BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Clinton County, Ohio
Its People, Industries and Institutions
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Albert J. Brown, A.M.
Supervising Editor
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With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families
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B.F. Bowen & Co., Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana
1915
Contrib. by Sharon Wick
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Mr. & Mrs.
Franklin Oglesbee |
CHARLES H. CAMMACK Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 824
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Mr. & Mrs.
Enoch L. Carey |
ENOCH L. CAREY Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 712 |
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JAMES E. CAREY Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 695 |
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WILLIAM CAREY Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by
B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 557 |
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ZIMRI H. CAREY Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 754 |
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WILLIAM H. CARNAHAN Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 469 |
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SAMUEL CARPENTER Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 528 |
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GEORGE E. CARROLL Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 545 |
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ELMER CARTER Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by
B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 638 |
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FRANK BASHORE CARTWRIGHT,
a successful farmer of Green township, this county, was born in that
township on Oct. 15, 1884, the son of Willis and Elizabeth (Bashore)
Cartwright, the former a native of Highland county, and the latter
born in Clinton county. They are the parents of three children,
Bertha, Eva and Frank Bashore, and are now living retired in
Wilmington, to which place they moved in 1907. Mr. Cartwright
is a Republican in politics.
Frank Bashore Cartwright was reared on a farm
near Antioch in Green township and was educated in the public schools.
He has always been engaged in farming and owns a farm of one hundred and
thirty-five acres in Green township. He also rents one hundred
acres of land near Antioch, besides the Amos Fisher farm of one
hundred and thirty-five acres. Mr. Cartwright is a general
farmer and stockman.
On Oct. 18, 1906, Frank Bashore Cartwright was
married to Elizabeth Fisher, who was born on the farm where
Mr. and Mrs. Cartwright now live, Oct. 9, 1884, the daughter of
Amos and Ruth (Terrell) Fisher, the former of whom was the son of
John Fisher and the latter the daughter of John Terrell.
Amos Fisher died on Jan. 28, 1906, at his death having been the
owner of about three hundred acres of land. John and Hannah
Fisher are both deceased, the latter dying in 1904. Mr. and
Mrs. Frank B. Cartwright are the parents of three children,
Virginia Ruth, born on Oct. 7, 1907; Vera Ione, July 3, 1901,
and Homer Russell, July 2, 1913.
A Republican in politics, Mr. Cartwright has
served as a member of the school board. Fraternally, he is a
member of the Modern Woodmen of America at New Vienna, Ohio.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 907 |
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HENRY GILROY CARTWRIGHT,
one of the well-known lawyers of Wilmington and Clinton county, who has
been in partnership with Joe T. Doan for many years, is descended
from pioneers of this section of Ohio who had a conspicuous part of its
early history. Some of his ancestors were prominent
Abolitionists, and before the Civil War assisted in the maintenance of
the "underground railroad." Mr. Cartwright himself is a man
who was well trained for the practice of his profession, and who, as one
of the leading Republicans of Clinton county, has been active in the
political and civic life of the county.
Henry G. Cartwright was born at New
Burlington, in Chester township, this county, on Sept. 24, 1873, a son
of Henry G. and Mary L. (Harrison) Cartwright the former of whom
was born at Front Royal, Frederick county, Virginia, on March, 1837, and
died on Nov. 8, 1803. The latter was born at Springfield, Ohio, in
February, 1839, and died on Apr. 2, 1907. Mr. Cartwright's
paternal grandparents were Lawrence W. and Lucinda (Tobin) Cartwright,
both of whom were natives of Virginia and of English descent.
Lawrence W. Cartwright learned the tailor's trade, and was engaged
in that vocation at Front Royal, Virginia. In 1850 he and his
family removed to New Burlington, Clinton county, Ohio, and there he
conducted a general store and served as postmaster for many years.
In the early days he had been a stanch Whig, and later became identified
with the Republican party. His family were active members of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and he was an officer in that church.
He died at the age of seventy-nine, while his wife died in middle life.
After her death he was again married, and his second wife died a few
years later. There were three children by each marriage.
Mr. Cartwright's maternal grandfather was Peter Harrison, a
native of Yorkshire, England, whose wife a native of Mississippi.
He was a cabinetmaker, undertaker, and a lay Methodist Episcopal
minister. He came to the United States at the age of eighteen and
located in Waynesville, Ohio, later removing to Springfield, from which
place he came to this county and lived at New Burlington for many years.
He was a strong Abolitionist and was identified with the "underground
railroad" movement in the year preceding the Civil War. At the age
of seventy years he removed to Hall county, Nebraska, and Harrison
township in that county, where he homesteaded a quarter section of land,
was named for him, and there he died at the age of eighty years.
Henry G. Cartwright was thirteen years of age
when his family came to this county and here he received a good
education. When a lad he worked as a clerk in the John Grant
general store at New Burlington, and at the Beginning of the Civil War,
enlisted for service in the Second Ohio Artillery, serving until his
discharge for physical disability. In the spring of 1874 Henry
G. Cartwright opened a dry goods and shoe store in partnership with
John C. Cook, at Wilmington, and a few years later purchased the
interests of Mr. Cook and operated the store alone, under the
name of the "Eagle Store," continuing as proprietor of the store until
his death in 1893. He was a Republican and took an active interest
in all local public affairs. The family were all members of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Of the four children born to Henry
G. and Mary L. (Harrison) Cartwright, Harry died in infancy;
Henry Gilroy is the subject of this sketch; Aurora C. is a
resident of Wilmington, and Charles B., also a resident of
Wilmington, where he works in a dry goods store.
Henry G. Cartwright as a lad lived in Wilmington
and there attended the public schools. He was graduated from the
Wilmington high school in 1892, and subsequently entered Wilmington
College. Still later he became a student at Ohio State University
at Columbus and was graduated from the law department of that
institution in 1895. For several years he practiced his profession
alone, but in 1904, formed a partnership with Joe T. Doan, which
still continues. Mr. Cartwright served as city solicitor of
Wilmington for two years, and for twelve years has been a member of the
Wilmington board of education. He has served as a delegate to many
conventions of the Republican party, with which he has for years been
prominently identified.
On Nov. 25, 1896, Henry G. Cartwright was
married to Anna G. Gallup, who was born in Wilmington, the
daughter of Horace and Frances H. Gallup, the former of whom is
deceased, but the latter of whom is still living. To this union
one child has been born, a son, Herman G., born on Mar. 19,
1898, who is now a student in the Wilmington high school.
Mr. and Mrs. Cartwright are members of the
Presbyterian church. Mr. Cartwright is a director and
secretary of the Union Loan and Savings Company, of Wilmington, and is a
member of the Masonic lodge, including the chapter, the council and the
Order of Eastern Star. He is also a member of the subordinate
branch and uniform rank of the Knights of Pythias, besides the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Mr. Cartwright is a man well versed in the law
and is familiar, not only with the fundamental principles upon which the
law is based, but with all the modern decisions of practically all the
courts in which he practices, besides the higher courts. He is a
wise and fair counsellor and a successful practitioner in court, his
firm enjoying a large practice, which has been built upon honorable and
fair dealing with the public. Personally, Mr. Cartwright is
highly respected by his fellow citizens, and is popular among the people
of Clinton county.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 486 |
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JAMES W. CASHMAN Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 921 |
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JOHN C. CASHMAN Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 626 |
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EVERETT J. CAST Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 554 |
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JOHN M. CHAMPLIN.
Among the many enterprising commercial establishments at Wilmington, the
county seat of Clinton county, few have a wider or better sustained
reputation for fair-dealing and up-to-date business methods than the
popular clothing store of Champlin & Mitchell. Though this firm
has been in business, as a firm, but four years, it has established
itself firmly in the commercial life of the county seat and the members
of the firm are known far and wide throughout this section of the state
as gentlemen of push and energy, eminently entitled to the favor they
have received at the hands of a discriminating and critical public.
John M. Champlin was born on a farm near the
pleasant village of Westboro, Jefferson township, Clinton county, Ohio,
on Nov. 7, 1868, son of Joshua and Lucy (Michaels) Champlin the
former of whom was born in Rhode Island in 1829 and died at his
home in this county in 1899, and the latter of whom was born in
Washington township, this county, in 1829, and died in 1911.
Joshua Champlin was a son of Capt. Joshua and
Elizabeth (Warren) Champlin, both natives of Rhode Island, of old
colonial stock, who emigrated to Ohio about the year 1835, locating on a
farm near the village of Cuba, in this county, where both spent the
remainder of their lives living to ripe old ages and attaining positions
of prominence and influence in that community. Capt. Joshua
Champlin for years previous to his settlement in this county had
been engaged as a captain on ocean-going steamers and had done valiant
service during the Mexican War. The younger Joshua Champlin
was a small boy when his parents emigrated to this county and he was
reared amid conditions familiar to pioneer days. He became a
farmer, remaining on the home farm until 1855, in which year he moved to
the state of Missouri, locating on a farm in that state. He was
living there when the Civil War broke out and he enlisted in a Missouri
regiment, serving for three years as a valiant soldier in the Union
Army. At the close of the war he returned to this county and
opened a general store in the village of Cuba, which he continued for a
short time. He then retired from the store, buying a farm near by,
on which he passed the remainder of his life. He and his wife were
the parents of three children, of whom John M., the subject of
this sketch is the youngest. John M. Champlin has two
sisters, Anna and Mary, both of whom also reside in
Wilmington.
John M. Champlin, following the completion of
the course in the public schools at Cuba, this county, began his
mercantile career as a clerk in the general store of G. R. Kearans,
in that village, a position which he retained for three years, at the
end of which time he went to Wilmington to clerk in the dry-goods store
of F. S. Broomhall. Following a short service in that store
he was engaged by Rannells Brothers, and for five years served as
a clerk in their clothing store, during which time he gained a thorough
acquaintance with the clothing business, as well as a comprehensive
familiarity with the needs of the patrons of clothing stores in this
section of the state, an experience which later was to prove valuable
when he entered the clothing business for himself. He terminated
his connection with the store of Rannells Brothers to enter the
employ of the Courticelli Silk Company as traveling salesman and for
thirteen years "covered" Ohio territory in the interests of that firm,
becoming, in this period, one of the best-known and most popular
traveling men in the state of Ohio. Tiring of "the road," Mr.
Champlin, in 1911, formed a partnership with Harley E. Mitchell,
one of the best-known clothing men in Wilmington, and bought the
Rannells clothing store; Mr. Champlin thus entering as
proprietor the establishment in which many years before he had served in
the capacity of a clerk. The firm was organized under the title of
Champlin & Mitchell, and from the very start has been a great
success. The store is well stocked and admirably equipped to
supply all the clothing needs of the community which it serves. In
addition to a full and complete line of general clothing and men's
furnishings, a completely stocked shoe department is operated by the
firm, the store being one of the largest establishments of its kind in
this part of the state.
On Feb. 10, 1899, John M. Champlin was united in
marriage to Estella Braughart, who was born in Covington,
Kentucky, daughter of Jack and Amanda (Taylor) Braughart, and to
this union three children have been born, Robert, born in 1901,
Earl, 1903, and Harold, 1910.
Mr. and Mrs. Champlin are earnest members of the
Christian church, in the various beneficences of which they take an
active interest, and in the faith of which their children are being
reared. Mr. Champlin is a member of the Masonic order and a
member of the Elks lodge at Wilmington and is a prominent factor in the
affairs of both of those popular fraternal organizations.
