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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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THOMAS
INGRAM was born in Wayne County, Ohio, Nov. 17, 1833, the fifth
child of twelve in the family of his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth
(Lees) Ingram. His father was a carpenter by trade, and came
to Williams County and entered land in 1840, moving his family here the
year following, and encountering all the privations incident to pioneer
life. At that time the country was an unbroken wilderness, and the
howling of wolves was no unusual sound. They built a cabin for a
home, and here the father died June 218, 1852./ Mr. Ingram
has since resided on this farm, consisting of 141 acres, and by his
efforts has acquired all the comforts and conveniences of modern life,
with good buildings, conducive to the happiness of his family.
Mr. Ingram was married Nov. 26, 1857, to Miss Magdalena Allman
of Williams County, and a family of nine children have blessed their
union, viz., Ellwood, Margaret, John, Carrie, James, Susan, William,
Bessie L. and Ellen. Mr. Ingram was a soldier in the
war of the rebellion; he enlisted February, 1865, and remained in the
service until the close.
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 749 |
H.
L. JAQUES, son of A. C. and Anna Jaques, natives of
Switzerland, was born in Defiance County, Ohio, May 9, 1842. The
parents were respectively born in 1779 and 1782, were married in
Switzerland, and in 1832 came to America, lived in various parts of
Ohio, and are now passing their declining days with their children, of
whom they have had a family of twelve. H. L. Jaques came to
this township with his parents, and in the fall of 1861, enlisted in
Company A, Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, served two years in
the field, was wounded in the right thigh, Sept. 25, 1863, and lay in
hospital until May, 1864, when he was discharged. July 4, 1867, he
married Lucinda Shafer, a native of this county and born Mar. 19,
1842. In 1868, he moved on his father's farm, remained a year,
then took another and farmed till 1881, went to Melbern and engaged in
merchandising a year, and then, in the spring of 1882, settled on his
present farm. He and wife are members of the M. E. Church, are the
parents of two children - Lyle E. and Lulu E. - and are
useful and respected citizens.
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 774 |
Springfield Twp. -
SOLOMON JOHNSON is a native Ohioan, and of English
descent on the paternal side. His father, George Johnson,
was a native of Lincolnshire, England, and emigrated to this country
about fifth years ago. He settled on Tiffin River, Fulton County,
Ohio, entered land, built a cabin and began clearing. In about
1840, himself and brother William secured a mill privilege on
Tiffin River (or Bean creek) from the State, where they erected a
saw-mill, and later, a grist-mill, known to this day as the "Johnson
Mills." The first wife of Mr.. Johnson was Miss Hannah
Donutt, who died in 1846, leaving five children, three of whom are
yet living. He was married to Miss Catherine Crouts Nov.
16, 1847, and eight years after that event, died at his home in Fulton
County Nov. 28, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. (Johnson) Coy is now a
resident of this county. Solomon Johnson was born in Fulton
County, Ohio, Mar. 2, 1850, one of three children of the second Mrs.
George Johnson. He received a good education, and engaged both
in farming and teaching; he taught in Williams, Fulton and Defiance
Counties - in the latter as Principal of the High School at Evansport.
Mr. Johnson is a graduate of the Law Department of Michigan State
University, and a member of the Ohio bar, and contemplates establishing
himself at Bryan for practice of his profession, in the near future.
Mr. Johnson served as Assessor for two terms in Springfield
Township, this county, in 1876 and 1877; served on the Board of Trustees
of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Stryker for three years, and for
the same length of time on the Board of School Examiners for Williams
County. His defeat as candidate for Recorder in 1878, and State
Representative in 1881, was due to any lack of talent or ability, but to
the fact that he was marshaled in the Democratic ranks, while Ohio's
majorities were counted on the other side.
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 722 |
JOSEPH B.
JONES, Secretary and General Manager of the Bryan Boot & Shoe
Company, is a native of Logan County, Ohio, and was born Sept. 28, 1832.
His father, William Jones, was three times married, his first
wife being Margaret Beath, by whom he had six children, Joseph
B. being one; his second wife, Catherine Stevenson, bore him
three children; his present wife was a Mrs. P. Smith, and they
are now living in Putnam County, Ohio. Mr. Jones was a
farmer, and Joseph B. assisted on the farm till he was sixteen
years old, when he began teaching a county school. At the age of
twenty he purchased a stock of goods and opened a general store at
Columbus Grove. In 1853, he there married Miss Anna Edmon,
and continued in active business until 1864, when he removed to
Bryan and engaged in a general grocery and provision trade. In
about 1867, J. D. Gleason was admitted to partner, which has ever
since continued. The spring of 1882, he was elected by the Bryan
Boot & Shoe Company, of which he was a stockholder, Secretary and
General Manager, and at once entered upon the performance of his duties
at which he is yet engaged. Under his management the business of
the company has materially increased and is one of the leading
industries of Bryan. Mr. Jones is a Republican in politics
and has been since the organization of that party, and is a member of
the Presbyterian Church of which he has occupied all the official
positions. To him and wife have been born six children, only four
of whom, Elwood S., Laura E., Charles H. and Florence A.
are living. The two eldest of these are married, the former to
Miss Ada Fitch, and is one of Bryan's successful merchants, and the
latter is the wife of William R. Starr, of Williams County, Ohio,
formerly; now of Iowa.
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 564 |
J. L. JORDIN
is the son of L. D. and Lucinda Jordin, who were natives of
Vermont. The father was born Oct. 9, 1804, and was a son of
James Jordin, who was born in Massachusetts and of Irish origin, and
at an early day settled in Vermont, where he married Sarah Hunter,
by whom he had one child - L. D. Jordin. this gentleman
married, Oct. 9, 1826, Lucinda Mirick, who was born June 12,
1808; they left Vermont in 1833 and came to Licking County, Ohio, where
they remained about twenty years, then moved to Mercer County, Ohio, and
in 1857 came to Williams County, where Mrs. Jordin died Feb. 23,
1879, and Mr. Jordin Apr. 23, 1879. They had a family of
five children, of whom J. L. Jordin was the eldest. He was
born in Orleans County, Vt., Jan. 14, 1828, and was married in Licking
County, Ohio, Oct. 1, 1848, to Lydia E. Varnum, who was born in
Middlesex County, Mass., Feb. 22, 1829, the daughter of Prescott and
Lydia Varnum. In 1852, J. L. and wife moved from
Licking to Mercer County, and thence, in the spring of 1858, to Williams
County, where he settled in Pulaski Township; in 1865, he purchased 120
acres on Section 16 in this township, where he has ever since resided.
He has a family of four children, viz.: Ellis L., born Aug. 3,
1849; Henry V., May 2, 1853; Julia L., Apr. 4, 1862, and
Oakley A., Apr. 11, 1872. The family are members of the
Methodist Episcopal church and stand very high in the estimation of 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 774 |
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