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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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Florence
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R. J. VANDERBOGART was born in Beekman Twp.,
Clinton Co., N. Y., Mar. 7, 1819. He is one of a family of nine
children born to James and Hannah (Vandervoort) Vanderbogart;
five are now living. His father was a farmer. The parents of
our subject died when he was still young, and then he began to struggle
for himself. At the age of eighteen, he went to learn the
carpentering business, at which he worked for about fifteen years.
He moved from Clinton County, N. Y., to Seneca County, Ohio, in 1843,
and remaining there two years; he then returned to Clinton County, N.
Y., living there until 1847, at which time he returned to Seneca County,
Ohio. He was married to Margaret Campbell, of this
(Seneca) county, Feb. 9, 1848. He purchased a piece of land in
Wyandot County, living there something more than one year; he soon
disposed of this and came back to Seneca County, and worked at his trade
for three years. Afterward he purchased forty acres, keeping this
for one year, and bought again, this time eighty acres in Seneca
Township, on which he lived until 1866, when he came to Williams County
and settled on the farm he now possesses, embracing 240 acres of land as
good as can be found in the whole county. Mr. Vanderbogart
possesses an ordinary education, but is blessed with superior
intelligence. Mrs. Vanderbogart is a member of the M. E.
Church at Edon, Ohio.
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 |
CHARLES VERNIER was born in France Aug. 19, 1844, being one
of thirteen children born to George and Catharine (Certier) Vernier,
also natives of France. In 1847, George Vernier
emigrated to America and settled in German Township, Fulton Co., Ohio,
where he purchased eighty acres of unimproved land, and began carving
out a home from the wilderness. In 1847, George Vernier
emigrated to America and settled in German Township, Fulton Co., Ohio,
where he purchased eighty acres of unimproved land, and began carving
out a home from the wilderness. In 1854, he sold this and bought
160 acres in the same township, also unimproved. In 1874, he moved
to his present residence, Archibald, Fulton Co., Ohio. He and
Mrs. V. are members of the Lutheran Church. Charles Vernier,
at the age of eighteen years, commenced to learn the trade of a
wagon-maker. In 1868, he removed to Stryker, where he opened a
wagon and blacksmith shop, continuing until 1872, when he engaged in the
grocery and provision business, and selling agricultural implements.
In 1881, he was burned out, and in 1882 he bought an interest in a
hardware store, the firm being C. Vernier & Co. Mr. Vernier
was married, Oct. 26, 1867, to Julia Bourquin, daughter of
Peter and Suzette (Mettetall) Bourquin. Mr. and Mrs. Vernier
have had five children - Julius C., Charles P., Harmon G., Alford W.
and Alcide G. Mr. V. is a member of A., F. & A. M., and
one of the enterprising citizens 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 741 |
JAQUES VERNIER
was born Nov. 16, 1818, in France. He is one of the six children
of John J. and Susan ()Pecler) Vernier, also natives of France.
Jaques Vernier, at the age of sixteen, began to acquire the trade
of a weaver with his brother, with whom he remained one year. In
1837, he came to America, and applied himself to learn candy-making in
New York, remaining but three months. He then came to Stark
County, Ohio, but soon returned to New York, and worked in Delmonico's
restaurant for three months. He then went to New Orleans, thence
to New Albany, and thence again to New Orleans. In 1845, he came
to Springfield Twp., buying seventy-four acres of unimproved land; this
he sold, and purchased again in German Twp., Fulton County; he sold this
farm in 1874 and removed to Stryker. Mr. Vernier was first
married, in 1846, to Margaret Pecler, to which union issued one
daughter - Eugenie, now Mrs. Barber. Mrs. Vernier
died in Springfield Twp. in September, 1852; she was a member of the
Lutheran Church. Mr. Vernier then married, in 1854, MAry
C. Charpiot. To this second union issued one son - Charles
J., who is in the hardware trade at Stryker. Mr. and Mrs.
Vernier are members of the Presbyterian Church, and early settlers
of Springfield Twp.
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 740 |
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