Enterprising and energetic in business, popular socially,
public-spirited and up-to-date, few men in this part of the state have a
wider acquaintance than John M. Champlin or are held in higher
esteem. His thorough acquaintance with business methods and his
manner of acquitting himself in all his relations with his fellow men
have given Mr. Champlin a high place in business and commercial
circles hereabout and he possesses the full confidence of all with whom
he is brought into contact in a business way; the same measure of
confidence being extended to his partner, Mr. Mitchell, giving
this firm a high standing in and about the city of Wilmington.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 457 |
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PERRY M. CHAMPLIN.
One of the enterprising and highly-respected farmers of Clinton county,
who has succeeded in his chosen vocation, largely as the consequence of
his own courage, persistency and good management, is Perry M.
Champlin, who owns a farm of two hundred and thirty-one acres in
Washington township. He is a man who believes in taking a part in
public affairs but he has never permitted outside interests and
influences to interfere with his success as a farmer.
Perry M. Champlin was born on Aug. 28, 1866, on
the old farm in Washington Township, the son of Edward M. and Sarah
(Bates) Champlin, the former of whom was born in Dec. 8, 1836, and
the latter of whom was born on Aug. 30, 1841.
Edward M. Champlin, the son of Joshua and
Hannah E. Champlin was a retired sea captain and settled in
Washington township, Clinton county. He bought one hundred
seventy-nine and three-quarters acres of land in 1830 and remained here
the balance of his life. Beginning at the age of seventeen,
Edward M. Champlin served an apprenticeship of three years learning
the printer's trade in the office of the Cincinnati Commercial,
at the end of which period, he engaged in the retail grocery business
with his brother, John M., at Cincinnati, whe4re they lived for
four years. At the end of that time, they returned to Clinton
county, where, after living a year, an additional year was spent in the
west. Upon returning to Clinton county, Edward M. Champlin
enlisted on Sept. 15, 1861, in Company F, Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, serving under General Thomas. He
participated in the battles of Wild Cat, Somerset, the siege of Corinth,
Perryville, Hoover's Gap, Stone's River, Chickamauga and Missionary
Ridge. Still later he enlisted as a veteran under Sherman and was
engaged at Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Jonesboro and Atlanta. He
participated in the famous march from Atlanta to the sea and was
discharged with worthy honors at Camp Chase, Ohio, July 17, 1865.
On July 25, 1864, he was appointed first lieutenant and was finally
promoted to adjutant, with which rank he was discharged. At the
end of the war, he returned home and engaged in farming.
Edward M. Champlin was married to Sarah E.
Bates, Oct. 5, 1865. She was a children: Perry M.,
the subject of this sketch; Minnie A.; and George and
Edward B., both deceased. Mr. Champlin was married,
secondly, June 18,1874 to Mary E. Ireland, the daughter of
John C. Ireland, of Wilmington. She was born in warren county, Oct.
20, 1842, and bore her husband to children, Emma B. and Lena.
Edward M. Champlin was a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. He was a Republican and served two terms as township
trustee.
Perry M. Champlin, whose paternal grandparents
were Joshua and Hannah E. Champlin, natives of Rhode Island was
educated in the common schools of Washington township and, when a young
man, began farming on his father's farm. This vocation he has
followed ever since. He owns two hundred and thirty-one acres of
land in Washington township.
Perry M. Champlin was married to Florence E.
Purdy, who was born in 1870 and died on Oct. 2, 1910. To this
union were born four children: Edward L. (deceased), who married
Iva Sprinkle and had one child, Francis; May, who
married George Irvin; Orval, who died young; and
Burdette. On Aug. 27, 1911, Mr. Champlin was married,
secondly to Elizabeth Armbrewster, who was born on Aug. 14, 1872,
in Highland county, Ohio, the daughter of Dominic and Hannah Mary
(McLaughlin) Armbruwster. No children have been born to this
second marriage.
As a Republican, Mr. Champlin has served in
various minor capacities, especially as a member of the school board.
He is a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 439 |
Sullivan D. Chancellor |
SULLIVAN D. CHANCELLOR Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 424 |
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JAMES W. CHANNEL Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 791 |
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JOB CLARK.
Seven years of faithful service as township trustee of Green township,
this county, during which the affairs of that office were administered
with the highest regard for the best interests of the public, proved
most excellent training for the proper performance of the broader duties
of the more important office of county commissioner, which office Job
Clark is now filling with equal regard for the wider interests of
the whole county. Mr. Clark not only is a member of one of
Clinton county's old families, but he ever has taken a most hearty
interest in the general advancement of his home county along all lines
of human endeavor. Diligent in business, he was prospered in this
own affairs; enterprising and public spirited, he brought to the duties
attention to business details which had insured success in his personal
career, and now, in the administration of the affairs of the
county commissioner's office is serving the public in the same diligent
and public-spirited manner, his services having proved very satisfactory
to all acquainted therewith.
Job Clark was born on the farm in Green
township, Clinton county, Ohio, on which he still lives, on Mar. 8,
1872, son of Cary and Rebecca J. (Hildebrand) Clark, both natives
of the same township, the former of whom was the son of Benjamin
Clark, a Virginia, one of the early settlers of that part of the
county, and the latter a daughter of Christopher Hildebrand, also
a Green township pioneer.
Cary Clark, who was born on a pioneer farm in
Green township, this county, was reared to the life of the farm and
received his education in the early schools of that time. About
the year 1849 he bought a small tract of fifty acres at the point where
his son Job Clark, now lives and by industry gradually acquired a
farm of three hundred and thirty acres. Cary Clark was an
energetic, enterprising citizen and early became one of the most
influential men in the county. Four years he served his township
as trustee, his efforts in connection of large results in the way of the
rapid advancement in educational and other standards thereabout.
then or twelve years he served the county as county commissioner from
his district, his influence in that office, covering the period from
1873 to 1885, ever having been directed toward the advancement of the
county's best interests, so that he left a name that is indelibly
written fair on the records of Clinton county. Cary Clark
was a Republican and for many years was regarded as one of the leaders
of that party in this county, his sound judgment and thorough
acquaintance with local conditions giving unusual weight to his counsels
in the deliberations of the party managers. He and his wife were
members of the Christian church and their children were reared in that
faith, the family being one of the most active supporters of the church
in that neighborhood. Cary Clark was a member of the
Masonic lodge at New Vienna, to the affairs of which he for years
directed his most intelligent attention and was looked upon by the
Masons throughout the county as one of the most active members of that
ancient fraternity in this county. He and his wife were the
parents of the following children: Alfred, Salina, Ida, Frank,
Jefferson, Etta and Job.
Job Clark was reared on the paternal farm and
received his education in the district school in his home neighborhood
and in the high school at New Vienna. Upon completing his studies
he entered seriously upon the life of a farmer and has given his most
intelligent and indefatigable efforts to his life work, prospering
accordingly. He owns one hundred and thirty-seven acres of the old
home place and has a diligent home, where he and his pleasant family
live in much comfort. In addition to general farming, Mr. Clark
has given much attention to the raising of hogs and has found
considerable profit in that line. A valuable feature of his farm
is a fine sugar-maple grove, from which, in season, Mr. Clark
secures a superior quality of maple syrup.
The deep interest Mr. Clark ever has taken in
public affairs and his ardent desire to see the largest advancement of
the public interest, early was recognized by his neighbors and years ago
he was elected to the office of township trustee, a position which he
filled with the most gratifying results for a period of seven years.
About one year later he was elected to the office of county commissioner
from his district, on the Republican ticket, and entered upon the duties
of that important office on Sept. 15, 1913, and is still serving in this
capacity, performing faithfully his highest duty to the public.
On Apr. 4, 1896, Job Clark was united in
marriage to Mary McMahon, of Hillsboro, Ohio, daughter of
Michael McMahon, and to this happy union two children have been
born, Geneva and Clay Richard. Mr. and Mrs. Clark
are members of the Christian church at New Vienna, and are deeply
interested in all good works in the community, being regarded as leaders
therein, and are held in the very highest regard throughout that section
of the county.
Mr. Clark has proved himself a faithful public
official, devoted to the welfare of the county, and in all circles is
considered a valuable factor in the development of the best interests of
the community as a whole, in consequence of which he possesses the full
confidence of all.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B.
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MARK CLARK.
Among the successful farmers of Green township, this county, is Mark
Clark, who owns one hundred and thirteen acres of land in that
township, two miles from New Vienna.
Mark Clark was born on Sept. 22, 1858, in Union
township, Highland county, Ohio, the son of Isaac and Elizabeth
(Hildebrant) Clark, the former born in Green township, this county,
on May 11, 1830, and the latter born near Snow Hill, in this county,
Oct. 28, 1837.
Isaac Clark was reared in Green township and was
educated in the public schools. He owned a farm of one hundred and
sixteen acres in Union township, Highland county, and also a farm in
Green township of one hundred and sixteen acres and a small farm of
seventy-five acres, which he bought about two years before his death and
which was located near Snow Hill. He also owned property in New
Vienna. He was married on Mar. 18, 1855, to Elizabeth
Hildebrant, who was the daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth
(Crifessteen) Hildebrant, the former born on Feb. 16, 1794, and the
latter on Mar. 27, 1796, in New Jersey, who came to this county in
pioneer times. Christopher Hildebrant died on Aug. 6, 1868
and his widow on Nov. 1, 1882. He was a farmer by occupation and
he and his wife were the parents of eleven children, namely:
Ralph, born on Dec. 28, 1816; Catherine, Dec. 2, 1818, who
died on July 21, 1858; Margaret, Feb. 25, 1821, who died on May
12, 1868; Jesse, Mar. 3, 1823, who died on Aug. 15, 1905;
Hezekiah, Dec. 11, 1824, who died on Sept. 18, 1898; Elisha,
Mar. 16, 1827, who died on Jan. 8, 1906; Isaiah, Apr. 15, 1829,
who died on Sept. 18, 1884; Jefferson, Feb. 10, 1831, who died on
Aug. 9, 1910; Rebecca Jane, May 8, 1833, who died in 1910;
Austin W., Aug. 2, 1835, who died on Dec. 24, 1863; and Elizabeth,
Oct. 28, 1837, who died on Mar. 15, 1915. Of these children,
Austin W. was a soldier in the Civil War. He was appointed
sergeant on Apr. 10, 1862, in Company G, Eleventh Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, by Captain P. P. Lane, at Summersville,
Virginia.
To Isaac Clark and wife were born nine children,
as follows: Columbus H., born on Apr. 21, 1856; Mark,
Sept. 22, 1858; Mary Frances, Dec. 24, 1859; Samantha,
Apr. 15, 1862, who died on Apr. 30, 1862; Grant on Aug. 14, 1878;
Louie, Dec. 12, 1867, who died on July 14, 1883; Hannah,
Mar. 27, 1871, and Austin, Oct. 28, 1878, who died on Jan. 19,
1890. Of these children, Grant was appointed postmaster of
New Vienna in November, 1897, and began serving on Jan. 1, 1898.
He served in this position until his death on May 3, 1899. His
sister, Hannah, was appointed post-mistress on May 16, 1899, and
held the office until Feb. 28, 1905. The father of these children,
Isaac Clark, was a Republican in politics and a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His wife was a member of the
Christian church. He died on Feb. 25, 1903, and his widow on Mar.
15, 1815.
Isaac Clark was the son of Benjamin and
Elizabeth (Miller) Clark who were early settlers in Green township,
where both died. Elizabeth Miller was the daughter of
Isaac and Polly (Stewart) Miller, both natives of Westmoreland
county, Pennsylvania, the former born on Feb. 5, 1777, and the latter in
1787. Isaac Miller was the son of Peter Miller, who
married Catherine Rhodes. He was born in Wales in 1740 and
his wife in the United States. They were the parents of five
children, John, Jacob, Abraham, Isaac and Elizabeth.
Peter Miller came to the United States when a young man, and was
married near Philadelphia. He and his wife moved to Westmoreland
county, Pennsylvania, and he served in the Revolutionary War.
