Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Eckels, Charles J. 1821 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   CHARLES J. ECKELS, Findlay, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., January
1, 1821, son of John and Esther Booth Eckels, also natives of Westmoreland
County, who settled in Cass Township, this county, in April, 1836, with four
sons, of whom William is deceased; James M. is in Fort Wayne, Ind.; Charles J.
in Findlay, and Cyrus L. near Findlay. The subject of this sketch spent several
years at the carpenter trade; in 1854 he came to Findlay, where he assisted in
carrying on undertaking till recently; meantime he took an active part in the
advocacy of boring for natural gas and, in 1884, he with Dr. Osterlen and a few
others, sank their celebrated test well and developed this wonderful interest,
which now has seven wells yielding gas, and two oil. The company propose putting
other wells down in the near future, for gas and oil. The last well, known as
the "Karg well," has the largest flow of any of the gas wells, yielding over
1,000,000 cubic feet of gas every twenty four hours. Findlay is now partially
heated and lighted with natural gas. Mr. Eckels was married, in Cass Township.
Hancock Co., Ohio, to Ann McMurray, who departed this life July 20, 1879,
leaving one son and two daughters: James, a railway engineer, now with the
Northern Pacific Railroad, running from Glendive, Mont., west to Billings;
Jennie E. and Margaret E. Mr Eckels has always taken an active part in the
development of the industrial life of Findlay. During the war of the, Rebellion
he enlisted in Company A. Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for
three months' service, then afterward enlisted and served in Company F,
Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry and later in Company I, One
Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer Veteran Infantry, receiving an honorable
discharge from each service. In politics he is a Republican.



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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Findlay Township and Village




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