BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Clinton County, Ohio
Its People, Industries and Institutions
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Albert J. Brown, A.M.
Supervising Editor
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With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families
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ILLUSTRATED
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B.F. Bowen & Co., Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana
1915
Contrib. by Sharon Wick
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ELMER E. PAGE, now a well-known
and progressive farmer and stock raiser of Green township, this county,
was born in Brown county, Ohio, November 15, 1862, the son of Benjamin
B. and Mary H. (Crispin) Page, the former of whom was born in
Virginia, July 7, 1812, and the latter In Washington county, Pennsylvania,
February 9, 1823.
Benjamin B. Page was the son of Thomas and
Mary (Bellamy) Page, who spent their entire lives in the Old Dominion
state. They had eight children, Samuel, Thomas, Edmund,
James, John, Benjamin D., Dicy Ann and Wesley.
Of these children, Benjamin B. Page and three brothers, Samuel,
Wesley and James, came to Clinton county, Benjamin B. Page
being a young man at that time. He was married on August 12, 1841, to
Mary H. Crispin, whose mother, Matilda Crispin, came to Clinton
county about 1835. To Benjamin B. and Mary H. (Crispin) Page were
born twelve children, as follow: George W., born on October 1,
1843; John W., May 23, 1845; Anna, August 7, 1847, who died
on February 23, 1876; Matilda F., June 7, 1849, who died on
September 23, 1850; Nancy Jennie, June 7, 1849, who died on
May 3, 1904; Mary E., December 24, 1852, who married Harrison
McFadden; Emma, 1854, who died on April 24, 1894;
Benjamin E., April 20, 1857; Benson W., April 21, 1859;
Derinda, January 3, 1861; Elmer E., November 15, 1862, and
Silas P., November 6, 1864, who died on October 27, 1871.
Benjamin B. Page died on March 9, 1864, in Brown county, Ohio, and his
widow died on October 17, 1908, in Clinton county. He was a farmer by
occupation and a Republican in politics. He and his wife were members of
the Christian church. He was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons at
Lynchburg, In Highland county, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
at New Antioch, this county. In addition to being a farmer, he was also a
well-known auctioneer in Clinton county, and had a business extending over
several counties in this section, The -widow of Benjamin B. Page
married, secondly, in 1884, John McFadden, who died on October 17,
1900.
Elmer E. Page was reared in Clinton county and
was educated in the public schools. A farmer by occupation, Mr.
Page owns the old John McFadden farm of seventy acres in
Green township; another of one hundred and thirty acres and still another
of sixty acres in Wayne township. He is an extensive breeder of Poland
China hogs, and, at the present time, has over two hundred head on the
farm. Mr. Page's extensive property interests have been
acquired almost altogether by his own efforts.
On April 17, 1886, Elmer E. Page was married to Lizzie Bernard,
who was born in Wayne township, this county, November 15, 1865, the
daughter of Thomas F. Bernard, an extensive farmer of Wayne
township, the son of George W. Bernard, Sr., mentioned elsewhere in
this work. To this union two children have been born, Elmer J. and
Edna Troy. Elmer J. Page, who was born on July 27,
1886, was educated in the public schools and in the Centerville high
school. He is a farmer by occupation and lives on one of his father's
farms. He married Stella McPherson, daughter of Carey and
Alice (Steele) McPherson, of Clinton county, the former of whom
is deceased and the latter of whom is living, to which union two sons have
been born, Howard Austin, born on October 7, 1908, and
Raymond Arthur, December 6, 1910, Edna Troy Page was born in
Troy, Colorado, April 13, 1888, and lived at home with her parents. She
was educated in the public schools and in the Centerville high school.
Mr. Page votes the Republican ticket. He
and his wife are prominent socially in Green township, where they are well
known.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 916 |
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WILLIAM C. PARLETT.
Specific mention is made in this volume of many worthy citizens of
Clinton county who lived during a former generation, citizens who
figured in the growth and development of the county and whose interests
were identified especially with its agricultural progress. Among
such men was the late William C. Parlett.
William C. Parlett was born in Chester township,
Clinton county, Ohio, on Apr. 23, 1830, and died on June 13, 1904.
