PETER HOFFERBERT, farmer, P. O. Columbus
Grove, Putnam County, was born August
11, 1834, in Koenig, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany; son of Philip J. and
Mary E. (Naas) Hofferbert (deceased). Our subject landed in New York
in the spring of 1852, locating in Westmoreland County,
Penn., finally engaging in farming. He came to this county,
settling on Section 7, in 1863, moving to his present farm.
He received his education under the compulsory school law of the
"fatherland," and learned the butcher's trade, serving for
three years, for which his father paid fifty gulden. He was married,
January 2, 1854, to Mrs. Philopina Weaver, born December 15, 1819,
daughter of Robert and Anna Mechling (deceased), natives of
Pennsylvania. They have four children—Anna E., at home; John L.
married and living in Putnam County, Ohio; Philip
J. in Monroe Township, this county; William,
also in Monroe Township. Our subject is next youngest in a family of
twelve children, of whom two sons and two daughters, only, are now
living. Three died leaving families in Germany, and one sister still
resides in her native land; his brother Leonard lives in Delphos,
and a sister, Mrs. Eve C. Urick, lives in
Monroe Township, this county. Mr. Hofferbert,
being drafted during the late war, entered the One Hundred and
Sixty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment as corporal in Company H, and
received his discharge in 1863. He is a Republican in politics; is a
prominent man in Monroe Township, having been chosen by the people
to the offices of trust. He and bis family are members of the
Evangelical Church in which he has been trustee.
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| ISAAC HOLMES, farmer, P. O. Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, was born November 30, 1827, in Carroll County,
Ohio; son of William and Elizabeth (Davis) Holmes, former a
native of Washington County, Penn., born
August 20, 1801, died in February, 1884. He was a son of John and Sarah
(Norris) Holmes, first named being a native of England, and one of the
early settlers of Seneca County, Ohio, where
he and his wife died; latter a native of Carroll County,
Ohio. William Holmes was first married to Mary Joseph, by whom he
had four children—William, residing near Carrollton, being the only
one now living. By his second marriage there were eighteen children:
Isaac, Mrs. Catharine Fishill (deceased, leaving family in Carroll County,
Ohio); Mrs. Martha Crumbecker in Carroll County,
Ohio; Jonathan, killed by a falling tree when sixteen years of
age; James' (deceased), a surgeon in the Forty-seventh Illinois
Volunteer Infantry during the Rebellion: Mrs. Myrian Harlan (widow), in
Wayne County, 111.; Samuel, in Greenwood County,
Kans.: Mrs. Eliza Best, and David, residing in Wayne County,
111.; Oliver in Fairneld, 111., where he wan county
clerk for eight years; Martin and Daniel died young; Milton in
Wayne County, 111.; Mrs. Sarah Webb in
Lyon County, Kans.; Mrs. Eleanor N. Enlow
in Wayne County, 111.; Mrs. Samantha J.
Robertson in White County, III.; Calvin,
near Clifton, Tex., and an infant (deceased). The third marriage was
with Mrs. Martha Weisman, who bore him following children: Eli, living
in Wayne County, 111.; Mrs. Melissa
Statten and George, residing near Denver, Col., and Mrs. Mary Westfall,
in Wayne County, III. Six of the sons
were in the , late war of the Rebellion, and all held offices—James,
Samuel, Oliver, David, Milton and Calvin; five sons-in-law were also in
the service—A. Best, M. Webb, J. Enlow, J. Robertson and J. Crumbecker.
Calvin served five years in the regular army. All of these twenty-six
children were born between the years 1821 and 1859, all single issue,
and seventeen of them are still living. Our subject was married, August
22, 1850, to Elizabeth Downs, born in Carroll County,
Ohio, February 26, 1828, daughter of George and Sarah (Miller)
Downs, and by this union were born nine children, five of whom died in
early childhood; those now living are George William, married and living
in Putnam County, Ohio; Amos B., also
married and residing in Putnam County; Martha
A. and Clark B., at home. Mr. Holmes, in 1870, was one of the land
appraisers for Putnam County. He has held
the offices of justice of the peace, assessor and township trustee, of
the latter of which he is present incumbent. The family are members of
the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Democrat.
