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CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
OF
HANCOCK COUNTY
OHIO
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EMBELLISHED WITH PORTRAITS OF MANY WELL KNOWN PEOPLE OF HANCOCK COUNTY
WHO HAVE BEEN OR ARE PROMINENT IN ITS IIISTORY
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NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1903
HANCOCK COUNTY COURTHOUSE, FINDLEY, OHIO
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PREFACE. OUT of the depths of his mature wisdom Carlyle wrote, " History is the essence of innumerable biographies." Believing this to be a fact, there is no necessity of advancing any further reason for the compilation of such a work as this, if reliable history is to be the ultimate object. The section of Ohio embraced by this volume has sustained within its confines men who have been prominent in the history of the State, and even the nation, for a century. The annals teem with the records of strong and noble manhood, and, as Sumner has said, " the true grandeur of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual." The final causes which shape the fortunes of individuals and the destinies of States are often the same. They are usually remote and obscure, and their influence scarcely perceived until manifestly declared by results. That nation is the greatest which produces the greatest and most manly men and faithful women; and the intrinsic safety of a community depends not so much upon methods as upon that normal development from the deep resources of which proceeds all that is precious and permanent in life. But such a result may not consciously be contemplated by the actors in the great social drama. Pursuing each his personal good by exalted means, they work out as a logical result. The elements of success in life consist in both innate capacity and determination to excel. Where either is wanting, failure is almost certain in the outcome. The study of a successful life, therefore, serves both as a source of information and as a stimulus and encouragement to those who have the capacity. As an important lesson in this connection we may appropriately 4 - PREFACE quote Longfellow, who said: " We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while we judge others by what they have already done." A faithful personal history is an illustration of the truth of this observation. In this biographical history the editorial staff, as well as the publishers, have fully realized the magnitude of the task. In the collection of the material there has been a constant aim to discriminate carefully in regard to the selection of subjects. Those who have been prominent factors in the public, social and industrial development of the county have been 'given due recognition as far as it has been possible to secure the requisite data. Names worthy of perpetuation here, it is true, have in several instances been omitted, either on account of the apathy of those concerned or the inability of the compilers to secure the information necessary for a symmetrical sketch; but even more pains have been taken to secure accuracy than were promised in the prospectus. Works of this nature, therefore, are more reliable and complete than are the " standard " histories of a country. THE