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History of Hocking Valley, Ohio
Together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships,
Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political
History, Portrait of Prominent Persons, and
Biographies of Representative Citizens.
Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co.
1883
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ABRAM LASH,
postoffice Athens, was born Aug. 5, 1817, son of William Lash, a
native of Pennsylvania. Our subject's early life was spent on a farm,
and he received his education in the common schools. He was married
Jan. 30, 1840, to Eleanor Beal, of this county. They were the
parents of three children - John, William and Elizabeth.
He was married the second time, Feb. 17, 1850, to Isabella McKinstry,
of this county. To them were born six children - Josiah, Leander,
Martha, Jeremiah, Mary and George. Mr. Lash resides on a fine farm
of 460 acres, eighty acres of which his father first settled, Mr. Lash
having purchased the rest. He has been a member of the Baptist church
forty years.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by
Inter-State Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 561 |
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HUGH LAUGHLIN
was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, May 5, 1825. He was married
in September, 1864, to Margaret Beveridge, a native of Athens
County, born in 1821. They have had six children, only three now
living—Mary, now Mrs. John Bowman; Haney and Albert.
Mr. Laughlin has fourteen acres of good land on section 12, Lee
Township, and is engaged in farming and stockraising, making a specialty of
raising cattle. He was at one time a member of the Methodist church,
but for the past eighteen years has not been connected with any
denomination. John Masten was born in Ritchie County, W.
Va., Oct. 4, 1845. He came to Lee Township in 1864 and has since
resided here engaged in farming. He now has sixty acres of good land
on section 12. In October, 1873, he obtained a patent for his Climax
churn, which has taken the premium at several county fairs, and also at the
Ohio State Fair in 1878. Mr. Masten’s address is Lee,
Athens Co., Ohio, and he will be pleased to correspond with any one wishing
a good churn. He was married April 21, 1866, to Catherine
Llewellen, a native of Lee Township. They have eight children—Charles,
Hora, Ora, Perley, Lucy, John, Rawliegh and Leander.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by Inter-State
Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 619 |
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A. J. LEARNED, M. D., was
born in Dover Township, Athens Co., Ohio, July 28, 1843. During his
youth he worked on the farm in the summer and spent a part of the winter in
attending the public schools. After he had attained some knowledge of
the common branches, he entered the Weethee College, in Athens County.
Aug. 19, 1861, he enlisted in the Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, and served until
Nov. 9, 1864. He then came home, and June 15, 1867, was married to
Mary Daines, by whom he has seven children. In 1874 Mr. Learned
began the study of medicine, and soon afterward entered the Columbus
Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, where he graduated in 1877. He
immediately began the practice of medicine, and has built up a fine
practice, having an extended reputation as a physician.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. -
1883 - Page 752 |
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MARTIN R. LEARNED was born in
Washington County, Ohio, Jan. 17, 1820. His father, Daniel Learned,
a native of Connecticut, born in 1767, moved to Washington County, Ohio, in
1814, and to Dover Township, Athens County, in 1821. His mother was
Catherine (Gilliland) Learned, born in 1789, in New Jersey. He was
reared on the old homestead and educated in a subscription school.
Mr. Learned learned the trade of a millwright when young; followed that
trade and the chair-making trade for about twenty years. He still has
chairs in his possession that he made over forty years ago. He built
several flat-boats some years ago, and during the high water he would run
them down Sunday Creek to Hocking, thence to the Ohio River. For the
past twenty years he has been engaged in farming. He was married Jan.
6, 1842, to Miss Ursula Wemer, a daughter of John Wemer.
They had four children, but one living - Eliza J., now the wife of
James L. Howard. One daughter, Marietta, died at the age of
thirty-four years. She was the wife of Sardine Cradlebaugh.
Mr. Learned owns 162˝ acres of valuable
land. When the Learned family settled in the woods of Dover
Township in 1821, there were numerous deer, wolves, bears, panthers, and a
few elk. There are but two men in the township who were here when they
came. Mr. Learned's father died Mar. 28, 1862, at the age of
ninety-five years. His mother is still living, and is ninety-four
years old. She remains with her granddaughter, Mrs. Howard, on
the old homestead, which our subject still owns. Daniel Learned
was married twice, and was the father of twenty-four children.
