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Source:
History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co.
1884

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C. W. BAILEY lived in his native State, Delaware, where he was born, June 14, 1807, till he was five years old.  He then came with his parents, Nathaniel and Comfort Bailey, to Ohio in 1812, and in 1813 settled in Scioto County, where his father died, in 1815.  His mother then supported her family as best she could till Mar. 8, 1852, when she died, at the age of seventy-three years.  Our subject was reared to hard labor, having to help clear the land and work on the farm.  He attended school during the winters till he reached the age of seventeen years, since which he has been engaged in farming.  After his father's death he lived in Pike County with his uncle, John Beachum about ten years, when he returned to Scioto County.  Eight years later he returned to Pike County, which he has since made his home.  He has by his own industry and economy become the owner of over 1,300 acres of land which he has farmed very extensively.  In 1830 his tax receipts were 60 cents, and in 1883 amounted to over $1,100.  He was married Feb. 3, 1831, to Elizabeth Guthry, born in Dec., 1807, and youngest daughter of John Guthry.  Their children are - Mary J. (wife of B. H. Johnson) , Cynthia (wife of W. N. Middleton), Drucilla, John, Sarah, Elizabeth, Louisa ( who was married to Presley Talbot are deceased.  Mr. Bailey was Township Treasurer for four years.  He and wife have belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church about fifty years.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 782
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BENONI BAKER was born in Paxton Township, Ross Co., Ohio, Apr. 8, 1837, second son of Benjamin and Mahala Baker, who were natives of Ohio and Virginia respectively.  He followed farming in Missouri from 1860 till 1863, when he came to Ross County, Ohio, and in 1866 returned to Missouri, where he lived one year, and since 1867 he has been successfully engaged in farming and stock-raising in Pike County.  He was married in Ross County, Mar. 15, 1866, to Sarah, daughter of Henry C. and Eliza A. (Adams) Ferneau.  They have had born to them seven children, of whom three sons and two daughters are living.  Mr. Baker is a member of Emerald Lodge, No. 211, I. O. O. F., New Petersburg, Highland Co., Ohio.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 858
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L. D. BANCROFT was born Sept. 7, 1830, in Chenango County, N. Y., and lived on the farm till he was eighteen years of age.  He then went to the fisheries on Lake Michigan, where he was engaged some years, after which he was a Captain on a canal-boat for several years.  He then engaged in farming, which avocation he still follows, and owns a farm in Newton Township of 223 acres.  During the war he was a photographer, and carried on an extensive business. He was married June 1, 1856, to Susan E., daughter of Eli Smith.  They have had seven children, of whom five are living - William, George, Gertrude, Dora and Dellaphine.  Mary E. and Frank are deceased.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 832
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JOHN G. BARGER, son of Jacob and Nancy A. (Grant) Barger, and great-great grandson of Jacob Barger, who was killed by the Indians in Virginia while farming and improving land which he owned with his sons, Jacob and John.  The Indians shot the father and cut his head off and stuck it on a pole near a cross road.  The boys made their escape and hid themselves till night, when they returned home.  From these two boys the Barger family has sprung.  Two of the members of these boys' families - Jacob and Susannah, cousins - were married December, 1795, and in 1808 they emigrated to Ohio, settling on what is now known as the old Barger farm, one mile east of Piketon, where they spent the rest of their lives, Jacob having died Sept. 7, 1822.  He was born Mar. 13, 1769, and his wife, Oct. 24, 1776.  She died Oct. 24, 1845.  The former was in the war of 1812, and at his death his son Jacob, the father of John G., took possession of the farm, where he lived till his death, May 22, 1871.  His wife was born Oct. 21, 1795, and died Nov. 30, 1870.  They reared five sons, all of whom are still living.  John G., whose name heads this sketch, was born Nov. 1, 1828, and his early life, which was a scene of hard labor, was spent on his father's farm.  