BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Clinton County, Ohio
Its People, Industries and Institutions
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Albert J. Brown, A.M.
Supervising Editor
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With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families
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1915
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Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
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CHARLES E. TERRELL.
Charles E. Terrell filled a large place in the ranks of the
enterprising and public-spirited farmers and citizens of his day and
generation, and the memories which attach to his name and character form
no inconsiderable chapter in the history of the community where he did
his work and achieved his success as a farmer. He is entitled to
honorable rank among the energetic and self-made men of Clinton county.
Charles E. Terrell was born on Jan. 4, 1866,,
and died on Apr. 15, 1901. He was a son of Israel A. and Sidney
(Huff) Terrell, the former of whom was born in 1818, in Highland
county, Ohio, and died in 1906, and the latter, born in 1827, and died
in 1902. Israel A. Terrell removed to Clinton county in
1848, and first located in Wayne township on a farm. At that time
Wayne township was a wilderness and roads were not even laid out.
During his life he cleared and drained about half of the eleven hundred
acres of land which he owned. He paid the carpenter who built his
house thirty-seven and one-half cents a day, and the hewers who assisted
in its erection, twenty-five cents a day. At the time of his death
he was vice-president of the New Vienna Bank, and a stockholder in the
bank at Leesburg. He was a most energetic worker, and no man in
his neighborhood could cradle more wheat in the same length of time.
Interested in education he was one of one hundred men who guaranteed the
support of Wilmington College. Six children were born to Israel
and Sidney (Huff) Terrell, of whom Charles E. was the fifth
in order of birth. The others were Allen L., Sarah, William,
Ann and James H.
The paternal grandparents of Charles E.
Terrell were Pleasant and Esther (Haines) Terrell, the former
of whom was born in 1791 in Virginia, and who died in 1837, and the
latter died in 146. Pleasant Terrell came to Highland
county, Ohio, from Virginia with his parents when a mere lad. they
stopped a while a Cincinnati where Pleasant learned the brickmason's
trade, at which occupation he worked during most of the remainder of
his life. He owned the first saw-mill and grist-mill in
Highland county. He passed away in 1854 or 1855, after rearing a
family of eight children; John, who was the first born; Israel,
born in 1818, and died in 1906; David, Mary, Narcissa, Ruth, and
two others. The great-grandparents of Mr. Terrell were
David and Mary (Anthony) Terrell, the former of whom was born near
Lynchburg, Virginia, and who died in 1858, and the latter died in 1858.
They came to Highland county, Ohio, in 1806, and located near Highland.
David and Mary (Anthony) Terrell were the parents of eight
children: Pleasant, Christopher, David, Joseph, Mary, Judith, Sarah
and Elizabeth. David Terrell served as justice of
the peace of Fairfield township, for about a quarter of a century.
He was a great hunter in his day, and spent a large part of his time in
the wilderness. The father of David Terrell was David
Terrell, Sr., born in 1698, who was married three times, first, to
Sarah Johnson, secondly to Sarah Clark, and thirdly to
Martha Johnson. He reared a family of nine children.
The father of David Terrell, Sr., was David Terrell, the
first, who was born in 1675, and who died in 1757. He and his wife
reared a family of twelve children. He was a son of William
Terrell, born in 1650, who had come to America from England with his
brothers in 1670. Three brothers were sent to Virginia by King
James the Second, as explorers and hunters, and for their services
were granted a large tract of land in Virginia.
Education in the district schools of Wayne township,
Charles E. Terrell was also graduated from Wilmington College in
1888, and the same eyar graduated from the Chautauqua Literary and
Scientific Circle, Chautauqua, New York, and later took several seals.
He was a man of broad and liberal education. Because of his
scholastic standing, he was given a scholarship to Haverford College,
where he received his Master's degree in 1890. Returning to the
farm he lived here the remainder of his life and owned a farm of one
hundred and ninety-five acres in Wayne township.
In 1890 Charles E. Terrell was married To
Anna N. Harris, the daughter of James and Elizabeth (Babb) Harris
both of whom came from old Virginia families, and Mrs. Terrell
was their only child. Mr. and Charles E. Terrell were the
parents of one child, Oneita F., born in 1898.
