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BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Adams County, Ohio
from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time
by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers
West Union, Ohio
Published by E. B. Stivers
1900
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HON. RICHARD RAMSEY
was born in Washington County, Ohio, but was from early
childhood a resident of Winchester, Adams County, Ohio,
where in 1885 he died, at the age of seventy-four years and
eleven months. He made the most of the common schools
in his day and thus added to a mind of great natural force
much acquired ability. His mind was well stored with
useful information of which, owning to his mental
discipline, he had ready command. He was a natural
logician, and reasoned well on questions of local and
national importance. For thirty-one years he was a
Justice of the Peace, though he accomplished as much by his
unofficial counsels in reconciling the estranged as through
the administration of the law, if any, of his official
rulings were reversed by the higher court. In 1873, he
represented Adams County in the State Legislature. He
was elected at a time when the opposing political party was
in the ascendency, so fully did he share the confidence of
his neighbors, without distinction of party.
In his early manhood, he united with the Methodist
Episcopal Church, of which he was a useful and influential
member till his death. For thirty-seven years of this
time, he was a local preacher; and for thirty-one years, a
local deacon. His sermons were both scriptural and
practical, and were very acceptable in the entire field of
his labors.
In 1831 he was married to Miss Priscilla Reese,
daughter of Major Jonathan Reese. In 1881 they
celebrated their golden wedding, all their nine children and
several grandchildren being present.
His was a beautiful character. He was gentle and
kind, faithful and true. His dispositions was even and
winning. He had clear and deep convictions on all questions,
and never failed in his loyalty to what he thought was
right. His influence in the community was blessed, and
aided greatly in the promotion of every moral reform.
His body was the first in this large family to be borne
to its last resting place in the cemetery of the village
where so long he had resided.
(Source 1: History of Adams County, Ohio - by
Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers – West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B.
Stivers - 1900
- Page 294) |
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PROF.
FRANKLIN EUGENE REYNOLDS, of Waverly, Ohio, is one of
the foremost educators and one of the best teachers in
Southern Ohio. He was born on the twenty-fourth of
January, 1870, the sixth son and eighth child of Stephen
Reynolds and Maria Moore, his wife, near where the town
of Peebles is, on the old Dunbar farm. His
mother was a daughter of Newton Moore, one of the
most successful of the Brush Creek farmers. His father
was an extensive farmer and stock raiser and was very
successful in each of those occupations. Our subject
attended the common schools near his home until 1887, when
he attended the school at Lebanon, Ohio, and graduated in
the Scientific course in 1889. He began his career as
a teacher in the Fall of 1889, and few have accomplished as
much as he in ten years. From 1889 until 1892, he
taught District schools in the Fall and Winter in Adams and
Scioto Counties.
In the Summer of 1890 and 1891, he taught the Normal
school at North Liberty, Ohio, in connection with
Prof. J. W. Jones. In the Summer of 1892,
he read medicine with Dr. George F. Thomas, at
Peebles. From the Fall of 1892 until June, 1895, he
was principal of the High school in Manchester. In the
Summers of 1893, 1894 and 1895, he taught Summer schools at
Manchester in connection with Prof. J. W. Jones.
In the Fall of 1895, he was elected Superintendent of the
schools at Manchester, and served until June, 1899. In
the Summer of 1896, he taught a Normal school at Manchester.
In the Summer of 1898, he taught a Normal school at West
Union in connection with Prof. J. E. Collins.
In the Summer of 1899, he attended the Summer post-graduate
course at the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio.
In the Fall of 1899, he accepted the position of
Superintendent of the schools at Waverly, Ohio.
In December, 1895, he was granted by the State Board of
School Examiners a Common School Life Certificate. In
December, 1898, the same Board granted him a High School
Life Certificate. Eighty percent of the teachers who
taught in Adams County in the years 1898 and 1899 had been
pupils of his in the County Normals, or Summer schools.
In 1897, he was one of the County School Examiners of Adams
County. Mr. Reynolds is a Free Mason. He
is a member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter of Manchester, and
of the Commandery in Portsmouth. He is also an Odd
Fellow and Knight of Pythias and a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Prof. Reynolds is a man of strong personality
and exceptional attainments in the branches of learning he
has studied. His perceptions are quick and keen.
He is a disciplinarian and an organizer of rare ability.
