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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
A Centennial Biographical History
of
Seneca County,
Ohio
Publ. by Lewis Publishing Company
1902
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| GEORGE
DEISLER. The German fatherland has contributed
a most valuable element to the complex social fabric of the American
republic, which has gained much through this source, the element being
one which has ever conserved the march of progress and stood for
sterling manhood and womanhood. The honored subject of this
sketch, who is one of the successful farmers of Seneca county, is a
native of Germany, but has practically passed his entire life in America
and is to be mentioned as a scion of one of the highly respected pioneer
families of Seneca county. Mr. Deisler was born in Prussia,
Germany, on the 5th of February, 1825, being the son of Conrad and
Anna C. (Brundt) Deisler, of whose seven children only two survive,—George,
of this sketch; and Conrad, who owns the old homestead and who is
likewise a successful farmer of Venice township. The parents
emigrated from the fatherland to the United States in the year 1833, and
after residing for a brief interval in Wooster, Ohio, came that same
year to Seneca county, where the father purchased sixty-six acres of
land, upon a portion of which the present village of Carrothers
is located. Here he continued to devote his attention to' farming
for many years,—until the spring of 1872, when he and his wife took up
their home with their daughter, Mrs. Flechner, in Crawford
county, where they passed the residue of their lives, each attaining the
venerable age of eighty-two years. The father of our subject was a
stanch Democrat in his political proclivities and was a zealous member
of the German Reformed church, in which he held various official
positions. George Deisler was reared to maturity on the homestead farm, early beginning to aid in the work of reclamation and cultivation and having limited educational advantages as were implied in an irregular attendance in the primitive schools of the locality and period. Upon attaining his legal majority he apprenticed himself to learn the trade of carpenter, and after thus serving for a term of three years, secured thirteen dollars per month the last year; he thereafter devoted his attention to the work of his trade for a further interval of above eight years, making nearly all the coffins used for the neighborhood. In 1854 he was married, and soon afterward he settled on the old homestead, to whose cultivation he devoted himself until the spring of 1858, when he purchased one hundred and fifteen acres of his present farm, in Venice township, to which he then removed. He has made the best of improvements on the place, to whose area he has added by the purchase of an adjoining tract of thirty and one-half acres, so that the fine farm now comprises one hundred and forty-five and one-half acres. The place is under a high state of cultivation and gives evidence of the careful management and progressive methods which have been brought to bear, the owner having ever commanded unqualified confidence and esteem in the community where he has lived from youth to advanced age, ever giving Ins aid and influence in support of all worthy enterprises and measures for the general good and standing as one of the world’s noble army of workers. In politics Mr. Deisler has ever been a stanch supporter of the Democratic party, and his devotion to duties of citizenship in the exercise of the right of franchise has been singularly marked, as is evident when we revert to the fact that in all the long years which have passed since he attained his legal majority he has on only two occasions failed to deposit his vote in support of the men or measures approved by his judgment. He has, however, never sought political office for himself. He is a devoted member of the Reformed church at Carrothers, in which for many years he served faithfully and efficiently in official position. In November, 1854, Mr. Deisler was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Shade, who was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, the daughter of SAMUEL and Catherine (Carrick) SHADE, who took up their residence m Seneca county in 1835. The father of Mrs. Shade, Frederick Carrick, was a valiant soldier in the Continental army during the war of the Revolution. During a long and ideal married life of nearly half a century Mrs. Deisler continued as the devoted and cherished companion and helpmeet of her husband, her summons to the “land of the leal” coming on the 29th of September, 1898, when she passed away in her sixty-ninth year. She was a woman of noble character and her memory rests as a benediction upon those who came within the immediate sphere of her influence. Mr. and Mrs. Deisler became the parents of eleven children, and all are living, namely: Benjamin F., a farmer of Defiance county; Lucinda, the wife of Gottlieb Hash, a farmer of Paulding county; Joseph, a farmer of the same county; George William, engaged in the insurance business in the city of Sandusky; Sarah A., the wife of Daniel F. Smith, Bloom township; James Samuel, a resident of Tiffin; Simon, a ditch contractor of Paulding county; Reuben, a resident of Toledo and a passenger fireman for the Pennsylvania Railroad; John H., of Williams county; Catherine A., the wife of John M. Sponseller, who has charge of the farm of our subject, and who has three children,—Herbert J., Dora Fay and George Milton; and Harvey, a farmer of Paulding county. Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Seneca County, Ohio - Publ. by Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 384 |
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ARLINGTON
DUNN. A most exemplary
citizen and an honored soldier of the Civil war is Arlington Dunn,
of Hopewell township, Seneca county, Ohio. During his army career
he was always found faithful to the duties imposed upon him and won the
confidence and high regard of his comrades and superior officers, while
in business life and social relations he has ever manifested the same
justice, integrity and reliability, and none knew him but to wish him
