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JAMES
H. SAPP. Among the resident farmers of
Clermont county, Ohio, who served their country in the
Civil war, are numbered James H. Sapp, residing in
Monroe township, not far from New Richmond. The farm which
Mr. Sapp now owns and operates has been the
property of some member of the Sapp family
since it was obtained from the government. On September
27, 1843, James Sapp was born, he being a
son of Abel and Sarah (Hodge) Sapp.
Abel Sapp, a native
of Clermont county, was born about 1812, and lived to the
good old age of seventy-two years. He was born on this
same farm in Monroe township, and followed farming as his
life work. Abel Sapp was a son of Edward and
Elizabeth (Seaton) Sapp, the former of whom came to
this county from Kentucky, when he was a young man. He
passed away in 1843, of cholera.
Sarah (Hodge) Sapp was born in Clermont county,
about 1819, and died in 1886, a daughter of James and (Treece)
Hodge, the latter of an old family of Washington
township. James Hodge was an old resident of
Nicholsville.
James H. Sapp is one of
five children, of which one sister died in infancy; the
youngest is now living in Pasadena, Cal. He received his
education in the schools of the county, and the Parker
Academy. In 1863, Mr. Sapp enlisted in
Company L, Ohio cavalry, under Captain Gatch.
He served until the close of the war, nearly two years,
being sergeant when he was discharged, never having been
wounded.
After the close of the war, Mr. Sapp
returned to his home and, has followed general farming
since. His marriage to Miss Jane Ann Porter took
place in the winter of 1865. Jane Ann Porter is a
daughter of William and Asenath (Lane) Porter. The
Lanes were of a prominent family, one cousin, Henry
Lane, was at one time Governor of Indiana.
William Porter, whose parents were from
Scotland, was born in Clermont county soon after the
arrival of the family in the county.
Mrs. Sapp has two brothers and two
sisters living: Charles, superintendent of the
Tenth district schools of Cincinnati; John, a farmer
living in Tennessee; Mrs. Henry Maltox, of
Washington State; Mrs. H. L. Fridman, a widow
living at Clermontville.
Mr. and Mrs. Sapp are the parents of five children:
Edward A., in the oil and gas business in
Chautauqua county, Kansas. He is married and has three
sons and one daughter.
Hattie, is the wife of Elmer Smith, of
Pasadena, Cal.
Mary, a graduate nurse of Seaside Hospital, of Long
Beach, Cal.
Jessie, is the wife of Clayton H. Corbin, a
cousin of the late Gen. Henry Corbin.
Olive, was in business in Cincinnati, until her
decease at twenty-three years of age.
Mr. Sapp is a member of the Frazier Post of
Bethel Grand Army of the Republic, and in religious views
favors the Methodist church. He is Republican and keeps
well informed on all the political subjects of the day,
although he has never accepted any office of the county,
believing his family was his first consideration. He has
given his business his entire attention with most
excellent results. A man conscientious in all his
dealings, he has the respect of all his neighbors and
friends.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio
- Vol. II - by Byron Williams - Publ. 1913 - Page 38 |
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HON.
JOHN SHAW, deceased, figured prominently in the
affairs of Clermont county for many years, and his
enterprise and capabilities won for him an honored name.
He was a farmer and stock raiser, being one of the first
to introduce the Durham Short Horn cattle into the
county, also making a specialty of well bred sheep and
hogs. Mr. Shaw was a large land owner,
having tracts of land in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana,
some of which is still in the family. Mr. Shaw
was born in Ohio township, Clermont county, April 1,
1810, and died Nov. 1, 1896, having spent his entire
life in the county.
In political views. Mr. Shaw was an earnest
Democrat giving support to that party throughout his
active life. He served the county in the office of
deputy county auditor and was a member of the
constitutional convention, in 1873.
Hon. John Shaw was a son of John Shaw and
a grandson of James Shaw, the latter being
born in Belfast, Ireland, coming to America, alone, when
he was fifteen years of age, about 1770 or 1771, he
having been bound out. The family to whom the boy,
James, was bound, settled in York county,
Pennsylvania, and when the Revolutionary war broke out
he enlisted in the army under Lafayette, serving
throughout the war. James Shaw brought his
wife and family, in 1795, to Limestone (now Maysville),
Ky., but shortly after settled near Alexandria, Campbell
county, Kentucky, where he secured and improved
considerable wild land. After living to a good old
age, James Shaw passed peacefully away, in 1825,
leaving an untarnished record and an unspotted
reputation.
James Shaw, son of James, was born in
1779. As a young man he served two terms, at different
times, in the Ohio legislature. About 1808,
John Shaw located at Monroe township, Clermont
county, Ohio, where he secured a large tract of wild
land, which he improved and resided on until his death,
in 1847. He was of Scotch-Irish descent and was
reared a strict Presbyterian but became a believer in
the Universalist doctrine. John Shaw served
in the War of 1812, receiving an honorable discharge.
He married Nancy Morin from Culpeper county,
Virginia, who came by horseback to Kentucky with her
father, the family settling in Campbell county.
She and her husband reared six sons and four daughters
to maturity, all of whom are married. James,
the eldest son, went to Texas when a young man, and was
a pioneer and active in the early political history of
the State, and served in the Mexican war. The
second, John, is the subject of this review.
Robert and Joseph went to Missouri, the
former being killed in the Civil war, he being a carrier
of the mail and a Union man in belief. Jonathan
served two terms as county commissioner in Clermont
county, residing in Monroe township.
