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PUTNAM COUNTY,
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BIOGRAPHIES
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A Portrait and Biographical Record of Allen & Putnam
Counties, Ohio
Containing Biographical Sketches of Many
Prominent and Representative Citizens,
Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the
Presidents of the United States
and Biographies of the
Governors of Ohio
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Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co.
1896
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JNO. C. McCLUNG, M.D. |
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DAVID U. McCULLOUGH,
deceased farmer of Blanchard township, Putnam
county, Ohio, was born in Jefferson county, in
the same state, in 1816, a son of James
McCullough, an early settler. After
reaching manhood David U. went to
Zanesville and other points and was employed by
an uncle, John McCullough, who was
engaged in the hotel business.
Subsequently David U. located in Hancock
county, where he purchased a farm and also
entered eighty acres, and there made his home
until 1856, when he came to Putnam county and
settled on 120 acres, in section No. 21, in
Blanchard township, later adding to this tract,
by purchase, a tract of 120 acres, and still
later adding three tracts of eighty, forty and
eighty each, in the order named, and in section
No. 22 purchasing a tract of ninety acres, and
in section No. 27 a tract of 200 acres. On
the original 120 acres he made his permanent
home, and transformed it into one of the finest
farms in the township, on which he erected a
handsome dwelling and all the necessary
out-buildings. Besides being a thorough
farmer, he was an expert veterinary surgeon and
did a large and lucrative professional business
throughout the surrounding country.
In politics Mr. McCullough was first a whig, but
on the disintegration of that party fell into
the republican ranks; he filled the office of
justice of the peace for many years, and
township trustee, and also filled several other
offices of less importance. He was a
devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal
church, in which he had been a class leader for
over twenty-four years, was trustee and
Sabbath-school superintendent; he was most
liberal in his contributions to this religious
denomination, was one of the founders of the
Gilboa congregation, and donated the munificent
sum of $1,200 toward the election of its church
edifice. His death was a sad event and a
tragic one, and was caused by the giving way of
the stonework of a bridge on the Mahoning
railroad, on his own farm, he at the time
standing on the bridge and being precipitated
with the wreck. His loss was deeply
deplored by the community, as he was ever
foremost in aiding every enterprise of public
benefit and was progressive in every sense of
the word.
Mr. McCullough was twice married —first to a
Miss Rutledge, to which union were
born Fannie, wife of Joshua
Powell, and Elizabeth, wife of
Albert Simpson. The second
marriage was with Matilda, daughter of
Elisha Brooks, of Hancock county,
Ohio, and to this union were born Andrew S.
; Margaret, wife of Wellington Conine;
Catherine was married to David
Frantz—both now deceased; David T.,
of Blanchard township; Frank;
Alexander; Jennie, wife of Otho
Hall, and two that died in infancy.
David T. McCullough, son of David U. and
Matilda (Brooks) McCullough, whose
biographical memoir appears above, was born May
7, 1855, in Hancock county, Ohio, but was reared
on the home farm, where he passed his years
until he reached the age of twenty, when lie
settled on his present place, in section No. 22,
which then comprised ninety acres; he has added
to this another tract of sixty-six acres,
situated in section No. 21; but the ninety acre
tract is his homestead, and this he had made
convenient with every modern improvement and
made productive by aid of the most recent
devices in agricultural implements, being fully
recognized as one of the most progressive
agriculturists of Blanchard township.
In his politics Mr. McCullough wielded quite an
influence for the republican party for many
years, but of late has become quite independent
in his views, believing that the interests of
the people are best served by voting for
competent and honest men rather than for
strictly party nominees. While not an office
seeker for the sake of emolument, or for the
vain purpose of being a figure-head, he has done
his duty as a citizen by serving as constable,
and has filled the position conscientiously and
efficiently. In his religious convictions
he is a Methodist, and is a member of the
congregation at Gilboa, in which he has, for
thirteen years, served as superintendent, and
has also been one of the trustees for thirteen
years, and for twenty years a class-leader.
Mr. McCullough married Miss Maggie,
daughter of John Norton, of Columbus
Grove, and this felicitous union has been
blessed by the birth of ten children, viz:
Bessie M., David U., Pearl,
Harry, Mabel, John, Roy,
Eddie, and Lena and Leona
(twins). The family enjoy a high degree of
the respect and esteem of the citizens of
Blanchard township, and well deserve the good
opinion in which they are held.
Source: A Portrait and
Biographical Record of Allen and Van Wert
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen &
Co. - 1896 - Page 335 |
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WILLIAM McELDERRY,
a prominent and self-made farmer-citizen of
Pleasant township, Putnam county, Ohio, was born
in Carroll county May 14, 1840. At the age
of nine years he was taken to Delaware county by
his parents, who remained there six years, and
then moved to Union county, where they lived
until 1865. They then came to Putnam
county and located in Pleasant township, our
subject all this time following the pursuit of
farming and remaining with his parents until his
marriage, Jan. 5, 1868, with Miss Louisa
Bogart, a native of Putnam county, born Feb.
23, 1851, and daughter of William and Eliza
(Critten) Bogart, of Pennsylvania-German
descent. He had purchased forty acres of
the land on which he now lives, and he has since
added to his possessions until he is now the
owner of 233 acres, of which 208 are under
cultivation. He received from his father
twenty-six acres of land, which he sold for
$1,000. This money he invested, together
with other money subsequently acquired, in
adding to the original forty acres he had
previously purchased, in section No. 19, as
follows: Twenty acres adjoining in the north;
eleven acres north of this last purchase; twenty
acres adjoining the northwest corner of his
farm; then seventy acres in section No. 20,
adjoining the forty on the east; then ten acres
in section No. 19, and then thirty-three acres
adjoining the last purchase, and subsequently
twenty-nine acres adjoining the original forty
on the north, the entire tract being now in one
piece. In his purchase he secured several
domiciles, and still owns two well improved
places. His homestead he hewed bodily from
the wilderness, assisted by his willing wife,
and this is well ditched and tiled, and his
dwelling commodious and substantial, modern and
convenient, is situated about two and one-half
miles from Columbus Grove.
