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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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MICHAEL W. SCHAEFFER was born
Sept. 26, 1832, in Montgomery Co., Ohio. He is one of a family of
ten born to John C. and Mary (Winters) Schaeffer. In 1840,
John C. Schaeffer moved to Springfield Township, purchased
eighty-six acres of unbroken land, erected a cabin and cleared a farm,
now well improved and owned by the subject of this sketch. Mr.
Schaeffer died in October, 1851. Mrs. Schaeffer is
still living, in her eighty-third year, and a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Mr. S. was a Township Trustee, and a
member of the German Reformed Church. Michael W. Schaeffer
has always lived on the farm. After his father's death, he
purchased the interests of the other heirs and increased the tract to
206 acres. He was married, May 11, 1856, to Nancy
Grimes, of Henry County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Schaeffer
have nine children, all living, and are both members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church; he is also a member of Grange No. 499, and an old
citizen and enterprising farmer.
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 733, Springfield Twp. |
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J. N. SCHALL,
son of William and Mary A. Schall, was born in Seneca County,
Ohio, June 14, 1841. Our subject passed his youth in Superior
Township, coming to said township in 1844. He attended school at
short periods, and assisted his father to clear his farm until
twenty-one years old, when he worked by the month for one year. He
was married to Miss Nancy Smith on Aug. 6, 1863, in Jefferson
Township, Williams County. Mr. Schall now rented land for a
year, when his father gave him 113 acres of woodland in Superior
Township, which now constitute his farm. He has sixty acres under
cultivation, with very fine buildings and improvements. Mr. and
Mrs. Schall have two children - John W. and James W.
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 645 |
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JOHN
H. SCHRIDER. Thoughtful readers, in
perusing the varied histories contained in this volume, will find the
conviction borne in upon their minds that, underlying all differences of
ability, training, or environment, there exists another factor from
which the career of each individual takes its bias. With an ideal, a
steady purpose in view, life is simplified and all things tend to bring
about, sooner or later, the object of one's ambition. Truly "where
there's a will there's a way;" and fortunate is he who early in life
directs his energies in such a manner as to realize the best results.
The subject of this sketch, a leading attorney of Bryan, Williams
county, has made his way to success in spite of many obstacles, and his
history cannot fail to stimulate others to effort.
Mr. Schrider is of German descent, his ancestors on the
paternal side having had their home in Baden Baden, where they were
chiefly identified with agricultural pursuits. The first of the family
to choose America for his home was our subject's grandfather Schrider,
who crossed the ocean about 1842 with his family of children and settled
near Medford, New Jersey. Philip Schrider, the father of our subject,
was born in Germany in 1830, and was a mere child at the time of the
removal to this country. At the age of fifteen he began to work in a
glass factory at Medford, and for a number of years he was employed
there and at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in that business. In 1874 he
removed to a farm in Gorham township, Fulton county, Ohio, where he now
resides. He has always been a temperate, industrious man, an excellent
citizen, and he is a devout and consistent member of the Lutheran.
Church, in which he was reared. In politics he is a Republican, and
while living in Pittsburg he was elected to a seat in the common council
from his ward, but he declined to serve. His estimable wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Taylor Schrider, to whom he was married in New Jersey, is of
Irish descent, but her ancestors settled in America several generations
ago. They had five children: Jorni H. (our subject), Dorothy A. (Mrs.
Henry W. Koser), Thomas E. (a physician), Sarah E., and
Charles T. (a
farmer).
Our subject was born April 8, 1859, at Pittsburg, on
the "south side" and his education was begun in the schools of that
city. When he was about fifteen years old his parents removed to their
present farm, and for a few years he attended the district schools of
that locality during the winter seasons. As these opportunities did not
satisfy him he taught for three winters in order to secure funds for a
further course of study, and in 1880 he entered the normal school at
Fayette, Ohio, where he completed the scientific and teachers courses,
while still continuing his teaching during the winter. On graduating in
1884 he spent two years in teaching in the public schools at Lyons,
Ohio, and at Fayette, giving considerable attention in the meantime to
reading law. In the fall of 1888 he went to Toledo, Ohio, and passed one
year as a student in the law office of Hamilton & Ford, well-known
attorneys, and in 1889 he entered the law department of the University
of Michigan, where he received his degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1891.
Locating at Bryan, he formed a partnership with Charles E. Scott, under
the firm name of Scott & Schrider, and they are now known far and wide
as being among the most successful general practitioners of Williams
county.
Mr. Schrider is a stanch Republican, politically, and
since coming to this section has taken an active and influential share
in partisan work. For three years, from 1893 to 1895, he was chairman of
the central and executive committees of his county, the first year being
that of McKinley's campaign for governor, which occasioned an exciting
but successful struggle for the Republicans of the district. In 1895 Mr.
Schrider served as a delegate to the State convention held at
Zanesville, and he has frequently been chosen as a member of
Congressional and other conventions. Municipal affairs have also claimed
much of his attention, and in 1884 he was elected mayor of the city. His
interest in the cause of education has been shown by able service on the
school board from 1892 to 1895.
Mr. Schrider has a pleasant home in North Main street,
Bryan. He was married in 1886 at Royalton, Fulton county, Ohio, to Miss
Helen R. Egnew, and the union has been blessed by two children: James
P.
and Esther E. He and his wife are prominent socially, and he is a
leading member of the Christian Church at Bryan. For six years he
belonged to the Chautauqua Society, and he is also a member of the
Knights of Pythias and the National Union.
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 537 |
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CHRISTOPHER SCOTT is a
native of Ohio, and a son of William and Sarah (Kirkendall) Scott
who had their residence in Wayne County until 1855, when they moved to
Hicksville, Defiance County, where Mrs. Scott died. Mr.
Scott then came to Edgerton, where he ended his days in the fall of
1862. Schristopher Scott lived upon his father's farm until
his marriage, in February, 1844, to Naomi Franks. He then
came to this township and bought eighty acres of woodland on Section 35,
which he paid for by parting with his team and all the money he had,
leaving himself with nothing but his hands and an ax with which to make
a living for himself and wife. He prospered, however, and has
since owned 770 acres in this part of the country - mostly in this
county - the greater portion of which he has given to his children.
