Abraham Etling
Abraham
Etling was born on January 9th, 1852 and Christened
on July 4th, 1852 in Marshallville,
Ohio to William Etling and Abigail Etling [Myers].
Abraham passed away on July 22nd, 1929 at the home of his daughter, Blanche in Barberton, Ohio nearly six years after his lifelong wife passed away. The couple is buried at St. Michael’s Cemetery, southeast of Marshallville, Ohio.
The following biographical sketch
details the life of Abraham “Abram” Etling.
“When a man wins his own way from an humble station and
discouraging environment to success and an honorable standing in the community,
his career is worthy of representation in the history of such a locality. We
find in studying the career of Abram Etling, a farmer in Chippewa township,
Wayne county, that such were his experiences. His birth occurred on the
homestead now occupied by his brother, January 9,1852, and he is the son of
William and Abigail (Myers) Etling. His paternal grandparents were Henry and
Katherine Etling natives of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, who came to Wayne
county, Ohio, about 1820, among the pioneers of the community where they
settled. Mr. Etling did not long survive after coming here, Mrs. Etling living
until 1866. The maternal grandparents of the subject were John and Mary Myers,
also natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Wayne county, Ohio, about the same
time as did the first members of the Etling family.
The maternal grandmother also took up land, two quarter
sections in Chippewa township consequently at one time this family were
collectively quite extensive land owners.
William Etling, father of Abram, was born in Pennsylvania
on December 3, 1815, and his wife, Abigail Myers, was born December 18,1822.
They
came to Ohio with their parents and were here married on June 3, 184l. Mr.
Etling engaged in farming, and at the time of his death owned over one hundred
and sixty acres in Chippewa township, where he became well known and fairly
well to do. His death occurred September 27, 1892, having been preceded to the
silent land by his wife only a few months, her death having occurred on January
16, 1892. William Etling was a Democrat and took considerable interest in local
affairs, having held the office of trustee several terms. He and his wife were
the parents of nine children, two of whom died in infancy, seven living at this
writing.
Abram Etling was educated in the common schools of Chippewa
township and was reared on the farm, which he worked during the crop season.
When the Civil war began Abram's older brother enlisted in the Union army and
the subject was compelled to remain at home to work. Quite naturally he took up
farming and has followed this line of work ever since, with the exception of
three years, when he moved to Barberton and engaged in teaming from 1904.
Finally returning to the farm he still manages the same with success, his place
consisting of eighty acres, on which he raises a
diversity of excellent crops and keeps some stock, the two lines of endeavor
making him a very comfortable living.
Mr.Etling was married March 2,
1875, to Ada McIntyre, a native of Wayne county, Ohio, and the daughter of
Phillip and Agnes McIntyre, old settlers of this county, who now live in
Kansas. To Mr. and Mrs. Etling were born nine children, namely: William E.,
Bertus Oliver, Arthur M. (deceased) Bertha Alice, Etta Blanch, Laura K.
(deceased), Forest Richard, Florence, Arville and Abram Harold.
Mr. Etling is a Democrat and
he and his wife are members of the Reformed church in Marshallville.”
"The History of Wayne County, Ohio"
published in 1910 by B. E. Bowen & Co.
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