Sandusky County, Ohio - Chapter 25: Miscellanea, 1909 (part 18 of 18)

MICHAEL W. HUNT,* ex-prosecuting attorney of Sandusky County, Ohio, who is a leading member of the bar at Clyde, was born May 25, 1866, at Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Johanna (Patten) Hunt. John Hunt, father of Michael W., was born in Ireland. He came to America and subsequently to Ohio and for many years was a His death occurred May 14, 1903. His family contained five children.

Michael W. Hunt was educated in the Clyde schools and being possessed of a quick and active mind resolved to adopt a professional life. He began his law studies in the office of the late Hon. John L. Lemon, completed them with the well known law firm of Finch & Dewey. at Clyde and was admitted to the bar in 1889. Mr. Hunt's ability very soon brought him to the front in his profession and caused his selection by the Democratic party, in 1902, as their candidate for the office of prosecuting attorney of Sandusky County. He was easily elected and in November. 1905, was re-elected and served out his second term with the same efficiency as the first. Since then he has given his whole attention to his large private practice. He is one of Clyde's active and representative citizens. Mr. Hunt is connected with a number of fraternal organiza-

ANDREW JACKSON WOLFE,* deceased, formerly treasurer of the Sandusky Pioneer Association, for many years was prominently identified with the grain trade and also owned a valuable farm of 163 acres, situated in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. He was born at Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, July 19, 1842, and was a son of Michael and Margaret (Engieman) Wolfe.

The parents of Mr. Wolfe came in pioneer style from Pennsylvania to Washington Township, Sandusky, when he was a babe nine months old and there he was mainly reared. Late in life they purchased a small farm on State Street, then about two miles out from Fremont, and there passed the remainder of their lives.

The late Andrew J. Wolfe was educated in the district schools and at Oberlin College, and quite early in his business life he became interested in the grain trade. At various times he owned elevators at different points and also a farm of 165 acres, situated in Sandusky Township. He divided his time between his farm and Fremont, sometimes passing three or four years in the country and then a like period in the city. As a reputable and successful business man he was known all through this section. He always took a great interest in pioneer matters and for many years was an Official of the representative pioneer organization of the county. Although not particularly identified with any religious body, Mr. Wolfe recognized good in all and was generous in his support of church enterprises and was a liberal dispenser of charity. At all times he was a loyal citizen and during the Civil War he served 100 days as a member of the 1rogth O. Vol. Inf.

On February 16, 1865, Mr. Wolfe was married to Miss Jemima Stultz, a daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Smith) Stultz. Her father was born in New Jersey, and her mother near Columbus, Ohio, while her native section was Washington Township, Sandusky County. Jacob Stultz came to Sandusky County as early as 1828. To Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe two children were born, namely, William E. and Nancy. William E. Wolfe, who is a prominent grain man of the county, owns three elevators, one at Vickery, one at Erlin and one at Whitmore. He was married (first) to Miss Hattie Tindel, who died in 1895, leaving one child, Helen, also deceased. Mr. Wolfe was married (second) to a Mrs. Broadfuer. Nancy Wolfe, the only daughter of the late A. J. Wolfe, married Albert Stull. The death of Andrew J. Wolfe occurred November 27, 1904. His widow survives and still retains the ownership of the farm in Sandusky Township.

A. B. HUGHES,* oil producer and contractor and sole proprietor of a machine shop which is located on South Main Street, Gibsonburg, was born in Venango County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of W. A. and Mary L. (Leeper) Hughes, residents of Oil City, Pennsylvania, where W. A. Hughes is in the oil producing business.

A. B. Hughes attended school in Venango County and did his first work as a driller in the Pennsylvania oil fields. Later he worked in the same capacity in West Virginia and Ohio and in the latter state drilled some of the earliest wells. Following his marriage in 1892, Mr. Hughes went to housekeeping in Gibsonburg, where he subsequently invested in property and in March, 1903, built a handsome modern residence at No. 301 South Main Street. His oil interests take up a large portion of his time and the remainder is given to his work in his machine shop, which has a large amount of steady trade. '

Mr. Hughes was married June 20, 1892, to Miss Myrtle M. Beatty, a daughter of Myron and Sarah (Bess) Beatty, and they have five children: N. Franklyn, Audine Bernice, Dale B., Thelma, and A. B., Jr. Mr. Hughes and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Lodge No. 575 F. & A. M., at Gibsonburg and to the Chapter and Commandery at Fremont.

in his line at Clyde, Ohio, has had a life of more than usual interest and is one of the honored veterans of the great Civil War. He was horn April 20, 1844, at Kenton, the county seat of Hardin County, Ohio, and is a son of Ezra and Eleanor B. (Pardy) Parmenter.

