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Jackson Twp. -
MRS. ANTHEM BAILEY, P. O.
Richwood. The subject of this sketch was born
Jan. 27, 1842, in Morrow County, Ohio. Her
parents were Nathan and Eleanor
Clark, natives of the Empire Slate. On
Nov. 1, 1860, in Delaware County, Ohio, she married
(1) David Harden, with whom she came
to Jackson Township, this county. He was a son
of Isaac and Lydia Harden,
and by her there was an issue of four children—Josephine,
Clara J., Charles E. and William N.
He died in August, 1867, and Sept. 2, 1869, she was
united in marriage with (2) Manoah Blue,
son of Michael and Ellen Blue, early settlers
of this county. To them were born four
children, of whom two are now living, viz.: Cora
E. and Elva A. He departed this
life in March, 1881, and in November, 1881, she was
again married, this time to (3) Mr. Anthem Bailey,
who was born in this county in March, 1845.
His parents were Edward and Mary Bailey, who
also were among the early settlers of Union County.
Our subject is a lady of rare intelligence and of a
social, conversational disposition. She is
esteemed by all, and is the owner of 100 acres of
valuable land.
 Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 501 |
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Claibourne Twp. -
L. G. BAKER, farmer, P. O.
Richwood, was born in Knox County, Ohio, Aug. 1,
1836; he is a son of William and Lucy (Rowley)
Baker, natives of Massachusetts. His
father was a farmer by occupation, and came to Ohio
in his early life, settling in Knox County, where
our subject was raised, and remained until 1847,
when he came to Union County. He received a
common school education and adopted the occupation
of farming, which he has since followed with
success, now owning a good farm in this township.
He was married in 1861, to Mary E. Monson,
daughter of Theodore W. and Hester (Cowgill)
Monson, who came to this county in 1826.
She is one of five children, all of whom were
teachers. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have four
children, viz.: Hester A., Wealthy V., Lucina R.
and Lyman E. The parents are members of
the Methodist Protestant Church, in which Mr.
Baker has been a class leader and trustee.
He is a Republican in politics.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 607 |
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Washington Twp. -
JOSEPH C. BALDWIN, junior
member of the firm of G. J. Baldwin & Co.,
Byhalia, was born May 17, 1844, in Champaign
County, Ohio. He is a son of Lewis C.
Baldwin (deceased) and Ann Baldwin.
When about ten years of age, with his parents, he
came to York Township, Union County. He
received a common-school education. On Sept.
15, 1869, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary
A. Cahill, daughter of Clement Cahill
(deceased) and Martha Cahill, of Washington
Township. The fruits of this union are two
children - William W. and Howard O.
In connection with his mercantile trade, he is a
present also engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and
the owner of forty acres of land. In March,
1865, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and
Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Army of the
Cumberland, and received an honorable discharge in
September of the same year. He has served as
Justice of the Peace in Washington Township.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 666 |
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Washington Twp. -
NATHAN M. BALDWIN, farmer, P.
O. Mt. Victory, Hardin County, Ohio, was born
in Stark County, Ohio, July 3, 1833; his parents
were Roswell and Martha Baldwin, his father a
native of Connecticut and his mother of Virginia.
They settled in Stark County at an early day.
When fifteen years of age with his parents, he came
to Logan County, where they remained until 1871, in
which year they came to Washington Township, Union
County. On Sept. 24, 1867, he was united in
marriage to Miss Sarah S. Elliott. To
them have been born five children, three of whom are
still living - Mary E., Martha M. and
Charles R. In February, 1871, he came to
Union County and settled in Washington Township,
where he now resides. He has served as School
Director and is a member and an Elder of the Friends
Society. On Sept. 24, 1882, their silver
wedding was celebrated, when Mrs. Baldwin,
who has been an invalid for eight years, became the
recipient of many valuable presents. They have
a large circle of friends and acquaintances, with
whom they are quite popular. Mr. Baldwin
is the owner of fifty-six and one-half acres of
land.Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 666 |
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Allen Twp. -
WILLIAM BALES (deceased) was
born in Milton, Hillsboro County, N. H., Jan. 24,
1809. His parents, Wm. L. and Chloe (Halt)
Bales, were originally from Vermont. They
were both born in 1784, the former Mar. 13, and the
latter Aug. 6. William Bales,
father of William L. and grandfather of
William Bales, the subject of this
sketch, was a soldier under Gen. Washington in the
Revolution, while his father was engaged on the side
of Great Britain, having being pressed into the
British ranks. In 1840, Mr. Bales,
the father of our subject, came to Union County, and
settled in Allen Township, where he died Oct. 4,
1876, aged ninety-two years. His wife preceded
him Mar. 10, 1856. William, our
subject, was reared to manhood on a farm. Feb.
1, 1838, he was married to Miss Sarah,
daughter of James and Rachel
Cavender, and a native of Hillsboro County, N.
H. She was born Mar. 19, 1818. The fall
of 1838, he removed westward, and settled near
Newton, Union county, and the following year settled
in Allen Township. He cleared up his first
farm, which contained 150 acres, from the stumps.
He accumulated land to the mount of 400 acres,
besides land in the West, but through a turn of
ill-luck he lost considerable property. He
resided on the West Liberty & Columbus Stage rout,
and in early days accommodated many a weary
traveler. He served as Postmaster of Caberly
P. O., about twenty years. He was elected
Justice of the Peace, but declined to fill the
office. He devoted his undivided attention to
farming and raising stock. He was one of the
first to introduce Morgan horses in the county.
He died a member of the Baptist Church.
Politically, he always advocated the doctrines and
principles of Democracy. He was the parent of
ten children, nine of whom survive him, viz.:
William W., married Jenny Dunn;
Walter W., married Victoria Inskeep;
Clifford C., married Jane Allen; Mary M.,
wife of Oliver Carter; Rosa, wife of
Oliver Inskeep; Frank; Burnham C., married
Emma A. Lee; Sarah A., wife of Charles W.
Brodrick, and George; Rachel R. is
deceased. Mrs. Bales' parents live
with her and her children, aged ninety-six and
ninety-three years respectively. They have
lived a married life of seventy-two years and reared
a family of nine children. They are perhaps
the oldest couple in Union County. Mr.
Cavender's father came from Ireland in 1775, and
served the beginning to the close of the
Revolutionary war.
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 472 |
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Paris Twp. -
JOHN BARKER, farmer, P. O.
Marysville, was born in Marysville January 12, 1830.
