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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers
186
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1880
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Miami Twp. -
J. H. DACHENBACH, furniture;
DeGraff; was born Jan. 1, 1849, in Huntington Co., Penn.
When he arrived at 12 years of age he commenced
working out on the farms near his own home; at the age
of 18 years, he came to Logan Co., O., and settled at
West Liberty; here he learned the joiner's trade of his
brother, and in the summer worked at house carpentering
and worked at cabinet making in the winter. He
made his home with his brother, moving with him to Union
Tp. This continued till Feb. 28, 1878, when he
married Miss Carrie A. Kinnon, whose home was in
Union Tp. In the following October he joined
Mr. Melhorn in the furniture business in DeGraf
under the firm name of Melhorn & Dachenbach.
Apr. 15, 1879, his brother, W. P. Dachenbach,
bought out Mr. Melhorn's interest in the
business, and since that time the business has been
carried on by the "Dachenbach Bros." Having
been a worker in wood ever since he was 18 years of age,
he is abundantly competent to manufacture anything that
may be desired in the furniture line.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 774 |
Miami Twp. -
W. P. DACHENBACH, cabinet-maker;
De Graff; was born Sept. 1837; his parents were born in
this country through the maternal descent was German.
At the age of 18 years Mr. Dachenbach engaged in
milling, which occupation engaged his attention till the
breaking out of the war; he responded to the first call
for volunteers, enlisting for three years in the 1st
Penn. Reserve Cavalry, 44th Reg. Vol., and connected
with the Army of the Potomac. On the plains of
Manassas he was detailed as Sergeant in command of a
squad of five men and ordered to report to Gen.
Morrell, Div. Com., of Porter's Corps, to serve as
"bearers of dispatches." This position of
responsibility and danger he held most of the time
during his service. Just before the battle of
Antietam, at Brandy Station, he received a slight flesh
wound on his right wrist but still retained his place in
the rank during the battle. After Brandy Station
where the color-bearer of his regiment was killed he was
appointed to that dangerous post. On the day
before the battle at Gettysburg he was relieved of this
duty to bear an important dispatch from Tanneytown to
Frederick City, a distance of 21 miles; the dispatch was
delivered in two hours and twenty minutes; he mustered
out at Philadelphia in 1861. The following winter
he married Miss Eliza J. Fife, of Irish descent.
They have five children - three boys and two girls:
Anna Beatrice, Wm. Cook, Mary Viola, Bayard
Taylor and John Sidney. After his
return from the war he engaged in milling for a single
year, then for eight years he worked at cabinet
making in the winter and carpentering in the
summer; he sold out and emigrated to Kansas, locating
first in Manhattan where he remained for a brief period,
when he moved to Pottawattamie to engage in the milling
business. The grasshoppers drove him away from
there so that he returned to Manhattan, engaging first
in milling and then in cabinet-making. In June
1874 he returned to Ohio and settled in Union Tp., Logan
Co., and for the following five years he worked at the
carpenter's trade. At last, in the spring of 1879,
he removed to De Graff and joined his brother in
the furniture business. They have a full
line of furniture constantly on hand and manufacture to
order; also have added undertaking.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 774 |
Jefferson
Twp. -
MRS. LYDIA DAUGHHERTY, farming; P. O. Zanesfield;
was born in this township, Mar. 6, 1829; is the eighth
child of the family, born to Stephen and Susannah
(Gates) Lease who were among the early pioneers of
this county. Mrs. Daughherty was married
Dec. 25, 1860, to William whose name she bears.
He was born Apr. 19, 1818, in this township, and is a
son of Jarvis and Hannah (Marmon) Daughherty.
Jarvis d. was a native of Emerald Isle, and
emigrated to this State at an early time, and purchased
400 acres south of Zanesfield, which he settled upon,
and raised a family of six children, of which number
William was the eldest. After the marriage of
Mr. and Mrs. William D., they located on part of
the homestead farm. Mar. 7, 1874, her husband was
removed by death, leaving three children to mourn his
departure, whose names are - Susie, born Aug. 11,
1863; Jennie, Nov. 11, 1865, and Zaccheus,
Sept. 7, 1868. Since his death she has resided on
the farm, which is farmed under her supervision.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 747 |
Monroe Twp. -
JAMES
N. DAVIS, farmer; P. O., West Liberty; was born
Aug. 24, 1837, on the farm he now owns. His father
was George W. Davis, who was born in Fayette Co.,
Ohio, and was married to Nancy Williams, whose
parents emigrated from Virginia. George Davis
located on this farm about the year 1834, remaining on
the same until death, which occurred in May, 1861.
On Feb. 12, 1860, James was married to
Elizabeth Ann Williams, who was born in this county,
May 11, 1841, and is a daughter of Obadiah and Eliza
Williams. Since the marriage of Mr. Davis
he has been a constant resident of this township.
In 1868, he purchased 90 acres where his father settled,
which is farmed in the thorough and successful manner.
