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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
A History
of Seneca County, Ohio
A Narrative Account of its Historical Progress,
in People, and in its Principal Interests
- Illustrated -
- Vol. II -
Publ. The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago-New York
1911
| WILLIAM HART TABER SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 548 |
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| HARRY TAGGART SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 562 |
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AUGUSTUS TANNER.
A representative agriculturist of Seneca county and a Civil war veteran
who nobly sacrificed an arm in the service of his country’s cause at the
time when the dark cloud of civil strife obscured the national horizon.
Augustus Tanner is well deserving of recognition in this
compilation devoted to the life histories of loyal and public spirited
citizens of this now favored section of the Buckeye state. He was
born at Utica, Herkimer county, New York, on the 7th of July, 1842, and
is a son of Isaac and Hannah M. (Tanner) Tanner, both of whom
were likewise natives of the old Empire state of the Union, whence they
removed to Venice township, this county, about the year 1855. Here
Isaac Tanner purchased a farm of two hundred and fifty acres, on
which there were a few improvements, and here he and his wife continued
to reside until their death, the latter being summoned to the life
eternal on the 1st of July, 1901, and the former passing away Feb. 6,
1903. They became the parents of five children, three of whom are
now deceased, namely, John, who died in infancy, Emily and
Maria. Those now living are Eugene and Augustus. Augustus Tanner was reared to the age of thirteen years in his native county, at which time, in 1855, he accompanied his parents to Seneca county, where he assisted in the work of the home farm and supplemented his earlier education by attendance at the district schools during the winter terms. On the inception of the Civil war, though still a minor, he showed that intrinsic patriotism which has ever distinguished his citizenship by enlisting as a private in Company I, Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for a period of three years. His command was assigned to the Army of the Potomac and for a year and a half he took an active part in the engagements of those forces. He participated in the following battles: Fort Republic, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, all in Virginia, and numerous other minor engagements. He was then transferred, together with his regiment, to the Army of the Cumberland and saw active service at the battles of Lookout Mountain, Dalton, Peach Tree Creek, Ringold, Kenesaw Mountain and Resaca Mountain, (Tennessee). At Kenesaw Mountain he was severely wounded in his left arm, the injuries demanding amputation. After a period of nine months spent in the hospital Mr. Tanner received his honorable discharge, on the 7th of January, 1865. He was a loyal soldier in the Union army and his subsequent career stands as an example of that old-time integrity so rare in the rush of modern American life and withal so worthy of emulation. He has long been one of the reliable and sterling farmers of Seneca county, where he owns a finely improved farm of two hundred and fifty acres, on which his attractive and spacious brick residence, designed by Architect Chamberlin, is recognized as a center of gracious and refined hospitality. In politics Mr. Tanner has ever given a stanch allegiance to the principles and policies of the Republican party and both he and his wife are members of the Universalist church, in connection with which they have been earnest and consistent workers. He is affiliated with various fraternal and social organizations of prominent order and has ever been broad minded and liberal in his support of all movements advanced to conserve the welfare of his county and state. He is a modest, unassuming man, genial and inspiring, a man whose charity knows only the bounds of his opportunities. On the 22d of April, 1866, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Tanner to Miss Harriet Ringle, who was born in Venice township, this county, in 1847, and who is a daughter of George and Catherine Ringle, the former of whom was born in Ohio, in 1803, and the latter near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on the 1st of January. 1809, the year that was made notable by the birth of Lincoln, Gladstone and others alike renowned. In 1832 Mr. Ringle entered one hundred and sixty-nine acres of government land, for which he paid one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and on this old homestead were born and reared his eleven children, namely: John, Drucilla, Simon A., Mary J., Henry, Nancy A., Martin, Ashael, Amanda, Harriet and Emma. The entire family grew to maturity and four are now living, Ashael, Amanda, Harriet and Emma. Mr. Ringle was summoned to the life eternal in 1879, at the venerable age of seventy-six years, secure in the confidence and esteem of the community and widely mourned by his family and large circle of friends. Mrs. Ringle passed away on the 13th of June, 1900. when ninety-one years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Tanner have two children. Avis A. and Harley M., the former of whom is now the wife of Joseph N. Baker of Lorain, Ohio, to whom she was married on the 27th of January, 1898. Mrs. Joseph Baker has been twice married. Her first husband was Harvey J. Weider, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to whom she was married May 4, 1887. They had one son. Glide A., born on the 20th of March, 1888, and at present an operator in the Postal Telegraph services in New York city. Harley M. is engaged in farming in Venice township. He married Ida Zuber, of Sandusky, Ohio. SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 841 |
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| HENRY C. TELFORD, M. D. SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 873 |
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| MAHLON A. THOMAS SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 896 |
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| NEWTON C. THOMAS SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 916 |
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| B. F. TOMB SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 669 |
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| HARRY W. TOMB SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 919 |
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| LEONARD TOMB SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 927 |
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| HANNAH L. TURNER SOURCE: A History of Seneca County, Ohio - Vol. II - 1911 - Page 687 |
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