BIOGRAPHIES Source:
A History and Biographical Cyclopædia
of
Butler County, Ohio
with
ILLUSTRATIONS AND SKETCHES
of Its
Representative Men and Pioneers
Western Biographical Publishing Co.
Cincinnati, O
1882
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HIRAM DARR
was born in Darrtown, Ohio, on the 6th of October, 1806, and is the son
of Conrad and Catherine Darr, They came to the county about 1802.
He was married May 13, 1827, to Harriet Sithens, daughter of
Jesse and Elizabeth Sithens, who was born July 4, 1807, in New
Jersey. They have had twelve children. Abraham was
born Mar. 24, 1828; Hiram, Apr. 7, 1829; Gardiner, May 7,
1830; Isaac Thomas, Mar. 17, 1832; George Washington, Mar.
3, 1834; Lucy Ann, Oct. 16, 1835; Harriet Eliza Murphy,
Nov. 6, 1837; Matilda Durth, Sept. 21, 1839; Emily Marshall,
Jan. 28, 1842; Louisa, May 6, 1844; Mary, Jan. 17, 1842;
John, Mar. 27, 1852. George W. Darr joined the Union
army Aug., 1861, served eighteen months, and was discharged, on account
of disability. He applied for a pension, and his claim was allowed
Nov., 1880. Mr. Hiram Darr is a farmer and willow
cultivator.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 572 - Milford Twp. |
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JAMES DAUGHERTY
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 372 - Hamilton Twp. |
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SAMUEL DAVIDSON was born in Portage
County, Ohio, June 10, 1825, and was the second son of Patrick and
Jane (Custard) Davidson. He is of Scotch and German descent. With
his parents, he moved to Mercer County, Pennsylvania, about 1832 or
1833, and was educated in the common schools. In the Spring of 1840 he
began an apprenticeship of four years at the cabinet and furniture
trade, which he acquired, working as a journeyman some three years. He
then learned the business of a mill-wright, an occupation which he
followed till 1856. In the Spring of that year he came to Hamilton,
taking charge of a portable saw-mill and machine shop. At this he
continued till 1862, then organizing the firm of Davidson & Co.,
founders of Cincinnati, continuing there till 1865. He entered into
partnership with Bernhard Stemps, in 1865, in the stove,
tin, and hardware business, which lasted till 1870. In the Spring of
1872 he began business in his present location. Although small at first,
it has grown to large proportions. It embraces hardware, grates, and
mantels, and agricultural implements.
Mr. Davidson was married, in 1849, to Miss
Amanda Smith, and they were the parents of two children, both
deceased. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Davidson is a member of the Masonic order. He has
always declined office, v but in 1861 was a member of the city council,
and in 1865 was again a member, being elected president of the board. He
had no start in life, but is entirely self-made.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 363, Hamilton Twp. |
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MRS. HANNAH DAVIES
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 371 - Hamilton Twp. |
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ALMON DAVIS was born in
Vermont, Sept. 4, 1814, and was brought hither by his parents in 1816.
They were Moody and Rebecca Morgan Davis. Almon Davis
was married on the 7th of April 1841, in Westchester, to Maria Harr,
daughter of Henry Harr, born in Lancaster County, in 1802, and
Elizabeth Brewer, born in Maryland in 1819. They came to
Butler County in 1826. Mrs. Almon Davis's grandfather (John
Brewer) was a captain in the War of 1812. Moody Davis
was at Lake Champlain, but too late for the engagement, as he was
delayed in returning by the Illness of his mother. A brother of
his was in the battle, being on Commodore McDonough's vessel.
Mr. Davis, in 1819, built the
mill known as the John Allen mill, and in 1821 was given the use
of it for two years for building it. Within that time he loaded a
boat with flour, and started for New Orleans. It had only gone a
small distance when it struck a snag in the middle of the river about
half-way between the mill and Hamilton. John Line and
David Vinnedge were the pilots. After getting it off, they ran
it near the bank, all jumping off except Moody Davis and Seneca
Sweet. Going a little farther, when nearly opposite
Millikin's Island, now known as Campbell's Island, the craft struck a
stone in the river and broke one of the gunwales in two, filling with
water to the edge. All control of it was lost. When it was
within half a mile of the Hamilton mill-dam, Mr. Davis swam off,
Mr. Sweet remaining. It went over the dam and they
pulled it ashore with ropes. The flour was repacked in a
warehouse, where J. Morgenthaler's carriage shop now stands.