Four children have been born to him - Henry D.,
George M., Frankie, and Rosana, who died at
the age of 8 years.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 667 |
Rush Creek
Twp. -
GEORGE ORR DAY, miller;
Rushsylvania. The Day family was one of the
standard families of New Jersey. Joseph Day
married Susanna White, who was born on Long
Island; he removed from New Jersey to Washington Co.,
Penn., where, during his residence, all of his children
were born; their names were Cyrus, Louis, Josiah,
John and Mary, five in all. From
Washington Co., Penn., he removed to Jefferson Co.,
Ohio, where he died and was buried; his widow removed
with her son, John Day, to Licking Co., Ohio,
where she died and was buried. The children all,
save John, Mary and Louis died in
Jefferson Co., Ohio; Mary died in Muskingum Co.,
Louis removed to Illinois, and John is now
a resident of Rushsylvania, Logan Co. John Day's
first wife was Jane Orr, of Jefferson Co., by
whom he had two children - Thomas and Martha Jane;
his second wife was Margaret Wilkins, by whom he
had eight children - Julia Ann, Susanna, Elizabeth,
Mary, George Orr, James Renwick, Isabella, Allison
and John Cameron. Margaret Wilkins was the
daughter of Matthew Wilkins, of Harrison Co.,
Ohio. In 1852, John Day came to Logan co.,
Ohio; his family are George Orr Day, born May 4,
1829, in Licking Co. and on the 20th day of September,
1851, married to Hannah Mitchell, the daughter of
David and Nancy Aikin, likewise of Logan Co.,
Ohio. George O. day's family are - David
Stewart, born Sept. 1, 1860; John Wylie, Nov.
1, 1864, and Nancy Aletta, Mar. 10, 1867.
The occupation of George O. Day is that of a
miller, and he controls the only industry of that kind
in the village, and one of the leading
establishments of the kind in that part of the county;
its contiguity to the railroad track gives it every
facility for trade, and its efficient management renders
it one of the most useful institutions of the place.
He is connected with the Reformed Presbyterian Church,
of which he is an elder. His ideas as to what
constitutes the true citizen are of a high moral and
religious order, and to this end and aim he lives
himself.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 685 |
McArthur Twp.
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CHARLES DEAN, farmer; P. O., Huntsville; is the
eldest child of Linsy and Nancy (Weaver) Dean,
and was born June 12, 1842, on John Warwick's plantation
, near Lynchburg, Va. According to his will, all were
made free at his death, and in 1849, they were brought
to Stokes Tp., this county, and colonized on a large
tract of new land which was purchased for them.
The Dean family consisted of the father
and three children, the wife and mother having died in
Virginia. The father was again married, and is now
living at Springfield, O., and works at the carpenter's
trade. Charles enlisted in the army and helped make up
the quota of Massachusetts, serving in Co. E, 55th
Infantry. After the close of the war he returned
to this county, and was married Dec. 9, 1865, to Mrs.
Sarah Jane Harvey. He has devoted his whole
attention to agricultural pursuits, and now owns a home
of his own. He has a family of six children —Mary
Alice, Ida Rosa, Elrena,
Maggie, Harvey and Nancy. Mr.
Dean and family belong to the United Presbyterian
Church. He has always been a Republican.
Source: History of Logan County
and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 819 |
Rush Creek
Twp. -
JOHN R. DEARDORFF, farmer; P. O.,
Big Springs. Henry Deardorff was a German,
whose ancestors settled in Virginia, in an early day.
Abraham Deardorff, his son, came from Bedford
Co., Va., and settled in Logan Co., in 1831; Henry
Deardorff had two other sons, Peter and
Jacob Deardorff. Abraham Deardorff had five
children: Samuel, Abraham, Mary Frances, John
R., and Susan Catherine. Samuel resides
in Paulding Co., Ohio; Abraham in Kosciusko Co.,
Ind.; Mary Frances married George Predmore
and resides in Bokes Creek Tp., Logan Co., Ohio.
John R. was born in Rush Creek Tp.; married in
that township, and ever since his marriage has resided
in that township; Susan Catherine, the wife of
Charles Titus, is a resident of Rush Creek Tp.; the
wife of John R. Deardorff was one Rebecca Jane
Predmore, who was born Nov. 21, 1834, in Guernsey
Co., O. She was the daughter of John and
Susannah Predmore, of the State of New Jersey.
Susannah's family name was Duer; her
family were of English nativity. John R.
Deardorff was born Jan. 9, 1832, in Logan Co., O.,
and his marriage occurred Jan. 11, 1855, in
Rushsylvania, Logan Co., O. The names of his
family and the dates of their births are:
Nicholas Jasper, born Sept. 16, 1855; died Sept. 24
of the same year. Ostrella, born Sept. 8,
1856 in Logan Co., O., and married to George Ferguson
Feb. 5, 1874. Littleton, born June 1, 1858;
died June 28, 1873. John Milton born Jan.
3, 1861. Joseph Henry, born Mar. 15, 1863.
Rosa Ellen, born Feb. 1, 1865. Charles
William Brandon, born Aug. 21, 1868.
Benjamin Stanton Allison, born Sept. 10, 1871.
Samuel Edwin, born Mar. 31,1878, in Logan Co., O.
By handicraft John R. Deardorff is a carpenter,
which trade he followed prior to and for some time after
his marriage, when he became a farmer and ever since has
so continued; he rears all kinds of farm stock, but
makes a specialty of cattle at present, and hereafter
making sheep husbandry his cardinal aim. The
family's church connections are with the Protestant
Methodist Church. In August, 1862, John R.
