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 PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP.

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��years ; the company highly appreciate his services, as he is a No. 1 man in every particular. Was married, May 18, 1876, to Miss Lilla A. Bowlby, of Plymouth ; their residence is on Trux street.

LOVELAND, G. W., farmer; P. 0. Plymouth; was born in New Haven, Ohio, in 1832 ; has always lived on the farm there until 1861, when he bought a part of what was then the Ammerman farm, which had been settled and improved for many years, he making the present improvements in the shape of buildings ; he has perhaps one of the finest residences in the town- ship, and everything around him to make home and life comfortable ; he used to teach school in an old schoolhouse that was situated on the northeast corner of his farm ; there was an old house and barn on the place when Mr. L. came here ; five or six years after he moved here, he built his present handsome build- ings. Mr. Loveland has served three years as Town- ship Treasurer, and one term as Township Trustee ; he is a man who well deserves the position which he holds in society. Was married in 1857 to Miss Delila H. Parker, daughter of Samuel Parker, Esq.; they have two children — Jessie Eugenia, born Aug. 18, 1861, and Polly, born Feb. 17, 1878.

Mcdonough, ROBERT, jr., furniture and under- taking, Plymouth ; he was educated at Kenyon Col- lege, Gambler, Knox Co., Ohio; May 1, 1879, he bought out the firm of Kaylor & Sweet, furniture dealers ; Mr. McDonough has one of the best selections of fur- niture, etc., to be found in town, and, although one of the youngest firms in town, yet he has a fine prospect before him, and tries to gain the confidence of the pub- lic. February 7, 1879, he was married to Miss Bell Hofl^man, of Plymouth. Mr. McDonough's father, Robert, Sr., was born in Washington Co., Penn., Feb. 9, 1811 ; when but 9 years of age, he came, with his parents, to Millersburg, Ohio, where they remained until he was 18 years of age ; thence he removed to Mansfield, Ohio, where he remained until 1832, when he came to Plymouth, where he resided until his death, which occurred May 17, 1873, he having been a resident of Plymouth forty-one years, consequently one of the earliest settlers in the town. Mr. McDon- ough was born of Scotch-Irish parentage, and, at the age of 23, he united with the Presbyterian' Church ; was engaged in the mercantile business thirty-eight years, and the two last years of his life he was in the banking business, with general favor and success, as had been shown him by the confidence of the business and farming community ; in respect to his memory, all the business houses were closed, appropriately draped in mourning.

NIMMONS, E. H., farmer ; P. 0. Plymouth ; was born in Plymouth Township in 1846 ; his parents came from Binghamton, N. Y, to Plymouth at a very early day; his father died in April, 1857; his mother now lives in town. Mr. Niinmons bought his present farm in 1872; has always lived within one and one-half miles of Plymouth till he came to his present farm. In Janu- ary, 1865, he enlisted in Company G, 191st 0. V. I., where he served till he was discharged, which was on Aug. 27, 1865, at Winchester, Va.; he went out under Thomas Kinney, as Captain. Was married in January, 1870, to Miss Brumback, of Plymouth; they have four

��children, two boys and two girls — James K., born Dec. 21, 1870; Frank, born Jan. 9, 1872; Edessa, born July 2, 1874; Mary E., born July 19, 1876. Mr. Nimmons has a nice farm and a very pleasant home, only three miles south of Plymouth, on the Shelbv road.

PARKER, HURON M, merchant, Plymouth; was born in West Haven, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1845; in 1857 the family came to Plymouth ; he learned the wagon and carriage trade of his father, and has since been in other branches of business ; has been connected with the dry-goods trade of Plymouth for several years ; on July 17, 1875, he opened his present business, which comprises dry goods, notions, and in fact everything pertaining to a first-class establishment. Mr. Parker is regarded as one of Plymouth's reliable men ; is on the north side of the public square.

PARKER, SAMUEL, proprietor carriage and wagon factory, Plymouth ; was born in Meriden, Conn., in 1803 ; in 1833, be came to New Haven, Ohio, and opened up a wagon and carriage shop, having learned the trade in 1821. In 1857, moved to Plymouth, and there carried on the above-named business. Mr. Parker is one of the successful business men of his day, and is counted as one of the best of citizens. He has been a stanch member and support of the Methodist Episcopal Church here for over thirty-nine years, hav- ing become a member in March, 1840. Mr. Parker has raised a family of children that he may well feel proud of, as they are all industrious, hard-working and hon- orable citizens. About nine years ago, Mr. Parker turned his business over to his son, Samuel R.

PARKER, SAMUEL R., carriage and wagon man- ufacturer, Plymouth ; was born Jan. 24, 1848, in New Haven, Huron Co.; he came to Plymouth with the fam- ily in 1857 ; he learned his trade and business of his father : he took great pains while learning it, and fully understands it in all of its branches, besides being the largest and best establishment in town ; he keeps con- stantly on hand other and cheaper work from the large factories in the cities, and can accommodate his patrons with all the popular styles and prices ; his own work recommends itself wherever used. He is regarded by his many friends and patrons as a reliable and good business man, and as a successor to his father will do credit to the business which he represents. AVare- house and shops corner of Plymouth and High streets.

PACKER, J. H., school teacher, farmer and stock- raiser; P. 0. Plymouth ; was born in 1847, in the State of Pennsylvania ; in 1849, the family came to Ohio ; he lived on the old homestead, on the Bucyrus road near the B. & 0. R. R., in Plymouth Township, till he was about 8 years old, when he went to Shelby, where he attended school for several years, after which he attended the Savannah Academy for a period of four years, when he entered the University of Wooster, Ohio, where he gradu- ated in 1871^ soon after graduating, he was engaged by the School Board of Gallon as Principal of the high schools of the town, which position he held for two years, when his health failing made it necessary for him to seek outdoor exercise, and he came back to Plymouth Township, and in the spring of 1876 pur- chased his present farm, about one mile south of Plym- outh, on the Bucyrus road. He is a member of the Township School Board, and a good and. efficient

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