Mr. Davis built a new boat, or rather finished one already begun,
loaded it with new flour, and again set forth on his voyage. The
flour was sold in Natchez at four dollars per barrel, affording a good
profit, as the four hundred bushels of wheat had been purchased from
Nicholas Curtis for twenty-five cents a bushel. This was all
thrashed out with a fiail?. Major William Elliott, of
Westchester, now living, hauled this grain to the mill. Every
barrel of the damaged flour had to be emptied and was sold to a starch
manufactory. After drying the barrels, the other flour was packed
in them. While the repacking and reloading was going on, Joseph
Hough boarded the men at his own house as an act of friendship and
accommodation.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 494, Liberty
Twp. |
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BENJAMIN BASSETT DAVIS
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 533,
Oxford Twp. |
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DUNHAM F. DAVIS
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 534,
Oxford Twp. |
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MRS. EVE DAVIS
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 371 - Hamilton Twp. |
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JOSHUA DAVIS, SEN
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 534, Union
Twp. |
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VINCENT DAVIS, son of
Joshua, was born in New Jersey, about 1785, and died in 1872.
He married Anna Smalley, born in New Jersey in 1788, who died in
1875. They had twelve children, six of whom are still living.
Mary the widow of Mark Moore, lives in Indiana.
Joshua, born June 7, 1808, is married, and lives in Fairfield;
Jemima, wife of William Sleith, is in Indiana; Amy and
Emma Jane are single, and live in Fairfield Township.
Francis is married and lives in Missouri. He came to Ohio in
1805 with his father, and settled in Middletown, where he worked in the
Middletown grist-mill, owned by his father. He married about 1806,
and settled in Monroe, where he recommenced farming. He purchased
land, and about 1813 moved to Liberty Township, where his father-in-law
gave him till his death. He was drafted in the War of 1812, but
sent a substitute. His son Francis was captain of a cavalry
company during the late war. His son Joshua was born Jan.
7, 1808, and was married the first time in 1839, to Mary Cummins,
born in Butler County in 1800. She died in 1873, leaving no
family. He was married the second time in 1875, to Emma
Bellchambers, born in Sussex, England, Sept. 28, 1847. They
have one child, Joshua Dunham born Feb. 19, 1881. He has
been township trustee for one term, director of the school board, and
lieutenant of the Butler County Light Horse.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 480, Fairfield
Twp. |
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S. B. DEAM
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 370 - Hamilton Twp. |
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ALEXANDER WALKER DeARMOND
was born in Butler County, Ohio, Dec. 5, 1822. For his first wife
he married Eliza, daughter of Jacob and Margaret Ross,
Oct. 21, 1845; for his second wife, Elizabeth Lloyd, daughter of
David and Nancy Owens, Jan. 9, 1867. The fruits of these
unions have been William Augustus, born Aug. 17, 1846; Byron
Ellwood, Born Jan. 22, 1851 - dead; Cassius M., born Aug. 23,
1860; Angie Hammond, born May 13, 1844, living in Boone County,
Indiana; Imogene Thompson, born Dec. 27, 1846, St. Charles;
Eva Sparks, born Feb. 23, 1850, wife of Samuel Sparks, of
Groesbeck, Hamilton County, Ohio. Thomas and Rebecca De Armond
came to this county in 1813. William Jenkins, one of
their relatives, was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mr. A. W. De
Armond was a soldier in the war of 1861. He has also
accumulated a considerable property, mostly in land, to the amount of
three hundred and twent-five acres, all of which he has earned through
his own efforts.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 437 - Morgan Twp. |
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JAMES DeARMOND, a
farmer, living in Okeana, was born in Franklin County, Indiana, Oct. 20,
1807, settling in Butler County, 1815. On the 30th of August,
1827, he married Maria, daughter of Peter and Sarah Youmans,
who was born in Sussex County, New Jersey, Jan. 24, 1810. This
marriage resulted in a large and estimable family as follows:
John Randolph, born Aug. 5, 1828 - dead; Sarah Smith, born
July 22, 1830, of Decatur County, Indiana; Peter, born July 30,
1832; Rebecca George, born Nov. 19, 1834 - dead; Elizabeth
Jones, born Aug. 1, 1837; Anna Mercer, born Sep. 20, 1839;
Mary Ellen Denison born Jan. 26, 1842; Emiline Day, born Mar.