The Terrell family now own two hundred and
fifty-three acres of land, and since the death of the husband and
father, Mrs. Terrell and her daughter, Oneita, have lived
on the farm.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 682 |
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EDWARD EVERETT TERRELL.
Edward Everett Terrell is descended from an old and cultured
family of Clinton county and is an energetic, keen, well-educated and
thrifty young business man, and has a host of friends in Clinton county.
Edward E. Terrell was born on July 4, 1877, in
Wilmington, Ohio, the son of Allen and Mathilda (Conard) Terrell,
the former of whom was born in 1847 and died on Feb. 15, 1892, and the
latter of whom was born on May 19, 1851, the daughter of Abraham and
Phoebe Conard. The paternal grandparents of Edward E.
Terrell were Israel A. and Sidney (Huff) Terrell the former
of whom was born in 1818 and died in 1906, and the latter of whom was
born in 1827 and died in 1902. Israel A. Terrell moved to
Clinton county in 1848 and located in Wayne township on a farm.
Roads were not even laid out and scarcely a trail was blazed.
During his life he cleared and drained about half of eleven hundred
acres of land, which he owned at the time of his death. He was
also vice-president of the New Vienna bank and a stockholder of the bank
at Leesburg. He and his wife had six children, James H., Allen
I., Sarah, William, Charles and Annie. Israel T. Terrell
was the son of Pleasant and Esther (Haines) Terrell, natives of
Bedford county, Virginia, the former of whom was born in 1791 and died
in 1837 and the latter died in 1846. Pleasant and Esther
Terrell were the parents of six children, John, Israel, David,
Mary, Narcissa and Ruth. Pleasant Terrell was
the son of David and Mary (Anthony) Terrell, the former of whom
was born near Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1763, and died in 1858, and the
latter died in 1858. They came to Ohio in 1806 and located near
Highland in Highland county. They had eight children, Pleasant,
Christopher, David, Joseph, Mary, Judith, Sarah and Elizabeth.
David Terrell was one of the early justices of the peace in
Fairfield township. He was a great hunter and liked to ramble in
the forest. David Terrell's father was David Terrell,
Sr., who was married three times, the first time to Sarah Johnson
secondly to Sarah Clark, and thirdly to Martha Johnson.
He was the father of nine children. David Terrell, Sr.,
was also the son of David Terrell who was born in 1675 and died
in 1757. He and his wife reared a family of twelve children.
He was the son of William Terrell, who was born in 1650 and came
to America in 1670 with his two brothers. They were sent here by
King James II as explorers and hunters. They were granted
large tracts of land in Virginia.
Allen I. Terrell, the father of Edward E.,
began his education in the common schools of Wayne township, and later
was graduated from Earlham College with the class of 1860. After
finishing his education he taught in the high school at New Vienna.
Later he was professor of mathematics at Wilmington College, but on
account of failing health he returned to the farm in Wayne township, in
1880, and lived there until his death, in 1892. At the time of his
death he owned two hundred and twenty-five acres of land. Allen
I. Terrell was the father of six children, of whom Edward Everett
was the eldest. The others were: Howard V., married Elva
Morrison; Clara A., is the wife of Maurice B. Starbuck, of
Kirksville, Missouri; Rendall H., married Sarah
Rannells and lives on the home far; Daniel H., died on Feb.
15, 1892; and Stanley P., died on Sept. 20, 1894. A member
of the Friends church, Allen I. Terrell was pastor of the church
at Fairview and clerk of the Indiana yearly meeting. He was well
known in religious circles, both in Ohio and Indiana.
