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Biographies
Source:
Twentieth Century History of Sandusky
County, Ohio & Representative Citizens -
by Basil Meek, Fremont, Ohio
Publ. Richmond - Arnold Publ. Co., Chicago.
1909
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FRED
A. VICKERY, township trustee of York Township and also
president of the township school board, resides on his well
cultivated farm of forty-eight and one-half acres, which is
situated near Colby. He was born on his father's farm,
situated three-fourths of a mile east of his property, in York
Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, May 7, 1870, and is a son of
RICHARD and Jane (Kingdon) Vickery.
The parents of Mr. Vickery
were born in England, where they were reared and married, and
they remained there until after the birth of three of their
eight children. After coming to America they settled in
York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, where the father still
lives. The mother died in 1898. Their children were
as follows: Lizzie, now deceased, who was the wife
of R. H. Benfer; Mary, now deceased, who was the wife of
Joseph Swartz; Emma who is the wife of David Joseph,
of Colby; Richard, who lives on his farm of 195 acres,
north of Colby; Theresa, who married Milton Billman,
who owns fifty acres at Colby; Ella, who married Frank
Dymond and resides on the old homestead with her father;
John, who is a commission merchant at Columbus; and Fred
A.
Fred A. Vickery was reared in York Township, where
he attended school through boyhood; he later took a course at
the Normal School at Ada. He began to teach school when
eighteen years old and taught for eleven consecutive winters,
nine of them in York Township, one in Erie County, Ohio, and one
in Seneca County, Ohio. His summers were devoted to farm
work and he remained at home until he was twenty-one years of
age. For about a year and a half he then worked for other
farmers by the day, after which he rented a farm north of
Bellevue, where he remained eight years. Then for
two years he operated the home farm and then worked for one year
in the elevator at Bellevue. Thus, before he finally
purchased his present farm, in 1903, Mr. Vickery
had proved his industry and efficiency in various lines.
After coming to this place he built the house and remodeled the
barn and put all his surroundings in good shape, he engages in
general farming and makes a specialty of raising corn and
cabbage.
Mr. Vickery married Miss Hattie
Nearhood, a daughter of Nathanial and Susan (Heimbauch)
Nearhood. Mrs. Vickery was born and reared in York
Township, where her family is well known. They have had
three children, namely: Earl, who died when aged eleven
weeks; Carl and Alice, who are both bright
students at school. Mr. Vickery and wife are
members of the United Brethren Church at Mt. Carmel and for
several years he has been superintendent of the Sunday-school.
In politics, Mr. Vickery is a prominent Republican
in this section. He is serving in his third year as
township trustee and for four years has been a member of the
school board and for two
years has been president of this useful body.
Source: Twentieth Century History of Sandusky County, Ohio &
Representative Citizens - Publ. 1909 Richmond - Arnold Publ.
Co., Chicago. - Page 883 |
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JAMES
P. VICKERY, a leading member of the Bellevue bar and a
well known attorney both in Huron and Sandusky Counties, was
born in Groton Township, Erie County, Ohio, Mar. 24, 1864, and
is a son of John and Jane Vickery. The father was
born in England and settled in Erie County in 1854, subsequently
moving to Mt. Carmel, Sandusky County.
John P. Vickery was educated in the district
schools, at Green Springs Academy, and at the Ohio Normal
University, at Ada, after which he spent some fifteen years in
teaching school, becoming well and favorably known as an
educator in several of the counties of his native State.
He then prepared for the law in the office of Richards &
Heffner, at Clyde, and was admitted to the bar in 1899,
forming a partnership which still exists as Parkhurst &
Vickery, with offices at Bellevue. This firm is
considered one of legal strength and to it has been given many
very important cases to adjust. In politics, Mr.
Vickery is a Republican and he has served his city in the
council a number of terms and has been president of that body.
He is the treasurer of York Township and has held the office for
several terms.
Mr. Vickery was married Apr. 2, 1890, to
Miss May King, a daughter of John A. and Mary A. King,
of Clyde, Ohio. They have one son. James Allen.
Mr. Vickery is identified with the Masons, the
Elks and the Independent Order of Foresters. In 1907 he
was elected State secretary of the latter organization and was
re-elected to the same honorable office in 1909.
Source: Twentieth Century History of Sandusky County, Ohio &
Representative Citizens - Publ. 1909 Richmond - Arnold Publ.
Co., Chicago. - Page 813 |
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JOHN VICKERY -
See JOHN H. VICKERY
Source: Twentieth
Century History of Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative
Citizens - Publ. 1909 Richmond - Arnold Publ. Co., Chicago. -
Page 862 |
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JOHN H. VICKERY,
residing on his valuable farm of 120 acres, which is situated
one mile north of the village of Colby, in York Township,
Sandusky County, was born on a farm in Erie County, Ohio, Nov.
6, 1861, and is a son of John and Mary Jane (Parker) Vickery.
JOHN VICKERY was born near
the birthplace of his wife, in England, and both came to America
and were subsequently married at Bellevue, Ohio. To them
were born the following children: Thomas, who is
deceased; John Henry, of York Township; James P.,
who is a practicing lawyer at Bellevue, Ohio, and two who died
in infancy.
John H. Vickery was nine years old when his
mother died. The family had moved to York Township when he
was about five years old and the father purchased the farm which
he subsequently sold to his son, John H. The father
was married a second time, the lady being Mary Beichler,
who is now deceased, but Mr. Vickery still survives and
resides at Colby. John H. Vickery was educated in
the country schools of York Township and he has made farming his
main business in life. He married Miss Emma McKeen,
who was born in Clinton County, Iowa, and was three years old
when her parents moved to Seneca County, Ohio, where she was
reared. She is a daughter of John and Mary (Shutts)
McKeen, who now resides at Green Springs, Sandusky County.
Mr. and Mrs. Vickery have two children, John Henry,
Jr., and Bernice May. Mr. Vickery takes no
active part in politics, but he is known as a good and useful
citizen.
Source: Twentieth Century History of Sandusky County, Ohio &
Representative Citizens - Publ. 1909 Richmond - Arnold Publ.
Co., Chicago. - Page 862 |
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RICHARD VICKERY
- See FRED A. VICKERY
Source: Twentieth
Century History of Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative
Citizens - Publ. 1909 Richmond - Arnold Publ. Co., Chicago. -
Page 883 |
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