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Biographies.
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History of Warren
Co., Ohio
containing
A History of the County; Its Townships, Towns,
Schools, Churches,
Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of
Early
Settlers and Prominent Men; History of The North-
West Territory; History of Ohio; Map of
Warren County; Constitution of the
United States, Miscellaneous
Matters, Etc., Etc.
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Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1882
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Turtle
Creek Twp. -
AMOS BABBITT and ISAAC
BEALS, Union Village; Deacon and Elder.
The above named gentlemen represent the North Family of
Shakers at Union Village. Mr. Beal was born in
Knox County, East Tenn., May 1, 1804; his parents were
William and Patience Beal, of North Carolina, and were
both raised as Quakers. His father was a hunter and
farmer, and died on his way to Union Village. Isaac
attended school in Turtle Creek Township and learned the
brick mason's trade, which he follows still when occasion
offers. In 1868, he was appointed Second Elder of the
North Family, and since then has been promoted to the
Eldership.
AMOS BABBITT is a deacon in the
same family as the above; he was born in Washington County,
Penn., Feb. 17, 1806; he is the son of Jacob and Sarah
(Craft) Babbitt. His father joined the Shakers in
1817, previous to that time being a Presbyterian. He
died in 1823. Amos was raided on the farm, and
when 18 years of age learned shoemaking and carpentering, in
both of which he became an adept. Being a natural
mechanic, he is a valuable member of the society. He was
appointed Deacon in 1838. In 1878 he was appointed First
Elder, and in that capacity he continued until 1879, since
which time he has been Deacon and Trustee.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 725 |
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Turtle Creek Twp.
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LUTHER BABBITT, farmer; P. O. Lebanon;
was born in the State of Pennsylvania, Feb. 11, 1808; he is
the son of Jacob and Sarah (Craft) Babbitt, the
former a native of New Jersey and the latter of
Massachusetts, and both of English descent. They
emigrated with their family of ten children to the West in
1817, and located in Warren County, Ohio. Our subject
received a good education in the schools of Pennsylvania and
Ohio, and early learned the carpenter trade, at which he
worked five years; but, preferring the life of a farmer, he
gave up his trade and turned his whole attention to farming.
He was married in 1840 to Miss Mary W. Duckworth, a
native of Warren County, and daughter of George
Duckworth, Esq. Of this marriage, two children
were born, viz., George and James, the latter
being a druggist by profession and the former a farmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt are members of the M. E. Church.
He is a Republican in politics, and for ten years was
School Director in his district. He has lived most of
his life in Warren County, and is one of the county's most
reliable and trustworthy gentleman.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 725 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
S. R. BAILEY, P. O. Lebanon, was born
in Limestone Co., Ala., Dec. 29, 1847. He was a son of
Samuel and Nancy Bailey. While yet a child, his
father died. His mother was married to her second
husband. In 1863, S. R. Bailey emigrated to
Northern Ohio. He has began his career without a
dollar. His knowledge of books and scanty indeed, but to be
thoroughly educated was then the height of his ambition.
During the fall of 1865, eh managed to save $50, which he
invested in Government Bonds. In the meantime he found
employment in a factory in the city of Sandusky. There
he remained about two years, during which he managed to save
a few hundred dollars. In 1867, he lent as much of his
money as he could spare to a wealthy farmer in Erie County,
and entered the University of Wilberforce, Greene Co., Ohio.
There he remained about seven years, and graduated in the
class of 1874. In the fall of the same year, he went
to Jackson, Miss., and engaged to teach a country school in
Hinds County. Having taught four months, he went to
the city of Yazoo, Miss., and opened a notion store early in
the spring of 1875, but the lawless state of affairs made it
unfavorable for his business. At the beginning of 1876, he
closed out and returned to Ohio. Arriving at Xenia on
January 10, he was informed of an opening in the town of
Lebanon, Ohio, for a teacher. Accordingly, he made
application, and was employed as Principal in the department
of the United School for the education of the colored youth,
which position he still holds. On June 22, 1880, he
married Mary Stamps, of Blue Lick Springs,
Kentucky, daughter of Chanie Stamps, to whose sole
and protection Mary and her brother, Albert Stamps,
were committed; and on the 20th of November, 1881, she was
taken by the hand of death from her only two children,
Mary and Albert. On the 16th day of April,
there was born from the marriage of S. R. Bailey with
Mary, a girl child, who is named Alberta Allen
Bailey.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 725 |
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Clear Creek Twp. -
W.
WALLACE BAIRD, miller, Springboro, Ohio, was born at
Miamisburg, Montgomery Co., Ohio, Aug. 8, 1846. He was
a son of Bedent and Margaret (Silver) Baird, who were
of Scotch and German descent. Our subject came to
Springboro in 1872 and took charge of the mechanical
department of the Miami Valley College, in which capacity he
continued for two years. He afterward purchased the
old Spring Garden Mill, one of the early mills of the
county, and in 1877 built a new mill near its site; since
then, he has made milling his principal business. He
was married, June 22, 1876, to Catharine M. Maltbie,
a daughter of Arthur and Nancy J. (Moses) Maltbie; by
this marriage, two children were born, viz., Arthur,
deceased, and Mable, now living. In 1878,
Mr. Baird built a fine brick residence on Main street,
in Springboro, where he now lives; it is one of the finest
residences in the town, and attracts attention by its
commanding appearance and the beauty of its construction.
(Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 891) |
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Hamilton Twp. -
JOSEPH BAKER, farmer, P. O. Morrow,
was born in this township on the farm where William
Ditmus lives, in the year 1833, and is a son of
Abraham Baker, a pioneer of whom mention is made in this
work. He was brought upon the farm and received only a
common education, remaining with his parents till of age.
He was married to Lydia, daughter of Jno. and
Sarah Ertle, by whom he has had six children, three
living, viz.: Hattie L., Walter S., and
Lewis D. The deceased are Charley, Frank
and an infant. Mr. B. owns 107½
acres of excellent land, which is well improved and lying in
survey 1496, on which he settled in 1859. He is one
among the successful and enterprising farmers of the county
and a public spirited gentleman, and has held the local
offices of Supervisor and School Director repeatedly.
Is a Republican in politics, with which party he has always
voted. Mrs. B. was born in the county in 1835.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 838 |
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Clear Creek
Twp. -
WILLIAM H. BALLARD, merchant and
Postmaster, Red Lion; born in Connecticut July 1, 1817; is a
son of Jesse and Thankful (Warren) Ballard, natives
of Connecticut, who emigrated to the State of New York;
thence, about 1843, to Ohio and located in Warren County;
thence, in 1846, removed to Preble County, where he died;
his wife returned to Warren County, where she resided with
her son, our subject, till her death, about 1858. She,
it is believed, was a grand-daughter of Gen. Warren,
of Revolutionary fame; they had three sons, one only now
living - William H. Mrs. Ballard was twice
married, first, to a Mr. Smith, by whom she had one
daughter - Wealthy (deceased). Our subject was
but three yeras of age when his father moved to New York
State; there he grew to manhood and married, and, in 1840,
emigrated to Ohio and located at Red Lion, where he has
since resided - a period of forty-one years. Here we
desire to revert back to the time Mr. Ballard's
arrival in this county with his family, consisting of his
wife and two small children. Their worldly possessions
consisted of one bed and a few household goods in one
medium-sized store-box, with $1.25 in money, which he
immediately laid out for medicine to cure his wife of the
ague. The first work he did was cutting up corn at 50
cents per day; he then entered upon the manufacture of
matches by hand, with a knife, having been fortunate enough
to bring with him from the East a small amount of compound
for the dipping of the matches; for these, he found a ready
sale, though the demand was limited; he succeeded in making
enough to procure a very scanty living; he continued on, and
the demand for his matches increased, and his manufacture
and sale increased in proportion. At one time, to
obtain timber for his matches, he walked four miles to the
Shaker mill and obtained a large pine slab, and carried it
home on his shoulder; this made him quite an amount of stock
for trade. Having thus far traveled on foot to make
sale of his goods, he now built and caused to be built a
rough cheap wagon, and, in the spring of 1845, bought
an old horse for $18, for which he gave his note; this was
one degree of improvement in business. When his note
became due, he met its payment. Thus little by little
he plodded on. In 1846, he obtained the appointment of
Postmaster, which then paid from $7 to $10 per quarter.
He then purchased a very small stock of groceries; his wife
attended the post office and store and to her household
affairs. This yielded a small profit, while Mr.