William McElderry’s parents, Richard
and Eliza (Gailey) McElderry, were natives
of Beaver comity, Pa., and were married in that
state. The father of Richard,
John McElderry, was born in Ireland, married
a Miss McCabe, and on coming to America
first located in Pennsylvania, later came to
Ohio and settled in Carroll county, and there
ended his days. Richard McElderry
was a brick-layer and stone-cutter, became a
resident of Putnam county, Ohio, engaged in
farming on a tract of 190 acres of land which he
had bought in the wild state, and which he had
cleared up and put in a first-class state of
cultivation, and here passed the remainder of
his life, dying in January, 1867, a leading
member of the Presbyterian church and a democrat
in politics. His widow survived until May,
1879, when she, too, was called away. The
children born to Richard and
Eliza McElderry were eleven in
number, born in the following order: Margaret
J., deceased wife of J. H. Noble,
left two children; Mary is the wife of
E. L. D. Tracy; Jonathan died in the
army during the late Civil war; James and
Samuel died young; William is the
subject of this sketch; Joseph died a
soldier while fighting for the preservation of
the Union; John served through the late
war and is now a resident of Columbus Grove;
Andrew died young; Sarah married
George Arnold, a fanner and
carpenter; James S. was in the regular
army of the United States and died in Wyoming.
William Bogart, the father of
Mrs. McElderry, had born to him by
his first wife, Louisa Critten,
six children, viz: Mary E., Louisa (Mrs.
McElderry), Amanda, James,
Daniel L. and William W. In
1863 the mother of this family passed from
earth, the children became scattered, and Mr.
Bogart re-married and went to live in
Arkansas. To his second marriage have been
born eight children, who are scattered from
Massachusetts to Oklahoma.
To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. McElderry have
been born eight children, of whom two died
young, the survivors being named Gertrude,
who is the wife of Charles Michael,
a farmer; Louisa J., married to
Chester H. Jones, also a farmer; Francis
M., Virgil, Everett L. and
Len, at home. The parents are both
members of the United Brethren church, and in
politics Mr. McElderry has been
entirely independent, voting as his judgment
dictated for either of the old parties until
within the past two years, since when he has
exercised his franchise in favor of the
populists. Mr. McElderry, in
arranging his lands and getting his farm into
good shape, has made eight different purchases.
For his first forty acres he paid $12 per acre;
since then the plats have varied in price, his
last tract costing him $94.40 per acre, and he
now has his farm nicely squared up, with a very
tasteful dwelling thereon, barns, orchards, and
every improvement tending to make a model farm.
His property is the result of his own and his
wife’s joint industry and hard labor, and no
names are better deserving a place in this
volume than those of Mr. and Mrs. McElderry.
He has paid a good deal of attention to cattle,
in which he has dealt extensively for a good
many years, meeting with great success. He
has served upon the school board and filled the
office of district clerk. He and his wife
visited the World’s Fair, and from a clear
apprehension of the innumerable and wonderful
exhibits of agricultural products and
implements, as well as live stock, came back a
wiser man. Mr. McElderry
points, with pride, to the fact, with all his
extensive dealings in cattle and other
businesses, that he has never been sued, nor has
he sued any one.
Source: A Portrait and
Biographical Record of Allen and Van Wert
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen &
Co. - 1896 - Page 346 |
A. C. MATTHIAS, M.D. |
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HENRY MILLER,
one of the most enterprising and thriving
farmers of Union township, Putnam county, Ohio,
is a son of Joseph and Barbara (Rader) Miller,
and was born in Auglaize county, Ohio, Mar. 15,
1840. Joseph Miller, the father,
was born in Maryland in Aug. 1784, and was a son
of Ve___ Miller, a native of Germany, who
served three years in the army of his native
country and at an early date settled in
Maryland, where he passed the remainder of his
days. Joseph Miller was a farmer
and a carpenter and about 1836 married
Barbara Rader, who was born in Germany, Oct.
7, 1805, and at the age of thirty years came to
Ohio with her father, who settled in Allen
county. To the marriage of Joseph and
Barbara were born four children, viz.:
Mary, born Aug. 20, 1838; Henry, our
subject; Louisa, born Apr. 3, 1842, and
Barbara, Nov. 8, 1846. The father
of this family died about 1846: the mother
remarried, in 1848 and survived until about
1883, when she expired at the home of our
subject.
Henry Miller, our subject, was kept in school,
in Auglaize county, until fourteen years of age,
when he began working out for weekly or monthly
wages until his enlistment, in August, 1862, in
company H, Thirty-second Ohio I volunteer
infantry, serving with his regiment at the
battles of Champion's Hill and Harper’s Ferry.
At the latter tight he was wounded in the head,
was taken prisoner and confined in hospital two
weeks, and after being exchanged was in the
siege of Vicksburg, in the Atlanta campaign, in
the march to the sea with Sherman, and
thence on to Washington, D. C., where he
participated in the grand review. He was,
in fact, in all the numerous engagements in
which his regiment took part, was mustered out
at Louisville, Ky., and honorably discharged at
Columbus, Ohio, July 20, 1865.
The marriage of Mr. Miller took place
Feb. 24, 1867, with Miss Ruth A. Watt,
daughter of John and Frances (Beckham) Watt.
