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��1870. Mr. Cline owns two good farms in this town- ship ; he has been elected Commissioner in this county two terms, filled the office with credit and is one of the enterprising men of the county.

COOK, GEORGE, farmer; P. 0. Mansfield; he was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., .June 11, 1818; came to Ohio with his parents in 182-5, and located in Franklin Township. He was married in 1847 to Matilda Jacobs, who was born in York Co., Penn., April 7, 1824; they had the following children: William W., born Jan. 9, 1850; Mary E., Feb. 6, 1852; David I., June 14, 1854; Emma, Nov. 7, 1858; John G., Jan. 2. 1861. His father, George Cook, Sr., was born in Germany in 1787; came to America in 1800; Mrs. Cook was born in 1794; Mr. George Cook, Sr., died Sept. 12, 1868, at the age of 81 years 9 months and 17 days ; Mrs. Cook died June 22, 1868, at the age of 74 years 10 months 29 days. William Cook is married to Martha Ralston ; they have three children — Emma E.,born in November, 1875; Etta Jane, March 4, 1877; George, Sept. 23, 1878.

COOK, DAVID, farmer; P. 0. Mansfield; he was born in this township, and has always been engaged in farming.

CRALL, JOHN, deceased ; he was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., Nov. 28, 1798. He was married, Aug. 31, 1824, to Mary Buck, who was born Nov. 30, 1804 ; they had one son — Amos Crall, born Dec. 19, 1827, in Dauphin Co., Penn.; he was married, June 22, 1853, to Catherine Urich, who was born June 22, 1835 ; they have two children — Fremont, born July 6, 1856, and Sherman, born Nov. 21, 1860. John Crall died March 8, 1877 ; Mrs. Mary Crall died Sept. 17, 1867. They were members of the United Brethren Church for twenty-seven years.

CRUM, HENRY W., Clerk's office, Richland Co., Ohio. Was born in Fi-anklin Township, Richland Co., Ohio, April 9, 1847 ; Isaac Crum, the Mher of H. ^Y., was an old resident of Franklin Township, and came to Ohio when a child ; his parents settled in Franklin Township, Richland Co., where part of the descend- ants yet reside; ^Ir. Isaac Crum, during his long resi- dence in Franklin Township, held the office of Town- ship Clerk a number of years, and was frequently honored by the people to positions of honor and trust ; in the year 1857, Mr. Isaac Crum was elected as Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in Richland Co., and re-elected in 1860 ; he died March 8, 1861, while serv- ing his second term, aged 43 years. He was the father of seven children, four of whom are living and three dead; the first son, Henry AV., is now engaged in the Clerk's office in Mansfield.

CRUM, JOHN, farmer; P. O.Mansfield; he was born, near the site of the big gate on the farm where he now resides, March 1, 1820. He was married, Nov. 2, 1848. to Catherine Clay, who was born Nov. 25, 1828, in Franklin Township ; they have the following family: Jacob, born Oct. 18, 1849; Elizabeth, born June 12, 1851 ; Margaret, born Feb. 15, 1858 ; Bart- ley, born April 29, 1854; Mary, born Nov. 25, 1856; J. Franklin, born Aug. 2, 1859 ; Lucinda. born Oct. 2, 1863 ; Ida C, born Sept. 30, 1866. Jacob died Nov.

2, 1851 ; Margaret, February, 1853, and Franklin, June

3, 1879. Jacob Crum, John Crum's father, was born

��in Huntingdon Co., Penn., Aug. 14, 1789 : he was mar- ried to Elizabeth Keith, who was born Feb. 17, 1794; they had the following family : Michael, born Oct. 24, 1814; Isaac, born Oct. 20, 1817: John, born March 1, 1820; Henry, born Aug. 12, 1822; Silas, born Aug. 11, 1825 ; Jacob, born Nov. 6, 1827 ; Mary, born June 6, 1830; Washington, born April 29, 1833. Silas, Jacob and John are yet living.

DUNNAN, SAMUEL (deceased). He was born in Scotland in 1800 ; he came to America when he was a young man. He was married, in 1833. to Margaret Linn, who was born in Augusta Co., Va., in 1810 ; they have the following family : John, born in 1835 ; Will- iam, born Aug. 20, 1838 ; Anna, born in 1839. Sam- uel Dunnan died Dec. 24, 1856. John Dunnan was married to Eliza Walters. William Dunnan is engaged in farming at the home place, and is residing with his family.

FACKLER, DAVID, farmer ; P. 0. Shenandoah ; he was born in 1845, in this township. He was married, in 1869, to Elizabeth Baker, who was born in Jackson Township, this county ; they have three children — Jennie, born Oct. 17, 1873; Joseph, born Aug. 30, 1875, and Eva, born Oct. 9, 1876. Joseph Fackler, his father, was born May 3, 1820 ; he was married to Mary Bear, who was born in Pennsylvania Dec. 15, 1816. Joseph Fackler died in 1849, and Mrs. Mary Fackler in 1877.

FIDLER, JOHN, farmer; P. 0. Ganges; he was born in Adams Co., Penn., in 1794. Married Elizabeth Shull ; they had ten children ; after Mrs. E. Fidler died, he married in 1855, Elizabeth Small, who was born in Franklin Township, Penn., in 1807. John Stoner, grandson of John Fidler, was born Feb. 9, 1860; he was raised by his grandparents. Mr. Stoner is now engaged in study and preparing himself for a useful position ; he is destined to make his mark in the future.

FIGHTER, HENRY F., grocerman; P. 0. Mansfield; he was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., July 29, 1847. Married, in 1872, Mary C. Spade, who was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., April 6, 1847 : they have three children— Alice E., born Feb. 23, 1873; John W., Nov. 16, 1874; Charles F., Sept. 16,1878. Mr. Fighter's father, Frederick Fighter, was born in Germany, in November, 1804; married to Catherine Hofl', who was born in 1805, in Lancaster Co., Penn.; they had three children — .John, born in 1840; Hattie, in 1843; Henry, in 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Fighter are both living ; they reside with their son in Franklin Township. Henry Fighter has been engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes for some years ; he is a first-class mechanic, and has also connected with his mechanical business a grocery supplying the community with the necessaries in this line ; he is obliging and always ready to meet the demand in this class of trade.

FORBES, LIBEUS, farmer ; P. 0. Ganges ; he was born in Springfield Township Aug. 20, 1825. Married Jan. 10, 1854, to Hannah Morthland, who was born in Cumberland Co., Ohio, Jan. 13, 1834; they have the following family: Theodore, born Nov. 14, 1855; Alli- son, Sept. 24, 1857, died Aug. 2, 1858 ; William, born Nov. 14, 1859 ; Elmer, Jan. 14, 1861 ; Laura, Oct. 20, 1871. Theodore married Mary A. Brook; they have

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