He is now owner of 360 acres in this county, and 1,000 in Texas.
He has been one of the most enterprising farmers of this region, and
with his own hands has cleared up over two hundred acres of wild land.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott are parents of nine children, viz.:
William and Peter, residing in Kansas; Martha Lambshiar,
Sarah Newman, Frank, Manoat, Julia, Nancy and Lucretta Yoder.
William Scott enlisted as a private in Company 'F, Thirty-eighth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the late war, and at the end of three
years was mustered out a Sergeant; and Peter, the next son,
served one year, near the close of the war. Mr. and Mrs. Scott
are members of the Methodist Church, and in politics he is a stanch
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 616 |
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Bryan & Pulaski Twps. -
ROBERT A. SCOTT,
attorney at law, was born in Fulton County, Ohio, August 7, 1854, and is
the son of William C. and Elizabeth (Millhoue) Scott. When
Robert A. was about one year old, his parents came to Bryan,
where the father engaged in the grocery trade for a time, and afterward
with a brother engaged in saw-milling. About 1857, he moved to
Centre Township and bought a farm, on which he and wife are now living.
They are the parents of six children, viz., Margaret S., now
Mrs. A. C. Bates, Robert A., Charles E., H. Winfield, J. Ellsworth
and Matus R. Robert A. was reared on the farm in Centre
Township, and there educated. During the winter of 1871-72-73, he
taught school in this county, and in 1874 began the study of law in the
office of Pratt & Bently; during the sessions of 1874-75 and
1875-76, he also attended the Law Department of the University of
Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and received his degree of LL. D. in the spring
of 1876. He remained in the office of Pratt & Bently that
fall, and in November of the same year formed a partnership with
Judge Leidigh which has been harmoniously and successfully conducted
ever since. In 1878, he was elected by the Democracy to the office
of Prosecuting Attorney, his competitor being C. S. Bently, his
former preceptor. He served two years to the entire satisfaction
of his constituents, and was again nominated for the office, but was
defeated, although running ahead of his ticket, by a Republican county
majority. He is a member of I. O. O. F., the O. F. Encampment, and
the Patriarchal Circle, and has passed all the chairs in both lodge and
encampment. He was married May 1, 1879, to Miss Minnie Meeks,
of Wauseon, Fulton County, who has borne him two children - Herma
and Bertha. Mrs. Scott was born in Wauseon, Dec. 3,
1856, of a highly respectable family.
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 589 |
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Centre Twp.
W.
C. SCOTT, the eldest son of Robert and Charlotte Scott,
was born in Wayne County, Ohio, Jan. 28, 1825. Robert Scott
was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, Nov. 15, 1802, and was a son of
Matthew Scott, who was a native of Ireland, and who came to
Columbiana County in January, 1801, where he married Nancy Eaton
on his arrival. He remained there till about 1809, when he moved
to Wayne County, where his wife died shortly after. Matthew
then married Lucinda Bevington. By these two
marriages, he became the father of sixteen children - five by his wife
and eleven by the second. Robert Scott was the third born
of the first wife. He was married, in Wayne County, April 6, 1824,
to Charlotte Cunningham, who was born in New Jersey Feb. 16,
1805, and who died in Wayne County Jan. 8, 1871; in Sept., 1877, he
married Mrs. Mary Austin, and shortly after moved to Stark
County, Ohio, where he purchased some property, and where he is spending
his remaining days in retirement. His children numbered eight, as
follows: W. C., James, Noah, John, Cunningham R., Elizabeth,
Mary and Oliver, the last named deceased. W. C.
Scott remained with his father till he reached the age of
twenty-three, when he went to Fulton County, Ohio, and passed a year;
thence to Allen County, Ind., when he married, Nov. 13, 1851,
Elizabeth Millhouse, who was born in Somerset County, Penn., Sept.
14, 1822. She was the daughter of Abraham and Margaret
Millhouse, who were also natives of Somerset, born in 1799 and 1802
respectively, and there married in 1821; in 1851, they moved to Jackson
County, Ill., where she died Nov. 5, 1873, and he Aug. 10, 1874, having
had family of nine children. After his marriage, Mr. Scott
returned to Fulton County, remaining there about four years; then came
to Bryan, and engaged in saw-milling about two years; then bought a farm
in this township, Section 13; sold out after seven years' residence on
it, and bought 100 acres of fine land on Section 12, when he now lives.
His children are six in number, viz., Margaret S., R. A., C.
E., H. W., J. E. and R. M. One of the son is practicing
law Defiance and another at 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 780 |
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Mill Creek Twp.
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ISAAC SHAEFFER is a native of the "Hoosier" State,
and was born in Wayne Co. Nov. 26, 1846, the sixth child of nine
of Abraham and Elizabeth (Gerry) Shaeffer, natives respectively
of Virginia and Ohio. His parents removed to De Kalb Co., Ind.,
when he was but two years of age; Mr. Shaeffer received a liberal
education, and was for three years a student at Wolcottville Seminary,
and a year at the Northwestern College at Plainfield, Ill., adding to
his means by teaching winters. In 1874, Mr. Shaeffer went
into the furniture business at Wolcottville, where he remained four
years, when he sold out and spent two years traveling for a Cleveland
firm. In 1880, he opened a drug store at Hamilton, Ind., and
in September, 1881, removed to Alvordton, being one of the first
merchants to locate in the promising little place. Mr. S.
has made a thorough and conscientious study of his profession, and
intends to follow the business through life. He joined his
fortunes with Miss Alindia Eagley, at La Grange, Ind., Dec. 29,
1872. Mrs. Shaeffer is the mother of two children, viz.:
John H. and Ulysses E. She is a native of Erie County,
Penn., and a member of the Evangelical Association. Mr.
Shaeffer was formerly a member of the Republican party, but since
the formation of the Greenback party has been identified with their
interests.
