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History of Clinton County, Ohio
Its People, Industries and Institutions
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Albert J. Brown, A.M.
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With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families
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Indianapolis, Indiana
 1915
Contrib. by Sharon Wick
 
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  FRANK D. SAVILLE

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  851
  WILLIAM T. SCOTT, M. D.

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  569
  JOHN L. SEITZ

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  595
  CHARLES W. SEWELL

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  444
  EDWIN R. SHANK.  Clinton county may not only be proud of its farming districts and of the men who manage and control them, but also in its towns are found men who have risen to prominence in the business of buying and selling merchandise, and to these, too, is due a measure of praise.  Among this type of citizens is the man whose career the biographer is now to consider briefly, Edwin R. Shank having chosen to cast his lot with those engaged in mercantile business.
     Edwin R. Shank, son of Samuel A. and Mary A. (Stump) Shank, was born in Marion township, this county, on Nov. 5, 1886, his father being a native of the same county.  After serving his apprenticeship as a worker on the farm, at the same time attending the public schools, the Clarksville high school, and Wilmington College, in which latter excellent institution he spent a year.  For a time after completing his school work, Mr. Shank was engaged in various occupations, and on Feb. 15, 1915, became a merchant in the dry goods, shoes and notions line in Clarksville, where he enjoys a liberal and growing patronage.
     On Dec. 26, 1812, Edward R. Shank was united in marriage to Alice Florence Whitacre, daughter of George Whitacre, of Vernon township, this county, who was born in Warren county, Ohio, on Oct. 21, 1885.  To this union was born one child, a daughter, Mary Alma who died in infancy.
     Mr. and Mrs. Shank are stanch supporters of the Friends church.  Mr. Shank has always adhered to the principles of the Republican party, and is a believer in the benefits to be derived from membership in secret orders, for he belongs to the Clarksville lodge of Odd Fellows and to the Modern Woodmen.
     Mr. Shank, since his removal to Clarksville, has been a distinct asset to that community, for he has always stood for fair and square dealing, honor and integrity in his personal and social relationships, and represents a high type of citizenship.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  537
  LUCIUS D. SHANK.  A man's reputation among his neighbors in the community in which he has spent t he greater part of his life is a pretty certain index of his worth.  We either influence, or are influenced by others, according to our temperament and its reaction upon our environment, and when successful in life's battle, if that success has been won honorably, a study of the individual and the causes which have entered into his success, not only becomes profitable, but becomes likewise an inspiration to similar endeavor on the part of others.  In this connection, it is highly appropriate that the life of Lucius D. Shank, whose career in this county has given him prestige as a farmer and stock-raiser, be given consideration here.  Mr. Shank, who was born in Marion township, Clinton county, on Mar. 12, 1854, is the son of James H. and Margaret (Crossen) Shank, a former a native of the same township, born on Apr. 20, 1829.
     James H. Shank was a son of Henry Shank, mentioned elsewhere in this publication.  The maternal grandparents, George and Charlotte (Morrison) Crossen, braved the dangers of pioneer life when they came to this county, in which they spent the remainder of their days.  James H. Shank was a farmer, but when the fires of rebellion were raging in the South he was among the first to offer up his life, if need be, to save the Union.  And fate decreed that this should be his sacrifice, for, having been taken prisoner by the enemy, he died of starvation in a Confederate prison pen in February, 1865.  He was a Republican and a member of the Presbyterian church at Pleasant Grove.  He and his wife were the parents of five children, Lucius D., George Henry, Samuel A., Martin Elsworth (who died in infancy), and Florence May.  The mother of these children died on Mar. 21, 1906.
     Mr. Shank was reared a farmer's boy, receiving his education in the country schools near his home.  By hard work and personal sacrifice, he has acquired one hundred ninety-two acres of land, being ably assisted by the co-operation of his devoted wife.  It was on the 8th of February, 1877, that he married Mary Elizabeth Urton, who was born in this county on Jan. 24, 1854, the daughter of Daniel and Nancy Ann (Brown) Urton pioneers of this county.  To this union five children have been born, namely:  Otis J., Elva May, Veda Maud (decreased), Clarence D., and an infant son, who died.
     Mr. Shank is a Republican and served his community well as a member of the board for four years.  He is a  member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Grange.
     While Mr. Shank's life has been comparatively free from stirring adventure, having been spent in the quiet devoted to duty, it has been a life well spent, and its influence has been decidedly for good.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  875
  DR. FRANK R. SMITH. The Smith family has been prominently connected with the agricultural, business and political life of Clinton county, Ohio, for two or three generations. Many of the members of this family have been prominent farmers in Clinton county, but the later generations seem to have turned their attention to business and to the professions. Frank R. Smith, D. D. S., a well-known and prosperous dentist of Wilmington, who has been engaged in the practice of his profession in this city for about seventeen years, is a representative of the fourth generation of the family in Clinton county, his grandfather on his paternal side having been born in this county.
Dr. Frank R. Smith was born on January 1, 1874, in Vernon township, Clinton county, Ohio, the son of George H. and Jerusha Araminta (Bates) Smith, the former of whom was born near Ogden in Vernon, in 1840, and who died on February 28, 1878, when Frank R. was only four years old, and the latter born near Springboro, Warren county, on October 15, 1846, and is still living.
The paternal grandparents of Dr. Frank R. Smith were Daniel and Ann (Hartman) Smith, the former of whom was born in Clinton county, Ohio, and the latter of whom was born in Virginia, and who was brought to Ohio from Virginia when a child. Daniel Smith owned a farm in Vernon township, where he lived and died. He and his wife and family were members of the Methodist Protestant church. They reared four sons and one daughter. Doctor Smith's maternal grandparents were William and Phoebe (Jenks) Bates, the former of whom was born in Utica, New York, in 1820, and who died in 1890, and the latter of whom was born near Saboy, Massachusetts, in 1822, and who died in 1901. William Bates came with his parents, Thomas and Sarah Bates, to Clinton county, Ohio, when a lad. Thomas Bates had emigrated from England when he was twelve years old. About 1835 the family removed from New York with thirteen children and settled in Clarksville, Clinton county, where they operated a dairy for John Hadley for several years. Thomas Bates moved from Clarksville to Springboro, Warren county where William Bates grew up. Later the father came to Washington township, Clinton county, and purchased the Woodmansee farm of three hundred acres and died there. Three of his sons divided the farm and lived there for many years. William Bates inherited a farm in Washington township and added to it in after life, living there until his death. He was a carpenter by trade and not only erected all of the buildings on his own place, but erected a good many barns on other farms. He was a dyed-in-the-wool Republican and prominent in local politics, especially in Washington township, where he served as township trustee. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Phoebe (Jenks) Bates, who was the wife of William Bates, was the daughter of Patton and Polly Jenks, who were born in Massachusetts. In 1840 they settled in Washington township, Clinton county, Ohio, where Patton Jenks purchased a farm of two hundred and eighty acres. It was upon this farm that he and his wife died. They had four children, of whom Doctor Smith's mother was the eldest. The others were Elsina, who died at the age of eleven; David, deceased, who was a farmer; Sarah Jane, who married Ira Hodson, of Dayton, Ohio, and who died in 1912.
     George H. Smith, who was Doctor Smith's father, grew up in Vernon township, Clinton county, and after his marriage rented land in Vernon township. He was a strong Republican and in 1876 was elected sheriff of Clinton county, passing away in 1878 at the age of thirty-eight years, while the incumbent of that office.  He and his wife were members of the Methodist Protestant church.  He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Masonic fraternity.  In the latter he became a Knight Templar, a member of Ealey Commandery at Washington C. H.   Dr. Frank R. Smith had only one brother, Edmond J., who was born in October, 1866, and who lives at Wilmington.  He is a traveling salesman for the Champion Bridge Company, and married Elizabeth Lewis.  After the death of Dr. Frank R. Smith's father, his mother made her home with her parents until they passed away and then lived on the home place until 1913, when she moved to Wilmington, purchasing a home where she now lives.
     Frank R. Smith was only four years old, as heretofore noted, when his father passed away, and he was taken by his mother to live on his maternal grandparents' farm in Washington township, and there he grew to manhood.   After attending the district schools in Washington township, he became a student at Wilmington College, and finally entered the Cincinnati Dental College and was graduated with the class of 1896.  Two years later he came to Wilmington and began the practice of his profession, where he has been engaged ever since.  Doctor Smith has been successful in the practice of his profession and enjoys a large patronage.
     On March 8, 1905, Frank R. Smith was married to Eleanor Madden, who was born in Clinton county, Ohio, the daughter of Arthur and Mary Madden, the former of whom is deceased, but the latter of whom is still living.  Mrs. Smith's father was a traveling salesman who lived at Wilmington.  At one time he served his fellow citizens as a member of the Ohio state Senate.  Doctor and Mrs. Smith have no children.
     Dr. Frank R. Smith is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.  He is a man who has made a special study of all of the modern devices of dentistry and is thoroughly up-to-date in the practice of his profession.  He takes a worthy interest in public affairs, but has never aspired to office.
 Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  374
  HARLEY H. SMITH.     Perseverance and sterling worth are almost always sure to win conspicuous recognition in all localities.  Harley H. Smith, who, for a number of years, has been recognized as one of the leading educators of this county, is a young man of genial presence, intelligent and broad-minded.  He is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, superintendent of the Kingman high school, and owner of one hundred and seventy acres of land in Chester township.  His career is a splendid example of the successful, self-made young man, and he eminently deserves the trust reposed in him by his fellow citizens.
     Harley H. Smith was born on May 2, 1880, at New Burlington, at the edge of Greene county, Ohio, a son of Lewis and Rachel E. (Craft) Smith, the former of whom was born on May 5, 1837, in Warren county, Ohio, and died on May 7, 1902.  The latter was born on May 5, 1837, in Warren county, Ohio, and died on May 7, 1902.  The latter was born on Sept. 10, 1839, at New Burlington, in this county, a daughter of Allen and Rachel (Mann) Craft.
     The paternal grandparents of Harley H. Smith were James and Elizabeth (Cain) Smith, both of whom were natives of Warren county, Ohio.  James Smith was a blacksmith at New Burlington, and owned the first blacksmith shop in that town.  He worked at that trade all his life and, in addition to his work as a blacksmith, was the owner of a farm, which he operated in connection with his work in the blacksmith shop.  He was a member of the old Whig party and a stanch citizen, he and his wife having been prominent members of the Methodist church.  James and Elizabeth (Cain) Smith were the parents of twelve children, Lewis, Wesley, Joseph R., Hannah, Josephine, Arabella, Laura, Alice, Nancy, and three who died in infancy.
     The late Lewis Smith, father of Harley H., learned the blacksmith trade after finishing his education in the schools of New Burlington, and worked at that trade practically all of his life in that town.  During the last eight years of his life, he served as commissioner of Greene county, Ohio.  Several years before he was elected commissioner he served as trustee of Spring Valley township in that county.  He was a Republican in politics, a member of the Methodist church, and held about every office in that church.  He was a prominent member of the Masonic lodge, and his six sons were all members of the same fraternal organization.  Lewis Smith and wife were the parents of ten children, Rena Bell, Wesley A., William F., Wayne C., Harry, Minnie, Le Roy, Harriet and Harley H. (twins) and Leslie.
     Harley H. Smith began a pursuit of education in the common schools at New Burlington, but later attended the Xenia high school for two years.  After leaving high school he taught school for eight years in Greene county, and subsequently entered Ohio Wesleyan University, and was graduated from that excellent institution with the class of 1911, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts.  Since his graduation he has been engaged in teaching.  He was in charge of the history department of the Greenville high school for one year and from Greenville returned to his home in Chester township, this county, where he has had charge of the Kingman high school for three years.  Mr. Smith is the owner of one hundred and seventy acres of land in Chester township, where he is living at the present time.
     In 1907 Harley H. Smith was married to Sarah A. McKay, daughter of Robert F. and Mary F. (Nickerson) McKay, and a sister of Welden McKay, whose biographical sketch, presented elsewhere in this volume, gives a history of the McKay family.
     Mr. and Mrs. Smith who are both descendants of leading families of Clinton county, are a young couple of wide and liberal culture.  They are earnest and consistent members of the Methodist church at New Burlington and take an active part in church work.  Politically, Mr. Smith votes the Republican ticket, while fraternally he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons.
 Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 685

