Harlem Twp. –
C. B. BABBITT, merchant, Center Village: is a son of L. W. and Lydia (Hockman) Babbitt, both natives of Fairfield Co., Ohio; the former was born in 1817, and the latter in 1813; they were married in 1839, and went to Franklin Co. in 1858, where they remained; his father has held the office of Justice of the Peace twelve years, Township Clerk some time, and Director of the Ohio Penitentiary; he was the father of nine children; the mother is a member of the United Brethren Church; the father is a member of A., F. &, A. M. and I. O. O. F. at New Albany. Mr. Babbitt was born Dec. 14, 1841, in Fairfield Co.; he spent his younger days in attending school. Oct. 14, 1861, he enlisted in Co. F, 18th U. S. I., and returned Sept. 15, 1862, on account of sickness. Feb. 2, 1864, he was married to Sarah J., a daughter of Francis and Mary (Herr) Johnston; her father was born in Franklin Co. March 9, 1808, and mother in the same county Sept. 30, 1817; they were married April 28. 1836, and had five children; her mother died Jan. 21, 1848, and her father was again married in 1852 to Sarah Ackerson; her father is a Methodist and her mother was a Presbyterian. Mr. Babbitt followed farming three years after marriage, then engaged in the mercantile business for three years, when he sold out, commencing again Jan. 1, 1870, under the firm name of Johnston & Babbitt; Jan. 1, 1878, Johnston withdrew, leaving Mr. Babbitt sole owner of the business, which he still runs; in 1875, he was commissioned Postmaster, which position he still fills; has held the office of Township Clerk for six years, and is a member of the Galena Lodge, No. 404, I. O. O. F. He and wife are members of the M. E. Church at Hartford, Licking Co. They have one child––Francis L., born Nov. 15, 1864.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 838-839
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Orange Twp. –
ELIZA A. BAKER, farmer, P. O. Westerville; was born in Trenton Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, July 14, 1825.  There were six children in the family, she being the third, born of Peter Cockerell and Hannah Linnaberry, his wife; the Cockerells are from Virginia, and the Linnaberry family from Pennsylvania.  Mrs. Baker came with her parents to this township, her father settling on the place now owned by A. M. Fuller.  In her 21st year, she was married to George Baker; born in Guernsey Co.; came to this county when he was a mere lad.  After the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Baker, they moved to the place where she now lives––west side of Alum Creek.  Mr. Baker died Oct. 27, 1878.  She still carries on the farm.  Has four children––George, Mary A., Julia and Louisa.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 707
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ENOCH BAKER, farmer; P. O. Berkshire was born July 19, 1812, in Wayne Co.; is a son of Jacob and Barbara Baker, who emigrated to this State from Virginia in 1809 on horseback; among the utensils brought with them, was a Dutch oven; they made their way through the trackless forest, and were among the hardy pioneers of this county; Enoch was the second of a family of seven children; he remained with his father until he was 24 years of age; then started for himself and lived the life of a bachelor until he was 36. May 28, 1848, was married to Hannah Baker, born in New Pittsburg, Wayne Co., Nov. 22, 1829; is a daughter of Ignatius and Catharine (Boocher) Baker, both from Harrison Co., Va.; after marriage, Mr. Baker located in Licking Co., remaining there until 1868, then moved to Brown Township, southeast corner, his present home; has 115½ acres of land; they have had nine children, four living––Barbara, wife of J. Barber; Jacob W., William L., and Milan L.; Mrs. Baker’s father was for twenty years Justice of the Peace, and represented his county in the Legislature; Enoch began life poor, he received about $100 from his father’s estate, this was his beginning.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 808-809
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Delaware Twp. -
