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History of Madison County, Ohio
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1883
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Deer Creek Twp. -
ELI G. CAMPBELL,
farmer, P. O. La Fayette, was born in Deer Creek Township Feb. 16,
1838. He is a son of William E. and Sarah Campbell, he a native
of Maryland and she of Virginia. The grandparents were Hugh and
Margaret Campbell. The maternal grandfather was John Moore,
who came to Ohio and settled in Madison County, near London— among the
first settlers—where he remained till his death, Nov. 10, 1839, aged
seventy-seven years. William Campbell, the father of our
subject, was born in Maryland, Aug. 17, 1801, emigrated to Ohio and
settled in Madison County, in quite an early day, while a young, single
man, and here he was married to Sarah Moore, Oct. 20,
1831, by whom he had eight children—seven now surviving—Laura
(married John Lucy), James J., William, Alexander. Eli
G., Benjamin M., Sarah. John W. (deceased), and Creighton E.
(now a resident of Montana). Of these sons, all but the youngest served
in the war of the rebellion. James, Alexander and John
enlisted in the spring of 1861, in the Twenty-sixth Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, for three years, or during the war. James was
taken prisoner and was confined in the Libby and Andersonville Prisons,
and suffered untold hardships in those terrible places during a period
of eighteen months' confinement: was almost starved to death, and when
released was but a living skeleton. Alexander and John saw
hard service and had many narrow escapes. John, after serving
nearly one year, was taken sick with camp fever, and returned home on
furlough, where, after lingering about three months, on May 19, 1862,
died, and his remains now rest in Oak Hill Cemetery, at London. Eli
was in the three months' service, but was out about four months.
Benjamin enlisted in a company of cavalry in the spring of 1865, and
was with Sherman through the South till the close of the war.
Mr. Campbell followed farming through life in Union and Deer
Creek Town
ships. In his early life, he was Captain of a rifle company, which was
mustered at appointed times, when they would camp out for several days
and perform regular drill service; this practice was followed for
several years. Mr. Campbell died Dec. 17, 1857, aged
fifty-six years. His wife died Mar. 27, 1882, aged seventy-four years.
Eli G., the subject of this sketch, was born, raised and grew to
manhood in Deer Creek Township, and has passed the most of his life on
the Gwynne farm, where he now resides. This farm consists of 3,300
acres, one of the largest and best stock farms in the county. It is the
estate of E. W. Gwynne (deceased), one of the early settlers,
which is inherited by two grandchildren—Edmiston and Marie
Gwynne. Mr. Campbell has had the entire
superintendence of this large farm since the death of Mr.
Gwynne—a period of fifteen years.
Mr. Campbell married Eliza J. Buntin,
Mar. 6, 1867; she is a daughter of James and Catharine Buntin,
natives of Ireland. Eliza was born in Deer Creek Township, in
February, 1842, and died Feb. 15, 1870, aged twenty-eight years. By
her he had twins (deceased). The large brick
residence on this farm, an important tavern stand in an early day, where
all the stages and passengers used to stop on their journey from
Columbus to Springfield, prior to the building of the National road, or
the day of railroads, and on a pane of glass still in one of the
windows, is engraved the name "George E. Kummer, New York,
September, 1830," a passenger, engraved by himself, where it has
remained over half a century. Mr. Campbell is one of the active
business men of the community, and the position he holds, in charge of
this large stock farm, imposes upon him a great responsibility, he
having 400 head of cattle to attend to, and 400 acres in cultivation,
principally in corn.
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Deer Creek Twp. -
WILLIAM ALEXANDER CAMPBELL,
farmer, P. O. La Fayette, a native of Madison County, born May 6, 1836,
is a son of William E. and Sarah Campbell, whose history is given
in the sketch of Eli G. Campbell. The subject of this sketch was
raised and grew to manhood in Madison County, where he was married,
Nov. 21, 1878, to Louisa Dillow, who is a native of
this county, born Sept. 9, 1844, and whose ancestors are given in
sketch of William Dillow. Mr. Campbell and wife
have one child, born Sept. 13, 1879—Harley Clarence.
Mr. Campbell is a carpenter by trade, which business he
followed until the spring of 1878, when he located where he now lives,
and has since resided, engaged in the honorable occupation of farming.
This farm he purchased of his brother Eli; it embraces fifty-one
acres of good land, all in cultivation, with good buildings and
improvements, and pleasantly situated about one quarter of a mile north
of La Fayette.
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Darby Twp. -
ABRAM CAREY, farmer, P. O. Plain
City, was born in Canaan Township June 28, 1817. His
father, Abijah Carey, was born in Pennsylvania in 1780,
and married Catharine Johnson, a native of Virginia.
In 1800, he came to Madison County, where he died in 1854, at
the age of seventy-three years. He was a farmer, and, at
the time of his death, owned 400 acres of land in Darby
Township. He raised a family of nine children - three boys
and six girls - all of whom reached their majority. The
girls married prominent farmers, viz., May married
James Guy; Sarah married Jacob Millikin; Rhoda
married William Guy; Rachel married James Millikin;
Eliza married George Rickard; and Lucinda
married Nathaniel Harrington. All but one live in
this vicinity. Solomon died in July, 1882,
and left his property to two sons, who were wealthy before his
death. He had retired from business, and was in
independent circumstances. Our subject has been a
life-long farmer. He owns a large and well-improved farm
in this township, on which he resides. He was married, in
1853, to Jane Hogle, a native of Upper Canada, and a
daughter of Peter Hogle. This union was blessed
with two children, Alice and Ella, who have
attended to the household duties of the farm since July, 1877,
when their mother died. Mr. Carey was a Democrat
until the breaking-out of the late civil war, since which he has
been a staunch Republican.
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Darby Twp.
DR. J. H. CARPENTER, physician and
merchant, Plain City, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, Nov.
27, 1831. In addition to the common schools of his native
county, he attended Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, after
which he took a course in Starling Medical College of Columbus,
Ohio. He then attended the Ohio Medical College of
Columbus, Ohio. He then attended the Ohio Medical College
of Cincinnati, from which he graduated in 1865. He
commenced practicing in his native county, where he graduated in
1865. He commenced practicing in his native county, where
he remained three years, then spent two years in Marion County,
and, in 1869, came to Plain City, where he has since remained.
In 1854, he married Catharine Andrews, by whom he had two
children - Charles H. and Lellie K. She died
in 1863, and in 1870 he married L. Jennie, daughter of
Asa Converse. Dr. Carpenter is a
Republican in politics, and has served his village as member of
School Board. His grandfather was the first white settler
in Delaware County, locating in 1801, on 300 acres of land,
which is still in the possession of the family, being now
occupied by a grandson of the old settler. In coming to
Ohio, they descended the Ohio River to Portsmouth, and then
embarked in canoes, and, by means of poles, pushed their way up
to Delaware County, a distance of 120 miles. The
grandfather was killed by being thrown from his horse down a
steep embankment. He was a Captain in the Revolutionary
war, and one of the pistols used by him in that struggle is now
in possession of our subject. It is an old-fashioned horse
pistol, with a flint lock, and, though now much the worse for
wear, seems to have been a handsome weapon.
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Canaan Twp. -
R. E. CARPENTER,
farmer, P. O. West Canaan. The subject of this sketch was born in
Canaan Township, Madison County, July 14, 1850; he is a son of Wesley
and Sarah ( Smith ) Carpenter, natives of Ohio. He owns
170 acres of land in Canaan Township, one miles south of Amity, on the
lower pike. He was born and raised on this farm and has two
sisters, viz.: Mary Amanda, and Irena, wife of
John Stalbird; Mary makes her brother's house her home.
Our subject's father's sister was Mrs. Dr. Jane McCloud.
Mr. Carpenter is an Republican in politics.
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Pike Twp. -
JAMES P. CARTER merchant and stock-dealer P. O.