Ballard continued the manufacture of a machine of his
own invention for splitting out his matches; this enabled
him to increase the rapidity of manufacture, commensurate
with the demand. Thus he continued onward and upward
in progress, till he was able to enjoy a few of the common
comforts of life. He then purchased a vacant lot, then
an old building, which he moved on to it; continued active
in business; invented more improvements on his machine, and
finally purchased a small engine and boiler; employed more
help and increased his volume of business and profits;
purchased another property, and, fromtime to time, another,
till at the present time, by his business and traffic, he
has become one of hte wealthiest men in Red Lion.
After Mr. Ballard had made a good start in life, he
entered upon the study of law, under and through the aid of
Maj. Williams, of Lebanon, and, although he has never
applied for admission to the bar, he has done a large
practice at home and in the Probate Court. He has held hte
appointment of Postmaster continuously since 1846, ecept
four years under Buchanan's administration a period of
thirty-five years, unsurpassed, perhaps by any present
incumbent in the county. This is a brief sketch of one
who has arisen from poverty and obscurity to wealt and
prominence by his own industry and energy - a purely
sellf-made man, which has few parallels and we hope that its
presence upon these pages may in future times inspire many a
poor young man with nerve and energy and induce him to "go
and do likewise." Mr. Ballard and wife had six
children: three now survive - George, Laura (now
Mrs. Kellenberger) and Mary M.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 891 |
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Franklin Twp.
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WILLIAM B. BALLINGER, hardware
merchant, No. 3, Woodward's Block, Franklin; son of Isaac
and Orinda Ballinger; was born in Union Co., Ind., May
6, 1855. When 19 years of age, he entered a grocery
store as clerk, in Liberty, Ind., for Ballinger Bros.;
he remained with them one year as a clerk, when he was
admitted as a partner. In 1879, he came to Franklin
and opened a hardware store, where he is at present; carries
a full line of hardware, tinware, stoves, iron, steel, glass,
etc.; carries a stock of $5,000, and has the leading
business in his line in town. He was married, in
Butler Co., Ohio, in 1877, to Laura, daughter of
Alexander and Rebecca Young, born in Butler County.
He has one house and lot in Liberty, Union Co., Ind.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 794 |
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Clear Creek Twp. -
JONATHAN
J. BANER, carriage manufacturer and Justice of the
Peace, Springboro; born in New Jersey Nov. 3, 1812; is a son
of Isaac and Sarah (Jones) Baner, natives of New
Jersey, the Baner ancestors being of French descent.
Isaac was a shoemaker by trade, and follows that
business in his native State till 1818; he and his family
emigrated to Ohio and settled near Waynesville; thence, in
1821, moved to Springboro, where he carried on trade the
balance of his life; he died, in 1869, aged 80 years; his
wife survived him till 1875, when she died, aged 86 years
They had four children - jonathan J.; Lydia, now
Mrs. James Crosby; William, residing in New York City,
and Joseph, who resides in Illinois. The
maternal grandparents were Jonathan and Mary Jones,
natives of New Jersey, who lived and died in their native
State. The subject of this sketch was 6 years of age
when his parents came to this county, and here he was raised
and grew to maturity; when young, he learned the carriage
making business, which he has followed the greater part of
his life. On Sept. 14, 1837, was united in marriage
with Rebecca Ann, daughter of Isaac and Ann Thomas,
natives of New Jersey, but who emigrated to Ohio and became
residents of Warren County in 1805, where they lived and
died, being among the pioneer settlers of the county.
They had six children, three sons and three daughters; the
three daughters now survive. Mary, now Widow
Smith; Elizabeth and Rebecca Ann (who was born in
Warren County in 1805). Mr. Baner and wife had
had five children, all now deceased. Mr. Baner
has now been a resident of Springboro for sixty years; has
seen many and wonderful changes take place during these
threescore years; is one among the few old settlers who have
lived here for that long period of years and has taken
part in and witnessed the growth and progress of the village
and surrounding country from its infancy to the present
time. Mr. Baner is a man of remarkable kindness
of heart, beloved and respected by all who know him; whose
integrity is undoubted and whose word is as good as his
note, and who has the unbounded confidence of his community;
has held several offices of his township and village; has
been Township Clerk and is now Treasurer of the School Board
and of the village of Springboro and also Treasurer of the
township; the latter office he has held sixteen consecutive
years, and is now Justice of the Peace.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W.
H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 892 |
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Franklin
Twp. -
ARTHUR D. BARKALOW,
farmer; P. O. Franklin; son of William and Ann Barkalow;
was born in Lemon Township, Butler Co., May 2, 1846.
Sept. 12, 1861, at the youthful age of 15, he enlisted in
the defense of his country in Company K, 35th O. V. I.; he
served in the army of the Cumberland under Gen. Thomas,
and participated in the following battles; Perryville,
Chickamauga and Mission Ridge; he re-enlisted September,
1864, at the expiration of his first term of service; this
time in Company K, 1st Regiment of Veterans, of Gen.
Hancock's Corps. He received his honorable
discharge Feb. 7, 1866, having served almost through the
war. Oct. 19, 1871, he was married to Miss Laura
Garrison, a native of Butler County, born June 12, 1851.
She is a daughter of Henry and Phoebe Garrison. Mr.
Barkalow settled on his present land in January, 1872.
He and his wife are members of the Christian Church; he owns
31 acres of land, and in politics is a Republican.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 794 |
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Franklin Twp.
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WILLIAM T. BARKALOW, Postmaster,
Franklin; son of William P. and Mary (Tapscott) Barkalow;
was born in Franklin June 24, 1810; his parents were natives
of Monmouth Co., N. J., and came here in 1803, and bought
over 1,000 acres of land on the west side of the Great Miami
River; they paid $2.40 per acre; they sold most of it to
their relatives, who came here later. His father died
in 1852, in his 83d year. William T. now has 2½
acres of the estate bordering on the river; he was reared on
a farm till 15 years old, when he went to Lebanon and
entered the office of Jonathan K. Wilds, Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas; he remained on year and then came to
Franklin, in 1826, and engaged as clerk in the general store
of John N. C. Schenck, who also acted as
Postmaster at that time; he remained with him three years.
In 1830, he was married, in Lebanon, to Mary H.,
daughter of Joseph and Rachel Smith, born in
Princeton, N. J., Sept. 27, 1810. They had three
children, one still living. Sarah, married to
Arthur B. Barkalow. In 1832, he opened a dry
goods store on the east side of the canal, which he kept
three or four years; he then engaged in the manufacture of
chairs and also as general house and sign painter till 1845.
He then went to Cincinnati as book-keeper for Lot Pugh
& Co., butchering and rendering establishment; he
remained till 1848. In 1849, he engaged in the
manufacture of soap, candles, neats' foot oil, glue, etc.,
in company with others; firm known as William T. Barkalow
& Co. till 1860, when he again returned to Franklin and
engaged in the nursery business until 1877, when he was
appointed Postmaster Feb. 22, 1879; it was changed to a
salary office and he was re-appointed to serve four years.
He has been a member of the Odd Fellows society since 1842.
His family are members of the Presbyterian Church. He
had one son - Arthur B.; in the late war, he enlisted
in Franklin in the 100-day service; their other child,
Lydia, died in Cincinnati, at the age of 14. In
1853 and 1854, he was a member of the City Council in
Cincinnati; was elected in the Eight Ward; he was
instrumental in establishing a first class fire department
there.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 794 |
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Franklin Twp.
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WILLIAM V. BARKALOW, marble-yard,
Franklin; son of Moses V. and Cornelia (Burgen) Barkalow;
was born in Germantown, Montgomery Co., Jan. 25, 1846; his
grandparents came here at an early period; his grandmother,
who still lives at the advanced age of 88 years, was Amy
Vale; came here with her parents about 1800, and settled
in Franklin Township, near here with her parents about 1800,
and settled in Franklin Township, near Butler County line,
where they bought 200 acres of land. They lived in the
first hose built in Middletown; they had twelve children,
all of whom are dead, except the father of our subject,
Moses V., who was married in 1845 to Cornelia Burgen,
a native of Kentucky. They had six children, of whom
William V. is the eldest. In 1866, he began to
learn the trade of marble cutting with W. S. Evans,
with whom he remained till 1872, when he started his present
yard on Front street, near the suspension bridge, where he
makes all kinds of monuments and building material. He
was married, in Franklin, in 1867, to Harriet C.,
daughter of Thomas Dodd.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 795 |
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Deerfield Twp. -
JAMES BAXTER, retired farmer; P. O.
Mason. The gentleman whose name heads this memoir is
another of the well and favorably known citizens of Warren
County. He was born on Pleasant Ridge, in Hamilton
Co., Ohio, in the year 1798; he is a son of James and
Jane Baxter, who where born in County Tyrone, Ireland,
in which they were reared and married. At the close of
the Revolutionary war, about 1790, they, with their two
children, emigrated to America and settled in Hamilton
County, at a time when Cincinnati was almost unknown.
