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Source:
History of Putnam County, Ohio,
by George D. Kinder,
Publ. B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc.,
Indianapolis, Indiana
1915
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GEORGE LEINSETTER.
The Leinsetter family are of German
ancestry and the first members are located in Putnam
county, Ohio, about 1838, in which year the father
of George Leinsetter entered a tract
of government land in Liberty township. Mr.
Leinsetter started out in the world in a very
humble manner, working in his youth for fifty and
seventy-five cents a day, which was considered big
wages at that time. Many a day he worked from
sun-up until sun-down, and in his early manhood
cradled wheat day after day. He well remembers
when his mother spun, wove and made his tow-linen
clothes, and he was sixteen years old before he had
his first factory-made suit. He has pulled,
dried, broken and hackled flax and sat by his mother
while she spun and wove the cloth for the family
wardrobe. He still owns an old coverlet which
his mother wove with her own hands, that today is as
bright as it was when it was dyed by her hands.
George Leinsetter, the son of John A.
and Elizabeth (Krebs) Leinsetter, was born near
the center of Liberty township, Putnam county, Ohio,
in 1851. His father was born in Wurtemberg,
Germany, and at the age of nine came to America with
his parents. The family first located in
Baltimore, later went to Pennsylvania, and, in 1838,
made their permanent home in Putnam county, Ohio, in
Liberty county.
John A. Leinsetter grew to manhood in Liberty
township and lived for a time with his
brother-in-law, George Hagely, and
later bought a farm which was covered, with heavy
timber. He cleared the land and lived in the
same neighborhood the remainder of his life.
His wife, Elizabeth Krebs, was the
daughter of John and Anna Krebs, who came
from near Lewiston, Pennsylvania, to Lorain county,
Ohio, where she lived during her girlhood days.
Her father was one of the first settlers in Liberty
township in Putnam county, locating here about 1835,
on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, where the
Ottawa and Napoleon road crosses the Nickel Plate
railroad. At that time the Indians were still
here, and it was not until two years afterward that
they moved across the Mississippi. Bears, deer and
all kinds of small game were still abundant in the
woods. The Indians made maple sugar at a sugar
grove not far from where the family located.
John A. Leinsetter had one hundred and twenty
acres and farmed all of his life. He was a
township trustee for two terms and a man who was
highly regarded in the community where he lived.
Seven children were born to John A. Leinsetter
and wife, five of whom are living: George, John
H., Jacob, Mrs. Anna H. Haughn and David.
The deceased children are Catherine, who died
at the age of two; Charles, who died on
December 6, 1910.
Charles C. Leinsetter, who was born on the home
farm in 1864, grew to manhood there, and after his
marriage rented the home place from his parents
while they lived and from the heirs after the farm
was divided. He married Mary Easton
in 1903, who was a native of Liberty township, the
daughter of James and Esther (Terflinger) Easton.
Her father was reared in Liberty township, and was a
son of George Easton, an early settler
of the county. Charles C. Leinsetter
died on December 6, 1910, and his widow rented out
the farm for three years and lived with her sister
and brother-in-law. In February, 1914, she was
married to John H. Leinsetter, and since that
time she has made her home on the old Leinsetter
homestead. John H. Leinsetter was
born, October 13, 1858, on the old home farm, worked
at home until of age, and spent about a year in
Michigan. He then went west and spent five
years and was in Oklahoma at the time it was opened
for settlement. He made a little money by
getting in early on the land opening, and came back
to Putnam county and worked at the carpenter trade
and made his home with his parents until they died,
and afterward with his brother, Charles C.
He owned land in Kansas, and now has a farm of two
hundred and eighty acres in Howell county, Missouri.
George Leinsetter worked at home at all
kinds of farm work, logging, ditching, and all kinds
of hard manual labor, working for fifty and
seventy-five cents a day, considering it a good
wage. He also spent about two years in western
Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa. After his marriage,
he started in with only about forty acres, half of
which was cleared. Later, he put the remainder
in cultivation and has made a good little farm out
of it. About eighteen years ago, he bought
forty acres more, across the road south from his
original farm, and later secured thirty acres from
his father. Soon after this he purchased the
shares of the other heirs of the estate. He
and his wife have two children, and his son has been
a great help to him on the farm.
