OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 118 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org ************************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 118 Today's Topics: #1 Oh-Hancock Co. Bios (Beeson) [Archives ] #2 Oh-Hancock Co. Bios (Canfield) [Archives ] #3 Oh-Hancock-Wayne Co. Bios (Franks) [Archives ] #4 Oh-Hancock-Wayne Co. Bios (Franks) [Archives ] #5 Oh-Hancock-Wood Co. Bios (Reid) [Archives ] #6 Re: OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V05 #117 [BeccaAnn315@aol.com] #7 Oh-Hancock Co. Bios (Shafer) [Archives ] #8 Oh-Hancock Co. Bios (Stecker) [Archives ] #9 Oh-Hancock-Athens Co. Bios (Arnold [Archives ] #10 Oh-Hancock-Columbiana Co. Bios (Bu [Archives ] #11 Oh-Hancock Co. Bios (Drake) [Archives ] #12 Oh-Hancock-Pickaway Co. Bios (Drei [Archives ] #13 Oh-Hancock-Knox Co. Bios (Eairleyw [Archives ] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from OH-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to OH-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: 18 Aug 2005 21:50:45 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20050818215045.11380.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hancock Co. Bios (Beeson) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Beeson, Jacob E. 1819 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com August 18, 2005, 5:50 pm Author: Warner & Beers (1886) JACOB E. BEESON, farmer, P. 0. Arcadia, was born in Fayette County, Penn., January 21, 1819, son of James and Agnes Beeson, who resided in Fayette County until their death. Our subject married, in 1841, Eliza Dawson, who died in 1846, leaving two children, James and John (both now deceased). December 1, 1853, Mr. Beeson came to Cass Township, this county, and settled on a tract of land which had been entered by his father in 1832. Here he began improving his land, and June 20, 1869, he married Mrs. Elizabeth Bowring, a native of England and whose parents resided there until their death. She and her first husband, Benjamin W. Bowring, immigrated to Canada in 1857, and moved to the "United States in 1859. Here Mr. Bowring lost his life in defense of the Union cause, in June, 1864, just one month before the expiration of his term of enlistment in the Union army. Of Mr. Bowring's five children only one is now living —Margaret Elizabeth, wife of Henry B. Edwards, of Putnam County, Ohio. Mr. Beeson has been an industrious man, and has acquired a farm of 224 acres of fine land. His youngest son, John, enlisted when but sixteen years of age and served three years and four months in the Army of the Cumberland; he died in November, 1865. Mr. Beeson is a Republican in poltics [sic]. Additional Comments: Book Title: History Of Hancock County Cass Township File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hancock/bios/beeson157bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: 18 Aug 2005 21:51:26 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20050818215126.11724.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hancock Co. Bios (Canfield) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Canfield, C. W. 1845 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com August 18, 2005, 5:51 pm Author: Warner & Beers (1886) C. W. CANFIELD, farmer, P. 0. Wineland, was born in Hancock County, Ohio, January 23, 1845; son of Elijah Cyrus and Sarah Canfield, natives of Portage County, Ohio, and Luzerne County, Penn., respectively. March 28, 1872. our subject married Maria Ames, a native of Seneca County, Ohio, born October 15, 1851, and to this union were born four children: Sarah Amanda, born Decembers, 1873: William Riley, born September 19, 1875; Earl M., born March 24, 1881, died April 14, 1881, and Gertie Ethel, born December 2, 1882. Mr. Canfield is one of the enterprising men of his township and an industrious farmer. In politics he is a Democrat. Additional Comments: Book Title: History Of Hancock County Cass Township File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hancock/bios/canfield158bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: 18 Aug 2005 21:52:59 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20050818215259.12219.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hancock-Wayne Co. Bios (Franks) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hancock-Wayne County OhArchives Biographies.....Franks, John 1786 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com August 18, 2005, 5:52 pm Author: Warner & Beers (1886) JOHN FRANKS, farmer, P. O. North Baltimore, was born April 20, 1786. in Fayette County, Penn., son of John and Rachel (Huffman) Franks, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in a very early day, being among the pioneers of Wayne County, Ohio. Our subject is the only survivor of his father's family, and was himself a soldier in the war of 1812; he was in Hull's army at the time of that General's surrender, and made his escape from the British in company with some others of that command. He now owns a piece of land on which Hull's army encamped. Our subject helped raise Gen. Bell's house at Wooster, and also assisted in building Fort Ball. He was a poor man when he