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

Scioto Twp. -
SAMUEL WARD was born June 15, 1843, and is a son of John L. and Sarah A. Ward, natives of Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish descent.  In July, 1861, he enlisted in Company A., Thirty-ninth Ohio Infantry, and served four years and twelve days, and was mustered out July 9, 1865.  He was in a number of battles, the most important of which are New Madrid, Corinth, Kenesaw Mountain, and was with Sherman to the sea.  He was married Aug. 4, 1867, to Edith, daughter of Vachel and Sabina Castor.  They have eight children - William H., Jacob E., James A., Frances D., Mary E., Gertrude, Sarah E. and Lavina L.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 830
Seal Twp. -
DAVID WARE was born Dec. 1, 1805, in Jefferson County, Va., and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Smurr) Ware, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Virginia.  In 1810 they moved to Chillicothe, where they lived, and in that vicinity, till 1816, hen they settled in Piketon, remaining there till their death.  John Ware died in 1837 aged seventy-eight years, and his wife died at the age of seventy years, in 1838 or '39.  Our subject lived at home till he was sixteen years old, when he went to Old Chillicothe and served an apprenticeship of five years at the hatter's trade, under George D. Hilt.  In 1826 he opened a hat shop in Piketon, and was engaged in the manufacture of hats for ten years.  In the fall of 1836 he engaged in the tanner's grade, which he followed till 1872, since which time he has pursued farming.  He was married Nov. 22, 1832, to Harriet Amanda Kincaid.  They have had nine children, six of whom are living - Maggie, George W., Florence E., Alice J., David E. and Charles E.  Thomas J., Caroline and Elmira L. are deceased.  Mr. Ware has been a member of the School Board and served as Counselman, and held other township offices for a number of years.  He is a Republican in politics and always votes that ticket.  He is a charter member of the I. O. O. F., at Piketon; has passed all the chairs, and is Past Guard.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 792
Newton Twp. -
JAMES W. WARNE was born June 4, 1840, in Muskingum County, Ohio, and is a son of Joseph and Mary A. Warne, the former a native of New Jersey, of German descent, and the latter born in Ohio, of Irish descent.  They moved to Buchanan, Pike County, and engaged in the mercantile business, and built the first house in Buchanan.  Since 1855 our subject has followed agricultural pursuits and now owns 800 acres of fine land.  He enlisted in the late war in 1862, in Company H, Ninety-first Ohio Infantry, as a private, but was soon promoted to Orderly Sergeant.  He was in the battles of Floyd Mountain, Panther Gap, Fayetteville, and a number of others of less importance, and was mustered out in June, 1865.  He was married Sept. 8, 1865.  He was married Sept. 8, 1865, to Mary A., daughter of John and Mary Row.  They have six children - Minnie, Lillian, Benjamin C., Oscar, Annie and Ettie.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 837
Mifflin Twp. -
JOHN COLLINS WASHBURN, second son of John and Hannah (Burke) Washburn, was born in Manchester, Adams Co., Ohio, May 18, 1819.  His father was born in Maryland, and came to Adams County in an early day.  He had a family of nine children,  of whom one daughter and our subject are living.  He died June 25, 1929.  Our subject was thus thrown upon his own resources at the age of ten years, and at the age of sixteen years began working at the gunsmith's trade.  In 1840 he came to Pike County, where he settled on the Burgess Elliott Farm, and a few years later purchased thirty acres of land and followed farming in connection with his trade.  He has at present 325 acres of land, and is devoting his entire time to agricultural pursuits.  He was married June 6, 1840, to Elvira, daughter of Burgess and Sarah (Ackley) Elliott, of Pike County.  They have seven children - John W., an attorney at Waverly, Ohio, and ex-Representative of Pike County; Hiram E., of Colorado; George W., of Chillicothe, Ohio; Dawson B., of Byington; Charles L., of Chillicothe; Sarah J., wife of R. S. McCoppin, of Pike County, Ohio; Mary E., of Byington, Ohio.  Mr. Washburn has been Trustee of Mifflin Township for a number of years.  He is a member of Sinking Spring Lodge No. 632, I. O. O. F., Highland County, Ohio.  Mrs. Washburn's father was a native of Virginia.  He served in the war of 1812.  He served eighteen years as Commissioner of Pike County.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 ~ Page 855


John W. Washburn

Waverly - Pee Pee Twp. -
