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BIOGRAPHIES
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County of Williams, Ohio.
Historical & Biographical
with An outline Sketch of the Northwest Territory, of the State, and
Miscellaneous Matters.
ILLUSTRATED
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO., PUBLISHERS -
1882
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MYRON
CALTRIDER (Centre Township) is the only son of John W.
and Emeline Caltrider, and was born in this township. The
parents settled here at an early day, and here, in June, 1872, the
father died, and the widow went to Bryan, where she remained two years,
then returned to the farm, where she sojourned till May, 1882, when she
again went to Bryan, and there expects to remain until the end of life.
Myron Caltrider, in 1876, made a trip to Philadelphia, and
October 22, of that year, there married Miss Alice Wyatt, whom he
brought to the old homestead, the place of his birth, and there settled
down for life. His farm comprises 114 acres of choice land, and is
well improved and tilled, and its owner is recognized as a skillful and
promising young farmer. He and Mrs. C. are members of the
Baptist Church, and are quiet, orderly and conservative young people.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical
- Illustrated - Publ.
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 770 |
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ANDREW CALVIN was born in Portage
County, Ohio, April 10, 1834, and is a son of Josiah and Elizabeth
(McGowan) Calvin, who were respectively born in Virginia and Ohio,
and parents of twelve children. In 1848, they came to Williams
County, and here the mother died in 1850; the father then married
Nancy Cosity, who died in August, 1858, the remains lying interred
in Lick Creek Cemetery; for his third wife he selected Esther Norris.
Andrew Calvin was married, January 1, 1860, to Emily Byres,
of Portage County, and to them have been born six children - Jerome
B., Emil E., Charles, Ross, Harry and Ella Dell. Mr.
C. always resided with his parents, and now owns the old homestead.
He and wife are members of the church of the Disciples, in which his
father is an Elder.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical
- Illustrated - Publ.
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 547 |
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SMITH
CALVIN (Centre Township) was born in Portage
County, Ohio, December 21, 1829, the son of Horatio and Hannah Calvin,
natives of Virginia, born respectively November 1, 1803, and February
12, 1807, and married in Portage County, Ohio, in March, 1827.
They became the parents of two children - David and Smith,
and in 1850 changed their residence to this county, where the father
died in April 1854. Smith Calvin learned shoemaking in
Portage, and in 1848, visited this county. He remained a short
time working at his trade, then he returned to Portage, and two years
later came back to Williams and worked at shoemaking for ten years.
August 26, 1852, he married Mary M. Miller. In 1863, he
bought and moved upon the eighty-acre farm where he still resides.
His wife died October 12, 1868, the mother of two children.
September 19, 1869, he married Elizabeth Bush, who died August
29, 1880, having borne three children; and June 2, 1882, he married
Jane Bush. Mr. Calvin has always been a kind and affectionate
husband and father, and has proved himself to be a thrifty farmer and
excellent neighbor.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical
- Illustrated - Publ.
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 770 |
J. G. Cameron, M.D. |
Florence Twp. -
J. G. CAMERON, M. D., has been a successful practitioner of
medicine in Edon and vicinity for the past fifteen years, and is
necessarily identified with the earlier business interests of this
place. He is a graduate of Rush Medical College of Chicago, of the
class of 1868 and 1869. He was married Feb. 5, 1869, to Hannah
Webb, of Williams Co., Ohio, and they have a family of three
children, viz., Edna, Blaine and Beulah. Dr. Cameron
was born in Steuben Co., Ind., Jan. 22, 1844, and is one of a family of
eight children of John and Mary (Carlin) Cameron. His
father was a farmer by occupation and held the office of County
Commissioner of Steuben County at the time of his death, which occurred
in 1878. Dr. Cameron owns a good farm of sixty acres and
one of the finest residences in Edon.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical -
Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles
Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers
- 1882 - Page 744 |
Samuel P. Cameron |
Springfield
Twp. -
SAMUEL P. CAMERON was born Sept. 1, 1815, in
Kingwood, Preston Co., Va., and is the only living one of ten children
of Mordecai and Nancy (Isaacs) Cameron. The elder
Cameron was a tanner in Pennsylvania. In 1817, he removed with
his family to Wayne County, Ohio, where he worked at his trade until
1834, when he came to Tiffin Township, then a part of Williams County.
Here he entered eighty acres, built a cabin and began clearing, residing
thereon until his death, February, 1860, aged eighty-seven years.
He was a half uncle of Hon. Simon Cameron. Samuel P.
Cameron worked with his father until his majority He was
married, Oct. 17, 1838, to Eliza Mullen of Wayne County, Ohio.
Six children were born to them, three of whom are living; Mrs.
Cameron died Oct. 18, 1865. Mr. Cameron was afterward
married, Oct. 27, 1866, to Mrs. Susan Ashbrook; by this union
there followed one son. Mrs. Cameron died Aug. 31, 1881.
