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1882

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  THE SADLER FAMILY

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 548, Oxford Twp.
  JOHN G. SALLEE

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 403 - Madison Twp.
  W. D. SALMON, the son of William and Martha J. Salmon, who were emigrants from Pennsylvania, was born in Hanover Twp., Aug. 15, 1831.  On the 1tgh of February, 1853, he married Margaret Meeker, who came to this portion of the world in 1803, from New Jersey.  Mr. and Mrs. Salmon have four children, all girls.  Charlotte A. Black, was born Oct. 26, 1855; Maggie J. Dorr, Aug. 25, 1858, and Hattie Maud, Apr. 12, 1865.  Mr. Salmon is a farmer.  His wife's father served in the Revolutionary War.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 419, Reily Twp.
  ANTHONY SALSMAN, son of Joseph Salsman and Elizabeth C. Slifer of Pennsylvania and Maryland birth, and German and French extraction, was born February 28, 1833.  With his parents he came to this county about 1839, settling in Fairfield Township.  His father died when he was a small boy, and he began working as soon as possible.  He was employed around a farm in various places in this county, and was a resident of Hamilton County for some years.  He remained with his mother until a year after marriage, which took place Nov. 22, 1857.  The object of his choice was Miss Mary Jane Gray, daughter of William Gray, an old resident of the county.  She was born June 16, 1839.
     Mr. and Mrs. Salsman are the parents of ten children, eight of whom are living.  John B. was born Mar. 13, 1859; Elizabeth M., Aug. 13, 1860; Francis M., May 8, 1862; Anthony W. Apr. 25, 1864; Amanda L. June 30, 1866; U. G., Oct. 13, 1868;Emma C., Aug. 11, 1874; Vermillion, Dec. 26, 1876, and Norris L., Jan. 22, 1880.  The last died Aug. 9, 1881.  Until 1859 he lived upon the place now owned by his father-in-law, settling in the Spring of 1861 upon the place where he now resides.  The buildings were then poor, and the improvements small, but have since been remodeled and added to.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 590, Union Twp.
  EZEKIEL SAMUELS

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 619, Wayne Twp.
  JOHN L. SCHALK

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 469, Ross Twp.
  MICHAEL SCHELLENBACH

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 404 - Madison Twp.
  JOHN SCHELLEY

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 402 - Madison Twp.
  JAMES M. SCHENCK

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 609, Madison Twp.
  JONATHAN SCHENCK

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 609, Madison Twp.
  MORITZ SCHLENCK

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 549, Oxford Twp.
  WILLIAM SCHENCK

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 609, Madison Twp.
  HENRY SCHLOSSER

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 401, Madison Twp.
  CASPAR SCHORR was born in Obersteinbach, Bavaria, Mar. 19, 1807, and came to this county at the same time with his parents, Frederick Schorr and Appolonia Kachelries, in 1837.  Ten years afterwards, in March, 1847, he was married to Margaret Christina Gugel, a native of Hrefen, Bavaria, where she was born, December 23, 1815.  She was the daughter of Frederick Gugel.  Mr. and Mrs. Schorr have had five children - John, Charles, William, Frederick,  and Annie Mary.  Mr. Schorr had but two dollars in his pocket when he came to Hamilton, but by dint of industry and frugality ahs now a comfortable maintenance for his old age.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 402 - Hamilton Twp.
  CHRISTIAN ADAM SCHULER, son of Asa and Mary (Sorber) Schuler, was born in this county in 1858.  His parents came to this county in 1852 from Pennsylvania.  Mr. Sorber is engaged in the nursery business, and has now sixty-three acres laid out for that purpose.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 402 - Hamilton Twp.
  DAVID CHAMBERLAIN SCOTT was born in Milford Township, Butler County, Aug. 3, 1848, being the son of John Scott, who was also born in Milford Township, and Jane C. Gaston, who was born in Hamilton County.  He married on the 14th of January, 1874, Agnes Mary McKee, who was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky Sept. 15, 1849.  She is the daughter of Samuel McKee and Margaret Ann Marshall.  They came to live in this county in1854, and the father is now dead.  They have one child, Harry McKee, born Apr. 22, 1877.  John Scott was born in this county in 1810, and still resides on the same farm on which he was born.  David C. Scott has always lived in this county, with the exception of about one year he spent in Danville, Vermillion County, Indiana.  He had one brother, Alexander J., in the army for three months.  David C. Scott also enlisted, but was discharged, on account of his age.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 559, St. Clair Twp.
  JOHN BARTON SCOTT, M. D., son of Wilson and Anna (Woodward) Scott, was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Jan. 10, 1849.  His great-grandfather, Thomas C. Scott, was a patriot of the War of the Revolution.  His brother, Crawford Harrison Scott, creditably served as a soldier in the Union came during the Rebellion of 1861-65, being a member of Company I, Eight-Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.  He was severely wounded in the left lung at the battle of Deep Bottom, Aug. 14, 1864, for which he now receives a justly deserved pension from the government.
      Dr. Scott in his boyhood attended the district schools of his native county, and at the age of eleven years entered the Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Normal School, where, at the end of three years, he graduated.  After teaching school for two years, he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Hazlette, and continued with him two years.  After attending a course of lectures at Philadelphia, he became dissatisfied with the "old school," and began the study of the Physio-Medical system with Dr. George W. Newcomer, at Connelsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he remained three years, attending during the same time two courses of lectures at the Physio-Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio.  After one year's practice of his profession with Dr. Newcomer, he removed to New Salem, in the same county, where he remained until 1874, when he selected Hamilton as hsi future home.  Here he has an extensive practice devoting himself specially to chronic diseases.
     Dr. Scott was married, at Cincinnati, Ohio, Apr. 9, 1878, to Miss Addie M. Brady, daughter of Christian and Lydia (Sortman) Brady, who located in Butler County in 1815, where they still reside.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 403 - Hamilton Twp.
  BENJAMIN SCUDDER

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 500, Liberty Twp.
  HENRY SEFTON, the father of a large posterity, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, February 19, 1812.  On the 22d of March, 1838, he married Margaret Jones, daughter of Morris and Ann (Bebb) Jones.  His wife was born in Ross Township, Butler County, Ohio, January 11, 1814.  This union produced eleven children, seven of whom are living, two dying in their youth, and one at the age of twenty-seven years, killed in a well.  Milton, the oldest of the family, was born on the 12th of April, 1839.  He is married and lives in Preble County, Ohio.  Elizabeth, who is single, was born on the 13th of May 1840.  Martha Ann was born February 21, 1842.  She is the wife of John R. Bevis, of Reily Township, one half mile west of Ogleton.  Everett was born on the 14th of January, 1844, an was killed in 1871.  Louisa was born February 22, 1846.  Euphemia was born July 21, 1847, and died young.  Cornelia was born August 17, 1849.  She is the wife of William Baughman, of Harrison Township, Hamilton County, Ohio.  Emma S.  was born March 19, 1854, dying early in life.  Gilbert was born February 15, 1856.
     After his marriage, Mr. Sefton farmed in Hamilton County for a few years on his father's place, and about 1845 moved to Morgan Township, on Paddy's Run, where he purchased one quarter section of land, on which he resided until his death, August 15, 1856.  Mr. Safton was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and in all the enterprises of a public nature took an active and consistent part.  His son, Milton, was drafted for the war, but secured a substitute.  Everett enlisted in the Fall of 1861 in the fifth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Company H.  He served three years, was discharged, and then taken prisoner.  Mrs. Safton, with the family, a portion of which is yet at home, carries on the farm successfully.  They are among the solid people of the county, having accumulated a handsome competency.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 619, Wayne Twp.
  JOHN SELBY
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 609, Madison Twp.
  SAMUEL SELBY

