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Dover Twp. -
SAMUEL GAMBLE, farmer P. O.
New Dover, a native of Clark County, Ohio, was born
Oct. 10, 1819. He is a son of Robert and
Catharine (Bennett) Gamble. His father
emigrated from Ireland with his parents when
eighteen years old, and settled in Pennsylvania,
where he married and subsequently removed to
Kentucky, thence to Clark County, Ohio, before the
war of 1812. Mr. Gamble enlisted and
served in the war of 1812, and in 1832 removed with
his family to Leesburg Township, this county, where
he purchased 100 acres of land. He died in
1839, aged fifty; his wife died in 1833. They
had nine children, of whom our subject is the second
son. He was reared to manhood on a farm and
educated in schools held in log cabins. Sept.
15, 1839, he married Mary, daughter of
Samuel and Phebe Lyman. Mrs. Elmer E.; Robert,
William, Mary A., Harriet and Phebe are
deceased. Robert and William enlisted
in 1862 in Company E, Eighteenth Regiment of regular
troops. They participated in battle of
Perryville, when they were taken prisoners.
After one year they were released, and joined their
regiment and were engaged in the battle of
Chickamauga, where William was captured and
confined in Libby Prison one month, and while being
taken to Andersonville took sick at Danville, and
died in December, 1863. Robert was
slightly wounded at Lookout Mountain, and discharged
August, 1864. He died in Kosciusko County,
Ind., in May, 1866. Mr. Gamble moved to
his farm in Dover Township in 1856. He owned
at one time 400 acres, but has divided with his
children till his farm now contains but 240 acres.
He has made all his property by industry and
economy, and has been a successful man.
 Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 373 |
B. P. Glascoe |
Taylor Twp. -
B. P. GLASCOE
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page
Portrait on Pg. 560 |
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Claibourne Twp. -
I. H. GRAHAM, farmer, P. O.
Richwood, was born in Union County, Ohio, April 26,
1842; he is son of J. P. and Eliza (Healey)
Graham, natives of Washington County, Penn., who
were among the early settlers of Claibourne
Township. Our subject was raised on his
father's farm and received a good English education.
He learned the trade of a tanner, which he followed
for seven years, during early life, but since that
lime he has devoted his time exclusively to farming.
He owns a good farm of 106 acres, on which stands a
nice brick residence and other improvements, all of
which he has accumulated by his own industry. He is
a cultivated gentleman of pleasing manners and a
good farmer. In 1862, he married Emma Lowe,
a native of Virginia, of English descent, by whom he
has three children, viz.: Isaac E., Eliza B.
and Emery E. The parents are
members of the Disciples Church, in which Mr.
Graham is a Deacon. During the war, he was a
volunteer to assist in repelling Morgan in his raid
through Ohio.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 623 |
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Washington Twp. -
JEHU GRAY, farmer, P. O.
Byhalia, was born Mar. 11, 1827, in Champaign
County, Ohio. His parents were John and
Ellen Gray, natives of Virginia, and early
settlers of Champaign County. Of his father's
family of six children two are now living - Jehu
and Louisa. In his youth, Jehu
received a fair English education, by means of which
he was enabled for several years to teach school.
On June 25, 1849, in Champaign County, he married
Lydia Miller, daughter of John and Margaret
Miller, of Champaign County. By her he had
three children - John L., Aaron E. and
Emma, the latter two of whom are deceased.
Mrs. Gray died Jan. 16, 1866, and on Mar. 21,
1867, he married Miss Johanna Stalder,
daughter of Casper and Mary Stalder, of York
Township, this county. To them have been born
one child - Howard E. In the spring of
1852, Mr. Gray came to Union County, and
settled in Washington Township. For nine years
he has served as a Commissioner of Union County, and
for many years as Clerk of Washinton
Township. He discharged the duties of said
offices faithfully and creditably. He is a
member of the I. O. O. F. and F. & A. M. societies,
and the owner of 343 acres of land.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 668 |
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Leesburg Twp. -
D. GREEN, farmer, P. O.
Pharisburg, was born in Virginia August 13, 1833,
and is a son of William and Matilda (Harden)
Green. He emigrated to Ohio in 1854, and
located in Guernsey County, where he remained one
year, after which he lived in Licking County
seventeen years and then came to Union County, which
has since been his place of residence. He was
married Oct. 2, 1856, to Elizabeth, daughter
of Andrew and Lydia (Stoolfire) Deeds. She
was born in Pennsylvania Dec. 13, 1839, and
emigrated to Ohio with her father when twelve years
of age. By their union eight children were
born, viz.: William A., deceased; Margaret
E., deceased; L. A., A. L., R. C, George B.,
deceased; A. B. and B. S. Mr. Green is
a farmer and stock-raiser by occupation, and owns
151 acres of land. He is a Democrat in
politics, a member of the Grange and Odd Fellows
Societies, and with his wife, a member of the
Methodist Protestant Church. Mrs.
Green and one daughter are members of Lodge No.
118 Daughters of Rebekah, at Pharisburg.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 437 |
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Washington Twp. -
HENRY H. GREEN (deceased) was
born May 21, 1814. He was reared to man's
estate on a farm, and received a common school
education, and for perhaps twelve years taught
school. For his first wife he married Sarah
Ellis, by whom he had one child (deceased).
He was again married, on Nov. 4, 1851, to Miss
Lydia F. Lukens, an estimable lady and daughter
of Jesse and Beulah Lukens, of Logan County,
Ohio. By this union there was an issue of
seven children, six of whom are now living - John
L., Henry S., Ellis, William B., Sylvia A. and
Angeline. About the year 1850, he
settled in Washington Township, this county, where
his widow now resides. He served as Trustee of
Washington Township, and was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a kind and
loving father and an indulgent husband, and departed
this life Jan. 28, 1870. He left to his widow
161 acres of land.
Source: History
Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers &
Co. 1883 - Page 668 |
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Allen Twp. -
B. H. B. GRISWOLD, farmer, P.
O. Milford Center, an old and respected pioneer of
Union County, was born in Goshen Township, Champaign
County, Apr. 19, 1816. He was a son of
James and Polly (Beal) Griswold, and a grandson
of Obadiah Beal, a Revolutionary patriot, who
served from beginning to end in the Revolution.
He migrated to Champaign County, Ohio, some time
during the war of 1812, and died in that county.
Mr. Griswold's patents were married in
Rutland, Vt., and removed to Champaign County about
1814. They survived the scourge of typhoid
fever of 1822-24. Mr. Griswold
subsequently removed to Union County, where he died.
Our subject is the eldest son and third child of
seven children. He passed his boyhood and
early manhood on his father's farm, and received
such an education as the common schools of the day
afforded. When nineteen years of age, he
assumed the payment of twenty-three acres of land,
thus furnishing a home for his parents. In
1850, he purchased his present farm and settled on
it the same spring. Mr. Griswold has
cleared and improved his present farm and has always
followed its pursuits. Oct. 30, 1837, he was
joined in marriage with Amanda Melvina Peck,
a daughter of Thomas Peck. Mrs. Griswold
was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, May 3, 1814.
They were blest with two children - Cynthia J.,
wife of E. C. Marsh, and Serepta J.
Mrs. Griswold departed this life Feb., 1874.
Mr. Griswold is a member of the First
Universalist Church of Woodstock, and in politics is
a Republican. He has been prominently
identified with the Grange since its organization in
the county, having served as Master, Lecturer and
Chaplain. He was Justice of the Peace of Allen
Township two terms and Trustee twelve years, besides
other local offices. Mr. Griswold has
been a useful and active citizen. He owns a
good farm, containing 150 acres.
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 475 |
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