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JAMES D. FATE
––A public-spirited and altruistic citizen, progressive and
prosperous and one of Morrow county’s representative citizens,
is James D. Fate. It will not be gainsaid that
agriculture is the ruling vocation of the universe, the great
basic industry, yielding sustenance to the masses. In the “land
of the free and the home of the brave” it seems almost the prime
requisite to greatness and renown that a man should pass a part
of his life on the farm. The halls of Congress, the
counting-houses, the professorial chair, in short all of the
professions present as their leading representatives men who
have spent their early lives amid rural surroundings. Should
our American citizen shun public life and prefer the respect
only of those who know him as neighbor, his life is still the
most independent and wholesome of any and it has been truly said
“The farmer is king of the earth.”
James D. Fate, who is custodian of Morrow county’s
funds, was a farmer’s son. His eyes first opened upon the
romantic scenery of Washington county, Maryland, and the date of
his arrival upon this mundane sphere was January 9, 1859. He
comes of that sturdy German stock which is of the most valuable
of the sources of our emigration and he partakes of the many
fine traits which characterize the Teutonic character. In order
of birth he is the third in a family of ten children born to
John and Margaret (Amick) Fate, eight of the number
surviving at the present time. Samuel and Himes
reside in Canaan township; Wason is a citizen of Marion;
James D. is of Mt. Gilead; Mary became the wife of
H. V. Price and makes her home in Galion; Elizabeth,
widow of Bryant Mills, resides in Edison, as do
Charles and John, the younger members of the family.
John Fate, father of him whose name initiates this
review, was born in Bavaria, Germany, on January 30, 1833, and
he died February 18, 1911, at the age of seventy-eight years and
eighteen days. When he was a child of less than four years of
age his parents, John and Barbara Fate, concluded to make
a trial of new fortunes across the blue Atlantic, and so bade
adieux to old associations in the Fatherland. Upon arriving
here the family located in Washington county, Maryland, where
they lived for a great many years. John Fate was the
eldest son of a family of seven children, of whom one brother
and four sisters survive, namely; Joseph, of near
Hancock, Maryland; Mrs. Littell, of Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania; Mrs. Richard, of Hancock, Maryland; Mrs.
Colbert, of McKeesport, Pennsylvania; and Mrs. Peter Koon,
of Cardington. At the age of twenty-two years Mr. Fate
was first united in marriage, the young woman to become his wife
being Margaret Amick, of Washington county, Maryland, and
ten children were born to their happy union, the names of these
sons and daughters having been mentioned in a preceding
paragraph. In 1861 the elder Mr. Fate settled in Bedford
county, Pennsylvania, and there he and his family resided for
over a decade. In 1872 they came to Morrow county, Ohio, and
favorably impressed with its advantages, they here made
permanent location, They secured land and were soon enrolled
among the prosperous farmer folk of this part of the Buckeye
state. On May 26, 1894, Mrs. Fate was summoned to the
life eternal, and some five years later Catherine
Heffelfinger, of West Point, was united with him in holy
wedlock. Mr. Fate is thus survived by his wife, eight
children, twenty grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
Mr. Fate was a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal
church and enjoyed the respect of the community in which he had
resided for nearly forty years. It has been said of him “He was
a manly man; he was a man of clear conviction and of decided
opinions; he was a faithful husband, father, friend, beloved and
honored by all who knew him.”
James D. Fate was a lad of about thirteen years of
age at the time of the removal from Pennsylvania. He continued
his studies in the district schools, but the exigencies of farm
life made it impossible for him to attend anything but the short
winter term. Under the careful supervision of his father he and
his brothers became thoroughly familiar with practical
agriculture, while through his own efforts he improved his
education. It is quite true of him that he is a self-made and
self-educated man, and he has always walked in the paths of
rectitude and honesty. Being of a careful and thrifty turn of
mind, while still young he succeeded in accumulating a fine
estate, consisting of one hundred and sixteen and one-half acres
of fine land in Cardington township. In 1906 he abandoned the
vocation of agriculture, to which he had previously devoted his
energies, and became a member of the well-known firm of dealers
in stock, “The Cardington Live Stock Company,” comprising the
following gentlemen: Messrs. H. L. Eckles, J. E.
Coleman and J. D. Fate. The company bought and
shipped live stock to the cities of Buffalo, Pittsburg and
Cleveland, and the enterprise proved exceedingly successful.
Mr. Fate continued a member of the firm until 1909. When he
left his father’s farm he had absolutely no capital and his
present competence he has acquired through his own energy,
executive ability and enlightened business methods, and with the
cooperation of his estimable wife. There is, indeed, particular
pleasure in presenting the record of a man’s life when he has
had to carve his own way through the rock of adversity and
difficulty which lies in the path of the average man. Mr.
Fate is an admirable example not only to his own children
but also to the rising generation of what the best methods in
business and citizenship will accomplish.
As his companion in life Mr. Fate chose Miss
Elenora A. Koon, their marriage occurring March 7, 1880, in
Canaan township. To this happy union have been born one son and
four daughters, Estella M., who is the wife of Charles
H. Bradford, a mechanic of Armada, Michigan. They have two
children, Delmar and Vera. Hollie R.
resides in Cardington township, where he is a prosperous young
farmer. He married Miss Emma Lehner, and they have one
son, Ronald O. Ethel D. is a graduate of the
Cardington high school of the class of 1910, and resides with
her parents. Two children died in infancy.