Mrs.Miller was born in Auglaize county
Mar. 17, 1845, where she resided until her
marriage. Her father was a native of
Urbana, Ohio, born about 1815. He was
reared on a farm and in youth came to Auglaize
county, where he married Frances
Beckham in 1841 and became the father of two
children— William H., deceased, and
Ruth A. (Mrs. Miller). Mrs.
Frances Watt died in 1847, and Mr.
Watt next married Jane Fischer,
and of the two children born to this union, one
is living—Sarah, wife of Willis
Brackney, a farmer of Auglaize county.
Mrs. Jane Watt was also
called away by death, and for his third wife
Mr. Watt married Susan
Clevenger, who bore him three children:
James, of Auglaize county; Allie,
wife of Jackson Black, and
Margaret, wife of Frank Carter,
both, also of Auglaize county. Mrs.
Susan Watt dying, Mr.
Watt married Annis Clevenger,
who bore him one child (deceased), and she,
herself, was called from earth in 1887 —Mr.
Watt surviving until April, 1892, when
he, also, died, a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and in politics a republican.
After marriage Henry Miller, our subject,
lived in Auglaize county two years, and in 1870
came to Putnam county and purchased his present
farm of eighty acres, then in the deep woods,
but now all cleared, cultivated and transformed
into one of the neatest and most profitable in
the township for its size. In 1887 he
displaced his log cabin and erected the
comfortable dwelling in which he still lives.
To the union of Henry and Ruth
A. Miller have been born ten children, viz:
Leroy, farmer of Auglaize county;
Joseph, at school in Findlay, Ohio; an
infant son, deceased; John, a farmer at
home; Martha, wife of Daniel Hunt,
a farmer of Jennings township; an infant
daughter, deceased; James, born
Apr. 12, 1879; Henry L., born May 4,
1881; Lawrence E., born June 25, 1885,
and died Oct. 2, 1886, and Ida E., born
Dec. 18, 1886. In religion Mr. and Mrs.
Miller, with three of their children
Leroy, John and Martha— are
members of the United Brethren church.
Mr. Miller has been a communicant for
the past thirty years, and for many years a
trustee, an office which he still holds In 1892
Mr. Miller made an additional
purchase of land in Jennings township, where his
daughter now resides. Mr. Miller
is an honored and respected citizen, and is ever
ready to perform his duty as such, never being
behind in his aid of any cause calculated to be
of any benefit to the township or the county.
Politically he is an ardent republican, but has
never sought or cared to fill public offices.
Source: A Portrait and
Biographical Record of Allen and Van Wert
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen &
Co. - 1896 - Page 370 |
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JOHN HENRY MILLER,
a deceased farmer of Blanchard township, Putnam
county, Ohio, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany,
near Stuttgart, about the year 1795, and was
reared a gardener. Upon coming to the
United States he located in Bloomsbury, Pa., and
in 1856 came to Ohio and entered 160 acres of
land in section 19, Blanchard township, Putnam
county. He had married Mrs. Sophia Cook,
nee Egler. a native of Bloomsbury,
Pa., and their union was blessed bv the birth of
one child—Joseph H., who was born on this
farm Mar. 11, 1838. John H. Miller
died lien in 1850, and his remains were interred
in Poplar Ridge cemetery; his widow was called
from earth in 1866, and her remains were buried
in the Hummon graveyard. Joseph H.
Miller was reared on the home farm on which
he was born, and assisted in clearing up as he
acquired strength, and in bringing to its
present state of cultivation. He was
educated in the log school-house of his
neighborhood, and acquired a fair knowledge of
books. After he had succeeded to the
ownership of the homestead he built the present
brick residence and added to the farm until he
now owns 204 acres, all of which is finely
improved.
Mr. Miller was joined in matrimony, in 1861,
with Sarah, a daughter of Jane and
Elizabeth Clark, and to this union were born
twelve children, of whom eight reached maturity,
as follows: Mary A., wife of George E.
Brush; Elizabeth, wife of Alva
Maidlow; John W.; Margery,
wife of William Harris; Lucy E.,
wife of Fred Heffellmyer; James
E.; Clara E., wife of Clayton
Hummon, and Joseph L. The
mother of these children died in 1890, and her
loss was a great blow to her husband and
surviving children. In politics Mr.
Miller is a democrat, and in 1887 was
elected infirmary director, in which capacity he
served six years; he also served as township
trustee two terms, and was several years on the
school board. He has long been a member of
the Lutheran church, in the faith of which his
lamented wife was called to rest. He has
always been a prominent man in his township,
noted for his industry and urbanity, and he is
now living in retirement on a well earned
competency.
Source: A Portrait and
Biographical Record of Allen and Van Wert
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen &
Co. - 1896 - Page 370 |
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JOHN J. MILLER,
postmaster and one of the leading business men
of Ottoville, Putnam county, Ohio, in the
township of Monterey, was born at Fremont, Ohio,
Apr. 14, 1854. His father, John Miller,
was born in Germany June 14, 1820, and when a
young man came to America in 1848, and settled
in Sandusky county, Ohio, where he engaged at
his trade of tailoring in the town of Fremont,
and was married there. In 1863 he came to
Ottoville, Putnam county, bought a farm near the
village, is now one of the most prosperous
farmers, and owns 240 acres of the best land in
the county. His marriage took place
in 1853 to Johanna Flatz, who was born in
Austria in 1828, and to this union were
born seven children, viz.: John J., Johanna,
Annie, Edward, George, Josephine and Kate.
The father of this family is a devoted member of
the Catholic church and was most liberal in his
contribution to the erection of the splendid
edifice of Saint Mary's at Ottoville.