Rosedale. Vinton M. Carter father of the subject of this
sketch was born in Londoun County Va. July 12, 1812 and when nine years
old with his parents came to Belmont County Ohio where he remained until
the time of his removal to Madison County. He married Margaret
Harper by whom he had thirteen children - eight now living. In
1863 he located at Liverpool where he now resides and where he has
practiced medicine several years. James P. Carter our
subject was born May 21, 1842 in Belmont County Ohio and received a good
common school education. In August 1862 he enlisted in the
Fifty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry Army of the Cumberland and
participated in the battle of Perryville under Gen. Buell;
Chickamauga under Gen. Rosecrans and at Mission Ridge under
Gens. Thomas and Sherman. At a still later period he was
engaged under Sherman in the battle of Snake Creek Gap and the
taking of Rome. He was also engaged in the battle of Kenesaw
Mountain. Shortly after the latter battle he was taken ill owning
to severe exposure and was conveyed to Chattanooga Hospital thence to
Nashville and later to Louisville Hospital. Having regained his
health he was sent to Chicago where he was honorably discharged in July
1865. His parents having moved to Liverpool Madison County in 1863
after his discharge he also came to Liverpool. For two and
one-half years prior to his marriage he studied medicine and dentistry
one year with Dr. Armstrong of London and the remainder of the
time with his father at Liverpool. He however never entered into
the practice of his profession. In August 1867 he married Miss
Nettie A. Fox daughter of John and Elizabeth Fox. To
them have been born three children viz.: Maud, born Nov. 10,
1869; Lizzie, born Dec. 26, 1871, and Fred, born Sept. 19,
1876. After his marriage, for eight years, in connection with
stock-raising, he farmed in Pike Township, and from that time since has
been engaged in raising and dealing in stock. He is at present
stock-dealing,, as a partner of Mr. Walter A. Dunn, of Somerford
Township. In April, 1880, he entered into the mercantile business
in Liverpool and has established a good trade, his sales amounting to
about $10,000 per annum. Mr. Carter has served as Justice
of the Peace in Pike Township for twelve years, and Assessor four years.
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Fairfield Twp. -
ALFRED CARTMILL, farmer, P. O. Big Plain, was born
in Franklin County, Ohio, Feb. 9, 1819, and is a son of William and
Isabel Cartmill, natives of Virginia, who, when quite young, with
their parents emigrated to Kentucky among the early settles of that
State, when they had to be protected in block-houses from the savages.
Under those trying ordeals, they grew to maturity, were married, and,
about 1813, in the spring, removed to Ohio and located on the Darby,
near Georgesville, in Franklin County. About 1824 or 1825, they
removed to Madison County and settled on land now owned by Elijah
Chenoweth, where they remained through life and where Mrs.
Cartmill died, after which Mr. Cartmill made his home
with his children till his death in November, 1875, in his
ninety-seventh year. They had live sons and two daughters, of whom
six now survive: Thomas; Fidelia, wife of M. Y. Patrick:
John C, Alfred. William F., and Margaret, wife of
Daniel Rhodabaugh. The subject of this sketch was
raised and grew to manhood in Madison County, and at nineteen years of
age commenced teaching school, which occupation he followed about
nineteen years, when he purchased a tract of land just below where he
now lives and entered upon farming which he has since followed.
Mr. Cartmill has been twice married; first to Catharine
Keller, a daughter of Peter and Rebecca Keller, natives of
Pennsylvania; this union was of but brief duration, as in the fall of
1861 she died. On Feb. 22, 1865, he was married to Mrs.
Margaret Freeman, who was born in Franklin County, Ohio, Sept. 9,
1837, and was a daughter of Reuben and Emza
Chaffin, natives of Pennsylvania. By her he has had eight
children, six now surviving: Grace, born May 3l, 1807; Clyde,
born Nov. 20, 1868; Marcia, born Mar. 1, 1872; Gale
Forest, born Apr. 8, 1874; M. Dell, born Apr. 5, 1877, and
Alfred Pearl, born Dec. 14, 1881. Since the first tract of
land which Mr. Cartmill bought, he has added more by
purchase till he now owns 400 acres of good land. In 1880, he
erected a large brick house and has made various improvements in
buildings, ditching and draining, till he now has an excellent farm and
a fine home. He never desired public office, although he has
served as Township Clerk and a Justice of the Peace. He commenced
in life without means, and by his own industry has acquired a
comfortable competency, and is now one of the prominent farmers of
Fairfield Township.
Source: History of Madison County, Ohio -
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Union Twp. -
S. H.
CARTZDAFNER, London, a prominent grocer, was born in Frederick
County, Md., Apr. 14, 1826. He is a son of Michael Cartzdafner,
a native of that State, and there reared. He was a miller by trade, and
came to Ohio in 1854. He located at Georgesville, in Franklin County,
and in this county a year later. He came to London in 1860, and there
died in the spring of 1862. Mr. Cartzdafner married Maria
Connelly, a native of Montgomery County, Md. They were the parents
of ten children, six of whom are living. Mother died in April, 1881, and
sleeps beside her husband, in Oak Hill Cemetery, east of London. Our
subject was the second child and son of this family, and, when nineteen
years of age, went to "Virginia, where he learned milling. He worked at
his trade six or seven years, in Jefferson County, that State,
principally at Harper's Ferry. In 1852, he came to Columbus, and soon
after to Madison County, being first employed by J. C. Smith in
the "Old Chrisman Mill," in Oak Run Township. He was in the Georgesville
Mill two years; three years in the Robert's Mill, three miles west of
London, and soon after located permanently in London. He became
associated in the grocery trade with John Jones, the partnership being
dissolved two and a half year later. Since that time Mr. Cartzdafner
has been in business alone, and has met with fair success in his
mercantile transactions. He became connected with Virginia Lodge, No. 1
(Odd Fellows), of Harper's Ferry, in 1849. and since his residence in
London has been a member of Madison Lodge, No. 70, and the Encampment of
the same fraternity. His political views are decidedly Democratic, and
he has been a member of both the Council and Board of Education of
London. He was united in marriage, June 25, 1850, to Mary S. Jones,
a native of Pennsylvania, then residing it Harper's Ferry, Va. Eleven
children have been given them, four living—Anna, wife of Will
H. Chandler, Jr., an enterprising business man of London;
Maria, William and Fannie. Mrs. Cartzdafner is
a member of the M. E. denomination.
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Darby Twp. -
ANDREW CARY, farmer, P. O. Plain City, was born in
Canaan Township Jan. 22, 1833. He is a son of Solomon and Anna
(Millikin) Cary, the latter a daughter of Col. Millikin, and
of Irish descent. Solomon was a son of Abijah and
Catherine (Johnston) Cary. Abijah was born in Pennsylvania in
1780, of English parentage, and in 1800 came to Madison County.
Solomon was born in Madison County in 1809, and died in July, 1882.
His wife was born in Washington County, Penn., in 1814. They had
three children, two now living. Our subject, the oldest child, is
a farmer by occupation, and he also deals largely in cattle, usually
having about one hundred head on hand all the time. He breeds the
Short-Horn Durham cattle and Southdown sheep. He owns 570½
acres of well-improved land, and is one of the leading farmers of the
county. He is a Republican in politics; takes an active interest
in the cause of education, and has served as School Director for twelve
years. He was married, in 1858, to Flora E. Burnham, a
daughter of Darius and Lucretia (Hunt) Burnham, and a native of
this county. They have six children, viz., Anna L., wife of
J. B. Smith, of Canaan Township; Henry, Nettie, Rodney,
Burnham and Frank Pearl.
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JOHN R. CHAMBERLAIN, farmer, P. O. Big Plain, was
born in Gallia County, Ohio, May 3, 1842, and is a son of Nicholas H.
and Susan Chamberlain, he a native of Pennsylvania, and she of
Virginia. The maternal grand-parents (Bishops) were natives
of Virginia, but became early settlers of Gallia County, Ohio, where
they lived and died. Nicholas H., the father of our
subject, came from Pennsylvania to Ohio when a young single man, and
married Susan Bishopin Gallia County, where they located and
lived til about 1850, when they removed to Jackson County, where they
resided till the war of the rebellion, when he enlisted in the army and
served till the close of the war, after which they lived about two years
in Madison County. They then removed to Clark County, where on
June 10, 1870, Mrs. Chamberlain died, after which Mr.
Chamberlain spent the balance of his life with his children in
Clark and Jackson Counties, and died in the latter county Mar. 25, 1880.
They had a large family of children, of whom live now survive—William
H.; John R; Mary Ann, wife of Moses Rider, of Clark
County; Martha, wife of John Betts, of Jackson
County; and Sarah, wife of John Jones. Mr.
Chamberlain was a shoe maker by trade, which business he followed
through life. John R.. the subject of this sketch, was raised in Jackson
County, and when about eighteen years of age came to Madison County, and
on Feb. 13, 1867, married Martha E.
Gill, who was born in this county Jan. 2, 1850. She was a
daughter of Henry and Sarah Ellen Gill, natives of Ohio. By
this union they have had nine children—eight of whom now survive—James,
born Aug. 12, 1867; Sarah E., Dec. 27, 1870; Lucetta, Dec.
10, 1872; Alphretta, Dec. 27, 1874. Minnie, Feb. 6, 1877;
Kinnie and Lena (twins). Mar. 4, 1879, and John H.,
July 17, 1881. Mr. Chamberlain has devoted his life
to farming, and all within this county but two years, during which he
lived in Franklin County. He started out in life at eighteen years
of age depending upon his own industry and economy to make a livelihood,
and has fought his way through life, step by step, till now he owns a
good farm of eighty-three acres, with improvements.