Deardorff enlisted in Co. K, 121st Regt., O. V. I.;
he was in the battle of Perrysville, Ky., so well
remembered, and was with the regiment at that point for
about a month, when he was removed with the regiment to
Lebanon, by a forced march; soon after his arrival he
was taken sick, and, on the removal of the regiment, was
left in the hospital; after about six weeks, he was sent
to Louisville, Ky., and remained there until granted a
discharge-furlough; he returned home the latter part of
February, 1863, and in May following he received his
final discharge. In 1861 he removed to the farm
where he now resides, acting in the double capacity of
tenant and agent for Col. C. W. B. Allison, who
removed from Bellefontaine to Wheeling, West Va., in
1876, where he has ever since been living. He has
reared and educated his family, purchased and improved a
farm of 78 acres in Hardin Co., and thus shown what
integrity, industry and energy may accomplish,
notwithstanding the disadvantage of bad health.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 686 |
McArthur Twp. -
JOHN DENNY, farmer; P. O., Huntsville; is the
eldest child and only son of three children, and was
born July 14, 1802, near Alleghany City, Penn. His
father, Dennis Denny, was born in county Donegal,
Ireland, and was there married, and after having been
blessed with two children he emigrated, in 1784 to the
New World, with the intention of sending for his family,
if favorably impressed with the country. His wife
soon died, however, and he returned and brought over his
two sons. He was here married to Eunice
McLaughlin, a native of the Emerald Isle, and in
1814 moved to Warren Co., O., where he lived five years,
and then came to Clarke Co., where he died Oct. 29,
1826. The mother and one sister always made their
home with John from that time, and he supported
them until their death; the mother departing this life
Aug. 18, 1844. He bought a farm there on which he
lived until 1837, when he came to this county and bought
a tract of land, mostly new. He has from time to
time added to this, and also bought in other localities.
He has not neglected improvements, and, without doubt,
he the finest house in this part of the county, as well
as other valuable and tasty buildings. He was
married Jan. 1, 1833, to Lucinda James; she was
born Nov. 12, 1810, and died May 24, 1845, having borne
six children, only two of whom are living - Dennis,
who is married to Sally A. Nichols, and is living
on the old homestead; and Sarah, now the wife of
William McKinnon. Mr. Denny was married
Sept. 18, 1856, to Mrs. Rebecca Robertson.
She died Apr. 25, 1859, and he has since been a member
of his son's family. He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he held the office
of Steward for forty years. He is a
Republican, and cast his first vote for Henry Clay.
Source: History of Logan County
and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 819 |
Harrison Twp.
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JOHN DETRICK, farmer; P. O.,
Bellefontaine; was born in Logan Co., June 26, 1830.
His parents, Peter and Sarah Detrick, came
from Hardy Co., Va., to Logan Co. in 1829, settling in
Harrison Tp., where they resided about three years, when
they went to the adjoining township of Union, where they
died. The father died in 1868 and the mother in
1878. John was raised on a farm,
received a common school education, and at the age of
21, began business for himself, with a pair of willing
hands for his capital, and by using them to good
advantage, has accumulated quite a fortune. He was
married Nov. 27, 1855, to Prudence J. Cummins,
daughter of George and Sarah Cummins, who came to
Logan Co., previous to the war of 1812. From this
union there are four children, Benjamin E., James O.,
Anis A. and Peter A. Mr. Detrick was in
the late rebellion. He went out May 2, 18643,,,
and received his discharge Sept. 2, of the same year.
He was in Co. B, 136 O. V. I.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 620 |
Jefferson
Twp. -
GEORGE W. DICKINSON, miller,
Zanesfield; is the second of a family of fifteen
children, whose parents were Joseph and Mary Ann
(Corwin) Dickinson who were residing in Rush Creek
Tp. at the time our subject was born, Mar. 16, 1841.
George was raised to farming pursuits, which
business he engaged in up to the time of his enlistment
in the service of his country, Dec. 8, 1861, at the age
of 20, when he enlisted for three years in Co. D., 13th
Reg't., O. V. I., and served his full time of
enlistment, and was engaged in nearly all the battles in
which his command participated; was always at the front,
losing but eighteen days in the time (being then
detained in his quarters on account of sickness); was in
some of the mot hotly contested battles of the war.
During the latter part of his service was with
Sherman on his march to the sea. His regiment,
going out with 1,075 men at the beginning, was augmented
by recruits at different times, making the entire number
1,875 men in all; only 325 of the number returned home.
Upon his return to Hardin Co., he engaged in farming.
Oct. 13, 1865, was married to Matilda Lake, who
was born Apr. 14, 1846, in Hardin Co., O.; she was a
daughter of Harrison and Elizabeth (Day) Lake,
both of whom were native of Kentucky. January,
1879, he sold his farm to his brother and removed to
this township. The following March, the ninth day,
he had the misfortune to lose his wife by lung fever,
who left to his care five children - Della A., Thomas
H., Martha E.., Effie M. and Joseph H.
Apr. 27, 1880, he was married to his present wife,
Martha J. Neeper, who was born in Rush Creek Tp.,
Mar. 28, 1838; her parents, William and Martha
(Moore) Neeper, are natives of this State.
April, 1880, Mr. Dickinson located at the Baldwin
Mills, and is now engaged in running the same.
Having contracted rheumatism in the service, renders him
unable for active farming, and was compelled to change
his business in consequence.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 747 |
Lake Twp. -
HENRY C. DICKINSON, attorney at law; Bellefontaine; was
born in Rush Creek Tp., Logan Co., O., June 30, 1839,
and is the son of Robert and Rebecca (Stephenson)
Dickinson old pioneers of Logan Co. Our
subject moved from Rush Creek Tp. to Perry Tp., where he
remained until 1861, during which time he was engaged in
farming and attending the district schools. In
1861 he moved to Union Co., O., where he remained ten
years, engaged in farming, when he returned to Perry Tp.
Here he devoted part of his time to reading law, and, in
1873, he was admitted to the Bar; in 1875 he moved to
Bellefontaine and began the practice of his chosen
profession; in 1877 and 1878 he was associated in the
practice of law with Mr. Sheen, the firm being
Steen & Dickinson. With this exception, Mr.
Dickinson has been alone in the practice of law, and
today ranks among the successful lawyers of the Logan
Co. Bar. Mr. Dickinson was for a short time
in the livery business in Bellefontaine, which is the
only other business he has been in since his residence
in this city. He is a Republican.