Mr. & Mrs.
James E. Smith		 JAMES E. SMITH.     A man's reputation is the property of the world, for the laws of nature have forbidden isolation.  Every human being either submits to the controlling influence of others or wields an influence which touches, controls, guides or directs others.  If he be honest and successful in his chosen fields, investigation will brighten his fame and point the way along which others may follow with like success.  the reputation of James E. Smith, one of the leading citizens of Clinton county, has been of the very highest order and he is today filling one of the responsible positions in this county, having been appointed nearly twenty years ago as superintendent of the Clinton county children's home.
     James E. Smith was born on Mar. 27, 1847, at Hawes Chapel, Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, the son of Daniel and Anna Maria (Hartman) Smith, the former of whom was born on Apr. 15, 1809, near Chatham, North Carolina, and died on Mar. 30, 1880, and the latter of whom was born in 1815, in West Virginia, and died in 1888.  The parents of Daniel Smith were Conrad and Elizabeth Smith, the former of whom settled on the Smith farm, in Gates' survey, about 1815.  Conrad Smith's wife, before here marriage, was Elizabeth McDaniel.  They had five children:   John, George, Daniel, Abigail and Susanah.  John married Mariah Smith, Abigail married Samuel Wingfield, and Susannah married Aquilla Reese.  Conrad Smith and his wife were highly-respected residents.  Their remains were interred in the cemetery at Lytle's creek.  They owned one hundred acres of land at the time of their death.
     Anna Maria Hartman was the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Hartman, who were natives of West Virginia, born about 1820.  After coming to Clinton county, they located near Starbucktown, in Union township, where he was a blacksmith.  He was tall and a very strong man physically.  Late in life he immigrated to Jay county, Indiana, where he purchased a farm.  He and his wife died in Jay county.  They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
     Daniel Smith was nine months old when the family came to Clinton county, Ohio.  He learned the blacksmith's trade and the cooper's trade from Jonathan Doan.  Eventually, he purchased the interests of the heirs in his grandfather's farm in Adams township, where he died.  Both he and his wife were members of the Friends church.  They had five children.
     Of these children, Joseph H. Smith, a retired farmer of Wilmington, was a soldier in the Civil War.  He enlisted on Sept. 12, 1861, in Company G, Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  This regiment was attached to the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Fourteenth Army Corps, and was mustered out on July 25, 1865, and discharged at Columbus, Ohio.  Joseph H. Smith participated in the Grand Review at Washington, D. C., at teh end of the war.  He was a sergeant when discharged and had been wounded in the arm by a canister ball during service.  Among the engagements in which he participated were the following:  Mill Springs, Kentucky, Jan. 19, 1862; Corinth, Mississippi, May 17, 1862; Chickamauga, Georgia, Sept. 19 and 20, 1863; Resaca, Georgia, May 14, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 18-24, 1864; Savannah, Georgia, Dec. 21, 1864; and Raleigh, North Carolina, Apr. 13, 1865.  Joseph H. Smith was the second child born in his father's family.
     The eldest child in the family of Daniel and Anna Mariah Smith was George H., who was a farmer in Vernon township, who was elected sheriff of Clinton county and who died in office.  George H. was also a soldier in the same company and regiment as his bother, Joseph, and was in the same engagements.  John C. Smith, who died on July 12, 1913, while living in Wilmington, had also served two terms as sheriff of Clinton county and had later served as postmaster.  John C. was also a soldier, enlisting in 1863 and serving till the close of the war in the same company and regiment with his brothers.  His widow is still living.  James E., the fourth child, is the subject of this sketch.  Mary E., who was born in 1854, died in 1863.
     James E. Smith attended the public schools of Adams township and helped his father on the farm during his boyhood and youth.  He also learned the carpenter's trade, remaining at home until his marriage, renting the home farm.
     Mr. Smith was appointed superintendent of the Clinton county children's home, Sept. 1, 1896, nearly twenty years ago, and has been continually at the head of t his home since that time.  The public generally is aware of the responsibility which attaches to a position of this sort.  No greater evidence of the standing of James E. Smith in the community where he lives, in Clinton county, could be given than his long tenure in this responsible and delicate position.
     In 1909 Mr. Smith purchased fifth-eight acres of land, which he sold in 1914, and he then purchased ninety-six acres in Chester township.
     On Nov. 29, 1877, James E. Smith was married to Mary E. Osborn, a native of Adams township, born in 1856, the daughter of Peter and Eliza Ann Osborn, both of whom are deceased.  He was a farmer and a minister in the society of Friends.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith were married on Thanksgiving Day.  They have had two children, both of whom are living; Ella, born in 1879, who married Robert White, a resident of Union township; and Lena, born in 1882, who married Levi M. Hawkins, and lives on her father's farm in Chester township.
     Aside from his present position of trust and responsibility, Mr. Smith at one time served for six years as township trustee of Union township.  He is identified with the Republican party and he and his family are members of the Friends church.  Mr. Smith is an elder in the church.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 720
  JOHN  QUINCY SMITH.     John Quincy Smith was born in Wayne township, Warren county, Ohio, Nov. 5, 1824, son of Thomas and Mary (Whitehill) Smith, Thomas Smith was born in Powhatan county, Virginia, in 1783, the son of Rev. James and Elizabeth (Porter) Smith.  James Smith's father was Thomas Smith, and his mother Magdalen (Trabue) Smith, she being a daughter of Sir Antoine Trabue, who fled from France about 1685, during the persecution of the Huguenots, and came to America about 1700.
     Thomas Smith, born 1719, died 1786, the father of James, was of English descent, being a son of George Smith, and Ann (Bailey) Smith.  They lived in what is now Powhatan county, Virginia, early in the 18th century.  Mary (Whitehill) Smith, born 1788, deceased, 1849, was a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Kennedy) Whitehill, who lived in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.  The Whitehills were a Scotch-Irish family who settled in that part of Pennsylvania about 1720.  This branch emigrated to Ohio in 1815, settling near Lebanon, Warren county.  Thomas Smith and Mary Whitehill were married on Feb. 6, 1817.
     The Rev. James Smith, grandfather of John Quincy Smith, was a farmer and slaveholder in Virginia, but being very much opposed to the institution of slavery, freed his slaves and removed to the territory northwest of the Ohio river, in the fall of 1798, his slaves and removed to the territory northwest of the Ohio river, in the fall of 1798, where he died of a fever soon after their arrival.  His widow, Elizabeth (Porter) Smith and her family of nine children removed to their farm near the mouth of Caesar's creek, Warren county, where she died in January, 1825, and where Thomas and Mary (Whitehill) Smith lived and reared, their family.
     John Q. Smith, the subject of this sketch, attended the neighborhood schools, and for a short time, Miami University, from which he was recalled by the death of his father, in 1841.  He lived at the family home until his marriage, in 1852.  His wife, Lydia Emma (Evans) Smith, born near Lebanon, Sept. 4, 1834, was a daughter of Charles and Susannah (Throckmorton) Evans.  The Evanses were of an old New Jersey family, belonging to the Society of Friends, who emigrated to Warren county, Ohio, about 1809.
     The Smith family were Whigs, but John Quincy Smith identified himself with the Freesoilers at an early date and later with the Republican party at its formation about 1856.  He served as state senator and representative in the Ohio Legislature, 1860-3; was a member of Congress, 1873-4; United States Commissioner of Indian affairs, 1875-7, and consul general of the United States in Canada, 1878-82.  Shortly after his return from Canada he identified himself with the  Democratic party on the tariff issue, being an earnest believer in free trade.  For more than fifty years he was active in the political affairs of his state and country, as a writer and speaker.  In 1854 he moved to a farm near Oakland, Chester township, Clinton county, where he died on Dec. 30, 1901, his widow surviving him until June 16, 1906.
     Of the three children of John Q. and Lydia E. (Evans) Smith now living, Mrs. William C. McCune, lives at Kokomo, Indiana, and Miss Ellen  H. Smith, at Wilmington, Ohio.  The eldest son, Horace Whitehill Smith, born Oct. 2, 1853, is one of the leading citizens and business men of Clinton county.  He was married in 1877, to Mary Eva Campbell, of Chester township, daughter of James W. and Mary Elizabeth (Brown) Campbell, to which union three son s have been born, Irving, Quincy and Edwin.
     One son of John Q. Smith and wife, Kennedy, died in infancy.  Another, Charles T., a young man, died in Georgia.  Another son, Prescott, died in 1912, a judge of the superior court at Cincinnati.
 Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 939