George Leinsetter was married, in 1878,
to Margaret Kuntz, who was born and
reared in Switzerland, and came to this country with
a relative when a girl soon after the Civil War.
The two children of Mr. Leinsetter and wife
are: Ida M. and Harvey A. Ida M.
married Henry E. Mullett, and lives about
three miles northwest of the old home. She has
three children, Alvin, Bertha and
Clarence; Harvey A. is helping his father
with the work on the home farm. Mr.
Leinstetter and his family are loyal members of
the Lutheran church.
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 1062 |
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BERNARD
LEOPOLD. One of the
best-remembered business men and farmers of the past
generation in Ottawa, Putnam county, Ohio, was
the late Bernard Leopold. Of
Mr. Leopold, personally, it may be said
that he was a man of strong and active sympathy; his
temperament was warm and ardent, his feelings deep
and intense. These and other characteristics
unconsciously drew him an unusual number of devoted
friends, upon whom, in all circumstances, he could
rely and who, now that he has passed from earthly
scenes, revere his memory. He was a close
student of human nature and comprehended, with
little effort, the motives and purposes of men.
He was a lover of truth and sincerity; indeed, he is
remembered as a manly man, of pleasing and dignified
presence; a student of many subjects and an
influential man in the life of Putnam county.
Of sound character and unflagging energy, he stood
as a conspicuous example of symmetrically-developed
American manhood, and his position as one of the
community's representative citizens was acknowledged
by all. He was a native of a country which has
given to the United States many noble minded
citizens.
Bernard Leopold was born in Glandorf, in
Hanover, Germany, in 1812, and was about seventeen
years old when he came to America. He had
intended to come with Professor Horstman
and his party, who first settled Glandorf. To
avoid being drafted for the army, the lad left
before the others and was the first man to leave
Glandorf for America. The ship was hung up for
six weeks at Southampton, England, and, while there,
another ship passed them which was bearing the first
settlers of Glandorf. Mr. Leopold
went to Cincinnati and there worked in a brickyard
for a year.
In the spring of 1834, in company with Henry
Siebeneck, Bernard Leopold started on
foot and walked all the way to Glandorf. He
entered eighty acres of land in Greensburg township,
two miles west of Glandorf. He walked from
Glandorf to the land office and then went back to
Cincinnati, where he remained for two years.
He purchased a four-horse team, and engaged in
hauling lumber. While in Cincinnati, he often
passed a little girl of eleven years, named
Elizabeth Siemer. He often took her
up to ride with him on her way to school.
Years afterward, he again met her and she became his
wife.
In 1836 Bernard Leopold came back to
Glandorf and started a little store, the first one
in Glandorf. He was compelled to drive to
Piqua to get his merchandise and it took two weeks
in those days to make the round trip. Mr.
Leopold was a very useful man to his
community, as he would trade for anything which the
settlers had to offer. His wife conducted the
store much of the time, while he did the trading and
the outside work. From a very early date, at
least as early as 1842, he began packing pork and
bought hogs from a large territory as far away as
Leipsic, developing quite a business.
During the war he also salted cattle. About
1862 he quit packing pork and in 1863 closed his
store.
In 1864 he prepared to build a hotel in Ottawa.
He had the bricks made in his own brickyard in
Glandorf. In 1865 he built the hotel on the
south side of Main street, just west of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad, and kept it
until March, 1868, when he rented it to Allen
Brothers. Mr. Leopold
then purchased two hundred and forty acres of land
north of Ottawa, of which forty acres is now inside
the town limits. He made his home there the
rest of his life and became the owner of a great
deal of land at different times.
Bernard Leopold was married three times,
his first and second wives each dying about a year
after marriage, leaving no children. His third
wife and mother of all of his children, was
Elizabeth Seimer, who was the little girl
who rode in his wagon years before in Cincinnati.
