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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO
CHICAGO:
W. H. BEERS & CO.,
1881
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Wayne Twp. -
JOHN B. PADEN was born in Cumberland County, Penn.,
on the 15th day of August, 1800. He came to Champaign
County in 1833, and settled in Wayne Township his present
residence, in 1837. He was a weaver by trade, but gave
most of his time to farming. Served the township six
successive years as Constable. Married his first and
second wives in his native State. Married his third wife
in the year 1841, in this county. His two sons, Ross and
James E., did honorable service as soldiers in the war of
1861-65, being members of Company H, sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. Mr. Paden is a full cousin of James
Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States.
Source: History of Champaign County,
Ohio
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Rush Twp. -
A. B. PEARCE, M. D., physician, King's
Creek; born in this county Oct. 8, 1836; is a son of
Henry and Beulah (Barrett) Pearce, natives of Champaign
Co., he being the first white child born in Urbana; born in
1802. The paternal grand-father was a native of
Virginia, the maternal grandfather of Kentucky.
Harvey and wife were parents of eight children; five now
survive - Henry C., Lucas E., Abner B., John W. and
Richard S. Our subject remained with his
father, occupied at farm labor till he arrived at maturity,
receiving his principal education at the schools of Urbana.
In the winter of 1856, he taught his first school; then in
the summer attended school and prosecuted his studies.
This course he continued for five or six years, teaching
school winters, and prosecuting his studies through the
summer, during which time he had decided to take as his
profession, the practice of medicine, and consequently
shaped his course of study accordingly, devoting
considerable time to the reading of medicine while teaching.
In the winters of 1861 and 1862, he attended a course of
lectures at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery;
then took a course at the Starling Medical College, at
Columbus, in the winters of 1862 and 1863, graduating in the
spring of 1863; then located in practice with his brother,
in Mutual, Union Township, till 1864, when he enlisted in
the 100 days' service, filling the position of Assistant and
located in Kingston, and there carried on the practice of
medicine and surgery, where he has continued to the present
time. The Doctor has built up a good practice, and has
during his stay here enjoyed the confidence of the people,
and received in return a good remuneration. As he is
thoroughly qualified by a preparatory course of study and
practice in the army, especially in the branch of surgery,
there is no reason why he should not be successful and enjoy
the confidence of the public. He was married Sept. 17,
1867, to Miss Ella daughter of Jacob H. and
Elizabeth Shepherd. They have had four children;
three now survive - Carrie Effie, Minnie
May and Mattie Leila.
Source: History of
Champaign County, Ohio
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Urbana Twp. -
H. C. PEARCE, JR., M. D., Urbana. Dr.
Pearce was born in Champaign Co., in Union Township, in
1833, and is the son of H. C. Pearce, Sr. He
received a common-school education, and then read medicine,
first with Dr. Carter, and afterward with Prof.
Dawson, and graduated at Starling Medical College in
1857. He commenced practice at Mutual, in this county,
but removed to Urbana in 1863, where he has since remained,
and has practiced in this county nearly a quarter of a
century. He was Professor of Physiology and Histology
in Starling Medical College for eight years, and is now, and
has been for the past five years a member of the Faculty of
the Columbus Medical College, of which he is one of the
founders and Trustees. He has been for many years a
member of the Urbana School Board. He was married in
1853, to Sarah J. Morgan, of Mt. Vernon; she died
Apr. 22, 1872. On the 17th of June, 1873, he married
Binnie A., daughter of William Keller, an old
resident of Urbana, a Justice of the Peace and Mayor of the
city. He had four children by his first marriage—Mrs.
George E. Lee, of Piqua, Miss Laura Etta,
Charles and Henry, and by his second marriage two
sons—Willie and Frank.
Source:
Source: History of Champaign County, Ohio
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Mad River Twp. -
ADAM PENCE, retired
farmer; P. O. Westville. Among the many pioneers of
this county we find Adam Pence living in an
old-time cottage under the beautiful hills that overlook the
Mad River Valley. He is one of our comfortable men,
retired from active business, and with his wife, three sons
and two daughters, lives a happy, contented life, surrounded
by domestic comforts, and free from care. Adam
was born in Shenandoah Co., Va., probably in 1802; his
parents, Lewis and Barbara Pence,
emigrated to Ohio in 1820; they are both of Herman
descent, and Mrs. Pence came from Germany.
Their children (eleven in number) were born in Virginia, the
youngest being 21 years of age; four of them were married.