He was a tanner by trade, yet he owned a farm, which he
carried on in connection with his other business. They were
parents of eight children, two living, viz., James and
John; the deceased are Mary, William, Andrew, Samuel,
Margaret and Jane. At the time he settled
in Ohio, the whole country was a dense and howling
wilderness, which was overrun by murderous Indians and
ravenous beast of prey. After over thirty years of
toil in clearing up his home, he was overtaken by the last
foe of man - death - Sept. 7, 1821. He was born in
February, 1760; Jane Rogers, his wife, was born Dec.
7, 1766; they were married in County Tyrone, Ireland, Aug. 8
1785; she departed this life Sept. 21, 1840. Our
subject was reared on the farm, and in the subscription
schools, to which he walked three and four miles; he
received a meager education; the demands of labor kept the
sturdy boys of the pioneers at the ax and plow, and among
them a finished education was unknown; on the farm and in
the tannery and distillery he labored for his father until
of age. Oct. 5, 1820, he was married to Martha,
a daughter of William and Elizabeth McIntire, of
Hamilton Co., Ohio; for three years following his marriage,
he resided in his native county, and in 1823 removed to
Warren County and located where he now resides. To
Mr. and Mrs. Baxter were born three children, one
living, viz., William R.; the deceased are David,
who died in 1865, and Eliza J., who departed this
life in October, 1849. Mrs. Baxter died at her
home in Deerfield Township. Mr. Baxter's second
marriage was celebrated with Mary, daughter of
Jacob and Mary Le Fever, of Warren County; to them were
born three children, two living, viz., Martha (Mrs.
Clark), and Margaret (Mrs. Harper); Mary,
deceased. Officially, Mr. Baxter has been
prominently connected with the leading offices of the
township, having served as Justice of the Peace for
thirty-two consecutive years. Trustee for many years,
and Clerk for two years; truly, he has been a representative
man, and he has earned an enviable reputation by fearlessly
discharging the required duties of each and every trust.
Politically, he is a Democrat, and during his long life has
voted with that party - since casting his first vote.
Whenever the name of James Baxter was put on a ticket
for office, it was seldom he had no opponent, as Republicans
and Democrats combined at the polls to elect him. He
has been successful during life, and all his business
transactions have been discharged to the strictest letter of
the moral and divine law; temperate in every habit, never
indulging in liquor, profane language nor the use of tobacco
in any form, the record of our subject is indeed an
exceptional one, and is worthy a place on the pages of any
history, and should be perpetuated and held up as a model
for the young man of today to take pattern from. For
sixty years, he has been connected with the Presbyterian
Church, and for forty years an Elder in the same; a
consistent and unassuming Christian gentleman, a man whose
ways, whose thoughts and whose deeds are ever formed from
the principles of truth and love for his fellow man.
WILLIAM R. BAXTER, son of
James, was born Feb. 9, 1826. He was reared to
farm pursuits and received only a meager education in the
district schools, March 6, 1850, he was married to Miss
Martha, a daughter of James and Catherine Harper,
of Hamilton Co., Ohio, who has borne him one child, viz.,
Martha S. In 1855, he removed to the Sixteen Mile
Stand in Hamilton Co., Ohio, where he kept a general store
and was Postmaster for ten years. In 1865, he returned
to the old home farm on which he has resided until the
present. During the summer and fall of 1881, he
erected an elegant residence in the village of Mason, which
will be his retired home for the future. He and his
estimable wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, with
which he has been an Elder, and both he and his wife are
much interested in matters pertaining to religion.
Like his father, he is absolutely temperate in all things.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 960 |
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Deerfield Twp. -
JOHN BAXTER, retired farmer; P. O.
Sixteen Mile Stand, Hamilton Co. The gentleman whose
name heads this sketch was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, in
the year 1800; he is a son of James Baxter; he was
reared on the farm, and when age had developed his frame and
toughened his muscles, in him was constituted the material
so much needed to accomplish the slavish labor of clearing
up and developing the resources of a new country. In
1826, he was married to Ruth, daughter of John
Ludlow, of Hamilton Co., by whom he had four children,
two living, viz., Andrew J. and Martha; the
deceased are Susan J. and John. In 1830,
he came to Warren County, in which he purchased the
northeast quarter of Sec. 32, in Deerfield Township.
Politically, he is a Democrat, and with the exception of one
term, in which he served as Trustee, he has been identified
with no office. He is a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, to which he has belonged for forty
years, and is an exemplary, consistent Christian gentleman.
Like his elder brother, James, he, too, is temperate,
abhorring the use of liquors and profane language, and,
though in former days he indulged in the use of tobacco, he
abandoned its use, thus showing his strong moral control
over the force of habit. He has been successful in
life, and at present owns 140 acres of choice land, which
are largely in cultivation and well improved. Mr.
Baxter departed this life Dec. 13, 1843, aged 36 years
and 1 day; she was a member of the Presbyterian Church and
an exemplary Christian woman. Mr. Baxter has
remained true to his early vows, and the many long years
that have separated him from the idol of his youth are
gradually approaching a terminus; though his frame is
bending under the weight of more than eighty years, he is
mentally and physically well preserved, and bids fair to
enjoy life to a ripe old age.
ANDREW J. BAXTER, son of John Baxter, was born in
1833. He was married to Eliza Conrey in 1854,
who has borne him one child, viz., Susan wife of
Finley Thompson. Mr. Baxter and his wife
are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church, to which
they have belonged for twenty-seven years, and each vies
with the other in the discharge of Christian duties.
She was born in Hamilton County in 1832; her father, Jonathan
Conrey, was born in Kentucky Jan. 5, 1794; Eliza,
his wife, and daughter of Thomas Whalen, of New
Jersey, was born Nov. 19, 1799; she was married to Mr.
Conrey in 1817; he died Dec. 20, 1855; she departed this
life in August, 1878.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 961 |
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Turtle Creek Twp.
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WILLIAM H. BEAN*, farmer; P. O.
Lebanon; was born on Section 25, in Turtle Creek Township,
Warren Co., Ohio, Jan. 1, 1840. He is a son of
Samuel and Mary(Spavely) Bean, natives of Lebanon Co.,
Penn.; of German descent. He received his education at
the National Normal School of Lebanon, graduating from the
Commercial Department of that college of 1866. He has
chosen fancy farming as his occupation, and while attending
closely to it, he devotes a great deal of his time to the
study of the sciences, especially natural history and
botany. He is an enthusiast in all matters of science,
and being by nature a naturalist and botanist, he has
collected a quantity of very fine specimens in both these
branches. He also raises the finer qualities of fruits
and berries, and cultivates rare and valuable plants for his
amusement. His exhibit is always one of the great
attractions at the fairs annually given by the County
Agricultural Society. He taught school for one year,
and since 1875 has been Secretary of Warren County
Horticultural Society. He has served also as School
Director and Treasurer of his school district. He is
one of the live, energetic and enterprising young men of the
county, and has done much toward the advancement of science
in his community. He was married in 1877, to Miss
Alice Botkin a daughter of Rev. Jesse Botkin, a
Methodist Episcopal minister of the Cincinnati Conference.
She is a graduate of Asbury University, which she attended
until 1876. They have had one child - Edith K.
Mr. and Mrs. Bean and living with his parents in
Lebanon.
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* In the early history of the family in this country, as the
various branches of it moved into the English settlement,
remote from each other, different renditions or translations
of the name were given. Our subject knows at least of
four different ways. His grandfather settling near
Utica, Warren Co., Ohio, in 1824, the name was spelled
Bean to correspond with the German accent, although the
proper translation and orthography is Bien.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 727 |
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Turtle Creek Twp.
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REV. WILLIAM BELLER, farmer, P. O.
Lebanon, was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 12, 1821.
His parents were Jacob and Elizabeth (Meloy) Beller,
the former a native of Virginia and the latter of
Pennsylvania. Our subject attended the common schools
of the county after which he took a course at the Academy of
Lebanon. H also took a theological course in Crawford
County College, from which he graduated in 1854. Since
that time, he has been a minister of the Christian
denomination, and for seven years had charge of a
congregation in Butler County. He is an enthusiastic
advocate of temperance principles and an earnest supporter
of any work tending to the advancement of the morality of
the people. He was married in 1850 to Phoebe Hunter,
a daughter of Thomas Hunter, and by her he has
had the following children, viz., E. F., Flora May, Anna
M., Ethie, Clara, Olive M. and Raymond Sumner.
Mr. B. is a Republican and has held many
offices of trust in the township. He tempers his
actions in all things with the spirit of a true Christian.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 726 |
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Turtle Creek Twp.