Source: History of Madison County, Ohio -
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J. W. CHANCE,
a rising and popular young dentist of this city was born in Clark
County, Ohio, Aug. 29, 1848. His ancestry can be traced back in the
following: Jeremiah Change was an Englishman by birth, and came
to America between 1730 and 1740, locating in Maryland, where he lived
till his death. One son, John Chance, was born near Baltimore
about1762. He married Martha Watkins. One son
of this union, Samuel Chance was born in Maryland, eighteen miles
from .Baltimore, m 1781. He was a wagon-maker by trade, and married
Mary Smallwood, a native of Virginia, and daughter of Dean
Smallwood, and niece of Brig. Gen. Smallwood, of
Revolutionary fame. They were the parents of ten children, only three
living. The father died near Catawba, Clark Co., Ohio, Oct. 21, 1838
and the mother in Catawba Mar. 1, 1870, aged eighty-one years. One of
their three living children is William Chance, the father of our
subject. He was born in Pleasant Township, Clark County, Ohio, July 14,
1815, and is now a resident of Champaign County. He married Henrietta
Jones, born in Champaign County, Ohio, Feb. 21, 1827, and
daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Wooley) Jones.
The latter was the daughter of Stephen Wooley, of
Revolutionary fame, who was the son of William Wooley.
This latter married Margaret Brown, a granddaughter of
Walford Weber, grandson of King William IV,
of Holland. He came to America in 1649, and purchased a goodly portion
of Manhattan Island, now the site of New York City. His sister, Aneke
Jans, left an estate embracing 192 acres of land in the heart of New
York City, and for which the heirs now lay claim. It will thus be seen
that William Chance's wife, the mother of our subject, is
of royal blood, sixth in line from King William IV, of Holland.
She has been the mother of eight children, five living, and two residing
in London, this county, subject and brother, John S., his
assistant. The subject of this notice was reared on a farm, obtaining a
very fair education. He was engaged in teaching school in Champaign
County for two years, and for five years in Jefferson and Deer Creek
Townships, of this county. About 1876, he commenced the practical study
of dentistry, at Columbus, with Dr. R. G. Warner, of that city, a
former resident of London. He remained with him one year and then came
to London. He immediately formed a partnership with Dr. Carter,
which was dissolved by the latter's death, in 1878. Dr. Chance
then took charge of the entire business, and has steadily increased it
until at present he has one of the finest offices in Central Ohio, and a
practice large and remunerative. He is an indefatigable worker, and well
merits the success that has followed his every effort. He is connected
by membership with the Ohio State Dental Association, the M E. Church,
and is a true believer in the principles of the Republican party. Dr.
Chance was married, Nov. 30, 1876, to Allie E. Snyder, a
native of Madison County, and daughter of John and Drusilla
(Ellsworth) Snyder. They have two children—Paul A. and
Ethel, Mrs. Chance is also a consistent member of the M. E.
denomination.
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WILLIAM H. CHANDLER, SR.,
a prominent retired merchant, London, was born at Hanover, N. H., Apr.
19, 1814. His father, Henry H. Chandler, was born in Pomfret,
Conn., June 14, 1786. In early life he learned the trade of a
wool-carder, and subsequently that of a cabinet-maker. He married Anne
Wright, born at Hanover, N. H, May 20, 1790. The former died Nov.
20, 1869, aged eighty-three years, and the latter May 1, 1875, aged
eighty-five years. W. H. Chandler was the second child and first
son of a family of six children, three jet living, and received only a
limited education. When twenty-one years of age, he secured a situation
as a clerk in a retail store, and two years later went to Charlestown,
now a suburb of Boston, Mass., securing a position as keeper in the
McLane Insane Asylum, which he filled for three years. He then went to
East Cambridge, not far distant, and again engaged as clerk. In 1839, he
came to Columbus, Ohio, obtaining a situation as clerk in a drug house.
He was subsequently employed as keeper in the Ohio Insane Asylum,
remaining in that position until 1843. He then came to London, and after
clerking for some time, started in the grocery business on "West High
street, opposite the court house, but shortly after sold out to "Uncle
Ben Tinder" During the succeeding year, he was engaged in farming, and
May 2, 1844, married Isabella Fellows, born in Hanover, N.
H., Feb. 5, 1816. Some time after marriage, he went to Washington C.
H., Fayette Co., Ohio, and, with Nathan Blodgett, was
engaged in mercantile pursuits for three years, under the firm name of
Chandler & Blodgett. He then sold his interest to his
partner, and upon his return to London formed a partnership with W.
W. Fellows, the firm continuing business for seven years. At the
expiration of this time, Mr. C. again sold his individual
interest in the business. Subsequently, with Jeriah Swetland,
he engaged in business at Mt. Sterling, in Pleasant Township, this
county. Three years later the stock was sold to Benjamin Leach, and the
firm of Swetland & Chandler removed to London, and there
continued business until both agreed to retire. The partnership is yet
to be dissolved. Mr. Chandler was a merchant for twenty-one years, and
gained quite a competence. He is the owner of sixty-eight acres of land
in the corporate limits of London, and resides in the northeastern part
of the village. He has been a Democrat in polities, and for two terms
served as County Treasurer. He has also held the offices of Councilman
and member of the School Board in the village. He is connected by
membership with Chandler Lodge, No. 138 (Masonic), and the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler
have three children—Anna, William H., Jr., and Harvey F. Mrs.
Chandler is a member of the M. E. Church. Will H. Chandler,
Jr., the oldest son, was born in London Nov. 4,1848. He grew to
manhood in his native place, receiving a good English education. In
early life he was a clerk for his father and Jeriah Swetland,
remaining with them till they sold out. On Mar. 1, 1873, he purchased
the stock and trade of Z. T. Graham, book seller, and has
since conducted that business, meeting with fair success. Mr.
Chandler is one of London's most enterprising business men, and a
member of the Masonic fraternity. He has always been an active Democrat
He was Trustee of Union Township three or four terms, has been Treasurer
of London corporation six years, and is a member of the County
Democratic Central Committee. Mr. Chandler was married to
Annie, daughter of S. H. Cartzdafner, grocer, of London. Of their
six children two are living—Edward W. and Wright. Mrs.
Chandler is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Harvey F.
Chandler, the youngest son of William H, was born in London
Aug. 6, 1854. Like his brother, he grew up in London, being educated
in its public schools. When nineteen years of age, he went to Enfield,
N. H., and was there employed by Dodge, Davis & Co., woolen
manufacturers. He remained one year, and then returned to London, where
he soon after accepted a position with John Kinney, dry
goods. He remained in this business about sixteen months, and then came
to his present position, with his brother W ill, in the book store. He
was married, Dec. 21, 1881, to Emma, daughter of John
Jones, a retired grocer of London.
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F. M. CHAPMAN, undertaker, Loudon, was born in
Union (now a portion of Paint) Township, the county, Feb. 8, 1836.
Her father, James Chapman, is a native of Frederick County, Va.,
and his occupation in life has been that of a farmer. He came to
this county in 1816, locating on some land in Union township which he
had purchased while at Winchester, Va. He was born July 16, 801,
and is now eighty-one years of age, enjoying good health. He
married Mary A. Chapman, also a native of "Old Dominion. "
They are the parents of nine children, three living - our subject, and a
brother and sister, residing in Illinois. F. M. Chapman was
the third child and first son of these parents, and resided on the farm
in Paint Township until sixteen years of age. He then came to
London, and learned the carpenter's trade with Calvin Newcomb,
serving a three years' apprenticeship, and subsequently working for him
two years. In the fall of 1862, he purchased his present business.
Mr. Chapman is at present the pioneer in this line of business,
and has met with very fair success. In 1873, he suffered the loss
of his entire stock by fire, but immediately erected his present
building, at a cost of $1,500. He is connected by membership with
the following organizations: Funeral Directors' Association of
Columbus; Masonic Lodge and Chapter, Knights of Pythias and American
Legion of Honor, of London. He was married, Oct. 15, 1864, to
Mrs. Rebecca J. Newcomb, a native of London, and a sister of
Clinton D. Rayburn, grocer, They have one child - Bertie.
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman are members of the Presbyterian Church.
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GEORGE CHAPPELL settled
near Walnut Run about 1810, and remained a resident of this township
till death. He was a native of Virginia; married Margaret Green:
had four sons and two daughters, all deceased but two—Thomas and
Charles, who are now residents of Illinois. Mr. Chappell
served as a Justice of the Peace for many years, and while in that
office used his best efforts to get parties to compromise, and thus
avoid all litigation, if possible; was a most excellent man and faithful
officer. John C. Jones, though not an early settler of Paint
Township, having settled here in 1844, yet he was born in East Tennessee
in 1817, came to Ohio in 1821, grew to manhood, and has been prominently
identified with the growth and progress of the county from a very early
day. He has served as Director of the County Infirmary, as a Justice of
the Peace, as Township Trustee and other minor offices. He is now quite
advanced in years, having spent a long and useful life, devoted to the
interests of his county and the community in which he has lived. Rev.