Simeon G. Smith		 SIMEON G. SMITH.    For one hundred years the family of Ephraim Smith, an English sailor who settled on American shores and became the founder of an extensive family, has been represented in Clinton county, the first of that line of Smiths to come here having been another Ephraim, who came from New Jersey in the year 1816 and located on a farm in Vernon township, on which he conducted a roadside tavern which was farmed for the weary traveler.  This pioneer tavern was situated on the main east and west highway through this section at that time, over which there was a constant stream of travel, and Ephraim Smith's reputation as a boniface extended far beyond the mere confines of this county.  Ephraim Smith was twice married and had a large family of children, the numerous descendants of whom, in this generation, are widely scattered throughout this section of Ohio and many of whom have wandered into other states.  Of this numerous family probably the best-known member in Clinton county is the gentleman whose name forms the caption for this interesting biographical review, Simeon G. Smith, a well-known lawyer of Wilmington, who for years has been recognized as one of the leaders of the bar of the Clinton circuit court.
     Simeon G. Smith was born on a farm situated on the line separating Washington and Clark townships, in Clinton county, Ohio, on August 13, 1846, son of Amos and Hester A. (Morris) Smith, the former of whom was born on the old Smith homestead in this county, in April, 1824, and died in April, 1879, and the latter of whom was born at Huntsville, Alabama, in 1822 and died in 1898.
     The family of Smiths from which Simeon G. Smith is descended had its origin in this country early in the second quarter of the eighteenth century, when Ephraim Smith, an English sailor, weary of sailing the seven seas, located in Long Island, later moving with his family to New Jersey, where he spent the remainder of his days.  Ephraim Smith was born in England in 1691 and died on Mar. 27, 1750, at the age of fifty-nine years, three months and two days.  He and his wife, Hannah, the latter of whom died on Feb. 5, 1736, were the parents of four children, namely: Ephraim, born on Dec. 15, 1727; Simeon, great-grandfather of the immediate subject of this sketch, born on Friday, Jan. 16, 1730, and died on Nov. 27, 1807; Hannah, born on Jan. 4, 1732, and Daniel, born on June 21, 1734, and died on Sept. 27, 1749.
     Simeon Smith, after whom the subject of this sketch was named, was reared to the blacksmith trade and became a man of substance in his  home community in New Jersey.  On Thursday, June 9, 1768, he was united in marriage to Catherine Servis, daughter of Uri and Elizabeth Servis, and to this union six children were born, as follow:  Elizabeth born on Aug. 29, 1771; Sarah, Nov. 7, 1773; Anna, Dec. 6, 1775; Ephraim, grandfather of Simeon G., born on Apr. 7, 1778, died on Oct. 14, 1838; Cornelius, Oct. 12, 1780, died on Jan. 15, 1859, and Rebecca, Oct. 13, 1783, died on Jan. 7, 1866.
     Ephraim Smith, in the third generation from Ephraim, the English sailor, was the first of the line to locate in Clinton county, as set out above.  He was twice married, his first wife, Sarah Higgins, grandmother of Simeon G. Smith, having been a daughter of Matthew Higgins, a soldier in the patriot army from New Jersey during the Revolutionary War.  Upon her death he married, secondly, Rebecca Dolby, and by both unions had issue, the children of the first union numbering six, namely: Ephraim, a farmer of the Clarksville neighborhood, now deceased; Jonathan, also a former well-known farmer of this county, now deceased; Amos, father of the subject of this sketch; Mary, who married Benjamin N. Austin; Mrs. Eliza Batson and Mrs. Fordyce.  To the second union four children were born, as follows:  Mrs. Lois Austin, Mrs. Rebecca Osborne, Samuel (deceased) and George, who is living in Iowa.
     Amos Smith was reared on the farm in Vernon township and was a farmer practically his whole life.  During the period of the Civil War he conducted a general store in the village of Morrisville and then  bought a farm in Highland county, this state, on which he spent the remainder of his life.  He married Hester A. Morris, member of one of the well-known pioneer families of Highland county and he and his wife early became recognized as among the most influential members of the community in which they resided.  Hester A. Morris was the daughter of William and Dephsey (Bales) Morris, the former a Virginian and the latter a native of Alabama.  William Morris left Virginia during his early manhood, going to Alabama, where he engaged in farming.  There he married Dephsey Bales and about the year 1835 came to Ohio, locating in Highland county, where he became a substantial farmer, spending the rest of his life there, living to the great age of ninety-eight years.  His wife died at the age of eighty-three and William Morris married, secondly, at the age of eighty-four.  He was a prominent member of the Disciples church and took an active part in the affairs of his community, being an influential factor in both the civic and religious life of the county.  Amos Smith and his wife also were members of the Disciples church and were active in all good works thereabout.  Amos Smith was an ardent Whig and upon the organization of the Republican party transferred his allegiance to that party, for many years being recognized as one of their lenders in his neighborhood.  For years he served his community as a magistrate and the soundness of his judgments in such local disputes as required adjudication in his court, secured to him wide fame as a just judge.
     To Amos and Hester A. (Morris) Smith were born six children, namely: Samantha, now deceased, who married S. J. Brown; Simeon G., the immediate subject of this sketch; Mary E., who died in the year 1868, at the age of seventeen; Hiram P., a substantial farmer, of Hillsboro, this state; Sophronia, wife of Judge Savage, of Wilmington, this county, and Almeda, who also lives in Wilmington.
     Simeon G. Smith's youth was spent at Morrisville, his elementary education being received in the schools of that pleasant village.  He supplemented this instruction by a course in Grear's Commercial College at Dayton, this state, after which he entered the law office of Governor McBurney, at Lebanon, Ohio, as a student.  So effectively did he apply himself to the study of law under his excellent preceptor that at the end of two years, in 1874, he was admitted to the bar at Lebanon.  After thus qualifying for a practice of law, Mr. Smith returned to his native county, locating at Wilmington, where he since has been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession.  Upon locating in Wilmington, Mr. Smith formed a partnership with the Hon. John S. Savage, former congressman from this district, a mutually satisfactory arrangement which continued until the death of the latter in 1884.  Mr. Smith then formed a partnership with W. W. Savage, and this connection continued until the latter's elevation to the bench of the Clinton circuit court in 1900, whereupon Mr. Smith entered into a partnership with F. M. Clevenger, a happy combination of talents, which still exists, to the mutual satisfaction of both.  Mr. Smith's success as a lawyer was assured from the very start and he rapidly rose to a commanding position at the bar of the Clinton circuit court, quickly achieving a reputation for prudent and sagacious practice which extended far throughout this section of the state.  Few legal firms in this part of Ohio are better established than that of Smith & Clevenger, that firm's clientele including many important connections hereabout.
     On Aug. 27, 1879, Simeon G. Smith was united in marriage to Althea B. Moore, who was born in Missouri, near the city of Cairo, Illinois.  She was a daughter of William and Sarah Moore, both of whom now are deceased, and to this union six children have been born, as follows:  Wella M., who is a teacher of domestic science in the public schools of Covington, Kentucky; Allan, who was graduated from Wilmington College and the law school of Columbia University and is now engaged in the practice of law at Cincinnati; Anna a teacher in the Wilmington schools; Jessie, also a teacher in the Wilmington schools; Helen, who also occupies a position as teacher in the Wilmington schools, and Kathryn, a student in the Arnold school of Physical Culture, at New Haven, Connecticut.
     Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Disciples church and their children were reared in the faith of that communion.  Mr. Smith is a Republican and takes a keen interest in the political affairs of his home county, being deeply concerned in all matters having to do with the betterment of conditions in the community to which, for years, he has given devoted efforts.  He has served the public acceptably in the capacity of city councilman at Wilmington and as a member of the city school board, to both of which important trusts he gave his most intelligent attention.  He also is alertly attentive to the rapidly-growing business interests of his home city, ever being found among the leaders in movements designed to promote the city's advancement, and, as a director and vice-president of the First National Bank of Wilmington, and formerly a director of the Clinton County National Bank, occupies a prominent position in the financial circles of this region.
     Mr. Smith is a prominent member of the Masonic order at Wilmington, having attained to the commandery, and is a past master and a high priest in the order.  He has prospered in the matter of the world's goods, and owns a handsome home on Lincoln avenue, Wilmington, which he built in 1909, and which is the scene of much cordial hospitality, he and his family being regarded as among the lenders in the social affairs of the city.  Genial, affable, a thorough lawyer and a gentleman, Mr. Smith is exceedingly popular, not only among his associates at the bar, but among all classes in this county.
 Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 420
 

WILLIAM E. SMITH.     William E. Smith, a former farmer of Clinton county, who is now engaged in the livery business at Wilmington, is one of the enterprising citizens of this section of Ohio, and is well known for his aggressive habit, his power of leadership, and his cordial personal relations with his fellow townsmen.
     William E. Smith was born on Dec. 20, 1858, in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, the son of Robert Henry and Elizabeth (Haney) Smith, the former of whom was born near Winchester, Virginia, in the Shenandoah valley, July 11, 1828, and who died on March 1, 1876, and the latter of whom was born in the Shenandoah valley of Virginia, November, 1824, and who died on Oct. 31, 1897.
     The paternal grandparents of William E. Smith were John S. and Susan Smith, both of whom were natives of Virginia, and who, when their son, Robert Henry, was a small lad, came from Virginia to Clinton county, Ohio, and purchased a farm on the south side of Union township.  They belonged to the Christian church.  He died at the age of seventy-eight and she at the age of eighty-four.  Mr. Smith maternal grandparents were Charles and Sarah Haney, both of whom were natives of Virginia.  Charles Haney became the heir to a great many slaves, but he was opposed to slavery and turned the slaves free.  He and his wife were also members of the Christian church.  Their daughter, Elizabeth, the mother of William E. Smith, was only six years old when they came from Virginia to Greene township, Clinton county, Ohio.  Charles Haney was a well-to-do farmer and served in the War of 1812.  His wife drew a pension after his death while she was living in New Antioch, Ohio.
     Robert Henry Smith grew to manhood in Clinton county, Ohio, and became a miller by occupation, and owned and operated a flour-mill during early life.  He served with the famous "Squirrel Hunters" during the Civil War, and was a result of his zeal in his mill was burned, probably by members of the Knights of the Golden Circle, who were active in this county.  Afterwards he purchased a farm in Union township, and lived there until his death.  He was a Republican in politics, and his wife was a devout member of the Christian church.  They had two children:  William E., the subject of this sketch; and Eva, who married David Leaming, and after his death married Elmer Clevenger; she died in 1910.
     Mrs. Robert Henry Smith was first married to Robertson Custis.  After his death she was married to Robert Henry Smith.  By her first marriage she had four children: Charles, lives in Wilmington and is a veteran of the Civil War; Thomas, lives in California and owns a cigar store in Santa Barbara, and two daughters, deceased.
     William E. Smith attended the public schools in Union township and worked on his father's farm until he had attained his majority.  After this he was married and lived on the home farm for five years, when he moved to a farm two miles southwest of Cuba, which was owned by his father-in-law, and where he lived for eight years.  In 1899 he removed to Wilmington and purchased the spray livery barn on West Main street.  He has been successfully engaged in business in Wilmington for the past sixteen years.
     On Oct. 11, 1881, William E. Smith was married to Emma Cast, who was born in Washington township, Clinton county, Ohio, and who is the daughter of Simeon and Mary Cast, both of whom are deceased.  He was a farmer by occupation, but spent his later years in Wilmington.
     To Mr. and Mrs. William E. Smith have been born two children:  Eugenia, the first born died in infancy; Harold S., who was born on Dec. 23, 1891, is a bookkeeper in the itizens National Bank at Wilmington.  He is unmarried and lives with his parents.
     Mr. and Mrs. Smith belong to the Baptist church, and Mr. Smith is a trustee of the church.  He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.  An ardent Republican in politics, he was at one time elected a member of the Wilmington city council and served in this office with distinction.
     Mr. Smith has not only been successful in business, but he has been successful without losing the confidence and esteem of his fellow townsmen, a distinction of no mean importance.  Good natured, whole-hearted and generous, he is a popular resident of the city of Wilmington.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 381
  CHARLES L. SMITHSON

 

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 918
  J. M. SNIDER.     J. M. Snider, who owns a beautiful farm of one hundred and forty-four acres two miles east of Sabina, and who is one of the most capable farmers in that section of Clinton county, was born on Dec. 3, 1853, near Martinsburg, in Fayette county, Ohio, son of A. I. and Sarah (Kneddler) Snider, the former of whom, a native of Highland county, was the son of William Snider, a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter, a native of Fayette county, was the daughter of George Kneddler, a native of Virginia, who came to Ohio in 1808, settling in Fayette county.  George Kneddler was the son of Peter Kneddler, a soldier in the patriot army during the Revolutionary War.
     Like so many of the early settlers of Ohio, William Snider, the grandfather of J. M., was a native of Pennsylvania, who emigrated to Highland county in an early day and who engaged in farming and carpentry.  He owned a farm in Highland county, but about 1850 he moved to Iowa, where he lived on a farm the remainder of his life.
     A. L. Snider was educated in the common schools of Highland county and learned the shoemaker's trade early in life, a trade in which he was engaged in Highland and Fayette counties.  He died in the latter county.  A. L. and Sarah Snider had seven children:  George, who died at the age of about six years; Elizabeth, who married C. Edward Jenkins; J. M., the subject of this sketch; Robert, who married anna Zimmerman;  Ellis, who married Anna Higgins; Charles who married Anna Clark; and Harrison, who died young.  The family of A. L. Snider were members of the Methodist church and  he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
     Educated in the common schools of Fayette county, Ohio, J. M. Snider began farming when a young man in that county, but in 1881 came to Clinton county, where he bought a farm of eighty-two acres in Richmond township.  He has since added to this farm and now owns altogether one hundred and forty-four acres, upon which he has erected the beautiful house in which he lives, besides two barns and other proper buildings.  The house was erected in 1898.  Mr. Snider is an extensive breeder of Poland China hogs and Jersey cattle and does general farming.
     J. M. Snider was married to Keturah Pavey, daughter of William and Jerdena (Conner) Pavey, and to this union three children have been born; Vernia, who became the wife of Howard Curtis; William H., employed in the National Bank of Sabina, who married Hazel Moore and has one daughter, Rosalie, and C. H., who married Lena McVey and lives with Mr. Snider on the farm.
     Mr. and Mrs. Snider and family are members of the Methodist Protestant church.  He is a prosperous and highly respected citizen in Richland township and enjoys the esteem of all who know him.
 Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 887
 