JOHN W. WASHBURN was born in Pike County, Ohio, Mar. 5, 1841, and is a son of John C. Washburn.  His ancestors were natives of Gloucestershire or Worcestershire, England, and his great-grandfather, Nathaniel Washburn, came from England some time before the American Revolution and settled in Maryland, where he raised a family, and owned a very large landed estate and several fine mills.  He and seven of his sons engaged in the war of the Revolution, and after the close of the war he sold his property, and taking the purchase price in Continental money he soon found it worthless, and nearly all of his fortune swept from him.  He and these sons came West and located at Manchester, in Adams County, Ohio.  He and his sons, including the younger son, John, who was too young to engage with them in the war of the Revolution, were also in the war of 1812, going out when the "general call" was made and serving to the end of the war.  After the country became more thickly settled the family separated and settled in different parts of the country, the younger son, John, locating in Highland County, Ohio, where he bought a farm and had a family of seven children, four sons and had a family of seven children, four sons and three daughters, John C. being the fifth child.  He was married in 1840 to Elvira Elliott, a native of Pike County, Ohio, and settled in Highland County.  They removed to Pike County in the fall of 1840, and settled on the old Burgess Elliott homestead, in Mifflin Township, where they still live.  John C. had learned the gunsmith trade, which vocation he followed until his sons were large enough to work on the farm, when he turned his attention entirely to farming and raising and buying and selling stock.  He had a family of five sons and two daughters, John W., the eldest and the subject of this sketch, was reared on the farm above spoken of in Pike County.  He received an academic education and alternated his school life with teaching in winter, and was for three years engaged in the union schools of Piketon and Waverly in said county.  In 1866 he was elected Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county for a term of three years; re-elected again in 1869 and re-elected for a third term in 1872, and while serving the last term he was admitted to the bar.  In 1875 he was elected as a Democrat to represent Pike County in the General Assembly of his State, and re-elected in 1877.  During the first session he was placed on several important committees, and during the last session was a member of the Judiciary on Consolidated Laws, which committee had charge of the consolidation of the general laws of the State as consolidated by that General Assembly.  He was also Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment in the House.  On Dec. 20, 1875, he resigned the office of Clerk of the Courts and opened a law office in Waverly, the county seat of his county, and since which time he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession, except during the time he was in attendance on the sessions of the General Assembly.  He is recognized as one of the leading members of the bar of his county.  He was married May 2, 1876, to Eliza V. Johnson, a native of Waverly and a daughter of John H. JohnsonMr. Washburn's grandfather, Burgess Elliott, was a native of Virginia, of English descent.  He was one of the early settlers of Pike County, coming here before the county was organized.  He served through the war of 1812.  He was County Commissioner many years.  He was a great historian, being well versed in ancient and modern history.  He reared a family of three sons and seven daughters, Mrs. Washburn being the youngest.  His wife was Sarah Ackley, a daughter of John Ackley, of Kentucky, who was with General Crawford's command when defeated by the Indians, and was taken prisoner and burned at the stake.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 773
Pebble Twp. -
AMOS COLE WATTS, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Mar. 2, 1834, son of John and Mary (Haterman) Watts.  When he was four years of age his mother died, after which he moved with his father to Jackson, where he remained till he was fifteen years of age.  He then settled in Newton Township, Pike County, with his father, with whom he lived till he grew to manhood.  In 1868 he was appointed Superintendent of the County Infirmary, which position he held five years, and in 1873 he purchased his present farm of about 200 acres of highly improved land.  With the exception of five years he was always followed farming pursuits, in which he has been very successful.  He was married Feb. 17, 1854, to Ellen Cochran, a native of Pike County and a daughter of John Cochran.  They were the parents of two children, of whom only one is living - Richard K.  Alexander died when two years of age.  Mr. Watts and wife are members of the Christian church.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 870
Waverly - Pee Pee Twp. -
LOUIS WEISS, third son of Phillip and Margaret (Senk) Weiss, was born in Germany in 1833.  In 1839 his parents, with a family of five children, came to the United States and located in Waverly, Ohio.  His father was by trade a shoemaker, and followed that vocation till his death in 1859.   His mother died in till his death in 1859.  His mother died in 1851.  In 1847 our subject began working a distillery, as a rectifier.  In 1880 he completed one of the finest business buildings in the city, and is now the proprietor of a fine restaurant and billiard parlor.  He was married in 1852 to Margaret, daughter of Philip Christman.  They have three children - Philip, Elizabeth and George.  IN 1861 Mr. Weiss enlisted in Company B, Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, and participated in some of the most severe battles of the war: Bull Run, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Chattanooga, New Hope Church, Atlanta, Bentonville and many others.  He was discharged after a service of nearly four years.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 774