William Sutton, a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, was,
it is believed, born in Virginia, but became a settler of Paint Township
about 1810, locating on the Hume land. He married Hannah
Coberly; resided here but a few years, when, as a Methodist
minister, he had to adopt the itinerant life they live; but the greater
portion of his life was spent in the service of the ministry within
Madison County. He died at Mt. Sterling, although his home and residence
at the time of his death was in London, and there his body was taken for
interment. He was an excellent man and faithful Christian minister
Lewis Higgins. a native of Virginia, settled on the Hume tract of
land about 1811.
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ELIJAH CHENOWETH, farmer and stock-dealer, P. O.
Big Plains, was born in this county Mar. 15, 1831, and is a son of
John F. Chenoweth, whose sketch appears in the biographies of London
City. The subject of this sketch was united in marriage, Dec. 16,
1858, to Susan A. Pringle, whose ancestors are given in the
sketch of William D. Pringle, in this work. By this union
they have three children—William D., born Nov. 5, 1859; Elmer
J., born Oct. 3, 1861, and Mary C., born May 6, 1876.
Mr. Chenoweth has devoted his life principally to farming,
and raising and dealing in stock, the latter receiving his main
attention. From 1864 to 1869, he resided near West Jefferson, and
engaged in a general trading business—dealing in fruit and wool, and
buying and shipping stock; thence he returned to his farm in Oak Run
Township, and thence in the fall of 1875, having previously erected his
present fine brick house where he now lives, he moved into it where he
has since resided. He is one of the extensive farmers and
stock-dealers of Madison County. In April, 1882, he purchased the
old home place, where he was born and raised. He now owns 1,150
acres of land, all in one body, and has over 3.000 head of sheep.
During the season, he usually buys and sells several thousand sheep and
several hundred cattle. He has held but few offices of his county
or township, as his whole interest, taste and energy are devoted to his
business, and in this he ranks among the leading men of Madison County.
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JEREMIAH B. CHENOWETH, farmer, P. O. Range, was
born in Franklin County, Ohio, Sept. 22, 1816, and was married Sept. 23,
1840, to Eliza Foster. His father, John F.
Chenoweth, was born in Kentucky Sept. 15, 1783, and married
Margaret Ferguson, a native of Kentucky by whom he had
fifteen children, eight living, viz., Rachel, wife of Moses
Bales, of Fairfield Township; Hezekiah; Lewis P.,
married Martha Morgan and lives in Kansas; Isabelle J.,
wife of Charles Warner, of Fairfield Township; Elijah,
married Susan Pringle, and lives in Fairfield Township;
Mary, wife of Dr. Dennis Warner. of London;
Francis Marion, married Margaret Kay. and lives
in Fairfield Township. The deceased were Thomas,
Melinda, John F., Samuel D., Jeremiah, and two that died in infancy.
Our subject has had born to him nine children, six living, viz., John
W., born Sept. 9, 1846, married Alice Henry, who died
in 1874, and in 1878 he married Kate Creath, by whom one
child, Mary, was born, Feb. 12, 1882; Daniel B., born Jan.
10, 1849; Nelson, born Apr. 26, 1851; George Washington,
born Oct. 3, 1858, and married Mary Roland; W. Scott,
born Dec. 11, 1855, married Annie Roland, and has one son;
Newton M., born Dec. 25, 1857. The deceased are Martha
Jane born Aug. 2, 1842, died Oct. 22, 1847; James
Foster, born Sept. 7, 1844, died Aug. 4, 1866, and an infant.
Our subject remained at home until twenty-five years of age, when he
began renting and leasing, and finally purchased 200 acres. In
1851, he bought the farm where he now lives, which consists of 1,296
acres. Mr. C. has voted the Republican ticket twenty-five
years.
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JOHN F. CHENOWETH,
retired farmer, P. O. London. The parents of our subject were Elijah
and Rachel (Foster) Chenoweth, he a native of Pennsylvania, and she
of Virginia. They were married in Virginia, and about 1790 emigrated to
Kentucky, and settled in Mason County: thence, about 1799, they came to
Ross County, Ohio, and the next year, 1800, they located in Franklin
County, on the Big Darby, where his wife died about 1820. He died in
1830. They had five sons and four daughters, all deceased but two —John
F. and Elijah. They were among the early pioneers of Franklin
County, as they had been prior of Mason County, Ky., where John F.,
our subject, was born Sept. 15, 1793. He was a child of about six
years when brought to Ohio, where he grew to manhood fully inured to the
wildest and roughest of pioneer life, where he says he had many a race
and wrestle with the Indians, who were then in plentiful numbers in this
vicinity. He was married, Mar. 21,1811, to Margaret Fergurson,
by Rev. Simon Cochran. They settled on his father's
place and lived until about 1820, when he located in Madison County,
where he purchased 133 acres of land, which is now embraced in the tract
of land owned by his son Elijah. He says that at the time he
purchased that tract of land, he thought if he could succeed in paying
for it, he should feel satisfied; but before that was paid for, he saw
another piece he desired, and he bought it. He early engaged in
stock-raising, and soon was largely engaged in buying and driving stock
over the mountains to the Eastern markets. In this trade he prospered,
and from time to time purchased more land, till finally he owned about
3,000 acres, all in one body, extending from California westward for two
and one-half miles, constituting him one of the largest land-holders in
Madison County; and all this was accomplished through his industry,
energy and financial ability. He not only raised from poverty to wealth
and affluence, but was also placed by the people into many public
offices of trust. He served in the Legislature in the session of
1829-30, as County Commissioner twelve years or more, and as Justice of
the Peace about the same length of time, besides filling most of the
offices of his township. In his boyhood days, his school privileges were
of the most meager kind; when they settled in Franklin County, there
were no schools there, but by going to Chillicothe, in Ross County, he
obtained some of the first rudiments of an education; finally a
round-log schoolhouse was built in Madison County, on Opossum Run, near
the Franklin County line, and here he finished his education. Such was
the beginning of this worthy old pioneer, who arose to wealth and
distinction by his own unaided efforts. Mr. Chenoweth and
wife had fourteen children, of whom six now survive—Rachel, wife of
Moses Bales; Hezakiah, Elijah. Francis, Marion, and Mary,
wife of Dr. Dennis Warner. This worthy couple were
not only pioneers in the secular affairs of this country, but most truly
pioneers of the church, joining the Methodist Episcopal Church while
young, he about 1809 and she about 1812; thus he has spent a life of
labor in the church of threescore and ten years, the allotted period of
man's life. A few years ago Mr. Chenoweth bought property
in London, where in his advancing years he has retired from the farm and
active business life, and where he can be convenient to church and the
means of grace, desiring to spend the remainder of his days in quiet and
rest. He is now ninety years of age, and enjoys good general health.
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PEYTON R. CHRISMAN. deceased, was born in Virginia, and emigrated
to Ohio with his parents, who located in Madison County. He
received a limited education in the public schools, and followed farming
through life. In 1847, he married Clara Kenton, a daughter
of Simon and Phoebe (Baker) Kenton.
The former was a saddler by trade, and a native of Kentucky, but was not
the celebrated Indian- fighter of the same name. Mr.
Chrisman died on Easter Sunday, in April, 1877, leaving four
children, viz.: Caroline, wife of Benjamin Emery, a
farmer; Richard. Edward and Harry. The
children are all married and doing well. Mrs. Chrisman
resides on 1,300 acres of land which she inherited from her father.
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DENNIS CLARK, London,
proprietor London Woolen Mills, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio,
Apr. 8, 1827. His father, Ralph Clark, was a native of
Maryland, and a farmer by occupation. He came to Ohio in 1813, when
eighteen years of age, locating in Fairfield County, and residing there
until 1833. He then removed to the " Sandusky Plains," near Upper
Sandusky, and ten years later to northern part of Greene County. In
1862, he came to London, where he died Feb. 8, 1872, in his
seventy-seventh year. He married Mary Rose, also a native
of Maryland. They were married in Ohio, and the parents of ten children,
four living. Mrs. Clark died in January, 1879, aged
eighty-three years. . Our subject is the only one of the family in this
county, and learned his present trade when seventeen years of age, at
Springfield, Ohio. He completed his trade in Dayton, and in the spring
of 1850, came to London. He went into the woolen mill of C. K.
Slagle, one mile north of London, on the Somerford pike, and soon
after the mill was rented to a man named Fish. Two or three years
later, Mr. Clark rented the mill, and ran it a few years.
He then purchased it, and operated it till Jan. 28, 1864, when it was
burned down. Then, with others, he formed a stock company, and built and
operated the woolen mill on the site of the present London Flouring
Mill, from 1866 till 1871, it being consumed by fire in the latter year.