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GREGORY JENNINGS, farmer, tile and brick
manufacturer, P. O. West Cairo, was born September 13, 1836, in
Monroe Township, this county; son of
Aaron and Lucy (Hughs) Jennings, who were married in
Tuscarawas County, Ohio; latter, a
daughter of Daniel Hughs, a Dative of Ireland, was born near
Emmittsburg, Md., and came to Tuscarawas County,
Ohio, in early life. Aaron Jennings was born in Tuscarawas County,
Ohio, December 26, 1804, died December 22, 1872, son of
Gideon Jennings, born December 24, 1778, in Virginia, son of
Benjamin Jennings, born December 8, 1748, in England. The children
of Aaron and Lucy Jennings were eleven in number, five dying young;
the others were Mrs. Gracie J. and Elizabeth J. Curtis, both
deceased, leaving families at Beaver Dam, Ohio;
Gregory; Margaret, Mrs. Amos Lewis, living in Monroe County,
Mich; Malinda, widow of T. Crane, living in Putnam
County, Ohio; and Daniel, in Monroe Township, this county.
The father of our subject came to this township in 1834,
where he patented 160 acres of land, locating on Section 34, his
brother David also locating on same section. His grandfather, and
brothers Gideon and John, located in Bath, and brother James in
Jackson Township. In this swampy wilderness, without money, they
endured all the trials and hardships of pioneer life. Our subject
remained with his father until twenty years of age, when he took the
contract for cutting one mile 100 feet wide, on the track of the
Dayton & Michigan Railroad, receiving therefor $195, this he
completed in forty-two days. In the spring of 1857 he learned the
Gary system of horse-training, and traveled through different States
and Canada engaged in that business. Mr. Jennings was married,
February 27, 1859, to Salinda Hall, who was born in Carroll County,
Ohio, February 27, 1837, daughter of William and Christina
(Smith) Hall, natives of New Jersey, but who moved to Carroll County
in 1833, to Tuscarawas County in
1837, and to this county in 1857,
former born July 27, 1799, latter September 15, 1798. They were
married, February 19, 1819, and have following: nine children, sixy-one
grandchildren, seventy-seven great-grand and four
great-great-grandchildren. To our subject and wife were born the
following children: Adelia (died, aged two years); Celia A.; James
William; Li Hie Florence; Aaron E.; Lucy E.; Homer B.; Gregory M.;
Sherman Grant and Blaine. Mr. Jennings is a member of the firm of
Jennings, Harding & Umbaugh, saw-mill and tile factory in Perry
Township, this county, established in
1880, also of the firm of Jennings & Snyder, saw-mill, tile and
brick-making on his farm in Monroe Township, this county;
the business was established in the spring of 1883. He
received in 1869, a patent for a clod-fender, and later a patent for
a rein-holder for harness and buggies; he also applied for a patent
on an improved kiln for burning tile, which has proved by thorough
testing to be the best in use; patent granted, patented February 3,
1885. Mr. Jennings was first sergeant in Company C, One Hundred .and
Fifty-first Regiment, Ohio National
Guards, called into service in May, 1864, and doing duty at Fort
Sumner, D. C. In politics he is a stanch Republican. Our subject and
family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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JACOB KOHLI, farmer, P. O. Columbus
Grove, Putnam County, was born April
1, 1839, in Holmes County, Ohio, son
of Christian and Margret (Berkey) Kohli, former of whom, a native of
Germany, came to Holmes County in
1821, when about thirteen years of age; latter a daughter of John
and Christina Berkey, natives of Pennsylvania, and
who died in Holmes County, Ohio. Jacob
Kohli, who was a son by his father's first marriage, received
a common school education, and began life for himself at eighteen
years of age. He learned wagon manufacturing, at which he worked
until August 25, 1861, when he enlisted in Company K, Fourteenth
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