Ezra Parmenter was born in Vermont and was a son of Ezra and Sarah Elizabeth (Grant) Parmenter. The latter lived to the unusual age of one hundred and three years. The older Ezra Parmenter brought his fainily to Ohio from Vermont, in very early days. He was a noted Indian fighter and had much trouble with the savages after he settled in Allen County, near the present site of Lima and subsequently, with four of his sons, was killed by the Indians at Fort Findlay in 1812. His family numbered twelve sons and two daughters.

The younger Ezra Parmenter, the father of Francis M., learned the blacksmith's trade, at Lafayette, Ohio, and worked in many towns and villages. At Kenton he engaged in a sawmill business and the family lived at that place when Francis Marion was born, he being the youngest of the six children of the family. While at Lafayette, Ezra Parmenter married Eleanor B. Pardy, who was born in Genesee County, New York. She died aged sixty-six years. were: Harvey D., who was a soldier in the Civil War, and lives at Crydersville, Ohio; David, Titus and Nancy, all now deceased ; and Charlotte, who married John Campbell, and resides at Toledo, Ohio. Ezra Parmenter not only sent his sons into the army when the Union was threatened, but he also became himself a soldier, enlisting in Company B, 49th O. Vol. Inf., which was recruiting at Tiffin. His death occurred while he was in the service, being occasioned by an accident, in Kentucky.

Francis M. Parmenter spent his early boyhood in Big Springs Township, Seneca County, and when twelve years old accompanied his parents to Green Spring, where he went to school and learned the carpenter's trade. He had worked at this trade for about three years, when, in 1862, led by patriotic impulses, he enlisted in Company A, 55th O. Vol. Inf., under Captain Gambey. After serving seven months he was seriously wounded at the first battle of Fredericksburg, in Deceinber, 1862. This injury sent him home, where he remained until September 17, 1863, when he re-enlisted, entering the gth Ohio Cavalry, with which he remained identified until the close of the war. While serving as a scout and dispatch messenger - a very dangerous branch of the service - he was taken prisoner, at Raleigh, North Carolina, where he was imprisoned for seventeen days and was sent to the prison pen at Salisbury. from which, with two companions, he was fortunate enough to make his escape the first night during a furious tropical storm. He reached the Union lines in safety and thus survives to tell the tale which might otherwise never have been told. as the hundreds of Northern soldiers' graves in North Carolina give evidence.

When the war closed. Mr.- Parmenter returned to Green Spring and resumed work at his trade, which he continued there until 1869. He then made a trip west, and remained away from his native State until 1882, when he came to Clyde. In the following vear he married and settled at Center City, Nebraska. In 1890 he came back to Ohio and located at Crydersville, in Auglaize County, two years later moving to Wisconsin, where he lived until 1900, when he took up his residence again at Clyde. For many years he has been engaged in contracting, has also been in the oil business and has farming interests. In May, 1909, he opened his lumber yard on Maple Street, Clyde, where he carries all kinds of builders' supplies. He has been very successful in his business enterprises and has done a large amount of creditable work as a contractor and builder, in the different sections in which he has lived. Since coming to Clyde in 1900 he has erected more than twenty-three residences, has also built the handsome Baptist Church and a fine business block on one of the principal streets. He filled some very large contracts through the West, building a court-house at Trinidad, Colorado, at a cost of $75,000; a $14,000 schoolhouse in Kansas; an equally large one in Nebraska, together with churches and public buildings at numerous other points.

married (first) to Elizabeth Huling, of Clyde, who died in July, 1887, leaving two children, Mabel, who is the wife of Charles S. Brooks, of Jackson, Michigan; and Daniel, who is a resident of Clyde. Mr. Parmenter was married (second) December 22, 1888, to Isabella Serles, of Center City, Nebraska, and they have three children, Francis Leroy, Floyd and Elizabeth.

In politics, Mr. Parmenter is a Republican. He is identified with both the Masons and the Odd Fellows and belongs also to Eaton Post, G. A. R., at Clyde.

ADAM JORDAN,* general farmer, owning forty acres of excellent land in York Township, Sandusky County, which is situated one mile northwest of Colby Station, was born near Clyde, in York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, November 20, 1860. His parents were Joseph and Hannah (Gamby) Jordan.

Joseph Jordan was born in Seneca County, Ohio, and was a son of Adam Jordan, who was a native of Union County, Pennsylvania. The parents of Joseph Jordan moved from Seneca to Sandusky County and settled in York Township when he was ten years old, their land, being located near the center of the township. There Adam Jordan, the grandfather of the present Adam, died and on that farm Joseph Jordan grew to manhood. He married Hannah Gamby, who was born in Lime Township, Huron County, Ohio, a daughter of Samuel Gamby, an old settler there. To Joseph Jordan and wife the following children were born: Adam; Samuel and Alice, both of whom are now deceased; Clara, who is the wife of George Parker; Minerva, who is the wife of Allen Salsbury; and Irvin J., who resides at Clyde. The death of Joseph Jordan occurred May 1, 1898, when York Township lost one of. its most esteemed citizens. His widow still survives.