In 1872, he erected his present mill, and has operated it to the present
time with good success. Mr. Clark is a member of the Odd
Fellows Lodge and Encampment, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, all of
London. He was formerly a Republican in politics, but of late years has
been an earnest Prohibitionist. He was united in marriage, Feb. 8,
1852, to Virginia V., daughter of C. K. Slagel (deceased).
Of their ten children, six are living —Wilbur F., married
Virginia Blizzard, and resides in London; Alice May,
wife of John R. Manning, of London; George W., Mary F., Albert
S. and Nellie McClimans. Mrs. Clark is also a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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JAMES CLARK, farmer, P.
O. London, was born in Anne Arundel County, Md., Aug. 16, 1826; he is
the son of Henry and Mary (Collier) Clark. His mother dying
when he was very young, he was taken in charge by an uncle, Henry J.
Sothern, a resident of Guernsey County, Ohio, with whom he came to
the county in 1840, settling in Somerford Township. He was married
Feb. 28, 1861, to Miss Martha Jane Foster, and has a family
of four children, viz.: Miranda, Kimball, Ada and Dellie.
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JOB J. CLARK, insurance
agent, London, was born in that city July 15, 1851. He is a son of
Judge B. F. Clark, Cashier in the Madison National Bank, whose
sketch appears in this record. Our subject was reared in his native
village and educated in its public schools. He embarked in the boot and
shoe business, with his brother Quinn, remaining with him till
the latter's death, Sept. 16, 1878. He soon after sold his stock and
trade to Leon Minshall, and then engaged in his present
business. He had been made an agent of the Security of New York, in
1870, and the Hartford in 1871. To these two he has added the agency of
the Etna, Phoenix, Putnam, Queen of Liverpool, American of Philadelphia,
Insurance of North America, Franklin of Columbus, Ohio, and National of
Hartford. These companies are among the very best in existence, and
Mr. Clark has succeeded in issuing many thousand policies throughout
Madison County. Mr. Clark is a member of the Masonic Lodge and
Chapter—Enoch Grand Lodge of Perfection, Franklin Council Princes of
Jerusalem, Columbus Chapter Rose Croix, being A. A. S. R. Orient of Ohio
Valley of Columbus, American Legion of Honor, Knights of Honor, Knights
of Pythias, of London, and Mt. Vernon Commandery, No. 1, Knights
Templar, of Columbus. He is also connected with the Presbyterian Church,
and is Democratic in political matters. He was married, Nov. 14,
1872, to Minnie, daughter of L. P. Wildman. They have
three children—Myrtle, Franklin and Burt.
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JAMES S. CLEELAND, carpenter and storekeeper,
Newport, was born in Pennsylvania, Oct. 18, 1825. He is the son of
John and Sarah (Stewart) Cleeland the former a native of Ireland
and the latter of Pennsylvania. Our subject received his education
in the graded schools of Clark County and in Wittenburg College,
Springfield. He remained on the farm until nineteen years of age,
when he learned the carpenter's trade, which he has followed
twenty-three years. He also operated a saw-mill, which he sold in 1864.
In 1874, he removed to Ohio and operated a store at Newport, in which he
still continues. He also works at his trade and owns eighty acres
of land in Indiana. In 1861, he married Mary Jewell,
who died in 1873, leaving one child - James—born in 1869.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleeland were members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in which he is a local preacher. He formerly
voted the Free-Soil ticket, but is now a Republican. He has been
Township Clerk and is now a Justice of the Peace.
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ASA CONVERSE, merchant, P.
O. Plain City, was born in Vermont Feb. 9, 1814, and is the son of
Squire Converse and Anna (Rand) Converse, of English Descent. They
came to Darby Township in 1814, and located in what is known as the
"Converse Settlement." Our subject remained on the farm until
sixteen years of age, when he began learning tanning, and soon taking up
the shoe-making trade, he followed both with more than average success
for several years. He then opened a general store, which he has
conducted over twenty-one years, from 1861. He also owns 133-1/3
acres of good land. In 1835, he married Thankful McCloud,
wife of J. J. Morelock, of Marysville; Albert N.; and
L. Jennie, wife of Dr. Carpenter. Mr. and Mrs. Converse
are members of the M. E. Church, of which he has been a Trustee.
He is a Republican, and has acted as a delegate to the State convention.
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J. QUIN CONVERSE was born in Champaign County,
Ohio, Nov. 8, 1844, being the sixth heir to C. H. Converse and Louisa
L. (Ketch) Converse, both from the State of Vermont. At the
age of four years, he moved into Union County, Ohio, near Unionville
Center, where he resided working on his father's farm and going to the
village school six months in the year, until he was eleven years old,
after which he went but three months in the winter, until he was
seventeen, which was all the schooling he ever got. On Sept. 11,
1862, he was mustered into the service as a private, in Company I, One
Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three
years, unless sooner discharged, Capt. A. B. Robinson commanding
the company, and Col. W. P. Reed commanding the regiment.
The regiment was hurriedly pushed through with inferior arms (Austrian
rifles) and poorly equipped, were put into the field and took the
baptism of fire at Perryville (or Chaplin Hills), Ky., Oct. 8, 1852,
less than a month from the date of muster. During that fall and
winter, he served in all the marches and countermarches over
Kentucky to protect supplies from the depredations of the raider
Morgan. In February, 1863, he went aboard the "Jacob Strader,"
at Louisville, and made the trip down the Ohio and up the Cumberland to
Nashville, being thirteen days on the boat, in a very crowded condition,
there being the two regiments with all their supplies on the one boat.
Here he experienced the only sickness of his army life, being for eleven
days confined to his bunk. They arrived at Nashville and marched
to Franklin, where they stayed for several months and completed the
splendid line of defenses which were used with such terrible effect by
Gen. Thomas against Hood in the fall of 1864. Mr.
Converse served in all the raids and skirmishes that ended in the
battle of Chickamauga, on the 19th and 20th of September, 1863, at which
battle more than half his comrades were killed or wounded, but he came
through with the toe of his shoe cut open with a rifle-ball. He
was with Gen. Sherman in the winter march to the relief of
Gen. Burnside at Knoxville, and served on the famous Atlanta
campaign, in 1864, up to Kenesaw Mountain, when, in an assault, on the
27th of June he was wounded by a musket ball passing through his cap-box
and into his right side, lodging against the right hip, from where it
was cut that evening on the field. In this bayonet charge more
than half his comrades were killed or wounded. He now went to the
rear and was absent from the regiment four months, thirty days of which
he spent at home, where he made the acquaintance of his future wife.
He rejoined the regiment in time to make the march to the sea with
Gen. Sherman, then up through the Carolinas, ending with the battle
of Bentonville, Mar. 19, 1865, where he was at one time cut off and
thought it best to surrender, but in the confusion got away. He
was at Raleigh, N. C., when Johnston surrendered; marched from
there to Washington; participated in the grand review, May 23, 1865; was
discharged as Second Duty Sergeant June 9, 1865, and reached home June
17, having served near three years, never missing a single trick of
duty, and never being under arrest or reproved by a superior officer.
On Mar. 28, 1866, he was married to Miss Mary I. Baxter, oldest
daughter of William H. and C. D. Baxter of Urbana, Ohio. He
then bought land in York Township, Union County, and worked it several
years, but his old wound was a constant drawback on him, and he sold his
land and moved to Urbana and worked at the watch-making bench on repairs
for two years, after which he located in Plain city in the jewelry
business; has now been here over seven years, and has, by close
application, brought his business up from a very small beginning to its
present comfortable proportions. He owns real estate in the
corporation to the value of $2,500 to $3,000. He has but two
children living. In politics, he is an Independent Republican
always supporting the best man in all local elections, regardless of
party. He has never held any political position whatever. He
was Captain of a company of Ohio National Guard for three years, 1878,
1879 and 1880, but the company was disbanded in 1881. He is a
member of no religious denomination, being free to admit the good that
is in all, but too broad in his ideas of religious liberty to accept the
tenets of one to govern him in all things.
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JAMES N. CONVERSE,
stock-raiser, P. O. West Canaan, was born in Darby Township, Madison
County, Ohio, Oct. 29, 1823, in a log cabin on his grandfather's farm.
He is a son of Charles and Phebe (Norton) Converse. His
father was a native of Vermont and died Oct. 31, 1849, aged fifty-five
years; he was of English descent. Our subject was married,
Nov. 22, 1846, to Julia Ann, daughter of James and Elizabeth
(Carpenter) Calhoun, her father a native of Portage County, Ohio, of
Scotch and Irish descent. By this union two children were born,
viz.: Elizabeth Ann, born Sept. 14, 1848, wife of Butler
Smith, who died May 27, 1877, and she married Cary Milliken
Sept. 15, 1881. They reside in Jefferson Township. Henry
B., born Jan. 8, 1850, was married Sept. 17, 1875, to
Elizabeth Beach, daughter of Uriah and Elenor (Downing) Beach,
by whom he has two children, viz: Walter and Julie E.