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 610, Madison Twp.
  HENRY C. SETTLE, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in North Carolina, May 5, 1838.  His parents, Josiah Settle and Nancy A. Settle, were natives of that State, where they were born, the former in November, 1799, and the latter in July, 1819.  They came to Ohio from Mississippi in 1856, arriving here on the 20th of March.  Henry C. Settle was married in Hamilton on the 26th of March, 1868, to Molly O. Berry, who was born in Mississippi, Nov. 15, 1850.  They have four children.  Arta A. was born May 26, 1869; Charles H., Aug. 1, 1872; James T., Aug. 9, 1874; and John C., Nov. 22, 1877.  Mr. Settle was a carpenter's mate on board the General Bragg, of the gulf squadron, for two years, and was engaged in a good many battles of the war.  Thomas Berry was the colonel of a Mexican regiment in the Mexican War.  Mr. Settle owns one hundred and eight acres of land on Section 13.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 449 - Hanover Twp.
  ROBERT P. SETTLE was born in South Carolina, on the 29th of July, 1834, and came to this county in 1856, from Mississippi.  His wife, Lizzie Weaver, was born Feb. 29, 1838, in North Carolina, and was married to him Dec. 28, 1864.  They have one child, Nancy, born Sept. 29, 1867.  Mr. Settle was for two years superior, and is a farmer and stock-raiser.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 449 - Hanover Twp.
  JOHN SEWARD was born in Hamilton, May 16, 1847, being the son of George and Mary A. Seward.  He was educated in the public schools of Hamilton, and completed his education in a commercial college in this place.  When twenty years old he became assistant bookkeeper for Owens, Lane & Dyer, continuing in that occupation for ten years.  He then became a member of the firm of Seward & Slouneger, in general insurance and real estate.  They are doing an increasing and prosperous business.  Mr. Slonneger was married in October, 1871, to Miss Etta W., daughter of William N. and Esther W. Hunter.  Their children are Martin A. and Marietta.  Mr. Seward is a Methodist, and is steward of his Church.  Mr. Seward is a Presbyterian.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 404 - Hamilton Twp.
  CLEMENCE SHAFER

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 620, Wayne Twp.
  FRANK HOLMES SHAFFER4Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 404 - Madison Twp.
  PETER SHAFOR

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 499, Liberty Twp.
  ELDER KNOWLES SHAW - a name familiar in many western households - was born near New London, in Morgan Township, on the 13th of October, 1834.  His mother's maiden name was Huldah Griffin, and by both of his parents he was of Scotch extraction.  His early life was spent in Rush County, Indiana, where he first began to play the violin, furnishing the music for many a dance.  While the ball was going on he was  converted, ceasing to play in the middle of the piece he was performing.   Very soon thereafter he entered the ministry of the Christian Church.  On the 11th of January, 1855, he married Miss Martha Finley.  Most of his time after entering the ministry was spent in the West and South, and on account of his wonderful vocal powers he was called the "singing evangelist."
     As a singer he was considered, in some respects, equal to Sankey and Bliss.  Reporters of the press all spoke of his singing as something wonderful.  Soon after beginning to preach, he began to compose and to write music.  His first son was "The Shining Ones," still popular.  He published at different times five singing-books: "Shining Pearls," "Golden Gate," "Sparkling Jewels," "The Gospel Trumpet," and the "Morning Star."  "Bringing in the Sheaves" was one of the last songs from his hand. 
     His last meeting was held in Dallas, Texas, in May, 1878.   He was killed by a railroad accident, going from Dalls to McKinney, on the 7th of June, 1878.  During his ministry he baptized over eleven thousand persons.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 433 - Morgan Twp.
  CHARLES H. SHEPHERD, the son of David Shepherd and Elizabeth Ely, was born in Union Township, July 16, 1850.  His parents were natives of New Jersey, of German and English descent.  Mrs. Shepherd is still living, residing with her son Charles H.  The latter was married Mar. 1, 1875, to Miss Barbara Wehr daughter of J. G. Wehr.  They are the parents of two children.  W. E. Shepherd was born Sep. 24, 1877, and Elmer Shepherd, Jan. 1, 1880.  Mr. Shepherd resides upon a portion of the homestead, occupying a residence built in 1880.  It is a handsome, well built structure, and cost about $4,000.  He owns one hundred and eight-four acres of finely cultivated land.  Mrs. Shepherd is a member of the Lutheran Church in Hamilton.  He is a Republican.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 591, Union Twp.
  DAVID SHEPHERD was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Sept. 25, 1802, and died Oct. 12, 1876, in Union Township.  He was married in Monmouth County, New Jersey, in 1835, to Elizabeth Ely, daughter of William Ely and Rebecca (Baird) Ely, who was born in Monmouth County, July 28, 1810.  They had four children.  James was born Sept 7, 1836, in Monmouth County, and is married, living in Liberty Township; William E. was born Dec. 29, 1838; Mary Ellen, who was born May 1, 1844, died when an infant; and Charles H., was born July 16, 1846.  Mr. Shepherd came to Ohio in 1830 overland from New Jersey, bringing his sister and her husband, and his own wife and one child, in a wagon, occupying a month on the trip.  He settled in Liberty Township where he remained a month with his brother Peter, then moving to Union, and purchasing fifty acres, which was his first start.  He increased his land until he finally owned six hundred and fifty-six acre, and considerable personal property.  His son James was brought here when two years old.  He married, June 20, 1867, Laura Ellen Brown, daughter of Nicholas Brown and Mary Ann Waller.  She was born Apr. 16, 1845, in Liberty Township.  They have one child, Cora, born Aug. 25, 1868.  Mr. Shepherd has been a school director in Union Township.  He owns and farms one hundred and twenty acres in Liberty, and also has eighty acres in Union, which he rents out.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 374 - Hamilton Twp.
  PETER W. SHEPHERD, banker and farmer, was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Jan. 28, 1804, being one of twelve children, six boys and six girls.  He is the son of Joseph Shepherd, a native of New Jersey.  His ancestors were wealthy people, down to and including his grandfather, who lost his property through bad management and the treachery of other people.  That left his father in a bad condition to make any thing.  At that time and in that country it was a hard matter for a poor man to acquire property, and he consequently left his children much in the same position in which he began life.
     When Peter W. Shepherd was between seventeen and eighteen years of age he went as an apprentice to the blacksmith's trade, at which he soon attained a good proficiency.  After the completion of his term he worked in various parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Ohio.  To this State he came in December, 1829, crossing the mountains in a farm wagon.  Arrived at Wheeling, he found the roads almost impassable, and took passage for Cincinnati in a steamer.  From that place he went to Middletown, in this county.  He still remembers the muddy appearance of the roads.  From Middletown he went to the neighborhood of Jacksonburg, remaining there the rest of the Winter, but in the Spring going to Franklin, Warren County, where he entered into an agreement with Lemuel Moss, a contractor on the public works, to go with him to Portsmouth, and there to take charge of a smith's shop.  Mr. Moss was engaged in the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal, and needed just such a man as Mr. Shepherd with him.  There the latter wrought for three or four years, receiving the highest pay ever given in that portion of the country for similar work, one dollar twelve and a half cents per day.  There was then no ten hours' or eight hours' rule, and no strikes or organized trades-unions.  Men began work soon after daylight and continued till dark.  One of the years which he was there he only lost one half day, in which he went to a circus.  When the account came to be settled up at the end of the year Mr. Moss declared that he would make no deduction; a man who worked as close to a whole year as that should be allowed the full twelve-month.  when the contract was finished Mr. Moss erected a large flouring-mill at the locks, a short distance from town.  In the basement machinery was put up for sawing stone, of which there was a splendid quarry close at hand.
     Mr. Shepherd was offered a partnership in an edge tool factory to be conducted there as soon as the canal contract was finished, but declined.  He went to Cincinnati, beginning work for Adonijah Peacock, who was carrying on the plow business, and remaining there until the cholera year, when he left the city, going to Franklin.  There he bought some property, put up a shop and began business on his own account.  He then purchased the farm upon which he now lives, and came to Butler County, selling his property in Franklin.  This was in 1836.  His farm was of one hundred and fifty-three acres, and he succeeded in getting good crops from it.  But he did not neglect his trade.  He put up a shop and carried on business for six or seven years, when he sold out to one of his journeymen.
     A little while before his removal from Butler County his father died in New Jersey.  He was eighty-three years old.  The mother and two single sisters came out here about the year 1840, with his brother-in-law, Addi Chamberlin.  Mrs. Shepherd made her home with Mr. Chamberlin.  Mrs. Shepherd made her home with Mr. Chamberlin until her death, which took place Apr. 1, 1848, being then eight-four years old.  Three brothers and one sister died in New Jersey, aged respectively eighty-one, eighty-two; eighty two, and sixty-one.  Those who died in Ohio were respectively aged seventy-six, eighty-four, sixty-two, seventy-four, and seventy-one, and in Indiana, sixty-four, and sixty-one.  Mr. Shepherd is now the sole survivor of his family. 
     Mr. Shepherd continued farming until 1872, then selling out his stock and farming implements, and since has been engaged in various enterprises.  He now owns two farms in the Miami Valley, containing two hundred and sixty acres, and a half interest in eleven hundred acres of first-rate cotton land in Bolivar County, Mississippi, adjoining the Mississippi River.  Mr. Shepherd has been an active and industrious  man his whole life.  He began with no advantages, and by his own hard knocks has wrested success from fortune.  He formerly owned a half interest in the Hamilton woolen-mills, in connection with Israel Williams, and sustained a heavy loss when the mills were burned down.  He has a third interest in the Hamilton Bank, in partnership with Joseph and A. D. Curtis.  He has been a township supervisor and school director.  He is now, in spite of his advanced age, hale and hearty.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 499 - Liberty Twp.
  W. C. SHEPHERD was born in Monroe, Lemon Township, July 3, 1855, being the son of George B. and Sarah H. Shepherd.  He was educated in Middletown, and with his parents came to Hamilton in 1864, soon after removing to Liberty.  He was brought up to farming, but went to the common schools until his seventeenth year, then entering the National Normal School at Lebanon in the 1875.   He then taught for two Winters to acquire means to prepare himself for the study of law.  In August, 1877, he entered the office of McKemy & Andrews, and remained with them until admitted to the bar in the Spring of 1879.  In the Spring of 1882 he was admitted to practice in the United States Courts.  He is a member of the Odd Fellows, and also of the Knights of Pythias.  Of the former he is an advanced member, having passed through to the grand lodge, representing his society in that body for two terms. Mr. Shepherd is a rising and promising young member of the Butler County bar, and has gained his present position without any start in life.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 401 - Hamilton Twp.
  WILLIAM E. SHEPHERD was born in Liberty Township, Dec. 29, 1828, and is the son of David Shepherd and Elizabeth Ely.  When David Shepherd came to this county in 1837, he looked around for a place on which to settle, and the next year found it.  It is the one now owned by his son.  Then it was but very slightly improved, but soon began to present a different aspect.  He had a family of three sons.  He died October, 1876, being then a member of the Baptist Church.  William E. Shepherd as married Aug. 30, 1865, to Miss Elizabeth Jane Coy, who was born in Union Township May 28, 1848.  They are the parents of six children, five of whom are living.  Irene Gertrude  was born June 3, 1869; Wilbur C., July 29, 1872; Isaac Percival, Dec. 11, 1875; Abbie Elizabeth, Nov. 6, 1877; David Lloyd, Dec. 7, 1879.  Mr. Shepherd has always lived on the home place, which he inherited from his father.  He owns two hundred and sixty-nine acres, and is now engaged in putting up a fine house.  They are members of the United Brethren Church.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 591 - Union Twp.
  JOHN SHERA

