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J. B. Beers & Co. 1896
 

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ISAAC AIGLER, a retired agriculturist of York township, Sandusky county, is worthy of credit for untiring energy and exemplary character, and to him honor should be rendered.  His farm is a model one.  The same marked care shown by his wife in the arrangement of her house, Mr. Aigler is renowned for in the appointment of his premises.
     AMOS AIGLER, the father of the subject of this sketch was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 11, 1815, and in 1839 was united in marriage with Armina Bobb, who was born in 1819, also in Pennsylvania.  They had two children:  Isaac, the older child, born in Union (now Snyder) county, Penn., August 23, 1840; and Eliza, now the wife of William Hummel, of York township.  Mrs. Aigler died in 1844, and two years later Mr. Aigler married Mrs. Eliza Aigler, widow of his brother, and they had five children, namely:  James, late of Bellevue, Huron county, Ohio, now deceased, and Matilda L., wife of J. D. Harpster, a Kansas banker (they were twins); Henry, of York township, deceased; J. F., a real-estate agent, of Kansas; and Clara, wife of Allen Kern, a farmer of York township.  In 1848 the family came to Thompson township, Seneca county, and next year moved to York township, where Mr. Aigler bought eighty acres of land.  Here he lived for many years, and then, thinking he had well earned a vacation, moved to Bellevue, where he lives retired.
     Isaac Aigler was but eight years old when his father came to Ohio.  His school life ended shortly after that, and he had to rise early and work late as, forty years ago, life on the farm was not lightened by improved machinery as at present.  In 1861 he enlisted in Company D, Fiftieth Ohio National Guards, for five years.  Again, on May 2, 1864, he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth O. V. I.  He served in Maryland and Virginia, defending Washington during the summer of 1864, and was discharged Sept. 4, 1864.  On Mar. 5, 1868, Mr. Aigler was united in marriage with Susan Close, who was born August 16, 1847.
     The parents of Mrs. Aigler, George and Mary (Moyer) Close, came to Ohio in 1856.  They had eleven children, as follows:  Austin, a Kansas farmer and carpenter; Eliza, widow of LaFayette Hannum, of Perrysburg, Ohio; Marguerite, wife of J. K. Frederick, of Maumee, Ohio; Melinda, who is married to C. P. Deyo, of Bellevue; Henry, who is in the milling business at Venice, and resides in Sandusky City; Joseph W., a Bellevue banker; Susan, Mrs. Aigler; George W., a banker at Berlin Heights; Cloyd, a farmer, of Michigan; Charles C., a liveryman in Fremont; and Jay F., a Kansas lawyer.  Mr. Aigler has a fertile farm of 108 acres, on which he grows principally grain, also some fruit.  For many years he affiliated with the Republican party; but upon the organization of the People's party he at once embraced that doctrine, being the first man in York township to openly advocate the Omaha platform.  He is one of the best known Populists in the country, and for several years has served on various county committees.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of SANDUSKY & OTTAWA, OHIO - J. B. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 469
 
HON. GEORGE F. ALDRICH.  Foremost among Sandusky county's representative men of to-day stands Hon. George F. Aldrich, a truly self-made man.  He is the son of Hiram H. and Ellen (Donnell) Aldrich, and was born on a farm in Scott township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, Feb. 26, 1857.  Like many a farmer's boy he was obliged to work in the summer time, while during the winter seasons he was permitted to attend the district school.  Determined to obtain an education, he diligently persevered, and finally attended for some time the Normal School at Fostoria, Ohio, afterward attending a Normal in Mansfield, Ohio.
