BIOGRAPHIES
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Biographical Record of Wayne & Holmes Co.
Publ. Chicago:
J. H. Beers & Co.
1889
(Contributed by Sharon Wick)
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ELIZABETH VAN HOUTEN
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Commemorative Biographical Record of Wayne
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PHILO S. VAN HOUTEN
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CHARLES E. VAN
METER through his grandparents on both sides, is descended
from the earliest pioneer settlers of Wayne County. His
paternal grandparents, Abraham and Sarah (Miller) Van Meter,
came, in 1815, from Stark County, Ohio, to this county, bringing
their children with them. Benjamin Miller father of
Mrs. Sarah Van Meter, was one of hte very first settlers of
Wayne County, and her sister, Mrs. Matilda Briarton, was the
first white child born in the county. Grandmother Van Meter
died in 1862, aged seventy-six, and grandfather Van Meter in
1870, aged eighty-seven.
John Van Meter, father of our subject, was born
in Stark County, Ohio, in 1812, and was three years old when his
parents brought him to this county. He learned in his youth
the trade of a carpenter, and after he had grown to manhood was
married to Elizabeth Van Blunk McGuire, a native of
Pennsylvania. She was left an orphan when two years of age,
and was reared by an uncle, Mr. Isaac Johnson, father of
Judge Isaac Johnson. Five boys were born to this union,
all now living, viz.: W. C. in Wayne County; John
W., in Colorado City, Colo.; C. E.; George A., in Butte
City, Mont., and Walter, in Wooster. The parents are
yet living, in Wooster, and have many friends. They are
regarded as good, upright people, and highly respected.
The subject of this sketch entered the profession of
dentistry, but followed it for a few months only, and then opened a
grocery store in Wooster, which he carried in for some years.
Later, for some five years, he was clerk in a shoe store, and in
1885 he opened a shoe store for his own account, which he is at
Present carrying on. Sept. 29, 1875, he was united in marriage
with Miss Nettie, daughter of James and Ellen (Higgins)
Hutchison, and a native of Mount Vernon, Ohio, and educated at
Mount Carmel, N. Y. Her mother died when she was nine months
old, and her father was again married; when Mrs. Van Meter
was ten years of age both her father and step mother died. Her
father was born in Fredericksburgh, this county, in 1822., and was
of Scotch descent his ancestors settling in this county at an early
day. Her grandmother, Mary Higgins, is living in
Athens, Ohio, and is ninety years of age. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles E. Van Meter have been blessed by the birth of
three children: Joseph Leroy, Jennie Viola and Susie
Florence. The parents are members of the Order of the Iron
Hall, and members of St. James Episcopal Church. Mr. Van
Meter is well known in Wooster and vicinity as a progressive and
enterprising business man, of strict integrity, who has gained the
confidence of people by his straightforward conduct, and is
liberally patronized. He has made his own way, and, although
still a young man, his success has been gratifying.
Source:
Commemorative Biographical Record of Wayne
County, Ohio – Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. – 1889 -
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J. P. VAN NEST
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Commemorative Biographical Record of Wayne
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JOHN VAN NOSTRAN
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Commemorative Biographical Record of Wayne
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