Abraham Stelts
Last week, Abraham Stelts, aged about 84 years, split over 1,000 rails. One half of a large cut rolled back, when it opened, and caught him under it. He undertook to dig out with his hands, and succeeded very well, until he came to frozen ground. He then hallooed about twice at once, when two men came to his rescue and extricated him, when he deliberately went to his work and finished his job. "How's that for high?" Mr. Stelt's was a soldier in our last war with England, came to the site of Bellville in 1812, and has resided in the vicinity ever since; has probably done more hard, pioneer labor than other man now living in Jefferson Twp., and his physical strength and vigor, after his long and laborious life, is a subject of wonder.
From The Bellville Dollar Weekly, April 11, 1873