     At an early age he was among the most successful teachers in Sandusky county, and has followed that profession for twenty years.  The township of Scott, recognizing his ability, elected him justice of the peace, which position he held for nine years; he was also census enumerator of the township in 1880, and served on the board of county examiners for four years.  Having successfully filled every position to which he had been called, his fellow-citizens, being desirous of conferring still further honors upon him, in 1891 sent him as a representative of Sandusky county at the State Legislature on the Democratic ticket, his opponent being Mr. J. L. Hart.  This incumbency he also filled with his well known ability and customary success.  On his return from the legislature he devoted the greater part of his time to teaching.  During the summer months he conducted a normal school at Tinney, having some forty pupils, many of whom are teachers.  In addition to his profession he also directed the work on the farm at Tinney.  In the fall of 1893 Mr. Aldrich was again nominated for the Legislature on the Democratic ticket, his opponent being George F. Keefer, and by whom he was defeated in 1893.  In the 1895 campaign Mr. Aldrich carried the county, defeating Mr. Keefer, his opponent of 1893, notwithstanding the fact that the political aspect of the county has materially charged since the 1891 election.
     On Mar. 7, 1878, Mr. Aldrich was married to Miss Eulalie Adelaide Tinney, of Tinney, Ohio, and to them have come three children:  May Bordelle and Mabel, born Dec. 10, 1878 (Mabel died in infancy); and Rufus Haven Scott, born Dec. 22, 1886.  Of these May received a teacher's certificate in Sandusky county when only fourteen years old, but poor health ahs prevented her from teaching; she has given the study of music considerable attention.  Mrs. Aldrich, the estimable wife of our subject, was born at Tinney, Ohio, Nov., 21, 1857, and received her education in the public schools of that place.  Her mother died when she was young, which deprived her of the advantages that she otherwise might have obtained.
     The father of our subject was born in Rhode Island, in 1836, and when he was six years old his parents came to Ohio, where, with the exception of six years spent of Kansas, he has since resided.  On Feb. 29, 1864, he enlisted in Company D, Third O. V. C., and was mustered out of the service at the close of the war.  In his family were five children:  John, Mary (now Mrs. J. W. Hudson, of Tinney), George F. (our subject), Charles A., and Jackson.  Our subject's mother was a native of Scott township, Sandusky county, where she spent here entire life except a few years in Kansas, in which State she died, Oct. 9, 1887, at the age of fifty-seven.  Mr. Aldrich's paternal grandfather, Nero Aldrich, was born in Rhode Island, and spent the greater part of his life in Scott township, where he died.  He was twice married, the grandmother of our subject being his second wife.  The maternal grandmother was born in Noble county, Ohio, and died in Kansas in 1895.  She was three times married, her last husband being Nero Aldrich.
     Among the pioneers of Scott township is the father of Mrs. Aldrich, DARWIN SCOTT TINNEY.  He was born Sept. 18, 1826, in New York State, where he lived until eight years of age, and then with his parents came to Lenawee county, Mich., thence of Ohio, where he afterward lived.  He died at Tinney, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1893.  He was one of Sandusky county's most prosperous farmers, a vocation he gave his entire attention to during a greater part of his life.  For three years he was county commissioner of Sandusky county.  About 1850 he was married to Sarah Wiggins, of Scott township, who was born in Massachusetts in 1829, and to them were born three children:  Almeda Ann; Frank J. Tinney, of Fostoria, principal of the public schools; and Eulalie Adelaide (now Mrs. Aldrich).  He was the son of Stephen Tinney, who was born in Dec., 1799, in Massachusetts, and died Feb. 10, 1848.  When about sixteen years old he went to New York and there lived some fourteen years;  thence moved to Michigan where he lived six years, and from there to Scott township, where he passed the rest of his days, dying on Jan. 9, 1836.  He was married to Julia Scott, of Niagara county, N.Y., born July 24, 1797, and died Feb. 7, 1869.  To them were born four children:  Darwin S., Edwin C., Jackson and Julia Ann, Edwin C. being the only one now living.  Stephen Tinney's mother, Sally Jonier, was born in Massachusetts, about the Year 1770, and her husband, Stephen Tinney, Sr., was born about the same time.  To them were born three children.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of SANDUSKY & OTTAWA, OHIO - J. B. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 294

W. J. ALESHIRE.  The subject of this sketch, who is the editor and proprietor of the Gibsonburg Derrick, is recognized as one of the leading business men of Sandusky county, and his paper shows evidence of his ability as a journalist, it being a readable, newsy sheet, fully up to the times, and an acceptable visitor in homes throughout that section of the State.
