BIOGRAPHIES

† Commemorative Biographical Record
of the counties of
Wayne and Holmes, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. –
1889
also same as
Commemorative Biographical Record of
 Wayne County, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1889
for Wayne County, only.

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† ADAIR, Anderson 410 † ADAMS, John Q. 499 † ARMSTRONG, Calvin 338 † ARMSTRONG, Thomas 334 † ARMSTRONG, William V. 477 † ASHENHURST, W. Jay 509 † AUCKERMAN, Christopher 426 † AULT, Valentine W. 705 † AYLESWORTH, Warren 156 † BAIRD, Jerome T. 289 † BAKER, Harry E. 502 † BAKER, Yost S. 506 † BALMER, Christian M. 86 † BANKER, W. H. 593 † BARNES, Robert 290 † BARNES, William P. 171 † BARRETT, Joseph E., Dr. 230 † BARTOL, George 134 † BATTLES, W. S., M.D. 272 † BAUGHMAN, John W., Hon. 223 † BAUM, Henry 71 † BAUMBARDNER, Thomas P. 143 † BEALL, Reasin, Gen. 181 † BECHTEL, David W. 244 † BECHTEL, Isaac 240 † BECHTEL, Jane, Mrs. 288 † BECHTEL, John    - See Mrs. Jane Bechtel 288 † BISSELL, Harvey Howard 544 † BISSELL, John Sloane 546 † BIXLER, Henry 282 † BLACKSTONE, Andrew J. 40 † BLACKWOOD, John 383 † BLACKWOOD, William 382 † BLANCHARD, D. A. 132 † BLANDFORD, George W. 302 † BOWMAN, Leonard R. 189 † BONEWITZ, J. A. 350 † BONEWITZ, Solomon R. 53 † BOWMAN, Cyrus 239 † BOWMAN, Leonard R. 189 † BOYD, S. H. 247 † BOYDSTON, Charles 304 † BRENNEMAN, Adam 696 † BRENNEMAN, Christian B. 446 † BRENNER, Adam 197 † BRENNER, Benjamin 185 † BRINKERHOFF, J. W. 355 † BRINKERHOFF, John, Hon. 217 † BRITON, James F. 90 † BROWN, Family 487 † BROWN, E. A. 24 † BROWN, John 497 † BROWN, Ralston B. 496 † BROWN, Stephen 497 † BROWN, Thomas Ashbey 495 † BROWN, William W. 484 † BRUCE, James A. 398 † BUCHANAN, George Ramsey 412 † BUCHANAN, John W., M.D. 412 † BUCHER, S. D. 445 † BURNS, Edmin 331 † BYALL, Isaiah 565 † CAMPBELL, Alexander, Jr. 433 † CASKEY, George 434 † CASKEY, John S. 113 † CHATELAIN, Ulysses 357 † CHRISTY, S. W. 386 † CLEMENS, Horace N., Capt. 452 † COCKRELL, John 391 † COE, James F. 571 † CONNELLY, Eber B. 522 † COOK, David C. 525 † CORNELL, Lorenzo D. 144 † COTTERMAN, Michael 127 † CRAVEN, Samuel C. 562 † CRISWELL, James F. 16 † CROSBY, John B. - 49 † CULLER, Michael 568 † CULLY, Samuel 115 † CURRY, D. C. & Co. 552 † CURRY, D. C. 554 † CURRY, James 553 † CURRY, Jerome 555 † CUSICK, Patrick 421 † DAGUE, J. Wilson 207 † DAGUE, William Carman 198 † DANIELS, Levi 416 † DAVIDSON, Joseph 300 † DAWSON, Norman B., Dr. 528 † DERR, William F., Dr. 558 † DICKEY, Chas. B. 103 † DODEZ, Louis 130 † DOUGLASS, Benjamin 351 † DOUGLASS, Isaac B. 145 † DOUGLASS, Benjamin 351 † DOUGLASS, Isaac B. 145 † DOWELL, Edward S., Judge 343 † DOWELL, Thomas 344 † DURSTINE, Jacob 600 † DURSTINE, John 320 † DYER, John A. 68 † EBRIGHT, Abram B. 167 † EBRIGHT, G. J. 173 † EBRIGHT, John D. 166 † EBY, Christian 587 † EICHAR, Joseph 273 † ELEY, John 465 † ELLIOTT, John 443 † ELLIOTT, John C. 498 † EMRICH, G. P., Capt. 178 † ENFIELD, W. S. 531 † ESHELMAN, E. B., Hon. 216 † EVEY, John 289 † EWING, Robert 394 † FREEMAN, Catherine, Mrs. 339 † FEEMAN, John 339 † FEIGHTNER, Samuel 393 † FERGUSON, Thomas 170 † FERRELL, J. Nelson 569 † FERTIG, Michael 534 † FIKE Family 167 † FIKE, George A. 169 † FIKE, William A. 168 † FIRESTONE, David R. 425 † FIRESTONE, Leander, M. D. 358 † FIRESTONE, Solomon S. 70 † FLUHART, A. R. 53 † FLUHART, James 508 † FOGELSON, David 591 † FORRER, John 527 † FRANK, Samuel 297 † FRANKS, Abram 199 † FRANKS, Jacob B. 525 † FRANKS, L. K. 199 † FRANKS, Peter 15 † FRASE, Samuel 538 † FRAZIER, John 556 † FREET, Ellis A. 51 † FRESH, George 416 † FRICK, Jacob 11 † FRICK, John W. 100 † FRITZ, Gustavus C. 16 † FRYER, Sidney J. 61 † FUNCK, Daniel 203 † FUNCK, John      - See Daniel Funck 203 † FUNK, America      - See Mrs. Hannah Funk 215 † FUNK, Hannah, Mrs. 214 † FUNK, Joseph A. 105 † FUNK, Zenas 397 † GANN, John A., Dr. 60 † GASCHE, Charles 458 † GEARHART, William 135 † GEISELMAN, Edward 304 † GEORGE, William Emmett 271 † GLESSNER, Alfred C. 557 † GOOD, D. B. 279 † GRABER, Lucien 532 † GRADY, Israel 321 † GRADY, John      - See Miss Sarah Grady 309 † GRADY, John 321 † GRADY, Sarah, Miss 309 † GRANT, Edward M. 259 † GRAVATT, H. P. 19 † GRAY, James L. 476

† GREELY, Allen, Jr. 128 † GREENAMYER, Peter S., M.D. 266 † GRIFFITH, O. K. 82 † GROSJEAN, Eugene 58 † HAGUE, Isaac H., M.D. - See Holmes Co., OH 159 † HAMILTON, James A. 326 † HAMMER, Jacob J. 399 † HARD, Curtis V. 375 † HARDING, Fred H. 243 † HARKINS, Hugh 703 † HARKINS, William 422 † HARRY, W. H. 557 † HART, Hugh A. 32 † HARTMAN, E. D. 564 † HATFIELD, George D. 200 † HAWK, David, Dr. 95 † HELLER, Daniel 428 † HERSHEY, Abraham 330 † HERSHEY, Abram 403 † HESS, Jacob 97 † HILEMAN, H. E. 532 † HINDMAN, John 160 † HINISH, George 501 † HOEGNER, Frederick 340 † HOFFMAN, Daniel T. 356 † HOFFMAN, Jacob 401 † HOLMES, Jacob 190 † HOOVER, Henry B. 236 † HORN, John B. 301 † HORN, P. L. 299 † HOY, Benjamin F., Dr. 169 † HUFFMAN, Abram F. 292 † HUFFMAN, Daniel V. 132 † HUFFMAN, Sherman J. 307 † HUFFMAN, Wesley A. 539 † HUNT, Abram Huffman, M.D. 93 † HUNTER, Joseph 543 † HUNTSBERGER, Jacob 407 † IHRIG, Marion B. 234 † JACKSON, Anna, Mrs. 327 † JACKSON, Robert R. 328 † JAMES, David 355 † JAMES, John S. 43 † JAMESON, Isaac K. 275 † JEFFERY, James 127 † JENNINGS, Henry 275 † JOHNSON, Adam Forest 455 † JOHNSON, J. R. 428 † JOHNSON, Matthew 593 † JOHNSON, Sinclair 374 † JOHNSON, Solomon H. 25 † JONES, Quinby 287 † KAUKE, John H. 111 † KEAN, D. C. 469 † KEAN, W. F. 470 † KEELING, Edward F. 517 † KEPPEL, Geo. H. 88 † KERR, Russell E. 111 † KESLAR, Jacob H. 572 † KEYS, James Baker 260 † KIEFFER, D. L. 370 † KING, Solomon R. 302 † KIPLINGER, J. W. 155 † KISSINGER, Jacob 297 † KRAMER, Jacob, Jr. 439 † KRYSHER, Theodore A. 471 † LANCE, Abraham 20 † LANCE, William J. 61 † LANDIS, W. Y 293 † LANDIS, David Y. 454 † LANGELL, Daniel 67 † LAUBACH, George R. 280 † LAWRENCE, George 219 † LEATHERMAN, Jacob 98 † LEHMAN, David 376 † LEHMAN, Ephraim 220 † LEHMAN, John      - See Ephraim Lehman 220 † LEHMAN, Simon 476 † LEHR, J. W., Dr. 