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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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R. GAMBLE
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 553 |
PETER S.
GARLOW was born in Allegheny County, Md., June 22, 1824.
His parents, John and Barbara (Shockey) Garlow, were natives of
Pennsylvania, and passed their lives in that State and in Virginia and
Maryland up to 1831, when they moved to Wayne County, Ohio, where they
resided until 1841. They then came to this county, and for a
number of years resided in what is now Washington Township, Defiance
County. The father died Sept. 28, 1863, at Georgetown, and after
that sad event, the mother resided with her son, Peter S., until
her death, May 6, 1877. Of their eight children, two sons and one
daughter only are now living. Peter S. Garlow was reared on
a farm, and received such education as the common schools of his
youthful days afforded, until twenty-three years of age, when he entered
upon a two years' course of study at Edinburg Academy, Wayne County,
Ohio. He then taught school for several terms in that county.
In 1850, he started, with a company, for California, overland, and after
considerable trouble with the Indians and a tedious journey of seven
months, reached his destination in safety. There he engaged in
mining and merchandising, and accumulated considerable property.
In 1859, he returned to Williams County, and in the fall visited
Dubuque, Iowa, where he married, Sept. 8, 1859, Miss Mary L. Bostater,
who was born in Wooster, Ohio, August 11, 1837. Shortly after
marriage, he came to Bryan, and three years later purchased 160 acres of
land one-half mile south of the town. On this farm he now resides,
and owns, besides, seven and a half acres on Portland street, Bryan, and
considerable other property. He is a Democrat, and for three years
filled the office of County Commissioner. He is a member of the
Universalist Church, a Mason, a member of Toledo Commandery, No. 7, and
was also a prominent member of the Grange. Mr. Garlow began
life a poor boy, and has gained all he has by his own exertions.
He has done much toward enhancing the resources of the county and toward
liquidating its indebtedness, and has been identified with all
enterprises that have tended to build up the town and advance the
interests of the community in which he lives.
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 556 |
| C.
S. GARRISON is a native of Ohio, born in Portage County July 27,
1835, one of a family of ten children born to Ileff and
Elizabeth Garrison. He was left an orphan at an early age, and
when but eleven years old began life for himself by working on a canal,
where he remained for six summers. Shortly after this, he engaged
in peddling for some time, removing to Williams County in 1854, when he
took a clerkship in Edgerton, remaining most of the time until 1869.
In 1861, he enlisted in Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for the
three months' service. He was married in October, 1861, to Miss
Elizabeth Curtis, and their family consists of four children, viz::
Frederick, Grace, Orison and Ileff. Mr. Garrison has
been a resident of Edon, Ohio, for thirteen years, and is proprietor of
a large establishment, carrying ready made clothing, dry goods,
groceries, boots and shoes, etc., etc.; he is also engaged in
grain-buying, dealing in all kinds of produce, and doing quite an
extensive exchange business. Mr. and Mrs. Garrison are
members of the Disciples' Church of Edon, and Mr. G. is a member
of the Masonic fraternity. ~ Page 748 Source: County of
Williams, Ohio, Historical & 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 747 - Florence Twp. |
 JAMES
GARSIDE, one of the enterprising merchants of Edon, Ohio, was
born in Columbiana County, Ohio, Dec. 7, 1845, the second of a family of
five children of Joseph and Mary (Townsend) Garside. His
father was a farmer, and James remained on teh farm until he came
to Williams County in 1866; from there to Steuben County, Ind., where he
resided for three years, after which he came to Edon, which has since
been his home; he first engaged with J. W. Thomas and afterward
with C. S. Garrison & Co In 1879, he formed a partnership
with Mr. Walter Young for business purposes in this place, and,
in 1880, he purchased Mr. Young's interest, and now has entire
charge of the establishment; he carries a first class stock of dry
goods, clothing, groceries, boots and shoes, and also deals largely in
all kinds of produce. Mr. Garside was married, June 9,
1870, to Miss Emma Hoadley, a resident of Steuben County, Ind.,
and they are parents of four children, viz: Clara, Mary, Nellie
and Walter. Mrs. Garside is a member of the Disciples' Church
of Edon, and Mr. G. is a member of the I. O. O. F. ~ Page 748 ,
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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 748 - Florence Twp. |
JACOB
GARVER. Mr. Garver is
successfully engaged in general farming in Section 29, Pulaski township,
Williams county, where he owns a fine farm of two hundred acres, the
land of which has been brought to an excellent state of cultivation, and
is embellished by good and substantial buildings. He is a worthy
representative of a prominent family of Swiss origin, which was early
founded in the New World. His paternal grandfather, Martin Garver,
Sr., was a native of Washington county, Maryland, born March 29,
1764, and died April 19, 1850, in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, when past the
age of eighty-six years.