Mrs. Fate is a native of Morrow county, her birth
having occurred here January 27, 1861, and she is the daughter
of Jacob and Mary (Warwick) Koon. She was educated in
the common schools and was reared in her home county. She is of
fine German lineage and is endowed with the tastes and
accomplishments of good housewifery, and her career as a
helpmeet to her husband and a good mother to her children has
been signally successful. Her father, Jacob Koon,
although a native of Pennsylvania, traced his descent to
Germany. By occupation he was a farmer; politically he was a
Jackson Democrat; and he and his wife were members of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Koon are
now deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Fate are adherents of the faith of the
Friends, or. Quaker Society and they live their beautiful faith
in their lives, being highly esteemed by all who know them.
Politically the head of the house is a Republican and he has
ever upheld the principles of the Grand Old Party both in local
and national affairs. The first presidential vote cast by him
was for Ohio’s martyred son, Garfield, and he has
supported every Republican candidate since that day. Many times
he has been chosen by his people to represent their interests in
county and district conventions, and this is as it should be,
for his official record stands without a blemish. In 1899 he
was appointed real estate appraiser of the lands of Cardington
township. Subsequently he was appointed by the secretary of the
state of Ohio as a member of the board of supervisors of
elections of Morrow county, this being in the year 1904. His
election as county treasurer came to pass in 1908 and he was
later re-elected to this very important office, of which he is
the present incumbent. His services have been valuable and of
the most irreproachable character.
Mr. Fate is a genial and cordial gentleman, strictly
honest and upright and beyond reproach both as a business man
and a friend. Fraternally he is an honored member of the
Knights of Pythias Lodge, No. 427, at Cardington, Ohio. Mr.
and Mrs. Fate reside in Mt. Gilead, in their own beautiful
and modern residence located on Union street. It is good to
look upon and a marvel of convenience, heated by furnace,
lighted by electricity and natural gas, and its portals are ever
open to the many friends of the owner and his gracious wife.
Source: History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol.
II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp.
491-496
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SAMUEL A. FATE.
––One of the many attractive and well ordered farmsteads of
Morrow county is that owned by Samuel A. Fate, and it
comprises one hundred and four acres of most arable land in
section 27, Canaan township. Here are to be found well tilled
fields, productive meadows and high grade stock, and the owner
is recognized as one of the progressive agriculturists of the
county that has ever been his home since his boyhood days. He
is one of the popular influential citizens of his township where
he has served in offices of public trust, and in addition to his
farming enterprise he has for many years given more or less
attention to the painter’s trade in which he is a skilled
workman
Samuel A. Fate was born in Washington county,
Maryland, on the 4th of July, 1856, and is a scion of families
founded in that historic commonwealth in an early day. His
parents were John and Margaret (Amick) Fate. John
Fate was born January 30, 1833, in Bavaria, Germany, and was
a child of four years when brought to America by his parents,
John and Barbara Fate. They settled in Washington county,
Maryland, where they lived for many years. Of their family but
five now survive: Joseph, of Hancock, Maryland; Mrs.
Richard, of the same place; Mrs. Littell, of
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Colbert, of McKeesport,
Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Peter Koon, of Cardington.
At the age of twenty-two, John Fate, father of
Samuel, was married in Washington county, Maryland, to
Margaret Amick. In 1861, they settled in Bedford county,
Pennsylvania, where they resided for over ten years. In. 1872,
they came to Morrow county, Ohio, and here the father purchased
a farm in Canaan township near Edison, and continued to be
actively identified with agricultural pursuits for many years.
By his first marriage, he was the father of ten children, and
eight of this number still survive. May 26, 1894, Mrs. Fate
died, and five years later, John Fate married
Catherine Heffelfinger, of Westpoint [sic]. He was
living virtually retired in the village of Westpoint [sic],
when he died February 18, 1911, at the age of seventy-eight
years. He was a man of probity and integrity and had been given
the fullest measure of popular esteem in the county that was so
long his home. In his political proclivities he was a
Republican and religiously he was a zealous member of the
Methodist Episcopal church. His wife is still a resident of
this county and maintains her home in the village of Westpoint [sic].
Samuel A. Fate, the eldest in his parents’ family,
was fourteen years of age at the time of the family removal to
Morrow county and thus he had received his rudimentary education
in the public schools of Bedford county, Pennsylvania. He
continued to attend school after coming to Morrow county, and
his educational discipline included a two years’ course in the
high school at Mt. Gilead. That he made good use of the
advantages thus afforded him is evident from the fact that, at
an early age he proved himself eligible for pedagogic honors.
He passed the required examination and secured a teacher’s
certificate, after which he continued as a successful and
popular teacher in the district schools of Morrow county for a
period of eleven years. He taught principally during the winter
terms and in the summer seasons continued his identification
with the great industry of agriculture, under whose benignant
discipline he had been reared. He purchased his present farm
which comprises one hundred and four acres and made many
improvements on the place and it is now one of the model farms
of Canaan township. Diversified agriculture and stock raising
give from this farm excellent returns, as the owner brings to
bear not only energy and industry, but also progressive methods,
modern facilities and scientific principles.
A man of strong individuality and broad views, Mr. Fate
naturally takes a lively interest in public affairs and gives
his aid and influence in support of measures tending to conserve
the material and civic advancement and prosperity of the
community. He is found aligned as a stalwart advocate of the
principles and policies of the Republican party and is well
fortified in his political opinions. He served several years as
township assessor and has also given efficient service as
township clerk, of which office he was incumbent for several
years. Mr. Fate is an appreciative member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he is affiliated with
Denmark Lodge, No. 760, in the neighboring village of Denmark.
He is past noble grand of this lodge and has represented the
same in the grand lodge of the state.
Mr. Fate was united in marriage to Miss Nettie
Worden, who was born and reared in Canaan township and who
is a daughter of the late Richard Worden, one of the
representative farmers and honored citizens of this township.
