PERRY TOWNSHIP.
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��Ann, Dec. 30, 1837. Deaths— the father died Jan. 30, 1866; mother, Feb. 19, 18-59; John, when small; Mary J., .Jan. 23, 1862 ; Sarah A., Jan. 25, 18S0.
HUNTSMAN, WILLIAM, farmer ; resides on a part of Sec. 21, Perry Township ; he was born in Perry Township, and brought up on a farm ; when arriving at manhood, he commenced to work at the carpenter trade ; he moved on the place he now owns after mar- riage, where he has since remained ; he has filled the offices of Township Trustee and Treasurer, Elder in the Lutheran Church, and Superintendent of the Sabbath school. Mr. Huntsman was born Jan. 25, 1817 ; Cath- arine Bechtel, daughter of Martin Bechtel, was born Jan. 2, 1819. They were married June 25, 1840; chil- dren — Theodore, born Feb. 1, 1842 ; Nancy Jane, July 14, 1844: Mary E., March 11, 1847 ; Clancy, Dec. 6, 1848; Lydia A., May 17, 1851 ; Minerva C, March 9, 1855 ; Catharine, Feb. 12, 1858; Theodore died July 21, 1844.
HUNTSMAN, JAMES W., was born May 5, 1824; Catharine J. Baker was born March 28, 1832. They were married June 7, 1859. Children — Warran A., born Aprils, 1860; Lyndon H., Feb. 2, 1868 ; Charlie A., Oct. 3, 1874. The subject of this sketch was born in Perry Township, and brought up on a farm ; when 24 years of age, he commenced the harness trade in Wood- berry, and worked at it six years ; at the end of this time, he returned to the farm, and has given it his at- tention since ; he now owns the north half of the north- east quarter of Sec. 22, on which he resides, and land in another part of the township.
HUNTSMAN, AMARIAH C, was born and brought up on the northwest quarter of Sec. 22, Perry Town- ship, and has always resided there. He was married to Mary Culp, a daughter of George Gulp, who came from Maryland and settled in Troy Township in a very early day. Mr. Huntsman is a member of the M. E. Church, and a Class-leader ; his wife was also a mem- ber of the same church. He was born June 25, 1830 ; Mary Culp was born Sept. 9, 1833 ; they were married Sept. 29, 1857 ; children— Cassius, born Oct. 13, 1859; Wellington, Feb. 22, 1864; mother died Jan. 11, 1879. He was married to Maggie Isenberg Nov. 25, 1879 ; she was born May 14, 1849.
LANTZ, SAMUEL, farmer; owns and resides upon the southeast quarter of Sec. 11 ; he was born in Lan- caster Co., Penn., and came with his father's family to Richland Co. in 1833, and settled in Madison Town- ship. His father, Abraham Lantz, was born in the same county in Pennsylvania, on May 4, 1791, and died at the age of 79 years and 17 days; he was a minister of the Reformed Mennonite Church, and a carpenter by trade, which he gave up for an agricult- ural life after he arrived in this county ; his wife was born May 5, 1795, and died Aug. 29, 1862. Samuel commenced to learn the blacksmith trade when 16 years old, and set up for himself when 22 years old, working nine years ; he then commenced farming in AVeller Township ; in 1858, he removed to Ashland Co., where he lived eight years, and then on the farm he now owns. He was born July 3, 1821 ; Leah Brubaker was born in Ashland Co., July 24, 1825; they were married April 20, 1843; children — Henry B., born July 7, 1844; Catharine Ann, Jan. 4, 1846; Harriet,
��Oct. 1, 1847; Benjamin Franklin, Sept. 17, 1850; Mary M., March 29, 1853 ; Albert W., Sept. 5, 1855 ; Fanny Elizabeth, April 7, 1859; Abraham S., Aug. 29, 1862 ; Sarah Jane, Aug. 5, 1865. Harriet died Oct. 27, 1848. Mr. Lantz is a member of the Reformed Mennonite Church.
LANTZ, HENRY B., farmer; was born in Weller Township, Richland Co., July 7, 1844; he was brought up on a farm, and moved with his father, to Perry Township in February, 1866. He was married Dec. 19, 1872, to Mary E. Steel, daughter of John Steel, who was born Aug. 13, 1851 ; her mother's maiden name was Mary Knox ; they have one child, Arthur Milton, who was born Aug. 10, 1879. Mrs. Lantz united with the Evangelical Church when young in years ; Mr. Lantz united soon after marriage.
McKINLEY, ALEXANDER, resides in Sec. 1, Perry Township; he was born in Northumberland Co., Penn., and moved with his parents to Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1814; after marriage, he resided in Wayne Co. until February, 1827, when he moved near Perryville, Ohio ; he remained there about three years, and then moved on a farm near Springmills, this county ; on the 20th of December, 1864, he bought the place on which he now resides. Father McKinley was born in April, 1800; Jerush Runyan, his wife, was born in Beaver Co., Penn., Jan. 2, 1807. They were married Feb. 5, 1829 ; children — Mariah, was born March 20, 1830 ; Eliza- beth, Aug. 6, 1832 ; Sarah, Oct. 26, 1834; Stetari, Feb. 27, 1837 ; Caroline died at the age of 4 years, April 3, 1839; Joseph was born Oct. 3. 1841 ; .James K. P., July 31, 1844; Prudence, June 24, 1847.
OLIN, BENJAMIN, deceased; he came to Perry Township in 1866, and lived one year upon a farm owned by Nathaniel Olin, and the next year purchased the northwest quarter of Sec. 14, on which he ended his life. His father, Gideon Olin, was Major in Col. Her- rick's regiment in the Revolution; was Representative from Shaftsbury, Vt., fifteen years, seven of which he was Speaker; was Judge at Bennington some twelve years, and Chief Judge four years ; Member of Congress from 1808 to 1807. He died in 1833. Benjamin Olin was born in Bennington Co., Vt., Dec. 2, 1802. He commenced to read law at an early age, and was Judge of the County Court before marriage, and about ten years after. He was married, Oct. 12, 1842, to Betsey McCowen. Children — Catharine S., was born March 7, 1844 ; Gideon, Aug. 8, 1845 ; Mary D., March 20, 1847 ; Elizabeth, Sept. 8, 1849. Mary died March 12, 1848. Father died Aug. 15, 1874. Catharine married George Hill Sept. 24, 1866. Gideon married Mary E. Amos Aug. 17, 1807 ; she was born in May, 1848, and died Aug. 30, 1872.
PAINTER, GEORGE, owns and resides on the ex- treme southeast 80 acres of Perry Township ; he is a son of John Painter, who was born in Frederick Co., Va., July 18, 1775; in 1811, John Painter moved to Belmont Co.," and to Perry Township in 1813, and en- tered a quarter of Sec. 36 ; his neighbors were David and Robert Ewers, Philip Zolomon, Amos Hartly, Will- iam Mahagan, Moses Parker and Samuel Devoe ; George Painter was born in Perry Township on the farm of his present residence, Feb. 4, 1822. He was married to Mary Thumb, daughter of Christopher Thumb, Oct. 8,
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