John J. Miller, the subject of this sketch, was
quite well educated in the public schools was
reared a farmer, but his first business
enterprise, outside of agriculture, was in the
drain tile business for seven years. Next
he became one of the proprietors of the
Beckman House, in 1890, but a year and a
half later sold out and entered the mercantile
trade. In 1895 he was appointed
postmaster, under Cleveland’s second
administration, he being politically a democrat,
and he has proven himself to be a most popular
and efficient official, as well as an honest
one. He has been a member of the town
council since its first organization, and served
as such until he was elected mayor. He has
also served as township clerk a number of years,
and was always a warm advocate of public
schools, having been for a long tune a member of
the board of education. In religion he is
a most devoted member of the Catholic church,
and no man is more faithful than he in the
observance of the duties pertaining thereto.
The marriage of Mr. Miller took place at
Ottoville, Aug. 28, 1879, with Miss
Margaret Lauer, who was born in the province
of Alsace-Lorraine, in 1855, a daughter of
Alexander and Elizabeth Lauer, and to this
happy marriage six children have been born,
named as follows: Elizabeth, Alexander,
Mary, Eddie, Katie and
Maggie. Mr. Miller is
one of the most substantial citizens of
Ottoville and owns his business establishment
and other property in the city. He has
been foremost in all public enterprises and has
never been lacking in his aid to all projects
that tend to the public good. His aid to
the building of Saint Mary’s church was nowise a
weak one and his carriage through life has been
such as to win the respect and esteem of all who
know him either in private or public
associations.
Source: A Portrait and
Biographical Record of Allen and Van Wert
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen &
Co. - 1896 - Page 372 |
REV. MICHAEL MUELLER |
REV. MICHAEL MUELLER,
one of the leading members of the Catholic
clergy of northwestern Ohio and the founder of
the new church of Saint Mary's at Ottoville,
Putnam county, was born Jan. 21, 1833, in the
kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, a son of John
and Elizabeth (Frey) Mueller. He
received an excellent common-school education in
his native country, and at the age of eighteen
years thought it prudent to come to America.
July 5, 1852, he arrived in New York city.
Coming to Ohio, he first taught school in Huron,
Washington and Crawford counties, for four
years, and then attended Saint Mary's seminary
at Cleveland, Ohio, and next the Assumption
college at Windsor, Canada, studied philosophy
at Saint Benedict's and elsewhere and then
studied theology at Saint Mary's seminary at
Cleveland, Ohio; was ordained June 25, 1865, and
was assigned to the congregation at Rockport,
Ohio, and ministered to that charge two and
one-half years, and then came, Mar. 15,
1868, to Ottoville, and assumed charge of Saint
Mary's congregation, which he has since filled
to the unbounded satisfaction of his flock.
He found the church building a small affair, the
country with no roads and the hamlet surrounded
with forest trees of primeval growth, to drain
which no attempt had ever been made, and in the
rainy season the mud was simply terrible.
The pastors had previously endured great
hardship and had a hard struggle, and Father
Mueller at once turned his energies in
the direction of a remedy for these unpleasant
conditions. By persistent effort he at
last succeeded in securing sufficient funds by
contribution to justify the laying the
corner-stone for the present large and elegant
structure, and June 22, 1885, that important
event took place, and the completed edifice was
dedicated for divine services Sept. 23, 1888.
The cost had reached something over $30,000, and
when the briefness of the period in which the
funds were raised is taken into consideration,
what praise can be measured out to the pastor
for the pluck, energy and indefatigable industry
with which he succeeded in accomplishing so
herculean a task? Nor should praise be
withheld from the devoted congregation, who
contributed so freely of their means and labor
in forwarding this worthy undertaking, and many
names among the more liberal contributors to the
commendable enterprise will be found scattered
throughout these pages. Too much credit,
indeed, cannot be given the pious pastor for his
zeal in raising this noble structure in honor of
his God and his faith, nor to the pardonable
pride of his flock for their early aid in the
erecting of a structure meet for the assembling
of so devoted a congregation. But a weak
description of this architectural pride of
Ottoville can here be given. Suffice it to
say that the building is of brick, with stone
basement and trimmings, 175 feet long and
seventy-eight feet wide, and has two towers,
each 180 feet high, and is so situated as to
form a prominet and effective object to
the view of an observer at a distance. The
auditorium is decorated in a most tasteful
manner and artistically finished in every
detail. This beautiful structure is the
result of Father Mueller’s
fruitful conception, and will stand for ayes as
a monument to his venerated name. The
congregation comprises 250 families, and the
communicants number 1,000—a small number,
indeed, to have achieved so grand a task as that
of having erected this noble house of worship;
yet it may be admitted that the village of
Ottoville and the vicinity are almost entirely
composed of the devotees of the church of Rome,
and none others take more interest in church
affairs, while they pursue, at the same time,
those industries which lead to the temporal
welfare of the country in which they have their
home. Of the reverend priests of this
faith within the county of Putnam none stand
higher in the record of its progress than
Father Mueller, of Ottoville, and
Father Hoeffel, of Delphos, for energy and
devotion to duty, the civilization of a frontier
community and the beatification of themselves
and the inhabitants of the land in which they
dwell.
Source: A Portrait and
Biographical Record of Allen and Van Wert
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen &
Co. - 1896 - Page 369
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JACOB CROUSE MYERS,
one of the leading farmers and citizens of Perry
township, Putnam county, Ohio, was born in
Putnam county, Jan. 11, 1839, on the farm on
which he now lives and owns, and is a son of
Peter and Anna (Crouse) Myers.