28, 1844; Theodore, born Sept. 28, 1846; James, born Dec.
27, 1847; Isabella Phellis, born May 8, 1850; Eliza M. Day,
born July 56, 1852.
Alexander and Elizabeth, the father and mother
of James DeArmond, came to this county in 1807. They had
their horses stolen by the Indians. By careful management they
accumulated a large share of the goods of the world, as also have their
children.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 438 - Morgan Twp. |
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SAMUEL DeARMOND.
One of the most prominent men in Butler County, who held the office of
justice of the peace for twenty-four years, was township treasurer for
nine years, and trustee for two years, is Samuel DeArmond, born
in Hamilton County, Ohio, Nov. 15, 1805, and married to Sarah,
daughter of Peter and Sarah Youmans, Nov. 2, 1826. Mrs.
DeArmond was born in Sussex County, New Jersey, the 2d day of
November, 1806. King and Hannah DeArmond, his father and
mother, came to this county in 1807; his wife's father and mother came
to Butler County in 1815. Samuel DeArmond is the father of
seven children: Hannah Robinson, born Feb. 6, 1830 - dead;
Elizabeth Ann, born Feb. 27, 1832, now of St. Mary's, Illinois;
Caroline Brown, born Apr. 24, 1834; Margaret Siselove, born
May 22, 1839; John C., born May 25, 1841; Mary E. Hall,
born Nov. 19, 1843, now of Sumner County, Kansas; Samuel H., born
May 1, 1846. Mr. DeArmond is a man of iron nerve.
During his term as magistrate he never had a decision overruled.
He is known throughout the country as "Squire Sam," a title which
he won by being a civil officer for so long a time. This household
has been happy, and is now completing its fifty-fourth year of married
life.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 437 - Morgan Twp. |
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WILLIAM
AUGUSTUS DeARMOND. A well known man in Morgan Township is
William Augustus De Armond, who was born August 17, 1846, and
married Ada Brown, daughter of H. W. Brown, of Okeana,
November 28, 1878, who was born February 3, 1860. Mr. De Armond
is one of the present township trustees, which office he has held for
three terms. He has been assessor for two years; he is also a
member of Harrison Encampment Odd Fellows' Lodge. Mr. De Armond
resides at the old Bebb homestead, Section 27.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 434 - Morgan Twp. |
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JOHN DECHER
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 372 - Hamilton Twp. |
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MICHAEL DEEMER was born in Bavaria
the 22d of November, 1838, and was the son of Jacob and Magdalena
(Miller) Deemer. He attended the government school until he
was thirteen years of age, receiving a fair education in the common
branches, and then learning the trade of shoemaker from his father,
completing his term at twenty-one. He went to Paris in 1859.where
he worked at his trade for two years, and in May, 1861, emigrated to the
United States, coming direct to Cincinnati, and from there going to
Monroe in this county, where he was employed by Ulrich Siek for
two years and a half. IN 1863 Mr. Deemer engaged in
business for himself in the boot and shoe line, in the same place.
Afterward he embarked in the same trade on Vine Street, Cincinnati,
doing an exceedingly good business for a year and a half.
May 25, 1865, Mr. Deemer was united in marriage
with Anna Toohey, born in Ireland in 1838. Mr. and Mrs.
Deemer are the parents of seven children, of whom but one is living.