served three years, was discharged and immediately re-enlisted as a
veteran in the same company and regiment, and was discharged at the
close of the war as sergeant. He participated in the battles of
Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Jonesboro and others, his life being
twice saved by the bullets striking his gun barrel while in the act
of shooting; in the engagement at Goldsboro, he was color-bearer of
his regiment. He came with his father to Putnam
County, Ohio, settling near Columbus Grove, in 1845. Our
subject was married, August 24,1865, to Nancy Featheringill, a
native of Putnam County, Ohio, born
October 3, 1846, daughter of John and Martha (Ramsey) Featheringill,
who came to Putnam County, from
Franklin County, Ohio, in 1833. The
father died in 1867, aged sixty-three years, the mother is still
living aged seventy-six years. To this union were born nine
children: John C., Charles H., Annie M., William F., Peter N., Mary
I., Theodore G., Brice J., and Jesse G. Mr. Kohli came to his
present farm in the fall of 1870. The family are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
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| HENRY MILLER, farmer, P. O. Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, was born April 29, 1841, and is a son of Michael, born
December 19, 1805, and died October 7, 1879, and Catharine (Kunkleman)
Miller, latter born May 27, 1806, daughter of Leonard and Magdalena
(Koch) Kunklen,an. natives of Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, and is still
living. Our subject's parents were married June 18, 1830, and their
children were John, born February 2, 1831, died at the age of
twenty-nine years, Christopher, born April 21, 1833, and died at
thirty-seven years of age; leaving widow and four children (she
afterward married to Aaron Huysman, and is now living in Putnam
County); Leonard, born June 15, 1838, and died at thirteen years
of age; an infant (deceased), Henry, born April 29, 1841, and Adam. Our
subject was married, November 14, 1863, to Mary Sauer, who was born
January 21, 1846, in Schlesien, Prussia, daughter of Frantz and
Catharine (Harmon) Sauer, who came to America and settled in Pickaway County,
Ohio, where they resided a few years, then moved to Monroe
Township, Allen County, where they now
reside. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller are Maggie M. (married
to William Hofferbert, April 27, 1884), John F., Emma L., Anna C., Alice
M., Sarah A., Caroline R., Bertha A., "William H., Harmon M., and
Lewis P. Mr. Miller is one of the sturdy farmers and influential men of
his township, taking a great interest in schools, having been a member
of the board for several years in succession.
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| ADAM MILLER, farmer, P. O. Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, was born February 8, 1845, in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany,
and came to Allegheny County, Penn., with
his parents, in 1849. They moved to Allen County,
Ohio, April 9, 1852, settling on the farm of 100 acres, where the
subject of this sketch now lives, two-thirds of which farm the latter
had purchased from the other heirs. Our subject received his education
from the district schools, and assisted his father until 1871. farmed on
shares for a time, and finally made the purchase of the farm. He was
married, December 17, 1874, to Lovina C. Hartman, who was born March 7,
1856, daughter of John S. and Elizabeth (Morris) Hartman, natives of Ohio.
By this marriage there are three children: Mary E., John M. and
Joseph W. Mr. Miller is one of the enterprising young men of his
township, interested in agricultural, educational and religious matters.
In politics he is a Democrat.
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| HENRY MORRIS, farmer, P. O. Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, was twice married; first, November 20, 1866, to Nancy
Palmer, by whom he had two children, Margaret V. being the oaly one now
living, born September 24, 1869. His wife dying February 7, 1872, Mr.