Mr. and Mrs. Fate have two children. Oscar, who
was born on the 31st of July, 1880, is now one of the
representative farmers of the younger generation in his native
county and resides upon a farm two miles distant from the
village of Edison, in Canaan township. Maude, who was
born on the 5th of June, 1883, is the wife of H. S. Gruber,
a prosperous young farmer of Canaan township.
Source: History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol.
II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp.
917-919
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DAVID FEIGLEY.
––One of the well known citizens and extensive landholders of
Canaan township, David Feigley is a scion of one of the
honored pioneer families of Morrow county, where his father took
up his abode prior to the organization of the county, the major
portion of which was then a part of Marion county. The name has
been worthily and prominently identified with the development of
the agricltural [sic] resources of this favored section
of the Buckeye state and he whose name initiates this review has
well upheld its prestige. He is the owner of a valuable landed
estate of three hundred and seven acres in the county and is one
of the honored and influential native sons of said county, his
fine homestead farm being located in Canaan township.
David Feigley was born on his father’s pioneer
farmstead one mile south of the present village of Climax, in
Canaan township, and the date of his nativity was March 17,
1842. He is a son of William and Lucinda (DeWitt) Feigley,
the former of whom was horn in the state of Maryland and the
latter in Ohio. The father was ninety-two years of age at the
time of his death and the mother passed to the life eternal at
the age of seventy-three years. They were widely known in
Morrow county, which represented their home for many years and
which was the place of their death. The mother was a member of
the Methodist church and their lives were upright, generous and
kindly. Of their sixteen children twelve were reared to years
of maturity and of the number only four are now living:
Samuel, who is a resident of Canaan township; David,
who figures as the immediate subject of this review; Mary,
who is the wife of Willie Simpson, of Union City,
Indiana; and Lucinda, who is the wife of Mitchell
Kilgore, a representative farmer of Canaan township. The
father came from Hagerstown, Maryland, to Ohio soon after
attaining to his legal majority and he settled in that part of
Marion county that is now Canaan township, Morrow county. Here
he reclaimed a farm from the forest and on the old homestead he
reared his large family of children with all of solicitude and
affectionate care, the while he encountered his full quota of
the deprivations and vicissitudes which fell to the lot of the
pioneer whose financial resources were limited. He was a man of
strong character and impregnable integrity, and his name merits
an enduring place on the roster of the worthy pioneers of Morrow
county.
David Feigley’s early experiences were those gained
in connection with the work of the homestead farm on which he
was born, and he has never regretted the discipline that taught
him the dignity of honest toil. His educational privileges were
those offered in the common schools of the locality and period,
and these he attended only during the winter terms, when his aid
was not in requisition in connection with the work of the farm.
Upon attaining to his majority he started out to fight the
battle of life for himself, and for the first two years he was
employed at farm work for others, under yearly contracts. He
soon afterwards assumed connubial responsibilities, and he has
noted in an appreciative and reminiscent way that when he was
married his capitalistic resources were summed up in the amount
of three hundred dollars, while he had not yet become the owner
of any land. His first purchase of land was made in 1875, when
he secured a tract of one hundred and twenty-five acres in
Canaan township. He reclaimed this to cultivation and labored
with all of zeal and earnestness to improve his status in life.
As his resources became more ample he continued to make
judicious investments in farm lands in the county and, as
already stated, he is now the owner of more than three hundred
acres of land, the major portion of which is available for
cultivation and provided with the best of improvements. He has
a commodious and attractive residence and the home is known for
its generous hospitality. The success of Mr. Feigley as
one of the world’s workers is gratifying to contemplate, as is
has been worthily won through legitimate avenues of industry.
Just and sincere in his relations with his fellow men, he has
not been denied the fullest measure of popular confidence and
esteem in the county that has ever represented his home, and he
is to-day one of its substantial citizens and prosperous farmers
and stock-growers. His political allegiance is given to the
Democratic party and while he has never sought or desired public
office he has been at all times ready to do his share in
supporting measures advanced for the general good of the
community.
On the 26th of February, 1865, Mr. Feigley was
united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Bailey, who was born
in Gilead township, Morrow county, on the 2d of December, 1844,
and who is a daughter of the late David and Sarah (Weaver)
Bailey, worthy pioneer citizens of this county, where they
continued to reside until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Feigley
became the parents of two children––Sarah, who is the
wife of Victor L. Brooks, a successful business man of
the village of Edison, this county; and William H., who
was a farmer by vocation and who died in Canaan township on the
3d of July, 1906, at the age of thirty-seven years and six
months.
Source: History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol.
II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp.
737-739
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WILLIAM A. FERGUSON.
––Among the decidedly progressive and enterprising farmers of
Troy township, Morrow county, Ohio, William A. Ferguson
holds prestige as one whose success has been on a parity with
his well directed efforts. He is the owner of “Spring Glenn
Farm,” comprised of three hundred and eighty-eight acres of most
arable land and situated fourteen miles northeast of Mount
Gilead, Ohio. In addition to his agricultural operations Mr.
Ferguson is director in the Lexington Savings Bank, at
Lexington, Ohio, and he is a heavy stockholder in the Morrow
County Telephone Company. In all his business ventures Mr.
Ferguson has met with unqualified success and he commands
the unalloyed regard of his fellow citizens, both by reason of
his sterling intergrity [sic] of character and his fair
and honorable methods.
William A. Ferguson was born within the borders of
North Bloomfield township, the date of his nativity being the
30th of July, 1858. He is a son of William R. and Mary S.
(Morrow) Ferguson, both of whom have long since passed into
the great beyond, the former on the 23rd of May, 1874, and the
latter on the 19th of October, 1870. Following is a brief
history of the Ferguson family. Of four brothers, all of
whom were born and reared to adult age in Scotland, one
immigrated to the United States; one journeyed to Australia; one
moved to Ireland and the fourth remained a true son of his
native heath, passing practically his entire life in Scotland.
