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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO
CHICAGO:
W. H. BEERS & CO.,
1881
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Wayne Twp. -
EZRA LAMBORN came to Ohio from
Pennsylvania in 1835. He bought a tract of 700 acres of
land, west of Brush Lake, east of Cable, paying $2.50 an acre
for it. He had three sons and two daughters - Marshall,
Nathan, Ezekiel, Margaretta and Rebecca.
Marshall married Mary Cone; Nathan married Laura
Burnham, and Ezekiel married Ella Gray.
Margaretta married Ephraim Woodward; Rebecca married
David Edwards.
Source: History of Champaign County,
Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881 - Page 545 |
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Wayne Twp -
WILLIAM
LARY, born in 1800; came to Ohio in 1826, and the same
year settled in the northeast part of the township, near the
present residence of Sylvester Spain. The land was
owned by his cousin, Thomas Lary, and, in 1829, was sold
for $1 per acre. Mry Lary moved with his family, in
1829, to the Peppermill, in Salem Township. Afterward he
again became a citizen of Wayne, and lived for thirteen years on
the Camby farm, now owned by John Tehan,
in Mingo Valley. In 1843, he bought fifty acres of land of
Reese Miller, southwest of what was then Mead's
Mill, near the Big Spring. Here he resided until the year
1861 when he died aged sixty-four years. He had seven
sons. Of these, John H., James M. and Ira W.
are well known citizens of the township; the others are
non-residents. He had two daughters - Martha died
in Mingo in 1879; the other married George Allen, and is
a resident of Middletown.
Source: History of Champaign County,
Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881 - Page 545 |
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Mad
River Twp. -
JOHN LEE, was
born in Maryland. In 1810, he came to New Lancaster,
in this State, with his wife, nee Elizabeth Lomond.
They lived there two years, and then removed to this county,
settling on a tract of land located three miles northeast of
Urbana. Mr. Lee died here two years
later. In 1818, Mrs. Lee, with four
children, settled on the northeast corner of Section 19; the
land they purchased from one Glover. Mrs.
Lee was married to Philip Stout, in
1827, with whom she lived happily until her death, which
occurred in 1848. William Lee, her son, now
occupies the homestead; has accumulated considerable
property, and is a well-known and influential citizen.
Of the remaining surviving children, James is a
resident of Oregon; Richard resides in Iowa;
Fannie, now Mrs. Thomas, lives in Indiana.
Source: History of Champaign County,
Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881 - Page 408 |
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Mad River Twp. -
WILLIAM LEE, retired farmer; P. O.
Terre Haute. One of the noble pioneers who still live
in this township is the man whose name heads this sketch; he
is so well known in the county that his name is familiar to
all; his life has been that of energetic sort that was
characteristic of the first settlers, who have contributed
the best years of their life to the development of this
country. His father, John Lee, emigrated to
Ohio with his family, from Virginia, in 1810; he purchased a
tract of land of William Copps, and settled upon it,
soon after which he died, and, his widow not being able to
pay for it, Copps again took possession; she rented a
little tract, which was cultivated by the children for two
years, when she purchased 80 acres in the vicinity of Mr.
Lee's present residence; this was paid for, and the
children, five in number, thereby obtained their start of
life; they were named James, Richard, William, Fanny
and John. The mother's maiden name was
Elizabeth Lowman; she was born in Maryland; she
afterward married Philip Stout; her death occurred in
1846. Four of the children are still living,
William being the only one residing in the vicinity of
the old home. His marriage to Miss Susannah Blose
was celebrated in 1832; they started in life on a cash
capital of $100; by hard work and economy, William
managed to pay for 24 acres which was constantly added to,
until he is now one of our large land-owners, having a
half-section of valuable land, nicely improved, most of
which was done under his supervision. His children,
John, Philander, Mary A., Elizaeth, Milly J., Susannah.
Henry, Dica, James A., Margaretta L., Eliza E. and
Ira are living; two are dead. All live in Ohio
except Susannah, who lives in Iowa. Mrs. Lee
died June 15, 1880, after living to see her children
grow up to be useful men and women; Margaretta
manages the house since her mother's death. Mr. Lee
is a cousin to the late Gen. R. E. Lee, one of the
ablest Generals the United States ever produced; his life
has ever been characterized by strict integrity, firmness of
purpose, economy and strict adherence to business
principles; he is now 71 years of age, as genial as when a
boy of 20, and lives on his farm, caring little for the
winter's storm, as he is well provided for. We are
glad to record his name among those deserving of having
their names perpetuated in history.
Source: History of Champaign County,
Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881 - Page 716 |
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Mad River Twp. -
WILLIAM V. LEE, farmer; P. O. Terre
Haute. Our subject is a grandson of one of the
pioneers of Champaign Co., who came here when a boy, when
wild deer and Indians were plenty in the dense woods, that
were untouched by the settler's ax; his grandfather came
here in 1810, and settled on Dugan Prairie, which is a
beautiful tract of land in the center of the county; his
grandfather is said to have seen the soldiers of Gen.
Hull, who lay at Urbana during the war of 1812-15; his
grandfather was one of those men who wagoned from
Springfield to Bellefontaine and West Liberty before there
were any railroads in this country; he is esteemed in the
best of society, and counted an honest, industrious and
intelligent man; he has forty-nine grandchildren and one
great-grandchild. The father of our subject,
Philander Lee, is married, in 1858, to Miss Maria
Evilsizor, of Champaign Co.; they have four children
living, of whom William, our subject, is the eldest;
four children - Elmore W., Sarah J., Woda N. and
Loda L. (twins) are deceased; William V., Effie J.,
Amos R. and Nancy E. live with their parents.
Source: History of Champaign County,
Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881 - Page 717 |
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Goshen Twp. -
J.