Morris was married, November 11, 1875, to Rachael Sherret, born January
1, 1855, daughter of Malinda (Suery) Sherret, natives of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio. They have three children living: John E., David L. and
Elizabeth L. Our subject's father, Judge Henry
Morris, a native of Kentucky, came to Clark County,
Ohio, with his parents, in 1812, when but six years of age. In
the fall of 1832 he came to the farm on which his widow now lives, and
where he died in 1877. It was then Putnam
County, and in 1833 he was made first associate judge of the
Territory, which he held three years, and then resigned to attend to
home duties. He was a leader in the affairs of the community, as well as
in religious matters, being a teacher, for over thirty years, of the
doctrine of predestination. His parents were Joseph M. and Lovina
(Drake) Morris, who died in Clark County, Ohio. He
was married August 30, 1832, to Margaret Weaver, born May 11, 1812, in
Clark County, Ohio, daughter of George
and Elizabeth (Hempleman) Weaver, natives of Virginia, but very early
settlers of Clark County. The children
born to this union were George, living in Monroe Township, this county;
Mrs. Elizabeth Hartman, residing in Monroe Township, this county;
Mrs. Lovina Hoicomb (deceased—leaving one son, Henry M., who is
now residing in Russell County, Kans.);
Joseph, a physician in Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio; Mrs. Sarah Crables (deceased—leaving a son, Henry
M., in Russell County, Kans.), and a
daughter, Mrs. Bogard, in Putnam County, Ohio; Henry;
Mrs. Mary Schaffer, residing in Putnam County,
Ohio; John, residing in Russell County, Kans.;
Mrs. Ellen Schlosser, and Mrs. Catharine Schlosser. John Hartman was
born in Pickaway County, Ohio, August 11,
1832.
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JACOB B. RINEHART, farmer, P. O. West
Cairo, was born November 30, 1840, in Montgomery County,
Ohio, son of Daniel and Esther (Brumbaugh) Riiiehart, former
a son of Jacob and Susanna (Bromer) Rinehart, latter a native of
Pennsylvania, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Folk) Brumbaugh. Our
subject, who is the eldest of ten children, six of whom are now
living, was first married, January 27, 1863, to Elizabeth M. Emrick,
of Miami County, who died January 3,
1864, in her twenty-first year, and Mr. Rinehart then married,
October 1, 1867, Mary E. Early, born March 7, 1842, by which
marriage were born seven children, two deceased in infancy. Those
now living are Jesse S., born July 31, 1868; Chalmer F., born
September 12, 1869; Henry E., born March 25, 1872; Mary E., (a twin)
born May 23, 1874; Cora Emma, born April 24, 1883. The family are
members of the German Baptist Church. In
politics Mr. Rinehart is a Republican. The brothers and sisters of
our subject are Sarah (wife of Levi Spitler). John, Hannah (wife of
Aaron Sollenberger), Henry (at present a medical student in
Brooklyn. N. Y.), and Noah, all residents of Montgomery County,
Ohio. Mrs. Rinehart's parents, both now living, are Samuel
and Harriet (Wright) Early, natives of Virginia, the former born May
19, 1810, in Rockingham County, son
of Jacob Early (who lived to be ninety years of age, blind .he last
forty years of his life) and Magdalene (Wanger) Early, a daughter of
Henry Wanger. Samuel and Harriet (Wright) Early were married August
11, 1831, and had ten children; three daughters died in infancy.
Those who grew to maturity were David (farming near Salem, Oreg.),
John (a minister in the German Baptist Church in Cherokee County,
Iowa; Jacob (died leaving a family in Bath Township, this county),
Noah (farming in Johnson County, Mo.),
Mary E. (with whom her parents reside), Samuel (farming in Newton County,
Mo.), Isaac (residing with his family in Barry County,
Mich.). Two sons, Jacob and Samuel, served in the late war.
The family are members of the German Baptist Church.