He had the benefit of the public schools till he was about nineteen years old and received a limited education.  He was married Apr. 14, 1853 to Lusetta Jackson, born Oct. 30, 1829, and daughter of William and Gusanah (Pruett) Jackson, who were natives of Virginia.  They have lived in Ohio since childhood, first in Gallia County, where they lived till 1845, when they moved to Jackson County.  Some years after they moved to the city of Jackson, where Mr. Jackson, died, Apr. 6, 1875.  His wife is still living, aged seventy-three years.  Susannah Barger, sister of John G., was born Apr. 13, 1831, and died Aug. 19, 1847.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 783


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W. E. BARGER was born April 24, 1834, in Seal Township, near Piketon, Ohio, and is the youngest son of Jacob and Nancy (Grant) Barger, grandson of Jacob and Susan Barger, great-grandson of Jacob and Susanna Barger, and great great grandson of Jacob and Hannah Barger, who were natives of Germany, and who emigrated to the United States prior to the Revolution.  They lived-in Pennsylvania several years, when Jacob bought land in Montgomery County, Va.  While Jacob and his two sons, Jacob and John, were improving this land they were attacked by Indians, and Jacob, Sr., had his head cut off, which was stuck on a pole and placed at the cross-roads.  The boys hid themselves in a hollow log until night when they went home and told the sad story.  John's son, Jacob, married his cousin Susannah, daughter of Jacob Barger, Sr.  They moved to Ohio in 1808, and settled on what is now known as the old Barger farm, where they lived still lived till their death, the former having died Sept. 7, 1822.  He was born Mar. 13, 1769.  His wife, Susannah, was born Oct. 24, 1776, and died Oct. 24, 1845.  They reared nine children, of whom Jacob, the father of W. E., was the last to die.  His death occurred May 22, 1871, while in Muscatine County, Iowa.  His remains were brought to Ohio and buried on the old home farm.  His wife was born Oct. 21, 1795, and died Nov. 30, 1870.  W. E. Barger, whose name heads this sketch, was married Jan. 13, 1856, to Eliza C. Cox, born July 26, 1840, and a daughter of Joseph and Susan Cox, of Vinton County.  They are the parents of four children - Joseph G., was born Dec. 29, 1856; Susan, born Aug. 8, 1858; John G., Jr., born June 21, 1861, and Benjamin F., born Oct. 26, 1865.  Joseph G. was married Nov. 14, 1881, to Samilda Overly, who was born Sept. 12, 1859.  They have one son - Charles E., born Nov. 14, 1882.  John G., Jr., was married Sept. 20, 1882.  Mr. Barger followed farming until 1882, when he opened a livery in Piketon, in which he has been successful.  He is an active member of the Republican party.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 783
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JOHN M. BARNES, son of John and Elizabeth (Boydston) Barnes, was born Sept. 24, 1821, near Piketon.  He has followed farming through life, and now owns 320 acres of fine land.  He was married in 1849 to Nancy, daughter of James and Nancy Sargent.  Four children have been born to them, three of whom are living - Thomas S., who was born Dec., 1850, and graduated at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, in 1882; Sallie and Mary, living at home.  Mr. Barnes is a Republican in politics, and he and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Piketon.  John Barnes, Sr., was a native of Virginia.  He came to Ohio about 801, and in 1803 settled near Piketon, where he owned a large tract of land.  He served three terms in the Ohio Legislature, and acted as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas one term.  He took an active part in the war of 1812, and died Nov. 23, 1834.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 784
