Berkshire, Ohio

J. AKNOLD, merchant. Galena ; the only son of Ira and Sarah M. (Ingham) Arnold ; is a native of Galena, this county, and born Aug. 17, 1845 ; he received the advantages of the common school of his day, and entered upon the duties of a clerk in Galena, at the age of 20 ; his attention was next directed to building and farming ; in 1873, he engaged to G. B. Carpenter in the lumber business. Aug. 8, 1874, he married Emma, the daughter of Mr. Carpenter, and to them, May 25, 1877, was born their child - Mamie. Mr. Arnold subsequently became the owner of the lumber business, which he continues ; under his administration it has been prosperous, and has grown in volume ; in addition to a stock of lumber and house-building material, he keeps salt, lime, coal and drain tile ; also buys grain and wool ; he will soon have completed a new business building, two stories high, dimensions, 40x25 feet ; he owns a fine residence in Galena, with twenty-five acres adjoining, also forty-five acres well improved in Berkshire Township ; he is a member of Galena Lodge, No. 404, I. O. 0. P. Himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church, in which he has been an active member, also served as Superintendent of Sunday school of the same denomination. Mr. Arnold's father was born in Vermont in 1794, and came to Ohio about 1810-11, experiencing the hardships incident to pioneer life ; he died about 1839. He was married twice, his second wife - the mother of the subject of this sketch - was born Dec. 31, 1799, the daughter of Abraham Ingham, and came to Ohio by team in 1810 ; previous to her marriage with Mr. Arnold, she had been married to Mr'. David Berge ; she is still living with her son in Galena, and is lively and interesting. Has been a church member the most of her life.

Passage source: History of Delaware County and Ohio. Containing a Brief History of the State of Ohio ... Biographical Sketches ... Etc, published 1880.

His wife was a daughter of Stephen Hopkins,' one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, for which his wife received a pension'; she lost, at one time, $500, through a mail robbery; it was afterward found buried ; she was born Dec. 22, 1794, and came to Ohio in 1808, with her mother ; married Mr. Fisher Jan. 17, 1811 ; she died Aug. 15, 1865 ; he died March 21, 1869. Mr. Fisher, the subj^t of this sketch, was born Jan. 11, 1834, on the present farm, where he has always lived and assisted his father in making a home. He married, Sept. 7, 1864, Susan, a daughter of George Roberts; her father was born May 13, 1818, in Ohio, and is now living in Harlem Township ; her mother was a daughter of J. Edwards, and was born Jan. 28, 1823; her parents had four children. Mr. Fisher is now owner of 280 acres of well-improved land, 114 acres of which was willed to him by his father and the remainder he purchased ; he makes a specialty of raising stock. They have a family of four children - David, Albert, Daisy and Phosbe. They are members of the M. E. Church at Berkshire, of which he is class-leader, and has also been connected with the Sabbath school of the same denomination.

Passage source: History of Delaware County and Ohio. Containing a Brief History of the State of Ohio ... Biographical Sketches ... Etc, published 1880.

MRS. MARY McAllister, Sunbury; is a daughter of David Armstrong ; her ^parents were born in Pennsylvania ; they had a family of nine children, four of whom are living. Mrs. McAllister was born March 19, 1825, in Delaware Co., Ohio ; she remained with her parents until Feb. 28, 1854, when she was married to Robert McAllister ; they settled in Sunbury ; her husband was a farmer, and dealt largely in stock. He died in 1862 ; was a member of the M. E. Church, of which she has also been a member since she was 23 years of age. They have three children - W. C, who is now of the firm of Kimball & McAllister, Charles A., is now the owner of a livery stable at Sunbury ; and Kate (widow of Dr. H. Hudges), who owns a fine farm in Berkshire Township, which she is renting to Miller ; she also owns a dwelling-house in Sunbury, where she now resides.

Passage source: History of Delaware County and Ohio. Containing a Brief History of the State of Ohio ... Biographical Sketches ... Etc, published 1880.

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Read the whole chapter on Berkshire Township - it names this place 35 more 35 times.