Martin Garver, Jr., .our subject's father, was the
fourth in the order of birth in a family of ten children, all of whom
reached years of maturity. He was born in 1804, in Fayette county,
Pennsylvania, where he was reared, and where he married Susan
Shaffer, who was also a native of Fayette county, born in 1808. In
the fall of 1829, soon after their marriage, they removed to Tuscarawas
county, Ohio, where they continued to make their home until coming to
Williams county in the fall of 1853, at which time they located in
Williams Center, where the father died in 1864. The mother spent her
last years in Bryan, dying there January 31, 1897. Wherever known they
were held in high regard, and made many warm friends in Williams county.
Their family consisted of eight children, namely: Jacob (our
subject), John, George, Anna, Mary, Benjamin, David and
Martin V.
Jacob Garver, our subject, was born April
4, 1829, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and was therefore but six
months old when his parents removed to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, where he
continued to live until he had attained the age of twenty-three years,
aiding his father in the work of the farm. In August, 1851, he married
Miss Catherine Garver, who was born August 16,
1829, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where she grew to womanhood. Her
father, Joseph Garver, died in Wayne county, Ohio, in
1882, at the age of eighty-five years. Our subject and his wife have
become the parents of seven children: Franklin; Jane, who
married Peter Donze, and died in Pulaski township,
Williams county, July 5, 1891; Susan; Alma, who died in
childhood; Ada, wife of William F. Musser; Edward
and Charles.
In May, 1852, Mr. Garver removed to Williams
county, and located in Williams Center, where he continued to make his
home until the spring of 1864, when he removed to a farm in Section 31,
Pulaski township, to the cultivation of which he devoted his attention
for four years. On selling out he removed to Wauseon, Fulton county,
Ohio, where he engaged in the hardware trade for two and one-half years,
returning to Williams county at the end of that time, and settling upon
his present farm in Section 29, Pulaski township. Aside from the fifteen
years he was engaged in merchandising with his brother John in Williams
Center, and the short time spent in Wauseon, he has always devoted his
energies to agricultural pursuits, and, being a thorough and systematic
farmer, he has met with excellent success. He has efficiently served his
fellow citizens in the office of township trustee in both Center and
Pulaski townships, and has ever borne his part in the work of
development and progress in this region. At the age of forty-seven years
he united with the German Baptist Brethren Church, and is now one of its
consistent and active members.
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 556 |
JOHN A. GARVER was born in Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, February 11, 1832, and is one of eight children (three now
deceased), born to Martin and Susan (Shaffer) Garver, who
were of German descent. John A. Garver was reared on his
parents' farm, and received a fair district school education. When
about seventeen years of age, he learned the tinner's trade in New
Philadelphia, and in 1850 came to Bryan, opened a shop, and began
general manufacturing and dealing in tinware. September 22, 1853,
he married Miss Helen Fay, sister to E. G. Fay, of Bryan,
and the same year of his marriage moved to Williams Centre, where he
kept a general country store. In 1859, he returned to Bryan and
established the firm of Garver Bros. He continued this
occupation for about ten years, when, owing to ill health, he was
obliged to relinquish active business, which he did, turning the same
over to this two younger brothers, who yet continue it. Mr.
Garver was identified with some of the leading industries of Bryan,
and without doubt contributed largely to making the town what it now
really is. Through his endeavors, the Morrison & Fa7y
Manufacturing Company was established, and he was the founder of a
factory for the manufacture of a wheelbarrow, of which he was the
inventor. When in the hardware trade, he also was connected with
like stores at Wauseon, Butler, and Edgerton. He came to Williams
County with scarcely any capital whatever. By careful management
and untireling labor he amassed a comfortable fortune, and in every
sense of the word was a self-made man. In April 1881, he removed
to Des Moines, Iowa, where he and family all now reside, except one
daughter, the wife of C. W. Pitcairn, of Bryan. Mr. and
Mrs. Garver were the parents of five children - Ella M., Emma
(Mrs. C. T. Sperry) Warren F., Laura and John. Mr. Garver
is a stanch Republican, and both he and wife yet retain their membership
with the Universalist Church of Bryan.
