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HISTORY of CRAWFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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  Athens Twp. -
CHARLES F. ADAMS, deceased, was born in Susquehanna County, Penn., Apr. 2, 1816, son of Asa and Sibyl Adams.  While teaching school in Hayfield Township, this county, our subject became acquainted with Miss Eveline Lefevre, whom he married June 6, 1844.  She was born May 20, 1820, daughter of the pioneers.  Adam and Mary Lefevre.  To this union were born the following children:  Adella L., deceased; Emma M., deceased at eighteen years of age; Charles J., deceased, and Edwin P., an express agent at Halstead, Kan.  After living on a farm for a few years after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Adams moved to Meadville, Penn., in 1848, where our subject was elected Sheriff of Crawford County, creditably discharging the duties of same.  At the expiration of his term of office Mr. Adams carried on a general merchandising store for about sixteen years at Conneautville.  In 1871 Mr. Adams was elected Jury Commissioner, and was then re-elected, which term expired in fall of 1872.  They then lived for some years on a farm near Meadville, and in 1877 went to Sterling, Rice Co., Kan.  There Mr. Adams, who was a useful and influential citizen, died July 8, 1881.  His remains are buried at Conneautville, this county.  His widow now resides in her native township, enjoying the comforts of a serene and peaceful old age.
Source:  History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 776
  Athens -
FRANKLIN ADAMS, farmer, P. O. Riceville, was born July 28, 1832, in Susquehanna County, Penn., son of Asa and Sibyl Adams, who came to this county about 1836, locating in Athens Township in 1837.  The former died Feb. 16, 1862, aged seventy-seven years; the latter died May 29, 1858.  Here our subject grew up, enduring the hardships that fell to the lot of a pioneer's son.  He married, Jan. 2, 1854, Ruth A. Parker, born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., Feb. 23, 1832, daughter of Thomas and Mary Parker.  When eighteen years old she came to this county with her parents from Chautauqua County, N. Y.  Our subject and wife settled in this township after their marriage, chiefly devoting themselves to farming.  They have acquired a comfortable home, having purchased, in 1874, the old Clement's farm, where they now live.  They have one son - Thomas Eugene - who married Viola Hall.  They reside near Grand Valley, Warren Co., Penn, and have a family of four children:  Jasper C., George M., Mattie B. and William F.  Mrs. Franklin Adams is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Our subject is an A. F. & A. M., and a member of the K. of H.  He is a stanch Republican; a man of much influence in the community.
Source:  History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 776
  Sadsbury Twp. -
JAMES ADSIT, jelly manufacturer, P. O. Evansburg, was born Mar. 7, 1853, son of John and Margaret (Mellon) Adsit, natives of this county, both deceased.  Our subject, who was reared on a farm, engaged in lumbering for many years.  He has a large jelly manufacturing establishment in Ashtabula County, Ohio, and bears the reputation of making the best article of the kind in the market.  He was married, Apr. 2, 1874, to Vira Stockton, by whom he has one daughter, Daisy B., born in 1878.  Mr. Adsit is a member of the A. O. U. W., and, with his wife, an adherent of the Presbyterian Church.
Source:  History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 985
  Meadville -
S. J. AFFANTRANGER, livery and sale stables, Meadville, is a native of Keystone State, and has seen as much of the globe as Gen. Grant, having been in every State and most of the Territories of the Union, has made three overland journeys to California, and has been in most foreign countries; he has been three times over the Atlantic Ocean, and has circumnavigated the globe, settling down at last in his native State.  He is a quiet man, attending strictly to his business, in which he has been successful.  He has been a frequent contributor to the newspapers of Meadville.  He makes it a rule never to be in haste to be rich, great or wise.  In politics he is a Democrat; is a member of the Town Council.  He was married first in Virginia, and again after the death of his first wife in 1862, having lived a widower sixteen years.  Mr. and Mrs. Affantranger have four children - Celia, Virginia, May A. and Edward J.  Our subject is a son of John and Josephine (Earnest) Affantranger, natives of Switzerland, and who had to work three years to pay the man who paid their passage to America.  They had thirteen children, nine of whom grew up, our subject being the sixth.  He first learned blacksmithing, at which he worked for several years.  He then owned and conducted a carriage factory in Indiana for eleven years.  Since 1873 he has lived in Meadville.  He was born in this county, Apr. 7, 1826, and here expects to stay until higher powers call him away.
