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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 819 Today's Topics: #1 Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Auror [Betty Ralph ] #2 Pioneer Marriages in Allen County ["Linda Dietz" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <2.2.32.19991203153916.009aed3c@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Aurora # 2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bios: Gould, Hickox, Howard - Portage County, Ohio, from "History of Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885 Copyright C 1999 by Betty Ralph. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. bralph@hiwaay.net ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ JOHN GOULD, of Aurora Township, Portage County the gentleman here introduced, a well known citizen of Aurora, is now in his forty-second year, having been born in Twinsburg, Ohio, in 1844, of New England parentage. His father, John W. Gould, came from Vermont to Ohio in 1837, and his mother, whose maiden name was Eliza Post, from Saybrook, Conn., removed to Ohio with her parents in 1821. Mr. Gould and Miss Post were married in 1839, which relation was broken in 1882, when the beloved mother died, leaving besides her husband, three children: John, Aaron, and Ettie. In 1848 the family removed to Aurora, where they resided an unbroken family until 1879. John, the subject of this sketch, led much the life of any farmers son, going to township schools, and for several winters was under the tutorship of the Rev. Joseph S. Graves; being of a very studious turn of mind, he added to his limited school advantages a general fund of information gleaned from an extended reading of books, magazines and the best papers. In 1870 Mr. Gould became locally connected with the Cleveland Herald, and in 1873 was advanced to the position of traveling agent of the paper. The year following he became a staff correspondent, and in that capacity made extended tours, his travels in one year alone taking him into nearly a score of States. When the temperance movement known as the "Womans Crusade" began, Mr. Gould was delegated by his paper to report it, and for over three months this was his exclusive duty, his observations taking him to nearly every corner of the State. In 1879 Mr. Gould was married to Miss Helen Ferris, only daughter of Dr. Osman Ferris, of Mantua, Ohio. Giving up journalism, they located at Aurora Station, Ohio, and farming became his occupation, but in 1880, upon the reorganization of the editorial staff of the Herald, he again became connected with the editorial force of that paper, with special assignment to its agricultural department, though his pen furnished many columns to other departments, and many long journeys were taken as a "Special Correspondent." The same year, by urgent solicitation, Mr. Gould also became dairy editor of the Ohio Farmer, and for years his writings for that journal over the pseudonym of "Sam," have been widely read. When Secretary Chamberlain, of Columbus, organized the lecture course known as "Farmers Institutes," Mr. Gould was early assigned to a prominent place as a special lecturer upon diary and kindred subjects, and during the winters of 1882-83 and 1884, he visited nearly every part of the State in that capacity. While rarely ever speaking of the extent of his literary work, it is known that he is a frequent contributor to the better class of farm journals, and his writings are sought for, from East to West, by such papers as the New York Tribune, Rural New Yokrer, Country Gentleman, Colemans Rural, Prairie Farmer, etc. With the disappearance of the Herald in 1885, Mr. Gould was promptly offered a position upon the editorial staff of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mr. and Mrs. Gould have always resided at Aurora Station, where they assert they shall always continue to reside, and in the future, as in the past, welcome their many friends to the hospitalities of their home. SAMUEL F. HICKOX, retired farmer, Aurora, was born in Hartford County, Conn., September 9, 1810; son of Josiah and Betsey (Forward) Hitckox, who were the parents of four children: Josiah V.; Betsey, wife of Marcus Taylor; Samuel F., and Chauncey, deceased 1836. Josiah Hickox, a native of Watertown, Conn., was born August 22, 1777, a son of Ebenezer Hickox, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, who was descended from one of three brothers, natives of England, who immigrated to America in the early part of 1700. The father of our subject came with his family to Aurora Township, this county, in 1818, and here engaged in farming until his death, which occurred August 2, 1840. His widow, who survived him until January 15, 1884, was born in Granby, Conn., June 18, 1787, daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Holcomb) Forward, also natives of Granby, Conn, who came to Aurora Township, this county, in 1803, and here died, the father in 1821, the mother in 1830. Samuel F. Hickox was reared on a farm, and received a common school education. In 1840 he was married to Miss Emily Blair, born in Aurora, November 21, 1816, and died January 26, 1884, leaving four children: Oliver, Walter G., Henry M.B. and Olivia, wife of Albert Sheldon. Mr. Hickox is a Democrat in politics; an active member of the order of A.F.