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BARRICK, I.G.

Dusit

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 303

I.G. BARRICK, one of the active and enterprising citizens of Wayne Township, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, February 20, 1829. His father, Isaac Barrick, was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, and was of German ancestry. He was a soldier in the war o

BECHDALT, Phillip C.

Peggy Karrol

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD
COUNTIES, INDIANA The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - P 589

section 7, Pike Township, was born
in Auglaize County, Ohio, July 15, 1842, a son of Peter and Susannah
(GENBAR) BECHDALT, of Irish and German descent. His father died in
Auglaize County in 1875,and his mother still lives in that county.
Philip C. was rea

BECK, Nathan

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 515

NATHAN BECK, farmer, section 30, Wabash Township, owns 160 acres of land on
the southwest quarter of
the section and forty acres on section 23, Bear Creek Township. He was born
in Columbiana County, Ohio,
October 30, 1825, where he grew to manhood. April

BERGDOLL, John C

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.475-476

John C. BERGDOLL, one of the well known and substantial farmers and landowners of Knox township, was born on the farm on which he is now living in that township, a member of one of the pioneer families thereabout, and has lived there all his life. Mr. BER

BICKEL, AJ

Dusti

Biographical and Historical Record of Jay County, Indiana," Chicago: Lewis
Publishing Company,
1887. Reprinted by Mayhill Publications, Knightstown, Indiana, 1974. This
is the reprinted Jay County
section out of the original combined 1887 History of Jay a

"A. J. BICKEL, one of the representative citizens of Wayne Township, is the
oldest person living at the
present time who was born in Jay County, the date of his birth being
November 8, 1833. His father, George
BICKEL, was born in Centre County, Pennsylvan

BLAZER, Samuel

Betty Creath

"Samuel BLAZER, one of the old and honored pioneers of Greene Township, has
been identified with the
interests of Jay County since 1838. He was born in Gallia County, Ohio,
August 2, 1813, a son of Philip and
Elizabeth BLAZER, who were natives of Pennsylv

BONHAM, William A.

Peggy Karroll

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND
BLACKFORD
COUNTIES, INDIANA; THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, 118 ADAMS
STREET, CHICAGO,
1887 (Pages 765 - 766)

a prominent attorney at law of Hartford City, was
born in Perry County, Ohio, January 14, 1834, his parents, Peter and
Susannah (Yost) Bonham, being natives of Pennsylvania and West Virginia
respectively, the latter born in Wheeling in the year 1800. The

BOSWORTH, J.M.

Betty Creath

"J. M BOSWORTH, a prominent physician and surgeon of Pennville, is a native
of Jay County, Indiana, born
September 28, 1843, the fourth and youngest son of Dr. Jacob and Nancy
(WESTLAKE) BOSWORTH. His
youth was spent in assisting his father clear and impr

BOSWORTH, Jacob

"Dr. Jacob BOSWORTH, one of the prominent pioneers of Jay County, who is
now deceased, was born in
Plymouth County, Massachusetts, in 1791, and was of New England ancestry,
two brothers of the name
BOSWORTH having come from England in the early history of

BOSWORTH, Thomas

Betty Creath

"Biographical and Historical Record of Jay County, Indiana," Chicago: Lewis
Publishing Company,
1887. Reprinted by Mayhill Publications, Knightstown, Indiana, 1974. This
is the reprinted Jay County
section out of the original combined 1887 History of Jay

"Thomas BOSWORTH, senior member of the firm of BOSWORTH, MARKLAND & SNYDER,
is one of
the leading members of the bar in Jay County. He is a representative of one
of the prominent pioneer families of
Jay County, a son of Dr. Jacob and Nancy (WESTLAKE) BOSW

BRADLEY, John

Peggy Karrol

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD
COUNTIES, INDIANA The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - Page 317

JOHN BRADLEY, eldest son of Benjamin and Mary (Reed) Bradley, is a
native of Ohio,
born in Trumbull County,
May 6, 1848. He has always lived with his parents, and since his
majority has been
associated in business with his
father, first in the harness a

BRAKE, Abram J.

Betty Creath

"Abram J. BRAKE, of the firm of BRAKE & BEARD, general merchants at
Salamonia, was born in
Miami County, Ohio, December 25, 1837, and September 20, 1838, he came to
this county with this parents
who settled on section 5, Madison Township. The country was

COULSON, John R.

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 490

JOHN R. COULSON, section 30, Wayne Township, resides on the farm where his
father, John Coulson,
settled in 1860. John Coulson was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, March
30, 1816, and in 1842 married
Rachel Rish, a native of the same county, born February

COULSON, Lot

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 424

LOT COULSON, section 1, Greene Township, is one of the best known men of
Jay County. He was born in
Columbiana County, Ohio, December 9, 1820, a son of Jabez and Anna (Van
Horn) Coulson. His father was
a native of Pennsylvania, of English and Irish descen

CRAIG, L.J.