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 556 |
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RICHARD GAUDERN
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 699 |
ALEXANDER
GAVIN (Centre Township) is a son of Robert and Isabel Gavin,
natives of Scotland. He was born in Scotland September 10, 1848,
and came with his parents from the old country to Fort Wayne, Ind., and
thence to Williams County, where he was married, December 29, 1870, to
Christine Burgist, who was born in Wayne County, Ohio, July 28,
1850. Shortly after his marriage, he came to this township, and
settled on the farm where he now resides, purchasing it from his brother
in 1874, and since greatly improving it. It comprises eighty acres
of fine land, and is kept in a state of thorough cultivation. He
has a family of four children - Bryon D., William R., Jennie O.
and Orpha B. He is a steady-going, prudent young man, is a
thorough farmer, and is looked upon as a valuable accession to the
community.
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 773 |
JACOB GEIGER
was born in Baden, Germany, Nov. 18, 1808, and was the son of Conrad
and Catharine (Defenbach) Geiger, who came to America in 1819, and
settled in Stark County, Ohio, and there ended their days.
Jacob came over with his parents, and resided with them on their
farm of 160 acres in Stark, until the death of his father, when, being
seventeen years of age, he began working out on his own account.
Nov. 18, 1830, he married Susan Andree, moved to Columbiana
County, thence to Richland County, where he purchased eighty acres of
land, and thence, in 1846, to this township, where he had entered 160
acres of forest land ten years previously. Here he erected a cabin
and began clearing up his farm, on which he has ever since resided,
adding to it, from time to time, till he now owns about an entire
section a great portion of it well improved. Mr. and Mrs.
Geiger had eleven children born to them, of whom five are still
living - Catharine Halpert, in Missouri; Elizabeth Miller,
in Iowa; Allen, in Defiance County, Ohio; Sarah A. Dew,
in Illinois, and Jonathan A., in this township. Those
deceased were named - Margaret Oberhauser, Priscilla, Lydia Ann,
Jacob C., Henry P. and Conrad. Mrs. Susan Geiger died
Feb. 24, 1879, and June 15, 1880, Mr. Geiger married his present
wife, Elizabeth Metzler He is a leading member of hte
Disciple Church, and for three yeas has held the office of 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 610 |
SIMEON GILLIS, of the Bryan Press,
was born hear Iberia, Morrow Co., Ohio, May 2, 1842, and is one of
eleven children, six yet living, born to William and Jane (McClaren)
Gillis, who were natives respectively of Jefferson County, Ohio, and
Northern Ireland. They were married in Ohio and engaged in
farming. Mr. Gillis, Simeon's father, is one of the
pioneers of Ohio, as well as of Williams County, having come to the
latter place in 1845. They settled in Florence Township, where
they are both yet living. Simeon Gillis was reared on the farm, in
youth receiving but a very limited education. October 22, 1861, he
enlisted as private in Company K, Sixty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
They went into amp at Napoleon, afterward at Camp Chase. They left
the latter place the Sunday previous to the battle of Fort Donelson, and
were present but not actively engaged in that battle. Mr.
Gillis was at the battle of Shiloh, and was with Grant on his
Mississippi campaign in the fall of 1862. Was at Port Gibson,
Jackson, and engaged in the battle of Raymond. Early in the battle
of Champion Hill, he was shot by a minie ball through the left leg, the
result of which was the amputation of that limb below the knee.
After lying on the battlefield from about 1 o'clock to sundown, he was
conveyed to the field hospital, and ten days later, on the 26th of May,
was taken prisoner and remained in rebel hands twenty-nine days.
He was then in the hospital at Memphis until December 1, 1863, when he
was discharged. The fall of 1866, he was elected County Auditor by
the Republican party; re-elected in 1868, and again re-elected in 1870,
serving in all six years; and by act of the Legislature, in changing
time of taking seat of office, served eight months longer than six
years. In 1875, Mr. Gillis engaged in the saw-mill and
lumber business, which he ran until the fall of 1877, when he and
Judge Bowersox purchased the Bryan Press, continuing as its
proprietors and publishers for one year, when Mr. Bowersox sold
his interest to Elisha M. Ogle, since when Gillis & Ogle
have conducted the periodical. The Press, under the
supervision of Gillis and Ogle, has increased its circulation,
and has prospered, and today is the leading Republican paper of Williams
County, and one of the best county papers of Northern Ohio. Mr.
