Noble County, Ohio History and Biography Chapter XX, Marion County
Published in 1897, LH Watkins and Company
Henry Large, one of the successful financiers and early settlers of Marion Township, was born near the city of Dublin, Ireland, July 21 1817. His parents, George and Eliza Large, were farmers, and came to America in 1825. They landed in Quebec, where the elder Large died some 3 weeks after his arrival, leaving the family in rather destitute circumstances. They removed to Montreal, where they lived about three months. Then they went to a little village called Beaver Dam, near Niagra Falls, where Mrs. Large bought a piece of land, and where Henry found employment as a boy-of-all-work in a store. A sister of Mrs. Large, Mrs. Dr. Craig had settled near Summerfield some time in 1818 and by her advice Mrs. Large disposed of her little property and came to the new country in February of 1828 with her little family of six children. She entered from government eighty acres of 5 land near the village of Freedom which she improved and which she resided until 1839 when Henry became the owner.
The early life of Mr. Large was one of toil and hardship. At the age of sixteen he made his initial effort in business by taking a job of splitting rails at thirty-one cents per hundred. At 18 he began life as a farm laborer at $8 per month. These facts, although seemingly trivial, show what can be done from small beginnings. By ding of industry and close economy he accumulated a sum nearly sufficient for the purchase of the homestead farm, which he bought in 1839. On this farm, which he still owns, he laid the foundation of his fortune. Never at one time has he owned more that 155 acres. The life of Mr. Large has been a busy and successful one, in fact it may be said that, considering his opportunities no resident of Noble County has been more so. He has devoted his time to farming, tobacco raising and loaning his net earnings, and is thought to be the wealthiest man in the county.
Many are curious to know how it is possible for him to acquire so fine a competency under such adverse circumstances. His answer to the question is, "By the rigid practice of industry, economy, promptness and the avoidance of debt," and we might add, shrewd management and a desire to excel. Mr. Large is quiet and reserved in manner, and possessed of no distinguishing characteristics, excepting his financial ability and his extraordinary mathematical acquirements; his gift in this respect is wonderful and like that of Pascal of Colburn, is a God given faculty, and his education was almost wholly confined to that school in which the teachers are observation and experience.
In Politics he is a Republican; in religion a Methodist, although not a member of any church. He is classed among the foremost men of the county in wealth, brains and intelligence.
Mr. Large was married early in life to Miss Maria, daughter of Edward Cleary. She was born in Kings County, Ireland in 1823. She has been to Mr. Large a helpmate in all that the word implies. They have had nine children: Mary A (McClintock), John, Sarah J. and Emma (died in infancy), Eliza H., Clara I. (Guiler), George E., Emma J. and Joseph H.
from p 385: Some of the old settlers of the township who are still living are Samuel Osborne, aged 86, and his wife, nee Martha Horton, 83, Wyndham Sparling, 82; Thomas Horton, 70, Henry Large 71, John Cleary 78; Henry Craig, 78, Johnathan Hamilton came to this county from Belmot very early and died soon after. His widow is still living, aged 89, active and in good health.
Published in 1897, LH Watkins and Company
Henry Large, one of the successful financiers and early settlers of Marion Township, was born near the city of Dublin, Ireland, July 21 1817. His parents, George and Eliza Large, were farmers, and came to America in 1825. They landed in Quebec, where the elder Large died some 3 weeks after his arrival, leaving the family in rather destitute circumstances. They removed to Montreal, where they lived about three months. Then they went to a little village called Beaver Dam, near Niagra Falls, where Mrs. Large bought a piece of land, and where Henry found employment as a boy-of-all-work in a store. A sister of Mrs. Large, Mrs. Dr. Craig had settled near Summerfield some time in 1818 and by her advice Mrs. Large disposed of her little property and came to the new country in February of 1828 with her little family of six children. She entered from government eighty acres of 5 land near the village of Freedom which she improved and which she resided until 1839 when Henry became the owner.