MICHAEL MYERS, the
great-grandfather of our subject, was born in
Germany and there married; he later came to
America and settled in Maryland, being among the
early settlers, and here he spent his life on a
farm. His son, John Myers, was
married to Mary Dillon, of German
Mennonites. After marriage he settled in
Washington county, Md., and became a very
wealthy distiller, and very prominent in public
affairs of his county. He was an old-line
whig, and during the famous whisky rebellion he
espoused the cause of the government. Both
he and his wife were members of the Mennonite
church, and to them were born thirteen children:
Elizabeth, the wife of Christian Shenk;
Abraham, who died in California; John;
Sauel (see sketch); Jacob; Maria, the
wife of Christian Shenk; Peter, born Oct.
16, 1800, the father of the subject of our
sketch; Anna, the wife of John
Stauffer; Joseph; Barbara, married to
Henry Shenk; Christian of Maryland; Henry
N., and Fannie the wife of Jonas
Shenk. The father died about 1841.
PETER MYERS was given an
education in the common schools of Maryland, and
when grown to young manhood learned the
blacksmith's trade. On Jan. 12, 1833, at
Lambertsville, N. J., he married Mrs. Anna
(Crouse) Whiting, who was born in New
Jersey on June 14, 1798, had been married on
June 20,1819, to Nathan Whiting, and was
the mother of six children by this first
marriage, viz: Charlotte, deceased;
Mrs. Mary Cooley, of New Jersey; Mrs.
Hannah Harmon, of Oakwood, and three
children who died in infancy. After this
marriage Mr. Myers, followed his trade at
Lambertsville, N J., until 1835, when he came to
Putnam county, Ohio, and settled on the site of
the present homestead, where one Kendall
had secured control of a section of land on
which he laid out a town and called it
Franconia; formerly a post-office called Forest
Grove, had been at that place. Here he
erected a two-story frame building 26x36 feet,
which was considered very large and fine in
those days in this building he kept an inn, and
from 1850 to 1865 was postmaster. He was a
member of the whig party until the republican
party was organized, when he joined it and
became an active worker in it. He was very
prominent in all public affairs of the community
and for twelve years was justice of the peace.
He also held several other offices, holding that
of township trustee for several terms and that
of land appraiser in 1860. Death called
him away on Aug. 9,1879, his wife having died in
1860-both members of the Mennonite church.
Their children were five in number, viz: Anna
E., widow of Warren Lee, of Oakwood;
John W., a soldier of the Seventh Kansas
cavalry; Thomas, who was killed at
Independence, Mo., Nov. 9, 1861; Peter,
who died in infancy, and Jacob Crouse.
Jacob Crouse Myers was reared on the farm where he
now lives and was educated in the common
schools. In June of 1862 he enlisted in
company C, Eighty-seventh Ohio volunteer
infantry, and after four months' services was
captured by the enemy and paroled at Harper's
Ferry, Md. Here turned home, and, after
being exchanged, he re-enlisted in January,
1864, in company L, Second Ohio heavy artillery,
in which he served until the close of the war,
most of the time on garrison duty in Tennessee.
On Aug. 29, 1865, he was honorably discharged at
Nashville, Tenn. He immediatelly returned
home and resumed farming during the summer
months and during the winters for seven terms he
taught school in Putnam county. On Mar.
17, 1872, he married Frances, the
daughter of Dr. Zachariah and Susan (Jemison)
Metcalfe, of Delphos, Ohio; to them two
children were born: Florence, the wife of
Ed. Beck, of Dupont, and an infant,
Charles A. who died with the mother, Mar.
17, 1875. On Jan. 9, 1876, Mr. Myers
married Maggie D. Wilcox, who was born in
Kalida Aug. 8, 1856, a daughter of Richard
and Diana (Whiters) Wilcox, her father being
a native of England, who came to America when
twenty-one years of age. He was a tanner
by trade, but taught school at times. The
mother was of Welsh descent.
In 1865, Mr. Myers purchased the farm on which
he was reared. After marriage he took his
wife there and since then they have prospered,
and five children have been born to them, viz:
Laura B., born Feb. 20, 1877; Morton
P., born July 13, 1878; Daisy born
June 10, 1881, John C., born Jan. 22,
1885, and Warren, born Oct. W24, 1893.
To this farm Mr. Myers has added until
now he has 190 acres, most of which is cleared
and under a fine state of cultivation. In
politics he is a republican, and cast his first
vote for Abraham Lincoln. He served
as constable for seven years, and as notary
public for fifteen years. Since 1891 he
has been pension attorney and is a member of the
Wisor post, No. 93, G. A. R., of Dupont, of
which he has three times been commander.
His wife is president of the Women's Relief
corps. Mr. Myers is an excellent
and successful farmer, and an upright
public-spirited citizen, and is honored and
respected by all who know him.
Source: A Portrait and
Biographical Record of Allen and Van Wert
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen &
Co. - 1896 - Page 375 |
JAMES MYERS |
JAMES MYERS,
a skillful and well-to-do farmer of Union
township, Putnam county, Ohio, was born in
Licking county, Sept. 7, 1833, a son of
DANIEL and Dorcas (Critten)
MYERS, the former also
a native of Licking county, Ohio, and born in
1809.
GEORGE MYERS father of Daniel
Myers above mentioned, was a native of
Virginia of German descent, was educated in the
German language and was an early settler of
Licking county, Ohio. He married
Elizabeth Horn, of Scotch-Irish
descent, and reared a family of twelve
children, of whom four are living, viz: David,
of Auglaize county; Mrs. Elizabeth
Elliott, of Saint John’s, in the same
county; Rhoda, wife of James
Clutter, and Solomon, both of Licking
county. Mr. and Mrs. George Myers
were both devoted members of the Christian
church, and in politics Mr. Myers
was a democrat. Daniel Myers, son
of George, and the sixth child born in
the family of twelve above mentioned, was reared
and educated in his native county of Licking,
and became an expert agriculturist. About
the year 1829 he married Dorcas
Critten, who was born in 1812, a daughter of
James and Elizabeth (Johnson) Critten.
