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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Putnam County, Ohio,
by George D. Kinder,
Publ. B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc.,
Indianapolis, Indiana
1915
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ALEX
DANGLER. It is by no means an
easy task to describe, within the limits of this
review, a man who has led an active and eminently
useful life, and, by his own exertions, reached a
position of honor in the line of industries with
which his interests are allied. But history
finds justification, nevertheless, in the tracing
and recording of such a life history, as the public
claims a certain property interest in the career of
every individual, and the time invariably arrives
when it becomes advisable to give the right
publicity. It is, then, with a certain degree
of satisfaction that the writer essays the task of
touching briefly upon such a record as has been that
of the subject who now comes under this review.
Alex Dangler, one of the well-known and
enterprising citizens of Putnam county, Ohio, was
born in Perry township, this county, Aug. 6, 1876,
and is the son of John Adams Dangler and Jane
(Shook) Dangler, both of whom are natives of
Putnam county. The father of John Adams
Dangler was a native of Pennsylvania, and his
wife a native of Germany. They removed to the
state of Ohio and became early settlers in
Greensburg township, Putnam county, where they lived
until the time of their death. The wife of the
subject's father was the daughter of John and
Elnora Shook, who were early resident fanners of
Putnam county and where they remained until taken
away by death.
John Adams Dangler remained under the parental
roof for many years, assisting in clearing the
wooded lands of the farm and getting it in shape for
general farming. He received his education in
the county schools of Greensburg township. He
was married in 1875 to Jane Shook and
to them were born three children, Alex,
Mabel and Edith. Alex
Dangler's father, after his marriage, went to
live on the eighty acres in Perry township where his
daughter Edith now lives with her husband,
Stewart Brower. He remained on this
place for a term of thirty-six years, draining and
developing the land, after which he -removed to the
town of Continental, Ohio, where he purchased twenty
acres within the corporate limits of the town.
To this he devotes most of his time and attention,
but still retains ownership in the eighty acres
heretofore mentioned. From time to time the
subject's father owned more land than is recorded
her. His daughter Mabel became the wife
of Manford Shank, who resides in
Ashtabula county, Ohio, and they have a family of
six children. Mr. Dangler, Sr.,
is a supporter of the Democratic party, takes an
active interest in the affairs of the community and
is well liked by every one. The influence of
this gentleman and his ancestors will be felt
throughout this region for many years to come.
Alex Dangler was reared on his father's
farm, in Perry township, attending the neighboring
country schools for a number of years, preparatory
to entering college. He attended Crawfis
College for one term, then went to Angola College
for four terms. He was married, on March 21, 1898,
to Clara Fender, a daughter of Michael and
Laura (Huber) Fender, who were natives of Henry
and Trumbull counties, Ohio, respectively.
Michael Fender was born on Oct. 8, 1846,
and Laura (Huber) Fender was born on Oct. 10,
1852. They lived on a farm in Henry county,
Ohio immediately after their marriage, but later
moved to a farm in Ionia county Michigan, and from
there to a farm, which he purchased, consisting of
two hundred acres, in Mecosta county, Michigan,
where he died in October 1910, and where his widow
still resides on one hundred and sixty acres of the
original purchase. To them were born seven
children: Mary C., born on Feb. 3, 1872, died
nine months later; Emma Jane, born on
Aug. 19, 1873; Daisey Allvoretta, born
on Sept. 15, 1874; Zella Delia, born
on Oct. 25, 1879; John, born on July 18,
1879; Ricky, born on Aug. 30, 1880; Austin
Le Roy, born on July 12, 1884. Out of the
two hundred acres there were forty acres deeded to
the son, Austin, with whom the mother lives
in Mecosta county. Of these children, Emma
became the wife of Peter DesGranges
and resides in Big Rapids, Michigan; Daisy
married Charles Spence and resides in
Grand Rapids, Michigan; Delia married
Edward DesGranges and resides in Henry county,
Ohio; John married Gertrude Fisher and
resides in the town of Coral, Michigan; Austin
married Stella Huff and makes his home
on the original farm in Mecosta county.