PUBLISHERS. INDEX. Adams, James T., 321 Adams, M. A., 403 Adams, Newton M., 323 Adelsperger, W. H., 218 Alexander, Mathew M., 456 Alford, William C., 235 Alspach, Salathiel V., 199 Alspach, William, 487 Anderson, John. D., 355 Arnold, John T., 44 Baker, John, 84 Baker, Joseph P., 480 Balsley, Alfred H., 522 Barnhill, Tobia G., 549 Barr, John M., 420 Bartoon, Joseph T., 438 Beamer, Charles, 576 Beard, John, 406 Beardsley, Herbert V., 591 Beck, David, 492 Bell, Marion, 501 Benner, J. H., 541 Bennett, Rufus W., 230 Bibler, B. F., 475 Bickelhaupt, Frederick J., 213 Bigelow, Charles H., 211 Biggs, Samuel M., 338 Bish, Andrew, 500 Bish, William S., 500 Bishop, Henry, 48 Bishop, John S., 50 Black, William P., 411 Blymyer, Henry J., 302 Boger, Jacob H., 89 Bohn, Jacob, 227 Bolander, William, 301 Bolton, Elmer C., 332 Bond, Charles A., 491 Bope, James A., 82 Bowers, Jacob, 556 Bowlby, Salamis, 305 Boyd, Richard W.; 27 Boyd, T. C., 282 Brenner, John, 545 Brenner, William, 590 Brickman, H. A., 114 Brickman, William F., 255 Bright, Charles, 28 Bright, Levi, 254 Bright, Major, 104 Brinker, Jesse I., 197 Broadwater, Luke H., 266 Brooks, C. W., 424 Brooks, Harrison, 318 Brown, Abraham, 72 Brown, Henry W., 553 Browneller, D. P., 310 Browneller, Frederick, 309 Burket, Harlan F., 520 Burket, Jacob F., 9 Byal, Absalom P., 162 Byal, Henry, 64 Carlin, Squire, 192 Carpenter, C. A., 335 Carrothers, George, 12 Casterline, Cyrus L., 550 Cathers, Preston B., 198 Chambers, Clinton, 221 Chambers, David U., 573 Chase, Justus, 24 Chase, T. Z., 172 Clark, Harvey G., 537 Clark, James R., 317 Clayton, Joseph B., 393 Clymer, A. H., Sr., 559 Clymer, Thomas H., 292 Cobb, Alden H., 268 Cobb, Marion A., 261 INDEX. Cole, Ralph D., 553 Cole, Raymond, 123 Cole, William W., 167 Coleman, Nelson, 279 Coontz, Warner, 298 Cooper, Isaac W., 443 Cooper, Robert A., 565 Corthell, Clinton S., 495 Corwin, Hezekiah, 161 Cowley, Millard C., 68 Cramer, Andrew, 149 Cramer, George F., 34 Cramer, Joseph, 139 Creighton, William J., 241 Cross, James, 121 Cross, John H., 560 Crowell, Frank R., 594 Cusac, James M., 85 Cusac, William, 85 Cusac, William J., 390 Dailey, Baker, 511 Daily Courier, The, 587 Daman, W. C., 348 Davis, Abner L., 424 Davis, David T.. 225 Davis, Isaac, 341 Davy, Mrs. Rebecca N., 89 Davy, Robert, 88 Decker, James, 465 Deihlman, George A., 498 Demland, William A., 502 Dennison, James, 52 De Vore, George W., 538 De Wolf, Surrel P., 340 Dick, David; 96 Donnell, James C., 303 Dorsey, Wallace, 311 Doty, John N., 20 Doty, William C., 258 Dozer, Jesse L., 395 Dreisbach, David M., 112 Dreisbach, Gabriel M., 368 Dukes, Clark W., 362 Dukes, Lewis S., 16 Dunn, Elijah T., 525 Enfield, James A., 148 Eoff, Louis W., 504 Ernest, G. W., 205 Ernest, William W., 366 Ewing, Albert L., 106 Ewing, Cornelius, 110 Ewing, Erwin E., 17 Ewing,. Melvin E., 111 Ewing, Philip W., 457 Eckels, Joel, 22 Ellis, Asa, 91 Elsea, George W., 582 Elsea, Samuel H., 76 Falk, Levi, 108 Finsel, John E., 260 Firmin, Francis W., 184 Firmin, Lorenzo, 448 Fisher, A. J., 79 Fisher, Gotlob D., 163 Fisher, John, 163 Fisher, William, 342 Fitch, D. W., 572 Fitzgerald, Robert H., 521 Flamion, Philip, 563 Flick, Thomas, 209 Fogler, William, 147 Ford, Clayton W., 493 Franks, Henry, 466 Frey, William J., 327 Fruth, Jacob, 412 Garber, Christopher, 398 George, Willard, 483 