Gillis was married, July 7, 1870, to Miss Myra Ball, and to
this union have been born three children - Ethel, Fay and
Wright. The mother is a daughter of Thomas and Phebe
(Wright) Ball, of Williams County, Ohio. Mr. Gillis is
a member of the G. A. R., and he and wife are members of the
Presbyterian Church. James F. Gillis, brother of Simeon
and two years younger, enlisted in the same company and regiment one
year later than did Simeon. By exposure, he contracted
bronchial consumption, and went to the hospital, when Simeon was
wounded, and acted as nurse, not being able to do active service in the
field. After doing efficient services in this capacity, he was
paroled, sent to St. Louis, and a few days later sent to the hospital at
Columbus. He was discharged September 23, 1868, and died at Mount
Gilead, Ohio, four days later, while on his way to his home in Williams
County.
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 557 |
WILLIAM
GILLIS, one of the early settlers of Florence Township, was born
in Harrison County, Ohio, May 11, 1813. He is one of the family of
nine, but four of whom survive, born to William and Rebecca Gillis.
He remained in Harrison County until 1832, when he went ot Richland (now
Morrow) County, remaining there until 1845. Moving to Williams
County, he settled on the farm he now owns in 1855; it embraces 120
acres. Mr. Gillis has spent most of his life in farming and
clearing land, and but few men, if any, have cleared more than he.
Before his marriage he worked chiefly at chopping and clearing. He
was married in Richland County, Dec. 24, 1835, to Jane McClaren.
They have had ten children, with six living - Rebecca M.,
Eliza J., Simeon, Mary, Alexander C. and Rhoda L. Mr. and
Mrs. Gillis are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr.
Gillis has been and is yet a hard worker, and his success is due
thereto.
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 748 |
JEROME D.
GLEASON was born May 3, 1839, in Springfield Township. He
was reared on a farm in Williams County, receiving only ordinary
educational advantages, and Sept. 1, 1861, enlisted as private for three
years, or during the war, in Company H, Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. The winter of 1861-62, he was campaigning in Eastern
Kentucky, succeeding which he participated in all the movements and
engagements of his regiment. In the winter of 1863, he was
discharged by reason of re-enlistment, took a thirty days' furlough
home, after which he re-joined his regiment at Chattanooga as veteran.
He actively participated in the engagements of Corinth, Stone River,
Hoover's Gap, Missionary Ridge, all through the Atlanta campaign, ending
with the battle of Jonesboro. At this engagement, Mr. Gleason
was Third Duty Sergeant, but, owing to all his superior company officers
being either killed or wounded in the early part of the battle, he
commanded the greater part of the time. After Lee's
surrender, he went to Washington and participated in the grand review of
Sherman's army. From here he was ordered, with his company, to
Texas, but, while on the way, the order was countermanded, and they were
discharged at Louisville, July 5, 1865. Mr. Gleason then
came home, and Nov. 2, 1865, married Miss Sarah Newman, who has
borne him a family of four children - Henry N., Fred S., Vera E.
and Olin W. He engaged in the grocery trade in Bryan, but
at the end of two years embarked in the produce-shipping business in
partnership with Joseph B. Jones, under the firm name of Jones
& Gleason, which has since been carried on successfully.
Mr. Gleason is a Republican in politics, a member of the Royal
Arcanum, and he and wife belong to the Presbyterian Church, of which
denomination Mr. Gleason is Elder, and in 1881 was one who
represented the Maumee Presbytery, in the General Assembly of that
church, that convened at Buffalo, N. Y.
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 559 |
PHILETUS S.