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 807 |
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Jefferson Twp. -
JOHN SHANKSTER was born in
Lincolnshire, England, in 1806, and there married Nancy Streets
in 1827. In 1832, this couple emigrated to America; first located
at Chillicothe, and, in 1835, moved to this township. At that
time, Defiance, Fulton and Williams, constituted one county, the county
seat being at Defiance; here he entered eighty acres of land in the
midst of the woods, where wild beasts abounded, and the Indians far
exceeded the whites in number. Through perseverance and industry,
however, he succeeded in subduing the forest and securing a
well-cultivated farm of 160 acres, on which he is now in comfort passing
his declining years. Here his wife died in March, 1874, the mother
of nine children, seven of whom are still living, viz.: Isaac,
Thomas, Israel s., George, Martin S., Mary Ann and Elizabeth.
Isaac married Miss Susan Boum in 1848, and is the father
of four children, three living, who live with their parents on a fine
farm in the township. Thomas married Miss Phoebe Hester,
in 1866, is the father of three children, and owns 130 acres of land and
a fine residence in the township. Israel S. married Miss
Mary Haupt in 1878, is the father of two children, and owner of a
good farm and residence. George married Miss Clarissa
Wyatt, who died two years later, and he then married Miss
Elizabeth Johnson; is the father of two children, and owns 160 acres
in Superior Township. Martin S. married Sally Long,
and is the owner of a good farm in Northwest Township. Mary Ann
married Hiram Bushong, who owns ninety acres of good land in this
township. Elizabeth married William Stewart Feb. 21,
1878, and this pair live with the father on the old homestead, and are
the parents of two children.
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 760 |
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Florence Twp. -
ANDREW SHELINE was born in Washington
County, Penn., April 20, 1819, and is one of a family of seven children
born to David and Mary (Ashbrook) Sheline, four of whom are now
living. His father was a farmer and teamster. His parents
came to Carroll County, Ohio, in 1824, where Andrew Sheline
resided until 1855, when he came to Williams County, which has since
been his home; he is both carpenter and farmer, but has not confined
himself to any one business. Seeing the opportunity for a broader field
of enterprise in the building up of the West, he laid the foundation of
the present village of Edon, building the first dry goods and grocery
stores, cabinet shop and doctor's office in the place; he also erected
the first grist-mill and woolen factory in Florence Township, and the
second saw-mill, and is the owner of a fine farm of eighty acres; he has
been proprietor of a hotel since Edon has needed one, but has recently
disposed of his hotel and factory interests, and will soon retire to
private life to the rest and quiet from activity he so deservedly
merits. Mr. Sheline was married, Oct. 4, 1840, to Miss
Ann Kintner, a native of Carroll County, and they are the parents of
nine children, eight of whom are now living - Mary, Louise, Jennie,
Eli, Harriet A., Benjamin F., Samantha and Edwin; one
daughter, Martha, is deceased.
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 753 |
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E.
R. SHELINE, proprietor of Edon Woolen Mills and manufacturer of
fork, rake, hoe, and broom handles, is a native of Ohio. He was
born in Carroll County, Dec. 4, 1848, and is a son of Andrew Sheline,
a sketch of whose life appears in this work. Mr. Sheline
came to Edon with his parents in 1855, and has since resided here.
His early life was spent in assisting his father on the farm and in his
mills, In 1865 and 1866, he attended school at Hiram, Ohio, and
afterward at Bryan for several terms. Upon his return home he
resumed work in the mills for his father until 1872, when he worked at
carpentering for three years. He then took a third-interest,
afterward a half-interest with his father in the woolen mills until
1880, when he purchased his father's interest, and is now engaged in
custom carding and spinning, and also in manufacturing moldings,
shingles and laths. His mills give employment to from seven
to fifteen men daily. He was married, February 25, 1871, to
Rebecca J. Eyster, of Florence Township, and their family consists
of three children - Cordelia, Arthur E., and Holland L..
Mr. and Mrs. Sheline are members of the Church of the Disciples
of 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 753 |
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Centre Twp.
WILLIAM SHERIDAN, now a retired
farmer of this township, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn.., Aug.
9, 1801. He there went to school, and also served an
apprenticeship at blacksmithing. Apr. 15, 1823, he married Miss
Hannah McKim, who was born in Butler County, Penn., Apr. 13, 1803.
In 1826, he moved to Pittsburgh, Penn., where he followed his trade till
1833, when he moved to Stark County, Ohio here also, he engaged in
blacksmithing, and continued thereat until 1840, when he came to
Williams County and settled on the farm of 151 acres he at present
occupies. Here Mrs. Sheridan took her leave of this world
Oct. 18, 1876, leaving behind her husband and eleven children, viz.,
John, William, Mary, Margaret, Emeline, James, Levinia, Samuel W.,
Amanda, Eliza and Almira.
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 780 |
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DAVID
SHOOK, one of the early settlers of Northwest Township, was born
in Centre County, Penn., June 16, 1813. There were nine
children in the family, and his parents were John and Christina
(Long) Shook. Our subject is by trade a carpenter; he is also
a cabinet maker. He resided in Pennsylvania until 1841, when he
moved to Medina County, Ohio, remaining there until 1852, when he
removed to Williams County, where he now resides. He worked at his
trade from his fifteenth year until the time of leaving Pennsylvania.
Sine he came to Ohio he has been engaged at farming most of the time,
having always been a hard worker. On May 8, 1837, he was married
to Mary M. Throne, who died on the 19th of September, 1877,
leaving a family of four children - Israel, John, Franklin, and
William H. These are all married and live in Williams
County except Franklin, who is in Steuben County, Ind.
Mr. Shook is a consistent member of the Lutheran 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 818 |
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ALBERT SILVERNAIL was born on Mar.
28, 1824, in Yates County, N. Y., and one of thirteen children born to
Conrad and Mary (Miller) Silvernail. In 1829, Mr. Conrad
and Mary (Miller) Silvernail. In 1829, Mr. Conrad
Silvernail moved to Geauga County, Ohio, where he purchased and
improved 160 acres of land, but afterward lost this and all his personal
property by indorsing for his neighbors. This caused him to remove
to Michigan in 1835, and settle upon some land of his brother. In
1837, he purchased forty acres in Hillsdale County, Mich., residing
there until the death, in 1862. Albert Silvernail was bred
to the plow, and labored thereat until twenty-three years of age, when
he married Susan Wilson. He then located on forty acres in
Hillsdale County; here Mrs. Silvernail died, May 27, 1849.