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DAVID P. BENNETT, merchant, Lebanon,
was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Mar. 31, 1815; he is the son
of David and Hannay (Smith) Bennett, both natives of
New Jersey, the former of English and the latter of Welsh
descent. His father emigrated to Warren Co., Ohio, in
1806, and settled in Turtle Creek Township, on what is now
known as the "old Baker Farm," on which our subject
was born and reared. At the age of 18 years he
commenced learning the carpenter trade, which he followed
sixteen years; he then opened a store, which he has carried
on continuously for over thirty three years. He has
now associated with him in business his son-in-law,
Albert M. Osborn, who was for sixteen years his clerk.
Mr. Bennett was married in 1838 to Eliza M.
McConnell, a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent.
By her, he had three children. The oldest, Robert
S. M. Bennett, now a citizen of Chicago. At the
breaking-out of the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. G, 75th O.
V. I., as a private, and was afterward promoted to Adjutant,
for bravery. Mr. Bennett's second child,
Mary J., is now the wife of his business partner A.
M. Osborn; the third was Leroy W., who died
in 1849. Mr. Bennett was a Whig until the
Republican party was organized, since which time he has been
a stanch Republican. During the war, he was connected
with the Christian commission, and made two trips to the
South, in one of which he witnessed the battle of Nashville,
Tenn. His duty was to attend the wounded and dying;
write letters home for the boys who were sick or disabled
and to do anything necessary for the temporal or spirited
welfare of the warring heroes. While neither a
preacher or exhorter, he did not hesitate to do both or
either, while among the soldiers consecutive years was a
Sabbath school Superintendent. He was President of the
Warren Co. S. S. Union for eight years, and resigned in
1877. He is an honest merchant, a consistent
Christian, and a good citizen, who bears the respect and
esteem of the whole county.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 726 |
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Clear Creek Twp. -
JOHN
M. BLACKFORD, farmer; P. O. Springboro; born in Clear
Creek township, Nov. 9, 1846; is a son of Ephraim and
Anna Maria (Bacon) Blackford, he a native of this
township and she of New Jersey. The paternal
grandfather was Ephraim Blackford, who, it is
believed, was born in Virginia, but became an early settler
in Kentucky, and, in 1796, moved to Warren Co., Ohio, and
settled on Section 31, Clear Creek Township, on the place
now owned by Joseph Hare. At this time, there
was one settler by the name of Richardson, near
Springboro, on Section 7, the place now owned by Mahlon
T. Janney; from this to Waynesville, there was no
settler but Mr. Blackford. The raising
generation can gain but a faint conception of the vast
wilderness and wildness of this country in that day - not a
neighbor near; nothing but Indians and wild beasts to break
the solitude and monotony of the vast unbroken forest; not a
road of any kind - nothing but blazed paths and Indian
trails for miles around. Who can imagine the
fortitude, courage and self sacrifice it took to settle and
open out a farm in the wilderness? The present and
future generations can not render too much honor and praise
to these worthy ancestors and pioneers for the great work
they did. Here upon the place where Mr. Blackford
first settled, he continued to live till his death, and his
remains now rest in the Clear Creek Graveyard near
Ridgeville. He raised a family of ten children,
six sons and four daughters, seven of whom settled in
Indiana and three in Ohio, all of whom are now deceased but
Ephraim, the father of our subject. The
maternal grandparents were Benjamin and Rebecca Bacon,
natives of New Jersey, who became settlers of Warren County
about 1821, where they lived and died on the place where
Ephraim now lives. The father of our subject is
now 71 years of age - born and raised and has always lived
on the same section where he still resides, having
experienced all the roughness of true pioneer life; has
witnessed the wonderful changes and transformation from the
vast wilderness to the now fine cultivated farms and all the
present comforts of this now rich and beautiful county.
Over "threescore years and ten" spent on the same place!
Such has but few parallels in the history of men.
Mr. Blackford and wife have had five children; four now
survive - Mary Elizabeth, now Mrs. Jacob S.
Pence; Rebecca Jane, now Mrs. George R. Duke,
residing in Indiana; Charles W. and John M.
Mrs. Blackford died in the fall of 1855, aged 41
years. Mr. Blackford is one of the prominent
farmers of Warren County. Starting in life poor, by
his own industry and energy, coupled with good management,
he has acquired a good competency; is one whose honor and
integrity has ever been the highest order and stands among
Warren County's most worthy citizens. The subject of
this sketch, the youngest son, on Nov. 19, 1868, was married
to Mary E., daughter of Joseph and Rhoda Morton,
natives of Warren County. By this union, they have had
four children, three now survive - Anna Clara, born
Oct. 1, 1869; Alice May, Aug. 26, 1871, died Dec. 31,
1876; Charles Franklin, born Jan. 26, 1875, and
Walter B., born July 11, 1878. Mr. Blackford
has adopted the honorable occupation of farming and located
on the place where he now lives in the spring of 1880.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W.
H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 892 |
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Turtle Creek Twp.
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THOMAS H. BLAKE, Postmaster of
Lebanon. Mr. Blake is a native of Burlington
Co., N. J., where he was born Mar. 28, 1841, and when two
years of age came with his parents to Warren Co., Ohio, and
they settled near Waynesville. In 1843, his father
died and was followed in a very few years by his mother,
leaving Thomas the youngest of four children, the
eldest being John who is still living.
William who died at Camp Chase, Ohio, a soldier in the
69th O. V. I., and one sister, Mary, who still lives
at Freeport, in this county. The subject of our sketch
was thus thrown upon the care of strangers, and worked his
way as best he could, getting but little schooling, until,
at 15 years of age, he struck out for himself. At 19
he went to Illinois, where he enlisted as a private in the
41st Ill. V. I., on the 25th of Illinois, where he enlisted
as a private in the 41st Ill. V. I., on the 25th of July,
1861, and followed the varied fortunes of his command until
the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862, where he received a
severe wound in the left thigh in charge of a rebel battery,
from which portions of the bone were extracted, which he now
has, preserved as a souvenir of his service, together with a
lameness and debilitation of health that renders him yet an
invalid. After fifteen months of intense suffering in
hospital, he was brought to this county on a bed, about July
4, 1863, where he soon was able to be about once more, and
though still suffering, he applied himself resolutely to
study with a determination to gain an education. He
subsequently attended school at Lebanon, afterward attended
a term at Delaware College, and then he entered the Normal
school at Lebanon and prepared himself for teaching.
He followed the profession of a teacher in the district
schools of the county for six years. In 1869, he
received the appointment of Government Storekeeper, and was
assigned to duty at Germantown, Ohio. In the fall of
1870, he was elected to the office of Recorder of Warren
Co., which position he filled so acceptably for two terms
that a re-election was tendered him; but owning to his
failing health, he was obliged to decline. Always an
active Republican, he identified himself with his party and
all its interests. He was appointed Postmaster at
Lebanon in December, 1878, and has held the position since
to the entire satisfaction of the people. On the 6th
of July, 1866, he married Sarah LeFevre, at Lebanon.
She was born near Lebanon in 1847, and they have two
children, named respectively, Zetta C., aged 11, and
Florence V. aged 6. Shortly after his army
service, Mr. Blake became a member of the M. E.
Church, of which his wife is also a member, and he has long
been identified with the I. O. O. F. Thus his life has
been one of the constant struggles but with a courage
unshaken and a faith undimmed, he has trodden bravely the
path of duty, an example of what may be accomplished by
determination and courage.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W.
H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 727 |
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Clear Creek
Twp. -
CHRISTOPHER BLIN, farmer; P. O. Red
Lion; born in Clear Creek Township July 13, 1827; is a son
of Christopher and Mary Ann (Fry) Blin, he a native
of Warren County and she of Virginia. The grandfather
was Adam Blin, a native a Germany, who emigrated to
America in an early day, and, being without means, was sold
to pay his passage, and, after serving three years, was a
free man and emigrated to Ohio and located in Warren County,
Clear Creek Township, on Section 5, the place now owned by
George Blin, his son, here he settled right in the
woods, having entered the land from the Government and was
one of the earliest settlers of this township, and here he
remained till his death. Christopher, the
father of our subject, was born and raised on the old home
place, where his father lived and died; grew to manhood,
fully unured to pioneer work; he married and located on a
part of the tract of land which his father entered, and
there commenced in the woods, not a stick amiss; erected his
log cabin and there toiled and labored to clear up his farm
and make a home. During his life, he erected a second
log cabin, much better than the first, and finally erected a
good brick house; had the greatest portion of his farm
cleared with good improvements. He died in January,
1856, aged 58 years; his wife subsequently removed to
Indiana, where she spent the balance of her life with her
children; she died in 1878, nearly 80 years of age.
