By: Mark Holtsberry Joshua Byron Hartzog, Paulding County’s only Medal of Honor Recipient, was born February 3, 1866 in Grover Hill, Ohio. The son Of Joshua and Sarah Jane (Blythe) Pease Hartzog. Joshua Hartzog Sr., was born in Schuykill County, Pennsylvania, January 30, 1830. Mr. Hartzog was of German descent and moved to Paulding County…
By: Mark Holtsberry Samuel Rolla Mott Jr. One of Paulding County’s highest ranking officers was Samuel Rolla Mott Jr. He was born January 12, 1831 in Knox County, Ohio, the son of John G. and Anna (Rieder) Mott. His early childhood education in schools were of the normal studies. As he grew older he learned…
By: Mark Holtsberry John Stout Snook One of Paulding County’s high profile attorneys of his day was John Stout Snook. John was Born December 18, 1862 in Antwerp, Ohio. The son of William Nelson Snook, who was born March 17, 1819, in New Jersey, and Martha (Banks) Snook, who was born on March 14, 1821.…
By: Mark Holtsberry Dr. Ray Henry Mouser, another well known doctor from Paulding County, was born in Latty, Ohio, on July 20, 1895. He was the son of Ambrose Henry and Rose Belle (Price) Mouser. (Interesting side note, Rose Belle’s father was Thomas Price who married a girl by the name of Catherine Holtsberry, whose…
By: Mark Holtsberry Alfred N. Wilcox Alfred N. Wilcox was born March 9, 1864, in Ashland County, Ohio. He was the son of Rev. James Monroe, a Methodist minister, and Delia (Travis) Wilcox. James Wilcox was a Civil War Veteran from Minnesota serving in the Cavalry. I guess that explains Alfred’s willingness to serve. Alfred…
By: Mark Holtsberry Orin Webster Donat Orin was born September 6, 1874 in Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio. He was the son of George W. and Celeste May (Hartzog) Donat. Orin was the oldest of seven children. His father, George, was born in Ohio, his mother was born in Willshire, Van Wert County, Ohio.…
By: Mark Holtsberry Dr. Ella Thompson Fast Dr. Ella Thompson Fast was one of, if not thee, first woman doctor in Paulding County. She was born March 10, 1871 in Ohio. She was one of eight children born to William and Nancy (Clemens) Thompson. Both her parents were born in Ohio. While she was young,…
By: Mark Holtsberry Henry Jackson Donnell Henry lived to the ripe old of 98, earning him the distinction of being Paulding County’s oldest veteran, let’s look at his life’s story. Henry was born October 27, 1900, in Antwerp, Ohio. The son of Oscar Eugene and Barbara Manilla (Boyd) Reed, those who knew her best called…
By: Jane Nice Paulding County Bicentennial Committee Part 2 of 2 PAULDING – After the charred and mutilated remains of Ashby and Elsie Good were located in a pile of burned brush near their home three and one half miles northwest of Paulding on November 5, 1894, suspicion immediately fell on Charles Hart. Some of…
By: Jane Nice, Paulding County Bicentennial Committee Part 1 of 2 PAULDING –On Sunday morning, November 4, 1894, siblings Wilson “Ashby” Good, age 8, and his sister Elsie, age 5, went outside to play near their house three and one half miles northwest of the village of Paulding. Their mother, who was homebound with a…
By: Jane Nice Paulding County Bicentennial Committee Part of a series PAULDING – We are currently inundated with information about our presidential candidates from many forms of media, but more than a hundred years ago those running for office had almost exclusively two means of bringing their platforms and their presence to the public: through…
Live Oak Historic Graveyard Tour took place this past Saturday afternoon, October 17, 2020. It was a windy & cloudy fall day – just perfect for strolling through a graveyard! This is the tour’s 3rd year spotlighting various historical figures of the county of Paulding that are resting in Live Oak Cemetery on Emerald Rd.…
Recently, a book was uncovered of the Paulding County Treasurer from 1893. It was found at George Clemens’ Treasure Island Flea Market on September 19 by Bryce Steiner, Publisher of the West Bend News. A conversation came up between Barry Hook and Bryce Steiner about an old county book he had run across. Bryce had…
