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
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

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
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

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
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

Canaan Twp. –
WM. FEIGLEY, retired farmer; Caledonia; stands prominent among the early settlers of this locality; he was born in Washington Co., Md., Nov. 2, 1811, and is the fourth of a family of eight children, born to William and Susanna (Bumgardiner) Feigley, both natives of Washington Co., Md. William remained in his native county until he was 20 years of age, when, in company with others, he walked to the vicinity of his present place, and, forming a favorable opinion of the county, he returned to Maryland, where, on becoming, of age, he voted for Gen. Jackson, and came into possession of his interest in his father’s estate, and the same fall he came West, and entered 160 acres of land in the present township of Canaan, Morrow Co., and cleared the same.  Aug. 8, 1833, he married Miss Lucinda, daughter of Isaac and Lanor (Washer) Dewitt, of New Jersey. She was born in Sussex Co., N. J., April 16, 1814, and came West with her parents, in 1816. They entered forty acres on Owl Creek, near Salem Church, in this county, and in 1818 they entered eighty acres where the tile factory now stands, west of Mt. Gilead; here she lived until her marriage, after which Mr. Feigley built a round log cabin, of one room, containing a bed, table, four splint-bottom chairs, and a cupboard, all transformed from the raw material by the assistance of an ax, and all were located in the midst of the forests, whose nights were made hideous by the howling wolves; but, despite these disadvantages, a small crop of corn and potatoes were soon under way. He lived on the place for twenty-one years, when he bought 125 acres at $26 per acre, and lived on the same for seventeen years; he then went to Galion, and lived there for twenty-two months, when he returned to Canaan Tp., and settled on his present place, building his present residence, and has lived in the same ever since. Of a family of sixteen children, seven are living, viz: Isaac, Samuel, Mary, David, Lanor, Elizabeth and Lucinda; all are married and doing well. Among those who now rest in the silent tomb, is Daniel, who, at his country's call, enlisted in the 64^th O. V. I and served until his death at Corinth; also John, who was a yardmaster on the B. & I. R. R., and met with an accident while in the discharge of his duty, which resulted in his death; the others died, surrounded by kind friends, midst the peaceful scenes of the home fireside.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 724-725
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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
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

Chester Twp. –
W. A. FISH, farmer; P. O. Chesterville; was born June 4, 1836, in Congress Tp.; his father, Henry, was born March 6, 1801, and his mother, Mary A. Fish, was born Nov., 13, 1816, both in Virginia. They came to Ohio about 1830, and settled in Congress Tp.; they there raised nine children, and never paid out ten cents for doctor bills. Mr. Fish attended school in a log school-house; but the greater part of his life was spent working on the farm; he learned the blacksmith’s trade in Galion, with Samuel Dunnis; he got hurt while shoeing a horse, after which he quit the business. He was married in 1860, to Rachel, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Williams) Karr; her parents were from Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio at an early day; they had ten children. Mr. Fish settled, after marriage, near Williamsport; subsequently he transferred to the employ of J. J. Cover & Co., of Johnsville; he followed teaming for twelve years; he then, in the spring of 1879, went to Chesterville. They had six children; three died when young; those living are -- Henry M., born Aug. 7, 1862, Isa B., born Feb. 28, 1866, Mattie F., June 11, 1876. He is a member of Chester Tp. Lodge No. 204, I. O. O. F., in which he has held all offices; he is now N. G.  He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. He votes the Democratic ticket.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 599-600
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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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JAMES FLEMING, a prominent farmer of Peru township, Morrow county, is a son of Isaac Fleming, a native of Pennsylvania, and a son of Henry and Lovisa (Sackett) Fleming.  The latter died in Pennsylvania.  Henry Fleming came to Ohio in 1814 with his eldest son, William, where he was among the early pioneers.  He cleared his farm, and died there in 1848.  Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fleming had four sons, viz: William, who married Catherine Wyan, and had fourteen children, seven now living; Isaac, the father of our subject; John, who married Annie Keene, and had seven children, three now living; and James married Lydia Lilly.  All four sons died in this locality.
     Isaac Fleming was born in 1794.  He came to Ohio in 1816, locating just north of where our subject now lives.  He married Elizabeth Wyan, born in Pennsylvania 1797, a daughter of John Wyan, whose death occurred in that State.  Mr. and Mrs. Fleming had seven children.  The eldest, Sarah Ann, married Nehemiah White, both now deceased, and they had three children, ––William, Elizabeth Daily and James.  Benjamin was the next in order of birth, and his sketch appears in this work.  The third child, James, is the subject of this sketch.  Washington, deceased, married Rebecca Minter.  Lydia, deceased, was the wife of David Hatton, and they had the following children: John, Delilah Green, George, Sidney, Chloe Baldwin, Marion and Harvey.  By her first husband, Christopher McCornber, she had two children, Sarah Jane Zent and Edwin.  The sixth child in order of birth, Nelson, married Elizabeth Barton, and resides in Brown township, Delaware county; Sidney married Lydia McDaniel, deceased, and they had three children, ––Harry, Fred and Mary.  For his second wife he married Emma Clark, and they reside in Brown township.  Isaac Fleming died at the age of seventy-eight years, and his wife died at the age of seventy-four years.  They were members of the Presbyterian Church.  In political matters the father affiliated with the Democratic party, and served as Justice of the Peace and Township Clerk for many years.