The Hon. John Shaw married Miss Ida Webb,
who was born near Cincinnati, September 17, 1812, and
died September 8, 1900. She was a daughter of
General Clayton and Jane (Riggs) Webb, the latter a
daughter of a Revolutionary soldier and a resident of
New Jersey. Gen. Clayton Webb served in the
War of 1812, and was a personal friend of
William Henry Harrison. General Webb was one
of the early settlers of Hamilton county, Ohio, and was
a member of the early Ohio legislature. He owned a
great deal of land about Newtown.
An unusually long life together was enjoyed by Mr.
and Mrs. Shaw, they having been married sixty years,
lacking three months. To their union were born
five children:
Nancy, who married Francis E. Bette, of
Ohio township.
Clayton W., who died a soldier of the Civil war,
a member of Company M, Fifth Ohio Infantry.
James Fremont, who resides in Campbell county,
Kentucky, aged sixty-five years. He married
Miss Lula Reed, who died in 1912. They have
five sons and two daughters.
John C., farmer and stockman of Monroe township,
married, 1875, Miss Sallie Goble, a daughter of
Stephen and Alice (Brown) Goble. They have
had four children, three of whom are living.
Viola, who is the wife of Elwood Reed, of
Detroit, Mich. They have two children living.
When Mr. Shaw was called to his final rest,
Clermont county lost one of its most valued men, whose
business success came to him through the utilization of
opportunities and the recognition of the fact that the
present, not the future, is the time to put forth one's
best efforts and energies for the attainment of success.
He was never remiss in his duties whether in office or
out of it, and was an advocate of all progressive
measures for the general good of the community, ever
ready to give his aid to all worthy enterprises.
His life was active and his actions manly and sincere.
(Photos in this volume)
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio
- Vol. II - by Byron Williams - Publ. 1913 - Page 128 |
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WILLIAM
A. SHINKLE. William A. Shinkle is
one of the most successful general farmers in Franklin
township, Clermont county, and has won success through
his own efforts, being a self-made man. He is a
native of Higginsport, Brown county, Ohio, Ohio, born
July 4, .1855, and is a son of Isaac and Maria Jane
(Lamberts) Shinkle. The father was born at
Shingles Ridge, Brown county, in 1827, and died in 1905,
and the mother, born in the same place as the father, in
1829, died in 1899. Both parents are buried in
Bethel, Clermont county, Ohio. He was a Republican
in politics and a substantial citizen. He and his
wife had ten children. all except one born in Brown
county, and all except one now surviving: Lewis,
of Chicago; William A., of this sketch:
Ida, wife of Walter Jennings.
living near Cynthiana, Ky.;
Minnie married Scott Beach and died,
leaving one son, Isaac Earl, of Chicago;
Abbie Lee, wife of John Yeardsley.
of Cynthiana, Ky.;
Isaac of New Bethel;
Jemimah, wife of Andy Dean, lives
in Bethel, Ohio, and they
have one child; Letitia, wife of Ed.
Wilson, of New Bethel;
George, of Denver, Colo., and
Fannie, wife of Charles George,
of Kansas City, Mo.
Mr. Shinkle received his education in the public
schools of Brown county and remained with his parents
until he was twenty-three years old. He has always
carried on farming and is progressive in his ideas and
methods. He was married on Dec. 5, 1878, to
Miss Anna Gill, born in Brown county, Ohio, May 3,
1859, daughter of J. M. and Sarah (Buckner) Gill.
Her father was born in 1823 and died in November, 1908,
and the mother was born Oct. 16, 1825, and died in 1902,
both natives of New Brookville, Ky., and both buried in
Ripley, Ohio. Mr. Gill was a Republican in
politics, and a farmer and trader by occupation.
He moved to Brown county in 1857-58 and there spent the
remainder of his life. He had nine children, of
whom six now survive; Lucy, wife of
Benjamin Craig, of Augusta, Ky., died in 1898;
Addie B., wife of J. E. Mefferd, of
Lexington, Ky.; S. Belle, wife of William J.
Mertin, of Sharon, Ky.; Anna M., Mrs. Shinkle;
William W., of Ripley; Minerva, wife of
John Day, lives near Ripley.
After marriage Mr. and Mrs.. Shinkle located on
a farm in Bracken county, Kentucky, where they lived for
fifteen years. They then removed to Lexington,
Fayette county, Kentucky, in the Blue Grass region,
where they lived fifteen years. They located in
Chilo, Clermont county, in February, 1910, and there
have forty-nine acre of good farming land. Philip
Buckner, great-grandfather of Mrs. Shinkle, was
one of the first settlers of New Augusta, and was the
first governor of Kentucky. He owned many hundreds
of acres of land, all of Bracken county, and often sold
ten acre or more of it at a time for almost nothing.
Mr. Shinkle is a Republican in politics and he
and his wife belong to the Baptist church. They
have four children, all born in Bracken county,
Kentucky:
Wilbur G., born Oct. 18, 1879, is employed by a
railroad company and lives in Northern Ohio.
W. Francis, born July 22, 1881, married Dec. 24,
1912, Miss Lolo L. Denniston, daughter of
Henry W. Denniston of near Chilo, Ohio, and they are
living near Chilo.
Archie E., born Oct. 8, 1883, married Miss
Lilly Wagner, lives near Midway, Ky., and they have
one son, Earl.
Jennie May, born Apr. 14, 1887, married George
Popham, lives in Lexington, Ky., and they have two
sons, Charles Frank and Edward C.
Mr. and Mrs. Shinkle are pleasant neighbors and
have many friends in the community. They are much
respected and are known to be hard working and
industrious. Mrs. Shinkle's brother-in-law,
Benjamin Craig, served through the Civil war.