Some time after, he worked on the L. S. & M. S. R. R., and, in 1854,
came to Stryker, where he married, July 4, 1855, Emily Douglass.
One daughter was born to them - Eliza J., now Mrs. James A.
Grimes. In 1856, he bought forty acres of his present farm,
which now includes 153 acres; he has also 800 acres in Northern Texas.
Mr. Silvernail is one of the Township Trustees; he was once a Whig,
but now a Republican, a member of the Universalist Church and a
prominent citizen. The present Mrs. Silvernail is a native
of Steuben County, N. Y.,; her father, Uriah Douglass, a pioneer
of Springfield Township, was born in Orange County, and her mother,
Mary (Carter) Douglass, in Tompkins County, 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 735 -
Springfield Twp. |
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HENRY
SINES was born in Putnam County, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1855. He is one
of a family of six children born to Henry and Katie A. (Warnes) Sines;
five of these children are yet living. His father was a
blacksmith, and labored at his trade in various localities in Ohio and
Indiana. When our subject was about three years old, he went to
live with one of his father's neighbors, Samuel Warwick,
remaining there until Mr. Warwick's death, Feb. 9, 1877.
From that date until 1881, he was engaged as a farmer and a railroader,
but afterward opened a dry goods and grocery store at North Creek,
Putnam Co., Ohio, where he remained but a short time before coming to
Blakeslee, Ohio, to engage in the grocery business. He also deals
in queensware, tobacco, cigars, etc. He was married, Oct. 2, 1879,
to Melissa Steveson, of Henry County, Ohio. Two children
have been the issue - Otto and Anna E. Mr. Sines
is a member of the Masonic Lodge at Edon, Ohio.
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 754 - Florence Twp. |
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JOHN
SLOAN was born Apr. 20, 1818, in Columbia County, Penn., and is
one of eight children born to David and Mary A. (Vance) Sloan.
John Sloan worked for his father on the farm until he was twenty-one
year old, after which time he farmed on shares until 1845. In
1848, he moved with his family to Springfield Twp., and bought eight
acres of wild land, which he improved, and on which he now resides.
His hardships were many, but in time and by labor the "wilderness did
blossom at the rose," having increased his domain to 392 acres.
Mrs. Sloan was married, in 1838, to Rachel Bower, and from
this union nine children came to being, five of whom are dead. For
the first ten years Mr. Sloan was a grand juryman almost
constantly. He is a Baptist and Mrs. S. a Methodist.
Mr. Sloan is also a member of A., F. & A. M., a Democrat in
politics and a public-spirited 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 735 - Springfield Twp. |
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JOHN
W. SLOAN was born in Springfield Twp. Jan. 12, 1850, and is one
of the nine children born to John and Rachel (Bower) Sloan (a
sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in this volume). Our
subject received but a limited education, working for his father until
he was twenty-five years old. On July 4, 1875, he was married to
Alice E. Clark, of this township, daughter of Louis and Catharine
(Knipe) Clark. Three sons have blessed this union - John
L., William L. and Otis C. In 1880, he bought a farm of 118
acres in Springfield Twp., with fine improvements on which he resides.
Mr. and Mrs. Sloan are members of Springfield Grange, 499, and
also of the M. E. Church, and Mr. Sloan is one of the rising
young farmers of Springfield Township.
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 735 -
Springfield Twp. |
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PHILIP H. SMELTZ, son
of Jacob and Maria B. Smeltz, was born in Seneca County, Ohio,
June 20, 1852, and came with his parents to Williams county in 1868.
Here he was married, Dec. 25, 1876, to Mary C. Ginther, who was
born in Defiance County, Ohio, Mar. 10, 1857. Shortly after his
marriage, he moved upon his present farm, which he had previously
purchased, and which he has assiduously cultivated ever since. It
comprises eighty acres, and he has made it all that could be expected
from thrift and good management. He has had born to him two
children - Elmer O., Dec. 4, 1878, and Sylvia M., Mar. 9,
1882. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Church, and give
promise of rising to prominence in the community in which they live.
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 781 - Centre Twp. |
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SAMUEL
SMITH is a son of William and Sarah Smith, who were
natives of Ireland (the former born in 1789, the latter in 1803).
They were married in Canada about the year 1823, where they resided
before coming to Wayne County, Ohio, from which place they moved to
Centre Township, Williams County, in May 1846, where they lived until
their deaths - his occurring in 1865, and hers in 1879; their family
comprised ten children - Robert, Mary (deceased), James,
George, William, Samuel, Matthew, Martha, John (deceased) and
Sarah. The subject of our sketch was born in Wayne County,
Ohio. Aug. 30, 1833, and came with his parents to this county,
where he has since resided. He was married in this county Mar..
15, 1863, to Saloma Stahl, who was born Oct. 28, 1845.
After his marriage he moved to the old homestead, where he remained
until the spring of 1877, when he purchased and removed to the farm he
now occupies in Section 20. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have six
children - Frank O., Chauncey E., Noah A., William H., Vernon C.
