Ohio Biographies



Ewalt Fey


Ewalt Fey, Retired Farmer, was born in Germany April 27, 1813. He is a son of Henry and Margaret Fey. He is a stonemason by trade, which, in connection with farming, has been his business through life. In 1838 he married Miss Anna C. Aberhardt, of Germany, born September 25, 1803. Mr. and Mrs. Fey remained in their native country until in 1847, when they, with two children, emigrated to America. and located in Buffalo, N. Y., remaining until 1848, when they came to Shelby County, Ohio, and settled in Dinsmore Township. Since his settlement in this township he has given the greater part of his time to farming, which he has conducted with success, and now owns a. good farm of 140 acres, in section 21, on which he has resided since March 29,1866. His companion died December 13,1876. He reared a family of two children, viz., Henry and Christian. He served two years in the German army.

Henry Fey was born in Germany, October 11, 1839. He came to America with his parents in 1847. On the 1st of June, 1865, he married Miss Adaline Bohlender, then of Dayton, Ohio, but a native of Germany, where she was born November 25, 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Fey settled on the home farm with his father, where they have since resided. They have three children, Anna M., Elizabeth, and Sophia.

 

From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883

 


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