married his first wife, Sarah Musgrove. They came to this county in 1832 and had to cut their way from Tiffin to the farm on which they settled. Mr. Franks did most of the hauling from Sandusky to this county in an early day with an ox team, wading through swampy lands to reach the mill. The children by his first wife are Elizabeth, Peter, Jasper, Nancy, Catherine, Rachel, Sarah and Henry; all married and living near their father. His second wife, nee Elizabeth Fast, had five children: George, Isabella, Andrew J., John F. and Mary P. Mr. Franks came to this county an uneducated and a poor man, but wonderful perseverance and endurance have given him success in life, and he now owns about 2,600 acres of land on which he has located his children. Additional Comments: Book Title: History Of Hancock County Cass Township File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hancock/bios/franks159bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: 18 Aug 2005 21:53:40 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20050818215340.12408.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hancock-Wayne Co. Bios (Franks) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hancock-Wayne County OhArchives Biographies.....Franks, A. J. 1786 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com August 18, 2005, 5:53 pm Author: Warner & Beers (1886) A. J. FRANKS, farmer, P. O. Bairdstown, Wood County, was born October 3, 1851, in Cass Township, this county, son of John and Elizabeth (Fast) Franks. John Franks, the father of our subject, is one of the oldest pioneers in Cass Township, and one of the largest land owners in this county. Our subject was united in marriage, May 24, 1873, with Olive Enswinger, of Wayne County, Ohio, and their union has been blessed with four children: Sarah E., John H., Nellie M. and Lucy P. G. Additional Comments: Book Title: History Of Hancock County Cass Township File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hancock/bios/franks160bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: 18 Aug 2005 21:54:44 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20050818215444.12644.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hancock-Wood Co. Bios (Reid) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hancock-Wood County OhArchives Biographies.....Reid, William 1857 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com August 18, 2005, 5:54 pm Author: Warner & Beers (1886) WILLIAM REID, farmer, P. O. Wineland, was born in Perrysburgh, Wood Co., Ohio, son of Robert and Isabell (Forrester) Reid, natives of Scotland, and who came to America in 1835, settling in Perrysburgh, Wood Co., Ohio, where they died. They were the parents of nine children, of whom four are now living: Thomas, Robert, Isabell (wife of Dallas Anderson), and William. The subject of this sketch was married August 25, 1857, to Emily, second daughter of Jacob Shaffer. Her father came to this county in 1835 and settled in Cass Township, where he entered 240 acres of land. To our subject and wife have been born six children: Margaret (married to George B. Bowman), James, John, Ida, (deceased wife of Hosea Nelson), George (deceased), and Charles. Our subject was a soldier in the late war, having enlisted in Company F, Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in August, 1862, and served until June 9, 1865,when he was discharged; he was in the Fourteenth Army Corps, under Gen. Rosecrans. Mr. Reid lost his health in the army and has never fully recovered from the effects. He is the owner of a fine farm of seventy-five acres of land (a part of the Shaffer farm) in Cass Township, this county. In politics he is a Republican. Additional Comments: Book Title: History Of Hancock County Cass Township File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hancock/bios/reid161bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:54:58 EDT From: BeccaAnn315@aol.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <86.2e7ed23c.30365db2@aol.com> Subject: Re: OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V05 #117 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" unsubscribe ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: 18 Aug 2005 21:55:39 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20050818215539.12849.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hancock Co. Bios (Shafer) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Shafer, Andrew 1839 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com August 18, 2005, 5:55 pm Author: Warner & Beers (1886) ANDREW SHAFER, farmer, P. O. Wineland, was born in Cass Township, this county, in June, 1839, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Shafer; the latter, whose maiden name was Jack, was the Widow Kensinger prior to her marriage with our subject's father. Jacob and Elizabeth Shafer were the parents of four children: Eliza J., wife of Thomas Ford; Emily, wife of William Reid; Sarah, wife of Owen Laney, and Andrew. The subject of this sketch resides on the farm where he was born, and which is a part of a 240-acre tract of land entered by his father on coming to this county in 1834-35. Mr. Shafer is a thorough farmer and has made many improvements on the place since his father's death. He was united in marriage in April, 1864, with Rebecca Crow, who died, leaving one child, Harriet Rebecca, now the wife or Jacob Hill. After the death of his first wife our subject was married again; this time, in 1869, to Sabilla Lanning, and by her he has six children: Martha Jane, Mary B., Jacob H., John, Augusta and Charles. Additional Comments: Book Title: History Of Hancock County Cass Township File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hancock/bios/shafer162bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #8 Date: 18 Aug 2005 21:56:31 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20050818215631.13174.