Her father, James Critten, was a native
of Virginia, of Irish descent, and held a
captain's commission in the war of 1812.
He came to Putnam county, Ohio, in 1839, and
bought a farm in the woods, which, like the
other sturdy frontiersman of his day, he
transformed into a comfortable home, where he
resided until his death, a member of the
Christian church, about the year 1856, and a
highly honored citizen. Daniel
Myers, after marriage, lived in Licking
county until 1839, when he brought his family to
Putnam county, bought one tract of eighty acres
and entered an additional tract of forty acres
of uncleared land, built a log cabin and
proceeded, after the custom of the day, to clear
up a farm from the wilderness, in which effort
he met with success, and here passed the active
days of his life until 1874, when he retired to
Columbus Grove, but for the latter sixteen years
of his life made his home under the filial roof
of his son James, our subject. In
politics he was a democrat, and had served as
school director and filled several of the
township offices; in religion he was a member of
the Christian church, in which he filled the
office of deacon for many years, and in this
faith he died, Jan. 10, 1894, lamented and
honored by a large circle of sincere and devoted
friends. His three children—all that were
born to their marriage —were named, in order of
birth, as follows: George, deceased;
James, our subject; and Amanda, wife of
John Dooley, of southern Missouri.
James Myers, the subject of this sketch,
was reared to agricultural pursuits in Putnam
county, having been but about six years of age
when brought here by his parents. Here he
was united in the bonds of matrimony in 1855,
with Miss Deborah McDole, who was born in
Beaver county, Pa., June 29, 1835, a daughter
Matthew and Elizabeth (Stewart) McDole, of
whom further mention will immediately he made.
To the prolific marriage of James and Deborah
Myers were born the family of thirteen
children, viz: Elizabeth C., wile of
A. Maybury, of Rockport, Allen county, Ohio;
Matthew L., a fanner of Iowa; Darnel
S., of Paulding county, Ohio; and Mrs.
Dorcas Jane Yandeinark, twin sister of
Daniel S., of Sugar Creek township, Putnam
county; Sarah, wife of John
Streator; Margaret A., wife of
Charles Clarke, of Marion county; Martha
F., wife of W. Streator, of Pleasant
township, Putnam county; Mary Alice,
wife of Stanley Goodwin, of Union
township; Rosa, who died in October,
1890; James William, Lillie P.,
Emma B., and Della M., at home
with their parents.
Matthew McDole, the father of Mr. Myers,
was a native of Virginia, of Irish descent, arm
a son of Matthew McDole, a farmer
and a soldier in the war of 1812.
Matthew, the son, had also volunteered and
started for he field, but hostilities had closed
before he reached the front. In 1837 the
parents of Mrs. Myers came from
Pennsylvania to Putnam county, Ohio, whence they
moved to Allen city and purchased land, but in
1850 returned to Putnam county and bought the
farm on which Mr. Myers now
resides, but which was then in the wilderness.
After his marriage, however, Mr. Myers
first bought a tract of eighty acres in Union
township, on which he lived and which cultivated
until 1873, when he settled on his present farm,
as stated. In 1882 he erected, his
handsome dwelling, which is an ornament to the
neighborhood. In politics Mr.
Myers a democrat, and has served as township
trustee for several years; he was with his wife
and children, is a member of the Christian
church, of which he has long been a deacon.
He was one of the most progressive farm in of
the township, and has made his mark as a good
sound, substantial citizen, and has won the warm
regard of all classes.
Source: A Portrait and
Biographical Record of Allen and Van Wert
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen &
Co. - 1896 - Page 391 |
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JOHN F. MYERS,
one of the most prosperous and honored farmers
of Greensburg township, was born in Putnam
county, Sept. 22, 1848, a son of Solomon and
Mary (Shenk) Myers, the former of whom was
born in Franklin county, Pa., near the Maryland
state line, Oct. 29, 1817. The parents of
Solomon were Peter and Elizabeth
(Slice) Myers. The father was born in
Lancaster county, Pa., in 1780, and the mother
was a native of Switzerland.
The great-grandfather of subject, PETER
MYERS, SR., was a native of
Prussia, and came to America in early manhood,
was a shoemaker by trade and also followed
farming. HE died in Maryland; his family
consisted of six children, viz.: Annie
Heidlough, Elizabeth, Mary, John, Peter and
Samuel. His son Peter Myers,
Jr., followed farming in Pennsylvania until
1835, when, on October 1, he started for Ohio,
and after a twenty-two day journey, most of the
way on foot, he arrived in Putnam county, and
entered forty acres of government land in
Greensburg township. Martin, his
son, persuaded him to move to Perry township;
here he lived until 1865, when he moved to
Williams county, where he died in 1873, honored
and respected by all who know him. He was
an old-line whig and a prominent member of the
German Baptist church.
Solomon Myers, the son of Peter Myers, Jr.,
and the father of our subject, was educated in
the common schools of Pennsylvania. In
1835 he came to Ohio, and helped to clear the
newly entered land until Nov. 17, 1842, when he
married Mary the daughter of Michael
and Mary (Whitman) Shenk, who was born in
Canada, near Toronto, in August, 1823. Her
father was a native of Pennsylvania, but when
seventeen years of age went to Canada, where he
married and reared a family. After his
marriage Mr. Myers lived on a farm in
Greensburg township for six months, and then
moved to Perry township, where he lived until
1846, when he returned to Greensburg township,
and two years later purchased the farm on which
he now lives, paying $1,000 for ninety-five
acres, and at different times since has added to
it until he had a farm consisting of 117 acres,
most of which he has thirteen, eleven reaching
maturity, namely: Peter, a farmer
in Michigan; Sarah, married to Jacob
Shenk, of Ottawa township; Abraham,
deceased; John and Solomon, Jr., both of
whom are mentioned above in this sketch;
Susan, the wife of Isaac Stike, of
Perry township; Mary the wife of Henry
Sink, of Greensburg township; Sophia,
married to John Lemaster of the same
township; David and Daniel, both
of whom are deceased, and Martha, married
to John Bear, of Greensburg township.