     Mr. Aleshire is a son of William and Sarah (Ewing) Aleshire, the former of whom was born October 19, 1814, in Virginia, where he grew to manhood, coming thence to Ohio, where, in Meigs county, he was married.  He was a farmer by occupation.  In 1846 he went to Fulton county, Ill., and there remained a year or two, afterward removing to Hancock county, that State, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying October 3, 1890, shortly after his wife, who passed away July 17, that year.  For twenty years he was engaged in the hotel business.  Mr. and Mrs. Aleshire were the parents of ten children, of whom three left their home at the call for loyal men during the war of the Rebellion, and served their country well and faithfully, one finding an early grave in the Sunny South.  The record of this large family is briefly given as follows:  Sanford, who was a soldier in the One Hundred and Eighteenth Illinois Infantry, during the Civil war, is deceased;  Virgil, who served four years in the same regiment, and was wounded in Vicksburg, is also deceased; Mary, who married Thomas Swan, lives at Granger, Mo.; Orlando, who was in the Twelfth Illinois Cavalry, died at Napoleonville, La.; Margaret is the wife of Uriah Ashcraft, and lives at La Harpe, Ill.; W. J.  is the subject of this biography; E. E., who is an attorney at law, resides in Stanberry, Mo.;  Albert is carrying on a hotel and livery business in Burnside, Ill.; Henry died in early youth; O. E. received an excellent education, and at one time was superintendent of schools at Buchanan, Mich., throughout which State he became well-known owning to his oratorical powers and other good qualities, and was sent to the Legislature; growing tired of politics, he went to Chicago, where he engaged in business, and he has since made his residence in that city.
     The subject of this sketch was born February 15, 1849, in Hancock county, Ill., and grew to manhood in that State.  He received a collegiate education, and turned his attention to teaching, following that occupation, for which he was admirably fitted, for nineteen consecutive years.  During the last twelve years of this time he was principal of schools in four different towns.  In 1889, Mr. Aleshire decided to combine newspaper work with teaching, and purchased the Good Hope Torpedo, which he carried on for three and a half years.  Selling out this paper he came, in 1892, to Gibsonburg, and purchased the Derrick, of which he is editor and proprietor.  When he took hold of the paper, it was a seven-column folio, which he changed to an eight-column and then six-column quarto.  The paper is independent in politics, and has a good circulation.
     Mr. Aleshire was married November 30, 1882, to Miss Mary McClung, who was born April 22, 1860, in Pike county, Ill., and they have two children, Oscar and HarryMrs. Aleshire is the daughter of George and Nancy (Wayfield) McClung, the former of whom was a native of Virginia, and served through the Civil war.  Two children were born to them - Mary (now Mrs. Aleshire), and Martha (Mrs. Charles Kennedy, of Quincy, Ill.).  Socially, Mr. Aleshire is a member of the F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F. 
Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of SANDUSKY & OTTAWA, OHIO - J. B. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 463

DARLIN L. AMES, one of the native sons of Sandusky county, is a telegraph operator at Clyde.  His birth occurred in that county, on the 24th of June, 1858, and from the business college of Clyde he was graduated in the class of 1876.  He was reared to farming, but, not wishing to follow agricultural pursuits, he began the study of telegraphy in the office of the W. & L. E. Railway Company, in Clyde, after completing which he became operator for that company, and also for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company.  He was next connected with the Chicago, Milwaukee  & St. Paul railroad, being stationed at Monticello, Iowa, and also served as operator in Virginia for the Norfolk & Western railroad.  He now makes his home in Clyde, being again in the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company, at this place.