The early life of Mr. Large was one of toil and hardship. At the age of sixteen he made his initial effort in business by taking a job of splitting rails at thirty-one cents per hundred. At 18 he began life as a farm laborer at $8 per month. These facts, although seemingly trivial, show what can be done from small beginnings. By ding of industry and close economy he accumulated a sum nearly sufficient for the purchase of the homestead farm, which he bought in 1839. On this farm, which he still owns, he laid the foundation of his fortune. Never at one time has he owned more that 155 acres. The life of Mr. Large has been a busy and successful one, in fact it may be said that, considering his opportunities no resident of Noble County has been more so. He has devoted his time to farming, tobacco raising and loaning his net earnings, and is thought to be the wealthiest man in the county.
Many are curious to know how it is possible for him to acquire so fine a competency under such adverse circumstances. His answer to the question is, "By the rigid practice of industry, economy, promptness and the avoidance of debt," and we might add, shrewd management and a desire to excel. Mr. Large is quiet and reserved in manner, and possessed of no distinguishing characteristics, excepting his financial ability and his extraordinary mathematical acquirements; his gift in this respect is wonderful and like that of Pascal of Colburn, is a God given faculty, and his education was almost wholly confined to that school in which the teachers are observation and experience.
In Politics he is a Republican; in religion a Methodist, although not a member of any church. He is classed among the foremost men of the county in wealth, brains and intelligence.
Mr. Large was married early in life to Miss Maria, daughter of Edward Cleary. She was born in Kings County, Ireland in 1823. She has been to Mr. Large a helpmate in all that the word implies. They have had nine children: Mary A (McClintock), John, Sarah J. and Emma (died in infancy), Eliza H., Clara I. (Guiler), George E., Emma J. and Joseph H.
from p 385: Some of the old settlers of the township who are still living are Samuel Osborne, aged 86, and his wife, nee Martha Horton, 83, Wyndham Sparling, 82; Thomas Horton, 70, Henry Large 71, John Cleary 78; Henry Craig, 78, Johnathan Hamilton came to this county from Belmot very early and died soon after. His widow is still living, aged 89, active and in good health.
Noble County, Ohio History and Biography Chapter XX, Marion County
Published in 1897, LH Watkins and Company
Henry Large, one of the successful financiers and early settlers of Marion Township, was born near the city of Dublin, Ireland, July 21 1817. His parents, George and Eliza Large, were farmers, and came to America in 1825. They landed in Quebec, where the elder Large died some 3 weeks after his arrival, leaving the family in rather destitute circumstances. They removed to Montreal, where they lived about three months. Then they went to a little village called Beaver Dam, near Niagra Falls, where Mrs. Large bought a piece of land, and where Henry found employment as a boy-of-all-work in a store. A sister of Mrs. Large, Mrs. Dr. Craig had settled near Summerfield some time in 1818 and by her advice Mrs. Large disposed of her little property and came to the new country in February of 1828 with her little family of six children. She entered from government eighty acres of 5 land near the village of Freedom which she improved and which she resided until 1839 when Henry became the owner.
The early life of Mr. Large was one of toil and hardship. At the age of sixteen he made his initial effort in business by taking a job of splitting rails at thirty-one cents per hundred. At 18 he began life as a farm laborer at $8 per month. These facts, although seemingly trivial, show what can be done from small beginnings. By ding of industry and close economy he accumulated a sum nearly sufficient for the purchase of the homestead farm, which he bought in 1839. On this farm, which he still owns, he laid the foundation of his fortune. Never at one time has he owned more that 155 acres. The life of Mr. Large has been a busy and successful one, in fact it may be said that, considering his opportunities no resident of Noble County has been more so. He has devoted his time to farming, tobacco raising and loaning his net earnings, and is thought to be the wealthiest man in the county.
Many are curious to know how it is possible for him to acquire so fine a competency under such adverse circumstances. His answer to the question is, "By the rigid practice of industry, economy, promptness and the avoidance of debt," and we might add, shrewd management and a desire to excel. Mr. Large is quiet and reserved in manner, and possessed of no distinguishing characteristics, excepting his financial ability and his extraordinary mathematical acquirements; his gift in this respect is wonderful and like that of Pascal of Colburn, is a God given faculty, and his education was almost wholly confined to that school in which the teachers are observation and experience.
