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A History and Biographical Cyclopædia
of
Butler County, Ohio
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ILLUSTRATIONS AND SKETCHES
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Representative Men and Pioneers
Western Biographical Publishing Co.
Cincinnati, O
1882
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JOHN THEODORE LAGETROST (Hanover
Twp.) was born in December, 1832, in Germany. He was married to
Mary Hafertepen in 1852, and had ten children. John was
born May 2, 1853; Minnie, Dec. 6, 1855; Henry, Jan. 27,
1858; Lizzie, Jan. 11, 1860; Caroline, June 24, 1862;
Anthony, Sept. 25, 1864; Benjamin, Oct. 20, 1866; Annie,
Dec. 21, 1868; Rosa, Dec. 30, 1870; Joseph, Jan. 14,
1873. The oldest lives in Minster, Auglaize County, and the rest
in this county. Mr. Lagetrost was a farmer. He died
Jan. 15, 1873, and since that time the widow and her children have
carried on the farm.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 447 - Hanover Twp. |
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GLOVER LAIRD, JR.
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Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 541, Oxford
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ADAM LAMB was born in
Germany, Jan. 1, 1820, and came to this county in 1848. He was
married in 1851 at Hamilton, to Barbara Waller, also born in
Germany, in Bavaria, in 1815. They have had six children.
Mary Huffman was born Sept. 14, 1852; Emilia Smitley, Sept.
27, 1853; Frank, Feb. 15, 1854; August, Sept. 24, 1855;
Lena, June 2, 1858, and an infant. The latter is dead,
together with Lena, who died Mar. 2, 1859. Mr. Lamb's
parents were Charles Lamb and Charlotte Synder, and Mrs.
Lamb's John Waller and Mary Ann Flagler. None of them
ever came to this country. Mr. Lamb was born on the banks
of the River Rhine, and went to school until he was fourteen years of
age, and staying home with his father until he was drafted in the
cavalry at twenty-one. He served two years, when he ran away, with
twenty-five other men, and came to the United States, landing in New
York, June 1, 1845. He then went to the country and worked in a
garden for two years, afterwards going to Easton, Pennsylvania. He
worked at the stone-mason's trade in this place for one Summer, and then
in a large hotel as hostler. In the Summer of 1848 he came to
Cincinnati, where he remained a week or ten days, then coming to
Hamilton, where he remained until 1854. In that year he went to
Middletown. He began in the grocery business, which he has since
sold out to his sons. He has a very pretty garden, about a quarter
of a mile form the town, of about twenty acres. He has retired
from business now, and rents his land. He has always belonged to
the Presbyterian Church, and his children are of the same faith.
His wife is a Roman Catholic.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 653, Lemon Twp. |
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GEORGE C. LAMB was born
in Bavaria, Aug. 20, 1822. He is the son of Charles Lamb and
Charlotte Kramer, who both lived and died in Germany. At the
age of fifteen he was bound out by his father to learn the shoemaker's
trade, the term being for two years. When half of this time had
expired he went traveling from city to city, until he was nearly
twenty-one years of age. Then he was drafted into the army, in the
cavalry arm, but before the time came for him to report at head-quarters
he came to New York city, where he landed on the 1st of July, 1844, and
went to work at his trade. He worked there for ten years, and at
the expiration of this time came West, stopping at Cincinnati for four
or five weeks. Middletown was his next place, where he made a
visit to his brother, returning for some seven months to Cincinnati, and
then coming back to Middletown. Here he acted as clerk for his
brother, remaining half a year. At the end of this time he bought
out a store, and went into business for himself, buying a neat home
about eighteen months afterward. He brought to Middletown the
first billiard table that was ever seen there. He is a member of
the Middletown Maennerchor, and is also a member of the St. Paul Church.