They had twelve children, two sons and ten daughters; all
grew to maturity but one; three now survive - Henry,
Christopher and Rachel (now Mrs. Wentle Eyers.
Mr. Blin was a man of great physical endurance, strong
and hearty, and did a great amount of hard work; of his farm
of 112 acres, he cleared all but about 25 acres, and brought
everything in good condition for comfort and convenience;
was a man whose honor and integrity were undoubted; one of
the kindest and most accommodating of neighbors, too much
so, many times, for his own good and prosperity. He
was a faithful and devoted member of the United Brethren
Church for many years, having united with the church when a
young man; was a class leader and trustee in the same for
many years. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood
on his father's farm, accustomed to hard work, where he
remained till 25 years of age; was married, July 25, 1852,
to Miss Margaret Jane Eyer born Apr. 3, 1834, a
daughter of John and Mary Jane Eyer. By this
union, they have three children - John C., born May
17, 1853; William H., Oct. 31, 1858, and Ellen
Jane, born Oct. 6, 1862. Mr. Blin has made
farming his business through life; he bought and locatd
where he now lives in the fall of 1853; this place he
purchased of Elizabeth Fry, upon which he has erected
all the buildings on the place, and has everything in good
trim, constitution a pleasant home and farmer's residence.
Although Mr. Blin obtained but a limited education,
yet, by his industry and careful business habits, he has
obtained a fine farm and a pleasant home. Mr. Blin
and wife devoted members of the United Brethren Church, to
which they have belonged for many years, he having united
with the church when 18 years of age; is trustee of the
church and Superintendent of the Sabbath school; is an
active Christian man and a worthy citizen.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 893 |
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Union Twp. -
J. E. BOLMER, South Lebanon,
book-keeper in King's Great Western Powder Mills. The
above named gentleman was born in Warren County in 1852, and
is a son of A. Bolmer. His education was
received in the common schools, in which, by close
application to study, he fitted himself to competently and
intelligently discharge the duties required of him. In
April, 1880, he entered the employ of Mr. King, as
bookkeeper of his immense business, and has since
successfully and satisfactorily discharged the duties
incumbent on him. May 22, 1880, he was married to
May, daughter of L. Woodrey, of Cincinnati, by
whom he has had one child - Perry.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1051 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
JOHN BONE, retired farmer; P. O.
Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co.,
Ohio, Mar. 27, 1806; he is the oldest son and second child
of twelve children, four boys and eight girls, born to
James and Nancy (Hart) Bone. His father emigrated
to Ohio from Kentucky about 1800, and located on a farm two
miles east of Lebanon. His mother emigrated to Ohio
from Virginia about 1802, and in 1803 married our subject's
father. Of their large family, two boys and two girls
are the only survivors. Our subject received his
education in hi native township, and has lived in Warren
County during the whole of his life. He was married,
June 28, 1828, to Christiann Maple, a daughter of
Elias Maple, of New Jersey. By this union six
children were born, viz., William V., Elias M., John,
James H., George and Huston. Of
these, three are prominent farmers of Warren County, two are
mechanics and one, James H., is a U. S. Marshal in
Huntsville, Ala. Mr. Bone started in life with
nothing; but, by industrious habits and frugal living, he
has acquired a comfortable competency, on which he has
retired. He owns a farm of 215 acres of land near
Lebanon and a considerable quantity of town property,
including the house where he now lives. He is a stanch
Republican, and has served his county as one of the Board of
County Commissioners for six years, and as an infirmary
Director twelve years. He is a man of strict moral
principles, sound judgment and rare business ability.
AS a man and citizen, socially, none stand higher in the
respect and esteem of the community than he.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W.
H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 728 |
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Turtle Creek Twp.
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WILLIAM V. BONE, farmer and stock
dealer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township
Feb. 25, 1829. His parents were John Bone, a native
of Warren Co., Ohio, and Christiann (Maple) Bone, a
native of New Jersey. Our subject has followed farming
all his life, and for many years has been an extensive
dealer in and raiser of live stock, particularly horses,
which he has made a specialty. He breeds, buys, raises
and sells the finer breeds of horses. He has a fine
farm of 25 acres, which has the neat and tidy appearance
that marks it at once to the observer as the property of a
perfect farmer. His fences are all standing straight,
his gates swing clear, and his barns, cribs and sheds are
neatly whitewashed, sure indications of the care bestowed on
the place by the proprietor. He has shipped fine
horses to almost all the large cities of this country, and
many of them brought him a handsome profit. He was married,
April 11, 1850 to Miss Amanda Dunham, by whom he has
four children, all now living, viz., Frank, the
present County Surveyor of Warren County; Perry, a
successful teacher of Warren County; Anna, the wife
of W. S. Dilatush, an attorney of Lebanon, and
Carrie, the wife of Morris Steddom, a farmer of
Warren County. Mr. Bone is one of the Board of
Directors of the Lebanon National Bank, and occupies a
prominent position among the thrifty citizens of Warren
County.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 728 |
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Union Twp. -
SAMUEL BOWYER, farmer; P. O. Mason; is
a son of Levi and Eliza (Dill) Bowyer, and was born
in Deerfield Township in 1828; his father was a son of
Stephen Bowyer, and died in 1869, at the age of about 70
years. Our subject was reared on a farm, and in the
common schools he received his education. In 1856 he
purchased land in Union Township, his present home, and at
present owns 169¾ acres of
excellent land, which is one of the best improved farms in
the township. In 1862, he was married to Ivy,
daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Sargeant, by whom he
has had six children, viz., Wallace W., Emma L., Horace
A., Clemice S., Mary B., and Perlie R.
His wife was born in Warren Co., in the year 1841.
Levi Bowyer was the father of ten children, viz.,
Alexander, John D., Charlotte, Stephen H., Samuel, Mary J.,
William, Levi, Julia and Thomas.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1051 |
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Union Twp. -
STEPHEN H. BOWYER, farmer; P. O.
Mason; was born in Deerfield Township, in the year 1826, and
is a son of Levi Bowyer, who was a son of Stephen
Bowyer, one of the pioneers of Warren Co. Our
subject was reared on the farm and received a common
education in the district schools; he remained with his
parents until he had passed his majority. Nov. 14,
1851, he was married to Emaline, daughter of
Thomas Hall, one of the pioneers of the county.
For two years after his marriage, he lived hear the Twenty
Mile Stand, when he sold out, and in partnership with his
brother, Samuel, purchased about 130 acres of land in
Union Township; he owns at present 110 acres, which is
largely in cultivation and the home farm is beautifully
improved. To Mr. and Mrs. Bowyer four children
have been born, viz., Franklin P., who married
Emma Fox; Charley, who married Sallie Mulford; Almira,
who married Bruce Beadle, and Eliza, who
married James E. Todhunter. Mrs. Bowyer
was born in Deerfield Township, in 1832.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1051 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
PETER BOYD, the lawful trustee of the
Shakers, Lebanon, was born in Butler Co., Ohio, Aug. 28,
1806, and in 1807, came to Union Village with his parents
who settled among the Shakers, with whom our subject has
since lived. His parents, Daniel and Anna (Clarke)
Boyd, were both natives of Maryland and of German
English descent. Our subject, having learned
shoe-making, worked at it ten years fort he brethren.
At 30 years of age, he became to trader for the West
family, and three years afterward was appointed to the
ministerial charge with John Martin. He has
held almost all the offices in the society, and is now, with
Mr. Parkhurst, trustee for the four families.
He is a large, well developed man, six feet high and well
proportioned. His dealings with the people of Warren County
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Salem Twp. -
ALBERT BRANT, P. O. Morrow, was born in Warren Co., O. Feb.
12, 1842, son of Abraham and Hester (Jeffries)
Brant, the former a native of N. J., born Mar. 6, 1807,
and the latter, a native of Warren Co., born Nov. 23, 1812;
the father emigrated to Ohio with his parents in 1814, who
in the following spring settled in Warren Co. The
grandfather of our subject served in the war of 1812; the
father of our subject served for nine years as County
Infirmary Director, and for a period of over thirty years as
a Justice of the Peace in the township of Union.
Albert Brant enlisted in company A, 4th O. V. C., Sept.
10, 1861, and served under Gen. O. M. Mitchell as a
scout or courier. During the campaign from Bowling
Green, Ky., to Huntsville, Ala., he was with his command in
every engagement of that department, except Stone River
(being a prisoner at that time) until after the battle of
Chickamauga; he served as a scout during the celebrated
Wheeler raid. In November preceding the battle of
Mission Ridge, he was sent for by Gen. Crook, who
asked him if he could carry a message to Gen. Sherman,
who was at that time making his way up the Tennessee River;
Mr. Brant replied that "he could, if any man could."