     Mr. Ames was united in marriage with Miss Libbie Campbell, and their union has been blessed with one son, Floyd.  Our Subject is public-spirited and progressive, and there are few men more popular among the people of this community than he, who has spent nearly his entire life in their midst.  He holds membership with the Knights of Pythias Lodge, No. 494, of Air Line Junction, Lucas Co., Ohio, and in social circles both he and his wife hold an enviable position.  The father of our subject, JOEL LOOMIS AMES, was born in New London county, Conn., July 30, 1822, and is a son of Margin and Eliza (Loomis) Ames, the former also a native of New London county, where he was born Jan. 24, 1795, and the latter's birth occurred in East Lyme, Conn., May 27, 1802.  The boyhood days of the grandfather were spent in his native State, where he was married, and he became the father of four children before coming west, in 1827, when he located at Auburn, Mich.  There he made his home until 1836, when he came to Ohio, securing a farm in Section 6, York township, Sandusky county, and there made his home until his death, which occurred Feb. 6, 1856.  His wife survived him for seven years, being called to her final rest Oct. 8, 1863.  All his life had been devoted to agricultural pursuits, and with the assistance of his sons, he here cleared 200 acres of good farming land.  He formerly belonged to the Baptist Church, but at the time of his death he was a Swedenborian.  His wife, after his death, made her home alternately with J. L. Ames, and J. Ames, a son, who resides in Wood county, Ohio, and there she passed away.  In their family were eight children, namely: E. G., who was born Sept. 5, 1820, was a store-keeper of Clyde, where he died July 12, 1849; Joel L. is the second of the family; Daniel, born May 30, 1824, is a resident of Bowling Green, Wood Co., Ohio; Jonathan, born Mar. 20, 1826, lives in Carthage, Jasper Co., Mo.; George, born Oct. 14, 1830, July 3, 1849; John, born Jul. 16, 1836, died Oct. 2, 1873; Eliza Ann, wife of William Russell, born Feb. 28, 1840, died Sep. 13, 1858; James, born Sep. 10, 1843, died Jun. 6, 1844.
     The paternal grandfather, Elder Jonathan Ames, was of English ancestry, and spent his entire life in New London county, Conn., where he was a devoted member of the Baptist Church.  His death occurred May 22, 1830, when he was sixty-two years old.  His father died Oct. 27, 1814, at the age of eighty-seven, while his mother, who died Dec. 17, 1819, had reached the extreme old age of ninety-eight yeas.  The maternal great-grandfather of our subject, Hon. JOEL LOOMIS was born May 5, 1773, and was one of the leading and prominent men of New London county, Conn.  He held a number of important offices within the gift of the people, including that of justice of the peace, and judge of the county court and he served as a member of the State Legislature.  He was of English descent.  Through he visited his grand-children in Sandusky county, he continued to make his home in New London county, Conn., where he died in 1867.  His brother was the father of Professor Loomis of Yale College, the author of the series of Loomis school and text books.
     We now return to the personal history of Joel Loomis Ames, who went to Michigan with his parents in 1827, and lived there until the spring of 1836, when the family moved to Ohio.  Then he went back to Connecticut, and lived with an uncle until the fall of 1838, and attended school during the winter months, when he came to Ohio, and has lived here ever since.  He has been twice married, his first union being celebrated Aug. 6, 1857, when Jane E. Vincent became his wife.  To them were born three children:  Darlin L., whose name introduces this sketch; Jennie, who was born July 30, 1860, and died Oct. 23, 1862; and Angie C., who was born May 23, 1864, and is the wife of H. H. Woodman, principal of the telegraph college, at Oberlin, Ohio.  The mother of this family departed this life June 30, 1877.  On Aug. 27, 1879, Mr. Ames was again married, this time to Miss May Bement, a native of Michigan, born in Jackson, in April, 1843, and by this marriage there is one daughter - Edith.  The father is one of the wealthy and influential citizens of the community, and the family now make their home in their beautiful residence in Clyde, where they are surrounded by many warm friends.  Mr. Ames takes an active interest in everything that will benefit the community.  His uprightness, integrity, and public spiritedness, have one him the confidence and esteem of his neighbors, and he is classed among the respected representative citizens of Sandusky county.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of SANDUSKY & OTTAWA, OHIO - J. B. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 355

W. V. B. AMES, M. D., a practicing physician of Fremont, Sandusky county, was born in Huron county, Ohio, in 1821, a son of Jason C. and Sarah Ann (Moore) Ames, the former born in New Haven, Conn., the latter in New York.