Although he died in the war, the place of his burial is not known nor is
the place of his wife's burial known. Isaac Miller was
bound out to John McKibben and, when ten years old, went to
Kentucky. In 1801 he came to Clinton county with a son of Mr.
McKibben and they kept a bachelor's house. John McKibben
was the owner of one thousand acres in Clinton county and he gave one
hundred acres to Isaac Miller, who bought one hundred acres from
Mr. McKibben. Isaac Miller cleared most of the land
and John Fletcher Miller his son, now owns a part of of it.
He was a Democrat in politics and he and his wife were members of the
Methodist Episcopal church, joining the first church in the county, at
Snow Hill. He married in Warren county, near Morrowtown, about
1803, and lived in Clinton county until his death on Jan. 5, 1857.
His widow survived him but twenty-one days, her death occurring on Jan.
26, 1857. They were the parents of eleven children, William,
Margaret, Polly Stewart, the wife of Isaac Miller, was the
daughter of William and Jane (Armstrong) Stewart, the former of
whom was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1757. He attended the
public schools in Dublin, Ireland, and, when a young man, came to
America, locating at Philadelphia. He was pressed into the service
during the Revolutionary War and was wounded by a bayonet. He was
taken to the hospital at Philadelphia, where he met Jane Armstrong,
who was his nurse, and whom he later married. They proceeded in a
wagon to Fort Pitt, now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and later to Columbia,
a suburb of Cincinnati, in Hamilton county. He bought a farm in
Warren county near Morrow and there they both spent their last days.
To them were born eight children, Samuel, William, Mary, Elizabeth,
Sarah, Anna, Jane and Hannah. William Stewart's wife,
soon after their marriage, was captured by the Indians. She was
taken to Detroit, Michigan, and there exchanged and returned to her
husband after being gone one year.
Mark Clark, the subject of this sketch, was
reared on a farm and was educated in the public schools of Union
township, this county. He worked in a stone quarry for some
time, but his principal business has always been farming. Mr.
Clark owns one hundred and thirteen acres in Green township, two
miles from New Vienna, and is a general farmer and stock raiser.
On July 30, 1899, Mark Clark was married to
Minnie Trenery, who was born in Green township, this county, on May
1, 1867, daughter of Thomas Benton and Emily (Smithson) Trenery,
both natives of Clinton county. Thomas Benton Trenery was
the son of John and Isabel (Cashatt) Trenery and John Trenery
was the son of Thomas and Susie (Achor) Trenery, mentioned
elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Clark's maternal grandfather
was William Smithson, who married Millie Murle. They
were early settlers in Clinton county, having come here from old
Virginia. Thomas Benton and Emily (Smithson) Trenery
were the parents of seven children, Sarah Francis, Minnie Isabel,
William Emerson, John Milton, Eva Jane, Homer Clayton and Arena,
the latter of whom died at the age of three years.
Mrs. Clark is a member of the Christian church.
Her father died in 1889 and her mother in 1894. Mr. and Mrs.
Clark have no children. He votes the Republican ticket.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B.
F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 885 |
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JAMES B. CLARKE.
James B. Clarke, who, since 1910, has been a member of the
well-known mercantile firm of W. P. Hammer & Son, at Westboro,
this county, and before that time a well-known contractor, was born at
Bangor, Maine, in 1874, the son of John H. Clarke.
Mr. Clarke was educated in the high
school at Concord, New Hampshire, and in Dartmouth College, receiving
the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1897. After being graduated from
college, he entered construction work with a contracting firm in Ohio
and later was engaged in the same business with the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad. Altogether he was engaged twelve years in contract
building and construction. After his marriage, he located at
Westboro, where since 1910, he has been a member of the firm of W. P.
Hammer & Son. This business was established by William P.
Hammer and his cousin, John T. Hammer, in 1875. Later
John T. Hammer dropped out of the firm and John A. Hammer &
Son, which name is still retained, although the present members of
the firm are John B. Hammer, a son of William P. and Anna
(McCrady) Hammer, James B. Clarke and Mrs. James B. Clarke. Mrs.
Anna McCrady Hammer is a sister of Mrs. James B. Clarke's
mother, who was Susie McCrady, they being daughters of Samuel
and Phoebe (Vandervert) McCrady, of Warren county, who,
subsequently, located in Westboro.
On Apr. 29, 1906, James B. Clarke was married to
Hallie Hammer, who was born at Westboro, daughter and only child
of John A. and Susie (McCrady) Hammer, the former of whom was a
native of Westboro and the latter of whom already has been referred to.
Mrs. Clarke's paternal grandparents were John T. and Druscilla
(Lane) Hammer, both natives of Tennessee, the former of whom built
the first house in Westboro. John T. Hammer and his cousin,
William Hammer, immigrated from Tennessee to Westboro, and became
prominent in that neighborhood. John T. Hammer at one time
owned a great deal of land in and near Westboro and William P. Hammer
was a soldier in the Eighty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
during the Civil War. He was a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and treasurer of Jefferson township for several years.
The Hammer family for the most part, have been
identified with the Christian church. Mr. Clarke, who is a
well-known citizen of Clinton county, is the present chairman of the
Republican county central committee and is, therefore, well known
throughout Clinton county. He was appointed to the office of
district assessor of Clinton county by Governor Willis.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 844 |
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CALEB B. CLELAND Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915
by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 551 |
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HARVEY W. CLEMENS, a
prosperous farmer of Richland township and a conservative business man of
this county, owns sixty-five acres of land, one-half mile west of Sabina,
the farm formerly owned by his father. Mr. Clemens has had
this farm for eight years and, during this time has erected a house, barn
and out-buildings and made many improvements on the place.
Harvey W. Clemens was born on Oct. 13, 1857, in
Richland township, this county, the son of Robert and Mary (Bishop P.
Clemens. Robert Clemens was born on July 4, 1816, in
Fluvanna county, Virginia, and died on June 23, 1882. On Apr. 30,
1835, he married Mary Bishop, who was born on June 14, 1815, in
Albermarle county, Virginia. Robert Clemens, who was a farmer
by occupation, came to Ohio about 1846, and brought his family with him.
The were members of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Robert Clemens
died on Aug. 3, 1891. Robert Clemens's father was Robert
Clemens, Sr., a farmer, who moved from Virginia to Missouri in an
early day and there spent the remainder of his life.
Harvey W. Clemens received a common-school
education in the public schools of this county. He was married on Aug. 15,
1883, to Ella Spurgeon, the eldest daughter of James W. and
Harriet E. (Lyons) Spurgeon, life-long residents of Sabina,
Richland township, and devout Christians, members of the Methodist
Protestant church, both of whom have passed on to their reward.
Mr. and Mrs. Clemens have no children.
They are members of the Friends church and have hosts of friends, among
whom they are held in high esteem. Mr. Clemens is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and prominent in the work
of the society.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 933 |
Frank M. Clevenger |
HON. FRANK M. CLEVENGER.
The force of heredity is not always so easily traced in the lives of
public men as in the career of the Hon. Frank M. Clevenger,
one of Wilmington's best known attorneys and a man of interesting
and forceful personality. The fact that his grandfather was justice
of the peace for many years, and his father postmaster, at least
shows a predisposition in the family for public service, as well as
the possession of those personal qualities which are necessary to
merit the public confidence. For three generations, this noted
family have won the respect of their fellow-countrymen, evidenced by
honors which, perhaps, reached their culmination in the election of
Frank Clevenger to the state Senate to represent two districts.
Mr. Clevenger is now associated with Simeon G. Smith in one of
the best-known law firms in this section of the state. He is the son
of William, and Martha (Compton) Clevenger, and was born on a
farm in Washington
township,
Clinton county,
Ohio, on Mar. 8, 1865.
Enos Clevenger, grandfather of our subject, was
the type of pioneer who leaves his impress upon his times. Born and
reared in Frederick
county, Virginia, he remained there until after his marriage
to Christina Crouse at
Winchester, Virginia,
in 1824. Soon after this event, they packed their scant household
goods on horses, and started northward, penetrating the forests of
the new country. The young wife, being of German extraction, had the
racial qualifications of the helpmeet of a pioneer, for she had love
of home, courage, contentment and faith, all of which were needed in
the trying years that followed. Traversing miles of attractive
country, the horses of these early settlers were not stopped except
temporarily, until they reached Clinton county, Ohio, which became
the future home of the family. Here Enos Clevenger became one
of the influential men of the community, and was justice of the
peace during nearly all of his residence in the county. He died near
Wilmington in
1867, his widow passing away three years later. Both the subject of
this sketch and his father were born on the farm on which the old
pioneer settled.
William Clevenger, although seventy-nine winters
have passed over his head, is now, and has been for the past
twenty-three years connected with the Irwin Auger Bit Company of
Wilmington. From 1885 until 1890, he was postmaster of the town, and
served with satisfaction to both his own and the opposing political
party. During these years, the devotion of his faithful wife, who
was a native of
Indiana, was no small element in either his happiness or his
success. Their five children are all boys. The eldest,
George, is
now living near North
Yakima, Washington;
Frank was the second-born; William W. resides in
Santa Anna,
California;
the two youngest died at the ages of four and seven, respectively.
The career of Frank M. Clevenger is of more than
ordinary interest, because it records activity in the great world of
affairs; it registers the thoughts and deeds of a man who has helped
to mold public opinion, as well as the laws effected thereby. Although born on a farm, he did not remain there after his
eighteenth year, when, with an ambition which presaged well for his
future, he took up his residence in Wilmington in order to attend
school. Graduating with honors from the high school in 1886, he
began the study of law the following year, was admitted to the bar
in 1890, and has been in active practice since that time. For six
years, he had his own law office, then establishing the firm of
Slone, Martin & Clevenger, he practiced with them until 1899. In
November, of that year, he went into partnership with Simeon G.
Smith, and together, these noted lawyers have made their firm
one of the strongest and best known in this part of the state.
Mr. Clevenger, while attending to professional
duties, has always been an active politician, and as such, has made
his influence in the community felt. From 1909 to 1911 he
represented the fifth and sixth districts in the
Ohio state
Senate, these districts comprising the counties of Clinton,
Fayette,
Greene, Ross
and Highland. While serving his constituents in this capacity, he
was the author of a number of important bills, and was chairman of
the special committee appointed to investigate the subject of
taxation in Ohio,
which investigation resulted in the present law. Although Mr.
Clevenger filled the office of state senator with credit both to
himself and to the Republican party, under the present system of
"rotation of office," now existing, he was not a candidate for'
re-election.
Notwithstanding his busy professional life, and his
public services, Mr. Clevenger has been true to the religious
training of his God-fearing parents, and both he and Mrs. Clevenger
have been active in the work and worship of the Methodist Episcopal
church, of which the former is a trustee. Realizing, too, the
benefit's to be derived from organization on the social side of
life, Mr. Clevenger has allied himself with a number of
fraternal organizations, these including the Masons, the Odd
Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Elks lodge. In all of these,
affiliation has meant to the noted lawyer not merely membership, but
helpful co-operation.
Mary H. Robinson, a native of Frederick county,
Virginia, became the wife of Mr. Clevenger in August, 1890,
the ceremony having been performed at her home in Winchester,
Virginia. In their home two children have been born, Agnes
Virginia
and Russell Robinson. Mrs. Clevenger has been a
devoted wife and mother, and the circle of friends and acquaintances
gained through her husband's prominence in public life, has only
added to the number of those who respect and admire her.