After Alex Dangler's marriage to Clara
Fender he remained for a while on his
father's place, rented various fields and then
decided to follow the saw-mill and threshing
business, according to seasons, and which business
he continued for about twelve years. Being a
man of keen observation and with an eye to
increasing his income, he saw possibilities of
greater earnings by engaging himself to the firm of
Miller & Stallkamp, jobbers of heavy
machinery, as a salesman. While in the employ
of this company he covered territory consisting of
Putnam, Paulding Van Wert, Allen, Henry, Hancock and
other counties, in Ohio, and this experience gave
him a fine opportunity for getting acquainted with a
larger number of people, which served him to a good
advantage. After these years of practical
selling and business experience, he decided to
return to the business of farming and settled on his
present place of residence. This place was
purchased by the father in 1895, one-half of which
was deeded to his son, Alex, on Jan. 18,
1901, and the other half to his sister. Great credit
is due to Alex Dangler for the vast
improvements made to this farm, and particular
mention should be made of the up-to-date barn
building, which is equipped with all kinds of modern
improvements. This energetic, wide-awake and
business-like farmer, not being satisfied to simply
till the soil and raise stock, makes it his business
to carry a line of farm necessities, such as silos,
milking machine, automobiles, gasoline engines, silo
fixtures and other late inventions to bring the
business of farming up to the highest point of
efficiency with the least human energy. In the
sale of silos, it is said that Mr. Dangler
has made more sales of these than any other agent
for a similar line in the northwestern portion of the
state of Ohio.
Mr. Dangler and wife are blessed with a
good-sized family, consisting of eight living
children, and his wife is found to be a woman of the
best type, intelligent and amiable in disposition.
The children are: Glen, born on Feb. 2, 1901;
Evelyn, born on Sept. 9, 1902; Paul,
born on Nov. 1, 1903; Laura Jane, born
on Jan. 1, 1906; Hazel Rita, born on
May 30, 1908; Marvin LeRoy, born on
Dec. 18, 1909; Dale Maurice, born on Apr. 28,
1911; Mary Maxine, born on Apr. 11,
1913; Nelo, born on Dec. 22, 1898, who died
Jan. 9, 1906.
Manifesting an abiding interest in the material welfare
of the county, Mr. Dangler has given
his influence and assistance to all enterprises with
this object in view, and he also takes an active
part in promoting all worthy means and measures for
the advancement of his fellow man. All in all,
he is a worthy representative of the steady,
intelligent and progressive class that gives
stability and character to the community, being
broad-minded, with wide views of affairs and men and
a true type of the enterprising American citizen of
today.
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 664 |
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COLUMBUS E. DANGLER.
The founders of the Dangler family, in
America, were John and Barbara (Kaler) Dangler,
natives of Germany who settled in America early
during the last century. Their first home on
this continent was in Union county, Pennsylvania,
where Columbus E. Dangler's father was born.
Later, in 1837, they came to Putnam county, Ohio,
and settled in section 11, of Greensburg township,
where they remained for many years. They were
pioneer farmers and enterprising German citizens
during the early history of Putnam county.
Columbus E. Dangler, a representative of the
third generation of the Dangler family, was
born and reared on a farm, but early in life engaged
in various pursuits. Subsequently, however, he
abandoned business life for the farm and is now
living on a tract of one hundred and five acres in
Jackson township, which he owns.
Columbus E. Dangler was born on May 6, 1859, in
section 22, of Greensburg township. His
parents were Jacob and Susanna (Guy) Dangler,
the former of whom was born about 1814, in
Union county, Pennsylvania, and who, after his
parents had brought him to Putnam county, Ohio,
lived on the homestead farm during his early
manhood. He assisted his father in the
cultivation of the farm until his marriage, in 1842,
to Susanna Guy. She was the
daughter of Jesse and Jane (Schurtz) Guy, who
also came early to Putnam county, having established
a home here in 1838. They came from Columbiana
county, Ohio, and it was here that Susanna
Guy was born. After coming to Putnam
county, they made their home in Greensburg township,
where they purchased and developed a farm.
Jacob and Susanna Dangler had twelve children,
Barbara, deceased; John K.; William
S.; Sarah E., who is now Mrs.
Ayres; Henry J.; Jacob G.; Mary E.,
who is now Mrs. Ridenour; Anna N.;
Columbus E.; George A., Lydia C.,
who is now Mrs. Taylor, and Daniel E.
Jacob Dangler died in 1886, on his farm
in Greensburg township, and his wife died in 1904.
The Guy family was of Revolutionary
stock, some of Mrs. Dangler's
ancestors having in the War of the Revolution fought
valiantly against the British oppression.
Columbus E. Dangler was reared and educated in
Greensburg township. He lived the life of the
average farmer's son and, at the age of twenty-one
years, engaged in the saw-mill business. He
also operated a portable sawmill and threshing
outfit and did work for a large number of farmers in
Putnam county. He was engaged in this business
for eighteen years. During this period,
however, Mr. Dangler devoted some time
to farming. He was married on Mar. 24, 1889,
to Margaret Caton, a native of
Franklin county Ohio, and the daughter of Richard
and Julia (Cavenaugh) Caton. Richard
Caton was born in Franklin county, Ohio, July 4,
1845, and died on Aug. 20, 1906. His wife was
born in Ireland, in County Kilkenny, Aug. 19, 1847.