&A.M. CHESTER R. HOWARD, farmer and mechanic, P.O. Aurora Station, was born February 3, 1812, in Hartford, Conn., and a descendant of Thomas and Susanna Howard, who emigrated from England to America, and settled in Ipswich, Mass., in the year 1634. Freeman Howard, subjects father, was born in 1789; was a carriage-maker by trade, and in 1828 came to Aurora and erected and controlled a saw-mill and grist-mill. He died in Chardon, Ohio, February 3, 1867. His wife was born June 15, 1788, died June 26, 1866, at Chardon, also. They were the parents of the following children: Freeman, Jr., Chester Risley, Eliza, Celestia and Julius Field. Our subject remained at home during his minority, assisting his father in farming and in the saw-mill. In 1846 he bought the property his father had first owned in Ohio, and has since continued to occupy it. He has been twice married, on first occasion to Harriet Benjamin, who died July 10, 1864, leaving the following children: Emerett, Emerson, Elmira and Eliza. He subsequently, September 7, 1865, married Harriet, daughter of Robert and Rhoda (Henry) Root. Mr. Howard has always quietly and assiduously devoted himself to his private affairs, except when he has been called by the citizens of his township from time to time to discharge the duties of district Assessor, and other local offices. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 12:35:23 -0500 From: "Linda Dietz" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <00d201bf3db4$c8adbc60$9572bfa8@Linda> Subject: Pioneer Marriages in Allen County 1859 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Taken from Lima Democrat Oct 1859 By Jno Mell JP, Jeremiah BARFILL to Mary CRABELL By R.M. Badeau, Samuel RIPLEY to Catherine HOVER By same, David HOVER to Viola EASTMAN By Hiram Protsman JP, F. BEECHER to Catherine WEAVER By Freeman Bell JP, John PHILLIPS to Elvina LEST By same, Jacob FORD to Margaret BESSINGER By same, David DONER to Elizabeth STEVICK By Geo. Schooler JP, James HUDSON to Elizabeth STEVENSON By Enos Foster, Nathaniel MAY to Louisa RUMBAUGH By Rev. A.R. Krebs, Samuel JONES to Mary KLINEDONST By same, Alexander McCLURE to Arena RUMBAUGH By Geo. McPherson, Michael YOAKUM to Clarissa MILLER Nov 1859 By Rev. W. Wright, Frederick YOUNG to W. STUDE By H. Reeder JP, John STALEY to Maria AKERMAN By Christian Suter, Christian STINER to M. LUGEBIRHL By same, Jacob BUCHER to Barbara BODITCHER By N. Smith, George COWDEN to Elizabeth BAKER By S. Williams JP, Isaac VERBRY to Rachel COON By Rev. Chas. Caddy, C. PARKER to Margaret ROBERTS By Rev. E. Foster, John DESENBERG to Sarah CANDLER By Jno. Wien JP, John HOOKER to Marian MOORE By Francis Plumb, John DITTO to Jane BUSSERT By Daniel Brower, Abram MILLER to Elizabeth WILLIAMS By J. Hughes JP, Andrew BOOP to Elizabeth BARTON By F. Westerholt, James McDONOGH to Mary MALONEY By same, Henry LUX to Mary SCHEMOLER By same, Bernard ESCH to Katharine KARST By same, Joseph SUTHOF to Mary HAUNHORST By S. Slater, William HARBERT to Rebecca R. BROWN By Thos. Johnston, David FRITZ to Sarah KELLY By Geo. McPherson, Holland DRURY to Mary BREECE By Rev. F. Marriot, Wesly ELKAS to Elizabeth SHULER By same, Lewis SUTTON to Lois A. GRANGE By S. Sutton JP, Wiliam BLOSSER to Sarah DITTO By Rev. A.R. Krebs, Joseph DAVIS to Elizabeth DICKEY By same, Henry RYDMAN to Mary ROEDER By J. Thuet, John GRATZ to Fanny BLOSSER By Wm. Rockhill JP, Jonathan BEEDE to Rebecca BOWERS By same, Robert AUCHMUTRY to Samantha BOWERS Dec 1859 By Rev. C. Caddy, Nathan PARKER to Irene WATT By Francis Plumb, Joseph ALLEN to Catherine SHOCK By same, William SHINNABERRY to Helen PETIT By Jno Mell JP, Morris THOMAS to Mary EVANS By S. Alderman, M. GREEN to Sylvia FULLER By same, John McCOMB to Eleanor JENKINS By Jno. Shaffer JP, John WHITCOMB to Elizabeth PARROTT By S. Slater, John TURNER to Harriet BROWN By Jas. Downing, Jonathan FREET to Catherine OXBARGER By (Blank(, Simon FOSTER to Catherine GARBER By J. Weaver JP, Samuel CLAYTON to Mary EICH By Elijah GRUBB JP, Samuel STEPHENSON to Matilda FORD By Rev. A.R. Krebs, Wiliam McCLAIN to Francis HAINES Dec 3,1999 Submitted by Linda Dietz---Ohio Proud Rootsweb Sponsor VP Allen Co,Genealogy Soc ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 12:47:42 -0500 From: "Linda Dietz" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <00db01bf3db6$80f14160$9572bfa8@Linda> Subject: Allen County Probate Court Notices 1872 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Taken from Allen County Democrat 1872 The following account have been filed in the Probate Court of Allen Co., Ohio and will be for hearing on Monday May 6,1872 Second account of John MELL, guardian of Henry TEEGARDEN's minor heirs Final account of John IRVINE, guardian of William MOYER, late a minor Final account of M.N. BOWDEL, guardian of Joseph H. HUNTLEY, late a minor Final account of Joseph DONER, Exc. of the estate of Elizabeth DONER, dec'd Final account of Absolom CARR, guardian of Alice McMILLEN, dec'd minor Final account of J.B. MILLER, guardian of Calvin KING, late a minor First account of Eli MECHLING, guardian of John MECHLING's minors Final account of Eli MECHLING, guardian of John E. MECHLING, late a minor Final account of James KIGGINS, guardian of John LUCKUS' heirs Second account of Christian STETTLER, guardian of William FIND, insane Final account of William BARGS, admr. of Benton HOGE's estate First account of E.E. GEORGIA, Exc. of the estate of Rowland ROWLANDS, dec'd L.M. Meily Probate Judge Dec 3,1999 Submitted by Linda Dietz---Ohio Proud Rootsweb Sponsor VP Allen Co,Genealogy Soc -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #819 *******************************************