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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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DANIEL VANDEMARK, one of the most
prominent farmers of Union township, Putnam county,
Ohio, was born in Franklin county Jan. 31, 1835, a
son of Daniel and Sarah (Hubbell) Vandemark
The father, Daniel, Sr., was born in
Luzerne county, Pa., Apr. 13, 1790, and was a son of
Jeremiah, a native of Holland.
Daniel was reared a farmer and also was taught
shoemaking. About 1811 he married Sarah,
daughter of Hezekiah Hubbell. She was
born in Pennsylvania Feb. 10, 1791, and died Apr.
12, 1869, a member of the Christian church, as are
all her children, who were born in the following
order: Agnes, deceased wife of
Futhey Barfell; Jeremiah, deceased;
Elizabeth, deceased wife of Samuel Harmon;
Esther, deceased; Nancy, deceased, wife
of Daniel Hinshire; Alvira, deceased wife of
Isaac Clevenger; William, who died in August,
1891; Mary J., deceased wife of Lewis
Stover, and Daniel, the subject of this
sketch.
After this marriage
DANIAL VANDEMARK, SR.,
remained in Pennsylvania some years, and then came
to Ohio and located in Franklin county, where he
farmed and followed shoemaking until 1837. He
next moved to Allen county, where he lived one year,
and in 1838 came to Putnam county and leased land in
Sugar Creek township for ten years. He then
bought an uncleared farm in the same township, on
which he lived until his death, Jan. 8, 1857.
He was a member of the Christian church, and a
republican in politics, serving as constable for
several years in Putnam county, and wa a soldier in
the war of 1812. Our subject's maternal
grandfather, Hezekiah Hubble, served
through the Revolutionary war, living to the extreme
age of 100 years, one month and twelve days.
Daniel Vandemark whose name stands at the head
of this biography, was educated in the common school
of Vaugnsville, was reared to manhood on a farm, and
June 23, 1857, married Miss Ruhama Maybury,
daughter of James and Polly (Jamison) Maybury,
of Irish descent. To this marriage were born
six children, as follows: Loretta E.,
wife of Evan Anderson, of Sugar Creek
township; Elmer E.; W. A.; John, of Sugar
Creek township; Lillie May wife of
Seymour Benroth of Union township, and Jesse
G., on the home place with his father. The
mother of this family passed away Jan. 13, 1882, a
devout member of the Christian church. Two of
the brothers of this lady, William and
Alfred Maybury, were members of company A,
Fifty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, in which they
had enlisted for three years - William dying
in the service - and another brother. Theophilus was
a member of a $100-day regiment.
Mr. Vandemark, after his marriage,
located in Vaughnsville, where he lived until 1873,
when he moved to Union township and bought his
present farm, which was but partly cleared, but
which he has since put under an excellent state of
cultivation, and in 1884 erected his present fine
dwelling, and a little later a substantial barn.
Apr. 26, 1883, Mr. Vandemark took for
his second wife Miss Lina Evans,
who was born in Miami county, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1847, a
daughter of Isaac and Eunice (Hubbell) Evans,
her father being a native of Virginia and her mother
of Shelby county, Ohio. Of the children born
to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Evans, Thomas
served in the late war in the Twenty-first Ohio
volunteer infantry. Six of their family are
still living as follows: Mary Ellington,
of Iowa; Martha Valentine, of Nebraska;
Lina, wife of subject; Jane Sheets, of
Lima, Ohio; Isaac, a carpenter of Pleasant
township, Putnam county, and William, of
Iowa; with whom the mother is making her home.
In politics Mr. Vandemark is a republican and is
served as township trustee for three years, as well
as filled a number of minor offices. With his
wife he is a consistent member of the Maple Grove
church, also a member of Columbus Grove lodge, No.
464, I. O. O. F. He is one of the most
progressive and useful citizens of the township.
He is entirely a self-made man, having been only
possessed, when he first married, of $22 in cash,
but is now the owner of one of the best farms in the
county.
Source:
Portrait and Biographical History
of Allen and Putnam Counties, Ohio, Part II,
Publ. 1896 - Page 546 |
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ISAIAH
VARNER, a prosperous and prominent farmer of
Greensburg township, Putnam county, Ohio, is a
native of the township and was born May 8, 1842, a
son of Jacob and Eliza (Guyton) Varner.
The father, a native of Virginia, was born in 1805,
was of German parentage, and was reared a farmer,
and also worked in a distillery. In 1832, he
came to Ohio and was among the early settles of
Putnam county, locating on the north bank of the
Blanchard river, and clearing up a farm. He
married Eliza Guyton, daughter of Vincent
and Annie (Davis) Guyton, and to this union were
born nine children, viz.: Mary A., Ellen,
Isaiah, William J., Barbara deceased,
Elizabeth, Ruth, Asa, and Rebecca.
Mrs. Eliza (Guyton) Varner was born in
Maryland in 1814. Her mother, Mrs. Anna
(Davis) Guyton, was a second cousin of
Jefferson Davis, president of the
so-called Confederate States of America.