H. L. BAKER, merchant, Delaware, was born in Orange Township, Delaware Co., in 1841, and is the son of George and Mary (Baker) Baker, who emigrated to Ohio and located in Delaware Co. at an early day; he was born on the farm; from Delaware Co. he went to Clark Co. and remained there five or six years, when he returned to Orange Township, Delaware Co.; he lived also in Westerville and Lewis Center, and was Postmaster at the latter place for three years; also agent for the Express Co. and C., C., C. & I. R. R., for a number of years; in 1878, he came to Delaware and commenced mercantile business, and formed a partnership with Mr. Scoffield, which continued until 1880, when Mr. Baker became owner of the entire business; his store is located on South Sandusky street; near the C., C., C. & I. R. R. crossing, where he has erected a handsome residence and business block; besides running a full line of choice family groceries, Mr. Baker is engaged in the coal business, and intends soon to erect opposite his place of business a fine warehouse, two stories high, 26 x 60; he will then, in connection with his present business, enter the grain trade. Mr. Baker was married in Orange Township to Miss Mary Angle, of New Jersey.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 614
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Porter Twp. –
WILLIAM BAKER, farmer; P. O. Condit; is a son of Thomas and Anna E. Baker; his father was born in Ashby-de-Zouch [sic], Leicestershire, England, in 1779, and emigrated to the United States in 1832, stopping a short time at New York, Philadelphia, Germantown, Addington, etc. William was born in 1823, in England, and emigrated to Ohio in 1849, settling in Porter Township, Delaware Co. He was married, in 1846, to Miss Jane, a daughter of Robert Kilgore, by whom he had thirteen children––Thomas E., born Sept 21, 1847, and married Nov. 7, 1874, to Mary a daughter of Robert Jones, of Delaware, Ohio; Emma E., born at Pittsburg [sic], Penn., June 12, 1849, and died in 1850; Lucy M., born Sept. 7, 1850, married Morris Murphy Jan. 7, 1873; Robt. J., born June 2, 1852, and died Oct. 18, 1854; Samuel F., born March 15, 1854, and died Sept. 24, 1860; Kate L., born Jan. 16, 1855, and died Jan. 29, 1869; Ida M., born July 13, 1857, and married Nov. 21, 1877, to Howard Haskins, who died June 8, 1879, (she now lives with her father and has one child, Freddie J., born Jan. 25, 1879); Lilly, born Nov. 27, 1858, and died Jan. 29, 1869; William F., born April 30, 1860; Minnie J., born April 4, 1862; Nettie, born March 29, 1866; Maggie, born Sept. 6, 1867; and Eva, born April 3, 1869. They settled on the present farm of 200 acres in 1859; the farm is under good improvement, being well watered by good living springs, making it finely adapted to stock-raising, of which they make some specialty in breeding Norman horses and merino sheep. Mr. Baker enlisted in Co. F, 43d O. V. I., and remained some three years, and then returned to his farm; in his younger days, he worked in the iron works at Pittsburg [sic], also in a confectionery in the same place for some four years for D. Bowen; made one trip on the Alleghany River as cabin-boy, also down the Ohio on a coal-boat; Mr. Baker has been a hard-worker, and has cleared 120 acres by his own hands.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 820
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Orange Twp. –
JAMES BALE, farmer; P. O. Westerville; came to this township in 1849; he was born in Sussex Co., N. J., in March, 1797; the son of Henry and Abigail (Current) Bale, who were also natives of New Jersey.  In the early part of James’ life, he learned the trade of millwright, which he followed for several years; subsequently, he entered the milling business, with two of his brothers; they manufactured some cloth, but their principal business was fulling and dressing, which they followed successfully for several years; James finally sold out to his brothers, and resumed the millwright business, which he pursued until he cast his fortunes in the West.  July 8, 1826, he was married to Sarah Havens, a native of New Jersey; they had seven children, four living––Abigail, John H., Alary A. and David, who is on the homestead, and was married Oct. 5, 1865, to Dulcina Hulburt, a daughter of Lee Hulburt, one of the old residents of the county; they have five children––Edwin F., Louie L., James, Ezra and a babe, unnamed.  After their marriage, they lived on a farm he had bought, north of the homestead, three years; then sold out and moved to his father’s farm, situated on the west side of Alum Creek.  David has always been identified with Democracy, as also has his father.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 706-707
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Delaware Twp. -