In 1842, Mr. Cameron purchased eighty acres in Washington
Township, Defiance County, which he sold in 1852, and again purchased
160 acres; this he also sold in 1864, and came to Springfield Township
and purchased 300 acres on Tiffin River, now his home. Mr.
Cameron was Justice of the Peace and has been Township Trustee for
several years. He has some of the finest cattle to be found.
He is a Universalist, a stanch Republican, and prominent citizen.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio,
Historical & Biographical - Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed,
Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F.
A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 713 |
W. H. Carr |
WILLIAM H.
CARR is a native of Montgomery County, Ohio; was born July 18,
1830, the son of Robert S. and Hannah Karr, and at the age of
five years came to this county with his parents. He received about
six months' schooling in his youth, and at the age of seventeen started
out on foot to see the world. He visited Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa, and then, in the spring of 1850, started overland for California;
repeated the trip in 1852, and again in 1854, returning home two years
later. On one occasion, he found himself at Portland, Ore., with
only $50 in his pocket, but with pick and pan went to work, and at one
stroke brought out a nugget worth $1,350, besides a number of smaller
pieces of gold. Mr. Carr in his wanderings has seen all the
States and Territories west of the Mississippi River, beside a number of
the Eastern and Middle States; also Chili in South American, Russian
America, Australia, China, Japan, and the island of Cuba. He
finally settled in St. Joseph Township, purchasing one of its oldest
farms - that entered by Robert and Thomas Stewart July 4,
1834. In February, 1857, he prosecuted the lawsuit, at no small
cost of time and money, to compel the establishment of a correct and
legal survey of St. Joseph Township. He married, Dec. 13, 1867,
Anna M. Aucker, daughter of David and Sarah Aucker, and there
have been born to him six children - Charles W. (deceased),
Minnie J., Julia A., O. E. W., Wilhelmina and Sarah L. Mr.
Carr is an active politician in the Democratic ranks, and cast his
first vote for Stephen A. Douglas. He owns 240 acres of
find land, improved with good and commodious buildings, and takes much
delight in rearing blooded horses and thoroughbred cattle.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical -
Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles
Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers
- 1882 - Page 607 |
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F.
M. CARTER, druggist and grocer, was born in Loudoun County, Va.,
April 11, 1828, and is the eldest of two children, a son and a daughter,
born to Eden and Susanna (Hann) Carter, who were natives of
Virginia, and of English and German descent respectively. Both
families came to America about the same time, settling in New Jersey,
the Carters being Quakers. Eden Carter was a stone
mason by trade, but after his marriage engaged in farming. In
September, 1852, he and family moved to Williams County, Ohio, having a
previous knowledge of the county had his daughter being the wife of
Dr. Kent, of Bryan. They located in Bryan, then a village of
between 400 and 500 people. Mr. Carter did not engaged in
active life, but lived retired until his death, which occurred August
15, 1857, preceded by his wife April 29, 1855. He and wife were
respected and esteemed people, and were widely known and universally
beloved. F. M. Carter's advantages in youth were but
limited, and he received only a common school education. He
preceded his parents to Williams County in 1850 to look at the country.
He purchased an interest in Dr. Kent's drug store in the building
Mr. Carter yet owns, and enlarged their stock to a general stock
of goods besides their drugs. Since that time, he has been
actively engaged in mercantile pursuits in partnership and alone.
He is now doing business alone, and has two rooms, one drug and the
other grocery, and carries a stock valued at upward of $10,000. He
does a first-class business, averaging annually $20,000. He has
came here a poor boy, but has made a comfortable home and established
himself in a good trade by his honorable dealings. He has been
three times married. First, to Miss Lucy A. Moore, who born
him two sons, both of whom are now dead. He married Miss Moore
November 29, 1855; she died April 5, 1861. His second wife was
a niece of his first, Ellen M. Moore, to whom he was married
April 7, 1862. This lady died November 9, 1871, leaving two
children - Frank L. and Minnie B. His third
and present wife is Zilpha E. Myers, to whom he was married June
23, 1873. To this union was born one son, George M.
The mother is a daughter of G. W. Myers, whose biography
accompanies this volume. Mr. Carter is a member of the I.
O. O. F., and a Democrat in politics. He was elected to the State
Legislature the fall of 1877, and served in the regular and special
sessions of 1878 and 1879. Besides the above, he has held various
other positions of honor and trust.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical
- Illustrated - Publ.
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 547 |
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T.
S. CARVIN, the present Postmaster and prominent druggist of Edon,
Ohio, was born in Allen Co., Ind., May 10, 1850, one of a family of five
children born to Abram and Amanda (May) Carvin. When
thirteen years of age, his parents died, and he remained with his
guardian until he was sixteen, attending school and assisting in the
store, when he began life for himself, soon after, accepting a clerkship
for himself in a drug store at Bryan, where he remained until 1877, when
he came to Edon and purchased the drug house of J. Aller, where
he is still engaged in business, carrying a full stock of drugs, books,
stationery, wall paper and all merchandise usually found in his line.