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| JOHN SCHLOSSER, farmer, P. O. Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, is a son of Daniel Schlosser who was twice married; first
to Sarah Richards (deceased) a native of Pickaway County,
Ohio, daughter of Henry and Mary (Kroeninger) Richards, natives
of Pennsylvania, and by this union were born John (subject of this
sketch) born March 19, 1843, Mrs. Mary A. Herring, born April 23, 1845,
residing at Rochester, Ind.; David born April 15, 1847, living in Monroe
Township, this county. The second
marriage of Daniel Schlosser was with Priscilla Bennett, October 9,
1848, who bore him eleven children. Those now living are Daniel W., born
October 9, 1853, residing in Monroe Township, this county;
Nathan, born October 7, 1865, in Putnam
County, Ohio; Mrs. Melvina Gander, born May 28, 1858, in Putnam
County, Ohio; Mrs. Margaret E. Granger, born July 14, 1860,
residing in Columbus Grove, Ohio; and
Permellia, born July 19, 1866, at home. The subject of this sketch was
married, May 3, 1866, to Ellen Morris, born July 25, 1850. They had a
family of seven children : James William, born March 22, 1867; Oliver,
born February 21, 1869; Elizabeth M., born February 26, 1871; John
Frankie, born July 24, 1873, died November 10, 1884, of typhoid fever
and inflammation of the bowels, aged eleven years, three months and
sixteen days; Anna May, born July 23, 1875; Bertie L., born October 1,
1880, and Sarah J., born July 0, 1883. Our subject served three years in
the war of the Rebellion, enlisting in 1862, and was honorably
discharged in 1865. Mr. Schlosser is an energetic and enterprising young
farmer, and is held in high esteem by the people of his community.
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LEWIS SIGLER farmer, P. O. Columbus
Grove, Putnam County, was born May
10, 1821, in Mifflin County, Penn.,
son of Jacob and Mary A.(Stoneroad) Sigler, also natives of Mifflin County,
Penn., the former a son of John Sigler, the latter a daughter
of Lewis and Sarah (Gardner) Stoneroad. Jacob Sigler was born July
9, 1797, died October 3, 1846, aged forty-nine years, two months and
twenty-four days. Mary A. (Stoneroad) Sigler, was born July 11,
1795, died January 22, 1870, aged seventy-four years, six months,
eleven days. Jacob and Mary A. (Stoneroad)
Sigler were married in June, 1818. They were parents of nine
children : Mrs. Sarah Crepps, in Page County,
Iowa; Lewis; .David, single, in Page County,
Iowa; Mrs. Johanna Montooth'(widow) in Putnam
County, Ohio; Joel, in Leipsio, Putnam
County, Ohio; Thomas in Putnam
County, Ohio; Mrs. Hannah Miller (deceased) leaving four
children in Indianola, Neb.; Valentine, enlisted in the service, was
in Prentiss' division, was taken prisoner at the battle of Pittsburg
Landing, and died in rebel prison; Rebecca M., died in infancy. Mr.
Sigler's parents settled near Leipsic, Putnam
County, Ohio, in the spring of 1837, where the father died.
The subject of this sketch received but meager educational
advantages until thirteen years of age, assisting his father before
and after that age in the blacksmith shop and on the farm. He was
married September 25, 1849, to Sarah J. Walters, who was born
September 18,1831, in Wayne County, Ohio, daughter
of Judge John \V. and Jane (Miller) Watters,
natives of Pennsylvania, but who moved to Wayne County,
thence to Putnam County, in
1836, the latter part of their lives being spent near Lima. To our
subject and wife were born seven children: John D., deceased in
1875: Lewis C., in business at Columbus Grove, Ohio;
Anna, at home; William W., at home; and Margaret, at home;
Mary J. and Sarah E. died in infancy. Mrs. Sigler died February 3,
1880. Our subject came to his present farm in 1851, clearing most of
it himself. He carries on general farming, stock-raising and
blacksmithing. He has held the offices of trustee and school
director and was elected a justice of the peace, but did not serve.
The family are members of the Presbytertan Church in which he has
served as elder. In politics he is a Democrat.