PHILIP EDWIN SNYDER.     Philip Edwin Snyder, the proprietor of one of the large hardware stores in southern Ohio, has made a worthy success in life because he was never willing to quit, and bcause because, when the great test of his life came, he was unwilling to yield to misfortune or give up the battle he had previously begun.  Stripped of practically all his property in 1895, when the fire swept over Blanchester, he undertook to build up the business he had entered as a partner with a very small investment, and the years which he had spent working for others, and the reputation he had established for honor and integrity gave him unlimited credit when it was necessary to start over again.  He could have had fifty thousand dollars' credit and he asked it.  There is certainly a lesson in this experience for all young men, as it shows conclusively the value of upright dealing.
     Philip Edwin Snyder, who began the hardware business with D. H. Moon on a salary of fifty dollars a year, and how worked the second year for eighty dollars, the third for two hundred and forty dollars, was born on Oct. 13, 1869, in Butlerville, Ohio, the son of Philip Augusta and Barbara Ellen (Fox) Snyder, the former a native of Rochester, Ohio and the latter a native of Germany.  Mr. Snyder's paternal grandparents were natives of Ohio, and his maternal grandparents were natives of Germany.  His mother came to America with friends, who first located in Indiana.  His father, who was educated in the schools of Ohio, was a harness maker, and operated a large harness shop at Butlerville.  During the last twenty-five years of his life he became active in real estate and worked as an abstractor until his death, in 1903.  His wife died in 1907.  He was active in religious affairs and in temperance work, the first prayer meeting held in Blanchester under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal church having occurred in his home.  He was also active in the organization of the Methodist Episcopal church at Blanchester, and for many years served as steward and director in that denomination.  He had enlisted for service in the Union army during the Civil war, but the regiment was sent back in four days.  Philip A. Snyder and wife were the parents of the following children:  Henry, Gilbert, Mary, Sarah Jane, Lewis, Nelson, Warren, Giffon, Anna and Philip Edwin.
     Philip Edwin Snyder received his education in the schools of Blanchester.  In 1887 he entered the drug and hardware business, working with D. H. Moon.  when he entered the business he had invested twenty-five dollars.  In a short time afterward a hardware business was formed.  In 1895 the big fire swept over Blanchester, burned the store and stock, and having lost the entire stock and the results of his hard labor in this fire.  Philip E. Snyder revived the business with his savings of three hundred dollars.  He opened a store on the street on the street opposite his present location in a small shed which he erected.  One year later he removed to the First National Bank building, and since to his present location.  He now utilizes over thirteen thousand square feet for his stock of hardware, paints, harness, buggies, china, ranges and five-and-ten-cent department.  He now has one of the largest hardware stores in southern Ohio.  When he undertook to revive the business which had been destroyed by the fire, he found to his great delight that his credit was unlimited, because he had always made it a point to be square in his dealings.
     Philip E. Snyder was married in June, 1898, to Lucy Cooper, of Salisbury, Maryland, and to this marriage have been born three children, Clarence, Harry and Isabel.  Mr. and Mrs. Snyder are earnest and faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Snyder has taken a prominent part in the active work of the church, having served as a director for many years.  He is a director in the Ohio Hardware Association, and one of its original members.  He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 465

 

THOMAS SOUTH.  Among the earnest men of a past generation in Clinton county, whose enterprise, strength of character and engaging personality won a prominent place in the hearts of his neighbors and fellow citizens and the respect and confidence of the people of Clinton county, was the late Thomas South, who served two terms as sheriff of Clinton county.  He helped to build many of the public buildings now standing in this county, was a man of positive views and laudable ambitions, and his influence was always exerted for the advancement of his friends.  He was a very worth citizen and a good man.
     Thomas South was born on January8, 1840, in Goshen, Clermont county, Ohio, and died on Dec. 28, 1912.  He was a son of Benjamin and Mary (Brunson) South, the former of whom was born in Cincinnati, and who died in 1862 of pneumonia, contracted while he was visiting his son in the Union army.  His wife died on May 29, 1892, at the age of seventy-two years.  Benjamin South was a stone-mason, and lied near Goshen in Clermont county all his life.  All the members of his family were identified with the Presbyterian church.  He and his wife had only two children, Thomas, the subject of this sketch, and William, who died on Nov. 20, 1878, as the result of the accidental discharge of a gun while he was hunting.  He also was a bricklayer by trade. 
     Thomas South attended the district schools of Clermont county, and later one of the leading business colleges at Cincinnati, where he obtained a good education.  He was a man of more than ordinary native ability and made good use of his educational advantages and opportunities.
     On June 9m, 1861, Thomas South enlisted in Company C, Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served practically to the end of the war, having been discharged on Oct. 10, 1864.  Wounded in the left hand in the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, he afterward was unable to carry a gun and served as orderly in the adjutant's office.  Before this, however, he had participated in many battles and was a courageous soldier.  Before this, however, he had participated in many battles and was a courageous soldier, a man of deep and abiding patriotism, who was willing to give up his life's blood in the cause of human freedom and in behalf of the perpetuity of the American Union.
     Shortly after the close of the Civil War, Thomas South was married on Sept. 14, 1865, to Martha Anderson, who was born at Owensville, Clermont county, Ohio, on Sept. 20, 1847, and who is the daughter of Peter and Mary (Smith) Anderson, the former of whom was born in New Jersey and at the age of twenty-one located in Clermont county, Ohio, in 1816, and died in 1851.  She was the daughter of Christopher and Margaret Smith, early settlers of Owensville, in Clermont county, and farmers by occupation.  They came to Ohio from near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Christopher was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
     After his marriage, Thomas South continued working at his trade which he had learned as a boy.  He worked as a brick-mason while living in Goshen, Ohio, but in 1869 he and the family removed to Wilmington, where he lived until his death in 1912.  In 1905 he built a home at the corner of Walnut and Sugartree streets, and it is in this house that Mrs. South now lives.
     In 1893 Mr. South was elected sheriff of Clinton county on the Republican ticket and served two terms, or four years in all.  After retiring from public office and public service, he purchased a steam laundry and was associated with his son in the operation of this enterprise until his death.
     Mr. and Mrs. South were the parents of five children, as follows: Mary, who was born on June 24, 1866, and died at the age of twenty in Wilmington, on July 26, 1886, was a student at Wilmington College; Harry, March 25, 1868, is a farmer in Adams township; Edward, February 27, 1871, died at the age of twenty-seven, on Oct. 6, 1896; Benjamin, April 2, 1874, is the present sheriff of Clinton county, having been elected on the Republican ticket; Walter, February 27, 1880, is proprietor of the South Brother's  laundry, of Wilmington.
     The late Thomas South was a charter member of Morris McMillan Post, Grand Army of the Republic.  An esteemed and valuable citizen of this great county, his death was widely mourned and he is generously remembered for the large part he had in the civic and political life of this county.  Mrs. South is a refined and cultured woman and highly respected by the people of this city.
 Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  377
  J. LESTER SPAHR

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  394

J. W. SPARKS		 JOSIAH W. SPARKS

 

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  376
  JOHN SPEER, one of the leading farmers of Liberty township, this county, and one of the best-informed citizens of that township lives on the old paternal homestead.  He was born at Ashgrove, Illinois, on Nov. 18, 1869, the son of Samuel and Eliza (Oren) Speer, the former born in Greene county, Ohio, on Sept. 30, 1835, and the latter in Clinton county on Nov. 25, 1837.
     Eliza Oren was the daughter of John and Martha (Bailey) Oren, the former a native of Tennessee, who came with his father, John Oren, Sr., to this state.  They settled on two hundred acres of land in Union township, this county, and became prominent in the affairs of the Friends church.  By Martha Bailey, who was his first wife, John Oren, Jr., had seven children, of whom Daniel B. and Henry served in the Civil War, both giving their lives to the service.  The other children were Eli, Eliza, Martha, Asa and Lewis.  John Oren, Sr., was a native of Pennsylvania, who moved to Tennessee, but not being able to reconcile himself to the presence of human slavery, came to Ohio in order to live in a free state.  Arriving in 1810, he settled in Union township and became very active in the work of the Friends church, being rated as a very valuable man in the live of the community.  Samuel Speer's parents were James and Mary (Fletcher) Speer, natives of North Carolina and Ohio, respectively, the former of whom was a mere lad when he came with his father, Samuel Speer, to this state.  James Speer owned over two hundred acres of land in Greene county, Ohio.  He and his wife were the parents of six children, Samuel, John, Sarah, Lydia, Henry and Benjamin, the latter of whom was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War.  James Speer was a son of Samuel and Sarah (Dunkin) Speer, natives of North Carolina, who moved with their parents to Ohio and settled in Greene county where they spent the rest of their lives.  They were prominent members of the Friends church and Mrs. Samuel Speer  was a minister in that church.  They were the parents of three children, James, John and Samuel.
     Samuel Speer, the father of James Speer, the subject of this sketch, received the rudiments of an education in the common schools, which he supplemented by extensive home reading and became one of the most enlightened farmers in this section of Ohio.  He owned one hundred and seventy-eight acres of land in Liberty townships, which is the farm his son John now owns.  He is active in the Friends church all his life.  He died on Feb. 10, 1911, his wife having died a few days previously, on Jan. 20, of the same year.  They were the parents of five children, Eli B., John, James, Henry  and Jennie, the three latter of whom died in childhood in Illinois.  Eli B. Speer, who died on Oct. 5, 1901, married Testa Spears, and at his death left two children, Frank and Ethel.
     Reared on the farm and educated in the common schools of Clinton county, John Speer was married on July 25, 1800, to Tacy Smith, who was born in this county, ,Jan. 26, 1872, the daughter of Samuel and Ester (Smith) Smith.  Samuel Smith was a native of Greene county, Ohio, and a shoemaker by trade.  During the latter part of his life, he was engaged in farming.  He was a soldier in the Civil War, a member of Company H. Seventy-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was once wounded in a skirmish.
     After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Speer located on the farm where they now live and where five children have been born to them, of whom two, Henry and Harold (the children.  Frederick married Louise Turner, and is at present a student in the veterinary college.  The remainder of the children are unmarried.
     Mr. and Mrs. Speer own altogether two hundred and sixty-four acres of land.  They are members of the Friends church and regular attendants at the Dover Sunday school and meeting.  Mr. Speer is a member of the board of education of Liberty township and he and his wife are warmly interested in all good works in that vicinity, being held in the very highest regard by all their large circle of acquaintances.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  686
NOTE:  For Reference, see Henry Spears in Portrait and Biographies of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois - Page

Friend P. Spence


Mr. & Mrs.
Friend P. Spence
Photograph taken at the time of their marriage, in 1873

 FRIEND P. SPENCE.     One of the most successful farmers of Clark township, Clinton county, Ohio, is Friend P. Spence, a native of Perins Mills, Clermont county, Ohio, born on Sept. 27, 1840, the son of Edmund and Mercena (Perin) Spence, natives of Pennsylvania, but died later at the home of his son, Edmund, at Batavia, in Clermont county.  Mr. Spence's maternal grandparents were born in England and settled in Boston, Massachusetts.  Relatives of this family came to America in the first settlement of Boston.  Mercena Perin, who maried married Edmund Spence, came to Michigan with her brothers and later immigrated to the state of Ohio.
     The late Edmund Spence, the father of Friend P., was never able to attend schools, and at the age of seventeen began working for Samuel Perin, a cousin of Mercena Perin.  He served as a recorder of Clermont county for six years.  Subsequently, he entered the dry goods business at Batavia and later was engaged in the same business at Cincinnati.  Later in life he returned to Perins Mills in Clermont county, Ohio, and became one of its best known citizens, holding various township offices, including that of assessor and trustee.  He was an active Democrat throughout his life.
     Friend P. Spence was educated at Perins Mills, and at the age of sixteen years began farming.  On Dec. 19, 1873, he moved to a farm at the edge of Martinsville of one hundred and eighty acres, where he now lives.  Mr. Spence owns, besides this farm, two hundred and seventy acres elsewhere.  During the Civil War, he was a member of the famous organization known as the "squirrel hunters."  At Martinsville, he has a magnificent home and is surrounded with all of the comforts of life.
      On Mar. 6, 1873, Mr. Spence was married to Hannah M. Turner, the daughter of Daniel Turner, whose parents Michael and Elizabeth (Beltz) Turner, came with four children from Bedford county, Pennsylvania, to Clermont county, Ohio, in 1808.  Michael Turner was a native of Germany.  Eight children were born after the removal of this family to Ohio, but Daniel was the last member of the family born in the Keystone state.  The trip to Ohio was made in a flat-boat.  Daniel Turner accumulated, during his life, eight hundred and fifty acres of land on the East fork in Clermont county and one hundred and sixty acres in the southern part of Clinton county.  He also owned two hundred and thirty-three acres in Highland county, a total of twenty-two hundred and forty-three acres.  Most of his money was made in raising and selling hogs.  He was also engaged in the pork-packing business in Cincinnati and, although he could only write his own name, he was a man of very astute business ability.  Daniel Turner, who married Susan Marlott, and had thirteen children, twelve of whom grew to maturity.  He was for many years a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and a director in the Cincinnati & Eastern railroad.  In this connection he was instrumental in the construction down the valley of the East fork.
     Mr. and Mrs. Spence were the parents of six children: Leota M., who married Melvin Townsend; Alfred B., who lives at home; Edmund S., who lives in California; Daniel T., living in Martinsville; Isaac, deceased; and Susan, who married John Trenary, of Blanchester, Ohio, and they have one child, John.  Mr. Spence is an independent voter, and has served as school director.  Mrs. Spence died on Nov. 16, 1882.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  628
NOTE:  There are several items in Ancestry for this family that verify that Spence is the correct spelling of the surname.
  LEWIS J. SPICKARD, M. D.