     The parents of our subject each removed in pioneer days to Huron county, Ohio, where they were married, and where the father followed the trade of shoemaker in connection with farming.  They had a family of seven children, of whom five are now living:  W. V. B., our subject; Cynthia, wife of D. F. Webber, of Charlotte, Eaton Co., Mich.; Emeline, widow of Smith Bodine, of Charlotte, Eaton Co., Mich., who enlisted from Plymouth, Huron Co., Ohio, as a soldier in the Civil war, and died in Libby prison; George W., who resides at Sacramento City, Cal.; Angeline, widow of James Steele, of Charlotte, Mich., who died in 1893; Catharine, widow of Mr. Lewis Garsey, of Ukiah, Mendocino Co., Cal., and Edward, who resides at Ukiah, California.
     Dr. Ames was reared in New Haven township, Huron Co., Ohio, and was educated in the public schools of the Western Reserve.  He began reading medicine in his native county, and commenced practice at South Bend, Ind., where he remained from 1845 to 1851.  He then went by the overland rout to California, locating in Yuba county, where he practiced medicine about four years, having been engaged in mining for some time prior to that.  About he year 1855 he returned to Seneca county, Ohio, and thence, in 1858, moved to Fremont, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession.  He was married, in Huron county, Ohio, to Miss Adaline Harrington, a native of that county, daughter of Benjamin and Betsey (Taylor) Harrington, who were early pioneers of the Western Reserve, having come from the State of New YorkThe children of Dr. and Adaline Ames were: Elizabeth, wife of Evendor Dunning of Eaton county, Mich.; Alice, wife of Charles A. Norton, of Kansas City, Mo; William V. B. , a dentist of Chicago, Ill.; and Rose, who resides at home.  Mrs. Adaline Ames died May 30, 1860, and Dr. Ames subsequently wedded Miss Catharine Strohl, a native of Sandusky county, daughter of Peter Strohl (now deceased), who was one of the early pioneers of Ballville township, Sandusky Co., Ohio.  The children by this marriage are:  Nell, Jane, and FrankFrank Ames married Miss Grace Ford, and lives in Sacramento, California.
     Dr. Ames is a Republican in politics, but not a partisan.  He is one of the oldest and most successful medical practitioners of Fremont, having built up a widely extended and lucrative practice.  He owns valuable interests in Fremont and vicinity, and a fine farm in California.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of SANDUSKY & OTTAWA, OHIO - J. B. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 26

HENRY ANDERSON.  Each community has its representative citizens, men who are devoted to its best interests and to the advancement of all that pertains to its welfare.  Among the class is numbered Mr. Anderson, and the record of his life is as follows:
     He was born in Auburn, N. Y., Sept. 18 1835, and is the son of William and Sarah (Sanders) Anderson, the former born in Pennsylvania, in August, 1800, the latter born Sept. 16, 1806.  They were married in 1823, and had a family of nine children, of whom eight are now living.  The family is of Scotch origin, and the great-grandfather of our subject, John Anderson, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1771.  He was a farmer by occupation, for many years served as justice of the peace, and died in 1846.  His wife was a Miss La Bruer.  The maternal grandfather, Henry Sanders, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1766, and his wife was born in 1763.  He owned and operated a distillery, and died in 1841. 
     During his infancy, Henry Anderson was brought by his parents to Sandusky county, Ohio, where he made his home until seventeen years of age.  He then went to Fremont, and he was a resident of that place until 1866.  His education was acquired in Woodville, Ohio, where his childhood and youth were quietly passed.  When President Lincoln issued his first call for 75,000 volunteers to crush out the Rebellion in its infancy, Mr. Anderson was among the first to enlist, and after serving for three months he entered the mechanical department of the army, where he continued some eighteen months.  He then joined the navy, and for fourteen months served as steward on one of the boats engaged in the Union service.  When the war was over and the country no longer needed his aid, he returned to Ohio, and settled in Fremont.  For a year thereafter he was engaged in clerking and in 1868 he went to Elmore, where he began business as a dealer in harness and saddlery, carrying on operations along that line for about six years.  In 1874 he began the development of a farm which had been inherited by his wife from her father's estate.  This farm he cleared of timber, fenced and drained it, and soon, where once were wild forest trees, appeared waving fields of grain, a substantial residence, barns and outbuildings, a good orchard, containing a variety of fruits, the latest improved machinery, and all other accessories of a model farm of this latter part of the nineteenth century.