Mr. Clevenger is considered one of the ablest
lawyers in the state
of Ohio. His keen insight, his ability to strike the correct
theory of a case, his power of logical thought, and of facile
expression, all go to make up what is known as "the legal mind." And
the crowning tribute to such a man as he, is that his gifts have not
been limited to the furthering of personal desires and interests,
but have been considered by him in the nature of a trust to be used
for the common good. With what success this ideal has been attained
may be judged by his usefulness and prominence in the community in
which the name of Clevenger has been honored in the past, as
well as in the present generation.
Mr. Clevenger was appointed by Governor Frank
B. Willis, on June 21, 1915, a member of the Ohio state board on
uniform state laws, for the term ending June 5, 1918. The object is
the outgrowth of, a movement made by the bar association about ten
years ago. The object is for each state to provide a board which
will formulate plans to bring about' uniformity of laws throughout
the United States. They shall collect data as to the prevailing law
in the United States and other countries, upon special subjects
where uniformity is important, and especially on the following
subjects: Conveyances - form and execution; commercial law,
including bills of lading; corporations; insurance, fire and life;
negotiable instruments; partnerships; trade-marks; unfair
competition; warehouse receipts; labor, uniform hours of; marriage
and divorce; wills, execution and probate.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 409 - Transcribed by Michael McKay
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HERBERT
B. CLEVENGER.
Herbert P. Clevenger, a well-to-do farmer and business man, of
Washington township, Clinton county, Ohio, owns one hundred and twelve
acres of land in Washington township and is the scion of an honorable
and distinguished family of this county. The Clevenger family
came originally from the Old Dominion state and was established in
Clinton county by Enos Clevenger, a native of Frederick county,
Virginia, who was one of the earliest settlers in Washington township.
He was the great-grandfather of Herbert P. Clevenger, the subject
of this sketch.
Herbert P. Clevenger was born on the farm where
he now lives on June 3, 1887, the son of John Randolph and Belle
(Moon) Clevenger, the former of whom was born on a farm near the
village of Cuba, June 19, 1958, the son of Peter Clevenger, who,
in turn, was the son of Enos Clevenger. Enos Clevenger grew
to manhood in Virginia and married Christina Crouse. He and
his bride came to Clinton county in 1824 on horseback. He was a
dominant character among the pioneer citizens of his neighborhood and
exerted a wholesome influence during the formative period of his
neighborhood. At the time of his death, he left considerable
property. He died in 1867 and his wife three years later.
Peter Clevenger, the second generation of the family in Clinton
county, was also a well-known farmer.
John Randolph Clevenger received a liberal
education in the public schools of Cuba, the normal schools at Buchtel
and Lebanon. He married in 1880 and immediately devoted himself to
farming. From year to year he added to his farm holdings but
gradually became interested in industrial enterprises at Wilmington.
He is president of the Farquahar Furnace Company, of Wilmington, and
vice-president of the Champion Bridge Company, also treasurer of the
Irwin Auger Bit Company, of the same city. His wife, the mother of
Herbert P., before her marriage was Belle Moon, the
daughter of J. W. and Jemima Moon. She is a native of Clark
township, Clinton county. They were married on Sept. 8, 1880, and
are the parents of four children: Bessie Hortense, who married
Dr. A. D. Blackburn, of Cuba; Earl E., who died at the age of
thirteen years; and Herbert P., the subject of this sketch;
John Randolph, Jr., who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. John
R. Clevenger are members of the Universalist church at Wilmington.
He is a democrat in politics and a member of the Masonic fraternity,
being prominent in Wilmington Commandery No. 92. He is also a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Herbert P. Clevenger obtained the rudiments of
an education in the common schools of Cuba, but later spent three years
at Buchtel Collage, at Akron. After finishing his college
education, he began farming with his father and in 1912 became the owner
of a farm of one hundred and twelve acres. He engages in general
farming and stock raising, but specializes in breeding Duroc-Jersey
hogs.
In 1908 Mr. Clevenger was married to Capitola
West, the daughter of William and May West. To this
union there has been born one child, Barbara May, who was born in
1910.
Mr. Clevenger is a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
Like his father, he votes the Democratic ticket. Mr. Clevenger
owns an attractive home in attractive surroundings.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 592 |
J. R. Clevenger |
JOHN RANDOLPH CLEVENGER.
John Randolph Clevenger was born on a farm near the village of
Cuba, in Washington township, Clinton county, on June 19, 1858, the son
of Peter and Mary E. (Mitchel) Clevenger, members of pioneer
families of this county, the former of whom was the son of Enos
Clevenger, a native of Frederick county, Virginia, and one of the
earliest settlers of Washington township; a man of large and beneficent
influence in that community in his day and generation.
Enos Clevenger grew to manhood in Frederick
county, Virginia, and there married Christina Crouse. He
and his bride emigrated to Clinton county, Ohio, in 1824, coming on
horseback and carrying their meager possessions in saddle-bags.
They established their home in the wilderness and reared their family,
inculcating in the minds of their children a regard for the Christian
virtues which is bearing noble fruit today in the third and fourth
generations of their descendants. Enos Clevenger was easily
one of the foremost men in his community. His dominant character
early gave him a commanding position among his pioneer neighbors and he
exerted a wholesome influence in the formative period of that now
well-established farming region. His neighbors made him a justice
of the peace not long after his arrival in Washington township and
retained him in that important position for many years, ever conceding
the justice and equity of his decisions in such matters of dispute as
arose in the community. He became a large land owner and a citizen
of substance, his life of diligence being amply rewarded in a material
way, so that he left a substantial estate, as well as the more valuable
legacy of a good name, to his children at his death, in 1867. His
widow did not long survive him, her death occurring in 1870. She
was a true helpmeet, a woman whose life was devoted to good works, and
both she and her husband were sincerely mourned in the community to
whose best interests their lives had been so long and unselfishly
devoted.
Enos and Christina (Crouse) Clevenger were the
parents of eight children, namely: Sarah, John, Catherine,
Peter, Emma, Mary, William and David.
Peter Clevenger, the fourth of these children, in
the order of birth, was reared on the paternal farm in Washington
township, receiving such educational advantages as the place and times
afforded. Trained in the ways of the farm from childhood, upon
reaching man's estate he entered seriously upon the life of a farmer and
became one of the most substantial and influential men of his community.
He was united in marriage to Mary E. Mitchel, daughter of John
Mitchel, and to this union was born one son, John r. Clevenger.
Peter Clevenger surveyed perhaps more of the land
and roads of Clinton county than any other man. His notes and maps
are on file and still used in the county records.
John Randolph Clevenger was reared on the home
farm in Washington township, receiving his elementary education in the
Ireland district and the Brown district schools of that township and in
the public schools of Cuba, supplementing the same by a course of one
year and six months in the normal school at Buchtel, following this by a
course of one year in the normal school at Lebanon. Following his
marriage, in 1880, Mr. Clevenger began farming and was successful
from the beginning. For twenty years after his marriage he and his
father pooled t heir interests, working together in the most perfect
accord and to their mutual advantage. His enterprising spirit gave
in the county and his father presently was the possessor of several
hundred acres of land in this county.
John R. Clevenger and his father began, early in
the history of manufacturing in Wilmington, to acquire considerable
interests in that direction, and, largely through the advice of the
father, acquired large interests in several prominent manufacturing
concerns in Wilmington. the latter interests gradually absorbed so
much of Mr. Clevenger's attention that, in 1911, he retired from
the farm and moved to the county seat, buying a very comfortable house
on West Main street, in which he and his family have since made their
home. Mr. Clevenger is president of the Farquhar Furnace
Company, of Wilmington, and treasurer of the Irwin Auger Bit Company, of
the same city; also being a member of the directorate of these several
important manufacturing concerns, positions of trust and responsibility,
which keep him pretty well occupied, but which afford a fine scope for
the proper exercise of his energy and business enterprise. Despite
the close attention which Mr. Clevenger is compelled to give to
his large interests, he is never to busy to take a hand in the promotion
of all movements designed to promote the best interests of his town and
he is generally recognized as one of the most public-spirited citizens
of Wilmington, his influence extending far beyond the confines of his
home county.
On Sept. 8, 1880, John Randolph Clevenger was
united in marriage to Belle Moon, who was born in Clark township,
the daughter of J. W. and Jemima Moon. To this happy union
three children have been born namely: Bessie Hortense, who
married Dr. A. D. Blackburn, of Cuba, this county, and has two
children, Dorothy and Eve Belle; Early E., who died at the
age of fourteen years; and Herbert P., who lives on the old home
farm in Washington township, married Capitola West, and has one child,
Barbara.
Mr. and Mrs. Clevenger are members of the
Universalist church at Cuba. They are devoted to the best
interests of the community and are held in the highest esteem by their
large circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Clevenger
holds an important position in the industrial development of his home
city and he possesses in an unusual degree the confidence and respect of
his business associates. He is a Democrat and takes a proper
interest in the political affairs of the county, having been elected one
of the Presidential electors from Ohio in 1912., and was one of the men
who actually elected Woodrow Wilson President. He is a
member of the Masonic order and is also a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and in both of these popular fraternal societies
he takes a warm interest.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 578 |
George B. Conard, M. D. |
GEORGE B. CONARD, M. D.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 784 |
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HARRY L. CONNER.
The Conner family has been represented in Clinton
county since 1831, in which year Jacob Conner, born in Maryland
in 1801 and his wife, who was Susan White, also a native of
Maryland, came to this county and located in Union township, where they
became established as among the best known and most influential
residents of that section of the county. Jacob Conner was
the son of Patrick and Mary (Lannem) Conner, also natives of
Maryland. Patrick Conner was a blacksmith, held a captain's
rank in the army of the United States during the War of 1812 and at the
close of that war did not return home, the presumption being created
that he was numbered with the unknown dead. His widow accompanied
her son to this county and spent her last days here. Susan
White's father, also a blacksmith, was a soldier during the War of
1812, and he, too was reported among the missing. His widow spent
her last days in Maryland.
Joseph Conner, father of the immediate subject
of this sketch, a son of Jacob and Susan (White) Conner, was born
in Union township, this county, receiving his education in the district
schools of that township. He always has been a farmer and has been
quite successful, most of his life having been spent in Washington
township, where he now resides. He has given much attention to
public affairs and is regarded as one of the most public-spirited men in
the township, his services as ditch commissioner, and road supervisor
for years having given an impetus to highway improvements and drainage
in his community that has resulted in vast improvements in this
direction. He is now, and for some time past his been,
commissioner of drainage in Washington township and his effective
administration of the affairs of that office has met with the approval
of all concerned, he being generally recognized as a man of large
usefulness in the community. Two of Mr. Conner's brothers,
Jesse and Charles, performed valiant service in behalf of the
nation during the Civil War, as soldiers in an Ohio regiment, and
survived that dreadful struggle between the states.
Joseph Conner married Eliza Ireland, who
was born in Warren county, this state, a member of one of the old
families of that county, and to this union two children were born, both
sons, Harry L., the immediate subject of this sketch, and
Walter S. Mr. and Mrs. Conner are members of the Christian
church and their sons were reared in their influence ever having been
exerted in behalf of all movements designed to elevate the standards of
living thereabout.
Harry L. Conner, son of Joseph and Eliza
(Ireland) Conner, was born on the home farm in Washington township,
Clinton county, Ohio, and his entire life has been spent in that
township. He received his education in the neighboring district
school and was reared as a farmer, to which vocation he early gave his
serious attention. In 1808 he bought the farm of one hundred and
two acres in Washington township, on which he since has made his home,
and has prospered, being regarded as one of the most substantial farmers
of his neighborhood. Energetic, industrious and enterprising, he
has done well those things which his hand found to do, and is now very
well circumstanced, approaching middle life with a fair competence, well
fortified against the future chances of fortune.
