BIOGRAPHIES
 Source:
Commemorative
Historical & Biographical Record
of Wood County, Ohio,
Past & Present - Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co. 1897
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CYRUS S. LAMB,
who owns 120 acres of the most valuable land in Center
township, has distinguished himself as one of the most
active and enterprising citizens, and gives his close
attention to the improvement of his land, upon which he has
erected good buildings, and the soil of which he has brought
to a high state of cultivation. He is a native of New
York, born in Orleans county, on Oct. 14, 1826.
His father, Samuel Lamb. was also a
native of the Empire State, where the paternal grand father
was born, and the latter served in the Revolutionary war in
1775 and 1776. The boy hood and youth of the father
were passed upon a farm in that State, where his education
was also received. He wedded Elizabeth
McDonald, a lady of Scotch descent, and they became the
parents of seven children. only two of whom are now living -
Cyrus S., of this sketch; and Elizabeth, wife
of Joseph Holington, of Center township.
Those deceased are James M., Dr. William G., Alfred,
Samuel and Mary.
On leaving New York, the father removed with his family
to Lorain county, Ohio, where he bought 370 acres of land in
Brighton township, which be operated for ten years, when he
sold out, coming to Wood county in 1835. Locating in
Plain township, he there purchased 320 acres of unimproved
land, which he succeeded in developing with the help of his
sons; and his first home, which was a small frame house, was
one year later replaced by a substantial stone structure.
He made many useful and valuable improvements upon his land,
and continued to make his home in Wood county until 1866,
when he removed to Ingham county, Michigan, where his wife
died two years later. He then sold his interest there,
and returned to Ohio, making his home with his children in
Center township until his death in 1878. His name was
honored and respected throughout the county, and he had the
fullest confidence of all with whom he came in contact.
He held the position of postmaster of Bowling Green for a
number of years, which office he filled with credit to
himself and satisfaction to the general public.
Cyrus S. Lamb spent his boyhood and youth under
the parental roof, and attended the district schools near
his home. He came with his parents to Bowling Green,
when that city was yet in its infancy, containing but one
house, and located in Center township, assisting in the
cultivation of the home farm until twenty-three years of
age, when he learned the stone and brick mason's trade, and
also that of a plasterer, at which he found employment.
He aided in the construction of many buildings in Bowling
Green, including the court house, which was the first
building in the town done by free labor.
In 1864, Mr. Lamb enlisted in the 185th O. V.
I., becoming a member of Company K, under Capt.
Black of that city, and remained with that command until
his discharge. Upon being transformed from a soldier
to a civilian, he resumed farming in Center township, to
which occupation he has since devoted his time. On his
farm are seen good fences, a fine orchard, substantial
barns, and a handsome brick house erected at a cost of
$2,500, and the whole presents a pleasing picture to the
passerby.
In New York State, on Aug. 8, 1849, Mr. Lamb
was united in marriage with Cynthia A. Whitman, who
was born June 22, 1827, and is a daughter of Oliver
Whitman. They have two children: (1) Paola
Amanda, born July 28, 1850, is the wife of Charles
C. Merry, a merchant of Wichita, Kans., by whom she has
two children, Helen and Kent. (2)
Frank E., born June 30, 1855, received his primary
education in the district schools of Center township, which
he supplemented with a course at the high school at Mason,
Mich., where he was graduated. He follows farming on
the old homestead, and married Mary E. Minear, a
daughter of Isaac Minear, of Plain township, Wood
county. They have two children: Mertie, born
Mar. 24, 1882; and Earl, born Sept. 10, 1888.
Although a prominent man in his township, Mr. Lamb
has had but very little to do with politics, but votes with
the Democratic party. Socially he is connected with
the Masonic order of Bowling Green, Lodge No. 112, F. & A.
M., and religiously is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church of that city. He is one of the highly respected
and useful citizens of the county, and we take pleasure in
presenting this brief sketch of his life work to the readers
of this volume.
Source: Commemorative Historical & Biographical
Record of Wood County, Ohio, Past & Present - Publ.
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JOHN LANCE was
born in Sandusky county, Ohio, Apr. 22, 1845. His
father, Jacob Lance, was born in Lancaster county,
Penn., in 1798, and when a young man went to West Virginia,
where he married Sarah Slack, a native of that State.
They afterward came to Ohio, making the journey on
horse-back, and the father purchased 160 acres of land in
Riley township, Sandusky county. Fremont at that time
contained only three houses, and the entire region was wild
and unimproved. There the parents continued to make,
their home until called to their final rest. The
father died in 1861, and the mother passed away in June,
1888, when almost seventy-eight years of age. The
children of their family were William who is living
on the old homestead; Julia Ann wife of E. C.
Lindsay, of Riley township, Sandusky county; Henry
a farmer of that county; Emily who died at the age of
eighteen; Franklin, who died in a hospital at
Louisville, Ky., in 1862, while serving in the Union army
during the Civil war; Sarah, who is living on the old
homestead; John, the subject of this sketch; Hiram
a farmer of Riley township, Sandusky county; and Martha,
who died at the age of two years.
John Lance was reared on the old home farm, and
educated in the district schools of his native county.
In 1863, he enlisted in the National Guards for five years'
service, and was called out in may, 1864, for duty at Point
Lookout, Md., near Washington, to guard the Rebel prisoners.
He served for four months, and then returned home. At
the age of twenty-two he began teaching school in Sandusky
county, which profession he followed for two years, working
through the summer months upon the farm. He then went
to Cedar county, Missouri, with a view of locating there,
but after teaching school for one term, returned to Sandusky
county, where he remained until coming to Wood county.