Francis was in 'Fort Thomas three years.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio
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JOSEPH SMITH AND MALINDA MADARIS.
After joining a company, of which he was elected
captain, Dennis Smith served in the
Revolutionary army, and was granted a land warrant for
five hundred acres in the Virginia military district.
He lived in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and raised
a family, of which the sons were: Peter,
Joseph, Dennis, Jr., David,
Christopher and Abe; and the daughters were:
Elizabeth married Jacob Johns,
Polly married James Enis, Susan
married James Clark, Hannah married
James Huffman, Catherine married
James Seals, Rachel married Francis
Foster, and Sarah married Jacob
Meek. Capt. Dennis Smith’s
bounty land was laid in Clermont county by his sons,
Joseph, David and Christopher, and his
son-in-law, James Seals. David
Smith lived and died in Clermont county, and so
did Christopher Smith, whose children.
except Francis, Paulina and Amanda,
moved to Shawneetown, Ill. The children of
Catherine Seals went to Adams county,
Illinois.
Joseph, born Aug. 16, 1779, the second son of
Capt. Dennis Smith, came to near
Cincinnati in about 1800, and then, on account of sickly
conditions, to Clermont county, in 1805, and settled for
life in Stonelick township, about midway between what is
now Boston and Monterey. In 1818 he built the
first brick house in the township and died there Sept.
13, 1824. He married Hannah, a daughter of
John Hair, whose wife was Nancy
Torbett, of Kennedy Jigg. They
came from Greene county, Pennsylvania. Hannah
was born Sept. 26, 1783, and died Jan. 10, 1839.
The other children of John and Nancy Hair were,
as some married. Betsy Burns,
Elizabeth, Annie Gibson, James,
John, Sarah Ross of Knox county,
Amelia Clark, William, Cynthia
Clark and Samuel. John Hair’s
family was prominent and highly esteemed. The ten
children of Joseph and Hannah Hair Smith were:
John, born Feb. 20, 1806;
Dennis, Jan. 10, 1808;
Elizabeth, Aug. 21, 1809;
Annie, Aug. 21, 1811;
Sarah, Sept. 6, 1813;
Joseph, June 22, 1815;
Hannah, Aug. 24, 1817;
Amanda. Sept. 29, 1819;
Martha, Oct. 20, 1820;
James Harvey, Jan. 24, 1824.
John married Adaline Moore and
moved to ten miles south of Lafayette, Ind., where he
and his wife died in January, 1856. Dennis
married Elizabeth Bigam, lived on the home
farm and was prosecuting attorney of Clermont county
during 1841-44. One of his sons, Frederick,
was the historian of the family. Elizabeth
married James Moore and Annie
married John Moore, a brother, and both
families lived on lower Stonelick with much fraternal
pleasure. Sarah married Liel Boyd
and both died early. Hannah married
Daniel Cover. Amanda married
Richard Roudebush, of Goshen. Martha
Ann married A. Quinlivin, in California.
James Harvey and his wife, Maria,
lived in Blanchester, Ohio.
The descendants of these people are numerous and widely
scattered.
Joseph Smith, Jr., the sixth child and third
son, married Mary Fletcher, who died
leaving Phoebe and Hannah Louisa.
Phoebe married Tolcot and moved to Iowa,
where she died, leaving two children. Hannah
Louisa, living in Quincy, Ill., married
William Wires, who was unfortunately killed
in 1897. On Sept. 18, 1844, Joseph Smith,
Jr., was married to Melinda G. Medaris,
born July 5, 1822, a daughter of Charles and Lydia
Gest Medaris. Charles was a son of
Malachi Medaris, who was born in Maryland in
1777, of Irish parentage. He married in 1797 and
moved to North Carolina the next year,
where Charles and Shadrach were born.
In 1803 he joined a colony for Ohio, crossing the
mountains to Pittsburgh and thence with the cattle by
Zane’s and Donnell’s Traces. and the women
and children, on ark’s down the river. Their
settlement, made near Olive Branch, was the home till
1818, when another was taken below Batavia.
Lydia Gest, born Feb. 27, 1801, near Batavia,
was a daughter of Enoch and Ida Gest,
among the earliest of the early pioneers from Kentucky
to that vicinity. The children of Charles and
Lydia Gest Medaris were: Melinda: Elliot;
Paulina, married to James Roudebush;
Enoch, married to Sarah, a sister of
Governor John M. Pattison; Emma; and Dr.
Leonidas H., married to Ella Roudebush.
After the death of Lydia, May 28,
1860, Charles married Phoebe Hill,
whose two children were Elmer, and Louisa
married to Edwin T. Ely. On the partition
of his father's estate, the farm was bought by David
Meek and Joseph, Jr., the latter taking the
northern part, which he sold in 1844, and then bought
the fine tract on the east bank of the East Fork and
south of the Jackson pike. On that farm all the
children of his wife, Melinda, were born and
lived until the home for well earned retirement was
fixed in 1871 on Front street in Williamsburg, from
which the large farm was directed, while another was
bought on lower Crane Run. Joseph Smith, Jr.,
died Sept. 30, 1891, and Melinda G. Smith, Sept.
28, 1894. They were excellent examples of an
energetic, industrious and successful farm life that
gained fine respect. They had thirteen children.
Charles Elliott, born June 9, 1845, married Ruth
Moorehead, a sister of E. S. Moorehead,
elsewhere sketched.
Francina Isabel, born Aug. 2, 1847, married
Thomas W. Moorehead, a soldier for the Union in
Company K, Twenty-seventh Ohio. He was a brother
of E. S. Moorehead above mentioned. Mrs.