She was born in Oldenburg, Germany, and came to
America with her parents when ten years old.
They settled at Fort Jennings in a little log house
on the banks of the Auglaize river. Her father
was a carpenter and cabinetmaker, but died a year
after coming to this country. After her father
died, it was decided to send the child to
Cincinnati, where she could live with an elder
sister and attend school. The little girl
started on the way alone on foot with her belongings
in a pillow case, which she hung over her shoulders,
suspended by a stocking sewed to the upper corners.
She had only thirty-seven cents in money.
People asked her if she was running away from home,
but, upon hearing her story, treated her kindly and
helped her on her way.
After she had finished school she returned to Fort
Jennings and lived with her mother until her
marriage.
Bernard Leopold died on Aug. 6, 1891, and
his wife followed him on Nov. 5, 1904. Both of
them were strong, able characters, influential .and
well known and worthy of the high esteem in which
they were held by so many people. Bernard
Leopold is gratefully remembered by many
residents
of Ottawa, Glandorf and Putnam county, whom he
helped in an early day.
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio,
by George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc.,
Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 1401 |
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JOSEPH
LEOPOLD. Practical
industry, wisely and vigorously applied, never fails
of success. It carries a man onward and
upward, brings out his individual character and acts
as a powerful stimulant to the efforts of others.
The greatest results in life are often obtained by
simple means, and the exercise of the ordinary
qualities of common sense and perseverance.
The everyday life with its
cares, necessities and duties, affords ample
opportunity for acquiring experience of the best
kind, and its most beaten paths provide a true
worker with abundant scope for effort and
self-improvement. One of Putnam county's most
successful men, who has succeeded largely because of
his industrious
habits, is Joseph Leopold, of Ottawa,
who is well known through his many activities here,
having conducted the Leopold Hotel, of
Ottawa, the Leopold elevator, and is
still better known as the treasurer of Putnam
county, having served in this capacity from 1893 to
1897. Mr. Leopold was twice
elected to this office.
Joseph Leopold was born in Glandorf,
Putnam county, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1845. He is a
son of Bernard and Elizabeth (Siemer) Leopold,
whose history is referred to elsewhere in this
volume.
Joseph Leopold was educated in the common
schools of Glandorf, and, later, attended college in
Cincinnati for about two years. He resided on
his father's farm until 1866, when he came to Ottawa
with his father, and opened the Leopold
Hotel, conducting this hostelry for two years.
He then returned to the farm and engaged in buying
and shipping live stock for several years.
Later, he took charge of the Leopold
elevator, buying and shipping grain until 1892.
In that year he was elected on the Democratic
ticket, as treasurer of Putnam county, taking office
in September, 1893. He conducted this office
upon strictly business principles, was pleasant and
obliging to all, and in recognition of his merits
was re-elected in 1894, and held the office for a
second term. Indeed, it was only by a very
small margin that his constituents failed to put him
in the office for a third term in 1898. This
margin has been accounted for by one of those flukes
in politics that was in nowise a reflection on Mr.
Leopold and he left the office with the
knowledge that he had performed his duties ably and
well. After going out of office, Mr.
Leopold resumed farming and has followed this
occupation since that time. He has a farm in
Palmer township, near Miller City, consisting of
more than two hundred acres.
Joseph Leopold was married on May 4,
1871, to Elizabeth Recker, who was
born on her father's farm about a mile south of
Glandorf, Putnam county. She is a daughter of
Herman Henry and Mary (Kottenbrock)
Recker, and is a descendant of an honored
pioneer family of Putnam county. A record of
her parents is given in the sketch of Frank
Recker, on another page of this volume.
Suffice it to say here, that her father was a
justice of the peace of Ottawa township for more
than twenty-five years, and commissioner of the
county for two terms, of three years each. He
was a man of influence in his community, and widely
known and respected by all.
Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Leopold, two of whom died in infancy, the others
being Charles, Benjamin, Louis W.,
Mary, Bessie, and Herman
Joseph, who died at the age of six.