Gen. Crook said "he could take one, or five, or a
hundred men, just as he chose," so as to deliver it to
Gen. Sherman safely and quickly, as it was of great
importance; he chose one man and proceeded down the
Tennessee River; he found the river guarded at every point,
and being pursued from behind, he abandoned his horse just
in time to escape capture. Pressing forward as rapidly
as possible, after three days they reached the Elk River;
having endured many hardships and dangers. Between
Huntsville and Decatur, they were fired on by a company of
cavalry, when they took to the swampy woods for protection;
but here they were pursued by a blood-hound; the dog came
near them at one time but hearing his master's halloo, left
the trail. Brant had concealed the message
until the cavalry abandoned the pursuit, representing
himself as a confederate soldier. Brant secured
from a planter the loan of a horse and a mule which the
scouts rode to Athens; when near the latter place they were
startled by a sharp "Halt; who comes there?" Mr.
Brant answered the challenge by the rebel picket who
demanded the countersign. Mr. Brant replied
that he did not have it, but that he would speak to the
commander; the sentry passed them and they proceeded right
onward through the camp; there were probably forty or fifty
men in the camp together with several teams; they, however,
gave the two scouts no further trouble. The scouts
passed Athens in night; the town was full of confederate
soldiers, but they kept as far from them as possible and met
no serious obstacles; when accosted, they represented
themselves as confederates; the rebels were not expecting to
see any Yankees in that part of the country. They came
in sight of the Elk River on the third day and found there a
small band of so-called State troops; the two men concealed
themselves in a ditch all day to escape detection and
capture; finally they succeeded in securing a canoe which
they headed down stream. They reached the Tennessee
River at daylight, after a tedious and dangerous ride of
twenty-four miles, and discovered two large rebel camps on
either side of the river; knowing that they could not run
past them with safety, they pulled their canoe upon one of
several small islands and spent the day in full view of the
rebel camps; so near, that they could hear all that was
said, and see all that was done.
After dark they started on one of the most perilous
voyages ever undertaken The Elk River empties into the
Tennessee at the mouth of the famous "Muscle Shoals."
These shoals consist of fifteen miles of tumultuous rapids,
rushing with terrible force through a narrow and rocky
channel. Sometimes the canoe would almost strike the
rocks, and almost sink. The men kept the center of the
stream, to keep as secure as possible from the rebel
pickets, which lined each side of the river. This was
the fourth night from the army, and the heroic scouts were
almost dead from hunger, exposure and loss of sleep, not
having slept since the departure from the Elk River, and
having had nothing to eat except corn bread and raw bacon,
procured from the negroes in scanty supply. Taking the
last meal at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, before starting
down the Elk River, they walked all that night, and lay
concealed all the next day on an island, making thirty-nine
hours without a bite to eat. The men landed once in
going down the Tennessee, but found nothing but a deserted
plantation. Finally, they found a plantation where
they got some corn bread, and what was more to their liking,
news from Sherman's advance guard. An old
darkey told them that the Yankees had come near capturing
his young master that evening, together with his whole
company, at Florence, Ala., and that his master was in the
house at the time, while the company was encamped a short
distance up the road. Mr. Brant took the old
negro into his confidence, told him his name and business
and asked him the distance to Florence; he was told that it
was twelve miles distant, that the river was closely guared
at every point, and that the camp referred to was on the
road to Florence, so that it would be necessary to exercise
great caution. Therefore, Mr. Brant and his
companion took a canoe and traveled by river to Florence,
where they arrived at 9 o'clock, and made their way into the
Union camp without being seen by the pickets. Making
their way to headquarters, they were introduced to Gen.
Hugh Ewing. When told by Mr. Brant that he
was a courier from Chattanooga, and the bearer of important
message, Gen. Ewing was incredulous, but was finally
convinced of the truth of the story. Gen. Ewing
received the scouts very kindly, and relieved their
necessities, which were pressing, as the men had not had a
meal for four days. Mr. Brant was sent on to
Gen. Sherman by Gen. Ewing with a strong guard
and a personal letter to Sherman. They reached
Gen. Sherman's quarters at evening, having ridden
thirty-five miles since noon, and were kindly received by
the General. Mr. Brant had been instructed by
Gen. Crook not to have the message captured at all
hazards, and if after destroying the message he should reach
Gen. Sherman, he should tell him to drop everything
east of Bear River, and make all possible speed to
Chattanooga. Gen. Sherman gave Mr. Brant
letters to return to Gen. Crook, which he delivered
after fully as many perils and difficulties as he had
experienced in going down, none of which, however, we can
give, suffice it to say, that he got back to Gen. Crook's
headquarters and delivered the messages safely, in due time.
This was one of the most perilous and important trips
connected with the late war, the distance, 170 miles, lying
in the enemy's country, and 135 miles without seeing a
friend, at the same time, Sherman was pushing the
rebel army before him, and Mr. Brant had to pass
directly through the rebel army. In addition to this
the country was full of paroled prisoners from Vicksburg,
and these were treacherous and dangerous men to meet.
He was discharged from the service Nov. 22, 1864, and on the
16th of March, 1865, married Sarah E. Troville, a
native of Warren Co. To them have been born the following
children: Dora, Berte, Clifford, Charles, Mary
and Fred.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1020 |
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Wayne Twp. -
BENJAMIN BROWN,
(deceased) was born in Gloucester Co., N. J., Apr. 24, 1798;
was a son of Asher and Mary (Ward) Brown, natives of
New Jersey. The grandparents, Samuel and Ann Brown,
whose ancestors were natives of England, emigrated to
America at an early period, prior to the Revolutionary war,
and lived and died in New Jersey. Asher
Brown was born, raised and married in New Jersey, where
he lived till, in 1804, he, with his family, emigrated to
Ohio and located in Warren County, being one of the early
pioneers. He first took up his abode in a log cabin,
which had been occupied as creating-place for hogs during
nights; it had no floor and no doors. They, however,
soon split out puncheons and laid a floor and made other
improvements, so as in that day they called it quite a
comfortable home. Mr. Brown shortly
after his arrival, entered 500 acres of land in Clear Creek
Township, up on which he located and resided the balance of
his life. To pay for his land, Mr. Brown
bought a large lot of hogs and drove them over the mountains
to Philadelphia and sold them, by which he realized quite a
large profit. He experienced the real hardships of
pioneer life, such as the rising generations know nothing
of, only as they hear of them or read of them from the pages
of history. They were parents of twelve children;
three new survive - John, Asher and Allen.
Mr. Brown was an earnest and consistent member
of the Society of Friends - distinguished for his love and
liberality to the poor and needy and to all mankind.
He died Mar. 4, 1832, aged 71 years 5 months and 21 days.
Benjamin, our subject, was 6 years of age when
brought to Ohio and located in Warren County, where he was
raised and grew to manhood, accustomed to log-cabin life,
with all the attendant hardships of pioneer life; was
married Nov. 7, 1821, to Sarah, daughter of
Benjamin and Mercy Chapman, whose ancestral history is
fully given in the sketch of Charles F. Chapman.
By this union they had five children - Esther married
Sidwell Taylor, by whom she has one child - Anna
C., born Feb. 20, 1860; Charles F., deceased;
Mary; Benjamin and Sarah (twins) and Benjamin,
now deceased. Mr. Brown, after his marriage,
located upon a part of the large tract of land which his
father entered from the Government, and opened out a farm
right from the woods, and here he resided until 1836, when
he bought and located upon the place where his daughters,
Mary and Sarah, still reside, and here he died
Sept. 22, 1873, aged 75 years and 5 months; his wife died
Jan. 26, 1873, aged 73 years. Mr. Brown
was a member of the Society of Friends - a man whose whole
life was characterized by honesty, integrity and kindness;
whose religion was practical, endeavoring to practice all
and more than he professed; kind and generous, yet firm and
unyielding, clinging close to principles, and his acute
sense of What was just and right, and as such was a worthy
example for the rising generations.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 823 |
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Turtle Creek
Twp. -
J. APPLETON BROWN, horticulturist; P.
O. Lebanon; is a native of the State of New Jersey; born in
Trenton, on the 11th of March, 1834, and emigrated to Ohio
with his parents in 1838. They were natives, the
father of Pennsylvania, where he was born in the year 1808,
and the mother of New Jersey, born in 1812. Our
subject is of French descent; he received his education in
the schools of Warren County. Mr. Brown has
been quite an observing man, which, in connection with
extensive reading, makes him well posted and fitted for
usefulness. He is an affable and courteous gentleman,
and has kept pace with the age in which he lives. He
resides on a nice little farm of 32 acres, situated three
and one-half miles east of Lebanon, on the pike leading to
Morrow. He has on this land a very complete and quite
an extensive cider-mill and press, where great quantities of
cider are annually made.
