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OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS A Part of Genealogy Express   WELCOME to COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO History & Genealogy   BIOGRAPHIES BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX Source: Mack, Horace - History of Columbiana County, Ohio  : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879 (Transcribed by Sharon Wick) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z < CLICK HERE to RETURN to 1879 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX > < CLICK HERE to GO to LIST of BIOGRAPHICAL INDEXES >   JONATHAN DAVIS.  Solomon Davis, father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Virginia, from whence he moved to Ohio in 1821, and settled in Columbiana County.  He brought with him a family of ten children, and eleven were subsequently born, making a large family of twenty-one children; nine are now living, of whom seven are the issue of his second marriage.  His first purchase in Columbiana County was eighty acres in Hanover township.  Two yeas later he moved on to a farm near Wellsville, but remained only a short time, again removing to Columbiana County, and settling in Knox township, where he purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres.  He lived in that vicinity until his death, which occurred in Butler Township, Nov. 6, 1847.      Jonathan Davis was the only son by his father's first marriage, and was born in Monongahela Co., Va.  He assisted his father in the hard labor incident to the life of farmers of the pioneer period.  No beautiful prairie, with its waving grass, met the eye of the early settler who came to find a home in this part of the county at that early day, but the tall trees of the forest, nodding in the wind, seemed to defy the axe of the early settler.  The sons of farmers understood the meaning of the words "clearing," "log-rolling," "bee-coursing," and many other terms familiar then, but now almost unknown.  Amid such scenes young Davis spent nineteen years of his early life, when he left home and commenced the manufacture of brick, which business he continued for forty-two years.  Nov. 5, 1833, he married Susan, daughter of Nicholas Leonard.  To them were born three children, viz.: Sarah J., James, Harriet M., all deceased.  Sarah died Apr. 14, 1835; James died Oct. 5, 1836; Harriet died Aug. 26, 1872.  Harriet was married to a Mr. Townsend, and left two children at her death, - Horace D., who lives with his father, and Howard W., who is with his grandfather, Jonathan Davis.      Mrs. Davis died Jan. 16, 1850.  Mr. Davis married for his second wife Emily, daughter of G. and Rachel Aten, in October, 1850.  She died  Aug. 13, 1856.  His third wife was Margaret, daughter of Levi and Rhoda Burden, to whom he was married Mar. 17, 1857.      Mr. Davis bought the farm upon which he now lives in 1862.  Both himself and wife are regular attendants of the Methodist church.  And now, after seventy years of life's experience, lighted with joy and shaded with sorrow, Mr. Davis is looking forward to the time when he will hear the dip of the boatman's oars who comes to ferry him across the dark river, which his loved ones have already crossed, to the joy of the reunion "over there." Source:  History of Columbiana County, Ohio  - Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879 - Page 298       CHARLES D. DICKINSON, a prominent member of the legal profession, and one of the rising lawyers of the county, is a native of the Buckeye State, having been born in Poland, Mahoning Co., Dec. 13, 1848.  His father, Jacob Dickinson, was of Connecticut origin, and migrated west at an early day to better his fortunes.  The grandfather of Charles D. was likewise named Jacob, and came over from Scotland to America when he was but nineteen years of age.  He fought on the side of patriotism in the war of the Revolution and was a member of American Union Lodge, No. 1, F. and A. M., organized, it is said, in Washington's army at Cambridge.  The original certificate of Jacob Dickinson's membership - the MSS, somewhat faded, but still clearly legible, and bearing date at Roxbury, Mass., March 20, 1776 - is now in the possession of Charles D. Dickinson, and, as may be well apprehended, is a highly valued document.  Mr. Dickinson, whose name heads this article, lost his father by death in 1852, and then, at the age of four, accompanied his mother - her only child - from Poland to a farm a few miles east of the town of Columbiana, to which latter place he removed with his mother two years later, and there with her he has since made his home, save for a brief interval, of which more anon.  He attended district school in Columbiana until the age of twelve, when he began to feel ambitious to carve out his own fortune, and became accordingly an active worker at what his hands could find to do.  Thus he worked out an industrious but laborious experience until he reached his seventeenth year.      Resuming then his scholastic studies, he passed his last term as pupil, and emerged as a teacher of a district school, in which he employed himself one term, when, inclining once more towards the facts and figures of trade, he journeyed to the oil regions of the State of Pennsylvania, where he spent six years, returning to Columbiana in the year 1871.      During that year he studied law seven months in the office of Mr. George Duncan, a lawyer of local note, and so improved his opportunities that he was admitted to the bar, Aug. 28, 1872.  He taught school the following winter, and in 1873 entered upon the practice of law, in which he has since continued with gratifying success.  