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| JABEZ SMITH, blacksmith, P. O. West Cairo, was
born September 23, 1849; son of Henry and Rebecca (Crites) Smith, who
are now living in Pickaway County, Ohio, former
a son of John Smith, latter a daughter of Samuel Crites. They were
parents of ten children: Sophia, wife of Francis Ward; Jacob; Perlina
(deceased), wife of Josiah Ward; Jabez; Caroline, wife of Henry Ward;
Jerome; Samuel, in Fairfield County, Ohio; John;
Samantha (deceased), wife of Edward Atkinson; Frank (deceased at age of
twenty years); those now living being residents, with their families, of
Pickaway County, Ohio; all the sons
learning blacksmithing in their father's manufacturing establishment.
The subject of this sketch was married, April 26, 1868, to Catharine,
daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Ward) Moyers, and born in Sugar Creek
Township, this county, July 11, 1848.
They have had eight children, three of whom died in childhood. Those now
living are Jennie F.. Drusilla E., William F., John H., Sarah A. V. L.
Mr. Smith came to Cairo, this county, in
1870, where he plied his trade, entering into partnership with O. H.
Waltz, in 1879, in manufacturing and repair work. In the spring of 1881,
F. W. Snyder was taken into the firm, and the following fall Mr. Waltz
retired, In the spring of 1883 Mr. Smith retired from the firm and
worked at Buckland, Ohio, until 1885,
when he again entered into partnership with F. W. Snyder, in general
shop work and the manufacturing of a combined roller, harrow and
cultivator of the Hines patent. Mr. Smith is a member of the I. O. O. F.
at, Columbus Grove, Ohio; has been a
member of the village council several years, being one of the first
members of that body. In politics he is a Republican |
| LEVI SNYDER, farmer, P. O. "West Cairo, was
born January 28. 1842, in Stark County, Ohio; son
of Benewell and Margaret (Snyder) Snyder, natives of Pennsylvania, the
former born April 4, 1817, and the latter March 15, 1815. They moved to
this county in about 1849, where they
died during the war. Their children were Susanna (died young), Levi,
Catharine (died young), Oliver (who enlisted in June, 1863, in the heavy
artillery, was discharged and returned to this county,
where he died a short time after of consumption, contracted by
exposure while in the service), Lovina (Mrs. Thomas Myers, in this county),
John N. (a carpenter residing in Steuben County,
Ind.), Emily (Mrs. E. Snyder, in Steuben County,
Ind.), Mrs. Lucy A. Thorp (residing with her sister Emily), and
Franklin (a mechanic in West Cairo). Our subject was twice married, his
first wife being Lydia Moyer, who bore him five children : two died in
infancy, Franklin S., Richard L. (born July 23,1868), and Willie J. Mr.
Snyder was married on the second occasion May 2, 1874, to Mrs. Mary A. (Faunce)
Jennings, who was born August 12,' 1837, in Trumbull County,
Ohio. She was a classmate of Mrs. Lucretia Garfield, and a
student at Hiram College while the lamented President Garfield was yet a
student and teacher in that institution. Mrs. Snyder taught many terms
of school before her marriage and while a widow; she taught sixteen
terms in this county. Her first husband,
John Jennings, was a soldier in the Seventy-fourth Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, was discharged on account of ill health and
returned home. Being urged by his friends to join the Ohio
Volunteer Militia, he was made First Lieutenant of Company B, One
Hundred and Fifty-first Regiment Thirty-third Battalion. He was
honorably discharged, returned home and died a few months later of
consumption. They had one child— Sadie—now Mrs. Edward McDonnell,
residing in Monroe County, Mich. By her
second marriage Mrs. Snyder has had one child—Urton, born April 13,
1878. She is a daughter of Robert and Lexcina (Everitt) (Smith) Faunce,
the former a native of Massachusetts, the latter of New York. Ancestors
of the Faunce family came over in the "May Flower" and settled
at Plymouth Rock. Robert Faunce is now living at Cortland, Ohio.
