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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 138 Today's Topics: #1 [OH-FOOT] Bio: Ovens, Mrs. G.W. - [Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020528015942.0072d57c@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Ovens, Mrs. G.W. - Crawford Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Bonnie Walsh. --------------- HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.871-872 [O surnames] CHICAGO BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS 186 DEARBORN STREET 1881 AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO MRS. G. W. OVENS, Tiro: daughter of John and Maria (Staherin) Brenerd, and was born May 12, 1838, in Crawford Co., Ohio. In the fall of 1858, she was united in marriage with Aaron Daugherty, and to this union were born three children, respectively - Lucy, born Aug. 12, 1860; Sherman, born Dec. 14, 1863, and Rebecca, born Feb. 15, 1865. Mr. Daugherty was born Jan. 18, 1818, and died May 22, 1871. He was a brother of Ezekiel Daugherty, mention of whom is made in the biography of Elizabeth Daugherty. Mr, Daugherty was a great farmer and a hardworking man. He was temperate in his habits, and affectionate in his disposition toward his family. He was a man universally respected by all who knew him. Mrs. Daugherty, on the 5th of March, 1872, was married to George W. Ovens. Mr. Ovens was born July 22, 1840, and is a son of William and Eleanor (Robinson) Ovens, and is of Irish descent. His father and mother were parents of six children: James, Anna, William, John, George and Kate. The Ovens family came to the United States; from Ireland in 1842, and to Crawford Co., Ohio ten years later. In his father's family James is the only one dead. He was murdered for his money in Hardin Co., Ohio, in 1862. Mr. Ovens is a Democrat in politics, and a straightforward, honest and upright man. On the death of her first husband, Mrs. Ovens and her children were left a valuable farm of 240 acres, which she still retains. Mr. and Mrs. Ovens live happily together with her children on the old place left them in Auburn Township and no family are more respected in Crawford Co. than this family. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 21:00:05 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020528020005.0072d57c@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Pry, John - Crawford Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Bonnie Walsh. --------------- 1902 Biographical History of Crawford Co., OHIO pages 709-710 John Pry was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1803, emigrated to this country in 1828 and settled in New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio. There he resided one year and was united in marriage with Rica Bowman, who with her parents, emigrated to this country the same year. Soon after their marriage they moved to Liberty township. Mr. Pry bought a small farm of forty acres, built a log cabin in the woods and commenced to clear the ground for a farm, upon which he resided until 1840, when he removed to Sandusky township, Crawford County, and purchased a larger farm, on which he lived until his death, which occurred in 1893, in the ninetieth year of his age. He had thirteen children, five of whom were deceased over thrity years ago. The family Bible in which their records were kept was burned about ten years ago, at the burning of his son Lewis' house. The other children of whom a record was preserved, are as follows: John, of Richland county; Eliza Heller, a resident of Williams county; Christ, who resided in Auburn township, Crawford county, until his death, which occurred in 1898; Jacob, who resides in Sandusky township on the old homestead; Lewis, a resident of Sandusky township; Christena, now Mrs. Lewis Dapper, who resides in Leesville, this county; William, who lives in Liberty township, this county; and Celia, the youngest, who was married to J. M. Solinger in the year 1876. They lived with her parents until their death. In the year 1894 she, with her husband, moved to a point near Crestline, on which place she resided until her death, which occurred in 1900. The mother of our subject also was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1811, and died in 1887, at the age of seventy-six. She was a daughter of Jacob and Margaret Bowman, who came to this country about the same time as did the Pry family, and they located in Vernon township, Crawford county. John Pry acquired a common-school education and early began assisting his father on the farm, remaining with him until his marriage. On December 1, 1859, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Cole, who was a daughter of Barnet Cole, the latter being a native of Pennsylvania. He came to Crawford county, OH, when he was a young man, was married in this state and here reared his family. After marriage Mr. Pry moved to Plymouth, OH, and there engaged in the hotel business for one year, returning then to a farming life. His father-in-law wished him to take charge of his farm and conduct operations on shares, and this our subject consented to do for the following three years. After this period he rented a farm from James English, later one from Thomas Mickey, and followed agricultural pursuits on these tracts until 1866. At this time, in association with his brother, Jacob Pry, he purchased the farm of one hundred and twenty acres upon which he now resides, and for twelve years the brothers farmed in