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From A centennial biographical history of Seneca County, Ohio (1902), History of Seneca County, Ohio, containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages ... portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of the Northwest territory; h (1886)
DANIEL C. RULE, farmer, P. O. Green Spring, is a native of Adams Township, this county, born December 10, 1838; son of Daniel and Jane (Groscost) Rule, who were among the first settlers in this county, where Daniel Rule still resides. The mother of our subject died December 2, 1879, aged seventy-eight years; she was a native of Pennsylvania and came with her parents to Trumbull Countv. Ohio, where she met and married Daniel Rule; from there, a few years later, they came by overland route with an ox team to this county. They stopped first in Scipio Township, and thence came to Adams Township. They reared a family of ten children, of whom five survive. Mrs. Rule's father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Daniel C. Rule, the subject of this sketch, was married March 20, 1862, to Elenor Chiu'ch, of Adams Township, this county, where she was born June 1, 1837, daughter of Earl and Colena (Titus) Church, natives of New York and Connecticut respectively, and who were married in Litchfield, Conn., June 14, 1827; they resided in Genesee County, N. Y., a few years, then moved to Huron County, Ohio, and in 1837 came to Adams Township, this county; they had eight children, five of whom are still living. Mr. Church died in August, 1819, aged fifty-one years; his widow died January IS. 1881. aged seventy-six years. Islx. and Mrs. Rule are the parents of one daughter and three sons: Anna C, Ralph, Harvey and Daniel C, all living except Harvey, who died September 11, 1871. Mr. Rule gives considerable attention to stock dealing. He is a Republican, and has taken an active part in the politics of his township. His brother, Isaac P. Rule, was a member of the One Hundi-ed and First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1862. He served thirteen months and was mortally wounded at the battle of Chickamauga. The post of the G.
As printed in History of Seneca County, Ohio, containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages ... portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of the Northwest territory; h (1886). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
DANIEL C. RULE.
It can not be other than gratifying, in view of the nomadic spirit which is growing to animate all classes of American citizens, to find a locality in which are to be found citizens of worth and prominence who have passed their entire lives in the localities where they were Ix)m, and who command the respect and esteem of those who have been familiar with their entire careers. In the older settled sections of the far east we find instances where property has been held from generation to generation by one family, and where the old homesteads signify something more than mere names, but in the western and middle states this condition has not been so pronoimced. In Seneca comity, Ohio, howe\er, as the pages of this work clearly prove, are to be found many representatives of families who here initiated the work of reclaiming the virgin wilderness and who here made for themselves homes which their children and grandchildren are glad to retain as homes. One of the scions of pioneer stock in Adams township is Mr. Rule, of whose career we are pleased to enter a brief review.
Daniel C. Rule was born in Adams township, this county, on the loth of December, 1838, being the son of Daniel and Jane (Groscost)
Rule, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania. They became the parents of nine children, of whom only two survive, — Jane, the widow cf D. W. Dudrow, of this county; and Daniel C, to whom this sketch is devoted. Those deceased are Lucy A., Elizabeth, Samuel, Albert, Byron, Matilda and Isaac P. The father of our subject came from Pennsylvania to Seneca county in the year 1832, locating* in Scipio township, where he entered claim to a tract of government land, whose reclamation he instituted, and there he remained for a period of five years, at the expiration of which he removed to Adams township, where he purchased two hundred and sixty-three acres of wild land, which he developed into a valuable and productive farm and which continued to be his home until his death, which occurred in 1887, at the venerable age of eighty-six years, his wife having passed away in 1879, aged seventy-seven.
Daniel C. Rule was born and reared in Adams township, his educational advantages being such as were afforded in the common schools o' the place and period, while he supplemented this discipline by a course of study in the academy then maintained in the village of Republic. When eighteen years of age he put his scholastic abilities to practical test, and was a successful teacher for seven terms, teaching during the winter months and assisting in the work of the homestead farm in the summer seasons. He was married in 1862, and thereupon located on his present farm, which he reclaimed and which he has placed under a high state of cultivation, having a finely improved place of one hundred and sixty acres and carrying on diversified farming, his efforts having been attended with success, implying the regard justly due for his assiduous labors and application in the past. He also gives attention to the raising of stock, and for many years was engaged in the buying and shipping of the same. In politics his support is given unreservedly to the Republican party, and in 1876 he ws elected assessor of his towns-hip, giving an effective and acceptable administration. He was the candidate of his party for representative in the state legislature in 1877.
On the 30th of March, 1862, Mr. Rule was united in marriage to Miss Eleanor Church, who was born in Adams township, the daughter
Google of Earl and Galena Church. Mr. and Mrs. Rule have three children: Annie, the wife of Martin Brunthaven, of Sandusky county; Ralph R.. a representative young member of the bar of Norwalk. Ohio; and Daniel C, Jr., who was a student at Adelbert and who is a graduate of the Northwestern Ohio Normal School, at Ada, being a civil engineer by profession.
As printed in A centennial biographical history of Seneca County, Ohio (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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