John Ferguson was the brother who went to Ireland and of
his children, four sons and one daughter, all came to the United
States, settling in the state of New Jersey, in the early
Colonial epoch of our national history. One of the last
mentioned, John Ferguson by name, was the
great-grandfather of him to whom this sketch is dedicated. He
was the father of a number of children, among whom one was
David, who married Miss Lydia J. Robertson, who bore
him two children, namely: William R. and Lydia J.,
the latter of whom became the wife of Robert W. White.
Mr. and Mrs. White were united in marriage on the 18th of
February, 1841, and they now maintain their home in Warrick
county, Indiana. After the death of his first wife, who died on
the 7th of December, 1824, David Ferguson married Miss
Nancy Ard, who died without issue.
William R. Ferguson, father of the subject of this
sketch, was reared to adult age near Newville, in Cumberland
county, Pennsylvania, to the public schools of which place he is
indebted for his preliminary educational training. As a young
man he turned his attention to the pedagogic profession and he
was engaged in that line of work in Pennsylvania and Ohio. He
was a man of broad mind, being very well read, and he was a
quick and ready debater. He was married, on the 13th of April,
1843, to Miss Mary S. Morrow, and two years later removal
was made to Ohio. Leaving his wife at Mansfield, in Richland
county, Mr. Ferguson came to what is now Troy township,
Morrow county, and after looking about him for a time he
purchased a farm in North Bloomfield township, to which he
brought his family. In 1857 he erected a fine new farm house on
his estate but the family had resided therein for scarcely a
year when it was destroyed by fire. He then bought a tract of
one hundred and fifty-four acres of land in Troy township, on
which he resided during the residue of his life. He was a
stock-grower and a wool buyer and he accumulated quite a fortune
during the strenuous days of the Civil war. He was one of the
leading members of the Presbyterian church, in the various
departments of whose work he was an active factor and in which
he was an elder for a number of years. He was the father of
seven children, all of whom are deceased except William A.,
of this review. Concerning the others the following brief data
are here incorporated: David M. was a member of Company
D, Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, having enlisted for
service in the same on his eighteenth birthday, August 8, 1861.
He was a gallant and faithful Union soldier and sacrificed his
life in defense of his country, his death having occurred on the
11th of January, 1862, on board the ship Louisiana. Mary J.
died at the age of about eighteen years; Margaretta died
when in her seventeenth year; Lydia I. passed away when
nineteen years old; Emma was summoned to the life eternal
in her sixteenth year; and James B. died at the age of
twenty-one years.
William A. Ferguson passed his boyhood and youth on
the farm on which he was born and his educational advantages
consisted of such training as could be procured in the district
schools of Troy and Bloomfield townships. When twenty years of
age he went west and passed one year in the states of Colorado
and Washington. He then returned to Ohio and soon thereafter
was recorded his marriage, the date of which was September 9,
1879. After that important event location was made on what is
now known as Spring Glenn Farm and which now consists of three
hundred and eighty-eight acres of finely cultivated land, the
same being located fourteen miles northeast of Mount Gilead,
Ohio. Mr. Ferguson is eminently successful as a farmer,
the major portion of his time and attention being devoted to
general agriculture and the raising of high-grade stock. He is
a stockholder and one of the directors of the Lexington Savings
Bank, at Lexington, Ohio. This substantial and reliable
monetary institution is capitalized with a stock of twenty-five
thousand dollars and is one of the best concerns of its kind in
Ohio. Mr. Ferguson is also a stockholder in the Morrow
County Telephone Company. He is a man of unusual executive
ability and finely developed business instincts.
On the 9th of September, 1879, was solemnized the marriage
of Mr. Ferguson to Miss Emma J. Shauck, who was
born on the 6th of January, 1860, and who is a daughter of
Henry L. and Leah (King) Shauck. Henry L. Shauck was
a son of Henry Shauck, who came to Ohio from
Pennsylvania. Henry Shauck, Sr., located in Richland
county, where he entered as much as six hundred and forty acres
of land. He was a civil engineer by profession and was a man of
splendid education and many talents. Leah King was a
daughter of Jacob King and as the wife of Henry Shauck
she became the mother of six children, concerning whom the
following brief data are here recorded: John J. resides
in Richland county, Ohio; Albert K. maintains his home at
Shelby, Ohio; Emma J. is now Mrs. William A. Ferguson;
and Ermina, Ellen and Allen are deceased. Mrs.
Ferguson was educated in the public schools of Richland
county and she was for one year a student in the seminary at
Lexington, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson have been born
five children: Lulu Blanche, born July 29, 1881, was
graduated in the Johnsville High School and for a time was a
student in the state university at Oxford, Ohio, after which she
was engaged in teaching for four years prior to her marriage to
J. W. Hirth, of Congress township, Morrow county, Ohio;
Ethel B., born on the 17th of July, 1882, was graduated
in the Johnsville High School, after which she was matriculated
in the Normal School at Columbus, Ohio, and she is now a teacher
in the city schools of Columbus, Ohio, as is also Bernice L.,
who was born on the 8th of February, 1885, and who received
excellent educational advantages in her youth. Both daughters
will enter the Ohio State University in 1916. William S.,
born on the 21st of July, 1895, is now a student in the
Johnsville High School; and Mary K., born May 8, 1908, is
the beloved baby of the family.
In their religious faith the Ferguson family are
devout members of the United Evangelical church, in which Mr.
Ferguson is class leader and superintendent of the Sunday
school, in addition to which he is president of the Troy and
Perry Sunday School Association. In a fraternal way he is
affiliated with Johnsville Lodge, No. 469, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, in which he is past noble grand; and Johnsville
Grange, in which he is past master. He is also a director in
the Partons’ Mutual Relief Association, of Belleville, Ohio.