She came to America with her parents at the age of
eight years. Her parents were Bryan and
Mary (Collins) Cavenaugh, who settled in
Franklin county, Ohio, where their daughter,
Julia, was reared, educated and married.
Richard Caton and wife had seven
children, Mrs. Margaret Dangler;
James, who lives in Pleasant township; Mrs.
Mary Deveaux of Defiance, Ohio;
John, who lives in Detroit, Michigan; Philip,
who lives in Defiance; Mrs. Emma
Hale, who lives in Defiance; and Theresa,
deceased Mrs. Richard Caton is
still living and makes her home the greater part of
the time in Defiance with her children.
After Mr. Dangler's marriage, he
continued to reside on the homestead farm of one
hundred and sixty acres, in Greensburg township.
Of this farm he owned one hundred and thirteen acres
himself and farmed it for a time, but, in 1902, sold
the farm and purchased one hundred and five acres,
in section 17, of Jackson township. He
remained on the old homestead farm, however, for two
years, after buying the farm in Jackson township.
For a time, he operated a brick kiln and tile-mill
and also a saw-mill on the Greensburg township farm.
He moved to Defiance in 1904 and there conducted a
wood yard for several years. He moved back to
his farm of one hundred and five acres in Jackson
township in 1912, and since that time has been
actively engaged in farming it.
Columbus E. and Margaret (Caton) Dangler have
had three children, Josephine, who was born
on Oct. 25, 1891; Alva E., Feb. 2, 1896, and
Genevieve, Mar. 27, 1908. Josephine
married John Myer and lives in Union
township. He is a prominent farmer of this
township; Alva E. and Genevieve are
both at home.
Columbus E. Dangler is more interested in his
home and his family and his farm than he is in
participation of public affairs. Nominally, he
is identified with the Democratic party, but he is
more or less independent in his voting. The
Dangler family are members of the St.
Michael's Catholic church at Kalida. Mrs.
Dangler is a member of the Mothers' Society.
The Dangler family are people of
pleasing dispositions and all are prominent in this
section.
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 1026 |
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JONATHAN J. DARLING
ource: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 506 |
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CHRISTIAN DAVIS
ource: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 524 |
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PIERCE DAVIS
ource: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
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HOMER
R. DAY. One of the most illustrious, as
well as one of the oldest, families in America, is
the Day family, of which the gentleman whose
name is noted above, a popular merchant, at Columbus
Grove, Putnam county, Ohio, is an honorable
representative of the present generation. To
go into all the various ramifications of the Day
family in America, or to set out in detail the
most salient points in the lives of the numerous
representatives of this family, who have rendered
distinguished service to their country, would
require a book larger, perhaps, than this volume and
the biographer, keeping within the proper
limitations prescribed in the compilation of a work
of this character, must content himself with a mere
side light on the beginnings of the family which
will serve as an introduction to the present
generation, and then come himself to the brief
biography of the gentleman whose name appears as a
captain of this interesting sketch, the ninth in
direct line of descent from Robert Day, the
first of his name to settle in America. Those
who are interested in the ampler history of the
Day family are referred to the Day Book,
one of the most monumental and painstaking works of
genealogical research ever printed in this country
and which contains the lineage of the Days
far back beyond the time the first of the name in
this country reached America, early in the
seventeenth century.
The Days Book traces the present family of
Days, in Putnam county, of which Homer R. Day,
merchant, at Columbus Grove, is perhaps the
best-known local representative, back to the year
Robert Day arrived in Boston, from England, one
of a party of earnest colonists, numbering one
hundred or more, who came to this country, under the
leadership of the Reverend Hooker, to find
new homes. This party penetrated the
wilderness and founded the town of Hartford,
Connecticut, Robert Day taking no small part
in the strenuous labors of these colonists.
The majority of the Days, in the earlier
history, were ministers of the Gospel or farmers,
and in whatever relation they served their fellow
men, they did their duty as they saw it. The
Rev. Jeremiah Day, sixth in line from
Robert Day, was president of Yale College, from
1817 to 1846, and George Day, who wrote the
Day Book, so well known to all genealogists,
was also president of Yale for many years. The
late Alfred H. Day, whose name for so many
years was literally a household word in the
neighborhood of Columbus Grove, by reason of his
long connection with the mercantile interests of
that city, was the eighth in line from the Robert
Day above mentioned; his father, the venerated
Reverend Alvin Day, second, having been a son
of the Reverend Jeremiah Day, referred to
above as president of Yale for so long a period.
There are many biographies of the Reverend Alvin
Day extant, to any one of which the reader,
curious for further information, is referred.
Sufficient here to say that he was born in
Wilberham, Massachusetts, married Anna Maria
Stebbins and died Dec. 3, 1860, his widow
surviving, until Sept. 7, 1867.
