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Claibourne Twp. -
J. EDELMAN
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page
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JOHN ELLIOTT |
Allen Twp. -
JOHN ELLIOTT
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 469 |
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Leesburg
Twp. -
JOHN ELLIOTT, retired, P. O. Pharisburg, son
of Alexander and Jane (Chatterfield) Elliott,
natives of Pennsylvania, of English descent, was
born at Brookfield, Ohio, Sept. 17, 1800, and
educated in the common schools of Clark County.
He adopted the occupation of a farmer and followed
that honorable avocation with a good deal of
success, until he retired from active business life.
He owns 120 acres of land, one mile from Pharisburg,
of which twenty-five acres are timber lands.
On Jan. 22, 1832, he married Louisa Wood,
daughter of John and Phebe (Bradford) Wood.
She was born in Clark County, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1815.
They are the parents of ten children, seven living,
viz.: William, married; John,
married; Elizabeth wife of Marshall Morris
and mother of eight children: Sabina, Mary,
Amanda and Minerva; one son and three
daughters are deceased. Mr. Elliott has
forty-eight grandchildren. He is a member of
the Universalist Church, and a Republican in
politics; he has served his township as Treasurer,
Trustee and School Director.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 436 |
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Taylor Twp. -
WILLIAM ELLIOTT, farmer, P. O.
Broadway, was born in Leesburg Township, Union
County, Ohio, Aug. 21, 1833, and is a son of John
and Louisa (Woods) Elliott, the former a native
of New Jersey. They were married in Union
County, Ohio, and after they were married, they
moved to Illinois, where they remained twelve years,
and then came back to reside in Leesburg Township.
William was united in marriage Sept. 30,
1860, with Sarah Jane Mullvane, who was born
in Ohio, Aug. 29, 1840. He has thus far in
life been engaged in farming, and owns 119¼
acres of land. He has been Trustee of Taylor
Township four terms, and is a member of the Board of
Trustees at the present. Mr. and Mrs.
Elliott are the parents of eleven children,
viz.: Josephine, Lewis, Marshall, Laura R., Devah
J., Wesley, Ulysses, Arthur, William, Maliefie
and Sylvester.
Source: History
Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers &
Co. 1883 - Page 686 |
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Claibourne Twp. -
JOSEPH EMBREY
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page
617 |
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Union Twp. -
CHARLES ERB & BROTHER, manufacturers of
carriages and buggies, Milford Center. The
business of the above firm was established in 1850,
by Charles Erb, the father of the
present proprietors, who continued the business
until his death in 1874. He operated quite
extensively during his life, and at his death handed
the business down to his sons. He was a native
of Biden, Germany, where he learned his trade.
He emigrated to America in 1850, and in the same
year located and began business as above stated.
He was the father of ten children, of whom six—
Charles, George, Mary, Will,
Lewis and Lizzie—are living and
residents of this county, and Anna, Carrie,
Emma and Lewis are deceased. The
brothers who now control the father's establishment
learned their trade under their father's
instructions and are both competent and efficient
workmen, who turn work out at their factory that is
equal to any in the county. They employ
usually about six hands. They do an extensive
business and all their finished work finds ready
sale in the local markets. Charles, the
senior member of the firm, was born in this place in
December, 1854, and when of sufficient age entered
the business which he now controls. In 1879,
he married Viola, daughter of John
Cranston, deceased. George, the
junior member of the firm, was born in 1857, and was
also early put to work at his trade.
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page
204 |
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Leesburg Twp. -
J. E. EVANS,
tile manufacturer, Magnetic Springs, was born in
Union County, Dec. 14, 1854. He is a son of
Jacob M. and Rebecca (Stratton) Evans. His
father was a native of Virginia and emigrated to
Ohio at the age of nine years, he was a Welsh and
German ancestry. Our subject was raised on a
farm, attending the district schools as occasion
offered, and followed farm life until eighteen years
of age, when he engaged in the manufacture of drain
tile, in which he has met with good success.