Marion Twp. -
RICHARD H. WELLS, farmer and fruit grower, Marion Township, Pike Co., Ohio, was born in Madison Township, Scioto Co., Ohio, the sixth of a family of thirteen children whose parents were James and Eliphiel (Morris) Wells.  The former emigrating to Ohio in 1816, from New York, was a son of Richard and Deborah (Overton) Wells, formerly of Long Island, his father being English and his mother Scotch.  James Wells and Eliphiel Morris were married Jan. 16, 1823, the former died in 1871, aged seventy-eight years, six months, twenty-three days.  The latter came from Delaware in 1816.  She was born in Maryland and passed her early childhood on the shores of Chesapeake Bay.  She came over the mountains with her parents to Wheeling, W. Va., then down the Ohio on a keel-boat.  Our subject came to Pike County, Ohio, when two years of age, with his parents, remaining at home with them until he reached his majority.  He then traveled for some months, visiting Pittsburg, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Memphis and other cities.  Returning home he was married Jan. 23, 1853, to Mary Ann Samson, daughter of David and Nancy (Bennett) Samson.  Mr. and Mrs. Wells are the parents of seven children four of whom are still living - David Samson, born Nov. 10, 1853, and is unmarried, residing at California, Pike Co., Ohio; James Henry, born Dec. 23, 1855, and died Mar. 20, 1858, at Albany, Athens Co., Ohio; Sarah Jane, born Dec. 7, 1857, was married to M. H. Dawson, Dec. 25, 1874, and now resides at Voorhies, Piatt Co., Ill.; Nancy Ellen, born Feb. 25, 1860, married Sept. 22, 1879, to John W. Gordon and now resides in Ohio; John V. Logan, born Jan. 17, 1865, was accidentally drowned Aug. 6, 1875; Maggie Abigail, born Oct. 3, 1867, is yet unmarried; George Thomas, born Mar. 20, 1872, died Sept. 14, 1876.  The subject of this sketch possessing a large amount of physical strength and an independent turn of mind, starting in the world without capital, has ever striven by honest labor to earn the necessaries of life, often for months working eighteen out of the twenty-four hours.  After his marriage he went West anticipating a removal, but after returning he deemed it inexpedient and moved to Athens County, Ohio, remaining there about three years; then went West again to look at the country, came back, moved to Pike County, Ohio, engaged in farming and mercantile business, and was doing well up to the fall of 1861 when he enlisted in the Fifty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He served as Orderly of Company F for abut two years never being excused from duty during the time.  His health having failed he was compelled to cease active service and when his regiment veteranized he was rejected on account of disability.  After serving over three years he was discharged, since which time he has been engaged in various occupations, having invented and patented a trap for the protection of fruit and bees from insects, and is now in the fruit business.  In politics Mr. Wells is a Republican and one of the strongest supporters of its principles in this section.  As to character, unflinching for the right.  He and his wife have been from youth members of the United Brethren Church.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 819
Marion Twp. -
JACOB R. WHITE, saddle and harness maker, California,  Pike Co., Ohio, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, Aug. 24, 1843, a son of Isaac J. and Margaret (Finley) White, his father a native of Wheeling, W. Va., born in 1817, and his mother a native of Belmont County, Ohio, born in 1820.  His parents were married in 1840, and remained in Belmont County till 1848.  In October of the latter year they removed to Jackson County, Ohio, where the mother died in March, 1861, and the father April 6, 1872.  They had a family of eight sons and one daughter, the four eldest born in Belmont county and the rest in Jackson County - John F., born in 1841; Jacob R., our subject; William L., born in 1845; Ebenezer, born in 1847; Thomas J., Samuel, Isaac J., James H. and Nancy.  The last three named died in infancy.  John and Samuel  died after reaching manhood.  Ebenezer is a farm in Jackson County.  William is a saddle and harness maker of Waterloo, Lawrence Co., Ohio.  Thomas J. is a blacksmith of Marion, Lawrence County.  Isaac J. White was a Democrat in politics till 1861, but from that time affiliated with the Republican party.  He was elected to many offices of trust; held the office of Justice of the Peace twelve years.  Oct. 29, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Fifty-sixth Ohio Infantry, and served nineteen months; was discharged on account of disability.  Jacob R., our subject, remained on the farm with his father until Oct. 29, 1861, when he enlisted in the same regiment with his father and served two years and six months; then re-enlisted as a veteran in the same regiment and served till May, 1866.  