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Born 1845, Baughman Township
From Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908), History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881)
J. W. CLAPPER, Ghent. This gentleman was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, Feb. 12, 1845. He is the son of John and Lydia A. (Biers) Clapper, the former a native of Wayne Co., Ohio, and the latter of Orange Co., N. J. They were the parents of two children — our subject and his sister Sarah. She is the wife of R. Y. Robinson, Esq., and resides in Bath Township. John Clapper died when he was but 27 years of age. He was a pi'omising young man, noted for his energy and straight business habits. His widow married again and is still a resident of Wayne Co. J. W. Clapper began life as a poor boy, and, when jet quite young, began for himself as a farmer. He served his country in the late war in Co. I, 5th 0. V. V. C. He was united in marriage to Miss Mary M. Huston Oct. 23, 1867. She was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, Dec. 12, 1847, and is the daughter of William and Sarah (Van Kirk) Huston, both natives of the Keystone State, and early settlers of Way'ne Co. Mr. and Mrs. Clapper are the parents of four children, viz., Emma L., John W., Sadie and Jacob R. Mr. Clapper is a stanch Republican in politics, and interests himself in public improvements of all kinds. He owns 102 acres of land, which is well stocked, and which he farms in a very creditable manner.
As printed in History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
JOHN W. CLAPPER, whose magnificent fiU'm of 175 acres, all in one body, lies three and one-half miles north of the Smith road, on the line road separating Medina and Summit Counties, is one of Bath Township's leading citizens, and is also a veteran of the Civil War. Mr. Clapper was born in Baughman Township, Wayne County, Ohio, February 12, 1845, and is a son of John and Lydia Ann (Beers) Clapper.
Jacob Clapper, the grandfather, was the first of the family to come from Pennsylvania and settle in Baughman Township, where he secured several hundred acres of land. There his son, John Clapper, the father of John W., was born and he died three months previous to John W.'s birth. Mrs. Clapper subsequently married Abraliam Zimmerman and had four more children. The two born to her first marriage were: Sarah Ann, who is the widow of R. Y. Robinson, residing in Bath Township; and John W. Those of her second marriage were: Mahala, who married Adam Cook, of Baughman Township; Wesley, who died in boyhood; Jesse B., who lives in Bath Township; and Laura Elizabeth, deceased, who married Thomas Welsh.
During his boyhood, the mother and stepfather of John "\A'. Clapper, moved to Chippewa Township, and took up land in the woods, and there the boy grew to nineteen years, when he enlisted for service in the Civil War. He entered Company I, Fifth Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, in the winter of 1864. He remained in the army until the close of the war, performing the duties and bearing the hard.ships of a soldier all through Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Vir-.ginia and Kentucky.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clapper have four children: Emma, who married John Wilson, has one child, Georgia; William, who married Edith Swigart, a paper-hanger and painter, at Barberton, has three children, Earl, Ellen and Lucille; and Sadie and Ross, residing at home.
Mr. Clapper is a member of the Grange and he belongs also to the Grand Army of the Republic.
MILAN TREMAN, whose well-cultivated farm of 118 acres lies in Bath Township, one mile west of Montrose, on the Smith road, has owned his property and carried on general farming and stock-raising here since the fall of 1880. Mr. Treman was born in DeKalb County, Indiana, October 8, 1844, and is a son of Edgar and Laura (Spencer) Treman.
Edgar Treman, father of Milan, was born in Granger Town.ship, Medina County, Ohio, and is a son of John Treman, who came to Medina County, from New York, in pioneer days. Later, John Treman moved to Indiana, accompanied by his three sons, and settled on the farm in DeKalb County, on which Milan Treman was subsequently born..'\t. the age of nineteen years, Edgar Treman was married to Laura Spencer, who was reared in Granger Town.ship, Medina County, Ohio, and died in Indiana. Her father, Nathaniel Spencer, came to Ohio from the same section as did John Treman, the latter of whom died in Indiana.
Milan Treman was reared in DeKalb County and attended school until about eighteen years of age. when he came to Ohio to visit relatives in Medina County and was.=o pleased with the country and people that when he was twenty-one and at liberty, he left home and returned to Ohio. For several years he worked on various farms, and on October 7, 1869, was married to Sarah Arnold, who was born in Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio, September 8, 1843. She is a daughter of Daniel and Sophia (Porter) Arnold, the former of whom was born in Wayne County, Ohio, and was a son of Daniel Arnold who came to Summit County from Maryland. His wife came also from a Maryland family that settled in Medina County.
After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Treman went to live on the old Seth Dye farm, in Granger Township, where he had worked for thre3 years previously, and he spent foTirteen years in all on that farm. In 1879 he bought his present farm in Bath Township, settling on it in the following year. He has made many fine improvements here and among these is his substantial barn, 40 by 80 feet in dimen-.sions. which he erected in 1886.
As printed in Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: John Wilson (b. 1816) Milan Treman (b. 1844)
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