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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
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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
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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 Harry. Mrs.
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.
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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
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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 York.
The 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
Frank. Frank 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
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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
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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 Rorland.
John 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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