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  850
  MARTIN J. SPINKS

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  463
  ALFRED SPRAGUE

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  556
  ROBERT TURNER STANFIELD.  The name of Robert Turner Stanfield is one familiar to the residents of Vernon township, this county, as that of a hard-working, energetic and neighborly farmer, whose toil in the cultivation of the soil has brought him a competence, but who has not limited his activities to one occupation.  Mingling with men, he has found other lines of work equally as absorbing, and for years has served the public in the capacity of assessor, an office which he has filled most creditably.
     Robert T. Stanfield was born in Greene county, Ohio, on Mar. 22, 155, the son of James and Mahala (Turner) Stanfield, both born in the same county, the former in 1824, and the latter four years later.  James Stanfield was the son of Samuel and Massey (Kennedy) Stanfield, the former, Samuel, was a native of North Carolina, whose father, William Stanfield, was a pioneer of Greene county, this state, where he died after a worthy and useful life.  Massey Kennedy was born in Georgia in 1901.  She died in Green county, this state, in 1873, having outlived her husband nearly twenty years, his death having occurred in 1854.  Mahala Turner was the daughter of Robert and Christena (Hegler) Turner, the latter a native of Pennsylvania.  Robert Turner was quite a young man when he migrated to Green county, where he afterwards married.  After the death of his wife in 1868, when they still resided in the above-named county, he moved to Warren county, to make his home with his daughter, and there he spent the rest of his life, living to the extraordinary age of ninety-even years, his death occurring in 1892.
     James Stanfield came from Greene county to Clinton county in 1876 and soon afterwards purchased a farm across the line in warren county, near the present home of the subject of this sketch.  This piece of land consisted of one hundred and ninety-five acres.  He passed away in Vernon township, in 1905, his wife's death following five years later.  They were the parents of ten children, as follows:  William, John (deceased), Christina (deceased), Robert T., Frank, Elva, Aaron (deceased), Samuel, Sarah and Mattie.
     Robert T. Stanfield was born and reared on the farm of his father, receiving the usual common-school education, after which he was privileged to attend the Spring Valley high school.  In 1876 he began a residence in Warren county which lengthened into twenty years, after which he and his family removed to this county, and the following year, he bought the farm of fifty acres which he still owns and on which he has become a successful stock raiser..
     In 1881 Robert T. Stanfield was united in marriage to Florence E. McCray, who was born in Clarksville, this county, in July, 1855, daughter of Joseph and Amanda (Seaver) McCray, who had lived in this county since its early days.  Joseph McCray died in 1897, having been a widower since 1877.  To Robert T. and Florence (McCray) Stanfield two children have been born, Zula M. and Albert H.  The former married Charles Camp and has four children, Leland, Leona (deceased), Nina and Evelyn.  Albert H. Stanfield married Mary Pagenkopf, of Wisconsin, and has four children, Virgil, Virgene, Augusta and Neda.
     The man who can remain in one public office for fifteen consecutive years must be a man of sterling worth; otherwise, keen competition would see to it that he took another line of work.  Robert T. Stanfield has been township assessor of Vernon township for this length of time and has fulfilled the obligations of the office in such a way as to win the respect and confidence of the public.  Having lived in the county for so long a time, he is one of the best known farmers in the vicinity, and has a great many warm friends.
 Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  703
  ARTHUR W. STARBUCK.  Among the enterprising and energetic merchants of the city of Wilmington, this county, few are better known or have a wider repute for the careful manner in which their several mercantile enterprises are conducted than has Arthur W. Starbuck.  The popular book dealer, whose well-appointed book store is one of the well established concerns of that city.  Mr. Starbnck practically "grew up" in the mercantile life of Wilmington, having taken his place in the commercial circles of the town upon reaching his majority, thirty-five years ago, since which time he has been continuously and actively identified with the business interests of the county seat.  In that time having so thoroughly acquainted himself with the needs and the tastes of the people that he is able to cater to these tastes in the most competent possible manner.  For fourteen years he was identified with the retail shoe trade of the city, after which he was engaged in the restaurant business for thirteen years, at the end of which time he became prominently connected with the local gas company's office, a position which he retained until 1909, in which year he engaged in the book and stationery business and has been thus successfully occupied since, his store being recognized as one of the most prominent establishments of the city.
     Arthur W. Sturbuck was born at Dover, in Union township, this county, on February 19, 1859, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Ellis) Starbuck, both natives of this county, the former of whom was born in Union township in the year 1834 and the latter of whom was born near the village of Port William in the year 1830, both being members of pioneer families of this county.
     Thomas Starbuck, who now lives in California, is the son of Latham Starbuck, the latter of whom was the son of Hezekiah Starbuck, a native of North Carolina, who settled in this county about the year of 1812.  Edward Starbuck, the first of the Starbucks to immigrate to this country was a native of Nantucket, England, who came to America about three hundred years ago and was one of the original purchasers of Nantucket Island from the Indians.  He was the founder of a large and prominent family and his numerous descendants are found in many parts of the country, a vigorous progeny, all doing well their various parts in the grand social scheme of this nation, Hezekiah Starbuck was a sailor, but during the War of 1812 he found his occupation practically gone, as nearly all American commerce was swept off the seas during that stormy period.  In consequence of this state of affairs he decided to try pioneering in the unsettled wilds of the great country to the west and he and his family immigrated to Ohio, locating in Clinton county, entering a farm from the government in the Dover neighborhood, where the family became permanently established.
     Latham Starbuck, son of Hezekiah, was a grown boy when the family located in this county and he presently bought a farm of one hundred and fifty acres in Union township, on which he spent the rest of his life, becoming one of the most prominent and influential settlers of that section of the county.  He and his wife were Quakers and their children were retired in accordance with the rigid tenets of their birthright faith, they, in turn becoming useful and influential members of the community.  Thomas Starbuck, son of Latham, was reared on the home farm in Union township, remaining on the farm until some time after his marriage.  He then engaged in the manufacture of tile at Bowersville, Ohio, and was thus successfully engaged until the year 1870.  In 1895 he moved to Armada, California, where he immediately entered prominently into the public life of his new home town and for some years past has been postmaster of Armada.  Thomas Starbuck is a Republican and is a member of and active worker in the Christian church, being widely recognized as a lay preacher of much power in that denomination.
     In 1858 Thomas Starbuck was united in marriage to Elizabeth Ellis, who was born near Port William, this county, the daughter of James and Susannah Ellis, also natives of Clinton county, the former of whom was the son of a Pennsylvanian, a soldier in the patriot army during the Revolutionary War, who settled in this county early in the last century.
     To Thomas and Elizabeth (Ellis) Starbuck were born live children, of whom  the immediate subject of this sketch is the eldest, namely: Arthur W., a prominent merchant of Wilmington: Emma L., who married William Utter and died in 1904; Florence E., who lives with her parents in California; Granville E., a music teacher of San Bernardino, California, and Elmer E., a cabinet maker, who lives in the same city.
     Arthur W. Starbuck was ream! on the home farm in Union township, until two years of age and moved to near Bowersvllle, where he received his elementary education in the Palmer district school of that township, supplementing the same by a course in the public schools at New Antioch.  He worked on the farm until he had attained his majority, after which he located in Wilmington, which ever since bas been his home.  Upon coming to Wilmington.  Mr. Starbuck entered the employ of Harry Walker and for fourteen years was engaged as a clerk in th_ latter's retail shoe store.  At the end of that time he formed a partnership with J. T. Carroll and for five years was engaged with the latter in the restaurant business.  At the end of that time this partnership was dissolved and Mr. Starbuck conducted the restaurant alone for eight years, he then sold the business and was engaged as office man for the Wilmington Gas Company until 1909, in which year he bought Harry H. Walker s book store, a business which he has since conducted with much success and in a manner most gratifying to his extensive trade.
     On Nov. 13, 1883, Arthur W. Starbuck was united in marriage to Alberta Vandervort, who was born at New Antioch. this county, daughter of Richard and Catherine Vandervort, prominent farming people of that neighborhood, both of whom are now deceased.  To this happy union two children have been horn, Mabel, who was born in 1884, married Clifton T. Hazard, teacher of mathematics at Purdue University, and lives at West Lafayette. Indiana, and Charles R., born in 1889, who is a clerk in the Clinton County National Bank of Wilmington.
     Mr. Starbuck is a Republican and takes such part in the political affairs of his home community as all good citizens owe to the commonwealth, being active in furthering such measures as are designed to promote the common good. H e has given much and thoughtful attention to the affairs of the public schools of Wilmington and for six years was a very efficient members of the city school hoard. He is a member of the Wilmington lodge of the Knights of Pythias, in the affairs of which he takes a warm Interest.  Active in commercial, political and social circles of Wilmington.  Mr. Starbuck has created for himself a very definite place in the life of the county seat and is one of the best-known men in Clinton county, enjoying the confidence and regard of all.  He and his wife are diligent in promoting all good works and are held in the highest esteem by all who know them.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  382