539 † LERCH, Charles A. 457 † LESSITER, C. W 242 † LIGGETT, D. Q. 165 † LITTELL, G. W., Dr. 92 † LITTLE, Francis 573 † LONG, John, Jr. 316 † LONGANECKER, John 502 † LOVETT, Zephaniah 294 † LUCAS, Josiah 238 † LUCAS, Robert Emmet 280 † MACKEY, Albert B. 153 † MACKEY, John    - See Albert B. Mackey 154 † MAIZE, Horace A. 589 † MAIZE, Jeremiah 588 † MAIZE, Mary (Woods), Mrs. 588 † MAJOR, Robert S. 329 † MARKLEY, Philip 443 † MARSHALL, Henry 48 † MARTIN, Daniel C. 89 † MARTIN, James 322 † MARTIN, John H. 33 † MATHES, George 162 † McAFEE, Robert E. 535 † McBRIDE, M. J., Mrs. 460 † McBRIDE, John K.      - See Mrs. M. J. McBride 460 † McCLARRAN, Dewitt Clinton 278 † McCLARREN, Harry 94 † McCLELLAN, John 224 † McCLURE, Addison S. 208 † McCLURE,  Charles W. 262 † McCLURE, Matthew 574 † McCLURE, Wilbur D. 255 † McCONKEY, Mahaleth 540 † McCONKEY, Thomas 540 † McCORMISH, Charles 429 † McDONALD, Joseph B. 441 † McDOWELL, David 55 † McELHENIE, J. V. 310 † McELHENIE, Thomas & Descendants 310 † McFADDEN, Albert 72 † McQUIGG, John 577 † McQUIGG, Samuel 427 † McVICKER, John W. 76 † MERZ, Karl, Mus. D. 482 † MESSMORE, Harvey R. 117 † MILBOURN, Andrew 241 † MILLER Family 122 † MILLER, Albert 283 † MILLER, Benjamin F., Capt. 536 † MILLER, C. J. 152 † MILLER, Isaac 454 † MILLER, Jacob      - See Miller Family 122 † MILLER, Jacob A.      - See Miller Family 124 † MILLER, John W.      - See Miller Family 123 † MILLER, Joseph 540 † MILLER, Michael 228 † MILLER, Samuel Harrison 69 † MILLER, William 404 † MITCHELL, David, Capt. 533 † MITCHELL, Samuel 257 † MONGEY, Jacob 215 † MOORE, Andrew, Jr. 400 † MORRETT, Moses 164 † MOWERY, A. F., M.D. 68 † MOWERY, John 517 † MOWERY, Nathaniel 536 † MOWRER, John 405 † MUNSON, Henry 484 † MUNSON, Isaac A. 17 † MUSSER, William 38 † MYERS, John    - See Mrs. Mary Janae Myers 314 † MYERS, Mary Jane, Mrs. 313 † NAFTZGER, Jacob 537 † NAFTZGER, Jeremiah R. 384 † NEWKIRK, Isaac 116 † NEWKIRK. H. M. 116 † NICE, David 213 † NOLD, William 590 † OBERLIN, Andrew 389 † ODELL, John B. 81 † OGDEN, Silas W. 265 † OHL, A. M. 66 † OHLIGER, Lewis P. 444

† ORR, Robert 304 † OTT, George 412 † PALMER, James M., M.D. 20 † PALMER, Philip C., Prof. 22 † PARRISH, A. M. 113 † PECKINPAUGH, Thomas Edson 146 † PFEIFFER, Philip 172 † PINKERTON, J. B. 87 † PINKERTON, Richard Van Buren 129 † PLANK, Solomon K. 150 † PLASTERER, Henry H. 298 † PLUMER, J. C. 246 † POCOCK, Eli Dudley 202 † POLLOCK, Thomas C. 567 † POPE, Benjamin, Rev. 580 † POPE, Fenelon Frederick Hippee 578 † RAMSEY, James 561 † RATH, William D. 406 † RATHBUN, William A. 519 † RAYL, Romeo A. 499 † REDICK, Richard Parker 474 † REICHARD, Daniel 403 † REICHARD, Harriet 403 † RICE, Frederick 451 † RICHWINE, George W. 320 † RICKEL, G. W. 191 † RIES, Fred 110 † ROBISON, James D. 44 † ROBISON, John 520 † ROBISON, M. S. 520 † ROSE, James      - See Benjamin Wilson 438 † ROSS, George W. 48 † ROTH, Thomas 404 † ROTTHAUS, Emil 237 † ROUCH, William 357 † RUDY, Levi 43 † RUEGSEGGER, Nicholas 191 † RUGGLES, J. H., Dr. 516 † RUMBAUGH, Solomon 