To the Reverend Alvin and Anna Maria (Stebbins) Day
thirteen children were born, of whom the late
Alfred H. Day, father of Homer R., was
the seventh in order of birth, the others being
Harrison C., Nelson, Gilford, Lovina, Sandford,
George, Olive Maria, Mary Azubah, Alvira, Jane
Eliza, Walter S. and Alvin C.
Alfred H. Day, who for many years was a merchant,
at Columbus Grove, and whose death on Mar. 24, 1911,
was so sincerely mourned throughout this whole
section, was born at Wilberham, Massachusetts, Jan.
25, 1840, the son of the Reverend Alvi and Anna
Maria (Stebbins) Day, the former of whom was one
of the most distinguished Baptist ministers of his
day.
Alfred attended school at Wilberham until he was
sixteen years of age, when he decided to come west.
Starting out alone, he proceeded to Rockport,
Illinois, where he lived for a period of two years,
attending school during the winter and making his
time further serviceable by clerking in a local
store where he no doubt laid the foundation for his
later mercantile success. He then moved to
Lima, Ohio, where he was for some time engaged in a
clerical capacity in a grain warehouse and, in 1861,
came to Putnam county, locating in Columbus Grove,
where for two years he engaged in the grain business
with such success that in 1863, he was able to
purchase the general merchandise store of J. P.
Jones, consisting mostly of groceries, which was
located in a frame building on the west side of the
street. This was his first start in the
dry-goods business, in which he later became so
successful. About the year 1872, MR. Day
moved this frame structure and erected in its stead
a fine brick building, in which he conducted his
store with so much success that his business outgrew
its quarters and it became necessary to enlarge the
store capacity. To this end, in 1883, he
enlarged the old store and erected the fine building
which still stands a monument to his energy, the
store which he so long conducted now being under the
management of his son. There was a reason for
the success which attended the efforts of the elder
Day. He was a good business man,
level-headed and cool, possessing excellent judgment
and had a rare sense of values. In addition to
this, he was always on duty, being at the store
early and late, and was a master of detail.
Mr. Day erected, in 1873 in Columbus Grove, one
of the finest residences in the town, which is still
standing, a home of unusual beauty and good taste.
In the same year he built a Grove House, now known
as the Witt Hotel, in Columbus Grove, and
also for some time held an interest in the grain
elevator in his home town. He watched his
business grow with pride and, in 1893, he took into
the store, as a partner, his son, Homer R. Day,
who has since been continuously active in the
direction of the business, and who, since his
father's retirement, in 1906, has been the sole
owner. About five years after his retirement,
at the age of seventy-two, Mr. Day passed on
to his reward and many there were in this county who
mourned his demise.
Alfred H. Day was a loveable man, of excellent
habits, unassuming and plain-spoken, of sterling
character, dependable in all his relations in life
and a power in his community, his death being a
distinct loss to the town. Not only was he
unusually active in the mercantile life of Columbus
Grove, but he paid close attention to the
community's civic interests and was always
interested in any movement which had, as its object,
the advancement of the public welfare. He was
a Republican and took a good citizen's part in
political affairs, his wise counsel and sound
judgment being of much force in the deliberations of
the local party managers. For sixteen years he
was treasurer of Pleasant township, and for years
was also corporation treasurer of Columbus
Grove, besides being a member of the town council
and the school board, in all these duties giving the
same studious attention to the public's business as
he gave to his own personal affairs. He was a
devoted member of the Presbyterian church, as are
all the members of his family, being prompt in his
attendance upon the services of the church and a
liberal contributor to the various beneficences of
the same.
Alfred H. Day was united in marriage, in1865, to
Ada L. Pease, who was born in Monson,
Massachusetts, and who is now living with her
children. To this union three children were
born, Rose E., who married Dr. Frank H.
Pugh and lives at Bryan, Ohio; Clyde, who
died in infancy, and Homer R., the immediate
subject of this interesting biographical sketch.
Homer R. Day, who was born at Columbus Grove,
Apr. 9, 1873, son of Alfred H. and Ada L. (Pease)
Day, received his youthful education in the
schools of his native town and, upon completing the
course there, took a supplemental course in the
business college, at Poughkeepsie, New York, where
he received his business training and from which
institution he was graduated with the class of 1893,
after which he returned home and entered business
with his father, who took him as partner that year.