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 597 |
Jefferson
Twp. -
JOSEPH N. DICKINSON, farming,
stock-raising and milling; P. O., Zanesfield.
Among the prominent men in Jefferson tp. that have
worked their way from poverty to wealth and affluence,
solely by their own exertions, is J. N. Dickinson,
who was born in this township, Mar. 27, 1816, on what is
now known as the Shoot's property, situated
one-half mile south of the town of Zanesfield. His
father, Thomas Dickinson, was born in Berks Co.,
Penn., Nov. 13, 1788, and emigrated to this locality
prior to the war of 1812. His wife was Maria
Lowe, born 1789, a native of Virginia, and bore her
husband fifteen children, Joseph being the fifth
child and the second son of this number; the major
portion of them lived to maturity. Thomas,
the father of Joseph was a constant resident of
this township up to the time of his decease, which was
in his 91st year, May 17, 1879. His wife's death
occurred in 1867. The year after Joseph was
of age, he hired to his father, applying his earnings as
a payment upon 75 acres which he had purchased in Rush
Creek Tp., which was nearly all unimproved. Jan.
21, 1838, he was married to Mary Ann Corwin who
is a native of Monroe Tp., where she was born Feb. 5,
1820, on the banks of the Mackschack. Locating on
his land after marriage, he remained until 1841, when he
moved to the place he now owns, stayed one year, and
removed to Andrew Co., Mo., where he engaged in farming
and stock-raising for six years, and returned to this
county. The following spring, purchased 196 acres
of land in Bokes Creek Tp., where he moved and soon
added 500 acres to his first purchase, where he farmed,
raised stock and run a saw-mill until 1860, when he
moved into Hardin Co., where he owned at one time 1,700
acres of land; during his eight years residence, wishing
to curtail his business, he disposed of his interests,
and moved into Monroe Tp., where he purchased 159 acres
of land, and the Jeffrey Williams mill property,
which he carried on until 1876, when he moved one-half
mile north of Zanesfield, and purchased the Folsom mill
property and 471 acres of land. Has since traded
for the Baldwin mills, a short distance south, and now
controls and runs both mills, which are among the bet in
the State for size and location - the Folsom mill having
a fall of thirty feet. This mill has an extended
reputation, custom reaching them thirty miles distant.
They are prepared to do both custom and merchant work;
can run the year round either by steam or water power.
Mr. Dickinson has now 550 acres of land, which,
in connection with his mills, represent a large amount
of capital, all of which Mr. Dickinson has
attained solely through his own merits. Of the
fifteen children born to him, twelve are living -
Hannah (Mrs. Ben Bruce), George, John, Thomas, Mary
(Mrs. Randall), Ellen (Mrs. George Henry), Laura (Mrs.
John P. Williams), Gardner, Amanda, Charles, Benjamin
and Joseph at home. Though Republican, he
is not an extremist in politics, nor in religion.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 746 |
Lake Twp. -
JOSHUA M. DICKINSON, proprietor of
the Logan House; Bellefontaine; was born one mile east
of Zanesfield, Logan Co., O., Feb. 18, 1824, and is the
son of Thomas and Maria (Lowe) Dickinson.
His mother was born ill West Virginia, and his father in
Pennsylvania; they were married in West Virginia, and in
1810 came to Logan Co., and located in Jefferson Tp.;
they came here very poor; they had but one horse and a
few necessaries of life; after remaining in Jefferson Tp.,
some three years, they moved near East Liberty, where
Thomas Dickinson was employed by Duncan McArthur,
who was a large land speculator, and remained in his
service a short time. Duncan McArthur
placed the family of Dickinsons on 100 acres of
land near Zanesfield, which afterwards belonged to them,
and they, in 1832, sold the same for $4 per acre; they
then moved to Rush Creek Tp., where the father,
Thomas Dickinson, died May 19, 1879, at 90½
years of age, a respected and honored man, being a
member of the Quaker Church; he was a soldier of the war
of 1812. His wife died in 1865. Our subject
moved with his parents to Rush Creek in 1832. When
he was 21 years of age he, in company, purchased 150 150
acres of land; this is the first land that Mr.
Dickinson owned; it was located in Jefferson Tp.;
this land was paid for at $5 per acre, and Mr.
Dickinson paid for the same in manufacturing maple
sugar. At 24 years of age, he married Miss
Martha Brunson. At this marriage he was worth
some $600. By this marriage they had four
children. After marrying, he lived on a rented
farm for a number of years; he farmed near Rushsylvania
from 1846 to 1854, when he moved to Perry Tp., near East
Liberty, where he remained until 1876, during which time
he was engaged in farming and stock-raising, in which
business he has been very successful, making a specialty
in raising mules, and was the largest dealer in mules in
Logan Co., having sold from his farm at one time, $9,000
worth of mules. To-day Mr. Dickinson
owns 970 acres of land, and valuable city
property in Bellefontaine; he is proprietor of the Logan
House, which is a neat three-story brick building
located in the central part of the city, and is
recognized as one of the leading $2 houses of Central
Ohio. Mr. Dickinson donated largely money
to carry on the late civil war; his township never had a
man drafted; he again married, his present wife being
Ellen Armstrong, by whom there are three
children.
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 596 |
Bokes Creek Twp. -
LEWIS DICKINSON, farmer; P. O., Ridgeway; is a native of
Logan Co., born Nov. 20, 1827; he has twice been
married, his first marriage occurring on March 4, 1852;
by this union there were six children - Joshua N.,
Delilah A., Lydia M., Henry E., St. Leger and
Mary C. By his second marriage he has three
children - Minnie, Ella and Robert.