He is a son of John Barker, of
Virginia, and Mary Hoyt Barker, a native of
Pennsylvania. They were married in the
Keystone State, and came to Marysville. where they
resided a short time. Mr. Barker bought
100 acres of land on the north side of Mill Creek,
which he occupied a few years, then removed to the
old Squire Amrine farm, and in
1835 located on the farm now owned and occupied by
our subject. Mr. Barker died near
Lewisburg, September 7, 1870, aged seventy-three;
and Mrs. B. departed this life, October 28,
1853. in her fifty-seventh year.
They had twelve children, of whom the subject of
this sketch is the youngest. He was married
October 29, 1857, to Harriet F. Turner, a
daughter of Edmund Turner, by whom he has had
two children—Edward H., born December 17,
18G2 ; and Phebe A., born February 13, 1877.
Mr. Barker has always occupied the homestead,
which contains 153 acres : he also has twelve acres
in Allen Township, and is engaged in farming and
stock-raising. He is a member of the Masonic
Order, and in politics is Democratic.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 78 |
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Claibourne Twp. -
PORTER E. BARNES, of Richwood,
Ohio, is the senior member of the firm of Barnes
& Rosette, agents for Louis Cook's
celebrated carriages, spring wagons, buggies and
hand-made harness, J. B. Dennison & Co's,
Lexington, Ky., buggies, United States Carriage
Co.'s buggies, of Columbus, Ohio, the McCormick
Harvester and Binder, and the Baker Drill,
in Union, Marion and Delaware Counties. This
enterprising firm is doing an extensive and
successful business in Union and surrounding
counties, their object being to handle the best
articles in the market, and to make rapid and
numerous sales, with small profits. They do
business in a prompt and honorable manner, give
universal satisfaction, and fully merit the liberal
patronage they now enjoy. Mr. Barnes
was born in the Empire State May 14, 1851, and is a
son of Porter and Eliza (Tucker) Barnes,
natives of Massachusetts, of English descent.
His father emigrated from New York in 1855, and
settled at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, where he died
in 1864. He was a wealthy and influential
farmer, and an extensive breeder of and dealer in
fine stock. The subject of this sketch
attended Hiram College, where the late James A.
Garfield was President, and in 1868 graduated at
Baldwin University, Syracuse, N. Y. In 1870,
he engaged as shipping clerk for Camp, Randall
& Co., in the grain and flax business, at Warren,
Ohio, and afterward conducted their branch
establishment at Richwood, Ohio, spending altogether
eight years in their employ, and in that time
superintending the building of the flax mill at
Richwood. He is a member of Marion Chapter,
and of the Knights Templar, A., F. & A. M., a
charter member of Richwood Lodge, Knights of
Pythias, and a Republican in politics. He
served three years as Township Clerk, and was a
member of the Building Committee of the Board of
Education when the public school building was
erected. He was married in 1870, to Ophelia
Herr, of West Salem, Wayne Co., Ohio. She
was a daughter of Henry and Sarah (Elgin) Herr,
natives of Virginia, where he father owned a
plantation and 400 slaves at the breaking-out of the
war. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have four
children, viz.: Alice D., Porter E., Earl
R. and George H. Mr. Barnes owns a
handsome residence near the depot at Richwood, in
which he and his family reside.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 607 |
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Claibourne Twp. -
JOB G. BEARDSLEY, retired
farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Rensselaer
County, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1810. He is a son of
William and Eunice (Gardner) Beardsley,
natives of Connecticut. His father was a
shoe-maker by trade, but spent most of his life
farming. He came to Ohio in 1814, and settled
in Licking County, removing from there to Knox
County. He died at the age of eighty-two
years; his wife lived to reach ninety years of age.
Our subject remained with his parents in Knox County
until eighteen years of age, when he began learning
the blacksmith's trade, at which he worked ten years
in Licking County. In 1843, he began farming,
and has has since followed that honorable avocation,
until recently, when he retired from active life.
In 1852, he came to Claibourne Township, and now
owns a farm of 106 acres in this township. He
was married in Knox County, in 1834, to Patience
Webster, a native of New York, by whom he had
ten children, of whom six reached their majority and
two now survive, viz.: Mary, wife of
Isaac Cowgill, and James W. Mrs.
Beardsley died Aug. 25, 1870, and in 1871 Mr.
Beardsley married Nancy (Bell) Sifritt
widow of Andrew Sifritt, who at the time of
their marriage had two children, Lorenzo and
Margaret. Mrs. and Mrs.
Beardsley are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He is a prominent Republican in
politics. He had one son, William Webster,
who enlisted in 1862, in the Second Ohio Infantry,
and had his right let shot off at the second battle
of Bull Run, which resulted in his death two years
later.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 609 |
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Claibourne Twp. -
WILLIAM BEATHARD, farmer, P.
O. Richwood, was born in Jerome Township, Union
County, Mar. 18, 1820; he is a son of William and
Mary (Chappel) Beathard, the former a native of
Maryland, of Irish descent, and the latter a native
of Virginia, of Scotch descent. Our subject
was raised on his father's farm, but in early life
he learned the cooper's trade, which, with several
other occupations, he has since followed, having
been a farmer for the last twenty years. He
owns a farm of eighty acres of land, on which he
resides. In 1840, he married Dorotha Wasson,
daughter of Thomas and Keziah (Noble) Wasson,
and a native of New York. By this union six
children were born, four surviving, viz., Thomas
M., Charles W., Roxy M., with this union six
children were born, four surviving, viz., Thomas
M., Charles W., Roxy M., wife of Sanford
Wiley, and Sassia J., wife of Norman
E. Cahill. Mr. and Mrs. Beathard
are members of the United Brethren Church, in which
he has been a Class Leader, Steward and Trustee; he
is a Republican in politics.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 610 |
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Claibourne Twp. -
B. F. BEEM, farmer, P. O.
Richwood, was born in Claibourne Township, Oct. 31,
1850, and is a son of Jacob and Phebe (Rose) Beem.
He was raised on a farm, receiving a common school
education, and when eighteen years of age engaged in
saw milling with his brother, Lewis Beem,
following that business in Claibourne and Jackson
Townships until he reached his majority. He
then began farming and has since followed that
occupation, with more than average success, now
being the owner of 200 acres of land, on which he
has erected a $2,000 residence. He is purely a
self-made man. On Dec. 28, 1876, he married
Miss Laura J. Walker, a daughter of Thomas
and Hanna (Allen) Walker, a native of Marion
County, Ohio, where she was born Sept. 13, 1855.
They have one child, Fannie Belle. Mr. Beem
is a Republican in politics.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 611 |
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Claibourne Twp. -
JACOB BEEM, one of a family of
eleven children, was born in Alleghany County, Md.,
Mar. 4, 1799, and was the son of Michael Beem,
who was born in Germany Mar. 5, 1755, his father
came to America when Mike was six years old.