     James Fleming, the subject of this sketch, was born on the old homestead in this county, January 27, 1824, where he also grew to manhood.  After his marriage he farmed on rented land in Brown township, Delaware county, three years, and then came to his present place.  He now owns 340 acres of land in Morrow county, and 173 acres in Delaware county, all under a fine state of cultivation.  With the exception of 143 acres, Mr. Fleming has earned all he now owns.  In his political relations he affiliates with the Democratic party, and has served as School Director and Road Supervisor for many years.
     November 6, 1847, our subject was united in marriage with Rachel Heverlo, a daughter of William and Maria (Lancaster) Heverlo, natives respectively of the State of Delaware, and of Peru township, Clinton county, New York.  The father was a son of Andrew Heverlo, who located in Berlin township, Delaware county, Ohio.  William Heverlo came to Peru township, then Delaware county, where he purchased and improved a farm.  His death occurred August 29, 1834, aged forty-two years.  The mother is still living, aged eighty-nine years, and makes her home with her children.  They were the parents of five children, three now living, ––Mrs. Fleming; Jackson, of Eden Station, Ohio; and William, of California.  The father was identified with the Democratic party, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was a member of the Baptist Church.  After his death the mother was married a second time, and had three sons, all soldiers in the civil war, and two of them died in the service.  Mr. and Mrs. Fleming have had nine children, seven now living, namely: Albert married Jane McDaniel, and has two sons; Hattie, wife of David Hickson, and they have two sons and four daughters; Wilbur married Effie Mason, and has two sons; Lester married Ettie Channel, and has one son; Harper married Jennie Foster, and has two daughters; Ona is the husband of Orpha Taylor; and Myrtle married Bert Bunker, and they have one son.  They have two children deceased.  Maria was the wife of Leroy Gale, who served in the One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the late war.  They have eleven children living, ––Lavina, Almon, Wesley, Rachel, Lester, Kittie, Herbert, La Fayette, Margaret, Cisely, and Bessie.  The second child, Lizzie, died at the age of four years.  The family are members of the Advent Christian Church, in which Mr. Fleming is Trustee.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 396-397
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Congress Twp. –
MRS. SARAH E. FINLEY, Mt. Gilead; was born in Gilead Tp., April 28, 1834; the daughter of James and Elizabeth (Truax) Nellans. The Nellans are from the Emerald Isle, and her father being one of the number who settled in this county at an early time, and lived one season in the woods, until he could build a cabin; the Indians and the wolves were their companions. His place of settlement was in Gilead Tp., where Newton Winget resides; here he remained until his death, which occurred June 18, 1860.  Mrs. Finley is the ninth of a family of ten children; but three of them are now living. Her mother died April 17, 1879.  Mrs. Finley was married March 14, 1858, to Lewis Finley, who was born Sept. 11, 1827, in Pennsylvania, and came West when small. After their marriage they located where she now resides; the farm lies in both townships, and consists of 150 acres. Mr. Finley died of consumption, Feb. 17, 1874; during his life he was engaged in stock trading, as well as farming, which he carried on successfully; he was a consistent member of the Baptist Church, and was ever ready to do his duty.  Mr. Finley was twice married, first to Orinda Luce, by whom he had one child, Alice V., now Mrs. Howard Galleher; by his last marriage two children were born to them -- Orinda Delphine, born Aug. 22, 1861, and Fred. Rishtine, June 9, 1866. The family are members of the Baptist Church.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 685-686
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Congress Twp. –
HENRY FISH, farmer; P. O., Andrews; is among the early arrivals in this township, and was born in Loudoun Co., Va., March 6, 1801; he is a son of Robert and Betsey Fish, both born in Maryland, and after marriage they moved to Virginia, where Henry was born; at the age of 26 he was still with his father, afterwards he learned the miller’s vocation, serving four years in that business; at 30 years of age, in September, he was married to Mary Ann Burson, of Loudoun Co., Va.; the same fall, they moved to this State, and stopped two years in Knox Co., Middlebury Tp.; they made the trip in a one-horse vehicle; about the spring of 1834 they moved to this township, and bought fifty acres of land, upon which he now resides; not a stick was cut upon the premises, and he was in debt $150 for the land, and not the sign of a horse to work with; but went to work with a resolution to “do or die,” and built a small cabin; he cut the under-brush out of a small patch of ground near the cabin, and stuck in a little corn, and thus he toiled on, and from this small beginning finally acquired his present home and 173 acres of land; they have had nine children; eight are living; they raised the entire family, and never paid out five dollars for doctor’s bill; the order of the family as born, are as follows -- Robert H., William, Albert (in Knox Co.), Abner, deceased, Sarah, now Mrs. D. Brewer, Amos, and Catharine at home, John in Perry Tp., the youngest being Margaret, now Mrs. John Biddle.  Mr. Fish is a member of the United Brethren denomination; Mr. Fish is one of the few old landmarks now remaining in the township, having now nearly served his fourscore years; over half of the time has been spent in this township, and he is one of its time-honored citizens.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 686