During his residence in Missouri, Mr. Lance was
married to Wealthy O. Richardson who was born in Wood
county, Ohio, Nov. 6, 18__, a daughter of Joseph and
Sallie Miranda (Sweet) Richardson, the former a native
of Lancaster county, Penn., the latter of Ohio. The
marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Lance was celebrated June
19, 1869, and while living in Missouri their eldest child,
Ira Grant, was born Mar. 22, 1870. Soon
after they returned to Sandusky county, and lived on the old
Lance homestead until 1874, when they came to
Milton township, Wood county, locating on a forty-acre tract
of land in the midst of a dense forest. Here the wife
and mother died Apr. 11, 1891, and her remains were interred
in Milton cemetery. The other children of the family
are Sarah M., born Apr. 6, 1872, now the wife of
Fred Jemison of Webster township; Joseph Roy,
born Jan. 30, 1875; Condessa O., who was born Oct. 6,
1876, and is the wife of Thomas Davidson of Webster
township; Wilbur J., who was born Jan. 31, 1879;
Arthur H., born Aug. 8, 1880; James F., born July
18, 1884; George W., born June 26, 1887; and Ethel
C., born Jan. 14, 1889.
Mr. Lance is a member of the Methodist Church,
as was his estimable wife, who had the warm regard of
all who knew her. By his ballot he supports the men
and measures of the Republican party, but has never been an
office seeker.
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of
Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ.
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INSERT PORTRAITS A. M. Lashuay
Mrs. A M. Lashuay
Eldon S. Lashuay
Flossie B. Lashuay |
ABRAM MANSON LASHUAY
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record
of Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ.
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AARON
LESHER, the popular proprietor of the
“Freeport House" at Prairie Depot, and a veteran of the
Civil war, was born in Sandusky county, Ohio, Nov. 5, 1845.
When he was seven years old his parents, Daniel and
Fannie (Cain) Lesher, came to Wood county, where his
father purchased some 250 acres of land in Section 15,
Montgomery township, near Freeport.
Daniel Lesher was born in Berks county, Penn.,
in 1801, his wife in the State of Virginia, in 1811.
He was a carpenter and shoemaker by trade, and followed the
latter vocation after coming to Ohio, from the time of his
settlement in Montgomery township, carrying on farming
during the remainder of his life. He was educated in
the common schools of his day, his attendance being limited
to a few weeks in the winter season, and, as he was a
bright, intelligent man, be ac cumulated, in the course of
his life, a comfortable property. At the time of his
marriage, which took place in Pennsylvania, his only wealth
was an axe, and a large stock of energy and ambition.
He was a Republican, and held some minor offices in the
township. Both he and his wife were members of the
Methodist Church, and were estimable people. He died
in 1872, aged seventy one years, and his wife in 1864, at
the age of fifty-three years; both are buried in
Minkler's cemetery, in Sandusky county. The
children of this couple were as follows: David, who
died when twenty-one years old; Susan, who married
William King, and after his death wedded John
M. Adams, of Montgomery; Elizabeth, who married
George Bonlus, and died in Illinois;
Rebecca, who became the wife of Frank
Langworthy, and died in Illinois; Sarah A.,
deceased when eighteen years old; Joseph, living in
Cripple Creek, Colo.; Jane, the widow of George
Freatenburg, living in Toledo; Martha, who
married Henry Miller, and resides in Columbus,
Ohio; Fannie, who married John Scott,
and died in Toledo; and Frances, Mrs.
Oliver Hall, of Toledo.
Our subject's early schooling was obtained in the
public schools of Freeport, Wood county, Phoebe
Osborne being his first teacher. He remained at
home with his parents until his enlistment, May 2,
1864, in Company K, 144th Regiment, O. V. I., under Capt.
Philo Hathaway. Their first engagement was at
Berryville, Va., where the entire company was captured by
the Rebels, nine only escaping, and our subject was one of
the fortunate number. Several Rebel cavalrymen rode up
to where he lay on the ground, and drawing their carbines
ordered him to follow the rest, but he feigned sickness and
refused to move. After they left he took to the woods,
and made for Harper's Ferry, eighteen miles away. On
the road he met another Union man, and in twenty-four hours
they were both safe within the Union lines at Harper's
Ferry. A few days after this adventure Mr.
Lesher was sent to Columbus, Ohio, where he was
honorably discharged in September, 1864. His mother
died during his absence in the army. Mr.
Lesher remained at home until 1868, when he entered the
dry-goods business in Prairie Depot and later took as a
partner, James Yant. After several years he
bought out his partner, and sold out the business to W.
Graham, resuming farming in Montgomery township, in
Section 21. Our subject was only twenty-one years old
when he was married to Miss Caroline Chapman,
of Freeport, the daughter of John Chapman.
Since that time he has made his home in Prairie Depot, and
in 1869 built his elegant residence, which is one of the
most pleasant in the town. In 1895 he completed the
present modern hotel known as the “Freeport House", of which
he is proprietor, and which has a high reputation throughout
the county. Mr. Lesher is a Republican
and an active worker in the interests of his party. He
served as mayor of the city for one year, also in the city
council, and as clerk of the corporation of Prairie Depot.
Both he and his wife are members of the Congregational
Church, in which he is at present a trustee, and to which he
has always been a liberal contributor. He is a member
of the G. A. R. at Prairie Depot. Personally he is
very popular, being a man of generous disposition, sincere
and devoted in his friendships, and thoroughly reliable.
He has been consider ably interested in the oil business and
in addition to his property in Prairie Depot, owns sixty
acres of land in the township. He is considered one of the
leading citizens and farmers of the place.
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record
of Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ.
Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. 1897 - Page 796 |
J. C. Lincoln |
J. C. LINCOLN, M. D.
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record
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J. F. LONG,
a leading merchant and citizen of Bowling Green, and senior
partner in the drygoods firm of Long & Rutherford,
was born in Seneca county, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1837, and is a son
of the Rev. John and Lydia (Fry) Long.
Daniel Long, the paternal grandfather of our
subject, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1779, of Dutch
descent. He was there married to Margaret Brill
who was born in the same State in 1783, and in 1834 removed
with his family to Seneca county, Ohio, where, on May 22, of
that year, he entered the northwest quarter of Section 1,
in Jackson township. For forty years he worked at his
trade as a blacksmith, and he was a soldier in the war of
1812. His death took place in 1871 at the good old age
of ninety-two, his wife having passed away in 1853.
This estimable couple were the parents of twelve children,
as follows: Daniel is living in Stark
county, and is now nearly one hundred years of age;
Samuel who was a minister in the United Brethren Church
for many years, died in Seneca county, Ohio; Charles
migrated to California during the gold excitement, and died
in Seneca county; John was the father of our subject;
Peggy married Jacob Sprout, of Seneca county,
and is still living; Nancy became the wife of
Samuel Sprout, of the same county, and died there;
Michael became a minister in the United Brethren Church
at Upper Sandusky, in 1835,and died recently at Fremont,
Ohio (he was born May 3, 1814, was almost a giant in
stature, with a voice which could be heard a mile away, and
was a famous camp-meeting preacher); George died in
Seneca county; David spent a part of his life in
California, and died in Seneca county; Benjamin,who
was born Sept. 12, 1823, spent his life on the old homestead
in Seneca county, and died there June 14, 1890; Wesley,
who went west after serving in the army, was never heard
from again; and Henry, who died when quite small.
John Long the father of our subject, was born in
1808. When a young man he entered the ministry of the
United Brethren Church, and about the year 1847 removed to
Gibsonburg, Sandusky Co., Ohio, where he made his home for
many years, traveling and preaching constantly throughout a
large circuit in northern Ohio. About eighteen years
ago he came to Wood county, where he continued his life work
until broken down by years of toil and the feebleness of old
age. For some years preceding his death he made his
home in Bowling Green. He passed peacefully to his
well-earned rest Feb. 9, 1895, at the home of his
daughter, in Gibsonburg; his wife died at her home, in
Center township, Wood county, Apr. 19, 1878, aged
sixty-three years, eleven months, eleven days, a faithful
member of the U. B. Church. After many years of
faithful duty to her family, her Church and her God, she
passed away in the triumph of her faith, thus leaving to her
family the best gift a mother could leave. To this
honored couple were born ten children, as follows:
Louisa, wife of Jacob Sampsel of Gibsonburg;
Samuel a farmer at St. Louis, Mich.; J. F., our
subject; Daniel S. residing in Bowling Green;
Rebecca, married to A. B. Garn of Gibsonburg;
William, a farmer of Wood county, Ohio; Westley a
farmer of Center township, Wood county; Arcanus C.
and Michael, residing near Gibsonburg; and
Samantha, the wife of Charles Pike of Bowling
Green. The parents of this interesting family became
the grandparents of fifty grand-children, and the
great-grandparents of thirty-one great-grandchildren.
On the maternal side, our subject's grandparents were
Jacob and Elizabeth Fry who had ten children, namely:
Jacob, Lydia (the mother of our subject), Moses,
Mary, Anna, Adam, Josia, Elizabeth, Solomon, and
Samuel. All these are living in the West, except
Jacob and Samuel, who died in Ohio.
J. F. Long, the subject proper of this sketch,
spent his boyhood days in Gibsonburg, where he attended the
common schools and secured his education. He was a
natural mathematician, and became especially interested in
the study of mechanics; in 1865, he removed to Wood county,
where he bought a tract of land and put up a sawmill.
For several years he carried on the manufacture of lumber,
making a handsome fortune, and later, in 1871, removed to
Bowling Green, where for some time he was not engaged in any
active business except contracting and building. In
November, 1892, he opened up his present store, in which he
is carrying on an extensive business. It is the
largest establishment of its kind in Bowling Green, the firm
carrying from $20,000 to $30,000 worth of stock, and
employing ten clerks. Mr. Long also owns 180
acres of land and town property, and is recognized as one of
the substantial and representative citizens of the county.
He was formerly a Republican, but of later years has
identified himself with the Prohibitionists, in the ranks of
which party he is an earnest worker. In religious
faith he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Long was married Dec. 31, 1861, to Mary
Klotz, a native of Pennsylvania, born Feb. 9, 1845, and
three children have blessed their union, namely: (1)
Frank M. who learned the business of a dry-goods
merchant in Toledo, and is now chief buyer for his father's
firm; he married Bertha Littelle of Toledo, and they
have one child, May. (2) Elsie D. is the
wife of S. E. Vail, editor of the Sentinel,
and they have one child, Merl DeWitt; and (3)
Netta is the wife of R. P. Hankey, a son of
Senator J. K. Hankey. The mother of this
highly respected family died Feb. 28, 1893, a faithful and
consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
From the year 1872 until her death, a period of over twenty
years, she was known as an active worker in the
Sabbath-school, much of her time in the capacity of
assistant superintendent thereof, having charge of a class
of young men, many of whom can give evidence of her faithful
work. She spent many hours in looking after the poor
and needy of the town, and searching out the lonely homes of
strangers, and of the desolate and disconsolate. She
was also an active worker in the cause of home missions.
Any one visiting the Elizabeth Gamble Deaconess Home and
Christ's Hospital will find therein a beautiful room, "No.
