SAMUEL PONTIUS (deceased) was born December 26, 1814, in Pickaway County, Ohio, where he was reared as a farmer, and remained until 1842 when he moved to this county, bringing with him his wife and two children. He was married, October 10, 1839 to Miss Lydia Shellhammer of Pickaway County, Ohio, a native of Lehigh County, Penn., born March 31., 1817. Her parents were Jonah and Sarah (Meekel) Shellhammer, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1823 and settled in Pickaway County, where they died; of their family of eleven children nine are still living. Mr. Pontius was a prominent man in his neighborhood and highly respected by all who knew him; he was a member of the United Brethren Church; a farmer by occupation, he cleared and improved about 100 acres of land in Adams Township, this county. He was the father of four children: Benjamin, Sarah, Wilson (deceased) and Rosa. Mrs. Pontius, after her husband's death, purchased the childrens' interest in the home farm, which now consists of nine acres of well-improved land, at present operated under her supervision by J. E. Paine.


Trancribed by Bonnie Walsh.
WARNER, BEERS & CO., 1886
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part IV, p.709
ADAMS TOWNSHIP