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History of Fairfield and Perry Counties
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1883
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FIRDNAN FEEDLER WILLIAM
ESSINGTON, farmer, Rehoboth post office; born in
Perry county, Ohio, in 1838, son of William and Edith
(McConnell) Essington. The former died in 1874;
the latter in 1866. They were natives of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Essington was married in 1865 to Miss Acta
Fowler, of New Lexington, Ohio. They are the
parents of two children, viz.: William C. and
Josie.
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ARTHUR B. FERGUSON,
shoemaker, Shawnee, Ohio; was born Mar. 28th, 1846, in
Scotland, county of Lanark, in Lanarkhall; son of John
and Elizabeth (Browning) Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson
was raised in his native town, where he lived to the age of
twenty years, during which time he learned his trade with
his father, and is the fifth generation of his family who
has successfully followed that business. From the age
of seventeen years, he worked at journey work, which he
contined about two years, when he employed on the
railroad as brakeman, and where he had his leg mashed,
which left him a permanent cripple, having followed the
railroad about one year at the time of the accident.
After his recovery he again found employment at his trade
for about two years, in the counties of Ayr, Renfrew and
Lanark. At this time he emigrated to America, arriving
at New York, Jan. 21, 1867, and from thence he went to
Maryland, Alleghany county, where he was employed at his
trade and mining, for about two years, when he returned to
the place of his nativity, remaining during the winter of
1868 and 1869, when he again returned to America, landing in
New York, April 23, 1869, and again went to Maryland, to
Illinois and Pennsylvania, remaining about six months in
each of these States, when he spent another summer in
Maryland, from whence he went to the Hocking valley of Ohio,
and remained about six months, when he was married, Jan. 24,
1872, to Amanda L., daughter of James and Martha (Zarlie)
LeFollet, of Vinton county, Ohio, but lived in Athens
county at the time of her marriage. They are the
parents of three children, viz.: John LeFollet,
Maud Agnes and Archibald Boyd, and one deceased,
Arthur Morton. After his marriage he
lived in the Hocking valley about five years, when he came
to Shawnee, Ohio, where he has since lived, and engaged in
mining until about four years ago, when he was obliged to
quit mining on account of his health. Since then he
has been weighmaster at the New York Furnace. Mr.
Ferguson was corporation clerk for two years, and for
the past six years has been township clerk; and in the
spring of 1882, was elected Mayor of this place.
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JOHN
FERGUSON, of the firm of Ferguson & Noon,
Attorneys-at-law, New Lexington, Ohio; was born Feb. 3,
1846, in Jackson township; son of Terence and Bridget (Nangle)
Ferguson. At the age of nineteen, young
Ferguson began teaching school, and taught about six
years. In 1868 he began reading law with Colonel
Lyman J. Jackson of this place, and was admitted to
practice in August, 1871. After practicing alone a
short time, he formed a partnership with his preceptor,
which continued until the fall of 1877. In 1878 the
present firm was formed. Attorney Ferguson was
married Apr. 6th, 1875, to Miss Lizzie,
daughter of David and Susan (Gordon) Hewitt of
Somerset this county. They are the parents of three
children: Zuleme, Charles and Genevieve.
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AUSTIN A. FINCK
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JUDGE JAMES E. FINCK
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WILLIAM E. FINCK
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DAVID FINK
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JOEL A. FINK
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JOHN FLANIGAN
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GEORGE FLAUTT
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JEFFERSON FLOWERS
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THOS. FLOWERS
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WILLIAM FORQUER
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ELIJAH FOSTER
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EMANUEL FOSTER
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JAMES FOSTER
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DAVID C. FOWLER,
farmer and tanner, New Lexington, Ohio, was born Oct. 18,
1822, upon the quarter section where he now lives. He
is a son of John and Sarah (Brown) Fowler.
Mr. Fowler was raised on a farm, and at the age of
nineteen years went to the tanner's trade with John H.
Stewart, of New Lexington, Ohio, remaining two years
with him when he went to Baltimore city, Maryland, and
finished his trade in fourteen months with William
Jenkins & Sons, of No. 4 Water street. After
learning his trade he returned to this place and opened a
tanyard of his own, where he continued as a tanner until
January, 1883; in all thirty-six years. Having sold
out to John A. Armstrong, of Athens county, Ohio, he
gave his entire attention to farming, and the running of a
stationary steam saw-mill, which he has been running for the
past thirteen years. During the above time he bought
eighty-four acres of land, most of which is a part of his
father's homestead, and has formed more or less for ten or
twelve years past. In 1864 he went into the army as
Captain of Co. F, One Hundred and Sixtieth Regiment, Ohio
National Guards, and served four months, receiving an
honorable discharge, and returned home in September.