Lewis had considerable money when he came here,
and purchased a section of land, afterward buying 300 acres
more; this he divided among his children at once, and they
set to work and soon those who were married had a
comfortable log house erected. Adam, our
subject, is now living in the house first built, in 1821,
and which has been occupied by his family for fifty-nine
years. He was married to his present wife, Mary
Prince, a native of Kentucky, in 1824; they were both
hard workers, saved their money, and soon had gained enough
to purchase 240 acres of land; this was in turn
divided among their children, of whom they had nine, seven
sons and two daughters. Three sons are married;
Wesley married Emily Strickler; Adam,
Jr., wedded Nancy McCarty, and William
married Mary Miller. The two daughters are
named Sarah and Elizabeth. There are
also three sons living at home - Henry, John
and David. Adam Pence has also
raised another man, who might properly be reckoned a son,
named Charley M. Overhulse. The sons living at
home have lately added to their possessions 200 acres more
land, purchased in partnership, lying west of the home farm.
Their father still owns his original tract of 100 acres
given him by his father, with an income sufficient to
furnish every comfort while they live. We have been to
many farmhouses, but the culinary skill of the mother and
her daughters cannot be excelled by any housewives in the
county. Their habits are of the quiet sort, for which
the pioneers are noted, and the family are members of the
Lutheran Church, to which Mr. and Mrs.
Pence have belonged for nearly three-quarters of a
century. They are noted for their honesty, and as
neighbors, enjoy the confidence of all with whom they are
acquainted. This sketch will ever be a source of pride
to their descendants as indicating the character of their
ancestry, and the high esteem in which they are held in the
community.
Source: History of Champaign County, Ohio
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Mad River Twp. -
DAVID PENCE, retired
farmer; P. O. Westville. This gentleman is one of the
oldest men and represents the first families of this county.
His father, Abram Pence, came to this county
from Shenandoah Co., Va., in 1811, and settled on the farm
now owned by our subject; he built a log cabin in the
woods that had never been defaced by an ax, save when the
Indian in his hunt for wild honey would fell a tree in which
bees were discovered. He was married in Virginia,
before his emigration, to Miss Elizabeth Mauck.
The children are Mary, Abram, Elizabeth
and David, who is the gentleman furnishing the facts
for this sketch; Mary, the eldest, is also
living and will be 89 years of age in November; she is
the mother of Allen Loudenback, whose sketch
appears in this work. During the boyhood of David,
there were Indians still living in the neighborhood, and
frequently played with Indian boys, shooting the bow and
-arrow, etc.; there were frequent Indian scares previous to
this, and one of his uncles, Joseph Mauck,
left the settlement on account of it; the Indians, however,
always treated the settlers kindly; families were on the
most friendly terms, and all the neighbors were obliged to
help each other in their log-rollings and in the erection of
their log cabins. Henry and Mary
Pence - the grandparents of David settled in this
township about 1805. The members of the Pence
family who settled in Mad River Township were
Benjamin, Isaac, Henry, Abram, the
father of our subject, John, Samuel and
Reuben. In Urbana Township, Jacob and
Joseph settled. In Fairfield County, David
Pence was the only male representative. The
daughters were all settled in Mad River Township -
Susannah, Annie, Elizabeth, Mary
and John Stewart’s wife, Magdaline and
Barbara. The parents of all these children were
among the first families that settled here. Henry
was born in 1740, and Mary Blimly, his wife,
in 1746. They emigrated from Germany to America in
their youth; two of their children died in infancy and
were not named, consequently they were the parents of
nineteen children. David, our subject, was
married to Priscilla Frazee in 1831, and has
five children living; one child who died in infancy.
Moses F. married Kate McFarland;
Wilson T. wedded Angeline Stienbarger;
Abram M. married Mary J. Wheeler; Maggie
is the wife of W. S. Garrett, and Amanda
wedded U. G. Burke. Mr. Pence and his
wife live entirely at their ease on the home farm,
surrounded by their children and blessed with plenty of this
world’s goods. They are both members of the Baptist
Church, and, as they are descending the hillside of life
hand in hand, they feel happy in the thought that they are
still spared to each other.
Source: History of Champaign County, Ohio
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Johnson Twp. -
ELI PENCE, farmer; P. O. St. Paris; is
a son of Samuel Pence, born in Champaign Co.,
where he was raised through the early part of the nineteenth
century, many privations being connected with his life.