Gillespie, Thomas F., 345 Glathart, Aaron J., 100 Glauner, William F., 361 Gleckner, Adam., 593 Goeppele, George, 509 Goodman, George M., 580 Gray, William P., 460 Green, William, 383 Greene, Isaac M., 579 Gressly, Jacob, 295 Griffin, Frank A., 206 Grimm, John W., 286 Growden, Arthur M., 439 Grubb, Cyrus, 32 Grubb, John H., 468 Guise, Perry O., 413 Haddox, Samuel, 435 Hale, E. W., 557 Hall, George W., 519 Hammond, George F., 36 INDEX Hammond, M. R., 534 Harrop, William, 494 Hartman, Andrew, 135 Hartman, Jasper N., 216 Hause, Henry M., 459 Hawkins, Edgar A., 56 Hayward, Collin D., 186 Heck, Anderson C., 496 Heck, John, 397 Heckert, William, 154 Heimhofer, John B., 66 Heistand, Henry, 191 Herman, Joseph J., 569 Hershey, Isaac, 138 Heyn, Christian, 103 Higbie, J. L., 117 Hirschberger, John F., 281 Holliger, Frederick A., 372 Hooper, Isaac W., 168 Hosler, Morrison, 363 Hosier, William F., 55 Hostler, Lewis H., 385 Houck, William H., 40 Hoy, James T., 329 Hudson, J. E., 433 Hughes, Don C., 367. Ingold, Jacob, 533 Insley, Isaac, 62 Jacobs, John W., 306 Jameson, Cornelius S., 87 Johnston, Charles S., 575 Kagey, John C., 475 Kagy, Joseph R, 18 Karg, Frederick J., 476 Karg, Louis, 497 Karn, Theodore, 331 Karst, J. B., 447 Keeley, James, 187 Keenan, Hugh J., 486 Kelley, Tames W., 401 Kelley, J. B., 437 Kelly, Luther C., 11 Kempher, Rado, 568 Ketzenbarger, Jacob O., 42 Kibler, Jacob, 357 Kibler, R. J., 237 Kiefer, William I., 394 Kimmell, Jacob A., z00 Kinder, Walter H., 313 Kirkbride, James W., 19 Kisseberth, John L., 67 Kistler; Benjamin, Sr., 128 Krabill, Hiram D., 485 Krauss, Charles J., 419 Kuhlman, William, 462 Larkins, Sorely, 555 Latshaw, A. B., 240 Lear, William A., 405 Lechner, Michael, 180 Lee, Noah, 144 Lemott, Samuel, 150 Leonard, Robert L., 59 Lewis, Francis M., 544 Lichty, Benedict, 320 Linhart, Jacob A., 27 Linhart, John H., 26 Longbrake, Louis, 214 Maclachlan, Norman. L., 478 Madsuse, William, 356 Mallen, Charles, 489 Martin, Jerome M., 252 Marvin, Isaac W., 536 Marvin, .Otta B., 482 Mascho, Charles W., 499 Matthias, Albert C., 517 McAnelly, Moses, 115 McArthur, George, 276 McElwaine, William H., 523 McGee, Martin P., 446 McLeod, Joseph R., 349 McManness, Lemuel, 181 McRill, Jefferson C., 296 Measel, Mrs. Harriet H., 192 Mellott, John H., 463 Metzler, W. M., 418 Miley, Harvey C., 51 Miller, Alexander, 264 Miller, Francis M., 39 Miller, Levi, 273 Miller, William B., 247 Mitchell, Parlee, 552 Mitchell, Thomas M., 352 Moffett, William R., 245 Montgomery, John, 109 Montgomery, John T., 43 Montgomery, William, 74 Moorhead, John M., 174 INDEX. Morrison, Nelson H., 594 Morrison, Philemon B., 451 Motherwell, Robert B., 228 Moyer, Edwin R., 253 Moyer, M. M., 253 Moyer, Uriah B., 308 Nau, Jacob, 354 Neibling, William C., 488 Nelson, George, 209 Nelson, Jonathan, 169 Newcomer, Levi B., 454 Newhouse, William M., 422 Nichols, Allison H., 531 Norris, George W., 326 Nusser, J. A., 467 Oliver, Philip B., 514 Oman, Ephraim I., 153 Oman, George W., 535 Overholt, A. J., 371 Overholt, Christian, 232 Parker, Havilah L., 291 Parker, John, 212 Patterson, James L., 587 Patterson, Joseph S., 336 Pendleton, George F., 98 Pendleton, George S., 474 Pepple, Eli W., 554 Pepple, Jacob, 173 Pepple, William H., 15 Peterman, John, 140 Peters, George W., 105 Phelps, George H., 262 Phifer, George W., 450 