SOURCE: History
of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. -
1883 - Page 752 |
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H. T. LEE, M. D.,
was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, Jan. 26, 1856, a son of James H. and
Rachel (Baldwin) Lee. He received his early education in the
common schools, and completed it at the Atwood Institute, Albany, Athens
Co., Ohio. After leaving school he engaged in teaching for about four
years. He began the study of medicine in April, 1878, under the
preceptorship of Dr. A. C. Allen, of Straitsville, Ohio. He
took his first course of lectures in the winter of 1879-'80, at the Ohio
Medical College, after which he returned to Straitsville, and remained with
his preceptor until the next winter, when he took his second course of
lectures, and graduated in 1882, at the same college, after which he located
in Buchtel, where by strict attention to his profession he has built
up a large practice, and met with remarkable success. He is a member
of the K. of P., Buchtel Lodge, No. 78. He is also a member of the I.
O. O. F., Buchtel Lodge, No. 712.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago:
by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 466 |
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SAMUEL M.
LEFEVER, carpenter, joiner, contractor and builder, undertaker and
proprietor of the Central Hotel, Trimble, Ohio, is the fourth son of
Isaac and Elizabeth (Step) Lefever. He was born in Trimble
Township, July 6, 1840,and lived with his parents until nineteen years of
age. At the age of nineteen he was apprenticed to C. C. Mingus
to learn the carpenter's trade; was with him eighteen months. He then
worked four months with D. Andrews and I. P. Lefever. Dec. 11,
1861, en enlisted in Company E, Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for
three years as a private; was in the battles of Cedar Mountain, second Bull
Run, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, siege of forts Wagner and
Gregg, before Charleston, and sever minor engagements during his term of
service. Feb. 15, 1865, he was discharged at Jacksonville, Fla., and
returned home. He worked with B. C. Lefever for two years, and
then began contracting and building for himself and has continued in the
business to the present time, adding that of undertaking some nine years
since. He is a Fellow Craft Mason, and member of Nelsonville Lodge.
Jan. 14, 1871, he married Mary E., daughter of Isaac and Rachel
(Burley) Hedley. They have two children - Webster E. E. and
Isaac H. D.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by
Inter-State Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 780 |
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R. J. LEMMON,
pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, was born in Dubois County,
Ind., Feb. 12, 1832. Nov. 6, 1856, he married Miss Jane Turner,
a native of Bloomfield, Ind., born Feb. 8, 1833. They have five
children—Jessie, now first assistant in the graded schools of
Taylorville, Ill.; D. Donnell, R. Bell, Annie D., and Fannie Grace.
After his marriage Mr. Lemmon took charge of the church in
Bloomfield. In 1860 he went to Dale, Ind., and in connection with his
pastoral work was employed to raise money to build an academy. At the
breaking out of the late war the project was abandoned, and in 1863 he was
called to the pastorate of the church in Taylorville, Ill. His health
failing he resigned in 1866 and was appointed agent to obtain funds to endow
Lincoln University, Lincoln, Ill. In 1869 he assumed the charge of the
church at Albion, Ill. He afterward went to Newbury, Ind., and
remained two years, when his health again being delicate, he was sent by the
Board of Missions of the church to California, and remained there two years
and a half. He was then called to the general financial management of
the Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, Pa. In 1880 he came to Athens
County, and in August of that year organized the church at Albany, and was
instrumental in building the church in addition to his other pastoral
labors. Mr. Lemmon has been a very prominent man in his
church and has been an earnest worker in its behalf.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by Inter-State
Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 618 |
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AARON LEWIS, the oldest native
of York Township now living in Athens County, was born Feb. 18, 1819, a son
of Samuel Lewis, a native of Allegheny County, Pa., and an early
settler of York Township, Athens County, having settled here prior to the
war of 1812. Our subject was brought up mostly on the old homestead,
and educated in a subscription school; often had to walk three miles through
the deep snow in the woods to school. Mr. Lewis was married
Dec. 25, 1844, to Sarah Fisk, daughter of Claudius L. Fisk.
They had two children, both dead. One daughter, Emma J., left
two children - Madge Dew and Mabel Russell, she having been
married twice. Mrs. Lewis died Feb. 17, 1857, and Mr. Lewis
again married, Sept. 14, 1859, Ruth C. Summers, daughter of Thomas
Summers. they had seven children, six living - Douglas A.,
Francis M., Zua, Lee, Maggie and George W. Mr. Lewis went
with his parents to the head of Raccoon, in York Township, when he was
eleven years old, where he lived until the building of the Hocking Canal,
when he returned to Hocking River, near Nelsonville, and has since resided
in the valley. He removed to his present farm in Dover Township in
1875, where he owns 320 acres of valuable land, and is engaged in farming
and stock-raising. He was Assessor of York Township for nineteen years
and was Trustee for that township many years. Mr. Lewis is in
possession of an enormous elk horn, partially petrified, which was found in
the Hocking River by a Mr. Schoonover in the winter of
1872-'2. It is supposed that it had lain beneath the sand and water
for over 100 years.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. -
1883 - Page 753 |
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SETH LINSCOTT,
farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Ames Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Aug.