He has been a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church all his life,
and to it his wife and children also belong.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 653, Lemon Twp. |
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DR. ROBERT PENNEL LAMB,
son of Thomas Lamb and Sarah (Pennel) Lamb was born in
Brownsville, Pennsylvania, Nov. 14, 1822. The family were all
physicians. His father and grandfather both practiced medicine at
Brownsville. His parents died when he was very young, and he was
adopted at eight years of age by an aunt, and taken to Springfield,
Illinois, where he was educated. He attended lectures in the
University of Pennsylvania, and in Cleveland, and graduated at the Rush
Medical College at Chicago, under Dr. Brainard Davis, Feb. 7,
1850. He began the practice of medicine in Springfield, Illinois,
but after his marriage there in 1855, he removed to Venice, where he
engaged in the practice of his profession, which he continued till his
death, which occurred Feb. 27, 1867. He was extensively known
throughout the county as a faithful, patient, and steadfast friend, and
by his death the community suffered a severe loss. He was married
on the 20th of October, 1852, to Mary H. Johnson, daughter of
Anthony Ludlow Hedges and Hannah A. Johnson. Her father died
when she was young, and she was adopted by her uncle, Andrew Johnson,
and took the name of Johnson. The Johnson and
Hedges families came from New Jersey at a very early date, settling
in Cincinnati, and have long been identified with both Hamilton
and Butler Counties. She was born in Hamilton County, Ohio,
Jan. 26, 1828, and at present resides at Venice.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 468,
Ross Twp. |
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WILLIAM L. LANE
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 541, Oxford
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JOHN H. LASHHORN was
born in Hamilton, Dec. 29, 1852, his parents being Joseph W. Lashhorn
and Hannah Stonebreaker. He was married, Nov. 4, 1874, to
Angeline Shuler, daughter of Asa Shuler and Mary J. Shuler.
She was born Feb. 10, 1854. In conjunction with Mr. Shuler,
he carries on the nursery business, about a mile east of Hamilton,
owning sixty-three acres of land for that purpose. He was brought
up a machinist, but in the future expects to devote all his attention to
the nursery. He had an uncle in the Revolutionary War.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 390 - Hamilton Twp. |
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JAMES LAW
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 607, Madison Twp. |
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CHARLES LEGG
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 498, Liberty
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JOHN LESLIE was born in Loudon County, Virginia, and his wife,
Hannah Davis, was born in Pennsylvania, the former in 1774, and the
latter in 1779. They were united in 1799. Ten children were
given to them, four of whom survive. Joseph born in 1803,
is married, and lives in Preble County. Reazin, born in
1813 is married and lives in Wayne Township. John, born in
1815, and Hannah, born in 1817, live in Wayne. Mr.
Leslie went to Pennsylvania about 1797. and emigrated to Ohio
in 1805, settling in Preble County. He died in 1853 and his wife
in 1855. By successive purchase he finally owned about one
thousand two hundred acres of land, which he divided among his children.
He first entered five quarters, his entire capital being $500. He
served as a teamster in the War of 1812, hauling flour from Middletown
to Fort Meigs, Fort Defiance and Fort Recovery. His father,
Patrick Leslie, was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, serving
in the commissary department during the entire struggle. John, the
son of John, moved to Butler County in 1854. He has been
road commissioner.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 618, Wayne Twp. |
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ANDREW LEWIS , son of Andrew Lewis and Martha Montgomery,
was born in Campbell County, Kentucky, Apr. 4, 1797. His parents
came to this county Mar. 4, 1804. His father was a Revolutionary
soldier, and afterwards was employed in Indian warfare under Generals
Harmar and St. Clair. He was not in St. Clair's defeat,
but helped to bury his dead. He was in the whole campaign of
General Wayne, and such confidence was reposed in him that when
night came, or they were in camp, the pass-word was given him so that he
could go out to about game. On one occasion he went out a short
distance from camp and brought in a deer, although the Indians filled
the woods in every direction. Another time he went out hunting,
but accidentally got further than he designed, and finally lost his way;
night came on, and he gave up the attempt for that time. But in
the morning he began again, uselessly, as he knew not the direction, and
it was nine days before he extricated himself. He subsisted on
game the whole time. At last he struck the Miami and followed its
course down stream until it reached the Ohio. The camp had been at
Fort Hamilton, but while Lewis was lost in the woods they had
proceeded on their way. By this lucky mishap he failed of being
present in the defeat of St. Clair. He remained in Fort Washington
until after the battle, and saw the remnant of the army as it marched
back.