On Feb. 3, 1888, Harry L. Conner was united
in marriage to Minnie May Stephens, who was born in Union
township, this county, daughter of Frank and Sarah Drusilla (Gallaher)
Stephens, the former a native of Warren county, this state, and the
latter a native of Washington township, this county.
Frank Stephens was the son of Obadiah and
Susan (Ireland) Stephens, the former of whom was a native of New
Jersey and the latter a native of Warren county, this state.
Obadiah Stephens came to Ohio when a lad about seventeen years of
age, locating in Warren county, becoming a farmer and later operating a
distillery in that county. About the year 1830 he came over into
Clinton county and bought three hundred acres of land in Union township,
becoming one of the most substantial farmers in that section of the
county, and there spent the remainder of his days. His son,
Frank Stephens, married Sarah Drusilla Gallaher, of
Washington township, this county, daughter of Harvey and Ann
(Williams) Gallaher, the former of whom was the first white child
born in Warren county, who later became a resident of Washington
township, this county, where both he and his wife spent their last days.
One of their sons, James Gallaher, served the Union as a soldier
in one of the Ohio regiments during the dark days of the Civil War and
survived that great conflict.
To Harry L. and Minnie May (Stephens) Conner
thirteen children have been born, namely: Armeda Emaline, Eva
Eliza, Edwin Leslie, Leo Ray (deceased), Otto Neal,
(deceased), Harold Joseph, Herbert Franklin and Ruby Rotensis.
Mr. and Mrs. Conner are members of the Universalist church and their
children have been reared in that faith. They ever have taken an
active interest in the general welfare of the community in which they
reside and are held in the highest regard throughout that whole section
of the county.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
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THOMAS E. CRAIG, M. D. -
Dr. Thomas E. Craig is one of the leading physicians of Sabina, this
county, and, in a county which takes just pride in the personnel of its
professional men, especially its physicians, he has won for himself an
honorable position in the hearts of his fellow townsmen. Good
intellectual training, through professional knowledge and the possession
and utilization of these qualities and attributes have made Doctor
Craig locally eminent in his life calling.
Thomas E. Craig was born on Oct. 26, 1865, at
Stanton, in Fayette county, Ohio, the son of Thomas J. and Susannah J.
(Rosebrough) Craig, the former of whom was born at Greenfield, in
Highland county, Ohio, and the latter a native of Fayette county, the
daughter of John Rosebrough, who emigrated from New Jersey to
Highland county, this state, and who married Sarah Ann Cooley.
They had six children: John, Williams, Thompson, David, Mary and
Thomas J.
Thomas J. Craig was educated in the common schools
of Highland county, Ohio, and when a young man worked on a farm.
Later he operated a wholesale notion wagon between towns, also owning a
general store at Stanton. During the later years of his life he
lived on his farm of fifty acres. Thomas J. and Susannah J. Craig
had nine children, as follow: John, who enlisted in the Civil
War from Iowa, where he was living, died on a forced march and was buried
at Little Rock, Arkansas; Nancy, who married George Rowe;
Josephine, who married I. N. Rowe; Williams, who died young;
Mary Alice, who married S. S. Cockerelle; Parthenia, who became
the wife of J. L. Lines; Eliza, who is the wife of Eldridge
Cockerelle; David S., who married Grace Wilcox; and Dr.
Thomas E., the subject of this sketch. The father was an ardent
Republican in politics and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Thomas E. Craig began his pursuit of an
education in the common schools of Stanton, Ohio, and when a young man
taught school, later attending the normal school at Ada. Upon
reaching his decision to become a physician, he entered Starling Medical
School at Columbus, Ohio, and later was a student at the College of
Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Maryland, from which latter
institution he was graduated with the class of 1892. He began
practicing in Sabina in July, 1892, and has practiced there ever since.
In 1893, Doctor Craig was married to Mary A.
Adams, daughter of Elias and Sarah B. (Bentley) Adams,
and to this happy union have been born three children, Sarah Helen,
Thomas Eugene and Carl.
Politically, Doctor Craig is a Republican.
He and his wife and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He is a member of the Ohio State Medical Association and of the Clinton
County Medical Society.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 943 |
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ALEX CROSSON is one of the
prosperous business men of Blanchester, Ohio, who is interested in the
lumber business, in the operation of hte Blanchester Flour Mill, and is
president of the Merchants and Farmers Bank.
Mr. Crosson was born within one mile of
Blanchester, Ohio, on Lick run, July 14, 1844, the son of George and
Charlotte (Morrison) Crosson, both natives of Marion township.
His paternal grandparents were early settlers in Clinton county, the
paternal grandfather having emigrated from Ireland to this country.
The maternal grandmother of Mr. Crosson was the first person
buried in the cemetery at Blanchester. Both the paternal and
maternal sides of the family were members of the Methodist Episcopal
church, and both families entered land in Clinton county, Ohio.
The late George H. Crosson, who received only a
limited education, was a farmer by occupation and owned one hundred and
thirteen acres of land near Blanchester. Eleven children were born
to George and Charlotte (Morrison) Crosson, five sons and six
daughters, of whom one son, Edward, served as a soldier in the
Civil War in the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Regiment, Oahu
Volunteer Infantry.
Alex Crosson's early life was spent on the farm
and he engaged in farming until five years after his marriage, when he
moved to Blanchester, and entered the meat business. In the fall
of 1870 he "salted" one hundred hogs in partnership with Squire Rice,
but this business was continued only a year and one-half, when Mr.
Crosson sold out and engaged in the retail lumber and implement
business. In 1883 he established a flouring mill at Blanchester,
and still owns and operates this mill. He was one of the fourteen
men to organize the Merchants and farmers bank, of Blanchester, and some
years later he became its president, and still holds this office.
It is a private bank, and is now owned by Mr. Crosson and four
others. He is also interested in the Starham Company, being
president of it. He is also connected with a large mercantile
store in Blanchester, and is acting as president of this business.
On Jan. 1, 1866, Alex Crosson was married to
Mary J. Leggett, and to this union two children were born, Emma
and Lenna. In 1876, Mr. Crosson was married, secondly,
to Mary E. Supinger, and to this union two children were born,
Laura and G. R.
Mr. Crosson is prominent in the circles of Masonic
lodge of Blanchester, being a member of both the blue lodge and the
chapter.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 466 |
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CHARLES CURL, mayor of
Wilmington, is a splendid illustration of success won through
self-reliance and earnest endeavor, having worked his way up through the
successive stages of printer's apprentice, drug clerk, reporter and
editor, and has been given the highest office it is in the power of his
city to bestow. When only fifteen years old he learned to set type in a
newspaper office, and since that day, the odor of printer's ink brings
memories of the time when he had not yet learned to fear the "blue
pencil."
Charles Curl was born while his mother
was on a visit to Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia, Feb. 29,
1844, although his parents were, at the time, residents of Clinton
county. The father and mother were natives of Virginia, he being Daniel,
and she, Harriett (Hackney) Curl, both of Irish ancestry. The
former came to this county in the early days of 1838, his father being a
grocer in Wilmington during the Civil War. Daniel died in 1881, and his
widow is dead also.
The Curl home was one of integrity where the
highest principles of life and conduct were inculcated, but it was also
a place of strenuous work and struggle against the physical conditions
that all parents of large families must face unless they are unusually
blessed with this world's goods. Of the eight children of this home,
four are still living. These are Mrs. Jennie L. Drake, of New
Vienna, Ohio; Robert H., secretary of the Typographical Union at
Cincinnati; Mrs. Mary L. Lewis, of Mt. Auburn, Ohio, and Charles,
the subject of this sketch.
What education was obtainable to Charles Curl
before his fifteenth year, he acquired in the schools of Wilmington, and
on Aug. 1, 1859, he secured employment in the office of the Clinton
Republican, where he remained for three years, being glad to work at a
salary of seventy-five dollars a year. This apprenticeship was followed
by a trip to the city of Cincinnati, where he worked for the Cincinnati
Enquirer for two years, at the end of which time he took up the duties
of a drug clerk in a store at Sixth and Walnut streets, in that city.
Having gained considerable experience in this vocation, Mr. Curl
returned to his home and was employed in the drug store of P. R. Way
& Company, where he remained for two years.
But again the newspaper field called the young man,
and, journeying to Washington Court House, he worked in the offices of
both the Register and Herald. On Apr. 23, 1869, he returned to
Wilmington and entered for the second time the office of the Clinton
Republican, which was then owned by William B. Fisher and
Addison B. Russell, then secretary of state. This proved a long
period of service, for not until he took the chair of mayor did he sever
his connections with the paper. This was on Jan. 1, 1914, he having
been elected the previous fall. Since being elected mayor, Mr.
Curl has done considerable general newspaper work, being local
representative for several out-of-town papers. The present honor
conferred upon Mr. Curl is not the first political office
he has held. For twelve years Mr. Curl was clerk of Union
township, a position which might be considered a stepping-stone to his
present office. He was also a member of the city council for six years,
this including the period during which the opera house and city hall
were built, and to both of these civic enterprises, Mr. Curl
gave his best endeavor.
On Dec. 28, 1869, Charles Curl was united in
marriage to Martha Matilda Marble, a daughter of David Marble
of the famous family of Marblehead, Massachusetts. The mother of
Martha Matilda Marble was a Vandervort, one of
the most widely-known families of this county, and a family of great
influence. Of the children born of this marriage, Edgar died at
the age of five weeks; Harriett Eliza married the Hon.
R. E. Holliday, United States Consul to Santiago, Cuba, for the past
twelve years, and recently promoted from fourth-class to second-class
consulship, and they have three children, Martha, Margaret
and Mary.
Mr. and Mrs. Curl are prominent socially
in Wilmington society, and they have always stood for those substantial
values which have to do with the higher life of the community. They are
members of the Friends church, and give both their time and their means
to build up their denomination.
Mr. Curl is a Republican, and has since
youth had the interests of this party at heart.
Mr. Curl has a genial nature, a strong,
forceful personality that both attracts and retains friends, a keen,
analytical mind, and those qualities of leadership which inspire
confidence and respect. Although a man much in public life, he is not
self-seeking, for the honors which have come to him have been more in
the form of recognition of public service than as "political plums." Mr.
Curl's tastes are refined, and his influence is always on the
side of right and justice.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 729 |
Mr. & Mrs.
Asher Curles |
ASHER CURLES
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 544 |
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ALLEN ALBERT CURTIS,
now a well-known farmer and stockman in Green township, this county,
where he owns a farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres, was born on
Jan. 28, 1855, in the township where he lives, a son of David and
Martha J. (Truitt) Curtis, both natives of Virginia, the former born
in 1827 and the latter in 1837.
The paternal grandparents of Mr. Curtis were
Christopher and Sarah Curtis, pioneers in Highland county, Ohio, who
later moved to Clinton county, where both spent most of their lives,
where both died. Upon coming to Clinton county, they settled on
what is now known as the Higgins farm. Mr. Curtis's
maternal grandparents were George and Abigail (Applegate) Truitt,
the former of whom was a son of William Truitt, a pioneer of
Clinton county, who died at the age of about ninety years.
George and Abigail (Applegate) Truitt were pioneer farmers in
Clinton county, where both spent most of their lives, and where both
died, the latter dying in the house where her grandson, Allen Albert
Curtis now lives, in 1906, at the age of eighty-four years.
The late David Curtis was a farmer by
occupation, a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Baptist church.
He and his wife were the parents of nine children, of whom Allen
Albert is the eldest, the others, in the order of their birth being
as follows: William, Sarah, James E., Jennie, Frank, Lula,
George and Lucy Of these children Sarah, Jennie
and Lula are deceased. Lula, who was the wife of
Frank Steele, died in March, 1908. Lucy is the wife of
Oscar Matthews. David Curtis died in 1898, and his widow is
still living. Allen Albert Curtis was reared on his
father's farm and was educated in the public schools. For many
years he has lived on the farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres
which he owns in Green township.