He was the son of David and Elizabeth (Clark) Parlett, both of
whom were natives of Virginia. The father died in 1834 and his
widow later married William Bathcall, a resident of northern
Ohio.
William C. Parlett grew upon the farm and after
attaining manhood was married to Anna N. Woolery, who died in
1862, whereupon he came with his children to Clinton county, Ohio, and
rented land.
On Apr. 6, 1865, William C. Parlett was married
to Sarah Elizabeth Kline, who was born on Apr. 11, 1842, in
Wilmington, the daughter of Henry and Sarah (Chipman) Kline, the
former of whom was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, Dec. 4, 1801, and
who died on Aug. 30, 1870, and the latter of whom was born on Jan. 25,
1817, in Kentucky, and who died on Jul. 11, 1907.
The parents of Henry Kline were Jacob and
Catherine (Brill) Kline, the latter of whom died when Henry
was only six weeks old. Both Jacob and Catherine (Brill) Kline
lived and died in Hampshire county, Virginia. They were married,
however, in Germany, and came from their native land to Virginia.
Sarah (Chipman) Kline's parents died when she was an infant and
she was reared by several different families in succession. At the
age of ten she went to live with Judge Jesse Hughes, in Union
township, Clinton county, Ohio, and lived with them until her marriage.
Henry Kline learned the gunsmith trade in
Virginia, and about 1820 came to Wilmington, Ohio, and built a house and
shop on the lot on Columbus street where the Methodist Episcopal
parsonage is now situated. He was first married to Catherine
Eaton and she died two years after their marriage. They had no
children. Afterwards he was married to Sarah Chipman.
They lived in Wilmington until their death. They attended the
Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Sarah Kline was a member
of the church. Early in life he was a member of the Whig party,
but became a Republican later on. He was a natural mechanic and an
especially fine carpenter. In the latter year of his life he
suffered a great deal form "white swelling."
There were six children born to Henry and Sarah
(Chipman) Kline, namely: William David died soon after
the Civil War in which he had served under Colonel Doan in the
Twelfth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Catherine Lydia died
at the age of nineteen, in 1858, and was the first person buried in the
Wilmington cemetery; Mary Virginia is unmarried and lives on
Columbus street in Wilmington; Mrs. Parlett was the fourth born;
Rachel Ann married Benjamin Kingery, a resident of Kansas,
where both died; and Melissa Jane died at the age of twenty-one.
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth (Kline) Parlett, who
received her education in a school in Wilmington where the Friends
church now stands, is the mother of one child, Frances Catherine,
who was born Sept. 27, 1876. She married Vincent Rollison
and they live on a farm in Adams township and have four children,
Lola, Dora, Russell H. and Clarence V.
Mrs. Parlett is a member of the Friends church as
was her husband also during his life. He was identified with the
Republican party, but was a man who never took an active interest in
political matters, leaving those matters to others who had more time and
a keener inclination for them. William C. Parlett was a
highly-respected and well-known citizen.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 650 |
Mr. & Mrs.
Charles T. Pavey |
CHARLES T. PAVEY
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 548
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Wm. Pavey
Mary A. Pavey |
WILLIAM A. PAVEY, SR.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
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Reuben B. Peelle |
REUBEN B. PEELLE
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 758 |
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HARLEY D. PENNINGTON.
Among the well-known and pleasant young business men of Wilmington and
Clinton county is Harley D. Pennington, the scion of an old
family of this county, who owns and manages a general store at Cuba and
a garage in Wilmington. He is a very capable young business man,
who has the confidence of all of his patrons and whose friends expect to
see win an even larger measure of success as the years come and go.
Harley D. Pennington was born July 30, 1877, the
son of Daniel M. and Laura A. (Thatcher) Pennington, the former
of whom was born on December 23, 1852, in Washington township, this
county, and the latter on Dec. 23, 1856, the daughter of Thomas and
Nancy (Crouse) Thatcher.