Asa & Almira Starbuck		 ASA STARBUCK.   The name Starbuck is said to have been given by an ancient king to a hunter on account of his great skill in killing a buck deer by starlight.  The family is of English descent and was established in America by Edward Starbuck 1, who was born at Derbyshire, England, in 1604.  He married Catherine Reynolds, a native of Wales, and settled first in Dover, New Hampshire, in 1643.  He served as a representative to Massachusetts from 1643 to 1646, and became an elder in the church.  In 1650 he was one of nine persons who purchased Nantucket Island.  He died on Dec. 4, 1690.
     Asa Starbuck, who is a representative of the eighth generation of the Starbuck family in America, was born in Union township on the old Starbuck homestead, Mar. 3, 1846.  He had the advantage of a good education and during his long life has become one of the prominent farmers and stockmen of Clinton county.  He is also a well-known business man and honored and respected throughout the length and breadth of Clinton county.
     The parents of Asa Starbuck, were Jesse G. and Amy (Cox) Starbuck, the former of whom was born on Oct. 8, 1819, and died on Jan. 4, 1913, and the latter of whom was born on Feb. 1, 1823, and died on Apr. 13, 1892.  Jesse G. Starbuck was educated in the common schools of Union township, and was married at Fairfield meeting, in Hendricks county, Indiana, Oct. 20, 1842, to the daughter of Harmon and Martha Cox.  Amy (Cox) Starbuck was born on June 1, 1823, and removed to Hendricks county with her parents when a child.  After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Starbuck settled on a farm, where they resided until their death.  During the first ten years of his married life Mr. Starbuck was engaged in running a steam saw-mill, which had a run of burrs attached for grinding corn.  The balance of his life was devoted to farming.  He and his wife reared a family of five children, others having died early in life, as follow:  Adin L., who was born on May 10, 1844, was married on Oct. 12, 1865, to Louisa M. Pidgeon, who was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, Nov. 21, 1847, a daughter of Charles and Catherine Pidgeon; Asa, the subject of this sketch, was the second son; Martha, Jan. 29, 1848, was married on Feb. 16, 1876, to William D. Moorman, who was born on Apr. 3, 1845, a son of Samuel and Lucy (Johnson) Moorman; William R., May 12, 1858, graduated from Wilmington College and became a school teacher and farmer; and Jesse H., Nov. 11, 1864.
     Reverting to the earlier ancestry of the Starbuck family, Edward Starbuck, who married Catherine Reynolds, had a son, Nathaniel, who was born in 1636, who married Mary Coffin, died on June 6, 1719.  They had a son, Jethro, born on Dec. 14, 1671, who married Dorcas Gayer, "among friends," and who died on Aug. 12, 1770.  Jethro and Dorcas (Gayer) Starbuck had a son, Thomas, who was born on Oct. 12, 1796, who married Rachel Allen and who died on July 5, 1777.  They had a son, Hezekiah, who was born on Feb. 10, 1749, and who died on Jan. 10, 1830.
     Of Thomas and Rachel (Allen) Starbuck it may be said further that the latter was born in 1710 and died on May 31, 1789.  Hezekiah Starbuck, their son, was born on Nantucket Island and was married to Mary Thurston, Nov. 19, 1771.  He was a seafaring man and captain of a whaling vessel for some years.  He was on a cruise when the Revolutionary War broke out and on his return he had great difficulty in entering the harbor which was blockaded by the enemy.  In 1785 he emigrated to Guilford county, North Carolina, where he raised a family and where his wife died, June 9, 1806.  He afterwards removed to Clinton county, where he remained until his death, which occurred on June 10, 1830.  During their residence in Guilford county, North Carolina, they lived at New Garden.  Hezekiah and Mary (Thurston) Starbuck had ten children.
     One of these ten children, Gayer Starbuck, the third born, was the paternal grandfather of Asa Starbuck, the subject of this sketch.  The ten children, in order of their birth, were as follows:  Mary, was born on Aug. 17, 1772; George, Apr. 8, 1775; Gayer, Aug. 10, 1777; Clarissa, Jan. 28, 1780; Hezekiah, Jr., Oct. 14, 1782; Jethro, May 15, 1785; Samuel, Jan. 10, 1788; Mary, Mar. 3, 1790; Latham, Feb. 3, 1793; and Rebekah, Jan. 14, 1880.
     Gayer Starbuck was born on Aug. 10 1777, on Nantucket Island, and removed with his parents to Guilford county, North Carolina, where he spent the early part of his life.  He learned the blacksmith trade and for many years followed that vocation.  On Jan. 17, 1799, by permission of the New Garden monthly meeting, he was married to Susannah Dillon, the daughter of Jesse and Anna Dillon.  Jesse Dillon, who was of Irish descent, was born in North Carolina in October, 1753, and on Apr. 29, 1778, married Hannah Ruckman, who was born on Mar. 20, 1754, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah Ruckman.  They came to Ohio in 1807.  To Gayer and Susannah (Dillon) Starbuck five sons and five daughters were born, of whom one died at the age of twenty-two, the remainder living to marry and rear families.  In 1807 Gayer Starbuck and family emigrated to Ohio, locating in Greene county, near where Paintersville is now situated.  In 1810 they came on to Clinton county and located on the farm later owned by Jesse G. Starbuck.  Gayer Starbuck died on Dec. 30, 1866, but his wife preceded him about five years, dying on Mar. 12, 1861.
     Gayer Starbuck was a director of the first agricultural fair ever held in Clinton county and was one of the pioneer movers in the organization.  Jesse G. Starbuck served as vice-president of the agricultural society in 1856, 1857 and 1858.  Gayer Starbuck was also active in the first movement of importing Shorthorn cattle from England about 1834.
     Ann Starbuck obtained his education in the Dover district schools in his neighborhood and at Earlham College, where he spent one term, and then spent two years at Franklin College, at Wilmington.  He, therefore, enjoyed superior educational advantages.  After leaving college he worked on his father's farm for a year and then married and rented one of his father's farms for a few years.  In 1876 he purchased one hundred and twenty-two acres from his father and upon this farm he still lives.  In 1892 Mr. Starbuck built his present dwelling.  He raises Shorthorn cattle and Merino sheep.  He is a public-spirited citizen and has helped to build highways, railroads, colleges and churches.  There is a stone quarry on Mr. Starbuck's farm and he sells stone for building macadamized roads.
     On June 25 1868, Asa Starbuck was married to Almira Custis, who was born in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, on the old Custis homestead, the daughter of John W. and Louisa (Smith) Custis, both deceased.  The father of Mrs. Starbuck was born in Virginia, and the mother in Scioto county, Ohio.  They lived in the eastern part of Union township and were farmers.
     Mr. and Mrs. Asa Starbuck are the parents of eleven children, as follow:  Nettie, married Alpheus Hartman, who died in 1895, since which time she has lived with her parents; they had one child, Alpheus, born on Feb. 2, 1895; Laura, married G. H. Carter, a resident of Wilson township; Charles A., lives on a farm in Union township; Jessie C., lives on a farm in Union township; Sallie, who was born in July, 1875, died in 1890; Cora D., is unmarried and lives at home; Marion R., is a resident of Union township; Amy, is a stenographer and lives in Washington, Ohio; Bertha, is unmarried, and lives at home; Ella, is also unmarried and lives at home; Myra, is a stenographer for the Irwin Auger Bit Company, of Wilmington.
     Mr. and Mrs. Starbuck divide their religious affiliations, he being a member of the Friends church at Dover and she of the Central Christian church at Wilmington.  Since 1879 Mr. Starbuck has been identified with the Prohibition party and is a strong opponent of the traffic in intoxicating liquors.  He has had a most commendable and praise-worth part of every public movement in this county and has lived a life to a very good purpose.  He is popular and well known in this county.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  696
  MARION R. STARBUCK.   The history of every man is an account of what he does, of the people from whom he has sprung and of what he expects or is attempting to accomplish.  Marion R. Starbuck, a splendid young farmer of Union township, this county, belongs to the famous Starbuck family who have had so much to do with the early history and development of this comity.  This family has been noted for Its strong interest in education.  Its high standard of morals and for its culture and refinement.
     Marion R. Starbuck, who represents one of the latest generations of the family in this county, was born on Mar. 8, 1879, the son of Asa and Elmira (Custis) Starbuck, the former of whom is a representative of the eighth generation of the family in America and who was born in Union township, on the old Starbuck homestead on Mar. 3, 1810, the son of Jesse G. and Amy (Cox) Starbuck.  The latter is the daughter of John W. and Louisa (Smith) Custis, the former of whom was born in Virginia and the latter in Ohio.  They lived in the eastern part of Union township and are both deceased.
     The complete history of the Starbuck family in America is contained in the sketch of Asa Starbuck, presented elsewhere in this volume.  Here it may be said, however, that Marion Starbuck's grandfather was born on Oct. 8, 1810, and died on Jan. 4, 1913, and his grandmother was born on Feb. 1, 1823, and died on Apr. 13, 1892.  They had boon married in Hendricks county, Indiana, on Oct. 20, 1842.  Jesse G. Starbuck was the son of Gayer and Susannah (Dillon) Starbuck, the former of whom was born on Aug. 10, 1777, and the latter of whom was the daughter of Jesse and Anna Dillon.  Gayer Starbuck was the son of Hezekiah and Mary (Thurston) Starbuck, who were married on Nov. 19, 1771.  Hezakiah was the son of Thomas and Rachel (Allen) Starbuck, the former of whom was born in 1710 and who died on May 31, 1789.  Thomas was the son of Jethro and Dorcas (Gayer) Starbuck.  Jethro was the son of Nathaniel and Mary (Collin) Starbuck.  Nathaniel was the son of Edward and Catherine (Reynolds) Starbuck.  Edward Starbuck was born in Derbyshire, England, in 1604, and his wife, Catherine Reynolds, was a native of Wales.  They settled first in Dover, New Hampshire, in 1643.  He was a representative in the Massachusetts Legislature from 1643 to 1646, and was one of nine persons who, in 1659, purchased Nantucket island.  He died on Dec. 4, 1690.
     Marion R. Starbuck attended the district school in Union township, known as the "Dutch" school, and later was a student at Wilmington College.  In the meantime, he worked for his father on the farm and after finishing college, returned to the farm, where he worked until his marriage.  After his marriage, Mr. Starbuck rented land in Union township for four years and in 1 0ns purchased one hundred acres out of the old Jesse ft. Starbuck fnrui in Union township.  The same year he built a pretty, modern house und four years Inter erected a large and commodious barn.  Mr. Starbuck is engaged in general farming and has been quite successful.
     On Mar. 1, 1900, Marion R. Starbuck was married to Goldie M. Sharp, who was born on the edge of Liberty township, in Clinton county, the daughter of Elmer W. and Hannah Sharp, both of whom are still living.  The father of Mrs. Starbuck is a farmer in Liberty township, who came to Clinton county from Indiana.  To Mr. and Mrs. Starbuck one child has been born, a son, Maynard, born on Sept. 20, 1909.
     Mr. and Mrs. Starbuck belong to the Dover meeting of the Friends church.  On national Issues Mr. Starbuck is a Republican, but locally he votes for the man he considers best fitted for office, regardless of the ticket upon which he is running.  Mr. Starbuck himself has never taken an active interest in politics.  He is a popular young farmer and very well known in Clinton county.
 Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  572
  WILLIAM A. STARBUCK.  No man living in Clinton county, Ohio, has taken a more sincere and conscientious interest in the work of the Society of Friends than William A. Starbuck, of Union township, who has made church work a chief object of his life.  He is an elder in the Dover meeting of the Friends church and trustee of the yearly meeting, also president of the yearly meeting Bible school, and interested in the public work of the church of whatever nature.  The Society of Friends has had a tremendous influence upon the moral and civil life of Clinton county, and during his day and generation Mr. Starbuck has contributed largely to the influence of this church and to the increase of its influence and sphere of activity.  Like so many members of this great religious organization, he is a well-informed and intelligent farmer.  In fact, the Friends church from the time of its foundation in America has stood for higher education, and members of this church have not only been influential in public life in the Middle West, but they have been influential in the larger affairs of the country as a whole.
     William A. Starbuck, the proprietor of a farm of one hundred and forty acres in Union township, was born in the township where he resides, three miels east of Wilmington, Mar. 4, 1856, and is the son of John T. and Margaret (Shields) Starbuck, the former of whom was born in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, Oct. 6, 1822, and died in the fall of 1900, and the latter of whom was a native of Union township, born in 1824, and died in the fall of 1913.
     John T. Starbuck, who was the son of Latham and Sarah (Milton) Starbuck, natives of North Carolina, who immigrated to Ohio, and settled in Clinton county in 1811, was a farmer and carpenter by occupation.  He was one of a family of twelve children, sseven sons and five daughters, and the fourth of the family.  He owned at one time two hundred and twenty-two acres of land.  In 1852 he was married to Margaret Shields, the daughter of William and Hannah (Frazier) Shields natives of Tennessee, who came to Clinton county, Ohio, about 1806 and settled in Liberty township, five miles north of Wilmington, on a farm of about one hundred acres, where they lived until their death.  They were members of the Dover meeting of Friends and had a family of two sons and eight daughters.  All of the eight daughters lived to advanced ages.  Many years ago the family inaugurated the custom of holding reunions, a custom which is still continued.
     John T. and Margaret (Shields) Starbuck had five children, namely:  Josephine, married Samuel Compton, a native of New Burlington, Ohio; William A. the subject of this sketch; Thomas, died at the age of twenty-two years; Clara married Jonas Pagett, and since his death she has lived at Wilmington; Albert, who lives at Bradentown, Florida, has been engaged in the saw-mill business, but is contracting at present.
     Latham and Sarah (Milton) Starbuck settled in the extreme northern portion of Union township in 1811.  They had spent a season in Tennessee on the way north, where they raised a crop, and lost a child by death.  They came through from Tennessee in a "Carolina wagon," drawn by one horse, bringing with them their personal effects.  Subsequently, Latham Starbuck revisited his birthplace in North Carolina, and upon his return to Clinton county purchased fifty acres of land in Wilson township.  Four years later he traded it for a farm of one hundred acres in Union township, upon which he spent in remainder of his life, dying about 1871.  Latham Starbuck had a brother, Gayer, who was born on the island of Nantucket in 1777, and who, in 1785, removed with his parents to Guilford county, North Carolina.  In 1799 he married Susanna Dillon, a daughter of Jesse Dillon, with whom he lived nearly sixty-two years, until her death.  They immigrated to Ohio in 1807, and first located in Greene county.  In 1810 they settled on a farm, where they spent the remainder of their lives.  Susanna died in 1861, and her husband in 1866.  Later his farm was owned by his son, Jesse G. Gayer Starbuck was a blacksmith by trade.  His father and the father of Latham Starbuck, Hezekiah, was a native of Nantucket island, born on Apr. 10, 1749.  Hezekiah Starbuck was a sea-faring man and the captain of a whaling vessel for a number of years.  He was married on Nov. 19, 1771.  He was on a cruise when the Revolutionary War broke out and on his return had difficulty in entering the harbor, which was blockaded by the enemy.  His wife, Mary Starbuck, died on June 9, 1806, and he passed away of June 10, 1830.  Hezekiah Starbuck's parents were Thomas and Rachel Starbuck, the former of whom was born on May 12, 1707, on Nantucket Island, and died on Feb. 2, 1777.  Rachel Starbuck was born in 1710, and died on May 31, 1789.
     William A. Starbuck, the subject of this sketch, attended the public schools of Union township, and after finishing the public schools became a student at Wilmington College, and there received a liberal education.  After his marriage he became a land owner and lived on the old Daniel Bailey place, on the Port William pike in Union township, which his wife had acquired.  Mr. Starbuck eventually purchased more land adjoining and they now have a hundred and forty acres.  He has the patent which was originally issued by the government to the Bailey family for the farm which they now own.  He is interested in improving stock and in general agriculture.
     Mr. Starbuck helped to organize the Clinton County Mutual Insurance Company and after its organization was elected a director.  He has served as such ever since.  Mr. Starbuck is also very active in the Clinton County Farmers Institute, and is the present president of that organization, having served in the office several times before.
     On Sept. 8, 1880, William A. Starbuck was married to Marianna Bailey, who is the daughter of Josiah and Mary (Jenkins) Bailey, the former of whom was born in the early days of 1818, and the latter of whom, a Virginian by birth, came when a young woman from Frederick county, Virginia, to Clinton county.  Josiah Bailey was a prominent Abolitionist before the Civil War, who lived a long and useful life and who passed away in 1895.  To Josiah and Mary Bailey were born three children:  Hannah, who married David A. Pigeon; Marianna, the wife of William A. Starbuck; and Albert I., vice-president of the Clinton County National Bank and prominently identified with the Champion Iron Bridge Company and the Irwin Auger Bit Company, who married Mary E. Hussey in September, 1871.  Mr. and Mrs. Starbuck have had four children, as follow:  Maurice B., born on July 25, 1883, married Clara Terrell, and is at present in Kirksville, Missouri, completing a course in osteopathy; Everett J., 1886, and who lives on a farm near his father's home, married Bertha Shupert; Edith M., November, 1890, married Howard McKay, who is principal of the high school at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio; and Albert Franklin, September, 1904.
     Mr. Starbuck is an ardent Republican.  He is a good man and a good citizen, and eminently qualified by training and disposition to carry on the work of his pioneer ancestors.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  573
  HENRY D. STEELE