On Jan. 2, 1879, Allen Curtis was married to
Ollie West, a native of Clinton county, who was born in Wayne
township on Mar. 17, 1861, daughter of Edmond and Jane (Bernard) West,
the latter of whom was the daughter of George Washington Bernard,
mentioned elsewhere in this work. Edmond West was born in
Wayne township, the son of a pioneer farmer of that township. To
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis twelve children have been born, Winnie,
William, Edna, Harley, Jennie, Howard, Carrie, Jessie, Fred, Mary, Mabel
and Stanley, all of whom are living save William.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis are members of the Christian
church at Centerville and are regular attendants and active workers in
that church. Mr. Curtis votes the Democratic ticket.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 729 |
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FRANK CURTIS. Among
the industrious farmers of Liberty township, this county, is Frank
Curtis, who was born in this county on May 6, 1866, the son of
David and Martha J. (Truitt) Curtis, the former of whom was born in
Virginia and the latter in Clinton county, the daughter of George and
Abbie (Applegate) Truitt. George Truitt was a farmer
and large landowner in Clinton county. The paternal grandparents
of Frank Curtis were Christopher Curtis and wife, who were
natives of Virginia and were married in that state. After their
marriage, they came to Ohio and engaged in farming in Clinton county.
They were devout members of the Baptist church.
David Curtis, the father of Frank Curtis,
was still a young man when he came from Virginia to Clinton county with
his parents. In time he came to own six hundred acres of land,
having been a very successful farmer. Although not a member of any
church, he was an attendant at the Baptist church. He died some
years ago, and his widow is still living in Green township, this county.
They were the parents of nine children, of whom Frank, the
subject of this sketch, was the fourth in order of birth. Three of
the children, Sarah, Jennie and Lula, are deceased.
The other living children are A. A., William, Elzie, Lucy
and George.
Frank Curtis, who was educated in the common
schools of Green township and was reared on his father's farm in this
county, was married in December, 1886, to Lucinda Morton, who was
born in Clinton county, the daughter of Isaiah and Jennie (Lieurance)
Morton, farmers in Green township and life-long members of the
Baptist Church. After his marriage, Mr. Curtis located on
the old home farm, where he lived until about seven years ago, at which
time he purchased the farm of one hundred and one acres, where he now
lives and where he is profitably engaged in general farming.
To Frank and Lucinda (Morton) Curtis twelve
children have been born, of whom one, Russell, is deceased, the
living children, in the order of their birth, being Lonnie, Roy,
Carl, Elzie, Chloe, Sarah, Alice, Lucy, Martha, Opal and Burdsal.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis are popular citizens of Liberty
township. Mrs. Curtis is a member of the Baptist church and
active in the various works of the church. Mr. Curtis is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 802 |
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WILLIAM H. CURTIS
now a
prosperous farmer of Green township, this county, who is also engaged in
the stock business and who is now residing in New Vienna, was born in
Green township, this county, on Jan. 24, 1858, son of David and
Martha (Truitt) Curtiss, natives of Virginia, who were born in 1827
and 1837, respectively, the farmer of whom died in 1898, and the latter
of whom are still living.
The paternal grandparents of William H. Curtis
were Christopher and Sarah Curtis, pioneers in Clinton county and
early settlers in Green township, who settled on what is now known as
the Higgins' farm. The maternal grandfather, George
Truitt, who was the son of William Truitt a pioneer of
Clinton county, who died at the age of about ninety years, married
Abigail Applegate, and both died in this county, the wife in the
house now occupied by her grandson, Allen Albert Curtis, in 1906,
at the age of eighty-four years. David and Martha
(Truitt) Curtis were the parents of nine children, namely: Allen
Albert, who is referred to in a biographical sketch presented
elsewhere in this volume; William H., the subject of this sketch;
Sarah, deceased; James E.; Jennie, deceased; Frank; Lula,
who married Frank Steele; George, and Lucy, wife of
Oscar Matthews, referred to elsewhere in this volume.
William H. Curtis was reared on the farm and was
educated in the public schools of Clinton county. He owns two
hundred and fifty-three acres of land in Green township and, until Oct.
8, 1904, lived on the farm. At that time he moved to New Vienna
and engaged in buying and shipping stock. Mr. Curtis owns
property in New Vienna.
On Apr. 4, 1879, William H. Curtis was married
to Martha Elmira Jane McVey, who was born in 1860 in the state of
Illinois, daughter of Robert McVey, later a resident of this
county, now deceased, and to this union four children have been born,
namely: Clyde, who lives on the home farm in Green township,
married Beatrice Cline, daughter of Edward Cline, of New
Vienna, and has five children, Helen, Robert, Evelyn, Audrey and
Marcile; Martha, who married Charles Rulin, a rural-route
mail carrier, living at New Vienna, and has three children, Harry
Harriet and Charles Edmond; Harry, who is engaged in the
furniture business in New Vienna, and Abbie, who married
Robert Rulin, who is engaged in the bakery business in New Vienna,
and has two children, William Matthew and Curtis Robert.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis are members of the Friends
church. Mr. Curtis is a Democrat and is a member of the New
Vienna town council. He has served as a member of the school board
and as township trustee in Green township. Fraternally, he is a
member of Dalton Lodge No. 578, Free and Accepted Masons.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 911 |
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ALBERT R. CUSTIS - See
Cyrus E. Custis
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 626 |
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CHARLES WILLIAM CUSTIS.
Charles William Custis, a well-known business man and
manufacturer of Sabina, Ohio, who is now living retired, was born in
Clinton county, Ohio, on July 20, 1857, the son of William and
Susan (Drake) Custis, natives of Clinton county,
and New York state, respectively. Susan Drake was a
daughter of Daniel and Ann (Musherue) Drake.
The maternal grandparents of Mr. Custis
were Daniel Drake and wife, the former of whom was a native of
New England and engaged in the oyster business. He was a prominent
member of the Christian church, and moved to Ohio early in life,
locating in this county, where he engaged in farming, being the owner of
one hundred acres of land. He and his wife were the parents of
five children, Abbie, Elizabeth, Mary, Susan and Anna.
William Custis was the son of Douglas Custis,
a well-known citizen of this county. William Custis, the
father of Charles W., attended the common schools of Clinton
county, and here completed his education. He removed to Sabina
from New Antioch, Ohio, and for some time was engaged in the general
mercantile business, handling hardware and dry goods for the most part.
While engaged in business in Sabina, he lived on a farm of one hundred
and twenty-five acres at the edge of the town. He was a member of
the Methodist Protestant church and an active worker in that
denomination. Fraternally, he was identified with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, while, politically, he was an ardent supporter of
the Republican party. He died in October, 1906, after having lived
a most useful life. His widow is still living at the age of
seventy-six years. They were the parents of eight children,
Charles William, Frank, Ida B., Anna, James, Levi D., Lula and
Grace. Of these children Frank is married and lives at
Dayton, Ohio. Ida B. also lives at Dayton and is the wife
of Samuel McGuire, Anna is the wife of L. A. Wysong,
of Wilmington. James married Rebecca Perrell and
they live in Sabina. Levi D. married Georgia Kuhn,
and they live in Canton, Ohio. Lula is the wife of Dr.
F. G. Leightner, of Sabina, and Grace is the wife of
Marion Kuhn, of Crooksville, Ohio.
Charles W. Custis received his education in the
common schools, and after leaving school was engaged for some time in
business with his father. After managing his father's hardware
store for some time he retired from that concern and engaged in the
restaurant and bakery business. After disposing of this latter
business he next engaged with John Matthews as a partner in
handling bankruptcy stocks of merchandise. He is the owner of one
hundred and ten acres of land in Clinton county, also valuable property
in Sabina, and is the owner of the ice-cream factory in Sabina.
For the past ten years Mr. Custis has been retired from active
business.
Charles W. Custis has been twice married, his
first wife having been Ellie M. Dalgern and to which union three
children were born, Lauron A., Clyde Burtsal and Ethel Martie.
Lauron A., who lives in Goshen, Indiana, married Margaret Shannon,
and is engaged in the wholesale manufacture of ice cream in that city.
Clyde, who is a resident of Sabina, married Mary Spurgeon.
Ethel is the wife of Arthur N. Hains, a resident of
Sabina. Mr. Custis married, secondly, Flora Johnson,
daughter of Moses Johnson, of Port Williams, to which union one
child has been born, a son, Earl Johnson, who is unmarried.
Mr. Custis and wife are members of the Methodist
Protestant church and both take an active interest in church work.
Mr. Custis is a member of the board of public affairs and is a
Republican.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 511 |
Cyrus E. Custis |
CYRUS E. CUSTIS.
Respect is due to the brave sons of the North who left their homes and
the peaceful pursuits of civic life to give their services and their
lives, if need be, to preserve the integrity of the American union, and
no man is more entitled to share in this respect than the venerable
Cyrus E. Custis, a distinguished veteran of the Civil War and one
who, since the close of that war, has been prominent in the religious
and political life of Clinton county. He proved his love and
loyalty to the government on the long and tiresome marches in all kinds
of situations. Exposed to summer's withering sun and winter's
freezing cold, on the lonely picket line, a target for the unseen foe,
on the tented field and amid the flames and smoke of battle, where the
rattle of musketry mingled with the concussion of bursting shells and
the diapason of the cannon's roar, made up the sublime but awful course
of death. Enlisted as a private, he was promoted to first duty
sergeant on October 1, following his enlistment; to orderly, Apr. 3,
1863; and on Aug. 19, 1864, was promoted to second lieutenant. On
Jan. 20, 1865, he was commissioned first lieutenant, and was assigned to
the command of Company C.
It was on Aug. 6, 1862, that Cyrus E. Custis,
who was then just a little past the age of twenty-two, enlisted in the
Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in Spencer's Company,
afterwards called Company G. His regiment was assembled at Camp
Denison on August 13, and ordered to Covington, Kentucky, in the
following September. His first real service was a march to
Crittendon, about twenty-five miles away. It required railroads
during the greater part of the time until 1864. On May 2, of that
year, the regiment entered the Sherman campaign and there saw its
first great battle. He took part in the following engagements:
Resaca, May 15, 1864; Pumpkin Vine Creek, May 27, '64; and was in
command of the company in all the battles of his regiment till the
capture of Atlanta, where they camped till November 14, when they began
the march to the sea. Arrived at Savannah, December 10, where they
remained till Jan. 18, '65. Then entered to Carolinas and was in
battles of Averysboro, Mar. 16, '65, in which he picked up the flag
after the color bearer was shot down, and at Bentonville. March
18, arriving in Goldsboro about March 21st. Then marched to
Raleigh, North Carolina, and at surrender of Joseph Johnston, was
sent to Richmond and Alexandria, Virginia, and passed on grand review at
Washington, D. C., May 25, 1865, and was in command of his company.
Cyrus E. Custis was mustered from the Union Army with honor and
distinction on June 9, 1865, at Washington, D. C., and received his
discharge June 17, 1865, at Camp Denison.
Born on Aug. 3, 1840, in Richland township, Clinton
county, Ohio, on the farm which his grandfather, Samuel Reed, had
settled in 1803, Cyrus E. Custis is the son of William H. and
Mary (Reed). His father was born in Scioto county, Ohio, Dec.
15, 1813, and his mother in Richland township, Clinton county, Apr. 12,
1813. She was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Paris) Reed.
They were married on Dec. 19, 1837.
