BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Clinton County, Ohio
Its People, Industries and Institutions
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Albert J. Brown, A.M.
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With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families
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Indianapolis, Indiana
1915
Contrib. by Sharon Wick
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Mr. & Mrs.
James W. Babb |
JAMES W. BABB. One of
the best-remembered farmers and business men of the past generation in
Clinton county was the late James W. Babb, who at the time of his
death owned and lived on a farm on the Vienna pike, in Union township.
Of Mr. Babb it may be said that he was a man of strong and active
sympathies. His temperament was warm and ardent, his feeling deep
and intense. These and other attractive characteristics
unconsciously drew him an unusual number of devoted friends, upon whom
under all circumstances he could rely and who, now that he has passed
from earth, revere his memory. He is remembered today as a manly
man, of pleasing and dignified presence, influential in the circles in
which he moved and cordial, friendly and kind in all the relations of
life. He stood as a conspicuous example of symmetrically-developed
American manhood.
James W. Babb was born on May 8, 1837, at Xenia,
Ohio, and died on Nov. 30, 1896. He was the son of James M. and
Hannah (Smith) Babb, the former of whom was born on Jan. 17, 1811,
and the latter of whom was born on June 4, 1817, both in Frederick
county, Virginia. James M. Babb was the son of Henry
Mercer and Grace (McCool) Babb, and Henry was the son of
Thomas and Blanche (Mercer) Babb, who were off shoots of an old
English family in Virginia. Hannah (Smith) Babb was the
daughter of John S. and Susan (Crouse) Smith.
James M. and Hanna (Smith) Babb were married
on Aug. 14, 1834, in Virginia, and immediately after their marriage made
the journey to Xenia, Ohio, their wedding trip. They began
housekeeping at Xenia, where he became a carpenter and an influential
citizen. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church and
lived and died in Xenia. They had six children, all of whom are
now deceased, namely: John Henry, who was born on May 19,
1835, died on May 30, 1835; James W., was the second born;
Mary Jane, 1839, died in 1841; Thomas M., Apr. 8, 1842, died
on Mar. 14, 1895, and was for many years a partner of his brother,
James W., in the saw-mill and building business; George H.,
Feb. 22, 1844, died on Feb. 15, 1915, made his home with his brother,
James W., until the latter's death and afterwards lived with
Mrs. Babb until his death, in the spring of 1915; Charles S.,
May 30, 1836, died in 1894.
James M. Babb was married, secondly, to Susan
McCreary on Feb. 16, 1853, and they had three children, all of whom
are living, as follow: Leonidas, is a resident of Xenia, Ohio,
and a carpenter by occupation; Grace, married David McClellan,
of Greene county, Ohio; Eliza, married John McLean, and
they reside near Jamestown, Ohio, on a farm.
James W. Babb was first married to Angeline
Hays, Feb. 11, 1858. She died however, July 7, 1862, and he
was married, secondly, on June 11, 1863, to Louisa Lacy, who is
still living.
Louisa Lacy was born on June 29, 1835, in
Washington township, Clinton county, Ohio, the daughter of John
Johnson, who was familiarly known as "Jack," and Ruth (Brown)
Lacy. Mrs. Babb's father was born on Dec. 25, 1810, in
Washington township, Clinton county, and died on Mar. 1, 1892. The
mother was born near Morrisville, in Washington township, Clinton
county, Ohio, in 1811, and died in 1875. The late "Jack" Lacy
was the son of J. Johnson and Ruth (Clevenger) Lacy, natives
of Frederick county, Virginia, where they were married early in the last
century. They came to Ohio in 1809 and settled in the present
limits of Clinton county, where the village of Cuba now stands.
Here the elder Lacy kept a tavern for several years, finally
settling in Washington township, where he died about he time of the
breaking out of the Civil War, his wife having died some years
previously. His family consisted of ten children, of whom
"Jack" Lacy was the eldest. He received a limited education in
the primitive schools of the day and purchasing land in Washington
township in 1838, located no it in the fall of 1840. In 1855 he
purchased a small tract of land, which became the nucleus of a five
hundred and twenty three acre farm, which he later owned. He
married Ruth Brown, in October, 1833. They had eleven
children, as follow: Mrs. Louisa (Lacy) Babb was the eldest;
Henry, died in 1910; David Bell, born in December, 1840,
married Mary Jane Crouse, is a farmer of Union township;
Susan, married George Olvis, of Burtonville; Mary,
married Clay Olvis, of Burtonville; Florence, married
John Gray, of Wilmington; Sarah; died unmarried, at the age
of twenty-seven; Finley is a resident of New Vienna; Levi,
lives near Lytle, Ohio, where he is a farmer; Leroy, lives near
Harveysville; one child died in infancy.
Mrs. Babb's mother, who, before her marriage,
was Ruth Brown, was the daughter of David Brown, one of
four brothers, who settled early in Washington township. David,
Asa, Elisha and James Brown were natives of Massachusetts,
born during the War of Independence, and who at the close of the war
removed with their father to Owen county, Kentucky, where they grew to
manhood. Between 1807 and 1810 all removed from Owen county,
Kentucky, to somewhere within the present limits of Washington township,
purchasing land in Steel's, Carrington's and Johnsons's
surveys, where they all resided for many yeas, rearing large families.
Asa died in 1843; David, 1844; Elisha, 1856, and
James 1863. David Brown and his wife, Jane Brown,
were members of the Christian church.
James W. Babb grew up in Xenia, Ohio, and became a
carpenter by occupation and later a building contractor.
Subsequently, he operated a saw-mill at Paintersville, in Greene county,
in partnership with his brother, Thomas M., for several years.
In 1894 he removed to his farm on the Vienna pike, in Union township,
and in that year built a house. Two years later he died. His
widow, Mrs. Louisa (Lacy) Babb, still lives on the farm.
While living at Paintersville, Mr. Babb
served as justice of the peace for several years. He was an
uncompromising Republican. He and his wife were active members of
the Christian church. They had no children, but two children had
been born by Mr. Babb's former marriage. One of these
children, Amanda E., born on Jan. 30, 1862, died on Feb. 22,1811,
unmarried. Mary E., the eldest, born on Dec. 24, 1858,
married John Leininger, a farmer of Union township.
Mrs. Louisa (Lucy) Babb is a well-known woman,
well informed, cultured and refined. She is highly respected by
the people of this township.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 708 |
A. I. Bailey |
ALBERT I. BAILEY Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 564 |
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CLIFTON D. BAILEY. One of the
most important industrial establishments in this part of the state of Ohio
is the extensive plant of the Champion Bridge Company, at Wilmington,
Clinton county, for which, for the past ten years, the gentleman whose
name the reader notes above has been the superintendent and one of the
important factors. Mr. Bailey was born in Clinton county and ever
has had the interests of the county very dearly at heart. His position as
superintendent of one of the chief industrial enterprises of the county
gives him larger opportunity for the exercise of his wide influence in
industrial affairs and it is undoubted that he has thus been able to do
much for the community, a measure of service which it would be difficult
properly to estimate. Needless to say he occupied a high place in the
confidence and esteem of his associates in business and the highest regard
of all who knew him.
Clifton D. Bailey was born on a farm near Dover, in Liberty
township, Clinton county, Ohio, on Dec. 20, 1859, son of William and Maria
(Tumlin) Bailey, both natives of this county, the former of whom was born
on the same farm on which his son was born, in 1834, and died in 1865, and
the latter of whom was born in Union township on July 1, 1839, and is
still living.
William Bailey was the son of George and Lydia Bailey, both
natives of this county, members of pioneer families. George Bailey's
father was Daniel Bailey, who emigrated from South Carolina to
Ohio, becoming one of the very earliest settlers in Union township. He
and his wife were members of the Friends church and were active in all
good works in the pioneer days of this county, having been accounted among
the leaders of the social order in the community in which they settled.
George Bailey was reared to manhood in Union township and then bought
a farm in Liberty township, where he spent the rest of his life. He also
was a Quaker, following the faith of his parents, and was a man of large
influence in his neighborhood; a thrifty and industrious farmer and an
excellent citizen. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, of
whom William was the second in order of birth. William Bailey
was reared on the home farm, a part of which he continued to manage after
his marriage, and there he spent the rest of his life. He married Maria
Tumlin, a member of one of the old families of this county and died
at the age of thirty-one, leaving a widow and two sons, Corwin A.,
who is a machinist, living at Wilmington, this county, and Clifton
D., the immediate subject of this sketch. His widow married,
secondly, George R. Acre, of Wilmington, a carpenter, but there was
no issue to this second union
Clifton D. Bailey was but six years of age when his father died and
he was reared on his grandfather's farm, remaining there until he was
eighteen years of age, at which time he went to Wilmington to learn the
blacksmith trade in the shops of the Champion Bridge Company and has been
connected with that concern ever since, save for three years when he was
working at Hamilton, Ohio. In 1906 Mr. Bailey was made
superintendent of the shops of the Champion Bridge Company and ever since
has occupied that important and responsible position.
On February 12, 1880, Clifton D. Bailey was united in marriage to
Ella Johnson, who was born in Liberty township, this county,
daughter of Harvey A. Johnson, a well-known Liberty township
farmer, who still is living in that township, and to this union two
children have been born, Elsie M., on May 18, 1883, and William
A., September 5, 1884, living at Chicago Junction, Ohio, married
Susan Haines and has two children.
