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History
of Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Source:
History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
1884
BIOGRAPHIES
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Auburn Twp. -
CHARLES A.
ECKERT, Sr., merchant, Ragersville, was born May 22,
1821, in Bisterschied, Bavaria, Germany. His parents,
Andrew and Elizabeth Eckert, came to this country in
1833. His father served eight years with Napoleon.
In 1838, Charles went to Pittsburgh, Penn., where he
lived until 1846, when he returned to Ragersville and
established a general merchandising store, which he still
carries on. He was united in marriage, January 20,
1847, with Caroline Barnhart, also a native of
Germany, having come to America at twelve years of age.
To them have been born three children - Elizabeth,
deceased; Charles, now living in Colorado; and
Phebe, married to Daniel Zimmerman, of Dennison,
Ohio. In 1863, he was drafted, but furnished a
substitute. Mr. Eckert ahs here a full and
complete general stock of dry goods, clothing, hats, caps,
boots and shoes, groceries, queensware, hardware and
schoolbooks. He has built up the largest trade in the
town of Ragersville, and is regarded as an honorable and
reliable business man. He and his wife are member of
the Lutheran Church. In politics, Mr. Eckert
is a Republican.
 Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 724 |
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York Twp. -
HENRY E. ESPENSCHIED, jeweler and
Postmaster, Yorktown, was born in Auburn Township,
Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Apr. 16, 1854. He is a son of
Philip and Margaret Espenschied, natives of Germany.
Our subject was married, Apr. 19, 1881, to Miss Elizabeth
Kuhn, born May 16, 1860, in York Township, and to them
has been born one child, Charles Curtis, born Apr.
15, 1882. Mr. Espenschied received the
appointment of Postmaster when the office was first located
in this township, Nov. 14, 1881, and has since remained in
that capacity. He started in the jewelry business in
Yorktown with John H. Winkler (who soon after died),
and is still doing a successful business. Mr.
Espenschied is known as an energetic, trustworthy
citizen, and he and his wife are members of the German
Reformed Church.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page
1001 |
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Lawrence Twp. -
JAMES F. EVANS,
grain-dealer, Bolivar, was born in Sandy Township, this
county, May 15, 1838, son of Michael and Catherine
(Farber) Evans. his father is a native of Wales,
and is a resident of this county. James F., the
subject of this notice, attended the schools in this county,
and completed his education at the Ohio Wesleyan University,
Delaware, Ohio. He was married, Sept. 26, 1867, to
Anna E. Dickson, daughter of John Dickson, of
Bolivar. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Evans
consists of five children - Grace, Emma, Anna, James M.
and Julia. Mr. Evans is a Republican, and
himself and wife, members of the English Lutheran Church.
He was a clerk in the Farmers & Mechanics Exchange from 1856
to 1859, then entered mercantile business for himself,
dealing also in wool and grain, until 1869, when the firm of
J. Dickson & Co., of which he was a member, dissolved, and
Mr. Evans commenced to trade in grain, wool and small
seeds, which he has continued ever since. His
warehouses are located on the canal, which, until the recent
building of the railroad, was the main transfer line.
He handles about 80,000 bushels of wheat,
Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page
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Lawrence Twp. -
JOHN H. EVANS,
farmer, P. O. Bolivar, was born January 22, 1834, in Sandy
Township, Ohio, son of Michael and Katie (Farber) Evans.
He was married, Jan. 1, 1857, to Miss Helen Davy,
daughter of Washington Davy of Fairfield Township.
Their children are four in number - Alfred D., Catherine
E., William M. and Maggie F. Mr. Evans is
Republican in politics, and one of the community's best
citizens. He resides on a farm in the eastern part of
Lawrence Township. His father, Michael Evans, a
retired farmer living near Sandyville, was born Nov. 24,
1810, son of David and Margaret (Wagoner) Evans,
natives of Pennsylvania, who emigrated to Ohio in 1813, and
settled in Stark County, where they remained till death.
Michael is now one of the oldest pioneers of Sandy
Township. He was married Mar. 7, 1833, to Katie,
a native of Morristown, N. J., and the daughter of
John Farber, who emigrated to Ohio in 1806-7.
Their son, John Farber, was the first white child
here in Sandy Township. Michael Evans and wife were
blessed with eight children, of whom six are living -
John H., James, Elizabeth, Margaret, Mary and George;
all married except the last named, who resides on the home
farm with his venerable parents. Michael Evans
began life with slight means, and has by industry and
application acquired a competency. He has passed
through many privations incident to pioneer times, and now,
i the quiet of old age, resides on one of the best farms in
Sandy Township.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 781 |
Matthew Evans |
MATTHEW EVANS
Portrait on Page 562
Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 |
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Bucks Twp. -
PETER EVERHART,
farmer, P. O. Bakersville, was born in Warren Township, Feb.
21, 1814, and is the son of David and Sarah Everhart,
who were early settlers of this county. Peter
was raised a farmer's boy, and came to Bucks Township in
1837, when most of it was yet uncleared. He was
married in 18325, to Miss Mary, daughter of John
and Hannah Gardner. Twelve children were born to
them - John (deceased), Sarah, David, Hannah,
Nancy (who died in infancy), Adam, Zachariah,
William, George, Alexander, Franklin P. (who died at the
age of nine years), and Julius. Mrs. Everhart
died November 5, 1874, and Mr. Everhart was again
united in marriage, in December, 1880, to Rebecca
Ann Wyant, the daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth
Wyant, a native of Jefferson County. They have one
child, Ira Belle. Mr. Everhart is a member of
the Lutheran Church. He has been Township Clerk,
Justice of the Peace, and has served on the School Board.
His son David served during the war of the rebellion
in an Indiana regiment. Zachariah also
enlisted, but was under age at the time and was reclaimed.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 728 |
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Sandy Twp. -
EMANUEL
EXLINE, farmer, P. O. Sandyville, was born in Bedford
County, Penn., May 29, 1816. His father came to Ohio
in the spring of 1837, and tarried for a time at Sandyville.
He then proceeded to near Upper Sandusky, and remained till
autumn, when the scarcity of food induced him to return to
Sandyville. In 1845, he removed to Van Wert County,
and there died. Of his six children, four survive -
Margaret, widow of George Speaker, of Stark
County; Mahala, widow of Henry Shell, of
Russell County, Kans.; George A., of the same county;
and Emanuel, our subject. Emanuel was
married, October 23, 1839, to Rebecca,
daughter of Jesse Wright, a miller by trade, who came
to Ohio in 1837, settled near Rockford, and died in 1841. Mr.
Exline's children are four in number - James William,
a physician in Dover, Martha J., Martin Luther and a
deceased infant. Martha J., widow of George
Van Lehn, lives with her father. She has one
son - Leroy. George Van Lehn, was a soldier in the
late war, and there contracted an illness, from the effects
of which he never recovered. Mr. Exline is a
Republican and a Lutheran. He owns a fine farm near
Sandyville, on which he now resides. He has witnessed
the rise and progress of his township from a wilderness, and
in business has been successful.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 920 |
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