He has been Postmaster here since 1877, and is identified with the
benevolent as well as the business interests of this place, being
Worshipful Master of a Masonic Lodge and Noble Grand of the I. O. O. F.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical
- Illustrated - Publ.
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 745 -
Florence Twp. |
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WILLIAM CLUM, son of Samuel and Catharine Clum, was born in
Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1846, where his early days were spent,
and where he lived until the war, when he enlisted, in 1864, in the One
Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Regiment, for three months previously
having been in the Government services as teamster. On Jan. 15,
1870, he was married in Williams County, Ohio, to Miss Ellen Platt;
one child - Bernice, was the fruit of this union. Mr.
Clum began farming on thirty acres of land owned by him in
Tuscarawas County, which he sold, and purchased eighty acres in Superior
Township, this partly improved, and he has added many other improvements
from time to time.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical -
Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles
Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers
- 1882 - Page 628 - Superior Twp. |
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JASON CROW
was born eight miles east of New Lisbon, Ohio, Oct. 3, 1818. His
father was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of New Jersey, and
were both born in November, 1792. They came to Columbiana County
about 1812, where the father died in August, 1864. Jason Crow, at
the age of twenty-one, began life on his own account. About 1835,
he went to Putnam County, Ohio, where his mother died, August, 1876.
June 26, 1844, he married Miss Rebecca Ann Holden, daughter of
Rev. P. B. Holden, of Loudoun County, Va. To this marriage
were born six children, five of whom are still living, and have had the
best education possible. During the war, Mr. Crow was
drafted, but, being an excellent farmer, he was prevailed upon to hire a
substitute. As long as the war lasted he contributed bounteously
to the cause of the Union and the comfort of its soldiers. He has
now 270 acres of excellent land, a fine brick residence, bank barn, and
other buildings, and has already assisted four of his children in
business to the extent of $1,000 each. He and wife are members of
the M. E. Church, and all his children are members of some denomination
of Christian worship. IN politics, they are Republican.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical -
Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles
Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers
- 1882 - Page 756 - Jefferson Twp. |
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Suprior Twp. Page 629
ISAAC COURTNEY, son of Edward and PHebe (Votaw)
Courtney, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, Dec. 2, 1827.
Our subject attended school in Columbiana County, and afterward learned
carpentering, beginning at the age of nineteen. On July 4, 1851,
he was married to Miss Sarah Hoadley. He then followed his
trade in the county and purchased twenty acres of woodland. This
he sold and came to Williams County in 1858, locating in Superior
Township, on 160 acres where he now lives. He has since added to
the original acres until they reach at this time 360, 240 acres of which
are under cultivation; he also deals in stock. Mr. and Mrs.
Courtney have four children - Elizabeth J., Eli Wisman, Alphretta
and Louis Faber. Mr. Courtney's parents were natives of
Maryland and Virginia, and were pioneers of Ohio, settling in Columbiana
County when it was a wilderness - their nearest neighbor being eight
miles away. Mrs. Courtney's parents, Hiram and Elizabeth
Hoadley, were natives of Connecticut and of Wales.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical
- Illustrated - Publ.
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 629 |
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St. Joseph Twp.
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VOLNEY CROCKER is a native of New York; was born
Feb. 8, 1818, and is one of the eight children of Samuel and Polly
(Fordham) Crocker, natives of Vermont, and of English descent.
This family went to live in Upper Canada in 1820, then moved to Lower
Canada; thence came to Stark County, Ohio, where Mr. Crocker
worked at his trade of brick and stone mason until 1834, when they came
to Williams County, and located on a piece of woodland near Williams
Centre. Here they encountered all the hardships of pioneer life,
living in their wagon until they could erect a cabin with puncheon floor
and stick chimney. This served them as a home until their family
was well reared, when they sold their farm, and retired to Williams
Centre, where, at the age each of eighty-two years, they died in 1862
and 1865, respectively. Volney Crocker remained on the farm
until his father had secured a comfortable home, and then began life on
his own responsibility. He followed scoring and hewing timber for
a few years, and in the winter of 1839-40 erected the first house in
Bryan, which he inhabited while clearing of the public square and many
of the streets of the village. The spring following, he began to
learn carpentering, and followed his trade until 1842, when he was
married to Mary McKean, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1821, the
daughter of Joseph and Jane McKean. Soon after his
marriage, Mr. Crocker began farming near Bryan in the woods;
then, in the fall of 1848,, joined James Rowley in
carriage-making in Bryan for a year; then pursued the trade alone for
six years; then exchanged his farm near Bryan for the 112-acre farm in
the township, on which he now lives, and took possession in June, 1856,
having since increased it to 300 acres. In 1859, he made a trip to
California, remaining there two years. He has had a family of five
children, of whom four are still living - Harriet, Mary J., Sarah A.
and Frank. He is a Master Mason, is a Republican in
politics, and has served five or six terms as Township Trustee.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical
- Illustrated - Publ.
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 608 |
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