He married about 1825, to Mary A. Howard, a native of
this State. After a companionship of some years, he died and
left nine children. Mary A. still survives; has
married and buried her second husband, by whom she had four
children. Eight of her thirteen children now survive.
Eli was born in Johnson Township Jan. 20, 1842, and
was left fatherless when but a child; he then fell into the
hands of some of his relatives, by whom he was properly
cared for until Aug. 4, 1862. At this time the great
crisis of our country was raging, and he entered Co. H, 45th
O. V. I., serving to the close of the war, when he was
honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio. During his
military life, he participated in the battles of Knoxville,
Tenn.; Loudon, Tenn.; the battle of Resaca, Ga., where he
was slightly wounded in the right shoulder, and many other
battles of minor importance. On Mar. 4, 1866, after
his return from the service, he married Rachel A. Sroufe.
One year later he located on what is now his farm.
This he has since purchased by degrees, and now owns a
well-improved grain farm. The children of Mr. and
Mrs. Pence are Orlando, William F., Samuel C., Mary
E. and Emma A. Mrs. Pence was born on their
present farm, and is a daughter of George O. Sroufe,
who was a prominent pioneer of this township.
Source:
History of
Champaign County, Ohio
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Johnson Twp. -
ELLIOTT PENCE, teacher, Millerstown;
son of Barney and Jane (Morris) Pence was born Jan.
24, 1848, and is one of a family of eight children, five by
first wife, Jane, above mentioned, to whom his father
was married in 1836, and three by second marriage, to
Margaret Johnson in 1852. We mention them in the
following order, viz., Benjamin F., John Wesley, Elliott,
James H. T. and Nancy Jane by first marriage; and
by second wife three girls, of whom Mary and
Jenny are now living. Elliott was married
Nov. 24, 1870, to Barbara A. Hanback, by whom he has
two boys, Victor Augustus and Homer. The
Pence familyis a large one, and figures conspicuously
in the annals of Champaign Co. We are indebted to the
subject of this sketch for a brief record of the family.
The paternal grandfather, Jacob Pence, was born in
Buckingham Co., Va., and married Eve Prince, of the
same county and State. Seven children were born to
them, three boys - Peter, William and Barney
(the latter being the father (the latter being the father of
our subject), and four girls - Anna, Polly, Betsy and
Susie. With his family he removed in 1819 to
Ohio, occupying a month in making the journey, and settled
on Owen's Creek in Champaign Co. All the children
reached maturity, married and struck out for themselves.
In the following order: Anna became the wife of
Jesse Jenkins; Peter married Sarah Dosh;
William married Susan Hoak; Betsy
became the wife of Jacob Miller; Polly,
the wife of Fredrick Dosh; and lastly,
Barney married Jane Morris, as previously
noted. Barney Pence settled in Concord
Township, where he still resides, never moved but once, and
has never voted outside of said township.
Source:
History of
Champaign County, Ohio
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Rush Twp. -
J. H. PENCE, of the firm of Pence &
Hendrickson, manufacturers, and proprietors of livery,
feed and sale stables, North Lewisburg. J. H. Pence,
the senior member of this firm, was born in Clark Co., Ohio,
Oct. 25, 1847, and is a son of John and Margaret Pence.
His father, a Virginian by birth, came when a child with is
parents to Warren Co., Ohio, in an early day.
Margaret (Jones) Pence, mother of J. H. was born
in Pennsylvania, and, with her parents, came to Ohio when a
babe, locating in Clark Co., near where she now resides.
She was married to John, father of our subject, in
Ohio, by whom she had nine children, five of whom are
living, viz., Mary J. Martha, Margaret, William and
James H. The deceased are David, Catharine,
Anna and Keziah. His parents are living
at advanced ages, and reside on the place which has been
their home for many years. Our subject was reared on
the farm, receiving his education in the district schools.
At the age of 18, he began working at his trade in Urbana,
where he labored nine years, completing his trade. In
1875, he located in North Lewisburg, and in partnership with
J. D. Marsh, Jr., with whom he carried on an
extensive business for thirteen months, when H. S.
Hendrickson purchased the above gentleman’s interest.
In April, 1869, he was married to Miss Lucinda J.,
daughter of Leouard and Elizabeth Marsh,
who has borne him three children, viz., Margaret E.,
Leonard L. and Mary J. He and his amiable
wife are members of the Methodist Protestant Church, with
which they have been connected eighteen months. He is
also Superintendent of the Sabbath school.