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THOMAS N. BARNES was born Sept. 9, 1842, near Waverly, a son of William and Nancy Barnes.  His parents both died when he was three years old, and he was reared by a cousin, Thomas Barnes.  Oct. 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, and served till Oct. 3, 1862, when he was discharged on account of disability.  HE then returned home and remained till he was twenty-one, when he attended school a year at Delaware, Ohio.  He then began to clerk for his brother, J. Q., and three years later became associated with him in business.  In 1871 J. Q. removed to Kansas, his interest being purchased by T. B. Lightle.  The firm of Barnes & Lightle retired and Mr. Barnes carried on the firm name being McKenzie & Barnes.  July 1, 1882, Mr. McKinzie retired and Mr. Barnes is now carrying on the business alone.  Mr. Barnes has been a member of the Methodist church since thirteen years of age.  He has been a Class-Leader four years, and Steward six or eight years.  He is master of Orient Lodge No. 321, A. F. & A. M.  He was married Nov. 17, 1869, to Ada L., daughter of Bennett McKenzie.  They have two sons - Eugene Ray and Frank McKenzie.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 753
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GEORGE BAUERSACHS, brick manufacturer, was born in Bavaria, Germany, Jan. 22, 1827, a son of Michael and Mary Bauersachs, both of whom died in Germany.  They had a family of two sons and five daughters.  George being the youngest child.  He was educated in the old country, and when eighteen years old came to America and arrived at Waverly, June 27, 1845.  He began working at the cooper's trade and in 1847 went into business for himself which he followed till 1861, with good success.  He then began the manufacture of bricks, also taking contracts in building and working at brick-laying, which business he followed about twelve years, during which time he erected a great many public buildings and private residences.  Since 1873 he has been engaged exclusively in the manufacture of bricks, having the largest yard in this locality and turning out the finest work.  The capacity ranges about 700,000 to 800,000 bricks a year.  He was married in 1848 to Elizabeth Kaiserman, who came from Germany when about seven years old.  She died May 5, 1875, leaving five children - Mary, wife of John Senk; Kate, wife of Peter Heflinger; George, married to Rosa Gikler; Charles; and Elizabeth, wife of Charles Sohn, all being residents of Waverly.  Mr. Bauersachs was again married Aug. 26, 1877 to Kate Brant a native of Germany, who came to America in 1870.  They have had one son who died in infancy.  Politically he is a Democrat.  He has served as Councilman six years and as Township Treasurer seven years.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 753
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ALMOND BAYHAM, M. D. was born in Lexington, Richland Co., Ohio, Oct. 1, 1838, a son of Dr. William R. and Hannah (Ray) Bayham, his father a native of Baltimore, Md., and his mother of Greene County, Pa.  He commenced the study of medicine with his father, and after the latter's death, in 1854, completed it with Dr. McBride, of Marshall, Ohio.  He commenced his practice in Highland County, Ohio, and in 1863 removed to Pike County, where he has built up a large and lucrative practice.  He has a farm of 330 acres which he superintends.  Jan. 29, 1863, he married Mildred A., daughter of Samuel and Hannah Bridwell, of Highland County.  Nine children have been born to them, but seven now living - Gilead, Zenna, Charles, Silva, Bertha Bell, Ovie Ann and James.  Edward and Frank W. died in early childhood.  Mrs. Bayham is a member of the Methodist church.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 867
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WILLIAM GERRY BEEKMAN, son of Aaron and Beersheba Beekman, was born June 9, 1828, in Pike County.  His father was born in Virginia and was a soldier in the war of 1812.  He is still living at the age of ninety years; his wife died in 1860.  Our subject has followed farming through life.  When twenty-one years of age he joined the Christian church and soon became Elder of the church, which position he filled till 1866, when he was ordained as a minister and has since been engaged in the ministry in connection with his farming pursuits.  He has been Township Trustee two terms, Assessor seen years, Justice of the Peace six years, and Director of the Pike County Infirmary three years.  He was married Jan. 16, 1848, to Margaret, daughter of George and Elizabeth Nace, of Pike county.  They have had ten children - George E., Winslow P., Aaron A., Elizabeth J. (wife of Jesse Shanks), James B., Nathaniel G., Mary C. L. V., Verna A. M., Virginia P. and Margaret F. who died in infancy.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 850