This annually pleasant and profitable arrangement
continued until the year 1906, when the elder Day
retired, turning all interests over to his son,
since which time the latter has been sole owner and
has continued the wise policies of his father with
such careful direction that the business in
continuing to grow in the most time to give his
share of attention to public affairs, in which he
naturally takes a deep interest. He has been a
member of the board of public affairs for the past
seven years, served for two terms as treasurer of
the township and also for two terms as a member of
the school board. He is also a director of the
Exchange Bank of Columbus Grove. As was his
father, he is a Republican, and his counsels carry
weight with the party managers in Putnam county, by
reason of the sound judgment and excellent executive
ability. He has made himself a most valuable
power for good in the community. He has made
himself a most valuable power for good in the
community and commands the highest respect of all
throughout the entire section of the county where
his name and that of his father, before him, are so
well known and so highly regarded. A man of
unquestionable honesty, he believes in the
application of sound principles to the conduct of
both public and private business and is an earnest
advocate of all measures which look to the
betterment of the social, moral or civic conditions
of the community in which he lives.
Homer R. Day was united in marriage on Apr. 25,
1897, to Miss Winifred Rice, who was born at
Ada, Ohio, the daughter of John F. and Jennie
(Hemphill) Rice, members of old families of that
section of the state, and to this union four
children have been born, Aline, born on Mar.
15, 1902, and Fred R., born on June 3, 1905,
and who died on Dec. 15, 1907. The three
youngsters in the pleasant Day home, keep
things lively there and are the delight of the lives
of their devoted parents. Mr. and Mrs. Day
are members of the Presbyterian church and take an
active part in the beneficences of that
organization, as well as being devoted in their
attention to all movements that seek to better
mankind.
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 324 |
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PROF. S. F. DeFORD
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THEODORE DETERS Source: History of Putnam
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GEORGE C. DeVORE
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SIDNEY C. DIBBLE Source: History of
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WILLIAM E. DIBBLE
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WILLIAM W. DIBBLE
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JOHN DIEMER Source:
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1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc., Indianapolis,
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AMOS C. DILLER
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FRANK H. DOEPKER
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FRANK W. DOEPKER.
One of the well-known and interesting citizens of
Greensburg township, Putnam county, Ohio, is the man
whose name forms the caption of this article.
Mr. Doepker is a native of Germany,
born in the Province of Hanover
on Feb. 29, 1841, a son of Henry and Maria
Doepker. The father was a poultry dealer
and farmer and in comfortable circumstances.
There were nine children in the family, our
immediate 'subject being the youngest. The
others were: Theresa, Agnes, Louise, Joseph,
Henry, Ignatius, William and
Philip. Henry emigrated to America,
locating in Ohio, and at the beginning of the Civil
War, enlisted with an Ohio regiment and went to the
front. He became sick while in service and
died somewhere in the South Joseph is still living
at Akron, this state, and Louise came to this
county and is now the wife of Henry Rayman,
living in Ottoville.
Frank W. Doepker was twenty-eight years of age
before he embarked for America. He landed in
New York, where he remained for a short time working
in a factory. He then came to Toledo, this
state, and later to Putnam county, where he worked
for his brother, Joseph, in a saw-mill He
however, remained there only six months and then
became a laborer for bricklayers in this county.
He, eventually, learned that trade and worked at It
for many years. He was married in Germany
previous to emigrating to this country. This was in
1867, and about two months after marriage the young
couple started out for the "land of the free."
Twenty-five years' ago he purchased the farm where
he still resides and there the nine children were
raised. Frank married Katrina
Ginther and resides in Chicago; Minnie
married Henry Kohls and had three
children, two of whom died. Mrs. Kohls
died some time ago, when Mr. Kohls
chose as his second wife his first wife's sister,
Mary; they now reside in Ottawa, and have one
child. Anna is unmarried and keeps the
home for the father; Josephine became the
wife of John Yauch, and they reside in
Middletown, this state; Elizabeth married
Joseph Tomlinson and lives in Dayton;
Gustav died when a baby of but one year; Lena
married Alva Cox and lives in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, and William chose Lavina
Seimetz as his life companion and they reside on
a farm in Greensburg township, this county.
Frank's wife passed away on July 24, 1893.
Two years ago, in 1913, Mr. Doepker, in
company with his friend, Harry Landwehr,
of Glandorf, this county, made a journey back to the
Fatherland, remaining there for two months.
They visited scenes of Frank's childhood days
and traveled extensively throughout the Empire,
sightseeing and enjoying many sights of which he had
merely heard when a young man and living there.
Frank W. Doepker's farm contains seventy-eight
acres and he carries on general farming. He
has erected all the buildings on the place and made
all the improvements. He is a Democrat and at
one time served as assessor -of the township.
He is a communicant of the Roman Catholic church,
being of the parish at Miller City. Mr.
Doepker is a genial and friendly man who has a
host of friends and is much liked and admired by all
who know him, for his sterling qualities of heart
and mind.