After this he and nine others returned to Pennsylvania,
where General Wayne was then recruiting an army, and enlisted
under him. With him they came to Cincinnati, and after a period of
service were discharged. He went back to Pennsylvania for a brief
season, but soon was on his way west again, locating in Campbell County,
Kentucky, about seven miles from Newport, on the Licking River. In
March, 1804, he came to this county, cutting his own road to Ross
Township. There were only three cabins the whole distance, one at
Cumminsville, another near Bevis's tavern, and one and a
block-house near Millville. There were no houses between his place
and Hamilton. He entered half of a section, or 320 acres.
After three years he bought a quarter of a section more. He
followed farming until his death, which happened in 1847. His wife
died February 12, 1852. He had eight children: Jane, Andrew,
Robert M., Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Martha, and Clarissa.
Andrew Lewis, the second child, remembers the time
when the county was a vast wilderness. Indians used frequently to
go by, occasionally stopping. At one time Captain Pipe, a
renowned warrior, came along from Hamilton, where he had been drinking
whisky pretty freely. Stopping at Mr. Lewis's house he
asked for some more, but was told they had none. This infuriated
the Indian, who replied that they had. Mr. Lewis again
asserted that they had none, when Captain Pipe drew his long,
glittering knife, and began flourishing it around his head. He was
very angry, and told Mr. Lewis that he had seen him before, and
knew that he was a bad man. On being asked where, he replied that
it was in Wayne's army. He continued flourishing his knife until
forbearance ceased to be a virtue. Mr. Lewis determined to
put a stop to it, and took down his rifle. No sooner did the
Indian see this than he began to run, and Mr. Lewis after him.
How far they went the boy did not know, but they were never troubled
with the presence of Captain Pipe again.
Mr. Andrew Lewis remembers when the first church
was built in the township. This was in the year 1815. It was
completely surrounded by the wilderness. Indians were very
numerous for several years after they came here, and he has often played
with them. They were regarded as very treacherous.
He was married on Feb. 23, 1823, to Mary McCleary,
daughter of Samuel McCleary and Mary Young. They
came to the county in 1804. Mrs. Lewis was born Jan. 9,
1796, in Pennsylvania. They had seven children, all now living.
Robert was born Dec. 10, 1823; Mary, Oct. 13, 1825;
Martha, Dec. 13, 1827; Nancy, Feb. 14, 1830; Dorcas,
July 25, 1832; Sarah Jane, Jan. 27, 1835, and Hannah E.,
June 16, 1837. Robert was in the hundred days' service in
the last year. A grandson, James Jackson, was killed in the
struggle. Joseph A. Beatty, a grandson, served three years,
and a son-in-law, A. H. Miller, was in the hundred days' service.
All Mr. Lewis's children are now living; all have been married,
and all are living in Western homes but one, who is now a widow, Mrs.
Dorcas L. Burke. She lives with her father. Her husband,
Addison M. Burke, died Mar. 17, 1860, leaving her with two
children, John L. and A. M. Burke the latter being only
nine weeks old. The oldest one is now Auditor on the Dayton,
Delphos, and Toledo Railroad, and the younger one is a teacher in the
public schools. Mr. Lewis has had forty-nine grand-children
and twenty-five great-grandchildren, and only six of the number have
been lost. Mr. Lewis has through life been a farmer,
although for many years teaching school in the Winter season. He
was a supervisor for a number of years, never receiving any money for
it. His uncle, Richard Montgomery, was in the War of 1812,
and Robert Lewis, another uncle, was a captain of light horse in
the Revolutionary War. Mr. Andrew Lewis was always very
fond of his dog and his gun, and spent much of his time in hunting,
being very successful. Future dwellers in Ross will never know
that hardships and privations that the first settlers endured.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 445, Hanover Twp. |
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ANDREW J. LEWIS, son of James Lewis
and Maria Marshall, was born in Hanover Township, Feb. 11, 1833.
His parents came to the county in 1808. The father died Jul. 3,
1864, but the mother is still living in Hamilton. His grandfather
was in St. Clair's defeat. Andrew J. Lewis was married,
Jan. 22, 1834, to Martha J. Dick, daughter of James Dick
and Martha T. Gillespie, who was born Jan. 22, 1834. Mr.
Dick was born in 1809, in Ross Township, and his wife in the same
year. The latter died Aug. 4, 1841, and the former, Dec. 4, 1867.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have had seven children. Harry
was born May 10, 1857; James D., Mar. 3, 1859; Rosa, Oct.
