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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Fairfield and Perry Counties
Published: Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co.
1883
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STEPHEN A. VANSICKLE,
son of Peter A. and Cynthia (Barns) Vansycle,
daughter of Rev. Isaac Barns, and grandson of
Andrew, who died in New Jersey at the age of ninety.
Stephen's father arrive in Ohio and settled on the
farm where he died in 1876, at the age of ninety-three.
He spent over $800 for the monuments and fencing of his
burial ground, and that of his venerable consort. He
reared eleven children to the estate of married life.
Among these are Almira, wife of George Pherson,
ex-treasurer of the county; Alice, wife of Lawson
Teal, Deputy Auditor, and Stephen A., the subject
of this sketch, who was married to Eliza Saffel,
deceased, Feb. 24, 1880. Their children are James
Reuben, Isaac Alfred, Mary Jane Swinehart, Lydia
Katherine Brookhart, now a widow residing with her
only child at the home of her father; John Thomas,
William, Calvin, Ellen Brehm, Elizabeth Poland, Perry Elmer
and Frank, the youngest son. Stephen
began life a renter, in a few years bought forty acres near
Bristol, and paid $100 on the hardest money he ever earned,
but he got through and kept on buying until he had one
hundred and sixty acres in a body. He also is of the
opinion that the first $1,000 any man earns, is far the most
difficult to acquire. He can read tolerably, but his
learning was chiefly acquired in leveling the forest and
threshing wheat with a flail. He sold out the farm he
earned by hard knocks and economy, and bought one hundred
and sixty acres in Reading township, prospered there, bought
the Cassel farm, and then next to it the beautiful
home of the late Judge William M. Brown, in sight of
Somerset, where he now lives in comfort, and but for the
loss of his cherished wife, also in happiness. His
first tax receipt was $1.08; last year he paid over $180,
and worked twelve days to pay his road tax. His
children generally inherit the thrift of their ancestors and
have nearly all grown to the estate of womanhood and
manhood. He is a German Baptist extraction, never
held, or was a candidate for any office, except school
director, his church being noncombative and non-office
holding. He has avoided lawsuits, and except the last
sickness of his wife, $100 would pay all his bills for the
doctors or medicine, though he has reared a large family.
Source: History of Fairfield and Perry Counties -
Published: Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page
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GEORGE H. VENTING,
carpenter and contractor, Rendville, Ohio; was born July 24,
1850, in Logan, Hocking county, Ohio; son of Henry and
Mary A. (Gregory) Vening. George H. was brought up
on a farm near New Lexington, and learned his trade with his
father; came to his present residence in November, 1879.
Mr. Vening was married Nov. 4, 1878, to Miss
Sophia, daughter of William Newton and Susanna
(Dixon) Irwin. They are the parents of two
children, viz.: Ethel May and Mary Edna. Mr.
Vening has had good success, being one of the best
mechanics of the county.
Source: History of Fairfield and Perry Counties -
Published: Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page
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