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DR. JEREMIAH CONVERSE, Plain City. Dr. Jeremiah Converse,
grandson of Rev. Jeremiah Converse, a Revolutionary soldier, and
son of Jeremiah Converse, Jr., was born in Darby Township,
Madison County, Ohio, June 11, 1822, in that season of epidemic death
which is well remembered by the old inhabitants as making sad inroads
upon the thinly settled community of Darby Plains, and thickly
populating the primitive grounds on Big Darby set aside and sanctified
with tears as the burying ground of the dead. Malinda Converse,
the Doctor's mother, was a Derby, descended from the old English titled
family of that name, and was a woman of remarkable and healthy
characteristics of mind. Her keenly active perceptive faculties,
aided by an untiring devotion to her family, under less narrowing
circumstances than those which surrounded the pioneers of the plains,
would naturally have led to a careful, discriminating education of her
children; but the schoolhouses and text-books of to-day were beyond the
dreams of that time, and it was by studious application of all his
energies and the precious little spare time he could get from labor that
young Converse obtained a very common education. The thud
of the grubbing-hoe, the crash of falling trees and the wielding of the
ox-gad in preparing land for cultivation, where interjections in his
educational process until about the year 1844, when he turned his mind
to a study of the science of medicine, and graduated four years later at
the Columbus, Ohio, Starling Medical College. At or near the time
of his commencement of the study of medicine, he married Miss
Hortence Homenway, a young lady of excellent family and fine
qualities of mind and heart, by whom he had six children, the oldest, a
daughter, dying in childhood. Following his graduation commenced a
professional career of twenty-five years, and with it began an
observance and study of the physical condition of the country and its
sanitary requirements, together with the advancement of social,
agricultural and general ideas which have kept him prominently before
the public. He never entirely gave up his farming interests, and
these, in connection with his extensive professional practice, required
the major part of his attention, yet in all these the Doctor was careful
to give his children excellent educational advantages, and the most of
them are now engaged in teaching. One, the oldest son, is engaged
in a lucrative business in New York City, a married daughter resides in
Columbus, Ohio, and the others of his family are living at home or in
its immediate neighborhood. Thus, after a quarter of a century
administering to the sick over an extensive scope of country, the Doctor
felt himself to be breaking under the physical tax imposed by so much
horseback-riding. His routes took him over much roads, pole
bridges and unbroken forests and fields, for gravel pikes were yet far
in the future, and so as far as possible, he withdrew from these
exacting duties, impressed with the idea that he could render still
greater services to the public by engineering labor and becoming
actively instrumental in establishing pikes and ditch draining of the
plains. The preventative of prevailing diseases he believed to
have been better than the cure, and since the time of his withdrawal
from practice, save as consulting physician, he has been closely
identified with those vast improvements which, through brain, energy and
"back-bone," have made our waste lands the garden spot of the Buckeye
State. During these years the Doctor has also served Darby
Township for
many terms as Clerk and Trustee, and was elected Assessor ten years in
succession. In 1860, he was elected to the office of County
Commissioner, and, at the expiration of a three-year term, was
re-elected. In all his public affairs, as in private life, his
acts have been characterized by that rare spirit of impartial judgment
which impresses communities with its intrinsic value above those who
court public trust and nurse it solely for the emolument of office.
Had the Doctor's highest aim in life been one of wealth and
self-aggrandizement, we might now write of him as a man of broad acres,
grazing herds and ponderous bank account. His modest independence,
however, assures us that his personal aims have been subservient to the
public good, and no doubt the richest blessing he now enjoys, outside
the possession of home and family, is his own knowledge and approval of
the gifts of prosperity which he sees bestowed upon those around him
through the agency in some measure of his wisdom, forethought and
self-sacrifice. The Doctor is a man of pleasing presence, with a
genial, honest handshake for all who meet him. That softer and
finer part of humanity, common in some measure to all, but liberally
bestowed upon him, has not been perceptibly blunted by the wear of
professional experience and hardships, and his home is one in which the
light of hospitality never grows dim, and from which no one turns away
hungry and uncared for
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L. D. CONVERSE, farmer, P. O. Plain City, was born
in Darby Township Jan. 31, 1826. HE is a brother of Dr. J.
Converse, whose sketch appears in this work. He attended the
common schools and had the advantages of a select school taught in the
vicinity. He remained on a farm until he reached his majority,
when he commenced teaching school. He was married, in 1851, to
Laura Thomas, a native of Champaign County and a daughter of A.
H. Thomas. They have four children, viz., Marcia L., J. L.
H., Carrie C., Pearl D. and Ruby N. Mr. and Mrs. Converse
are members of the M. E. Church, in which he has been a
Class-Leader, Steward and Trustee, and an active worker in the Sunday
school. HE is a member of the Greenback party in politics.
In 1845, he was elected Lieutenant of the First Squadron, First Brigade,
Thirtieth Division, Ohio State Militia. He is an active worker in
the cause of education, and has served as a School Director for some
time.
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RUSSEL B. CONVERSE, farmer,
P. O. Plain City, was born in Darby Township, Jan. 15, 1828, and is a
son of Charles and Phebe (Norton) Converse, natives of Virginia,
of English descent. Our subject was reared on a farm and received
his education in the country schools. He has been a farmer and
stock raiser all his life, and has met with success in most of his
undertakings. In 1849, he married Anna Lombard, a native of
Kentucky, and a daughter of Jesse Lombard. This union has
been blessed with four children, viz., Amelius K., deceased;
James l., Elmer, E. and Charles D. Mr. and Mrs. Converse
are members of the Universalist Church, in which he is a Deacon and
Trustee. He has helped to build six churches in his day. He
is a Republican in politics, and has been Trustee and Treasurer of the
township. He now owns a fine farm of 385 acres.
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SANFORD CONVERSE, livery, Plain City, was born in
Darby Township, three miles west of Plain City, Aug. 11, 1841, and is
the son of Silas and Diadama (Phiney) Bowers Converse, natives of
Vermont, the latter being the widow of Daniel Bowers. Our
subject was reared on the farm and attended the district school of his
neighborhood. In 1877, he began butchering, which he followed
until 1880, when he engaged in his present business, with Z. Taylor,
whom he has since bought out. He keeps good stock and plenty of it
and is doing a thriving business. In 1860, he married Sarah J.
Sherwood, a daughter of Andrew A. and Irene (Beach) Sherwood.
They have two children, Silas D. and George A. Mr.
Converse is a Republican and he has been a Constable for twenty
years. He is a prominent Odd Fellow and for seven years was
Secretary of that body at Plain City. His father died in 1879,
aged eighty-six years, two months and twenty-two days. His mother
died Oct. 6, 1882, in her eighty-sixth year.
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JEREMIAH COONAN, retired farmer, P. O. Rosedale.
The subject of this sketch was born January, 1837, in Kings County,
Ireland. His parents were Thomas and Mary Coonan. In
December, 1848, he emigrated to America, and arrived here in the
following February, by way of New Orleans; he came to Cincinnati, where
he remained one year, and then went to Dayton, Ohio, where he remained a
short time, after which he went to Springfield and remained a short
period. From Springfield he came to Liverpool, Madison County,
where he now resides. In 1853, his parents emigrated to American
and came to Springfield, Ohio, where his father died; his mother then
came to Liverpool, Madison County, where she remained until her decease.
She had been twice married, her first husband, Mr. Edward Ferns,
dying in Ireland. Mr. Coonan is a man of reliable
character, and in a business transaction he always performs his part as
per contract. HE is a Democrat, and a member of the Catholic
Church.
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JOSEPH CORNS,
ornamental painter, London, was born at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire,
England, May 13, 1828. He is a son of Abraham Corns, a
native of England, and a gun locksmith by trade. He came to America in
1853, locating in Lancaster County, Perm., and there died in December,
1861. He married Sally Robinson, a native of England, who
died there of the cholera in 1849. They only had two children—a son and
daughter, the latter now deceased. Our subject learned ornamental
japanning, on waiters, etc., in England, and has in his possession a
piece of such work executed by himself when but eleven years of age. He
was twenty -five years old when he accompanied his parents to America,
and, after a nine years' residence in Lancaster County, Penn., went to
Harmony, Clark Co., Ohio, and from thence to London about the close of
the war. He has since been engaged at his trade, and that of
house-painting and frescoing. In the latter line he was employed in
decorating the walls and ceilings of the different houses of worship,
and the schoolhouse of London. Mr. Corns is connected by membership with
Madison Lodge, No. 70, London Encampment, No. 126, L O. O. F., and
Chandler Lodge, No. 138. Masonic. He was married, Mar. 2, 1850, to
Anna Bracknell. Six children have been born to them, four
living—Annie S., widow of O. C. Smith, deceased,
and present wife of Dwight Olds, of Springfield; Mary,
wife of Cad Peterson, a farmer of Union Township,
this county; William and Harry.
