Jabez Jones, Jr., Who Is His Father??

By Pamela Pattison Lash

Recently I received an email from a fellow who is trying to prove that Jabez Jones, Jr. is the son of Jabez Jones, SR, a W1812 veteran who settled in NW Ohio.  If anyone has more to share, email me.  Here's what I have:


1 Jabez Jones
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Birth: 23 Jun 1792, Hampshire Co, VA
Death: 12 Mar 1884, Bryan, Pulaski Twp, Williams Co, OH
Burial: Brown Cem, Center Twp, Williams Co, OH
Father: David Jones
Mother: Sarah Sumpter

To Ross Co with parents c 1803; after marriage to Keziah they settled in Bean Creek, Oct 1832; removed to Fulton Co, OH, then back to Williams Co; died at home of his son, John B Jones

War of 1812 service - Page 66 of the Jan 1988 WCGS newsletter in a listing of Grave Registration of Veterans for Brown Cemetery: He was a Private in the War of 1812, on the roll of Captain John Van Meter's company,
Note - from Roster of Ohio Soldiers in War 1812 p228-230
Ohio Militia, serving July 29-Aug 13, 1813; he was discharged 13 Oct 1813
Note - Also in same company are
Lt Samuel Jones
Sgt Aaron Jones
Pvt Henry Jones
Pvt Moses Jones
Pvt Ambrose Grafton

1830 Colerain, Ross, Ohio; Series: M19; Roll: 139; Page: 290; Family History Library Film: 0337950
Jabez Jones
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 7

Jabez Jones of Williams Co, OH
Issue Date: 2 Apr 1829
Acres: 80
Meridian: 1st PM
State: Ohio
County: Defiance
Township: 4-N
Range: 3-E
Section: 21
Accession Number: OH0590__.493
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Piqua
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Number: 492

Jabez was a voter in Pulaski Twp Elections 1840, 1842, 1843, and 1846

Williams County, Ohio Probate – Will of Moses Jones, 21 April 1865 case number 930 p293-295

Copy of the last will and testament of Moses Jones deceased admitted to record 1 Apr 1865 – this day came Jabez Jones by Great and Owen his attorneys and filed in this court an authenticated copy of the last will and testament of Moses Jones late of Ross Co and the state of Ohio deceased  as admitted into record in wills and authenticated by probate court of said county is as directed that said copy as authentication by the judge be recorded in the record of wills of Williams County, GE Long Probate Judge.  Said copy

I Moses Jones of County of Ross and state of Ohio being of lawful age of sound mind and memory
Son Cornelius and his heirs all the land lying in Williams County and he shall have charge of my son Jonas and provide clothing and room during his lifetime and

My beloved wife Ann shall consent to go with him and take with her the minor children

Legalese on if they don’t follow him (Cornelius and take care of Jonas) then they will be paid some money; mentions 80 acre lot; Ambrosia Grafton is exempt from this (move??) – she gets a mortgage

And if Jonas dies then the land will be divided up amongst the heirs

Will written 23 Nov 1844
Witnesses – AW Thompson, Jonathan Sherman

March Term 1845 Ross Co these witnesses appeared with the will of the deceased Moses Jones before the court

Later Nicholas Throckmorton, Judge, 17 Apr 1865 authenticated the copy of this (I assume for Jabez Jones to bring to the Williams County Court)


1850 Jefferson, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M432_741; Page: 24B; Image: 53
Jabdse Jones 58 VA farmer
Keza Jones 49 OH
Sarah Jones 21 OH
Edward Jones 21 OH
Malinda Jones 18 OH
Austin Jones 13 OH
David Jones 24 OH

1860 Franklin, Fulton, Ohio; Roll: M653_965; Page: 357; Image: 182; Family History Library Film: 803965
Jabez Jones 68 VA farmer
Kaziah Jones 59 PA
Austin Jones 23 OH

1870 Franklin, Fulton, Ohio; Roll: M593_1202; Page: 91A; Image: 185; Family History Library Film: 552701
J B Jones 78 VA farmer
Keziah Jones 68 PA

1880 Center, Williams, Ohio; Roll: 1078; Family History Film: 1255078; Page: 598A; Enumeration District: 010; Image: 0056
William Ayres 73
Sarah C. Ayres 53 OH-VA-PA
George W. Ayres 22
William J. Ayres 21
Francis Ayres 12
Samuel D. Ayres 19
Jabez Jones 87 VA-VA-Germ  f-i-l