His influence for good, wherever he has taught, has been
remarkable. His administration of the Manchester
schools has been the brightest in their history. While
the work in the common branches under his supervision was
well carried on, he introduced new subjects of study and
infused in his pupils a love of them and enthusiasm in the
pursuit of them. Since his location at Waverly, he has
become largely instrumental in the founding of the Riverside
Tri-County Teachers' Association and is its President.
He has tireless zeal and energy in his chosen
profession. He puts his whole soul into his work and
makes the tedious pursuit of learning attractive, delightful
and interesting. He possesses strong will, wonderful
energy and is full of confidence in his plans and projects.
He has a fine constitution and excellent health. He
has a sound mind in a sound body and conserves all his
mental and physical forces. His career as a teacher
fairly begun will be one of the best and most brilliant.
He is a Democrat in his political principles, believing in
"government of the people, by the people and for the
people."
(Source 1: History of Adams County, Ohio - by
Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers – West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B.
Stivers - 1900 - Page 842) |
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JOSEPH RIGGS
Source 1:
History of Adams County, Ohio - by Nelson W. Evans and
Emmons B. Stivers – West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B.
Stivers - 1900 - Page 262 -
Chapter XVI
NOTE:
CORRECTIONS - p. 262. At the opening of
the sketch the name of the wife of Stephen Riggs
is given as "Annie". On her tombstone in
Sardinia cemetery it is "Elizabeth"
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DR.
W. L. ROBINSON of Blue Creek, was born in the city of
Glasgow, Scotland, in 1835. His mother's maiden name
was Emaline Whittelsey, of the well-known family of
that name in the days of Robert Bruce. In 1840,
he came with his parents to the Territory of Michigan, and
grew to manhood on a farm in that State. He studied at
the University of Michigan, and at the beginning of the
Civil War entered the Union Army with the Barry Guards of
Ann Arbor. He was with McClellan in the
Peninsular Campaign, and received his first wound at Malvern
Hill. He had his horse shot under him at Antietam
while bearing dispatches from Gen. Burnside to
Griffin's Park of Artillery. He was wounded
a second time at the first battle of Fredericksburg, and
again under Hooker at the same place. In the Summer of
1863, he was on detached duty at Louisville, Kentucky, being
no longer fit for field service on account of wounds.
Was discharged in the Fall of 1863, and settled in Kenton
County, Kentucky, and resumed the practice of medicine.
In 1875, he came to Jefferson Township, Adams County, Ohio,
where he still resides and has a large and lucrative
practice in his profession. He married Mary J.
Taylor, a very intelligent and estimable woman.
They have no children.
(Source 1: History of Adams County, Ohio - by
Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers – West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B.
Stivers - 1900
- Page 845) |
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ALEXANDER
ROUSH, miller, of Manchester, Ohio, was born June 27,
1847, in Sprigg Township, Adams County, Ohio, son of
William and Margaret (Edgington) Roush, Michael
Roush, great-grandfather of our subject, was a native
of Pennsylvania, and came in 1796 with the Pence and
Bowman families to establish the "Dutch Settlement,"
in Sprigg Township. Parmenus, son of Michael
Roush, married Catherine Smith and raised a
family of nine children: William, Michael, John, Squire,
Samuel, Rachel, Cassander, Mary Ann and Elizabeth.
William, the eldest of these, is the father of our
subject. He was born April 16, 1824, and was married
to Margaret Edgington, in 1849. She was the
daughter of Azariah Edgington, of Sprigg Township,
William Roush has been a very prosperous farmer, and
is noted for his liberality in contributing toward the
support of the church. He and his wife are members at
Union, near Bentonville. The children of William
and Margaret Roush are: Laura Ann, wife of D.
C. Beam of Bentonville, Ohio; Nancy Jane, wife of
Hiram E. Pence, of Manchester, Ohio; Mary
Catherine, wife of Rev. H. Allen Gaskins, of
Manchester, Ohio; Alexander, the subject of this
sketch; Frank, of
Bradyville, Ohio, Commissioner, of Adams County; Pangburn,
of Coyville, Kansas; Aaron, of Manchester, Ohio;
Robert, of Bradyville, Ohio; and Sherman, of
Manchester, Ohio.
Alexander Roush, subject of this sketch, was
reared on a farm, and received a common school education.
