John Fetters b. 1791 Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 21 Sep 1876 Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio, United States: Tangled Roots

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Name	John Fetters
Born	1791	Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States [1]
Gender	Male
Newspaper	15 Apr 1824	Canton, Stark County, Ohio, United States [2]
	Defendant in Petition for Partition concerning the property of George Fetters, deceased
	Address: Ohio Repository
Died	21 Sep 1876	Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio, United States
Person ID	I615	TangledRoots
Last Modified	23 Apr 2019

Father	George Fetters, b. 1748, Oley, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America , d. 1823, Stark County, Ohio, United States (Age 75 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Switzer, b. 1746, Berks County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America , d. Bef 31 Oct 1826, Stark County, Ohio, United States (Age < 80 years)
Married	1770	Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
Family ID	F202	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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...John Feather died in Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1876 at age 85.
...Mr. Feather was born somewhere in the Shenandoah Valley, Va. and in His eighteenth or 19th year, He came to Lancaster, Pa. and after His Marriage with Miss Schaefer, they resided at Rabit hill, Now Rothville. He was a Boy of unusual mental faculties and was a School Teacher in His teens, which was something unusual in those early Years. While teaching near Lilitz, Pa. the writer's Father was one of His pupils and it is somewhat singular that three generations of the Holl Family received instructions from the same teacher. Mr Feather came to Stark County, In 1835, and settled near New Berlin. Shortly after Mr. Feather came to Stark County, there was organized a Militia regiment and having studied Military tactics in His early days, He was chosen Col. in 1840. What He lacked in military Lore, He made up in being a strict disciplinarian and in a short time His battalion was a body of well drilled men. He followed teaching in New Berlin and adjoining districts for many years and in his teaching, He was as in Military matters a severe disciplinarian, and rough in his punishments, and it is doubtful if there was ever a teacher in the County who whipped as many boys and girls as He did. He nevertheless was a great friend of small children who ran to meet Him whenever He appeared on the School ground. At recess or at noon the scholars would gather around Him expecting to hear a good story and the half grown boys nick named Him "Peter Pinder The Great Story Teller".
...At Christmas He was sure to deal out Christmas Gifts in the shapes of cakes, candies, nuts and apples. He also took quite an interest in politics and whenever his party, Democratic, had mass meetings at Canton, or some other places.
...Taking wagons with them loaded with evergreens, hickory polls, flags and banners, enthusiastic democrats, Col. Feather as He was called on such occasions was sure to act as Marshall, riding on His Sorral Horse and wearing a long crimson sash. He had some bad habits when in manhood years, the most prominent of which was intemperance, but these He laid aside in Old Age. In His religious sentiments, He was a free thinker but in public was very careful how He expressed Him self on the religious matters. He was a genuine Old school Virginian being an out spoken State Rights and Pro Slavery man.
...During the Civil War 1861-65 He did not hesitate to express sentiments in sympathy with the Confederates and when General Sheridan Made his memorable raids thru The Shenandoah in 1864, Mr Feather was very out spoken concerning His sympathy with the Native Valley. (From an Unknown Ohio Newspaper - Handley Library, Winchester, Virginia)