and Albertine. Mr. Smith is a most excellent man, and fills
the office of Township Trustee, Township Clerk and Township Treasurer.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical -
Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles
Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers
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WILLIAM SMITH is a son
of William and Sarah Smith, and was born in Wayne County, Ohio,
Nov. 13, 1831. When young, he came with his parents to this
county, where he has continued to live since that time. On the
18th of September, in the year 1852, he was married, in this township,
to Rosetta Calvin, who was born in Portage County, Ohio, May 1,
1835. Shortly afterward, he purchased a small farm in this
township, and, in April, 1853, moved on the same, where he remained
until the year 1860; he then sold this property, and, in the spring of
1861, he occupied the farm o which he now lives, in Section 30, Centre
Township, of which he had previously possessed himself; he now owns
eighty-five acres of really excellent land. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
have no children, but are people of integrity and character.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical -
Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles
Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers
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Springfield Twp. -
FESTUS A. SNEAR, M. D., was graduated from the
Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in the class of 1871-72,
previous to which he attended lectures at the Medical College at Ann
Arbor, Mich., after studying for two years with Drs. Long and
Riggs, of Bryan, Ohio. Since starting in the practice of his
profession, Dr. Snear has been a resident of Stryker, and is also
proprietor of a drug house, carrying a large and well-assorted stock of
goods usually found in his line. He has an extensive practice, and
is one of Stryker's most public-spirited citizens, one of the Trustees
of Springfield Township, and an honored member of the A. F. & A. M. and
the I. O. O. F. Dr. Snear was married Sept. 10, 1871, to
Miss Josephine Rotsel, of Richland County, Ohio, a daughter of
Dr. O. J. Rotsel, a native of Pennsylvania, and one child, Otho,
is the fruit of this union. Dr. Snear was born in Richland
County, Ohio, Dec. 30, 1849, one of four children of his parents,
Jacob and Mary (Hadix) Snear, natives respectively of Pennsylvania
and Virginia. Jacob Snear came with his parents to Richland
County when but a child; the country was new and almost uninhabited, and
their nearest white neighbor was seven miles distant, and consequently
they became familiarized with frontier life. Mr. S. was
married and lived in Richland County until 1865, when he moved to Fulton
County, where he purchased a farm, remaining until April, 1882, when he
sold his property and became a resident of Stryker.
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 736 |
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A.
C. SNYDER was born in Lawrence County, Penn., in 1844, and moved
to Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1858. In 1861, he enlisted in the
Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and went with his regiment to
West Virginia; was in the battles of Beverly, McDowell and Cross Keys,
and was present at the surrender of Gen. Miles at Harper's Ferry.
His regiment was then transferred to the Western Department, Seventeenth
Army Corps, and our subject took part in the siege of Vicksburg
and in the Meridian campaign. After his discharge, in 1864, he
re-enlisted as a veteran, and was in the Atlanta Campaign under Gen.
Sherman; he was also at Washington at the grand review in 1865; and
thence went with his regiment to Louisville, Ky., where he was mustered
out in 1865, when her returned to his home in Columbiana County.
The same year he moved to this township, and in 1869, married Miss
Lucinda Beerbower. To this union have been born three
children, viz.: Ella, Willard (deceased) and Jennie.
Mr. Snyder is the owner of 240 acrs of land in a good state of
cultivation, and has a pleasant home. He is an ardent Democrat,
and is regarded as a valuable 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 762 - Jefferson Twp. |
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GEORGE
F. SOLIER, Auditor of Williams County, is the second son and
third child born to Francis and Catharine (Barber) Solier, both
of whom were natives of France. The father was born in 1817, and
resided in his native land until he became a young man, when he came to
the United States, locating first in New York City, but afterward coming
West, where for some time he worked as steam boatman on the Mississippi
River. He then returned to New York, and in about 1854 came to
Williams County, Ohio, locating at Lockport, Brady Township, where he
purchased the grist-mill and operated the same until about 1866 when he
sold the property and moved to Stryker, engaging in the dry goods
business, and continuing there until his death in 1867. His wife was
Miss Catherine Barber, to whom he was married while in New York
City. The children of these parents were Alfred, Amelia,
George, Charles and Celia. The mother is yet living,
well advanced in years. In October, 1880, Alfred was
elected Auditor of William County by the Republicans, but,
unfortunately, his death occurred April 18, 1881, while he was serving
in that capacity. Soon after his death, his brother George was
appointed by the County Commissioners to fill the unexpired term.
This he did to the entire satisfaction of the citizens of the county.
He became a candidate for the same position in the autumn of 1881, and
was elected by a handsome majority, notwithstanding the fact that other
Republicans on the same ticket were defeated and some slipped in by a
hair's breadth. He is universally respected by his associates in
office and by all his acquaintances. All the sons, like their
father before them, are stanch Republicans. George received
a good education, having attended Oberlin College some four years.
He is a young man of good habits and principles.
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 591 |
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DAVID SPANGLER, is the son of
Jacob and Eliza Spangler. He is the third of a family of eight
children, and was born in Centre Township, in this county, on the 6th of
March, 1840, and has always lived here. He was married, Mar. 12,
1862, and Sarah E. Smith, who was born in Wayne County, Ohio,
Jan. 26, 1842, a daughter of William and Sarah Smith. About
one year after his marriage, he purchased the farm on which he now
lives, on which he moved, and on which he has remained ever since.
His farm comprises eighty acres of fine land, with improvements.
Mr. and Mrs. Spangler have a family of four children - Clara
D., Ulysses G., Dora E. and Charlie. Both are
hospitable and worthy, and Mrs. Spangler is a member of the
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 782 |
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SAMUEL B .SPROTT was born in Beaver
County, Penn., Dec. 15, 1840, and in 1859 went to Richland County, Ohio,
where he made his home with his sister, Mrs. Knox; worked out by
the month till 1864, then came to this county and lived with a brother
till 1868, when he married Miss Leannah Weaver, who was born in
Pickaway County, Ohio, Dec. 5, 1847. Her parents came to this
township in 1848, and settled on Section 3, on which section also,
Mr. Sprott has his farm of seventy acres. Mr. Weaver
died here in 1852, aged about forty-three years; her mother is still
living on the old homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Sprott are the
parents of five children, viz.: Nelson W., born July 16,
1869; Clara Belle, Jan. 15, 1871; Mary E., July 29, 1873;
John Willard, Apr. 26, 1875; and James A., June 2, 1882.
Mr. Sprott has always been engaged in farming and stock-raising.
He is a Democrat in politics, and has served as Justice of the Peace one
term, and as Constable three terms. In religion, he holds to the
Golden Rule, and has always been recognized as honorable and upright.
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 762 - Jefferson Twp. |
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J.