     In 1874 Mr. Anderson was united in marriage with Miss Mary C. Nellis, of Elmore, and their union has been blessed with a son, GEORGE A., who was born May 10, 1875.  Her father, David Nellis, was born Aug. 6, 1806, and her mother Caroline Nellis, was born Oct. 22, 1809.  They had a family of six children, of whom three yet survive.  Mrs. Anderson is second cousin to Commodore Perry of natal fame, and is also a distant relative of Gen. Anderson.  Her grandfather, John Nellis, was a native of Germany, born in 1786, and his wife was born in the same country in 1787.  Her maternal grandfather, Mr. Stedman, was born in New York, in 1783, and his wife was a native of the Empire State, her birth occurring in the same year.  Her great-grandfather on her father's side was born about 1764.
     Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are pleasantly located in Elmore, in a fine home on Main street, and he is now doing a thriving business in the harness and saddlery trade.  He is energetic and enterprising and his success has come to him through labor, constant and concentrated.  His son George is a young man of high ambitions, of superior intellect and business ability.  He completed a course of study in the Elmore High School in 1893, and then took a thorough business course in a commercial college of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.  He has since been engaged in business with his father, aiding in the labors of the farm and of the store, and both Mr. Anderson and his son have the confidence of the public, and the esteem of the social world.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of SANDUSKY & OTTAWA, OHIO - J. B. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 634

JOHN ANDREWS, farmer, was born in Ballville township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, Mar. 12, 1839, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Indes) Andrews.  Jacob Andrews was born in 1801, and his wife in 1807, in France; and she died May 15, 1892.  They had five children: (1) Joseph Andrews, born in 1837, a farmer of Millersville, Ohio, who married Anna Young, and has a family of seven children; (2) John Andrews, our subject;  (3) Mary Andrews, born in 1841, wife of Lewis Baumgardner, a farmer, of Michigan, whose children are Frank, John and Mary; (4) Jacob, born in 1845, married to Mary Rilley, whose children are Ulaliah, Georgiana, Claude and James; (5) David, born Mar. 11, 1843, married in 1868 to Julia Scanlan, who was born Mar. 7, 1850, and their children are - Peter, born Sep. 11, 1870; Julia, born June 7, 1874; Stella, born Feb. 25, 1880;  Mary, born Jan. 23, 1882; John L., born May 2, 1884; and Loretta, born Sept. 11, 1891.
     Our subject remained at home with his parents until his twenty-fifty year.  He then rented some land of his father and farmed on shares.  Subsequently he bought ninety-two acres of his father, on which he now resides.  He is no office seeker, but has held several offices in his township.  He was a soldier in the Civil war, having enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment O. V. I., at Toledo, Ohio, whence he proceeded to Louisville and Frankfort, Ky., and spent the winter at Bowling Green.  In the spring of 1863 he marched through Kentucky, back and forth, was taken sick, and lay for a time at No. 7, Louisville Hospital.  After convalescence he was transferred to the Seventeenth Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, and helped guard Rebel prisoners at Indianapolis, Ind., until discharged.  He was married August 20, 18__, to Miss Mary Scanlan who was born Dec. 25, 1837, and they had seven children:  (1) Mary born June 7, 1862; (20 David, born Feb. 18, 1854, a mason by trade; (3) Elizabeth, born June 27, 1867, wife of Rufus Kelley, whose children are - Anna Marie, born Sept. 18, 1889, and John, born in 1891; (4) John, born Sep. 12, 1689, a stone mason; (5) Frank, born June 12, 1872; (6) George E., born April 23, 1878; (7) Edward V., born Mar. 16, 1880; the last four named are living with their parents.
