BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX Source:  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 NOTE: As Always... If there is a biography that you want transcribed, Please CONTACT ME. ~ Sharon W. Also I have found lots of typos in this volume. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z < CLICK HERE to GO to LIST  of HISTORIES and BIOGRAPHIICAL INDEXES > Adams, Eli Purchas 676 Alexander, Carey C. 678 Alexander, John 300 Allison, James 675 Allison, John Bratton 680 Amen, John 503 Anderson, Irwin M. 677 Anderson, James 504 Anderson, William 231 Arbuthnot, James, Rev. 506 Arbuthnot, James, Col. 678 Arnold, Ezekiel 679 Ashburn, Thomas Q. 182 Baird, Chambers 208 Baird, Moses 513 Baird, Robinson 510 Baldridge, James W. 683 Baldridge, James W. 697 Baldridge, Newton Dunlap 697 Baldridge, Samuel Turner 681 Baldridge, William, Rev. 506 Baldwin, Michael 508 Barrere, Nelson 310 Bayless, Franklin D. 222 Belli, John * 522 Belt, Levin 172 Bentonville Schools, The 686 Berry, Mames S., M.D. 685 Bissinger, Jacob F. 691 Blair, Albion Z. 918 Blair, Albion Z. 226 Blair, William Alfred 292 Bowman, Ambrose O. 696 Boyle, Daniel 525 Bradford, Samuel Grimes 511 Bratten, Charles H. 687 Bratten, George Elmer, D. D. S. 684 Bratten, Thomas L. 698 Breckenridge, William P. 698 Brittingham, Moses Roush 684 Brown, Jacob Newton 682 Brown, James W. 689 Brown, William Baker 689 Brush, Samuel 202 Bundy, Hezekiah Sanford 316 Bundy, William E., Col. 695 Bunn, James W., (portrait only) 750a Bunn, James W., Dr. * 690 Burbage Family, The 657 Burgess, Dyer, Rev. * 514 Burr, Jacob 692 Burwell, Nicholas 521 Burwell, Samuel 693 Byrd, Charles Willing 526 Caden Family, The 661 Cadon, Adolph 704 Campbell, Alexander, Dr. 277 Campbell, George 546 Campbell, John * 534 Campbell, John, Dr. 701 Campbell, John W., Judge * 301 Campbell, Joseph Randolph * 712 Campbell, William O. 699 Caskey, James, Rev. 539 Caskey, John Patton 700 Charles, Samuel L. 727 Cherrington, Thomas 194 Clark, Milton Lee 192 Clark, Samuel E., Capt. 728 Clark, Samuel Paul 725 Clinger, John, Jr. 721 Cochran, John, Gen. 261 Cochran, Robert McGovney 724 Cockerill, Armstead Thompson Mason 715 Cockerill, Daniel, Gen. 914 Cockerill, John A. 713 Cockerill, Joseph Randolph 311 Cole, Alfred E., Hon. 728 Cole, Allaniah 541 Cole, George Davis 706 Cole, James Mitchell 545 Cole, Leonard 540 Coleman, David, Dr. 711 Coleman, John 725 Coleman, William Kirker, M.D. 720 Collett, Joshua 176 Collier, Daniel, Col. 538 Collings, George, Capt. 705 Collings, George, Hon. 179 Collings, Henry 184 Collins, Elliot H. 715 Collins, John Edgar 718 Collins, John, Rev. * 543 Collins, Richard 200 Compton, John Donalson 703 Compton, Stephen Wilson 532 Connolley, Thomas W. 702 Connor, James Harvey * 717 Cornelius, James F. 719 Coryell, Hannah Amanda, Jrs. 707 Coryell, James L. 290 Coryell, William C. 716 Covert, Larkin N. 699 Cox, Martin 709 Cox, Martin L., of Hills Fork 727 Craigmiles, Charles 723 Crawford, Edward A. 721 Crissman, Marion Francis 722 Culbertson, Samuel 709 Darlinton, George W. 546 Darlinton, Joseph * 251 Davis, Frank 185 De Bruin, Hyman Israel 548 De Bruin, Israel Hyman 733 Dever, Noah J. 186 DeWitt, Clinton Loudon 184 Dickey, Henry L. 323 Dickinson, Hiram Walter 729 Doak, Alvah Sigler 730 Doane, William 309 Dobbins, Robert, Rev. * 552 Donalson, Israel 549 Dunbar, David * 730 Dunbar, Hamilton 551 Ebrite, Daniel 745 Edgington, Charles W., Dr. * 740 Edgington, George Washington 742 Edgington, Lemuel Lindsey 734 Edgington, Sherman Richard 739 Edgington, Sylvanus V. 735 Ellis Family, The 662 Ellison, Andrew 277 Ellison, Andrew Barr 553 Ellison, Andrew Henry 740 Ellison, Cyrus 555 Ellison, John, Jr. 280 Ellison, John 735 Ellison, Robert Hamilton 735 Ellison, Thomas William 737 Ellison, William 557 Ellsberry, William W. 324 Enochs, William H., Gen. * 326 Erdbrink, Edward Frederick William 743 Evans, Edward 559 Evans, Edward Patton 206 Evans, Joseph 563 Evans, L. G., Rev., of Blue Creek 740 Evans, Nelson Wiley * 745 Evans, William 562 Eylar, D. C. 742 Eylar, Daniel P. W. 741 Eylar, David Shafer 736 Eylar, Joseph Wilkins 289 Eylar, John A. 738 Eyler, Joseph 561 Fenton, Lucien J. 328 Fields, Samuel R. 748 Fields, Simon 564 Fields, Simon M. 747 Finley, Joseph L. 570 Fishback, Owen T. 178 Fisher, John 260 Fitzgerald, George R. 201 Foster, Isaac Trimble 749 Foster, Jorden L. 748 Foster, William Stewart 751 Frame, Charles Emery 749 Franz, Richard C. 750 Fristoe, John W. 746 Fulton, Alfred Rust 751 Gaffin, Henry Bascom 756 Gaskins, H. Allen 753 Gaston, Erastus Monteith, M.D. 75 Gaston, James Taylor 754 Glasgow, Robert Arthur 755 Graham, David B. 205 Graham, John, D. D., Rev. 572 Grand-Girard, Emile, Rev. 752 Gregg, John William, Hon. 272 Grimes Family, The 666 Hafer, Valentine H. 756 Hall, Charles Napoleon 757 Hamer, Thomas L. 305 Hamilton, Robert * 913 Hannah, William, Capt. 565 Harsha, Daniel Huston 758 Harsha, Paul 764 Harsha, Paul Howard 758 Harsha, William Buchanan   Hayslip, Joseph Warren 757 Hollingsworth, Abraham 574 Holmes, John * 763 Holmes, Louis D. 759 Holmes, Thomas 566 Holmes, Thomas Jefferson 760 Holmes, William 765 Hood, Albert Clinton 769 Hood, James   Hood, John 567 Hood, John Page 569 Hood, Oscar E. 761 Hook, James N. 762 Hook, John W. 224 Howard, William 313 Hughes, Phillip Michael 767 Hutchins, Wells A., Hon. 314 Hutson, Allen Vane 766 James, William Dow 188 Jones, Greenberry R., Rev. 570 Jones, John William 771 Jones, Paul K. 772 Jones, Robert Caraway 773 Jones, Samuel 770 Kendall, Jeremiah      - See William Kendall 285 Kendall, William, Gen. 285 Keenan, James 203 Kennedy, Martin Van Buren 782 Kenyon, William Franklin 777 Keser, James R. B. 228 Kincaid, John H. 773 Kincaid, John W. 779 Kincaid, John, Col. 578 Kincaid, Winfield Scott 780 Kirk, Albert De Witt 777 Kirker, George S., Capt. 774 Kirker, Thomas, Gov. 256 Kirker, William, Col. 577 Kirkpatrick, Nathaniel 578 Kirkpatrick, Oscar Bennett 778 Kirkpatrick, Robert Stewart 779 Knauff, Frederick 776 Kratzer, Philip 776 Kress, Henry 781 Lafferty, George McAdow 791 Lafferty, Joseph West 579 Lafferty, Joseph West (portrait only) 750a Lafferty, N. B., M.D. (portrait only) 750a Lafferty, Nelson B., M.D. 783 Lang, Francis Marion 789 Lee, Peter 581 Leedom, Elijah Darius 793 Leedom, John Meek 784 Leedom, John P. 323 Lewis, George W. 788 Lewis, Thomas M. 183 Lightbody, John W. 787 Lindsey, John Gardner 788 Little, William Wallace 916 Livingstone, Andrew 580 Lockhart, Albert Gallatin 792 Lockhart, Robert E. 787 Lodwick, John, Col. * 581 Logan, "Black Joe" 583 Loney, William Bruce, Dr. 791 Long, Wesley B. 791 Loughry, John Cunning 786 Loughry, John, Sr. 586 Lovett, Jonah Mason 790 Lucas, Joseph 275 Mason, John Wesley 