10, 1864; Martha E., May 10, 1865; Anna M., May 25, 1869;
Charles G., Oct. 8, 1872; David E., Jan. 5, 1874. Rosa
died June 4, 1865. Mr. Lewis was captain of Company I,
Thirty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving nearly three years, then
being honorably discharged on account of wounds received in the battle
at Chattanooga, Tenn. He is now a pensioner. His brother
Robert was a member of the Ninth Ohio Cavalry, and served about one
year at the close of the war. Mr. Lewis has generally
followed the occupation of a farmer, but has controlling interests in
the Blanche mine, Colorado, and owns and controls four other mines, the
Don Pedro, Silver Lake, Divide, and Premier, and spends a portion
of his time in that country.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 468, Ross Twp. |
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JAMES
S. LEWIS was born Sept. 12, 1819, and died Nov. 23, 1876.
He was a native of Warren County, and settled in Butler in 1847.
By good management and industry he made for himself and family a good
home, leaving his wife and children in good circumstances. His
parents were John and Rachel Lewis. He was married Sept. 5,
1850, to Julia E. Jackson, who was born in Charlotte County,
Virginia, Dec. 20, 1827. She is the daughter of Preston Jackson
and Elizabeth Chevious. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have had
five children. Lloyd Augustus, the eldest, was born June
24, 1851, and died Mar. 21, 1852. Julia Elizabeth was born
Aug. 31, 1853. Horace St. Clair was born May 24, 1856, and
died July 2, 1859. Adelaide Bromly was born Dec. 23, 1859,
and died Aug. 2, 1869. John Elsworth was born Aug. 1, 1862.
Mr. Lewis was a farmer.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 391, Hamilton Twp. |
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BENJAMIN LINE
came to
Butler County in 1797. He was born in Pennsylvania, and was there
married. He brought his family with him, consisting of a wife and
nine children, all of whom are deceased. He died in 1815. Of
his children, Moses was born in Pennsylvania, Washington County,
in 1790, and was married in 1811 to Elizabeth McClellan, born in
Kentucky in 1795. They had nine children. James, born
in 1817, is married and lives in Fairfield Township. Mary Jane
the wife of Samuel Stevenson, born in 1819, lives in Hamilton.
Robert, was born in 1831, is married and lives in Fairfield
Township. Moses Line came to this county when seven years
old, and after his father's death purchased the family estate of the
heirs. It consisted of one hundred and eighty-one acres, and
during his lifetime was cultivated by him. His son James
now owns it. He was a soldier of 1812, for which he received a
land warrant. He died in 1853, and his wife in 1876.
James was born Aug. 18, 1817, and was married in 1870 to
Elizabeth Brewer, widow of John Niggis. They have one
child, James C., who was born Feb. 24, 1876. James Line
has held several offices. He was infirmary director for seven
years, justice of the peace six years, county commissioner from 1870 to
1875, and a member of the school board. Robert Line was
born in Fairfield Township, on the old farm, Mar. 9, 1830, and was
married Sept. 5, 1867, to Nancy Agnes Slipher, born in St. Clair
Township, June 27, 1843. He had four children. Carrie E.
was born Aug. 7, 1869; Charles R. was born Nov. 11, 1870;
Laura B., Apr. 22, 1874, and Lula Jane, July 11, 1877. Mr.
Line and his brother purchased the place on the death of the former,
being in partnership till 1865, when he bought the place where he now
lives, of eighty-five acres. He was drafted twice in the late war,
and paid six hundred dollars for substitutes. He owns at present
one hundred and twenty-two acres in Fairfield Township, and ninety-five
in Clinton County, Indiana.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 483,
Fairfield
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JOHN H. LINGLE was born
on the farm where he now lives Aug. 8, 1837, being the son of Thomas
Lingle and Mary Barbara Haroff, who came to Butler County in 1806.
He is a farmer. He was married on the 24th of December, 1863, to
Elizabeth Jane Mizely, daughter of Adam Clark Mizely and Lydia,
who came here in the year 1845, from Pennsylvania. Mr. Mizely,
who was a Methodist minister, and three brothers-in-law were in the War
of the Rebellion from 1862 to the close of the war. First Sergeant
Abraham Mizely died at Camp Dennison, at the age of twenty-five
years; Augustus Mizely and William H. Mizely are dead, the
latter at twenty years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Lingle have
five children. Catherine E. was born Apr. 15, 1865; Mary
Susan, Sept. 13, 1867; Lydia Eleanor, June 10, 1871; Ida
May, Jan. 9, 1873; and Charles Sandford, Aug. 7, 1880.