     A record of the family of children, of which Mrs. Mary Andrews is a member is as follows:  John, Married, and has a family of eight children; Thomas, died in childhood; Mary is Mrs. Andrews; John was a soldier in the Civil war, member of Company A, One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment, O. V. I., and died in 1893; Jeremiah, Edward married Julia Leary and has eight children (he served five years in the Civil war, and later was a merchant at Toledo, Ohio; he died Feb. 18, 1886); Julia, born Jun. 7, 1852, is the wife of David Andrews; Michael, born in 1854, married Mary Camele, whose children are - Nora, William Michael and Nellie; David, born May 9, 1857, is a police officer in Fremont, Ohio, married Margaret Donahue, and their children are - Edward, Mary, John and Frank.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of SANDUSKY & OTTAWA, OHIO - J. B. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 809

JOHN P. ANSPACH.  In past ages the history of a country was a record of wars and conquests; today it is the record of commercial activity, the story of business enterprises and those who successfully conduct them.  Mr. Anspach is a leader in the field of activity in Oak Harbor, where he is senior member of the firm of Anspach Brothers, manufacturers of lumber and coopers' stock.
     Mr. Anspach was born in Perry county, Ohio, Dec. 24, 1841, and there acquired a portion of his education, completing it, however in the public schools of Crawford Co., Ill., whither he went with his parents.  The family is of Pennsylvania-German origin, the great-grandfather of our subject having both been born in the Keystone State.  David Anspach, father of John P., was a son of John and Mary (Overmeyer) Anspach, and was born in Perry county, Ohio, in October, 1816.  He grew to manhood in that county, and his early life was spent in agricultural pursuits.  In 1851 he removed with his family to Crawford Co., Ill., where he carried on farming for about five years, and then in 1856 cast in his lot with the early settlers of Sandusky county, Ohio.  There he engaged in the manufacture of lumber for some five years, and about 1879 he came to Oak Harbor, where for a time he lived practically retired.  For the past six years he has been an honored resident of Edgerton, Ind.  He was married in his native county to Elizabeth Fisher, natives of Pennsylvania, and by their union were born nine children, five of whom are living, namely: John P.; Allen; Matilda, wife of Michael Latting, a prominent farmer of Sandusky county; George W., who is living in Edgerton, Ind.; and Rosanna, wife of John H. Murphy, of Louisiana.  The mother departed this life in 1861, and for his second wife Mr. Anspach married Mrs. Mary Conachen, widow of Peter Conachen of Sandusky county.  The children of this marriage are as follows:  William, who is a resident of Detroit, Mich.; Hosea, of Edgerton, Ind.; Bertha, wife of Henry Hydlebrech; and Lloyd, also of Edgerton, Ind.  The oldest member of the family, Henry Anspach, served in the Seventy-second O. V. I., during the Civil war, and died in the hospital, of typhoid fever, his remains being interred in Mississippi.
     From Illinois Mr. Anspach returned with his parents to Sandusky county, Ohio, and worked in his father's mill until 1860.  His father having sold out his lumber manufacturing business, our subject worked for a short time in Fremont, thence going to Fort Wayne, Ind. where he resided until 1864.  Returning then to Sandusky county, he purchased, in connection with his brother Allen, the sawmill which had been previously operated by his father, and under the firm name of Anspach Bros.  they continued the business there for four years.  In 1868 they transferred  their business to Oak Harbor, where they engaged extensively and successfully in the manufacture of lumber and cooperage stock.  Their mill was burned Sept. 1, 1895.
