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Reverend James Marshall Candler (b. 18 May 1818, d. 29 Jul 1887)

James Marshall Candler (son of John Candler III and Phoebe Boaz)⁶ was born 18 May 1818 in Lynchburg, Campbell Co., Va, and died 29 Jul 1887 in Hardin County, Ohio⁷. He married Susannah Rayl on 18 Nov 1845 in Lafayette, Allen County, Ohio, daughter of George Rayl and Prudence Derringer.

Notes for James Marshall Candler:
HISTORY OF HARDIN COUNTY.

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP.

This subdivision was organized in 1837, and at the first election in the fall of that year Hugh W. McElroy was elected Justice of the Peace, and Amariah Thorne, Lewis Long and Hugh W. McElroy, Trustees. There were eleven votes cast at this election, which was held at the house of Amariah Thorne, and where they were continued to be held until the erection of the schoolhouse in Ada, in 1851, since which they have been held is that town. The election records of the township have, many of them, been destroyed, hence it is difficult to give all the early officers. John Latimer was elected Justice of the Peace in 1840--11, and served by re-election many years. This township occupies the extreme northwest corner of Hardin Count`-. and is known as Township 3 south. Range 9 east, and is bounded on the north by Hancock County, east by Washington Township, south by Marion Township and west by Allen County. and is six sections square. containing thirty-six square miles, or 23,040 acres.

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PIONEERS.

James Marshall Candler, a native of Campbell County, Va., emigrated to Ohio with his parents while a young man, and they first settled in Clinton County, Ohio: thence they removed to Madison County, and, in 1829, they removed to Allen County and settled near La Fayette; thence, in 1832, they removed to this township and settled on the southwest quarter of Section 7 where his father died on September 3, 1835, and was buried upon his own place, being the first person interred on what is known as the Candle Cemetery. Mr. Candler was united in marriage with Susanna Rayl, of Allen County. Here Mr. Candler settled, and began his pioneer work. He deadened the first tree, burned the first brush heap, in fact, did the first pioneer work in Liberty Township, as he was the first white settler within its precincts. Mr. Candler resided on. this place about twenty-four years, opened out a good farm and made good improvements, and during this period he cleared for other people; in the neighborhood and vicinity, 116 acres of land, which, including what he has cleared for himself upon his own farms, numbers over two hundred acres, which probably few men, if any, have ever exceeded or equaled. And while Mr. Candler has been one of the most active of the early settlers in secular matters, he has also been an active worker in the Christian Church, having organized many churches iii various localities for that denomination. and has been an ordained minister for twenty three years. In 1873, lie located on the farm where he now lives, on Section 16, where he has since resided. He has ever taken great interest in schools and the education of the rising generation, knowing, from experience in his younger years, the want of school privileges, giving his early attention and aid to the establishing of schools in this neighborhood in its early settlement. He was instrumental in getting up the first subscription school ever taught in Liberty Township. He is the father of the following children: Alvira S., Roxanna A., Nancy M., James M., John W. and William E., who now survive, and Prudence A. and Mary Jane, deceased.

Robert Hyndman was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1804; emigrated to America in 1834, and, in the fall of 1838, came to Hardin County and settled on the south half of the northeast quarter of Section 20, where he has ever since resided. He erected a small log cabin; now he has a good farm and good buildings and improvements. Being a man of intelligence, and of unquestioned integrity, his fellow-citizens have repeatedly placed him in service as a township officer. He served as Treasurer twelve years successively. When he first settled here, the Wyandot Indians were in the habit of hunting through the forests, and one morning he heard the sharp crack of a rifle near his barn in the edge of the clearing, and there he found an Indian skinning a deer, who kindly gave him a piece for his breakfast. The Indians were very friendly, and often came to his cabin and ate with him. He remarked one peculiarity in the Indians-they were always hungry; and were great eaters whenever they could have an oppor-

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tunity to gratify their appetites. Mr. Hyndman was accustomed to attend most of the cabinraisings and log-rollings in the settlement for many years, and thus experienced the difficulties and hardships of the early settlers; for then all were glad to see new neighbors come to improve the land of the township. It was then the custom to have plenty of whisky at such gatherings, and it was generally freely used; yet Mr. Hyndman claims to have been a strict temperance man and refrained from the use of all stimulants on all occasions, and this virtue, with his many other good qualities. gave him a high position in the esteem and confidence of his many acquaintances.