The mother died on June 8, 1885, and had been a
faithful member of the German Baptist church for
many years. Mr. Myers is a
republican in politics, and is known as one of
the most successful and prosperous farmers in
Greensburg township.
John F. Myers,
son of Solomon, was reared on his
father's farm and given a good education in the
common schools of his native township. On
Dec. 8, 1872, he married Ella, the
daughter of Richard and Mary (Layton) Davis.
This lady was both in Vermillion county, Ill.,
Dec. 6, 1854. Her father was born in
Pennsylvania, Mar. 3, 1822, and married in
Marion county, Ohio, Apr. 10, 1827. They
were the parents of eleven children: Agnes,
the wife of Eli May of Michigan;
Harriet A., married to Burdette Lamson,
of Williams county, Ohio; Hannah and
Matilda, twins who died in infancy: Ella
B., of this mention, Mary, the wife
of W. L. Wallon, Sarah, married to
Bryan Carmes, of Bryan, Ohio;
Emma, the wife of William Miller,
of Williams county; Nancy, the wife of
James Rosendall, deputy marshal of
Stryker, Williams county, and Louie G.,
deceased. Richard Davis,
after his marriage, went to Illinois, where he
farmed for some years and then came to Putnam
county, remained a short time, and then
moved to Williams county, Ohio, where he still
lives, and is a republican in politics. He
and his wife are members of the Disciples'
church.
Immediately after his marriage Mr. Myers and his
wife settled on the farm where they now live,
which was then owned by his father, and was
still uncleared. He set bravely to work
clearing it and making a good farm out of it,
and his father then gave him a deed for forty
acres; he has greatly improved it since then and
is an industrious and successful farmer; he has
spent all his married life on this farm except
one year, during which he lived in Perry
township. Politically, he is a republican
and has served as supervisor of his township.
He is honored and respected by all who know him
and is considered a very enterprising citizen.
His wife is a member of the Mennonite church,
and their children are five in number, viz:
Alfred Herman, frank Wilbur, Davis W., Mary
M. and John P.
Source: A Portrait and
Biographical Record of Allen and Van Wert
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen &
Co. - 1896 - Page 380 |
MRS. MARGARET (HARDIN) MYERS |
SAMUEL MYERS,
deceased farmer of Perry township, Putnam
county, Ohio, was a son of John and Mary
(Dillon) Myers, and was born in Washington
county, Md., Apr. 21, 1793. John Myers,
the father, was also a native of Maryland, of
German descent, was a wealthy farmer and a land
owner, and also the owner of a mill and
distillery. His children were named
Abraham, John, Jacob, Mrs. Mira Shank, Mrs.
Barbara Shank, Henry, Samuel, our subject,
and Mrs. Anna Stauffer. Mrs. Mary
(Dillon) Myers was a native of Pennsylvania
and died at a ripe old age in the Mennonite
faith; John, father of our subject, was a
stanch democrat in his politics, was an
influential citizen, and also died at an
advanced age.
Samuel Myers,
subject of this sketch, was reared on the home
farm in Maryland, learned the trades of miller
and blacksmith, and for a time was employed in a
woolen factory, becoming a very proficient
mechanic. In 1829 he came to Ohio and
entered a tract of land in Putnam county; on
this tract he lived two years and then settled
on the farm in Perry township, on which his
widow still resides, and which he cleared up
from the wilderness. He was one of the
most successful of the pioneers of the township
and reached a position of prominence and
influence before death closed the scene.
On Christmas day, 1833, he was united in
marriage with MISS MARGARET HARDIN,
daughter of Abraham and Catherine (Wishart)
Hardin, the ceremony being performed by
Rev. Christian Sroufe, and the first to be
solemnized in Putnam county. The paternal
grandfather of Mrs. Myers, William Hardin,
served seven years in the war of the Revolution
from Bedford county, Pa., and died at the
remarkably old age of 104 years. Her
father, Abraham served in the war of 1812
from Licking county, Ohio, under Gen. Wayne.
Her grandfather Wishart was born in
Scotland, and settled in Bedford county, Pa.,
and lived to be ninety-eight years old.
Both of the grandparents were pioneers of
Bedford county, Pa. The union of Samuel
and Margaret Myers was blessed with ten
children, as follows: Adelina,
deceased wife of Joseph Boxwell; Mrs. Anna A.
Ayers, of Columbus Grove; Samuel, a
farmer of Perry township; Jacob, killed
at the battle of Rome, Ga.; Abraham who
died at Nashville, Tenn., during the late war;
Susannah, wife of G. D. McClure of
Jackson township; Margaret, deceased wife
of Daniel Willsire, also deceased;
David who died in infancy; Huldah,
deceased wife of Godfrey Guyer of Palmer
township, and Malida deceased wife of
Sam Price The mother of this family
was born in Licking county, Ohio, May 8, 1816;
her father was a native of Maryland, and her
mother, at the age of twelve years, came from
Scotland with her parents, who settled in
Pennsylvania, in which state Dr. David
Wishart, grandfather of Mrs. Myers,
attained great celebrity as a physician.