57," fitted and furnished in memory of her good life, and
for the good of that noble work.
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record
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J. W. LONG, an
ex-soldier and highly-respected citizen of Bloom township is
descended from that race known as Scotch-Irish, which has
given to American many of her best citizens. His
ancestors were natives of the North of Ireland, whence his
grandfather, George Long, emigrated to the United
States in 1817, locating in Carroll county, Ohio, where he
was married, and became the father of seven children:
George, William, John, Catherine, Ellen, Susan and
Alexander.
The second in order of birth in that family,
William Long, was the father of our subject.
In 1841 he was united in marriage with Sarah
Metsker, a native of Westmoreland county, Penn., and to
them were born six children: Mary Jane, who died in
infancy; Eliza E., who became the wife of James
Byall, and died in September, 1868; W.,
subject of this review; Catherine and William H.,
both living in Missouri; and Violet A., who died in
that State in 1871. The father was a natural mechanical
genius, and worked at various trades, principally
carpentering and wagon making. For seven years after
his marriage he continued to reside in Carroll county, and
then removed to Hancock county, Ohio, near the present city
of North Baltimore, where he followed his chosen occupation
for the remainder of his life. His tragic death, which
occurred in 1861, has few parallels in western Ohio.
While engaged in remodeling the largest gristmill in Hancock
county, at Gilboa, he became entangled in a belt connected
with a rapidly revolving shaft, making 105 revolutions a
minute, and was instantly conveyed to the shaft and horribly
mangled, almost every bone in his body being broken.
His untimely death left his widow and family in straitened
circumstances, and our subject, then a boy of but fourteen
years, being the eldest son, suddenly had to assume the
responsibilities of father and provider.
Mr. Long was born in Carroll county, in 1846,
and was but a child of three years when his parents removed
to Hancock county. As the portion of the county in
which they located was quite backward, he was reared midst
the trials and vicissitudes of pioneer life, and, being the
eldest son of parents whose means were limited, his
opportunities in many ways, including those for an
education, were very meager. He first attended the
Thicket school, near Van Buren, Hancock county, his teacher
being Miss Angeline Warner. The
numerous removals of his parents served to further handicap
him in his efforts to secure his education, which was
concluded at Findlay, Ohio, at the early age of fifteen
years. He has seen the vast improvement in the schools
of the present over those of his youth, which he heartily
favors and fully endorses. While the opportunities
were not his, the great school of experience has impressed
him with the necessity of education.
As previously stated, Mr. Long was at a
youthful age compelled to perform the duties that his
father's death thrust upon him, and he remained at home,
administering to the wants and cares of the fatherless
family, until his enlistment, on Aug. 15, 1862, in the 111th
O. V. I.
It was necessary at this time for him to represent
himself as being eighteen years of age, so eager was he to
defend the flag which had been fired upon at Fort Sumter.
His career as a soldier was interrupted by sickness, as soon
after his enlistment he was seized with the measles and
typhoid fever. He suffered the complete temporary loss
of his eyesight, and was discharged in March, 1863, on a
surgeon's certificate of disability. Our subject
returned home, leaving the scenes of carnage for those of a
quiet rural life, in Hancock county, a complete physical
wreck. Much time and money were spent in his efforts
to secure good eyesight, which came to him after a great
deal of suffering; but his shattered physical condition
could not be restored to its youthful vigor and vitality.
He worked at whatever employment he could secure, his every
spare penny going toward the support of his mother and
younger brothers and sisters.
On Aug. 16, 1868, was celebrated the marriage of Mr.
Long and Miss Susanna Wineland,
a native of Westmoreland county, Penn., and six children
came to bless their union: B. F., proprietor of a
bicycle livery at North Baltimore, Ohio; William H.,
general agent for the Porter's cure of pain remedies;
Martha F., now Mrs. Charles Brandeberry, of
Bloom township; James E., of the same township; and
D. W and Lemuel L., both at home. After
his marriage Mr. Long. located near Portage,
Wood county, where he resided only a short time, and in 1869
returned to Hancock county, buying a small farm, on which he
resided until 1885, when he came to Bloom township, this
county. He has forty acres of rich and fertile land in
Section 33, and in 1895 completed his present commodious and
substantial home. He now takes life easy, having all
but retired from active farm work. Politically he is a
silver Democrat, and while not an office-seeker, manifests
keen interest in the success of his party. For many
years he belonged to the Independent Order of Good Templars,
and is now a prominent member of the Grand Army of the
Republic. He and his wife are consistent and active
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Bairdstown,
Ohio, and are held in the highest esteem by all who know
them.
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of
Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ.
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JAMES
F. LONG, a successful farmer and enterprising citizen
of Portage township, was born in Ashland county, Ohio, Aug.
17, 145, and is the son of James and Matilda (Markeley)
Long.
James Long, Sr., was born near Philadelphia.
His father (also named James) was a native of
Ireland, and came to Wayne county, Ohio, at an early period,
dying there and leaving his family, consisting of ten
children, comfortably situated. The father of our
subject was the eldest child. He attended school only
three months, but obtained a fair education by studying at
home. In Ashland county, he married miss Matilda
Markeley a native of that county, and a daughter of
Peter Markeley an early pioneer. After his
marriage Mr. Long went to farming on a small place in
Ashland county. He had left home when fifteen years
old, incurring the displeasure of his father, who left him
out of his will. About 1856 Mr. and Mrs. Long
moved to Holmes township, Crawford county, on a farm on
twenty acres. His wife died in 1858, and for his
second wife he wedded Miss Sophia Shaeffer, who still
lives in Sandusky county. Mr. Long died in
Holmes township, at the age of fifty-six years. The
children born to Mr. long by his first wife were:
Lavina, who married (1) Levi Helm, and (2)
Peter Reed, and died in Portage township; Joseph
died when seven years old; John is a farmer in Center
township; Sarah J. is now Mrs. Noah Helm of
Liberty township; James F. is our subject. The
children by Mr. Long's second wife, who lived to
maturity, were: Susan, who married and died in
Wyandot county; Delilah now Mrs. John Cryder,
of Wyandot county; Nancy married Abram Feil of
Sandusky county; Philip lives in Sandusky county, as
does also William. Mr. Long was a Democrat, and
took great interest in the success of his party. He
did not aspire to office, but held some minor positions.