Moorehead died Apr. 9, 1902.
Lydia M., born Dec. 18, 1848, died in infancy.
Mary Emma, born Mar. 15, 1850, married John
Leir. They live in Williamsburg.
Amanda born Jan. 28, 1852, died in infancy.
Joseph Harvey.
Oizella, born Nov. 20, 1855, married Francis T.
Weaver, and died May 8, 1910, leaving four children.
Ida Gest, born Aug. 25, 1857, married Al K.
Peterson, and died Jan. 31, 1881. Their
children died young.
Cora, born Apr. 9, 1859, married Robert L.
Kain.
Lillette May, born Apr. 3, 1861, married Millard
F. Peterson, and, after his death, married
Francis T. Weaver. They live in Williamsburg.
Leonidas Byron.
Dennis Howard, born Feb. 14, 1865, married
Margaret M. Smith, a niece of Mrs. Joseph Harvey
Smith. They live in his parents' old home in
Williamsburg.
Theodosia, born May 20, 1869 married George
Kain.
Robert L. and
George Kain are sons of
Henry C. Kain, elsewhere mentioned, and they
live in Long Beach, Cal.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio
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JOSEPH HARVEY SMITH.
The sixth child and second son of Joseph and Melinda
Medaris Smith is Joseph Harvey, born Feb. 4,
1854. As the family did not move from the farm to
the village home until his eighteenth year, most of his
schooling was obtained in the country. With a
natural inclination toward metal work, and a favorable
opportunity, he chose blacksmithing for a trade, when
most young men were not so inclined. But that
choice eventually was the first step in a pleasing
success. On Dec. 23, 1875, he married Adellah
Smith, born Oct. 8, 1856. She was the youngest
child of Thompson Smith, whose wife's maiden name
was Holly Ann Snell. Thompson
was a son of Andrew born July 7, 1789, and
Elizabeth Anderson Smith, Elizabeth Anderson, born
in 1794, was a daughter of John Anderson, who was
born in Maryland in 1773, and came to what is Sterling
township in Brown county about 1800. Holly Ann
was the daughter of Daniel and Edna Malott Snell,
and thus Mrs. Smith is a cousin of the poet,
Warren Malott, and of the inventor, Oscar Snell,
mentioned in the historical part of this work. Her
elder brother, Artemas, served in Company K of
the Twenty-seventh Ohio and the other, Randolph,
was a member of the regimental band of the
Twenty-seventh Ohio, and his daughter, Margaret,
married Dennis Smith, the fourth son of Joseph
and Melinda Smith. Georgia B., Cora D. and
Howard H., the children of Dennis and Margaret,
have been almost adopted by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith.
In 1881 and for twelve years following, Joseph
Harvey took personal charge of his father's old home
farm. In 1893 he bought, and for two years
managed, a farm near Henning's Mills. After that,
he returned to Williamsburg, bought the attractive home
at the foot of Main street, and now conducts a
blacksmith and general repair shop from which
"He looks the whole worked in the face,
For he owes not any
man."
Mr. Smith is an
earnest member of the old Clermont Social Lodge of the
Masonic fraternity, and of the order of the Eastern
Star, of which his wife is one of the lights, while she
also finds time to do a full share in the work of the
Woman's Relief Corps, as is fitting for the sister of
two soldiers. Although industrious, to a degree
almost disturbing, in a leisurely neighborhood,
Joseph Harvey Smith is a master of a choice between
a calm view from a cosy corner or a bird-like glimpse
from his automobile.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio -
Vol. II - by Byron Williams - Publ. 1913 - Page 194 |
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JOSEPH
R. SMITH. One of the best known men in
Clermont county is Joseph R. Smith, an extensive
farmer and stock raiser, and a prominent member of the
local organization of the Democratic party. He has held
many township offices and has otherwise been active in
political circles. He has a fine farm of two hundred
acres, about three miles east of Milford, on the Milford
and Woodville pike, his postoffice address being Milford,
Rural Route No. 1. He is a native of Cincinnati, born
March 2, 1850, son of William F. and Eliza (Paylor)
Smith. He was educated in his native city, living
there until he was sixteen years of age, when his parents
bought land in Miami township, but about thirty-five or
forty years later his father retired from active life and
returned to Cincinnati, where he spent the remainder of
his life. He and his wife are buried in Greenland
Cemetery, the latter having passed away a few years before
his death. The father was a Democrat, but did not care for
public office. He and his wife were devout members of the
Methodist church.
Mr. Smith attended the public schools and
took up farming upon leaving school. After attaining his
majority he began farming on his own account, and about
four years later was united in marriage with Miss Mary
Garland, who was born in Wilmington, Ohio, in 1849,
daughter of Rev. B. F. and Maria (Rybolt)
Garland. Four children have blessed this union:
Torston G., Tauszky, Oscar J. and Otta.
Tauszky received a good common school education and
is a merchant at Madisonville. He married Carrie
Gatch, and they have two children, Florence E.
and Mary Elizabeth. Oscar J. married Mrs.
Florence (Batten) Garland, and now owns and
operates his father's farm. He has one son, Carl
Garland. Otta married Dr. Frank Batten,
of Clarksville, Ohio.
