JOHN DILSAVER
JOHN DILSAVER
John Dilsaver, a farmer, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, May 26,1806, and is a son of Michael and Hannah (Coon) Dilsaver, the former a native of Virginia and the later of Pennsylvania, both of English descent. His father came to Ohio in early manhood, and was one of the earliest settlers of the State; he was a tanner by trade, and is said to have tanned the first leather that was ever tanned on the west side of the Scioto River. Our subject attended school in the primitive log schoolhouses of pioneer days, and chose the occupation of a farmer, also conducting a tannery for a time. He came to Union County nearly half a century ago and located south of where Richwood now stands, where he still resides. He opened a tannery on this farm, in early days, but has long since discontinued it. When he began life for himself he spent five years working out by the month at $8 per month. He now has 170 acres of land on which he resides, and eighty acres in Paulding County. He is an old Jacksonian Democrat and cast his first vote for "Old Hickory," the head of that party. In 1831, he married Sarah Jane Bridge, a native of Ohio, by whom he has had seven children, namely, Almira (deceased), Albert, Edward, Michael, Hannah, wife of Jacob Beem, William (deceased) and Lavina. Mr. and Mrs. Dilsaver are members of the Methodist Protestant Church.