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 532

L.J. CRAIG, county commissioner of Jay County,one of the leading business men of Bryant, is a native of Ohio, born in Mercer County, October 1, 1852, a son of H.J. and Alpha (Baker) Craig, natives of Darke County, Ohio, the father of Scotch and Welsh ance

CRAIG, PRICE K.

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 684

PRICE K. CRAIG, trustee of Jefferson Township, resides in the village of New Mount Pleasant. He was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, August 27, 1842, a son of Wesley and Sarah A. (Jones) Craig, natives of Pennsylvania, but married in Columbiana County, Oh

CROWE, Reuben

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.508-509

Reuben C. CROWE, one of the best-known citizens of Jay county, a retired farmer and live stock dealer, now living on the farm near Pennville, has been a resident of this county ever since the days of his infancy, more than seventy years ago, and has done'

DAIL, George

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.479-480

former trustee of Jefferson township and for years one of the best known citizens of that township, a substantial farmer and landowner and proprietor of a well kept farm on rural mail route No. 4 out of Ridgeville, is a native Hoosier and has lived in thi

DAVIS, ELI Q.

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 682

ELI Q. DAVIS, deceased, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, February 10, 1810, and died in Jay County, Indiana, August 9, 1885. His father, Elias Davis, was a native of Virginia, of Welsh parentage. He was reared in his native county, and in 1839 came to

DAWLEY, James F.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.480-481

James F. DAWLEY, proprietor of the picturesque "Poplar Grove Stock and Poultry Farm" in Penn township and one of the best known agricultural specialists and fanciers in this section of Indiana, was born in the neighboring county of Wells, but has been a r

DULL, Jacob H.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.487-488

Jacob H. DULL, former trustee of Jefferson township and one of the best known and most substantial farmers of that township, proprietor of an excellent farm on rural mail route No. 2 out of Redkey, is a native of the old Buckeye state, but has been a resi

FLESHER, Adam Wesley

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.462-463

Adam Wesley FLESHER, one of Jefferson township's well known and substantial farmers and landowners, residing on rural mail route No. 2 out of Ridgeville, is a native son of Jay county, a member of one of the pioneer families here, and has lived in this co

FLESHER, Daniel V

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.417-418

Daniel V. FLESHER, one of Pike township's well known farmers and landowners and proprietor of an excellent farm on rural mail route No. 12 out of Portland, has been a resident of Jay county all his life. Mr. FLESHER was born on a farm in Jefferson townshi

FLESHER, DANIEL V.

Betty Creath

JAY, Milton T., editor, "1922 History of Jay County, Indiana,"
Indianapolis, Historical Publishing
Company, 1922. Reprinted 1978 by the Bookmark of Knightstown, Indiana, with
new all-name index.
Originally published as Vol. II of a 2 volume set that inclu

"Daniel V. FLESHER, one of Pike township's well known farmers and
landowners and proprietor of an
excellent farm on rural mail route No. 12 out of Portland, has been a
resident of Jay county all his life. Mr.
FLESHER was born on a farm in Jefferson townsh

FREEMYER, Edward

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.478-479

Edgar FREEMYER, one of the best known and most progressive farmers and stockmen of Jay county and proprietor of an admirably equipped farm plant in Bearcreek township, where he makes his home, is a native son of Jay county and has lived here all his life.

GARDNER, Jesse

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.464-465

Jesse E. GARDNER, a well-known and substantial farmer and land owner of Jay county, proprietor of the "Twin Hills" farm and gravel pit in Penn township and for years actively engaged in highway construction work as a. contractor, the builder of many miles

GARDNER, Jesse E

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D.,History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.464-465

GARRINGER, George A

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.419-420

George A. GARRINGER, one of Jay county's well known and substantial farmers and landowners and proprietor of an excellent farm in Pike township, where he and his family are living, rural mail route No. 2 out of Portland, is a native son of this county and

GEIGER, Jacob

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.470-471

Jacob GEIGER, one of the oldest and best known farmers and landowners of Jay county, now living retired at his comfortable farm home in Greene township, rural mail route No. 1 out of Dunkirk, has been a resident of this county for nearly eighty years, ev

GEMMILL, Grier Franklin

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.410-411

Grier Franklin GEMMILL, a former member of the board of county commissioners of Jay county, former vice president of the Bank of Pennville, an extensive landowner in Penn township and formerly and for years engaged in the mercantile and milling business a

GIGANDENT, Francis Vincent

Peggy Karrol

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD
COUNTIES, INDIANA The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - Page 554-555

FRANCIS VINCENT GIGANDET, a prominent and enterprising citizen of Wayne
Township, was born in France,
June 14, 1830, a son of Nicholas and Mary (Papon) Gigandet, natives of
France. His
parents came to America a few
years after their marriage, when he wa