The mother of our subject is buried in Wayne county.
Our subject attended the Ashland Academy at Ashland,
Ohio, which was at that time an old pioneer school. He
began going there when but four and a half years old, and
attended regularly until eleven, when his parents moved to
Crawford county, and his career at school was suddenly
closed, as he never went again. He worked at home for
his parents until his enlistment, Aug. 12, 1862, in Company
L, 10th O. V. C., at Mansfield. The company went to
Cleveland, where the organization was completed, and it was
then sent south to Murfreesboro, Tenn., its first engagement
being at Snow Hill. Mr. Long participated in
all of the engagements with his regiment until he received a
wound, Mar. 10, 1865, at "Kilpatrick's Surprise," or
Solomon's Grove, N. C., when he was sent to the Wilmington
Hospital, and, after a few days, was taken down Cape Fear
river to Smithland, where he remained until July 3, 1865,
coming at that time to Cleveland, where he arrived about the
time the rest of his regiment was discharged, Aug. 10, 1865.
Mr. Long went to Crawford county, and worked at
chopping wood, he and his brother cutting 2, 450 cords of
four-foot wood in four winters. In October, 1865, he
bought eighty acres of timber land in Center township,
paying on it $300, which he had saved from his army pay.
In Crawford county he worked until the fall of 1869, when he
came to Wood county and made some improvements on his land
there, afterward selling it, and buying forty acres in
Section 3, Portage township, in the spring of 1871.
This was all timber land but one and one-half acres, and he
at once began improving it. On Oct.10, 1871, he was
married, in Bowling Green, to Miss Frances J. Underwood,
who was born in Liberty township, a daughter of William
Underwood. She was a teacher, and taught nine
terms in the district schools. This union resulted in
five children: Elmer J., Aiden, Estelle, James F.,
Jr. and Iona, all of whom are at home.
Mrs. Long died Sept. 15, 1891, and was buried in the
Portage cemetery. Mr. Long's second wife was
Mrs. Henry Rees, whose maiden name was Cludey.
In 1892 Mr. Long erected a good, substantial residence,
where he and his family are now living.
Although his father was a Democrat, and he lives in a
Democratic neighborhood, Mr. Long is a stanch
Republican, and has always been a hard worker for the
success of his party, but never asked for office. He
is an extensive reader and observer, has a retentive memory,
and is well posted on all the issues of the day. He is
a man of natural intelligence, a shrewd business man, and is
regarded as one of the representative farmers of Portage
township.
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of
Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ.
Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. 1897 - Page 1338 |
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LAWRENCE LONG.
Among the young men of Wood county who have selected
agriculture as their vocation in life, and who, judging from
present indications, are bound to realize their most
sanguine anticipations, is the subject of this biographical
notice, and the owner of a good farm of forty acres in
Washington township. He was born Mar. 4, 1867, and in
the usual manner of farmer lads, spent the days of his
boyhood and youth, receiving his primary education in the
schools of the neighborhood of his father's home in
Washington township. Later, he entered a business
college at Fostoria, and after his graduation at that school
taught penmanship for some five years. He then took up
farming, operating the old Burditt farm for two
years, but previous to this time he had worked as a farm
hand by the month for about seven years. He is now the
possessor of a fine farm, which yields to him a golden
tribute in return for his care and cultivation, and all the
improvements found thereon testify to his industrious
habits, sound judgment and good business ability.
On Feb. 28, 1890, Mr. Long was united in
marriage with Miss Meletha Burditt, a daughter of
Greenburg Burditt, Sr., and to them have been born two
children, namely: Howard M., born Oct. 4, 1890;
and Flora Belle, who was born Nov. 30, 1892, and died
at the age of one year and eight months. Mr. Long
and his estimable wife attend the Christian Union Church,
and at their hospitable home their many friends always find
a hearty welcome. Public-spirited to a high degree, he
takes a great interest in all measures calculated to benefit
the community, or to accrue to the good of society in
general.
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record
of Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ.
Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. 1897 - Page 1281 |
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S. S. LONG.
Among the wide-awake and enterprising citizens of Prairie
Depot, this gentleman holds a leading position. He is
a native of Wood county, born in Section 34, Montgomery
township, Nov. 25, 1857, and a son of John W. and
Elizabeth (Sampsel) Long. During his boyhood he
attended the district school near his home, his first
teacher being Emam Gould. He remained upon the
farm where his birth occurred until his marriage, with the
exception of the one season, when, at eighteen years of age,
he worked elsewhere.
In October, 1882, Mr. Long led to the
marriage altar Miss Sarah M. Gangwer, of Montgomery
township, who bore him one son, Virgil, who
died in infancy. The mother's death occurred Oct. 22,
1883, and they were buried together. In Michigan, May
25, 1887, was celebrated the
marriage of Mr. Long and Miss Lettie A.
Algyre, who was born in Fremont, Ohio, May 24, 1868, and
is the daughter of David H. and Sarah (Keller) Algyre.