Frank was born Mar. 1, 1874. Mrs. Deemer died
Mar. 23, 1874. Since that time Mr. Deemer has been
again married. His present wife, to whom he was united June 10,
1875, was Margaret Ernest, born in Nassau, Germany, July 13,
1846. They have been given, in this union, three daughters.
Mary was born Mar. 25, 1876; Eliza, Oct. 23, 1877,
and Louisa, Sept. 20, 1879. After marriage, Mr. Deemer,
in June, 8175, came to Union Township and rented a shop from Henry
Stickels, opening a shoe shop. In the Spring of 1876 he
commenced to build the house where he now lives, which he completed and
moved into in August. It is intended for a hotel and private
dwelling. It is a large building, costing about eight thousand
dollars. He still carries on the boot and shoe business, and owns
a saloon. He is a prosperous man, although when he first came to
this county he had nothing. Mr. and Mrs. Deemer are members
of the Roman Catholic Church.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 585, Union Twp. |
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LOUIS B. DELACOURT
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 370 - Hamilton Twp. |
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JOSHUA DELAPLANE is
one of the oldest and best known citizens of Butler County. He has
been a resident since June, 1819, and his course since that time has
commanded the respect and confidence of the community. His parents
were Daniel and Catherine Delaplane, natives of Maryland, in
which State Joshua was born, in Frederick County, on the 24th of
June, 1807. His father served in the war of 1812, and afterwards
moved out to this region. The boy followed farming until he was
twenty-one years of age, when he learned the cabinet and undertaking
trade, and followed that business for forty-five years. Part of
the time he was in partnership with other persons, and their furniture
was sent down to the Ohio River, and thence by boat to all its various
tributaries, taking months to a journey. He has been married three
times, all of his wives being dead. His children are Nancy
Jane, Catherine D., Frederick, Mary, Georgie, and Rebecca. Of
these, Frederick, Mary, and Rebecca are dead. A
short time since he celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 302,
Hamilton Twp |
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CAPTAIN
ALEXANDER DELORAC was for many years one of the best known men in
town. He settled in Franklin in the year 1805, where he was engaged as a
trader for many years, making regular trips to New Orleans every Spring
with whisky, pork, and flour. Captain Delorac was an
officer in the army in 1812, and he was in several brushes with the
Indians. In his earlier life he was somewhat celebrated in sporting
circles, and was proclaimed fistic champion on general muster days, and
at race courses. He was also noted as a pedestrian. In 1832 he ran a
race of six hundred yards at a company muster near Palmyra, Warren
County, with a boy about six years old astride his back, against a
taller man than himself, and he won the race.
He resided for many years in a comfortable dwelling on
Prospect Hill, in West Hamilton, a point where the. Indians in olden
time laid in wait to shoot and scalp persons who straggled from the
fort. Captain Delorac also once resided in Cincinnati,
where he was engaged in trade. In his youth he was a clerk for John
Sutherland, and then and afterwards acquired a knowledge of
boating on the Miami unsurpassed by any other man. At the time of his
death, some ten years ago, he was one of the oldest citizens.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 51, Hamilton
Twp. |
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BARTHOLOMEW DEMORET
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 466, Ross
Twp. |
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DANIEL D. DENISE, farmer, was born in Monmouth
County, New Jersey, in 1805. His father, William Denise,
died in 1839, and his mother, Eleanor Schenck, died in 1852.
They came to Butler County in 1814, from New Jersey. Daniel D.
Denise was married in 1829, in this county, to Eliza J. Schenck,
also a native of New Jersey, where she was born in 1810. Her
parents were James Schenck, who died in 1834, and Anna Conover,
who died in 1868. They migrated to this section in 1815.
Mr. and Mrs. Denise had eight children, four sons and four
daughters. John Schenck, the grandfather, was in the
Revolutionary War.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 648, Lemon Twp. |
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DAVID DESCOMBES
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 465, Ross Twp. |
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ISRAEL DEWITT
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 534, Oxford Twp. |
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CAPTAIN SAMUEL DICK
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 465, Ross
Twp. |
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MRS. SALOMA DICKEY
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 603,
Madison Twp. |
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SAMUEL M. DICKEY
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 603, Madison
Twp. |
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JOHN DILLON
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 371 - Hamilton Twp. |
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HENRY DIMMICK was born in this county,
Feb. 5, 1832, and is the son of Nathan Dimmick and Sarah
Argendine, both natives of Ohio and of English descent. MR.
Dimmick was early placed in charge of the late Morman McMaken.