Mrs. Varner was of English descent and
was a child when her parents came to Ohio, and
located in Fairfield county, whence they came to
Putnam county, where her father entered government
land and farmed until his death, which occurred
about the year 1855; his widow, who was a devoted
member of the Methodist Episcopal church, died Feb.
16, 1892. Mr. Varner was
originally a democrat, but in 1856 joined the
abolition party, and later became a republican.
He was intrusted with several township offices, and
was a potent factor in clearing away the forest and
in developing the agricultural interests of the
township, and his was a life well spent; he died
Aug. 21, 1895, in his ninety-first year.
Isaiah Varner, our subject was reared to
the hardships of frontier farm life, and followed
the vocation as an assistant to his father until he
enlisted, Sept. 2, 1861, in company A, Fifty-seventh
Ohio volunteer infantry. He participated in
the campaigns of Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and
Mississippi. At the battle of Shiloh he was
wounded by a minie ball in the left hip, was treated
in the hospitals at Savannah, Tenn., and Cincinnati,
Ohio, and then furloughed home for ninety days.
Rejoining his command at Memphis, Tenn., he took
part in the siege of Vicksburg, the battles of
Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, and then at Memphis,
Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, as well as taking
part in many skirmishes and battles in northern
Georgia. July 22, 1864, he was captured in
front of Atlanta and sent to the pen at
Andersonville, where he suffered for two months, and
on October 1, following, he was exchanged and
honorably discharged, his term having expired.
Mr. Varner was married, in 1865, to
Fannie J. Landers, daughter of Abraham and
Margaret (Fender) Landers, and to this union
have been born the following children: Emma
(deceased), Maggie, Mary, Charles,
S. J., Jerry M., Martin W.,
Curtis, Grace and Chester.
The mother of these children was born in Putnam
county, Ohio, in 1843, her parents
having been among the very early settlers from
Pennsylvania. In 1886 Mr. Varner
purchased his present farm, and has since given it
his entire attention, rendering it one of the best
in the township. Mrs. Varner is
a strict member of the Methodist church, and Mr.
Varner is a member of Weiser post, No. 93, G
A. R., of Dupont, Ohio. Politically he is a
republican, and he and family stand among the most
highly respected citizens of Greensburg township.
Source:
Portrait and Biographical History
of Allen and Putnam Counties, Ohio, Part II,
Publ. 1896 - Page 547 |
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WILLIAM
J. VARNER, one of the young and progressive
farmers of Greensburg township, Putnam county, Ohio,
and in fact one of the self-made men and up-to-date
citizens in all that term implies, dates his birth
from the year 1847 and is one of the native sons of
Greensburg township, being the second son, but
fourth child, born in a family of nine children to
Jacob and Eliza (Guyton) Varner, of whom
further mention is made above in a sketch of
Isaiah Varner.
William J. Varner, the subject of this sketch,
was reared upon the home farm and assisted his
father in improving same until a man grown. He
was early inured to hard labor, industry and
economy, which traits of character were indelibly
stamped in his make-up. He received a liberal
education from the common schools in the home
district, and being of an observing disposition and
blessed with a retentive memory, has greatly added
to his fund of knowledge, which he finds a valuable
factor in the progress of life. He remained
under the roof of his honored parents until
twenty-two years of age, during which year, on the
gist of November, 1869, he was married to Miss
Anna Simon, one of the most worthy young ladies
of Greensburg township. Soon after marriage
the young and hopeful couple settled on the old
Varner homestead, where they resided for
three years, after which, in 1872, he located upon
the farm on which he now lives, on which he has made
many valuable improvements, and to-day enjoys one of
the most comfortable and pleasant homes of the
township.
Mr. Varner has been one of the successful
farmers, giving his attention largely to the culture
of grain and other farm products, and in connection
with his agriculture interests, which are not
neglected from any standpoint, he has dealt
extensively in live stock and has for several years
been a shipper to the eastern markets. He is
well posted upon the topics of the day, reading some
of the best farm journals, and finds time to
experiment in the raising of grain and stock as
well, and there is no reason why he should not be a
leader in his most honorable calling in the county
of Putnam. Politically, Mr. Varner
is a stanch republican, and at present is township
treasurer, having been elected by the people,
overcoming a very large adverse majority, which
shows his popularity in the vicinity where he has
spent his entire life. He is honored and
respected by all wherever known, and none can speak
ill against him. Fraternally he is a member of
the Ottawa lodge, F. & A. M. Religiously he is
not a member of any church, although he gives very
liberally to the support of religions and all
charitable enterprises.
To the marriage of Mr. Varner and
Miss Simon have been born five children, viz
Nettie, Gertrude, Carl C., Zoc and
Laura. Mrs. Varner is a
member of the United Brethren church, and is very
popular in the social world. She dates her
birth from the year 1849, and was reared and
educated in her native township, where she has
passed her entire life. She is the daughter of
John P. and Savillia (Genshmier) Simon, whose
sketch appears at length in this volume.
Source:
Portrait and Biographical History
of Allen and Putnam Counties, Ohio, Part II,
Publ. 1896 - Page 548 |
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