While he has never been ambitious for the honors or emoluments
of public office of any description, Mr. Ferguson has
ever manifested that deep and sincere interest in public affairs
which is prolific of so much good for the general welfare of the
community and county at large. He is a man of fine principle,
is conscientiously devoted to his duties as a husband and father
and is everywhere accorded that unqualified esteem which is the
outcome of sincere admiration and true friendship.
Source: History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol.
II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp.
733-735
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HARPER FLEMING.
––When it is stated that this well known and highly esteemed
agriculturist and stock-grower of Peru township is a
representative of the third generation of the Fleming
family in Morrow county it becomes evident that he bears a name
that has been identified with the history of this favored
section of the Buckeye state since the early pioneer epoch, and
it may further be stated that on the maternal side also he is of
the third generation in Morrow county, within whose borders the
respective families settled prior to its organization under the
present name. As a citizen of sterling worth and as one who has
attained to marked priority in connection with the important
industrial lines to which he has given his allegiance Mr.
Fleming is well entitled to definite recognition in this
history of his native county, to whose civic and material
progress he has contributed, even as his father and both his
paternal and maternal grandfathers. His fine landed estate,
comprising one hundred and two acres, is known as Long View
Stock Farm, and the beautiful rural home occupies a site whose
eminence is such as to afford a commanding view of the
surrounding country within a radius of about three miles. His
is one of the model farms of the county and his indefatigable
energy and progressive methods have brought to him unqualified
success in his various operations, the while he has stood
exponent of the most loyal citizenship and of distinctive public
spirit.
Harper Fleming was born in Peru township, Morrow
county, on the 28th of August, 1862, and in the same fine
township which is his present place of abode were also born his
parents, James and Rachel (Haverlo) Fleming, the
respective dates of nativity having been January 27, 1824, and
August 15, 1830. The father has given his allegiance to
agriculture and stock-growing throughout his entire active
career and he and his wife, now venerable in years, live with
their children. Both are well known in this section of the
state, which has ever been their home, and they have secured an
impregnable place in the confidence and esteem of those with
whom they have come in contact in the various relations of
life. Of their nine children he whose name introduces this
sketch was the seventh in order of birth and of the others three
sons and one daughter are now living.
Harper Fleming was reared to the sturdy discipline
of the old homestead farm and is indebted to the common schools
of the locality and period for his early educational training,
the greater part of which was received during the winter terms,
when his services were not in requisition in connection with the
work of the farm. He has never wavered in his allegiance to the
great basic industry under whose influence he was reared, and
through the same he has found ample opportunity for effective
enterprise. He has kept in close touch with the march of
advancement and has availed himself of scientific methods and
progressive ideas in both the agricultural and stock-growing
departments of his productive operations, with the result that
he is recognized as one of the essentially representative
farmers and stock-growers of the county that has ever been his
home and to whose every interest he is loyal. He initiated his
independent career when a young man by teaching school for a
number of years, afterward taking up farming, and he has resided
upon his present homestead for many years, in the meanwhile
putting forth the best effort in developing and improving the
place. He makes a specialty of the raising of high-grade live
stock and through this medium has gained high reputation for the
success of his operations. The buildings and other permanent
improvements on his farm are of the best order and everything
about the place bears patent evidence of thrift and prosperity.
In politics Mr. Fleming is found aligned as a stanch
supporter of the cause of the Democratic party and he has
wielded much influence in connection with public affairs of a
local order. He has exemplified the most progressive ideas and
policies and he was the principal factor in securing the
petition for and bringing about the construction of the
Fleming stone road, a fine highway extending from Ashley to
Stantontown, Morrow county––a distance of five and one-half
miles. He has served with marked efficiency and acceptability
as assessor of Peru township and also as deputy county
supervisor of elections, besides which he has otherwise been
active in connection with public affairs in the county.
Mr. Fleming has been twice married. In 1886 he
wedded Miss Jennie Foster and she was summoned to the
life eternal on the 26th of August, 1901. Concerning the
children of this union the following brief record is entered:
Gussie A., who was born on the 23rd of May, 1887, was
graduated in the high school at Pleasantville, Fairfield county,
as a member of the class of 1905, and thereafter was for two
years a student in Shepherdson College, at Granville, Licking
county. She is now principal of the high school at Basil,
Fairfield county, and is proving a successful and popular
teacher. Ollie R., the second daughter, who was born
August 15, 1891, was graduated in the commercial department of
Oberlin Colege [sic], as a member of the class of 1911,
and she holds a lucrative position with a Cleveland business
firm. Junia E., was born on the 20th of August, 1895.
On the 3rd of August, 1902, Mr. Fleming was united in
marriage to Mrs. Gladys (Jenkins) Whipple, widow of
Albert Whipple and a daughter of Silas Jenkins, a
well known citizen of Ashley, Morrow county, a village about
four and one-half miles- distant from the homestead farm of
Mr. Fleming. The one child of the second marriage is
Wade E., who was born on the 29th of August, 1904. Mr.
Fleming and his family are popular factors in connection
with the social activities of the community, and the attractive
home is known for its cordial hospitality.
Source: History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol.
II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp.
871-873
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FINLEY H. FLICKINGER -
Whether the elements of success i life are innate attributes of
the individual or whether they are quickened by a process of
circumstantial development, it is impossible clearly to determine.
Yet the study of a successful life is none the less profitable by
reason of the existence of this uncertainty, and in the majority
of cases it is found that exceptional ability, amounting to
genius, perhaps, was the real secret of the pre-eminence which
many envied. So it appears to the student of human nature
who seeks to trace the history of the rise of Finley H.
Flickinger, a typical American of the best class.