Source: History of
Champaign County, Ohio
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Johnson Twp. -
JACOB PENCE, farmer; P. O. St. Paris;
son of Jacob and Sarah (Ebert) Pence, both natives of
Virginia. They emigrated in their youthful days to
Johnson Township, Champaign Co., where they married.
They soon after became the owners of 80 acres of land (in
Sec. 6, Johnson township) which they took from its wilds to
a good state of cultivation and improvement. During
life, Jacob Pence, Sr., devoted most of his time to
his trade of blacksmith, following the same until within a
few years of his death, which occurred in August, 1857.
His third wife now survives at the advanced age of 73.
Jacob, Sr., was the father of ten children, of whom
four are now living. Jacob, Jr., our subject,
was born in Johnson Township in 1828, where he has ever
since resided. He was raised to farm life and obtained
a limited education. In 18439, he married Mahala
Offenbacker, after which he engaged in farming for
himself in the spring and summer months, and during the fall
and winter months he was engaged in threshing. Mr.
Pence started in life on a mere nothing, and by his own
exertions has accumulated until he now owns a fine farm of
262 acres in a good location and well improved. Mr.
and Mrs. Pence are the parents of seven children, of
whom six are now living.
Source:
History of
Champaign County, Ohio
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Urbana Twp. -
JACOB PENCE, farmer; P. O. Urbana. Jacob
Pence, Sr., was married to Miss Maria Coffman,
in Shenandoah Co., Va., and came to the farm where our
subject now lives, in 1805. This was afterward entered
by him, and considerably improved. He built the first
cabin near Mad River, and had many Indian neighbors.
Jacob, Jr., had for playmates the young Indians, with
whom he frequently went hunting. Life was of the free
and easy sort, money was scarce, and so was food. The
Indians made a great many baskets of ash wood, which was
considered legal tender for anything to eat. Corn was
frequently sold for 61 cents per bushel, on nine months’
time. Money was almost impossible to get, and the
pioneers had to help each other raise their cabins, cut and
roll their logs, and assist in many other things. The
Indians were friendly, but if when visiting the settlers
they saw anything they wanted, they would give a grunt or
two, quietly appropriate it, and walk away. Perhaps in
a few days the Indian would come walking in with a fine
piece of venison, which would be deposited with the same
kind of a grunt. The children of Jacob and
Maria were nine in number, only two of whom are now
living; our subject and his sister, Ann Albin,
who lives in Tremont, Clark Co. The most wonderful
thing connected with the Pence family was,
that the parents of Jacob, Sr., Henry
and Mary Pence, had seventeen children, all of
whom lived to adult age, and all but two came to this
county. Jacob, Sr., died in June, 1828, and his
wife in February, 1815. The land was left to the four
children, which was afterward purchased by Jacob, Jr.
He was married to Miss Sarah Dugan
Sept. 15, 1833. They were parents of two sons and nine
daughters. The sons, John and Clay,
enlisted during the war of the rebellion, and their lives
were both offered at their country’s shrine. They
never again saw their loved home, and the sad hearts of the
parents can never feel at ease when thinking of their
untimely end. Six of the daughters are married, and
live in Ohio. Mr. Pence is a very
prosperous farmer, and has a splendid home-like place, with
a model house-keeper for a wife. He is one of the
quiet, unassuming men, who think deeply and act correctly.
The children living are named Mary A., Elizabeth J.,
Eliza A., Sarah J., Nancy M., Maggie, Emma, Ida and
Lucinda.
Source: History of
Champaign County, Ohio
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Urbana Twp. -
JOSEPH PENCE, farmer; P. O. Urbana.
The Pence family are largely represented, as
the remote ancestry came to this county at an early date,
and their descendants have been connected with its interests
from its earliest history; the primeval forests have been
converted into well-tilled fields, and the log cabins have
given way to the modern farmhouses, during the last
half-century; this has all been accomplished during the time
of the second generation, and still some of the pioneers
live to see the wondrous works their hands have wrought.
The father of Joseph Pence, Jr., was one of the first
pioneers who came to the wild woods of Ohio; he settled here
in 1802; he entered a section of land, the homestead being
that now owned by Joseph; his first cabin was erected
in the yard south of the substantial brick residence now
gracing the farm; he returned to his native State, Virginia,
for his wife, Miss Magdalena Coffman,
to whom he was married in 1803; their wedding trip was the
journey from her father’s house to the forest home, that was
still the abode of wild animals and the Indian; his nearest
neighbor was a man by the name of Sherry; their
nearest trading-point was Upper Sandusky, where they went
for their scant supplies of coffee, sugar, etc.; they toiled
early and late, clearing up the land and living on meager
fare until the breaking out of the Indian war of 1812, when
Joseph was drafted, and served under Gen.