Charles married Catherine Roof, and lived
on the Leopold farm until his wife
died in August, 1899, leaving two children,
Herman and Hildegarde. Charles
Leopold himself died in 1902, and his
children have made their home with Mr. and Mrs.
Leopold ever since. Benjamin T. Leopold,
the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Leopold, lives
in Ottawa, and has held several official positions
in the county. He married Mallie
Brinkman. who died Jan. 25, 1913. Louis
W. Leopold is a resident of New York city, and
is engaged in the advertising business; he married
May Harker, and they have one son,
Louis J. Mary, unmarried, lives at home with her
parents. Bessie, also living at home,
is a stenographer.
The Leopold family are all earnest and
devout members of the Catholic church, and are
actively interested in the work of this
denomination. Joseph Leopold is one of
those men who stand out in the civic and political
life of a county as a leader of unquestioned merit.
He has always been interested in public movements,
and himself is a public-spirited citizen.
Moreover, he is one of those men the value of whose
work does not end when his active career ceases.
The influence which he will have left behind will go
on, not only to the succeeding generations of his
own family, but to the succeeding generations living
in Putnam county as well.
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio,
by George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc.,
Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 1405 |
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JOHN A. LEWIS.
One of Sugar Creek township's agriculturists and
stock men, who is deserving of a place in this work,
is John A. Lewis, a man of courage and
self-reliance and of the utmost integrity of
purpose, as a result of which he stands high in the
estimation of his neighbors and friends whose
interest he has sought to promote while endeavoring
to advance his own.
John A. Lewis was born in Butler county, Ohio,
on Sept. 5, 1861, and is the son of William and
Elizabeth (Jones) Lewis. In his paternal
line, he is descended from Welsh ancestry, his
grandfather, Ellis Lewis, having been
born in 1796, in North Wales, in the Parish of
Llanbrynmair, and died in Butler county, Ohio, in
the spring of 1879, at the age of eighty-three
years. Mary Rowlands, his wife,
was also born in North Wales in 1795, and died in
1878, at the age of eighty-three years.
Ellis Lewis was reared on a farm in his
native land, where his marriage occurred, and to
this union was born one child, Evan, before
the family came to America. Their immigration
occurred in 1829, passage being taken on a sailing
ship, which required about three months in making
the journey across the Atlantic. Dense fogs
interfered seriously with the navigation of the
vessel and it is noteworthy that it was his
grandmother who first discovered the much-sought
land-mark which guided them safely to harbor.
After landing in America, they came directly to
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Ellis
Lewis engaged in glass blowing, the family
remaining in that city for a few years. There
William, the father of John A., was
born, and when he was about seven or eight years of
age, the family moved to Butler county, Ohio, making
the trip in a covered wagon, as was common in those
days. Ellis Lewis bought a farm
of one hundred and twenty acres in Butler county, of
which only a few acres had been cleared, and on it,
he erected a two-story, four-roomed log cabin and a
log barn where he and his wife spent the remainder
of their lives, rearing their family of seven
children, four boys and three girls, all of whom
grew to maturity. These children were Evan,
William, Mary Ann, Margaret,
Martha, David and Richard, all
now deceased, with the exception of Martha.
William Lewis, the father of John A.,
spent his boyhood days in Butler county and there,
in 1858, at the age of twenty-nine years, he was
married to Elizabeth Jones, who was
also a native of North Wales, born on Mar. 14, 1832.
She came to America, about 1856, with her brother,
Israel, and sister, Leah, all of whom
are now deceased. After William
Lewis's marriage, he took charge of his father's
farm for several years and then entered upon
agricultural pursuits on his own account. His
wife, Elizabeth, died on Aug. 28, 1868, two
of her sisters also dying within a few days of that
time. To William and
Elizabeth Lewis were born four children,
John A., the immediate subject of this
sketch; Mary, the wife of J. B. Edwards;
David, who died at the age of two years, and
one daughter who died when two weeks old.
William Lewis continued his occupation of
farming in Butler county until within about seven
years of his death, when he came to Putnam county
and made his home with his daughter, Mary,
until his death, which occurred on Apr. 10, 1900.