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hancock Co. Bios (Stecker) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Stecker, Jacob 1824 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com August 18, 2005, 5:56 pm Author: Warner & Beers (1886) JACOB STECKER, farmer, P. O. Findlay, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, December 6, 1824, and came with his parents, Gottleib and Caroline Stecker, to America, and to Big Lick Township, this county, in 1841. Gottleib Stecker died in 1868; his widow still resides on the home farm, in Big Lick Township. Jacob Stecker married, May 1, 1853, Miss Rosanna Klink, of Crawford County, Ohio, and they kthen settled in the southern part of Cass Township, this county. To them were born four children, two of whom are now living: Catherine, wife of Alden H. Cobb, and Daniel, who is now a student at the Ohio Wesleyan University. After the death of his first wife, May 1, 1877, Jacob Stecker married, April 3,1879, Miss Maria Jameson, daughter of Rev. Ira Jameson, of Big Lick Township, this county. Our subject has been industrious and successful in life, and has acquired- a fine farm of 227 acres of fertile land. He has erected thereon a handsome brick residence, and made many other valuable improvements. In politics he is a Republican. He was elected justice of the peace in 1870. which position he held, by re-election, until 1882, and has discharged his duties faithfully and to the satisfaction of the people. Mr. and Mrs. Steeker are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was largely instrumental in erecting the handsome structure, Salem Church, in Cass Township, this county. He is strictly a self-made man, and has made excellent use of the limited advantages he has enjoyed here in his adopted country. He is a valuable citizen, highly respected by the entire community. Additional Comments: Book Title: History Of Hancock County Cass Township File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hancock/bios/stecker163bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #9 Date: 18 Aug 2005 21:57:58 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20050818215758.13836.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hancock-Athens Co. Bios (Arnold) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hancock-Athens County OhArchives Biographies.....Arnold, Thomas Wilson 1829 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com August 18, 2005, 5:57 pm Author: Warner & Beers (1886) THOMAS WILSON ARNOLD, farmer, P. 0. Forest, Hardin County, was born January 24, 1829, in Athens County, Ohio. His parents, Thomas and Rachel Arnold, moved to Delaware County, Ohio, about 1831 or 1832, where they resided until their death, an event that left our subject at the age of fifteen years to take care of himself, and he came the following year to Delaware Township, this county. Here he lived with William Moore, and afterward purchased a piece of land in Pleasant Township, this county, and in June, 1851, he married, in Pleasant Township, Miss Rachel Nicholson, who had been a resident of Wood County, Ohio, from girlhood. They sold their property in Pleasant Township, and located where they now reside, in Delaware Township, Hancock County, in 1853, where they have a farm of 160 acres of land, after having given eighty acres to their sons. The children of our subject and wife were Mrs. Amelia Reigle, Aaron (killed in 1864, at the age of twenty years, by falling from a tree), Francis M., Mrs. Eliza Malone, Stephen A., Rebecca, Thomas W., Mary and Rachel. Mrs. Arnold died in September, 1870, and in 1873 Mr. Arnold married, for his second wife, Mrs. Sarah A. Martin; they have one son, William Alton. Mr. Arnold, formerly a Whig, has been a Republican in politics ever since the organization of the party. He is an enterprising and successful farmer, and one of the leading citizens of Delaware Township. In August, 1862, in response to the President's call for 600,000 troops, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which regiment was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, and took part in many of the battles of the campaigns in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia. He received an honorable discharge from the service in August, 1864, on account of disabilities. His record in the army is that of a brave and faithful soldier, who was always ready for the discharge of his duty. Additional Comments: Book Title: History Of Hancock County Delaware Township File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hancock/bios/arnold164bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #10 Date: 18 Aug 2005 22:00:08 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20050818220008.14443.