Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Elder, Issac F. 1846 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   ISAAC F. ELDER, farmer, P. 0. Mount Blanchard, was born in Delaware Township,
this county, January 21, 1846, on the farm on which he now resides. Josiah
Elder, his father, a famous pugilist in early times and a typical pioneer of the
old school, married, September 27,1832, Miss Sarah Ann Cessna, who was born in
Bedford County, Penn., January 17,1813 (her father, John Cessna, a soldier in
the war of 1812, moved to Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1814, and to Hardin County,
Ohio, in 1831). She was very strong and active, and could handle an ax as
skillfully as a man. She and her sister, Rebecca, cut all the logs for their
cabin while their father was gone to Bellefontaine to mill. Josiah Elder and his
wife cleared up a large farm on Blanchard River. Of their eleven children four
are now living: Franklin, in Missouri; Jonathan, in Kansas; Mrs. Sarah Ann Pugh
and Isaac F. Josiah Elder died May 1, 1868. His widow now resides in Mount
Blanchard, this county. Isaac F. Elder married, January 1, 1874, Miss Charlotte
Greer, daughter of John Greer. They have six children: Muzetta, Zoa, Zeller,
Squire, Zana and Frank. August 7, 1879, Mr. Elder and his two daughters were
struck by an express train as they were attempting to drive across the Indiana,
Bloomington & Western Railway track near Forest, their wagon and team being
literally torn to pieces. The girls escaped with slight injuries, but Mr. Elder
received injuries from which he has never fully recovered. Mr. and Mrs. Elder
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.



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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Delaware Township




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