2, 1836, a son of George and Sarah (Davis) Linscott, and a grandson
of Israel Linscott, who was one of the early settlers of Ames
Township. He was reared on a farm, and received his education in the
common schools, residing with his parents until he was twenty-two years of
age. He was married Jan. 10, 1858, to Miss Elizabeth Morris, of
Athens County. They have had twelve children, of whom ten are living—
George I., Perley J., Harvey L. D., Sarah C., Daniel S., Charles O., Nora
M., Adeline D., Alonzo V. and Emmit. Mr. Linscott has always
followed the avocation of farming, and by his own industry and exertion has
accumulated a large property. His farm contains 200 acres of improved
land, under a high state of cultivation. He and his wife are active
members of the Church of the Disciples.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley,
Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 532 |
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HENRY LOGAN,
merchant, a native of Alexander Township, was born Nov. 21, 1832, the son of
John Logan, who was of Irish Descent. HE was reared a farmer
and received his education in the common schools. Arriving at the age
of manhood, he engaged in the mercantile business, which he has since
followed. He has served as Township Clerk six years, Trustee three
years, and Justice of the Peace six years. He was appointed Postmaster
in 1862, and has served since that time. June 9, 1853, he married
Caroline Bean, daughter of Dr. George Bean, of this township.
They have seven children - Rettie, Reppie, W. G., Ella, Flora, Earle
and Frank; all have been given the advantages of a good education and
are well fitted to perform the duties of life. Mr. Logan is a
zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He keeps a large
assortment of goods, and by fair and honorable dealings has secured the
confidence ant trust of all who now him.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by
Inter-State Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 562 |
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JOHN B. LOVE,
farmer, is the oldest son of Thomas L. and Hannah (James) Love
He was born near Trimble, Ohio, Sept. 1, 1834, and lived with his parents
until manhood, receiving a common-school education. At twenty-one
years of age he leased land and farmed until 1861. Dec. 12, 1861, he
enlisted in Company B, Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as
private, for three years and was with his command in West Virginia. In
September, 1862, he was discharged for disability, having received injuries
from which he has never fully recovered. In 1863 he removed to
Jefferson County, Iowa, and rented land eight years. He then returned
to Trimble, Ohio, and purchased a portion of the home farm, where he still
lives. He was Postmaster at Hartleyville one year. Dec. 27,
1853, he married Sarah A., daughter of Henry and Jane (Posey) May,
of Morgan County, Ohio. They have three children - James L., of
Hocking County; William C. and Sylva J. They have lost
three children - Warwick A. in infancy, Riley M. in his second year,
and Samuel F. at the age of seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Love
are members of the Disciple church.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by
Inter-State Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 780 |
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LORENZO LOVELL
was born in Morgan County, Ohio, July 13, 1840, a son of Thomas R. and a
grandson of Thomas S. Lovell, who was prominently identified with the
pioneers of the county. Our subject was reared on a farm and received
his education in the common schools. In 1861 he went to California and
engaged in the lumber business in which he met with good success, and
returned to Athens County in 1864. He was married Feb. 7, 1867, to
Hannah T. Hopkins, of Morgan County. They have three children -
Thomas S., Hannah S., George O. After his return from California
he engaged in farming, and raising and dealing in livestock. His farm
contains 268 acres of good land under a high state of cultivation.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by
Inter-State Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 710 |
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PULASKI LOWRY, an enterprising
young business man, was born in Dover Township, this county, July 20, 1850.
His father, William Lowery, was born in Athens Township in 1801,
and was a son of Robert Lowry, a native of Ireland, and one of the
first pioneers of Athens County. Our subject received a common school
education. He is now operating the Chauncey Salt Works, and makes
twenty-five barrels of salt daily. This salt is of the purest and best
quality. Mr. Lowry was married in June, 1872, to Sarah J.
North, daughter of Henry North, of Chauncey. They have had
six children, four of whom are living - Alvira, Almira, Alice and
Mary.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. -
1883 - Page 754 |
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