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History of Fremont, (Sandusky County) OhioOur database does not include an historic photo for Fremont, (Sandusky County) Ohio, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Biographical Sketch of Ralph Pomeroy Buckland Ralph Pomeroy Buckland, soldier, was born at Leyden, Mass., Jan. 20, 1812. His parents moved to Ohio, where he received his education. He was admitted to the bar in 1837, and commenced practice at Fremont. In 1848 he was a delegate to the national Whig convention, and from 1855 to 1859 he was state senator. He entered the Union army in 1861 as colonel of the 72nd Ohio volunteers, which he had organized, and at the battle of Shiloh he commanded the 4th brigade of Sherman's division, receiving promotion to brigadier-general, Nov. 29, 1862, for gallantry on this occasion. He commanded a brigade in the 15th army corps at Vicksburg, was later assigned to the command of the district of Memphis, and was brevetted major-general of volunteers in March, 1865. In January, 1865, he resigned his commission in the army in order to accept a seat in the 39th Congress as representative from his state, having been elected while in the field. He was re-elected in 1866 to the 40th Congress, and served on the committees on banking, currency and militia. He was president of the board of managers of the Ohio soldiers' and sailors' orphans' home at Xenia from 1867 to 1873, and the government director of the Union Pacific railroad from 1877 to 1880. He died at Fremont, Ohio, May 28, 1892. |
Ohio Facts: Sandusky County Facts: Seat: FremontEstablished: 1820 Formed from: Huron
Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: FREMONT, a post-township in the N. part of Sandusky county, Ohio. The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: FREMONT, formerly LOWER SANDUSKY, capital of Sandusky county, Ohio, on the left or W. bank of the Sandusky river, 24 miles W. S. W. from Sandusky City, and 105 miles W. by S. from Columbus. It is at the head of navigation, and has considerable business. The Cleveland and Toledo railroad passes through the place, and steamboats run frequently from this town to the ports on Lake Erie. It has a bridge across the river, and contains a court house, 5 or 6 churches, 2 newspaper offices, 1 iron foundry, and 1 woollen factory. This place is on the site of Fort Stephenson or Sandusky, gallantly defended by Colonel Croghan, August 2d, 1813, against the British and Indian forces. Pop., 1725. Fremont is situated 191 meters above sea level. |
