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 JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.

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��was Assessor at one time ; he has always led a harmless and peaceable life.

FISHER, IRWIN D., merchant, Bellville, Ohio; he was born in Bellville Dec. 5, 1844, and, during his early life, assisted his father in managing a meat market ; he received his education in Bellville, with the exception of one year at the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity and one year at Elyria, Ohio. He was married to Barilla Elston, who was a daughter of William Elston, Sr., and she was born in Andover, Mass., Sept. 11, 1845 ; she came with her parents to Ohio in 1845 ; they were married Nov. 14, 1866, and the following are the names of their children: Burke, born Aug 26, 1867; Willie, Jan. 23, 1869; Addie, Sept. 17, 1872; Fred, March 3,1874; Rose, May 2, 1876; Mary E., Dec. 12, 1878. In 1867, Mr. Fisher formed a business relation with .J. Weaver and embarked in the produce and grocery business ; after they dissolved partnership, one of his brothers became his partner, and this firm in turn was succeeded by Fisher & Neily ; in 1876, Mr. Fisher assumed control of the business and has success- fully conducted it to the present, and the house of Irwin D. Fisher is oneof the first groceries in the village; he was Village Clerk three years and Councilman four, and is a member of the Masonic Lodge. ^Ir. Fisher's father, Daniel Fisher, was born in Schuylkill Co., Penn., Oct. 24, 1816; he learned the tanner's trade; in 1840, he com- menced to butcher in Bellville and continued in the business about thirty years. He was married, Feb. 13, 1844, to Mary E. Poppleton, who was born in Knox Co. June 18, 1824, and the children born to them were the subject of this sketch, Julia, Samuel and Frank.

FITTING, FREDERICK M, was born in Knox Co., one-half a mile south of Ankneytown, Oct. 27, 1810. His father came to this place in 1802, and, in 1813, moved into Jefferson Township, on Sec. 33 ; a few years later, he purchased land adjoining this on the west, on which he died. Casper Fitting came from Chester Co., Penn., to Knox Co. The subject of this sketch was brought up on a farm, and agriculture has been his main occupation in life, and he has made Bellville his home, with one or two exceptions, to the present ; in 1830, he commenced to tleal in Western land and has given his attention to it ever since ; he now owns about 1,000 acres; in 1838, he became interested in a dry- goods store in Bellville, and continued in this line here and in Worthington Township about ten years; in 1847, he built the mill west of Bellville ; in 1850, he took the contract of building the S., M. & N. R. R. from Mansfield to Bellville ; he commenced work in .January, 1850, and arrived at Bellville in August of the same year : he did a greater part of the grading, built the bridges and laid the iron ; he also furnished the ties for the road six miles below Bellville ; Mr. Fitting never received but a small amount of his dues, losing about $20,000 ; in 1875, he built an excellent residence in Bellville. He was married to Ruth Markey July 28, 1838, and to them two daughters were born, one of whom is living.

FREDERICK, CHRISTIAN. Mr. Frederick's par- ents, Jacob Frederick and Esther Prinkle, moved from Bedford Co., Penn., to Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, in 1813, where he was born. In 1828, he came with his parents to Knox Co.; his father died in Knox Co., in the 79th

��year of his age, and his mother is yet alive (1880) and is 85 years old. Mr. Frederick was brought up on a farm, and at the age of 29 began work at carpentering, laboring six months under instruction, after which he contracted jobs on his own responsibility ; for thirty- five years it was his principal employment, during which time he constructed ten bridges across the Clear Fork, fifteen large barns and a large number of dwell- ing-houses and other buildings. After marriage, he re- sided sixteen years in Knox Co., and then moved into Jefferson Township and assumed control of the Green- wood mill, in which he put a carding machine, and in connection operated a saw-mill ; in 1865, he bought a farm, being a part of Sec. 12, on which he moved and has lived to this date. He was born Nov 16, 1817; Esther Divelbiss was born in Franklin Co., Penn., Oct. 30, 1822; her father's name was Michael Divelbiss, and her mother's Margaret Swank. Mr. Frederick was married Oct. 11, 1840; children — Lydia was born Sept. 17, 1847; Eli, born A.ug. 24, 1843; James, born Dec. 31, 1845; Thomas, born Oct. 7, 1848; Marilla, born March 8, 1851; Mary E., born Jan. 27, 1853; Margaret A., born Sept. 1, 1855; Amanda J., born March 4, 1858; John M., born May 13, 1860; Calvin E., born Oct. 21, 1862 ; Lucinda, born Nov. 12, 1866; Marilla died Oct. 4, 1851 : Lydia married John Ware- ham ; Mary, William S. Charles ; Margaret, Jacob B. Leckron ; Elias, James and Thomas went to the army as substitutes ; James was in the Potomac army, and the remaining two in the Cumberland ; Elias was in many battles, and had eight bullet-holes put through his garments and had his hat shot off" once.

FRY, AMOS, farmer; resides on a part of Sec. 23. He was born in York Co., Penn., where he was raised and remained until 1850 ; he then moved to Blair Co., in which he lived till 1863, when he prepared and came to this county, arriving at Bellville the 3d of March ; he at once settled on the farm he now owns, and has given his attention almost wholly to farming and stock growing ; he is a charter member of the JeS'erson Grange, and has been an active member of the Order; he is also a surveyor of the Patron's Mutual Relief As- sociation. Amos Fry was born Feb. 4, 1830 ; Eliza- beth Hetrick was born March 10, 1836; they were married June 26, 1852; children — Daniel was born Feb. 27, 1854; Jacob, born June 15, 1856; Levi, born June 10, 1858; Sarah, born April 11, 1860; Jonathan, born Nov. 25, 1861 ; Mary Elizabeth, born March 23, 1864; Ulysses G., born Jan. 17, 1866; Eli C, born Sept. 5, 1868 ; Manda, born July 16, 1870 ; Manuel, born April 3, 1874; Yerda May, born Sept. 4, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Fry are members of the Lu- theran Church.

GARBER, SAMUEL ; the progenitor of an industri- ous and well-known family of Garbers. His father probably resided in York Co., Penn., when the subject of this sketch was born, and possessed an extraordinary taste for hunting ; he usually kept a large number of horses and hounds, which worked in well with this sort of life ; the horses were likely not kept solely for the purpose of hunting, as he made a business of purchas ing "old skeletons," which he fattened upon a mixture made of red-ant hills, and some kind of forage boiled together. He enlisted during the war of 1812, and his

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