Elsie M. Bailey was united in marriage on November 17, 1909, to
Dr. Chester E. Kinzel, of Wilmington, present coroner of Clinton
county, who was born in Zanesville, Ohio, on May 13, 1882, son of John
W. and Christina (Mohler) Kinzel, both natives of Morgan
county, this state, the former of whom was born in 1846 and died in 1900,
and the latter of whom was born in 1852 and died in 1884. John
Kinzel was a son of Charles and Lavina (Beckwith)
Kinzel. The father of Charles was a German immigrant who
came to America and located in the neighborhood of the city of Baltimore,
where he became a farmer. Charles Kinzel, born in 1804,
married Lavina Beckwith and about the year 1825 emigrated to
Ohio, settling in Morgan county, where he bought a farm and operated
extensive salt furnaces. He and his wife were the parents of seven
children. Their son, John, married Christina Mohler,
daughter of Caspar Mohler and wife, Germans who came to Ohio
from Pennsylvania, settling in Morgan county, where they reared a family
of ten children, and moved to Zanesville, this state, where Casper
Mohler worked as a mechanic in a tile factory. He and his wife were
the parents of three children: Harry G., a lawyer at Spokane.
Washington; Dr. Chester E., of Wilmington, and Ida, who died
at the age of two years. The mother of these children dying when
Chester E. was three years of age, John Kinzel married,
secondly, Mary Brown, of Zanesville, and continued to live
in that city the rest of his life, his widow still living there.
Chester E. Kinzel was reared in the home of an aunt, Mrs. Mary
L. Deaver, of Morgan county, and received his elementary education in
the public schools of that county. After a course in a normal school, he
began teaching school and for three years was thus engaged, after which he
entered the Starling Medical School, at Columbus, Ohio, and was graduated
from that institution in 1906, in July of which year he came to this
county, locating in Wilmington, where he engaged in the practice of his
profession and has thus been engaged ever since. A year or two previous to
the election of 1914, Doctor Kinzel had been appointed
coroner of Clinton county, to fill out an unexpired term, and in the
following election was elected to that office and is now serving the
public in that capacity. Doctor Kinzel is a Republican and a
member of the Masons, the Elks and the Eagles. He and his wife are the
parents of one child, a son, William Nelson, born on
September 4, 1913. (24)
Mr. and Mrs. Bailey own and live in the famous old brick mansion on
West Main street in Wilmington, which was built more than one hundred
years ago and which was the birthplace of Addison Russell,
whose memory ever will live in and about Wilmington. This fine old mansion
Is still in good condition and is the scene of much genial hospitality,
Mr. and Mrs. Bailey being fond of entertaining their friends.
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FRANK R. BAILEY Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
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LUTHER G. BAILEY Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 794 |
Frank M. Baldwin, M. D. |
FRANK M. BALDWIN, M. D. Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio -
Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 596 |
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MARION A. BALDWIN Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 491 |
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EMERY R. BALES. If one were in search of a representative business man of any community he
would select a man of the type of Emery R. Bales, secretary
and treasurer of the Wilmington Casting Company. Still a young man in
years, Mr. Bales is, of course, enthusiastic, but he has other
qualities that are just as necessary for the success of the man active in
commercial and industrial pursuits. It, is by reason of this combination
of characteristics that the success of the well-known firm has been
achieved, for it is not inappropriate to say that this firm is, no doubt,
the leading one of its kind in this vicinity. They are extensive
manufacturers of gray-iron castings.
Emery R. Bales was born on a farm in Chester township, Clinton
county, on April 23, 1882, a son of William H. and
Cordelia J. (Faulkner) Bales, both of whom were natives
of Greene county.
William H. Bales located in Chester township in 1881, and lived
there until the fall of 1905. when he removed to Wilmington, where he died
on January 11, 1906. The mother, whose industry and devotion lightened
many a burden for the husband and children of this home, passed away in
March, 1910. William H. and Cordelia J. Bales were the parents of
live children, as follow: Emery R., the subject of this biography;
Thomas M., professor in Wilmington College; Elisha Allen,
deceased at the age of fourteen; Lorena F., of Wilmington, and
llo H., of Wilmington.
Emery R. Bales was fortunate in that he
was able to acquire more than the education possible to the average boy,
for after the common school course he was permitted to attend Wilmington
College, interspersing farm work with the time spent in school. He was
graduated from the college in 1904, and then taught school for one year in
Sabina, Ohio. Mr. Bales next found employment in the First National Bank
of Wilmington, and remained there for the next seven and one-half years,
giving satisfaction in his work. In March. 1913. he decided to go into
business for himself, and formed the partnership with E. E. Terrell,
which continued to July 1, 1915. An extensive volume of business was built
up, the special lines being real estate and insurance. This partnership
was dissolved on July 1, 1915, that Mr. Bales might take up his
interest in the castings company.
On March 23. 1910, Emery R. Bales was united in marriage with
Elizabeth E. Magee, who was born in Chester township, a daughter of
John and Mary Magee. Their only child is deceased.
Mr. Bales has held many offices of honor,
both in the business world and in the social and religious organizations
with which he has been connected. He is at present treasurer of the
Wilmington Homestead Company. He is a Mason of high standing, as is
indicated by the fact that he has held all the offices in Lodge No. 52.
Mr. Bales has allied himself with the Republican
party as a mutter of deep conviction. He has also taken sincere interest
in religious affairs and for years has had much to do with the success of
the organization to which he belongs, this being the Methodist Episcopal
denomination. Besides being secretary and treasurer of the church board he
is also one of its stewards.
Mr. Bales has applied his religious principles and
training to business, and is known for his fair and honest dealing. He is
genial in manner, makes friends easily, and is courteous and considerate
always. Both he and his estimable wife are prominent in religious circles
and in the social life of the city, to which they have contributed a high
type of citizenship.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
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THOMAS M. BALES Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
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JOSEPH F. BALLARD Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
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JOHN W. BARNARD Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
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GEORGE C. BARNS Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
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HOWARD BARNS Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by
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JESSE G. BATSON Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
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CARLETON L. BAUGH Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
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JAMES W. BAUGHMAN Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 753 |
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EARL W. BENLEHR Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
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GEORGE H. BENLEHR Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 877 |
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JAMES F. BENNETT,
a well known farmer and quarryman of Union township, this county, as
well as a successful dealer in feed, wool and live stock, has not been
extensively favored by inheritance and wealth, or the assistance of
influential friends. Nevertheless, by industry and the economical
management of his business, he has obtained a comfortable station in
life, and has made his influence felt in the community life of Clinton
county, where he was born about sixty years ago. Because of his
honorable career and his steady progress as a farmer and business man,
he is eminently entitled to rank as one of the representative men of
this county.
James F. Bennett was born on July 22, 1855, in
Union township, this county, at a point one hundred yards from the home
in which he is now living, the son of Levi T. and Sarah (Wilson)
Bennett and wife, were separated by the death of the grandmother
when their son, Levi T., was a mere lad. After his first
wife's death, Thomas Bennett married the second time and by his
second marriage was the father of a numerous family. In pioneer
times he had come to Ohio from Maryland and located in the village of
Deserted Camp. He was a cabinet-maker by trade, and he and all of
his family were devout and loyal members of the Friends church.
Late in life he removed to Springboro, in Warren county, this state,
where he died at the age of ninety-five years. The maternal
grandparents of Mr. Bennett were Alexander and Sarah Wilson,
who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in pioneer times and settled in Union
township, this county. Alexander Wilson owned several farms
and conducted a large general store, a short distance from Wilmington,
where he handled all the produce which the farmers had to sell and
bought live stock extensively. He also lived to the age of
ninety-five years. His wife, who was an earnest member of the
Christian church, passed away at the age of seventy-five.
The late Levi T. Bennett was an infant when he
was brought to Clinton county by his parents. Later the family
lived for a time in Clark County, Ohio, and after his mother's death, he
made his home near Dover, this county, with the Moses Frazier family,
who reared him to manhood. He lived with this family until his
marriage, after which event he purchased one hundred acres of land in
Union township, where his son, James F., now lives. Later
he made the following addition to his farm; ninety acres from the
George Haworth estate; twenty-five acres from the Wilson estate,
and fifty-seven acres, which he bought from Jefferson Fritz,
a total of two hundred and seventy-seven acres, all of which James F.
Bennett now owns. The late Levi T. Bennett was a
Republican in politics, and took an active part in local public affairs,
in which he exerted considerable influence. He took especial pride
in raising and feeding hogs for the market, and was very successful in
that line. Both he and his wife were earnest and faithful members
of the Christian church. They were the parents of three sons:
Alexander, who lives on a farm in Fayette County, Ohio; Thomas,
a farmer of Union Township, this county, who died in 1913, and James
F., the immediate subject of this review.
James F. Bennett attended the public schools of
his home township, and after finishing his common-school education took
a course at the normal school at Lebanon, Ohio. Afterwards he
remained at home on his father's farm until his marriage, after which he
purchased a farm west in Wilmington, where he lived for two years, at
the expiration of which time he disposed of his farm and returned to his
father's farm to manage the estate and take care of his parents, who
were becoming feeble. Upon the death of his parents he inherited his
share of the home farm and later purchased the interests of the other
heirs. Mr. Bennett still manages his farm and makes his
home there, but about 1885 he started in to buy and sell live stock, and
has been extensively engaged in that business since that time.
About 1890 he opened an office in Wilmington, and added wool-buying to
his business. Later he entered into a partnership with a Mr.
Thompson, and this arrangement still continues, the firm maintaining
an office on West Main street, in Wilmington, where they handle seeds
and wool and buy and sell live stock. Mr. Bennett is also
developing a large stone quarry along the Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
east of Wilmington, where he has installed a pulverizer for
manufacturing lime to be used as fertilizer. This is a large
industry in this section of the state, and promises soon to develop into
an even greater business than it is now. Mr. Bennett also
produces large quantities of cracked stone, which is used in road
building.
On June 6, 1877, James F. Bennett was married to
Ida B. Pendry who was born in Liberty township, this county, a
daughter of John and Myra (Jenkins) Pendry both of whom are
deceased. They were natives of this county, and were prominent
residents of Union township.