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  922

William B. Steele
and Family		 WILLIAM B. STEELE

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  884
  DENNIS STEPHENS.  Dennis Stephens, who now owns a good farm of one hundred and fifty-five acres in Liberty township, and who is prominent in the educational affairs of Clinton county, was born on Apr. 10, 1808, in Greene county, Ohio, the son of Lewis A. and Catherine (McDorman) Stephens, the former of whom was born in 1844, in Highland county, Ohio, and the latter in Clinton county, the daughter of Risdon and Tacy McDorman, natives of Virginia, who settled in Clinton county after their marriage, and here owned a small farm.  They were members of the Methodist Protestant church.
     The paternal grandparents of Mr. Stephens were residents of Highland county, Ohio.  John Stephens, the paternal grandfather, was born in Highland county, and lived in that county all his life.  He was a large landholder, owning approximately five hundred acres, altogether.  By his first wife he had seven children,, Lewis A., Casper, Curren, John, Elizabeth, Julla and Mary.  By his second wife there were two children, William and Charles.  The great-grandfather was John Stephens, a native of Virginia, who came on horseback to Ohio and located in Highland county, where he owned a large tract of land.  He had five sons.
     The late Lewis A. Stephens was educated in the common schools, and served valiantly as a Union soldier during the Civil War, a member of Company M. Twelfth Ohio Cavalry, serving two years and eight months.  Later he became active in public affairs in this county, and was a prominent member in the Friends church.  He died on June 30, 1885, and his widow survived him until June 12, 1894.  They were the parents of seven children, of whom Nellie died at the age of eighteen.  Clarence at the age of seven and Roscoe at the age of eighteen months.  The living children are W. O., Dennis, the subject of this sketch, Vivie and Webster, all of whom are married except W. O.  Vivie, who is a resident of Xenia, Ohio, married Harry Higgins, and had one child, Edward Lewis.
     Educated in the common schools of Port William and reared on the farm, Dennis Stephens was married on June 30, 1898, to Nora Hannicutt, who was born in Liberty township, this county, daughter of Wilson and Mary Hunnicutt, to which union five children have been born, Donald Lewis, Thelma H., Mary Leota, Lorena Catharine and Howard Wilson.
     Mr. and Mrs. Stephens are members of the Friends church and attend the Sunday school, Mr. Stephens being a teacher of a class and has been assistant superintendent of the Sunday school.  Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has served as trustee of Liberty township for three terms, being active in the local councils of the Republican party.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  806
  JOHN STEPHENS.   A celebrated moralist once remarked that "there has scarcely passed a life of which a Judicious and faithful narrative would not have been useful."  There can be no doubt of the truth of this opinion when expressed by one of the greatest and best of men and it is particularly fitting to present the salient facts in the life of the late John Stephens, of Union township, Clinton county, Ohio.  He was an industrious and successful farmer, an enterprising and public-spirited citizen, who, as a consequence of his industry, perseverance, temperance and integrity, rose to a position of prominence among the hundreds of eminent farmers of this county.  During his long and useful life he was highly esteemed in the locality where he resided.
     John Stephens was born on Mar. 31, 1840, near Waynesville, Ohio, and died on May 2. 1914.  He was the son of Obadiah and Susannah (Ireland) Stephens.
     Obadiah Stephens was a well-known farmer and stock raiser of Clinton county, who was born in Morris county, New Jersey, Apr. 22, 1813.  He was the son of Ebenezer and Maria (Phoenix) Stephens, natives of New Jersey and of English and German descent.  His maternal grandfather was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and his father in the War of 1812.  Ebenezer Stephens was a millwright by trade and also a farmer.  His son was a farmer and later a distiller.  At the time of his death, he owned about four hundred and fifty acres in Clinton county.  Obadiah Stephens came to Clinton county in 1847.  On Apr. 13, 1837, he was married in Warren county to Susanna Ireland.  She was a native of Frederick county, Virginia, the daughter of Francis and Sarah (Curl) Ireland, the former of whom was a farmer by occupation and who located in Warren county in 1815, on a farm of sixty acres, where he lived until his death in November, 1817. and the latter of whom was also a native of the Old Dominion. Francis and Sarah (Curl) Ireland had six children: Thomas J., Lucinda, Susannah, John C., Artimesia and James M.
     Obadiah and Susannah Stephens were the parents of four children: Ann, Eliza, Emanueline, Francis I., and John, the subject of this sketch.  Obadiah Stephens was a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  He was a Democrat.  His paternal grandmother, who was a native of Wales and who lived to be ninety-seven years old, left one hundred and forty-four descendants at her death, including in all five generations.  Some years before his death, Obadiah Stephens built a large frame house which still stands.  Of the children born to him and his wife, Ann Eliza married Henry Lewis and they are both deceased; Emmeline is a resident of Wilmington, Ohio, and lives on Rhombach avenue; Francis I., who was born on June 30, 1842, married Sarah Gallaber and died on Sept. 12, 1912.  He was a fanner. The father of these children died in Oct. 1897, at the age of seventy-three and the mother.  Mar. 9, 1895 at the age of seventy-one.
     John Stephens received the rudiments of an education In the public schools of Union township at Burtonvllle.  He lived with his father and mother until his marriage, and in 1870 his father built another house for his son on the same farm and near the public highway.  There he lived and assisted in the operations of the farm until his parents' deaths.  Afterwards he moved into the large old homestead where he lived until his death.  At the death of his father and mother, he received as his inheritance the homestead farm in partnership with his unmarried sister, Emmeline.  Mrs. John Stephens still lives on the farm and continues Its management.  Altogether the farm now comprises two hundred and thirty-one acres of land.
     On Mar. 2, 1876, John Stephens was married to Alwilda McKenzie, who was born in Henry county, Iowa, the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Morton) McKenzie, both of whom were natives of Clinton county, born near New Antioch, the former of whom died in 1866 at the age of thirty-three and the latter of whom is still living at the age of seventy-seven.  Soon after their marriage William and Elizabeth McKenzie moved to Iowa, where they took up a claim.  Later Mr. McKenzie kept a hotel in Nebraska City, where he died in 1866.  His widow and children returned to Clinton county, Ohio, and she afterwards married Eli Carson.  They now live near Martinsville in Clinton county.
     To the marriage of William and Elizabeth McKenzie, there were born five children, of whom Mrs. Stephens was the eldest.  The others are:  Perry, who lives at Martinsville, Ohio, where he is a carpenter; Stanley, who is a farmer and lives near New Vienna; Geneva, who married Samuel Skimming, a farmer living in Wilmington; and Keith, who died young.  Eli and Elizabeth Carson were the parents of three children: Stella, who married Benson Wert; Bert, who lives at Dayton, Ohio; and Carey, who is a resident of Logan, Ohio.
     Mr. and Mrs. John Stephens had no children but they reared one child, Lola Clevenger, although she was not legally adopted.  She married Matthew Ewbanks, a farmer of Union township.
     Mr. Stephens was a Democrat but one who never aspired to office and one who was never especially active in political matters.  He was a man of quiet and unassuming manners, modest in his claim to greatness but gentle and kind to his wife and to those with whom he was most closely associated.  He was a good man and a good citizen.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  735
  PHILIP A. STEWART

