Freer, who was born Oct. 25, 1832, in Jefferson
Tp.; a son of Henry and Rachel (Outland) Freer.
After the marriage of our subject to Mr. Freer,
they remained on the Freer farm until the fall of
1860, when they located in the south-est part of Perry
Tp., the farm consisting of 150 acres of land.
Mr. Freer died of rose cancer May 1, 1879; his
remains now repose in Marmon Valley graveyard.
He was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church, and was
an active member in the same; living a conscientious and
upright life. Five children were born to them -
Henry C., born Feb. 14, 1857; Rachel E., Nov.
4, 1858; Ida D., Aug. 28, 1860, now Mrs.
Finley Reams of Jefferson Tp.; Mary A.,
born Sept. 19, 1855, and Charles A., born Oct.
20, 1867.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 647
SHARON WICK'S NOTE: Marmon Valley Graveyard is
called Marmon Valley Cemetery at www.findagrave.com
where several of the Freer family are buried. |
Lake Twp. -
S. W. FULLER, physician;
Bellefontaine. Of the old and highly respected
members of the Logan Co. medical profession is the above
named gentleman, who was born in Athens Co., O., Jan.
25, 1814, and is the son of Seth and Hannah (Fisher)
Fuller, a daughter of Col. Fisher, of the
Revolutionary War; his father is from Massachusetts, and
came to Ohio in about 1805; both parents died in Athens
Co., when S. W. was quite young. He, at 10
years of age, went to Washington Co., O., where he
remained until he was 23 years of age, during which time
he received a good common school education; in 1837 he
went to Cincinnati and took a regular course of lectures
in the Medical College of Cincinnati; in 1838 he came to
Logan Co., and located in West Liberty, where he began
the practice of medicine, and remained there until 1855,
and then went to Xenia, O.; 1856 he came to
Bellefontaine, where he has been engaged in the practice
of medicine ever since. In 1856 he entered the
drug business in connection with his profession; the
same year his drug store burned in the great fire, he
losing very heavily in this fire. He afterward
commenced anew in the drug business, which he continued
some two years, when he sold out his business and turned
his entire attention to the practice of medicine, and
to-day is one of the oldest as well as one of the most
successful physicians of Logan Co. He is a member
of the Ohio State Medical Society and the Logan County
Medical Society; is President of the latter society.
Dr. Fuller has held several offices of public
trust; he has been a member of the Board of Education of
Bellefontaine for some nineteen years, during which time
he was Chairman of the Board for some fifteen years; he
is a Republican, and belongs to the Presbyterian Church,
having been a member of that church for some thirty
years, filling prominent offices of the church; he is
now associated with Dr. J. P. Wallace in the
practice of medicine, who is a graduate of the Starling
Medical and Belleview Hospital Medical College, two of
the leading Medical Colleges of the country.
Dr. Fuller married, in 1847, Miss Francis M. Hull;
by this marriage they have eight children - five living.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 598)
SHARON WICK'S NOTES:
This family can be found in the following censuses:
1850 Census at Liberty Twp., Logan Co., OH at Dwelling
541 Family 541
Seth W. Fuller, ae 35, physician, wife Frances M.
Fuller and child, Patrick; also physician named B. B.
Leonard and a 16 year old girl named Mary Weis.
1860 Census at Bellefontaine, Logan Co., OH at Dwelling
446 Family 447
Seth W. Fuller, ae 46, his wife Francis M. ae 33,
children - Patrick, Francis, Martha, William, and
Bridget Murphy and Esther Hull ae 60 yrs., who is
problem Seth's wife's mother
1870 Census at Bellefontaine, Logan Co., OH at Dwelling
27 Family 30
S. W. Fuller, ae 56 yrs. No wife. Children
are: Patrick, Fanny, Mattie, Emma & Mary A. There
is also Esther Hull ae 70 yrs. living with them who is
probably his mother-in-law. All were born in Ohio.
1880 Census
Seth W. Fuller was b. Jan. 23, 1814 and d. Jan. 30,
1908. is buried at Bellefontaine City Cem., Logan
Co., OH with his wife, Frances M. Fuller who was b. July
19, 1826 and d. Feb. 3, 1863 - See
www.findagrave.com
Also: Emily Fuller Hownestine, d/o Dr. S. W. (b. Athens,
O.) & Francis M. (Hull) Fuller (b. Mansfield, O) died
Feb. 26, 1927 and is bur. in Bellefontaine Cem.
She was wife of E. J. Hownestine. |
Lake Twp. -
WILLIAM W. FUNK, cooper;
Bellefontaine; was born in Adams Co., O., in 1851.
When five years of age he, with his parents, came to
Logan Co., and settled in Rushsylvania. Here he
began to learn his trade - that of cooper - when he was
about thirteen years of age. After learning his
trade, he traveled in different parts of Ohio and
Indiana, working at his trade. In 1873 he came to
Bellefontaine and accepted a position as clerk in a
dry-goods store, where he remained for several years,
and where he, with assistance, saved enough money to
start a cooper shop of his own, and in 1877, he erected
a shop 20 x 70 feet, where he is prepared to do all
kinds of coopering usually done in a first-class shop.
In busy seasons he has employed as high as eight men in
his shops. His principal business is now in
manufacturing flour barrels for the flour-mill at
Bellefontaine. With the push and energy that
Mr. Funk is showing in his business, his
success is certain.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 598) |
GEORGE
FUSON, farmer; P. O. Huntsville; was born in
Champaign Co., Ohio, Sept. 11, 1818; was the eldest son
of Isaiah Fuson and Elizabeth
Cummins Fuson, who came
from Virginia to Ohio at an early day, and settled in
Champaign Co., where Mr. Fuson was a county officer for
twenty-one years. He died in July, 1861.
George Fuson and Miss Virginia
Slagle, of Virginia, were
married May 14, 1846. To them have been born
twelve children - Martha, James M., David Nancy, Emma, Ada F., Minnie F., Mary J.,
died July 23, 1862; Sarah
E., Jan. 4, 1864; Daniel, Jan. 4, 1864; George E., Sept.
22, 1870; Edgebert, Dec. 29, 1870. Mr.
Fuson came
to this township in the fall of 1850, and settled, and
has improved the place, and now has as good buildings as
any in the township; his farm consists of 208 acres of
good and well-improved land, which he has bought and
paid for by his own work and good management.
Coming here with only $300, he has paid for his farm,
educated his children, never sued any one, nor has he
ever been sued, or even dunned. He was one of the
Trustees for Washington Tp., for fifteen years; has
always voted the Republican ticket since the
organization of the party. Mr. and Mrs. Fuson
are
members of the Evangelical Association since 1852.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 735) |
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