John A. Lewis spent his childhood years under
the parental roof and received his education in the
common schools. At the early age of fifteen
years, he began to take up life's burdens on his own
account, working on neighboring farms in the county,
and in testimony of his faithfulness and efficiency,
it is noteworthy that during all the years of his
employment, he worked for but three men. About
the time he attained his majority, Mr.
Lewis came to Allen county, where he remained
for three years, and then for two years was employed
as clerk in a store in Vaughnsville. After his
marriage, in 1889, he located on eighty acres of
land, two miles west of Vaughnsville, a part of the
Williams estate, and here he has since
remained, giving his undivided attention to his
farming operations, in which he has won
well-deserved success. At the time he took
possession of the land, about thirty-five acres were
cleared and the improvements consisted of a six-room
frame house. Mr. Lewis proceeded
to clear the remainder of the land, except about
fourteen acres, and has also done a large amount of
tiling and drainage. He has added to his
residence, making it a commodious and well arranged
house and, in the spring of 1894, built a large barn
with modern conveniences, besides other buildings in
keeping with the surroundings. Mr.
Lewis bought forty acres adjoining his farm on
the west in 1892, which gives him a total acreage of
one hundred and twenty acres, comprising one of the
choice farms of the township. Up-to-date in
his ideas and progressive in his methods, Mr.
Lewis has won an enviable reputation as an
enterprising farmer and is numbered among the
influential men of his community.
John A. Lewis was married on Jan. 16, 1889, to
Kate Williams who was born in Licking
county, Ohio, on Oct. 14, 1863, the daughter of
David L. and Mary Williams. When about
three years of age, she was brought by her parents
to Sugar Creek township, Putnam county, where she
lived until her marriage to Mr. Lewis.
To John A. and Kate (Williams) Lewis have
been born two children, Mary Elizabeth,
on May 8, 1890 and David William, July
20, 1892.
John A. Lewis is a stanch Republican and has
taken an important part local public affairs, having
served as township assessor from 1905 to 1907 and in other ways evidencing an interest in the advancement
of his community. He is a member of Vaughnsville Lodge No. 711, Knights of Pythias of
which he has been master of finance for the past
fourteen years Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are members
of the Congregational church, to which they give
their earnest support. Mr. Lewis
is a close observer of modern agricultural methods
and a student, at all times, of whatever pertains to
his chosen life work and he has, therefore, met with
encouraging success all along the line and taken his
place among the leading agriculturists of the
community, which is noted for its fine farms and
progressive husbandmen.
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 771 |
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HENRY W. LITTLE.
Indefatigable industry, sound judgment and wise
management have been the elements that have
contributed to the success achieved by Henry W.
Little, for many years an enterprising and
progressive farmer of Palmer township, Putnam
county, Ohio, and who is now the county
commissioner-elect of Putnam county. His
farming lands have always been well improved and
highly productive, and he is numbered among the best
farmers of Palmer township. Because of his
high character and unquestioned integrity, he
enjoys, to a marked degree, the highest respect of
the community. Mr. Little has not only
been a successful farmer, he has erected buildings
upon his land, improved the soil by careful
cultivation and drainage and now has a splendid
farm, excellently situated.
Henry W. Little is the son of Robert and Anna
(Noriot) Little, and was born on Dec. 19, 1871,
in Palmer township, Putnam county, Ohio.
Robert Little was the son of Robert
Little and wife, who was born in' Crawford
county, Ohio, and who moved to Putnam county, Ohio,
about 1860. They were farmers and pioneers in
Palmer township where they settled. They had
the following children, Robert, the father of
Henry W.; Marshall,
Margaret, Isabella and Anna.
They farmed for a time in Palmer township, and
later, moved to North Creek, where they died.
Mrs. Anna (Noriot)
Little was the daughter of Francis and
Francois (Raclot) Noriot, natives of Boncourt,
France, and who were married in 1823, in Boncourt.
