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History of Hocking Valley, Ohio
Together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships,
Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political
History, Portrait of Prominent Persons, and
Biographies of Representative Citizens.
Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co.
1883
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EDWARD HOMER
DAVIS, proprietor of Davis's livery stables at Nelsonville, was born
in York Township, Athens Co., O., Apr. 15, 1859. His parents were
Joseph A. and Alvira (Judd) Davis. His father dying when he was a
child, he lived with his mother on the homestead until her death, when he
was fourteen. At that age he began to work for himself. In 1876
he traded his interest in his father's estate for the livery business, in
which he is now engaged at Nelsonville, and is now an incumbent of that
office.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by Inter-State
Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 452 |
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JESSE DAVIS
was born in Cadiz, Harrison Co., Ohio, Jan. 30, 1828. When ten years
of age he came with his brother Thomas to Athens, where he has since
resided. His mother died when he was five, and his father when he was
twelve years of age. He was thus early thrown on his own resources.
He received a common-school education, and when twelve years of age was
apprenticed to learn the wool -carding business; but, not liking the
business, at the end of his three years began to learn the shoemaker's
trade, which he afterward worked at ten years. Since then he has been
in the grocery and mercantile business. July 3, 1850, he married
Elizabeth Warren, of Canaan Township. They have eight children -
Ambrose, George W., Fred, Lancaster, Lon, Jesse, Ida and Bee.
Mrs. Davis is a member of the Methodist church of Athens.
Mr. Davis is a member of Paramuthia Lodge, No. 25, Athens. He has
served as Trustee of Athens Township four years, and as a member of the City
Council two yeas.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by Inter-State
Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 332 |
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JOSEPH A. DAVIS
(deceased) was born in Athens County, Ohio, near the mouth of Monday Creek,
Dec. 1, 1825. His parents were Rufus P. and Clarrissa (Allen)
Davis. He was married to Alvira Judd, Oct. 24, 1850.
They had seven children, five of whom are living - John F., Lizzie
Armitage, Charles J., Edward H. and Clinton L. Seth P. died
in childhood and Susan A. in infancy, Mr. Davis spent his
whole life on the farm on which he was born, heiring part of the land and
purchasing the balance, where he pursued farming up to his death, July 16,
1866.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by Inter-State
Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 452 |
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LEVI DAVIS,
civil engineer and surveyor, of Hocking County, was born in Loudoun County,
Va., near Leesburg, July 1, 1805, a son of John W. and Elizabeth (Hesser)
Davis. When he was nine years of age his parents moved to Fairfax
County, Va., remaining there four years later returned to Loudoun County.
In 1823 they came to Ohio, first settling near Hanover, Columbiana County.
Mr. Davis received his rudimentary education in the common
schools, but by private personal application acquired a mathematical and
scientific education, and after years of careful study, obtained a practical
knowledge of civil engineering and surveying, being one of he bet of that
profession in the State. When twenty years of age he left home and was
employed as a laborer on the public works of the Ohio Canal six months, when
he was appointed superintendent of the canal construction, retaining that
position till 1830. The next three yeas he was a contractor on the
National turnpike road in Muskingum County, and in 1833 was appointed by the
Government as superintendent of construction for a section of fifteen miles
of the same turnpike in Licking and Franklin counties. In 1836 he
resigned his position and was a contractor on the Sandy and Beaver Canal in
Columbiana County till 1838, when he was employed as superintendent of
construction on the slack water works of Muskingum River till 1839.
Fro that year till 1842 he taught school in Muskingum County, when he came
to Hocking County and settled two miles south of Logan, where he still
resides. In 1844 he was elected County surveyor of Hocking County,
holding the position thirty years, when, in 1874, on account of his age, he
declined re-election, and his son, James W., was elected in his
stead. Aug. 15, 1830, Mr. Davis married Mary Ann Rodman,
of Muskingum County. They have had a family of thirteen children,
eight of whom are still living - John R., born Aug. 15, 1831;
Sarah J., Oct. 5, 1833, now Mrs. John Shields; Samuel G.,
born Mar. 12, 1835, died Nov. 9, 1836; Wesley A., born July 18, 1837;
Levi, May 11, 1839, married Mary Bigham; Mary R., born
May 5, 1841, died May 13, 1841; Lycurgus, born Apr. 3, 1842; James
W., July 4, 1844; Eliza A., Nov. 20, 1846; Samantha (Mrs.
Jones), May 7, 1849, died in 1880; Edith C., born Apr. 3, 1852,
died Apr. 7, 1854; Harriet M., born Feb. 18, 1855; Lucellus,
Oct. 1859, died Sept. 22, 1863.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by Inter-State
Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 945 |
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M. P. DAVIS, M. D.,
physician, is the oldest son of Malon and Hylinda (Andeson) Davis.
He was born near Long Island, N. J., May 13, 1813. His parents moved
to Zanesville, Ohio, N. J., May 13, 1813. His parents moved to
Zanesville, Ohio, when he was a small boy, and from there to Wolf Creek,
Morgan Co., Ohio, where he lived and worked on a farm and received a
common-school education. He taught school during the winter months,
and attended college for a time at Granville, Ohio. At the age of
twenty-one yeas he began the study of medicine with Dr. E. W. Tinker,
of Rosseau, Morgan Co., Ohio, and was with him about three years. In
the spring of 1838, he located in Amesville, Athens, County, and practiced
there three years. He then removed to Perry County, Ohio, and
practiced there two years; then lived in South Charleston, Ohio, one year,
when he returned to Perry County and purchased a farm near Miller Town and
carried on farming in connection with his practice until the spring of 1852.
In April, 1852, he sold his property and purchased a farm near Trimble.