GLENDENNING, Joseph

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.501-502

Joseph GLENDENNING, one of the best known and most substantial farmers and landowners of the northern part of Jay county, now living practically retired from the labors of the farm at his home in Jackson township, was born in the neighboring county of Ada

GRAY, Bayard

Peggy Karrol

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD
COUNTIES, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - Page 547-548

the present efficient postmaster of
Portland, is a
native of Darke County, Ohio, born July 8, 1855, and is a son of Hon.
Isaac P. Gray, the
resent Governor of the State of Indiana. In the year of his birth his
parents settled in
Union City, Randolph Count

GRISELL, Arthur A.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.456-457

Arthur A. GRISELL, one of the best known and most substantial farmers and land owners of Jay county, now living practically retired on his well-kept farm in Penn township, is a member of one of the real pioneer families of this county, his grandfather, Sa

GRISSEL, Albert

Peggy Karrol

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD
COUNTIES, INDIANA The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1887
Page 648 with photos of Albert and Rachel Grisell.

ALBERT GRISELL, a native of Ohio, and an enterprising and progressive
citizen of
Penn Township, Jay County,
was born in Columbiana County, July 10, 1831, the fourth son of Samuel
Grisell. When
he was three years old his
parents immigrated to Jay County,

HAFFNER, William R.

Betty Creath

William R. HAFFNER, a veteran of the Civil War and a retired farmer
of Bearcreek township, living at
his pleasant farm home in that township, where he has resided for many
years, one of the best known men in
that section of the county, is a native son of

HALL, J.D.

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 630

J.W. HALL M.D., is one of the leading physicians of Portland, Indiana. He is a native of the Buckeye State, born in Darke County in 1845. When he was fourteen years of age his father, Obediah Hall, moved to Randolph County, Indiana. He attended school at

HARDY, John E

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, p.425

John E. HARDY, president of the Portland Equity Exchange and a well known farmer and landowner of Pike township, this county, is a native son of Jay county and has lived here all his life. He was born on a farm in Pike township on April 26, 1867, and is a

HARPER, Palmer W.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.515-516

Palmer W. HARPER, a well known and substantial farmer and landowner of Knox township, former trustee of that township and former member of the county council, was born in the neighboring county of Wells and has lived in that county and in Jay county all h

HARRIS, Benjamin

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 415

BENJAMIN HARRIS, a prominent citizen of Jay County, engaged in farming and
stock dealing on section 15,
Penn Township, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, February 7, 1835, a son
of Benjamin and Asenath
(Whitaker) Harris, natives of North Carolina and Oh

HART, T. Francis

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, p.414

T. Francis HART, vice-president and general manager of the HART Glass Manufacturing Company of Dunkirk and one of the best known young business men of that city, was born in Mason City, W. Va. [Mason Co.] in March, 1882, son of Henry H. and Mary L. (LILLI

HART, William A.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.494-496

William A. HART, a member of the bar of the Jay Circuit Court and a landowner of Jay county, proprietor of a farm in Jefferson township, where he has resided for the past twenty years or more, is a native of the Buckeye state, but has been a resident of J

HARTLEY, Charles F.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.500-501

Charles F. HARTLEY, one of Jackson township's well known and progressive farmers and landowners, was born in that township and has resided there the greater part of his life, the exception being a period during the '80s and '90s when he resided in Michiga

HARTLEY, Walter L.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.468-470

Walter L. HARTLEY, trustee of Penn township and proprietor of a fine farm in that township, on rural mail route No. 2 out of Pennville, one of the best known men in the northern part of Tay county, is a native son of this county and has lived here all his

HAYNES, Elwood

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.481-483.

Elwood HAYNES, who universally is recognized as a pioneer of the great automobile industry, is one of the native sons of Jay county who has written his name high on the walls of the hall of fame and who has done much to promote the cause of human progres

HAYNES, Jacob

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.497-498

Jacob March HAYNES, judge, jurist, publicist, banker and philanthropist, who died at his home in Portland in 1903 after a residence in that city of nearly sixty years, has ever been recognized as one of the most potent factors for good in the common life

HERSCH, Phillip Leopold

Eloine Chesnut

Philip Leopold HERSCH, founder of the Model Clothing House at Portland and for many years one of the leading merchants of that city, who died at his home there a little more than six years ago, was long recognized as one of the important factors in the bu

HIESTAND, Harley J.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.484-485

Harley J. HIESTAND, M. D., a practicing physician at Pennville and former president of the Jay County Medical Society and one of the best known physicians in this county, is a native of the old Buckeye state, born in Fairfield county, Ohio, April 16, 1881

HORN, Lester

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.491-492

Lester HORN, one of Jackson township's well known and progressive young farmers, is a native son of Jay county, a member of one of the old families here, and has lived in this county all his life. Mr. HORN was born on a farm in Penn township on August 20,

HOTMIRE, Edward F

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.411-412

Edward F. HOTMIRE, one of Pike township's well known farmers and landowners and proprietor of an excellent farm on rural mail route No. 8 out of Portland, is a native sun of Jay county. Mr. HOTMIRE was born on the farm on which he is now living on October

JAQUA, Frank B.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.486-487.