As superintendent of the Cardington schools Mr. Flickinger
has been identified with education interests in this
section of the state for twenty-five years and his labors have
been effective in raising the standard of the schools until the
educational system is one of which every citizen of the locality
ahs reason to be proud.
Professor
Finley H. Flickinger was born in Crawford county, Ohio,
on the 13th of September, 1867, and is a son of John and
Amanda (Fralick) Flickinger, both of whom were native of
Ohio. The father was long engaged in farming in Crawford
county, where he was respected and honored as one of the most
influential citizens in the community. He was summoned to
the life eternal in 1890 and his wife is living in Crawford
county, Ohio. Finley H. was the first in
order of birth in a family of eight children and he was afforded
the advantages of the public schools of his native county, being
graduated in the New Washington high school in 1887. He was
matriculated in the Ohio Northern University, in 1884, in which
excellent institution he was graduated as a member of the class of
1905, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He has a life
certificate for teaching in the common schools and also in the
high school, having received the former in 1900 and the latter in
1906. The high school certificate was received by
examination. Profesor
Flickinger has been identified with the pedagogic
profession in the Buckeye state for the past twenty-five years; he
served as principal at Iberia for six years and in 1903 came to
Cardington, where he has since been incumbent of the office of
superinten Cardington, where he has since been incumbent of the
office of superintendent of schools. For eleven years he was
a member of the board of school examiners. He is a man of
fine natural intelligence and broad humanitarian principles and he
has ever contributed his quota to the progress and development of
this section of the state.
In 1889 was
celebrated the marriage of Professor Flickinger
to Miss Ellen Wagner, of Crawford county, where
she was born in 1868. She was educated in the common schools
of the county and was graduated in the high school at New
Washington, after which she became a popular and successful
teacher in the schools of Crawford county, being thus engaged for
three years prior to her marriage. To this union have been born
three children, Karl, Eilene and Lucile.
Karl was graduated in the Cardington high school and in
Bliss College at Columbus, Ohio. He is now bookkeeper for
the Cleveland Wholesale Provision Company, with headquarters at
Cleveland. Eilene was graduated in the
local high school and remains at the parental home and Lucile is a
student in the high school, being a member of the class of 1912.
Professor Flickinger is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church, as is also his wife, and he is a teacher in the
Sunday school, of which he is also assistant superintendent.
His interest in political questions is deep and sincere and he
gives an earnest support to Democratic principles, believing that
the platform of the party contains the best elements of good
government. In a fraternal way he is affiliated with
Cardington Lodge, No. 427, Knights of Pythias, in which he is past
chancellor. He is also a valued and appreciative member of
Cardington Lodge, No. 384, Free and Accepted Masons and of
Cardington Chapter, No. 163, Royal Arch Masons. In connection with
his chosen profession he is a member of the County Institute State
Teachers' Association.
Source:
History
of
Morrow
County,
Ohio: By
Abraham J. Baughman, Robert Franklin Bartlett - Publ. The Lewis
publishing company,
1911
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MARY
VIRGINIA FOGLE - It is most appropriate that when the
lifework of one is finished a record should be made of it.
It is especially so when that life work was of much usefulness,
and the subject promised exalted excellence of character and
superior qualities of intellect.
Mary Virginia Fogle, was the oldest daughter of
Benjamin and Ann C. (Kinsell) Fogle, of a family of four
children, and both her father and mother were reared at
Chesterville, in Morrow county, and her grandparents on both
sides were pioneers of that village and township.
The maternal grandfather, Enoch B. Kinsell, was
one of the first three associate judges of Morrow county, from
1848 until the new constitution of the state of Ohio in 1852,
and was a man of high standing in the county. The paternal
grandfather, John Fogle, was a substantial farmer of good
standing. In religion the families on both sides, father
and mother, grandfathers and grandmothers, were Methodists.
Benjamin Fogle, the father, was a man of
superior intellect and force of character, and while he lived in
Mt. Gilead, which was from about 1865 until his death, Apr. 5,
1875, he was the leading Methodist in the church. The
family continued to reside at Mt. Gilead for several years after
Miss Fogle's death.
For several years the family of our subject resided in
Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was born, and where she had
exceptional opportunities for culture, which she improved as she
grew up, and her intellectual prospects from early childhood
were flattering. She had excellent qualities of voice,
which were properly trained, and on nearly all public occasions
her talents were in demand; both as singer and player, for she
was an accomplished musician. She attended the high school
in Mt. Gilead, and later, for several years, became one of the
most successful teachers therein. She took a course of
study at the State Normal School at Oswego, New York, and was
graduated therefrom in the year 1883. Miss Walter,
the teacher of the training school said of her: "W rarely had
among our students so bright and shining a light as Miss
Fogle." Professor Poucher, the president of the
Normal School, wrote: "She was a most excellent and progressive
student and teacher."
Upon her graduation she became supervisor of teachers
in the public schools of Trenton, New Jersey, where she took
high rank. She may be classed as teacher with Miss
Sarah Arnold, of Boston, and Mrs. Ella Flagg Young,
now superintendent of public schools of Chicago.
For many years she was a supervisor of high standing of
teachers. While teaching, or supervising, at Trenton, she
made an exhibit of educational work at the Columbian Exposition
in Chicago in 1893, which which she was awarded the first prize.
Mrs. Fogle was noted for unusual strength of
clearness of intellect, great self-command and preserve power,
keen sympathy, lofty ideals, refined dignity, and the rare
ability to inspire in her pupils and associates a desire to
attain the same high qualities.
At Trenton she fell seriously ill and was removed to a
hospital in Philadelphia, where the best skilled specialists and
nurses did all that could be done for her. She died
January 21, 1895, in the forty-second year of her age, and her
remains were brought to Mt. Gilead and rest in River Cliff
cemetery, beside those of her father and mother.