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 549 - Oxford Twp.
  JOHN SHROYER was an undertaker for forty years in this section of country, during which time he buried over one thousand persons.  The first hearse in the township was a common one-horse farm-wagon.  After several years it was replaced by a one-horse spring-wagon.  In 1855 another took its place, with window glass eight by ten inches on each side.  It did service until January 13, 1864, when Mr. Shroyer died, aged sixty-six.  He was buried at his request in a coffin made by himself, as really he was his own workman.  His prices ranged from two dollars to eight dollars per coffin and attendance.  There have been eight children, the eldest dying in infancy.  The others are, Nelson, Delilah, John, who died May 26, 1868, aged twenty-five; Catherine, Thomas, Lydia, and George, who died in his youth.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 434 - Morgan Twp.
  THOMAS SHROYER, is well known in both Hamilton and Butler counties.  He is of a literary disposition; has filled the office of Sunday-school superintendent, organist in the United Brethren Church of New Haven, and has for a number of years been a leading correspondent for newspapers.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 434 - Morgan Twp.
  ASA SHULER

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 40, Madison Twp.
  ABRAHAM SIMPSON, retired farmer, was born in Middlesex County, New Jersey, on the fifth of September, 1795.  His parents were Thomas Simpson and Margaret Griggs.  He came to this country from New Jersey in 1818.  His father had left home, in 1799, to come to this region on horseback, by the way of Fort Pitt, and from that place, now known as Pittsburg, started on alone.  The man who kept the tavern there persuaded him to trade his horse for a skiff and come down the river, as it was considered very dangerous to travel any other way.  So he, and a companion he met in that place, left together, having plenty of provisions, and were never heard of afterwards.  Abraham was reared on a farm until he had attained sufficient age to be put as an apprentice to the blacksmith's trade, where he stayed four years.  After completing his time he worked for a little while, but could get no steady employment, and determined to go West to Ohio.  With his brother-in-law, Seth Dye, who had a wife and one small child, about a year old, they left, and were six weeks and four days on the road.  The highways were very muddy, there being no turnpikes then; but they had a good team of horses, and got through with only one accident.  They overtook an Irishman and his family who had four horses to his wagon, and Mrs. Dye was persuaded to get in their wagon, as there was a place to lie down.  She had not gone far before they upset, breaking three of her ribs.  All thought the child was killed, but it was not, and in fact had scarcely received any injury.
     After getting to Middletown Mr. Simpson worked at his trade, blacksmithing, for about twenty years, his shop being the only one in the town.  He then sold out and bought a farm of one hundred and thirty acres.  He has added to it until it now comprises one hundred and ninety-six.  It is one of the best improved farms between Middletown and Lebanon.  He has been a member of the Presbyterian Church for about fifty years, his wife joining at the same time.  Nearly all his children are members also.  He was married on the 15th of May, 1823, in Warren County, five miles west o fLebanon, to Euphemia Longstreet, born in Middlesex County, New Jersey, in 1799, on the 9th of January.  Her parents were Aaron Longstreet, who died June 7, 1858, and Mary Higgins, who died Mar. 20, 1862.  Mr. and Mrs. Simpson have had nine children.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 657, Lemon Twp.
  MICHAEL SIMPSON was born in York County, Pennsylvania, July 24, 1820, being the son of Arthur Simpson and Catherine Butcher.  He was raised on a farm, and at the age of fifteen went to Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia, and learned the tailor's trade.  He served four years at this, and afterward engaged in buying and selling grain and shipping it to Cincinnati.  About ten years ago he came to Middletown, and opened a merchant tailoring establishment.  He has been a member of the Methodist Church for twenty-eight years, his wife joining the Church at the same time.  Her maiden name was Ellen Warner.  She was born in Lewis County, West Virginia, June 13, 1822, and was the daughter of John Warner and Rachel Bush, who came to this county in 1820.  Mr. and Mrs. Simpson were married Apr. 25, 1847.  They have had ten children.  Theodore C. was born Feb. 27, 184; Francis C., July 24, 1840, Henry A., Sept. 22, 1853; Joseph H., Feb. 23, 1855; John R., Jan. 24, 1859; Carrie E., May 18, 1861; Maude L., Nov. 14, 1862; Ida May, Aug. 19, 1864; Susie R., July 24, 1868; Jean W., Oct. 14, 1872.  Mr. Simpon was a justice of the peace for three years, being elected in 1853.  His son enlisted in1862, and was captured and sent to Andersonville Prison for about four months, coming very near dying.  He enlisted in the Fifty-third Ohio Regiment.  Of Mr. Simpson's children Frances C. has received a very fine education, and for the last twelve years has been teaching school in Jeffersonville.  Henry A. Simpson is a cutter in a large tailoring establishment in Columbus, Ohio.  John R. is the assistant cutter in the Middletown establishment.  Theodore C. Simpson in book-keeper and paymaster in a large tobacco establishment.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 658, Lemon Twp.
  JOHN SINKEY was born at Amanda, in Lemon Township, and was the son of John Sinkey, a native of Pennsylvania, and Mary Sheilds.  The latter came from Ireland.  He was first a distiller, but was afterwards a farmer, and has followed this occupation for thirty-nine years.  He was married in Lemon Township to Rebecca Hedding, daughter of William Hedding and Mary Black, who came from Pennsylvania in 1838.  She was born in 1823.  They have had nine children.  Mary Jane Snyder, was born April 15, 1839; Isabel Cooper, October 9, 1841; James, May 23, 1844; William H., December 25, 1845; John W., May 1, 1847; Daniel, December 27, 1849; Charlotte Kemp, 1852; Sarah E., July 12, 1857, and Charlotte, August 27, 1860.  James Sinkey shouldered his musket and served in the last war.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page  609 - Madison Twp.
  WILLIAM SIPP, son of William Henry Sipp and Appalonia Brown, was born in Bavaria, Germany, Apr. 5, 1818, and settled in this county in July, 1840.  His mother followed him to this country in 1846, dying the same year.  His father died in1842.  In March, 1845, he was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Catherina Bahn, daughter of Christian and Elizabeth Bahn, her birth occurring in Germany, Aug. 15, 1822.  The parents never came to this country.  Mr. and Mrs. Sipp have had ten children.  Louisa  was born Dec. 29, 1845; Wilhelmina, Feb. 12, 1848; Adam, Jan. 2, 1849; William, Jan. 14, 1850; John, Feb. 14, 1852; Elizabeth M., Jun. 9, 1853; Christian, Sept. 9, 1855; Jacob, Sept. 5, 1857; Valentine, Oct. 12, 1860, and Jacob, Nov. 24, 1862.  Louisa, Adam, Elizabeth M., and Jacob are dead.  Mr. Sipp has been supervisor of St. Clair Township for three years.  His occupation is that of a farmer.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 559, St. Clair Twp.
  JAMES REED SITES

