BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Biographical Memoirs
of
Wyandot County, Ohio
To Which is Appended
A Comprehensive Compendium of National Biography - Memoirs
of Eminent Men and Women in the United States,
Whose Deeds of Valor or Works of Merit
Have Made Their Names Imperishable.
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Well Know Residents of Wyandot County, Ohio
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B. F. Bowen, Publisher.
1902
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Charles Rall
Lydia Rall |
CHARLES RALL.
The life of this well-known citizen shows what industry, good habits
and stanch citizenship will accomplish in the battle of acquiring
property and rearing children to steady and respectable lives.
Mr. Rall was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in April,
1837, and was one of nine children, four sons and five daughters,
born to Phedalius and Rosa Rall, also
natives of Germany. Mr. Rall was reared on a
farm in his native land and received, like all German youths, a good
business education. His father dying when he was twelve years
old, he was sent to an uncle to be reared and educated, and while
thus engaged saved enough money to bring him to America. He
embarked in the fall of 1856 in a sailing vessel and after forty
days on the Atlantic, landed in New York, accompanied by his
brother, Joseph. In December of the same year he came
to Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and in March, 1857, hired out as a farm
laborer at the small price of eleven dollars per month to work for a
Mr. Sly in Mifflin township. At the expiration
of that time he began work for R. N. Taylor, continuing for
one year. Succeeding this he contracted to work for the next
year for Mr. Taylor's father, who lived near Columbus,
Ohio, his compensation being one hundred and fifty-six dollars for
the year. When his year had expired he bought a colt and a
calf out of his first earnings. He soon afterward decided to
come back to Wyandot county, which he did, leading his calf and colt
back all the way. His life thus far had been characterized by
hard work and many privations, but he had managed to master the
English language pretty well and had begun to gather around him
considerable property. Upon his arrival in Wyandot county he
contracted to work for one year for Wesley Hedges, and
continued longer than that period. He then determined to begin
farming on his own account. The money he had saved enabled him
to buy the necessary teams, whereupon he rented land in Pitt
township and continued there for three years, gaining steadily in
this world’s goods. Succeeding this he rented land from
David Harpster for one year. He now determined to
buy a small farm for himself. Accordingly he bought forty
acres in Mifflin township, all covered with heavy woods, which he
gradually cleared and improved. After eight years he sold this
farm and bought eighty-seven acres where he now resides. Since
that date down to the present he has steadily added to his
possessions, buying tract after tract from his savings and
accumulations until he now owns a grand total of five hundred and
forty-three acres. Of this land ninety acres lie in Crane
township, sixty in Pitt and three hundred and ninety-three in
Mifflin. All of this forms a splendid farm of well improved
and well diversified land, one of the best in this part of the
county of Wyandot and all gained by his and his good wife's toil and
economy. In conjunction with farming Mr. Rall has
carried on stock raising on a large scale and in this branch of
husbandry has been highly successful, especially with sheep and
cattle.
Oct. 3, 1860, Mr. Rall wedded Miss Lydia
Quail, and to this marriage four sons have been born, viz.:
Henry W., who resides near Upper Sandusky, is a prosperous
agriculturist. He married Miss Rosa Best and they have
five children, Bertha M.; George; Stella C.;
George Henry; and Carl F. Albert married Miss Clara
Strouser and they have three children, Mary L., Frances A.,
and Hilda C. David resides with his parents on the homestead.
Charles married Miss Susie Orians,
and they have two children. Joseph E. and Lewis A.
These sons are all stable, honorable citizens of the county and are
a credit to their parents. Mrs. Rall, the
mother, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio. May 30, 1836, and
was a little child of but two years when she was brought by her
parents to Wyandot county, where she has been reared. Her
parents were Henry and Barbara (Pepplc) Quail. There
were two sons and three daughters in the family and all are
residents of Wyandot county, excepting one sister, who resides in
Columbiana county, Ohio.