Goodspeed p479-480
Jabez Jones was born in Hampshire County, Va., June, IJ92; while
young, he, with his father's Camily, came to Ross County, Ohio. He
came to Jefferson Township in the spring of 1834; was elected the first
Justice of the Peace in Northwestern Ohio, and he is now living in
Bryan, at the advanced age of ninety years. He was a soldier of the
war of 1812; was at Upper Sandusky (now Fremont), with Gen. Harrison.
At the celebration at Bryan, July 4, 1876, Mr. Jones, with six
other soldiers of 1812, sat on the stand; these have all passed on before
him.

Month:
03
Day:
20
Year:
1884
Source
Source:
BRYPRS
Page:
5
Column:
4

Month:
3
Day:
20
Year:
1884
Source
Source:
BRYDEM

Spouse: Keziah Barkhimer
Birth: 1801, Fairfield Co, OH
Death: c1875, Franklin Twp, Fulton Co, OH
Marriage: 10 Oct 1822, Fairfield Co, OH

Children: Jabez (1817-<1900)
John B (1823-)
David (1826-)
Sarah C (1827-1898)
Edward (1829-)
Malinda (1832-)
Austin (1837-)

1.1 Jabez Jones
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Birth: 1817, OH
Death: bef 1900

1840 Pulaski Twp, Williams Co, OH
Jabez Jones, JR
1m under 5
1m 20-29
1f 20-29

1850 Pulaski, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M432_741; Page: 93A; Image: 185
Jober Jones 34 OH
Juliann Jones 30 OH
William Jones 11 OH
Cyutha Jones 9 OH
Peliny Jones 7 OH
Adalade Jones 5 OH
Alison Jones 1 OH
Susan Jones 60 OH

1860 Pulaski, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M653_1052; Page: 47; Image: 97; Family History Library Film: 805052
Jabez Jones 43 OH
Julia A Jones 44 PA
Wm H Jones 21 OH
Columbia D Jones 17 OH
Adelia Jones 15 OH
Putney A Jones 13 OH
Cornelius Jones 8 OH
Sarah C Jones 5 OH

1870 United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6GQ-2VB : accessed 22 February 2015), Cornelius Jones in household of Jabez Jones, Ohio, United States; citing p. 27, family 210, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,781.
Pulaski Twp, Williams Co, OH
Jabez Jones M 53 Ohio
Julia A Jones F 54 Pennsylvania
Puttney Jones M 28 Ohio
Adelaide Jones F 23 Ohio
Cornelius Jones M 18 Ohio
Catherine Jones F 15 Ohio
William Jones M 3 Ohio

1880 Pulaski, Williams, Ohio; Roll: 1078; Family History Film: 1255078; Page: 621D; Enumeration District: 011; Image: 0104
Jaby Jones 63 OH-VA-VA
Julia A. Jones wife 64 PA-PA-PA
Leah C. Jones dau 24 OH-OH-PA
William H. H. Jones grandson 13 OH-OH-OH

Spouse: Julia A Ranck
Birth: 7 Nov 1815, PA
Death: 16 Nov 1900, Bourbon, Marshall Co, IN

1900 Bourbon, Marshall, Indiana; Roll: 391; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0069; FHL microfilm: 1240391
Julia A Jones 74 PA-PA-PA widow, pensioner 7/5 ch
Charles Jones son 48 single OH-OH-PA plasterer
Leah C Jones dau 45 single OH-OH-PA

Marriage: 10 Jul 1838, Ross Co, OH

Children: William H (1839-)
Synthia Norton (1840-1907)
Putney Allison (1842-)
Plessy/Pliny Columbia D (1843-)
Adelaide (1845-)
Charles Cornelius (1852-)
Leah Catherine (1855-)

1.1.1 William H Jones
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Birth: 1839, OH

1.1.2 Synthia Norton Jones
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Birth: 20 Mar 1840, OH
Death: 12 Feb 1907, Carlton, Barry Co, MI