well. Mr. Dunn is a son of the Buckeye state and of Seneca county, his birth having occurred in Hopewell township on the 6th of February, 1845, a son of William N. and Sophia W. (Clark) Dunn. The father claimed New York as the state of his nativity, his birth having there occurred in Sullivan county. By his marriage to Sophia W. Clark he became the father of seven children, five of whom still survive, namely Arlington, the subject of this review; Devolson, of Tiffin; Deroy C., a prominent farmer of Hopewell township; Norman, also of this township; and John A., of Tiffin. Arlington Dunn, the eldest son and the subject of this review, grew to years of maturity under the paternal roof, and the educational privileges which he enjoyed in his youth were those afforded by the common schools of his neighborhood. In 1863, when but seventeen years of age, he responded to the call of his country in her hour of need, and on the 22d of August of that year he became a member of Company D, One Hundred and Twenty third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving in the Army of West Virginia and also in the Army of the James, and having been for some time in the commissary department, under H. L. McKee. After General Milroy’s defeat at Winchester, Virginia, soldiers of his command not taken prisoners of war assembled at Bedford, Pennsylvania, where he was detailed in the provost marshal's office, serving in that capacity many months, under eight different provost marshals, most of the time at Martinsburg, West Virginia, and during that time was compelled to retreat northward in care of office supplies twice. In compliance with military law he was obliged to join his command at Opequan Creek, Virginia, and at once was detailed to serve at brigade headquarters in the quartermaster department, serving in that capacity most of the time in the Army of the James until St. Howland, of the Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, was relieved as brigade quartermaster. Mr. Dunn remained at headquarters, serving in the ordnance department until the close of the war. Receiving his discharge at Camp Chase, Ohio, on the 28th of June, 1865, Mr. Dunn then returned to his home, where he again took up the peaceful duties of civil life. In the following fall he began work in the store of a Mr. Sullivan, in Tiffin, where for the following twelve years he was employed as a bookkeeper, remaining with the widow after the proprietor's death. In 1869 he became the owner of his present home place, walking three miles to and from his work each day for the following three years, and it was not until 1873 that he gave his undivided attention to the operation of his farm. He is now the owner of eighty acres of rich and fertile land, all of which is under an excellent state of cultivation and annually yields abundant harvests. In 1885 he erected one of the handsomest residences in the locality, and many other substantial buildings and improvements now adorn his place. As a companion on the journey of life Mr. Dunn chose Miss Mary L. Oster, their wedding having been celebrated in 1873. The lady is a daughter of Jacob W. and Catherine (Sewald) Oster, the former a native of Nassau and the latter of Bavaria, Germany. They came to the United States in 1843, and from Philadelphia they made their way on foot to this state. Four children have blessed the union of our subject and wife, namely: Cora, the wife of J. R. Ricketts, of Loudon town ship; Clara M., a student in the class of 1903 of the State Normal School at Angola, Indiana; William, manager of a. branch office of the Postal Telegraph Company at Chicago, Illinois; and Carl Otto, at home. The Republican party receives Mr. Dunn’s hearty support and co-operation, and for three terms he has served his township with efficiency as its clerk, although the locality is strongly Democratic. He has, how ever, refused his name to be used as a candidate for other public offices, preferring to give his time and attention to his business duties. Since February, 1902, he has held an active connection with the City National Bank and is now serving his fifth year as secretary of the Farmers' Mutual Relief Association, and is a member of General William H. Gibson Post, No. 31, G. A. R. Mrs. Dunn has been a member of the Second Reformed church since her eighteenth year, and is one of its active workers. Our subject is one of the most honored and highly esteemed citizens of his community, and it is safe to say that no man in Seneca county has a wider circle of friends and acquaintances than Arlington Dunn. Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Seneca County, Ohio - Publ. by Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 649 |
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DEROY C. DUNN.
One of the most valuable and most highly improved farm properties in
Seneca county is that owned by the gentleman whose name initiates this
paragraph and who is recognized as one of the representative citizens of
the county, where he has passed practically his entire life, the family
having been one of prominence in the community from the early pioneer
epoch to the present time. Mr. Dunn was born on the farm which is now his home, the date of his nativity having been Oct. 16, 1851. His parents, William N. and Sophia W. (Clark) Dunn, were natives of Sullivan county, New York, and they were numbered among the first settlers in Hopewell township, Seneca county, Ohio, where the father took up a tract of government land, the same having been heavily timbered. They became the parents of six children, of whom five are living at the present time, namely: Arlington, of whom individual mention is made on another page of this work; Devolson, who is a resident of Tiffin; Deroy C., the subject of this sketch; Norman, who likewise is a representative farmer of Hopewell township; and John, of Tiffin. Deroy C. Dunn was reared on the old homestead farm and received such educational privileges as were afforded in the public schools of the neighborhood. At the age of eighteen years he went to Lyons, New York, and was there employed on a farm for a period of three months, after which he returned to his native county and again became identified with the work of the old homestead. After his marriage, in 1876, Mr. Dunn continued to work the homestead for his father for a period of five years, at the expiration of which, in 1881, he purchased one hundred acres of the place, including the residence and other farm buildings, and in 1898 he purchased from his mother an additional tract of ninety-two acres, and thus he has one of the best farms in the county, the land being exceptionally prolific, while the improvements are such as to greatly enhance the value of the property. Mr. Dunn is a progressive and public-spirited citizen, and no man in this section is held in higher confidence and esteem. In political affairs he gives his support to the Democratic party so far as national issues are involved, but in local affairs he maintains an independent attitude, not being directed by strict partisan lines. He and his wife are both active and consistent members of the Protestant Methodist church. The attractive residence of our subject is one of the finest rural homes in the county, and it is a center of refined hospitality. On the 16th of January, 1876, Mr. Dunn was united in marriage to Miss Savilla S. Crum, who was born in this county, of which her father, the late Frederick Crum, was a pioneer settler. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn have two children, Nelson F. and Mary O., both of whom remain at the parental home. Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Seneca County, Ohio - Publ. by Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 202 |
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NORMAN DUNN.
