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| CHARLES OSTRANDER, miller, resident at Rustford, Deerfield Tp., was born in
the county of Elgin, Province of Ontario, Oct. 15, 1838. He is the son of
Andrew and Sarah (Buchner) Ostrander, who was removed to Bayham, Ont., in
1822. The ancestral descent of Mr. Ostrander is German, his progenitors
having come to America at the close of the last century. He received a common-school education and was under his father's supervision until he was 21 years of age, when he spent a year in the employ of John McDonald, his first effort for himself, for which he received eleven dollars a month. He next worked a farm on shares for Ebenezer Buchner, remaining one year, when he and his brother Simeon took their father's farm to work on shares and carried it on two years. At the end of that time his father gave each a deed of one-half (75 acres) of the place. Mr. Ostrander bought 50 acres adjoining. In 1874 he disposed of his farm and located at Rustford, where he now resides. He bought and put in operation the grist-mill at that place and entered into partnership with Ebenezer Buchner, whose interest he purchased in 1880. He now carries on the grist and saw mill and is engaged in the manufacture of shingles. In politics, Mr. Ostrander is a Republican, and is now serving his second term as Township Treasurer. His home was burned on the 22nd of October, 1880, and he at once erected his present substantial residence. He was married Jan. 13, 1861, to Margaret A. Miller, born in Canada, June 13, 1843. There children were born in the following order: Alvonetta, Dec. 2, 1861; Carrie, Dec. 7, 1863, Sarah M., Aug. 1, 1871. Mrs. Ostrander died March 29, 1874. Mr. Ostrander a second time married, Aug. 8, 1877, to Mary, daughter of David and Martha (Glass) Dalzell. She was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, Aug. 4, 1841. Her parents were natives of Pennsylvania, but removed to Lake Co., Mich., where they now reside. Mr. and Mrs. Ostrander have two children: Henry D., born Jan. 3, 1879 and Lewis R., May 6, 1883. |