BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Portage County, Ohio
Vol. 2
by Warner, Beers & Co.
1885
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Garrettsville Twp. -
R. H. OBER, Mayor and furniture dealer, Garrettsville, was born Oct. 30,
1849, n Newbury, Geauga Co., Ohio, son of Herman and Hannah (Hall) Ober,
former born Aug. 15, 1806, in Hollis, N. H., died Aug. 20, 1862, coming to Ohio
when a young man; the latter born Aug. 10, 1808, in Salem, N. H., and is still
living. They were parents of eight children: John, born in 1832;
Almira, in 1833; Sarah, in 1836; George, in 1838; Melissa,
in 1840; Charles, in 1845; Mary, in 1847, and R. H.
The parents were Congregationalists. Zachariah Ober, the father of
Hermon, was born in 1775 in Tewksbury, Mass., and married Abigail
Hardy, born in 1775 in the same State. Our subject remained on the
farm, attending the country schools, and worked in a machine shop with his
brothers, John and George, until eighteen years of age when he entered
school at Hillsdale, Mich. He soon after brought one-half interest in a
saw-mill with his brother-in-law, C. W. Wright, and assisted in operating
the same at Newbury for three years. He then engaged in shipping lumber
with his brother, C. H., until 1874, when, Aug. 20, that year, he was
married to Martha Patterson, born Aug. 20, 1855, in Troy, Ohio, daughter
of Nelson Patterson, born May 12, 1812, in Hanover, N. Y., and Eliza
(Wales) Patterson, born Apr. 8, 1812, in Gettysburg, Penn., parents of six
children: Avery, born July 9, 1834, and died Oct. 10, 1863, at
Chattanooga, Tenn., of a wound received at the battle of Chickamauga Sept. 19,
1863; Francis, born Aug. 16, 1836; William, born Sept. 30, 1841;
Zylphia, born Nov. 20, 1847; Mary, born Nov. 15, 1849, and
Martha. The mother was a member of the Disciples Church, and both
parents are deceased. To our subject and wife were born four children:
Edna, born Aug. 6, 1876; Ethel, born Jan. 5, 1879; Harmon,
born Dec. 29, 1881; Elgy, born Dec. 16, 1883. Soon after marriage
Mr. Ober came to Garrettsville and opened a furniture store on a small
scale. By economy and strict attention to business he has been enabled to
add to his enterprise until he now owns one of the best establishments of the
kind in Portage County. In 1884 he by Citizens' Convention, and was
elected. He has served the city well in that honorable position. He
united with the Congregational Church when twelve years old, and has held
various offices in the organization; is at present Superintendent of the
Sunday-school. He is a member of the Y. M. T. C., and has held the highest
office in the same. His estimable wife is also a worthy member member of
the Congregational Church. Mr. Ober is in the prime of life, and
the various positions his talents may merit his being called to by his neighbors
and friends will be chronicled in the coming years.
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Streetsboro Twp. -
ALONZO E. OLIN, farmer, P. O. Earlville, was born in
Perry, N. Y., May 18, 1820; son of Samuel and Betsey (Green) Olin, who
settled in Streetsboro in 1839, where they cleared and improved a farm on which
they lived and died (see sketch of N. S. Olin). Our subject came to
Streetsboro, this county, with his parents, with whom he remained until he was
twenty-three years of age, when he located on the farm now owned and occupied by
his brother Elon, where he resided three years. He then settled on
the farm where he now lives, most of which he has cleared and improved himself.
He was married, Oct. 12, 1842, to Almira B., daughter of Solomon and
Hannah (Brown) Squiers, of Perry, N. Y., by whom he has four children
living: James, Arthur S., John and Frank, all married; and
there are seven grand-children. Mr. Olin is a representative of the
leading pioneers of Streetsboro Township, his father having at one time owned
over 900 acres of land here and in Franklin Township, most of which was divided
and now owned by his descendants. Mr. Olin in politics is a
Democrat.
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History of Portage County, Ohio - Vol. 2 - by Warner, Beers & Co. - 1885 - Page
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Streetsboro Twp. -
NATHANIEL S. OLIN, farmer, P. O. Streetsborough, was born
in Perry, Wyoming Co., N.Y., Dec. 28, 1838; son of Samuel and Mercy (Seymour)
Olin, who settled in Streetsboro Mar. 11, 1839, locating on the farm now
occupied by our subject, which they cleared and improved, and where they lived
and died. Samuel Olin was a native of Vermont, and a son of Ezra
Olin, late of Perry, N. Y. He was twice married, having by his first
wife, Betsey Green, eight children: Silas (deceased);
Alonzo; Sarah (deceased); Elon; Bethania (deceased); Ezra
(deceased); Betsey A., wife of Thomas Price. His second wife
was Marcy Seymour, of Genesee County, N. Y., who bore him seven children:
Emily L., wife of Dow Pease; Seymour (deceased); Nathaniel S.;
Adelaide wife of C. R. Doolittle; Martha (deceased); Mary
(deceased) and Samuel. The subject of this sketch was reared in
Streetsboro and educated in the common schools. He was married, Dec. 18,
1861, to Augusta, daughter of Albert and Alamanda (Burroughs)
Doolittle, of Streetsboro, by whom he has one child - Albert D.
For the past fifteen years Mr. Olin has been a breeder of Shorthorn
Durham cattle, and now has a fine herd of twenty-five, all registered in the
American Herd Book. At the Ohio State Fair, in 1884, with an entry of five
head, he took three first-class premiums, competing with over 200 head of cattle
on exhibition from Ohio and other States. He has been President of the
Portage County Agricultural Society four years; is a member of the Horticultural
Society; the P. of H., and is a F. & A. M. He has held several of the
minor township offices. In politics he is a Democrat. Mr. and
Mrs. Olin are members of the Universalist Church.
Source:
History of Portage County, Ohio - Vol. 2 - by Warner, Beers & Co. - 1885 - Page
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