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WILLIAM H. BENNETT, farmer, was born in Madison Township, Scioto Co., Ohio., July 4, 1818, a son of John and Rebecca Bennett, who were among the early pioneers of Scioto County.  He resided at home till twenty-three years of age, and then built a house on his father's farm and worked a part of the old homestead several years; then entered a tract of Government land, where he lived till 1849, when he went to Allen County, Ind., and remained eight years.  Returning to Ohio, he purchased the farm of 100 acres in Pike County, where he still resides.  He was married Sept. 15, 1842, to Elizabeth Beauchamp, of Pike County who was born Aug. 16, 1821, and died Feb. 14, 1882.  She was a member of the Methodist church from childhood.  Of a family of nine children seven are still living.  Mr. Bennett enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, and in the spring of 1864, while serving as a guar under General Thomas, was taken sick, from the effects of which he has never recovered.  He has been a member of the Methodist church since fifteen years of age.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 810
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DAVID H. BISHOP, attorney at law and Mayor of Waverly, was born in Ross County, Ohio, Apr. 19, 1824.  His ancestors emigrated from Virginia in 1802, George Bishop the father of Hon. R. M. Bishop, going to Kentucky; Henry settled north of Chillicothe, and David, Frederick and Robert, west of Chillicothe, in Ross County.  Of Frederick's six children, Jacob was the second, and was but two years of age when his father removed from Virginia.  When twenty-one he married Margaret Shotts, a native of Maryland.  He died in 1863 aged sixty-three years.  His widow died in 1881, in her seventy-ninth year.  Of their nine children seven are still living, David H., subject of this sketch, being their second child.  He was reared on a farm.  His educational advantages were very meager, being confined to two or three months schooling in the winter.  After he became of age he attended school at Augusta College, Kentucky, two years.  He then returned to Ross County and taught in the country schools till 1858, when he came to Pike County and taught in the Waverly schools fifteen years, having charge of the Grammar department, and two years of the time being Superintendent of the schools of Piketon.  While teaching school in 1868 he was elected Justice of the Peace, an office he has held to the present time.  In 1872 he was admitted to the bar.  In 1878 he was elected Mayor of Waverly, still holding the position.  In 1849 Mr. Bishop was married to Eliza J. Taylor of Browne County, Ohio.  Of their five children three daughters are still living.  Two sons died in infancy.  Mr. Bishop  was reared a Methodist and has been a member of that church since 1844.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 753
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THORNTON F. BLACK, a native of Ohio, was born Feb. 2, 1837, the second son of a family of six boys and two girls.  His father was a native of Fayette County, Penn., of German descent, his parents emigrating from Germany.  There were three brothers - Jacob, George and Andrew, the youngest, the father of our subject.  He emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio about 1820, and settled on a farm in Knox County about 1820, and settled on a farm in Knox County about fourteen miles east Mt. Vernon.  Our subject lived with his father, working on the farm in the summer and going to school in the winter, thereby obtaining a fair education, and at the age of eighteen he taught school in the summer and taught in the winter.  In 1859 he married Louisa Jane Lydick.  They had a family of five children - Winfield F., Dora C., Savilla J., Mary Jane and Henry Curtis.  The eldest is now teaching school.  In 1861 Mr. Black enlisted in the defense of his country in the Ninety-sixty Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served three years.  After the war closed he studied law with W. C. Cooper & Co., of Mt. Vernon, and was admitted to the bar, and has a good country practice.  In 1873 he sold his farm in Knox County and moved to Pike County and purchased a farm of 300 acres in Pebble Township one mile south of Buchanan, where he now lives.  He takes great pride in improving his farm and raising thoroughbred sheep; has built two large barns and always has them well filled with the very best hay and grain.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 867