CAPT. BENJAMIN A. BANKER, merchant. Among the leading business men of Delaware may be mentioned the above-named gentleman, who was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., Aug. 10, 1829, and is the son of Benjamin Banker, who engaged in farming. When 15 years of age, Mr. Banker, with his parents, moved West and located in Will Co., Ill.; in Joliet, Ill., he learned his trade as a carpenter, and worked at it until 1849, when he came to Cardington, Ohio, and remained there until 1855, when he came to Delaware Co., and has been one of its honored citizens ever since. Here, during the late war, he enlisted as a private in Co. D, 121st O. V. I. After being mustered in, he was made Orderly Sergeant, and, afterward, Second Lieutenant, then First Lieutenant, filling the lieutenancy for about a year, when he was promoted to Captain of Co. A, where he served until the close of the war, having participated in some of the hardest battles and longest marches of the war––Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Atlanta, and Sherman’s march to the sea, through the Carolinas to Washington and the grand review. During the march through the Carolinas, Capt. Banker was detailed to rebuild a bridge over Feather River, N. C., which had been burned by the rebels. He began, at 8 P. M., with a corps of workmen, and by 6 A. M. the army was passing over the bridge. Capt. Banker, in November, 1862, was taken sick with typhoid fever, and was in a dangerous condition for some four or five weeks; but in May he reported for duty, and, after serving in the war until the dawn of peace––enlisting as a private and being mustered out a Captain––he returned home to Delaware County, where he engaged in farming in Delaware Township. His house was burned in 1867, and he moved to Delaware. He was master mechanic of the Ohio Penitentiary, under Gen. Noyes, which position he filled for two and one-half years. In 1875, he commenced the flour, feed and commission business, which he is now following. He married Miss Elizabeth Worline of Delaware Co.; they have five children. Capt Banker is a Republican, and served as Coroner of Delaware Co. for two years with credit; he is a member of the M. E. Church.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 615
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Genoa Twp. –
LYMAN BARCUS, farmer; P. O. Galena; is a son of Samuel and Julia Barcus, who were early settlers in Trenton Township, Delaware Co., where the subject was born Jan. 25, 1846; when he was about 5 years old, his parents moved to Licking Co., where Mrs. Barcus died; after some sixteen years, or in 1867, the family returned to Delaware Co., locating in Berkshire Township; they bought a farm of ninety-six acres, situated just north of Galena, where, with his second wife, the senior Barcus is now living. When a lad of but 14 years, Lyman Barcus contracted to carry the mail from Johnstown, in Licking Co., to Delaware City. On that and other routes he continued for ten years; subsequently, he made a trip West, helping drive a flock of sheep from this county to Champaign Co., Ill.; remained there only a short time. Sept. 26, 1879, he was married to Blanche McNutt; she was born July 30, 1860. After his marriage, the subject moved on to what is known as the Burnside farm, two and one-half miles southwest of Galena, containing 166 acres, which he has well improved and placed under a good state of cultivation.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 847
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Orange Twp. –
D. H. BARD, farmer; P. O. Westerville; was born in Franklin Co., Penn., Dec. 15, 1848; is the third child of a family of four children; his father’s name was Isaac; his mother’s name, prior to her marriage, was Rhuana Humphrey, both of them natives of Franklin Co., Penn.  David came to this county with his parents, when he was about 4 years old; the family subsequently located on the State road, south of the town house.  At the age of 9, David went to live with his uncle, A. M. Fuller, one of the prominent men in this township, living in the southern part; lived with him until he attained his majority.  Dec. 25, 1878, was united in wedlock to Sadie E. McDowell, of Franklin Co., Penn., and the place of marriage; she was born March 16, 1856; she is a daughter of William E. McDowell.  Since his marriage, he has worked his uncle’s farm.  He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 707
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Delaware Twp. -