John Lingle, Mr. Lingle's grandfather, came from
Pennsylvania in the year 1866, and lived under an oak tree for six
weeks, as his neighbors were too few to raise a cabin sooner. He
played with the Indians for two years. Bears, wolves and panthers
were in abundance then in Madison Township. Barbara Lingle
has a German book, called Martyrs, published in 1740.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 608, Madison
Twp. |
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ADAM LINN
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 498, Liberty
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LORENZ LINTNER
was born in Bavaria, June 10, 1824, and is the son of Nicholas and
Mary Lintner. He was educated in the government schools, and
was employed upon his father's farm until coming to America in July,
1849. He came directly to Cincinnati, and from there went to
Hamilton. He was employed in Ross Township for some three months,
going to St. Clair, Indiana, where he bought a farm. Mr.
Lintner was united in marriage with Barbara Shaumlinger, in
August, 1849. She is also a native of Bavaria, where she was born
in 1828. Mr. and Mrs. Lintner were the parents of nine
children, of whom four are now living. Four died when very small.
Mary Kate was born in 1851. Barbara was born in
1857, dying December, 1877; John, Sept. 14, 1863; William J.,
Jan. 21, 1854; Anna L., May 8, 1869. Mrs. Lintner
died February, 1878. She was a member of the Lutheran Church at
Hamilton.
After marriage Mr. Lintner lived in Fairfield
Township until going to Union Township, in the Spring of 1865, where he
settled upon the farm he still occupies. Something had previously
been done to the land, and there was a small house upon the place.
It looked very unpromising then, but it has since been attended to and
improved, so that it is second to no farm in the county.
He has put up a barn and a handsome brick residence,
the latter being erected in 1869. He had some little start in
life, and has improved it. He is a member of the Lutheran Church
at Hamilton. His place consists of one hundred and forty-one acres
of fine bottom land. Kate, his daughter, was married to
David Niederman born in 1847, and they have had two children.
Mr. Niederman's father, Jacob, still resides in Ross, and
is a well-known farmer. He was an early settler.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 586, Union
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X. LOCKER
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 469, Ross Twp. |
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HORACE M. LOGEE, M.D.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 542, Oxford Twp. |
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HAMPTON LONG was born in
the township he now lives in on the 8th of January, 1843. He
is the son of John G. Long and Hannah Squier, both natives of the
township. He married Maria E. S. Snively, daughter of
Henry Snively and Catherine Hirsh. Mrs. Long was born
in Wayne Township, Jan. 9, 1850, and was married to Mr. Long,
Oct. 14, 1868. They have four children: Henry D., Letha S.,
Fannie M., and John G. Mr. Long is a Mason and
has risen to a very high rank in that society. He has taken
thirty-two degrees, and there is but one for him to attain. That
can only be procured by going to Edinburgh, Scotland. Mr. Long
is a large stockholder, and has on his place the most remarkable mound
in the county. It is elsewhere described.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 607, Madison Twp. |
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JOHN BARNET LONG was
born in New York State in 1812, being the son of Barnet Long and
Christina Long. They came from Pennsylvania. He is a
farmer. He settled in this county May 10, 1822, and was married in
1833 to Delilah Ann Mencely, who was born in Madison township in
1814. They have had seven children. Elizabeth was
born Oct. 23, 1834; Mary Ann, Feb. 1, 1836; William B., in
1837; John W., in 1842; Eliza in 1847; Hetty, in
1850; and Ellen, in 1854. Mr. Long was supervisor in
1877, 1880, and 1881. His father, Barnet Long, was in the
Revolutionary War, when eighteen years old as drum-major.
William B. Long was in the war of 1861 three years, and John W.
Long was in the hundred-days' service in 1864. William B.
