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��Elizabeth Bristow ; they had five children — William, born July 14, 1834; George, Oct. 18, 1835; Jane, May 12, 1837; Nancy A., Sept. 8, 1838; John (deceased), Oct. 8, 1840; Thomas, Oct. 18, 1842. Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor died July 26, 1843. Mr. Taylor married again, April 30, 1844, .to Mary A. Robinson, who was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1820; they had five children — Elizabeth, born Sept. 20, 1852; Franklin, May 17, 1854; Marion R., May 16, 1856; David A., May 22, 1859 ; Ida May, Oct. 1, 1865. AVilliam Taylor enlisted in the late war in the 3d 0. V. I.; he died at Benton Barracks, Mo. Nancy Ann died in January, 1865, at the age of 27 years. Mr. Taylor owns a farm in Frank- lin and is one of the leading citizens of that township.

TAYLOR, ANDREW F., farmer; P. 0. Mansfield; he was born in Franklin Township Jan. 6, 1850; he is engaged in farming the old homestead and is an active, energetic man. His sister, Ellen B. Taylor, was born in Cass Township ; T. W. Taylor resides in Madison Township, north of the Water Cure.

THRONE, JACOB, f\irmer ; P. 0. Mansfield; he was born in Franklin Township Aug. 2, 1835. Married,

��Oct. 20, 1857, to Martha D. Watson, who was born in Newton Falls, Trumbull Co., March 5, 1838; they have the following family: William, born June 15, 1858; Mary A., March 15, 1860; Charles E., Feb. 20, 1862 ; Nichlas, Nov. 20, 1864; Ella B., Dec. 3, 1865; Dora A., June 28, 1868; Rollie W., Nov. 3, 1870; Oren W., June 23, 1872; Anna B., Nov. 3, 1874; Arthur L., June 12, 1878. Nichlas died Dec. 17, 1864 ; Martha, March 16, 18*11 ; Dora, Dec. 3, 1870. ' Jacob Throne's father, Michael Throne, died Aug. 31, 1871, aged 76 years 11 months and 27 days; his mother, Mrs. Throne, died July 22, 1851, aged 61 years and 10 months.

URICH, DANIEL, farmer; P. 0. Mansfield ; he was born in Pennsylvania in August, 1829 ; he came to Ohio at the age of 3 years with his parents. He mar- ried. Oct. 1, 1859, Maria A. Myers, who was born in Richland Co. Oct. 26, 1833 ; they have the following family: Sadie E., born Sept. 22, 1862; Foster J., Oct 15, 1865; David R., Nov. 1, 1867, and Amanda, Jan. 23, 1873. Mr. Urich has lived in this township since his marriage and owns a well-improved farm.

��JACKSON TOWNSHIP.

��BARBER, M. M., Justice of the Peace, and farmer; he was born in Union Co., Penn., Nov. 8, 1824. At 14 years of age, he went to learn the trade of printing, in New Berlin, Penn., in the oifice of the Evangelical Association, which has since been removed to Cleve- land, Ohio; he worked at printing some six years, learning the various branches of the trade ; the busi- ness not agreeing with his health, he left the office, and, with his wife and father-in-law, in 1846, started for Ohio, and settled near where he now resides. He was elected Township Clerk in 1848, which office he has held ever since, except one year ; in 1850, he was also elected .Justice of the Peace, which office he has since held, being elected ten successive times of three years each ; he has also been delegate to numerous po- litical conventions ; he enjoys the confidence of the community, and his decisions are rarely reversed ; he is a Director of the Buckeye Fire Insurance Company of Shelby. He is a man of quiet demeanor. Politi- cally, he is a Democrat. He was married to Mary Ann Garret Sept. 0, 1845, in Union Co., Penn.; they had ten children, nine of whom are living; Mrs. Barber was born in Union Co., Penn., Aug. 3, 1826.

BARNES, PATRICK, farmer ; he was born in Frank- lin Co., Penn., in 1814, and spent his early days there ; he was put out to work about the age of 10 years with his uncle ; his parents being poor, he was thus com- pelled to go out in the world ; he remained with his uncle until he was about 19 years of age, when he went to work at the carpenter trade with William Mackey, of Franklin Co., Penn., and served two years, and then at journeyman's work; he followed his trade until he came to Ohio, about 1844; he had previously come out, however, and worked for several months ; he set- tled in Jackson Township, and followed his trade, con-

��tracting and building, until within the last few years. He was married to Miss Catharine Picking, in February, 1843 ; they had ten children, eight of whom are living; his wife died in May, 1879. He is spending his re- maining days on his pleasant farm, about three miles east of Shelby ; he built a number of the buildings in his neighborhood, and was considered a reliable workman. BRICKER, ISAAC, fai-mer and stock-raiser ; he was born in Lebanon Co., Penn., July 24, 1823 ; his father, Capt. Henry Bricker, was known by that name from the fact that he raised a company of men and started for Baltimore, at which place there was a battle going on between the American and British armies ; before he arrived, however, the fight was over, and he returned home with his company ; he still kept his company organized, ready for any emergency. He was born in Lancaster, Penn., in January, 1790, where he lived until the year 1831, when he, with hi? wife and five children, emigrated to Ohio and settled in Jackson Township, about three and a half miles southeast of Shelby, where his son Isaac now resides. After he pur- chased the property, he commenced the erection of a place to live in ; there was an unfinished building that had been intended for a schoolhouse, which he com- pleted for a dwelling ; this stood near where the pres- ent dwelling now stands ; he then commenced the arduous task of clearing up the farm and improving. He was active in all the affairs of the county and town- ship, which he adopted as his home, but refused all oflfers to take any part as an officer in the affairs of the community. He had the esteem of the community in which he lived, being honest, plain and -blunt, never fearing to speak his mind freely. He died in 1855, leaving a family of five sons. His wife, whose maiden name was Rachel Kneesle, survived him some fifteen

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