Frank B. JAQUA, long recognized as one of the leaders at the bar of the Jay Circuit Court, with offices at Portland, where he has been engaged in the practice of law for nearly thirty years, was born in that city and has resided there practically all his

JAQUA, Judson

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.442-443

Judson A. JAQUA, cashier of the Citizens Bank of Portland and for many years regarded as one of the leading factors in the commercial life of Jay county, was born in Portland and has been a resident of that city all his life. Mr. JAQUA was born on March 3

JONES, Josiah Wilbur

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.465-467

Josiah Wilbur JONES, a well known and substantial farmer and landowner of Jay county and proprietor of a well improved farm on rural mail route No. 2 out of Pennville, in Penn township, is a member of one of the real pioneer families of this county, his g

JONES, MARK

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.476-477

Mark W. JONES, a former member of the board of commissioners for Jay county and for many years one of the best known and most substantial farmers and landowners of Penn township, where he had resided since 1887, and where he died in January, 1922, was a n

JUILLERAT, Edward A.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.430-432

Edward A. JUILLERAT, chairman of the Greene Township Farmers Federation and one of the best known and most substantial farmers, stockmen and landowners of that township, has been a resident of the place he now owns and occupies since he was thirteen year

KADERLY, Fred J

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.423-424

Fred J. KADERLY, former trustee of Pike township and one of the best known agriculturists of that township, is a native of the Buckeye state, as are so many of the residents of this part of Indiana, but has lived in Jay county since the days of his infanc

KAY, James

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.473-474

James KAY, a well known and substantial farmer and landowner of Greene township, now living retired on his place there, on rural mail route No. 1 out of Pennville, is a "Buckeye" by birth, but has been a resident of Indiana since the days of his young man

KIKENDALL, EDWARD BUTLER

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 393

EDWARD BUTLER KIKENDALL, one of the representative citizens of Portland, and the oldest merchant in the town, was born in the State of New Jersey, in 1818, his father, John Kikendall, being a native of the same State, and of German descent. When he was a

KWIS, John

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.483-484

John KWIS, a. well known and substantial farmer and landowner of Jay county, now living practically retired from the active labors of the farm at his pleasant farm home in Greene township, rural mail route No.1 out of Portland, has been a resident of this

LACEY, Oliver E.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.512-514

Oliver E. LACEY, one of the leading farmers and landowners of Jefferson township and proprietor of an excellent farm home in the New Mt. Pleasant neighborhood, rural mail route No. 2 out of Redkey, for twenty-eight years a dealer in live stock hereabout a

LAFOLLETTE, Adam E. .

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.459-460

Adam E. LaFOLLETTE, one of Greene township's well known farmers and landowners, proprietor of a well kept farm on rural mail route No. 1 out of Portland, was born in that township, a member of one of the pioneer families of Jay county, and has lived there

LEFAVOUR, Joesph A.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.492-494

Joseph A. LeFAVO UR, trustee of Jackson township and a substantial farmer and landowner of that township, is a member of one of the old families of Jay county and of one of the real pioneer families of Indiana, the LeFAVOUR's (LeFEVRE) having been found i

LEWIS, Thomas G.

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 475

THOMAS G. LEWIS, carpenter, Penn Township, was born in Columbiana County,
Ohio, October 16, 1833,
a son of Enos and Margaret (Grissell) Lewis. He was reared in Jay County,
Indiana, where his parents moved
when he was a child. In this county he was reared,

LOSCH, Charles F.

Peggy Karrol

Transcribed from BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND
BLACKFORD COUNTIES,
INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - Page 381

CHARLES F. LOSCH, deceased, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, November
24,
1833, a son of Charles and
Julia Losch, who came to the United States when Charles was three years
of age and
made their home in Darke
County, Ohio, and in 1841 moved to Jay Count

LOSCH, Joesph DRG

Peggy Karrol

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD
COUNTIES, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - Page 671-672

one of the active and
public-spirited men of
Pike Township, residing at the old village of Bluff Point, was born on
the homestead of
his parents in Pike Township, in the year 1846. He is a son of Charles
C. and Julia A.
(Volk) Losch, who were born, reared

LUTES, Osborn

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing 1922, Vol. II, p.441

Osborn LUTES, an honored veteran of the Civil war and one of the well known and substantial farmers and landowners of Greene township, became a resident of Jay county when fourteen years of age and with the exception of some years spent in Iowa and during

