Amos Brinkerhoff

As printed in 1910

AMOS BRINKERHOFF.

As a nature son of Wayne county and a representative of one of her prominent families, Mr. Brinkerhoff is eminently entitled to representation in a compilation which has to do with those who have been instrumental in the upbuilding of this section of the commonwealth, while such is his personal honor and integrity of character and such his standing as one of the successful and progressive farmers of the county that this consideration is all the more compatible.

Amos Brinkerhoff was born in Congress township, Wayne county, Ohio, on the nth of February, 1846, and is the son of James and Elizabeth (Ewing) Brinkerhoff. the former a native of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, horn October ii, 1817, and the latter horn March 30, 1825, in Congress township, Wayne county, Ohio. The subject’s paternal grandfather, Daniel Brinkerhoff, was born March 14, 1780, in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and he married Rebecca Frazier, who was born June 15, 1783. They were married in 1809, and his death occurred in 1848; she died in 1881. Daniel Brinkerhoff came to Wayne county, Ohio, settling first in Wayne township, but a short time afterwards he bought the place of one hundred and sixty acres in Congress township on which the subject of this sketch now lives. The place was densely covered with the primeval forest growth and Mr. Brinkerhoff entered at once onto the task of clearing this and putting it under cultivation. A log cabin was erected where the present residence stands and a happy and comfortable home was established. Here the subject’s father, James Brinkerhoff, labored hi the laborious work of the first few years and he spent the remainder of his life here. James and Elizabeth Brinkerhoff became the parents of the following children: Amos, born February II, 1846; Rebecca, born January 14, 1848, the wife of Jonathan Fetzer, of Chester township; Elizabeth Jane, born March 30, 1850, died December 15, 1854; William, born September 7, 1854, living in Canaan township; Martha, born January 3, 1856, married John Winters, of Wooster; Ira, born June 29, 1858, lives on the home place; Anna, born May 22, 1860, died

March 9, 1892, was the wife of William Barnard, of Congress township; James, born July 30, 1864, liYes in Canaan township; Minnie Ellen, born August 7, 1867, died in infancy. Janies Brinkerhoff, Sr., was a stanch Democrat in politics and in religion he gave his support to the Presbyterian church. The subject’s maternal grandfather, William Ewing, was one of the very earliest residents of Canaan township and his brother Simon was the first white male child born in the township, 1817.

Amos Brinkerhoff was born in Congress township, Wayne county, Ohio, on the nth of Eebruary, 1846, and was reared under the parental roof. Being the eldest son, he was compelled to early take a hand in the cultivation of the farm and consequently had but little opportunity for securing an education. He remained with his father until he was twenty-one years old, when he married and moved onto one of his father’s farms in Chester township, where he remained for two years. At the end of that time he moved onto another of his father’s farm in Canaan township, where he remained for a time. His father then gave him a small piece of land in Canaan township, on which he located and in the operation of this place he was eminently successful, so that eventually he was enabled from time to time to buy adjoining land until today he is the owner of sixty-three acres. He has been careful and painstaking in the handling of this land, paying proper attention to the rotation of crops and other features of successful agriculture, and he has made a number of permanent and substantial improvements on the same, maintaining the property at a high state of excellence. He is progressive in his methods and is known as one of the enterprising farmers of the township.

Mr. Brinkerhoff was married to Mary Crater, a native of Stark county, Ohio, and a daughter of Peter and Sarah (Weaver) Crater, the former born in Germany in 1819 and the latter born in Stark county, Ohio, in 1826. To the subject and his wife the following children have been born: Daniel, born January 1, 1861; Clara, born August 13, 1870, is the wife of Frank Sells; Anna, born February 17, 1872, is the wife of George Garver; Mary, born April 14, 1874, is the wife of Frank P. Barnes; Thomas, born October 27, 1876, is a successful farmer in Canaan township; Rose, born December 31, 1878, is the wife of Jacob Clark, of Ashland; Jesse, born October 27, 1880; Wettie, born March 11, 1884; Clarence, born February 4, 1887; Glenn, born March 10, 1891.

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Mr. Brinkerhofif has not only gained a strong position by the ability with which he has managed his business, but as a man of force of character, upright and honest in his dealings with his fellow citizens, and as a kind husband and devoted and careful father, he has gained the esteem of all who know him.

As printed in History of Wayne County, Ohio (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.