This tribute is dedicated to her memory by a pupil who
remembers her with deep affection and gratitude.
Source: History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman -
Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 –
Pgs. 511 - 512 |
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PERRY
L. FOUST. - Prominent among the active and esteemed
residents of Westfield township is Perry L. Foust,
a successful agriculturist and land appraiser for the township.
He is a native and to the "manner born"; his birth having occurred
in this part of Morrow county Oct. 24, 1867. He is a son of
Samuel Foust, Jr., and grandson of Samuel
Foust, Sr., who was born in Pennsylvania, of German
ancestors, and subsequently became one of the early pioneers of
Morrow county, settling here when the country roundabout was in
its pristine wildness.
Samuel
Foust, Jr., was a life-long resident of Morrow county,
his death occurring while he was yet in the prime of life, in
1881. His wife, whose maiden name was Jennie Fisk,
was born near Nelsonville, Athens county, Ohio, and is now living
in Ashley, Delaware county, Ohio. To her and her husband
three children were born and reared, namely: Perry L.,
Harry L., of Ashley; and Claudia, wife
of James Warline, of Ashley.
Brought up on the home farm, Perry L. Foust
acquired his early education in the district schools, which he
attended during the winter terms until fourteen years old, when he
had the misfortune to lose his father. At the age of twelve
years, however, he had begun work for an uncle, William F.
Smyth, with whom he remained until ready to begin life on
his own responsibility. A young man of energy and ambition,
with excellent business capacity and tact, Mr. Foust
steadily climbed the ladder of attainments, and now holds an
assured position among the successful agriculturists of Westfield
township, his snug little farm of forty-eight acres being under a
good state of culture, and responding to his magic touch.
Politically identified with the Democratic party, Mr.
Foust represents Westfield township on the Democratic
Central Committee. He has served as township supervisor, and
in 1909 was elected to his present position as land appraiser.
Fraternally he is a member of Ashley Lodge, No. 421, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is past grand, and likewise,
belongs to the Encampment.
On Mar. 31,
1887, Mr. Foust was united in marriage with
Carrie Russell, who was born and educated in
Westfield township, being a daughter of Eban Russell.
Five children have been born into the happy home of
Mr. and Mrs. Foust, namely: Clifford,
who married Mabel Roosevelt, of Delaware county;
Harley, who was graduated from the Cardington
High School with the class of 1910; Doris, born
Mar. 5, 1901; Fern, born Feb. 26, 1904; and
Clio, born Nov. 22, 1905.
Source: History
of
Morrow
County,
Ohio:
By Abraham J. Baughman, Robert Franklin Bartlett - Publ.
The Lewis publishing company,
1911 - Page 836
NOTE:
According to John Mitchell,
the Biography book incorrectly lists Eben Russell as Evan
Russell. He
has copies of Eben’s Civil War pension records.
During the 1910 census of Westfield
in Morrow county, Ohio, this couple had been married for 23
years. They had a total of five children and all five were
living. The date and place of this marriage were reported in a
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PERRY
L. FOUST. - Prominent among the active and esteemed
residents of Westfield township is
Perry L. Foust,
a successful agriculturist and land appraiser for the township.
He is a native and to the "manner born"; his birth having occurred
in this part of Morrow county Oct. 24, 1867. He is a son of
Samuel Foust, Jr., and grandson of
Samuel
Foust, Sr., who was born in Pennsylvania, of German
ancestors, and subsequently became one of the early pioneers of
Morrow county, settling here when the country roundabout was in
its pristine wildness.
Samuel
Foust, Jr., was a life-long resident of Morrow county,
his death occurring while he was yet in the prime of life, in
1881. His wife, whose maiden name was
Jennie Fisk,
was born near Nelsonville, Athens county, Ohio, and is now living
in Ashley, Delaware county, Ohio. To her and her husband
three children were born and reared, namely:
Perry L.,
Harry L., of Ashley; and
Claudia, wife
of James Warline, of Ashley.
Brought up on the home farm,
Perry L. Foust
acquired his early education in the district schools, which he
attended during the winter terms until fourteen years old, when he
had the misfortune to lose his father. At the age of twelve
years, however, he had begun work for an uncle,
William F.
Smyth, with whom he remained until ready to begin life on
his own responsibility. A young man of energy and ambition,
with excellent business capacity and tact, Mr. Foust
steadily climbed the ladder of attainments, and now holds an
assured position among the successful agriculturists of Westfield
township, his snug little farm of forty-eight acres being under a
good state of culture, and responding to his magic touch.
Politically identified with the Democratic party, Mr.
Foust represents Westfield township on the Democratic
Central Committee. He has served as township supervisor, and
in 1909 was elected to his present position as land appraiser.
Fraternally he is a member of Ashley Lodge, No. 421, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is past grand, and likewise,
belongs to the Encampment.
On Mar. 31,
1887, Mr. Foust
was united in marriage with
Carrie Russell, who was born and educated in
Westfield township, being a daughter of
Eban Russell.
Five children have been born into the happy home of
Mr. and Mrs. Foust, namely:
Clifford,
who married Mabel Roosevelt, of Delaware county;
Harley, who was graduated from the Cardington
High School with the class of 1910; Doris, born
Mar. 5, 1901; Fern, born Feb. 26, 1904; and
Clio, born Nov. 22, 1905.
Source: History
of
Morrow
County,
Ohio:
By Abraham J. Baughman, Robert Franklin Bartlett - Publ.
The Lewis publishing company,
1911 - Page 836
NOTE:
According to John Mitchell,
the Biography book incorrectly lists Eben Russell as Evan
Russell. He
has copies of Eben’s Civil War pension records.