They came to America on Oct. 27, 1853, and landed at
Findlay, Ohio, Dec. 8, 1853. Francis
Noriot and wife settled in Hancock county on a
property, where they farmed for a time.
Subsequently, they came to Putnam county, Ohio,
where they lived, and later returned to Henry
county, where he died on Sept. 26, 1866. He
was the mayor of Boncourt, France, at one time.
His wife, Francois, was born in December,
1800, and died on Feb. 28, 1898. They had the
following children, Francis, deceased;
Claude; Anna, the mother of Henry W.
Little; Lawrence, deceased; Mary;
Celestian; John, deceased; Velaria,
and Magdelena, who died in France. Mrs.
Anna Little was born in the village of
Boncourt, France, and came to America with her
parents at the age of twelve years. They
settled in Hancock county, Ohio, where she grew up.
Later, she came with her parents to Putnam county
and also to New Bavaria, Henry county.
Robert Little, the father of Henry W.,
was educated in Crawford county, Ohio, and lived on
his father's farm during his early years.
Later, he came to Putnam county, Ohio, where he
purchased eighty acres in Palmer township.
Here he was married to Anna Noriot.
After their marriage, they continued to reside on
the farm in Palmer township. He later moved to
North Creek, Palmer township, where he retired and
died on Sept. 1, 1908. His wife died at North
Creek, Palmer township, in 1909. Robert and
Anna Little had seven children,
Alexander, deceased; Mrs. Elizabeth
Gump; Nicholas,
deceased; Joseph, who lives in Palmer
township; Mrs. Mary Lefever, deceased;
Henry, the subject of this sketch; and
Robert, who lives near Miller City, Ohio.
Henry W. Little was educated in Palmer township
and lived there, during his early life, on his
father's farm. He lived there, in fact, until
he was twenty-one years of age, when he was married.
Henry W. Little was married on May 18, 1892, to
Mary Burkhart, the daughter of John
and Gertrude Burkhart, who were farmers of
Palmer township, Putnam county. Both died in Palmer
township. They had a family of twelve children, of
whom William, Henry, Christ,
Katherine and Mary are now living.
After his marriage, Henry W. Little continued to
live on his father's farm for six months and then
moved to a small farm, which he purchased, in Palmer
township. He lived here for about four months
and then moved to his father-in-law's farm, where he
spent ten years. He purchased forty acres in
section 14, of Palmer township, and later sold it,
buying his present farm which originally consisted
of thirty acres and which was inherited by his wife.
Subsequently, he has increased the same to one
hundred and forty acres. It is located in
sections 12 and 1, of Palmer township. Mr.
Little has built all of the present
buildings. He has improved the farm and
erected many rods of fences. The land, however, was
cleared when he moved to it. He has a fine
farm and excellent soil, which is one of the best in
the township.
To Henry W. and Mary (Burkhart) Little, six
children have been born, Grace, Gordon,
Bertha, Jessie, Elwood and
Pauline, all of whom are at home. Grace
married Gilbert Hoffman, of Palmer
township, and has one son, Harold. All
of the children have been educated in the township
schools and Bertha continued her education in
the high school at Miller City.
Henry W. Little is not a member of any lodges.
Throughout his life, he has been an active Democrat
and served as township clerk for two terms and also
as township assessor for two terms. On Aug.
11, 1914, Mr. Little was elected as a
member of the board of county commissioners of
Putnam county.
Henry W. Little's fine farm shows his keen
professional spirit. He has always been a hard
worker, but, nevertheless, is a congenial man and
well liked by his neighbors and the people of Putnam
county. Mrs. Little is keenly
interested in poultry and has come to be well known
as a poultry fancier. She has a fine lot of
over two hundred and fifty white Leghorn chickens.
The Littles are well known in this section of
the county and merit the confidence and esteem in
which they are held by their fellow citizens and
neighbors.
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 1097 |
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FRANK LOGAN.
Among the public men of Putnam county, Ohio, men who
have given of the best of their services through a
long period of years, unselfishly and devotedly, to
the public interest, few are better known or more
deservedly popular than County Commissioner Frank
Logan, a brief and modest biography of whom it
is a pleasure for the historian to present at this
point in this comprehensive and illuminating history
of Putnam county. By gradual degrees, Mr.
