OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 205 ************************************************************************ 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 205 Today's Topics: #1 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Mentzer) [Archives ] #2 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Mentzer) [Archives ] #3 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Paver) [Archives ] #4 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Pfeiffer) [Archives ] #5 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Ramsey) [Archives ] #6 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Richards) [Archives ] #7 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Schwartz) [Archives ] #8 Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Scott) [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: 21 Nov 2005 03:03:36 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051121030336.14167.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Mentzer) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Mentzer, Samuel 1806 - 1882 ************************************************ 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 November 20, 2005, 10:03 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. SAMUEL MENTZER, deceased, was born August 3, 1806. In 1834, he removed to Mansfield, Ohio, where he wintered, and then came to Kenton and engaged in merchandising, following it for two years, and thin took a contract for building the Erie Feeder. This was not successful, and, after a year and a half, he returned to Kenton and built the National Hotel, where now stands the Bank Block. Two years after, he traded the hotel for 100 acres of land, and got $1,000 besides. He then moved on his farm, and, in 1847, was elected Auditor of Hardin County, by a majority of one vote. After serving one term, he was obliged to decline a re-election on account of his ill health, and returned to his farm, which he worked up to within twelve years of his death. He added to his farm until he owns 222 acres, besides sixty acres adjoining, all of which he cleared and improved. He was married to Susan Lipley, by whom he had seven children, three living-Lydia, wife of James Baker; David and John. Mrs. Mentzer died, and he then married Eliza Whiteman, deceased, by whore there was one child, also deceased. For his third wife he took Sophia A. Benjamin, daughter of Nathan and Mary (Nulse) Benjamin, and a native of Athens County, Ohio, born October 1, 1848. Of the six children that blessed this union, four are living-Mary C., wife of Hezekiah Roby; Louisa D., wife of Isaac Cook; M. D. L. and William M. Mrs. Mentzer's maternal grandparents cause from Holland, and were eighteen weeks on the voyage, during which her mother was born. Her paternal grandparents were Rebea Clendenen and John Nulse, her grandfather a native of Scotland, and her grandmother of Ireland. Her grandfather, while holding her father in his arms, was shot by the Indians, who took her grandmother and seven children prisoners, retaining them for eight months, when peace was declared. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin, grandparents of Mrs. Mentzer, on first coming to this country, located in New Jersey, thence moved to Pennsylvania, and from there came to Muskingum County, Ohio. Mr. Samuel Mentzer and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church. He served several terms as Township Trustee and Township Clerk, and died August 10, 1882. He was a man of great enterprise, and did much for the public improvements of Hardin County. He laid out Mentzer's Addition to Kenton, consisting of five acres. Additional Comments: Bucks Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/photos/bios/mentzer341bs.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/mentzer341bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: 21 Nov 2005 03:04:41 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051121030441.14328.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Mentzer) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Mentzer, M. D. L. 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 November 20, 2005, 10:04 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. M. D. L. MENTZER, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Kenton, Hardin Co., Ohio, February, 23, 1848. He is a son of Samuel and Sophia (Benjamin) Mentzer, whose sketch we have given in this history. Our subject was reared on the homestead and educated at the common schools. On September 29, 1870, he was united in marriage to Rhoda A., daughter of William and Rebecca Smith, and a native of Union County, Ohio, born December 24, 1850. Three children have resulted from this union-Iona, born December 29, 1871; Anna M., born May 26, 1873 and George A., born March 31, 1883. Mr. Mentzer owns 216 acres of land of the homestead, and fifteen acres adjoining. He is a thoroughly scientific and successful farmer and stock-raiser, and in connection with his business keeps a system of book-keeping, in which he has a full account of his receipts and expenditures, and at the end of the year is able to ascertain the profits and losses. He weighs his cattle every month, and records the gain or loss. Politically, he is a Democrat. He served as Township Clerk the first year after his majority. Additional Comments: Bucks Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/mentzer342bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: 21 Nov 2005 03:05:59 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051121030559.14494.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Paver) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Paver, James 1801 - 1880 ************************************************ 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 November 20, 2005, 10:05 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. JAMES PAVER, deceased, was born in Maryland November 18, 1801. When about two years old, his parents, John and Betsy Paver, removed to Fairfield County, Ohio, and settled near Lancaster, where they lived one year, thence removed to Union County, where they died. James was the eldest of a family of nine children, and was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. In 1826, he came to Hardin County, bought land in Dudley Township, where he settled in 1827. He added to his farm until he owned 320 acres, having cleared about half of it himself. In 1847, he removed to within two miles of Kenton, on the farm now owned by Joseph Hoover, and, about 1858, located on the farm belonging to John Paver, which contained 312 acres, and on which he lived until his death, June 22, 1880, aged seventy-nine years. He was married, and had three children-Harvey, Mary (wife of Alpheus McConnell) and John. Mr. Paver was one of the three or four men who built the first schoolhouse in Buck Township. John Paver, the youngest child, was born on the Hoover farm March 25, 1850, and was brought up on a farm and educated at the common schools. On January 19, 1873, he married Mollie Cline, born June 10, 1849, in Fairfield County, Ohio. Five children have been born to them, viz.: Jimmie, Orie, Dora, Charlie and Anna May. Mr. Paver owns 104 acres of the old homestead, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He cleared up most of his land, and also aided his father on his farm. Additional Comments: Bucks Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/paver343bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: 21 Nov 2005 03:08:27 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051121030827.14921.