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hancock-Columbiana Co. Bios (Burson) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hancock-Columbiana County OhArchives Biographies.....Burson, Aaron Fenton 1812 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com August 18, 2005, 6:00 pm Author: Warner & Beers (1886) AARON FENTON BURSON, retired physician, Mt. Blanchard, was born August 27, 1812, in Loudoun County, Va., son of George and Susanna (Kent) Burson, who settled in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1818. They reared a family of nine children, the Doctor being their seventh child. After receiving a literary education our subject entered upon the study of medicine, in 1829, under the celebrated Dr. George McCook, Professor of Surgery in the University at Baltimore, Md., and father of Gen. McCook. Dr. Burson completed his course in the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, and in 1832 began the practice of his chosen profession at Mt. Blanchard, this county, where he has since resided. He was the first physician in Delaware Township, and also the first physician in this part of the county. He was widely known for his skill and success in treating milk-sickness and the numerous malarial troubles which afflicted the pioneers of the early days. He built up a very large practice, which extended into parts of several of the adjoining counties, and, on retiring, in 1862, he found it very difficult to relinquish his connection. But, having acquired a competency, and finding that, after having practiced medicine for over thirty years, further active interest in the profession would be injurious to his health, he retired, and for years has devoted himself to experimental chemistry. Dr. Burson has discovered a process for producing engravings by light and electricity, a process by which a reproduction of photographs, drawings, engravings, etc., can be produced in the most minute detail, and either in relievo or intaglio, as desired. A brief outline of his process, which the Doctor has named " Helio-chemical Engraving," may be here given: A metal plate is first highly polished, then sensitized to light and placed under the drawing, photograph or other object desired to be reproduced. It is then exposed to the light for a short time, and after certain manipulations, the plate is placed in the decomposition cell of a galvanic battery, and left there long enough to receive a metallic deposit, which elevates the lights and leaves the shades sunken, so that the shades will hold ink, and impressions can betaken from the plate by means of a press; or, after silver or gold has been deposited on the lights, the plate itself may be framed and kept, the same as a photograph, engraving or other picture. Additional Comments: Book Title: History Of Hancock County Delaware Township File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hancock/bios/burson165bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #11 Date: 18 Aug 2005 22:03:33 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20050818220333.15116.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hancock Co. Bios (Drake) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Drake, Jeremiah (Jr.) 1848 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com August 18, 2005, 6:03 pm Author: Warner & Beers (1886) JEREMIAH DRAKE, JR., farmer, P. 0. Mount Blanchard, was born May 15, 1848, in Southampton County, Va. His father, Jeremiah Drake, Sr., was born in Southampton County, Va., October 15, 1804, of English descent; married, January 5, 1830, Miss Priscilla Williams, a native of North Carolina. They lived in Sussex County. Va., from 1853 to 1860, then came to Madison Township, this county, and finally settled in Delaware Township, this county, in 1862. To them were born the following named children: Benjamin, residing in Marion County, Ohio; John W. and William Allen (they were soldiers in the One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment Ohio National Guards, and died at New Creek, Va.), Henry (deceased). Eliza (Mrs. Priscilla Osborne), Mrs. Temperance Eldert and Jeremiah, Jr. Our subject came to this county with his parents when twelve years of age. June 8, 1871, he married Miss Tamsen R. Harris, and to them was born one son, who died in infancy. They have adopted and reared in their family Wilbert L., son of William Warner, of this county. Since their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Drake have lived one year in Morrow County, and five years in Marion County, Ohio. They purchased their present farm in Delaware Townhsip, this county, in 1883. Mr. Drake devotes a great deal of attention to buying and shipping live-stock. He is a Democrat in politics, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Additional Comments: Book Title: History Of Hancock County Delaware Township File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hancock/bios/drake166bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #12 Date: 18 Aug 2005 22:05:06 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20050818220506.15573.