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WILLIAM BERLIN Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
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CHRISTOPHER C. BERNARD is a
well-known farmer of Sabina, this county, whose great-grandfather,
Thomas Bernard, was a prominent Virginia planter and wholesale
dealer of Richmond, Virginia, and a soldier in the Revolutionary War, who
fought at Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point and other places.
Christopher C. Bernard was born on July 2, 1872,
in Green township, this county, son of James K. and Kesiah (McVey)
Bernard, both natives of Clinton county, the former of whom, born on
June 10, 1835, in Green township, died on September 5, 1907, and the
latter, born on January 10, 1838, in Wayne township, was the daughter of
Christopher and Catherine (West) McVey.
Mrs. James K. Bernard was one of eight children born to her parents
and was the third in order of birth, the others being James,
Henrietta, Robert, Edman, Benson, Eliza
Jane and Alkana.
The paternal grandparents of Christopher C. Bernard
were George W. and Harriet (McConnell) Bernard, the
former of whom was born on September 13, 1700, in Goochland county,
Virginia, and the latter, October 12, 1810, in Brown county, Ohio.
George W. Bernard emigrated from Virginia to Highland county, this
state, in 1807, with his parents and in 1832, located on the farm in Green
township, this county, where he spent the remainder of his life. He owned
over four hundred acres of land and was engaged, in general farming.
George W. and Harriet (McConnell) Bernard were the parents of nine
children, Thomas F., James K., Mary E., John W., Matilda J.,
George W., Charles B., Martha H. and Elijah M. Harriet
(McConnell) Bernard was the daughter of James and Sallie (Downing)
McConnell, natives of Pennsylvania, who emigrated to Brown county,
Ohio, later, in 1821, coming to Clinton county. George W. Bernard
was the son of Thomas and Mary (Hicks) Bernard.
The father of Thomas Bernard and the
great-great-grandfather of Christopher C., the subject of this
sketch, was William Bernard, a native of England, who
married Mary Flemings. They were early settlers in Virginia
and he owned three thousand acres of land. He was a wholesale dealer in
Richmond, Virginia, and lost most of his property during the Revolutionary
War. His son, Thomas, was a Revolutionary soldier, who fought in
various important battles of that war.
The late James K. Bernard was educated in the
common schools of Green township and when a young man began farming in
that township and farmed there practically all his life, having been the
owner of about two thousand acres of choice land in Green and Wayne
townships. In 1903 he retired and removed to New Vienna, where he spent
the remaining four years of his life, passing away in 1907. His widow, the
mother of Christopher C, still lives in New Vienna. They were the
parents of nine children, as follow: John R„ who was born on July
23, 1862; George W., August 14, 1863, Harriett C., August
16, 1864; Charles O., October 30, 1865; Martha, February 23,
1867; James E., April 3, 1868; Christopher C., July 2, 1872;
Coraetta, February 7, 1876, and Oscar, September 13, 1878.
The late James K. Bernard was a Democrat.
Christopher C. Bernard, who was educated in the
public schools of Green township, began farming when a young man in Wayne
township, and was engaged in farming there until September, 1003, at which
time he retired from the farm and moved to Sabina, where he has lived ever
since. He owns two hundred and seventy-seven acres of land in Wayne
township, and is considered one of the foremost farmers of that section of
the county.
On December 19, 1894, Christopher C. Bernard was
married to Edith Pierce, who was born on April 28, 1873,
daughter of Hugh and Mary (McKay) Pierce, and to this union has
been born one child, Trimble Pierce, born on December 12,
1902.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard are members of the Methodist Protestant
church, and Mr. Bernard has served on the official board of
the church. He has also served one term as trustee of Richland township
and is a member of the Clinton county school board. He is also a member of
the Sabina school board. Politically, he is a Democrat. Fraternally, he
belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America. Christopher C. Bernard is
a man of splendid appearance and a man of far more than average
intelligence. He is popular among his fellow townsmen because of his
genial personal manners.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
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ELIJAH Q.
BERNARD, a prosperous farmer of Green township, this county, was
born in the township where he lives on December 30, 1874, son of
Charles B. and Josie (Credon) Bernard, the latter of whom, a
native of Wayne township, this county, is now deceased. Charles B.
Bernard, after the death of his first wife, married Lummie Cox
of Highland county, Ohio, by whom he has had five children: Bessie, who
married Edward Larick; Jessie, deceased; James; Frank and
Sallie. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Larick had one child, Bessie,
now deceased. Elijah Q. Bernard is the only child born to his
father's first marriage.
Mr. Bernard was reared on the farm and
was educated in the public schools of Green township. He is a farmer by
occupation, and owns one hundred and thirty acres of land, where general
farming and stockraising are carried on. This land is a part of the old
homestead, where his grandfather, George Washington
Bernard; settled upon coming to Clinton county and where his father
was born. Elijah Q. Bernard is an up-to-date farmer in every
respect, and is keenly interested in raising Percheron horses, at the
present time owning one of the finest stallions in Clinton county.
The complete history, of the Bernard family
may be found in the biographical sketch of James K. Bernard
presented elsewhere in this volume. Charles B. Bernard, father of
Elijah Q., was born on January 17, 1846, in Clinton county, son of
George Washington Bernard, one of the county's most
active pioneers.
On November 6, 1805, Elijah O. Bernard was
married to Jessie Hunter, of Wayne township, this county,
and to this union four children have been born, all of whom are living, as
follow: Claude, Evelyn, Herbert, and Helen.
Politically, Elijah Q. Bernard, is a Democrat.
He is an active, enterprising citizen and he and his family are held in
high regard in the neighborhood in which they live.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
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EVERT BERNARD
is a prosperous farmer of Wilson township, this county, who is manager of
a farm of one thousand acres of fertile land in Clinton county belonging
to C. A. Bosworth, of Cincinnati. He was born in Richland township,
this county, November 12, 1878, and is the son of Thomas Bernard.
Reared on the farm and educated in the country schools,
Evert Bernard was married to Eva De Long, who was
born in Ross county, Ohio, the daughter of William and Eva
(Richardson) De Long. William De Long was a well-educated man,
and a teacher for some time in his early years. He was surveyor of Ross
and Pike counties, Ohio, and owns eighty acres of land, on which he and
his wife now live. After his marriage, Mr. Bernard located
on the farm he now occupies. It is the farm upon which his father lived
for a period of twenty-eight years.
To Evert and Eva (De Long) Bernard four children
have been born, Ruth, Russell, Almedia and John.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard are members of the Methodist Protestant church,
and are active in the work of the Sunday school, Mr. Bernard
at present being superintendent of the Reesville Methodist Protestant
Sunday school. He has also served on the school board, and is fraternally
a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Indianapolis,
Ind. :: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1915 - Page 862 |
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GEORGE W. BERNARD, the
second child in the family of the late James K. and Kesiah (McVey)
Bernard, is a well-known and well-to-do farmer of Green township, this
county. The complete history of the Bernard family is given in the
biographical sketch of Mr. Bernard's father, presented elsewhere in
this volume. The present generation of this family, in Clinton county,
have much to be grateful for in the careers of their distinguished
ancestors, for they are descendants of a patriot of Revolutionary days,
Thomas Bernard, who was a valiant soldier in the great struggle for
independence. Moreover, the successive generations of the family have been
conspicuous as business men of large ability in the various communities in
which they have settled and lived. To a large degree, George W. Bernard,
who is a representative of the fifth generation of the Bernard family in
America, possesses the commendable traits of his ancestors. He is named
for his grandfather, George Washington Bernard, who was an
enterprising farmer in this county until his death, in 1894, at the age of
ninety-five years.
George W. Bernard was born in Green township,
this county, August 14, 1863, and was reared on the farm and educated in
the public schools of that township. Mr. Bernard now owns three
hundred and ten acres of land and is a general farmer and stockman.
On December 24, 1894, George W. Bernard was
married to Cora Staubus, who was born in Virginia, daughter of
Lewis J. and Mary (Clark) Staubus, later of this county, and to this
union three children have been born, Aleda, Georgia and Lewis
James.
Mr. Bernard is a Democrat in politics, but has
never aspired to office, having been too busy with his farm and his own
personal affairs to give much time to politics. The Bernard family
are members of the Friends church and active in the church work at
Fairview.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
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JAMES EDWARD BERNARD.
To a great extent the prosperity of the agricultural sections of our
country is due to the honest industry and the sturdy persistence and
unswerving economy of the individual citizen. Among this class may be
mentioned James Edward Bernard, who, by reason of his years of
indefatigable labor and honest effort, not only has acquired a
well-deserved competence, but has also won and retained the high esteem of
all with whom he has ever been associated.
James E. Bernard was born near New Vienna, in
Green township, Clinton county, Ohio, on April 11, 1868, a son of James
K. and Keziah (McVay) Bernard, the former of whom was born in Green
township, this county, in 1830, and died in September, 1907, and the
latter of whom was born on January 18, 1838, and is still living.
James K. Bernard was a son of George W. and
Harriet C. (McConnell) Bernard, both natives of Virginia, the former
of whom was born in 1799 and came to Highland county, Ohio, with his
parents, Thomas Bernard and wife, in 1805, the family being one of
the first to settle in this region, George W. Bernard being six
years old at that time. Later the family came to Clinton county, locating
in Wayne township. They were members of the Friends church, and were
excellent farmers and useful citizens. Mr. Bernard's
maternal grandparents, Christopher and Martha McVay, also came from
Virginia to Clinton county, where they located on a farm in Wayne
township. The family were members of the Christian church, and took an
active part in the affairs of that denomination.