Edward Everett Terrell received the rudiments of
an education in the schools of Wayne township. In the fall of 1892
and the spring of 1893 he attended Earlham College, being at home for
the succeeding two years. He then entered Wilmington College in
the fall of 1895 and remained for one year. He then taught for one
year in Wayne township, and in 1897 the family moved to Thomasville,
Georgia, where he lived for eight months. He afterward lived with
his grandfather, Israel A. Terrell, for one and one-half years,
after which time he attended Wilmington College. Upon returning to
Thomasville, Georgia, he taught bookkeeping in the business college
there for two years. Later he taught in the business college at
Macon, Georgia, for one and one-half years. Upon his return to
Ohio he was graduated from Wilmington College in 1904. From 1906
until 1911 Mr. Terrell was secretary of the National Safety Snap
Manufacturing Company, at Wilmington, Ohio. During 1904 and 1905
he had been bookkeeper for the Wilmington Gas Company. In 1910
Mr. Terrell was in the real estate and fire insurance business at
Wilmington. In 1913 E. R. Bales was associated with him as
a partner.
On Dec. 15, 1896, Edward E. Terrell was married
to Susanna B. McKay, the daughter of Robert F. and Mary F.
(Nickerson) McKay. Two children have been born to this union:
Allen M. born on Apr. 18, 1910; and Mary M., July 19, 1912.
Mr. and Mrs. Terrell are members of the Friends
church and Mr. Terrell has served as superintendent of the Sunday
school. He is a director of the First National Bank at Wilmington,
a Republican in politics and a member of the Wilmington town council.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 515 |
Mr. & Mrs.
Hugh E. Terrell |
HUGH E.
TERRELL, a representative of one of Clinton county's prominent
families and a well-known stockman of Wayne township, is descended through
his grandmother, Eliza (Bernard) Evans, from Pocahontas, daughter
of the Indian chief, Powhatan, who married John Rolfe, of
Varnia, Virginia, Apr. 5, 1613 or 1614. Grandmother Evans was a
representative of the seventh generation in direct descent from
Pocahontas and John Rolfe. Hugh E. Terrell not only owns
a splendid farm in Wayne township, but he is a well-known stock breeder,
who raises standard-bred horses, and who has been raising Shorthorn cattle
for twenty years. Prominent in the educational circles of his township, he
is a member of the Wayne township school board and has striven earnestly
as a member of that board to increase the efficiency of the public schools
and to raise their standard of excellence.
Hugh E. Terrell was born on November 19, 1848,
on "Woodlawn Farm," In Wayne township, this county, the son of
David A.
and Mary J. (Evans) Terrell. His father was born about one mile south of
Highland in Highland county, Ohio, on Dec. 5, 1820, and died in April,
1909. His mother was born near Hillsboro, in Highland county, the daughter
of Hugh and Eliza (Bernard) Evans.
The line of descent from Pocahontas and John Rolfe to Eliza (Bernard)
Evans is as follows: Pocahontas and John Rolfe were married in 1613 or
1614, there being some doubt as to the exact date, and they had one son,
Thomas Rolfe. (1) Thomas Rolfe married Jane
Poythress, and they had one
child, a daughter. As is well known to all readers of early colonial-
history, John Rolfe took his Indian bride to England, where her death
occurred a few years later. Her son, Thomas Rolfe was reared in England,
but in 1640 returned to Virginia and lived on his property called "Varnia,"
sixteen miles below Richmond, near Henricopolis. Thomas Rolfe and wife had
a daughter, Jane, who married Col. Robert Bolling in 1675, the latter of
whom was born in 1646, and who died in 1709. The wife of Colonel
Bolling
lived but one year after her marriage, her death occurring in 1676. She
left one child, a son, (3) John Bolling, who afterwards became a colonel
in the American army. Col. John Bolling married Mary
Kennon, daughter of
Doctor Kennon, and with his family lived in his beautiful home on the
Appomattox, called the "Cobbs." Col. John
Bolling and wife were the
parents of six children, one son and five daughters: (4) Major John
Bolling, born in 1700, was the father of nineteen children, died in 1757;
(4) Jane, 1703, died, 1766, married Col. Richard Randolph, and was the
mother of nine children, and the grandmother of Randolph Roanoke, who was
of the sixth generation; (4) Mary, 1711, married Col. John Fleming, of
Mount Pleasant, who was born in 1697, the son of Charles Fleming and
grandson of Sir Thomas Fleming, who, in turn was the son of
Sir
John Fleming, first earl of Wighton; (4) Elizabeth, 1709, married Dr. William
Gay; (4) Martha, 1713, married Thomas Eldridge,
and died Oct. 23, 1749,
and Anne, who became the wife of James Murray.