He had one brother, Richard, who was shortly
after killed by a mule kicking him, leaving but one
of the name in America, and to date we have never
met any one of hte name except the descendents of
Michael. At about the time of the
breaking-out of hte Revolution, he married
Elizabeth Green, niece of Gen. Green (who
was active in the Revolutionary struggle in gaining
our independence). He enlisted early in the
Revolutionary war, was on Gen. Washington's
staff and was in service until the close of the war,
after which he engaged in mercantile business, in
Westernport, Md., for a time, the returned to
farming. In 1812, he removed to Licking
County, Ohio, where he engaged in farming. On
the 15th of November, 1827, Jacob, the
younger son, was married to Phoebe Rose, the
daughter of Rev. Philip Rose, and remained in
that county until 1832, in which year he came to
Union County, with the intention of buying 600 acres
of land where Richwood now stands, but was a few
days too late, the land having been purchased by
Philip Plummer. He, however, bought 400
acres of the Clarks, part of which he
retained and lived on at the time of his death in
1878. He was a man of strong physical, mental
and moral powers thought and acted for himself,
would mold to the ideas of others only when they
were consistent with reason and, upon the whole,
just such a character as would brave the hardships
of a new country and pioneer life, and awaken
energy, enterprise and moral force in the circle in
which he moved. He bought, sold and traded in
lands and stock, farmed quite extensively and also
took contracts to clear land. Perhaps he and
his boys cleared more land than any other family in
the township. He was a Universalist in
religious belief, believing that the Holy Scriptures
of the Old and New Testament contain a revelation of
the character of God and of the duty, interest and
final destination of mankind, and that there is one
God whose nature is love, revealed in our Lord Jesus
Christ by one Holy Spirit of grace, who will finally
restore the whole family of mankind to holiness and
happiness; also that holiness and happiness are
inseparably connected, and in order to be happy one
must practice only such principles as produce the
best results, denying self of all ungodliness and
worldly lust. He was the father of nine sons
and one daughter, being the only one in the township
who could boast of a "seventh son." He died at
the ripe age of seventy-nine years, leaving a wife
and eight children to mourn his loss, two of the
sons having given their lives in the service of
their country in the war of the rebellion.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 610 |
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Claibourne Twp. -
LEWIS CLEMONS BEEM, of the
firm of Beem & Biddle, manufacturers,
Richwood, Ohio, was born in Claibourne Township,
Union County, Nov. 15, 1847; his father, Jacob
Beem, was born in Md., in 1799, and came to
Union County at an early day, settling in Claibourne
Township. He was a life-long farmer, and at
the time of his death in 1878, owned 237 acres of
good land. His wife, Phebe Rose, was a
native of Franklin County, Ohio, of English descent.
Our subject was raised on the farm, attending the
district schools and a select school, and in early
life taught school for a time. In 1871, he
engaged in the saw mill business with his brother,
and in 1873 he came to Richwood. In 1875, he
embarked in his present business with Mr. Biddle.
They began business with little capital, but now
have one of the most successful enterprises in
Richwood. In 1881, Mr. Beem married
Margaret Graham, daughter of Patterson Graham;
she is a native of Union County, and a member of hte
Protestant Church. They have had one child,
Ada, deceased.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 611 |
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Claibourne Twp. -
ORRIN BEEM, pike contractor,
Richwood, was born in Licking Ohio, July 24, 1830;
he is the son of Jacob and Phoebe (Rose) Beem,
the former a native of Maryland and the latter of
Licking County, Ohio, of English and German descent.
His father came to Union County in 1830 and settled
in Claibourne Township. Our subject was raised
on a farm and followed farming until thirty-four
years of age. In 1855, he went to Illinois,
where he was engaged in farming until 1864, when he
enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth
Illinois Infantry, Company K, under Col. Goodwin,
and served as First Lieutenant of his company until
the close of the war. He carried his Christian
character with him in the army, did his duty like a
good soldier and was highly respected by both
officers and men. On his return to civil life
he returned to this county and purchased the hotel
still known as the Beem House, in Richwood,
which he conducted for some years. He operated
a saw mill in 1872 and has since been variously
engaged, now being a partner of P. G. Wynegar
in contracting for and building turnpike roads.
He owns forty or fifty town lots and a handsome
residence now occupied by his family. He laid
off Beem's Addition to the town of Richwood
and takes a deep interest in anything tending to the
growth or improvement of his town. On June 11,
1855, he married Ellen B. Woodward, a
daughter of Moses Woodward, a native of
Vermont, of English and German descent. Seven
children are the issue of this marriage, viz.,
Isaac N.; Mary, wife of Dr. M. J. Jenkins;
Aurora, deceased; Minnie, a graduate of
the Richwood High School in the class of '80; Rose,
a junior in the Richwood High School; Jacob
and Frederick. Mr. and Mrs. Beem are
members of the Protestant Church of Richwood.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 610 |
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Paris Twp. -
SAMUEL BEIGHLER, farmer, P. O.
Marysville, eldest son of Tobias and Sarah
Beighler), was born in Paris Township December
10, 1828. He was reared and brought up on his
father's farm, and was educated in the common
schools. He was married April 12, 1849, to Miss
Ann J. Fawcett, a daughter of Jesse and
Philadelphia Fawcett. They have six sons living
—Asbury H., an attorney at law in Marysville
; Warren, Jasper, John,
Elwood and Tobias. Mr.
Beighler purchased and located on his present
farm in the spring of 1858. He cleared his
farm from the " stump," and has well improved it.
Mr. B. and wife are members of the United
Brethren Church. Politically he is a
Republican. He owns a farm of ninety acres,
and is engaged in agriculture.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 81 |
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Paris Twp. -
A. H. BEIGHTLER, attorney,
Marysville. The Beightler family whose
record may be found in this volume, comprises one of
the most extensive connections of the pioneer
settlers. The subject of this sketch is a son
of Samuel and Ann J. (Fawcett) Beightler, and
was born in Paris Township, Union County, in 1852.
He was raised on a farm and received his primary
education in the high schools of this city, where he
began the study of law in the office of R. L.
Woodburn, in 1874. He was admitted to the
bar April 20th, 1877, and the same year began the
practice of his profession in Marysville, where he
has since been constantly and actively engaged.
He has served the township as clerk, and since his
admission to the bar has filled the office of
secretary of the Agricultural Society. He is a
member of the Lodge and Chapter F. & A. M. at
Marysville, and of the Commandry at Urbana, and
connected with the Presbyterian Church of this town.