The late James K. Bernard was born on a farm in
Clinton county and became a very prosperous farmer, having been the owner
of eighteen hundred and fifty acres of land in Clinton county, comprising
twelve farms in all, which land, with the assistance of his sons, he
accumulated by his own personal efforts. Late in life he retired from
active farm life and moved to New Vienna, where his death occurred. His
widow still lives in New Vienna. Before his death, James K. Bernard
divided his land among his children, of whom there were nine, James
Edward being the sixth in order of birth. John R. lives on a
farm in Green township. George W. is also a farmer in Green
township. Harriett C., who married James Carey, lives on a
farm in Green township. Charles O. is a farmer in the same
township. Mattie, who married Lon Hildebrand, is a resident
of Wilmington, her husband being retired. Christopher C. lives at
Sabina, Ohio, where he is a retired farmer. Cora, who married
Charles Johnson, lives in Green township, and Oscar is retired and
living in New Vienna, Ohio.
James Edward Bernard was educated in the
district schools near his home; but his educational advantages were
limited, since he was able to attend school only two months each year. At
the age of twenty-three, Mr. Bernard was married, and began life
for himself by renting land from his father for one year. The next year he
purchased one hundred and seventy-five acres in Wayne township, where he
lived for eighteen years, subsequently adding forty acres to the original
tract. In 1908 he sold his farm and removed to Wilmington, purchasing a
farm near Clarksville, in Vernon township. In 1913 he sold this latter
farm and purchased the Starbuck hardware store. After conducting this
business for two years, Mr. Bernard sold out, in the spring of
1915, .and, with his family, moved to Wilmington, .where he purchased a
comfortable house at 504 Walnut street, and he and his family now make
their home there.
On January 29, 1891, James E. Bernard was
married to Emma Matthews, who was born in Clarksville, this
county, the daughter of John W. and Olive Matthews, both of
whom live at New Vienna, where the former is a retired farmer. To this
union six children have been born, namely: Leone, born in December,
1893; Virgil, 1895; Stanley, 1897; George, 1899;
Olive, 1901, and Harry, 1905.
James Edward Bernard is a Democrat
in politics, but owing to his extensive farming and business interests,
has not taken an active part in political affairs. The Bernard
family are all members of the Christian church. Fraternally, Mr.
Bernard is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, and of the
Modern Woodmen of America.
In Wilmington, where Mr. Bernard has
lived for several years, he is recognized as an honorable and upright
citizen and is quite popular among his fellow townsmen. He takes a
commendable interest in worthy public movements, and is connected with nil
worthy public enterprises.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
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James K. Bernard |
JAMES K. BERNARD.
Among the citizens of Clinton county who belong to a past generation and
who built up comfortable homes and surrounded themselves with valuable
property, few attained a larger measure of success than the late James
K. Bernard, one of the largest landowners and one of the most
public-spirited citizens of Clinton county. With few opportunities, except
what his own efforts were capable of mastering, and with many
discouragements to overcome, he achieved a remarkable success in life,
and, in the declining years of his life, enjoyed the satisfaction of
knowing that the community had been benefited by his presence. He was
regarded as a good business man, who possessed sound judgment and keen
foresight; one who was, in every sense of the word, progressive, and
always enjoyed the respect, esteem and confidence of those who knew him.
His interest in public affairs and his upright life secured for him an
enviable place in the life of this great county, in whose advancement he
took such a conspicuous part.
James K. Bernard was born on June 19, 1835, in Greene
township, this county, and died at New Vienna in the same county, on
September 5, 1907, at the age of seventy-two years, two months and
seventeen days. He was the son of George Washington and
Harriet (McConnell) Bernard, the former of whom was born in
Goochland county, Virginia, September 13, 1799, and the latter, in Brown
county, Ohio, October 12, 1810. George Washington Bernard
was the son of Thomas and Mary Bernard, natives of
Virginia. Thomas Bernard was the son of William
Bernard, a native of England, who married Mary Fleming
and was a prominent resident of the Old Dominion state. He owned three
thousand acres of land in Virginia and also was extensively engaged in
business at Richmond, that state, where he was a wholesale merchant.
During the War of the Revolution, his store was robbed of nearly all of
its goods. William and Mary (Fleming)} Bernard spent their last
days in Virginia. Thomas Bernard was born in March, 1756,
grew to manhood in Virginia, and served as a soldier through the War of
the Revolution having been engaged in the battles of Brandywine,
Germantown Monmouth, Stony Point, and others. In 1807 he married Mary
Hicks and removed from Virginia to Ohio, settling in Highland
county, near the Clinton county line. In those days wolves and deer were
in abundance, and on one occasion he heard a loud bleating near his cabin
which he thought was one of his calves in the merciless clutches of a
wolf; hurrying to his cabin door, he beheld a wolf holding fast to a deer.
The wolf at once loosed its prey and fled and the deer escaped in an
opposite direction. In 1832 Thomas Bernard moved to
Leesburg, where he died on June 11, 1833. His widow survived until May 22,
1847, when she died. At that time, she was a resident of Clinton county.
They were the parents of three sons and five daughters, of whom two were
living as late as 1882—George W. and Nancy, who married
Thomas Riley.
George W. Bernard, son of Thomas
and Mary (Hicks) Bernard and father of James K. Bernard,
the subject of this biographical sketch, was about eight years of age when
his parents removed to the Ohio wilderness. Here he grew to manhood and
became fully inured to the hardships of pioneer life. On March 28, 1831,
he was married to Harriet McConnell, who was born in Brown
county, Ohio, October 12, 1810, the daughter of James and Sallie
(Downing) McConnell, natives of Pennsylvania, who were early settlers
in Brown county, this state, and who removed to Clinton county about 1821.
They were the parents of four sons and five daughters, four of whom were
living as late as 1882. as follows: Thomas, Betsey, who
married Isaac Wilson of Illinois, Harriet and Joseph M.,
the last named of whom resided in Oregon.
To George W. and Harriet (McConnell) Bernard
eleven children were born, nine of whom lived to full maturity, as follow:
Thomas F., James K., Mary E., who married Joshua Wilson; John
W., Matilda Jane, who married Edmund West, George W.,
Charles B., Martha H., who married Edward McVey, and
Elijah M. In 1832, George W. Bernard located on the farm in
this county where he spent practically the rest of his life, living to be
the oldest man in Greene township, and to see all of his children married
and settled in life. Although he had in his youth little opportunity for
an education, he had supplemented his limited opportunities by special
study and in later years was known as an unusually well-informed man. By
energy, industry and economy, he acquired a large estate, amounting to
something over thirteen hundred acres. He died at his home in Greene
township in 1804, at the age of ninety-five years.
James K. Bernard, the second child born to
his parents, George W. and Harriet (McConnell) Bernard, grew
up on the old homestead in Greene township, which is still held by the
Bernard family, and received a limited education in the pioneer
schools of his neighborhood. On October 10, 1801, he was married to
Kezia McVey, who was born in Clinton county on January 10,
1838, a daughter of Christopher and Catharine (West) McVey,
natives of Fayette and Brown counties, Ohio, respectively; both of whom
were born in 1812.
Christopher McVey was the son of
James and Kezia McVey, both of whom were natives of
Ireland and pioneer settlers in Clinton county, where both died. They were
the parents of five sons and four daughters, William, Edmund,
Christopher, Robert, John, Catharine, Josephine,
Jane and Kezia. To Christopher and Catharine
(West) McVey eight children were born. Henrietta, James,
Kezia, Robert, Benson, Edmund, Eliza Jane and Elkana. Christopher
McVey was a farmer and owned about one hundred and eighty acres of
land in Greene township. He was a Republican and a member of the Christian
church. He died in 1805, his wife having preceded him to the grave in
1853. Catharine West was the daughter of Robert and
Henrietta West, who came from Pennsylvania to Clinton county
in pioneer days and here they spent the rest of their lives. They had
eight children, Nancy. Mary, Harrison, Benson,
Eliza, Catharine and Sallie.
To James K. and Kezia (McVey) Bernard were born
ten children, namely: John R., born on July 23. 1802;
George W., August 10, 1803: Harriet C., August 0. 1804:
Charles O., October 30, 1805; Martha Ann, February 23, 1807;
James Edmund, April 11, 1808; an infant, November 6,
1870; Christopher C., July 2, 1872; Cora E., February 22,
1870; Oscar E., September 13, 1878. Of these children, all are
living save the infant.
James K. Bernard located in Wayne township shortly
before his marriage, and shortly after his marriage, on March 10, 1802,
moved to his farm in Greene township, where he had a fine home and was
extensively engaged in farming. He owned at one time about sixteen hundred
acres of land, which he divided among his children, leaving his widow one
hundred and eighty acres near New Vienna. Altogether, he had received from
his father about twenty-five hundred dollars but aside from this help,
accumulated the money with which the sixteen hundred acres were purchased,
by his own effort and his was regarded as one of the most remarkable
examples of success from small beginnings ever witnessed among the farmers
of Clinton county.
In 1903 Mr. and Mrs. Bernard removed to New
Vienna, where they lived retired until Mr. Bernard's death
in 1907. The late James K. Bernard was more than a successful
farmer. He was a man of extraordinary vision, of indefatigable industry
and possessed a unique ability to concentrate his attention on a given
focus or a given end. His mind, once settled on the accomplishment of a
definite goal, nothing could divert him from this purpose. Loved by his
large family, honored by his neighbors and respected by the people of
Clinton county, he died as only the man who has lived to good purpose can
die, full of the honors of noble and useful service.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
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JOHN W. BERNARD, a
well-known retired farmer of Green township, this county, was born on
October 6, 1838, the son of George Washington and Harriet (McConnell)
Bernard. The complete history of the Bernard family is
given in the biographical sketch of James E. Bernard, presented
elsewhere in this volume.
John W. Bernard, like his brothers and sisters,
was reared on the farm and was educated in the neighborhood schools,
spending his boyhood on the farm now occupied by Elijah Q. Bernard.