Mr. Smith is a Democrat in political
affairs, and since the age of maturity has been active in
public affairs. He has served several times as delegate to
various conventions, has held township offices. In 1900 he
was appointed land appraiser by Auditor John
Davis, but refused to accept the office on account of
poor health. He is now county commissioner, having been
elected in 1909, and re-elected in 1911, and during the
term of his incumbency of this office new pikes have been
constructed, also a large bridge with concrete floor at
Edenton, the first in the county. There is another
concrete bridge at Loveland. He has progressive ideas and
is broad-minded in his application of intelligence and
foresight to the questions which come up in connection
with his office. He realizes that it is the cheapest and
best way for the county to construct its bridges in a
manner that will last a long time, even though the first
cost seems high, and that the safety and welfare of the
citizens of the county are best served by a careful study
of present and future conditions.
Mr. Smith is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church at Pleasant hill, of which he is a
trustee, and was one of the building committee when the
new church edifice was erected. He enjoys to a large
extent the confidence and esteem of his fellows and is
recognized as a man of careful judgment and integrity. He
is fraternally connected with the Knights of Pythias of
Milford. Mrs. Smith died in January, 1908,
at the age of fifty-seven years, sadly mourned by her
family and many friends. She is buried in Greenlawn
Cemetery, at Milford.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio
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LEONIDAS BYRON SMITH.
The third son of Joseph and Melinda Medaris Smith,
sketched on other pages of this work, is Leonidas
Byron, born Mar. 10, 1863, on his father's fine farm
in Clermont county, Ohio, just east and south of where
the Jackson township pike bridges the East Fork of the
Little Miami. Eight years later, he went with the
family, when his father retired with ample means to
enjoy village life in a most comfortable and hospital
home, while the house full of children obtained the
benefits of the excellent schools of Williamsburg.
Yet it was not all school and play for "Lon," as
everybody called the cheerful lad, who was trained in
physical culture by the judicious father and kept too
busy for much mischief, by many errands to the farms,
where he thoroughly practiced the use of horses, the
care of crops and the management of stock. In the
meantime, he was kept steadily in school, until the
"Call of the West" was followed in 1883 to Adel, Dallas
county, Iowa. He there began active employment as
a clerk in the grocery business of J. W. Bly,
with whom he continued eight years. He then formed
a partnership with his brother-in-law, Robert L. Kain,
also from Williamsburg, Ohio. That partnership,
with the name of Smith and Kain, continued four
years, when Kain's interest was purchased.
Since then the business has been the property of Mr.
Smith, who owns the large and conspicuous block that
he built in 1900 to accord with his gratifying
prosperity.
In 1888 he was married to Emma, a daughter of
Isaac J. and Ellen Bringham Farlow. I. J. Farlow
was born Apr. 11, 1827, in Rush county, Indiana, and was
a son of Reuben Farlow, who was born in February,
1785, in North Carolina, whence he came, in 1811, to be
one of the pioneers of Indiana, where he married
Elizabeth Odell, who was born in 1795 in North
Carolina. Ellen Bringham was born July 18,
1837, in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, then the pioneer
home of her parents, Jesse and Rachel Bringham,
whence they came to be pioneers of Cedar county, Iowa.
Isaac Farlow attained excellent success in Abel,
where he came when there were but two houses on the road
to the present city of Des Moines, some thirty miles
away. With such long pioneer record on all lines
of his family, Lon B. Smith has been pleased with
a chance to present his record in Clermont county to his
sons, Byron and Lowell, who will thus be taught a
fine pride in their honorable ancestry.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio -
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PETER C. SMITH.
Peter C. Smith is one of the most substantial
farmers of Franklin township, Clermont county, and
raises a good grade of horses, cattle and hogs. He
is a native of the county, born on Big Indian creek,
Washington township, in 1837, son of Israel and Elma
(Camerer) Smith, also natives of the county.
The father was born in Franklin township, Oct. 5, 1813,
and died in 1900, and the mother was born in Washington
township, Oct. 5, 1812, and died in 1886. Both are
buried in Felicity. He was an extensive farmer and
land owner in Franklin and Washington townships and
belonged to one of the earliest families to settle in
Clermont county. He was always an industrious and
upright citizen and representative of the best interests
of the community. He and his wife had ten
children: Barbara Ellen died in infancy;
Peter C., Sarah Jane, who died in 1860, was the wife
of J. W. Wedding; Elizabeth Ann, wife of A. B.
Armacost, of Franklin township; Phoebe Margaret,
widow of E. R. Wills, of Felicity;
Laura, widow of Lewis Winters, of Tate
Township; William Henry died at the age of
two years; J. M., of Franklin township; Oliver,
of Washington township; Addie Virginia,
married Chalfant Hardy, who now lives in
Oklahoma, and died in 1885; Edwin Wells
served two years as a member of the Tenth Kentucky
cavalry during the Civil war.
Mrs. Smith
attended the schools of Washington and Franklin
townships and remained with his parents until he was
twenty-five years of age. On Dec. 24, 1862, he
married Miss Mary Jane McKibben,
born in Felicity, Ohio, in 1843, and died in 1875.
Mr. McKibben was a native of Franklin
township and died there several years ago. He was
a plasterer and brick mason by trade and an industrious
citizen. Mrs. McKibben was born in
New Jersey and came to Clermont county in childhood with
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Smith lived on
his father's farm in Franklin township until 1872, when
they came to the farm where he now resides, and on the
latter place he eventually built a nice house.
Mrs. Smith was a good wife and mother and had
many warm friends. She was highly regarded for her
many good qualities, and was a member of the Methodist
church. She bore her husband five children,
namely: William Henry, born July 8, 1864,
married Etta Trees, lives in Franklin
township, and they have one child, Samuel
Parker, born July 27, 1897; Frank Edwin,
born July 14, 1867, died at the age of twenty years;
Cora Elma, born Sept. 29, 1870, married Charles
Hawk, and died in 1910, having borne her husband
three children - Oliver, born Nov. 4, 1902, and
two died in infancy; Lulu May, born Sept.
