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BIOGRAPHIES
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 HISTORY of CRAWFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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JAMES VICKERY, farmer and land
surveyor, P. O. Conneautville, was born in Russia, Herkimer
Co., N. Y., Sept. 16, 1819; son of Asa and Polly Vickery,
latter a native of Rensselaerville, N. Y. Asa
Vickery, whose name indicates English origin, a
native of Chatham, N. Y., was by profession a land surveyor,
also a farmer. He served as Justice of the Peace for
over thirty years, and was an Associate Judge of the County
Court, one term; also a member of the Assembly, one term.
He died Jan. 14, 1857, aged sixty-five
years; his widow Mar. 7, 1884, at the age of eighty-seven.
They were the parents of three children, two now living:
Mrs. Mary Ann Gray and our subject.
Melissa died July 11, 1883, aged forty-eight.
Mary Ann was second wife of Latham
Gray, who died Sept. 25, 1884, aged eighty-five years.
Our subject, who is the only son, received his school
training in Herkimer County, N. Y., and finished his
education in Fairfield Academy, Herkimer County. On
Nov. 17, 1850, he was married to Louisa Rowland, born
Mar. 20, 1828, in Boonville, Oneida Co.; N. Y. The
results of this union are eight children, viz. : Mary M.;
Ellen L.; Nettie A., wife of E. Folts; Tinnie,
wife of Charles
E. Harmon; Asa H., married Miss Ida Herriott,
of North Shenango Township, this county; Julia E.,
wife of Lee S. Harmon; George H.; and Ida O.
Our subject and wife came to this county in 1851, and
resided for about four years in the northern part of
Conneaut Township, and in 1855 moved to this township, where
they settled finally on their present farm of about
fifty-eight acres. Mr. Vickery has done
much in the surveying of this section of the county, a
profession he carries on in addition to farming pursuits.
He has held several township offices. In politics he
is a Republican.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
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Troy Twp. -
ZOPHAR H. VIETS, farmer, P. O.
Troy Centre, is a native of Hartford, Conn., born Apr. 6,
1823, son of Zophar and Tacy (Hillyer) Viets, natives
of Connecticut, of German extraction. They moved to
Ohio in 1832 and settled in Ashtabula County, were they died
in 1860 and 1868 respectively. Mr. Viets was a
cigar maker by trade. Our subject made his first land
purchase in Ohio, where he remained until 1854, in which
year he moved to this county and settled in Troy Township,
where he now resides, and has since carried on general
farming. He was married May 18, 1851, to Mary A.
Hill, of Ashtabula County, Ohio, born in Batavia, N. Y.,
Mar. 6, 1831, daughter of Silas R. and Harriet (Storks)
Hill, natives of Rhode Island and Massachusetts,
respectively, of Dutch and Welsh descent. When Mr.
Hill died in 1843 his widow moved with her children to
Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1844, but now resides in
Michigan, and is in her eighty-third year. To Mr.
and Mrs. Viets have been born one son and one daughter:
E. Eugene, born Sept. 7, 1855, and Sarah E.,
born May 28, 1858. Our subject and wife are life-long
members of the Baptist Church. In politics he is a
stanch Republican.
Source: History of Crawford Co., Pennsylvania -
Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1885 -
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