LYONS, Ellijah

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 373

ELIJAH LYONS, a prosperous agriculturist of Pike Township, and an
enterprising and public spirited citizen,
is a native of Ohio, born in Columbiana County, September, 24, 1824, a son
of Thomas and Eve (Apple)
Lyons. His father was born in Ohio, April 9, 1

LYONS, Thomas S.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.414-415

Thomas S. LYONS, a well known farmer and landowner of Pike township, living on rural mail route No. 8 out of Portland, is a native son of Jay county and has resided here all his life save for some years during the period of his young manhood when he made

MARR, Rev. Charles

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.502-503

Rev. Charles W. MARR. The parishes under the ministration of the Rev. Father MARR include the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Portland, St. Mary's at Dunkirk and St. Patrick's at Redkey, the pastor maintaining his residence at Dunkirk, having a ver

MARTIN, Frank

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.402-403

Frank MARTIN, junior member of the firm of MARTIN Bros., manufacturers of tile and hollow building block at Dunkirk, and further mention of which company's origin and operations in this county has been made above, has been a resident of Jay county since h

MARTIN, O.P.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.401-402

O. P. MARTIN, senior member of the firm of MARTIN Bros., manufacturers of tile and building block at Dunkirk, and one of the leading factors in the industrial life of that city, is a native Hoosier and has resided in this state all his life. He was born a

MAY, George C.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.452-453

George C. MAY, one of Greene township's well-known agriculturists and landowners, proprietor of an excellent farm on rural mail route No. 1 out of Portland, is a member of one of the old families of Jay county, his grandfather having settled here in pione

MAY, Jacob

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.474-475

Jacob P. MAY, a well known farmer and landowner of Jefferson township, this county, was born in the neighboring county of Mercer, over in Ohio, but has been a resident of Jay county for many years and thus feels himself perfectly "at home" here. Mr. MAY w

MAYS, James S.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.425-426

James S. MAYS, one of the well known and substantial farmers and landowners of Pike township and formerly and for years engaged in saw milling in that township, is a native son of Jay county, a member of one of the pioneer families here, and has lived her

MCFARLAND, Dr. NORMAN

Dusti

A PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF DELAWARE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, IND.
A.W. Bowen & Co., 1894 - Page 1084

DR. NORMAN McFARLAND, one of the most successful physicians and surgeons of
Randolph county,
Ind., was born in Darke county, Ohio, June 10, 1842, and is a son of Lewis
and Charity (Marquis)
McFarland. Lewis McFarland was born in Butler county, Ohio, March

MCGRIFF, EmersonCarver

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.460-461

HON. Emerson E. McGRIFF, judge of the Jay Circuit Court and for nearly thirty-five years a member of the bar of that court, is a native of the old Buckeye state, but has been a resident of Indiana since he was two or three years of age and thus feels hims

MENDENHALL, Jesse W.

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 346-347

JESSE W. MENDENHALL, one of the active and enterprising agriculturists of
Jefferson Township, residing
on section 22, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, December 27, 1833, a
son of Pennell and Maria (West)
Mendenhall. His parents were born and reared in

MITCHELL, Cyrus Odell

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.407-408

Cyrus Odell MITCHELL, former mayor of the city of Portland, vice president and general manager of the Portland Silo Company and formerly and for years principal of the Portland high school, one of the best known educators hereabout, is a native Hoosier an

MOSSLER, Henry

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.451-452

Henry MOSSLER's sons, Mose and Fred Mossier, proprietors of The Cincinnati Store, at Portland, one of the leading department stores in eastern Indiana, have been residents of Portland for thirty years and have been identified with the business which they

NEWCOMMER, Benjamin

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 575

BENJAMIN NEWCOMER, of Bear Creek Township, has been a resident of Jay
County since 1849. He
was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, April 23, 1824, son of Abram Newcomer,
a native of Harrison
County, Pennsylvania, and Catherine (Wolf) Newcomer, a native of V

NIXON, Charles

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.449-450

Charles NIXON, one of Jefferson township's well known farmers and landowners and proprietor of an excellent farm on rural mail route No. 5 out of Portland, is a member of one of the pioneer families of Jay county, his grandfather, John NIXON, having been

NIXON, Elmer

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.467-468

Elmer F. NIXON, former trustee of Jefferson township and one of the well known and substantial farmers and landowners of Jay county, proprietor of a well kept farm in Jefferson township, is a native son of Jay county and has resided here all his life. Mr.

NIXON, Joseph P.

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 323
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 323

JOSEPH P. NIXON is one of the leading citizens of Jefferson Township and a
representative of one of its
pioneer families. He was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, December 18,
1833, a son of John and Hannah
(Pennock) Nixon, natives also of Ohio, his grandf

NORTH, William

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.416-417

veteran of the Civil war, who recently died at his home in Portland in his eighty-fourth year, had for many years been actively connected with the business affairs of that city, a former merchant and lumber mill man, one of the organizers and a member of

PAXSON, John

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.472-473

John Riley PAXSON, a well known and substantial farmer and landowner of Penn township, living on rural mail route No. 4 out of Bryant, and who formerly and for many years was widely known hereabout as a stock buyer, is a member of one of the real pioneer

PEERMAN, Dr.R.W.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, p.408.