Mr. Pennington's paternal grandparents were
Isaac and Sarah (Burke) Pennington, the former of whom was born near
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Mar. 10, 1800, and the latter, near Lebanon,
in Warren County, Ohio. In 1818 Isaac Pennington, who was
the son of Thomas Pennington, a native of England, came from
Pennsylvania to Clinton county and located in Washington township, where
he bought one hundred and eighty acres of land and engaged in general
farming and stock raising. He cleared the land, draining the
swamps and brought the soil to a very high state of cultivation.
Isaac and Sarah Pennington had eight children, Elizabeth,
Thomas, Isaac, Mary, John Henry and James (twins), and
Daniel M., the father of Harley D.
Daniel M. Pennington received the rudiments of an
education in the schools of Washington township and began his career as
a farmer in that township. In 1881 he purchased a farm of
ninety-six acres, upon which he lived until 1904, when he retired and
moved to Cuba, this county, where he lived until 1914, at which time he
moved to Wilmington, where he now lives. Daniel M. and Laura a.
Pennington had four children: Ida May, who died early
in life; Harley D., the subject of this sketch; Alta M.,
who also died early in life; and Jesse R., who married Martha
Applegate and has two children Frances and Edwin.
Harley D. Pennington, who was educated in the
common schools of Washington township, taught four years in the district
schools of his home neighborhood, and later spent one year as principal
of the graded school at Morrisville. In 1904 Mr. Pennington
embarked in t he mercantile business at Cuba, where he has operated a
general store ever since. In September, 1913, he moved to
Wilmington and established a garage on Lincoln street. In August
of the succeeding year, the garage was moved to its present location on
Main street, where be conducts a local agency for two high-class cars.
To Mr. and Mrs. Harley D. Pennington four
children have been born, Mildred B., Thelma P., Kathleen and
Paul E. The mother of these children, before her marriage, was
Maude M. Brown, daughter of William R. and Martha Brown.
Harley D., Daniel M. and Isaac Pennington,
three generations of the family in this county, have all been identified
with the Democratic party. Mr. and Mrs. Harley D. Pennington
are members of the Christian church and take an active interest in
church work and are regular attendants at the services.
Fraternally, Mr. Pennington is a member of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, of the
Fraternal Order of Eagles and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 950 |
Henry H. Pidgeon Family |
HENRY H. PIDGEON
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 756 |
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FRANK B. POND is an
enterprising and successful young farmer of Union township, Clinton
county, Ohio, who was born on Mar. 21, 1877, at New Antioch, in Green
township, Clinton county. He is the son of William A. and Alice
(Tener) Pond, the former of whom was born on Mar. 20, 1852, and the
latter of whom was born at Locust Grove, in Adams county, Ohio.
William A. Pond is the son of William and
Mary (Lieurance) Pond, the former of whom was born on June 2, 1812,
in Green township and who died on Jan. 10, 1902 and the latter of whom
was born on Mar. 21, 1815, and died on Aug. 25, 1906. Mrs.
William A. Pond is the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Weaver)
Tener both of whom are deceased. He was a harness maker of
Adams county, and his wife was a native of Highland county.
Frank B. Pond grew up at New Antioch, Ohio, and
there attended the public schools. When a young man he assisted
his father on the farm and in buying live stock. When he was
twenty-one years of age he came to Wilmington and worked here for J.
P. Cole in his restaurant. In 1903 Mr. Pond purchased
Mr. Cole's restaurant and the following year was married.
In that same year he sold out the restaurant and removed to Hillsboro,
Ohio, where he was engaged in the restaurant business until 1908, when
the restaurant burned. From Hillsboro, Mr. Pond removed to Faukuier county, Virginia, where he managed a farm for his wife's uncle,
James Boling. He managed his farm until Mr. Boling's
death in 1912, and afterwards Mrs. Boling purchased one hundred
and twenty-five acres out of the Wade farm in the eastern part of
Union township, Clinton county. Mr. Pond has since managed
this farm for Mrs. Boling in partnership with her son Earl W.
Boling. Mr. and Mrs. Pond live on the farm. He
specializes in Short horn cattle and Percheron horses, also Duroc-Jersey
hogs. He likewise raises a great many colts and mules.