232 Mason, Samuel Sterling 807 Massie, Nathaniel, Gen. 587 McCall, Enoch 814 McCauslen, Thomas, Hon. * 268 McCauslin, William Sinton 825 McClanahan, Samuel A. 809 McClanahan, Samuel, Judge 602 McClauslen, Thomas, Hon. * 268 McClure, Ralph 604 McColm, Frank C. 817 McColm, John   McColm, William 599 McCormick, A. Floyd, Hon 816 McCormick, Adam 594 McCormick, George Dunkin, Dr., * 823 McCormick, George S. 799 McCormick, J. W. 794 McCormick, Joseph 204 McCormick, John W. 324 McCoy, Charles Franklin 228 McCoy, James Henry 916 McCreight, Jesse Ellsworth 815 McCullough, Addison 598 McCullough, Samuel 595 McCullough, Sanford Alexander 808 McDill, David, D.D., LL. D., Rev. * 821 McDowell, Joseph T., Gen. 309 McFerran, John W., Major 216 McGarry, William 603 McGovney, Adam 605 McGovney, Crockett 801 McGovney, Henry Francis 798 McIntire, Silas Dyer 802 McKee, Joseph, Major 599 McManis, J. O., Judge 821 McMannis, Greenleaf Norton 817 McMillan, Reuben Arthur 823 McNeal, Richard Watson 225 McSurely, George Anderson 824 McSurely, Hugh 606 McSurely, William H. 820 McSurely, Wm. J., Rev., D.D. * 818 Means, Hugh 287 Means, John. Col. 282 Means, Thomas Williamson 590 Mechlin, Henry Harrison 803 Meek, John, Rev.  606 Meek, William M. 211 Mehaffey, John Riley 795 Mehaffey, William F. 811 Metz, James G. 812 Middleton, William H. 189 Middleton, Wilder M., Rev. 805 Miller, F. J., M. D. (portrait only) 750a Miller, Favius J., Dr. * 808 Miller, William L. 803 Milner, John Clinton 190 Minick, Mary Barbara 600 Mitchell, Robert A. 804 Montgomery, Benjamin 806 Moore, Oscar F. 266 Morgan, Stephen, M.C., Hon. 329 Morris, Jonathan D. 310 Morrison, David 602 Morrison, James H. 806 Morrison, John William 797 Morrison, Marion, Rev. 591 Morrison, Robert, Judge. 281 Morrow, Jeremiah 300 Moss, John G. 810 Murphy, Abram K., Rev. 810 Murphy, David Asbury, Capt. * 812 Murphy, David Whittaker 593 Murphy, James Alexander 796 Murphy, Leonidas H. 810 Murphy, Recompense 592 Murphy, Recompense Sherry 594 Myers, Alfred B. 794 Naylor, Chester C. W. 230 Naylor, Reason B. 828 Neal, Lawrence Talbot 321 Nesbit, Samuel X. 827 Newman, James W. 271 Newman, John 826 Newman, Mesheck Herdman 828 Newman, Oscar William 825 Newman, William 269 Nixon, David 826 Norris, Shepherd F. 182 Orebaugh, W. H. 829 Osborne, George William, M.D. 829 Patterson, John 264 Patterson, Samuel Lincoln, Hon. 274 Pattison, John M. 326 Patton, J. Monroe 836 Patton, John of Ohio 609 Patton, John of Virginia 608 Patton, Nathaniel C. 830 Pence, Alfred 830 Pennywit, Reuben 611 Pennywit, Wiley Daniel 833 Pennywitt, Alfred 834 Pennywitt, George W. 833 Pennywitt, Henry 831 Pennywitt, John 610 Pennywitt, Wm. Clinton 832 Peterson, Robert Miller 840 Pettit, George Washington 223 Pfeifer, Samuel 835 Phillips, Henry L. 288 Pile, Henry   Pilson, James, General 264 Pitts, James Thomas 839 Platter, John D. 835 Plummer, John Frederick 836 Poage, James, Col. 612 Pollard, John K., Hon. * 273 Prather, William Wilson 837 Price, John Winston 178 Puntenney Family, The 668 Puntenney, George Hollinsworth   Purdy, Robert W.,  M.D. 838 Quarry, William J., Rev. 841 Ramsey, Richard, Hon. 295 Reynolds, Franklin Eugene, Prof. 842 Richards, John Kelvey 849 Riggs, Joseph 262 Robe, Orin Werret, M. D. 849 Roberts, Lincoln Johnson 846 Roberts, Walter Ellsworth 843 Robinson, W. L. Dr. 845 Robuck, Carey E. 229 