At one time Mr. Bernard owned three hundred and sixty acres of
land, but he has given all of it to his children, except one hundred and
thirty-eight acres, which he still owns.
In January, 1868, John W. Bernard was married to
Louisa Kier, who was born in Highland county in 1844, the
daughter of Mathias and Jane (Bell) Kier, now deceased. To this
union eight children were born, as follow: William, a farmer in
Green township, this county; Mary, the wife of Dr. Lorenzo
Ayers, of Green township; Rosa, who married John Cox,
of near Centerville, Ohio; Albert, who is unmarried and lives at
home with his parents; Clara, who died at the age of sixteen, and
Amy H., John F. and Abbie, who died in childhood.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bernard are members of the
Friends church. Mr. Bernard votes the Democratic ticket,
Theirs have been lives full of good works, and in "the sunset time" of
their lives they enjoy many and continuous evidences of the respect and
esteem of the entire community in which they have lived so long and so
usefully.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
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MILTON BERNARD. Among
the enterprising agriculturists of this region must be counted Milton
Bernard, a young and thrifty farmer of Richland township and an
enterprising stockman, who is well known throughout Clinton county.
Milton Bernard was born on July 31, 1875,
at New Vienna, this county, the son of Thomas Jefferson
and Almeda (Young) Bernard, the former of whom was born near
New Antioch, this county, on October 12, 1832, and the latter of whom was
born near Lees creek, in Wayne township, this county.
The late Thomas J. Bernard, Jr., was the son of
Thomas J. and Mary Bernard, the former of whom was a native of
Virginia, but who emigrated to Ohio with his parents when a child of four
years. After growing to manhood in this state, Thomas J. Bernard,
Sr., married Mary McConnel, who was probably born in
Kentucky. After his marriage, he located on Cowen's creek, and spent the
greater part of the remainder of his life in Clinton county, being
actively engaged in farming. He lived a few years in Brown county, and
from there moved to near Lynchburg, where he died in February, 1868, at
the age of sixty-seven years. His wife died in 1838, at the age of
thirty-two years. They were the parents of live children: William P.;
Sarah, who married William Elliott; Nancy and
Thomas J. Following the death of his first wife, Thomas J. Bernard,
Sr., married, secondly, Mrs. Eliza Atkinson, by
whom he had six children, four of whom grew to maturity, Mary, who
married Henry Brown, Caroline, Serelda and
Grafton W.
Of Thomas J. Bernard, the father of Milton
Bernard, it may be said that he belonged to the Methodist
Protestant church, and was active not only in religious work, but in
public affairs. He lived to be eighty years old, and kept abreast of the
times until his death, on June 25, 1914. His widow is still living at
Sabina, and was seventy-eight years old in January, 1915. The late
Thomas J. Bernard, who was a farmer by occupation, occupied the farm
of C. A. Bosworth, of Cincinnati, as a tenant for twenty-eight
years. Thomas J. and Almeda (Young) Bernard were the parents
of eleven children, of whom four, Mary, the eldest, William,
Ida and Elmer, the sixth, seventh and eighth born, are
deceased. The living children are Clara, Laura, Sarah,
Jennette, Milton and Eva and Evert (twins).
Born and reared on the farm and educated in the common
schools, Milton Bernard remained at home until his marriage,
on August 26, 1893, to Alma Shepp, who was born on December
15, 1877, the daughter of John and Mary (Johnson) Shepp. John
Shepp, a gardener by occupation, lived in Reesville. He and his
wife were active in the local work of the Methodist Protestant church.
Mr. Shepp held numerous local public offices and served as a
Union soldier during the entire period of the Civil War. During one of the
severe battles of that war, he was shot in the neck and carried the bullet
to his grave. To Milton and Alma (Shepp) Bernard four children have
been born, Esther, Paul, Thomas and Barbara.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Bernard located on the
farm where they now live and which Mr. Bernard operates in
partnership with his brother, Everett. They manage altogether one
thousand and thirty-five acres of land, operating it on a sharing basis.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard are members of the
Methodist Protestant church at Reesville, and Mr. Bernard is
superintendent of the Sunday school. Fraternally, Mr. Bernard
is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Junior
Order of United American Mechanics.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
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Mr. & Mrs.
Thomas F. Bernard |
THOMAS F. BERNARD. It
is a well-attested fact that the greatness of a community or state lies
not in the machinery of government, or even in its institutions; but
rather in the sterling qualities of the individual citizen, in his
capacity for high and unselfish effort and his devotion to the public
welfare. In these particulars, the venerable Thomas F. Bernard,
of Wayne township, has conferred honor and dignity upon this county, and
has been connected with the advancement of one of the most flourishing and
progressive sections of the commonwealth. He is descended from
distinguished ancestry, his grandfather having been a soldier in the
American Revolution, and was with General Washington at the
surrender of Cornwallis.
Thomas F. Bernard was born on February 28, 1832,
in Fairfield township, Highland county, Ohio, the son of George
W. and Harriett (McConnell) Bernard, the former born on
September 13, 1799, in Goochland county, Virginia, and the latter in Brown
county, Ohio, the daughter of James McConnell.
George W. Bernard was the son of Thomas F.
and Mary (Hicks) Bernard, the former of whom was the son of William
and Mary (Fleming) Bernard, of Goochland county, Virginia. William
Bernard, who was a farmer and carpenter, and an extensive slave owner
in the Old Dominion state, was a soldier in the Continental army during
the Revolutionary War, serving under General Washington for five years. He
participated in the battles of Germantown, Monmouth, Trenton, Stony Point
and Yorktown. In 1807 he left Virginia and came to Ohio, having started
from Virginia on April 10, 1807, and arriving In Ohio, on June 10, of the
same year, having been just two months on the way. He and his wife spent
the remainder of their lives in Highland county, this state. Thomas
F. and Mary (Hicks) Bernard were the parents of eight children,
John, George W., Thomas, Sallie, Bettie, Mary, Susannah and
Nancy.
George W. Bernard, the second son of Thomas
F. Bernard, received only a limited education. On March 1, 1833, he
came to Clinton county from Highland county, locating on a farm in Green
township, subsequently becoming the owner of about five hundred acres of
land. He did much clearing and draining and lived to a very ripe old age,
passing away quietly on July 23, 1895, at the age of nearly ninety-six
years. Nine children were born to George W. and Harriett
(McConnell) Bernard, Thomas F., James K., Mary, Jane,
John, Sallie, George, Charles and Elijah. George was a soldier
in the Union army during the Civil War. The late George W. Bernard
and his wife were members of the Friends church, while politically, Mr.
Bernard was an adherent of the Democratic party.
The rudiments of an education were obtained by
Thomas F. Bernard in a log-cabin school house in Green township, this
county. Having begun when a young man to work on his father's farm, in
1855, one year after his marriage, he purchased a farm of fifty acres in
Wayne township. He has added to his land holdings gradually from year to
year until he is now the owner of three hundred and fifty-eight acres of
excellent land. During his active life Mr. Bernard was an
extensive stockman, but retired from active farming in 1913.
On October 15, 1854, Thomas F. Bernard was
married to Sophia West, the daughter of Harrison
and Jane West. Of the nine children born to this
marriage, two, Martha Anna, the eldest, and William C., the
eighth born, are deceased, the others being as follow: Harriett
Jane, who became the wife of Jehu Steele; Mary E., the wife of
Thomas Hagerty; Virginia, the wife of Jackson
Fry; Minerva, the wife of William McKay; Charles E.,
who married Nettie Steele; Elizabeth, who became the
wife of Elmer Page; Hugh, who married Bessie
Achor, and Thomas J., who married Marley Achor.
The mother of these children died on May 18, 1907.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
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P. B. BLACK Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by
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THOMAS H. BLACKBURN Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
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ETHELBERT BLOOM Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
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GEORGE A. BOBBITT Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
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DANA C. BOND Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by
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ABSALOM BORING.
Among the many excellent farmers of Clinton county who are now living
retired in the county seat, Wilmington, Absalom Boring, who is a
native of Green township, and who owns a farm of one hundred and
sixty-one acres in that township, should be mentioned. He comes of
a family who settled in Clinton County in pioneer days, emigrating to
this state from Virginia.
Absalom Boring was born in Green township,
Clinton county, Ohio, on Feb. 10, 1848, a son of Lafayette and Elsie
(Collett) Boring, the former of whom was born in Virginia in 1812,
and died in 1883, and the latter of whom was born in Kentucky, and died
in 1852. Mr. Boring's paternal grandparents were Thomas
and Ruth Boring, both of whom were born and married in Virginia, and
who, in 1824, settled in Green Township, this county, where they
purchased a farm. They were members of the Baptist church and
prominent and influential in the affairs of that church in pioneer
times. The grandfather died in 1864 after living to rear a family
of seven children, four sons and three daughters. Mr. Boring's
maternal grandparents died in Kentucky.
Lafayette Boring was only twelve years of age
when he was brought to Ohio from Virginia by his father and mother.
some time after attaining his majority and after his marriage, he
purchased the home place and paid for it by his savings and profits from
year to year. Subsequently he added fifty-two acres to the home
farm. He was a Republican in politics, and was identified with the
Baptist Church. Mr. Boring's mother died when he was but
four years old, and after her death his father married, secondly,
in 1853, Mrs. Mary (Hall) Lieurance, widow of William
Lieurance, and she also is now deceased. To the first marriage
of Lafayette Boring six children were born, three of whom are now
deceased. Harriet died when a small child; Mary died
in 1864 at the age of twenty, and Elizabeth, the second born,
died in 1910. the living children are Ruth, who is
unmarried and makes her home with her brother, Absalom; John, who
lives in Green township, this county, and is a farmer, and Absalom,
the immediate subject of this review. To the second marriage of
Mr. Boring's father four children were born, all of whom are living:
William, a farmer living in Liberty township, this county;
Alice, who is the wife of George Skinner, is a resident of
Wilmington; Lydia, the wife of Squire Beaty, lives in
Green township, and Susan, the wife of Darius Morton,
lives in Wilmington.