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ADDISON CORNWELL, farmer, P. O. London. This
old and respected farmer and pioneer school-teacher was born in Virginia
Sept. 19, 1819. He was the son of George and Sarah (Fleming)
Cornwell, natives of the Old Dominion, of English, Scotch and Welsh
descent. They settled in Union Township in 1840. Our
subject was educated in the subscription schools and at Washington
College. He was married, in 1839, to Tabitha Trussell,
and raised a family of eleven children, of whom eight — five boys and
three girls—survive. His wife died in 1870. The children are
all married and doing well. Mr. Cornwell owns a farm
of 137 acres. He is a Republican, a great reader, and one of the
best posted men of the county.
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THOMAS W. CORNWELL, farmer, P. O. London, is a son of
Addison Cornwell, whose biography appears in Union Township.
He was born in this county Sept. 25, 1843, and received his education in
the rural districts of his native county. He has adopted the
occupation of farming, and now owns 107 acres of land. In 1861, he
enlisted in Company D, Forty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
Capt. Watson, and served three years. After 1864, he was in
the One Hundred and Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as First Duty
Sergeant. After the war, he came home and again engaged in
farming. In 1869, he married Ellen J. Wilson, a daughter of
John Wilson, by whom he has had five children, viz., Otis,
Willie, Leroy, Earnest and Esther - the two latter twins.
Mr. Cornwell participated in some hot engagements during the war,
and can now boast of an unblemished war record.
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JOHN CORSON, deceased, son of Richard and Mary (Baldwin)
Corson, was born in Virginia in 1809, and died in Range Township
Aug. 31, 1875. He came to Ohio when four or five years old, with
his parents, who located in Fayette County, where the father died.
The mother, with her children, then moved North, where she died.
Our subject came to Madison County, in 1802, and located in the
neighborhood of where his wife now lives. In 1837, he married
Elizabeth Blizzard, daughter of Burton and Amelia
(Willoughby) Blizzard, the former a native of Virginia and
the latter of Maryland. They came West at an early day and settled
in this county. Mrs. Corson was born where she now
lives, Nov. 8, 1813. By her Mr. Corson had eight
children —Richard, Mary, William, James,
Benjamin, Hester, Sarah B. and Amelia. Mrs.
Corson was the third child of a family of nine children. Mr.
Corson was a carpenter and farmer by occupation. He was a
prudent, industrious and frugal man. and at his death owned 100 acres of
good land.
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DANIEL A. COUNTS, farmer and miller, P. O. Range, is a son of
Daniel and Elizabeth (Walker) Counts, of Rockingham County, W. Va.
The former was born Dec. 1, 1780, and died Jan. 22, 1873; and the latter
was born in 1791, and died Apr. 2, 1867. Of their thirteen
children, six survive. Our subject was educated at the public
schools and remained at home until 1863, when he moved onto his present
farm, which consists of 828 acres. He also owns 160 acres in
Southern Missouri. In April, 1863, he married Rachael
Francis, by whom he has had the following children, viz.: Laura,
born Nov. 18, 1863; Jennie, born Nov. 28, 1867; Charley,
born in 1870; Edward, born in 1871; Angeline, Feb. 3,
1872; Harry, in 1876; Orestus, in 1878; and Lewis,
Oct. 9, 1879. Mr. Counts is a genial gentleman, a
practical farmer and miller, and in politics a Republican.
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MAJ. RICHARD COWLING, deceased, was born in
Cornwall, England, July 7, 1797. His parents were Richard
and Mary (Parnell) Cowling, who accompanied
our subject to this country in the year 1818. They landed at the
city of Baltimore, but soon went to Chambersburg, Penn., where
Richard, Sr., died shortly after their removal. Our
subject and mother remained here several years, then removed to
Pittsburgh, in the same State, and subsequently to Urbana, Ohio.
At these places, Mr. Cowling was engaged in the butchering
and mercantile pursuits. The mother died in London, Ohio, in the
year 1850. Our subject settled in Madison County in 1883, residing
on a faun some eight or nine miles distant from London. In 1840,
he removed to London, and, on the 1st day of May, 1849, was united in
marriage with Mary, daughter of Lemuel and Ann (Holmes) Brush,
and sister to Judge Henry Brush, of Chillicothe,
who subsequently settled in Madison County. No children were born
to this union. Mr. Cowling was engaged in active business
in Madison County until just prior to the late war. when ho retired,
having dealt largely and principally, during this period, in stock, and,
by natural shrewdness and close application to business, he amassed a
large fortune. He gave liberally of his wealth to several public
enterprises, such as building of the Presbyterian Church, to which he
subsequently donated $5,000 by will. He also supplied the steeple
with a town clock at his own expense. He donated the land for Oak
Hill Cemetery, and built a beautiful soldiers' monument therein.
He built Madison, formerly Cowling House, and erected some twenty or
more tenant houses in London. In his will, among the public
bequests are the donation of the old homestead at the north end of Main
street, together with about four and a half acres of Land, to the town
of London as a public park. Between sixty and eighty acres
adjoining Oak Hill Cemetery apart as an extension of the grounds for
perpetual use. For years Mr. Cowling was a large
shareholder and Director in the old Franklin Bank of Columbus; as one of
the original starters of the first bank in London, which afterward
became the First National Bank. Although peculiar and eccentric,
he had many personal friends, and whom he never forsook. He did
much good with his money, and was closely identified with the growth of
London. The title of Major was simply one given him by his
acquaintances and friends. Maj. Cowling was not
identified with any church. His death occurred Oct. 3, 1873,
and that of Mrs. Cowling Mar. 11, 1873.
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THOMAS COX, farmer, P. O. Big Plain, was born in
Ross County, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1831, and is a son of Noah and Mary Cox,
he a native of Maryland and she of Delaware. He was about three
years of age when his father died and was brought to Ohio by his mother,
who settled in Ross County, where she married again, and became an early
settler of Madison County, where she died. They settled in Ross
County about 1803, and there Noah grew to manhood and married
Mary Cook. They settled in Ross County where they resided till
1850, in the fall, when they removed to this county, and located on the
place where our subject now lives, and here remained till his death,
Sept. 15, 1881, aged eighty-one years. His wife still survives and
resides on the old home place with her son, now about seventy-seven
years of age. They had five sons and three daughters, four of whom
now survive - Sarah, wife of Wiley Creath; William, Thomas,
and Maria, wife of William C. Cook. Mrs. Cox was one
of Ohio's pioneers, settling early in Ross County, where he helped to
clear up two farms; then he came to Madison County and cleared up his
farm here, mostly from its wild, unimproved state. Notwithstanding
his upright, moral life, he had lived to his faith of Universalism, and
a few days before his death he felt dissatisfied with his faith, and
told his family that Universalism would do very well to live by, but did
not reach far enough, and he then and there accepted Christ as his only
salvation, and died wit a full hope of a blessed immortality. The
subject of this sketch was married, Feb. 25, 1853, to Nancy Ann Robey,
who was born in this county in June, 1829, and who was a daughter of
Michael and Matilda Robey, he was native of Virginia and she of
Kentucky, who became early settlers of Madison County, where they
resided till his death in the fall of 1880; his wife still survives and
resides near Mechanicsburg. They had eight children, six now
surviving - Thomas, Nancy Ann, John, David, Mary Jane (wife of
William Diehl), and Michael. Mr. Cox and wife have had
six children, four now surviving - Courtney, Malissa Jane, Austin R.
and Debbie Ulaly. Mr. Cox has made farming his occupation
during life, and mostly on rented places within this county, till in
January, 1882, he located on the old home place of his father, where he
expects to remain through life. Here he has fifty-three acres of
land with good improvements. He and wife are members of the
Christian Church, to which they have belonged ten years.
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JOHN CRAWFORD, farmer, P. O. London, is son of
William and Sarah (Blizard) Crawford His father came to Ohio
from West Virginia, about 1814, and located on a farm two miles west of
London; from there he moved to Midway, and then to the farm occupied by
our subject, on the Madison & Fayette Turnpike. He was hardy
pioneer and good farmer, and lived until 1875. Subject's mother
was also an early pioneer of the county, her parents having come from
the neighborhood of Chillicothe in 1811. They had twelve children.
Our subject's grandfather was born near Culpeper Court House, W. Va.,
where he lived and died. John was raised and born in the
county, where he has since resided. He attended the public schools
at intervals, and received the rudiments of an English education.