Daniel Emerson came from Morgan County, Ohio, and settled on Section 31, Liberty Township, in 1838-39, where he resided till his death. He married Mary Swift, by whom he had several children, but all have died or moved away.

George Dougherty came from Morgan County, and bought a piece of land of the above .mentioned Mr. Emerson, upon which he settled in 1839-40. He married a Miss Matheny. He died upon the place where he first settled. His wife survived him several years, and died while living with her daughter. Their children were Joseph, Mary, Daniel, Jane, George and William, of whom Joseph and George are still residents of the township; all the others are either dead or moved away.

The above embrace, we think, most of the earliest settlers who came here prior to 1840. From this date to 1850. a large number came and settled in Liberty Township, many of whom saw and experienced as many hardships as those who came earlier, and truly lived and performed a pioneer life. Of these, we mention John Trassel, Esq., James Mustard, John J. Garlinger, Hammond Gilbert, Eli Newman, George Rusher, Samuel Anspach, Solomon Anspach, David Klingler, Charles Asire, John Long, John Shanks and the Runser families and Horace Gilbert, all of whom have been prominent, active and useful citizens of the township.

SCHOOLS.

The first school existing in Liberty Township was a subscription school, taught in a cabin on Marshall Candler's place by Roxanna Vincent, in 1837-38. Twelve scholars were obtained by the efforts of Mr. Candler. The teacher was paid $3 per scholar for a term of twelve weeks. In the northeast part of the township, the first school was taught by John Cooney, in the house of Hugh W. McElroy. Soon after, a small frame schoolhouse was erected on the southeast corner of John Garlinger's farm, opposite the present house, and Eli Strock was the first teacher. In 1873, this house was succeeded by the present neat and substantial brick house. And thus from settlement to settlement, in the different parts of the township, were established these pioneer schools, which were the germs of the present fine schools of this township. In the spring of 1850, the incorporation of the railroad company was made by the Legislature, and soon after surveys were made, locating the road, and settlers began to locate in the vicinity of Ada, and, in 1851,a frame school building was erected on Main street, on the west side, about two squares north of the railroad. This house served the purposes of a schoolhouse and a place for holding elections for about fifteen years, when the great increase in the number of scholars made it necessary to build a larger and more commodious house. They erected a large, twostory brick house. This in a few years, from the rapid growth of the town, became insufficient to accommodate the children, and an extensive addition was built, attached to the former building, making it as it now exists. Again this became insufficient, and a frame building was erected with two rooms, on the same lot near the brick house. For several years this has been one of the best and most flourishing union schools in the county. The rapid growth of the town, with its enterprising class of citizens and excellent corps of teachers, have given this school a prestige perhaps second to none in the county. These school buildings, as they now stand, have cost about $14,000; and now (1883) their capacity is insufficient to properly accommodate the increased number of scholars, and they premeditate building larger this summer. Ada is also the favored location of one of the largest and best normal schools in the State, a full and extended history of which is given elsewhere in this work. The following is the last report of the Board of Education of Liberty Township:

Alvira S., wife of John Hyndman, a plasterer in Ada ; Amanda, wife of Mr. Freeman Kimmel, a farmer in Allen County ; Nancy, wife of Andrew Devore, a brick mason in Forest, Hardin County; Marshall, a farmer; John W., at home; and William.

More About James Marshall Candler and Susannah Rayl:
Marriage: 18 Nov 1845, Lafayette, Allen County, Ohio.

Children of James Marshall Candler and Susannah Rayl are:

Alvira S Candler, b., Ada, Ohio, d. date unknown.
Amanda Candler, b., Ada, Ohio, d. date unknown.
John W Candler, d. date unknown.
James M. Candler, b., Ada, Ohio, d. date unknown.
Mary Jane Candler, d. date unknown, Ada, Ohio.
Prudence A. Candler, d. date unknown, Ada, Ohio.
William E. Candler, d. date unknown.
+Nancy Maria Candler, b. 26 Apr 1858, Ada, Ohio, d. 27 Jan 1912, Corning, IA.