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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
INDEX
Source:
The County of Williams
A History of Williams County, Ohio,
from the Earliest Days with Special Chapters on Various Subjects,
including Each of the Different Townships;
Also a Biographical Department
By William Henry Shinn
PART 2
Published
Madison, Wis.
Northwestern Historical Association
1905
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ALPHEUS S.
UMBENHAUR, a retired
farmer and sterling citizen of Williams county,
where he has passed his entire life, is a
resident of the attractive little city of
Montpelier. He was born in Superior
township, this county, on the 25th of October,
1850, and is a representative of the third
generation of the family in the county.
The genealogical data accessable traces back
only to his grandfather, Philip Umbenhaur,
who was born in Berks county, Pa., and of German
ancestry. When a young man he removed from
the old Keystone State to Frederick county, Va.,
locating in the vicinity of Winchester, where he
was engaged for a number of years as a
successful planter. In 1837 he came to
Williams county, O., and secured a tract of land
in Superior township, which had been previously
pre-empted by Jacob Pultz. Here he
developed a good farm, to whose cultivation he
gave his attention until his death, which
occurred shortly before the outbreak of the war
of the Rebellion, and during the progress of
that great conflict his wife died. Her
maiden name was Elizabeth Pultz, and she
likewise was born in Berks county, Pa. The
remains of both rest in the old cemetery south
of Montpelier. George Umbenhaur,
father of Alpheus S., was born near
Winchester, Va., Apr. 12, 1810, and was there
reared and educated. He accompanied his
parents on their removal to Ohio and he passed
the residue of his life in Williams county,
having been one of the representative farmers of
Bridgewater township at the time of his demise,
which occurred Nov. 4, 1871, interment being
made in the Cogswell cemetery in Bridgewater
township. He was twice married. His
first wife, whose maiden name was Laura
Lloyd, was born in the State of New York,
and she died in 1851, having been the mother of
five children, namely: Harriet, the
widow of Benjamin F. Morris, and a
resident of Montpelier, O.; Benjamin F.,
a resident of Montpelier; Virgil A., of
Beagle, Kan.; Francis Marion,
deceased in infancy; and Alpheus Shannon,
subject of this review, who was aged about one
year at the time of his mother's death.
Laura Lloyd's grandfather Lloyd was a
soldier in the Revolutionary war.
George Umbenhaur consummated a second
marriage, wedding Mrs. Elizabeth (Dean) Young,
who was born in Canandaigua, N. Y and they
became the parents of two children - George
W., who died in infancy, and Bryce H.,
who is a resident of Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. Elizabeth Umbenhaur died in September,
1900, in Kansas, where her remains were laid to
rest. Alpheus S. Umbenhaur received
his early educational discipline in the common
schools of Bridgewater township, which he
continued to attend a portion of each year until
he was twenty years of age. He was reared
on a farm, and after leaving school he continued
to be actively concerned in agricultural
pursuits in Bridgewater township until 1884,
when he removed to Montpelier, where he followed
the carpenter, trade for the ensuing nine years.
About two years later he purchased a farm of one
hundred and fifty acres in Superior township,
and he gave his attention to diversified
agriculture and stock-growing until 1904, when
he again took up his residence in the town of
Montpelier, where he has since resided. He
still owns a fine farm of seventy-one acres,
adjoining the town on the northwest, and a farm
of about seventy-five acres on the south side of
the road, one-half mile west of town, the two
farms being practically together, and he finds a
profitable source of income from the operation
of several gravel banks. He is a loyal and
well-liked citizen, is a stalwart Republican,
having held the offices of road supervisor and
school director, and is identified with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and its adjunct
organization the Daughters of Rebekah. Mrs.
Umbenhaur is also an active member of the
Daughters of Rebekah and has held an office in
the order almost continuously since she became a
member. Aug. 13, 1876, was solemnized the
marriage of Mr. Umbenhaur to Miss
Florence A. Stocking, daughter of Timothy
W. and Sarah J. (Adams) Stocking, of
Bridgewater township. Timothy W.
Stocking was the fourth in a family of eight
children born to John and Polly (Train)
Stocking, the former a native of New York
and the latter of Massachusetts. The
father of Polly Train was John
Train, who enlisted at Tinmouth, Vt., as
a private in a company of Vermont troops which
was under the command of Captain Grant
and Col. Warner during the
Revolutionary war. Timothy W. Stocking
was born in Madison county, N. Y., on Jan. 1,
1817. He was reared in York State and
learned the carpenter trade. On Nov. 24,
1838, he married Sarah J. Adams, a native
of Wayne county, N. Y., where she was born on
July 24, 1816. They removed to Williams
county in 1854 and settled on a farm which he
purchased. In 1866 they removed to Bryan,
where Mr. Stocking was connected
with the United States internal revenue service,
and after five years’ residence there they
returned to the farm, and in 1884 removed to
Montpelier, where Mr. Stocking
died on Feb. 8, 1889. He had served
three terms as commissioner of Williams county,
and also as clerk and trustee of Bridgewater
township. During the Civil war he filled
the office of deputy provost marshal. He
was a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and also of the National Grange.
He was one of the organizers of the Republican
party in Williams county. In all the
various duties of life that he was called upon
to perform he acquitted himself with credit and
was a man highly respected by all who knew him.
His wife survived him until Nov. 1st, 1902, when
she died in her eighty-seventh year. She
was the daughter of Joseph and Fanny
(Langdon) Adams, both natives of New York,
where they resided in Wayne county until their
deaths. The former was born August 25, 1786, and
died Apr. 17, 1861. The latter was born
Mar. 2, 1792, and died Nov. 29, 1827.
Timothy W. and Sarah J. Stocking were the
parents of the following children: Joseph E.
born Dec. 25, 1840, and resides at Anita, Cass
county, Ia.; Frances L., born Nov.
11, 1843, died Oct. 2, 1873; Annettie J.,
born June 19, 1846, and died Nov. 4, 1874; and
Florence A., born Feb. 6, 1857, is the
wife of the subject of this sketch. Joseph
and Fanny (Langdon) Adams
were married on October 1, 1801. Mr.
and Mrs. Umbenhaur have no children. They
are enjoying a pleasant home in Montpelier,
surrounded by all the comforts incident to a
well-regulated household. Mrs.
Umbenhaur is one of the charter members of
the “Women’s Relief Corps” of Montpelier, and
she is also a member of the Women’s Historical
Society, a local organization.
Source: The County
of Williams, A History of Williams Co., Ohio,
Part 2, Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Assn., 1905 - Page 571 |
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