After his marriage, Mr. Long located on the
home farm, but shortly afterward removed to Prairie Depot,
where he remained until 1890. He next lived upon his
farm in Section 34, Montgomery township, but since October,
1894, he has made his home in Prairie Depot, occupying his
comfortable and handsome residence on Maple street. He
has done consider able contract work in Wood, Seneca and
Sandusky counties, building bridges for township and county
authorities, and has also been extensively engaged in ditch
contracting. He still owns the home farm of sixty
acres in Montgomery township, and also forty acres of land
in Somerfield township, Monroe Co., Michigan.
Mr. Long takes an intelligent and earnest
interest in public affairs, and is active in promoting every
scheme that will in any way benefit the town. He
upholds the principles of the Republican party, but takes no
prominent part in political affairs; and he is eminently
worthy of the trust and high regard in which he is held by
his fellow-citizens. A thorough business man—his
success is entirely due to his own unaided efforts, and he
justly ranks among the representative self-made men of Wood
county.
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of
Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ.
Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. 1897 - Page 884 |
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W. W. LONG, of
Montgomery township, is prominent in the county not only as
an advanced and scientific agriculturist, but also in local
affairs, his able discharge of the duties of various public
offices reflecting credit upon him.
Samuel Long, his grandfather, an old-time
minister of the U. B. Church, was a pioneer farmer of
Sandusky county, Ohio, where he settled with his famly
when his son, John W. Long, our subject's father, was
a boy. The latter was born in Guernsey county, Ohio,
but grew to manhood at the new home, and was married Jan.
29, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth Sampsell by his brother,
James who was a minister of the U. B. Church, and a
justice of the peace. Entirely dependent upon his own
resources, he followed farming for some time near the old
home, and early in April, 1856, moved to Wood county, where
he bought eighty acres in Section 34, Montgomery township,
from Seth Richardson, for $800. About
six acres had been chopped over, and a house of round logs
stood upon the clearing in which they found shelter until
another round-log house was built. Not long after they
had moved into this Mr. Long entered the army,
enlisting May 2, 1864, in Company K, 144th O. V. I. He
took part in the battles of Monocacy, Md., Snicker's Gap,
Va., and Berryville, Va., and lost his life in the latter
engagement, Aug. 13, 1864. Like many other heroes of
that cruel war, his remains were laid to rest where he had
breathed his last, far from his home and kindred. He
had won a high place in the esteem of his neighbors in
Montgomery township during his residence there, had been
chosen to several local offices, and was one of the earliest
and most influential members of the Republican party there.
Although not large in build, he was robust and active.
Fond of reading, and especially of Bible study, he was a
valued worker in the U. B. Church—the old Montgomery
Church—-at Risingsun, and had been a class leader for ten
years previous to his death, in addition to his service in
other Church offices. Of his five children, W. W.,
our subject, was the eldest; the second, John W.,
died in infancy; Sarah A. married Wilson
Dunlap, of Montgomery township; Samuel S. is a
prominent resident of this county; and James F.
resides in Trombly, Ohio. At the father’s death a debt
of $500.00 still remained upon the home; but through the
united efforts of Mrs. Long and her children,
they were able to meet the payments, and keep the little
family together. All had their home there until they
married and settled elsewhere, and Mrs. Long
still resides there, the property being now owned by our
subject and his brother, Samuel.
W. W. Long was born in Scott township, Sandusky
county, Feb. 21, 1851, and the schools near the Wood county
home were the only ones that he ever attended. He
learned rapidly, but his father's untimely death made it
necessary for him to take up the battle of life in earnest
at the age of thirteen, as the eldest son of his bereaved
mother. He remained at home until his marriage, May
21, 1876, at Prairie Depot, to Miss Amanda J. Graber,
a native of Ashland county, Ohio, who was born ]uly 29,
1856. Her father, Adam Graber, was a well-known
farmer, who, with his wife, Catherine Blessing,
came from Germany in the early part of the “fifties," and
after some years spent at other localities, finally located,
in the fall of 1862, in Section 26, Montgomery township,
Wood county, where they spent their remaining days.
Mrs. Graber died Feb. 20, 186 5, and her husband
survived her twenty years, dying June 12, 1885;the remains
of both rest in Trinity cemetery, Scott township, Sandusky
county. They had four sons and eight daughters, and
all of the twelve lived to adult age except one who was fataly
burned in childhood.
Mr. Long spent the first years of wedded
life at his present farm of eighty acres in Section 26,
Montgomery township, and then rented the “Arnold
Farm," in Section 36, where, although he paid a large
cash rent, be secured his start toward prosperity. He
lived there nine years, and on Apr. 1, 1890, returned to his
first farm, which he now owns. His first child,
Cora M., was born May 29, 1877, and died Nov. 25, 1878;
and the second, Rosa, born June 7, 1879, is a member
of the class of ‘96, in the Risingsun High School.
Mr. Long's own disadvantages in early life have
made him feel keenly the need of bringing educational
opportunities within the reach of all, and he has been an
active friend of improvement in this regard; he served on
the Risingsun school board when the new school building was
erected. He is a leading member of the U. B. Church,
in which he has held-the offices of trustee and
superintendent of the Sunday-school, and is now steward.
Politically he has always been a Republican, and he has
served as township trustee four years and constable
two years.
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of
Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ.
Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. 1897 - Page 855 |
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WILLIAM LONG,
who is a well-known farmer of Weston township, and an
honored veteran of the Civil war, was born in Seneca county,
Ohio, Sept. 19, 1844.
J. B. Long, the father of our subject, was a
native of Pennsylvania, born in October, 1808. He was
an ordained minister in the United Brethren Church, and
spent his life in that calling, and, as was customary in
many cases in those days, also carried on farming.
