John Strickler

The Strickler family is of German origin and was founded in America previous to the Revolutio n, the American progenitor settling in the colony of Virginia. John Strickler, the grandfathe r of Joseph L., was born in 1808, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and was a marble cutte r by trade, but on going as a pioneer to Fairfield County, Ohio, took up farming as his vocat ion and homesteaded 160 acres. He also built the old half-way house between Lancaster and Ple asantville, which he conducted for many years, and there continued to reside during the remai nder of his life. He was equally successful at his trade, as the proprietor of his tavern an d as a farmer, and was a man of some influence in his community, and rounded out a full and u seful life, dying in 1887, at the age of eighty-eight years. Mr. Strickler was a stanch democ rat. His children were as follows: Lew, who followed the trade of marblecutter and died at th e old family place in Fairfield County, and who fought as a soldier for three years during th e Civil war; John, also a marblecutter, who saw three years of service in the Civil war a s a Union soldier and died at Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; Ad, a marble cutter by trade , who retired in his latter years and died at Bremen, Fairfield County, Ohio; Dan, who is a r etired contractor and builder of FranklinCounty, Ohio; Job, who is a retired carpenter of Nel sonville, Hocking County, Ohio; Joe, who was a blacksmith and died at Rushville, Fairfield Co unty; and Katie, who died at Basil, Fairfield County, in 1908, as the wife of Henry Swarner , a retired farmer.