Norman Dunn, one of the leading and representative agriculturists
of Seneca county, was born on the farm on which his brother, Deroy C.
Dunn, now resides, on the 20th of March, 1853, a son of William
Nelson Dunn, the history of whom will be found in the sketch of
Arlington Dunn, the history of whom will be fund in the sketch of
Arlington Dunn in this volume. Our subject received his
education in the common schools of the neighborhood, and at the age of
eighteen years secured employment in the molding department of the
Tiffin Agricultural Works, where he remained for one year, and for eight
months thereafter worked on the construction of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, while for the following two months he was employed by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Returning thence to the old home
farm, he was there engaged in agricultural pursuits with his brother
Deroy until May, 1875, when he began farming a forty-acre tract
belonging to his father, located where the Belgian Glass Works were
later built. After his marriage his father give him thirty acres
of the tract, and about three years later he was able to purchase the
additional twenty acres, but in 1889 he disposed of that property and
the following year became the owner of his present valuable farm of one
hundred and sixty acres, where he has ever since resided. On this
place he has erected a handsome brick residence and a commodious barn,
has placed his fields under an excellent state of cultivation, and his
is now one of the best developed and most desirable homesteads in the
county. In February, 1876, Mr. Dunn was united in marriage to Miss Jennie B. Wagner, a daughter of John Wagner, now deceased. Three children have been born of this union: Ida May, the wife of John Eitz, of Tiffin, Ohio; Ralph Clark, at home; and Parker W., who also is with his parents. The Democracy receives Mr. Dunn's hearty support and co-operation, and although he takes an active interest in the public affairs of his locality he has never been a seeker for political preferment. He has attained prominence in business circles, while in private life no man in Hopewell has more friends than he, and they have been won and are being retained by his attractive personality, his outspoken devotion to the best interests of the community and his mental ability. Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Seneca County, Ohio - Publ. by Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 553 |
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WILLIAM N.
DUNN. In order to perpetuate
for coming generations the record of one who was very prominently
connected with the growth and development of Seneca county, but who has
now passed to his final reward, a brief account of the life of
William Nelson Dunn is placed on the pages of this volume. He
was a public-spirited citizen, in harmony with advanced ideas,
intelligent progress and one always liberal in his contributions to aid
the social, material and religious advancement of the county. He
was one of Seneca county's William Nelson Dunn was a native of the Empire state, his birth having there occurred in Sullivan county, Feb. 1, 1815, and he was a son of James and Mehitable (Hopkins) Dunn. Of the parents' large family of eight children all are now deceased. His father was a farmer and lumber dealer, owning about four hundred acres of timber land, on which he operated two sawmills and rafted lumber to Philadelphia. In 1831 he moved upon his farm in Wayne county, New York, where he lived until life's labors were ended in death. In the fall of 1841, in company with Henry D. Clark, who later became his brother-in-law, William N. Dunn, of this review, came to Seneca county, Ohio, locating in Hopewell township. Our subject cleared and improved his farm and became the owner of over twelve hundred acres of land in the state of Michigan and in Seneca county. His life was characterized by energy, perseverance and hard work, and to these principles his success was due. In 1872 he put aside the active cares of the farm and removed to Tiffin, where the remainder of his life was spent. For eight years he was a constant sufferer from partial paralysis of the muscles and nerves, but he bore his affliction with a noble courage and fortitude. In 1842 Mr. Dunn was united in marriage to Miss Sophia W. Clark, a native of Rensselaer county, New York, and a daughter of George, and Dorcas (Sweet) Clark. The father died when the daughter was a child, and her mother afterward married Elijah Lake and removed to Wayne county, New York. Mr. Dunn was called to his final rest in 1883, and the community thereby lost one of its valued citizens, the church a consistent benefactor, his neighbors a faithful friend and his family a devoted husband and father. In his political associations he was a Democrat. His widow still survives and now resides in the home property in Tiffin. She is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church and a member of the Industrial Chapter of the church Guild. She is very active in church and charitable work and is loved and honored for her many noble characteristics. Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Seneca County, Ohio - Publ. by Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 637 |
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