Mr. Snyder enlisted in August, 1862, in Company D, One Hundred
and Eighteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, of the Western army; was severely wounded four times in the
charge at the battle of Resaca. and, supposingNthat
he was beyond recovery he was left forty-eight hours without treatment;
then the bullets were extracted, and during the following two weeks the
wounds were dressed twice. After lying on his back three months, and
spending one year in the hospital, he was discharged May 18, 1865, and
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JOSEPH A. STATES, farmer and county
commissioner, P. O. West Cairo, was born April 20, 184S ; son
of "Uncle Daniel" and Jane (Jennings) States, former born
April 14, 1810, in Lycoming County, Penn..
son of Peter and Susan (Praul) States, natives of Berks County.
Penn., who were parents of eleven children, four of whom died
without iseue, Daniel being fourth in the family. The father of
Peter States was Daniel States, a native of France, and the father
of Susan (Praul) States was Nathan Praul, a native of England. Peter
States and his wife died in 1842, within one
day of each other, he in his sixty-third and she in her fifty-third
year. "Uncle Daniel" States came to Monroe Township, this county,
in March, 1835, settling on Section 21, and assisted in the
organization of the township, being one of nine uien who voted at
the first election. He entered 120 acres of land, receiving the
patent from Gov. Lncas, and here he endured all the trials and
hardships of pioneer life. He hauled his provisions from Perry County,
and being a man of •wonderful strength, endurance and
enterprise, he accomplished a great amount of work for himself, and
assisted in building all the first churches and schools of his
neighborhood, the first school of that vicinity being built upon his
farm. He was a public-spirited man, and took an active interest in
the affairs of his township, having been elected township treasurer
and trustee, holding the latter office about fourteen years. They
were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married April
1, 1833, to Jane Jennings, a native of Perry County,
born June 16. 1810, daughter of Benjamin and Betsey (Milick)
Jennings, the latter a relative of Gov. Tod, of Ohio,
and daughter of John Milick, a Pennsylvanian. They had seven
children : John, now living in Crawford County,
Eans.; George and Susan E. (deceased in childhood). Margaret
(deceased wife of Scott Harris, left a family in Monroe Township,
this county); Mary J. (deceased,
leaving no children), Joseph A. and Huldah R., wife of Ephraim
Fussing, of Van Wert County, Ohio. The
mother of the family died January 20, 1873. Our subject was married
September 3, 1867, to Mary J. Powell, who was born March 6, 1842,
near Spencerville, Ohio., daughter of
David and Sophia (Walden) Powell, who were natives of Juniata County,
Penn., former born March 12, 1812, and died aged thirty-six
years ; came to this county when a
young man with his father, Amos Powell, who was a native of Wales ;
the latter is still living in Hicksville, Ohio,
in her sixty-third year. To them were born Mary J.; William,
residing at Hicksville, Ohio; Harriet,
now Mrs. Elickner, of Hicksville; George, located near Walton, Eans.
To our subject and wife have been born Anna V., William C., Arthur
L., Samuel E. (died in 1877) and Mary L. Sophia Walden, a native of
Trumbull County, Ohio, came to Bath
Township, this county, in 1838, with
her parents, Jonathan and Maria (Curtis) Walden, the former a native
of New Jersey, the latter of Connecticut; they subsequently removed
to Defiance Count}', where they died. Mr. States was elected to the
office of county commissioner in the
fall of 1881, and re-elected in 1884. He is the youngest member of
that board, a man of prominence, having held the important township
offices.