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CHARLES BLAIN, youngest son of Charles and Sarah (Gaines) Blain, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1833.  When sixteen years of age he began to learn the cooper's trade, and subsequently had charge of the coopering department at the Portsmouth distillery, now known as George Davis & Co., nearly seven years.  He was married in 1856 to Sarah Hess.  They have had a family of ten children, but seven now living - Millie F., Effie, Charles, Edwin, Carrie, Stanton and Morton.  Sarah, Howard and Sumner are deceased.  In May, 1863, Mr. Blain enlisted in the 100 days' service, and was appointed Captain of his company.  After he returned home he recruited over 260 men in Portsmouth and Ironton and again entered the service as Captain of Company I, One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Ohio Infantry, and served till the close of the war.  He was on guard duty the greater part of the time, and was in no serious engagements.  He now, in company with Henry W. Pancake, owns and operates an extensive spoke and rim factory at Sharonville, Ohio.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 796
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JOHN BLAIN, son of Charles and Sarah (Gaines) Blain, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1825.  He learned the cooper's trade when a young man, and worked at it till 1864.  In 1867, in company with his brother Charles, he purchased the flouring and saw-mills at Sharonville, and conducted business under the firm name of J. & C. Blain.  They were contracting and building largely in the town of Sharonville.  In 1881 Mr. Blain withdrew from the firm, selling his interest to Henry W. Pancake, and has been engaged in contracting.  He has built a number of the principal depots on the Scioto Valley Railroad.  Since the construction of that road he has been ticket and freight agent.  Politically he is a Republican, and has served as Justice of the Peace nearly twenty years.  He was married in 1849 to Anna M. Slane.  They have one adopted son.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 796
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ROBERT BETT BLAIR, son of William L. and Mary C. (Steen) Blair, was born Aug. 29, 1847, in Adams County, Ohio.  When five years of age he removed with his parents to Illinois, where they resided seven years.  They then returned to Adams County, where our subject resided till the late war.  April, 1863, he enlisted in Company H, Fifth Ohio Cavalry, at Cincinnati, Ohio, as a private, for three years.  He was engaged through the campaign of East Tennessee with General Kilpatrick's command.  They then made Raleigh their headquarters and were engaged in scouting and surrounding country till the close of the war.  He was discharged at Raleigh, N. C., October, 1865, after which he returned to Adams County, where he remained until 1871.  He then purchased a farm in Pike County, where he has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits.  He was married June 9, 1875, to Exira, daughter of Stephen and Mary A. Penn.  Her father was a descent of William Penn.  Two children have blessed this union - Francis P. and Herman A.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 858
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DR. GEORGE WEBSTER BLISS, son of Ellis and Mary Bliss, was born in Bradford, Vt., Oct. 17, 1811.  He attended school most of the time till he was thirteen years old and at that early age began teaching in the public schools and followed the profession during the winters, till he was twenty-one years old.  In the meantime, he had been reading under Dr. John Poole.  He then entered the United States Hospital, of Massachusetts, where he remained one year, and in 1`837 he attended the medical department of Middlebury college, where he graduated Sept. 3, 1837.  He then practiced medicine a short time in Portsmouth, after which he practiced ten years in Lucasville, Ohio.  He then moved to Pike County where he has since followed his profession with much success.  He was married in 1842 to Priscilla, daughter of William and Lydia Peters.  They had seven children, of whom only one survives - NewtonMrs. Bliss was born Jan. 24, 1822, and died Oct. 22, 1848, and in 1850 Dr. Bliss was again married, to Elizabeth Peters, who was born Dec. 29, 1819, and died May 25, 1872.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 828
