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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Past & Present History of Wyandot County, Ohio -
Illustrated
Vol. II
Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company - 1913
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ALBERT REBER.
Among the agriculturists of Crane township who have achieved
prominence as men of marked ability and substantial worth is
numbered Albert Reber, one of the extensive landowners and
successful business men of this locality. His holdings
aggregate twelve hundred acres and his farm is conducted along such
modern and progressive lines that his activities have had an
important effect upon agricultural standards in the state.
Albert Reber was born in Fairfield county, Oct.
23, 1845, and is a son of Thomas V. and Rachael (Allen) Reber,
both natives of the same section, the father born June 17, 1807, and
the mother Oct. 22, 1808. She was a member of a family that
was well known in Wyandot county and for over one hundred years
prominent in Fairfield county, and traced her ancestry back to the
Pilgrims. The first of the family to come to America was
Samuel Allen, who emigrated from Bridgewater, Somerset county,
England, and settled in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1620. His
son, Samuel (II), was born in 1632 and his sister, born in
1639, married Joseph Standish, a son of Miles Standish
of the Mayflower. This Samuel Allen married Sarah
Partridge and their son, also named Samuel, was born in
1660 and in 1685 married Rebecca Carey. Their son,
Timothy Allen, was born in 1691 and became the grandfather of
General Ethan Allen, of Revolutionary war fame. Rebecca
Allen, the mother of Timothy, died in 1697 and his father
subsequently married Mary Alden, a daughter of Joseph,
a son of Captain John Alden made famous by Longfellow
in his poem on Miles Standish. Of this union were born
six children, the eldest of whom was Joseph, whose birth
occurred in 1701 and who with his parents and the rest of the family
in 1727 moved to Connecticut and settled at Norwich. Later
they removed from that place to Canterbury. At Norwich
Joseph Allen married Rebecca Fuller, of Preston,
Connecticut, and their son, Barnabus, was born Feb. 24, 1729,
at Norwich. In 1752 Barnabus Allen married Elizabeth
Fuller a daughter of Randolph Fuller, and they had a son
Silas who was born in 1754. He enjoyed the advantages
of a superior education and embraced the profession of medicine.
On May 16, 176, he married Mary Cleveland, a daughter of
Samuel Cleveland, his wife being a fourth consin of Moses
Cleveland, the founder of the city by that name in Ohio and
related to teh ancestors of Grover Cleveland. Soon
after their marriage Dr. Allen and his wife moved to
Middletown, Vermont, and in 1800 left there for the west, intending
to go as far as the Mississippi river, but arriving in Fairfield
county and finding the country bordering Toby creek inviting they
concluded to remain there and became permanent settlers. Among
their eight children was Jedadiah Allen, the fourth in order
of birth, and the father of Mrs. Rachael Reber. He was
born in Vermont and at an early aged came with his parents to Ohio,
making settlement upon a farm in Amanda township, Fairifeld county.
Here he devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, becoming largelyl
interested in stock-raising. A man of progressive ideas, he
was prominent and influential in his community. He passed away
on the 5th of September, 1856, at Royalton, Ohio. His wife was
in her maidenhood Sarah Bull and her marriage to Jedadiah
Allen took place in 1803, their children being: Rachael,
the mother of our subject; Howard Allen born in 1811, and
Lyman Allen, born in 1813.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Reber have passed
away, the father's death occurring on Dec. 5, 1895, he having
survived his wife for about five years, her demise occurring in
1890. To their union were born eight children: Felix,
who died in 1878; Sarah, who passed away in 1904; Minerva,
also deceased; Mary A., whose death occurred in 1911; John,
who is a resident of Oklahoma; Lenox, who resides in Marion,
Ohio; Albert, of this review; and Lucy, who has passed
away.
Albert Reber acquired his education in the
district schools and pursued his studies until he was eighteen years
of age, at which time he entered his father's employ and worked in
his interest for several years. He began his independent
agricultural career by purchasing the family homestead, to which he
has added from time to time until he has now accumulated twelve
hundred acres, his land lying on sections 5, 7, 8 and 9, Crane
township. The farm is one of the most noted properties
in Wyandot county, having been known as the Armstrong farm. It
has been occupied for over one hundred years and comprises land that
has never yet been under the plow. He raises thereon general
farm products, specializing in corn and hay, of which abunant crops
are harvested owing to the care and labor which Mr. Reber
bestows upon his fields. He follows only the most modern
methods of agriculture and uses the latest improved machinery to
facilitate his labors so that his efforts are attended with
gratifying success. In addition he is extensively interested
in stock-raising, keeping fifty-five cattle, one thousand sheep, one
hundred hogs and three horses, his stock commanding a high price and
a ready sale in the local markets. In addition to general
farming Mr. Reber has exxtensive and valuable business
interests in Upper Sandusky, is a stockholder and director in the
First National Bank.
On the 5th of April, 1898, Mr. Reber was united
in marriage in Upper Sandusky to Miss Mattie J. Bowman,
the ceremony being performed by Rev. D. G. Carson in the
Presbyterian church. Mrs. Reber is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bowman, the former a prominent farmer.
The parents came originally form Pennsylvania, but the father was of
German extraction and the mother of Scotch-Irish stock. Mrs.
Reber was a school teacher for twenty years, being eminently
successful along this line, and is a lady of rare refinement and
many high qualities of mind and character. Her father died in
1885 and his wife's death occurred in the following year.
Mr. and Mrs. Reber became the parents of a son, Thomas A.,
who is attending school.
Mr. Reber gives his political support to
the men and measures of the republican party and, while he takes a
deep interest in public matters, keeping himself informed on all the
current topics of the day, he has never been active as an office
seeker. His life has been one of the continuous activity,
inwhich has been accorded due recognition of labor, and today he
stands as a representative of the substantial citizens of Wyandot
county.
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