30, 1873, and died about eighteen years ago, was the
wife of Philip Lippert and left one child,
Philip Edwin, born Nov. 15, 1895; Mary
Belle, born Apr. 24, 1875, married William
Johnson, and they live in Franklin township, and
to them was born one child, Hazel, who died at
the age of two years. Mrs. Smith was
buried in Felicity cemetery.
In 1877 Mr. Smith was united in marriage
with Miss Lucy Maxwell Barkley, who was born in
Washington township in 1843, daughter of Joseph and
Florilla (Wood) Barkley, both natives of Clermont
county. Her parents were farmers and died over
thirty-eight years ago. They had twelve children,
of whom but three now survive: Mary, widow
and Harvey Hanna, of Washington township;
Selina, wife of Dr. A. B. McGill, of
Cincinnati; Laura Florilla, wife of Smith
Ike, who lives in Missouri. Mrs.
Smith died July 8, 1908, sadly mourned by all who
knew her. She had been a kind friend and neighbor
and was an earnest member of the Methodist church,
carrying out its teachings in her daily life. She
was a good helpmate for her husband and did her duty in
all things. She was buried in Calvary cemetery.
By his second marriage Mr. Smith had three
children, namely: Sadie F., born Feb. 7, 1878,
married W. A. Wedding, of Cincinnati, and they
have two children, Ralph, aged seven years,
and Marjorie, aged one year; Laura A.,
born Apr. 3, 1880, taught school in Franklin township
for five years, but is now at home; Jessie L.,
born in October, 1884, married G. E. Denniston,
of Chilo, Nov. 28, 1912.
Upon coming to his present place Mr. Smith first
purchased seventy-six acres of land, adding forty acres
at a later date, and in 1886 he erected one of the
prettiest homes in the township. He has put up
good, substantial barns and other farm buildings and
keeps everything in excellent repair. He keeps a
high grade of cattle and sells them on the market, and
also sells colts in the local market. He has
always been industrious and a good manager, being
practically self-made. He is a Democrat in
politics, and has served in various minor offices, such
as school director and supervisor. Fraternally he
is affiliated with the Masons and Odd Fellows, and he
belongs to the Christian church at Point Isabel.
His farm is a model of neatness and thrift and is a true
index of the manner in which he carries on his work.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio -
Vol. II - by Byron Williams - Publ. 1913 - Page 727 |
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WILLIAM
H. SMITH. One of the most public spirited
men of Clermont county, Ohio, and one who takes an
active interest in all political affairs, is William
H. Smith, who was superintendent of the Clermont
county infirmary for three years and ten months, during
which time Mrs. Smith was matron, located near
Batavia on the Batavia & Milford pike. The farm
consists of one hundred and twenty acres.
Mr. William H. Smith is a native of Clermont
county, his birth having occurred in Franklin township,
near Felicity, July 8, 1864. He is a son of
Peter C. and Mary J. (McKibbon) Smith, who were
prosperous farmers of the county. They had born to
their union five children, of whom our subject is one.
Mrs. Smith, died Apr. 30, 1875, and Peter
Smith married a second time. To this marriage
were born three children.
William H. Smith spent the first twenty-five
years of his life on the farm of his father, attending
the schools in his district, finishing in the high
school at Felicity, Ohio, under Professor William H.
Ulrey and Professor G. W. Witham.
On Mar. 26, 1893, Mr. Smith was married to
Miss Stella Etta Trees, who is also a native of
Clermont county. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Charles F. Park. Mrs. Smith is a daughter
of James and Paulina (Sapp) Trees, who were both
born and reared in Clermont county, and who were
thriving farmers living in Washington township, near
Moscow. Mrs. Smith's paternal grandparents
came to Ohio from Pennsylvania in an early day and her
maternal grandfather came to Ohio from Kentucky.
Her father was twice married and Mrs. Smith is
the youngest of fifteen children, of whom thirteen grew
to maturity. Mrs. Smith received a good
education and taught school for five years. Mr.
and Mrs. Smith have none son born to them:
Parker McKibbon, who was born near Felicity,
Ohio, July 27, 1897. He is a student of the
Felicity High School.
In 1899, Mr. Smith purchased a farm of
sixty-eight and one-half acres north of Felicity, where
he lived and carried on general farming until he was
appointed superintendent of hate infirmary, which he
filled acceptably to all the community until Jan. 1,
1913, when he resigned to return to his farm.
Mr. Smith is an active Democrat and served his
party as delegate to the county conventions and as
trustee of Franklin township for nearly four years.
He served as assessor for two years. He has been a
member of the Christian church since he was
twenty-one years of age and when very young manifested
an especial talent for music, learning to play the
cornet. He soon became a member of the church
choir and orchestra and of the Military Band, being at
present a member of the Batavia Band and Orchestra.
He is a member of the Felicity Camp, No. 8762, Modern
Woodmen of America.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio -
Vol. II - by Byron Williams - Publ. 1913 - Page 440 |
Wilbur S. Strickland |
WILBUR
S. STRICKLAND. Wilbur S. Strickland,
a well known educator in Cincinnati, who has been
connected with the system of public education in the
city of the past twenty-one years, has since 1901, held
the responsible position of principal of the Sherman
Public School. The Sherman School is one of
the largest schools in Cincinnati, having at times an
enrollment of upwards of 1,400 pupils, with a corps of
about twenty-five teachers. This school has a
number of special features, including the pioneer
Mothers' and Teachers' Club, of Cincinnati, introduced
by Mr. Strickland, and a movement which is
spreading rapidly.
