Moses Shauck

As printed in 1880

MOSES SHAUCK, selling buggies; Shaucks (Johnsville);' is the representative of an old and highly respected family in Perry Tp.; he is the second son of Elah and Barbara (Haldeman) Shauck. He was born in this township, Jan. 0, 1837; his youth was absorbed with the labors on the farm just east of Johnsville. At the age of nineteen he entered the Otterbein University, at Westerville, O., and was an in attendance during the years of 1856, 1857, 1858 and 1861, giving *his attention to the farm during vacations. He responded to the call of his country, enlisting in the 43d O. V. I. as member of the regimental band, and participated in the battle of Pittsburo- Landiny) He was dischari>ed in September, 1862, when he returned to his native village and engaged in the milling lousiness four years, except a period of 4 months, when he went to defend the Nation's Capitol as Captain of a company in the 13(5th Regiment O. N. G. Subseipiently he purchased 1574 acres of land in Perry Tp. — a portion of the old homestead on which he lived until the spring of 1880, wIkmi he moved to his present residence in.Johnsville. He united m marriage with Kesia Hewitt, December 11, 1862; seven children have been born to them — Lenore was born Oct. 22, 1863; Avalie, Mav 7, 1866; Edna, Oct. 5, 1868; Edgar A., Aug.

8, 1870; Mary, May 16, 1874; Hewitt, Jan. 6, 1878; Vida, Jan. 34, 1880. John Shauck, grandfather of Moses, came from York Co., Penn., in a four-horse wagon in the spring of 1816. They settled on the Mohican, near where Shauck's mills stand, in a cabin which he had built previously. He and Abram Hetrick had made a visit in about 1814 or 1815, and.John Shauck had entered section " 5," and erected the cabin above mentioned; they followed the Jfi(b'an trail to this point. John Shauck was a Major in the Pennsylvania Militia and a Diiector of the Farmers' Bank at Mansfield. He was one of eleven who organized Perry Tp., in 1816. He kept the first Post Office and gave the present office its name, but the town was named for John Ely, who laid out the eastern half. Grandfather Shauck had two sons and one daughter — Elah, Mary A. and John Jr. We will now trace the fortunes of Elah Shauck, the eldest son of John Shauck, and father of our subject. He was born in York Co., Penn., about 1808, and was therefore about eight years old when the family came to Perry Tp. He always lived with and cared for his parents until their death; he managed his father's farm, and built the present grist-mills in 1844; he married Barbara Haldeman, who was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., and came with her family to this county but a few ears after the Shaucks. Of this marriage nine children were born — Jacob H., Rebecca H., Moses, Jeriel, John A., Sarah, Martha D., Mary A. and Ermina, five of whom are living; his wife, Barbara Shauck departed this life Jan. 16, 1862, and he married lucy W. Hess of Columbus,.Jan. 21, 1863, by whom he has one daughter living, Corrilla; he was one of the pillars of the United Brethren Church, and has held its various offices; he was Superintendent of the Sabbath School and an untiring worker in its ranks; all the enterprises of the Church received his earnest support; he was a trustee of Otterbein University; also of the Brethren's Printing House at Dayton, when it most needed aid. He was one of the first free boilers of this locality, and kept perhaps the only "Station" on the Under-ground Railroad in this township, helping many a poor fugitive on his way to freedom, and keeping all who came. He owned two hundred acres of land here, and eleven hundred acres in Iowa.

As printed in History of Morrow County and Ohio (1880). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.