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VALENTINE H. WRIGHT, farmer, P. O. Columbus Grove,
Putnam County, was
born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, November
2, 1832, eon of Samuel and Margaret (Hoffman) Wright, natives of
Allegany County, Md., and who moved to
Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1830, where
the former died in 1859, aged fifty-nine years; the latter in this county
in 1883, aged seventy-two years. Their children were twelve in
number, two dying in infancy; those reaching maturity were Elizabeth,
deceased; George; Mary, deceased; Valentine H. and Rachael A., twins;
Henry (deceased) and John, twins; William; Margaret, deceased; and
Elisha, deceased. Elisha was a member of Company D, Fifty-second
Regiment, and was killed at the age of eighteen years in a railroad collision.
lision. Until fifteen years of age our subject
attended the winter schools of the time, assisting his father on the
farm until lie attained his majority, when he commenced daily labor
for himself. He was married, in 18(50, to Julia A. Salisbury, who
was born in Tuscarawas County, November
28, 1838, daughter of John and Sarah Salisbury, natives of England,
both of whom were exhorters in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our
subject and wife have had eight children: John, William, Thomas,
Mary A. and George; three died young. Mr. Wright enlisted, August
9,1862, in Company D. Fifty-second Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, serving under Gens. Rosecrans, Sheridan
and Sherman, and participating in the battles at Perryville, Stone
River, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Allatoona,
Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Marietta, Feachtree Creek, Atlanta,
Jonesboro, Savannah, Columbia, Averysboro and Ben ton ville. He
never was in the hospital a day as a patient, and was discharged in
1865, without receiving a scratch, and in August of that year came
to his present home, where he has become one of the most honored men
of Monroe Township. Since 1858, Mr. Wright has been a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been steward many years.
NOAH B. YANT, farmer, P. O. West Cairo, was born near Carrollton, Ohio,
April 27, 1827, son of Henry and Margaret (Stoody) Yant,
natives of Washington County, Penn.,
and who moved to Carroll County, Ohio, about
1810. Henry Yant, a sou of John Yant, was born February 16, 1784,
died December 14, 1833. His widow, a daughter of George and Barbara
(Shooster) Stoody, born January 21, 1798, is now living with her son
in Clarke County, Mo. They were
parents of eleven children: Mrs. Mary E. McCreery,*deceased, leaving
a family in Sandnsky County, Ohio; Mrs.
Catharine Caruahan, deceased, leaving a family in Carroll County,
Ohio; Mrs. Magdalene Redman, living in Wooster, Ohio;
George W.. farming in Clarke County, Mo.;
Mrs. Barbara A. (Tresel) Hayes, living in Carroll County,
Ohio; Solomon, died at eighteen years of age; Noah B.; Daniel
H., druggist, in Hancock County, W.
Va., held position of quartermaster in a regiment during the war;
Mrs. Sarah A. Baxter, living in Carrollton, Ohio;
Elizabeth, deceased in childhood; Mrs. Margaret Moore,
residing in Carroll County, Ohio (by
second marriage with Jacob Moore there was one child—Lovina Moore.
The sub•ject of this sketch was married September 11, 1851, to
Drusilla Miller, who was born April 7, 1828, daughter of James and
Rachel (Knotts) Miller, natives of Virginia, but who came to Carroll
County, Ohio, at an early date. James
Miller was a son of Isaac and Drusilla (Downing) Miller. Rachel
Knotts was a daughter of William and Hannah (Van Meter) Knotte, all
natives of Virginia. By this union there were seven children: Mrs.
Samantha A., of West Cairo; Mrs. Sarah R. WTaltz,
of Clinton County, Mich.; James M.,
married and farming in Coffey County, Kans.;
William H.; Hugh M.; Jonathan K.; and Frank E., born August 18,
1870, died August 14,1875. Mr. Yant came to Allen County
in 1864, locating on Section 32, Monroe Township, where he
has since resided, carrying on general farming and stock-raising. He
is a member of the extensive firm of Ferguson, Ewing & Yant,
millers of West Cairo. He has filled offices of trust in the
township. He is earnest in his labors for the advancement of
educational and religious matters, being connected with the
Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is a trustee.
Source: History of Allen County, Warner
Beers& Co., 1885
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