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 401, Madison Twp.
  JOHN C. SKINNER, paper manufacturer, was born Nov. 9, 1816, near Lebanon, Warren Co.  His father, Daniel Skinner, was a native of Pennsylvania, afterwards coming to Ohio, and settling on Mill Creek about 1815.  He soon after removed to Warren County, where he carried on the weaving business.  The boy assisted in winding the bobbins, and otherwise helping his father.  His mother's maiden name was Abigail Whittaker.  She was a native of New Jersey, and her father was a sergeant in the war of 1812.  John C. Skinner was the oldest child in a family of five, and was brought up to steady and persistent labor.  He paid his way through school by sweeping the school-house, and afterwards earned sufficient money to take him to Hanover College, where he remained three years.  On holidays and after recitation hours, he worked in the printing-office, setting type on a newspaper known as the Presbyterian Standard, of which Joseph G. Monfort, now the Rev. Joseph G. Monfort, of Cincinnati, was the foreman.  He also was employed at book binding.
     While at school he made a specialty of mathematics and engineering, and on leaving he became an assistant engineer on the Whitewater Canal, where he was enployed about two years.  Then he laid out several turnpikes and helped in locating the Cincinnati and Eaton Railroad, which engaged his attention for three years.  During this time he was also the city engineer of Hamilton.  In the year 1842 he was the engineer of the Hamilton and Rossville Hydraulic Works, which were completed the following year.
     In 1848 he engaged in the grocery and hardware business, and the year following, was appointed deputy sheriff.  He held this position two years, and during this time was also a member of the city council.  He continued in the mercantile business until 1858, when he sold out.  In 1861 he purchased the Hamilton paper mill, and has since been engaged in that business.  He manufactures all grades of wrapping papers, and has earned a high reputation for the excellence of his products.  When he began manufacturing, the paper business in the West was in its infancy; now there is only one part of the United States that produces more paper than the Miami region of Ohio.  During the war he was strenuous in upholding the honor of our flag.
     He was married on the 3d of May, 1842, to Miss Jane H. Gregg, daughter of Captain Israel Gregg.  Mr. Skinner has had ten children, five of whom survive"  Alfred N.; George C., a practicing physician of Hamilton; Frank E., who is in business with his father; Walter M., who is attending school; and Sarah M., now the wife of Daniel Kennedy, commission merchant, and also running a line of canal boats to Cincinnati.  In 1855 he became a member of the Presbyterian Church of Hamilton, where he has been an elder for about ten years.  He has held all the degrees in the order of Odd Fellows, and h.=L. as been a delegate to the Grand Lodge.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 402 - Hamilton Twp.
  JOHN E. SLAYBACK