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hancock-Pickaway Co. Bios (Dreisbach) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hancock-Pickaway County OhArchives Biographies.....Dreisbach, David M. 1845 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com August 18, 2005, 6:05 pm Author: Warner & Beers (1886) DAVID M. DREISBACH, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Mount Blanchard, Ohio, was born September 28, 1845, in Pickaway County, Ohio. His father, Rev. Abraham E. Dreisbach, a native of Berks County, Penn., was a son of Rev. John Dreisbach, one of the first preachers of the Evangelical Association and the founder of their present extensive publishing interests. Rev. John Dreisbach will be remembered as having done a large pioneer work for the church in Ohio, at Cleveland, Circleville, Dayton and other points; he died August 20, 1871, in his eighty-third year. While living in Pennsylvania he was twice elected to the Legislature. Rev. Abraham E. Dreisbach married Miss Marianna Miesie, in 1840, and they moved to Seneca County, Ohio, near Tiffin, about 1852. He made that place the center of his work in the ministry nearly all the remainder of his life. He was well known as a popular preacher in many of the churches in this county, where he traveled for four years as a presiding elder. He died August 28, 1876. Of his ten children four are now living in this county: Cornelius M., Gabriel M., Marianna M. and David M. The mother died February 9, 1857. David M. Dreisbach, the subject of this sketch, gave ten months of his time (from February to December) in 1865 to the service of his country, after which he carried on a grocery business and a grist-mill at Benton Eidge, Ohio, for two years. He married, October 15, 1867, Miss Caroline Wagner, who was born May 6, 1846, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Wagner. Our subject and wife resided in Findlay Township, this county, for ten years, and settled on their present place in Delaware Township, this county, in 1881. Here they have a fine farm of 240 acres of well improved land. Mr. Dreisbach is a successful breeder of fine stock and has a fine flock of French merino sheep, a herd of thorough-bred short-horn cattle and several Poland China hogs. The children born to our subject and wife are Lillie W., Silas W., Helena W., William H. W., Aaron W., David W. and Arthur W. Mr. and Mrs. Dreisbach are members of the Evangelical Association. He is an earnest Republican in politics and takes a deep interest in public affairs. He pays a great deal of attention to the education of his family, and has one of the finest private libraries in Delaware Township. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the G. A. R. and is a F. & A. M. Additional Comments: Book Title: History Of Hancock County Delaware Township File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hancock/bios/dreisbac167bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #13 Date: 18 Aug 2005 22:06:34 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20050818220634.15912.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hancock-Knox Co. Bios (Eairleywine) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hancock-Knox County OhArchives Biographies.....Eairleywine, Isaiah 1836 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com August 18, 2005, 6:06 pm Author: Warner & Beers (1886) ISAIAH EAIRLEYWINE. farmer. P. 0. Mount Blanchard, was born October 25, 1836. in Knox County, Ohio.; son of George and Susan (Dyal) Eairleywine, early settlers of that county, the former a native of southern Pennsylvania, and the latter a native of Fairfield County, Ohio. They came to Delaware Township, this county, in November, 1836, purchased a tract of land and began clearing up and developing a farm. They reared a family of nine children: Aaron, in Kosciusko County, Ind.; Mrs. Mary A. Wolfort; Mrs. Sophia Davis; Lewis; Uriah; Isaiah; Mrs. Celina Hook; Mrs. Lovina Aurand and Adam. George Eairleywine, now ninety years of age, resides in Mount Blanchard, this county. He is one of the oldest and most highly respected of the pioneers of Delaware Township, this county. His wife died March 4, 1869. Isaiah Eairleywine responded to the President's first call for troops, and enlisted, in March, 1861, in defense of his country, serving faithfully as a soldier. October 22, 1863, he married Miss Margaret Weir, and they then settled in Delaware Township, this county, where they have a fine farm of eighty acres of land. Their children are Robert W., Mrs. Eleanor Gordon, Elizabeth and Thurman. In politics Mr. Eairleywine is a Democrat. He has filled the office of township trustee. He is a member of the Disciples Church, his wife being a Presbyterian. Additional Comments: Book Title: History Of Hancock County Delaware Township File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hancock/bios/eairleyw168bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V05 Issue #118 *******************************************