The subject of this review represents a pioneer family
in Clermont county, although his birth occurred at
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 16, 1859. His parents were
Paul M. and Isabella (Spargo) Strickland, the latter
of whom was born at Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1828, and passed
to her eternal reward in the year 1871. She was a
devout member of the Episcopal church and was a lady of
very refined and artistic nature.
During her active life she did some excellent pencil
drawing. The paternal great-grandfather of our
subject, was Michael Strickland, a native of
England, who settled first at Cape May, New Jersey, and
came to Clermont county in 1809, where he secured six
hundred acres of land in Tate township and erected the
first brick house on Poplar creek. in 1811.
Michael Strickland was a fine mechanic and
could construct almost any article made with tools.
A fine stone sundial made by him is still in existence.
He was also an extensive farmer and stock man and took
great pleasure in transforming the wilderness of his
possessions into a valuable property. He spent the
remaining years of his life in Clermont county, where
his death occurred Mar. 8, 1851, at the age of
eighty-seven. His wife, Eleanor (Cullen)
Strickland, was a member of the original “Bible
Society,” whose function was the distribution of
religious literature, giving Bibles to her sons, Mark,
Paul, Daniel, Hope; and her
daughters, Sarah (Light), Betsy (Ogden),
Maria (Mason), Harriet (McCall), and Hannah
(Edwards); and many grandchildren. She was a
native of Ireland, and her death also occurred in
Clermont county, June 15, 1860, at the age of
eighty-five.
Mark Strickland, the grandfather of
Wilbur S. Strickland, and a son of Michael
Strickland, was born at Cape May, New Jersey, in
1792, and was among the pioneers of Clermont county.
He was a noted Abolitionist and his home was a station
on the “Underground Railroad,” many slaves being
assisted to freedom by his help. By occupation, he
was a black smith at New Richmond, where he had a very
lucrative business. He responded to the call of
his country for defense at the time of the War of 1812,
and won much honor by his brave and courageous conduct.
Being possessed of the pioneering spirit, he sold his
property in Clermont county and became one of the early
settlers of Louisiana, where he owned two hundred acres
of land in Caddo Parish. On account of the slavery
existing in Louisiana, he returned to Clermont county,
where he remained until his death, in 1883, at the
advanced age of ninety-one years. He was a most
interesting character, very active and high-minded, and
upright in all his conduct. He was a devout member
of the Presbyterian church, very strict in his beliefs
and always ready to assist in all worthy enterprises.
He was trustee of New Richmond from 1831 to 1833, and of
Ohio township from 1835 to 1836. Mr.
Strickland was three times married, the first union
being with Tryphosa Newton, daughter of
Ebenezer Newton, a Clermont pioneer, and author of a
text book on spelling. To this union were born two
sons and two daughters. His second marriage was
with Margaret Quinlan and his third wife
was Elizabeth Snider, who bore him two
daughters, Belle, who married Mel
Patchell, of Middletown, Ohio, and Emma, who
married Arthur Grant, of Mt. Washington,
Ohio. He survived all three wives. Paul
McGrew Strickland, son of Mark and
Tryphosa (Newton) Strickland, was born at Monroe,
La., in 1821, and passed away in Clermont county at his
father’s farm, near Owensville, in 1874. He was
one of a family of four children; Francis B., his
brother, was widely known and prominent as a writer and
scholar prior to the Civil war; he published the “New
Richmond Advertiser,” 1854, was editor of the “New
Richmond Weekly Dispatch” for some years, and his death
took place at New Richmond in early manhood. One
of the sisters, Alice, married first, John
Swem, and second, John McDonald,
who died recently at Louisville, Ill., at the age of
ninety-one years. Two daughters, one of each
union, are living: Mrs. Julia (Swem)
Swift, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Laura
(McDonald) Barbee, of Louisville, Ill. The
second sister, Eleanor, married John
Graham. Paul M. Strickland was for many
years
chief engineer on steamboats plying western rivers.
During part of the Civil war, he was chief engineer on
the gunboat, “Juliet,” under Admiral Porter,
making a record for skill and
bravery. He married Isabella Spargo
at Upper St. Clair, near Pittsburgh, July 5, 1855, and
their home was at various places, owing to his
profession, and to their union were born
five children:
A. Newton was born at Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1856.
and became well known as an instructor, having taught
schools at Forestville, Maple Grove and Clover, all of
which are in Clermont county. His death occurred
while teaching at Clover, in 1883, in his twenty-eighth
year. He was of an artistic temperament and had he
been spared would have developed into an artist of some
note. He left a number of fine drawings, showing
rare artistic talent, and highly prized by their owners.
Wilbur S., the subject of this mention.
Worden E. was born in
Newport, Ky., Feb. 16. 1861, and is a locomotive
engineer, of Cleveland, Ohio, and married Irene Quirk
in 1905.
Mary died at the age of ten years, in 1876.
Joseph C. was born at St. Louis, Mo., Apr. 13,
1868, and is a graduate of the University of Indiana.
He is a Spanish scholar and has held important customs
agent positions abroad, in the West Indies and Mexico.
He was special agent of the Mexican Central railway at
Tampico. On account of ill health, he has retired
to his ranch near Tucson, Ariz. He is artistic and
highly educated. His sketches, drawings and water
colors are admired by critics of art work. He
married, in 1899, Helen Endres, daughter of a
well known family of St. Louis, Mo.