O. LEGGE, farmer; P. O. Mechanicsburg; was
born in Goshen Township in August, 1830, and is the son of
Elijah and Elizabeth (Corlis) Legge; the former a native of
Virginia, and the latter of Maryland. Elijah
emigrated to Ohio with his parents in 1811, and located in
Goshen Township. He was then 24 years old, and took part
in the war of 1812 as a teamster. He lived the remainder
of his life in this township, his death occurring in 1839. Richard
Corlis, hither of Elizabeth C., came from Maryland
with his family of five daughters, and pitched his cabin in the
wilderness of Champaign Co., in the fall of 1805, and in 1807
came to Goshen Township, where his daughter Elizabeth has
since resided, a period of seventy-three years. Elijah
Legge had a family of eleven children, four sons and one
daughter of whom yet survive. Our subject is the second of
the family, and has passed the most of his life in Goshen
Township. He was raised on the farm and schooled in the district
school. His life occupation has been that of a farmer.
He moved to his present place in March, 1866, where he has since
resided. He was married in 1858 to Mary J. Patrick,
a native of Madison Co., Ohio, born and raised three miles east
of Mechanicsburg. Her parents were early settlers of
Madison Co. One son, Clarence E., now nine years of age,
is the issue of this union. Mr. Legge is a
Republican in politics.
Source: History of Champaign County,
Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881 -
Page 890 |
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Adams Twp. -
JAMES LINE, farmer; P. O. Tawawa, Shelby Co.
Mr. Line was born July 24, 1834, in
Shelby Co., Ohio,
near Port Jefferson; was raised and educated a farmer, and has always been
engaged in that way. He is a son of
Abraham Line, a native of
Kentucky, who came to Ohio
in the year 1812 and located near
Cincinnati.
He lived there several years, then moved to Shelby Co., and is living near
Pemberton at present.
James Line moved to Champaign Co. in
1865 and located in the west part of Adams Township. His farm contains sixty-one acres,
with good improvements. His marriage
was celebrated in December, 1865, with
Miss Amanda, daughter of Nimrod
Monroe, a native of Virginia. They had five children, all deceased.
Source: History of Champaign County,
Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
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Johnson Twp. -
REV. WILLIAM LIPPINCOTT
Source:
History of
Champaign County, Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
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Urbana Twp. -
JOHN G. LOGAN,
farmer; P. O. Urbana. We are pleased to give a place
in the front rank of pioneers to the honorable name of
Logan, representing, as it does, a family ever noted for
their courtesy and correct business principles. The
original stock came from Kentucky in 1812. Samuel
Logan and his wife, Phoebe Richards,
were born in Mason Co., Ky., and their two sons, Elijah
R. and Benjamin Logan, were also born in that
State. Samuel entered a large tract, a part of
which is now the farm of our subject. There were also
four daughters Ruth, Elizabeth, Ann and
Phoebe. Samuel died in 1813, the next
year after coming to this county. Elijah was
married to Miss Roxaline Powell, by
whom he had eleven children; only five survive - Benjamin
F., John G., Samuel P., Fanny A.
and Sarah Adella. Benjamin, Sr.,
went to Illinois, and afterward married, reared a family and
died in that State. Ruth married Henry
Powell and became the mother of nine daughters -
Martha, Nancy, Melinda, Electa,
Catharine, Sarah, Fanny, Phebe and
Amanda. Elizabeth married Jacob
Claypole; they afterward moved to Hardin Co.
Their children were named Samuel, Jonathan,
Jesse, William, Isabel and Martha.
Ann was the wife of Henry Staymate.
They had several children - La Fayette,
Benjamin, Bonaparte and one other son and several
daughters. Phoebe married Matthias
McComsey. Their children living are named Eliza,
Davidson, Harrison and Cyrus, and live
in the county. Of Elijah’s family, Benjamin
has no children; Samuel wedded Elizabeth
Richards, of Illinois; Fanny is the wife of A.
P. Rohrer; Adella lives with her brothers, and
John G. Logan, our subject, married Miss Mary A.
Rohrer Mar. 19, 1862. Mr. Logan has
purchased the interest of all the heirs in the old farm, and
now has one of the nicest homes in the county. He is a
man of much energy and enterprise, and their home is a model
of neatness and comfort. Their children are two
daughters and two sons - Emma E., Edna E.,
Ethelbert R. and John Earle. They will
never know the privations of their ancestry while their home
is made with their parents. Music, books and works of
art are highly appreciated, and their parents lavish a
wealth of love and care upon them.
Source:
History of
Champaign County, Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
- Page 665 |
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Johnson Twp. -
SAMPSON LONG
Source: History of
Champaign County, Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
- Page 754 |
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Mad River Twp.
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DAVID LOUDENBACK, SR.,
a native of Virginia, settled here in 1817; lived here five
years, then removed to Concord Township, where he died in
1851. His son, David, Jr., returned to Mad
River Township in 1829, beginning his career as a pedagogue.
He made a permanent settlement in 1832. In 1842, he
was elected Justice of the Peace, and continued in office
until the year 1878. During his long term of office,
he dispensed justice in accordance with the law, and, with
one single exception, never had a case reversed by a higher
court. He has now retired to private life, but his
time is much given to the settlement of estates and other
legal matters. He has still in his possession a chair
made by him in 1829.
Source: History of
Champaign County, Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
- Page 408 |
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Johnson Twp. -
JOHN LOUDENBACK
Source: History
of
Champaign County, Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
- Page 755 |
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Mad River Twp. -
JOHN LUTZ, a
Virginia, settled on the southwest corner of Section 18, in
1829. After living there ten years, he removed to
____, his present place of abode. He has accumulated a
farm of 140 acres, which is in a state of cultivation.
Source: History
of
Champaign County, Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
- Page 408 |
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