Absalom Boring attended the public schools of
Green township, but his educational advantages were limited, as he was
compelled to assist his father with the work on the farm during the
period when he might have attended school. After living at home
until he had reached his majority, he purchased, with the aid of his
father, forty-eight acres of land in Green township, adding to his tract
until he was the owner of one hundred and sixty-one acres. He
lived on this farm in Green township until 1904, when he retired from
active farming, purchased a home on High street in Wilmington, and moved
to that city. He still owns his farm and gives it to his personal
supervision.
On Feb. 20, 1896, Absalom Boring was married to
Catherine Mitchell, who was born in New Antioch, this county, a
daughter of William and Ann Mitchell, both of whom are
deceased. William Mitchell was a well known cabinetmaker of
this county. Mrs. Boring died on Aug. 3, 1912, leaving her
husband and one son, Carl M., who was born on Mar. 25, 1897.
Absalom Boring is a Republican, but has never
taken any special part in political affairs. He has always been
rated as a good citizen, a man of strictly moral habits, honorable and
upright in all of the relations of life and enjoys the full confidence
and esteem of his neighbors.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
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JOHN C. BORING,
the proprietor of seventy-three and one-half acres of land in Green
township, this county, where he has lived continuously for the past
twenty-two years, was born in that township on May 16, 1842, the son of
Lafayette and Elsie (Collet) Boring.
Lafayette Boring was born in Harrison county, Virginia, Oct. 2,
1811, and his wife was born near Louisville, Kentucky. The paternal
grandparents of Mr. Boring were Thomas and Ruth
Boring, pioneers of Clinton County, the former of whom died in
1864. The maternal grandparents were John Collet and wife,
both of whom died the state of Kentucky.
Lafayette Boring was a young man when he came to Clinton
county, Ohio. He was a farmer in this county and owned one hundred
and twenty-two acres of land. He died in Green township, Feb. 11,
1883. His wife had passed away many years previously, when their
son, John C., was a small child. They were the
parents of five children, of whom two, Elizabeth, the
first born, and Mary, the fourth in order of birth, are
deceased. The living children are Ruth, John C.,
and Absalom.
John C.
Boring, who was reared on a farm in Green township, and educated
in the public schools, is a well-known citizen of that township. He
was married on Oct. 2, 1864, to Almira E. McKenzie, who
was born in Union township, this county, the daughter of William
and Lucinda (Morton) McKenzie, both natives of Clinton county,
Ohio. William McKenzie was a son of John
McKenzie, a pioneer of this county and a prominent citizen in the
early life of this section of the state. William and Lucinda
(Morton) McKenzie are both deceased. To John C.
Boring and wife five children were born, Nettie Jane,
Mary Etta, Geneva Louisa, Minnie and Cordelia,
all of whom are living. The mother of these children died on Mar. 6,
1911.
The venerable John C. Boring
was a soldier in the Civil War, having enlisted on May 2, 1864, in Company
K, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He
served one hundred days, and took part in the battle of Frederick City.
Politically, he is an adherent of the principles of the Republican party.
Mrs. Boring was an active member and worker in the
Christian church at New Antioch, where he loss was most keenly felt.
She was a loving mother and devoted wife.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
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WILLIAM M. BORING,
now a prosperous an well-known farmer of Liberty township, this county,
was born on Aug. 3, 1862, in Green township, this county, the son of
Lafayette and Polly Lieurance (Hall) Boring, the latter
of whom was Lafayette Boring's second wife.
Lafayette Boring was born in Harrison county, Virginia,
the son of Thomas and Ruth Boring, natives of Maryland.
Thomas Boring having been the son of Absalom and
Sarah Boring, also natives of Maryland, who subsequently settled
in Virginia, where Mrs. Boring died.
Absalom Boring then moved to Ohio and died in Clinton County
after having attained the age of more than eighty years.
Thomas and Ruth Boring were married in Maryland and resided many
years in that state, from which they moved to Harrison county, Virginia.
In 1830 they moved to Ohio and settled on a farm, where their son,
Lafayette, later lived. They were the parents of nine
children. Lafayette Boring was a young man when the
family came to Clinton county. About 1840 he married Ailsey
Collett, who was born in Kentucky, the daughter of John
Collett, a native of Pennsylvania, who immigrated to Kentucky in
an early day, when the Indians were very troublesome, one of his brothers
having been killed by the redskins. To Lafayette Boring
and his first wife the following children were born: Elizabeth,
Ruth, Ann, John and Absalom. After
Mrs. Ailsey Boring's death, Lafayette Boring
married, secondly, Mrs. Polly
Lieurance, daughter of Tilman and Betsy Hall,
natives of North Carolina, to which second union there were four children
born, namely: William M., the subject of this sketch;
Mary Alice, who married George Skinner,
and lives in Wilmington, this county; Eliza Jane,
who married Squire Beaty, and lies in Green township,
this county, and Susan, who married Elias Morton,
of Wilmington. Lafayette Boring and wife were
members of the Baptist church, and their children were reared in that
faith. He was a Republican in politics and owned one hundred and
twenty acres of land in Green township. He died about thirty years
ago.
William M. Boring was
educated in the common schools of Clinton county and was reared on the
farm. He married Cora Early, who was born in this
county, the daughter of George Early, a farmer of Liberty
township and a prominent member of the Methodist church. After his
marriage, Mr. Boring located in Green township, on the
home farm, and in 1913 bought one hundred and seventy-five acres of land
where he now resides. To him and his wife were born seven children,
Ira, Ernest, Zella, 'Roy, Luella, Harry and Glenn,
the latter of whom died at the age of eighteen months. The mother of
these children died on Decoration Day, 1915, and was buried at the Antioch
burying ground. Ira Boring married Alice
Collins, and has two children, Lavonne and
Mable Jane. Ernest Boring married Ada Cast,
and lives in Wilmington.
Mr. Boring
is a member of the Baptist church at Wilmington and is a well-known
citizen of this county.
Source: History of
Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis,
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C. M. Bosworth |
CHARLES M. BOSWORTH.
The late Charles M. Bosworth was one of the most prominent men in
Clinton county for the half century preceding his death in 1888.
Born in Columbia county, New York, Sept. 9, 1819, he came to Clinton
county, Ohio, with his parents when he was three years old. The
remaining sixty-six years of his eventful life were spent in this county
and during this long period he became the leader in its financial life.
He was educated in the public schools of Wilmington and early in life
started in the mercantile business which eventually made him one of the
wealthiest men in the county.
Starting in life as a poor boy, without influential
friends to help him, he first became a grocer's clerk and with
painstaking attention to the business he gradually worked into a
business of his own. But it was only by incessant struggling for
years, with unfaltering patience, energy and industry, that he arrived
at a position where he could display his talents to the best advantage.
While still a young man, his father died and the care of his mother and
sisters was thrown upon his shoulders, but manfully, kindly and
cheerfully he performed every office of love and duty toward them.
After many years of close attention to his mercantile
interests, he was in a position to become identified with the banking
business in Wilmington when a favorable opportunity presented itself in
1864. Uponthe death of William C. Fife in December, 1863,
he was persuaded by his friends to engage in the banking business
himself. With his native talent and his reputation for honesty and
fair dealing acquired through his many years of business transactions,
it was evident that he would make a success of banking. On June 1,
1864, the First National Bank of Wilmington opened for business with
Mr. Bosworth as president, and from that day until his death in 1888
he remained at its head. He gave to the business that careful
attention which had characterized him in all of his private affairs, and
the result was that the bank enjoyed the confidence of the people of the
community from the beginning.
As president of the bank he came in contact with the
whole business community and those who had dealings with him testified
with one accord to his clearness of head, as well as his kindness of
heart. While he was first of all a business man, yet no one ever
came to him in financial difficulty who did not receive valuable and
kindly advice as well as material aid so far as he was able, in his
situation, to grant it. Mr. Bosworth was no ordinary man;
his mind was clear and far-reaching and capable of conducting great
enterprises. In fact, he would have made a success in any calling
to which he might have turned his attention.
No man of the county gave more freely of his means to
the poor and his closet friends knew that he found a rare sense of
pleasure in being able to relieve the distress of any suffering family.
These acts of kindness were not known to the world at large, for his
quiet and unobtrusive disposition enabled him to dispense favors without
the one hand knowing what the other did.
But with all his attention to business, Mr.
Bosworth was essentially a man of simple domestic tastes. He
was married on Nov. 24, 1852, to Virginia Lang and to this union
was born one son, Charles A. Mr. Bosworth did his life work
well and in such a manner that he was gathered to his fathers without a
stain on his name.
Charles A. Bosworth, the only son of Charles
M. and Virginia Bosworth, was born in Wilmington on Sept. 16, 1853.
He was educated in the public schools of his home town and later
graduated from the University of Michigan with the degree of Bachelor of
Arts in the class of 1877, and from the Cincinnati Law School in the
class of 1880.
He was elected President of the First National Bank of
Wilmington, Ohio, after his father's death in 1888, which position he
filled until he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 1, 1890, and engaged in
the practice of the law , under the firm name of Foraker, Black &
Bosworth, until he was appointed United States assistant treasurer,
Oct. 1, 1898, which position he held until June 1, 1911.
After he and his wife had taken a trip around the
world, he was elected president, in July, 1912, of the Second National
Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio, which position he now holds.
He was married Apr. 24, 1884, to Jessie W. Clark,
of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have two sons, Charles W. and Erwin
P., who are both married.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 608 |
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CHARLES BOTTS Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by
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RAY O. BOULWARE Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
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AARON BOWMAN.
