The East Families of Allen County, Ohio

SAMUEL EAST, one of German township’s pioneer farmers and leading citizens, township trustee and school director, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, December 2, 1830, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Hufferd) East.

Christopher East, the paternal grandfather, was a Hessian soldier in the British Army during the Revolutionary War, who later located in Pickaway County, Ohio, followed agriculture and died there. His son, John East, father of Samuel, was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, December 12, 1794, and later moved to Pickaway County, Ohio, and died in Allen County, September 20, 1862. On April 3, 1817, he married Elizabeth Hufferd, who was born in 1799. Their children were two daughters and three sons, namely: Mary, who married Jacob S. Baker; Elizabeth, who married Samuel Clutter; Isaac, who married Barbara Burkholder; Abraham, who married Jane Mc- Millen; and Samuel, of this sketch, who is the only survivor.

Samuel East was reared on a farm and has devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits. When prepared to take upon himself domestic responsibilities, he those for his wife Elizabeth Murnaw, the estimable daughter of Frederick and Elenora (Loughe) Murnaw, old residents of Knox County, Ohio.

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MONROE M. EAST, a prominent ay citizen of this county, owns 94% acres of land in sections 16 and 21, German township, where he is successfully engaged in farming. He has five oil-wells in active operation on his land, but has leased them to Dr. Charles E. Lawton, of Cleveland, who now operates them. Mr. East is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth: (Mumaw) East, of German township. A sketch of Samuel East may be found elsewhere in this work.

Monroe M. East married Priscilla Alice Crider, of Auglaize County, a daughter of Isaac and Susan (Searfoss) Crider, who removed from Pickaway County to Cridersville, Auglaize County, where Mrs. East was born on March 17, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. East have six children: Susan Elizabeth, born August 19, 1878, who died on the 11th of the following month; Olive Ettie, born September 25, 1879, now living at home; Irene Belle, born September 25, 1881, who married Alvin E. Herring, of German township, on January 3, 1899, and has two children—Harold Glenn and Horace Burdette; Bessie May, born May 16, 1884, who married Oran Hepler, on March 31, 1902, and has one child—Cledith Elizabeth; Samuel Cleveland, born May 11, 1888, who lives at home; and Catherine Gertrude, born April 12, 1894. Mr. East has taken a lively interest in educational matters and has served as a member of the School Board. In politics he is a Democrat.

On a foregoing page, in connection with this sketch is shown a picture of Mr. and Mrs. East and family.

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H. EAST, secretary and treasurer of The Lima Trust Company, is one of Lima’s prominent men. He was born March 21, 1869, near Lima, and was educated in the public schools of this city.

Mr. East’s easier business associations were with railroad work, for four years being connected with the freight department of the Pennsylvania Railroad. On July 16, 1889, he accepted a position as bookkeeper in The Ohio National Bank and on January 1, 1895, he became assistant cashier. He continued in this position until March, 1903, when he resigned in order to accept that of secretary and treasurer of The Lima Trust Company. He had other important business interests, having organized and founded, in association with his brother, William S, East, The East Iron & Machine Company, one of the leading industries of Lima.

The Lima Trust Company was organized and incorporated in February, 1903, with a capital stock of $200,000, fully paid up, and they began business with these officers: Davis J. Cable, president; J. D. S. Neely, Ist vice-president: J. Oscar Hover, 2nd vice-president;

and C. H. East, secretary and treasurer. Subsequently J. D. S. Neely was made president and E. R. Curtin, ist vice-president. A general banking business is carried on, also a savings department; they hold the largest deposits of any financial institution in the city. Mr. East is a charter member of the Y. M. C. A. of Lima. For years he has been a member of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church.

ma) A. BURKHARDT, joint agent of the ) Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and the Lake Erie & Western railroads, at Lima, was born in Shawnee township, Allen County, Ohio, December 31, 1872, and is a son of George and Mary (Bowsher) Burkhardt.

George Burkhardt came to Allen County in 1865 and has since been identified with the agricultural interests and public affairs of Shawnee township. He married Mary Bowsher, a member of one of the old and prominent families of the State. She is a daughter of Benjamin Bowsher, who came from Pickaway County to Allen County in 1836. His father, William Bowsher, was a soldier in the War of 1812, coming to Ohio from Pennsylvania, in 1804. The father of William Bowsher was Daniel Bowsher, who lived in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1755, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The family has been very conspicuous in Allen County in political, business and social life. For the past 10 years our subject has been engaged in tracing its ancestral branches and this work, when completed, will possess interest for the family and make a valuable addition to local history.

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