Dr. R. W. PEERMAN, D. C., a well-known Chiropractic practitioner of Dunkirk and Redkey, with offices at both places and his home at Dunkirk, is a native Hoosier and has been a resident of this state practically all his life. He was born on a farm in Black

PIERCE, J.O.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.461-462

J. O. PIERCE, one of Pike township's well known and substantial farmers, was born at Ridgeville, in the neighboring county of Randolph. April 6, 1884, and is a son of James O. and Susan ( BOWERSOX ) PIERCE, the latter of whom, born in Darke county, Ohio,

POLCAR, Martin

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.440-441

merchant tailor and proprietor of the Peerless cleaning and dyeing establishment at Portland, is an European by birth, but has been a resident of this country since he was four years of age and thus feels himself quite as much an American as though "nativ

POLLEY, J.W.

Peggy Karrol

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 667

J.W. POLLEY, who has been a member of the bar of Jay County since October, 1884, is a native of Darke County, Ohio, born September 9, 1845. He was reared to the vocation of a farmer in his native county, and received a fair common school education. At the

POLLEY, Rev. Enos

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.511-512

Rev. Enos W. POLLEY, a venerable clergyman of the Christian church, Disciples of Christ, and proprietor of a well cultivated farm on rural mail route No. 2 out of Pennville, in Penn township, is an Ohioan by birth but has been a resident of this county fo

PYLE, Cheney

Betty Creath

Cheney PYLE, a successful farmer of Jefferson Township, and a
representative of one of the early pioneer
families of Jay County, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania,
December 23, 1826, a son of George
P. and Ann (SMITH) PYLE, the father born in Ch

RARICK, Isaac N.

Dusit

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 687

ISAAC N. RARICK, M.D., has lived at Bluff Point, in Pike Township, since the spring of 1874. He was born in Darke County, Ohio, April 19, 1835, a son of Philip and Sarah (Chenowith) Rarick, his father a native of Pennsylvania, of Dutch descent, and his mo

REDMOND, Sylvester

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.405-406.

Sylvester REDMOND, one of the best known bachelor farmers of Pike township, was born on the place on which he is now living in that township, rural mail route No. 4 out of Ridgeville, and has lived there all his life. Mr. REDMOND was born on February 28,

REYNOLDS, Chester

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.446-447

Chester P. REYNOLDS, a former soldier of the United States army, with a record of service in the Philippines, and a well known farmer and landowner of Jay county, residing on a well kept farm in Jefferson township, was born in this county and is the last

RICE, WILSON

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.510-511.

Wilson RICE, vice president and a member of the board of directors of the Portland Oil and Refining Company, of which he was one of the organizers, a veteran well driller and oil producer, and for years one of the best known men in that field of endeavor

ROBERTS, D.R.

Peggy Karrol

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD
COUNTIES, INDIANA The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - Page 475-476

D. R. ROBERTS, a prominent and successful business man, and a valuable
citizen of
Portland, is a native of Darke
County, Ohio, born in the year 1848, his parents, Tunis and Lucenia
(Lawrence) Roberts,
being natives of the same
county. He was reared on t

ROLL, ANSON A.O.

Betty Creath

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - Page 385

ANSON A. O. ROLL, tonsorial artist, Geneva, was born in Darke
County, Ohio, January 14, 1851, son of Orrin and Susan (Biteman) Roll, the
former a native of Ohio, and the latter of Pennsylvania. They now reside in
Defiance County, Ohio. Our subject remain

ROSS, GEORGE B.

Betty Creath

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - Page 528

GEORGE B. ROSS, who has been identified with the interests of Jay
County for many years, was born in Darke County, Ohio, October 10, 1827, a
son of Nathaniel and Charlotte (Reed) Ross, natives of Virginia and Ohio,
respectively, the father of Irish and th

ROSS, William

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, p. 490

William O. ROSS, one of the well known and substantial farmers and landowners of Jefferson township, was born in Jay county and has lived here all his life. Mr. ROSS was born in Jefferson township and is a son of Cyrus L. and Rebecca ( MAY ) ROSS, who in

ROWLAND, Joseph Freeman

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.506-507.

Joseph Freeman ROWLAND, who died at his home in Greene township in the summer of 1921, left a good memory at his passing and it is but fitting that there should be carried in this formal history of the county in which he had spent all his life some modest

RUPEL, Jacob

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 340

JACOB RUPEL, one of the leading agriculturists of Jay County, engaged in farming and stock-raising in Jackson Township, is a native of Darke County, Ohio, born October 4, 1850. When he was four years old his father came to Jay County and settled in Jackso

RUPEL, M.L.