On June 22, 1902, Frank B. Pond was married to
Cleo Ansell, who was born in Perry county, Ohio, in March, 1880,
the daughter of James Crooks and Esther (Wilson) Ansell. James
C. Ansell lives in Zanesville, Ohio, where he is a retired farmer.
He is a native of Perry county, Ohio, and the son of Peter and Lucy
Ansell. During the Civil War he was a member of the
Seventy-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served throughout
the war, making the memorable march with Sherman from Atlanta to
the sea. He was wounded in the shoulder during the Georgia
campaign. Mrs. Esther (Wilson) Ansell was the daughter of
Ezra and Elizabeth (Burges) Wilson, both of whom were natives of
Allegheny county, Maryland. The former was born on May 26, 1812,
and died on May 17, 1891. The latter was born on July 4, 1811, and
died on April 16, 1891. They were married on May 1, 1828, and were
early settlers in Perry county, Ohio, where they lived until their
death. Mrs. Pond's mother was one of ten children born to
her parents,. Lewis, the eldest child in the family died of
typhoid fever. Alfred died when a child, as did also
Martha. Lavina married Peter Stoneberner and is now
deceased. William is a resident of Crooksville, Ohio, where
he is a butcher. Levi, who is deceased, was a farmer.
Elizabeth, who was born on December 12, 1846, married James H.
Boling, who was born in Perry county, Ohio, June 6, 1847, who died
Jan. 10, 1912. James H. Boling was a Civil War veteran in
Company A, Thirty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He
taught school for twenty-five years in Perry county, Ohio, and for ten
and one-half years was superintendent of the Perry county children's
home. He died on his farm in Virginia. His widow owns and
lives on the farm which Mr. Pond now manages in Union township.
Naomi, the eighth child, married John O. Skinner they are
both deceased. Esther is Mrs. Pond's mother.
An infant died at birth.
Frank B. Pond is a Republican. He belongs
to the Modern Woodmen of America, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, including the encampment.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
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WILLIAM A. POND.
Success generally comes as a consequence of closely applied energy,
unfailing determination and perseverance. Seldom is success known
to smile upon the idler and the dreamer rarely is courted; only those
who diligently seek the favors of success receiving her blessing.
William A. Pond, a resident of Antioch, this county, is one of
the well-known residents of this section, and his present high standing
may be attributed to his large personal worth, which has gained for him
the esteem of the people with whom he has had business and social
relations.
William A. Pond was born on Mar. 20, 1852, in
Green township, this county, the son of William and Mary (Lieurance)
Pond, the former of whom, born on June 2, 1812, in Green township,
died on Jan. 10, 1912, and the latter, born on Mar. 21, 1815, died on
Aug. 25, 1906.
In 1802 four brothers, Griffen, Henry, John and
Jonathan Pond, started from Wilkes county, North Carolina, for
Ohio. Later the four brothers scattered over different parts of
Ohio and in the respective communities where they lived, they became
prominent citizens. Griffen Pond, the grandfather of
William A., came to Clinton County in 1802, locating on what is now
known as the old Faren farm. He cleared one hundred acres
of land and received fifty acres of the same in payment for his work.
He lived in this section of the state the rest of his life, buying and
selling several farms. He was a member of the Baptist church.
He and his wife were the parents of nine children, all of whom are now
deceased, these children having been as follow: Griffen, Jr.,
who moved to Mercer county, Ohio, and died at the age of one hundred
years and six months; John, who died in Miami county, Indiana,
where he was a farmer; Jonathan, who died in Wabash county,
Indiana; Mary, who married Messer Green and died at Cubs,
this county, at the age of ninety; Priscilla, who married John
Wire, and was the mother of Dr. Wire, of Wilmington;
Sarah, who married Samuel Hamilton of Jamestown, Greene
county, Ohio; William, who was the father of William A.;
George W., who died in Mercer county, Ohio, where he was a
farmer, and David, who died in Clarksville, this county, where he
was a preacher in teh Baptist church and a farmer.
The late William Pond, father of William A.
