John W. Beaver
John W. Beaver was born August 24, 1826. His parents were Isaac and Rachel Beaver, who settled in Shelby County in 1832. He is a blacksmith, and runs a sawmill. He married Lydia, daughter of John G. and Mary Ann Shaffer, settlers here in 1832. She was born February 11, 1827. Their children are Isaac Newton, John George, Catharine, Sophie, Nancy, Elvira, Francis Marion, Charles Daniel Martin, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Martha Jane. His ancestors, Christopher Beaver and Engle Bowyer, were Revolutionary ofiicers in 1776. Isaac Beaver, his father, served in the war of 1812 at Norfolk, Bladensburg, Baltimore, and Washington. He himself was in Company I, 138th O. N. G., Capt. James Huston, Col. S. S. Fisher, of Cincinnati, Ohio, Brigadier General Weizel, &c.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883