After his marriage he removed to Stark county, Ohio, from
thence to Seneca county, and subsequently to Madison
township, Sandusky county, in which latter place he made his
home for thirty years. He late removed to Center
township, Wood county, and died at Gibsonburg, Feb. 10,
1895. He married, in 1832, Miss Lyda Fry, who
bore him ten children, as follows: Louisa,
wife of J. F. Sampel, residing in Sandusky
county; Samuel, residing at St. Louis, Mich.;
Jacob F., residing in Bowling Green; Daniel, living at
Bowling Green; Rebecca, wife of A. B. Garus,
residing at Gibsonburg; William, the subject of this
sketch; John Wesley a farmer of Center township, Wood
county; Arcanus, a farmer of Madison township,
Sandusky county; Michael E. a farmer, also residing
in Madison township; and Samantha E. (Mattie), wife
of Charles Pike, of Bowling Green. The mother
died Apr. 21, 1878.
The subject of this sketch had very few advantages of
schooling, and, when only twelve years old, was put to work
in a sawmill, where he
remained some four or five years. In the spring of
1864, when a young man of eighteen, he enlisted, on Feb. 26,
1864, at Fremont, Ohio, in the 3rd O. V. C., under Col.
Siddal, his captain being Paul Diel.
The regiment was assigned to the army of the Cumberland, and
during the remainder of the war Mr. Long
participated in over fifty battles, some of the more
prominent ones being those of Selma, Jonesboro, Lovejoy's
Station, siege of Atlanta, Kenesaw Mountain, Decatur,
Ala., and Rome, Ga. He was honorably discharged on
Aug. 4, 1865, at Edgefield, Tenn., and returned home.
His health was so feeble, owing to jaundice contracted in
the army, that for a year he was unable to engage in any
business. At the end of that time, however, he became
associated with one of his brothers and G. W. Smith,
in a sawmill, which they carried on for seven years.
In the fall of 1865 Mr. Long removed to
Center township, Wood county, and purchased thirty acres of
land, which he improved, and on which he lived until 1876,
when he sold out and bought fifty-five acres on the middle
branch of the Port age river, where he made his home for the
following seven years. He then disposed of that
property, and purchased the forty acres in Weston township,
where he has since resided.
Mr. Long was married Nov. 7, 1869, at New
Rochester, to Naomi Decker, and eight children
have been born to them: Alwilda, after six years
spent in teaching school, became the wife of J. F. Werner,
a sergeant in the Regular army, Third Cavalry Regiment,
stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, but is now
honorably discharged, and living in Portage, Ohio;
Clarence W. taught school two years previous to his
marriage with Miss Maud Gooch, but now has a
general store at Lacota, Mich., and is assistant postmaster,
Mrs. Long being the postmistress at that
place; Ernest E. attends school in the winter, and
assists his father on the farm; Lula and Walter,
aged eleven and nine years, respectively, are at home and
attending school; Viola, Mabel, and Mamie,
all died when children. Mr. Long follows
in the footsteps of his father in Church work, having been
elder in the Church of the Saints for the past seven years,
and, whenever called upon to go out to preach, does so, his
motto being, “Bear the cross, and wear the crown." He
is a trustee of Grovehall Church, and its elder, and is
superintendent of the Sunday-school. In politics he
belongs to the Prohibition party, and carries out its
principles in his daily life, never having used tobacco or
intoxicating liquors. He is an honest, industrious
1nan, and a most worthy citizen.
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of
Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ.
Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. 1897 - Page 996 |
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HENRY
R. LONGACRE, a prosperous agriculturist of Portage
township, is a native of the Keystone State, born Dec. 12,
1836, in Skipback township, Montgomery county, son of
John and Catherine (Reed) Longacre.
John Longacre was born Feb. 2, 1815, and
was married in Pennsylvania to Catherine Reed,
who was born May 23, 1811. When a boy he learned the
miller's trade, which he followed, for the most part, during
his earlier years, and, in about 1837, he came to Columbiana
county, Ohio, where he operated a mill for some years.
Later he moved with his family to Alliance, Stark county,
where he ran a mill for John Miller, and, when
our subject was about twelve years old, the family came to
Wood county, settling on a farm in Bloom township. The
father purchased forty acres of land here, of which six
acres were cleared, and a log stable and log dwelling house
were the only improvements. Mr. Longacre's
capital was limited, and by the time he had paid for his
land, and bought a yoke of oxen, his funds were exhausted.
He lived on this place the remainder of his active life,
becoming a prosperous man, and during his later years, lived
retired in West Millgrove, where he died Mar. 26, 1894, at
the age of seventy-nine years; his wife preceded him to the
grave, dying in Bloom township, Aug. 26, 1880, aged
sixty-nine years. They were the parents of the
following named children: Henry R.; Mary A.,
who died young; William, who became a member of the
57th O. V. I., and died in hospital at Pittsburg Landing;
Sarah of West Millgrove; Abraham, of Fostoria,
Ohio; and John, who died Dec. 30, 1850, in infancy.
While living in eastern Ohio, our subject had the
advantages of pretty fair schools; but he attended little
after the family removed to Wood county. He had a
thorough training to agriculture on the pioneer farm; but he
also worked at the carpenter's trade to some extent, having
picked up a knowledge of that business himself, for he was a
natural mechanic. At the time of his marriage he
rented a farm in Montgomery township, and being the
possessor of a team and a few farming implements, he farmed
here for two years, at the end of that time purchasing and
removing to a farm in Section 36, Portage township, which
then comprised twenty-five acres. He was obliged to go
in debt for this, and they began life here in an old log
house. Only a few acres of this land were cleared, and
he had a difficult task before him; yet he not only
succeeded in clearing this tract, but also added to it,
until he is now the owner of sixty acres of good land.