D. STARN was born in Melton Township, Wayne County, Ohio, October
7, 1851, and is the son of Alexander and Melinda (Schartzer) Starn,
both natives of the Buckeye State. Alexander Starn for a
number of years was a school teacher, and was favorably known as an
educator. In 1856, he came to this county, and here died in the
spring of 1861. His widow is a resident of Bryan. J. D.
Starn attended school in Bryan until twelve years old; then for five
years attended the Wayne County schools. He then returned to
Bryan, and while still young began teaching, which he followed for
several years with success, always receiving the highest salaries.
In 1872, he began the insurance business, representing only one company.
His business increased rapidly, and he is now the representative of
thirty-one companies and is considered to be the best posted man in the
business in Northwestern Ohio. He began as a poor boy, but by fair
dealing, strict business habits and a good share of native ability and
energy, he has built up the most lucrative insurance agency in the
county. He is district agent for a number of leading companies,
who do all their business through him. In politics, he has always
been a 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 591 |
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ELI STONER
is a native of Stark County, Ohio, and was born in1824. His
parents, Charles and Elizabeth (Oberlin) Stoner, moved from Stark
to Wood County when Eli was five years of age, and there resided
for twenty-three years, when they returned to Stark, where the father
died in1875. The mother is still living, at the age of seventy-two
years. In 1844, Eli married Miss Catherine Heister,
a native of Stark County, and they became the parents of eight children,
all of whom survive with the exception of one. Mr. Stoner
resides on a farm of eighty acres which he purchased on first coming to
Jefferson Township, and which he has developed to the full extent of its
producing properties. He is a citizen of worth and progress, and
enjoys the esteem of all his neighbors.
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 763 |
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J.
K. STORER is a native of Maine, and was born May 25, 1838.
Sept. 27, 1860, he married Miss Anna R. McLaughlin, also a native
of Maine. He conducted a saw-mill at the place of his nativity
from the time of his marriage until 1865, when he moved to Fayetteville,
Lincoln Co., Tenn., where he remained about one year, then removed to
Warrensville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; remained a short time, and then came
to Williams Centre, this township, and engaged with Mr. C. W.
Kittredge in saw-milling, which business they conducted together
till the fall of 1868, when Mr. Storer bought out his partner's
interest, and alone ran the mill until January, 1878, when Mr. W. S.
Wilsey came in as partner and remained four years, when he withdrew.
Mr. Storer has since continued the business himself, dealing in
and manufacturing native lumber, lath, fork, hoe and broom handles.
Mrs. Storer died Apr. 4, 1875, and Dec. 6, the same year, Mr.
Storer married her sister, Laura D. McLaughlin, born in Maine
May 22, 1845. His children are two in number - Frank R.,
born Aug. 7, 1877, and Anna M., born Jan. 4, 1880. Mr.
Storer is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is regarded by his
townsmen as an upright and enterprising 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
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WALLACE H. STOUGH was born in Portage County,
Ohio, Nov. 26, 1840, the eldest of three children born to Lyman and
Mary (Mercer) Stough, both natives of Portage County, Ohio. In
1843, Lyman Stough removed with his family to Jefferson Township,
in this county, where he purchased a farm, remaining until the death of
Mrs. Stough, which occurred in 1846. HE afterward disposed
of this property and bought a farm in Superior Township, living here
until 1860, when he sold the farm and removed to Stryker, where he
resided until death called him away, Dec. 26, 1869. Wallace H.
attended school until fourteen years of age, when he went to West Unity,
in this county, and served as three years' apprenticeship with
Michael Pifer at the harness and saddler's trade; then removing to
Bryan, working two summers at his trade, and attending school during the
winter seasons. In November, 1864, Mr. Stough and Miss
Louisa Kitzmiller were wedded. She is the daughter of Adam
and Mary (Buts) Kitzmiller, both natives of Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Stough is a native of Richland County, Ohio, and the mother of
four children - Leland I., Franklin, Frederick and Florence B.
Mr. Stough came to Stryker in 1858 and established himself in the
harness and saddlery business, where he has since remained, meeting with
success and filling a sphere of popularity and usefulness. He is a
member of the Town Council of Stryker, and shares the confidence of her
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 736 |
William Stough |
Bryan & Pulaski Twps. -
BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM
STOUGH. Some time during the last century, Nicholas
Stough, a native of Germany, crossed the Atlantic Ocean with two
brothers, and established himself in Cumberland County, Penn., where he
married, secured himself a comfortable home, reared a large family and
founded the town of Stoughstown. One of his sons was William
Stough, Sr. a man of more than ordinary ability, who, like many
others of his day, was compelled to face the world with a comparatively
slight education. He became a husbandman, and, in about 1815,
married Miss Barbara Whitmore, who bore him three children, two
of whom are yet living, one being Gen. William Stough, of Bryan.
The mother died in 1821, and the father married Elizabeth Terman,
who likewise died about twelve years later, leaving five children.
The father again married, his third wife being a widow lady, by name
Mrs. Susanna Browneller, who died, leaving her husband five
children. Mr. Stough's fourth wife was Eliza Patterson,
who died of a fever, without issue, about a year after her marriage.
His fifth and last wife was Mary A. McMann, who died in 1877,
without children, her husband surviving her about a year.
William Stough, Sr., lived in Pennsylvania until about 1833, at
which time he moved to Richland County, Ohio; but, in 1850, moved to
Whitley County, Ind., where he resided until his death. His third
child by his first wife was Gen. William Stough, whose name heads
this sketch. This gentleman was born in Cumberland County, Penn.,
January 22, 1821, and was about twelve years old when his father moved
to Richland County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood, serving, in the
meantime, at Mansfield, an apprenticeship at the cabinet-maker's trade.