Harrison a short time; he hired a substitute, war not
being congenial to his nature. Their life was full of
hardships, and their children (nine in number) all learned
to work, and were of great assistance in clearing up the
land; five of these children are now living —Maria
Fleming, Eliza Newell, Matilda
Bell, Jane Bull and our subject. The
Pence family were an enterprising people, and
to this day they enjoy a reputation equal to any in the
country; he gave each of his children a good farm, and left
behind an honorable record as a gentleman and upright
business man; his death occurred in July, 1855, and his
wife’s in January, 1874. Joseph, Jr., wedded
Miss Jane Sifers in 1858; she was a native
of Ohio; her parents also represent early settlers, but they
are long since dead. Joseph and his wife have
been parents of five children, of whom Effie and
Harry are living; the old home is still graced by their
presence, and a happy family are within its walls.
Mr. Pence is a jolly host, and his wife is a fit
companion for such a man; their name will live in the
history of this county, as long as time shall last, as being
not only pioneers, but reputable and worthy citizens as
well.
Source: History of
Champaign County, Ohio
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Johnson Twp. -
LEMUEL PENCE, retired farmer; P. O.
St. Paris; is a son of David and Barbara (Offenbacker)
Pence, both natives of Virginia, where they married.
They emigrated to Ohio at an early day, locating in
Champaign Co., where he became the owner of several fine
farms, which he superintended during life. His wife
died about 1840, an he in 1864. Their children were
ten in number, of whom three are now living, Lemuel
being the second youngest; he was born in Concord Township,
Champaign Co., Ohio, in 1821, and was raised to farm life
and obtained a common education. He remained at home
and nobly assisted his father until Aug. 5, 1847, when he
married Miss Ann Jeffries, after which they commenced
housekeeping on the old farm and cultivating the land.
Mr. Pence is a practical farmer, and success has
accompanied him through life. In 1871, he erected his
present commodious and attractive dwelling on Sec. 1,
Johnson Township, where he owns a fine farm in connection
with other land. His residence is decorated with many
attractive ornaments, and is kept in complete order by his
noble and worthy wife. They are the parents of three
children, viz., Sarah L., born Aug. 8, 1848; Aug. 8,
1864, she married T. P. Kite, and Mar. 1, 1877, death
severed their union, and she was consigned to the silent
tomb. J. S., born July 30, 1850, received his
primary education in the common schools, improved it at
college, and is now a resident of Concord Township.
The third child, Alice S., was born Oct. 2, 1860, and
Jan. 1, 1879, married J. W. Byler. May 25,
following, she was called hence by that destructive disease,
consumption. Mrs. Pence was born in Butler Co.,
Ohio, Mar. 8, 1826. On her 54th anniversary, there
assembled about fifty persons of a refined class to
celebrate the day. The parties came from Urbana, St.
Paris and Millerstown. All passed off as merry as a
wedding bell. After the big dinner, which all such
occasions afford, Mrs. Pence was more completely
surprised with numerous presents, among which we mention a
good watch and chain from her devoted husband, and a fine
chair from her beloved and only son.
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Johnson Twp. -
WILLIAM F. PENCE, farmer;
P. O. St. Paris. His father, Fredrick Pence
was born in Virginia, where he was drafted in the war of
1812. He married, in his native State, Amelia
Jenkins, and, in 1819, when the Pence
emigration came from Virginia they, too, were a part of its
company. On reaching Champaign Co. they settled near
Millerstown, in Johnson Township. Fredrick
erected a grist-mill at the head of Mosquito Lake.
This he ran for years. On Feb. 2, 1836, after a stay
in the newly settled country of nearly onescore years, he
passed away. His wife followed about 1862. Nine
children were born to them, of whom William F. is the
youngest and only one left to put on record the untold
history of his father’s family. He was born in Johnson
Township, Champaign Co., Feb. 11, 1830; he has always been a
resident of the county; his father dying when he was but a
child, and the duty of rearing the family devolved mainly
upon the mother. In 1850, William F. married
Emiline Pence, born in Clark Co., Ohio, 1833, and
died Apr. 15, 1877. Nine of their eleven children are
now living. After the above marriage, W. F.
settled on his father’s farm. A few years thence
rented until 1861, when he located on his present farm of 80
acres, in Sec. 28, Johnson Township. This he has
mostly cleared up and has under a good state of cultivation
and improvement.
