OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS - Seneca Co., Ohio

SAMUEL EAKIN.   Throughout life this gentleman has been prominently identified with the agricultural interests of Seneca county, Ohio, and is to-day one of the leading farmers of Seneca township. He is one of the county's native son's and a representative of one of her honored old families, whose identification with her history dates from an early period in the development of the county.
     Mr. Eakin was born on the farm where he now resides, and is a son of James Eakin, a native of Washington county, Virginia. His paternal grandfather, James Eakin, aided the colonies in their struggle for independence, serving for six years in the Continental army during the war of the Revolution. At an early day the father of our subject went to Illinois, making the entire journey on horseback, then returned to Virginia, but soon after located in Delaware county, Ohio, whence he came to Seneca county in 1822. He entered three hundred and twenty acres of government land in Seneca township, and in the midst of the wilderness opened up the farm on, which our subject now lives. His land, being the choicest of this region, was covered with a heavy growth of timber, principally poplars and walnuts, and the forests had to be cleared away before the land could be cultivated. Mr. Eakin’s first home in this county was a rude cabin of one room, built of round logs and furnished in the most primitive style. With the early development and progress of this section of the state he was prominently identified, and on the roll of Seneca county’s honored pioneers his name should be among the foremost. At one time he bought two hundred and eighty acres of land in Wyandot county, at an Indian land sale. In early manhood he was united in marriage with Miss Susan Anderson, and to them were born fourteen children, of whom eleven grew to manhood or womanhood, and nine are still living. The father died on his farm in Seneca county in 1879, at the age of eighty-seven years, and his wife passed away in 1886. They were people of prominence in the community where they had so long made their home, and were highly respected and esteemed by all who knew them.
     Samuel Eakin was reared in much the usual manner of farmer boys of his day, aiding in the arduous task of improving a new farm, and pursuing his literary studies in a log school-house. He obtained a good common-school education, which has well fitted him for the practical duties of life. With the exception of six years he has spent his entire life on the farm where he was born, and is now the owner of one hundred and seventy-six acres of the old homestead bordering the Sandusky river. He carries on farming and stock-raising successfully, and in all his undertakings has displayed marked ability as a business man. By his ballot he supports the men and measures of the Democracy, but has never sought office, preferring to give his undivided attention to his farming interests. He is widely and favorably known and is recognized as one of representative men of his community.Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Seneca County, Ohio - Publ. by Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 451

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