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 368 - Hamilton Twp.
  CHRISTIAN K. SLONNEGER received rather a limited education in his youth, but self-study ahs improved him.  He was brought up to farming till of age, when he became a clerk in a grocery store, and began for himself in 1867.  He continued that for some time, but about 1874 he began the insurance business in Hamilton, which he continued till entering into partnership with Mr. Seward, in 1878.  Mr. Slonneger was married in 1875, to Miss Emma Mitchell, daughter of Theodore Mitchell, formerly of Preble County.  They are the parents of two daughters, Dora Bertha and Helen. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and of the Odd Fellows.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 405 - Hamilton Twp.
  DR. ALANSON SMITH was born Aug. 21, 1806, in the town of Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.  When but an infant his father traded his farm for three hundred and fifty acres, at the outlet of Cayuga Lake, and then removed to Marlborough, Massachusetts, and began teaching.  From him the doctor received his primary education.  His father died when the boy was about eight years old, and he soon afterwards went to live with his uncle Jabez, a farmer.  At fifteen he began living wih his step-brother, Lovel Hartwell.  Smith attended the institute in New Marlborough a part of the time, and read much, seeking to improve himself.  He began teaching in 1827 in Grant Barrington, Massachusetts, and came to Perry City, Ohio, in 1829, teaching school there, and subsequentlly elsewhere.  He began the study of medicine in the last mentioned place, with Dr. Wilard.  Soon after he came to Cincinnati, and introduced at the county fair a corn-sheller, now in common use.  He then attended Van Doren's Institute in Lexington, Kentucky, and then traveled extensively on business and pleasure.
     In 1831 he came to Hamilton and engaged in teaching.  He was elected secretary of the Temperance Society, and a member of the Elocutory Society.  He was elected superintendent of the public schools, and held that position for a member of years.  Jan. 5, 1833, he was married to Nancy Ann McNiel.  In the Spring of 1838 he entered into partnership with Governor Bebb in the morus multicaulis speculation, but it failed.  The doctor moved on his farm west of the city seventeen miles, in teh Spring of 1841, and while livin there frequently addressed public meetings on the subject of temperance.  After a while he rented his farm, entered the medical college in Cincinnati, and graduated.  Since that time he has been nearly continually in practice.
     Nov. 26, 1846, he married his present wife, Mahala S. Ladd, daughter of Ephraim and Susan Ladd, of Newport, Kentucky.  He moved to Cambridge City, Indiana, where he was in active practice eight years, at the end of that time coming to Hamilton.  Since coming here he has done much speculating in patents.  After getting a good trade in the oil and lamp business, he turned it over to his two sons, Julian G. and Edward A. Smith.  He is a member of the Baptist organization, having joined more than fifty years ago.  He is aman of excellent character, benevolent, and enterprising, and is in good health and strength.  He has had eight children.  Louisa Jane was born Sept. 1, 1839; Henry McNeil, Dec. 8, 1841; Ellen Maria, Mar. 5, 1844.  By his second wife he had Charles Edmund, born July 7, 1848; Julian Gardner, Aug. 1, 1850; Albert Berry, Feb. 2, 1853; Edward Alanson, July 4, 1855; and Walter Ladd, Apr. 25, 1866.  Charles Edmund died Apr. 20, 1865, and Walter Ladd, Dec. 25, 1808.  Henry M. Smith was under Sherman four years.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 380 - Hamilton Twp.
  MRS. ELEANOR A. SMITH.  Among those whose deaths were most deeply regretted in Hamilton was Mrs. Eleanor A. Smith, the widow of Charles K. Smith.  She was a daughter of the Rev. James McMechan, of Newry, County Down, Ireland, who has been regularly educated for the Presbyterian ministry at Glasgow, Scotland.  Although possessed of ability as a preacher, he did not follow that calling alone, but was for many years a teacher.  In April, 1800, he married Miss Margery Hudson, of Dublin, the daughter of a Quaker family, of whom a full account is given elsewhere.  They lived happily together for nearly twenty years, and had six children, of whom Mrs. Smith was the eldest.  They are now all dead.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 368 - Hamilton Twp.
  GEORGE C. SMITH was born in Indianapolis, Oct. 4, 1852.  He is the younger son of John and Mary E. Smith.  He was a pupil in the public schools in that city, and after reaching the proper age was engaged in clerking from some three years.  In 1869 he entered the employment of the Junction Railroad, in which he continued some three years.  In January, 1873, he came to Hamilton as cashier in the freight office.  In April, 1881, he was promoted to be freight agent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, at Hamilton.  He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and an active and esteemed citizen.   Since the construction of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad he is the fifth to occupy the position of freight agent.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 405 - Hamilton Twp.
  JAMES SMITH, once sheriff of Hamilton County, lived for a great portion of his life in St. Clair Township.  He was born Dec. 22, 1763, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and emigrated to the West in the year 1792, in conjunction with General James Findlay, with whom he formed a partnership after his arrival, which lasted more than ten years, under the firm name of Smith & Findlay.  Their store was near the foot of Broadway, on Front Street.  A short time after his arrival he was appointed sheriff of the county, and on the formation of the State of Ohio, he was elected to that office by the people, being the first one thus honored.  So long did he hold the shrievalty that he was commonly known as "Sheriff Smith."  During a portion of this time he was collector of the revenue of the government of the taxes for the county.  Few men in the Northwest had more influence in the affairs of the community than he, and none exercised it more wisely.  He acted for a time as the private secretary of General St. Clair, who was governor of the Territory, and enjoyed his confidence and esteem.  He was captain of the first light infantry comopany raised in Cincinnati, and when the second war with Great Britain broke out, went to the front as paymaster of the First Regiment, third detachment of the Ohio Militia, and was in Fort Meigs when it was besieged by the British and Indians during that war.  About the year 1805 he came to Butler County, settling on the place in Section 21, St. Clair Township, at the mouth of Four-Mile Creek.  Here he remained until his death, which occurred in 1834.  He was a man of much capacity, benevolence, and public spirit, and gave his children the advantage of good educations.  His widow and they (except two of the younger ones, who died in infancy) survived him.  The late Charles K. Smith and John C. Smith, a public man of Wayne Township, were his sons, and James Smith, who married a sister of Almon Davis, of this county.  They are now all dead.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 558, St. Clair Twp.
  JOHN SMITH.   About 1810 there came from Martha's Vineyard, and settled in the vicinity of Mixerville, Indiana.  Mr. John Smith, who reared a large family, of whom John T. and William H. were residents of Oxford, the latter having practiced law here a number of years previous to his death, which occurred in 1876.  John T. was a farmer, and lived on the road to College Corner.  He was successful in his private business, and active and influential in matters of public concern; was a leading member of the Universalist Church, and was one of the trustees to whom the first church property was deeded in trust for the congregation.  He always took an active interest in education, filled the office of director in his district almost continuously, and five of his children graduated at one or the other of the schools of Oxford.  His wife was Miss Anna Slack, a resident of the same neighborhood.  Her father was an elder in the Presbyterian Churcy, and a worthy and esteemed citizen.  His son, the Rev. Joshua Slack, a Baptist, was a pioneer in higher school education in Cincinnati.  The issue of this union was five children, as follows:  John T., Jr., deceased, who had a large ranch in Arizona, and was a member of the territorial Legislature.  Anna S. married Mr. Winder, and is now residing in Grandview, Iowa.  Mary married William J. Rounald, a graduate of Miami University, and also resides in Grandview.  Arabella married O. P. Smith, a farmer near Wapella, Louisa County, Iowa.  Palmer W. is now a successful practitioner of law, having been admitted to the bar in 1870.  He married in 1871 Miss Virginia, daughter of Samuel V. Hill, who was a wholesale tobacco merchant of Cincinnati, who removed with his family to Oxford, where his declining years were comfortably and pleasantly spent.  His decease occurred in 1876, his first wife having preceded him several years.  Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Smith have a family of two children, Hall and Virgiia, living, and one, Palmer W., who died in infancy.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 548 - Oxford Twp.
  JOHN H. SMITH, deceased, was the son of Captain John and Rebecca (Griffin), Smith, and was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, July 28, 1808.  Captain John Smith served in the Revolutionary war under Lafayette till its close.  In 1816 he and his wife, with their seven children, emigrated to Ohio, and settled in Butler County, where he entered half a section of land in Section 20,and a quarter in Section 29.  Captain John died in 1851, having held the office of township trustee for several years.  His wife died in 1819.  Of their children but one is now living, Mrs. Annie Mann.  The others were Mary, Charles, Sarah, Rebecca, John H., and Amos G.  The life of John H. Smith was on the farm.  He was twice married; first to Sarah Lemon.  To this union one child, Rebecca Ann, was born.  She is now dead.  His second wife was Sarah Jones, whom he married in 1843.  She is the daughter of Nicholas and Mary (Farnsworth) Jones.  Her father, who served in the war of 1812, died in 1853, and her mother in 1855.  By this marriage they had seven children, John O., Nicholas J., Daniel W., Newton J., Charles E., Annie, and Fanny (now Mrs. Dayton).  The children are all married, except Newton J.  Mr. Smith died June 18, 1881.  He held the office of school director for many years.  Mrs. Smith was born in the township in August, 1816.  Her grandfather, Jonathan Jones, was a native of Pennsylvania, and married Keziah Harvy.  In 1806, with their eight children, they emigrated to Ohio, and settled in the north-east corner of Reily Township.  None of the children are now living.  Charles E. Smith was married, Mar. 19, 1878, to Mary E. Van Sickle, daughter of John and Diana (Kiger) Van Sickle.  They have two children.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 419 - Reily Twp.
SHARON WICK'S NOTE: 
James E. Van Sickle, son of John Van Sickle and Diana Kyger, was age 57 yrs. on Aug. 1, 1905 when he died at Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio.  He was a white male born in Jefferson Co., Ind. ca. 1848. Vol. 3, pg. 278
Ohio Marriages: 
Alden Fred Smith of Riley s/o Charles Smith and Mary Van Sickle, Ohio md. on Apr. 30, 1914 in Butler Co., OH to Mabel Josephine Ralston, 32 yrs. d/o Edward A. Ralston and Mary Landerman b. ca 1893 in Hamilton, Ohio
Bertha Smith, ae. 26 yrs., b. ca 1880 in Butler Co., OH, d/o Charles Smith and Mary Van Sickle md. Edgar O. Newlin, of Robinson, IL, s/o William Newlin and Eunise Wolfe.
Births:
Bertha B. Smith b. Jul. 28, 1879 at Reily, Butler Co., OH d/o Charles Smith and Mary E. Vansickle.
Aldin Smith, male, b. Jul. 27, 1881 in Reily Twp., Butler, OH s/o Charles Smith and Mary E. Vansickle
 