Pilcher, Milton A., 226 Plotts, Andrew J., 384 Poe, Nelson, 365 Powell, Alexander B., 319 Powell, Jacob E., 512 Powell, Peter H., 256 Powell, Sullivan, 217 Powell, Valentine, 272 Presler, Napoleon B., 251 Priddy, S. N. E., 430 Purkey, Henry O., 244 Rainey, Harvey, 47 Ramsey, Hamilton L., 289 Ray, Frank C., 461 Redfern, Joseph P., 203 Reiter, Henry, 270 Reiter, Sebastian J., 271 Reynolds, George M., 589 Rial, Allfree. H., 208 Ricketts, Jasper T., 428 Riegle, John W. S., 61 Roberts, Solomon N., 134 Roether, Abraham, 588 Roller, George W., 127 Roller, Jefferson, 539 Roller, W. C., 196 Ross, George W., 170 Routzon, David C., 31 Rummell, George B., 63 Rummell, William R., 38 Russell, Frank, 222 Russell, Robert B., 53 Sager, Andrew, 445 Saltsman, Norman, 402 Saltzman, Christopher A., 95 Sampson, John Z., 571 Sausser, David W., 130 Schoonover, John, 392 Schubert, Daniel N., 243 Schubert, John, 124 Schwinn, Philipp, 353 Scothorn, Abraham W., 408 Shafer, Morgan C., 506 Sharninghause, William, 564. Shea, James, 190 Sheets, Henry, 441 Sherick, David, 70 Sherman, Conrad, 548 Shilling, Jesse, 346 Shoe, John W., 189 Shull, Hermon T., 131 Shull, Isaac L., 570 Siddall, A. C., 423 Smith, A. H., 581 Smith, Augustus M., 516 Smith, Charles F., 324 Smith, Daniel L., 508 Smith, George H., 351 Smith, Henry C., 107 Snider, Isaac C., 143 Snider, Solomon, 410 Snider, William F., 54 Snyder, George W., 380 Snyder, Henry, 238 INDEX. Solether, John S., 176 Solt, David B., 333 Solt, Peter, 248 Stackhouse, Thomas J., 503 Stacy, Thomas, 210 Stahl, Levi, 546 Stall, John F., 382 Steinman, Benjamin C., 35 Stephenson, William, 426 Stephenson, William E., 31; Stevenson, A. W., 452 Stevenson, Evan D., 178 Stewart, S. M., 93 Stockton, Charles A., 30 Stoffel, Joseph, 547 Stoker, Darius R., 472 Stoker, George M., 14 Stoker, Wilson C., 464 Storts, Francis M., 300 Stough, George S., 586 Stough, Henry, 71 Strother, Mrs. Sarah A., 414 Sutter, Fredrick, 477 Sutton, John A., 375 Swab, John W., 132 Swab, Samuel, 400 Swank, H. D., 561 Swartz, Nelsen R., 498 Switzer, Daniel E., 321 Tait, William M., 316 Tarbox, Harry L., 120 Taylor, Charles R., 532 Taylor, Edmund C., 46 Taylor, Rufus E., 157 Teatsorth, Isaac, 578 Thomas, Albert J., 283 Thomas, Charles H., 432 Thomas, David, 47o Thomas, Grant, 220 Thomas, John A., 389 Thomas, Samuel B., 574 Thomas, William, 469 Thompson, Isaac, 416 Trout, Ephraim, 374 Trout, Milton E., 37g Trout, Sylvanus W., 378 Trueslow, Wilbur F., 293 Van Eman, Josephus C., 234 Van Horn, Perry, 347 Van Lue, E. V., 151 Van Sant, Frank, 158 Van Sickle, John, 370 Vickers, Hilton A., 44o Waggoner, William G., 278 Walter, Daniel, 288 Wanamaker, Eliphes, 344 Watkins, George W., 275 Watson, Charles E., 207 Watson, Charles R., 26g Watson, Richard NI., 360 Webster, W. C., 543 Weirough, Philip, 566 Whitman, George W., 515 Wilcox, Edgar, 455 Williamson, James, 81 Williamson, William A., 277 Wilson, James, 165 Winders, Henry F., 551 Wineland, B. F., 387 Wise, Benjamin J., 364 Wise, Franklin, 126 Wise, W. A., 490 Wiseley, Martin L., 224 Wisely, William P., 136 Wiseman, Andrew, 528 Wiseman, Joseph, 530 Witmore, Henry E., 183 Wolf, Adam, 429 Wolf, Simon, 524 Wolfe., Mary A., 266 Wolff, Louis A., 510 Woodruff, Sheldon, 284 Woods, L. S., 376 Worden, Alvin L7, 312 Worden, Robert B., 312 Young, M. C., 540 Zeller, John W., 583 |