Wilbur S. Strickland acquired his education in
the schools of St. Louis, Mo., Clermont county, Ohio,
and at the National Normal University, at Lebanon, Ohio,
from which he was graduated in the Scientific Class of
1887. He began his career as a teacher in 1879,
near Bethel, Ohio, where he taught for a period of four
years in rural schools. He then became the
superintendent of schools at Amelia, Ohio, where he
remained for three years, following which he filled the
position of superintendent of schools at Bethel, Ohio,
from 1888 to 1890. The next change was to take
charge of the schools at Cheviot, now a part of
Cincinnati. From 1892 to 1895, Mr.
Strickland was first assistant of the Twenty-second
district of Cincinnati and from 1895 to 1901 filled the
position of principal of Whittier School, and from 1901
to the present time has held the position of principal
of the Sherman Public School. The extremely
satisfactory manner in which he has filled these various
positions has placed him among the foremost instructors
in this section of the State. The progressive
measures which he has instituted in bringing mothers and
teachers together for the common good of the children
have proved to be a great benefit to all.
Mr. W. S. Strickland was united in marriage on
Aug. 20, 1890, to Miss Georgie Girardey, a
daughter of George and Elizabeth (Light) Girardey.
The Light family is a pioneer family of
the county and the members have always been prominent in
the progress and growth of all its enterprises.
Mr. and Mrs. Strickland now own the David Light
estate, “Spring Dale,” in Williamsburg township,
making it their summer home.
Mrs. Strickland’s father was George Girardey,
Jr., born in 1835, and dying in 1912. He was
the only child of George, Sr., and Mary Girardey,
both natives of France. George, Sr.,
was a skilled confectioner and author of a valuable book
on confectionery and baking. Losing both parents
while very young, George, Jr., made his home with
the family of David Light in 1847, and on
the departure of the young men of the family for
California, took charge of the estate. He married,
in 1864, Elizabeth F. Light, daughter of David
and Sarah (Strickland) Light. His great fund
of anecdotes and love of fishing made him the "Izaak
Walton" of Clover. Mrs. Elizabeth F.
Girardey, born in 1828, and dying in 1907, had the
remarkable record of having her birth. marriage and
death all occur upon the same farm. She had fine
literary tastes, and during the Civil war made and
embroidered many flags for the Union army, one rare and
remarkably beautiful embroidered banner being still
preserved by Mrs. Strickland.
Through her mother, Mrs. Strickland is descended
from the noted Light family, pioneers of
Clermont county. John Light served
in the Pennsylvania line three years in the War of 1776,
and was the father of Jacob. Daniel
and Peter Light, among Clermont’s first
pioneers, while it was not yet organized. Jacob
Light, a Revolutionary soldier, was with the noted
O. M. Spencer when the latter was captured by the
Indians, as related in Spencer’s "Indian
Captivity,” and later founded New Richmond, in 1814.
An account of these early settlers is found elsewhere in
this volume and also in Rockey and Bancroft’s
"History of Clermont County" (1880). Before 1800,
Peter Light, the great-grandfather of Mrs.
Strickland, settled on five hundred acres of land
north of Clover creek. He was county surveyor for
ten years. His three children were,
George C., David and Susanna. George
C. Light was county surveyor for five years, and
representative in 1812-1813, and later be came a
celebrated minister and pulpit orator. He died at
Vicksburg, Miss., on his seventy-fifth birthday, Feb.
27, 1860. David Light. the maternal
grandfather of Mrs. Strickland. died in
1845. his wife. Sarah S., in 1888, at the
age of ninety-two years. The children who survived
the parents were, George William Wayland,
Harriet and Elizabeth F. (Girardey). George
S. Light became a pharmacist, and originated several
excellent remedies. He owned a fine estate, “Light
Hills," now in Covington. Ky. Dr. William
Wayland Light, who was born in 1817 and died in
l895, became a pioneer of California, and a noted
character of Sacramento City. A graphic account of
his heroic struggle with a war party of Yaqui Indians,
in 1868, after they had slain his brother, Andrew
Hopkins Light, and his nephew, Julian
M. Light, is found elsewhere in this volume, under
the story of the "Gold Rush." Mrs. Strickland
has many interesting relics, collected by her uncle,
Dr. W. W. Light. The late R. J. Bancroft
said, "The Light family has been one of the most
notable in Clermont, and none that ever settled in it
has a more famous pioneer record antedated by a splendid
history in the Revolutionary and Indian times that tried
men's souls."
Two children have come to bless and cheer the union of
Mr. and Mrs. Strickland:
Elizabeth Girardey, born in 1892, a graduate of
Walnut Hills High School, has considerable artistic
talent, being proficient in pen and ink work, water
colors and also in china painting.
David Light, born in 1896, a student of the
Walnut Hills High School.
The city residence of Mr. and Mrs. Strickland is
at 2005 Hudson avenue, Norwood, Ohio.
Socially, Mr. Strickland has membership in
Norwood Lodge, No. 576, Free and Accepted Masons.
He is particularly interested in the "Home and School
League" movement, humane work, forestry and agricultural
work, orcharding and the general improvement of rural
life. His interest in these matters is evidenced
by frequent addresses before parents and teachers and
public meetings. He has given his life to a
profession which is of eminent service to his fellow
men, and his zeal and enthusiasm in his chosen calling,
supplementing a naturally strong mind, have made him an
educator whose ability is reorganized. He is an
active member of the National Education
Association, also of the Schoolmasters' Club and
Principals' Association of Cincinnati, and was president
of the latter organization in 1911-1912.
Source: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio -
Vol. II - by Byron Williams - Publ. 1913 - Page 224 |
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