Politically Mr. B. is a stanch Republican.
He was united in marriage to Miss Laura C.,
daughter of G. T. Borland, of Cincinnati, in
1880. Two children, Alice and Gordon
R., are the issue of this union.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 81 |
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Claibourne Twp. -
JOHN W. BELL, proprietor of
saw mill and manufacturer, P. O. Claibourne, was
born in Holmes County, Ohio, Jan. 5, 1845, and is a
son of William and Margaret (Shipley) Bell,
the former a native of Pennsylvania, of German
descent, and the latter a native of Wayne County,
Ohio, of Scotch descent. Our subject was
raised on a farm, where he remained until twenty-one
years of age, when he engaged in op0erating a saw
mill for others. Two years later he purchased
a half interest in the mill. After several
changes he came to Claibourne Village and engaged in
sawmilling with Mr. Shearer, a pioneer miller
of this county, with whom he still continues.
They manufacture spokes and felloes for wagons and
are doing a good business in the saw mill. Our
subject was married Oct. 10, 1878, to Mary Brown,
daughter of P. G. and Sarah Brown, the former
a native of New York, and the latter of Ohio.
Mr. Bell is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and Mrs. Bell of the Baptist.
He is a Democrat in politics, but always votes for
the man and not the party.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 611 |
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Paris Twp. -
IRA BELVILLE, farmer, P. 0.
Marysville, son of Nicholas and Anna Belville,
was born in Paris Township April 18, 1839. He
passed his early life on his father's farm and
received a common schooling. August 19, 1861, he
married Caroline Smith, a daughter of
Andrew and Jane Smith. She departed
this life August 4, 1864, and August 4, 1867, Mr.
Belville was again married, this time to Mrs.
Rachel Draper, widow of Nelson Draper (deceased),
and daughter of Adam Shirk. Three
children were the fruits of this union: Anna L.,
Mary R. and Ada May. Mrs. Belville
died June 15, 1878. She had two children by
her former husband; of these one (Biance), is
living. Hannah is deceased. In 1867,
Mr. Belville took up his residence on
his present farm. He is engaged in the
pursuits of farming and rearing stock. His
farm is located in Taylor and Liberty Townships and
contains 84 acres. He has been prominently
connected with the Grange, and in politics is
Democratic.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 81 |
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Claibourne Twp. -
CHARLES BIDDLE, of the firm of
Beem & Biddle, manufacturers, Richwood, Ohio,
was born in Columbus, Ohio, Mar. 8, 1849, and is a
son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Perry) Biddle.
His father built a planing mill in Columbus, in
1849, which is said by him to have been the first
built a planing mill in Columbus, in 1849, which is
said by him to have been the first built in the
State. Our subject worked in the planing mill
until nineteen years of age, when he worked on the
railroad as a fireman for a short time; after which
he took charge of the railroad round house and held
it till the strike of 1873. He did not join
the strike, as he does not believe in them, but
resigned his position because he thought it policy
to do so. In 1874, he went to work in
the planing mill at Columbus, and in 1875 came to
Richwood and embarked in his present enterprise with
Mr. Beem. They employ about thirty
hands, do an extensive business and ship goods of
their production all over the world. Mr.
Biddle has ingeniously contrived several
inventions that have materially increased their
capacity for production. They manufacture
wheelbarrows that have an extensive sale throughout
the United States, single orders being sent in for
as many as 100,000 at one time. Mr. Biddle,
was married, in 1874, to Anna Fisher, a
native of Union County, and a daughter of William
Fisher, and by her has had two children -
Laura and William. Mr. Biddle
is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of
hte Methodist Protestant Church.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page
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Claibourne Twp. -
HENRY BIDDLE (deceased).
Prominent among the early farmers of Union was the
gentleman whose4 name heads this sketch. He
was born in England Aug. 27, 1829, and in 1832
emigrated to America, with his parents, Joseph
and Maria (Williams) Biddle, who settled on a
farm of 110 acres, south of Richwood, a part of
which is now in the corporation of the village.
His father was a heavy set man, weighing over two
hundred pounds, active and energetic, and before his
emigration, had gained considerable fame as a
professional wrestler, which was a characteristic
very much admired at that time in England. He
was a millwright by trade, and built several mills
in America, among them the mill at Richwood.
He died in 1856, Henry received a very
limited education and followed the occupation of
farming, at the time of his death being the owner of
180 acres of land. He was married in 1850 to
Eunice Latson, who was born in New York in
1832, of German and English parentage. Their
marriage was blessed with eight children, viz.:
George, who was born in Claibourne Township,
Aug. 10, 1852, and on Oct. 15, 1879, married Ann
Lake, a sister of John Lake, by whom he
had two children, Harry and Carrie Bell.
He has been a life-long farmer. The second
child, Seneca, is deceased. The third,
Thomas H., was born in this township, Dec.
12, 1856, and is likewise a farmer, now owning
eighty-three acres of land. In 1876, he
married Lydia A Hamilton, a daughter of
Benjamin and Abagial (Graham) Hamilton, and a
member of the Deciples Church. They
have three children - Maggie, M., Pearl C.,
and Florence Abagail. He is a member of
the Knights of Pythias Lodge of Richwood. The
fourth child, Annie M., is now the wife of
M. B. Hill. The fifth, Emma is
deceased. The sixth, Sarah E., now a
resident of Columbus. The seventh died in
infancy. The youngest child, Jennie May,
born in 1871, is now attending school. Mr.
Biddle was a charter member of the I. O. O. F.
Lodge at Richwood, and a faithful member of the
fraternity until death. He died Dec. 15, 1877.
His widow resides on the old homestead at Richwood.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 611 |
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G. BIRD, farmer, P. O. Mt.
Victory, Hardin County, Ohio, was born in New York
State Oct. 21, 1817. When two years of age,
with his parents, James and Mary Bird, he
came to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where they remained
until he was perhaps twelve years of age. They
then came to Logan County, where they located until
the spring of 1839, when they came to Washington
Township, Union County. They endured the usual
hardships and self-denials, which are incident to
pioneer life. Of a family of six children,
three are now living, viz.: Gorum, William
and Albert. In May, 1849, our subject
was united in marriage to Arcadilla Scott,
daughter of James and Margaret Scott, early
settlers of Champaign County; she is a distant
relative of the late Gen. Winfield Scott.