He participated in fourteen regular engagements, some of the more important being Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Vicksburg, Sabine Cross Roads, Jackson, Miss.  After his discharge he returned home, but having contracted disease in the army was unable to engage in any regular occupation for some time.  Dec. 28, 1868, he married Margaret R. Ramsey, a native of Bloomfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, born June 20, 1853.  After his marriage he removed to Lucasville, Scioto, Co., Ohio, and engaged in harnessmaking, in partnership with A. M. Smith.  In November, 1869, he withdrew and went to Porter, Gallia Co., Ohio, and was in business there till October, 1872, when he returned to Jackson County and resided on the farm of J. L. Ramsey till April, 1875, when he removed to California, where he has since been engaged in the manufacture of saddles and harnesses.  He has been very successful in business and has built up a large and lucrative trade.  Politically he is a Democrat.  He has served as Township Clerk and Township Trustee several terms each.  He and his wife are members of the Protestant Methodist church.  They have had four children - Presly R., born Sept. 4, 1869; Maud R., Sept. 15, 1871; Frank B., Aug. 12, 1874; and an infant, deceased.  Two of Mr. White's brothers enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio Infantry, afterward the First Ohio Heavy Artillery served three years and were discharged at Knoxville, Tenn., June 20, 1865.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 820
Newton Twp. -
JOSEPH L. WILLS, son of Peter and Sarah Wills, was born Feb. 7, 1823, in Newton Township.  He was reared on his father's farm and attended the public schools till he was nineteen years of age, after which he taught school one term.  In 1847 he was appointed Deputy Auditor of Pike County, which office he filled a long time, when he resigned on account of failing health, and engaged in agricultural pursuits.  He was married March 30, 1848, to Miss Marvin, who was born on Long Island, May 2, 1828, and is a daughter of William and Nancy Marvin.  They have had two children - Jennie, born Nov. 14, 1853, now the wife of J. W. Stephenson, and George A., born April, 28, 1850, and died June 22, 1873.  Mr. Wills and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal church.  His parents were natives of New Jersey and moved to Ohio in 1818.  His father died Oct. 15, 1867, at the age of eighty-three years, and his mother died May 1, 1874, aged eighty-four years. Mrs. Wills's  parents were of English descent and came to Ohio in 1830, where his father died March 15, 1856, aged sixty-two years, and her mother is still living in this State in her eightieth year.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 837
Perry Twp. -
LEWIS CYRUS WILSON was born July 23, 1847, in Highland County, Ohio, only son of James H. and Rosana Wilson, who were also natives of Ohio.  In 1873 he purchased the mercantile interests of J. E. Dewey, of Cynthiana, and carried on a general mercantile business with success till April, 1883, when he sold out and has since devoted his time to farming.  He has 214 acres of excellent land in Perry Township, 400 acres in Highland County and 192 acres in Ross County.  He was married Nov. 8, 1874, to E. A. Steel, daughter of James and Jane Steel, of Scioto Township, Ross Co., Ohio.  They have been blessed with four sons - James S., Lewis E., Alexander W. and Charles S.   Mr. Wilson has served as Postmaster at Cynthiana since 1873.  In the spring of 1878 huge was elected Land Appraiser in Perry Township, and in the spring of 1883 was elected Township Trustee.  He and wife are members of the Presbyterian church, of which he is a Trustee, and in politics he is a Republican.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 861
Waverly - Pee Pee Twp. -
GEORGE W. WOLFE, deceased, was born in Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio, Nov. 3, 1830, a son of George and Mary M. Wolfe.  When he was about five years of age his father removed to Waverly where he was prominently engaged, and where he died about the time of "Morgan's raid."  George W. was educated in the public schools of Waverly, and when a young boy was hired by James Emmitt to weigh out meal in his distillery.  Proving himself worthy, he was advanced from time to time, till in 1849 he was taken in as clerk in the mercantile store, where he remained a number of years.  In June, 1861, he was taken in as partner in the store, and, with the exception of two years he was out of business, remained there till his death, Nov. 2, 1882.  Mr. Wolfe was a man of good business qualities, good judgment, quick to act, energetic, and a good conversationalist.  He at one time took great interest and an active part in politics.  He was a Councilman of Waverly a number of years, and was for some time a Director of the public schools of Waverly.  He was one of the Trustees of the cemetery and superintended laying out the new cemetery.  He was married June 5, 1854, to Francis Miller, a native of Pittsburg, Pa.  Their family consists of two sons - Joseph H., residing in California, and George L., a miller at the flouring mills of Waverly.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 774

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