Charles Hetich
CHARLES HETICH retired; P. O. Bucyrus : whose portrait appears elsewhere, is a son of George and Martha (Immel) Hetich, and was born June 11, 1810, near Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Penn., and lived on a farm until about 18 Years of age: he attended subscription school in the neighborhood, finishing his education at Gettysburg: he then served an apprenticeship of three years in a mill: this business together with lumbering, he followed until 1836; in October. 1837, he came to Ohio driving through from Chambersburg in a carriage, making two trips between that place and Bucyrus, one on horseback: his mother had come out here some four years previously: he settled on the corner of Warren and Main streets and has lived in the town ever since, with the exception of about nine years spent on an estate which he owned in Cranberry Township. He had a great fondness for hunting and he and Henry Minich hunted much together often killing as many as thirty deer in a season; he himself often killed three in a single day, killing a great many within a mile and half of town, and often caught fish in Grass Run. Mr. Hetich and two brothers bought 900 acres of land in Cranberry Township. In 1848, he was elected Treasurer of Crawford Co., and served two terms with satisfaction to his constituents, he has been Township Trustee and Town Councilman many years; was a member of the Board of Education when the Bucyrus schools employed but one teacher, and hired Judge Plants from his shoe bench to teach the school of the town. He was married, Feb. 14, 1833, in Franklin Co., Penn., to Miss Susan Clark: four of their children: are living Paul I., Elizabeth, George A. and Martha J., wife of Cyrus Fisher, Denver, Colo.; George A. lives in town, and Paul I., lives in Cranberry Township. His father, George Hetich, was born at Little York, Penn., where he lived until manhood; he married Martha Immel. near Chambersburg, whose family was wealthy: he settled there managing farm and saw-mills; he was soon after elected Sheriff of the county, and served several years as such; he raised four sons and two daughter - Paul I., George A., .John and Charles (our subject). and Rebecca H.. widow of Hon. George Sweney, and Martha, wife of Jonathan Kearsley; he died on his farm, near Chambersburg, Penn.
From History of Crawford County and Ohio by Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1881