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NOAH BOILER, son of Joseph and Nancy (Collison) Boiler, was born in Seal Township, Pike Co., Ohio, Nov. 5, 1815.  He was reared on the farm and attended the subscription schools till he was sixteen years old.  He continued to work on the farm till 1869, when he went West, but not liking the country came back at the end of a year.  He then bought a farm in Ross County, Ohio, where he lived a short time, after which he returned to his native county and settled in Piketon in 1871.  He owns a good farm of 100 acres, three miles from Piketon, which he rents.  He owns a fine grade of Alderney and Durham cows, which are among the best grades in this State.  His parents settled in Pike County in a very early day, and in 1804 or '5 began clearing their land from the wilderness.  Of their thirteen children eight are living - William, Margaret, Noah, Melinda, Sarah, Joseph, Isaac and Minerva.  Hannah, David, John, Elizabeth and Abigail are deceased.  Mr. Joseph Boiler was born in 1777 and died in 1830, aged fifty-three years.  His wife died in 1840, aged sixty-one years.  She was born in 1787, of Irish descent.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 784
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GEORGE W. BRODBECK, Commissioner of Pike County, was born Nov. 2, 1842, in Portsmouth.  His parents, Stephen and Rosa Brodbeck, were natives of Germany, and came to America in 1832, and several years later engaged in the mercantile business in Portsmouth, being one of the leading merchants there till his death, which occurred in July, 1873.  His wife died about 1858.  George W. attended the public schools of Portsmouth until he was sixteen years old, and during vacations was engaged in his father's store.  He then attended the Commercial High School in Portsmouth until he graduated, after which he obtained a position as bookkeeper, but was obliged to leave on account of his health.  He was then engaged in boating on the canal and river for several years, when he bought 100 acres of land near Jasper, Ohio, and has since followed farming.  He was married May 24, 1864, to Mary J. HallMr. Brodbeck has held several offices of trust, and in October, 1883, was elected County Commissioner on the Democratic ticket by a majority of 382 votes.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 832
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DAVID J. BROWN was born Oct. 21, 1837 in Marion Township, Pike Co., Ohio, a son of John H. and Sarah (Beauchamp) Brown.  He was married Mar. 16, 1859, to Catherine Ray of Pike County.  They have a family of six children - John W., Sarah E., Stephen N., Thomas W., Louise May, and Lelia G.  Aug. 9, 1862, Mr. Brown enlisted in Company G, Ninety-first Ohio Infantry.  At the battle of Winchester, July 24, 1864, he was wounded and disabled from further duty.  He was in the hospital at Chester, Pa., till May, 1865, when he received his discharge.  He carried an ounce ball in his hip twenty-two months, and still suffers from the effects of the wound.  Since his return home he has been engaged in farming.  He and his family are members of the Protestant Methodist church.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 811
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FRANKLIN BROWN, deceased son of David and Sarah (Hubbard) Brown, was born Mar. 5, 1817, near Portsmouth, in Scioto County.  He resided with his parents till he grew to manhood, and was married Jan. 30, 1838, to Rebecca, daughter of Jacob and Tryphena Rickey, who came to Ohio in 1814 from New York, in which State Mrs. Brown was born.  They were the parents of nine children, of whom eight are living - Minerva, wife of Enoch Crabtree; Eunice R., widow of I. P. Sanders; Mary M., wife of J. M. Parks; Elizabeth H., wife of A. W. Gilliland; Nathan Wesley, married to Maria L. Rhea; Anna M., wife of Isaac N. Carson; Hattie A. and Rebecca J.  After his marriage Mr. Brown purchased a farm in Madison Township, Scioto County, where he resided twenty years.  He then purchased another farm in Marion Township, where he lived till his death, which occurred Feb. 25, 1877.  He was an active member of Wesley Chapel Protestant Methodist Church.  His widow and family are still members of that church.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 811