Source:  History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 709
  Cambridge Twp. -
HENRY ALLEN, farmer, P. O. Cambridgeboro, a native of the County of Kent, England, was born September 2, 1806; son of James and Elizabeth (Fuggle) Allen, who settled in what is now Cambridge Township, this county, in 1824.  They located on the farm on which Mr. William Masters now resides, and cleared most of it.  They had thirteen children: Charles, William, Mary, Eliza, Ann, Henry, Henry (second), Jane, Matilda and Thomas; three others died in infancy.  Our subject was married August 30, 1833, to Mary, daughter of John I. and Elizabeth (Huston) Humes, of Woodcock Township, this county.  By this union there were ten children, viz.: James J., Matilda J., John O., Oscar E., Mary J. (deceased), Parnell E. (deceased), Henry C, Adelaide L., Homer W. and Alma J.  Of these, James J. married Martha J. Agee, in Dakota; Matilda J. married James Hawthorne, in Cambridge Township, this county; Henry C. married Maggie I. Klein, also in Cambridge Township; Adelaide L. married Amos Willey in Bloomfield Township; Homer W. lives in Montana; Alma J. married Francis Glover in Bloomfield Township; John O. and Oscar E. reside with their parents.  Mr. Allen has lived fifty years on his farm, most of which he cleared himself.  He has been Supervisor and School Director of his township.  In politics he is a Democrat.  His wife has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church fifty-seven years.
Source:  History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 800
  Cambridge Twp. -
LYMAN H. ALLEN, farmer, P. O. Cambridgeboro, was born in Albany, N. Y., October 15, 1821; son of Charles and Phi la (Webster) Allen, who settled in what is now Cambridge Township, this county, in 1822. Charles Allen was a native of England; son of James and Elizabeth (Fuggle) Allen, the latter of whom located in this township, in 1824.  Our subject was married, June 26, 1846 to Hannah, daughter of James and Sarah (Ashman) Kelly, of Rockdale, Township of this county.  By this union there are six children: Celestia L., wife of George Herrick, in Salamanca, N. Y.; Sarah E., wife of Uriah Fink, in Cambridgeboro; Emma C., wife of George Webster of Rockdale Township, this county; Esther S., wife of Dr. Dwight Gray, in Cambridgeboro; Charles O., married to Rosa Watson, and lives on the homestead with his father; Milo R. L., married to Ida Fox, in Salamanca, N. Y.  In 1854 Mr. Allen settled on his present farm, which he cleared himself.  He and his wife are adherents of the Presbyterian Church.  He is a member of the Cambridge Grange- In politics he is a Republican.
Source:  History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 800
  Cambridge Twp. -
FREDERICK J. ALLEN, farmer, P. O. Cambridgeboro, was born in Cambridge Township, this county, July 16, 1824; son of Charles and Phila (Webster) Allen, who settled in Cambridge Township in 1824.  The former was a native of England, the latter of Albany, N. Y.  They were parents of live children: Eliza A. (deceased), Lyman H., Frederick J., Sally M. (deceased) and Rachel E.  Our subject was united in marriage November 13, 1851, with Sophronia M., daughter of William and Annis Shattuck Arbuckle, and has had four children: Alarene C. (deceased), Berkley W. (deceased), Annis F. and Carrie S.  Mr. Allen resides on the farm where he was born and where his father first settled and which he cleared. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican.
Source:  History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 801
  Cambridge Twp. -
BRADFORD W. AMES, farmer, P. O. Cambridgeboro, was born in what is now Cambridge Township, this county, Oct. 20, 1837, son of Willard and Emily (Marcy) Ames; the former a son of Amos and Roby (Andress) Ames, who came from Massachusetts and settled in this township in 1813.  They were parents of seven children:  Elizabeth, Isaac, Asaph, Laura, David, Willard and Anna.  Willard and Emily Ames had ten children, viz.: Amos M., Emily C., Esther A., Esther A. (second), Jemima M., Joseph W., Laura A., Bradford W., Joseph C. and an infant not named.  Our subject was married Oct. 20, 1863, to Amanda, daughter of Seth and Abigail (Lester) Calkins.  The issue of this union is three children: Ellis H. and Ella C. (twins) and Bradford W., Jr.  Mr. Ames resides on the old homestead settled by his grandfather in 1813.  He has held nearly every office in the gift of his township; in politics is independent.  He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source:  History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 801
  Meadville -
JOHN C. ANDERSON, stationer and bookseller, Meadville, was born in Meadville, Sept. 28, 1856, and is the son of Joseph D. and Jane (Carr) Anderson, natives of this county.  His father was born in 1819, and is now a resident of Wisconsin.  Of his four children, John C. is the youngest.  Our subject, who has been in a bookstore since thirteen years of age, went into business for himself in Meadville in 1876, and has continued here ever since.  He is an active member of the fire department, being at one time Assistant Engineer.  He takes a deep interest in whatever will promote the general prosperity of the citizens.  In politics he is a Republican.  He keeps, besides a full stock of books and stationery, wall paper and school supplies, also school furniture of all kinds.