Some of our brainiest men and women have had little or no acquaintance
with the interior of a school room, but they have not only taken advantage
of every opportunity for gaining knowledge, but they have made
opportunities for themselves. They had that force of character that
would not admit of the neglect to follow every avenue leading to an
education. We cannot but admire the man who wins out in spite of
such a drawback.
Aaron Bowman, farmer of Union township, Clinton
county, Ohio, was born in Brown county, Ohio, Aug. 4, 1862. He is a
son of Benjamin and Mary Ann (Greeley) Bowman. He received a
meager education in the public school near his home in Brown county.
When he was fifteen years old, his parents moved to Kentucky, and in 1887
he came to Clinton county, where he was married. After renting
several farms in Green township, he purchased seventy acres in Green
township, and lived there twelve years. In 1911 he sold out, buying
seventy-eight acres in Union township, on the Waynesville pike, where he
has since resided. He remodeled his house, and it is one of
the most attractive and comfortable homes in the neighborhood.
Mr. Bowman is a member of the Christian church, and is a democrat.
Benjamin Bowman, father of the subject of this
sketch, was born in 1821, in Brown county, Ohio, and died on June 30,
1902. His wife was Mary Ann Greenley, who was born in 1831,
and died in Dec. 1902. He grew to manhood in Brown county on a farm.
He married, and soon after bought a farm in Brown county, which he sold in
1878, going from there to Kentucky settling in Clark county. Here he
rented land and farmed, devoting his special attention to the raising of
tobacco. He lived on the H. P. Thompson farm twelve years.
About 1890 the family came to Clinton county. He died on the
Ferren farm in Union township. He and his wife were members of
the Christian church. They were the parents of ten children, namely:
Lucinda, Louis, James B., Nelson, Lucius M., Aaron, Nannie, Thomas,
Harvey and Ida. Lucinda became the wife of Whitmore
Freeland, and lives in Indiana; Louis, died in Adams county,
Ohio; James B., deceased, lived in Clinton county; Nelson
lives in Clark county, Kentucky, and is a tobacco raiser; Lucius M.
lives in Wilmington, Ohio, and is a retired farmer; Nannie became
the wife of George Green, and lives in Nicholas county, Kentucky;
Thomas lives in Kentucky; Harvey lives in Union township,
and is a farmer; Ida died in 1903.
The paternal grandparents were both probably born near
Aberdeen, Ohio, as the family were early settlers there. They were
of German descent, Mr. Bowman was a farmer.
Aaron Bowman was married on Nov. 12, 1892, to
Miss Jennie Lieurance, who was born in Green township, Clinton
county,Ohio, and is a daughter of William Henry and Rachel Anna (Pond)
Lieurance. Mrs. Bowman died on March 3, 1908, leaving one son,
W. Ernest, born on August 29, 1893, who now lives in Cincinnati, where he
works as a barber.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
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CARY W. BOYLAND Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
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JOHN BRACKNEY Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by
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AMOS W. BRADY Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by
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FRANK BRANDENBURG Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
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LAWRENCE W. BRANDENBURG Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio -
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JOHN BRENNAN. No
better farm is to be found in Wilson township than the seventy-six acres
which is owned by John Brennan, living on Rural Route No. 1, out of
Sabina, Ohio.
John Brennan was born on May 22, 1860, in
Fayette county, Ohio, a son of Thomas and Margaret (Mitchell) Brennan,
the former of whom was born in County Sligo, Ireland, in 1812, and the
latter also a native of Ireland, born in county Wexford, the daughter of
Patrick Mitchell. Thomas Brennan was a son of
Thomas Brennan, a native of Ireland and a devout member of the
Catholic church, who never came to America. Thomas Brennan, Jr.,
father of John, was educated in a private school in Ireland, and
came to America about 1849, proceeding to Cincinnati, where for some time
he worked on a railroad, which was being constructed at that time through
this section of Ohio. He later married Margaret Mitchell, and
commenced farming in Clinton county about 1859. Although he always
thereafter was engaged in farming he never owned land. He was a
devout member of the Catholic church and died in that faith, his death
occuring on November 25, 1895. His wife had preceded him to the
grave many years before, her death having occured in 1876, at the age of
thirty-seven years. They were the parents of six children, Mary,
Catherine, John, Jerry, Margaret and Ann, of whom Mary
and Margaret are now deceased.
Educated in the common schools of this state, John
Brenna has become a successful farmer of Wilson township, this county.
He was married in 1887 to Margaret Sullivan, a native of Ireland,
the daughter of Thomas Sullivan, who is now living in Wilmington,
Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Brennan have no children. Mr.
Brennan is the owner of seventy-six acres of land in Wilson township,
where he lives. This land is level and very rich.
Twelve years ago he built a comfortable and modern house, and four years
ago erected a large and commodious barn, and has improved his farm in many
ways, so that he now has a very neat and attractive place.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 674 |
A. C. Briggs |
PROF. ABEL C. BRIGGS Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 868 |
Eldorado Briggs, M.D. |
ELDORADO BRIGGS, M. D. Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio -
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WILLIAM M BRIGHT Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
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ORA M. BRINDLE Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
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Albert J. Brown |
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HENRY MOLYNEAUX BROWN, M.
D. Dr. Henry Molyneaux Brown, a well equipped and
popular young physician of New Vienna, this county, is the son of a
distinguished physician of Clinton county, who has been in the practice
of medicine at New Vienna since his graduation from the Hahnemann
Medical College at Philadelphia in March, 1879. Henry Molyneaux
Brown, after being graduated from the New Vienna High school, took a
preparatory medical course at the University of Cincinnati and was
graduated from the Ohio Miami Medical College in 1913. Afterwards
he spent one year as an interne in the Jewish hospital at Cincinnati and
on July 1, 1914, established himself in the practice of medicine in his
home town, where he has already acquired a flourishing practice.
He is a member of the Clinton County Medical Society, the Ohio State
Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and is popular in
Clinton county, a young man for whom a fine future is predicted.
He is a member of the Masonic lodge at New Vienna.
Henry M. Brown was born on Mar. 13, 1890, in New
Vienna and reared in that city. He is a son of Dr. Edward W.
and Olive (Spear) Brown the former of whom was born at Oxford, in
Butler county, Ohio, Oct. 21, 1856, and the latter, near Snow Hill, in
Clinton county, the daughter of Washington and Lydia (Roush) Spear.
Washington Spear was the son of Zephaniah Spear, a pioneer in
this county. Mrs. Lydia Spear is deceased but Washington
Spear is still living.
Zephaniah Spear the grandfather of Mrs. Brown
and the great-grandfather of Dr. Henry M. Brown, was born in
Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, Aug. 12, 1807, the son of Robinson
and Elizabeth ('Bryan) Spear, natives of Pennsylvania.
Robinson Spear was the son of John and Mary Spear, natives of
Pennsylvania. Robinson Spear was the son of John and
Mary Spear, the former of whom immigrated to America when a mere lad
and settled in Pennsylvania, where he married a woman of German descent.
He lived and died in Pennsylvania, but his widow subsequently came to
Ohio with her son, Robinson, and died in Brown county.
Robinson Spear grew to manhood and married in Pennsylvania. In
1817 he and his family moved to Ohio and settled first in Ross
county. In 1821 they moved to Brown county and in 1827 to Guernsey
county, Ohio, where he died in 1850. His wife survived him,
passing away in 1873 at the age of ninety-two years. Robinson
and Elizabeth (Bryan) Spear were the parents of eleven children, all
of whom, except one, grew to maturity, married and settled in life,
among these being Zephaniah, Mrs. Elizabeth Oliver, Mrs. Ellen
Stewart, Mrs. Jane Ann Willis and Mrs. Prudence Willis.
Zephaniah was the third child born to his parents. He followed
the blacksmith's trade for ten years and afterwards engaged in farming.
He was married on Sept. 20, 1829, to Lovina Matthews, a daughter
of Joel and Phoebe Matthews, natives of North Carolina.
Nine children were born to this union of whom six grew to maturity:
Mary Jane, the wife of M. L. Turner; Washington;
Margaret, the wife of William Boatwright; Thompson; James A.
and Jefferson D. Washington Spear became the father of
Mrs.. Olive Brown. Starting in life without a dollar of
capital, Zephaniah Spear became the owner of four hundred acres
of land and was one of the substantial farmers of Clinton county.
He served as trustee and treasurer of Green township for several years
and was a member of the Christian church. Mrs. Lovina
(Matthews) Spear died on Mar. 14, 1875, in her sixty-fourth year.
Washington Spear and Lydia Roush, daughter of George and
Rachel Roush, of Highland county, were married on Dec. 1, 1859, and
were the parents of three children, Ivy, Olive and Elizabeth.
Dr. Edward W. Brown is the son of Samuel R. and
Sarah (Duval) Brown, the former of whom was a native of County
Antrim, Ireland, and the latter of Highland county, Ohio. Dr.
Edward W. Brown's grandparents were Allen and Margaret Brown,
natives of Ireland, the former of Scotch-Irish descent and the latter of
French Huguenot descent. In the days of the French persecution,
there was a family of Huguenots by the name of Molyneaux, all of
whom were killed except two sons, John and William, who hung out
of the windows by their hands and by that means were unobserved by the
soldiers. Subsequently, there escaped to the sea coast and
secreted themselves in a vessel that was about to set sail, they knew
not where; but they were landed in Ireland, probably at Belfast.
From one of these brothers, Mrs. Margaret Brown was descended.