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 441

M.L. RUPEL, who has been a resident of Jay County since 1854, was born in Darke County, Ohio, October 5, 1836, a son of James Rupel, deceased, who was one of the prominent citizens of Jackson Township. Our subject was reared to agricultural pursuits on th

SANDERS, Charles

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.412-413.

Charles L. SANDERS, a well known building contractor at Portland, is a native son of the old Buckeye state, hut has been a resident of Indiana and of Portland for the past forty years and more. He was born in Clermont county, Ohio, September 24, 1864, son

SCHAMP, Homer

Eloine Chensut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.420-421

Homer R. SCHAMP, manager of the Portland branch of the Union Heat, Light and Power Company of Winchester and recognized as one of the active young factors in the general industrial life of Portland, was born in that city on January 20, 1892. He is a son o

SCHMUCK, JOHN

Betty Creath

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - Page 338-339

JOHN SCHMUCK, one of the leading men of Greene Township, was born
in Darke County, Ohio, October 3, 1827, a son of Peter and Asenath
(Chapman) Schmuck, who were natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
respectively. They were married in the State of Pennsy

SCHWARTZ, Charles B.

Eloine Chesbut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.447-448

a well known farmer and stockman of Greene township and proprietor of a well kept farm on rural mail route No. 1 out of Portland, was born on a farm in Jefferson township, this county, April II, 1875, and is a son of Charles B. and Ann (ROWLS) SCHWARTZ, b

SKINNER, Walter

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.404-405

Walter Lee SKINNER, former mayor of the city of Dunkirk, proprietor of the notable "Skinner Spotted Stock Farm" at the western edge of the city, a former merchant and grain dealer, president of the Square Deal Auto Company of Dunkirk and for years one of

SMITH, George

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, p.424

George H. SMITH, sales and office manager of the W. H. Hood Company, wholesale grocers at Portland, former president of the Portland Chamber of Commerce and long recognized as one of the most forceful figures in the commercial and industrial life of this

SMITH, John

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.485-486

John C. SMITH, one of Pike township's well known farmers, was born on the farm on which he is now living, and has resided there all his life, with the exception of a period of two years in the days of his young manhood when he lived in Ohio. Mr. Smith was

SPAHR, Charles

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.471-472

Charles Smith SPAHR, one of the best known and most substantial farmers and landowners of Jay county, now living retired on his well kept place in Greene township, rural mail route No. 1 out of Dunkirk, was born on that place, a member of one of the real

SPAHR, J.Finley

Eloine Chesnut

J. Finley SPAHR, one of the best known and most substantial farmers and landowners of Greene township, now living practically retired from the labors of the farm at his pleasant home in that township. rural mail route No.1 out of Dunkirk, was born in a lo

SPAHR, Morris

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.455-456

Morris Hamilton SPAHR, one of the best known and most substantial farmers and landowners of Jay county, proprietor of an excellent farm in Greene township and a delightful home on rural mail route No. 1 out of Portland, was born in that township and has l

STEED, Elias

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.457-459

Elias H. STEED, a member of the township advisory board for Jefferson township and one of the best known agriculturists of that township, proprietor of an excellent farm on rural mail rout No. I out of Redkey, is a native son of Jay county, a member of on

STEED, Homer

Eloine Chesntu

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.445-446

Homer H. STEED, a well known and substantial farmer and landowner of Jefferson township, proprietor of an excellent farm on rural mail route No. I out of Redkey, is a native son of Jay county and has lived here all his life. Mr. STEED was born on a farm i

STOLTZ, P.B.

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 467

P. B. STOLTZ, one of the enterprising citizens of Bear Creek Township, was
born in this county September 5,
1844. His father, Adam Stoltz, was born December 11, 1808, in Alsace,
Germany. When twenty-one years of
age he came to America and located in Colum

STONE, Lewis

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.453-454

Lewis STONE, a former member of the board of county commissioners of Jay county and one of the best known farmers and landowners of this county, proprietor of an excellent farm in Jefferson township, rural mail route No. 2 out of Redkey, where he makes hi

STRALY, George

Peggy Karrol

Transcribed from BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND
BLACKFORD COUNTIES,
INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - Page 667-668

GEORGE STRALY was one of the early settlers of Wayne Township, where he
became
well known and highly
respected for his many good qualities. He was born in York County,
Pennsylvania,
December 12, 1815, and there he
was reared. When a young man he removed

STRAUSBURG, Willis O.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.403-404

Willis O. STRAUSBURG, a well known and substantial farmer and landowner of Jackson township, was born in that township and has lived there all his life. He was born on May 23, 1872, and is a son of Samuel and Louisa (AYRES) STRAUSBURG, well known resident

STRAUSS, Clinton P.