     On Sept. 15, 1868, John P. Anspach was married in Sandusky county to Miss Emily Henricks, who was born in Sandusky county, Feb. 10, 1851, daughter of Noah and Elizabeth (Reed) Henricks, natives of Perry county, Ohio; they became early settlers of Sandusky county, and are still living within its borders, being honored and respected citizens of Lindsey.  The union of our subject and his wife has been blessed with five children, but only two are now living - William or RorlandJohn P. Anspach was one of the first councilmen elected after the incorporation of Oak Harbor as a town, and efficiently filled that office for several years.  His political support is given to the Democratic party, and socially he is connected with Oak Harbor Lodge No. 495, F. & A. M.  The members of the Anspach family were formerly connected with the Lutheran Church, but at present the majority are members of the Methodist Church.  John P,. Anspach is the thoroughgoing business man, one of the most enterprising citizens of Oak Harbor, and is popular in both commercial and social circles.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of SANDUSKY & OTTAWA, OHIO - J. B. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 830
     ALLEN ANSPACH, who is connected with his brother in business, is the second of the family, and was born in Perry county, Ohio, in October, 1843.  He got his education in the public schools near his boyhood home, and since early life he has been interested in the business which now claims his time and energies, and with which he became familiar when his father was a lumber dealer.  He was married in Sandusky county to Miss Eliza Fought, a daughter of Amos and Mary (Hedrick) Fought, and seven children blessed this union, only three of whom are now living  - Perry, Elmer and Clara.
     In 1861 Allen Anspach manifested his loyalty to the Union cause by joining the boys in blue of Company C, Seventy-second O. V. I., but after serving in the army for nearly a year was discharged on account of physical disability and returned to Sandusky county.  Progressive and public-spirited, he is devoted to all matters pertaining to the general welfare and his career has ever been that of an honorable and just man, whether in business, military or private life.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of SANDUSKY & OTTAWA, OHIO - J. B. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 830

J. ANSTED, one of the prosperous representative farmer citizens of Washington township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, is a native of same, born Mar. 15, 1855.
     His parents, John and Mary (Upp) Ansted, were of Pennsylvania birth, from which State they migrated to Ohio, settling on a farm in Sandusky county, where the father died when their son Jacob was fourteen years old.  The latter had then to assist in the support of his widowed mother on their eighty-acre farm, and when he came of age he purchased forty acres from her, in the cultivation of which he has since devoted his care and attention.  His mother for her second husband married Absalom Dank, a native of Germany, and they are living on the remaining forty acres of the original eighty acre farm in Washington twp.
     Mr. Ansted is still single, is a Democrat in politics, in religious faith a member of the Lutheran church, and enjoys the respect and esteem of the community in which he lives.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of SANDUSKY & OTTAWA, OHIO - J. B. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 805

MRS. MARY ARNOLD, a most estimable lady, now residing in Washington township, Sandusky county, was one of a family of eight children born to William and Marie (Hoke) Hay.  The parents were both born in Adams county, Penn., the father May 30, 1819, and the mother Jan. 29, 1822.  In the year 1863 they settled in Ohio, taking up their residence in Wayne county, where they spent their remaining days.
     Mrs. Arnold was reared in her parents' home, becoming familiar with the duties of the household under the careful instruction and guidance of her mother.  After she had arrived at years of maturity she gave her hand in marriage to PETER ARNOLD, son of Joseph and Susanna (Fleckner) Arnold, who were natives of the Keystone State and came to Ohio in 1814, casting in their lot with the early settlers of Wayne county.  Their family numbered eleven children, seven sons and four daughters, but only three of the number are living at the time of this writing (1895).
     Peter Arnold was reared upon his father's farm and started out in life for himself by working as a farm hand, being thus employed until his marriage.  In 1863 he left his old home and removed to Sandusky county, locating in Washington township, where he purchased the forty acres of land upon which his widow now resides.  With characteristic energy he began its development, and soon it was all placed under the plow, and made to yield to him a golden tribute in return for the care and cultivation he bestowed upon it.  He made good improvements and all was neat and thrifty in appearance, and the owner was recognized as one of the leading agriculturists of the community.
     In his political views Mr. Arnold was a Democrat, but had no time nor inclination for public office.  In religious belief he was a Methodist, and his life was in harmony with his professions.  His death occurred June 30, 1889, and all who knew him mourned his departure, for he was a good citizen, a faithful friend and a devoted husband and father.  Mrs. Arnold still resides upon the old home place, which was left her by her husband, and is a lady held in high regard by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.  She has reared a large family of children, but only one, Viola, is now at home with her. 
Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of SANDUSKY & OTTAWA, OHIO - J. B. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 815

PETER ARNOLD - See Mary Arnold

Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of SANDUSKY & OTTAWA, OHIO - J. B. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 815



 

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