184 † SALTSMAN, John K. 419 † SANDS, John W. 424 † SAURER, Samuel 71 † SCHAAF, Adolph K. 448 † SCHAAF, Edward 39 † SCHAFFTER, Florian 99 † SCHMUCK, Jacob 452 † SCHMUCK, Samuel 55 † SCHROCK, Elias, Rev. 462 † SCHUCH, Joseph A. 37 † SCHULTZ, Adam D. 515 † SCHULTZ, Nicholas 332 † SCOTT, Walton C. 34 † SCOTT, William 21 † SCOVEL, Sylvester F. 96 † SCARIGHT, Gilbert 456 † SEIBERLING, James H. 92 † SEMPLE, Philo M., Rev. 192 † SHELLY, Jacob 349 † SHELLY, Michael 512 † SHERRICK, Jacob B. 408 † SHERRICK, Peter 435 † SHIBLEY, William 379 † SHILLING, Frank 379 † SHILLING, John 263 † SHILLING, S. S. 182 † SHISLER, Emanuel C. 562 † SHIVELY, A. R. 461 † SHIVELY, Martha A., Mrs. 461 † SHOEMAKER, William 430 † SHREVE, Henry 284 † SHREVE, Thomas 284 † SICHLEY, Elias, Rev. 479 † SICHLEY, Hiram F. S. 481 † SICHLEY, William H. H. 479 † SIDLE, James C. 229 † SIDLE, John C. 190 † SIEGENTHALER, George B. 227 † SLEMMONS, David I. 37 † SLOANE, John, Hon. 549 † SMITH, David N. 258 † SMITH, William H. 171 † SMITH, William N. 575 † SMOKER, Gideon 186 † SMYSER, I. O. 300 † SMYSER, M. L. 59 † SNELL, ELI 131 † SNYDER, ELIAS 420 † SNYDER, Frank 245 † SNYDER, James Q. 421 † SNYDER, John 332 † SNYDER, J. B. 500 † SNYDER, Lewis 380 † SNYDER, Samuel 75 † SPANGLER, Wesley 133 † STACHER, Lewis 163 † STAIR, Peter 118 † STAMM, Albert 34 † STEINER, John C. 50 † STILWELL, Wellington 594 † STODDARD, O. N., LL. D. 180 † STONE, John E. 18 † STROCK, Daniel 418 † STROCK, George 315 † SWART, Casper L. 151 † SWARTZ, Hiram B., Hon. 248 † SWARTZ, Samuel 136 † SWITZER, S. R. 397 † TAGGART, Dr. William W. 174 † TAYLOR, Harvey W. 538 † TAYLOR, James B. 478 † TAYLOR, William B. 315 † TEAGLE, Henry C. 173 † THOMAS, David 256 † THOMAS, Levi 390 † THOMPSON, Robert B. 392 † TINSTMAN, Daniel S. 391 † TODD, Joe H., Dr. 210 † TROUTMAN, John George 419 † TROUTMAN, Philip    See - Mrs. Pleasant Ann Troutman 576 † TROUTMAN, Pleasant Ann, Mrs. 576 † TYLER, William Dexter 464 † VAN HOUTEN, Elizabeth 141 † VAN HOUTEN, Philo S. 141 † VAN METER, Charles F. 264 † VAN NEST, J. P. 89 † VAN NOSTRAN, John 77 † WACHTEL, J. R. 459 † WAGNER, Joseph 441 † WARNER, Joshua 387 † WARNER, Rosanna 387 † WASSON, R. B. 187 † WEAVER. Perry 234 † WEBB, Henry H. 417 † WEBB, John 277 † WEBB, Mary Ann, Mrs. 417 † WEBNER, David 103 † WELDAY, William W. 470 † WELKER, John C. 387 † WELKER, Martin 26 † WHITE, William P. 440 † WHITMAN, John 13 † WHITMORE, Samuel 466 † WILER, William H. 229 † WILES, Albert C. 531 † WILLAMAN, E. P. 515 † WILSON, Benjamin 436 † WILSON, William 65 † WILSON, William R. 527 † WINEBRENNER, Calvin G. 409 † WINEBRENNER, Harriet, Mrs. 409 † WRIGHT, Anthony 62 † YARNELL, Cyrus 598 † YARNELL, Nancy J., Mrs. 598 † YARNELL, Perry 423 † YODER, Joash 106 † YODER, John K., Rev. 56 † YODER, John M.      - See Robert B. Thompson 393 † YODER, Jonathan S. 529 † YOUNG, Wendell 303 † ZARING, Eli 14 † ZARING, James L. 52 † ZIMMERMAN, John Edwin 35 † ZIMMERMAN, Samuel 563 † ZOOK, J. D. 126 † ZUVER, Alvi 283

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