He is a Democrat in politics, having cast his first vote for George
B. McClellan, and in 1874, served as Township Assessor. He
occupies 190½ acres of land, where his
father settled, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising.
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FRANK T. CREAMER, one of the youngest and most
enterprising grocers of London, was born at Columbus, Franklin Co.,
Ohio, Oct. 11, 1855. His father, Thomas Creamer, was born
in Ireland, and came to America in 1848, locating in Massachusetts, and,
five years later, at Columbus, where he remained until 1866. He
then settled in London, where he has since remained, and has been
engaged in mercantile pursuits. He married Lorinda,
daughter of James Walcott, one of the oldest and most prominent
citizens of Franklin County. He was a native of Virginia; married
Polly Legg, a daughter of ____ Mason, of Kentucky, and
located in Franklin County before Columbus was settled. He died
about 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Creamer are both living, and are
the parents of seven children, six living. Our subject was reared
in his native county, and educated in the public schools of Columbus and
London. In early life he was a clerk in Howard's grocery at
Columbus, and later was employed as bookkeeper for the Capitol Nursery
of the same city. He then went to Rochester, N. Y., and was in the
nursery business there a short time. In 1875, he came to London
and engaged in the grocery business with his father, under the firm name
of Creamer & Son. In August, 1879, the firm dissolved
partnership, and our subject started his present store. In May,
1881, he purchased his father's stock and removed it to his present
quarters. He has had far better success in business than was
anticipated, and enjoys probably the best retail trade in the city.
His employes number eight, and two wagons are constantly delivering
groceries and fruit to his patrons. Mr. Creamer is a member
and Treasurer of the London Driving Park Association. He takes a
great interest in literary matters, and possesses one of the most
complete libraries of standard works in the city. He was married,
in February, 1879, to Katy, daughter of Levi E. Wilson, of
Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Creamer died December 29 of the same
year. She was a consistent member of the Universalist Church.
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L. H. CREAMER, farmer, P. O. Tradersville, was
born Feb. 18, 1840, in Fayette County, Ohio, and is a son of Jacob
and Elizabeth (Benson) Creamer, who were both natives of Fayette
County. Jacob was born in 1809, and Elizabeth in
1813. Our subject was united in marriage Nov. 25, 1856, to Miss
Electa Mitchell, a daughter of Newman Mitchell, whose sketch
appears in this work. Our subject acquired a common school
education, and was elected County Surveyor of Madison County in 1876.
He is a member of the Masonic order, and has been for sixteen years.
He is now engaged in farming on a tract of 200 acres of well-improved
land, where he resides. Mr. and Mrs. Creamer are parents of
two children, viz., Iva Iona, born June 17, 1873, and Royalton,
born Dec. 1, 1878. Mr. Creamer is a young man of steady
habits, and is much respected in the community in which he lives.
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WILEY CREATH, farmer, P. O. Big Plain, was born in this township
Sept. 4, 1825, and is a son of John and Elizabeth Creath. The former
was born in Bourbon County, Ky., Sept. 11, 1797, and the latter in
Virginia Sept. 13, 1794. The grandparents were William and Margaret Creath,
he was of Irish descent and became an early settler in Kentucky.
In 1811,
they removed to Ohio and settled in Madison County, near Mount Sterling,
where they died. John was about fourteen years of age when his parents
came
to Madison County. On Mar. 25, 1823. he married Elizabeth
Robey, a
daughter of Notly Robey, by whom he had seven children, five now
surviving —Wiley, Samuel, Margaret (wife of Thomas
Hume, residing in
Kearney, Neb.), Elijah (living in Logan County, Ohio), and George (living in London).
Mr. Creath lived several years near Mount Sterling, thence he moved to the
Dun farm, thence about 1838 he bought and located on the tract of land in
Fairfield
Township, now owned by his son Samuel, where he remained till his death.
This land was then nearly all in its wild, unimproved state, and here he
lived
about forty-three years. He died Jan. 15, 1881, at the ripe age of eighty-three
years. He served as a Captain of the militia seven years. He was raised
a Presbyterian, but at the age of sixty years he united with the United Brethren
Church, in which he remained a devoted member till his death. He was
one of the honored and reliable citizens of Madison County, served as Township
Trustee several years, and died esteemed and respected by his many
friends.
His wife died in December, 1873. The subject of this sketch has been
thrice
married; first on Feb. 22, 1855, to Susan Alkire, a daughter of
John
and
Susan Alkire, by whom he had two children—Laura Jane,
born Jan. 10,
1856, and Susan, born Feb. 18, 1862. Mrs. Creath died
Feb. 21,
1862, and on Nov. 29, 1863, he married Elizabeth Alkire, a sister
of his
first wife; by her he had tour children—Charles, born May 5, 1864;
Mary E.,
born Apr. 1, 1860; Armilda, born Dec. 13, 1808, and Josie,
born Mar.
1, 1870. His second wile died Nov. 29, 1874. and on Apr. 14, 1877,
he
married Mrs. Sarah Collins, daughter of Noah and Mary
Cox. Mrs. Creath
had
by her first husband, Noah Collins, three children, who now
survive—Albert, John Wesley and Ransom. During the war of the rebellion, in August,
1802, Mr. Creath enlisted in the defense of his country in Company G, One
Hundred
and Thirteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served till June
24,
1803, when he received his discharge on account of sickness and
disability.
He has made farming his occupation through life; he first located near
Mount
Sterling where he resided seven years, till his enlistment in the war. After his
return, he located upon the old home place, where he has since resided,
a period
of eighteen years, he and wife are worthy members of the United
Brethren
Church at Dennison Chapel, to which they have belonged many years.
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GEORGE R. CREGO, farmer,
P. O. West Canaan, was born in New York July 4, 1817; he is a son of
Noah D. and Abigail (Maybe) Crego. He emigrated to Ohio with
his parents in 1821. His mother was born Mar. 15, 1793, and died
June 30, 1882. His father was born in Dec., 1793, and died in
Sept., 1864. They were natives of York State, where they married.
The father was in the war of 1812. Our subject was first married,
Oct. 8, 1838, to Rachel Cary, who was born in Madison County;
Ohio, Oct. 8, 1838; she was a daughter of Stephen and Katie Johnson
His second marriage was to Lydia (Chellis) Pendlan, widow of
Jackson Pendlan on Dec. 15, 1874. Her father was a native of
Vermont, who was born in 1800, and died May 26, 1879. Her mother
was a native of Lower Canada, 1829. She is the mother of one
child, J. W., born Feb. 5, 1860. Our subject is a farmer by
occupation, and a Republican in politics. He is the father of nine
children, viz., Sarah, wife of L. M. Frazell; Mahala, wife
of Henry Nunnamaker; Isaac, married; Elizabeth, wife of
James Ruttan; Catherine, widow of Pater Strickland, who
married James Mills; James, married to Hester Canada;
Abram, married to Ada Fisher; Rachel, wife of
Charles Chellis, and George R. , Jr., single.
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WILLIAM CRYDER, farmer, P. O. London, was born
Aug. 11, 1814, on the farm where he now lives, on which he has lived all
his life, with the exception of three years. He is a son of
Philip and Nancy (McClintick) Cryder natives of Virginia, the former
of German and the latter of Scotch-Irish descent. They emigrated
to this county in 1806, and in 1807 settled on the farm where William
now lives. The father was a prominent farmer through life, and at
his death owned 800 acres of land, all of which he has made by his own
industry and economy. He was married, Dec. 13, 1836, to Susan
Carr, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Michael Carr. Mrs.
Cryder was born Oct. 13, 1816, and by her Mr. Cryder has had
eleven children, eight surviving, namely: Mary, wife of Daniel
Orcutt; Martin, wife of N. Creamer; Albert,
Elizabeth, James B., Ellen E., William and Bertha.
Mrs. Cryder is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Cryder is a Republican. He is a natural mechanic, and for
some time carried on wagon-making in this township, having when he
started the most extensive manufactory in the county.
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D. J. CUTLER, farmer, P. O.
West Canaan, was born in Madison County, Sept. 11, 1840. His
father, Elisha Cutler, was born Feb. 2, 1809, was born in this
State May 22, 1817. Our subject was reared on the farm and
attended the district schools until 1860, when he entered the graded
school at Plain City. In 1861, he attended the academy at London,
after which he taught school for several years during the winter season.
He was married, Mar. 28, 1872, to Electra J., daughter of
James G. and Hannah (Newhouse) Miller, of Pickaway County. By
this union two children were born, viz., James Benjamin, born in
August, 1874, and Eva Maud, born July 4, 1880. Mr. and
Mrs. Cutler are members of the Universalist Church, in which he is a
Trustee. He is a Republican in politics and has served as Justice
of the Peace for two or three terms.
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