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HOUSEMAN - SENECA COUNTY [Gina Reasoner To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <2.2.32.19991223232544.006ca914@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Edinburg # 1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bios: Bacon, Barclay, Betts, Booth, Brigden - Portage County, Ohio, from "History of Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885 Copyright © 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 ************************************************************************ A.T. BACON, farmer, P.O. Edinburgh, was born in this county January 28, 1816; son of William and Polly Bacon, natives of Connecticut and Vermont respectively, and who came to this county about 1800, where they lived and died, the father in 1850, the mother in 1864. Our subject was married August 31, 1843, to Cordelia C. Darling, born in New York in 1826, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Darling (both deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Bacon have had three children: William T., Wyllys D., and Mary V., wife of D.P. Shillady. Mr. Bacon, who was reared on a farm and has followed agricultural pursuits all his life, owns 195 acres of improved land in this county. He has filled the office of Township Trustee with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituents. The Bacon family is an old and well respected one in this county, where the members have passed many years. GEORGE W. BARCLAY, farmer, P.O. Edinburgh, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, May 28, 1810; son of Francis and Elizabeth Barclay, natives, respectively, of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and who were married in Pennsylvania, removing to Ohio in about 1800, where they settled in Trumbull county and remained until their death. George W. Barclay was first married in Trumbull County, Ohio, April 11, 1831, to Hannah Dawson, a native of that county, where she was born in 1811, daughter of William and Margaret Dawson, and our subject and wife then came to this county in 1832. Five children were born to this union: Elizabeth J., wife of Markus Allen, William Francis, John R., and George D. After her death, which occurred June 14, 1847, Mr. Barclay, September 7, 1949, married Maria Greenleaf, who is still living, born in Augusta, Oneida Co., N.Y., August 27, 1820; daughter of Tilley and Maria Greenleaf, and by her he had one child, Harriet E., wife of Thomas Owen. Our subject has a farm of 113 acres in this county. He has served as a Justice of the Peace, Trustee and Assessor of this county. ANSEL A. BETTS (deceased) was born in Deerfield Township, this county November 5, 1809, son of Hezekiah and Hulda H. Betts (both deceased). Our subject married on first occasion, September 15, 1830, Sophia Case, born March 13, 1812, in Rootstown; died May 21, 1870. He then married, September 22, 1870, Minerva F. Wilcox, born in South Norwalk, Conn,, March 2, 1844, daughter of Stephen and Cornelia Wilcox, former of whom died December 12, 1880, the latter October 16, 1857. Mr. Betts was the father of one child by his first wife - Almon, born July 4, 1832, died August 15, 1832; and by his last wife two children: Charles A., born June 29, 1871, and Almira, born April 9, 1878. Our subject was first engaged in farming, and afterward dealt in real estate. At the time of his death, June 23, 1884, he owned the home farm. LEWIS E. BOOTH, retired farmer, Edinburg, was born in New Milford, Litchfield Co., Conn,. May 26, 1814; son of Eli and Elizabeth (Cowel) Booth, natives of Connecticut, the former born November 23, 1788, the latter April 2, 1782, and who were married in Connecticut, and immigrated to Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1817, thence moved to this county in 1820, and here remained until their death. The father died April 9, 1867; the mother September 8, 1872. Our subject was married March 26, 1837, to Lucy L. Booth, born in New Milford, Litchfield Co., Conn., September 22, 1819, daughter of Mead and Deborah (Ruggles) Booth, natives of Connecticut, where they were married and whence they emigrated to Randolph Township, this county, in 1841; here they remained until their death, March 24, 1871, and September 30, 1875, respectively, at the house of our subject in this township. Their remains were taken to Randolph Township and there interred. Our subject and wife have had four children, two of whom are now living: Augustus D., born July 15, 1838, and Melville, born January 26, 1847. The deceased are Wallace M., born January 26, 1841, died October 9, 1845; Wilbert E., born July 12, 1844, died October 20, 1845. Mr. Booth has been a farmer all his life, and lived in Edinburg Township, this county, sixty-one years. He and his wife have been consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over forty years. He has filled all the offices of trust in the church of Edinburg, and is held in high esteem by his many friends, "and they are legion." He says he does not expect to reach that point when all men will speak well of him, for upon such a "woe be unto you" is pronounced from the Sacred Writ. AUGUSTUS D. BOOTH, farmer, P.O. Edinburgh, was born in Edinburg Township, this county, July 10, 1838, son of Louis E. and Lucy L. Booth. Our subject was married May 13, 1859, to Elizabeth Hallock, born in Palmyra, this county, June 11, 1839, daughter of William R. and Julia Hallock, the former of whom was born in Connecticut in 1806, and the latter in Massachusetts in 1807. They removed to this county about 1817 and remained until Mr. Hallock's death in 1864. His widow now resides in Rootstown Township, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Booth have had five children, three of whom are now living: Clara A. (wife of Merwin D. White), William E. and Charles A. The deceased are Eddie and Wallace I. Our subject owns fifty-three acres of improved land where he and his family reside. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of this township. GEORGE BRIGDEN, farmer, P.O. Edinburgh, was born in Edinburg Township, this county, October 30, 1827, son of Thomas and Amelia Brigden, the former of whom was born in Massachusetts in 1804, the latter in Connecticut, and who settled in Edinburg Township, this county, at a very early day, and where the mother died August 2, 1878, and the father still resides. Our subject was married March 28, 1849, to Nancy A. Carr, born in Pennsylvania June 27, 1829, daughter of Rev. Thomas and Orpha S. Carr, natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in Edinburg Township, this county, about 1834, and here passed the remainder of their days, Mr. Carr dying in 1857, his widow August 31, 1883. Our subject and wife are the parents of three children, but one now living - Ida A., wife of W.D. Turner, born June 25, 1851. Thomas H. and Hattie are deceased. Mr. Brigden is a farmer and owns a nice farm where he and his family reside. He has filled the offices of Assessor and Trustee of his township with credit to himself. He has never missed an election, township, State or Presidential. Mrs. Brigden is a member of the Congregational Church. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 21:49:07 -0500 From: Gina Reasoner To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991223212743.00956de0@pop.prodigy.net> Subject: B.F. HOUSEMAN - SENECA COUNTY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed A Portrait and Biographical Record of Delaware and Randolph Counties, Ind., A.W. Bowen & Co., 1894. B.F. HOSUEMAN, the efficient and affable gentleman who manages the telegraphic service of the L.E.& W. railroad at Albany, Ind., is the subject of this biographical notice. Mr. Houseman was born in Seneca county, Ohio, January 4, 1861, and is a son of D.M. and Elizabeth (Powell) Houseman, natives of Pennsylvania and of Virginia, respectively. They were the parents of four children, David, who died in the army; George, a farmer, Catherine, an accomplished lady who spent seven years in Africa, teaching the natives, and B.F. The father died in June, 1883; the mother is now a resident of the village of Albany. Mr. Houseman had been a soldier, and his death was caused by trouble contracted while in the army. Politically, he was a democrat. At the age of sixteen years the subject of this sketch began life for himself, engaging in any general work to which he could turn his hand, until he was twenty-one years of age, when he began the study of telegraphy under F.L. Twining, at Kansas, Ohio, remaining under his instructions for one year. In 1882 he was appointed to take charge of the office at Buckland, Ohio, and remained in that position for three years, and in 1886 became the manager of the office of the L. E. & W. , at Albany, Ind. He has faithfully performed his duties to the company and has been most thoughtfully treated in return. Mr. Hoseman was married December 23, 1888, to Miss Wilda M. Barlett, daughter of William T. Barlett, of Albany, and has two bright little daughters, Lena A. and Blanche. Mr. Houseman is a democrat and is considered one of the prominent factors of his party in Delaware county. Socially, he is a member of the R.R. Telegraphic union and in a financial way is a member of the Co-operative Gas company of Albany. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 20:48:43 -0500 From: Gina Reasoner To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991223203900.00958930@pop.prodigy.net> Subject: PETER ENGLERT - SENECA COUNTY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 1882 History of La Grange County Indiana F.A. Battey & Co., 1882 PETER ENGLERT, one of the leading farmers o the township, is a German by birth, and came to this county with his parents, Peter and Katharine Englert, in 1838, and located in Seneca County, Ohio, removing to this township in 1852, where his parents have since died. The subject was born December 24, 1930, and at the age of twenty-two started in life with $200 and was married November 12, 1853, to Mrs. Katharine Englert, widow of George Englert. She was the daughter of Abraham Rinebold, native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, and was born April 14, 1833, in Seneca County, Ohio. When Mr. Englert first located on his farm it numbered 80 acres of uncleared land; it is now twice that size, and log cabin and trees have disappeared, giving way to the modern improvements, and a fine brick residence; entire property valued at about $10,000. He is impartial in politics, always upholding the best man. He and wife are parents of six children -George W., Abraham, Lovina and Jacob F., deceased, and Barbara A. and John P., living. They are members of the Evangelical Church, and have always been hard-working and industrious people. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 21:05:53 -0500 From: Gina Reasoner To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991223205018.00955520@pop.prodigy.net> Subject: ELI GUNN - SENECA COUNTY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 1882 History of La Grange County Indiana F.A. Battey & Co., 1882 ELI GUNN, son of Ralzamond and Betsy (Osband) Gunn, was born in Tompkins County, N.Y., July 23, 1827. His father, a native of Connecticut, was a farmer, and came to Seneca County, Ohio, and located on the Indian Reserve; then, in the spring of 1856, came to this township, where for a number of years he ran the Milford hotel, but is now living in retirement, at the age of eighty-one. His mother was born in New York, and both parents were of English descent. The subject, when seven years of age, hired out by the month, and his school advantages were limited. He located in this township in October, 1854; after making some improvements on his farm, sold it and bought the place where he now lives. For two years he was engaged in running the hotel at Milford; then returned to his farm, and lived three years in an old log house, but has since built a fine frame residence. He is a Republican, and has served as Pathmaster and School Director several terms each. He was an active worker among the Regulators, and at one time was away from home four weeks. He was married, August 4, 1850, to Mary J. Dawsen, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, May 29, 1827. Her parents, John and Lydia (Huddle) Dawsen, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and of Irish and German descent, came to this township in 1853, where they lived until within a few years of John's death, which occurred August 28, 1871; his widow is now living in Kendallville, at the advanced age of seventy-seven.Mr. Dawsen, at the age of sixty-six, enlisted in the army of the rebellion in October, 1861, but was honorably discharged in February, 1862. Mrs. Gunn is an active member of the Methodist Church. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 22:50:16 -0500 From: Gina Reasoner To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991223223323.0095b540@pop.prodigy.net> Subject: URSSELL M. KNEPPER - SENECA COUNTY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed History of Ohio The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume III, page 57. RUSSELL M. KNEPPER was born on a farm in Hopewell Township, Seneca County, Ohio, February 11, 1878, a son of Benjamin F. and Mary (Reeme) Knepper. His father was a native of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and his mother of Dauphin County in the same state. His father, a prominent Ohio farmer, died January 31, 1905, and his mother passed away November 12, 1917. Russell M. Knepper was reared on the farm of his birth and attended the district and select schools. He began teaching at the age of seventeen,and continued to do so for five years. During those years he also attended Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1901. He began the study of law in Tiffin under the instructorship of Judge George M. Hoke, and in 1904 returned to the Ohio Northern University, from which he graduated in the law department in June, 1905. He began the practice of law in Tiffin, associating himself with Judge W. Scott Wagner, under the firm name of Wagner & Knepper. In politics, Mr.Knepper has always been a staunch supporter of the democratic faith, and in November, 1912, he was elected prosecuting attorney of Seneca County and was reelected in 1914. The vigorous manner in which he performed the duties of that office during the two terms caused him to be called to the office of attorney-general, as special counsel under Attorney-General Joseph McGee, during the administration of Governor James M. Cox. Upon Mr. Knepper's retirement from the attorney-generals office he reentered the practice of law, locating in Columbus, where he has since remained. In March, 1923 he formed a partnership with Alfred N. Wilcox of Paulding, Ohio, under the firm name of Knepper & Wilcox. Associated with them also is Peter E. Dempsey. The success of this business association is best exemplified by the esteem in which it is recognized in the business and legal field. Mr. Knepper's work in the state law department gave him added advantages and well fitted him for the prominence he has gained as a successful legal advisor and energetic trial lawyer. He is now general counsel of various business associations and corporations, whose affairs occupy much of his time, although he prefers to have it said that he is in the general practice of the law. On December 12, 1906, Mr.Knepper married Miss Mamie A. Corn, a daughter of William D. and Birdie (Gates) Corn of Ironton,Ohio. To this union two children were born, William E., October 25,1909, and Alice M., June 29, 1912. Mr. Knepper has taken a prominent part in fraternal work and is a member of the Columbus Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, the Scottish Rite Bodies, Aladdin Temple, Knights of Pythias, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Knights of the Maccabees, and others. He is judge advocate general for the Domain of Ohio of the Uniformed Rank Knights of Pythias, with the rank of colonel in that body. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 23:29:36 -0500 From: Gina Reasoner To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991223225253.00952490@pop.prodigy.net> Subject: C.A. MUSGRAVE - SENECA COUNTY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed History of Ohio The Ohio Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume III, page 446-447. C.A. MUSGRAVE, a Doctor of Dental Surgery, who has practiced at Sherwood, Defiance county, for a number of years, has been a capable member of his profession and also deserves honor for the service he has rendered the country as member of the National Guard and as an overseas veteran in the World war. He was born in Seneca County, Ohio, February 16, 1877, son of John L. and Elizabeth (Good) Musgrave. His father was born in Seneca County, February 15, 1845, and though very young served as a boy soldier in the Civil war. He is now a resident of Paulding, Ohio. The mother of Doctor Musgrave was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, August 12, 1848, and died in Paulding County. Of the four children born to these parents three are now living: Gertrude, wife of Clyde A. Parent, of Charlotte, Michigan; Doctor C.A.; and John W., who was a soldier in the World war, with a record of service overseas. He was a lieutenant in the Motor Truck Corps, and is now living at Detroit. The deceased child was Clarence A., who had graduated in dentistry and medicine, and died at Toledo, Ohio. Dr. C.A. Musgrave was five years of age when the family located in Paulding County. He attended the public schools, the Ohio Northern University at Ada, and for four years taught in rural districts. He then enlisted and served out a three-year term in the Regular Army, most of the time being in Cuba and the Philippine Islands. He became a corporal in the army. After leaving the army service he took the course in dental surgery at Cincinnati, where he was graduated a Doctor of Dental Surgery May 11, 1905. Doctor Musgrave practiced in his old home community of Paulding for nine years, and on October 1, 1914, located at Sherwood, where except for the time he spent in the army he has looked after an extensive private practice. While at Paulding he became first sergeant and captain of a local company of the Ohio National guard. As a member of the National Guard he went to the Mexican border in 1916, returning to Sherwood on March 1, 1917. Soon afterward he passed the examination for membership in the Dental Corps, and was commissioned first lieutenant in the Dental Reserve Corps. On May 26, 1918, he was ordered to Camp Meade and assigned to the Three Hundred and Fourteenth Infantry of the Seventy-ninth Division. With this division he went overseas, landing in France July 15, 1918, and saw active duty near the front lines. In one engagement he was badly gassed, and for meritorious service was promoted to captain and received citation from general Pershing for bravery displayed at the front. On October 1, 1923, Doctor Musgrave entered the Northwestern University Dental School at Chicago as a government student and pursued the graduate course in Oral Surgery until May 7, 1824. From there he was sent to the Edward Hines, Jr., Hospital, a government hospital for the treatment of disabled soldiers, on account of injuries received at the front which prevented the successful continuance of his professional practice. He left the hospital and again located at Sherwood, Ohio, August 14, 1924. Doctor Musgrave married Miss Myrtle V. Wiegel, of Paulding,Ohio, who died September 25, 1910. Of the two children born to their marriage the one now living is Charles W., who was born in 1909, and is a junior in the Paulding High School. Doctor Musgrave subsequently married Miss Nora M. Wachter, a daughter of Rev. A.C. Wachter. To this union have been born four children, Maurice W., Richard L., Mildred J. and Thomas C. Mrs. Musgrave is a member of the Lutheran Church. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge at Paulding, and also with the Chapter, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Defiance. He is a republican, and served as a member of the council at Paulding, and is a former mayor of Sherwood. He is a member of the Disabled Veterans of the World War. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 23:41:44 -0500 From: Gina Reasoner To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991223233039.00952490@pop.prodigy.net> Subject: CHARLES E. DENNIS - SENECA/CRAWFORD COUNTY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed History of Ohio The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume III, page 438. CHARLES E. DENNIS learned in his youth the trade of carpenter, and through the medium of his trade he has won advancement to secure status as one of the representative contractors and builders in the City of Tiffin, judicial center of Seneca County. He was born in Crawford County, this state,July 31, 1881 and in the same county were born his parents, Frank E. and Magdalena (Stuckey) Dennis, who now resides at Tiffin, the father having learned the carpenter trade and having done more or less contracting in line therewith. He is a democrat in politics, and he and his wife hold membership in the Reformed Church. Of the seven children all are living except one. Charles E. Dennis was a boy at the time of the family removal to Seneca County, and here he gained his early education. At the age of fifteen years he initiated a practical apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade under the direction of his father, and since 1914 he has been successfully established in business as a contractor and builder, with residence and business headquarters at Tiffin.He has erected a number of the large and important buildings in his home city and many of the better grade of houses in this city and vicinity. The republican party receives the loyal allegiance of Mr. Dennis, and his religious faith is that of the Reformed Church. In the Masonic fraternity he is affiliated with Tiffin Lodge No. 77, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Seneca Chapter No. 42, Royal Arch Masons; Clinton Council No. 47, Royal and Select Masters; and the local Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, besides which he holds membership in the Junior Order of Untied American Mechanics. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #852 *******************************************