Spouse: Abraham S Bostater
Marriage: 2 Feb 1860, Barry Co, MI

1.1.3 Putney Allison Jones
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Birth: 1842

1.1.4 Plessy/Pliny Columbia D Jones
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Birth: 1843, OH

1.1.5 Adelaide Jones
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Birth: 1845, OH

1.1.6 Charles Cornelius Jones
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Birth: Feb 1852, OH

1.1.7 Leah Catherine Jones
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Birth: Jun 1855, OH

Spouse: Abraham S Bostater

1.2 John B Jones
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Birth: 1823, OH

1850 Pulaski, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M432_741; Page: 87A; Image: 173
John Saddoris 36
Susan Saddoris 26
Amanda Saddoris 10
Winifield Saddoris 8
Orlando Saddoris 6
Elizabeth Saddoris 4
Filmore Saddoris 1
John B Jones 26
Samuel Radkey 23

1860 Bryan, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M653_1052; Page: 41; Image: 85; Family History Library Film: 805052
John B Jones 36 OH
Maria J Jones 32 OH
Flora Delia Jones 9 OH
Ella A Jones 4 OH

1870 Bryan, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M593_1282; Page: 198A; Image: 399; Family History Library Film: 552781
John B Jones 47 OH farmer
Maria Jones 42 OH
Flora Jones 19 OH
Ella Jones 15 OH

Spouse: Maria

1.3 David Jones
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Birth: 1826

1.4 Sarah C Jones
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Birth: 1827, OH
Death: 1898

Spouse: William Ayres
Marriage: 1856

1.5 Edward Jones
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Birth: 1829, OH

1870 Center, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M593_1282; Page: 46A; Image: 95; Family History Library Film: 552781
Edward Jones 40
Mary J Jones 36
Henry Jones 16
John Jones 12
Rachel Jones 10
Williard Jones 8
Ellen Jones 6
George Jones 3

1.6 Malinda Jones
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Birth: 1832

1.7 Austin Jones
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Birth: 1837

Sarah E. Palmer b: 4 Dec 1844 in Fulton County, Ohio
Married: 3 Jul 1872
Children
 Norris Emerson Jones b: 10 Jul 1873
 Firi Jones b: 2 Jun 1882
 Norman E. Jones b: 14 Jun 1884
 Otto Jones b: 1885

Jacob Sheets - FGS - War of 1812 Veteran

By Pamela Pattison Lash

Name:      Jacob Sheets

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Birth:      c14 Dec 1781      Frederick Co, MD

Death:      12 Jun 1863      Williams Co, OH

Burial:            Louden Cem, Superior Twp, Williams Co, OH

Father:      Frederick Ludwig Sheets

Mother:      Barbara Brown (possibly)

Marriage:      9 Jun 1811      Columbiana Co, OH

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Spouse:      Mary Magadelana Woolf

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Birth:      1791      Louden Co, VA

Death:      28 Oct 1858      Williams Co, OH

Burial:            Louden Cem, Superior Twp, Williams Co, OH

Father:      Henry Woolf

Mother:      Juliann “Polly” Buzzard

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Children

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1 M:      Frederick Sheets

Birth:      1812

Death:      23 Feb 1866      Williams Co, OH

Spouse:      Sarah Yeager

Marriage:      16 Mar 1837      Columbiana Co, OH

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2 M:      Henry Sheets

Birth:      25 Nov 1814      Columbiana Co, OH

Death:      16 Mar 1888      Sand Lake, Kent Co, MI

Spouse:      Hannah Lewallen

Marriage:      14 Mar 1840      Columbiana Co, OH

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3 M:      George Sheets

Birth:      5 Jun 1816

Death:      24 Oct 1834      Columbiana Co, OH

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4 M:      Israel Sheets

Birth:      7 Jan 1820

Death:      1860-1864

Spouse:      Jane McAdams Early

Marriage:      30 May 1848      Columbiana Co, OH

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5 M:      David Sheets

Birth:      20 Jul 1822      Columbiana Co, OH

Death:      1864

Spouse:      Maria Shisler

Marriage:      9 Nov 1848      Columbiana Co, OH

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6 M:      Isaac N Sheets

Birth:      26 Oct 1825      Columbiana Co, OH

Death:      23 Oct 1898      Williams Co, OH

Spouse:      Eliza Kerr

Marriage:      7 Jul 1846      Columbiana Co, OH

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7 M:      John C Sheets

Birth:      1835      Columbiana Co, OH

Death:      1861

Spouse:      Rebecca Snyder

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8 F:      Maria Sheets

Spouse:      Charles Schultz

Marriage:      22 Mar 1845      Columbiana Co, OH

Notes for Jacob Sheets

Jacob Sheets came to Columbiana Co, OH c1807 with his parents and received part of Sec 18 from his father.  Jacob built a sawmill and planted the willow on the bank of the dam in Butler Twp. He sold the property to Robert Harris and removed to Williams Co, OH.¹

Private, 2nd Ohio Militia in War of 1812; a private in Captain John Nichol’s Company, Columbiana Co, OH, 1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Division of Ohio Militia¹

Will Columbiana Co, OH, 7 November 181 - names children Jacob, John, Mary,Barbara, William, Christian, Abrahan, Margaret, and Samuel, and Frederick.