Source: History
of
Champaign County, Ohio
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Jackson Twp. -
WILLIAM IRVIN PENCE,
farmer and manufacturer of drain tile; P. O. St. Paris; born
in Jackson Township, Champaign Co., Sept. 8, 1836; is a son
of Aaron and Rebecca Pence. She is a native of
Pennsylvania; he of this State and county. He entered
200 acres of land in the above-named township, which he
improved. He was the father of ten children, one died
in infancy and one accidentally shot himself when about 13
years of age. The remaining eight are still living.
Aaron Pence departed this life Mar. 6, 1869.
His widow is still living and resides on the home farm.
William I. was raised a farmer’s boy, and received a
common-school education. With the exception of six
years spent in Hardin Co., Ohio, has resided in his native
county and township. He is still engaged in
agriculture, and also has an interest in a steam thresher.
In 1874, he and two brothers built a tile-mill and commenced
the manufacture of drain tile. After operating three
years, one of the brothers withdrew from the firm, leaving
William I. and Jason P. to conduct the
business, which they do very successfully. They put
out about thirteen kilns annually, each kiln containing 800
rods. On the 22d of April, 1860, he was united in
marriage with Catharine Wolgamuth;
eleven children are the fruits of this union - seven sons
and four daughters, all living and enjoying good health.
Their names are as follows: Stephen A. D., Elmer
S., Miles M., Rose E., Hattie E., Charles F., Emmet C.,
Fletcher M., Clara A., John and Emma R. Mrs.
Pence is also a native of this township, born Apr. 17,
1837. She is a member of the Myrtle Tree Baptist
Church.
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Hamilton Twp. -
ALEXANDER PIATT (deceased).
Mr. Piatt was born in Clark Co., Ohio, Aug. 22,
1814. The early part of his life was spent in farming.
At about the age of 30 he began the harness trade, which he
followed in Spring Hills till the time of his death.
In 1848, April 10, he married Aurelia Tennery,
a native of Troy, Miami Co., born Jan. 11, 1825. She
is a daughter of Zephaniah B. and Sarah (Shyrigh) Tennery,
who were early settlers there. Alexander and
Aurelia Piatt were the parents of six
children, two of whom preceded him to eternity. The
other four are still living —Fidelia Ann (now
Mrs. J. M. Terrell), Joseph Edwin,
Mary Effie and John Charles F.
Alexander Piatt departed this life Sept. 10,
1874, having been a member of the Baptist Church for over
thirty years. Mrs. Piatt and her
children are members of the M. E. Church. Joseph E.
carries on harness-making and lives with his mother.
He is a patron of this work. Mary E. has been
clerking in a store for about three years . She
commenced teaching in the spring of 1880. The youngest
son is learning the blacksmith trade with Mr.
Eleyet, of this place.
Source:
History
of
Champaign County, Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
- Page 783 |
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Johnson Twp. -
LAMBERT POND
Source: History of
Champaign County, Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
- Page 762 |
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Adams Twp. -
BENJAMIN W. POOL, farmer and
stock-dealer; P. O. De Graff, Logan Co.; born Jan. 9,
1848, in Logan Co., Ohio; is a son of William R. Pool, a native of Shelby Co., Ohio, who lied there until he was 28 years of
age, then moved to Logan Co. where he has been engaged in farming and
carpentering until a few years ago.
He now lives retired in Bellefontaine, the county seat of Logan Co.
Benjamin W. was reared a farmer and
never learned a trade, but is very handy with tools, and does all his own
carpentering, blacksmithing and harness-making.
Feb. 1, 1872, he married Miss Mary
A., daughter of Cyrus Makemson,
of Logan Co., and, in March of the same year, they moved upon the farm where
they now reside, located in the north part of Adams Twonship, Champaign Co.,
containing 400 acres, of which 170 acres belong to
Benjamin W. He makes a specialty of raising
and shipping stock. They have two
children – Laura A. and
Loren W.
Source: History of Champaign County,
Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
- Page 774
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Johnson Twp. -
DANIEL POORMAN
Source: History of
Champaign County, Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
- Page 762 |
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Johnson Twp. -
JACOB POORMAN
Source: History of
Champaign County, Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
- Page 762 |
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Johnson Twp. -
HENRY PUTNAM
Source: History of
Champaign County, Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
- Page 762 |
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