partnership, and then our subject bought his brother's interest, the latter removing to Sandusky township. This farm shows the care and attention which has been given it and ranks with the best in the county. Our subject's eighty-acre farm lies in Crawford county, and forty acres lie in Richland county, both tracts being highly improved and most desirable property. Mr. Pry is known as a most industrious and worthy citizen and has a wide circle of friends. In politics his vote is always given to the candidates of the Republican party and he is a stanch supporter of its principles. Socially he has long been connected with the Odd Fellows order, and both he and wife are leading members in the Methodist church. Our subject and wife have reared a family of eight children, six of whom still survive, namely: Lewis Franklin, born September 15, 1860; Albert Wilis, born May 3, 1865; Lucy Jane, who was born October 18, 1862, and was married to Henry J. Kahl in 1884; John Crowvalia, born October 13, 1875; Charles C., January 1. 1877; Rica Maudesta, born April 18, 1880; Barnet J. C., who was born July 13, 1870, and died August 27, 1886; and Meda Belle, who was born February 18, 1868, and died August 7, following. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 21:00:29 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020528020029.00735cac@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Raudabaugh, S.B. - Crawford Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Bonnie Walsh. --------------- HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.875 [R surnames] CHICAGO BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS 186 DEARBORN STREET 1881 AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO S. B. RAUDABAUGH, carpenter and joiner, Tiro; was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., in 1842. He is a son of Henry and Lydia (Hahn) Raudabaugh, who were the parents of the following family: William, Samuel, Catherine, David, Elizabeth, Daniel, Rebecca, John, Ellen, Henry, Nancy and Sarah. David, Elizabeth and Henry are dead. The rest are all living in Ohio except Kate, who lives in Indiana. Samuel passed his youth at home. In 1861, he enlisted in Co. I, 15th O. V. I., and was discharged in November, 1865, having passed about five years in fighting for his country. He was a participant in the battles of Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Corinth and a great many others. He was in actual service about five years and during that time never left his regiment or was wounded. After the war closed he came to Auburn Township, prosecuting his trade. On the 10th of June, 1869, he was united in marriage with Martha Eckis, daughter of Jacob and Martha (Crouse) Eckis, and to this union were born four children: Albertus, born Feb. 4, 1870, died Feb. 10, 1870; Howard L., born Aug. 3, 1871; Vinnie, born June 28, 1876, died Aug. 19, 1876; and Ralph K., born Aug. 8, 1877. Mrs. Raudabaugh was born April 16, 1839. Mr. Raudabaugh ownd 3 1/2 acres of land in Mechanicsburg. He is a Republican, and one of the best carpenters in Crawford Co. He received but a limited education, but by reading and study he is one of the best-posted men in the township. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 21:00:51 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020528020051.0073d024@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Robinson, A.C. - Crawford Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Bonnie Walsh. --------------- HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.872, 875 [R surnames] CHICAGO BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS 186 DEARBORN STREET 1881 AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO A. C. ROBINSON, farmer; P. O. Tiro was born in Auburn Township, Crawford Co. Ohio, July 21, 1846. He is a son of Barber and Mary (Morrow) Robinson, and is one of a family of nine children. their names being a follows: Charles, Campbell, David, Mary J., Ellen, James, Robert, William and Florence. All of these are living, as are also his parents. The subject of this sketch passed his youth upon a farm. He received a good common school education, and on the 26th of May, 1,868, he was united in marriage with Hannah E. McNutt, daughter of Abraham and Jane (Crayton) McNutt, of Lawrence Co., Penn., and by her has one daughter-Nora, born April 14, 1869. Mrs. Robinson was born Dec. 14, 1846. Mr. Robinson's parents were born in Ireland. Mr. Robinson is a Democrat in politics, as is also his father. He owns 100 acres of well improved land near Tiro. He is enterprising and industrious, and takes an active part in all laudable enterprises that tend toward advancing education or building up the county. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 21:01:19 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020528020119.0072d57c@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Ross, A.C. - Crawford Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Bonnie Walsh. --------------- HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.872 [R surnames] CHICAGO BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS 186 DEARBORN STREET 1881 AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO A. C. ROSS, farmer: P. O. Tiro: was born in Auburn Township, Crawford Co., Ohio, June 11, 1842. His father was Abel C. Ross, who came to Auburn Township in 1825, it being, then an almost unbroken wilderness. The father was married first to Celia Emmons Sept. 22, 1822 and by her had the following family: Phoebe A., Melissa A., Royal R., and one that died in infancy without being named. The wife died Feb. 23, 1837. Mr. Ross remarried March 5, 1838, his second wife being Laura (Carlisle) Ross. From the second marriage the following family were born: Byron H., Alfred C. and Celia A. The father was born April 28, 1800, and died Dec. 17, 1875. The mother is yet living, and makes her home with her son A. C. Byron was a member of Company H. 64th 0. V. I. in the late civil war. He is now dead. Celia is married. A. C. Ross was reared upon a farm; was married Sept. 22, 1871, to Mary J. Hoak, a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Kaylor) Hoak, and by her had one son and one daughter, Mary A. born Dec. 29, 1873, and Royal H. born May 31, 1876. The wife was born July 30, 1849. Mr. Ross is one of Auburn Township's best farmers. He owns 111 1/2 acres of well improved land. Belongs to the United Brethren Church and is a Republican. The death of his brother Byron and his widow left two children, A1vin E. and Bertha A. The former lives with our subject, and the latter with his half-brother, Royal R., in Auburn Township. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 21:01:45 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020528020145.00736f08@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Ross, R.R. - Crawford Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Bonnie Walsh. --------------- HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.872 [R surnames] CHICAGO BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS 186 DEARBORN STREET 1881 AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO R. R. ROSS. farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Plymouth; was born in Auburn Township, Crawford Co., Ohio. Nov. 25, 1832. He is a son of A. C. and Celia (Emmons) Ross, who were the parents of four children - Phoebe A., Melissa, one that died in infancy, and Royal R.. Royal is the only one living. Mr. Ross biography will be found in connection with the biography of A. C. Moss. in another part of this work. Mrs. Ross, mother of our subject , was born April 8, 1802, in New York. She died as she lived, a conscientious Christian. Her death occurred in Auburn Township in 1836. Royal R. lived on a farm until he was 23 years old, and on the 4th of October, 1860, was united in marriage with Mary A., daughter of Adam and Susanna (Harley) Aumend, and by her had five children -Emmons, W., born Sept. 13, 1861; Willie B., born April 23, 1865; Amelia. born Sept. 24, 1868, died December 11, 11868; George H., born Sept. 10, 1872, died Dec. 28, 1879, and Freddie R., born Sept. 27, 1878. Mrs. Ross was born July 6, 1840, in Auburn Township. Both of these parents are the descendants of old and honored settlers, who came into the wilderness in search of a home. The present condition of their children and grandchildren attest the success with which they were met. Mr. Ross is a Republican in politics, and he and wife, are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They own 160 acres of highly improved land, where they live happily together, making no pretensions, but having the respect and good-well of all their friends and neighbors. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 21:02:15 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020528020215.0073e460@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Sheckler, J.P. - Crawford Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Bonnie Walsh. --------------- HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.875 [S surnames] CHICAGO BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS 186 DEARBORN STREET 1881 AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO JOHN P. SHECKLER, farmer and stockdealer; P. O. Plymouth; was born in Auburn Township, March 3, 1829. He is a son of John and Rachel (Pettit) Sheckler. The father was a native of Pennsylvania, and the mother of Virginia. They were married in Richland Co., Ohio, in 1820, and were the parents of eight children-Elizabeth, Catherine, David, Thomas, John P., Christina, James and George. David is dead. Thomas and George are in Indiana, Christina is in Richland Co., and the balance are in Auburn Township, Crawford Co., Ohio. Mr. Sheckler died in 1860, and Mrs. Sheckler in 1835. They came to Auburn Township in 1821, and were of that class of pioneers that dangers and hardships did not daunt. Mr. Sheckler was said to have been one of the best and most respected men that are identified with Auburn Township's early history. His son John was reared on the farm. He received a good common-school education, and was married in 1862 to Lenora Ashley, a daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Ashley, and by her has the following family: Rachel E., born March 9, 1863, and died Sept. 10, 1864; Mary, born Aug. 15, 1864, and E. Blanche, born Jan. 1, 1867. Mr. Sheckler is a prominent Republican and farmer in Auburn Township. He owns 112 acres of excellent farming land, and is highly respected by his friends and neighbors. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #8 Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 21:02:36 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020528020236.0073152c@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Shunk, A. - Crawford Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Bonnie Walsh. --------------- CRAWFORD COUNTY OHIO HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers 186 Dearborn Street, Chicago 1881. p.813 A. SHUNK, SR., Bucyrus, whose portrait appears in the above book, is the son of Simon and Susan (Harmon) Shunk, and was born March 23, 1797, in Somerset Co., Penn. He was raised on a farm, and was denied the advantages of schooling, living at home until he was 21. He then made himself tools and commenced working at the carpenter bench, and for twenty one years followed this occupation in his native State. He seemed especially gifted in this line, for, when only 8 years old, he made a miniature wagon, perfect in every particular. He never served an apprenticeship, a fact which shows his natural skill in the direction of mechanics. In 1843, he bought a patent right for the manufacture of a barshear plow, in Greene Co., Ohio, and, in the following spring, commenced the manufacture of plows at Xenia, Ohio. He also kept a grocery and tannery for three years. He next worked at Canal Fulton, Stark Co., for about a year and a half. In October, 1854, he came to Bucyrus and started a plow factory. He had about $1,000 capital, and built a brick shop the second year of his residence, and then had a surplus of $500. He is now sole owner of the entire block, which has all been made by his own efforts. They turn out about 1,400 plows per year, of six different kinds, and which have quite an extended reputation, there being over 100 local agencies in four different States. Since he made his first plow, he has made all his own patterns, and has, during the last year, invented a pattern which excels them all. We doubt if there are many men, so advanced in years as Mr. Shunk, who display so much business activity. He is a member of the English Lutheran Church, and has been since his 17th year. His father was in the war of the Revolution, serving under the great Washington. He was married, Feb. 1, 1816, to Miss Mary Banfort, of Somerset Co., Penn. There are twelve children living. Of this first marriage there are Delilah, wife of Mr. Stevenson, of Upper Sandusky; Allen, machinist at Fort Wayne; Lavinia, wife of Joseph Miller, of Springfield, Ohio; Marian, wife of N.F. Albee, of Kent, Mich.; and Adam. His wife died Aug. 21, 1844. In 1845, he married Catharine Bauch, of Springfield, Ohio. Of this marriage, there are Francis, Nelson, Theodore, Isaac, Thomas W., John L. and Katie. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #9 Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 21:03:06 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020528020306.00716dec@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Trago, J.H. - Crawford Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Bonnie Walsh. --------------- HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.875-876 [T surnames] CHICAGO BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS 186 DEARBORN STREET 1881 AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO JOHN H. TRAGO, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Tire; was born in Auburn Township, Crawford Co., Ohio, May 31, 1840. His parents, Daniel and Sarah (Waters) Trago came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1838, locating in Auburn Township, Crawford Co. They were the parents of ten children-Samuel W., Ann E., Elmira, Agnes, Francis M., Vincent T., John H., Alice A., Mary and Morris W. The father was born May 8, 1796, and died in Richland Co., Ohio, Jan. 3, 1876. The mother was born Jan. 1, 1806, and departed this life May 22, 1871. Mr. Trago was one of the prominent and influential men of his neighborhood, and a Quaker of sterling honesty and upright dealings. John H. was reared upon a farm. Oct. 21, 1866, he was united in marriage with Nancy A., daughter of James and Jane Mount, of Richland Co., and by her has four children: Fannie born Sept. 1, 1867 ; Justus, born May 23, 1873 ; Andrew E., born Aug. 18, 1876, and John H., born July 9, 1879. Mr. Trago is a successful and enterprising farmer, owns 120 acres of well-improved land, and is a Republican in politics, and is highly respected by his friends and neighbors. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #10 Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 21:03:27 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020528020327.00731560@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Trago, Mary E. - Crawford Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Bonnie Walsh. --------------- HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.876 [T surnames] CHICAGO BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS 186 DEARBORN STREET 1881 AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO MARY E. TRAGO, Tiro; was born in Holmes Co., Ohio, in 1843. Her first husband was Wesley Dull. and by him she had two children, Malin M., born in 1867, and one, E. W., who died in infancy. Mr. Dull departed this life Jan. 23, 1867. Mrs. Dull remarried May 5, 1870, her second husband being Vincent T. Trago. She bore Mr. Trago two sons: Marion W., born April 9, 1872, and Harry D.. born Aug. 9, 1875. Mr. Trago was First Lieutenant in the late war, and was in some of the most hotly contested battles. A few of the principal engagements he was in are Shiloh, Corinth, Chickamauga, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Nashville, Columbia and others. It is said of him that he was a brave and kind officer, and a splendid soldier. During the spring of 1880, he was stricken down with disease, and he died the death of a Christian, April 14 of the same year. His death was greatly deplored by his friends and neighbors, and especially by his devoted wife. Mrs. Trago lives on the place, 160 acres, left by him. For a more detailed account of Mr. Trago's family connection, see the biography of his brother, John H. Trago, which will. be found in another part of this work. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #11 Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 21:04:28 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020528020428.0072bec0@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Van Tillburg, Ira - Crawford Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Bonnie Walsh. --------------- HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.876 [V surnames] CHICAGO BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS 186 DEARBORN STREET 1881 AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO IRA VAN TILBURG. merchant, Tiro: was born in Richland Co., Ohio. April 15. 1839. He is a son of Peter and Hannah (Kennedy) Van Tilburg who were parents of twelve children-William, Margaret, Eliza, Nancy, Vincent, Frank, Kate, Mary, Maria, Ira. Martha and Lovina. All of these are living except Frank, who died in California. Peter Van Tilburg was a native of New Jersey, and was born in 1802. Mrs. Van Tilburg was also a native of New Jersey, and was born in 1801. They were married in Jefferson Co., Ohio. Mr. Van Tilburg died during the fall of 1876, but his widow still survives him and is living Mansfield, Ohio. The subject of this biography passed his youth and early manhood on a farm, and going to school. When 19 years of age, he went to California, where he engaged in the mining business, which he followed in California and Nevada for ten years. On the 5th of October, 1868, he was united in marriage with Miss A. E. Ewing, daughter of J. D. Ewing, Esq., of California. To this union was born one son, Frank, born Dec. 22, 1869. The mother was born in March, 1851. In 1871, Mr. and Mrs. Van Tilburg came to Richland Co., Ohio, Mr. Van Tilburg engaging in the mercantile business at Olivesburg In 1873, he formed a copartnership with his nephew, B. S. Van Tilburg. at Tiro, Crawford Co., Ohio, under the firm name of I. & B. S. Van Tilburg. This was the first business house in Tiro. They started on a small capital, and today are one of the heaviest firms of any town in the county. Besides a general dry goods and grocery store, they run a butter and egg house separately, and are also the only grain-buyers at De Kalb Station. They keep a force of from four to five men constantly engaged. Mr. Van Tilburg is a radical Republican in politics, and is a hard and earnest worker in that cause. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #12 Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 21:04:49 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020528020449.007395bc@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Wright, P. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Bonnie Walsh. --------------- HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.876-877 [W surnames] CHICAGO BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS 186 DEARBORN STREET 1881 AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO PETER WRIGHT, farmer; P O. Plymouth; was born in Plymouth Township, Richland Co., Ohio, January, 1835. There were born to his parents, Joseph and Christina (Kinnamen) Wright, five children-Peter, Sophia, Susanna, Manuel and Haymen. Peter was reared on a farm, and received a good common-school education. He was married, October, 1859, to Sarah Bevier, daughter of Alexander and Almira (Birch) Bevier. They have no children of their own, but have raised one child from infancy to manhood. Mr. Wright owns 80 acres of well-improved land. He is a member of the Church of God, and a Republican in politics. He is well informed on the issues of the day, and is a prominent citizen in northern Auburn Township. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #13 Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 21:04:04 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020528020404.0073ec9c@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Van Tilburg, B.S. - Crawford Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Bonnie Walsh. --------------- HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.876 [V surnames] CHICAGO BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS 186 DEARBORN STREET 1881 AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO B. S. VAN TILBURG, merchant, Tiro. One of the most prominent business firms of Tiro is I. & B. S. Van Tilburg, dealers in groceries, dry goods, notions, grain, etc. The junior partner. B. S., was born in Richland Co., Ohio, Nov. 1, 1851. His parents, Vincent and C. E. (Musser) Van Tilburg, were married in Richland Co., Ohio, in 1849, and to them were born the following family: B. S., F. O., M. L., J. M., Eva M., Emma E., Charlie G., Ettie and Adda, and one who died in infancy. Our subject was reared on his father's farm. He received a good common school education, and on the 19th of February, 1878, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Bender, daughter of Jacob Bender, of Vernon Township, and by her has one daughter, Edith M., born Sept. 24, 1878. Mr. Van Tilburg is a Republican, and member of the Lutheran Church. He owns a half-interest in one of the best stores in Tiro, Crawford Co., Ohio. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V02 Issue #138 *******************************************