On the maternal side, Mr. Custis' grandfather,
Samuel Reed, was born on Sept. 11, 1778, and died on Apr. 5,
1854. His wife, who, before her marriage, was Sarah Paris,
was born on Aug. 25, 1782, and died on Oct. 3, 1863. Samuel and
Sarah Reed settled in Richland township in 1805. They came
from Kentucky, in which state they were married, and it is probable that
they were born in that state. Upon settling in this township,
Samuel Reed bought one thousand acres of land, which he afterwards
lost through an imperfect title and had to pay for the same land the
second time. He and his wife were members of the Christian church
and were of that class which gives tone and solidity to the community at
large. Samuel and Sarah Reed had nine children:
Elizabeth, born Feb. 16, 1799; Absalom, Nov. 25, 1800;
Abner, Jan. 10, 1803; Josephus July 15, 1804, and died on
Sept. 10, 1840; Cyrus, June 9, 1805, and died on Apr. 6, 1839;
John, Oct. 23, 1808; William, Nov. 27, 1810, and died on Jan.
15, 1863; Mary, Apr. 12, 1813, and died on Sept. 17, 1896; and
Samuel P., Sept. 3, 1815, and died on Nov. 25, 1860.
The paternal grandparents of Mr. Custis were
Robison and Mary (Savage) Custis, natives of Virginia, who settled
in Union township, Clinton county, in either 1821 or 1822. He
purchased one hundred acres of partly cleared land, which became his
permanent home. Before this he had lived temporarily in Scioto
county, Ohio, having come to Scioto county from Virginia as early as
1810. After living in Union township for some time, he moved to
Wilson township, where he owned a farm. Robison Custis was
born on Apr. 19, 1770, and died on Nov. 28, 1848. His birthplace
was near Norfolk, Virginia. His wife, Mary Savage, to whom
he was married on Aug. 7, 1793, was born on Jan. 24, 1779, and died on
Nov. 22, 1848. Robison Custis was the son of John and
Elizabeth Custis, an old Virginia family. The children of
Robison and Mary Custis were twelve in number: Thomas,
born on Mar. 9, 1795; Littleton, Nov. 13, 1796, and died on Aug.
9, 1809; Robison, Jan. 9, 1799; Abel W., May 13, 1801;
Betsy, Sept. 13, 1803; Ann, Jan. 2, 1805; Elizabeth Ann,
Sept. 11, 1809; Mary Ann, Sept. 25, 1811; William H., Dec.
15, 1813; Jan. W., May 6, 1815; Charles E., May 20, 1820;
and Vienna June 21, 1822.
The tenth child in this family was William H. Custis,
the father of Cyrus E. He was educated in the subscription
schools of Union and Wilson townships, Clinton county, and while still a
young man, worked on the farm with his father. Here he began
farming for himself and in 1852 opened a general store in connection
with his farm, which he conducted for six or eight years. He then
sold out and devoted his entire time to the farm. About 1866, at
the close of the Civil War, he retired but continued to five on his farm
until his death. He owned one hundred and ninety-four acres of
excellent land. By his marriage to Mary Reed, Dec. 19,
1837, there were born five children: Samuel Robertson, born Oct.
18, 1838, and died on July 3, 1900; Cyrus E. the subject of this
sketch; Sarah Mary, May 20, 1842, who married J. H. Channell;
Elizabeth A., July 15, 1844, who married John Small; and
Josephus John, Nov. 10, 1846, who died on Dec. 28, 1898.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Custis were charter members of the Richland
Methodist Protestant church and he was a member of the building
committee which erected the church. Until the formation of the
Republican party, he was a Whig in politics, but later identified
himself with the party of Lincoln and Grant.
Cyrus E. Custis obtained a better education than
most of the boys of his day and generation. Not only was he
graduated from the common schools of Richland township, but in 1862 he
was a student for one term at the normal school at Lebanon, Ohio.
It was shortly after his return from school that he enlisted as a
soldier in the Civil War.
After the war Mr. Custis and his brother, J.
J., who was six years his junior, rented their father's farm and
during the winters of 1866 and 1867 he returned to school at Lebanon and
was able to complete a commercial course. In March, 1867, he
entered into partnership with J. H. Channell in the general
mercantile business. They were together two years. In 1869
he returned to the home farm and one year later he and his brother
purchased a farm of two hundred acres in Richland township, which
Cyrus E. now owns. Mr. Custis was married in 1870 and
after his marriage moved to the farm where he has lived ever since, on
April 14, of that year. In 1887 he purchased his brother's
interest in the farm and now owns the entire two hundred acres. He
has remodeled his house and erected all of the other buildings on the
place. Mr. Custis is an extensive breeder of Shorthorn
cattle and Delaine sheep. He is known throughout Clinton county as
one of its most prosperous and well-to-do farmers.
On Apr. 7, 1870, Cyrus E. Custis was married to
Lutitia Douglas, who was born on Jan. 10, 1844, and who is the
daughter of Absalom and Mary (Coulter) Douglas Devanney, and
Mary Douglas, who graduated from Wilmington College in 1908.
ALBERT REED CUSTIS was born in
Richland township, Clinton county, Ohio. He obtained the rudiments
of an education in the common schools of Richland township and later was
a student in Wilmington College, having been a resident student at that
institution during 1890, 1891 and 1892. For some time after he
left college, he was engaged in the stone-crushing business, which he
continued for about three years, during which time he did considerable
contract work at Wilmington. Later, he was in the coal and feed
business in Wilmington, but he is now engaged in the grain business in
partnership with William A. Ewing and owns an elevator at Melvin,
Ohio. They buy all kinds of grain and sell feed, coal, cement,
fencing, fence posts and many other supplies necessary on the farm.
Albert Reed Curtis also farms in connection with
his grain business, doing general farming and stock raising. He
owns forty-five acres of land in Richland township.
Mrs. Albert R. Custis, before her marriage, was
Catherine Devanney and is the daughter of William Devanney
They have no children. Politically, Albert R. Custis is a
Republican. He is a member of the Methodist church and of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Mr. and Mrs. Albert R.
Custis live at Wilmington.
Returning to the father, Cyrus E. Custis, it may
be said with exact truth that he is a natural leader in almost every
phase of public life in this county. He was been repeatedly called
upon to serve his fellow citizens, because in the first public positions
which he filled, he acquitted himself with credit and demonstrated his
ability for larger service. Since he was eighteen years old, he
has been a member of the Methodist Protestant church at Richmond and
during that time has served in all of the offices of the church.
Four different times he has been elected to the general conference as a
delegate. In 1904 he was a delegate to the conference at
Washington, D. C., and in 1912 to the conference at Baltimore, Maryland.
Since 1896 he has been a trustee of Kansas City University.
Altogether he served two terms and nine months additional as
commissioner of Clinton county. He has also served several terms
as trustee of Richland township. Mr. Custis has been a
member of the Masonic fraternity since 1867 and is also a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
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FRANK
CUSTIS. Frank Custis is a well-known farmer of Green
township, this county, and owns one hundred and ten acres of land two
miles from New Vienna, where he is engaged in general farming and stock
raising. He was born on Mar. 29, 1860, in Washington township,
this county, son of the late John W. and Sarah (Bond) Custis,
both natives of Clinton county, the former born in 1834, and the latter,
near Martinsville, in 1837.
The paternal grandparents of Mr. Custis were
John and Mary Custis, early settlers and pioneers of Clinton county,
Ohio, who came here from Pennsylvania after their marriage. The
maternal grandparents were George and Mary Bond, also natives of
the Keystone state, who settled in Clinton county, in an early day, and
both died in this county.
The late John W. Custis was a farmer and stock
dealer and owned three hundred and thirty-three acres of land in
Washington township. He was identified with the Democratic party
politically, and was more or less active in politics during his life,
having been the candidate of his party at one time for sheriff.
His wife was a member of the Christian church, and he also was an
adherent of that faith. His death occurred on May 27, 1906.
His wife had passed away many years previously in 1864. They were
the parents of nine children, four of whom are deceased, Elisha,
Kate, Robert and Sarah, the living children being George,
Frank, Martha, John and James.
Frank Custis, like the ordinary boy born and reared
in the country, received his education in the district schools of his
home neighborhood, and after leaving school took up farming on his own
account. In 1883 he moved to Green township and purchased the farm
of one hundred and ten acres, where he is now living, on which he
engages in general farming and stock raising.
In November, 1881, Frank Custis was married to
Sarah Belle Smithson, who was born in Green township, this
county, on Feb. 10, 1860, a daughter of Drummond Smithson and
wife, mentioned elsewhere in this volume, and to this union two children
have been born, Kenneth Drummond, born on Oct. 21, 1887, who was
educated in the public school of Green township and lives at home with
his parents, and Burch Quinn, June 22, 1897, who received his
early education in the district schools, afterward becoming a student in
the New Vienna high school. he also lives at home with his
parents.
Mr. Custis is a Democrat, but has never taken an
especial interest in political matters. He devotes his time rather
to his own personal business and to his family.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
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HEBER W.
CUSTIS. Heber W. Custis, a prominent and successful
young farmer of Union township, was born on the farm where he now lives,
on the Washington pike, July 24, 1888, the son of Levi H. and
Elizabeth Jane (Vanniman) Custis, the former of whom is a retired
farmer of Richland township, and who was born on Dec. 6, 1845, and the
latter of whom is a daughter of Elias and Eva (Early) Vanniman
and was born on Feb. 8, 1850. Levi H. Custis is the son of
Douglas W. and Renniah (Gustin) Custis the former of whom was
born on December 20, 1811, in Scioto county, Ohio, and the latter of
whom is the daughter of Elkany Guston. Douglas W. Custis
was a son of William and Elizabeth (Savage) Custis the former of
whom was twice married. By his first wife, Elizabeth Savage,
he had five children, Sallie, John, William, Harriet and
Douglas W.
Levi H. Custis was one of seven children born to
his parents, as follow: William was born on Sept. 8, 1836;
Isaiah, Nov. 2, 1838; Myra, Mar. 18, 1840; Hannah J.,
July 21, 1843; Levi H., Dec. 26, 1845; Rhoda, Oct. 23,
1848, died on Oct. 10, 1850; and Mary, Feb. 13, 1851.
Heber W. Custis is one of five children born to
his parents, and he is the youngest in order of birth. Lillian
is the wife of Clark Haines, of Warren county, Ohio.
Edna is the wife of Irving Peelle, of Wilmington, Ohio.
Dwight married Nettie Hughes. He is a minister at
Richwood, Ohio. Maude died in infancy.
Like most lads born and reared in Clinton county,
Heber W. Custis attended the district schools, but he had unusual
educational advantages in being permitted to attend Wilmington College
for two years, after which he took an agricultural short course at Ohio
State University at Columbus. There he received a splendid
training for practical farming, and completed the course in 1909.
In 1911, Mr. Custis father retired from active farm life and
removed to Sabina, Ohio, since which time Heber W. has rented the
home place of one hundred and twelve acres from his father. The
farm has a very handsome brick house on the Washington pike, with
an avenue of Maples leading back to the house. Mr. Custis
bought seventy-seven acres of land from his father near the home farm.
In this community he is considered a very pleasant, agreeable young
citizen.
On August 10, 1910, Heber W. Custis was married
to Hazel Reed who was born in Wayne township, Clinton county,
Ohio, a daughter of Amos and Ella (Driscoll) Reed. Mrs. Custis
graduated from the Reesville high school and also attended
Wilmington College, after which she taught school two years in Wilson
township. Amos Reed was born in Wayne township, Clinton
county, Ohio, in 1852, and died in 1888. He was a son of
William and Rachel Rede, the former of whom was born in Clinton
county, Ohio, and the latter of whom was born in Virginia.
William Reed was a farmer in Wayne township. Ella
(Driscoll) Reed, the mother of Mrs. Custis, was a daughter of
Ephraim and Hester (Kaiser) Driscoll, the former of whom was a
native of Clinton county, Ohio, and the latter of Indiana.