She was a lady of splendid education and attainments and possessed a
remarkably strong and active mind. About 1824 Allen Brown,
with his family, immigrated to America and located at Point, Clermont
county, Ohio. After a few years of residence there, they moved to
Highland county, Ohio, where Buford now stands, on the old Cincinnati
and Chillicothe stage route. There Allen Brown erected a
large two-story log house in which he kept a tavern, where he resided
until his death at the age of eighty-four years. His wife survived
him several years and died in her eighty-fifty year. Allen
Brown was a man of great energy and did a prosperous business
in his tavern. He also had a farm of three hundred acres of fine
land. He and his wife were the parents of five sons and one
daughter. Four sons were living in 1882, Judge Thomas, John,
who lived on the old home place, James and William.
Samuel R., the father of Dr. Edward W. Brown was about seven
years old when the family moved to Ohio, and, being the eldest in the
family county home of General Grant. Later he entered the
mercantile business at Buford, where he acquired a prosperous business.
He married Sarah Duval, the daughter of Judge John Duval
and, after continuing in business at Buford for several years, exchanged
his store and stock of goods for three hundred acres of land.
After one year's residence on his farm, he moved to Oxford, Ohio, where
he again entered the mercantile business in partnership with a Mr.
Newton, under the firm name of Newton & Brown this
partnership continuing until 1864, when Mr. Brown moved to
Hillsboro, having sold out his interest in the store to Mr. Newton,
and resided there till 1869, when he returned to his farm. He
owned a farm of six hundred acres, having added three hundred acres by
purchase while at Oxford. He erected one of the largest and finest
barns in the county and a fine, commodious house. He died suddenly
of heart disease on Dec. 22, 1881, in his sixty-fifth year and, and his
death, there passed away one of the substantial and honorable business
men of Brown county; one whose character and integrity stood
untarnished. His wife died on Dec. 13, 1880. They were the
parents of eight children, seven of whom grew to maturity, namely:
Mrs. Maggie Sinks, John A., Anna, who married Dr. S. S. Salisbury
of Los Angeles, California; Charles E., Edward W., James D.
and Mary Belle.
Edward W. Brown assisted his father in business
until sixteen years of age, receiving a limited common-school education.
He attended the high school at Hillsboro for two years and then worked
on the farm until nineteen years of age, after which he began the study
of medicine in the office of Dr. S. S. Salisbury, at Washington
C. H., later entering Hahnemann Medical College at Philadelphia, from
which he was graduated, after which he began the practice of his
profession at New Vienna, where he has continued ever since. To
Dr. Edward W. and Olive (Spear) Brown four children have been born
namely: Bernice L., born on Apr. 3, 1883, who died in August,
1913; Howard E., June 20, 1885, who was graduated from the New
Vienna high school and is now located at Frankfort, in Ross county, this
state, where he is the manager of the telephone plant; Helen Dual,
who is now a student at Ohio University at Athens, and Dr. Henry M.,
the immediate subject of this sketch.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
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OTTO GRADY BROWN. Dating from the very
beginning of the social order hereabout, the Brown Family has
been prominently and influentially identified with the best interests of
Clinton county particularly in the Washington township neighborhood.
James Brown was one of the very earliest settlers of that
section, having come here from Kentucky upon the opening of the
Carrington survey and establishing himself as one of the most forceful
and energetic pioneers of this region. His son, David Brown,
inherited many of the same forceful characteristics and in his
generation was regarded as one of the most influential factors in the
community life of that part of the county in which his life was spent,
he having remained on the paternal acres which were wrested from the
forest wilderness by his pioneer father. David Brown's son,
William Riley Brown, in his generation, brought to his labors a
similar degree of energy and was accounted a man of substance and
quality. He was public spirited and enterprising and for eighteen
years served his township as trustee, being the incumbent of that office
at the time of his death.
William Riley Brown's son, Otto Grady Brown,
in the fourth generation of this forceful family in this county, is
carrying on, in his own life, the work bequeathed to him by three
generations of energetic forbears and has done equally well, bringing to
bear the same talents and energy which placed his father, his
grandfather and his great-grandfather in the forefront of the earnest
citizenship of their respective fields, and is now serving the township
as trustee, following his father's faithful example of devotion to the
common welfare of the people of his home township.
Otto Grady Brown has the first tax receipts
issued to his grandfather, David Brown, for the sum of one dollar and
twenty-five cents, this being the taxes on fifty acres of land and his
personal property. Mr. Brown also ahs the fist tax
receipts of his father on his land.
Otto Grady Brown was born on a farm near Farmers
Station, in Clark Township, Clinton County, Ohio, on July 22, 1872, son
of William Riley and Martha Ann (McKibben) Brown, the latter of
whom was a sister of W. J. McKibben, to the biographical
sketch of whom, presented elsewhere in this volume, the reader is
respectfully referred for details regarding this interesting family in
Clinton county. William Riley Brown was the
son of David and Rebecca (Lieurance) Brown, the former of whom
was born in Washington township, this county, and the latter of whom was
born in Ash county, North Carolina, a daughter of George and Mary
(Baker) Lieurance, she having come to this county on horseback, with
her uncle, at the age of twelve years, locating in the neighborhood
of Brown's school in Washington township. Rebecca
Lieurance was one of the nineteen children born to her parents, none of
whom she ever saw again after coming to this county.
David Brown was a son of James and Mary
Elizabeth (Baker) Brown, the former of whom was a native of Kentucky
and the latter of whom was one of the very earliest settlers in what is
now Clinton county, having come here with her parents shortly after the
opening of this settlement and locating in the vicinity of Morrisville.
When James Brown came to this section from Kentucky, he crossed
the Ohio river at Cincinnati (then called Ft. Washington), where he was
offered the pick of land at the rate of one dollar the acre. He
passed this flattering offer by, however, and came on north, buying six
hundred acres of timber land in the Carrington survey, much of which
still is in the possession of the Brown family, Otto G. Brown's
farm being a part of this original tract. James Brown
erected a log cabin, of the most primitive type on this purchase and
proceeded to clear his land of the dense forest which covered it.
He married Mary Elizabeth Baker, daughter of one of the hardy
pioneer couples who had settled near by, and presently supplanted his
cabin by a residence of more pretentious appearance, this later to give
way to the fine brick house in which his last days were spent, this old
brick mansion still standing and in use, being now occupied by the
family of William Baker. At the time of James Brown's
settlement in this county the wolves still were plentiful hereabout and
at times he found difficulty in guarding his homely cabin from the
nocturnal incursions of these voracious maurading "varmints." He
had to go to Miami mills to have his grain ground, a tiresome trip
requiring three days, during which time his wife and little children
were compelled to remain alone.
It was amid these conditions of pioneer life that
David Brown was reared. A log school house was early erected
on the Brown place, near the spot where Otto G. Brown now
lives, and there David Brown received his education under the
primitive system that then prevailed. Upon reaching his majority
he received from his father fifty acres of timber land, which he cleared
and brought to a state of cultivation. Upon his marriage to
Rebecca Lieurance he erected a humble home in the forest and
there he reared his family. By energy and industry he prospered
and presently became known as one of the solid and substantial men of
the county, his land holdings increasing until he owned three hundred
acres of choice land. He and the members of his family were
adherents of the Baptist faith and earnest workers in the church of that
denomination. During the Civil War David Brown served as a
member of the home guards, or "squirrel hunters," as they locally were
known throughout this part of the state. For some time he served
as township assessor and took an active pat in all public affairs.
William Riley Brown, son of David and Rebecca
(Lieurance) Brown received his education in the Brown district
school and upon reaching manhood's estate entered upon the life of a
farmer, buying one hundred and sixty acres of the old home farm, and
there he spent the remainder of his life. At the age of sixteen
William R. Brown began to engage in the business of shipping stock,
and followed this business with much success all his life, being one of
the best-known stock dealers in that part of the county. He
married Martha Ann McKibben, member of one of the old families in
this county, and later erected the fine home in which his son, Otto,
now lives. He and his wife were members of Bethel Christian
church, of which he was one of the "main stays," and their children were
reared in that faith. William R. Brown was a Democrat and
ever took a prominent part of the political affairs of the county, his
sound judgment and thorough acquaintance with local conditions giving
much weight to his counsels in the deliberations of the party managers.
For eighteen years he served his township faithfully in the important
office of township trustee and was the incumbent of that office at the
time of his death. William R. Brown and wife were the
parents of four children, Otto, the immediate subject of this
biographical sketch, Oceus, Ohm and Maude.
Otto G. Brown was reared on the paternal farm,
receiving his education in the Brown school, and, with the exception of
nine years, has spent his whole life on this place, having been located
on the old home farm ever since he started farming for himself. He
operates one hundred and twenty acres of the original tract purchased by
his great-grandfather. James Brown, and has prospered,
being accounted quite well circumstanced in world's goods. Mr.
Brown has given close attention to political affairs and is
prominently identified with the civil life of the county. Six
years ago he was elected township trustee, on the Democratic ticket, and
is still serving the people of his township in that important capacity,
his efforts in behalf of the public welfare having been indorsed by
successive re-elections.
On Oct. 11, 1891, Otto G. Brown was united in
marriage to Mary Pond, of Washington Township, this county, a
daughter of Riley and Jemimah (Lieurance) Pond, to which union
two children were born, Reba and Riley. Mr. Brown
married, secondly on March 5, 1913, Vesta Bond, of Greene
Township, this county, a daughter of Thomas and Katie (Smingley) Bond,
descendants of early settlers of this county. Mr. and Mrs.
Brown take an active part in the social affairs of their
neighborhood and are held in the highest regard throughout that part of
the county. Mr. Brown is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge
and of the Order of Eagles and is very popular with the members of both
of these orders.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 417 |
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STEPHEN C. BROWN
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 793 |
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STEPHEN P. BUCKLEY Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 591 |
Mr. & Mrs.
William M. Buckley |
WILLIAM M. BUCKLEY Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 580 |
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WILLIAM W. BURK Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 780 |
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