He was a pupil at the common schools, where he received a fair
education. He was a pupil at the common schools, where he received
a fair education. He was brought up a farmer, and remained with
Mr. McMaken until of age. Mr. Dimmick was married Feb.
17, 1853, to Armena Swallow, born in Hamilton in 1835. She
was the daughter of Benjamin Swallow, an early settler in
Hamilton County. She is the mother of nine children.
Norman M. was born May 1, 1854; Benjamin W., Mar. 8, 1856;
Sarah E., Mar. 4, 1858; Alice, May 21, 1860; Bertha,
Nov. 1, 1862; Fanny, Mar. 9, 1866; Katy, Oct. 4, 1868;
Lida A., Apr. 1, 1870; and Daisy, Feb. 22, 1873.
Sarah E., a most estimable young lady, was married to Ennis
Voorhees, dying Feb. 2, 1881.
After marriage, Mr. Dimmick conducted the
Beckett farm for some two years, then returning to the McMaken
homestead about 1856, where he has since resided. Before the death
of Mr. McMaken Mr. Dimmick had bought a portion of the farm, and
after that event inherited the remainder. He now owns two hundred
and four and a half acres, in a good state of cultivation. It has
a handsome family residence, with fine surroundings. He has been a
school director for the past fifteen years. Mrs. Dimmick
and the younger members of the family are members of the Presbyterian
Church at Westchester.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 583 - Union Twp. |
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GODFREY DOELLER, druggist, was born
in Cincinnati in 1851. He is the son of August and Mary V.
Doeller, natives of Germany. The father was out with the three
months' men.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 371 - Hamilton Twp. |
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ARETAS DOTY, brick
manufacturer, was born in Lemon Township, Butler County, Oct. 13, 1835.
He is a son of Daniel C. Doty and Catherine Crane. Mrs. Doty
was born near Newark, New Jersey, but Mr. Doty was a native,
being the son of Daniel Doty, the pioneer. The grandmother
of Aretas Doty had a brother in the battle of Trenton.
She was often heard to tell how her brother was shot in English trooper
in that deadly conflict. With the exception of seven years that he
lived in Rock Island, Aretas Doty has always lived in this
county. He has been a member of the Masonic order for about twelve
years, and is still a member in good sanding.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 648, Lemon Twp. |
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ISAIAH DOUGLASS
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 534, Oxford
Twp. |
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JOHN
DOYLE (Hanover Twp.) was born in Morgan Township, August 31,
1823. His parents were Thomas Doyle and Catherine Weaver.
The former was a soldier in the War of 1812, and came here about
1819. He died in 1834 with cholera. Mrs. Doyle, the
mother, died Jan. 9, 1879, aged one hundred and five years.
John Doyle was married Oct. 22, 1851, in Rush County, Indiana, to
Euphemia Warner, born in Ohio, April 16, 1833. They have had
eight children. Eliza Jane was born Oct. 4, 1854;
Angelette, Nov. 10, 1856; Thomas Jefferson, July 22, 1860;
Winfred W., known as John, Sept. 7, 1862; Elisha I.,
June 8, 1872; Edna Anna, Mar. 9, 1877. Dr. Doyle
served in the late ware as a member of Company E., Sixty-ninth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 447, Hanover Twp. |
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EDMUND B. DuBOIS, M. D., was born in Franklin,
Warren County, Apr. 3, 1854, and was married Sept. 3, 1877, at Newport,
Kentucky, to Anna L. Storms, daughter of John J. Storms and
Anna E. Martin. She was born in Wayne County, Indiana, May 7,
1856.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 648 - Lemon Twp. |
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COLONEL
A. DUNN died very suddenly in November, 1854, while out valuing
the property of Asa Emmons. He was taken with a fainting fit,
dropping down in the field, from the effects of which he died in a few
hours. He was one of our most respectable and highly esteemed citizens.
He had done much for the advancement of our agricultural interests as
well as the general prosperity of the county, and was, at the time of
his death, the president of the Butler County Agricultural Society. The
esteem which the community entertained for him was appropriately
attested in the very large procession which followed his remains to
their last resting-place.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 347 - Hamilton Twp. |
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DANIEL DUNWOODY
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 371 - Hamilton Twp. |
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