  JOHN L. SMITH was born in this county, Jan. 1, 1842.  His parents are John L. Smith, born in Germany, Mar. 9, 1811, and Lena Smith, also born in Germany, Nov. 17, 1818.  They came to this county in 1823.  John L. Smith, the younger, is married to Wilhelmina Sipp, daughter of William Sipp and Katharine Barr.  They have six children.  Wilhelmina Louis was born Apr. 7, 1866; John William, May 26, 1868; Jacob C., Mar. 24, 1870; John George, Sept. 4, 171; Annie K. Lizzie, Sept. 3, 1874; and Voldine, Dec. 25, 1878.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 404 - Hamilton Twp.
  JOHN W. SMITH was born in Reily Township, Apr. 9, 1817.  He is a son of Charles G. and Phebe (Bartlow) Smith.  The land where he was born was originally entered by the grandfather, who gave it to Charles, who was married in 1816 in Indiana.  He followed farming all his life, except five years that he was in the service of the government.  Among other things, he burned the brick for the fort at Green Bay.  He died October, 1834, but his wife is still living, aged eighty-seven.  John W. Smith has always followed farming, receiving his education in the district school.  He was married June 15, 1837, to Catherine, daughter of Adam and Catherine (Thomas) Warfield, by whom twelve children have been borne him.  They are Joseph B., Rebecca Ann, now Mrs. George Lane, of Hamilton; Margaret, now Mrs. Oliver Bear, living in Indiana; James J., David L., Isabella, Harrison H., Phebe J., now Mrs. John Moorehead.  Eveline, John, Mary, and Vallandigham are deceased.  Mr. Smith has served forty-one years as a school director of his district.  He is a member of Oxford Lodge of Masons.  Mrs. Smith was born in this county, and when four or five years old moved with her parents in Indiana.  when she was fifteen she returned to this county and lived with her sister until her marriage.  Mr. Smith has now 335 acres, which he still holds, besides giving some three hundred acres to his children.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 4220 - Reily Twp.
  THOMAS H. SMITH is the son of Thomas and Lucy Smith, who came to this county in 1816, and he was born in Fairfield Township, Aug. 2, 1826.  He is a farmer, and now has one of the finest residences in Reily Township.  He was married on the 1st of February, 1851, to Sarah Ann Van Ness, daughter of Eliza and Reabecca Van Ness, who was born Jan. 12, 1828, in Reily Township.  He has been a notary public.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 404 - Hamilton Twp.
  FREDERICK SMOYER, son of Frederick and Susan Smoyer, was born in Butler County, Mar. 27, 1825.  His father was married in Scioto County., coming to Butler with himself and wife on horseback.  They arrived here in 1814.  Aug. 7, 1849, Frederick Smoyer, Jr., was married to Phebe, daughter of Isaac and Hanna Cook, who came to this county in 1816.  The daughter was born the 19th of July, 1827.  Their children were four.  Anna was born Mar. 21, 1860; Carrie, Oct. 28, 1865; Ada, Oct. 8, 1868; Eli, Oct. 7, 1872.  Mr. Smoyer is a farmer, and served as trustee of Milford Township for six years.  One of his uncles was with Wayne's army.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 573, Milford Twp.
  CHRISTIAN HENRY SOHN, of the firm of Sohn & Rentschler, was born in the city of Bissingen, in Wirtemberg, Germany, May 15, 1846. His father, Charles Frederick Sohn, came to America about 1849, and after a brief interval settled in Cincinnati, where he followed the calling of a brewer. About that time the mother of Christian Henry died, leaving a family of two sons and two daughters, and a year after her death the father sent for his family of little children from Germany, and they were brought over by a cousin. Upon his arrival, J. G. Sohn, the uncle of the boy, took charge of him, keeping him at school until his fourteenth year, when he went to work.
     In 1860 he came to Hamilton, being apprenticed to Jacob Rupp, a butcher, and remained with him until the breaking out of the war. Filled with patriotic ardor for his adopted country, he enlisted, but was soon brought back on a writ of habeas corpus, as he had enlisted without the consent of his father, and was only fifteen years of age. In 1863 he went to Cincinnati and engaged as clerk in a grocery store, remaining there until his eighteenth year, when he again enlisted, in Company B, One Hundred and Eighty-first Ohio Regiment. With this regiment he stayed until the 23d of November, 1864. On that day he was wounded in the head by a shell, during the progress of the battle of Murfreesboro. He remained in the hospital at Murfreesboro for about seventy days, when he received a furlough, and returned home, reporting at Columbus. His company was mustered Out at Salisbury, North Carolina, and his discharge, which was dated July 14, 1865, was sent to him.
     The effects of the wound which he had received were such as to disable him for more than a year, and for that period he was unable to work. That year he remained in Cincinnati, and at its expiration came to Hamilton, where he engaged to work in a brick yard. He stayed here with Jacob Rupp until 1869, in that year becoming bookkeeper for Henry Eger, in a brewery. In 1875 the firm of Sohn, Rentschler & Balle, founders and manufacturers of shelf hardware, was formed, with a very small capital. Their business rapidly increased, and on July 25, 1876, the first two partners bought out Mr. Balle, and formed firm under the name of Sohn & Rentschler. Mr. Sohn's partner is G. A. Rentschler, an active and able business man, who is interested in several other enterprises. They make shelf hardware, all kinds of gray iron castings, and machinery to order, having a large and rapidly increasing business. Mr. Sohn has also one-sixth interest in the stock company of Hooven, Owens, Rentschler & Co., manufacturers of portable and stationary engines and threshers; one-fourth of the Phoenix Castor Company, and one-third interest in an ice house in Fairfield Township, with a capacity of four thousand tons. He is interested in what is known as the Cincinnati Brewing Company. He is a member of Hamilton Lodge, No. 409, of Free and Accepted Masons, and is a prominent man in all social organizations.
     He was married the twentieth day of December, 1876, to Anna Sophia Morgenthaler, daughter of Christian Morgenthaler, who was born July 25, 1813. His wife is now thirty-four years of age, having been born in April, 1848. The different concerns, in which he is. a partner employ about three hundred men. The Ohio Iron Works, as the firm of Sohn & Rentschler is known, started with three thousand dollars, each one contributing a thousand, but the partners have persevered, and by industry and forethought have made the business valuable. They erected their own buildings, the partners themselves working. Mr. Sohn is a shrewd, practical man, and in all his dealings is upright and just, and is considered one of Hamilton's most prominent and enterprising young business men. In society and among his friends he is genial and affable, while in business he is careful, prudent, and foreseeing.  From small beginnings their trade has gradually increased, until it has reached large dimensions. Mr. Sohn is an excellent example of a self-made man, and his career shows plainly what can be accomplished by industry and strict attention to business.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 356 - Hamilton Twp
  DAVID SOMMER was born in Montgomery County Apr. 26, 1823.  His parents, Peter and Anna, came to this county in 1839.  He was married on the 22d of April, 1850, to Barbara Kintsinger, daughter of Joseph and Magdalen Kintsinger, who settled in this county in 1819.  Mr. and Mrs. Sommer have had ten children, all happily spared to them.  Jacob A. was born Mar. 28, 1851; Magdalen, Jan. 30, 1853; Joseph K., Apr. 8, 1855; Peter, Oct. 16, 1857; John G., Dec. 8, 1859; Anna R., Apr. 15, 1862; Mary Ann Oct. 9, 1864; Cynthia J., May 10, 1867; Kate A., Nov. 24, 1869; William L., Sept. 6, 1872.  Jacob A. lives in Franklin, Warren County, as does his brother Joseph K.  Mr. Sommer was for ten years treasurer of Milford Township.  He is a farmer, and has been successful in his calling.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 573 - Milford Twp.
  JOHN SORTMAN

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 400 - Madison Twp.
  WILLIAM SOUTHARD

