Thomas H. B. Columbia

Thomas H. B. Columbia - was one of the early settlers in this county; he came here in 1846. He was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, November 10, 1842, and married March 5, 1865, to Corrilla M. Marcellus, whose birth occurred in Defiance county, June 17, 1848, and they have five children: Dana D., born July 9, 1866; Earl B., April 11, 1869; Edith M., August 7, 1872; Tommie M., March 7, 1875; Frank A., April 25, 1881. The grandparents are Dana, born in Massachusetts, March 4, 1797, and Elsie (Ward) Columbia, born in Vermont February, 1809; and David Wesley, born in New Jersey November 22, 1817, and Marinda (Hopkins) Marcellus, born in New York, October 15, 1822, died in April 1876. They were early settlers of this county; came in 1833. Mr. Columbia has served as Township Treasurer for fifteen years, and also as Clerk. His business is merchant and farmer. Address, Junction, Paulding county, Ohio.