Col. John and Mary (Bolling) Fleming were the parents of the following
children: (5) Thomas, who was a captain in the Second Virginia Regiment in
1758, and afterwards colonel in the Ninth Regiment of Virginia in the
Revolution, married a Miss Randolph, and was killed in the battle of
Princeton, Jan. 12, 1777; (5) John, who was a major in the Revolution,
was killed at White Plains; William, born on July 6, 1736, married
Elizabeth Champe, and during his life filled a number of important
judicial positions in his native state of Virginia, died Feb. 15,
1824; (5) Charles, who was captain of the Seventh Virginia, and
lieutenant-colonel of the line, and Mary, who became the wife of William
Bernard, and was the mother of ten children. The Fleming
family was of
Flemish descent, one of whom, of high rank, settled in Scotland in the
reign of David I. The connection is direct from Sir Malcolm
Fleming,
sheriff of Dunbarton under Alexander III. This was a singularly
distinguished family, friends of Robert Bruce and favorites of successive
kings.
William Bernard and Mary (Fleming) Bernard were the parents of the
following children of whom there is record: (6) John, who was the father
of several children, who, after the death of their father, moved to
Lynchburg. Virginia; (6) William, born in 1750, was a lieutenant during
the Revolutionary War; (6) Robert, served as a private in the War of
Independence under Morgan; (6) Thomas, 1756, married Mary Hicks, and came
to Ohio from Virginia in an early day and settled in Highland and Clinton
counties; (6) Richard, 1767, who married Polly Walker and from whom is
descended the branch of the family to which H. E. Terrell belongs.
William Bernard, with his brother, John, emigrated to America from Ireland some
time between 1735 and 1740. Col. Charles Fleming, a brother of
Mary
(Fleming) Bernard, was reimbursed for military service by being given a
grant of land in Kentucky comprising fifty-four thousand acres. Richard
and Polly (Walker) Bernard, who came to Ohio in September, 1805, from Rockbridge county, Virginia, were the parents of the following children:
William P., Joseph, Richard, Eliza and Caroline. It was this
Eliza, who
married Hugh Evans, who was the grandmother of H. E. Terrell.
The Bernards
of Clinton county are all descended from Thomas and Mary (Hicks) Bernard.
The paternal grandparents of Hugh E. Terrell were Pleasant and Esther
(Haines) Terrell, the former of whom, born in Virginia, died in 1837, and
the latter of whom died in 1846. Pleasant Terrell came to Highland county,
Ohio, from Virginia when only a boy, accompanying his parents, who stopped
for a time in Cincinnati. While in that city, he learned the brick mason's
trade and after reaching Highland county with his parents, built the first
saw-mill and the first grist-mill at Highland. He worked at his trade all
of his life, passing away in 1854 or 1855 on the farm. Pleasant and Esther
(Haines) Terrell were the parents of six children: John, Israel,
David,
Mary, Narcissa and Ruth. The members of this family were connected with
the Society of Friends. Pleasant Terrell was one of a family of eight
children, born to his parents, David and Mary (Anthony) Terrell. David
Terrell was born near Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1763 and died in 1858. His
wife, who before her marriage was Mary Anthony, died in 1858.
David and
Mary Terrell were the parents of eight children: Pleasant,
Christopher,
David, Joseph, Mary, Judith, Sarah and Elizabeth. The father of these
children served for many years as justice of the peace in Fairfield
township and was, therefore, one of the foremost citizens of that section. He was a well-known hunter and spent most of his life in the wilderness.