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 703 |
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JOHN
DONALDSON. Among the prosperous farmers
of Putnam county who have built up comfortable homes
and surrounded themselves with the comforts of life,
none has attained a higher degree of success than
John Donaldson, of Monroe township, Putnam
county. With few opportunities, except what
his own efforts and those of his wife were capable
of mastering, and with many difficulties to
overcome, he has made a success of life, and in so
doing has earned the universal respect and esteem of
all with whom he has come in contact. He is a
man of tireless energy and strong courage, and a man
whose career shows that he is an able and
conscientious worker. As a citizen, he
has been public-spirited and enterprising to an
exceptional degree; as a friend and neighbor, he has
combined those qualities of head and heart which
have won confidence and commanded respect. His
life is a splendid example of what an American youth
plentifully endowed with common sense and
determination, can accomplish.
John Donaldson was born in Fairfield county,
Ohio, Aug. 20, 1850, the son of Aaron and Sarah
A. (Swayze) Donaldson, the former of whom was
born in Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1810, and the
latter born in the same county, Dec. 20, 1827.
Aaron Donaldson was the son of John
Donaldson, who was born in Maryland, in 1784,
and who came with his father to Ohio, about 1805.
John Donaldson married Mary Grubb, in
1809. He was a captain in the War of 1812, a
Democrat in politics, and, for twenty-one years, a
justice of the peace in his township. He died
at the age of two.
The children of John and Mary Donaldson were as
follow: Aaron, Elizabeth, Letta, Sarah,
Mary, Serena, John Thirza, Cantha, Malinda, Lavina,
Jacob, William and Henry. The
children of Aaron and Sarah A. Donaldson
were Owen, born on June 22, 1849, who
lives at Dupont, Ohio; John, the subject of
this sketch; Rosalie, born on Oct. 4, 1852,
married a Mr. Shiver and lives in
Monroe township; Aaron, born on Dec. 13,
1854, died in 1910; Jacob S., born on Jan.
31, 1857, lives in Michigan; Hester Ann,
born on June 17, 1859, deceased; Ira, born on
May 30, 1861,, who is a farmer in Monroe township;
Asa, born on Sept. 26, 1863, who lives in
Continental, where he is a rural mail carrier and
owns a farm in Monroe township; William, born
on Mar. 14, 1866, who lives on a farm in Greensburg
township.
John Donaldson
was reared on the farm and educated in the public
schools of Ohio. Early in life, he
learned the carpenter's trade, although he never
devoted much time or attention to his skill in this
direction, except to erect his own buildings and
what assistance he gave the neighbors when needed.
Dr. Donaldson was married on Oct. 27, 1872, to
Mary A. Wood, born on July 1, 1850, in Perry
county, Ohio, and the daughter of Joseph and
Margaret (Yarger) Wood. The parents of
Mrs. Donaldson were married in Perry county,
where Joseph Wood was a farmer. The
Wood family removed to Putnam county in 1862,
and became prominently identified with the
agricultural interests of hits section of the state
of Ohio. Joseph Wood was a Jacksonian
Democrat.
Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. John
Donaldson, Chester H., a rural mail
carrier, of Continental, Ohio, who married Belle
McKibbins, and has three children, Madge,
Beatrice and Ruth; Cora M., who married
William Moorehead, a farmer of Monroe
township, and has two children, Paul and
Erma; Alma L., who married Delbert Rockey,
a farmer of Monroe township, and has one child,
Ray; Harvey C., a farmer of Monroe township, who
married Gertrude Hall and has four children,
Zola, deceased; Dathia, Walter and
Gale; Lillie B., deceased; Mary A., who
married Mallie Daub and has one daughter,
Maxine; and Lester, who is deceased.
Mr. Donaldson's father, Aaron Donaldson,
died on Sept. 24, 1880, and his mother, who was born
on Dec. 20, 1827, died in the spring of 1911, at the
age of eighty-four years.
John Donaldson has been identified with the
agricultural interests of Monroe township for many
years. He has lived upon the farm, which he
now occupies, practically the entire time since his
marriage. The farm originally comprised eighty
acres, but Mr. Doanldson has added forty
acres more to this farm, four acres being consumed
in railroad property. His son, Harvy C.,
now lives upon the farm of eighty acres, went in
partnership with his father, and has built a new
home, which is one of ht finest in the township.
Much of Mr. Donaldson's land has been
cleared, drained and improved by his own efforts.
He is a good farmer and bears an exceptional
reputation throughout Monroe township, where he is
so well known.
Mr. Donaldson was formerly a Democrat of the
Jacksonian type, and has always taken an active
interest in political matters. He has been a
stanch member of the Socialist party since 1900.
Mr. Donaldson has attended the Christian
church and contributes to the support of this
church. He was formerly a member of the
Grange, but this organization is no longer in
existence. Not only is John Donaldson a
good farmer, but he is a man esteemed for his
upright character. He is a lover of his home,
a kind father, frugal and saving in his habits, yet,
progressive in all of his ideas.
