James H. Engle

As printed in 1902

JAMES H. ENGLE.

James H. Engle, who is extensively and successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising in the township of Moorefield, owning and operating a farm on section ve was born in Harmony township, February 27, 1848, and is a son of John; and Eliza (Melvin) Engle. The father was born in Jefferson county, Virginia, and died in 1873, while his wife survived him for several years. In his political views he was a stanch Democrat, as were all of his sons except James H. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, five of whom grew to years of maturity and are still living: Samuel, who married Alice Fautzinger, and has one child, is employed in the shops at Lagonda, Ohio; Jane is the widow of William Beard, and resides with her five children near Mechanicsburg, Ohio; James H. is the next younger; Benjamin resides on the old homestead in Harmony township; Silas married Jane Yeazell, has two children and resides on the old home place.

James H. Engle grew to man’s estate on the home farm, situated two miles west of Vienna, on the National pike. He received the benefit of a common school education, acquired in the schools of his district, which he attended during the winter months, while during vacation seasons he assisted in the work of field and meadow, remaining on the home farm until he had reached the age of twenty-two years, when he began farming on his own account. His first marriage took place on the 2nd of March, 1876, when he was joined in wedlock to Miss Miranda Neer, of Pleasant township, a daughter of Nathan and Mary Ann (Hunter) Neer. Their married life was ended two years later by the hand of death. On the Ist of December, 1881, James H. Engle was again married, his second union being with Miss Isabel Hodge, a daughter of Eli and Savina (Spencer) Hodge. One son has been born of this union, Walter, born February 25, 1883. Mir. Engle is the owner of a farm of one hundred and sixty-three acres, which he purchased in 1882, and has placed under a high state of cultivation. He remodeled the barns and in 1902 built a fine residence, commodious and substantial, and constructed upon modern plans of architecture. In his political affiliations he is a stanch Republican, having advocated the cause of the party since casting his first presidential ballot in 1872 for Ulysses S. Grant. At presse is serving his second term as trustee of Moorefield township and for sixteen years has been a member of the board of education. He is a friend and advocate of good schools, believing that in those institutions of learning is promulgated the future prosperity of the country. He has never been known to withhold his support from any “measure or movement for the general good and in him Clark county recognizes one of her valued and representative citizens.

As printed in A Biographical Record of Clark County Ohio (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.