David Terrell, the great-grand-father of Hugh E. Terrell,
was the son of
David and Sarah (Johnson) Terrell. Sarah Johnson was the first wife of
David Terrell but he was subsequently married to Sarah
Clark and still
later to) Martha Johnson. He was the father of nine children. He was the
son of David Terrell, who was born in 1675 and died in 1757. The first
David Terrell and his wife reared a family of twelve children. He was the
son of William Terrell, who was born in 1650 and who came to America at
the age of twenty in 1670 with his two brothers. These three brothers were
sent to Virginia by King James II as explorers and hunters and, for their
services, were granted a large tract of land in Virginia.
David A. Terrell, the father of Hugh E. Terrell, received his education in
the common schools of Fairfield township, Highland county, Ohio, but his
educational advantages were meager. The only reader used in the schools at
that time was the Bible. During his early life, while living at home with
his father, he did much hauling. After coming of age, he purchased cattle,
with his father-in-law, Hugh Evans, and drove them through to Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, a trip requiring forty days. In some instances, they had
three hundred cattle and as many as sixteen hundred head of sheep and
thirty-five or forty horses, and it required about thirty-five men to take
care of the stock while driving them through the woods. Until 1854 David
A. Terrell purchased hogs and drove them to Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a
stockman all of his life. At the age of twenty-one years, he had come into
possession of two hundred acres of land valued at seven dollars an acre,
but later increased his land holdings to one thousand acres. In 1868 he
moved back near Highland, where he spent the remainder of his life. There
he purchased a part of his grandfather's old farm. To David A. and Mary J.
(Evans) Terrell were born seven children, of whom Hugh E., the subject of
this sketch, was the eldest, the others being as follow: Anna, who is the
wife of Frank Rhodes; Martha, who became the wife of
Oregon Bonnie; Cora,
who married Henry Bailey, a minister at Tampa. Florida; Harry, who married
Etta Fenner; Imogene, who is unmarried, and Rutherford, who married
Hattie Thornburg. All of the members of this family are still living with the
exception of Martha. Mrs. Mary J. (Evans) Terrell was a member of the
Methodist church. David A. Terrell voted the Republican ticket.
Educated in the common schools of Wayne township, and at Ohio Wesleyan
University at Delaware, Ohio, Hugh E. Terrell was a partner with his
father on the farm, where he now lives, until 1874, since which time he
has been farming for himself.
On Dec. 23, 1873, Hugh E. Terrell was married to Hattie
Finley, who was born on Dec. 29, 1848, and who died on Jan. 28, 1901. She was a
daughter of Robert and Jane (Russell) Finley, and at her death left five
children: Arthur, who married Mary Seward, and has two children,
Hugh and
Ruth; Russell, who died at the age of twenty-seven; Frank, who married
Dorothy Book, and has one son, Russell; Jane L. and Lillian
Esther. The Terrell family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which
Mr.
Terrell is a trustee.
Politically, Hugh is a Republican, and is at present a member of the
school board of Wayne township. For the last few years Mr. Terrell's son,
Frank, has been a partner with him in the operation of the home farm.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 796 |
Mr. & Mrs.
James H. Terrell |
JAMES H. TERRELL.
The late James H. Terrell was one of the most widely known
farmers in the whole history of Clinton county. Born on Mar. 29,
1846, he was the son of Israel A. and Sidney (Huff) Terrell, the
former of whom, born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1818, died in 1906,
and the latter, born in 1827, died in 1902. The late James H.
Terrell died in this county, Apr. 9, 1900. His father moved to
Clinton county in 1848 and settled in Wayne township, on a farm.
The country was a wilderness at the time and roads were not even laid
out. He fenced his garden and his yard with cordwood and, during
his life, cleared and drained a great deal of land, at one time being
the owner of about eleven hundred acres nearly half of which he had
cleared himself. That times have changed and the standard of
living and wages have also changed is very clearly proved by the fact
that the carpenter who built Israel Terrell's house worked for
thirty-seven and one-half cents a day, and the hewer worked for
twenty-five cents. At the time of his death, Israel A. Terrell
was the vice-president of the New Vienna Bank and a stockholder in the
bank at Leesburg. He was one of the most energetic men of the
community and it was an admitted fact that he could cradle more wheat
than any other man in his neighborhood. He was a very soul of
honor and believed strongly in education. In fact, he was one of a
hundred men who helped to endow Wilmington College. Israel A.
and Sidney Terrell were the parents of six children, James H.,
the subject of this sketch, Allen I., Sarah, William, Charles and
Annie.