GLEASON. Among the old pioneers of Williams County, Ohio,
is the subject of this sketch, who was born June 24, 1814, in Tompkins
County, N. Y. He is a son of Luther and Lydia (Ryder) Gleason,
who were natives of Wales and Connecticut respectively, and farmers by
occupation. Philetus S. was raised to manhood in his native
county, and at an early age was apprenticed to learn the cabinet-maker's
trade. He was married, September 13, 1835, to Jane Douglass,
and the following month emigrated to Williams County, Ohio, locating in
Springfield Township. At this time, Williams County was in a state
of nature. Mr. Gleason took up a piece of land, which he
began clearing, at the same time working at his trade when opportunity
afforded. From Springfield Township he removed to Pulaski
Township, where his wife died, April 29, 1854. They were the
parents of six children - George B., Jerome D., Lettie J. (now
Mrs. Frank Teeter), Sydney M., Emily (deceased) and Alfred
(deceased. The father married his present wife, Mrs. Mary (Bostater)
McNAry, March 1, 1855, and in November, 1865, moved to Bryan, where
he and second wife are yet living. To his second marriage there
were born three children - Emma L. and Charles E.
(deceased) and Alvin Frank. He and wife are members of the
Baptist church.
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 558 |
SYDNEY
M. GLEASON was born Aug. 2, 1842, in this county, of which he is
yet a resident. In 1861, he went to the State of New York, and
engaged in farming. While there, he enlisted, Aug. 18, 1862, as
private in Company G, One Hundred and Ninth New York Volunteer Infantry.
His company was detached from the regiment and detailed to guard the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and arrest deserters, until the latter part of
1863, when they joined the Ninth Army Corps under Gen. Burnside,
and in 1864 engaged in the Eastern campaign under Gen. Grant.
Mr. Gleason participated in the battle of the Wilderness, where, on
the 16th of May, 1864, he was shot through the left him by a minie ball.
He was sent to Fredericksburg, where he obtained such medical aid as the
surrounding circumstances allowed, and twenty days after being wounded
was transferred to Washington. He remained there until Dec. 15,
1864, when he was discharged for disability. He then went to New
York, and in January, 1865, was elected door-keeper in the New York
House of Representatives. At the end of the session, he came back
to his old home in Ohio, and engaged in the grocery trade with his
brother, Jerome D. in Bryan. At the
end of two years, he began clerking in a hardware store. In 1870,
he and D. C. Baxter purchased the stock and have since been
operating one of hte leading hardware stores of the county. Mr.
Gleason was married, May 3, 1866, to Miss Kate Shorthill,
daughter of James Shorthill, deceased, an old settler of Williams
County. To this union three children were born - Ora
(deceased), Berta and Claire. Mr. G. is a
Republican, a member of the G. A. R., is a Royal Arch Mason, and, with
his wife, is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
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 559 |
St. Joseph Twp. -
H. A. GRANBERY, editor of the Edgerton Herald,
was born in New York June 21, 1858, and was the eldest of six children
of his parents, John G. and Mary A. Granbery, natives of
Virginia, and New York. John C. Granbery was a Wall Street
broker, of the firm of W. T. M. Warner & Co., and was stranded by
a business failure in 1867, when he came West to repair his shattered
fortunes; located in Edgerton, and there formed a partnership with
Webb & Lyman afterward purchasing and managing the entire business,
which proved highly successful so that he returned to New York in
February, 1880, where he is now engaged in business. H. A.
Granbery came to Edgerton in 1874, remaining in New York after the
departure of his parents, to avail himself of better educational
advantages offered in the city, and after coming here attended school
for two years, during which time, he in company with another student,
published the first issue of his paper, Aug. 14, 1875. With the
single exception of six months' vacation, Mr. Granbery remained
at his post until the suspension of the journal in the summer of 1882.
His marriage to Miss Ada M. Mitchell occurred at Sturgis, Mich.,
in April, 1879. Mrs. Granbery is a daughter of H. H.
Mitchell, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, and the mother of one child,
Miriam.
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 611 |
DR.
Q. H. GRASER is a native of Hungary, his birth occurring in 1822.
He emigrated with his family to Baden, Germany, at the age of fourteen,
where he at once commenced the study of medicine under some of the most
skilled physicians of Germany. He entered a course of study at
Prague Medical School, from which he graduated in 1847. Shortly
after this, he came to America, and began the practice of his profession
in Pittsburgh and other portions of Pennsylvania. He married in
this State, and in 1862 moved to Bryan, where he has ever since remained
an active practice. He came to this place a poor man, with
scarcely a dollar in his pocket. By industry, he has made a
comfortable fortune, and by hard and indefatigable labor, he has
acquired one of the finest and largest collections of natural
curiosities to be found anywhere in the United States. He has
given much attention to scientific writings, and his articles on
evolution, and the "Crime of Vaccination" and various other articles on
scientific subjects have attracted widespread attention from all
classes. Many are the complimentary notices he has received at the
hands of the press and distinguished citizens of the United States.