Pond, started in life with very little money. He built a log
house for himself on what is now known as the Clark place, in
Green township, which is still standing. It was in this log house
that William A. Pond was born. There were two slabs pinned
together for a table and the bed was made by putting pins in the log
wall. William Pond finally came to own three hundred acres
of land and died on his farm. His wife, Mary Lieurance, was
the daughter of John and Rebecca (Brown) Lieurance, both natives
of Wilkes county, North Carolina, who were married in that county and in
1802 came with the Ponds and Browns to Clinton county.
The Lieurances settled in Washington township, where they became
the owners of a large farm. John Lieurance was a
deacon in the Cowans Creek Baptist church. He died at the age of
eighty-five, after rearing a large family. William and Mary
Pond were members of the Christian church at New Antioch and were
ardent church workers all their lives. William Pond was a
stock buyer of considerable note and drove stock overland to Cincinnati.
In his younger days he had been engaged in hauling produce to and from
the cities in this section. He served as township trustee, having
been elected as a Republican. Before becoming a Republican, he was
a Whig.
To William and MAry (Lieurance) Pond eight
children were born, five of whom are still living, the names of the
children, in the order of their birth, being as follow: John,
born in 1835, who is a retired farmer at Columbus; Jesse W., born
in1837, died in March, 1909, at Morgan Hill, California, where he was a
stock dealer and farmer; Mary J., born in 1840, married Thomas
J. Bloom, and died in 1892; Anna, born in 1843, first married
W. H. Lieurance and later Campbell Wright, and died in
September, 1901; Tillie, born in 1847, first married a Mr.
Anson, later Henry Arnold, and now lives at Port William,
Ohio; William A., the subject of this sketch; Martha E., a
resident of Montgomery, Alabama, who is the widow of R. E. Hunt,
and Lina, who married C. B. Murphy, a merchant of New
Antioch, this county.
William A. Pond grew up on the farm and received
his education in the public schools of that neighborhood. He lived
at home until his marriage, on Sept. 10, 1874, after which he lived on a
part of the home farm, subsequently building a home on a tract of land
which he purchased and where he lived until March, 1902, at which time
he moved to New Antioch, where he now lives. When a young man,
Mr. Pond engaged in buying and shipping live stock and wool, and has
ever since been engaged in that business. About seven years ago,
he became a partner with Bennett & Thompson, of Wilmington, and
is a member of that firm now. For the past twelve years he has
been a justice of the peace in New Antioch, and in 1914 was re-elected
to a term of four years, as a Republican.
Mr. Pond's wife, before her marriage,
was Alice Tener, a native of Adams county, Ohio, born at
Locust Grove, the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Weaver) Tener,
both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Pond's father was a
harness-maker and also a native of Adams county. Her mother,
however, was a native of Highland county, and died when Mrs.
Pond was a small girl. After her death the father
married again and moved to New Antioch.
To William A. and Alice (Tener) Pond, have been
born twelve children, four of whom are deceased, the names of the
children, in the order of their birth, being as follows: Verdie,
born on July 18, 1875, died on July 30, 1876; Frank B., March 21,
1877, a well-known farmer of the county; Naomi, April 14, 1879,
who died on Oct. 11, 1880; Fred, April 26, 1881, who married
Oval West, and is a resident of Wilmington; Mary, Mar. 27,
1883, who married Edwin S. Thatcher, and died on Dec. 23, 1910;
Edna, July 27, 1885, who is unmarried, and lives in Columbus,
Ohio; Vada, Mar. 16,, 1887, who married Charles Severs,
and lives at Sabina, Ohio; Chloe, Nov. 10, 1888, who died on Jan.
18, 1890; Cliff, who married a Miss Stotler; Zella,
Feb. 8, 1891, who died on Aug. 6, of the same year; Charlotte,
July 21, 1892, who married Fred Arnold, of
St. Paul, Minnesota, and Guy, Oct. 17, 1894, who married Mary
Oglesbee, of Lumberton, Ohio.
William A. Pond is a member of the Knights of
Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has been a
delegate to the grand lodge of Odd Fellows for eight successive years
and is a trustee of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows home at
Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Pond is a well-known citizen of this
county, honest and upright in all of the relations of life and admired
and respected by his fellow citizens, he and all the members of his
family being held in high esteem hereabout.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 763 |
Mr. & Mrs.
Francis H. Pyle |
FRANCIS H. PYLE
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