JAMES A. BARNES, Delaware, proprietor of the Delaware Oil Mills, is one of the leading and most successful business men of Delaware; he was born in New Hartford, Conn., Dec. 3, 1818; when he was but 3 years of age, his parents came West and located in Licking Co., Ohio; in 1840, Mr. Barnes came to Delaware, which has since been his home, with the exception of one year, 1849, when he went to California, gold seeking, with fair success, and one year in Missouri, where he was engaged in the saw-mill business, on the Missouri River; in 1840, Mr. Barnes commenced the practice of law, at the Delaware County bar, where he was associated with the late Charles Sweetser, the firm being known as Barnes & Sweetser; in 1857, he retired from the practice of his profession, and in 1859 purchased his present business, which was then carried on in a two-story frame building, with a capacity of fifty bushels of flag-seed every twenty-four hours, employing six men; in 1863, he erected the present stone building, which is known as the Delaware Oil Mills; the business now has a capacity of 300 bushels of flax-seed every twenty-four hours, employing nine men. In 1859, Mr. Barnes was elected Mayor of Delaware, and again, in 1876, to the same office, filling the position with credit and satisfaction to the public.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 614
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Liberty Twp. –
SAMUEL BARR, farmer; P. O. Powell; was born in Franklin Co. Oct. 16, 1816; son of Andrew Barr, a native of Pennsylvania, whose wife was Nancy Ball; born in New York; Andrew Barr came to Franklin in 1805, and settled in that county; he died in 1842, and his wife died in 1851; Samuel remained at home until his 28th year. On Feb. 6, 1845, he was married to Elizabeth Steely, born in Ross Co., March 22, 1821, and was a daughter of John Steely; her mother’s maiden name was Moore, who died in 1866; her husband in 1856; after marriage, Samuel Barr and wife located in Franklin Co., on land given him by his father, where he remained about ten years; then went to Alton, same county, remained there three years; then went seven miles northeast of Columbus; stayed seven years; moved back six miles south of Columbus; stayed one year; then went to Westerville; stayed one year; then moved east of Worthington; stayed eight years; spent three years on Alum Creek; spring; of 1878, moved to this township, and bought twenty acres, upon which he is now living; they have four children––Mary C., Hannah, Anna and Nancy; the elder, Mary C., is a teacher, and has been engaged successfully as such. Mr. Barr is a member of the M. E. Church; his wife a member of the Dunkard Brethren.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 655
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Liberty Twp. –
WILLIAM BARRINGER, blacksmith and wagon-maker, Powell; was born in Seneca Co., Feb. 15, 1835; is the eldest of a family of four children; James Barringer, his father, married Nancy Leasure, who was born in Maryland and is of Dutch descent; William, arriving at maturity and having a desire for mechanical pursuits, entered a wagon-shop and made himself as handy as a regular workman, then took up the blacksmith’s trade and was soon master of both. In his 23d year, he married Elizabeth E. Howard, born Sept. 16, 1838, in Licking Co.; their union was celebrated Nov. 26, 1857, after which he farmed and worked some at his trade, continuing until 1862, when he moved to Sandusky and stayed three years and a half, and in 1865 he moved to Powell and started in business, where he carries on both wagon-making and black-smithing; has a large shop and is doing a good business, and fully merits the patronage he receives. Has two children––James F., born June, 1859; Sarah E., born April 2, 1862. His father died in August, 1844; his mother is living in Wood Co.; Mr. Barringer is a member of the Christian Union Church and of Powell Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 465.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 654
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Liberty Twp. -
B. F. BARTHOLOMEW, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Powell; is a son of Major and Roxie Bartholomew, and was born in the southeast corner of the township April 3, 1837; his father being a farmer and trader, Benjamin concluded to follow in his footsteps, and at an early age gave evidences of his partiality in this direction; he remained with his parents until he attained his 30th year, when he was married to Miss Amanda Payne, born Apr. 30, 1842, daughter of Hiram Payne; their nuptials were duly celebrated Jan. 18, 1868; they have as a child - Leslie, born Apr. 16, 1869.  After marriage, they located on the farm he now owns; has 980 acres of land, which is well improved; is a man of energy and inherits the business tact possessed by his father, with a strict regard for justice and possessing the esteem of all who have business relations with him; he is actively engaged in farming and stock-raising, and is making a successful career.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio - 1880: Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 654