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North Bloomfield Twp. –
JOHN FLOWERS, farmer; P. O. Galion; was born Oct. 10, 1831, in Richland Co., Ohio, and was the sixth in a family of twelve children; his father, William Flowers, was a native of Lancaster Co., Penn., but emigrated to this State in 1830, and settled on Government land in Richland Co., and never regretted the change; his death occurred in 1878. Mr. Flowers’ mother was Frances (Liter) Flowers, and was from Perry Co., Penn.  Upon arriving at manhood, John started out in the world to make his fortune, with no capital but industry and a determination to succeed. What he has accomplished is known to all; he owns 129 acres of land, on which is one of the finest stone quarries in Central Ohio. Mr. Flowers has been Justice of the Peace, and held other township and local offices, and is a good auctioneer, does an extensive business, and is an energetic an influential man. He was married Aug. 22, 1852, to Rebecca, a daughter of Henry and Rebecca Hassler. She was born Feb. 3, 1830, in Wayne Co., Ohio. They have had six children, five are now living -- Celia, Andrew J., Sarah E., William H., and Frances. The two oldest are married, and located near their old home.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 624.
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Washington Twp. –
JOHN T. FRATER, Iberia; was born in Belmont Co., O., Apr. 19, 1848; his parents were originally from the north of England, of Scotch extraction.  His mother only is now living -- the present wife of Mr. Allen McNeal.  Mr. Frater first came to Iberia in 1869, for the purpose of attending school at the “Ohio Central” College, located at that place.  He soon afterward settled in this town; and first engaged as clerk for E. J. Crane, and afterwards on his own responsibility, in the grocery and provision business.  In the fall of 1874 he married Miss Julia Meyers.  Mr. Frater has twice held the office of Town Clerk, and twice that of County Assessor.  In politics he is a Republican, active in furthering the interests of his party, and faithful in the discharge of the offices with which he has been identified.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 746
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Franklin Twp. –
WILLIAM FREDERICK, farmer and wool grower; P. O., Chesterville; son of William and Rachel (Turner) Frederick, was born in Morris Co., New Jersey, February 21, 1827. His parents came in August, 1837, with a family of four sons, leaving one son, Thomas in New Jersey. They settled on the present place of over 100 acres. They had five sons – Thomas, Absalom, William, James and David. The father died in September, 1866, and the mother in July, 1876. William attended school three terms in New Jersey, and divided his time between the school and farm here until his seventeenth year, when he was apprenticed to learn the double trade of mason and plasterer. He was actively engaged at his trade in different localities from 1844 to 1855, when he retired to the old homestead which he had purchased about 1850. Mr. Frederick first gave his attention to the raising of' horses, for a few years, but soon became interested in the breeding of fine wool sheep. Began his flock with five Spanish Merinos, from the flock of Jacob Houser, in about 1864. Has since added animals of fine blood and strong constitution, at different times, until he has a flock of ninety fine animals. Although Mr. Frederick had limited advantages for education in youth, he has been a constant reader of the best literature, until he is well informed on many subjects. He takes a deep interest in the school work, and has been chosen Trustee of his Township. He was married to Mary A. Davis, December 16, 1850. Three children were born to them -- Weller, Mary E. and Lydia J. His wife, Mary A. Frederick, died November 16, 1863. His son Weller died February 14, 1864. In August, 1864, subject married Emily Shaw, a daughter of David Shaw (see biography of Newton Shaw). Of this marriage five children have been born, James M., Luella, Anna, Alfred and David R.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 780
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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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JAMES FULTON, a retired farmer of Lincoln township, was born in Congress township, Morrow county, May 18, 1827.  His father, James Fulton, was a native of Greene county, Pennsylvania, and his father was born in Ireland.  James Fulton was married in Greene county, Pennsylvania, to Margaret Stoydell, who was born and reared in that county.  In 1825 they purchased 100 acres and located in Congress township, now Morrow county, and lived in a wagon until they could build a log cabin.  Mr. Fulton became the owner of 420 acres, also erected a sawmill, and was one of the influential men of his locality.  His death occurred in his seventieth year, and .his wife departed this life at the age of sixty-one years.  They were members of the Presbyterian Church for many years.  He was a life-long Democrat and held many township offices.  James Fulton and wife had eight children, namely: John, who died on his way to California; William, deceased in that State; James, the subject of this sketch; Samuel, of Brown county, Kansas; Mary, wife of Paul Cyphers, of that State; Stephen, who resides on the old homestead in Congress township; Robert, also at home; and Isabel, deceased in infancy.