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 609 - Madison Twp.
  JAMES V. SPELLMAN was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1823, and is the younger son of Henry Spellman and Charlotte Galler, natives of New York, of German descent.  Spellman was one of the pioneers of Hamilton County, settling in 1807, near Red bank.  HE died in 1850.  Mr. James V. Spellman was brought up as a farmer, being occupied at home until his twenty-first year.  He was married Dec. 1, 1842, to Angelina Warren, a native of Hamilton County.  They are the parents of six children, three of whom are living.  Althea J. was born in 1843, and is now the wife of Dr. L. M. Griffis, of Hamilton; J. Warren Jan. 18, 1847, now assisting his father in Port Union, and Clara V., July 25, 1855.
     Mr. Spellman was in trade in Cincinnati for eight years, and being employed in farming in 1854.  He came to Port Union in1860, and engaged in farming and trading, entering the mercantile business in connection with James Beatty.  Since 1870, when Mr. Beatty retired, the firm has been Spellman, Vinnedge & Co.  They have a general store, and are extensive buyers of grain.  Mr. Spellman is a member of the Board of Trade of Cincinnati.  He was township trustee for several years, justice of the peace for one term, and is now a member of the board of education.  He was a postmaster of Port Union for ten years.  He had no early pecuniary advantages, but now owns in addition to his store seventy-five acres of land adjoining the village.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 576 - Union Twp.
  HENRY STAHLHEBER was born in Bavaria, Germany, June 10, 1820, his parents being Henry and Elizabeth Stahlheber.  He came to this country in 1850, having previously been married to Elizabeth Keepenbacken, daughter of Phillip and Phillippine.  They came to this county in 8174, and both are now living.  She was born September, 1825, and their marriage was in March, 1846.  They have had eight children.  Philip was born Sept. 18, 1849; Michael, September 1851; Henry, Aug. 11, 1853; John, Sept. 1, 1855; Elizabeth, June 18, 1858; Philippine, June 11, 1860; Charles, December, 1863; and Jacob, Apr. 16, 1866.  Mr. Stahlheber has now lived in the county thirty-one years, and has by industry accumulated considerable property.  He owns two good farms, one containing one hundred and sixty-three acres, and the other a hundred and sixty acres.  One of these is situated about a quarter of a mile from Hamilton, and the other about three miles.  He carries on the dairy business in connection with his farms very extensively, now milking forty cows, and finding ready sale for all he makes.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 449 - Hanover Twp.
  JACOB STEINMAN was born in Bavaria, May 23, 1842.  He is the son of Valentine and Margaret Steinmann.  He received a fair education in Bavaria, before coming with his parents to America in the Fall of 1854, the family remaining in Niagara County, New York, for some three years.  Jacob was a pupil at the common schools in Niagara County.  He came to Butler County in the Spring of 1858, working at farming in Fairfield Township.  He was married Oct. 25, 1866, to Susan M. Beiser, daughter of George Beiser an early settler.  She was born in this county Jan. 26, 1843.  They are the parents of five children, four now being alive.  Jacob George was born Sept. 17, 1867; Charles Frederick, Sept. 4, 1869, dying when one year and eleven months old; John Edward, Dec. 10, 171; Susan M., Oct. 14, 1873; and Charles F., Feb. 27, 1876.
     He lived one year in Fairfield Township after being married, and in the Spring of 1868 came to Union Township, conducting the farm now owned by Christian Moerleia first, and then a place near Port Union for four years.  He then bought the place now owned by William W. Graham, and resided there seven years.  In the Fall of 1879 he sold out, and the following Spring purchased the farm where he now lives, formerly the Captain Moore farm.  It comprises two hundred and twenty-five acres, and has a handsome residence upon it, with pleasant surroundings.  Mr. and Mrs. Steinman are members of the Lutheran Church at Hamilton.  He is a Democrat in politics.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 590 - Union Twp.
  EDWARD T. STEPHENS, son of Andrew A. Stephens and Catherine C. Norris, was born in Germany, of which country his parents were natives.  They came to this country  in 1867.  He was married in Somerville on the 22d of September, 1877, to Anna Elizabeth Stephens, daughter of August Ritter and Catherine Colter. She was born in Middletown.  They have two children.  Blanche Cornelia was born Jan. 21, 1879, and Arthur Franklin, Apr. 21, 1880.  Mr. Stephens has been a highly successful farmer, and has served as supervisor for one year.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 573 - Milford Twp.
  JAMES ARTHUR STEPHENS was born in Hamilton, Jan. 15, 1827.  He was married in Somerville to Rhoda N. Norris, daughter of Benjamin Norris and Lena Laboyteaux.  They have had four children.  Edward Fitzeller was born May 11, 1856; William Bynn, Sept. 2, 1858; Benjamin Norris, January, 1863, and Samuel Sholmanson, July, 1865.  Mr. Stephens is now a manufacturer and dealer in boots and shoes.  He was out in the late war, acting as captain of the One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Ohio National Guards.  George Stephens and Catherine Barkalow, who came to this county in 1834, and are now both dead.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 573 - Milford Twp.
  JOHN H. STEPHANS is a native of Hanover, Germany, where he was born in 1832.  His parents were John Henry Stephans and Margaret Stephans, who came to this country in 1837, and are both now dead.  Mr. Stephans came to this county in 1850, and in March, 1856, he was married to Hannah Louisa Wolanweber, daughter of Daniel Wolanweber.  His children are Emma C., Mary, William H., Amelia, Louis, Sophia Henrietta, Leonard Edward, John Herman, Charles, Ernest Ludwig, and Augusta.  Mr. Stephans is a councilman of the city of Hamilton, and was elected in April, 1880, for two years.  His brother Herman served in the war of the Rebellion in the Union army for four years, twice enlisting from the State of Kentucky.  He was in the First Kentucky Cavalry, Colonel Woolford.  He carries on a business, comprising stock and building, to the amount of thirty thousand dollars.  It is under the firm name of Deinzer & Stephans.  They manufacture hubs, spokes, felloes, and shafts, and bent work of every description.  Mr. Stephans has been hard at work ever since he was a boy, and at twelve years of age he stargted to help his father build his mill.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 403 - Hamilton Twp.
  CHARLES STEWART, one of the early settlers of Butler County, Ohio, was born in New Jersey, Dec. 2, 1781.  In his early youth he crossed the mountains with his parents, who settled in the Ligonier Valley, Pennsylvania, where he grew to manhood, and married Miss Mary Hunter, of Laurel Hill, Pennsylvania, emigrating to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1810, where he remained only a short time, moving to Middletown, Ohio, in 1812.  He bought of the government 190 acres of land in Reily and Morgan Townships where the town of St. Charles now is.  This place was in after years called St. Charles in honor to Mr. Stewart.  Here he erected his log-cabin and settled down, with his nearest neighbors more than three miles away.  In this place Mr. Stewart lived with his wife (who survived him several yearsr) until his death, which occurred Dec. 24, 1854.  He raised a family of ten children to manhood and womanhood.
     Mr. Stewart was a soldier in the War of 1812, serving five months under General Winchester, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war.  Mr. Stewart was of Scotch descent, his forefathers coming to this country in the days of the colonies, making their voyage in the vessel Caledonia.  Mr. Stewart was a pioneer of Methodism, and his house was always open for the weary itinerant minister, as he traveled from house to house through the newly settled regions.  He lived a life-long devoted Christian, reaching the ripe old age of seventy-three years.
     Of ten children who grew to manhood and womanhood but two are now living.  Samuel Stewart, of Kingston, Indiana, and Charles J. Stewart, of Cincinnati, Ohio.  Two of their sons, John C. and Charles J., served with distinction in the late war of the Rebellion, both having enlisted at teh beginning of the war, and serving over three years - John C. dying while in the service, from the exposure, having been promoted from a private to captain of Company I, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.  The only descendants of teh family now living in Butler County are Frank P. Stewart, now engaged in the monument business, in Hamilton, and Samuel P. Stewart, monumental draughtsman, both sons of John C. Stewart.|
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 380 - Hamilton Twp
  WILLIAM E. STEWART, farmer, was born in Harrison, Pennsylvania, in 1860.  He is the son of John and Lucy Stewart.  He settled in this county in 1868.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 449 - Hanover Twp.
  WILLIAM H. STEWART was born in Belfast, Ireland, on the 10th of June, 1847, and came to this country in 1850 with his parents, William and Mary Stewart.  They settled on the old Hueston farm, in Hanover Township, and their son went to school at Seven-Mile, and afterwards went to Miami University, where he graduated in the classical course in 1870.  He then taught school three yeas in Indiana, and for the past eight years has been superintendent of the public schools of Oxford.  He holds a life certificate from the State board of education. He was married on the 25th of December, 1873, at Connersville, to Miss Belle Coulter, of Oxford.  Her parents were Thomas and Lucinda Coulter, and she was born on the 223d of November, 1850.  They have three children, Robert Howard was born July 9, 1875; William Thomas, Mar. 17, 1878; and Martha, Jan. 6, 1882.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 549 - Oxford Twp.
  HENRY STICKELS was born in Sycamore Township, Hamilton County, Apr. 12, 1837, being the son of Joseph Stickels and Mary Condon, of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and of German and English descent.  The family removed, in1849, to Butler County, where the boy was brought up to the occupation of a farmer.  When about twenty he traveled for several years on the rivers and with show companies.  Mr. Stickels was married, June 3, 1861, to Emily Walker daughter of Joseph Walker, a well-known citizen of this county.  She was born in 1842.  Mr. and Mrs. Stickels are the parents of eight children, of whom six are living.  Oscar, the oldest child, died at the age of nine.  Cora was born Aug. 6, 1866; Rush, July 12, 1868; Charles, Dec. 31, 1869; Annie, Mar. 20, 1871; Eisie, July 5, 1872; Harry, Sept. 8, 1873.  An infant died Sept. 27, 1878.
     One year after his marriage, Mr. Stickels entered the Eighty-third Regiment, participating in the battle of Arkansas Post, the siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Mississippi, and several others.  He was taken prisoner at Carrion Crow, Louisiana, being confined at Alexandria for two months.  On being exchanged, he returned to his regiment, serving until the close of the war, and was mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio, July, 1865.  He came to Butler County, and engaged in conducting a saw-mill for seven years.  In 1872 he went to Maud's beginning a lumber and coal business in connection with a mercantile business.  He is now doing an extensive and increasing trade.  In 1859 he went to Pike's Peak, trading a year among the Indians.  Mrs. Stickels died Sept. 28, 1878.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 590 - Union Twp.
  JOSEPH STIMPSON

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 401 - Madison Twp.
  SAMUEL STOKES

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 620 - Wayne Twp.
  JAMES FINDLEY STOUT, son of Abel and Theodosia Stout, was born in Butler County, July 18, 1805.  His father moved here in 1803.  The Indians were numerous at that time.  He was lost when only two years old, and was not found for two days.  He was married in 1870 to Winnie Gordon, daughter of James and Catharine Gordon, who came to this county in 1845.  Their daughter was born in Ireland in 1842.  Mr. Stout has three children.  James Findley was born Nov. 22, 1871; Mary Ann, Apr. 28, 1872, and Caroline Myrtle, Jan. 3, 1875.  Mr. Stout lives on a farm his father entered, and has never parted with it.  His memory is clear, and recollects events of the War of 1812.  His father, Abel Stout, was in the Revolutionary War, and his nephew Abel was in the Mexican War.  It is a family of soldiers.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 573 - Milford Twp.
  JOSEPH STRAUB was born in the kingdom of Wirtemberg, Germany, in 1828, and came here with his father in 1836.  His parents were Thaddeus and Brisca Straub, both now dead.   His occupation is that of a dealer in coal and wood.  He was married in Hamilton, in the year 1858, to Rebecca Ann Riley, daughter of Henry and Mary Riley, who came here in 1820.  Mrs. Straub's grandfather, James Riley, was in the Revolutionary War, and his oldest son, Joshua Riley, was at Hull's surrender in 1812.  James Riley lost a thumb during one of the engagements in our war of independence.  Two of her brothers were in the war of 1861, both having died since its conclusion.  Mr. and Mrs. Straub have eight children.  Mary B. was born June 19, 1859; Sarah S., Oct. 12, 1861; Adeline, Feb. 4, 1862; Felix Joseph, Jan. 4, 1865; George Riley Feb. 8, 1867; Thaddeus, Jan. 16, 1870; Anna Jane, Feb. 24, 1872; and Cleophas, Dec. 2, 1874.  Anna Jane is dead.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 402 - Hamilton Twp.
  DR. J. J. STRECKER

Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 400 - Madison Twp.
  JAMES SUTER was born in Frederick County, Virginia, September 2, 1818, and settled in this county in 1830.  His parents were William Suter and Margaret Pierce. He was married in Crawfordsville, Indiana, March 3, 1850, to Martha A. Banker, born in Poasttown, Madison Township, December 7, 1823, whose parents were David Banker and Mary McDill.  He was retired from business.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 609 - Madison Twp.
 