During the 1910 census of Westfield
in Morrow county, Ohio, this couple had been married for 23
years. They had a total of five children and all five were
living. The date and place of this marriage were reported in a
Latter Day Saints Individual Record. |
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WILSON FOUST
- Persistency and energy, as coupled with integrity of purpose,
are the factors which conserve success and make it consistent.
To the larger and surer vision there is no such think as luck.
Through his own well applied endeavors Wilson Foust has made the
most of opportunity and he himself built the ladder by which he
has risen to affluence. Although now ninety years of age, he
still retains in much of their former vigor the splendid physical
and mental qualities of his youth. Mr. Foust,
in his active life, was a carpenter and cabinet maker by trade,
and at one time he owned as much as seven hundred acres of fine
land in Morrow county, Ohio.
Wilson Foust was born in Westfield township, Morrow
county, Ohio, the date of his nativity being the 7th of April,
1821. He is a son of Abram and Elmira (Munson) Foust,
the former of whom was born in Ohio, on the 6th of April, 1796.
The mother was twice married, Mr. Foust resided
for a time in Delaware county, Ohio, where he was engaged in
agricultural pursuits and they became the parents of four
children, namely: Almira, Esther, Harriett and
Wilson. Wilson Foust was reared to maturity
on the old home farm and he received his educational training in
the public schools of his native place, attending the old log
subscription school until he had attained to the age of about
fourteen years. He then began to work at the salary of ten
dollars a month and eventually learned the carpenter's trade.
He also learned the trade of cabinet maker and in due time entered
into the partnership with Adam Wolf, they being
interested in the making of fanning mills. Subsequently he
went to Iowa, where he remained for a period of three years and
where he was successful i his various ventures, making
considerable money and gaining a lot of valuable experience.
About 1851 he returned to Morrow county, where he purchased a
tract of sixty-two acres of land, to which he added a small tract
at a time until he was the owner of a fine estate of seven hundred
acres.
In politics Mr. Foust
accords an unswerving allegiance to the principles promulgated by
the Democratic party and for a time he gave most efficient service
as supervisor of his township. He has ever manifested a deep
and sincere interest in public affairs and his contribution to
progress and development has been of no mean order. In a
fraternal way he is affiliated with the Masons and Odd Fellows.
He is a fine old man and commands the high regard of all with whom
he has had business or personal dealings. He is most
generous and has given to each of his children a fine large farm.
Mr. Foust has been twice married. On
the 5th of November, 1850, was solemnized his marriage to
Miss Ellen Claypool, who was born and reared in Licking
county, Ohio, and who was summoned to the life eternal in 1855.
To this union were born three children, Warren,
who resides at Cheyenne City; Bruce, of Trumbull
county, Ohio; and Mary E., who is the wife of
Hiram Barber, to whom a sketch is dedicated on
other pages of this work. On the 14th of Sept., 1856, was
recorded the marriage of Mr. Foust to Miss Lucy Durkee,
who was born on the 20th of February, 1835 and who is the daughter
of Schuyler and Felicia (Southworth)
Durkee. She was reared and educated in Morrow
county, where occurred her marriage to Mr. Foust.
This union has been blessed with four children - Carson,
Kelley, Lozana and Elmira, all of whom
are married and reside in this county and Delaware.
Mr. and Mrs. Foust number among the oldest settlers in
Morrow county and they have ever been prominent and popular
citizens.
Mr. Foust
traces his lineage to the German, as his grandfather came from
Germany, and the original spelling of the name was "Faust."
Source: History
of
Morrow
County,
Ohio:
By Abraham J. Baughman, Robert Franklin Bartlett - Publ.
The Lewis publishing company,
1911 - Page 777 |
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WILLIAM
MELVILLE FRIZZELL, ex-sheriff of Morrow county, Ohio, and
a prosperous farmer of Franklin township, is familiarly known as
"Mellie" Frizzell. He was born January 31, 1858,
on the old Frizzell homestead in Franklin
township, which he now owns and on which his father settled on
coming to this state in 1847. He is of Scotch and French
descent, and both his father and mother were Virginians, members
of prominent families of the "Old Dominion." His father,
Henry Frizzell, died in 1862 of typhoid fever, at the
age of forty years. His mother, Mary (Hutchinson) Frizzell,
was a cousin of General Winfield S. Scott. She died in
1896, at the age of seventy years. Side by side husband and wife
rest in Norfolk cemetery.
Mellie Frizzell has devoted his energies to
agricultulal pursuits from boyhood, with the exception of
about twenty-two months, when as a young man he was in
Washington, D. C., employed as street car conductor, and during
the time he was sheriff. He returned from Washington in 1890,
and the prosperity that has attended his efforts has been
sufficient to make farming interesting for him. To the thirty
acres of land he owned in 1890 he has added by purchase as
follows: Forty acres adjoining in 1891; twenty acres in 1897;
one hundred and eighty acres in 1898; ten acres in 1905, and
eighty-seven acres in 1908. This, together with the one hundred
and five acres his wife inherited, makes their landed estate
three hundred and ten acres.
Mr. Frizzell married, April 23, 1890, Miss
Harrie Blayney, daughter of David and Rachel Blayney,
natives of West Virginia and descendants of the noble Blayney
family of Blayney Castle, Ireland.. Her parents
reside on a farm northwest of Pulaskiville. She has two
brothers, John and Daniel, who live on farms adjoining
the old homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Frizzell lost their only
child in infancy.
Politically Mr. Frizzell has always been a
Republican, and for many years has been an influential factor in
county politics. He was elected sheriff of Morrow county in
1895, and again in 1897, at each election receivivng the
highest vote of any candidate on the ticket, and for two terms
he served most efficiently in this capacity. Mr. and
Mrs. Frizzell are members of the Methodist Episcopal church
at Pulaskiville.
Source: History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol.
II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp.
573-574
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