Mr. Dickinson is a farmer by pursuit and one of
the sons of honest toil and industry. In the
raising of stock his attention is more particularly
directed to that of sheep, but includes the usual stock
of all well-to-do agriculturists. He is a member
of the Protestant Methodist Church, Ridgeway Circuit.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 ~ Page 660 |
Perry
Twp. -
ROBERT DICKINSON, farmer; P. O.,
North Greenfield; was born in Jefferson Township, Mar.
15, 1812, and is the eldest of a family of fifteen
children, who were born to Thomas and Maria (Lowe)
Dickinson, who came to what is now Logan Co., about
the year 1810, locating south of Zanesfield, and raised
a large family. He was engaged in running one of
the first saw-mills that was erected in that part of the
country. As a business man he was not considered a
marked success, yet his sons have arisen from poor boys
to wealth and affluence, and are now among the most
successful in the country. Having little or no
school advantages, yet they managed to secure enough to
enable them to transact any business that comes in their
line, and as "garners-up" of this world's goods, they
have few superiors in the county. Robert
was married Jan. 24, 1833, to Rebecca Stevenson,
who was born Feb.b 20, 1813, in Lake Tp.; she is a
daughter of John and Jennie (Hatfield) Stevenson;
she was a native of Virginia, he from Kentucky, and they
came to this county before the war of 1812, and were
among the number who sought refuge in the block house
from the Indians. Shortly after Mr. Dickinson
was married, he settled in Rush Creek, near the lake; he
afterwards came to Jefferson and settled at the head of
Mad River, purchasing 103 acres; this he soon traded for
land in Perry Tp., on the Grubb's place. In
1865, he moved to North Greenfield, where he now
resides. After years of hard labor and pioneer
life, he is in possession of 640 acres of land. Of
the ten children born to him, eight are living - Ruth
Jane, (Mrs. A. Grubbs), Susannah, (Mrs. Isaac Henry),
Henry C. (attorney at law), George, Eliza A.
(Mrs. E. Powers), Deliverance, Elliott and Joshua.
Mr. Dickinson and wife were members of hte
Methodist Episcopal Church. His father was a
member of the "Friends."
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 ~ Page 646 |
Liberty Twp. -
I. N. DILLE, farmer; P. O., West Liberty; was
born Sept. 10, 1827, in Richland Co., O. His
father, Amos, was born in Washington Co., Pa.,
and his mother, Anna De Camp, in New Jersey.
They came to Ohio in 1816, and settled in Richland Co.,
where the father entered 160 acres of land, getting his
patent from Thomas Jefferson. In the fall
of 1834, they sold out and removed to Hardin Co., and
there bought 100 acres. In 1836, they came to
Logan Co., and settled where our subject now lives.
Here they bought 160 acres. The father died in
1845, and was buried in this township; the mother has
remained single since, and is now 89 years old.
She has had eight children - John M., Martha, Sarah,
Hannah, I. N., Josephus, Emma J. and Zenas.
She is a member of the Christian Church, I. N.
traveled along with the family in the hardships that the
pioneers had to encounter. He was married Feb. 17,
1853, to Rachel, a daughter of David and
Amelia (Holliday) Williams, natives of Berkeley Co.,
Va. They came to Champaign Co. in 1830, and to
Logan Co. in 1836, on the hill where Robert
Parks now lives, buying first 160 acres, and
afterwards another tract of 124 acres. The father
died in 1844, and the mother six years prior to him.
They had nine children, four of whom are living -
Rachel, David, James and Mary. Her
father was Township Trustee for many years before his
decease. The mother was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. Dille
settled on their present farm of 101 acres immediately
after marriage, and have since remained. He was
elected Township Trustee in 1874, and is the present
incumbent; he has also served in other minor offices.
His amiable companion holds a membership in the
Methodist Episcopal Church. They have had nine
children, six of whom are living - Gilbert B.,
Martha, Mary A., Laura, Ida and Belle.
Those deceased are Ara F., Lucy J. and Carrie
M. He has always been identified with the
Republican party.
Source: History of Logan County
and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 707 |
JAMES
DILLON, (Bloomfield Twp.) farmer; P. O., Bloom
Centre. Among the many grand old men of this
county, none are grander than James Dillon; he
was born in Clark Co., O., in April, 1811; he was early
inured to the hardships of a frontier life; his
grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier, and his father,
William Dillon, was in the war of 1812.
James came to Bloomfield in Sept. 1833, and moved
his family to his present residence Nov. 1833; he built
his own house without nails or brick, and was now 80
acres of good land, well improved; he has one child
living - Thomas Waite Dillon - and a daughter,
who was the wife of Edwin West, died Dec. 6,
1874; he belongs to the Baptist Church, and is
Republican in politics.
*Page 730 |
McArthur
Twp. -
M. DUDLEY DITZLER, physician and
surgeon; Huntsville; is the fourth of a family of five
children, and was born Oct. 12, 1853, in this township.
His father, John Y. Ditzler son of David and
Anna M. Ditzler, was born in Adams Co., Pa., Mar.
14, 1815, and reared to the occupation of farming; he
studied medicine, however, and graduated from the
Jefferson Medical College, and many years after at the
Sterling Medical College, at Columbus, O.; on receiving
his first diploma he came West, seeking a location, and
stopped first at Kenton, and then at Marseilles; he was
married Apr. 25, 1843, to Jane Dudley, and soon
after same to this place, where he ever after lived; he
had a large practice, and was loved and respected by all
with whom he came in contact; he died June 26, 1878.