Logan has come to his present eminence in county
affairs, his long training in the public service
having equipped him, as few men in the public life
of the county have been equipped, for the exacting
duties of the office to which he was called by the
people of the last election. For twenty years
a justice of the peace of Union township; for five
terms as assessor in the same township; president of
the school board for twenty years past, and land
appraiser, there are few men who have had better
training for public service than has he, a fact
which the voters of the county appreciated which
they placed him on the board of county
commissioners, the most important executive
department of the county government, and to which he
has brought well-trained ability and soundness of
judgment, together with a thorough knowledge of
public affairs and the best needs of the
commonwealth, which out to prove most serviceable to
the people of the county and to the administration,
of their common business affairs. Faithful to
the public trusts to which he frequently has been
called and diligent in his own business. Mr.
Logan was brought to the office of county
commissioner a ripe experience of affairs and a
devotion to the public weal, which his friends are
quite sure will redound greatly to the benefit of
the whole people of the county.
Frank Logan was born in Monroe township, Allen
county, Ohio, March 31, 1858, son of Israel S.
and Maria (Cowen) Logan, and has spent his whole
life in this section of the state, with the public
affairs of which and with the needs of which he is
thoroughly acquainted.
Israel Logan, father of Frank Logan, was
born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, June 1, 1834, the
son of Joseph Logan and wife, the former of
whom was a native of Pennsylvania and the latter a
native of Ohio.
Joseph Logan, father of Israel, was born
in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, his father,
Joseph Logan, Sr., having been a native of
Vannangoe county, same state, who settled in
Allegheny county, where he became one of the
county's most substantial farmers and useful
citizens. Joseph, Jr. grew up in
Allegheny county and married there, later moving to
Tuscarawas county, Ohio, where his son Israel
was born, and still later, at the time Israel
was two years of age, moving to Putnam county,
locating in Sugar Creek township, where he died in
1841, when Israel was seven years of age.
At the death of his father, Israel was taken
into the home of the Clevenger family in
Sugar Grove township, where he was carefully reared
and where he learned the essential principals of
farming, a vocation which he followed all his life.
He remained in the Clevenger home until he
attained his majority, after which he obtained a
position as driver of an overland wagon, a "prairie
schooner," on a wagon train bound for western Iowa.
This was in the year 1855 and he remained in the
West for a time, but upon being seized with a severe
attack of mountain fever, decided to return to his
Ohio home. As soon as he was able to travel he
came back to Putnam county and on Jan. 7, 1857, was
united in marriage with Miss Maria Cowan, a
native of Columbus, Ohio, who had come to Kalida,
this county, from Columbus with her mother,
following the death of her father and who grew to
womanhood in this county. After their
marriage, Israel Logan and his wife lived for
a time in Monroe township, Allen county, Ohio, but
the next year, in April, 1858, returned to Putnam
county and located on a farm of forty acres in Union
township. This farm was mostly wild and
wooded, only a portion of it having been cleared,
and he presently brought it to a state of
cultivation, after which he traded it for another
farm, and in the next twenty years making several
such trades, all of which proved advantageous to
him. In 1878 he moved to Henry county, Ohio,
where he bought a farm which he operated until about
eight years ago, at which time he retired from the
active management of the farm and has since lived a
retired and comfortbael life, he and Mrs.
Logan making their home with their son Finley
on the home farm.