Source: History of Warren Co.,
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 729 |
David Brown |
Union Twp. -
DAVID BROWN
(deceased), was born in Warren County, Ohio, Aug. 23, 1809.
and was a son of Asa Brown, who came from New Jersey
and settled in Warren C0., in a very early day, where they
lived until their death. David was brought up a
farmer, an occupation he followed during his life.
Sept. 22, 1850, he was married to Mary, daughter of
William L. and Ephenetas Foster. They were also
from New Jersey, and settled in Warren Co.. about 1801.
They lived and died here. William L. Foster had
fourteen children, four of whom are living, viz., John S.,
Ephenetas Hampson, Charlotte Huston
and Mary Brown. The deceased are
William, George, Ralph, Ellen, Nancy, Margaret, Nancy,
Catherine, Catherine and Rhoda. After Mr. Brown
was married, he lived on rented land for some years, but
he eventually purchased 89 acres of land, where his widow
now resides; he started in life without any capital, and by
his hard work, in which he was nobly assisted by his
estimable wife, succeeded, after years of toil, in making a
good home; he was a man beloved by all, and his death was
regretted by a host of warm and personal friends. By
his death his wife lost a kind husband and his children an
affectionate father, whose memory will ever cling to them as
an indulgent and loving parent; he died Aug. 25, 1881.
To him were born eight children, four living, viz.,
Ephenetas Dunham, Jefferson H., Sarah A. Perrine and
Mary Keever. The deceased are William, David,
William and Eura E. Hutchinson.
William, the eldest son, was killed by a horse, at the
age of 11 years. William, the 2d, died from
lockjaw, caused by a barrow tooth wound in the foot, aged 11
years. Eura E. also died from the same cause,
aged 26 years.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1051 |
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Franklin Twp. -
JAMES C. BROWN manager of the Franklin
Pottery Company, Franklin; is the son of Joseph A. and
Margaret Brown, and was born in Franklin Township June
7, 1840; his father was one of the early pioneers of this
county, having come here in 1800 and settled on Clear Creek,
where his grandfather had entered a full section of land; he
was reared on a farm. Apr. 16, 1861, at the first call
of the President for troops, he enlisted in Company F, 1st
O. V. I., under Capt. John Kell, and served three
months; then re-enlisted in Company C, 69th O. V. I., under
Capt. George Elliott, and served three years longer,
when he was mustered out at Camp Dennison and returned to
Franklin and engaged as a book-keeper and Secretary of the
Franklin Paper Mills, of which he was a stockholder, seven
years. Jan. 1, 1881, he was elected manager of the
Franklin Pottery Company, in which he is the largest
stockholder. Mr. Brown was married, in
Franklin, Feb. 28, 1868, to Katie, daughter of
George and Abbie Lawyer, born in Cincinnati in 1848.
He owns a fine residence on Center street, south of Sixth,
one-half of Brady's jewelry store, between Third and Fourth
streets, and 71 acres of land adjoining the corporation on
the north. He is a number of the Masonic fraternity,
in which he has taken three degrees, the Odd Fellows, in
which he has taken five degrees, and a member of the M. E.
Church.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 796 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
JOHN E. BROWN, hardware merchant,
Lebanon, was born in Wayne Tp., Warren Co., Dec. 15, 1857;
his father, Amos Brown, who died in 1863, was a
native of Warren Co., and was a son of Joseph Brown,
who was also a native of Ohio; his mother, Mrs. Grace
(Wilkinson) Brown, was a native of Pennsylvania, and
daughter of a family who emigrated from that State to Ohio
at an early date. Our subject is the youngest of a
family of three children, viz., Seth W., now
Prosecuting Attorney of Warren County, Lizzie L.,
wife of George A. Witcraft, of Warren Co., and
John E., who now conducts a hardware and agricultural
implement store in Lebanon, where he has been since March,
1881. He received his education in the public schools
of his native county, and when about eighteen years of age
commenced working on the home farm. In September,
1880, he went to Dayton, Ohio, where he was engaged in the
hardware store of R. Barrett & Co., with whom he
remained until his coming to Lebanon.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 730 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
MARTIN BROWN, farmer; P. O. Lebanon;
was born in Clermont Co., Ohio, Dec. 26, 1826. He was
a son of Caleb and Mary (Adams) Brown, natives of
Essex County, N. Y. His education consisted of
instructions in reading from his sister, and twenty days'
schooling in a country school. Since then, he has
endeavored in every way to educate himself, and after he
grew up to a man's estate and was married, he boarded a
school teacher who taught him at night and on Sundays.
In this way and by constant reading he has succeeded in
procuring a good education and in keeping himself thoroughly
posted in all the public events of interest. He has
followed farming all his life, except two years from 1839,
when he worked at the saddler's trade, and at one time was
the owner of a 200-acre farm, of which he has sold all but
40 acres. His house stands on one of the most
beautiful sites in the county. His father died three
months before he was born, leaving six daughters and one
son. Mr. Brown was married, Feb. 7, 1849, to
Mary E. Randolph, a daughter of John Randolph,
by whom he had five children, viz., William R., Alfred,
Martin, Ella and Horace. Mr. B. has
collected quite a number of historical relics, and was for
some time a member of the School Board. His father was
born in 1785, and died July 6, 1826. His mother was
born in 1807.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 729 |
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Turtle Creek Twp.
-
NATHAN M. BROWN, farmer; P. O.
Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Apr. 12, 1838; he is
a son of John and Nancy (Pence) Brown; his father was
born Sept. 3, 1797, and emigrated to Ohio in 1812, settling
in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., where he remained
until his death in 1878; he was the oldest in a family of
fifteen children. Nathan M., the subject
hereof, was reared and grew up on a farm, and has since
followed the occupation of a farmer. He was married
Dec. 20, 1868, to Miss Adelia Taylor, a native of
Indiana, of Irish descent. By her he had two children,
John and Sherman Wade. Mr. Brown is a prominent
and successful farmer, who has always been industrious and
careful, and has thereby acquired a fine farm of 110 acres,
upon which he lives. In politics, he is a Republican.
Source: History of Warren Co.,
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 729 |
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Franklin Twp. -
JOHN R. BUNDY,
farmer; P. O. Franklin; was born in Turtle Creek Township
Dec. 16, 1834; he is a son of Joseph and Hannah (Bracher)
Bundy, who are natives of Dorcetshire, England, and
emigrated in 1817 and settled near Lebanon. Our
subject was reared in Lebanon and educated in its public
schools. When 14, he learned the carriage-maker’s
trade, in Dayton; he pursued his trade in various places in
Warren and Montgomery Cos., till 1873, since which time he
has resided on his present farm. He was married, the
first time in Dayton, August, 1855, to Marinda
Gerralds, daughter of William and Sarah Gerralds,
born in Butler County; she died in August, 1865, and left
two children - Elizabeth and Hannah.
Mr. B. again married, Nov. 24, 1872, to Emeline
Banker, daughter of Solomon and Mary A. Banker,
and a native of Warren County, born Nov. 19, 1836.
Three children were added to this union, viz., Solomon R.,
Elsie and Emeline. Mr. Bundy
is a member of the Masonic order, and. in politics, is a
Republican. Mrs. Bundy owns 206 acres of
land in Franklin Township. Mr. B. owns a tract
of several thousand acres of mineral and woodland in Powell,
Breathitt. Wolfe, Morgan and Grant Counties, Ky.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 796 |
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Clear Creek Twp.
-
GEORGE BUNNELL, farmer; P. O. Red
Lion; born in Bourbon Co., Ky., Mar. 15, 1802, is a son of
Jonas and Sallie (Tomlin) Bunnell, he is a native of
New Jersey and she was raised in Tennessee. The
grandfather, Stephen Bunnell, was a native of New
Jersey, but emigrated to Kentucky after the Revolutionary
war, and resided there during the great trouble with the
Indians. Subsequently, on account of slavery and its
evils, he removed to Warren County, and about 1806-08
located on Section 10, Clear Creek Township, where
William Bean now lives, and there he resided till his
death, during the war of 1812. Jonas Bunnell,
the father of our subject, was quire young when his father
moved to Kentucky, and while living there was married and
moved to Ohio, and located east of Cincinnati about four
miles north of the Ohio River, remaining there one year, or
little more, during which time his wife died, leaving him
with nine children; these were most of them placed among
friends and relatives. About two years after, he
married for his second wife, Betsey Hathaway; she
lived but a short time and died with consumption. She
bore him one child (deceased). During the war of 1812
he removed to Clark Co., Ohio. His oldest son,
William, served two yeas in that war and his son John
served a short time. Mr. Bunnell died in Clark
County about 1817. He has four children now living.