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  855
  WILLIAM I. STEWART

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  734
  DAVID STIERITZ

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  739
  GODFREY STIERITZ

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  739
  HENRY STIERITZ

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  738
  JACOB STIERITZ

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  739
  ALVIN STINGLEY, one of the well-known descendants of John Stingley, who settled in Clinton county, nearly a century ago, son of Gilead E. Stingley and brother of Calvin and J. Albert Stingley, was born on June 5, 1873, on the farm in Chester township, this county, where he now lives.  Gilead E. Stingley was born in Ross county, Ohio, on Nov. 24, 1820, and died in 1909.  His wife was born in Highland county, in 1831, the daughter of Richard and Mary (Curtindoll) Lucas, and is still living.
     Gilead E. Stingley was educated in the common schools of Chester township and was a prominent farmer of this county, owning seven or eight hundred acres of land.  During the five years was a large cattle raiser.  He voted the Democratic ticket and he and his wife and family were members of the Friends church.  To him and his wife eleven children were born, namely:  Eliza, who married John F. Oglesbee; William, who died in March, 1913; Amanda, who married James Bailey, is now deceased; Elizabeth, who married James Swindler; Emma, who died at the age of five years; J. Albert and Calvin, who are referred to elsewhere in this volume; Ada, who married "Lester Oglesbee; Alonzo, who died at the age of two years; Nettie, who married Elijah Turner, and Alvin, the immediate subject of this biographical sketch.
     Gilead E. Stingley was the son of John and Elizabeth (Bush) Stingley, the former of whom was born in Virginia on Aug. 22, 1792, and the latter of whom born on May 21, 1798.  After their marriage on Apr. 16, 1818, they located in Ross county, this state,  and four years later came to Clinton county.  John Slingley had come to Ohio from Virginia originally in 1800.  He owned a farm of two hundred and nine acres in Chester township and was a well-known pioneer citizen.  He and his wife were the parents of four children: Noah B., born on Feb. 24, 1819; Gilead E., Nov. 24, 1820; Talitha, Apr. 27, 1823, and Julian Oct. 7, 1825.  John Stingley died on Sept. 6, 1826 and after his death, his widow married his twin brother, Sebastian Stingley, to which second union there was no issue.  The Stingley family originally came to America from Germany, where George Stingley, the great-grandfather of Alvin L., was born on Sept. 12, 1763.
     Alvin Stingley was educated in the common schools of Chester township and has farmed all his life.  He owns one hundred acres of land in Chester township, and is very well circumstanced.
     In 1896 Alvin L. Stingley was married to Hattie J. Thomas, the daughter of Joshua and Martha Thomas, to which union four children have been born, namely:  Alie L., born in June, 1807; Luther A., in September, 1898; Clarence L., in November, 1900, and Charles T., in May, 1906.
     Mr. Stingley is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Knights of the Maccabees, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Daughters of Rebekah, the Knights of Pythias and the Pythian Sisters.  He is independent in politics and he and his family are members of the Methodists church at Lumberton.
 Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  658
  CALVIN STINGLEY.   Chester township owes much to the Stingley family, especially to the sons of Gilead Stingley, who was a well-known farmer of Clinton county, and one of the pioneer pork packers of Wilmington.  The distinguished family in Clinton county, however, goes back to the time when John Stingley, the father of Gilead, purchased a farm of two hundred and nine acres in Chester township, nearly a century ago.  For the most part, later generations of the family have been identified with agriculture and more than this the various members of the family have been good citizens and prominent in the neighborhoods and communities where they have lived.
     Calvin Stingley, the son of Gilead and Nancy (Lucas) Stingley, was born on June 6, 1863, on the old Stingley farm in Chester township, where he now lives.  His father was born on Nov. 24, 1820, in Ross county, the daughter of Richard and Mary (Curtindoll) Lucas, and is still living.
     The paternal grandparents of Calvin Stingley were John and Elizabeth (Bush) Stingley, who were married on Apr. 16, 1818, the former a native of Virginia, born on Aug. 22, 1792, who came to Ohio in 1800, first locating in Ross county, and the latter, born on May 31, 1798.  About 1822 they purchased a farm of two hundred and nine acres in Chester township and there spent the remainder of their lives.  John Stingley was one of the foremost farmers of the township and did much clearing.  John and Elizabeth Stingley were the parents of four children:  Noah B., born on Feb. 24, 1819; Gilead, Nov. 24, 1820; Talitha, Apr. 27, 1823; and Julian, October 7, 1825.  The father of these children died on Sept. 6, 1826, and after his death, his widow married his twin brother, Sebastian, but to this latter union no children were born.  The original home of the Stingley family was in Germany, where John Stingley's father, George Stingley, the great-grandfather of Calvin, was born on Sept. 12, 1763.
     Gilead Stingley received his education in the common schools of Chester township and, having taken up agriculture as a life vocation, became the owner of about eight hundred acres in this county.  He was an extensive cattle raiser and about 1875 entered the pork-packing business at Wilmington and was thus engaged for five years.  He was a member of the Friends church and voted the Democratic ticket.  Gilead and Nancy Stingley were the parents of eleven children, namely:  Eliza, who married John F. Oglesbee; William, who died in March, 1913; Amanda (deceased), who was the wife of James Bailey; Elizabeth, who married James Swindler; Emma, who died at the age of five years; J. Albert, who is referred to elsewhere in this volume; Calvin, who is the subject of this biographical sketch; Ada, who married Lester Oglesbee; Alonzo, who died at the age of two years; Nettie, who married Elijah Turner, and Alvin, who is referred to elsewhere in this volume.
     Calvin Stingley, who was educated in the common schools of Chester township, began farming when a young man on the land where he now lives.  Except for three years during which he lived in Dayton, Ohio, he has lived on the farm all of his life.  In September, 1904, he went to Dayton, where, during the first year, he worked for the Dayton & Xenia Traction Company.  The next year he was a merchant policeman and February, 1907, he returned to the farm, where he has since resided.
     On Aug. 1, 1886, Calvin Stingley was married to Mary Hurley, the daughter of Henry and Lauretta (Colvin) Hurley, to which union two children have been born, Verna, who is still at home, and Velmer, who married Eva Hurley and has one child, Donald.
     Mr. Stingley is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of the Maccabees.  Nominally, he is identified with the Democratic party but is independent in local politics.  The Stingley family are members of the Friends church and are held in high regard in the community in which they live.
 Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  659
  J. ALBERT STINGLEY, who comes of an old and long established family of Clinton county, and one which has been prominent in the agricultural life of the county for nearly a century, was born in Chester township, this county, on May 31, 1861, the son of Gilead and Nancy (Lucas) Stingley, and the grandson of John and Elizabeth (Bush) Stingley.
     Gilead Stingley was born on Nov. 4, 1820, in Ross County, Ohio, the son of John and Elizabeth (Bush) Stingley, and died in 1900.  His wife, Nancy Lucas, was born in Highland county in 1831, the daughter of Richard and Mary (Curtindoll) Lucas, and is still living.  Educated in the common schools of Chester township, Gilead Stingley was a farmer during almost his entire life and owned seven or eight hundred acres of land.  For about five years, following 1875, he was engaged in the pork-packing business in Wilmington and was for many years a large cattle raiser.  Eleven children were born to Gilead and Nancy Stingley, as follows:  Eliza, who married John F. Oglesbee; William, who died in March, 1913; Amanda (deceased), who married James Bailey; Elizabeth, who married James Swindler; Emma, who died at the age of five years; J. Albert, the subject of this sketch; Calvin, who is referred to elsewhere in this volume; Ada, who married Lester Oglesbee; Alonzo, who died at the age of two years; Nettie, who married Elijah Turner, and Alvin, who is referred to elsewhere in this volume.  Gilead Stingley and wife were members of the Friends church and he voted the Democratic ticket.
     John Stingley, grandfather of J. Albert Stingley, was born in Virginia on Aug. 22, 1792, and came to Ohio in 1800, first locating in Ross county, where, on Apr. 16, 1818, he married Elizabeth Bush, who was born on May 31, 1798.  Four years later they purchased a farm of two hundred and nine acres in Clinton county and ever since that time the family has been established here.  Four children were born to John and Elizabeth Stingley; Noah B., Feb. 24, 1819; Gilead, Nov. 24, 1820; Talitha, Apr. 27, 1823; and Julian, Oct. 7, 1825.  The father of these children died on Sept. 6, 1826, and after his death, his widow married Sebastian Stingley, the twin brother of her first husband.  The Stingley family in America dates from the coming of George Stingley, a native of Germany, who was born on Sept. 12, 1763, and who was the great-grandfather of J. Albert Stingley, the subject of this sketch.
     Like his other brothers, J. Albert Stingley was educated in the common schools of Chester township and has farmed in that township practically all of his life, except for one year which he spent in Wilmington, during which brief period he conducted a butcher shop on West Main street.  For seven years prior to his marriage, Mr. Stingley dealt largely in stock and is one of the well-known stock buyers of Clinton county today.  In February, 1894, he purchased a farm of seventy-two acres, where he has since lived.
     On Dec. 18, 1887, J. Albert Stingley was married to Rosa M. Fudge, daughter of H. C. and Emeline Fudge, to which union have been born two children, Hazel, who married Foy Powers and has one child, Dorothy Lucille and Oscar L.
     Mr. and Mrs. Stingley are members of the Friends church and are highly esteemed in their neighborhood.  Mr. Stingley is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Knights of the Maccabees.  He is independent in politics, believing that local government is more effectually served outside the realm of partisanship.
 Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  670
  WILLIAM A. STINGLEY.  One of the prominent old families of Chester township, this county, is that of William A. Stingley, an enterprising and prosperous farmer, who owns two hundred and seventy acres of land, and who, like his father and grandfather before him, has been very successful in agricultural pursuits.  The Stingley family was established in America by George Stingley, the great-grandfather of William A., who was born in Germany on Sept. 12, 1763.
     William A. Stingley, the son of Noah and Sarah (Jones) Stingley, and the cousin of Calvin, Alvin and J. Albert Stingley, referred to elsewhere in this volume, was born on the farm where he now lives, in Chester township, on Jan. 18, 1863.  His father was a native of Ross county, Ohio, who died on Apr. 8, 1894, and his mother, the daughter of Lewis Jones, who married a Miss DeMoss, was born on Sept. 8, 1822.  Noah Stingley was the eldest of four children born to John and Elizabeth (Bush) Stingley.  John Stingley was a native of Virginia, born on Aug. 22, 1792.  He came to Ohio in 1800, and located first in Ross county, where, on Apr. 16, 1818, he married Elizabeth Bush, who was born on May 31, 1798.  In 1822, they removed to a farm in Chester township, this county, where they spent the remainder of their lives.  John Stingley was one of the foremost farmers of Chester township, and he and his wife were the parents of four children, namely: Gilead, born on Nov. 24, 1820; Tabitha, Apr. 27, 1823; Julian, Oct. 7, 1825, and Noah, the father of William A., Feb. 24, 1819.  John Stingley died on Sept. 6, 1826, and after his death his widow married Sebastian Stingley, the twin brother of her first husband.
     The late Noah Stingley was educated in the common schools of Chester township and was engaged in farming all his life, having been the owner of about six hundred acres of land, and was an extensive breeder of cattle.  On Jan. 27, 1848, Noah Stingley was united in marriage to Sarah Jones who which union nine children were born, as follows:  Tabitha, born on Dec. 4, 1848; Martha, Dec. 5, 1849; Elizabeth, Jan. 17, 1851, who died early in life; Arvilla, Dec. 10, 1852; John, Mar. 10, 1854; Lewis, Sept. 19, 1857; Lawson, Apr. 22, 1859; William A., the immediate subject of this review, and Ida, Apr. 17, 1865.  Noah Stingley's family were all members of the Methodist church, and he was a Democrat.
     William A. Stingley, like his grandfather and father, received most of his education in the district schools of Chester township, but his early education has been supplemented by wide reading and diligent home study.  He has been a farmer all his life, and has been very successful because he has paid close attention to modern developments in agriculture.
     On Mar. 4, 1896, William A. Stingley was married to Elizabeth Martindale, who was born on Oct. 25, 1863, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Rouch) Martindale, and to this union two children have been born, Russell N. and Raymond T., the former born on Jan. 11, 1898, and the latter on May 20, 1902.  Mr. and Mrs. Stingley are earnest and faithful members of the Friends church, and fraternally, Mr. Stingley is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Knights of the Maccabees, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  In politics, he is an independent voter, casting his ballot for men rather than for party platforms.  H and his family are held in high esteem among their neighbors and enjoy the confidence and respect of all.
 Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  772
  FRED STOLTZ

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  431
  JACOB STOLTZ

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  956

Elijah P. Stotler		 ELIJAH P. STOTLER

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  600
  JOHN H. STROUP

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  698
  HARRY STUNTZ, M. D.

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  514
  DAVID E. SUMMERS

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  713
  ISAAC R. SUMMERS

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  726
  HENRY L. SWINGLEY

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  963
  JOHN SYMONS

Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page  829

 


 

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