To Israel and Maria (Cowan) Logan were born
seven children, all of whom, save one, are still
living, the sixth child, Kemerer, having died
in infancy, the survivors being Frank, the
immediate subject of this sketch: Howard, a
farmer and stock buyer of Allen county, Ohio;
Finley who manages the home place in Allen
county, living with his parents; Americus V.,
of this county, and his twin sister, Mrs. Alice
Rayle, who lives in Henry county, Ohio, and
John who lives in Billings, Montana
Frank Logan grew to manhood in Union township,
this county, was studious in his attention to his
school duties in his youth and at the same time
learned all there was to known about the life of a
farmer, he having determined to follow the
agricultural vocation as a life work. For
twenty-three years in the period of his lifetime he
taught school in Union township, farming during the
summer seasons, and on Apr. 7, 1881, was united in
marriage with Miss Maggie E. Boxwell, who was
born in Perry township, this county, Mar. 22, 1860,
the daughter of Joseph N. and Adeline (Meyers)
Boxwell, well-known residents of that township,
the former of whom was a native of Maryland and the
latter a native of Pennsylvania.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Logan located
on a far in Union township and remained on that
place until the year 1888, in which year they bought
their present home farm in the same township, and
here they have lived ever since, having been quite
successful in the management and operation of the
same. In addition to this home place, Mr.
Logan owns two other farms, having one hundred
and ninety-six acres in all, one hundred and
twenty-nine acres in Union township and sixty-six
and one-half acres in Sugar Creek township.
To the union of Frank and Maggie E. (Boxwell) Logan,
five children have been born: Eva A.,
born Aug. 11, 1882, married Amos Jones, a
farmer of Sugar Creek township, this county, and has
one child, Genevieve; Joseph Franklin,
born May 31, 1887, a Union township farmer, who
married Naomi Fruchey and has two children,
Margaret and Richard; Alice
May, born May 11, 1889, married John T.
Thomas, a Union township farmer, and has one
child, Franklin David; William Lloyd Garrison,
born Nov. 26, 1892, and Lois Margaurite, born
Apr. 21, 1900, the latter two living at home with
their parents, very popular young people, who help
their father and mother in extending the generous
hospitalities of the Logan home.
In addition to giving prudent attention to the personal
considerations of his farm, Mr. Logan, as
stated in the introduction to this biography, has
found time for much public service, his interest in
and devotion to the common weal having prompted him
to accept several offices of trust and
responsibility, in the administration of the affairs
of which offices he always has had an eye single to
the public good and has given much satisfaction to
his local constituency. In his twenty years'
service as justice of the peace, his wise counsels
often have averted expensive and unnecessary
litigation among neighbors and the judgments of his
court rarely have been questioned to the point of
taking an appeal to a higher court. In the
office of land appraiser and as assessor of his
township for five terms, he, likewise, has served
the public faithfully and well, and in twenty years,
of service as president of the local school board he
has brought the schools of Union township to a state
of excellence second to none in the county, a
measure of service for which the people of that
township are ever grateful and which has been
appreciated there accordingly. In view of all
this unselfish devotion to the public welfare, it
was taken for granted when he received the
nomination for county commissioner from his district
at the last Democratic county convention, that he
would be elected and this conclusion was amply
verified when the returns came in, his period of
office beginning with the September term of the
board, in 1815.
In church work, Mr. Logan has proved his ability
for service, both he and Mrs. Logan being
devoted and influential members of the Maple Grove
Christian Church, the congregation of which Mr.
Logan long has served as trustee and clerk as
well as having been closely identified with the work
of the Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. Logan
and their family are very popular in their
neighborhood, their activity in all local good works
having endeared them to all in that part of the
county, and they are very properly regarded as among
the leaders in all movements having the general
welfare in consideration. By keen executive
perception and careful attention to their details of
his business, Mr. Logan has accumulated a
fair share of this world's goods and has a fine farm
and a pleasant home. He is deeply interested
in progressive up-to-date methods of farming and
ever is seeking to elevate the standard of farming
in his locality, at the same time being a consistent
"booster" for all proper township improvements.
He is a man of sterling character, a friend of all
and "once a friend, always a friend," and has been
an undoubted factor for great good in the community,
his influence extending beyond the mere local
confines of his township. A lover of the
truth, he has no use for anyone who is not sincere
and is a foe of all shams, in whatever guise they
may appear.
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 587
SHARON WICK'S NOTE: I did a little
research and you can find it attached
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Mr. & Mrs. William H. Lowe
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WILLIAM H. LOWE
Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by
George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co.,
Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 624 |
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