Frederick Sheets Will - located in Will Book 3, p289 for Columbiana Co, OH

In the name of God Amen, I Frederick Sheets of Unity Township, Columbiana

County and State of Ohio being weak in body of sound mind and memory think proper to make my last will and Testament in manner and form following, to wit,

First it is my will that all my Just Debts and funeral expenses be paid as soon as convenient after my decease - Item - I will and bequeath to my son Jacob the set of Smith tools which I have in possession - Item - It is my will that the remainder of my property be equally divided among all my children, to wit John Jacob Barbara William Christian Abraham Margaret Samuel & Frederick with this provision that whereas William left me previous to his becoming of a for the purpose of learning a trade, I desire that it be considered that he has received on that account one hundred Dollars of his share and as Jacob and John have made improvements on their part of my land which they occupy they are to receive or be allowed for the improvements previous exclusion of their shares, and it is my will that the said Jacob and John have each one hundred acres of land off the Quarter section of land which they respectively occupy, to betaken off that side of the Quarter that is best adapted to include the improvement as they are to have the improved part - and after allowing each of them for his improvement if it should appear on a valuation that the one hundred acres as above specifies except his share he is to pay to the others a sum which will reduce it to his equal share and should it fall short he is to receive from the balance of my estate a sum which will make it equal. It is further to be understood that Jacob & John have each of them received a horse worth fifty Dollars which is to be considered as so much of their share - And as Mary and Barbara have received household furniture to the values of thirty Dollars each that is to be considered as so much of their share - Lastly I do hereby appoint constitute and appoint my son Jacob Sheets and my friend Peter Eyster Esq my Executors to this my last will and testament hereby revoke and forever disannulling all former wills by me made and confirming this my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 14th November 1817.

Attest Horace Potter

Jacob Leibert Frederick Sheets (seal)

Christian Sheets H. Potter Clk

On Ohio Tax Lists for Butler Twp, Columbiana Co, OH 1820-1838

1820 Butler Twp, Columbiana Co, OH

1830 Butler Twp, Columbiana Co, OH

BLM records show Jacob Sheets of Williams Co, OH bought land at the Lima, OH Office on 20 Mar 1837 as T7N R3E w1/2 sw1/4 of Sec 7 at 64A and T7N R2E e1/2 se1/4 of Sec 12 at 80A

1840 Butler Twp, Columbiana Co, OH

1850 Butler, Columbiana, Ohio; Roll: M432_669; Page: 307A; Image: 616.

h/h 115/118 Sheets, Jacob 68 MD no occup

Mary 59 VA

John 15 OH farmer

Notes for Mary Magadelana Woolf

Mary Woolf came to Columbiana Co, OH with her father, Henry Woolf, and mother Polly, in 1804.¹

9 children

Sources

1. History of Columbiana Co, OH, 1879, p97, 247-248.

Jesse Fisher - FGS - War of 1812 Veteran

By Pamela Pattison Lash

Name:      Jesse Fisher

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Birth:      14 Jul 1787      Franklin Co, PA

Death:      7 Mar/3Apr 1872      Defiance Co, OH

Burial:            Williams Center Cem, Center Twp, Williams Co, OH

Marriage:      1815

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Spouse:      Nancy Fowler

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Birth:      1793      PA

Death:      20 Apr 1861      Defiance Co, OH

Burial:            Williams Center Cem, Center Twp, Williams Co, OH

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Children

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1 F:      Sarah “Sally” Fisher