Mr. Dudley clerked in the drug store, which
belonged to his father, and there studied medicine; he
graduated from the Cincinnati Medical College in June,
1876, and is now practicing his chosen profession; he
was married Oct. 11, 1877, to Ida M., daughter of
J. H. and Emma Harrod. She was born Oct.
23, 1855, and is now conducting a millinery store at
this place. One child has blessed their union,
Ida M. He is a stalwart Republican, and cast
his first vote for R. B. Hayes.
Source: History of Logan County
and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 819 |
Miami Twp. -
LYMAN A. DOAN, P. O., De Graff;
was born in Miami Tp., Logan, Co., O., Dec., 16, 1843.
His father, Lyman Doan, was born in Connecticut,
and in early life came with his parents to Washington
Co., O., and later to Logan Co. His mother,
Martha (Campbell) Doan, was born in Washington Co.,
but her parents were native of Ireland. Mr.
Doan ahs passed the major part of his life on a farm
- he remained on his father's farm until 19 years of
age, when he enlisted in Co., E. 45th O. V. I., in the
army of the Cumberland, and was through the war.
He was at the siege at Knoxville, and at Nashville.
His regiment was soon detailed under Col. Woolford,
to hold in check Morgan's raiders. He was
taken prisoner by that force at Mt. Sterling, Ky.
The place was surrounded, and after fighting, and under
truce, surrender was demanded, but refused. The
town was fired, and they were driven into closer
quarters and compelled to surrender. The
raiders now stole their suits and arms, and started with
them to Charleston, S.C. After marching nearly a
whole day, he was taken sick, and put in a wagon, and
when the trains were doubling up a hill he stole two
revolvers, and some ammunition, and escaped to the
woods. The rebs. pursued, but missed him. He
was cared for by some negroes, till Union troops
arrived, and thus was saved from the horrors of Libby
and starvation, whither the rest of the force went; at
Resaca he was wounded when on skirmish line, and
lay in hospital till his regiment was discharged in the
fall of 1864; when he returned to Miami Tp., to work
upon the home place, and here built himself a home.
In 1866 Nov. 20, he married Miss Mollie E. Lamphier,
and they now have four children - John Sherman,
1879 he sold the farm, and moved to De Graff to reside,
at the same time purchasing another farm in Pleasant Tp.,
which he controls. He is held in esteem by his
fellow citizens as a man of sterling worth.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 774 |
Rush Creek
Twp. -
DR. ISAAC A. DORAN, physician;
Rushsylvania. The Doran family was one of
the French Huguenot families who came over before the
Revolution and settled in America, in the State of New
Jersey. Thomas Doran, Sr., was one of the
first American descendants of this family born in New
Jersey. Thomas Doran, Jr., was a Jerseyman,
likewise, who married Jane Hayes, the daughter of
James Hayes, an Irish emigrant, who settled in
Beaver Co., Pa.; from Beaver Thomas moved to
Westmoreland Co., Pa.; James had two sons born in
Pennsylvania - Dr. I. A. Doran, born July 23,
1826, in Greensburg, Pa., and James H. Doran.
The family then removed to Ohio in 1829, and settled in
Butler Co., in the village of Bethany, twenty miles from
Cincinnati. Here the remainder of the children,
Thomas S., and Hannah Doran, were born; in
1833 the family came to Shelby Co., near Sidney, where
the father, mother and James H. Doran all died;
James' death, however, did not occur until Mar.
12, 1877. Hannah married Joseph Johnson
who resides four miles east of Sidney; Thomas
lives twelve miles west of the same place, and Dr. I.
A. Doran resides in Rushsylvania. Dr. I. A.
Doran has twice been married; his first wife was
Sarah J. Elam, whom he married Jan. 16, 1851; she
was the daughter of James Elam, the first white
child born in Greene Co., Ohio; she died June 1877.
The children by this union were - Thomas, born
June 14, 1852; Elam, born July 30, 1857, and
Della, born Dec. 31, 1863, and who died Mar. 31,
1870. His second marriage was Feb. 19, 1878, with
Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, daughter of John and
Elizabeth Stephenson, of Darke Co., near Greenville;
she was born Feb. 5, 1837. In 1849 Dr. I. A.
Doran settled in Rushsylvania, in the practice of
medicine, when the village contained but seventy-five
inhabitants; he was the first druggist in the place; has
erected five buildings in the village, dug four cellars,
four wells and four cisterns, put down the first
permanent pavement in 1853, planted the first evergreen
trees, the first shade trees in the streets; has always
been an advocate for public improvements, such as
railroads, turnpikes, school buildings, etc., three of
which have been erected since his residence in the
village. He was the first eclectic physician in
the county and has steadfastly adhered to his profession
and his practice, in one instance walking thirty times
to Ridgeway and back again, a round trip of fourteen
miles each time. The village at that time
continued one cabin, the only building in the place.
He has held the office of postmaster since 1854, being
the fourth appointed in the place. During his term
of twenty-six years he has handled about 800,000
letters. At his residence and on his grounds
abound fruit trees and ornamental shrubbery in great
profusion. He has a large collection of relics,
notwithstanding his having already given sixty pieces to
the State Geologist.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 686 |
Lake Twp. -
DUNCAN DOW, attorney at law,
Bellefontaine; was born in Harrison Tp., Logan Co., O.,
Mar. 13, 1843, and is the son of Robert and Harriet
(Brewster) Dow; his mother is a native of
Pennsylvania, and his father of Scotland, he having
emigrated to America when very young, locating in Lake
Tp., Logan Co., in about 1825, he was Colonel of the
Militia, and during the late civil war, he recruited Co.