     James Fulton, the third child in order of birth, assisted on the home farm until twenty-five years of age.  In 1870 he began farming for himself in Congress township, but shortly afterward came to his present home.  He is the founder of the village of Fulton.  At the time of the building of the T. & O. C. Railroad, Mr. Fulton solicited the company many times for a station here.  They finally agreed to locate it if he would raise $1,000.  He took it upon himself to circulate a subscription paper, himself heading the list with $50, which he placed in the bank at Mount Gilead.  Every man then went and paid his full subscription without solicitation.  The place was first called Lincoln Station, but was afterward named Fulton, in honor of our subject.
     Mr. Fulton was married April 22, 1852, to Sarah J. Hathaway, born in what was then Knox county, November 14, 1832.  Her father, Benjamin Hathaway, was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, but came to Knox county when a young man.  His father, Richard Hathaway, was a native of Greene county, Pennsylvania.  The mother of Mrs. Fulton, Melissa (Strong) Fulton, was a native of Chillicothe, Ross county, Ohio, and a daughter of Oliver and Esther Strong, who came from Vermont.  Mrs. Fulton, the fifth of eight children in her father’s family, was reared in Franklin township, Morrow county.  Our subject and wife have one son, William H., who married Minnie McConica, and resides on the old farm in Lincoln township.  They have three children, ––Margaret Nellie, James and Sarah Glenn.  The eldest child of our subject, Melissa M., died at the age of twelve years.  Mr. and Mrs. Fulton are members of the Baptist Church, in which the former has served as Deacon for many years.  He is a member of the Masonic order at Mount Gilead, and has been a life-long Democrat.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 346-347
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Congress Twp. –
ROBERT FULTON, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born May 2, 1841, on the farm he now owns, located in the southwest corner of the township; is the youngest of the family, composed of seven children -- five living; his father, James, married Margaret Stogdale, who was a native of Washington Co., Pa., he being a native of Green Co., same state; they were married in the Keystone state, and emigrated to Richland Co. (now Morrow) about the year 1825, and entered 160 acres of land, now owned by Stephen and Samuel Fulton, of Gilead Tp.; here he settled and cleared up the farm, and afterwards moved one mile east and purchased the land now owned by Robert; here he remained until his death, which occurred the Centennial year; his wife died in 1861.  Robert was raised a farmer; at the age of 21 he was married to Hannah E. Fox, May 28, 1862; she was born in September, 1841, in Northumberland Co., Pa., and came west about the year 1858; she was a daughter of William and Hannah (Campbell) Fox.  Since their marriage they have remained on the homestead; they have six children -- Ida B., Mary Z., Austin M., Charles C., William J. and John R. Himself and lady are members of the Baptist Church; his father was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He has 153 acres of land, which he is now farming with success.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 686
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Gilead Twp. –
SAMUEL FULTON, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born on his present place, two and one-half miles northeast of Mt. Gilead, June 15, 1829, and has always lived in this vicinity. When about 7 years of age, his people moved to a farm, about a mile east of the present place, where he lived until he was 20 years old, working on the farm and in his father’s saw-mill.  Feb. 28, 1850, he married Miss Esther W. Hathaway, who was born in Franklin Tp., Knox, now Morrow Co.  After his marriage, he came to his present place, which now contains 160 acres. They have one child -- Albert R., who married Miss Mary Rogers.  She was born in New York. They had three children; two are now living – Ernest C. and Marshal G.; they are living on part of the present place. Mr. Fulton assessed Congress Tp. for two years, while it was part of Richland Co. His parents, James and Margaret (Stockdale) Fulton, were natives of Greene and Washington Co’s., Pa.  They married in the latter county, and moved to Richland, now Morrow Co., Ohio, about 1825, and lived in this vicinity until their deaths.  Of their eight children six are living -- William, in California; James, in Mt. Gilead; Samuel, on the old homestead; Mary, now Mrs. Cyphers, in Kansas; Stephen, adjoining the old homestead; Robert, in this vicinity. The family came West with two teams, one four and one two-horse team. They settled here and lived in wagons until they could build a log cabin; they did their marketing at Zanesville, and shared in the early pioneer time in general with others.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 533
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