Of the remote Terrell ancestry, it
may be said that William Terrell, who was born in 1650, came to
America in 1670 at the age of twenty years with two brothers, who were
sent to this country by the English King as explorers and hunters and
who, for their services, received large tracts of land in Virginia.
William Terrell had a son, David, who was born in 1675,
and who died in 1757. He and his wife reared a family of twelve
children, one of whom was David, who was born in 1698.
David, Jr., married three times, the first time, Sarah Johnson,
the second, Sarah Clark and the third, Martha Johnson was
the father of nine children. The great-grandfather of James H.
Terrell was another David Terrell, who was born in Lynchburg,
Virginia, in 1763, and who died in 1858. He married Mary
Anthony, who also died in 1858. They had come to Ohio in 1806
and located near Highland in Highland county, where they reared eight
children: Pleasant, Christopher, David, Joseph, Mary, Judith, Sarah
and Elizabeth. The father of these children was a justice
of the peace in Fairfield township for about a quarter of a century.
He was a great hunter and loved to spend his time in the wilderness.
Pleasant Terrell was born in Bedford county,
Virginia, in 1791, and died in 1837. He married Esther Haines,
who died in 1846. They were the parents of six children, David,
John, Israel, Mary, Narcissa and Ruth. They came to
Highland county, Ohio, from Virginia, stopping awhile in Cincinnati,
where Pleasant Terrell learned the brickmason's trade.
The late James H. Terrell was educated in the
common schools of Wayne township and later attended Earlham College at
Richmond, Indiana. Before he became of age, he served as deputy
treasurer of Clinton county for three years and then moved to a farm in
Green township, where he farmed until 1885. He then moved to a
farm in Wayne township, where he lived the remainder of his life.
He became an extensive breeder of Shorthorn cattle and was a leader in
the development of pure-bred live stock in the county.
On Dec. 13, 1871, James H. Terrell was married
to Edith H. Nordyke, who was born on Jan. 8, 1846, in Green
township, daughter of Henry and Phoebe (Rich) Nordyke, and one of
four children born to her parents, the others being Thomas, Aaron
and Caroline. Henry Nordyke was a well-known farmer in
Green township, this county. To this union were born six children:
Tasso, who married Millie Terrell and has two children,
Lois A. and Paul J.; Edith Eva, who married J. W.
Woody and has two children, Mary and H. Clayton; Bertha B.,
who is at home; Mary Anna who is the wife of A. J. Hollowell
and has two children, Edith E. and Esther; J.
Gurney and C. Clayton, both young farmers of Wayne township,
who are also at home. All of the Terrell children have
attended Wilmington College and four are graduates of that institution.
Tasso and C. Clayton Terrell are also graduates of
Haverford, both having won a scholarship while attending Wilmington
College. C. Clayton Terrell also attended the Ohio State
Agricultural College for one year. Edith Eva Terrell, after
her graduation from Wilmington College, completed a course as a trained
nurse at Cincinnati and from 1902 until 1909 was a missionary to Cuba.
The late James H. Terrell was a man greatly
honored by his fellow citizens, having been elected to the state
Legislature in 1883, and re-elected in 1885 without opposition.
This is unusual, from the fact that he was the first representative from
this district, for many years, to serve two consecutive terms. He
secured the passage of numerous bills pertaining to agriculture, among
these being one directed to eradicate diseases among live stock and
which led to the adoption of the present law on that subject. He
was also a member of the state fair board and secured the passage of a
bill by which the fair grounds were purchased for fifty thousand
dollars. During his legislative career, he served as chairman of
the finance committee of the House. He was especially interested
in the state experiment station and obtained large appropriations from
the government for that work.