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 552 |
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CHARLES W. DOTY
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 1370 |
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ROBERT WILFORD
DOWNING. Robert Wilford Downing
was born on Oct. 6, 1870, in Sugar Creek township,
Putnam county, Ohio, on the old Downing
homestead. He is the son of Robert and
Rachel (Hooper) Downing, the former of whom was
born three miles east of Canton, in Stark county,
Ohio, June 15, 1821, and who died on Nov. 21, 1874,
at the age of fifty-three years. He was the
son of Adam and Sarah (McLothen) Downing, who
were natives of Pennsylvania, and who settled first
in Stark county, Ohio. They came to Allen
county in 1837, where they entered a section of land
near Rockport. Here they spent the remainder
of their lives. Robert Downing,
the father of Robert Wilford, grew up
on this Alien county farm. He came to Putnam
county in 1863, and located in Sugar Creek township,
where he bought two hundred and forty acres of land.
He followed general farming until his death.
He received his early education in Stark county,
leaving that county at the age of sixteen. He
was married in Allen county, Sept. 3, 1857, to
Rachel Hooper, who was born on Oct. 10,
1833, in Franklin county, Ohio. She was the
daughter of Philip and Rachel (Stevenson) Hooper,
the former of whom was a native of Scotland and who
came to America, settling first in Virginia.
Later, he moved to Franklin county, Ohio. He
served in the Indian War. He was married in
Maryland to Rachel Stevenson, whose
mother was a native of Germany and who first settled
in Maryland and later moved to Franklin county,
Ohio. Philip Hooper lived in
Franklin county, Ohio, for several years, when he
migrated to Putnam county in 1839, settling about
two miles south of Columbus Grove in what is now
Allen county Here he spent the remainder of his
life. Philip and Rachel
Hooper had thirteen children, all of whom are
now deceased except Philip, Jr., a brother of
Robert Wilford Downing's
mother. Mrs. Rachel Downing
was next to the youngest child. She died on
Sept. 21, 1907. Robert and
Rachel Downing had three children,
Albert, born on Apr. 17, 1860, and died on Nov.
7, 1897; John M., born on June 15, 1862, and
died on July 6, 1902, and Robert Wilford,
the subject of this sketch.
Robert Wilford Downing was born on the old
homestead farm of his father, where he now resides.
Here he spent his childhood and youth and here he
grew to manhood. He attended the district
schools and since leaving school has followed
farming. When nearly thirty years of age,
Mr. Downing was married on Sept. 23,
1900, to Anna E. Shusser, the daughter of
Wilham and Nancy (Garner)
Shusser. Mrs. Downing was
born on Sept. 27, 1870, in Sugar Creek township,
Putnam county. After his marriage, Mr.
Downing continued farming on the old home
place. His farm of one hundred and sixty acres
joins the town of Vaughnsville on the northwest and
is on the Kalida road. His residence commands
a fine view of Sugar creek and the surrounding
country. Mr. Downing has
remodeled his residence, which is the house where he
was born, is built on generous lines and bespeaks
the comfort and culture of its occupants.
Mr. Downing built a large and commodious
barn in 1912, and from time to time has added other
buildings as occasion demanded. He now has one
of the most completely equipped farms in Putnam
county. Mr. Downing is a good
judge of live stock and raises thoroughbred
Shorthorn cattle.
Robert Downing, the father of Robert
W., was a member of the radical wing of the
United Brethren church. He was township treasurer
for two terms and was a stanch and active supporter
of the Republican party. Mr.
Downing's great-grandfather on his maternal
side, John Stevenson, whose father was
a native of Germany, was a native of Maryland and a
slaveholder. He never left the state of
Maryland and was known as "Granddad John."
Both great-grandparents on the Hooper and
Stevenson sides of Mr. Downing's
family were Revolutionary soldiers, and added
much to the credit of their family by valiance and
bravery. Both were slaveholders. Philip
Hooper, the grandfather of Mr. Downing,
died on the old Hooper homestead south
of Columbus Grove, about 1844. His wife, the
grandmother of Mr. Downing, lived to
be ninety-three years of age and died in Columbus
Grove about 1887.
Mrs. Downing's father, William
Slusser, answered the call for volunteers in the
War of 1861 and enlisted in the One Hundred and
Eighteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
He served for three years, when he was mustered out
of service.
Mrs. Downing is a member of the Christian
church. Mr. Downing is a member
of the Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 711, at
Vaughnsville. He is a Republican in politics
and has been trustee of Sugar Creek township for
three terms. In addition to other activities, he was
nominated by his party during the last election, for
county commissioner.
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 725 |
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CHARLES W. DRAPER
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 937 |
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WARREN C. DRAPER
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 966 |
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JOHN H. DRERUP
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 1184 |
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FRANK F. DROLL
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 1314 |
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LESTER DUNLAP.