This union has been blessed with six children -
Sarah M., Caroline, Emeline, Dellie, Darwin S.
and John W. (deceased). He has served
as Justice of the Peace of Washington Township for
six years, and as Trustee several years. He is
a member of the Baptist Church and the owner of 145
acres of land.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 667 |
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Claibourne Twp. -
CHARLES O. BISHOP, of the firm
of Loveless, Howe & Bishop, proprietors of
the Richwood Woolen Mills, and dealers in wool,
grain, hides, furs and staves, Richwood, Ohio, was
born in Logan County, Ohio, Oct. 10, 1843; he is a
son of Thomas and Sabina (Schenck) Bishop,
natives of New Jersey. His father died when
Charles was twelve years old and his mother
lived a widow until her death in 1875, at the age of
seventy-six years. Our subject was the fifth
of a family of eight children. He was raised
on the farm, receiving a common school education,
and worked at farming until 1871, when he came to
Richwood and embarked in the stave trade. In
1880, he combined his business with his present
partners, and established the firm as it now exists.
In 1870, he married Adelaide Fawn, a native
of Union County, and a daughter of Edward Fawn,
who was a farmer of this county for forty-six years
of his life. To Mr. and Mrs. Bishop one
child has been born, viz., Newton Otto.
Mrs. Bishop is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page \612 |
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JOHN BLAIR, farmer and dealer
in agricultural implements, Richwood, was born in
Bedford County, Penn., May 25, 1831. His
parents were Edmond and Esther (Casteel) Blair,
natives of Pennsylvania, of English descent, who
came to Ohio in 1832, and passed their entire lives
on the farm. Our subject was reared on the
farm and received a common school education.
He has followed farming during the greater part of
his life, and at present is also engaged in the sale
of farming implements, at Richwood. He
received a liberal start in life, from his father,
who was well-to-do, and now owns 300 acres of prime
land in this county. He was married in 1852 to
Camellia Hodson, a native of Ohio, by whom he
has had three children, viz.: Edmond,
deceased, S. Milton and John Frank.
Mr. and Mrs. Blair are members of the Methodist
Protestant Church at Bethlehem, in which he is a
Trustee. He is a Democrat in politics and has
held most of the offices of the township. He
came to this county in 1872 and settled two miles
south of Richwood, where he now resides. He
makes a specialty of Norman horses, on which he has
taken the premium twice at the State Fair, and has
also a fine stock of cattle.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 612 |
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ADONIRAM JUDSON BLAKE, of
Richwood, was born in Brimfield, Portage Co., Ohio,
on Nov. 15, 1835. His parents were from
Litchfield County, Conn., having emigrated from
there in the year 1825; he was the youngest of four
brothers. There were also two sisters in the
family, one younger and one older. During the
first sixteen years of his life, his labors were
such as are incident to a farmer boy's life, with
only such school advantages as were offered by the
district school. For the next two years, he
attended a high school a part of each year in an
adjoining village. It was while attending one
of these schools, known as an "academy," that his
father "hired him out," to teach the winter term of
school in one of hte subdistricts of his native
township. He entered upon this work a few days
before he was eighteen years of age. His
success in this, his first "term," can be measured
by a proposition made to him by the School Directors
of the district to continue the term for another
month. In the following autumn, through the
influence of himself and several associates, a
select school was organized in their own township,
and was continued during the fall and sometimes
through the winter months for several years.
For the next few years his time was divided between
teaching in the winter and attending school and
institutes in the summer, most of this time in his
native township. In 1857, he was asked to take
charge of the grammer school department of the
Salem, Columbiana County, Union Schools. In
this position he remained three years, when he
accepted the position of teacher of the high school
at Upper Sandusky Wyandot Co., Ohio, which he
resigned in the spring of 1861. Desiring to
take a rest, he visited several schools in this part
of Ohio, and while visiting at Cardington, Morrow
County, he was unamimously tendered the
superintendency of the union schools of that place,
which he accepted, and held for a year and a half,
finally resigning on account of ill health.
After a few months' rest, he embarked in the stove
and tin ware trade at that place. He was
married in Cardington, Ohio, Aug. 20, 1863, to
Miss Clotilda W. Shur, second daughter of
John Shur, of that place, who was then an
Assessor of Internal Revenue under Abraham
Lincoln. Desirous of bearing his part in
the war, he contributed liberally of his means to
furnish men and means, and was only prevented from
joining the ranks by Dr. Fisher's
examination, which pronounced him "physically unfit
for the service." In August, 1865, he came to
this place, and engaged in the general hardware and
stove business. His friends in Cardington
believed the venture was an experiment, and that he
would soon return to their village. Encouraged
by his success, in the spring of 1866, he removed
his stock of stoves and hardware from that place to
this, thus combining both stocks, and formed the
partnership of A. J. Blake & Co., with D.
W. Godman as partner. In the spring of the
same year, he erected a two story frame building,
twenty feet wide by one hundred feet long, on the
ground now occupied by Godman and
Thornhill's hardware store. In May of that
year, he was asked by several of the citizens of the
place to accept the appointment as Postmaster, which
recommendation was laid before Postmaster General
W. Dennison by the Hon. C. S. Hamilton,
and, accordingly, on the 26th day of May, 1866, he
was commissioned as Postmaster, which office he held
until compelled to resign the same by a pressure of
business relations. He has always taken an
active part in the educational interests of the
place in which he resides. After resigning his
position as superentendent in Cardington, he
was chosen a member of the School Board. Soon
after coming to Richwood, he drafted a petition for
what is now the Richwood Village District, to
withdraw from the township subdistrict plan, which
was adopted, and out of which has grown our system
of union schools. Most of the time since, he
has been a member of the School Board, having been
selected as its Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer at
different times. He has also assisted in
preparing the course of study for the high school,
and in conducting its examinations. His love
for the profession of teaching has not died out yet,
as nothing gives him greater pleasure than to meet a
body of teachers, either in a school room or at his
own residence. He thinks it no discredit that,
out of his father's family of six children, five of
them were school teachers. While in the
hardware trade in this place, he saw the necessity
of a planing mill and lumber yard, and the firm of
A. J. Blake & Co. associated with them Mr.
S. Carter, under the name of S. Carter &
Co., and built the building and stocked the yard,
which is now owned by S. M. & A. J. Blake.
In January, 1873, he disposed of his inters in the
hardware business to Mr. F. H. Thornhill, and
proceeded to the erection of the dwelling house,
which he now occupies. In January, 1874, he,
with his brother, S. M. Blake, and others
engaged in the banking business, under the name of
"Union County Bank," in which as cashier he has
continued to the present time. In politics, he
has always been a stanch Republican, having cast his
first Presidential vote for A. Lincoln.