Mr. Terrell was a member of the Society of
Friends. His energy was continually expended in developing the
social and religious conditions of his community. He was
broad-minded and public-spirited and was endowed with superior abilities
that made him a leader among the citizens of the county. He was a
frequent contributor to the press along both religious and secular
lines. His popularity was due to his unselfish devotion to the
causes that have made Clinton county famous.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 900 |
Hon. Oliver J. Thatcher |
HON. OLIVER JOSEPH THATCHER.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 896 |
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CLAYTON A. TRIBBET, M. D.
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Among the prominent physicians of this county the well-known citizens of
Westboro, is Dr. Clayton A. Tribbet, the president of Clinton
County Medical Society and a member of the Ohio State and National Medical
Associations. He has been a practicing physician in Westboro for
nearly thirty years.
Dr. Clayton A. Tribbet, who was born near
Goodhope, in Fayette county, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1854, is the son of James
and Elizabeth Ann (Dick) Tribbet, the former a native of Ross
county, Ohio, and the latter of West Virginia. The paternal
grandfather of Doctor Tribbet was John Dick, a native of
West Virginia, who immigrated from that state of Wabash county, Indiana,
where he engaged in farming and where he died.
Left an orphan at a tender age, James Tribbet,
the father of Dr. Clayton A. Tribbet, was reared by friends of the
family in Ross county and later in Fayette county and finally in Highland
county, Ohio. Subsequently, he moved to Clinton county, in 1880, and
located one and one-half miles east of Westboro, where he followed
farming. To James and Elizabeth Ann Tribbet were born
eight children, of whom Clayton A. was the fifth in order of birth,
the others being as follows: Dr. John C., who for thirty years, was
a practicing physician at Montezuma, Iowa, but who is now deceased;
Lemuel, Glendora, James M., Elsworth and ELmer, the latter of
whom is general manager of the American Laundry Company, of New York City.
Clayton A. Tribbet received the rudiments of an
education in the country schools and in the Greenfield high school, where
he pursued his education for a period of five years. He also took in
addition to this work, a course in Greek. Later he was a student at
the South Salem Academy for two years, and then taught school for seven
years, six years of which were spent in Fayette county, Ohio. During
his last year in the school room, Doctor Tribbet was principal of
the Westboro high school. After finishing seven years in the school
room, he entered the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati, and was
graduated, with high honors, with the class of 1886. In April 1887,
he took up the active practice of his profession at Westboro, and since
then, a period of almost thirty years, has established an enviable
reputation as a physician and surgeon, and is highly respected as a man
and a citizen in the community where he has lived so long.
In 1888, Dr. Clayton A. Tribbet was married to
Letta Jackson, a daughter of Thomas and Isabel Jackson,
of Westboro. To this union was born one daughter, Mabel
Elizabeth, who died on May 2, 1914. Mabel E. Tribbet was
graduated from the Westboro schools and later from the Blanchester high
school. Subsequently she was a student at Ohio Wesleyan University,
at Delaware, Ohio, for a period of two years, and then attended Wells
College, at Aurora, New York, from which institution she was graduated
with high honors. While working for her Master degree in the year
following her graduation, she was assistant instructor in chemistry in
Wells College, and this position was open to her at the time of her last
sickness and untimely death.
Fraternally, Doctor Tribbet is a member of the
Modern Woodmen of America. Both Doctor and Mrs. Tribbet
are faithful and earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are
held in high regard throughout the whole Westboro neighborhood.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
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L. H. TRIBBET, now a
well-known and successful farmer of Jefferson township, this county, was
born on Aug. 8, 1849, in Fayette county, Ohio, the son of James and
Elizabeth Ann (Dick) Tribbet, the former a native of Ross county,
Ohio, and the latter of West Virginia.
The paternal grandfather of Mr. Tribbet was
Joseph Tribbet, who emigrated to Ohio in pioneer times, and from
Ohio to Iowa, where he died. His removal to Iowa followed the
death of his wife, when he went to the Hawkeye state to bring back with
him his sister, who was to return as his housekeeper. The maternal
grandfather of Mr. Tribbet was John Dick, a native of West
Virginia, who emigrated from West Virginia to Wabash, Indiana, where he
engaged in farming and where he died.