He has a good residence, barn and outbuildings, and has done
most of the carpenter work about the place himself, saving
many a dollar in this way. By industry and good
management, he has acquired a comfortable property, of which
he may well be proud.
On Mar. 18, 1866, Mr. Longacre was
married, in Portage township, to Miss Fannie Ziegler,
who was born May 29, 1836, in Venango county, Penn.,
daughter of George and Catherine (Murray) Ziegler.
The father was a farmer, and when Mrs. Longacre
was eight years old the family came to Ohio, settling in
Ashland county, where he rented a farm, having met with
reverses in Pennsylvania which placed him in limited
circumstances. On the breaking out of the Civil war
they came to Wood county, and they both died in Portage
township, the mother surviving the father eleven years, and
passing her last years with her daughter, Mrs.
Longacre. To our subject and wife have come
children as follows: Eliza, Mrs. Calvin Myers,
of Perry township; Mary, Mrs. F. B. Adams, of
Portage township; Perry H., at home; John, who
died at the age of two years; Ella, at home, and
George I., at home. Mrs. Longacre is
a member of the Methodist Church. In politics Mr.
Longacre is, like his father, a Democrat, and has served
as school director and supervisor of his township; but he
gives little time to public matters, attending strictly to
his agricultural affairs.
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of
Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ.
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DANIEL LOOMIS,
a prosperous retired carpenter and builder of Bowling Green,
was born in Springwater, Livingston Co., N. Y., Aug. 14,
1825.
His paternal ancestry was English, but his father,
David Loomis, was born in Connecticut. He went to
New York State in early manhood, where he met and married
Miss Celia Grover, and a few years later moved to Ohio,
locating first in Conneaut. Here his wife died at the
age of fifty, and in 1832 he removed with his son to a farm
in Huron county, where he died in 1836, when fifty-four
years of age. He was a Democrat in politics, and an
intelligent and original student of the problems of the day.
In religious faith he was a Universalist.
Our subject spent four years in New York State during
his boyhood, attending school for three years spending the
rest of the time as an apprentice to a cabinet maker.
Becoming dissatisfied, he returned home and assisted his
father until the latter's death. July 19, 1852, he was
married to Miss Emaline Wyckoff, who was born in
Canada, July 9, 1833, and they have three children.
After his marriage Mr. Loomis remained for some time
in Huron county, engaged in carpentering, and then moved to
Enterprise, Ohio. In 1861 he came to Wood county, and
lived near Portage for seven years, finally settling in
Bowling Green. As a conscientious, industrious
workman, he has met with the success which he deserves, and
holds the confidence and respect of all who know him.
The family are among the leading members in the M. E.
Church, and take an interest in all the various lines of
social and religious advancement. In politics Mr.
Loomis is a Republican.
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record
of Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ.
Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. 1897 - Page 1210
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J. C. LOY
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record
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D.
LUCAS, deceased, in his lifetime a
leading business man of Perrysburg, was born in the province
of Hanover, Germany, Feb. 17, 1820. At the age of
twenty-seven, after several years experience as a clerk in a
grocery in his native place, he came to America, first
locating in California. As he possessed, in abundant
measure, those admirable business qualifications which
distinguish the better class of the German-born citizens in
this country, he was not long in securing a foundation for
the wealth which he left to his family at his death.
After three years spent in the Golden State, he came, in
1854, to Perrysburg, and engaged in the retail grocery
business.
On June 28, 1850, he married Miss Margaret C. Warns,
who was also a native of Hanover, born June 8, 1834.
Her parents, Poppe and Margaret Warns, came from the
Fatherland in 1852, and settled in Perrysburg township, on
the Maumee and Western Reserve pike, where they passed the
remainder of their lives. Her father had been a miller
and grain merchant in Germany, but his later years were
spent in agricultural pursuits. For many years Mr.
Lucas was the leading merchant in Perrysburg, retiring
into private life in 1890. His career was
characterized throughout by frugality and rare judgment in
financial matters. On June 14, 1894, he died suddenly
from sunstroke. He was a consistent member of the
Lutheran Church, and the weight of his influence was always
thrown on the side of progress.
He was a Republican in politics, and for several years
served as township treasurer, besides on the school board a
number of terms. In all respects he was a
representative self-made man. He was not one to mix up
much with the world. He loved justice, and observed
the laws of business closely, giving to others their just
dues with the same punctuality and conscientiousness as he
demanded for himself. Thoroughly domestic in his
nature, he devoted much time to his family, and to the study
of literature. In German, English and French he was
well versed, was also a student of Latin, and he continued
his studies until the close of his life. As a
financier and economist, he had few peers in northern Ohio;
but, although he amassed wealth and took a reasonable pride
in his acquisitions of land and other property, it was in
the bosom of his family, he found that happiness which
filled his cup of joy nearly full.
Mrs. Lucas survives her husband, and is a hale
and young-looking lady to be a grandmother. Her eldest
son, Henry, lives in the suburbs of Perrysburg;
Celia married Ferdinand Wenz, a prominent civil
engineer, of Perrysburg; Edward is living at home;
Julia M., the youngest child, is one of the most popular
ladies in the best circles in Perrysburg.
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record
of Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ.
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HENRY LUCAS is
a well-known resident of Perrysburg, Wood county, Ohio.
END OF INFORMATION
Source: Commemorative Historical & Biographical Record
of Wood County, Ohio, Past & Present - Publ. Chicago: J. H.
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OSCAR LYON,
a farmer; post office, Waterville, Lucas county, Ohio.
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