LOGAN COUNTY OHIO 
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The History Of Logan County, Ohio


    John Moots, farmer; Post Office, West Liberty; was born in Monroe 
Township., April 16, 1825.  His parents were George and Margaret (Hall) 
Moots.  He settled on the farm now owned by John H., about the year 1812, and 
he (John) thinks that he was a teamster at that time.  John H. was married 
February 5, 1847, to Elizabeth Smith, who was a daughter of Robert and Isabel 
(Burnside) Smith.  Began poor, having one horse and $15 in money, and renting 
land after marriage.  After living four years on his father's farm, he moved 
to Paulding County.  His wife dying, he was subsequently married to Elizabeth 
Randle, born in 1831, in this township; she is a daughter of Err Randle.  
After a sojourn of nearly three years in Paulding County, he returned to the 
place he left, trading his land in Paulding for some that he now owns.  Came 
on the place he now owns in 1870.  He has six children--Henry R., Benjamin 
E., Err R, Jennie E., Ida E., and Johnnie.  Mr. Moots has now 133 acres of 
land as his reward for industry and perseverance.  He has been a hard worker, 
and obtained what he has by honesty and good management.  His father died in 
1858; he was a member of the Lutheran Church, John H. being a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church.