Benjamin J. Ulrich

As printed in 1902

BENJAMIN J. ULRICH.

One of the most prosperous and best-known citizens of Eden township. Wvandot county. Ohio, is Benjamin f. Ulrich, who lias virtually retired from the activities of agricultural life and now lives at ease on his homestead in section 16, on which he settled, m 1865.

Benjamin J. Ulrich was born Januarv r 2. 1827, in Baltimore count. Md.. twenty-five miles west of the city of Baltimore, and is a son of Peter C. and Catherine (Bowser ) Ulrich, the former of whom was also a native of Baltimore county, Md.. and the latter of York county, Penn.: in the latter county their marriage took place.

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To Peter C. Ulrich and wife were born eight children, namely: Sarah, widow or

Isaac Thomas and residing in Marshall coun-, y. Ind.; Michael, who was married ’o Uathos eine Hei stand and is farming in Eden township, Wyandot conn tv, Ohio: Elizabeth, who died unmarried at the age of sixteen years; Benjamin j., -abject of this sketch; Catherine. deceased wife of James Smalley; Samuel, deceased; Johanna, wife of Columbus Cow den, of St. Joseph county, Ind.: and Amanda, wife of Peter Whitmer, also living in St. Joseph county, Ind. The father of this family died January 8. 1878, and the mother in June, 1881. in the faith of the Dunkard church, and were greatly respected by all who knew them. In politics the father was a Democrat.

In 1846 Peter C. and his two sons, Benjamin J. (subject) and Michael, came to Eden township, Wyandot county, and here Peter C. purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in section 24 at the cost of five hundred dollars, and later added eighty acres,.ill tins land was covered wiio a dense growth of oak, hickory and elm timber, through which they were obliged to “blaze” a passage, as there was not a roadway in the region, and they also had to “blaze” the boundary lines of their property.

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At the end of these five years Mr. LI- rich purchased a farm of fifty-one acres in Eden township, improved it and resided on it fourteen years, and then purchased seventy-four acres of his present farm in section 16. which was school land and which was known at that time as the Garrett place. On this land Mr. Ulrich also made all the improvements and from time to time added to it until he now owns a tine estate of two-hundred and forty acres, all of winch he ! rents out, but has himself cleared, fenced and

; ditched about eighty acres.

Benjamin J. Ulrich, who was educated in Maryland and in Stark county. Ohio, in both the German and English tongues, was well qualified for his duties as a citizen and as a representative of the interests of his fellow townsmen in public positions. He is capable of thinking for himself and. although his father was a Democrat, our subject votes for the candidate he deems to be fully competent for tilling the prospective office. He is himself very popular and has been twice elected to the office of township treasurer, once to that of township assessor,

I has been a justice of the peace six years, has also been a constable and in r88o was land appraiser. In religion he is a Dunkard.

Mr. and Mrs. Ulrich have led very industrious lives, he working at his trade of cabinetmaker and carpenter, and also do- ! ing considerable farming. He stands to-day among the foremost of the citizens of Wyandot county, who honor him for his many personal qualities and keen interest in the well-being of the township.

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As printed in Biographical memoirs of Wyandot County, Ohio : to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of national biography ... embellished with portraits of many national characters and well known residents (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.