Of Mr. Tribbet's father, James Tribbet,
it may be said that he was left an orphan at a tender age and was reared
by friends of the family in Ross county, Ohio, and later in Fayette and
still later in highland county. Subsequently, he came to Clinton
county and, in 1880, located within one and one-half miles of Westboro,
where he followed farming. James and Elizabeth Ann Tribbet
were the parents of eight children, Mary Jane, John O., Lemuel,
Glendora, Dr. Clayton A., James M., Elsworth, and Elmer.
L. H. Tribbet was educated in the public schools of
Highland county, and remained there until twenty-four years old,
being engaged in farming. At the age of twenty-four returned to
Highland county and began farming, remaining there until 1881, when he
purchased sixty acres of land in Jefferson township, this county, and
there he has since lived.
Mr. Tribbet was married first, Nov. 9, 1876, to
Lizzie Murray of Ross county, Ohio, who bore him two children,
Harriet and Mary. Mr. Tribbet married, secondly,
Mrs. Mabel (Graham) Ramsey, who has borne him one child,
Myrtle Jean.
Mr. and Mrs. Tribbet are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church. Fraternally, Mr. Tribbet is a member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has passed through all the
chairs of that lodge.Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 562 |
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MICHAEL TURNER.
Among the most extensive farmers of Clark township, Clinton county,
Ohio, during the past generation, was Michael Turner, a native of
Clermont county, Ohio, who was born in 1828, the son of Daniel and
Susan Turner, whose family history is given in the biographical
sketch of F. P. Pence* (Friend
P. Spence), contained elsewhere in this volume.
Michael Turner was educated in the schools of
Clermont county, and later came to Clinton county and became a farmer on
land now ocupied occupied by his widow in Clark
township. In the beginning he had only a little frame house at the
edge of the woods, but at the time of his death he was the owner of five
hundred acres of good farming land. His father had given him one
hundred and ten acres, and upon this tract of land he made his home
during practically all his life. He erected a large brick house,
built a new barn and many outbuildings on his other land. During
his entire life he was an extensive stock breeder. He passed away
quietly at his home on Aug. 22, 1907.
During the Civil War, the late Michael Turner
was a member of the famous "squirrel hunter's" organization, which was
recruited to resist Morgan's raid. During his life he gave
liberally of his means to the support of religious movements, but was
not a member of any church. Fraternally, he was a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, from the time he attained his
majority.
On Oct. 26, 1854, Michael Turner was married to
Mary Philhower who was born in Clermont county, Ohio, a daughter
of William and Lucinda (Snyder) Philhower, natives of New York
state and New Jersey, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Turners
wedding trip consisted of a ten-mile ride on horseback. Mrs.
Turner's paternal grandparents were Jacob and Elizabeth (Hart)
Philhower, who settled in Clermont county in pioneer times.
Jacob Philhower was a farmer and died on his farm in that county.
His widow later passed away at the home of her daughter in Indiana.
Mrs. Turner's maternal grandfather was Abram Snyder, a
native of New Jersey, and a farmer by occupation, who settled in
Clermont county in the early days. Mrs. Turner's father was
educated in Clermont county, but later emigrated to Illinois. His
death occurred while on a visit to Ohio, while his wife died at their
home in Illinois. He owned about five hundred acres of land in
Richland county, Illinois, and reared a large family of children, only
two of whom are now living, Mrs. Turner and Jacob Philhower.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Turner were the
parents of five children, two of whom, Anna and Susan, the
second and third born, died in infancy; Alvaretta, the eldest,
became the wife of D. L. Hogan, of Blanchester, this county;
Daniel, the fourth born, is engaged in the lumber business at
Lynchburg, Ohio, and William is retired and living in
Martinsville, this county.
No citizen of Clark township was more highly respected
and esteemed at the time of his death than the late Michael Turner.
No man made a more consistent, earnest effort to succeed than he.
Broad-minded and liberal in his views and charitable as regards the
faults and failings of others, his loss was keenly felt by the people of
the community where he had lived so long.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 839
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