In the autumn of 1840, his marriage with Miss Sarah Ann Reding
was celebrated, and two years later he moved to the village of Pulaski
(then called Lafayette) Williams Co., Ohio, and engaged in
cabinet-making, carpentry and undertaking. Such occupations were
followed until 1852, when he began merchandising in the same village;
but at the end of three years moved the stock to Bryan, where for
another year he conducted the mercantile pursuit. For nine years
preceding his removal to Bryan, he served as Justice of the Peace, and
also nine years after coming here. About a year after moving to
Bryan, he engaged in lumbering and farming, and continued these pursuits
until the fall of Sumter, when he was ordered by the Governor to raise a
company of infantry, at the same time receiving his commission of
Captaincy. Gen. Stough was not unknown to the military
officials of the State, as he had been commissioned Colonel of home
militia a number of years before, at which time he had become thoroughly
familiar with military tactics. He immediately entered upon his
task, and soon had a company of one hundred and twenty fine men, who
became Company H, Thirty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
"Captain" Stoughton took his company to the field, leading it in
all engagements until the fall of 1862, when, owning to increasing
ill-health, he was compelled to resign and come home. But he was
not permitted to rest long. In July, 1863, he received orders to
enlist a company of Cavalry which he did, the same under his command,
going to the field as a part of the Ninth Ohio Cavalry. He engaged
in active service in Kentucky and Tennessee; but, his health again
failing, he was compelled to sojourn at Nashville to recuperate.
At this time, he was called home by the illness and death of his wife.
While at home, he received the news of his promotion to the Majority of
his regiment over five ranking Captains. He rejoined his command,
and, a few days later (October 1, 1864), was commissioned Lieutenant
Colonel over two ranking officers. He joined Gen. Sherman
on the march to the seal; but at Savannah his regiment with
others was organized into a "dismounted command," owing to the fact that
suitable horses could not be obtained, and formed a part of the Second
Brigade of the Second Division of Kilpatrick's dismounted cavalry.
On the 10th of March, 1865, the rebels under Gen. Wade Hampton
swept down upon the dismounted cavalry, killing and capturing men and
officers, and destroying property. The ninth was thrown back about
six hundred yards; but was then rallied by the gallantry of "Col.
Stough, who wheeled his men about, charging the enemy with great
spirit and pluck, forcing them back in full retreat and retaking his
camp. For this splendid act, he was brevetted Colonel and
Brigadier General, his commissions to rank from March 13, 1865, "for
gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Fayetteville, N. C."*
At the close of the war he was mustered out with his regiment. He
returned to Williams County, where he has since resided. For six
years he was Mayor of Bryan. He now represents several standard
insurance companies. In 1876, he engaged in the boot and shoe
trade with his son, but the latter now conducts the business alone.
Mrs. Sarah A. (Reding) Stough bore her husband ten children, five
of whom are yet leaving - William E. E. Amelia, Mary A., Alpheus L.
and Ida M. This lady died, and Gen. Stough married
Ellen M. Mickey, by whom he had one child, since deceased.
His present wife was Mrs. Ellen (Wilson) Yates, widow of James
B. Wyatt, a native of Marion County, Ohio. Mr. Wyatt's
parents came to the county in 1838. Their son, the former husband
of Mrs. Stough, became a prominent lawyer at Bryan, and
also served as County Recorder. His death occurred in 1855.
His wife bore him two children, both of whom are dead. Gen.
Stough is eminently a self-made man. His has made his own name
and fame, and can look back with pride over a trying but successful
life. He is a Republican, is a member of the Masonic fraternity,
of the Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Reformed Church. His
present wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at 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 592 |
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WILLIAM
E. STOUGH, son of Gen. William Stough, whose portrait and
biography appear in this work, was born in Pulaski Township, Williams
Co., Ohio, Sept. 18, 1843, and Williams County has ever been his home.
He received a common school education in youth, and August 9, 1862,
enlisted as musician in Company C, One Hundredth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. Its first service was in Kentucky, and finally it formed
a part of the Twenty-third Army Corps. It remained in Kentucky
about a year, and, in 1863, it crossed over with Gen. Burnside
into Knoxville. A detachment of the One Hundredth Regiment,
comprising Company C and a few other companies, were, in 1863, ordered
to Bristol under command of Col. Hayes to intercept the rebels,
who were attempting to re-enforce Longstreet, who was at that
time contemplating the capture of Knoxville. While on their way,
our troops were met at Tilford Station, and, after the engagement there,
fell back to Limestone Station, where the rebels succeeded in capturing
the Union forces, Mr. Stough among the rest. He was sent to
Richmond, and after remaining two days in Libby Prison was transferred
to Belle Island, where he suffered all the horrors of rebel prison life
for six months. March 7, 1864, he was paroled and came to
Columbus, where he received a furlough to visit home. At the end
of one month, he rejoined his regiment in the field, and remained in
active service until the close of the war, receiving his discharge at
Greensboro June 20, 1865. Mr. Stough took part in some of
the most hotly contested battles of the war, and was ever at his post of
duty. Since it close, he has resided in Williams County, and for
the past seven years has been a leading merchant of Bryan, carrying a
full line of boots, shoes, etc. He was married, October 3, 1867,
to Miss Frances J. Newman, and to their union have been born two
children - Henry W. and Ray W. Mr. Stough is a
Republican, and a member of the G. A. R., and he and wife belong the 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 594 |
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GEORGE STRAYER, present Prosecuting
Attorney of Williams County, where born February 15, 1853, in
Superior Township. His father, Eli Strayer, is a native of
Stark County, and his grandparents were among the old settlers thereof.
They moved from Stark to Lucas county, and thence to Superior Township,
this county, about 1838. George Strayer was reared in his
native Michigan, engaged in various pursuits. HE taught two terms
of public school in the winters of 1877/78 and 1879, and began reading
law in August, 1878, under Hon. S. E. Blakeslee, of Bryan.
In October, 1879, he attended the law school of the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor, and continued there six months. March 17,
1880, he passed an examination at Columbus, Ohio, and was admitted to
the bar, and immediately afterward opened an office at Montpelier.
In August of the same year, he formed a partnership with W. O.