Robuck, Oscar Coleman 848 Rothrock, James H. * 615 Rothrock, Joseph W.  844 Rothrock, Phillip 617 Roush, Alexander 847 Roush, Frank B. 846 Roush, James Polk 844 Rowley, W. H. R. 846 Russell, Daniel A. 194 Russell, Wm., Hon. * 303 Schelledy, Garland B. 202 Schultz, Peter 624 Scott, Henry 231 Scott, Thomas 622 Shaw, William Lewis, Major 852 Shelton, Thomas J. 866 Shelton, William Jeptha 863 Shepherd, Abraham 173 Shriver, Joseph Arnold * 867 Shuster, William Jacob 876 Shumaker, John 875 Sibley, Hiram L. 193 Silliman, Wyliss 172 Sinton, David * 618 Slaughter, Robert F. 172 Sloane, James, Hon. 853 Smalley, Isaac 859 Smith, Andrew Clemmer 293 Smith, George J. 177 Smith, Joseph Patterson * 855 Smith, John Mitchell 212 Spargur, Lawrence M. 864 Sparks, Charles S. * 865 Sparks, John 876 Sparks, John, the Banker 626 Spear, Francis M. 861 Spring, John William, Rev. * 881 Sproull, Oliver Thoroman, M. D. 865 Steele, David, D.D., Rev. 625 Steen, Alexander Boyd 859 Steen, Arron * 627 Steen, John Alexander, Dr. 877 Steen, M. D. A., D.D., Rev. * 868 Stephenson, Robert Amasa 861 Stevenson, Samuel Cummings 860 Stevenson, Titus, Dr. 875 Stewart, Robert, Rev. 627 Stivers, Andrew Jackson 858 Stivers, Emmos B. Hon. * 854 Stivers, John 617 Stivers, Lyman P. 869 Stivers, Samuel King, Col. 622 Stout, Elisha Pinkney 870 Stout, Obadiah   Stroman, Joseph Arnold 880 Stroman, Sidney R. 878 Swain, Charles Luther 876 Tarbell, David 183 Tharp, Isaac Frederick 873 Thomas, David W. 221 Thomas, Francis Marion, M.D. 887 Thomas, George Andrew 885 Thomas, George Franklin, M.D. 888 Thomas, James Baldwin * 629 Thomas, James Sheridan * 884 Thomas, John Wesley, M.D. 886 Thompson, Albert C., Hon. 324 Thompson, Harvey James 874 Thompson, John 175 Thompson, Le Grand Byington 892 Thompson, Luther 220 Thorman, James M. 892 Thoroman, J. Wesley 874 Thoroman, William T. 874 Tillotson, James Richard 883 Tolle, I. N., Judge 871 Treber Family, The 669 Treber, William 873 Truitt, Samuel B. 883 Tugman, William M. 889 Turnipseed, Albert Given 891 Urmston, Nathaniel Massie, Rev. 911 Urton, Mahlon 907 Van Deman, J. H., A.M., M.D. 893 Vance, Robert Cramer 229 Vandyke, John P., Rev. 651 Voorhees, Ralph M. 632 Voris, W. M., Dr. 630 W. Union Lodge, No. 43, Free & Accepted Masons 897 Waller, Thomas 276 Walsh, Edward K. 909 Wamsley Family, The 653 Wamsley, Isaac   Wamsley, William Finley, Rev. 905 Wamsley, William M. (Portrait only) 654a Wamsley, William Marion 903 Wasson, James P. 910 Wasson, Samuel Young 896 Wasson, Thomas Campbell 633 Watson, William Nelson 895 West, Napooleon Bonaparte 897 West, William H. 903 Westlake, Burroughs, Rev. 652 Wickerham, James Oscar, M.D. 902 Wickerham, Peter Noah 901 Wikoff, Allen T., Gen. 900 Wikoff, Cyrus Franklin 227 Wikoff, George Marion 900 Wilkins, Daniel Putman 200 Williamson, Andrew Woods 899 Williamson, Jane Smith 637 Williamson, Thomas Smith, M.D., Rev. 640 Williamson, William, Rev., The 634 Wills, Orville C. 899 Willson, Jerusha Adaline 648 Willson, William B., Dr. 642 Willson, William F., M.D. 644 Wilson, John Orlando 909 Wilson, John T. * 318 Wilson, Joseph Allen 204 Wilson, Joseph Allen 649 Wilson, Robert S. 651 Wittenmyer, James M., Dr. 904 Wood, Robert Hutchinson 912 Wood, Samuel R., Capt. 649 Woodrow, Alexander 653 Woodrow, Andrew 650 Young, James Albert 905 Young, John B. 291 Zile, Newton Wesley 906   NOTES: * Portrait