JOHN SUTHERLAND, the earliest merchant of Hamilton, was a native of Caithnesshire, Scotland, where he was born in 1771.  His father was a farmer, and Mr. Sutherland was brought up to the same calling.  In 1788 he determined to come to the United States, and, on his arrival here, settled in the western part of Virginia.  In 1794 he came to Ohio, and acted as a captain of pack-horse, engaged in transmitting stores from Cincinnati to the military posts in the interior.  Robert Benham was in charge of the pack-horses, and was assisted by several others, among them Mr. Sutherland.  Each had the care of about forty horses.  Afterwards he held a position in the commissariat department.  when peace was concluded, he settled in Hamilton, opening a store on Front Street.  Here he did a large business with the Indians, who came in from the surrounding country to exchange furs for the articles of the white man.  The business was very profitable, and he soon became easy in his circumstances.  As they moved away from this neighborhood, he employed persons whom he supplied with goods to go to their towns and trade with them.  Some years afterwards Mr. Sutherland also dealt largely in beef cattle, which he purchased in the lower end of this valley, and drove north to Detroit.  Soon after coming here he formed a partnership with Henry Brown, under the firm name of Sutherland & Brown; after a time also establishing a store in Dayton, which was continued until they dissolved partnership in 1810.  About 1813, Mr. Sutherland, entered into partnership with James P. Ramsey, and did business under the firm name of Sutherland & Ramsey until 1820.  His store was at first in a double log building across the alley which runs east and west behind the United Presbyterian Church, and then it was removed to Front Street, between Stable and Dayton, where he built a house on Lot 120; and he subsequently built the house at the north-east corner of Front and High Streets, now owned by the family.
     The result of his economy, care, and sedulous attention to his good name soon gave Mr. Sutherland unlimited credit, and his profits accumulated until he became the wealthiest man in the county, and one of the wealthiest in the State.  He was liberal in his dealings and trusted much, but in course of time lost a great deal of money by bad debts.  In 1818, and in some succeeding years, he was largely in the pork and flour trade, and made heavy shipments to New Orleans.  The times were unpropitious, and he lost heavily.  He had also become an indorser to large amounts for his friends, and, these coming back to him, embarrassed him.  He finally suspended business, and in the end he found it required wealth to pay off the indebtedness thus forced upon him.  However, a sufficient amount to make his family comfortable was saved from the wreck.
     He was a man of unbounded charity and benevolence.  He gave away much, and he assisted those who were weaker than himself to help themselves.  He was a friend to every one who deserved it.  He was a regular attendant of the Associate Reformed Church, although not a member, and gave of his means liberally to it, being a trustee at one time.  He was a very hospitable man, and was never more pleased than when entertaining company.  At his house ministers, and especially those of he Scotch Churches, were always sure of a hearty welcome.
     He died on the 9th of September, 1834.  He had been three times married.  His first wife was Miss Mary Scott, of Fayette County, Kentucky, and his second Miss Mary Steele of Kentucky.  To the latter was born Alexander, who died soon after reaching maturity.  In May, 1810, he married Nancy Ramsey, daughter of James Ramsey, of Ligonier, Pennsylvania, who was born on the 6th of November, 1787.  She was one of the original members of the Associate Reformed congregation on its being formed in 1817, and remained a worthy and respected member of it all her life.  Her temper was most cheerful and even, and she appeared to advantage everywhere.  No gossip or scandal was encouraged by her, and she loved the company of pious people.  She died Mar. 21, 1855.  She had borne eight children, two sons and six daughters.  Elizabeth St. Clair Sutherland died unmarried.  James R. died in June, 1834, at the age of twenty-two.  Mary A. married Carter B. Harrison, a son of President William Henry Harrison.  Carter B. Harrison died in Hamiton, the 12th of August, 1839, leaving his wife a widow with one daughter, Anna C., who married David W. McClung, now surveyor of the port of Cincinnati.  Sarah married Nathaniel Reeder, dying in1863.  Three of her children, Nathaniel, John and James, are now living, and two died in infancy.  John Sutherland, another brother, is still living.  Jane, Isabella, and Nancy, the three youngest children, reside in the old homestead.  Isabella is married to Dr. J. S. McNeeley, and has one son, Joseph Sutherland McNeeley.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 287 - Hamilton Twp.
  GEORGE WASHINGTON SWEARINGEN was born in Union Township, Apr. 8, 1826.  He is the son of John Van Swearingen and Amelia Daley natives of Delaware, of German and English descent.  John Van Swearingen was a Revolutionary soldier, and also served in the War of 1812.  He came to Butler County in 1808, settling upon the farm now owned by his son.  He was a prosperous farmer, but was a miller by trade.  He was married about 1796, and reared a family of eleven children, five of whom are now alive, three daughters and two sons, all well-known residents of this county.  Mary Ann the youngest daughter, was born Feb. 20, 1820, and always has lived upon the place.  George W. Swearingen went to the common schools until old enough to labor, when he began working upon the farm, where he has always lived.  He owns fifty acres, which are well cultivated, and lives in the old house, built about 1820.  Upon the place is the grave of the Rev. Mr. Grimes, a missionary to the Indians.
 Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 590 - Union Twp.
  ISAAC S. SWEARINGEN, the first member of the Swearingen family that came to Ohio, was born in Frederick County, Maryland, being a brother of General Joseph Swearingten, of the Revolutionary War.  He was a surveyor, and came to this region as one of the first of that calling ever in this neighborhood.  He laid out, it is said, the first road in the county.  His brother, the general, had been sent to fight the Indians, and he came with him, returning to the East with the army.  About 1795 he brought out his family and squatted in Union Township, and in 1803 his brother John came to Ohio and bought him out, when he returned to Maryland.  In 1809 he came back and settled at North Bend, and about 1830 moved to Laurel, Indiana, and there died, leaving no family.  The ancestor of the family in America was originally known as Van Swearing.  He was kidnapped when a child from Germany, and brought to this country more than a hundred years ago, being sold to a merchant in Baltimore.  He afterwards became a merchant himself.  In after years two of his brothers came to America, and to distinguish the families he added "gen" to his name, making it Van Swearingen.  When he died he was of the great reported age of one hundred and seventeen.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 590 - Union Twp.
  BENJAMIN RANDOLPH SYMMES is the son of Celadon Symmes, an early magistrate of this county, son of Timothy Symmes, and nephew of John Cleves Symmes, the patentee of the lands lying between the Little Miami and Great Miami.  His mother was Phebe Randolph.  Benjamin R. Symmes was born in Fairfield Township, on the 6th of September, 1802.  He was married on the 30th of March, 1826, to Eliza Gaston, daughter of Joseph and Martha Gaston, who was born Feb. 16, 1807.  She bore him one son, Peyton Randolph Symmes, who was born Mar. 10, 1833.  On her death in that year he again married, this time to Jane Paulley, daughter of James and Margaret Paulley, who was born Oct. 12, 1804.  By her he had three children, one of whom survives.  Celadon Hutton Symmes was born Oct. 27, 1836; James Rigdon Symmes was born Jan. 8, 1841, and Joseph Erskine Symmes was born June 12, 1845.  Peyton R. Symmes was in the military service from 1861 to 1865.  Benjamin R. Symmes was for six years a justice of the peace, treasurer of the ministerial section for twenty years, and postmaster for twenty-two years and six months.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 485 - Fairfield Twp.

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