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HENRY BROWN was born on the old Brown farm, one mile east of Piketon, Dec. 1, 1834, youngest of three children of John and Levise (Lucas) Brown.  His boyhood days were spent working on the farm in summer and attending school in winter.  He was married Dec. 4, 1855, to Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth A. Duke.  Nine children have been born to them, of whom seven are living - Charles E., Annie L., Dora B., Eliza L., Harry K., George W. and Sallie D.  He owns a farm of 250 acres which he works in connection with a mill known as Brown's Watermill.  He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and is a member of Piketon Lodge, I. O. O. F., and from his first vote to the present has been a Republican in politics.  His mother, Levise Brown, was born in Scioto County, Ohio, Mar. 25, 1802.  His father, John Brown, was born in Loudoun County, Va., Mar. 22, 1792, and came to Ohio with his parents in 1797, and was engaged in early manhood in flat-boating to New Orleans, making his first trip before steam was used on Western waters, consequently having to walk on his return home.  He made fourteen trips to New Orleans in all, from exposure and overwork died in the forty-fifth year of his age, a leading man in his county, and highly respected by all who knew him.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 784
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JOHN B. BROWN was born in Marion Township, Pike Co., Ohio, July 13, 1835, the second son of John H. and Sarah (Beauchamp) Brown.  He was married May 15, 1856, to Elizabeth Samson, daughter of Samuel and Jane (McDowell) Samson, and located on 200 acres of land given him by his father.  Aug. 11, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Ninety-first Ohio Infantry, participated in many hard-fought battles, and was discharged July 1, 1865.  After his return home he bought his flouring mill at California.  He makes a fine grade of flour, making a specialty of custom work.  Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the Methodist Protestant church.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884
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JOHN H. BROWN, deceased, was born in Grafton County, N. H., Mar. 15, 1809, a son of David and Sarah (Hubbard) Brown.  When he was eight years of age his parents removed to Auburn, N. Y., and subsequently to the Northwestern Territory, settling in Scioto County, Ohio, where he was reared and educated.  He was married Apr. 15, 1832, to Sarah, daughter of John and Elizabeth Beauchamp.  She was born in Delaware and came with her parents to Ohio when six months old.  They located in Pickaway County, and four years later, in 1812, removed to Pike County.  Her father died in October, 1823, and her mother, May 10, 1871.  After his marriage Mr. Brown settled on a farm in Marion Township, and ten years later removed to Rocky Fork, Scioto County, but after seven years returned to Pike County and purchased the farm on which Mrs. Brown still resides.  In connection with farming he was also engaged in the mercantile and milling business many years.  He died Aug. 18, 1859.  He was a member, as it is also Mr. Brown, of the Methodist Protestant church.  Of a family of twelve children six are still living - Stephen, John B., David J., Wesley B., James N. and Charlotte E.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 811
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ROYAL BROWN, was born in Vermont, Aug. 18, 1811, a son of David and Sarah Hubbard) Brown, who removed to Auburn, N. Y., where he was reared and educated.  Upon reaching manhood he purchased the farm in Marion Township, Pike County, where he has since resided.  He was married Aug. 18, 1833, to Rachel, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Prettyman) Beauchamp, of Pike County.  They have had ten children born to them, eight of whom are living - Milton W., Francis A., John S., Royal B., David T., William B., Harriet A. and Rachel E.  Those deceased are - William B. and Elizabeth B.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 811
Marion Twp. -
STEPHEN BROWN, the eldest son of John H. and Sarah S. (Beauchamp) Brown, was born in Marion Township, Pike Co., Ohio, Aug. 18, 1832.  Jan. 20, 1853, he was married to Nancy, daughter of John and Isabel (Kinnear) Halterman of Jackson County.  He then engaged in farming till 1859, when he became established in the mercantile business, which he carries on in connection with overseeing his farm.  His farm contains 160 acres of fine, will-improved land.  He has been prominently identified with the Protestant Methodist church thirty-six years, and for the past eight years has been a local preacher.  He has a family of two sons and five daughters.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 12