Source:  History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 710
  Meadville -
FRED G. ANDREWS, hotel proprietor, Meadville, was born in Ashland, Ohio, Dec. 12, 1853, son of Austin Andrews, who was also a hotel keeper, and who raised a family of three children, of whom Fred G. is the youngest.  He received his education in the graded schools of Buffalo, N. Y., and early commenced to learn printing, at which he continued seven years in Toledo, Ohio.  Having obtained a position on a vessel bound for Buenos Ayres, South America, he was on the ocean one year, during which he visited many foreign ports.  Soon after landing in America he accepted a position in the Wheeler Dramatic Company, with whom he remained three years, when he took a company himself on the road for a year, playing "Rip Van Winkle."  He then went as clerk in Bonney's Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., for two years, and then acted for a third year as manager.  In 1883 he came to Meadville, and, in company with his elder brother, took the Commercial Hotel and the depot dining hall and lunch rooms.  Fred G. Andrews was married in Toledo, Ohio, in 1882, to Gertrude Nelson, and they have one child - Grace Marie.  Mrs. Andrews is a member of the Presbyterian Church.  In politics Mr. Andrews is a Republican.
Source:  History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 709
  Athens -
JOHN G. ASH

Source:  History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 777

  Athens -
WILLIAM G. ASH, farmer, P. O. Riceville, was born Mar. 31, 1852, in Cussewago Township, this county, son of Jonas and Sarah Ash.  He was reared on his father's farm, acquiring his education in the district schools.  He married, Apr. 29, 1873, Rebecca E. Colter, born in Venango Township, Aug. 7, 1852, daughter of John and Phebe (Scott) Colter, who were also natives of Venango Township.  By this union were born two children:  Mina M. and Ray M.  After their marriage our subject and his wife lived in Venango Township three years, locating, in 1876, on their present farm, which consists of 100 acres of land.  Mrs. Ash is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Mr. Ash is an energetic and successful young farmer, and is wining the esteem of the whole community.  In politics he supports the Republican party.
Source:  History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 777
  Steuben Twp. -
BENJAMIN AUGUST, farmer, P. O. Townville, is a native of Venango County, Penn., born Oct. 26, 1814; son of John C. B. and Mary (Miller) August, natives of St. Petersburg, Russia.  The father settled in this county in an early day, built a log cabin and lived the life of a lone bachelor for several years.  His son, our subject, has done much toward making the county what it is to day.  He has cleared up and improved many of its broad acres and has given his life to agricultural pursuits.  Mr. August was married Nov. 16, 1837, to Miss Susan Barton, of this county, a native of Cortland County, N. Y., born June 19, 1820, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Ostrander) Barton, who were natives of New York State, of English and German descent, respectively, and who settled in this county in 1836, where they lived and died.  Our subject is the father of nine children, of whom for are now living, viz.:  Charles, Caroline, Delfina and Richard M.  Mr. August served a short time in the late war in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.   Our subject and wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the past thirty years.  In politics he is a Greenbacker.
Source:  History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 1066
  Meadville -
J. S. AUSTIN, chief train dispatcher for New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, Meadville, was born in Canada, Jan. 25, 1842, and is a son of Horace and Barbara Austin, both of English descent, the father a native of Mississippi, the mother of Nova Scotia.  Our subject, who is the second in a family of seven children, received his education in the common schools of Portage County, Ohio.  At the commencement of the war he enlisted in the First Ohio Light Artillery.  He was a non-commissioned officer and served three years.  He learned telegraphy at Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1865 came to this county, where he has held various positions on the railroad staff.  His marriage with Sylvia A. Lindsey took place in 1867.  They have been residents of Meadville since 1869.  Politically Mr. Austin is a Republic.
Source:  History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Page 710

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