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Pfeiffer) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Pfeiffer, John 1813 - 1880 ************************************************ 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 November 20, 2005, 10:08 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. JOHN PFEIFFER, deceased, son of Michael Pfeiffer, was born in Germany in 1813, and, at the age of seventeen, left his native land to avoid going into the army. Emigrating to Pennsylvania, he remained there two years, thence came west to Springfield, Ohio, where he followed his trade of boot and shoe making. In 1834, he removed to Hardin County, bought a piece of land east of Kenton, and while spending his days in clearing off the timber, much of the night was put in working at his trade. In 1836, he went back to Germany, and brought out his father, five brothers and two sisters, his mother dying ere starting for the New World. He settled on his farm east of town, and, in 1839, was married to Eva Elsasser, who came from Germany with the Pfeiffer family. They resided on the old homestead until 1852, when he removed to Kenton, and purchased the grist mill and distillery of Nelson Miller, which he operated until 1865, then sold it and settled on a farm in Round Head Township, where he followed farming, piking and mercantile business until 1872. He then returned to Kenton, but, in the spring of 1877, removed to a farm in Buck Township, where he died October 12, 1880. To John and Eva Pfeiffer were born the following children: Elizabeth, George (deceased), Barbara, Margaret, John, Henry (deceased), Lewis, Henry, and George (deceased), being nine in all, two having been called after those previously deceased. Mr. Pfeiffer left an estate of over 800 acres of land, besides town and much personal property. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. and Druid societies, and adhered to the Lutheran Church. Additional Comments: Bucks Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/pfeiffer344bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: 21 Nov 2005 03:09:29 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051121030929.15032.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Ramsey) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Ramsey, A. 1844 - ************************************************ 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 November 20, 2005, 10:09 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. A. RAMSEY, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Pleasant Township, Hardin Co., Ohio, October 8, 1844. He is a son of George and Elizabeth (Pfeiffer) Ramsey, who came to America with their parents when children. His mother was from Pleasant Township, and bore her husband four children, viz., our subject, George, Lizzie (wife of William Shingle) and Margaret (wife of Allen Garbow). Mr. Ramsey died in Pleasant Township in August, 1850, and his widow subsequently married Adam Lutz, by whom she had two children-Barbara (wife of Lewis Woods) and Callie (wife of Joseph Felty). Our subject was reared on a farm, received a common school education, and at the age of fifteen left home and worked out by the month, obtaining 25 cents a day. When twenty-three years of age, he had accumulated $500, with which he began trading in stock in the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. He drove and shipped to eastern markets, and has been engaged in that, with other business, aver since. From 1876 to 1879, he was a member of the firm-Kenton Packing Company-which proved to be an unfortunate enterprise, and he has since continued in trading and shipping, doing an extensive business. Up to 1882, he has been the leading stock-dealer and shipper in Hardin County, and he ships annually from 2,000 to 3,000 cattle, and sometimes as high as 25,000 head of sheep. In 1881, he admitted Frank Stewart as a partner, and the firm is now Ramsey &, Stewart. He has also been engaged in the retail meat business for the past five years, and is a member of the firm of Ramsey & Fall. He gives some attention to farming, and owns 190 acres of land adjoining the corporation. Mr. Ramsey has formed two marriages during his life; his first union was with Mary, a daughter of George Stern, who died in 186-, leaving one child-Callie. His second wife is Rosa Huffurgue, a native of Hardin County. They have two children-Hattie and Anna E. Mr. Ramsey was a member of the Agricultural Society Board for eight years, and in politics is a Democrat. Additional Comments: Bucks Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/ramsey345bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: 21 Nov 2005 03:10:22 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051121031022.15244.