After marriage Mr. Myers settled on and cleared
off his land, and soon took rank among the
foremost of the farmers of Perry township; he
also built the first saw, flour, and grist-mill
in Putnam county, and this mill still stands as
a monument to his enterprise. He was a man
of broad views and extraordinary public spirit,
and unaided built three miles of the plank road
through the county, and also gave $1,000 toward
its construction. Politically he was a
whig, and was honored by election, at various
tunes, to all the local offices; he was one of
the first county commissioners and the first
school examiner; was township trustee for years
and built the first school-house in the
township; as a member of the Menonnite church he
was influential and useful, and was a liberal
contributor to its support. To him the
people of the county are deeply indebted for its
early development, and his work tells the story
of a well-spent life. His death occurred
Aug. 27, 1860, and the loss of no man in the
county was ever more deplored by the public than
his. Mrs. Myers still resides on
the old homestead, which has been her home for
sixty-two years, she having reached her four
score years of life and being venerated and
respected as but few residents of Perry township
can ever hope to be. She is the
grandmother of fifty children and the
great-grandmother of about seventy-five.
When she first came here with her husband, he
was compelled to go to Piqua, through the woods,
with no roads, to have his corn ground (except
what was ground at home with hand-mills), until
his own mill was erected, which men for miles
around came to assist in building and in
constructing the mill dam, but it was five years
before the former was completed. No man
more useful, or more enterprising citizen ever
resided in Perry township than Samuel Myers.
Source: A Portrait and
Biographical Record of Allen and Van Wert
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen &
Co. - 1896 - Page 379 |
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SOLOMON MYERS, JR.,
son of Solomon, Sr., and a
brother of John F. was born in Greensburg
township, Putnam county, Ohio, May 20, 1850, and
was given a good common-school education near
home, he lived on his father's farm until 1881,
when he married Angeline Guyton,
who was born in the same township in 1857 and
there spent her childhood days. Her
father, William Guyton, was a
native of Virginia, and her mother, Polly
(Burkhart) Guyton, was born in
eastern Ohio, near the Pennsylvania line.
After their marriage Mr. Myers and
his young wife settled on his father’s farm in
Ottawa township and farmed on it for two years,
when they moved to the farm where they now live,
and which at that time was still uncleared Mr.
Myers built himself a house and then
proceeded to clear a away the heavy timber.
Soon he had converted the dreary forest land
into a fine farm and he has continued to improve
it, ditching it thoroughly and putting good
buildings on it. He has been very
successful as a farmer and is an enterprising
citizen, being in politics a republican.
His family consists of three children, viz:
Mary, born July 4, 1883; Stella,
deceased, and Arthur, who was born Nov.
13, 1889.
Source: A Portrait and
Biographical Record of Allen and Van Wert
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen &
Co. - 1896 - Page 392 |
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SAMUEL H. MYERS,
a retired farmer and prominent and influential
citizen of Perry township, Putnam county, Ohio,
is a son of Samuel and Margaret (Wishart)
Myers, is a native of Perry township, and
was born Feb. 22, 1840. He was reared on
his father’s farm and educated in his native
township, in the old log school-house, and on
Apr. 14, 1862, married Miss Mary E. Mercer,
who was born in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, Aug. 1,
1842, a daughter of Stephen and Catherine (Dillworth)
Mercer, early settlers of the state, the
mother being now a resident of Williams county.
This union has been blessed by the birth of
three children, namely: Abraham H.,
a farmer of Perry township, and proprietor of
the Cascade Resort; Margaret Catherine,
wife of George Curtis, and
Susanne, wife of A. J. Ladd, the
husbands of both these ladies also being farmers
of Perry township.
After marriage Samuel H. Myers located on a farm
in Paulding county, Ohio, and for about a year
he ran a canal boat. Feb. 15, 1864, Mr.
Myers enlisted in company G, Fifty-fourth
Ohio volunteer infantry, served for eighteen
months, and was honorably discharged at Little
Rock. Ark., the war having come to a close.
He took part in fourteen regular and desperate
engagements, beside a number of sanguinary
skirmishes, which, in the early stages of the
war, would have been denominated battles.
Among the former were those at Resaca, Dallas,
Dalton, Buzzard’s Roost, Nickajack Creek (where
he was wounded in the hip by a fragment of
shell, from which wound he has never fully
recovered), Big Kenesaw Mountain, Little Kenesaw
Mountain (July 22), Atlanta, Jonesboro, Fort
McAllister, Raleigh, N. C., Columbus, S. C,, and
participated in the grand review at Washington,
D. C. In February, 1866, Mr.
Myers bought his present place in Perry
township, formerly his father’s, having
husbanded his earnings before and during the
war. He had this land cleared and improved
and engaged in farming, calling into play his
accurate knowledge of this pursuit and making it
profitable. He then for three years turned
his attention to saw-milling and timber
shipping, and for four years was interested in
quarrying— furnishing stone for a number of
bridges. During these periods his farming
was not neglected, but was held under his own
strict supervision, and he is now one of the
largest land-owners in the township, and also
has one of the finest home residences to be seen
for miles around.
In politics Mr. Myers is a stanch
republican, and by that party has been elected
to the office of township trustee and to a
number of minor positions, in all of which he
has given the utmost satisfaction to the public
and filled with credit to himself. As an
agriculturist, and socialistic economist, he is
a member of Perry grange, No. 567, Patrons of
Husbandry, and in commemoration of the "sieges
he has passed through,” is a member of Wiso_
post, No. 63, Grand Army of the Republic.
His views in religious matters are liberal, and
he freely contributes to the support of all
denominations, as well as to all educational
enterprises, and to every well designed plan for
the benefit of his native township and county,
and has thus deservedly won the esteem and true
friendship of each and every man and woman
throughout the broad expanse of Perry township.
Source: A Portrait and
Biographical Record of Allen and Van Wert
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen &
Co. - 1896 - Page 386 |
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