He was married on Nov. 16, 1871, to Olivine Pence,
daughter of David Pence. David Pence was
drowned while bathing in the Ohio River at the mouth of
Crooked Creek. By this marriage were born two
children: Harvey, born Sept. 16, 1872, cashier, of
the Burnet House, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Lillie,
who married Walter Wilson. Mr. Wilson has
charge of the coal office of Mr. Roush. Mrs. Roush
died July 15, 1878, and on Oct. 21, 1879, Mr. Roush
married Mrs. Caroline Ellison, widow of John
Ellison, of Manchester, Ohio.
Our subject remained on the farm until 1872, when he
removed to Manchester, Ohio, and engaged in the grocery
business. In 1882, he entered the milling firm of
Oliver Ashenhurst & Son, and since 1888 has build up the
business interests of the community. He is a member of
Hawkeye Tribe 117, Improved Order of Red Men, at Manchester,
Ohio. Also a member of 827 I. O. O. F. Encampment, No.
203, at Manchester, Ohio. In his political views he is
a Democrat.
(Source 1: History of Adams County, Ohio - by
Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers – West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B.
Stivers - 1900 - Page 847) |
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FRANK
B. ROUSH, of Bradyville, was born Sept. 11, 1852, and
is a son of William Roush and Margaret Edgington, his
wife, of Sprigg Township.
He received a good common school education and worked
on his father's farm until his marriage with Miss Ella
Jackson, in 1876, a daughter of Samuel Jackson
and his wife, Catherine Kirker, of Liberty Township.
He has, since his marriage, been engaged in farming and
stock raising and is one of the wealthy farmers of Sprigg
Township, owning one of the finest farms in that region.
In 1897, he was nominated as the unanimous choice of his
party, on the Democratic ticket for Commissioner, and was
elected in November of htat eyar, which position he is now
filling to the satisfaction of his political friends, and
the tax payers of the county in general. Mr. Roush
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Bradyville
and is trustee and steward of that organization; and also of
Brady Lodge No. 6224, Knights of Pythias. He is
descended from the Roush family of the Old "Dutch
Settlement" in Sprigg Township, one of the pioneer families
of Adams County.
(Source 1: History of Adams County, Ohio - by
Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers – West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B.
Stivers - 1900 - Page 846) |
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JAMES
POLK ROUSH, merchant, of Bentonville, was born in
Sprigg Township, Dec. 29, 1842, on the farm now occupied by
Michael Smith. His grandparents, Michael and
Mary Frye Roush were married in Shenandoah County,
Virginia, in 1794, and removed to Adams County, in 1796,
settling on the above mentioned farm. Michael Roush
was a millwright and he built and ran a "horse mill," common
in early times. It is remarkable that when Mr.
Roush came to Adams County that stone was so scarce was
so scarce that he drove all the way down Suck Run without
finding a wagon load for pillars for his house and used
locust blocks instead, some of which may be seen under the
old house to this day. Robert S. Roush, the
father of our subject, was born Sept. 6, 1814, at the old
place. He married Mary Ann Hook, in 1837, the
fruits of which union were Dobbins, Elizabeth, James
Polk, Michael, Thomas H., John H., Franklin P., William W.
and George W. Mr. Roush, the subject of this
sketch, received a limited education in the common schools
of the township, and has given his attention mostly to
farming until the last three years since which time he has
been engaged in the dry goods and grocery business in
Bentonville. He was married Oct. 15, 1863, to
Caroline B. McNulty, daughter of
Asa McNulty of
Brown County.
The children born to them are Ida M., married to
Thos. Sinniger, of Bentonville; Anna, married
to James Sinniger, of Aberdeen, Ohio; Eliza Jane,
married to W. J. Faugher, merchant, of Bentonville;
George C., married to Bertha Shipley
(deceased), daughter of Milton Shipley, and Frank,
married to Identie Smith. Mr. Roush is a
Democrat of the old school, although he has never taken any
active part in politics, preferring to give his whole
attention to his business, at which he has been moderately
successfully. He was elected Treasurer of Sprigg
Township in 1899, without any solicitation on his part.
Mr. Roush is known far and wide as a man upright in
all his dealings and is rated "good" as a merchant in
Bradstreet's.
(Source 1: History of Adams County, Ohio - by
Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers – West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B.
Stivers - 1900) |
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