Long himself was in the Thirty-fifth Regiment.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 606, Madison Twp. |
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JOHN L. LONG was born in
Lemon Township, Dec. 30, 1831, and is the son of Silas Long and Sarah
Marshall. The father came here in 1809, but the mother was
born here. He is a farmer. He was married on the 29th of
December, 1853, in Madison Township, at her father's house, to Susan
Shartle, daughter of Daniel Shartle and Sarah Lingle,
who arrived in this neighborhood in 1814. She was born June 27,
1833. They have had five children. Sallie E. Marts
was born Sept. 22, 1855; Samuel M., Sept. 18, 1857; Mary Ellen
Smith, Nov. 14, 1860; Ida May, June 6, 1864; and William
B., Mar. 12, 1869. Mr. Long has been a school director
for fifteen years. His father Silas Long, belonged to a
light infantry company during the War of 1842, but was never called out.
His grandfather, David Long, was scalped by the Indians, but was
not killed. Silas Long came to this county from
Pennsylvania at the age of twelve, settling here on the farm where his
son, John L. Long, now lives. When he came there was not a
stick cut on the place, but he succeeded in clearing the farm by hard
work. At the time of Morgan's raid John L. Long went
out with the militia to catch him, but did not succeed.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 607, Madison Twp. |
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SAMUEL LONG was born Apr.
14, 1820, n Lemon Township, and was the son of Silas and Sarah
(Marshall) Long. The father was a native of Virginia, and came
to Ohio in the fifth year of his age, living in Kentucky before coming
to this State. His mother was born in the county. His father
was a farmer, dying in Lemon Township, where he had taken up a section
of land, on the 27th of October, 1879, aged eighty-two. Mr.
Long was educated in the common schools, and remained at home on the
farm until he was twenty-two years of age. He learned the
blacksmith's trade, at which he worked in Middletown for two years.
He then engaged in farming in 1846, leasing a farm in Madison Township,
which he now occupies - one hundred and fifty acres. He deals in
stock, grain, horses, etc. In 1872 he was elected county
commissioner, and re-elected in 1876, serving altogether six years with
credit. He is an active and earnest politician, attending all
conventions, county and State. He is a Democrat. During the
war he took an active part in aiding the government.
He married Miss Lydia A. Walter, the daughter of
John S. and Anna Walter, of New Jersey, then of Madison Township.
Both parents are dead. Mr. Walter was an excellent jeweler
by trade, and followed that occupation for many years. He was of
the same family as the first mayor of New York, Robert Walter, of
whom Mr. Long has an oil-painting in his house. Mr. and
Mrs. Long have three living children, and two dead. The
oldest, Philip S., died in 1865. The other children are
John W., Charles H., and William S.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 607, Madison Twp. |
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JOHN J. LONGFELLOW
was born in
Butler County in 1827, and was married in 1850, to Harriet Moudy,
born in 1828, in Hamilton County. They have had one child,
Othias M. Longfellow.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County,
Ohio - Evansville, Ind. 1882 - Page 370 - Hamilton Twp. |
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JACOB LORENZ
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 391, Hamilton
Twp. |
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WILLIAM H. LOUTHAN was born in this
city Nov. 14, 1846, being the son of George W. and Mary Ann (Devou)
Louthan. George W. Louthan was born in Virginia about 1806,
and came to Ohio about 1825, settling in Hamilton, in building and
contracting. He married a daughter of Frederick and Mary Ann
Devou, a family that were among the pioneers of the county.
They reared a family of five children, all living. He served as
city marshal for some time. His death occurred in October, 1866.
His wife, now Mrs. Clawson, is still living, also is her mother,
Mrs. Mary Derou who is in the ninety-fourth year of her age.
William H. Louthan was educated in the public
schools of Hamilton till 1814, when he worked at broom-making, for a
time conducting the business in connection with his brother-in-law,
James E. Hancock. He carried on a livery business for some
four or five years. In December, 1879, he began the grocery trade,
in his present location, which has increased to large proportions.
He was married, October, 1870, to Miss Alice, daughter of
Jacob Lindley. They are the parents of four daughters -
Mabel, Jessie, Alice, and Edith. Mrs. Louthan a member
of the Christian Church, and Mr. Louthan is a member of the
Knights of Pythias. In 1864 he enlisted in the One Hundred and
Sixty-seventh Ohio National Guards, and participated in the West
Virginia campaign.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 390 - Hamilton Twp. |
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