Eloine Chesntu

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.426-427

Clinton P. STRAUSS, one of the well known and substantial farmers and landowners of Jay county and proprietor of an excellent farm in Pike township, where he resides, besides lands in Wayne township, has been a resident of this county since he was a year

STULTZ, Addison

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.478-479

Addison F. STULTZ, one of Jay county's well known and substantial farmers, stockmen and landowners, proprietor of an excellent farm in Greene township, situated on rural mail route No. 1 out of Pennville, has been a resident of this county since he was se

SUTTON, John T

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.504-505. Transcribed by Eloine Chesnut..

John T. SUTTON, a well known member of the bar of the Jay Circuit Court, former prosecuting attorney for this judicial circuit, former mayor of the city of Dunkirk and for many years a resident of that city, was born in Dunkirk and has lived there practic

THRASH, Andrew J.

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.434-435

Andrew J. THRASH, one of the well known and substantial farmers and landowners of Jefferson township, was born in that township, a member of one of the pioneer families of Jay county, and has lived there all his life. Mr. THRASH was born on February 13, 1

VAIL, I.M.

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 456

I.M. VAIL, physician and surgeon, West Chester, has been identified with the interests of Jay County forty-nine years. He was born in Darke County, Ohio, September 6, 1831, son of William and Lydia Ann (Voriss) Vail, the former a native of Butler County,

VOTAW, Jonas

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 297

JONAS VOTAW, one of the leading and influential citizens of Jay County, was
born January 1, 1813, near
New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio, being the tenth and youngest child,
and the only one now living, of
John and Rebecca (Burson) Votaw. His father was

WALTER, Floyd E

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, p.514

Floyd E. WALTER, one of Greene township's well known and progressive farmers and the proprietor of a well kept farm on rural mail route No. 7 out of Portland, where he makes his home, has been a resident of Jay county since the days of his childhood. Mr.

WALTER, Noah

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.450-451

Noah N. WALTER, one of Jay county's well known and substantial agriculturists and landowners, proprietor of an excellent farm in Greene township, where he makes his home, rural mail route No. 7 out of Portland, has been a resident of this county for many

WALTER, PETER

Dusti

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 644

PETER WALTER, farmer, Wabash Township, resides on section 30, wherehe owns 160 acres of land. He was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, December 30, 1816, and when he was nine years old went with his parents to Columbiana County, Ohio, where the father r

WEAVER, John H

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.439-440

John H. WEAVER, one of Jay county's well known octogenarians, formerly and for years a resident of Greene township, now living with his son, George WEAVER, in Jefferson township, rural mail route No. I out of Portland, is a "Buckeye" by birth, but has bee

WHITE, Frank

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922,

Frank WHITE, negotiator of loans, and dealer in real estate and insurance, is a Canadian by birth, moving with his parents to Chicago in 1873, in 1875 to Champaign county. Illinois, in 1879 to Harper, Kan.; 1889 to Trinidad, Col.. and on May 8. 1890, to P

WILLIAMS, John

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.488-490

John W. WILLIAMS, a veteran of the Civil war and the acknowledged pioneer in this county in the breeding of Poland China hogs, for many years one of the outstanding figures in live stock circles in this section of Indiana, now living practically retired o

WILLIAMS, Miles

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.496-497

Miles M. WILLIAMS, one of Jackson township's best known farmers and landowners, now living on his pleasant place in that township, rural mail route No. 4 out of Bryant, was born in that township, a member of one of the pioneer families of Jay county, and

WILT, John S.

Peggy Karrol

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD
COUNTIES, INDIANA The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 Page 455-456

an enterprising business man and a member
of the
firm of Wilt & Spade, lumber manufacturers of South Portland, was born
in Darke
County, Ohio, in 1840, a son of Daniel and Martha (Edger) Wilt, the
father born in the
State of Ohio and the mother a native o

WOODS, James F.

Peggy Karrol

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD
COUNTIES, INDIANA The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - Page 683-684

JAMES F. WOODS, of Portland, one of the early settlers of Knox Township,
Jay County,
was born in Beaver
County, Pennsylvania, the date of his birth being November 7, 1823, a
son of Hezekiah
and Mary (Oliver)Woods.
The father was a native of the State of

WORGUM, Henry

Betty Creath

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - Page 503-504

HENRY WORGUM, an active and enterprising agriculturist of Jay
County, residing on section 15, Greene Township, was born in Darke County,
Ohio, April 7, 1846, a son of Frederick and Elizabeth Worgum. In 1855 the
parents removed with their family to Iowa, l

ZIEGLER, Adam

Eloine Chesnut

Milton T. Jay, M.D., History of Jay County Indiana, Historical Publishing Co., Indpls. 1922, Vol. II, pp.429-430

Adam ZEIGLER, one of Greene township's best known and most substantial farmers and landowners and proprietor of an admirable farm plant on rural mail route No. I out of Portland, is a native son of Jay county, a member of one of the real pioneer families