D, of the 45th O. V. I., serving in that regiment for
one year, when he resigned, and returned to Logan
county, and is now living in Harrison Tp.; our subject
remained a resident of his native township until 1864,
during which time he was engaged in farming and
attending school. In 1864 he came to
Bellefontaine, and was appointed Deputy Auditor of Logan
county, under Thos. Miltenberger, (then
Deputy County Clerk), and filling this office with the
marked ability during this time as Deputy. Mr.
Dow was engaged in the study of law with Judge
Wm. Lawrence. In 1869 he graduated from
Cincinnati Law School of Cincinnati, O. In 1869 he
entered into partnership in the practice of law with
J. B. McLaughlin, which partnership continued until
the death of Mr. McLaughlin in 1878, when
Mr. Dow formed a partnership with J. D.
McLaughlin, firm name, McLaughlin & Dow,
one of the strongest law firms of the Logan County Bar,
enjoying a leading practice. Mr. Dow
in 1869 was elected to the office of Prosecuting
Attorney of Logan County, being re-elected to the same
office in 1871, filling this office for four years.
In 1875 he was selected a member of the Ohio State
Legislature from Logan county, being re-elected in 1877;
he has given entire satisfaction, having proven himself
a gentleman of acknowledged ability. Mr.
Dow is a Republican, and a member of the U. P.
Church, of which he is one of its honored Elders; he
married in 1875 Miss Maggie A. Gregg, of
Philadelphia, Pa., by whom he has two children, both are
daughters. Mr. Dow is a director of the Firts
National Bank of Bellefontaine.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 596 |
Richland Twp. -
LYMAN DOW, physician and surgeon;
Belle Centre; is one of the best known and thoroughly
respected men in this township, although he has been
among us but a few years; he was born in this county
Aug. 21, 1843. His father, Peter Dow, was
born in Scotland, and emigrated to this country when 12
years of age; he was married to Sally Campbell, a
native of Washington Co., O., and always followed
farming until 1855, when he moved to Bellefontaine; he
was engaged in the drug business for some time, but is
now living a retired life; he is one of the School
Examiners for this county, and has held that position
many years. Lyman commenced clerking in the
drug store in 1861, and at the same time studied
medicine; he graduated at the Cincinnati Medical College
in March, 1865, and immediately enlisted in the U. S. N.
as assistant surgeon; at the close of the war he
commenced practicing in Bell Centre, and remained two
years, when he engaged in the drug business at
Bellefontaine, and then at Wooster; he returned to this
place in 1875, and has built up a good practice; he was
married May 17, 1866, to Martha J., daughter of
J. B. and Hannah McCracken, of Urbana. Their
union has been blessed with six children - James A.,
Jessie E., Samuel W., Nellie A., Charles T. and
Sallie H. Both he and wife are members of the
Presbyterian Church. He has always been a
Republican.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 800) |
Jefferson
Twp. -
LEVENTON DOWNING, farmer;
Zanesfield. Born Sept. 9, 1820, son of Bezaleel
and Matilda (Jones) Downing, who were from Maryland,
and emigrated to Harrison Co. Leventon
remained with his parents as long as they lived.
They came to this township in 1833; at the age of 26 he
was married to Mary Ann Hill, who was born in
Monroe Tp. in 1829; she was a daughter of John and
Mary (Smith) Hill. The Hills and
Smiths are from Virginia. Mr. Downing
has 136 acres of land, and farms quite
successfully. Five children have been born to him,
but only two are living, Margaret R., born May 4,
1860; John L., March 10, 1863. His father,
Bazaleel, was born 1777, his mother in 1787, and
were honored and respected citizens in the community in
which they lived.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 748 |
Zane Twp. -
JORDON DOWNS, retired farmer; P. O. North
Lewisburg; was born Oct. 26, 1824; his father, Joseph
Downs, was born in New Jersey, Jan. 23, 1795, and
his father's name was Samuel, and his mother's
name Abigail Downs. Joseph
Downs came to Ohio in 1818, and located on Kings
Creek, Champaign Co.; on Mar. 25, 1819, he married
Esther Williams, who was born Apr. 20, 1797,
and came to the North Fork of Kings Creek with her
parents in 1814; her parents were Silas and Mary
(Hunt) Williams, the latter being of Scotch
extraction. Joseph Downs was a
farmer by occupation, but by trade was a spinner, and
assisted in establishing probably the first carding and
spinning mill in either Champaign or Logan Co., and
resided in the vicinity until his death. The
subject of our sketch remained with his father until his
24th year, when he "struck out" for himself. At
the age of 25 he had but $500 to invest in land in Zane
Tp.; he continued to work earnestly and faithfully until
he possessed 202 acres of land on the Limestone Belt, a
part of the rich wheat and corn land of Zane Tp., a
worthy tribute to his integrity and hard work. He
is now a farmer in excellent circumstances, surrounded
with all the comforts of life, and living in the light
of a Christian gentleman who has identified himself with
the progress and improvement of his township. Feb.
5, 1852, he married Miss Hester Inskeep,
daughter of John Inskeep; she was born
Dec. 31, 1828, and has materially assisted him by her
counsel and prudence. They now reside in North
Lewisburg, in an elegant home, enjoying the fruits of a
life of industry, surrounded by all the comforts to
which such a life entitles them. They are members of the
Methodist Protestant Church.
Source: History of Logan County
and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 632 |
| THOMAS
DOWNS, farmer; P. O. Lewistown; was born in
Champaign Co., O., Oct. 18, 1827; was the son of Capt.
Daniel Downs and Mary (Fitzpatrick) Downs, who came from
Delaware to Ohio in 1806, and settled in Champaign Co.
