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History Union County, Ohio
Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883
 

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  Claibourne Twp. -
D. F. PARSONS, proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, Richwood, was born in the State of Maine June 20, 1834; he is a son of Charles and Martha (Fernel) Parsons, natives of Maine, the former of English and the latter of Scotch descent.  His father was a cabinet-maker by trade.  Our subject received a common school education, and at the age of seventeen began working at cabinet-making, which he followed during his residence in his native State.  After coming to Ohio, he engaged in merchandising, and resided in Knox County until 1864, when he came to Richwood, and for nine years engaged in the furniture business.  He also dealt in dry goods in connection with his furniture trade. In 1879, he opened the Commercial Hotel, a neat and commodious building, three stories high, containing twenty-five rooms, a large and well furnished dining room, and good sample rooms.  He is a generous and thoughtful landlord, particular about the comfort of his guests, and very popular with the traveling public.   He owns valuable property in the business center of the village, and is driving a thriving trade at his hotel.  In 1857, he married Mary Swetland, a native of Ohio, of Dutch descent, and a member of the Methodist Church.  Mr. Parsons is a member of the Masonic order, and a Republican in politics.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 646
  Union Twp. -
MATTHEW PATCH, farmer, P. O. Milford Center, was born in Jerome Township, this county, in 1847, and is a son of Herman Patch, an old settler living in the above township.  Our subject was reared to farm pursuits, and had only the advantages of a common education.  On Oct. 21, 1866, he was married to Mary C. Linnville, by whom he has had two children, viz.:  J. N. and N. B.  He remained in his native township till September, 1879, when he located where he now lives, owning sixty and one-half acres of well-improved land.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 213

John Paver

Allen Twp. -
JOHN PAVER, farmer, P. O. Marysville, a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, was born Nov. 13, 1849.  He is a son of John Paver and Mary Wagner, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Virginia.  They were married and came to Fairfield County in 1802, the year Ohio became a State.  In 1829, they removed to Union County, and located on the farm now occupied by our subject.  Mr. Paver was called out into military service soon after Hull's surrender, and served six months.  The subject of this sketch was reared on the homestead, Mar. 19, 1846, he married Maria Poling, daughter of John and Sarah Poling, who came to Union County in 1837.  Of fifteen children by this marriage, eleven are living, viz.:  Sarah A., wife of Charles Wilson, George James, Ira, Cynthia, wife of Arthur Wagner, Martha J., wife of Ira Donohoe, Louisa, Maria, wife of Henderson Turner,  Alfred, Alice, wife of F. Hull, and John.  Mrs. Paver departed this life Oct. __, 1879.  Mr. Paver filled the office of Justice of the Peace one term, and served as Township Trustee eight years.  Politically, he is Democratic.  He owns a farm of 500 acres, and is engaged in farming and rearing stock.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 478

  Union Twp. -
F. S. PEARL, farmer, P. O. Milford Center, was born in Connecticut July 28, 1817, and is a son of Philip Pearl, a native of the same State, and a son of Philip Pearl, Sr., who likewise was a native of Connecticut.  In 1838, our subject came to Ohio and settled in Champaign County, where he bought land.  In 1840, he was married to Mary Biggs.  In 1873, he located where he now resides, and where he owns 240 acres of well-improved land.  He has been Trustee of his township, and was elected Justice of the Peace but refused to qualify.  To Mr. and Mrs. Pearl has been born one child, viz.:  HannahMr. Pearl is a liberal minded gentleman, and always takes great interest in public improvements.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 213
  Dover Twp. -
ADAM PHILLIPS

Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 375

  Union Twp. -
WILLIAM PORTER, farmer, P. O. Milford Center, was born in Erie County, Penn., in January, 1803, and is a son of John and Elizabeth Porter, natives of Pennsylvania, where the latter died.  John Porter came to Ohio in 1817, and settled on Darby Creek, in this township.  Six children came to Ohio with him, viz.: John, Jesse, Robert, Mary, Elizabeth and William, all of whom married and reared families, except Robert, and of them William alone survives.  Mr. Porter had preceded his family to this county and married Susannah Piper, a widow lady, by whom he had four children - Marie, Lucinda J., Nancy and Minerva; Lucinda (Hopkins)  being the only survivor.  By his third wife, Hannah Dodds, he had two children - Susan, who lives in Keokuk County, Iowa, and Martha, deceased.  Mr. Porter was only moderately successful in life; he was an Associate Judge of the county, appointed by the Legislature, and was serving as such at the time of his death.  He was an ex-soldier of the war of 1812, a strong anti-slavery man, and a zealous member of the United Presbyterian Church, in which he was a Deacon.  He died in 1838 at the age of sixty-two years, universally loved and respected by all who knew him.  Our subject was nearly fifteen  years of age when his father came to Ohio.  They made the whole journey in a wagon, and were three weeks on the road.  In 1822, our subject cut down the first trees for the first court house in Union County.  In 1827, he purchased land where he now lives, and in the year following built a cabin, which is still standing.  In December, 1828, he moved onto his purchase, cleared the land and improved the place, and has since remained there in general prosperity.  From 1853 to 1856, he served as a Commissioner and as Trustee of this township.  He is the oldest member living in this county of the Presbyterian Church, to which he has belonged fifty-seven years, and he has been a Deacon and Elder of the church here for thirty years.  He takes an active interest in religious affairs, and has always contributed liberally of his means to the church.  He was married Jan. 20, 1825, to Hannah Snodgrass, by whom he had seven children, viz.:  William L., Harvey W. and Salina E. living, and Sabia J., George C., Alvin and Elizabeth, deceased.  Alvin enlisted in 1864 in Company F, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was sent to his command via Cairo to Tennessee, above Pittsburg Landing.  He was in the battle of Atlanta, after which, his health failing, he was put on light duty for awhile, then sent to Chattanooga Hospital, and after being transferred several times was honorably discharged May 24, 1865.  Returning home with his health completely broken down, he lingered four years and then died, while in Columbus as roadmaster.  Mrs. Porter died Oct. 3, 1876, aged eighty years one month and six days.  She was a daughter of Robert and Jane Snodgrass, who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1800, with four children - Jane, James, Hannah and William  He soon afterward purchased land and became a permanent settler of the county, where he died in 1835 in his seventy-eighth year; his wife died in 1833, aged seventy-two.  Four children, Robert, Samuel, George and Thomas, were born to them after their settlement in this county.  George alone survives, and resides in Marysville.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 214
  Paris Twp. -
EDWARD POWERS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Marysville, a native of Madison County, Ohio, was born Apr. 8, 1819.  He is a son of Robert and Mary (Higgins) Powers, who were natives of the Old Dominion.  They died, the former in August and the latter in September of 1821.  Our subject was then placed in the care of Andrew and Mercy Amrine, who soon came to Paris Township.  He remained with Mr. Amrine and family till fourteen years old, then went to Springfield and spent one year working at the cabinet trade.  The next four years he employed in learning the carpenter trade in Marysville.  The site of Marysville was then marked by only eight houses, and Mr. Powers aided in constructing many of the more substantial business houses and residences that now form a part of Marysville.  Mr. Powers pursued his early chosen trade but a few years, till his marriage, which occurred Dec. 26, 1840, with Miss Polly A. Dines, a daughter of James C. and Providence Dines, and a native of Lebanon, Ohio.  She was born June 5, 1821.  This union resulted with seven children, viz.: Annette, born Feb. 26, 1842, wife of J. M. Horney; Providence, born Feb. 4, 1844, wife of H. A. Westlake; Mary, born Dec. 9, 1847, and died May 11, 1849; Chambers, born April 28, 1849, married Inis Smith; Frances E., born Nov. 15, 1853, wife of E. B. Knotts; Charlie, born Apr. 25, 1857; and Glara, born Feb/ 7, 1859, wife of T. S. Blue.  In 1856, Mr. Powers located on his present farm.  For the last ten years, he has devoted especial attention to keeping Spanish Merino sheep, which he exhibited at the Annual County Fair of 1881, and was awarded the first premium.  He was one of the first to introduce Poland-China hogs.  He has been a member of the County Agricultural Society since its organization, and was one of the agricultural board two years.  Politically, he is a Republican. He is identified with the Masonic Order and Grange.  He owns a large and well-improved farm.  Of winters, for the last twelve years, he has dealt in furs, doing a large business.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 131
  Paris Twp. -
JOSEPH POWERS, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Monroe Township, Madison Co., Ohio, in December, 1813.  His grandfather, Walter Powers, was by birth a Virginian, of Dutch descent, and a soldier of the Revolutionary war.  His parents, Robert and Mary (Higgins) Powers, were both natives of Virginia, who located at an early time in Belmont County, Ohio, thence going to Madison County, Ohio, in 1808, where he purchased 900 acres of land from Robert Means, the original proprietor and an officer of the Revolutionary war.  Here he founded a home, raised his family and lived until 1821, when he, with his devoted wife, were called to join in the settlement of that better land.  He, with a brother (Joseph), gave their services to their country in the war of 1812, and both were distinguished pioneers of the State.   The subject of this sketch is the eldest of three living children.  Left an orphan when nine years of age, he was bound out to one James Burnham until becoming of age.  He remained in durance about seven years, when he started out for himself, and was employed working on a farm and driving cattle over the mountains.  After marriage in 1836 to Miss Julia E. McCoy, he returned to the homestead and rented farms until his removal to this county in 1848.  He purchased 250 acres of land west of this city, where he resided until 1877, when he purchased seven acres of land on West Center street upon which he erected his present residence.  He has made a subsequent purchase of twenty-five acres and added to his farm, which is thoroughly drained with 1,000 rods of tile, and is well-cultivated and productive.  His wife died in 1849, leaving four children, two of whom survive (William M. and Joseph W.).  His present wife Helen (daughter of Aquilla Turner), is a native of Clark County, Ohio.  Of the children born to this union seven are living, viz.: Charles, Napoleon, John, Phebe A., James, Temperance and Thomas.  William M. enlisted in the ranks of the Union army under Capt. Smith, of the Sixty-sixth Regiment, and was discharged on account of failing health in 1862.  He again enlisted in the six months' service, and again in 1864 as a recruit.  Also, Joseph W. served through the war and both brothers were with Sherman on his memorable march to the sea.  Mr. P. was Township Trustee about eight years, and is one of the oldest and most respected pioneers of the county.  He is connected with the M. E. Church.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 128

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