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Richards) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Richards, John P. 1827 - ************************************************ 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 November 20, 2005, 10:10 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. JOHN P. RICHARDS, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Seneca County, Ohio, February 27, 1827. He is a son of James and Matilda (Pearl) Richards. His father was born in New Hampshire August 10, 1791, his mother in Virginia July 27, 1797, and were married in Pike County, Ohio, December 21, 1817. His maternal grandfather, John Pearl, with his family, removed to Pike County, Ohio, in 1800, and died there. The parents of our subject located in Seneca County, Ohio, about 1825, in 1830 removed to Pike County, thence, in 1834, to Ross County, and finally, in 1848, came to Hardin County and lived for two years in Pleasant Township. In 1851, they came to Buck Township and bought fifty acres of land, on which they resided till their decease. Mr. Richards died December 4, 1868, and his wife on March 31, 1872. Mr. Richards was a local minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church for thirty-five years. He was the father of ten children, five living, of whom our subject is the fifth. Our subject was married, March 27, 1851, to Sarah M. Harbison, born September 18, 1832, a daughter of Matthew and Sarah (McCoy) Harbison. Her father was born in North Carolina December 12, 1796; died in 1849, aged fifty-three years. Her mother was born in South Carolina April 23, 1800, and is still living. They removed to Greene County in 1835, and to Hardin County in 1842, settling in Pleasant Township, where Mr. Harbison died. Mr. and Mrs Richards have had two children. one son living-Marion F., born October 20, 1858, married to Viola Butler, by whom there are two children, Neva Blanche and Pearl; and Jessie B., born January 19, 1873, died May 5, 1879. Mr. Richards and his wife have belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church fur forty years. Mr. Richards is a member of the Grange, with which he has been prominently connected since its organization. He has served as Township Trustee and Treasurer for one year. Additional Comments: Bucks Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/richards346bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: 21 Nov 2005 03:11:12 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051121031112.15402.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Schwartz) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Schwartz, Frank 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 November 20, 2005, 10:11 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. FRANK SCHWARTZ, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Bavaria, Germany, October 20, 1839. He is a son of Frank A. and Barbara Schwartz. In 1847, when seven years of age, he emigrated with his parents to America, and the following year settled three and a half miles north of Kenton, Ohio. Our subject is the eldest of four living children; was reared on the homestead from his seventh vear until he reached his majority, and was educated at the common schools. He learned the alphabet in the log schoolhouse with slab seats and puncheon floors. He aided his father in clearing up the land, and in 1863 went across the plains to Nevada, where he spent four years in mining and other work. In 1867, He returned to Hardin County, and on September 22, was married to Margaret Bishop, born in Hesse, Germany, March 31, 1843, a daughter of John G. and Catherine E. Bishop, who came to Hardin County in 1850. Nine children were born, seven living--Frank A., George H., William F., Gustave O., Carl A., Edward J. and Margaret E. John L. and an infant are deceased. In August, 1868, Mr. Schwartz bought 100 acres of land, which he has since cleared, and has got half of it well under cultivation. In 1877, he erected his residence at a cost of $1,500. He is engaged in farming and stock-raising, and is generally successful. Mr. Schwartz is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, and his wife of the Lutheran Church. He is, politically, a Democrat, and has served one term as Township Trustee. Additional Comments: Bucks Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/schwartz347bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #8 Date: 21 Nov 2005 03:12:05 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20051121031205.15547.qmail@mail.best1-host.com> Subject: Oh-Hardin Co. Bios (Scott) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Scott, William J. 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 November 20, 2005, 10:12 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. WILLIAM J. SCOTT, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Franklin County, near Columbus, Ohio, September 18, 1824. His father, James Scott, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, September 10, 1799. His mother, whose maiden name was Nancy Walker, was born in Virginia, October 22, 1801. Mr. James Scott's parents were Joseph and Elizabeth Scott, natives of Westmoreland County, Penn., who removed to Franklin County, Ohio, prior to the war of 1812. Joseph Scott served in the war of 1812. He settled eleven miles southeast of Columbus, at which time the capital was a mere hamlet. In 1830, he removed to Hardin County, Ohio, locating on Taylor Creek, Buck Township and purchased 200 acres of land, a good portion of which he cleared. He died in Fulton County, Ind., in 1853; his wife had died several years previous, in Franklin County. Our subject's father was reared and educated in Franklin County. He married February 17, 1819, and had thirteen children--Elizabeth J. (deceased), Elias A., Matilda S., William J., Joseph, Cynthia A., Seymour (deceased), Mary A., Nancy J., Charles E., Mark (deceased), Luke W. and Lucy S. L. In April of 1836, he settled on Taylor Creek, Hardin County, and in 1847 removed to Jackson Township, where he bought eighty acres of land. He died April 3, 1850; his widow is still living in Logan County, and has attained her eighty-third year. The subject of this sketch is the second son and fourth child, and was reared on a farm and educated at the common schools. His advantages were very limited, as he was obliged to attend school two and a half miles distant. On April 18, 1849, he was married to Elmira J., daughter of Eleager J. and Mary E. Rose, and born in Union County, Ohio, October 8, 1831. Of the seven children born, three are living-Mary E., wife of W. H. Brown; George W. and Jennie, at home. In 1849, Mr. Scott, bought fifty acres on the township line, and lived there until 1872, when he came to his present farm. He owns in all 212 acres of land, and is occupied in farming and stock-raising. He enlisted during the late war, August 27, 1864, in Company B, One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Army of the Cumberland. He was on patrol duty at Nashville, where he witnessed the battle there. At the close of the war, he was honorably discharged June 13, 1865, at Columbus. In politics, he is a Republican, and has served as Township Trustee for two terms, and School Director for twelve years. He is a member of the Grange, and for two years served as its Treasurer. Additional Comments: Bucks Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/scott348bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V05 Issue #205 *******************************************