Marion Twp. -
WESLEY B. BROWN, son of John H. and Sarah S. (Beauchamp) Brown, was born in Marion Township, Pike Co., Ohio, Apr. 7, 1840.  Nov. 28, 1861, he was married to Icy. Bennett, daughter of Caleb and Eliza Bennett, early settlers of Scioto County.  Aug. 12, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Ninety-first Ohio Infantry, and served till the close of the war.  At the battle of Winchester, Oct. 19, 1864, he was severely wounded in the right breast, disabling him two months.  He was discharged June 28, 1865.  Mr. Brown has a fine farm of eighty acres.  He and his wife are members of the Protestant Methodist church, and he is an inveterate worker in the Sabbath-school, being Superintendent for many years.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 12
Union Twp. -
PETER BRUSHART, son of Lawrence Brushart, was born Aug. 5, 1823, in Bavaria, Germany, where he attended school till he was fourteen years of age.  In 1851 he emigrated to America, and after remaining a short time in New York he went to Jackson County, where he lived till 1858.   He then moved to Pike County and now lives in Union Township.  He was married Feb. 19, 1847, to Phoebe, daughter of Charles and Catherine Shy. They have had six children born to them, of whom four are living - Caroline, wife of Martin Shwart, John F., Peter and Jacob.  Henry died Apr. 23, 1882, and Louis was killed by the blowing up of an engine.  Mr. Brushart lives on a farm but is engaged in the mercantile business, which eh established Sept. 5, 1865, and now carries a stock of about $1,200.  In politics he is a Democrat.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 822
Jackson Twp. -
LORENTZ BRUST, son of John and Christina (Ranck) Brust, was born in Germany, Aug. 10, 1815, and in 1837 came with his father to the United States.  His father made his first purchase of lands in Beaver Township, Pike County, where he remained till his death, at the age of seventy-two years, surviving hi wife about twenty years.  Lorentz remained at home till twenty-six years of age and then was employed in building locks and aqueducts on the Ohio Canal.  He subsequently purchased a farm in Beaver Township, but afterward lived in Jackson, Union and Seal townships and spent a year in Twin Township, Ross County. In 1874 he bought the farm where he now resides.  He owns 1,200 acres of fine, improved land.  He was married in 1841 to Elizabeth Gehres, and to them were born twelve children - Elizabeth, Conrad, Charlotte, Catharine, Lorentz, Phoebe Ellen, Christina, Godfrey, Magdelena, Mary, Peter, William, the two latter deceased.  Mrs. Brust died Sept. 21, 1881, and Mr. Brust afterward married Mrs. Gergens.  Mr. Brust is one of the most influential citizens of Pike County.  He and his wife are members of the Lutheran church.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884  - Page 796
Mifflin Twp. -
JACOB BUTLER, youngest child of Leonard and Sallie (Hurt) Butler, was born Oct. 25, 1832, in Highland County, Ohio.  He was engaged in farming till 1859, when he purchased a farm near Latham, Pike Co., Ohio, where he has since followed agricultural pursuits.  He was married Oct. 6, 1859, to Rachel, daughter of Jacob and Sallie (Scowden) Porter, of Pike County, Ohio.  His children are Sallie, Richard P., and Arie A.  Richard P. was born Apr. 13, 1865, and attended the common-school until 1879 when he attended a graded school.  He also attended the same school in 1881, and in 1883 attended the National Normal College, at Lebanon, Ohio.  He intends to follow the profession of teaching.  He is also a member of the Missionary Baptist church.  Mr. Butler served as Lieutenant in the late war.  He has served as Township Trustee several years, which office he now holds.  He is a member of Sinking Spring Lodge, No. 365, A. F. & A. M., Highland County.  His father was a son of Daniel Butler, a native of England, who settled on Staten Island in 1765.  He was also a soldier in the Revolutionary war, serving first as Sergeant and Aid-de-Camp under General Washington.  He was a sailor and ship-carpenter by occupation, and his son Leonard Butler, the father of Jacob Butler, was born about the year 1790.  He was in the war of 1812.  He moved to Highland County in the year 1808 and settled near Sinking Spring, where he remained until his death in 1872.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 852

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