He has a personal acquaintance with President
Garfield, and took an enthusiastic interest in
his election. He had been honored by his
fellow-townsman by township and corporation local
offices, the positions having been tendered him
without solicitation. He is a strong believer
in that feature of civil service reform that "the
office should seek the man, and not the man seek the
office." He and his wife are both members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he was a lay
delegate to the last day delegate conference.
His family consists of three sons and one daughter.
The two older sons, aged respectively sixteen and
eighteen, are editors and publishers of the Richwood
Reporter, a local newspaper started in
January, 1882. Although taking an active
interest in public measures and busy with private
affairs, he is happiest in the presence of his own
family, or with a friend or two at his comfortable
residence, where his hospitality is without measure.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 612 |
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S. M. BLAKE, Richwood.
Prominent among the enterprising business men of
Union County figures the subject of this sketch, who
is a member of the firm of S. M. & A. J. Blake,
bankers, lumber dealers and proprietors of Richwood
Planing Mills, and also senior member of the firm of
S. M. Blake & Co., druggists. He was
born in Portage County, Ohio, Apr. 3, 1831, and is a
son of James and Betsy (Avery) Blake.
His father was a farmer, and emigrating to Ohio in
1826, located in Portage County. Our subject
was raised on a farm, receiving a common school
education and followed farming until 1874, when he
moved to Richwood and engaged in the lumber trade
and banking, both of which he has since followed
with more than ordinary success. He
subsequently embarked in the drug business and in
1881, associated himself in this business with C.
E. Hill, under the firm name given above.
He is a thorough business man, and takes an active
interest in everything that pertains to the best
interest of Richwood. He is a Republican in
politics, and though he has no aspirations for
official honors, he has been called upon to fill
several of the town and township offices. He
was married in 1857 to Harriet Parsons, by
whom he has had seven children, four now living,
viz.: Bessie, wife of J. E. Robinson,
who has charge of the lumber yard of the firm of
S. M. & A. J. Blake; Gracie, Harry and
Sylvia.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 612 |
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Paris Twp. -
HAMILTON BLUE, farmer, P. O.
Marysville, was born in Ross County, Ohio, May 24,
1819. He is a son of William and Margaret
(Hamilton) Blue, natives of Old Virginia.
Mr. Blue was born Dec. 12, 1796, and Mrs.
Blue, Jan. 4, 1798. Mr. Blue's
parents, John M. and Catharine Blue, removed
to Ross County in 1808; his wife's parents,
Alexander and Mary Hamilton, settled
there about the same time. Mr. and Mrs.
Blue were married May 28, 1818, and had four
sons - Hamilton, Josiah, David and William.
They removed to Union County in 1832, and located in
Paris Township, where Mr. Blue died, May 12,
1879. His widow lives with Josiah, the
second son. Hamilton was reared to
manhood on a farm, and was educated in the common
schools. Oct. 20, 1839, he united in marriage
with Susan Orahood, a daughter of Samuel
and Polly Orahood, and a native of Hardy County,
Va. She was born Feb. 29, 1816. Her
death occurred June 20, 1873, leaving one son and
five daughters - Alexander, Melissa (wife of
Joseph Snider), Mary E. (wife of
Charles Amrine), Margaret (wife of
Peter Heckel), Susan (wife of Jacob
Reed) and Clarinda. Mr. Blue
married the second time, Oct. 29,1875, to Mrs.
Mary Martin, widow of Benjamin Martin and
daughter of John and Euthania Thompson.
Mrs. Blue was born in Virginia, Oct. 29,
1817. She had nine children by Mr. Martin -
Caroline (wife of John Johnson),
Riley, Charles C., Mattie (wife of Alexander
Blue) are living. Mr. Blue settled
on his present farm in 1851, and has since occupied
it, engaged in farming and rearing stock. His
farm contains 125 acres, and was all in woods when
he located on it. He has cleared it up and
aided in making many of the improvements of his
neighborhood. He and wife are connected with
the Christian Church. He is associated with
the Masonic fraternity and in politics with the
Democracy
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 82 |
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JOSIAH BLUE, farmer, second
son of William and Margaret Blue, was born in
Ross County, Ohio, Oct. 24, 1822. When ten
years of age, his parents removed to Union County,
and young Blue spent the rest of his early
life on his father's farm, in the northern part of
Paris Township. He married, Sept. 10, 1846, to
Malinda Orahood, a daughter of Samuel and
Mary Orahood. Mrs. Blue was born in
Union County, and died in February, 1848, and left
one son and one daughter - Lewis F. and Nancy.
Mr. Blue's second marriage occurred in 1851,
with Mrs. Susanna Orahood, daughter of
Levi and Susan Wells, and widow of Joseph
Orahood. Of six children by this union,
four are living - Sarah (wife of Silas G.
Gray), Lucy, Dorcas, Della,
William and David. In 1851, Mr.
Blue bought fifty-one acres of his present farm,
and made additions till he now owns 171 acres, most
of which he cleared and improved from the "stump."
He is connected with the Masonic order and
Democratic party and is a successful farmer.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 82 |
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ELI BOLEN, blacksmith,
Byhalia. The subject of this sketch was born
in Adams County, Ohio, Oct. 17, 1847; he is a son of
Alexander Bolen and Lydia Bolen, the
former at present residing at Bellefontaine, Logan
County. When five years of age, with his
parents, he came to Union County. On Apr. 17,
1870, in Hardin County, he was united in marriage to
Miss Lucinda McCall, daughter of Thomas
and Judith McCall, of Hardin County. To
them have been born two children - Ivery L.,
born Feb. 11, 1874, and Coral W., born Mar.
30, 1871, died May 10,1879. In 1870, Mr.
Bolen engaged in blacksmithing in Logan County,
and continued the same several years. In
April, 1879, he located at Byhalia, this county.
He does general blacksmithing, and being a
first-class workman, gives entire satisfaction to
his patrons. He has been abundantly successful
in business, owing principally to his industry and
good management. HE and wife are both members
of the M. E. Church.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 667 |
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Dover Twp. -
W. H. H. BOWDRE, penman, P. O.
New Dover, was born June 25, 1858, and is a son of
Samuel and Nancy (Green) Bowdre, natives of
Ohio, of German descent. They settled in Dover
Township, two and a half miles northeast of New
Dover, in 1841, where they still reside, now owning
116 acres of land. Mr. Bowdre makes a
specialty of Clydesdale horses, on which he has
taken the premium at the Union County and State
Fairs, and also keeps his farm well stocked with
cattle and hogs. He has raised a family of
eleven children, all now living with one exception.
Our subject was raised on a farm, but not liking the
occupation of a farmer, he paid but little or now
attention to agricultural pursuits, and spent most
of his time trapping, rather than to go to school.