Although he has barely passed the age of thirty, his standing in his chosen profession is one of which he may be proud, and in the ambitious zeal which characterizes his progress, as well as in the studious application of his life, it is not difficult to trace the foundation of a highly promising future.      Mr. Dickinson is a staunch member of the Republican Party, and, although actively participating in the political events of the day, he has never chosen to urge himself forward for political distinction.  He is a member of Panora Lodge, No. 410, I. O. O. F., has faithfully and satisfactorily occupied the public trusts of borough and township clerk, and, in connection with is administration of those offices, is remembered as an official of careful discipline and exceptional efficiency. Source:  History of Columbiana County, Ohio  - Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879 - Page 142 Mr. & Mrs. James M. Dobson   JAMES M. DOBSON was born in Alleghany Co., Pa., on the waters of Chartier's Creek, about ten miles from Pittsburgh, Mar. 27, 1807.  Mrs. Dobson was born in the same State, Nov. 19, 1807.  Mr. Dobson emigrated from there to Ohio in the early part of his life, and settled in Columbiana County, and commenced life for himself by purchasing a farm.  This farm had but little improvement on it, but Mr. Dobson went to work, as all early settlers did who found a home here, to improve his place, clearing, burning brush, log-rolling, and building.  He married Margret, daughter of John and Martha Bevingston.  Eleven children were born of this union, six boys and five girls, viz.: John, Elizabeth, Thomas, Martha, Jane, Henry B., Margaret, Cynthia, James K., Robert (deceased), and Joseph (deceased).  They are living in Ohio, with the exception of Martha, who resides in Michigan.  James M. Dobson came from Columbiana County to Smith township, Mahoning Co., about 1833, where he bought a farm of seventy acres.  By hard labor and strict economy he added from time to time to this farm, until he owned one hundred and forty acres..  He managed his farm during his entire life-time.  At his death he left this land to be divided among his children, giving to John two shares, leasing him the farm for five years at one hundred dollars per year.  John lived  at home with his father twenty-five years after his majority, working and receiving no equivalent above his support.  Mr. and Mrs. Dobson were Presbyterians, and of Scotch and Irish descent.  Mr. Dobson's education was limited; he attended school just long enough to be above to read and write.  He was a truly kind and indulgent man in his family, and in his intercourse with all true and friendly  As he had lived peaceable and quietly, so peaceably and quietly he passed away, departing this life Jan. 6. 1879, leaving a reputation for honesty and upright dealings. Source 1:  History of Columbiana County, Ohio  - Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879 - Page 311    JOHN T. DYSART was  born in Scotland, Sept. 2, 1839.  His father (James Dysart) came to America in 1844.  He settled first in Carroll County.  In 1847 he removed to Columbiana County, where he remained until his death, which occurred Aug. 24, 1870. James Dysart's family consisted of thirteen children, - twelve sons and one daughter.  Eight of that number are deceased.  The subject of this sketch remained at home until he was fourteen years old; he then went to the West where he remained four years.  When the Rebellion broke out he was one of the first to respond to the call to arms, entering the service June 6, 1861, as a private in the 3d Ohio Infantry Regiment, going immediately to the seat of war.  This regiment was captured by the enemy near Rome, Ga., and was held three months as prisoners of war, and during that time were in prison in the following places: Belle Island, Atlanta, Knoxville, and Danville.  This regiment was in twelve engagements and twenty-three skirmishes.  Dr. Dysart was present at all these engagements, and went through safely, with the exception of a slight wound, which he received Aug. 28, 1863 while guarding a wagon-train near Stevenson, Ala.  After the discharge of the regiment, Mr. Dysart selected Chattanooga, Tenn., as a place in which to engage in the mercantile business; after about six months he returned to Salineville, where he engaged as a clerk in a store.  August, 1867, he began business for himself, in the mercantile line, also buying and selling real estate and coal.  Dr. Dysart has a partner, and the firm is known as Dysart & Cameron.  Mr. Dysart has always taken an active part in developing the mineral resources of this and other States, having spent much time and money to accomplish his object.  He has a fine geological collection gathered from this and other States.  He is in politics a Republican, and, while never having sought political preferment, has always earnestly served the best interests of the party when chosen by it to fill any office.  He was elected mayor of his town in 1866, and has been a member of the council for thirteen years; has represented his party as a delegate to various conventions.  Is a liberal in his religious views.      Mr. Dysart remains unmarried, and is now in the prime of life.  Long may he live to enjoy the fruits of his industrious youth and busy manhood!  And we fell confident that he will maintain the good character he has won, and retain to the last the respect and the esteem of those who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. Source 1:  History of Columbiana County, Ohio  - Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879 - Page 265   CLICK HERE to RETURN to COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO INDEX PAGE CLICK HERE to RETURN to OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS INDEX PAGE FREE GENEALOGY RESEARCH is My MISSION GENEALOGY EXPRESS This Webpage has been created by Sharon Wick exclusively for Ohio Genealogy Express  ©2008 Submitters retain all copyrights