Source: Biographical Memoirs of Wyandot
Co., Ohio - Published 1902 - Page 330 |
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FRANK RALL.
The great task in early years of clearing land of its timber can
scarcely be realized by the people of to-day. Not a crop could
be sowed or an orchard tree planted until the timber had been cut
down and removed either by tire or with horses. Even then the
stumps were a great hindrance and it is doubtful if so much as half
a crop could be raised until they had been burnt out or pulled up.
The amount of hard 1abor required to thus remove the timber seems
almost incredible. It was a task that never ended and all
menders of the family were required to assist early and late and at
all seasons of the year. This persistence in all instances
brought success as the years passed, and in time the bare acres were
spread out before the sun and soon covered with bountiful crops and
browsing-herds. This was the task set before the father of our
subject, and the task was faithfully performed. But the children
were required to assist, and thus they grew up in industry and
simple habits. Frank Rall was born in Mifflin
township, Wyandot county, Ohio, on the 31st of October, 1870, and is
the son of Joseph Rall, who was born in Germany.
The latter passed his youth in his native country, receiving a good
education, and in 1853 h e came with his brother Charles to America
in a sailing vessel, landing in New York. He came west and
settled in Mifflin township, where he began chopping wood for a
livelihood. Later he worked on a farm and so continued until
1857, when he bought forty acres of woodland, erected a small log
cabin on the same and commenced to clear off the timber. He
continued thus employed for the period of three years, when he
bought eighty acres of unimproved land in Mifflin township and began
to clear the same. As time progressed he made various
improvements to his place and the heavy woods steadily disappeared
before his ax. His wife and children, as the latter became old
enough, were of great assistance to him. and amid the stumps they
managed to make a good living and lay something aside for a rainy
day. Here on the farm which he had cleared from the dense
forests the father lived until his death. His life was
respectable and useful and his name fair and untarnished. He
left at his death two hundred and forty acres of land, much of which
was under cultivation, and besides, his personal estate was very
large. He was a farmer and stock raiser and took great pride
in all the operations of his farm. In his early manhood he
married Miss Susan Bricher,* who was also a
native of Germany, and by her had a family of thirteen children,
their names being as follows: John, who lives in Mifflin
township; Annie, who became the wife of Jacob Kin,
of Jackison township; Kate, the widow of Warren
Wally and lives in Kirby; Sophia, the wife of Thomas
Strasser, of Mifflin township; Joseph, who resides in
Mifflin township; subject: Martin, deceased; Paul, who
lives in Mifflin township; Tillie, wife of Ed
Company, of Tiffin; Mamie, of Mifflin township;
Stephen, of Mifflin township; Jerome, who lives with
subject; Sadie, of Mifflin township. Joseph
Rall, the father, was a member of the Catholic church. He
held the office of trustee of Mifflin township for several years,
and in other ways proved his good judgment and correct citizenship.
He died Mar. 6, 1897, at the age of sixty-six years. His wife
preceded him to the grave, dying on the same day of the week, and
same hour, in 1894. Subject was reared a farmer and :
continued with his father until aged twenty-two years. He then
began farm work for R. N. Taylor and two years later, Apr. 3,
1894, he married his employer's daughter, Miss Mabel
Bent. He then took charge of the farm and there he has
since resided and now owns three hundred and forty-six acres.
He has two children: Sidney and Joseph Nelson.
Mrs. Rall was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Nov. 14.
1872. Her parents were R. N. and Maria (Miller)
Taylor, the latter the daughter of David Miller,
whose sketch appears elsewhere. Mrs. Rall was
reared in Wyandot county and was educated in the common schools of
Source: Biographical Memoirs of Wyandot Co.,
Ohio - Published 1902 - Page 447
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NOTE: * See Biography of
Thomas D. Straser in Past & Present History of
Wyandot County, Ohio - Illustrated - Vol. II - Chicago: The S. J.
Clarke Publishing Company - 1913 - Page 160 |
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