Birth:      Feb 1819      Millersburg, Holmes Co, OH

Death:            pos DeKalb Co, IN

Spouse:      James McDowell

Marriage:      11 Sep 1845      Defiance Co, OH

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2 F:      Lucretia Fisher

Birth:      1822      OH

Death:      aft 1880      pos Wauseon, Fulton Co, OH

Spouse:      Alfred Tracy

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3 M:      James Fisher

Birth:      1829      OH

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4 M:      Jesse Fisher

Birth:      29 Jul 1832      Holmes Co, OH

Death:      21 Jul 1913

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5 M:      William Fisher

Birth:      1835

Death:      aft 1860

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6 M:      David Fisher

Birth:      17 Feb 1837

Death:      4 Nov 1912

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7 F:      Samantha Fisher

Birth:      17 Mar 1844

Spouse:      Dr. James W Jennings

Marriage:      9 Feb 1866      Defiance Co, OH

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8 F:      Nancy Fisher

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9 M:      John Fisher

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10 M:      Archie Fisher

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11 M:      Philip Fisher

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12 M:      Conrad Fisher

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13 F:      Jennie Fisher

Notes for Jesse Fisher

History of Defiance Co, OH, p281

Union Presbyterian Church was organized in Farmer Township, September 2, 1848, by Rev. John M. Crabb, an itinerant missionary of Maumee Presbytery, old school, with Jesse Fisher and Arthur Cleland as Ruling Elders. Fourteen individuals constituted the membership. These were Jesse Fisher and Nancy, his wife, Arthur Cleland and Marc-, his wife, John Miller and Margaret, his wife, Isaac Miller and Nancy, his wife, William Cleland, William Cleland, Jr., Andrew Cleland, Joshua Hall and Mary, his wife, and Joshua Woodcox.

1820 Salt Creek, Wayne, Ohio; Page: 167; NARA Roll: M33_93; Image: 219.

Jesse Fisher

4m under 10

1m 26-44

1f 26-44

1830 Salt Creek, Holmes, Ohio; Page: 303; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 133; Family History Film: 0337944.

Jesse Fisher

1m under 5

2m 10-14

2m 15-19

1m 40-49

2f under 5

2f 5-9

1f 30-39

1840 Salt Creek, Holmes, Ohio; Roll: 404; Page: 218; Image: 440; Family History Library Film: 0020168.

Jesse Fisher

1m under 5

2m 5-9

1m 10-14

4m 20-29

1m 50-59

1f under 5

1f 5-9

1f 10-14

2f 15-19

1f 40-49

1850 Farmer, Defiance, Ohio; Roll: M432_674; Page: 66B; Image: 646.

h/h 890/890 Fisher, Jesse 60 PA $3,000 farming

Nancy 53 PA

James 21 OH

Jesse 19 OH

William 15 OH

David 13 OH

Samantha 11 OH

1852 Mary Smith Culbertson produced witnesses, Jesse Fisher and William Ingram, to corroborate her facts in divorce from husband, Samuel Culbertson. Mary wanted a reasonable alimony.  A legal notice appeared in the newspaper, Equal Rights.

1860 Farmer, Defiance Co, OH

h/h Fisher, J 66 PA farmer

Nancy 58 PA

1870 Farmer, Defiance, Ohio; Roll: M593_1195; Page: 91A; Image: 185; Family History Library Film: 552694.

h/h 230/212 Fisher, Jesse 80 PA too old to work $10,000re/$445pp living with son Jesse 36 OH and his family

“Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties, Indiana

Together with Biographies of Many Prominent Men of Northern Indiana and the Whole State, Both Living and Dead”, Goodspeed Brothers Publishers, Chicago, 1893

Samantha Fisher, who was born March 17, 1844, to Jesse and Nancy (Fowler) Fisher, the former of whom was born in Franklin county, Penn., of substantial Dutch stock, and was a soldier in the War of 1812. After a short residence in Franklin county, Penn., he removed to Wayne county, Ohio, where he was a pioneer, and made himself a good home. He was the fathter of twelve children: Conrad, John, Archie, Philip, Lucretia, Sallie, Nancy, James, Jennie, William, David and Samantha, all of whom lived to rear families.

Later in life Mr. Fisher settled in Defiance County, Ohio, on uncleared land, where he made a good home. He died April 3, 1872, at the age of eighty-two years. His wife died April 30, 1864. Both were earnest members of the Presbyterian Church. He was a Republican, politically, was a warm Union man during the war, and one of his sons, David, served three years in an Ohio regiment, his principal duty being to guard rebel prisoners on Johnson's Island.