He also had four brothers in the service, viz.: Isaac,
John W., Benjamin and William, two of whom were
captains, John and Benjamin, serving in the
Thirtieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, three years'
service, and were both wounded, partially disabling each of
them for life. Benjamin veteranized, and was
engaged in eleven battles, and was on Sherman's march
to the sea. Isaac died while in the army.
In all the five brothers served about twelve years in their
country's defense, and their father was a soldier in the of
1812. Mr. Fowler has, upon his father's side of
the house, a great aunt, Ann Fowler, who is
ninety-six years old, living in Maryland; and upon his
mother's side of the house, a great uncle, Rev. Mathew
Brown, of Wood county, Ohio, who is ninety-six years of
age. Patriotism and longevity is seldom so marked as
in the Fowler family, and their ancestors.
Mary Fowler, the oldest sister of D. C. Fowler,
saw her great grandmother, on her mother's side of the
house, married at the age of eighty years to a man by the
name of Goodin, aged eighty-one years, who after
their marriage kept house ten years, when they became so
feeble that in after life they lived with their children,
she living to be ninety-six years old. Mr. Fowler's
father was born July 18, 1786, in Baltimore county,
Maryland, came to Ohio in 1811, and was the first settler in
Pike township. Mr. Brown became the father of
twenty children by two marriages, all of whom he raised to
manhood and womanhood. The oldest, Sarah Brown,
was born July 17, 1796, in Hampshire county, Virginia, came
to Ohio at an early day and was married to John Fowler,
Sept. 12, 1816. They became the parents of eleven
children, viz.: Mary A., Susannah, Richard, David C.,
Eliza, Isaac, John W., Mariah, Cyrus, Benjamin, and
William H., of whom David C. is the subject of
this sketch. Father Fowler died in March, 1874,
at the age of eighty-seven years. Mother Fowler
died in March, 1863, aged sixty-seven years. Mr.
Fowler, the subject of this sketch, was married Mar.
26, 1846, to Miss Cornelia S., daughter of Vincent
and Ellen (Hogland) Smith, of Washington county,
Ohio. They are the parents of five children, viz.:
Acta C., now Essington, living in this county;
James C., Superintendent of the New Lexington Union
Schools at this time; Alice C., now Kennen, of
Licking county, Ohio; one daughter who died in infancy; and
Lucellie, now Morgan, living in New Lexington,
Ohio. Mrs. Fowler's parents came to Washington
county, Ohio, from Connecticut at an early day. Mr.
Fowler is now one of Perry county's oldest citizens,
having been born and raised here; has enjoyed remarkably
good health, and never saw a person shake with ague.
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PROF.
J. C. FOWLER, Superintendent of New Lexington public
schools, born Nov. 4, 1852, in this place; son of D. C.
and Cornelia S. (Smith) Fowler. Young Fowler
was educated in the public schools of his native town and by
self culture he has become a thorough English scholar.
AT the age of seventeen, Professor Fowler began
teaching, and has been constantly in the profession up to
the present time. He took his present position in
1877.
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WILLIAM H. FOWLER,
farmer, Pike township, New Lexington, Ohio; was born Feb. 3,
1837, in this township, son of John and Sarah (Brown)
Fowler; was raised a farmer, and has followed
agricultural pursuits to the present time, and made his home
with his father up to the time of his death some eight years
ago. He is the youngest member of the family of eleven
children, and became the support of his father in his
declining years. He now lives upon the first land
entered by his father in 1811, and where his father died.
At the time of his entry there was but little timber cut
between here and the Ohio River, consequently he was obliged
to clear out his farm of one hundred and sixty acres, by the
assistance of his sons. Game of all kinds was plenty,
and he traded four acres of land, a part of the present site
of New Lexington, for a gun that was valued at $40.
Mr. Fowler, the subject of this sketch, was married Nov.
5, 1859, to Miss Harriet, daughter of William and
Rachel (Skinner) Davis. They became the parents of
two children, viz.: Albert and Cora.
Mrs. Fowler departed this life in March, 1874. He
was married the second time, Nov. 3, 1875, to
Martha, daughter of John and Sarah (Strawn) Davis.
They became the parents of one child, Wilbert Franklin.
Mr. Fowler enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and
Fourteenth Regiment, O. V. I., August, 1862, for three
years, or during the war, and served just to the close of
the war, and his term of enlistment, and was engaged in the
following battles: Mobile, Alabama; Graham's
Plantation; Chickamauga Bluffs, and Vicksburg. Held
the office of Corporal, and also had four brothers in the
army, three of whom were Captains, viz.: John, Benjamin
and David, and his father served in the was
of 1812.
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FRANK E. FOX
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GEORGE FOX
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ERASTUS F. FRANCIS
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R. H. FRANKLIN
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JOHN W. FREE
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N. FUCHS
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WILLIAM FULLERTON
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NOAH FUNDERBURG
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