He now has facilities for burning eighteen kilns or
350 rods at a time. He was married Sept. 1,
1882, to Dora Wetzel, a daughter of
Abraham and Fanny Wetzel, and a native of
Pennsylvania, born Sept. 1, 1864.
 Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 436 |
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Jerome Twp. -
JOHN W. EVANS, farmer, P. O. Jerome, a native
of Frederick County, Va., was born Dec. 12, 1821.
His father, William Evans, was born in Wales,
and came to the United States with his parents when
young. His mother, Christina Lockmiller,
was a native of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs.
Evans, the parents of our subject, removed with
their children to Ohio in 1837, and settled near
Zanesville. In 1839, they moved to Delaware
County, and in 1846 to Franklin County, where Mr.
Evans died. He served through the last war
with Great Britain, as a private. John
is the second son and fourth child of a family of
thirteen children. He came to Jerome Township
in 1842, and worked for nine years in the Beach
Ashery. Of these years' earnings he saved
enough to buy fifty-five and one-half acres of land.
May 18, 1845, he was married to Miss Phebe Green,
daughter of Caleb and Catharine Green, by
whom he had one child—Catharine A., born Aug.
21, 1846. She married David R. Ashbaugh,
and had three children—Ida M., born Nov. 8,
1867; John L., born Feb. 18, 1869, and
Earnest L., born July 18, 1871. Mrs.
Ashbaugh departed this life Oct. 19, 1880.
Mr. Evans owns a farm of 240 acres, and is by
occupation a farmer and stock-raiser. He was
Trustee of Jerome \seven years, and filled
other local offices.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 308 |
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Taylor Twp. -
JOSEPH EVANS (deceased). Our
subject was born in Chester County, Penn., Feb. 28,
1801, and was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Evans.
Mr. Evans, Sr., was born in
Pennsylvania Apr. 12, 1761, and his wife was born in
Pennsylvania Nov. 3, 1768. They were married
in Pennsylvania, where they remained until their
death. Joseph was united in marriage,
May 17, 1832, with Margaret Harlan,
who was born in Pennsylvania Mar. 3, 1811. He
was engaged in farming most of his life in Union
County, Ohio, and at his death owned 176 acres of
land in Taylor Township, this county. He died
Apr. 29, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Evans were
the parents of eight children, six of whom are
living— Mary O., Thomas L., Joseph
P., Elizabeth M., Sarah A. and
Joshua.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 686 |
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Leesburg Twp. -
R. W. EVANS, farmer, P. O. Pharisburg, was
born in Franklin County, Ohio, Apr. 26, 1840.
He is a son of Samuel and Sophia (Wright) Evans,
the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter
of Maryland. They emigrated to Ohio in 1811,
and located in Franklin County. Our subject
was married Feb. 13, 1866, to Ellinda C.,
daughter of Reuben and Margaret (Wilkins) Miller,
and a native of Ohio. By this union two
children were born, viz.: Lew Wallace, born
Feb. 16, 1869, and Amy Dell, born Feb. 14,
1878. Mr. Evans is a farmer by
occupation, and a Republican in politics, acted as
Township Trustee two terms. In Oct. 22, 1861,
he enlisted in Company F, First Battalion,
Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, Capt.
Andrews, and served three years, receiving a
wound in the right arm at Jonesboro, Ga., Sept. 1,
1864. He served three years, receiving a wound
in the right arm at Jonesboro, Ga., Sept. 1, 1864.
He served in seventeen different battles, carried
the colors through all but one, and for a time
commanded his company. He was in the siege of
Corinth, battle of Stone River, Hoover's Gap,
Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge,
Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Pumpkin Vine Creek, Kenesaw
Mountain, siege of Atlanta and Jonesboro, and
severed minor engagements and skirmishes. His
grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 436 |
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