In Politics he is a Republican; in religion a Methodist, although not a member of any church. He is classed among the foremost men of the county in wealth, brains and intelligence.
Mr. Large was married early in life to Miss Maria, daughter of Edward Cleary. She was born in Kings County, Ireland in 1823. She has been to Mr. Large a helpmate in all that the word implies. They have had nine children: Mary A (McClintock), John, Sarah J. and Emma (died in infancy), Eliza H., Clara I. (Guiler), George E., Emma J. and Joseph H.
from p 385: Some of the old settlers of the township who are still living are Samuel Osborne, aged 86, and his wife, nee Martha Horton, 83, Wyndham Sparling, 82; Thomas Horton, 70, Henry Large 71, John Cleary 78; Henry Craig, 78, Johnathan Hamilton came to this county from Belmot very early and died soon after. His widow is still living, aged 89, active and in good health.
Published in 1897, LH Watkins and Company
Henry Large, one of the successful financiers and early settlers of Marion Township, was born near the city of Dublin, Ireland, July 21 1817. His parents, George and Eliza Large, were farmers, and came to America in 1825. They landed in Quebec, where the elder Large died some 3 weeks after his arrival, leaving the family in rather destitute circumstances. They removed to Montreal, where they lived about three months. Then they went to a little village called Beaver Dam, near Niagra Falls, where Mrs. Large bought a piece of land, and where Henry found employment as a boy-of-all-work in a store. A sister of Mrs. Large, Mrs. Dr. Craig had settled near Summerfield some time in 1818 and by her advice Mrs. Large disposed of her little property and came to the new country in February of 1828 with her little family of six children. She entered from government eighty acres of 5 land near the village of Freedom which she improved and which she resided until 1839 when Henry became the owner.
The early life of Mr. Large was one of toil and hardship. At the age of sixteen he made his initial effort in business by taking a job of splitting rails at thirty-one cents per hundred. At 18 he began life as a farm laborer at $8 per month. These facts, although seemingly trivial, show what can be done from small beginnings. By ding of industry and close economy he accumulated a sum nearly sufficient for the purchase of the homestead farm, which he bought in 1839. On this farm, which he still owns, he laid the foundation of his fortune. Never at one time has he owned more that 155 acres. The life of Mr. Large has been a busy and successful one, in fact it may be said that, considering his opportunities no resident of Noble County has been more so. He has devoted his time to farming, tobacco raising and loaning his net earnings, and is thought to be the wealthiest man in the county.
Many are curious to know how it is possible for him to acquire so fine a competency under such adverse circumstances. His answer to the question is, "By the rigid practice of industry, economy, promptness and the avoidance of debt," and we might add, shrewd management and a desire to excel. Mr. Large is quiet and reserved in manner, and possessed of no distinguishing characteristics, excepting his financial ability and his extraordinary mathematical acquirements; his gift in this respect is wonderful and like that of Pascal of Colburn, is a God given faculty, and his education was almost wholly confined to that school in which the teachers are observation and experience.
In Politics he is a Republican; in religion a Methodist, although not a member of any church. He is classed among the foremost men of the county in wealth, brains and intelligence.
Mr. Large was married early in life to Miss Maria, daughter of Edward Cleary. She was born in Kings County, Ireland in 1823. She has been to Mr. Large a helpmate in all that the word implies. They have had nine children: Mary A (McClintock), John, Sarah J. and Emma (died in infancy), Eliza H., Clara I. (Guiler), George E., Emma J. and Joseph H.
from p 385: Some of the old settlers of the township who are still living are Samuel Osborne, aged 86, and his wife, nee Martha Horton, 83, Wyndham Sparling, 82; Thomas Horton, 70, Henry Large 71, John Cleary 78; Henry Craig, 78, Johnathan Hamilton came to this county from Belmot very early and died soon after. His widow is still living, aged 89, active and in good health.
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