His walls are graced by nine different diplomas, and for one year he
occupied the chair of "Professor of Natural Science and Histology and
Curator of the Museum" in the College of Physicians of Topeka, Kan.
Since being a resident of Bryan, his presence has been highly
appreciated in many ways. He has carried on a most
successful practice, and is now paying special attention to chronic
diseases, and his fame has extended so far as to bring him patients from
many hundred miles distant. To one who has attained the knowledge
and standing of Prof. Graser under the difficulties he has had to
surmount, is due great credit. Long after he is dead and gone his
name will be known and honored. He is the father of three
children, only two, a son and daughter, yet living. The Doctor is
a fine linguist, speaking six different languages - English, Latin,
Greek, Hebrew, German and Hungarian.
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 560 |
JARED GRAVES
was born in Massachusetts in 1824, and moved to Fayette, Fulton Co.,
Ohio, in 1846. At that time, the whole northwestern part of the
State was in wilderness, filled with wolves, as well as wild game and
Indians, the last greatly outnumbering the white population. In
1852, our subject was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Brower, of
Fulton County, and thereafter was engaged in business in different parts
of the State until 1872, when he took up his permanent residence in this
township, where he now owns a fine farm, well improved and well
cultivated, and all redeemed from the wilderness through his industry
and pertinacity of purpose. By his marriage he became the father
of five children, whose names and order of birth are as follows:
Edward (deceased), Jennie, Clara, E. L. and Annie M.
In 1881, Mr. Graves had the misfortune to lose his wife, a
Christian lady, much beloved by her friends, and her death sincerely
mourned by her husband and by all who had enjoyed her companionship
during her stay on earth. Mr. Graves has also won for
himself and holds a high position in the community in which he lives.
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 757 - Jefferson Twp. |
JOHN B. GRIM
was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1826, and moved to Pulaski Township,
this county, in 1850, thence to Jefferson in May, 1852, where he is now
extensively engaged in the poultry business, and is doing a lucrative
trade. In 1850, our subject married Miss Janet Cairns in
Stark County, Ohio, and to this union have been born five children,
viz.: Ellen, Janet, William, Andrew and Charles, all of
whom reside with their parents. In November, 1864, Mr. Grim
enlisted in Fifty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the
campaigns against Atlanta, Ga., and Columbia, S. C., and was with
Sherman in his famous march to the sea. He was honorably
mustered out of the service in 1865, when he returned to his home in
Williams County. The same year he was elected Treasurer of the
county, which position he filled for two successive terms. H also
served as County Commissioner from 1870 to 1872, and ably and
satisfactorily performed the duties appertaining to each office.
He is an ardent Republican, and socially has the respect of all who know
him.
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 758 - Jefferson Twp. |
GEORGE W. GRINDLE was born in Wayne
County, Ohio, March 16, 1836, and is the oldest of the five living
children of Abraham and Susanna (Gill) Grindle, of Cumberland
County, Penn. Abraham Grindle came to this State when a
young man; was married in Wayne County; was engaged in various pursuits
in different parts of the State until 1864, when he came to West Unity,
where is is living, retired, at the age of seventy-four. He is
now, and has been for fifty years, a member of the Church of God.
George W. Grindle enlisted in August, 1861, as a private in
Company I, Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the greater part of which
company he had recruited. In August, 1862, he was promoted to
Quartermaster Sergeant, and transferred to the regular Quartermaster's
Department; next, he was detailed as Orderly on Gen. Nelson's
staff, and at the commencement of the Vicksburg campaign, in 1863, was
attached to the staff of Gen. Dacorda as Orderly, and afterward
to that of Gen. McClernand, by whom he was promoted to a Second
Lieutenancy. In December, 1863, he was appointed Deputy Provost
Marshal of the Fourteenth Ohio District, under Capt. Drake; was
returned to the Quartermaster's Department at Nashville in August, 1864;
he resigned in November, and in January, 1865, came back to West Unity
and recruited three companies in this and Fulton Counties; he was
commissioned First Lieutenant, April 13, 1865, and was mustered out in
September, 1865. Mr. Grindle has been three times married,
and is now engaged in the stationery business at West Unity. He is
one of the charter members of Royer Post, No. 109, G. A. R.
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 667 |
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