William, who resides in Missouri; Sytha, now
has four children now living. William who
resides in Missouri; Sytha, now widow Hayes,
living in Indiana; George E.; and America, now
Mrs. Huggins, living in Kentucky. Mr.
Bunnell and his brother in law, Mr. Tomlin,
served in the war of the Revolution, in which Mr. Tomlin
was killed. Mr. Bunnell saw his full share of
pioneer and frontier life, first in Kentucky, and then in
Warren and Clark counties. The subject of this sketch
was about 15 years of age when his father died, and was then
thrown mainly upon his own resources. He came to
Warren County and lived a short time with an older brother;
thence he worked by the month for wages for several
years; was married Mar. 15, 1821, to Miss Sallie,
daughter of John and Mary Peck, natives of
Pennsylvania who became settlers of Kentucky and
subsequently of Warren County, where their children all grew
to maturity and married. Mr. Peck died at
Fairfield, Greene Co., Ohio, and his wife near Germantown,
Montgomery Co., Ohio. Sallie was born in
Kentucky, Aug. 29, 1799, and was 11 years of age when her
father with his family came to Ohio By this union,
Mr. Bunnell and wife have had nine children. All
grew to maturity, married and have children seen still
living - Richard, Archibald, Isaac, William, Lucinda
now Mrs. Boyer, John and Henry. Mr. Bunnell
has followed farming as his principal business through life,
and all in Warren County, but three years spent in
Montgomery County, near Centerville. In September,
1832, he bought the farm where he now lives, and moved on it
in April 1833, where he has since resided, a period of
almost half a century. Mr. Bunnell and wife
commenced in life without a dollar and have worked their way
through life dependent upon their industry and good
management; they experienced their full share of the trials
and hardships of log cabin life, but they toiled on knowing
no such word as "fail;" they raised a large family of
children, were blessed with health and prosperity, and today
they "sit under their own vine and fig tree'" and enjoy the
competency their own hands and united labors have won for
them. He owns 179 acres of fine land, has erected all
the buildings on the place and has a good home and
residence. Mr. Bunnell and his companion have
traveled the journey of life together bearing its burdens
and enjoying its pleasures for the remarkable period of
three score years, and have witnessed the wonderful changes
in the transformation of the wilderness into these fine
cultivated farms; the log cabins replaced by fine brick and
frame houses; the vast improvements in farm implements, and
the means of transportation of the products of the farm to
distant markets all this they have seen and experienced, and
when their time shall come to leave all these earthly
scenes, as it must come to all these worthy old pioneers -
these brief records of their lives may serve to their
grandchildren as a kind remembrance that shall call forth
praise and honor for their noble lives and labors.
Mr. Bunnell has been a member of the Christian Church
for sixty years, during which period his noble wife has
borne him company on the heavenly road.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 894 |
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Hamilton Twp. -
WILLIAM BURTON, retired carpenter, P.
O. Maineville, was born on the old home farm in 1824, on
which he lived until 19 years old, when he learned the
carpenter trade, which he actively followed till a few years
ago, when he learned the carpenter trade, which he actively
followed till a few years ago, when he retired from active
business and has since lived a retired life in the village
of Maineville. He is a member of Emery Lodge3, of
Loveland, No. 258; joined at its organization in 1854.
(Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882
- Page 939) |
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Wayne Twp. -
EDWARD
B. BUTTERWORTH, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in
Clermont Co., Ohio, July 14, 1827; is a son of Samuel and
Hannah L. (Taylor) Butterworth, he a native of Campbell
Co., Va., and she of Chester Co., Penn,. The paternal
grandparents were Benjamin and Rachel Butterworth,
natives of Virginia, who emigrated to this county in 1812
and purchased land in the southern part of the county, near
Clermont County, where he was among the early settlers, and
resided and died on the same place where he first located,
aged about 65 years. Samuel was 14 years of age
when they located in Warren County; here he grew to manhood
and was married and became the father of six children -
three sons and three daughters, two now living - Jessie
T. and Edward B. Mr. Butterworth bought a
farm in Clermont County, where he resided until 1848; thence
removed into Warren County, where he purchased the farm
known as the Benjamin Evans farm, and here resided
till his death, Feb. 21, 1872, aged 74 years; his wife died
Sept. 5, 1850, aged 47 years. Mr. B., as
were his ancestors, was a devoted member of the Society of
Friends. He was a man of great energy and industry,
and, as an early pioneer, did a vast amount of hard labor,
having cleared with his own hands and labor, 100 acres right
from the woods, which was seldom, if ever, equaled by the
labor of one man; the town of Loveland is now built upon a
portion of the land he cleared. He was a man of
undoubted integrity, of firm principles and correct and just
in all his dealings, and, in his death, the community lost a
worthy citizen and his family a kind father and husband.
Our subject was brought up to farm labor; was married, Mar.
28, 1849, to Hannah, daughter of Josiah and
Abigail Rogers, whose ancestors are given in the sketch
of Samuel W. Rogers; by this union, they had six
children; four now survive- Samuel, born Dec. 12,
1851; Ellen B., Mar. 6, 1856; Mary Sept. 11,
1858, and Josiah, born Oct. 3, 1861; his wife died
May 1, 1873, aged 48 years. On July 7, 1875, he was
again married, to Percilla, daughter of John W.
and Sophia Wroten, natives of Baltimore, Md., who became
residents of Warren County in 1846, where they have since
resided; they have had ten children; five now survive -
Percilla, Mary F., Martha L., Henry H. and James H.
Mr. Butterworth first located upon the old home place of
his father, having erected new buildings, and there and at
the old homestead place he remained until 1874, when he
accepted the position of Superintendent of the Agricultural
Department of the Miami Valley Institute, which position he
filled for one and a half years; in the spring of 1876, he
bought and located where he now lives. This place he
purchased of Stephen Barnett, being the property
formerly owned by Samuel Gause; it consists of 44
acres of good land, with good buildings and improvements,
constituting a pleasant home and residence. Mr.
Butterworth has entered quite extensively upon the
culture of small fruits, which he intends to make his
leading business.
(Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 824) |
Wm. Butterworth |
Hamilton
Twp. -
WILLIAM BUTTERWORTH, retired farmer
and teacher, P. O. Maineville. The gentleman whose
name heads this sketch is another of the old and prominent
settlers of Warren Co. He was born in Campbell Co.,
Va., Sept. 27, 1802, and is a son of Benjamin and Rachel
(Mormon) Butterworth, natives of the same State.
Benjamin was born Feb. 11, 1766; he was a Southern
farmer, a member of the Society of Friends, and a near
relative of Col. Lynch, the celebrated author of the
"Lynch law." Rachel was born Jan. 26, 1765.
Their marriage was celebrated, August 31, 1786, and to them
were born children as follows: Polly, Betsy, Milly,
Mary M., Mormon, Benjamin, Isaac, Samuel, Rachel, William
and Henry. In 1812 the Butterworth family
emigrated to Ohio and settled in Wayne Township, Warren Co.,
and two years later removed to Hamilton Township in the same
county. Later the father purchased 500 acres of land
on a portion of which was afterwards laid out the village of
Loveland. This pioneer was a modest and unassuming
man, was successful in business, and accumulated
considerable property. He died Jan. 20, 1833, and his
wife Mar. 10, 1848. Our subject was reared on the
farm, and received his education in the district schools, in
which he fitted himself to teach, a profession he followed
for forty years, becoming a popular and successful educator.
On the 21st of June, 1826, Mr. Butterworth was united
in marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Nathan and
Rachel (Smith) Linton, who was born in Clinton Co., O.,
July 29, 1807. Her parents were born, the father on
the banks of the Delaware River, in Bucks Co., Pa., Jan. 17,
1778, and emigrated to Ohio in 1802, settling in what later
became Clinton Co., where he was employed as a surveyor in
1803; he was appointed County Surveyor in 1810, on the
organization of that county, and held the office for twenty
years, and the mother near Greenville, Tenn., Jan. 18, 1790.
They were married on the 31st of Jan., 1806, and died in the
years 1858 and 1859, respectively. To our subject and
wife have been born seven children, five of whom are living,
namely: Kalista, the wife of Henry Eastman, Esq.,
of Maineville, with whom the parents are now residing;
Rachel L. Hadley, Susan B. Murdock, Benjamin
Butterworth and Elizabeth B. Crowell. The
deceased are Nathan and Louisa. Benjamin
was born Oct. 22, 1837, and was educated at Athens College.
He read law in Cincinnati, O., and was there admitted to the
bar. He is now a member of Congress, representing the
first district of Ohio, and is a man of ability and sterling
worth. Our subject has been successful in life, and is
now the possessor of over 400 acres of valuable land.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 939 |
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