Ephraim Driscoll was a farmer living near Cuba. Amos and
Ella (Driscoll) Reed were farmers in Wayne township, and were the
parents of two children: Orville, of Melvin, Ohio, and Hazel.
Amos Reed died while Hazel was an infant, and in 1891 her
mother, Ella (Driscoll) Reed, married, secondly, William B.
Vermilyea who was born in Wabash county, Indiana, a son of
Solomon and Mary Jane Vermilyea. William Vermilyea served
three and one-half years in the Civil War in the Seventh Missouri
Cavalry. He was a widower, his first marriage occurring in 1866.
He and his wife, the mother of Mrs. Custis, are now living
retired in Reesville, Ohio. By this second marriage, there are two
children: Ethel, who married Virgil Ireland, of
Dayton, Ohio; and Wright, who is unmarried and lives at Reesville
with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Heber W. Custis have had two
children: Jean, born on July 2, 1911, and Freda, Jan. 2,
1914.
Mr. and Mrs. Custis belong to the Methodist
Protestant church at Melvin, Ohio. Mr. Custis is a member
of Sabina Lodge No. 324, Free and Accepted Masons.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 647 |
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JAMES E.
CUSTIS. James E. Custis is a successful farmer of
Green township, this county, where he owns one hundred and eighty-five
acres of land. He was born in that township on Sept. 6, 1867, a
son of John W. and Sarah Jane (Bond) Custis, both of whom were
born in Clinton county, the former in 1834, and the latter, near
Morrisville, in 1837. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Custis
were Thomas and Mary Custis, who were early settlers in Clinton
county, coming here from Pennsylvania after their marriage. Both
are now deceased. The maternal grandparents were George and
Mary Bond, who also came from Pennsylvania to Clinton county in an
early day, and both died here.
The late John W. Custis was a farmer and stock
dealer and was the owner of three hundred and thirty-three acres of land
in Washington township. He was a Democrat in politics and at one
time was a candidate for sheriff of Clinton county. His wife was
a member of the Christian church, and he himself was reared in that
faith. His death occurred on May 27, 1906. His wife had
passed away many years previously. They reared a family of nine
children, four of whom, Elisha, Kate, Robert and Sarah,
are deceased, the living children being George, Frank, Martha, John
and James.
James E. Custis was reared on the farm receiving
his education in the district schools of his home neighborhood.
Upon reaching maturity, he took up farming for himself in Green
township. He has made many improvements on his farm in Green
township, where he has lived for nine years.
On July 4, 1889, James E. Custis was married to
Carrie Hildebrant, who was born in Green township, this county,
the daughter of Jesse and Martha (Pyle) Hildebrant, the former of
whom was born near Snow Hill, in Green township, Mar. 3, 1823, and the
latter, in Centerville, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, Mar. 29, 1827.
Jesse Hildebrant was a son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Crifestein)
Hildebrant, both of whom were born in New Jersey about 1822.
After coming to Clinton county they settled on the farm now occupied by
Samuel Steele. Both died in Greent ownership The
maternal grandparents of Mrs. Custis were William and Mary (Ewey)
Pyle, pioneers of Green township, who came to this county from
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Jesse Hildebrant was the
owner of three hundred and thirty-one acres of land. He was a
Republican in politics, while religiously, he and his wife were earnest
and devoted members of the Christian church. He died on Aug. 15,
1905. They had survived him less than three years, her death
occurring on Mar. 9, 1908. They had reared a family of nine
children, of whom two, Louisa and Judson, are deceased;
Avery lives at Webster, Illinois, and the others are Lou,
Lizzie, Frank, Luther, Jennie and Carrie. Luther
Hildebrant owns a good farm of two hundred and two acres near where
Mr. Custis lives. He married Martha Custis, a sister
of James Custis. Mrs. Luther Hildebrant was born on Mar. 9,
1862, in Green township, and she and her husband are the parents of
three children, Maud, Clarence and Ada.
To Mr. and Mrs. James E. Custis
thirteen children have been born, of whom two, Claude and
Willard, are deceased. Claude was bon in May, 1890, and
died on April 1, 1915. The other children are Durward, Laverne,
Irene, Gladys, Fred, Jesse, Harold, Carl, Marion, Wynona and
Pauline.
Mr. and Mrs. Custis and family are attendants of
the Christian church, in which they are actively interested.
Mr. Custis is a Democrat in politics.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 925 |
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JAMES W.
CUSTIS. James W. Custis, who has been a
dry-goods salesman in Sabina, this county, for fourteen years, but who
also owns two hundred and fifty acres of land in Fayette and Clinton
counties, besides property in Sabina, was born on Sept. 3, 1865, at New
Antioch, this county, the son of William and Susan (Drake) Custis,
the former of whom was born on Sept. 8, 1837, in Clinton county, and the
latter, Apr. 26, 1839, in New York state, daughter of Daniel and Ann
(Mersereau) Drake, natives of the Empire state. Daniel
Drake came to Ohio about 1850 and purchased eighty acres of land in
Clinton county, near Starbuck.
William Custis, father of James W., was
engaged in the hardware business for ten years, but the rest of his life
he was engaged in the dry goods business. He was a man active in
local affairs, especially in religious circles, having been a prominent
member of the local affairs, especially in religious circles, having
been a prominent member of the Methodist church. His death
occurred on Oct. 12, 1906, and his widow in still living in Sabina.
They are the parents of the following _hildren: C. W., who
married Flora Johnson, and lives in Sabina; Frank, a
resident of Dayton, Ohio, where he is engaged in the grocery business;
Ida B., the wife of S. R. McGuire, of Dayton; Anna,
the wife of L. A. Wysong of Wilmington; James W., the
immediate subject of this review; Levi, a resident of Akron,
Ohio; Lula, the wife of Doctor Leightner, of Sabina, and
Grace, who is the wife of Marion Kuhn of Crooksville,
Ohio.
James W. Custis was educated in the district
school and the Sabina high school, from which latter he was graduated.
Early in life he engaged in the dry-goods business as a clerk, and has
been continuously engaged in this business since that time.
On June 9, 1891, James W. Custis was married to
Rebecca J. Perrell, who was born in Fayette county, Ohio, on Jan.
16, 1867, daughter of John and Margaret (Sparks) Perrell the
former of whom owned about fourteen hundred acres of land in Fayette
county, and who was active in the banking business at Washington C. H.,
Ohio. Although John Perrell is now deceased, the family
still retains the interest in the Commercial Bank at Washington C. H.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Custis located
in Sabina. They have no children. They are active and
earnest members of the Methodist Protestant church, and Mr. Custis
has been superintendent of the Sunday school for the past eight years.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
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LEVI
H. CUSTIS. Everyone who lives in a state and enjoys its
protection, must contribute through his work, directly or indirectly, to
further the objects of the state as a community for the purposes of
justice and civilization. Levi H. Custis, of Richland
township, Clinton county, Ohio, who is a kind and generous citizen now
living retired, worthily fulfilled his obligations and duties, not only
to the members of his family, but to the state as well. He is one
of those men of honorable and humane impulses who have had so much to do
with the agricultural development of Clinton county.
Levi H. Custis was born in Union township,
Clinton county, Dec. 26, 1845, and is the son of Douglas W. and
Penniah (Gustin) Custis, the former of whom was born in Scioto
county, Ohio, Dec. 20, 1811, and the latter of whom was the daughter of
Elkany Gustin. They were married on Nov. 19, 1835, and
after their marriage, settled on land now owned by Alfred Sprague
and daughter. Mrs. Douglas W. Custis died on Sept. 27,
1881.
Seven children were born to Douglas W. and Penniah
Custis: William, Isaiah, Anna M., Hannah J. Levi, Rhoda and
Mary M. Of these children, Isaiah enlisted in 1862 in
Captain Griffin's company of the Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry and, after serving a short time, became disabled and was
discharged. Douglas W. Custis was a member of the
Protestant Methodist church as was also his wife.
Douglas W. Custis was the son of William and
Elizabeth (Savage) Custis, who settled in Scioto county, Ohio,
shortly before 1811. William Custis was twice married.
By his first marriage to Elizabeth Savage, there were five
children: Sallie, John, William, Harriet and Douglas W.
The mother of these children died in 1812 and he married again, by which
marriage there were three children: Nancy, Margaret
and Littleton, who came to Clinton county with their mother.
William Custis died in Scioto county about 1828 and Mrs.
Custis, his second wife, died in 1863, at the age of ninety-seven
years. During the Civil War, William Custis was what was
called a "squirrel hunter."
The late Douglas W. Custis was educated in the
common schools, and throughout his life was engaged in farming. He
came to Clinton county on horseback and settled in Richland township on
one hundred and eighteen acres. He was a man of honorable and
humane impulses, a member of the Methodist Protestant church and of
strong domestic inclination. He passed away in 1897.
Of the children born to Douglas and Penniah Curtis,
William, who was born on Sept. 8, 1836, married Susan Drake
and they had eight children, Charles, Franklin, Ida B., Anna, Lulu,
Grace, James and Levi Dorcy. Isaiah was born on
Nov. 2, 1838, and married Eliza J. Archer and had two children,
Oscar W. and Etta; Myra, Mar. 18, 1840, married James
Thompson, and had four children, Saide, Elva, Ora and Cora;
Hannah, July 21, 1843, married A. J. Wilson and has no
children; Rhoda, Oct. 23, 1848, died young; Mary, who was
born on Feb. 13, 1851, married Thomas L. Huffman and had three
children living, Lawrence, Leo and Mamie. Mary is
dead.
Levi H. Custis was educated in the common
schools, which he attended until the age of fifteen years, when he was
taken ill. From the time he was eighteen until the time he was
twenty-five, he was engaged in clerking in a store with his brother,
William. In fact, he was associated with him altogether seven
years in the mercantile business at New Antioch and Sabina. On
June 8, 1871, he engaged in farming and in the stock business and
remained on the farm until 1910, when he retired and moved to Sabina,
where he now lives.
Mr. Custis now owns one hundred and fourteen
acres of land, but at one time he gave to his children nearly five
hundred acres. Aside from his interest in the farm property he is
a heavy holder of securities in several industrial enterprises,
especially in Geiger-Jones Company of Canton, Ohio, the
Ralston steel car works and other companies.
Mrs. Levi H. Custis, before her marriage, was
Elizabeth Jane Vanniman born in Green county, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1850,
and who is the daughter of Elias and Eva (Early) Vanniman who
were farmers in Greene county until 1865, when they came to Clinton
county. Here they became large landowners, owning approximately
between five and six hundred acres in this county. They were
prominent people in the community where they lived and active in the
Methodist Protestant church.
Mr. and Mrs. Custis have been the parents of
five children: Lillian, Edna, Dwight L., Heber W. and
Maude. Of these children, Lillian married Clark
Haines, of Warren county, Ohio, and has six children, Lloyd,
Mildred, Ruth, Harold and Donald, twins, and Raymond,
deceased. Edna married Irving Peelle, of Wilmington,
and has one son, Miles. Dwight married Nettie
Hughes and has one child, Miriam. They reside at
Richwood, Ohio, where he is a minister in the Methodist Protestant
church. Heber W., who lives on the home place, married
Hazel Reed and they have two children, Jean and Freda
Ellen.
Mr. and Mrs.. Custis are members of the Methodist
Protestant church and are especially interested in the Sunday school.
Mr. Curtis has been superintendent of the Sunday school and class
leader in the church. In fact, the entire family are interested in
religious work. Fraternally, Levi H. Custis is a member of
the Masonic Lodge No. 324, Sabina, Ohio.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
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