Adam Jordan was reared in York Township and was educated in the country schools. His business has always been farming and in addition to cultivating his own land, he manages eighty adjoining acres, which belong to his mother, and also a part of the Lefever farm.

Mr. Jordan married Miss Susie Spriggs, a daughter of John Spriggs, and they have one son, Carmi, who is nineteen years old. The family home is a handsome residence that Mr. Jordan built and he also erected the other substantial farm buildings. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum.

PHILIP J. WAMMES,* a prominent agriculturist of Sandusky Township, residing on his valuable farm of 138 acres, a large portion of which is under a fine state of cultivation, was born February 20, 1871, in Washtenaw County, Michigan. His parents were Anthony and Sophia (Fisher) Wammes.

The father of Mr. Wammes was born near the river Rhine, in Germany, and the mother was born in Austria. In 1864 they came to America and to Sandusky County, Ohio, residing at Fremont until 1869, when they moved to Washtenaw County, Michigan. There Anthony Wammes was engaged in farming until 1873, when he returned to Sandusky County and settled in Sandusky Township, on the farm which is now owned by his son, Philip J. In 1903 he removed to Washington Township, ° where he yet resides, now being in his seventyeighth year. Of his children the following survive: Philip J.; Frank J., who resides at Millersville, Ohio; Catherine, who is the wife of John Slope, of Ballville Township; Mary M., who is the wife of Frank L. Myers, of Washington Township; Ida A. and Victoria, both of whom reside at Fremont.

Philip J. Wammes was about two years old when his parents came from Michigan to Sandusky Township. He obtained his education in School District No. 2, where his children now attend school. He has devoted himself to agricultural pursuits and is numbered with the successful farmers and stock raisers of the township. ;

Mr. Wammes was married (first) January 21, 1892, to Miss Anna M. House, a daughter of Henry G. House, who is now a resident of Fremont. Mrs. Wammes died May 27, 1901, leaving four children, Rosa A., Clarence F., William F. and Carl S. Mr. Wammes was married (second) July 28, 1903, to Miss Mary Ehrman, who was born in Paulding County,

Ohio, a daughter of Gregory and Magdalena (Andrews) Ehrman. One daughter has been born to this union, Annie M. In his political views, Mr. Wammes is in accord with the Republican party. He takes an interest in thé public schools of his township and "assists in all movements which advance the general welfare and make living conditions more comfortable in his community.

JOHN W. COLVIN,* an extensive grain shipper and a dealer in coal and grain, at York Station, in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, and the owner of seventy-two acres of valuable land at this point, was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, May 6, 1857, and is a son of George H. and Cornelia Jane (Shutts) Colvin.

George H. Colvin was born in York Township, Sandusky County, and was a son of John Colvin, who was one of the first settlers to come into Sandusky County and buy Government land. George H. Colvin was an early school teacher in his native county. In 1864 he came to Townsend Township and purchased what was known as the Richey farm of eighty acres and there he resided until his death in March, 1887. He was township trustee and in every way a useful citizen, one held in high esteem. He married a daughter of William Shutts, who was one of the early pioteers of the county and a contractor on the first railroad, about 1840. Later he engaged in farming and continued in Sandusky County until 1865, when he moved to Indiana and died there. Mrs. Colvin survived her husband for two years. They had the following chil- dren: John W., of Townsend Township; William S., of Monroeville, Ohio; James P., Frank and Clinton, all of Townsend Township; Clifton, of Erie County,Ohio; Clara, wife of Stella, formerly wife of Warner Waring, both being now deceased; and Lula, wife of L. D. Carey, of Monticello, Indiana.

John W. Colvin was reared on the home farm and obtained his education in the public schools. He first began farming operations on rented land in Ballville Township and for fourteen winters was engaged in buying and shipping poultry. In 1894 he purchased fortythree acres of land at York Station, from Morris Haff, and in 1908 bought twenty-nine more lying south of his homestead. In addition to his farming operations, he conducts

-a large'business in coal and grain and is an extensive shipper. He is an enterprising business man, with a large endowment of good judgment and commercial integrity.

Mr. Colvin was married April 4, 1883, to Jennie A. Sanford, a daughter of Henry Sanford, of Townsend Township, and three children have been born to them, namely: Lloyd R., who died at the age of sixteen years; Henry Leo, who was born in 1888; and Blenn H., who was born in 1892. Mr. Colvin and family are members of the Universalist Church at Norwalk, Ohio, but they take part and enjoy the Methodist Sunday-school services near York Station. Mr. Colvin is an active citizen of his neighborhood, in every way giving encouragement to public movements and contributing liberally upon call. In politics he is ~ a Republican and has served as trustee of Townsend Township.

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