At the age of sixteen years, seeing the folly of his
former course, he set diligently to work, and
was henceforth considered an industrious man.
When seventeen years of age he went to work with his
uncle in Illinois, where he remained for several
years with the exception of a few months spent at
his Ohio home, and during his stay in the Prairie
State he became a member of a young mens' debating
society, and attained considerable prominence as a
public speaker. At one time, having attended a
temperance meeting where the speaker failed to
appear, he was called out, and responding, delivered
a creditable speech, which was highly landed by the
local press. Feeling sorely his lack of
education, he began attending the common schools in
1879, and afterward took a course in a Normal
School. In 1880, he attended the graded school
of Marysville, and then for five months attended
Prof. Sharp's school of penmanship, but was
advised by the Professor to leave the latter, not
being a promising pupil. He then undertook to
learn a rapid system of penmanship, under Prof.
Michael, of Delaware, and succeeded beyond his
most sanguine expectations, making rapid progress in
the art, and taking several prizes for his
superiority in flourishing. He has since
improved on the various styles he has studied,
taking the good from all and combining them, and has
begun teaching what he terms his lightning method.
He claims to teach more in six lessons than other
teachers can in six months, and, indeed, the
rapidity with which his scholars learn is truly
marvelous. His plan of imparting knowledge of
the art is the great secret of his success, and the
number and proficiency of his pupils is the proof of
his possession that secret.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 372 |
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Union Twp. -
DANIEL BOWEN, deceased, was born in Vermont,
and in 1816 came to Milford Center. He studied
medicine in his native State, and was one among the
first practitioners in this vicinity, in which he
practiced till his death. He was a skillful
physician, and, as a man, was held in high esteem by
all who knew him. During "old military days,"
he was Surgeon of a regiment. He was an
accepted member of the Free-Will Baptist Church.
He was married to Nancy Rice, by whom he had
twelve children, of whom only one lives in this
county, viz., Jane. A son, Daniel,
is living, and the others are deceased.
Source: History
Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers &
Co. 1883 - Page 201 |
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Allen Twp. -
ISAAC BRODRICK, SR., farmer, P. O. North
Lewisburg, was born in Burlington County, N. J.,
Oct. 1, 1802. His parents, Isaac Brodrick
and Beulah Engle, were of Irish and New
Jersey nativity respectively; the former was born
July 29, 1772, and the latter Dec. 29, 1772.
They were married Aug. 10, 1799, and in 1811 removed
to Warren County, Ohio. Isaac, who was
a native of Ireland, was a son of Thomas Brodrick
(the name was originally Broderick, afterward
Brodrick, and subsequently to its present
version), for many years a Captain on a vessel
plying between Dublin and Philadelphia; he finally
died on the water. Isaac, who removed
to Warren County, resided there some years, then
removed to Darke County, thence to Oxford, Butler
County, and in 1824, to Allen Township, Union
County, where he died in April, 1837; his widow
followed him Jan. 3, 1858. The subject of this
sketch was married Dec. 12, 1822, to Hannah J.
Wood, daughter of Aquilla and Jane Wood.
Mrs. Brodrick was born Oct. 15, 1804, and died
Apr. 3, 1877. This union was blest with four
children; of these but one survives. The
deceased are Mary A., born November 8, 1823,
married Richard Wells, and died April
12, 1880; James, born November 15, 1827,
(blank) ;
and died; Hannah J., born April 9, 1831,
married Charles Van Way, and died March 30,
1880. Isaac, Jr., the eldest son and
only living child, was born June 23, 1825.
April 10, 1851, he was joined in marriage to Miss
Sarah P. Hoff, daughter of Anthony W. and
Elizabeth Hoff, and a native of Barbour County,
W. Va. She was born March 14, 1834. Eleven children
were the fruits of this marriage, viz.: Charles
W., John M., Samuel J., Isaac W., Emma L., wife
of Oliver McCullough; Eva L., wife of
J. R. Benton; Benjamin F., Anna R. and
Olive E. ; William S. and an infant are
deceased. Mr. Brodrick resides on the
homestead of his grandfather. His father, who
is now in the eighty-first year of his age, resides
with him. He is religiously inclined to
Quakerism while Mr. and Mrs. Brodrick are
members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Brodrick,
Jr., has served his township in various official
capacities. He filled the offices of Trustee,
Treasurer, Clerk and Justice of the Peace, holding
the latter office nine years. Politically, he is a
Republican. He owns a farm of 175 acres, and
is by occupation an agriculturist. The
Brodrick family is not entirely without a
military record; William Brodrick, a brother
of Isaac Brodrick the first, was born in the
" land of his fathers," and came to the United
States prior to 1776, and served from beginning to
the termination of the Revolution; he also served
through the late war with Great Britain and Florida
war.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 472 |
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JOSEPH P. BROOKS, farmer, P.
O. Richwood, was born in Licking County, Ohio, May
29, 1831; his parents were J. P. and Sarah Brooks.
His father, who was a sea-faring man, and for
fourteen years Captain of a vessel; left the sea,
and, coming to Ohio, engaged in the pork traffic.
He afterward moved to Licking County, and engaged in
farming. Our subject received his education in
the graded schools of Columbus, which he attended
until his family moved away. He chose the
occupation of farming and has made that the
principal object of his life. In 1861, he
enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Seventy-sixth
Ohio Infantry, and participated in the battle of
Fort Donelson, siege of Vicksburg and other
important engagements. He was three times
wounded, but not seriously. He was in command
of Mortar Boat No. 2, that shelled Island No. 10, on
the Mississippi. He was married in 1853 to
Christina Duhl, who was born in Pennsylvania,
Jan. 3, 1831. They have three children -
Henry J., C. and Ella F. Mr. Brooks is a
Republican and the owner of sixty acres of land.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 613 |
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AARON BROWN, farmer, P. O.
Marysville, a native of Fayette County, Pa., was
born Mar. 2, 1813. His parents, Vincent and
Amelia (Wilson) Brown, came from Pennsylvania to
Union County in 1830 and settled in Darby Township,
where Mr. Brown died in 1847 and Mrs. B.
in 1852. Aaron is the sixth of nine
children. He was reared to manhood a farmer
boy. Apr. 15, 1848, he united himself in
marriage with Elizabeth Brown, a daughter of
Christopher and Elizabeth Brown, and a native
of Pennsylvania, where she was born Nov. 11, 1826.
Of seven children by this marriage only two are
living: Amelia and Harriet, wife
of David H. Smith. Mr. Brown resided in
Darby Township till 1866, when he removed to the
farm he now occupies. He owns 128 acres of
land, and is by occupation a farmer.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 669 (Portrait on Page 82 |
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Darby Twp. -
ADAM BROWN, deceased.
