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FENNER, FELIX (deceased), was born near Bethle- hem, Penn., and raised a farmer ; he located about 1813, on a small farm, and carried on blacksmithiug; in 1825, moved to Lansing Township, Tompkins Co., N. Y., where he worked at his trade; in 1831, went to Ohio to look up a home for his already large family ; he soon after returned, having been much encouraged by his visit, and in 1832 moved to Ohio, and soon after bought 122 acres of land in the woods, with a little log house on it, and about half an acre cleared. On Jan. 12, 1813, was married to Miss Elizabeth Trauger ; they had twelve children, nine of whom are living. Mr. Fenner died Dec. 7, 1877 ; he left a good farm with all good buildings and 75 acres cleared and fenced. He had filled many of the township offices in the gift of the people. He was quite a musician in his younger days, and at one time had the honor of being the organ- ist in the large Moravian Church of Bethlehem, Penn.

FENNER, F. T., farmer and stock-raiser ; was born in August, 1825, in Tompkins Co., N. Y.; the family came West when Mr. Fenner was quite small ; he was raised a farmer, and from the manner in. which he does business, one is led to the belief that he fully under- stands every thing that he undertakes ; he has, perhaps, as nice a farm as there is in the township, and his judgment on matters pertaining to the farm or stock- raising is considered solid. He was elected Township Trustee in 1866, and has held the office ever since, ex- cept one year, and has been Judge of Election at the three last Presidential elections ; he has, perhaps, threshed more grain than any other man in the county, as he has followed it for twenty-eight years ; he has come up from almost nothing to be a very wealthy man. Was married in 1848 to Miss Mary E. Hills ; they have four children — Sarah J., born September, 1849; Clara E., born July, 1854; Henry L., born October, 1856; Ida Adora, born in 1863. Mr. Fenner has been en- gaged in the manufacture of sorghum molasses for the past eighteen years, and, like his farming, has made it a success.

FENNER, CORNELIUS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Plymouth; was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y.; April 11, 1831 ; the family came VVestwhen Mr. Fenner was but 1 year old, landing in New Haven, Ohio. One year after this, his father, Mr. Felix Fenner, bought the present farm, there being but half an acre cleared and a small log house, he building the present house and the old barns on the homestead, consisting of 122 acres. Mr. Fenner died in November, 1856. Soon after his death, his son, Mr. C. Fenner, took charge of the farm, and now, together with what he has added to it and improvements made, makes it a premium farm. Mr. Fenner lived in Iowa four years, and came back after the death of his father. In 1863, he bought the farm, which is situated on the Columbus State road, one-half mile from the Huron Co. line. His principal farming is grain raising, and he raises and keeps stock enough to be profitable, and it is safe to say that Mr. Fenner is one of the first men in the county, and of good business principles. He has served a number of terms each as School Director and Supervisor. Was married, Dec. 29, 1863, to Miss Sarah A. Sheeley ;

��they have three children — Frank C, born Jan. 8, 1868 ; Anna Bertha, Nov. 6, 1870 ; Charlie W., Dec. 22, 1873. Mr. Fenner' s mother now lives with him ; she is nearly 87 years old, and very active and smart for a person of such advanced years. Mr. Fenner has one of the finest barns in the country. It is finished up in good style, and has all the modern improvements ; he has storage for 1,500 bushels of grain, with nearly all the con- veniences that a well-informed man could make. The building is 40x66 feet, with stabling under the whole building, with " shoots " for grain and hay, so that his feeding can be done without going out of the stable ; he has every facility for keeping stock, as his farm abounds with living water and a " spring- fed " creek. The farm now, with what he has added to it, makes it 153 acres of the choicest kind of land.

GETMAN, J. B., druggist, Plymouth; was born in Columbia, Herkimer'Co., N. Y.; received his education at Whitestown. March 30, 1857, came to Plymouth, where he was engaged to teach in the public schools, which position he held for seven years without inter- ruption. On the 5th day of December, 1863, he en- gaged in the drug business, and has been known throughout the country as a reliable and proficient druggist. He has been a member of the School Board twelve years, and has done much to elevate the schools to their present condition ; has been a member of the Council four years. Was married, July, 1859, to Miss Helen M. Wicks, who was born at Genoa, Cayuga Co., N. Y., and who came to Ohio when 4 years old ; they have three children — -Ida C, born in June, 1860 ; grad- uated at Ohio Wesleyan Female College when she was 17 years old, and is now a teacher in the Plymouth schools ; Walter Wix, born Sept. 30, 1867 ; Mable Helen, born in January, 1877.

GUNSAULLUS, F. DORR, attorney and counselor at law, Plymouth ; was born Aug. 22, 1854, in Plym- outh Township, receiving his education at the high schools of Plymouth. At the age of 15, he went into the foundry and machine-shops to learn the business, where he worked till .July, 1872 (during this time, he attended school during the winters) ; in 1872, he ac- cepted a position in the First National Bank as Teller, which position he held for two years, and had the con- fidence of all with whom he did business; in 1875, he began reading law, after which he attended the law school of the Cincinnati College ; was admitted to practice April 18, 1877. Was married in October,

1877, to Miss .Jennie E. Qettings, and on the evening of their wedding he and his bride started for the West, and landed at Aurora, Hamilton Co., Neb., Dec. 18, 1877 ; he was admitted to the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State ; May 6, 1878, was admitted as a counselor at law and solicitor in chancery of the United States Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska at Omaha. While at Hamilton, Neb., he organized a building association and was elected its President, he having the privilege of seeing built, by the aid of this association, the finest building in the county. At the earnest solicitation of his mother, and sickness of his father, he was induced to return to Plymouth, which he did in May, 1878 ; Juue 20,

1878, he opened a law office, and has been amply re- paid for it, having the patronage of most of the

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