Another of the prominent farmers whose energy,
industry and altruism have made Putnam county a good
place in which to live, is Lester Dunlap, of
Jennings township. It might be said that he
only followed the line of least resistance in giving
his attention to the cultivation of the soil, his
father having been a farmer, if it were not also
true that when the moment of supreme self-sacrifice
came, and his country needed him, he responded
without a thought as to consequences.
Engrossed as he was in farming, personal interests
gave way when his country called, and he turned his
back upon home and loved ones to face what fate had
in store for him - honor or death - he knew not
which. It is such lives as these that quicken
and inspire our own, and two few, indeed, are the
records of those thousands, who, through living in
comparative obscurity, possess the nobility of
character which, in more stirring times, who crown
them heroes.
Lester Dunlap, since early manhood, ahs been
either a farmer or a soldier. Born on May 16,
1842, the son of Robert and Louisa (Spain) Dunlap
who were living at the time in Union county, Ohio,
he went with his parents to live in Putnam county in
1861. The father, a Pennsylvanian by birth,
married Miss Louisa Spain, a Virginian, and
they began life together on August 8, 1840, later
coming west to Guernsey county.
Robert Dunlap, father of the subject, whose life
in here presented, was born in Pennsylvania, on Oct.
29, 1811. After residence in Guernsey adn
Union counties, and in Sugar Creek township, Putnam
county, this family, now numbering five, removed to
Jennings township, in the latter county, in 1865,
and here they remained on their own farm until the
death of both parents. Robert Dunlap
passed away at the age of seventy-five, and his wife
lived to be eighty-one years of age. The
mother of Lester Dunlap began her career on
earth, Mar. 8, 1815, near Petersburg, Virginia.
The three children rounding out the happy family life
of Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap were: Sibyl, Lester
and Almedia J.
Although in need of the
services of his son on the farm, Mr. Dunlap
believed in education, and gave him advantage of all
that the common schools afforded at that time.
After leaving school, Lester Dunlap continued
in the vocation which his father had taught him,
and, in December, 1864, he was united in marriage to
Miss Mary Young, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
David Young, who settled on a Putnam county
farm, about 1858. The children of Mr.
Dunlap, by his first marriage, were: William
E. Dunlap, who is now a resident of Ft. Wayne,
Indiana; Jeannette, wife of Lewis Gordon,
of Lima; and Rachel, who married John
Cowan and lives in Ottawa.
Mrs. Dunlap died on Apr. 28, 1871, and in July,
1873, he married, for his second wife, Miss
Rebecca Huffer. The home thus established
became the birthplace of eight children, all of whom
are living. These are as follow: Ana,
wife of E. W. Wells, of Rushmore; Robert,
living in Seattle, Washington; George who
lives at home; Mary, who became the wife of
Charles Friend the latter of whom died on
Apr. 8, 1914, in her second year at their home in
Delphos; Lewis, residing in Jennings
township; Marion C. and Charles, who
live at home, and Hulda, who is now Mrs.
G. C. Ford and whose home is near Paynesville,
Ohio.
Mr. Dunlap's farm, in section 15, consists of
one hundred and nineteen acres of well-improved
land, for its owner has kept abreast with the times
in the matter of improveme4nts and the modern
machinery which they require. While he retired
from active participation in agricultural persuits,
in 1911, he still takes a deep interest in all that
pertains to the land and his home. His sons,
however, have charge of the farming interests and
activities.
In 1864, when the call went out for men to join the
army, Lester Dunlap enlisted under Capt.
I. W. Patrick, in a regiment of the Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of
the war, a period of over four months.
He was assigned to guard and patrol duty in Maryland
and in the District of Columbia. He was
honorably discharged at Camp Chase, Ohio, on Aug.
27, 1864. He then returned to the farm, where
he lived in happiness and contentment until the
death of his wife, who passed away on Aug. 18, 1909.
Mr. Dunlap has been a life-long Republican, and
has served his township as trustee, an office he has
filled with credit to himself, as well as to the
neighborhood which he honored. He is a member
of the Grand Army of the Republic, Ruel Post No. 95,
of Delphos, and no one is more patriotic or more
enthusiastic when the war is discussed, or when
questions of loyalty are involved. Old
soldiers of the type of Lester Dunlap are an
inspiration as long as they live and wherever they
live. Although no active service may require a
test of their loyalty, yet all with whom they come
in contact, recognize that should their country's
call be repeated, it would find the same ready
response in the spirit of the aged as is fund in
their youth. The step of Mr. Dunlap
may be a bit feeble, and the eyes a trifle dim, but
the soul of the patriot is there, a soul aflame with
the fire kindled at the altar of self-sacrifice when
the life of the nation depended upon just such men.
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 1314 |
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