In December, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, for three years as First Lieutenant. In May, 1862, he came
home with the remains of his son who died at Corinth, and resigned his
position and resumed the practice of his profession and farming until his
death, Feb. 29, 1876. Dec. 13, 1838, he married Lydia A.,
daughter of Samuel and Mary H. (Tinker) Morrow, of Perry County,
Ohio. Four children were born to them, only two now living - Amanda
S. and Arius N. Lydia V. died at Corinth, Miss., May
27, 1862. He was drummer of Company E, Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. Mrs. Davis lives at the homestead with her son
Arius.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by Inter-State
Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 773 |
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W. T. DEAN, an
enterprising farmer of Alexander Township, was born Jan. 14, 1850. His
father, W. T. Dean, died when he was sixteen months old, and his
mother, Mary J. (Beard) Dean, when he was six years old. He was
reared by D. M. Clayton, of Athens, and received his education in the
schools of that place. During the late war he enlisted, but was
rejected on account of his age. When seventeen years of age he
commenced to learn the trade of a stone mason and followed that occupation
several years. He now has a fine farm of 103 acres and one of the best
residences in the township. He was married Feb. 21, 1872, to Mrs.
Kate (Walters) Coates, of this country. She had two daughters -
Bell K. and Emma M. Coates. Mr. Dean is a member
of the Masonic fraternity, Lodge No. 25, Athens.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by Inter-State
Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 557 |
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JAMES DEW, proprietor of the
Dew House, Nelsonville, was born at Zanesville, Ohio, Sept. 6,
1839. In 1840 his parents, John and Sarah (Zane) Dew, came to
Athens County, and settled in
York Township on a farm, where he was reared. His father was a pioneer
of Athens County, and came with his brother, Thomas Dew, when eight
years old from Cumberland, Md., in 1819. His mother was a descendant
of the Zane family, founders of the city of Zanesville, Ohio.
Our subject lived with his parents until manhood, and was given a
common-school education. In his boyhood he was placed in charge of his
father’s farm, and did not begin to do any thing for himself until his
father’s death, in 1863. Deceiving his share of his father’s estate,
he made no investments until 1878, when he built the Dew House,
a brick structure in Nelsonville, which he rented until May, 1882, when,
with his son Dudley, he took charge of it as James Dew & Son.
In January, 1881, he purchased a farm of 530 acres in the vicinity of
Frankford, Clinton Co., Ind., where he is also engaged in farming and
stock-raising. In 1881 he was Trustee of York Township. In 1859
he married Miss Margaret Charlton, of Nelsonville. They have
three children— Dudley, Capitola and Stanley. They have lost
one son—Orlaf.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley,
Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 452
Note: He is mentioned throughout this book. |
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THOMAS DEW was born in July,
1815. He lived near Nelsonville, and was a farmer and stock-dealer.
He enlisted in the late war and was a Captain of the Eighteenth Ohio
Regiment, which position he held until his health failed, when he was
obliged to resign and come home. He died at his home at Bessemer,
Sept. 30, 1868, from disease contracted in the army. He left a family
and a host of friends to mourn his loss. He was married to Miss
Nancy Zane, daughter of Silas and Annie (Bland) Zane.
Mr. Zane was the founder of Zanesville, Ohio, and was a very wealthy and
influential man at that time. Mrs. Dew was born May 4, 1821,
and is the only one of the family now living. Mr. and Mrs. Dew
were the parents of eight children, three of which are living— Thomas E.,
Silas, and Mark; James, Joel, Isah, John and Orlaf are deceased.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley,
Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 453 |
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JOHN DEWING
was born in Norfolk, Mass., Jan. 18, 1813. His father, Elijah
Dewing, was born in Dover, Mass., July 11, 1761, and served at West
Point during the Revolutionary war. He was at West Point about the
time Benedict Arnold was trying to surrender the fort to the
British. He died in 1843, at Medway, Mass., aged eighty-three years.
His wife, Betsey (Reed) Dewing, was born in Needham, Mass., in 1769,
and died the same day as her husband, and they were buried in the same
grave. Mr. Dewing came to Athens County in 1841, and
located at Hebbardsville. In the latter part of 1844 he came to
Albany, where he has since resided. He learned the trade of a cutler
in Worcester, Mass., in 1830, in the first cutler’s shop in America, and
afterward learned to make spectacles, and was engaged in that business
several years after coming here. Of late years he has been buying and
collecting notes and doing a general brokerage business. He has sixty
acres of land on section 11, Lee Township, and considerable town property.
In 1819 he went to California via the isthmus, and remained eighteen months.
He has been Township Assessor six years. He is a member of Albany
Lodge, No. 156, A. F. & A. M. Jan. 13, 1836, he married Mindwell R.
Cleveland, a native of Harwinton, Conn., born Sept. 17, 1817. They have
one daughter—Mary M., now Mrs. James H. Holmes. She has
one child—Angie G., born Aug. 4, 1881. Mr.
Dewing has the record of his father’s ancestors from 1644 to the present
time. Andrew Dewing, one of the first settlers of
Needham, was a member of the ancient artillery of Boston in 1644.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley,
Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 615 |
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WILLIAM DICKSON
born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 29, 1819, is a son of Henry Dickson,
a native of Maryland. When he was a child his parents moved to
Guernsey County, and when he was fifteen years old came to Athens County.
Mar. 16, 1843, he married Maria Lentner, a native of Delaware, and a
daughter of Jacob Lentner. They have eight children - J. M.,
Joanna, Albert Hanford, J. W., Nancy, Mary L., Lizzie M. and Elisha
B. In 1854 he bought the farm where he now resides. He has
310 acres of good land which is under a good state of cultivation.
Politically, he is a Republican.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by Inter-State
Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 557 |
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