This esteemed pioneer whose demise occurred after
securing this sketch, was born in Fayette County,
Penn., Sept. 2, 1813; he was the eldest son of
John and Martha (Clark) Brown, both of whom were
natives of Fayette County, Penn.; they were among
the pioneers to Darby Township in the spring of
1834, settling on the banks of the Big Darby; the
homestead purchase covered 256 acres, but subsequent
additions in Darby and York Townships, gave him
upward of 700 acres, 600 of which were within the
boundaries of Darby Township. John Brown
was one of the active men of this time, and figured
extensively in the various settlements of the
county. He died at his home during the
Presidential term of President Tyler.
He raised a family of twelve children, two sons and
three on Dec. 11, 1834, was married to Miss Mary,
daughter of John Jolly, who died in July,
1860, leaving one son, Andrew, whose sketch
appears in this work. He was again married in
October, 1861, to Mrs. Mary A. Price, a widow
of William Price, a native of Richland
County, Ohio, and a daughter of Samuel Berryhill,
who was a Representative to the Legislature from
that and surrounding counties, at the first
session ever held at Columbus. He was among
the early pioneers of the West, and a man of
prominence and ability. Adam Brown
occupied his cozy home at Unionville Center in 1867,
where he resided until his death in the fall of
1882. He was a man of exemplary habits,
refined character, and was widely known and highly
esteemed throughout the county. For years he
was connected with the Presbyterian Church at
Milford Center, and in the distribution of his
abundant means, he gave freely to benevolent
purposes, assisting public enterprises and
improvements; with his death passed away a worthy
citizen, a good father and devoted husband.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 244 |
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Darby Twp. -
ANDREW BROWN, farmer, P. O. Unionville
Center, was born on the old homestead near
Unionville in 1841. He is the only living
child of Adam Brown, 2d. His farm,
which embraces the homestead, contains 115 acres.
He was married in 1863 to Nancy Valentine a
native of Union County, and a daughter of James
Valentine. Five children were born to
them; of these four are living, viz.: Addie
L., Fred F., Ruby W. and Laurena.
Mattie is deceased. Mr. Brown
filled the office of Assessor five years, and Land
Appraiser one term - 1880. He is a member of
the Presbyterian Church, and is identified with the
Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery of the Masonic
order. Politically, he is Democratic.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 244 |
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THOMAS BROWN, Ex-Judge of the
Probate Court, was men in County Antrim, Ireland,
Mar. 25, 1819. In 1824, his parents Allen
and Margaret M. Brown, came across the waters
and settled in Clermont County, Ohio, where they
resided two years, in 1827 removing to Campbell
County, Ky., and in 1829 to Highland County, Ohio,
where they were among the earliest pioneers.
Mr. Brown bought a farm and kept a country
tavern on the Cincinnati & Chillicothe Stage Road,
fifteen miles west of Hillsboro. He
entertained the "pioneer travlers" for twenty
years, and died Jan. 10, 1860. His widow
followed him in September, 1876. They were the
parents of six children, of whom our subject is the
second. He was reared on a farm till fifteen,
when he began and served an apprenticeship of four
years and a half at tanning at Point Pleasant, Ohio,
the birth place of Gen. Grant. At the
expiration of this time he entered upon a course in
Miami University, of Oxford, Ohio, and remained a
student three and a half years, when, on account of
ill health, he retired and taught school three
years. In 1844, he engaged in the mercantile
trade in Highland, and in 1846 removed to
Marysville, where he continued in merchandising till
1851, where he was elected Probate Judge. In
1860, he was appointed to the same position to fill
a vacancy. While Probate Judge he read law and
was admitted to the bar in 1854. After
practicing law two years, he again engaged in
mercantile pursuits, to the bar in 1854. After
practicing law two years, he again engaged in
mercantile pursuits, retiring in 1870. The
following year he embarked in the insurance
business, and now represents the following
companies, viz.: Hartford, Continental, North
British and Mercantile, Lancashire Sun, Ohio,
Dayton, Niagara and Michigan Mutual. Judge
Brown was twice Mayor of Marysville and two
terms Infirmary Director. He was first married
Apr. 4, 1848, to Miss Mary E. Root, who died
Sept. 12, 1873, leaving four children; William
M., Matilda R., wife of W. M. Liggett,
Margaret E., wife of W. F. Gallaher, and
Harry E. His second marriage occurred
Nov. 4, 1875, to Miss Sarah A. Carpenter,
daughter of James Carpenter, of Delaware County.
Judge Brown and wife are members of the
Presbyterian Church.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 669 (Portrait on Page 83 |
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OLIVER D. BROWNING of the firm
of Williams & Browning, grain dealers,
Richwood, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, Jan.
20, 1844, and is a son of William and Sally Ann
(Grove) Browning, the former a native of Ohio,
of English and German descent, and the latter a
native of Pennsylvania, of English descent.
His father was a life-long farmer and resident of
Ohio; he came to Union County in 1875, and died in
Richwood in 1877. Our subject was raised on a
farm and received a common school education.
In 1872, he sold his farm and came to Richwood,
where he has since resided. He was married, in
1872, to Almeda Charles, a native of Licking
County, Ohio, and a daughter of Simon and Amanda
(Seymour) Charles. They have one child,
Ida E. Mr. Browning has acted in
his present capacity, as agent for Camp, Randall &
Lyons, grain dealers, of Warren, Ohio, for the past
seven years. He is a Republican in Politics.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 614 |
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NATHAN BURNSIDE, farmer, P. O.
Byhalia. The subject of this sketch was born
in Logan County, Ohio, Dec. 4, 1817. His
parents were Alexander and Elizabeth Burnside,
who came from Virginia, and settled in Logan County
at an early day. He has seen and endured much
of pioneer life. On Apr. 2, 1840, in Logan
County, he married Miss Sarah McGee, daughter
of William and Jane McGee (now deceased), of
Logan County. To them have been born eight
children, six of whom are still living, viz.:
Alexander W., William M., Samuel G., Lewis C.,
Mary J. and Elizabeth E. In 1843,
he came to Union County, and for eighteen months
located in Washington Township, on a tract of land
where he now resides. He subsequently spent a
short time in Iowa, Indiana and Logan County, Ohio,
but in 1847 or 1848 returned to Washington Township.
He has served as School Director, and is a member of
the Baptist Church. As an agriculturist, he
has met with good success, being a man of
industrious and economical habits. He is the
owner of 143 acres of land.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 667 |
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