Johnston at the same place. Mr. J. being the present
Mayor of Bryan. That winter they were burned out, but they
remained as partners until September 1881. In May, 1881, he
received the Republican nomination for Prosecuting Attorney of Williams
County, and, in October of the same year, was elected. Owing to
the resignation of the Prosecuting Attorney at that time, he received
the appointment, and immediately moved to Bryan in discharge of the
duties of his office, and immediately formed his present partnership
with Philetus Smith, which has ever since continued. He has
here met with good success as an attorney, and also will make a popular
and competent official. He was married, June 17, 1880, to Miss
Alice Stauffer, who was born in Montpelier, March, 1860.
Mr. Strayer is a Republican in politics, a member of the I. O. O.
F., of O. F. Encampment and the Patriarchal Circle of Bryan Temple, No.
9. His mother was Mary Kagg, a native of Wurtemberg,
Germany, born about 1832, and came with her parents to America
when eighteen months old. Her parents first settled in Lucas
County, Ohio, but removed to Williams County in about 1842, where she
married our subject's father in about 1851.
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- Illustrated - Publ.
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 594 |
John H. Stubbs |
JOHN H. STUBBS
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Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles
Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers
- 1882 - Page 738 |
Wm. M. Stubbs |
Springfield
Twp. -
WILLIAM M. STUBBS, one of the pioneers of Williams
County, was born June 22, 1810, in Tompkins County, N. Y. He is
the eldest of seven children born to John and Phebe (Miller) Stubbs,
both natives of New York. William M. received the benefits
of a common school education, and assisted on the home farm until he
became of age, when he married bought a farm in his native county, where
he remained until 1836, when he disposed of his property and emigrated
with his family to this State. He purchased 220 acres of
unimproved land in Brady Township, Williams County, built a cabin and
begun the work of making a new home, in what was then considered the
wilderness of the West. Pioneers need no rehearsal of their labors
and privations to keep them in memory, and all descriptions give no
later settlers but a faint picture of the reality. Mr. Stubbs
keeps the old homestead, but to lighten his labors, rented his farm
and moved to Stryker in 1873, where he has since resided, associated in
the drug business with his son, Dr. N. B. Stubbs. Mr.
Stubbs has always been an active politician and was for several
years one of the Associate Judges of Williams County, under the old
constitution, and Justice of the Peace both in Brady and Springfield
Townships. He was candidate for Legislative honors on the
democratic ticket in 1880, and has been for many years a prominent and
active member of the A. F. & A. M. Mrs. Stubbs was Miss
Margaret A. Collins, a daughter of David and Sabra (Blanchard)
Collins, all natives of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Stubbs
are parents of six children, four surviving, viz., Chauncy C.,
now a stock-dealer in Montana, Mrs. John G. Rumsey, Dr. N. B.
Stubbs and Mrs. Dr. D. P. Aldrich. The deceased were
Mrs. William Sheridan, Jr., who died in 1875, and Mr. Samuel
Smith, who died at Eau Claire, Wis., in Mar., 1882.
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 738 |
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Florence Twp.
-
J. W. STULLER is a native of the "Buckeye" State,
having been born in Carroll County July 18, 1846. His parents,
Henry and Nancy (Ashbrook) Stuller, were natives of Pennsylvania,
and reared a family of nine children. Mr. Henry Stuller
came to Williams County in 1853 and purchased a farm, part of which is
the site of the present village of Edon. His early years were
spent as a day laborer. His death occurred in 1868. J. W.
Stuller received the advantages of a good education, and learned the
mason's trade, at which he worked for nearly nine years. He was a
patriotic citizen at an early age, and enlisted in Company D, One
Hundred and Eighty-ninth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, when but
seventeen years old, and remained in the service until the close of the
war. He was married Dec. 19, 1873, to Miss Ann J. Lash, a
resident of Williams County. Mrs. Stuller is a member of
the M. E. Church of Edon, and Mr. Stullerholds a membership in
the brotherhood of the I. O. O. F. in the same place. Mr.
Stuller is at present engaged in the ministering to the comfort of
his fellow-men, and improving their general appearance at his fine
barbering establishment in Edon, which is a popular and general resort
for all in need of his services.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical -
Ilustrated - Publ.
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 755 |
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JAMES STULLER was born in Carroll County, Ohio, in January,
1836, the eldest of the nine children of Henry and Nancy Stuller,
who came to this county in 1852, and settled in Florence Township, near
Edon, on timber-covered land, which was transformed, however, by the
united labor of father and sons into a comfortable home. Here the
father died in 1864, aged fifty-seven years. James Stuller
acquired a fair education in his youth, and at twenty-one began life on
his own responsibility. He began by working at jobs until he had
made enough to buy a small farm, which he cultivated until 1878, when he
moved to Edgerton and purchased the Arlington House, which he conducted
in good style for nearly two years he then rented out the hotel, and has
since carried on a feed and livery stable, and is doing an extensive and
satisfactory business. In 1858, he was married to Phoebe A.
Foster, a native of Ohio, how was borne him five children -
William, David (deceased), Abigail, John and Almira
In 1862, he served two months in the army, as a drafted man, and
February 22, 1865, enlisted, serving until the October following, when
he was honorably discharged. In politics, he is a Republican, and
has served as Constable for seven years.
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 618 |
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Florence
Twp. -
SIMON STULLER was born in Carroll County, Ohio,
May 23, 1840, one of a family of nine children born to Henry and
Nancy (Ashbrook) Stuller. His parents were among the early
settlers of this country, and came to Williams County in 1853,
purchasing a farm where Edon is now situated. Mr. Stuller
remembers well the clearing "bee" for the purposing of making a start in
causing the wilderness to blossom as the rose. Mr. Stuller
is the owner of a fine farm of 110 acres, all under cultivation.
He was married July 6, 1861, to Isabella Day, who died Aug. 24,
1875, leaving a family of seven children - Alsynus, Silliman F.,
Jason B., Franklin, Ralph, Rosa B. and Bertha. Mr. Stuller
was married to his present wife, Miss Elizabeth Brady, Mar. 2,
1876, and they are the parents of four children - Mary E., Simeon,
Firm and Blaine.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical -
Ilustrated - Publ.
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 755 |
NOTES:
* Ohio in the War; - Reid. Vol. 1, page 964. |