Capt. Downs was commissioned Captain of a Company, and
led them all through the war of 1812, after which he
again went back to his former vocation - that of farming
- and in 1833 moved to Washington Twp., and entered the
land now owned by his son, where he lived till 1860.
Mrs. Downs died 1848. Thomas Downs spent his
boyhood days here, and has often seen the deer running
through the woods, thirty or forty in one drive; at the
breaking out of the late war, he left his farm and
enlisted in Co. F, 119th O. V. I., and was with the army
at the time of the great surrender at Appomattox; was
married in 1853, to Miss Eliza McFarland, of Hardin Co.,
O. They have four children - Mary R., W. H., Alice
A., Elizabeth E. Mr. and Mrs. Downs are both
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. |
Jefferson Twp. -
VALENTINE DUNLAP, farmer; P. O., Zanefield; born
in Carroll Co., O., July 12, 1829, the fourth child of
Samuel and Hannah Dunlap. Valentine
was raised to agricultural pursuits, and came with his
parents to this county in 1830; lived with his father
until he was 30 years of age, at which time he wooed and
won the hand of Lucinda Farrington who was born
in Stark Co., O., July 12, 1846. She was a
daughter of Jesse K. and Elizabeth (Richardson)
Farrington. He was born in Massachusetts,
1803. His wife, Elizabeth, was born in
Ireland, 1805, and came to this country when she was 18
years of age. March, 1865 was the date of the
marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap, and three
children have blessed this union, who are Abner
Lawrence, born Jan. 19, 1866, Ivy Florence,
Nov. 5, 1869, and Hannah Bertha, Sept. 5, 1875.
Fifty-four acres compose his farm which he has earned by
his own labor; is not a man that is grasping in his
desires after this world's goods, but is mainly content,
with his interesting family about him, to have a home
and sufficiency, to meet his present demands, and is
endeavoring to live, more to lay up treasure above than
here on earth. He and wife are members of the
"Friends."
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 747 |
Jefferson
Twp. -
WILLIAM DUNLAP, farmer; P. O., New
Jerusalem; was born Mar. 2, 1824, in Carroll Co., O.,
and is the second of the family born to Samuel and
Hannah Dunlap. Samuel was born in
Westmoreland Co., Penn., Sept., 1790; his wife was
Hannah Greer, and was born in the same county, Aug.
24, 1795. They were married, May 10, 1821.
In his younger days Samuel was engaged in teaming
across the mountains, subsequently was engaged in the
manufacture of edge tools. Emigrating to Carroll
Co., he remained until 1839, and came to Logan Co. and
lived in Jefferson Tp. until his death, which occurred
June 16, 1871 - his wife "passed over," Feb. 4, 1856.
They were both members of the M. E. Church for many
years; he was an ardent and enthusiastic worker in the
Lord's vineyard; was for many years a class leader, and
his life ws ornamented with Christian virtues. In
the early part of his life he was many years Justice of
the peace, and his advice and decisions were always
regarded as just and final; during the latter part of
his life, while in this county, he lived mostly a
retired life; he was an old line Whig, and went out as
Captain during the war of 1812. William,
early in life, learned the plasterer's trade; remained
with his father until he was 27 years of age; June
12, 1851, was married to Mary M. Ball, who was
born in Columbiana Co., Nov. 24, 1830. She died
May 2, 1863, leaving four children, viz: Oliver F.,
Sarah M., John P. and William Asa; was
married to his present wife, Susan Farrington,
July 30, 1864; she was born Mar. 31, 1841, in Stark Co.,
O., daughter of Jesse K. and Elizabeth (Richardson)
Farringdon. Two children have crowned the
union - Samuel C., born Sept. 13, 1855, and
Myrta E., Apr. 14, 1871. Mr. Dunlap and
wife are members of the "Friends" or Quakers; Mr. D.
began poor in early life, has been successful in his
operations and has 288 acres of land.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 748 |
Harrison
Twp. -
PHOEBA DUNSON, Bellefontaine, was
born in Logan Co., O., in 1829; is daughter of Joel
and Elizabeth Thomas. She resided with her
parents until her marriage, which was about 1849, to
Benjamin Deerwester, who was born in Licking Co.,
Ohio. From their union there were ten children,
four of whom are now dead - Mary J., Louis, Sarah E.,
Elisa, Phoeba A., George, Joel, Rachel F.; two also
died in infancy. Mr. Deerwester died in
1863, and she was again married in 1875 to William
Dunson, she being his third wife. They lived
together about four years, when he died and she was for
the second time left a widow. Her last husband was
born in Logan Co., in 1806. He was father of
eleven children by his first wives.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 620 |
Lake Twp. -
LEVI DURINGER, brick manufacturer;
Bellefontaine. Of the leading brickyards of
Bellefontaine, we mention that owned and operated by
Mr. Duringer, who began the manufacture of brick
upon the present site in 1874, making that year 300,000
brick. Since that time they have made as high as
800,000 brick in one year; finding sale for them in
Bellefontaine and vicinity. Mr. Duringer
has, perhaps, traveled as much as any young man in Logan
Co.; he was born in California in 1854, where he
remained until he was 13 years of age, then, with his
parents, he made six ocean voyages, visiting the
Sandwich Islands, Cuba, Vancouver's Island, Mexico, and
several other prominent places on the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans. His father, John O. Duringer,
is a native of Germany, where he learned the brewer's
trade. Coming to America at an early day, he was
for a short tiem a resident of New York, New Orleans,
Cincinnati, St. Louis, Peoria, St. Joseph, and thenceto
California. In 1874 the family came to
Bellefontaine, where they have remained ever since.
Mr. Duringer is meeting with fair success in the
manufacture of bricks, of which he makes a superior
article.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 597) |
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