Liberty Twp. –
MRS. ROXIE BARTHOLOMEW; P. O. Powell; is a native of Massachusetts; born in Sharon Township, Dec. 13, 1812, is the daughter of Caleb Hall, whose wife was Mercy Rhodes, both of whom are natives of Massachusetts, and emigrated to this State in the year 1817, making the trip by wagon, which time occupied nine weeks; Mrs. Bartholomew was then but 5 years of age, but she distinctly remembers the time of their coming; they located at Worthington, and in 1831 moved to Orange Township. Mrs. Bartholomew was united in wedlock June 14, 1833, to MAJ. BARTHOLOMEW, who was born Dec. 13, 1806, in Connecticut; four children were born, but only one, Benjamin F., now living; Jasper, Jane and Thomas C., are deceased; the two former arrived at maturity. After Mrs. Bartholomew’s marriage, they moved to the place now occupied by her; they started empty handed, he began work at $9 per month, this he continued some time, and then bought a team and began farming on his own account; after years of patient industry and the exercise of rigid economy, he succeeded in making a start; being a shrewd business man, he was soon enabled to do business on a large scale, and continued to be successful up to the time of his death, Oct. 17, 1875, which was hastened by injuries received some years previous by being entangled in a mowing machine; since his death, Mrs. Bartholomew has remained on the homestead conducting the business of the farm for two years, since which time, her son, Benjamin F., who resides near her, has had charge.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 653-654
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Brown Twp. -
ABEL W. BARTLETT, farmer; P. O. Kilbourn; is a descendant of one of the early settlers of the county; he was born in Kingston Township April 12, 1826, the ninth of a family of ten children born to Abner and Obedience (Mix) Bartlett; Abner was born at Catskill, N. Y., his wife in Vermont; after their marriage, came to this State at an early period of this county’s history, locating in Kingston, when there were but three houses in Delaware City; he lived in Kingston until the year 1834, sold out and moved to Columbus, and was engaged in the manufacture of ropes; he remained there until the time of the cholera plague, of which he was a victim; at the age of 14, Abel went to learn the tailor’s trade at Mt. Vernon; in his 20th year, located at Cardington, setting up in business for himself, continuing there until the year 1847; Sept. 25, same year, married Zillah Grant, daughter of Andrew Grant, from Pennsylvania; they moved to Marion Co., stayed one year, engaged in the hotel business; this not suiting them, they went to Cardington where he resumed his former occupation, and added to it the merchant tailor and clothing business; his wife died Jan. 6, 1867, leaving two children––Andrew W. and Adelbert G.; Andrew, at Cardington, engaged in the transportation business; Adelbert met with a tragic end; in the spring of 1867 moved to Ashley, Oxford Township, was engaged in the merchant tailor business two years; in 1869, moved to Morrow Co. and engaged in farming. Oct. 27, 1868, married Eliza M. Peak, born in 1836; her parents were from Windsor Co., Vt.; in the spring of 1876, moved to the place he now owns, situated one mile south of Eden on the J. P. Slack farm, later owned by M. M. Glass; he has seventy-six acre of land; has one child by his present wife, Olin Webb, born April 11, 1872. He and his wife are both members of the M. E. Church; he is a strong advocate of temperance principles, and a zealous member of the I. O. O. F., having represented that body in Grand Lodge on several occasions; he is a liberal patron of the public journals.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 808
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WILLIAM BEARDSLEE, farmer; P. O. Constantia; born in Bradford Co., Penn., April 1, 1827; the son of Tolman and Mahala (Knapp) Beardslee. The mother was born in Bradford Co., Penn., and her husband in Connecticut. William is the seventh of a family of thirteen children, all of whom lived to maturity. The family emigrated in 1839, locating at first in Dublin, Franklin Co.; after one year, they moved to Orange Township, this county, where they lived three years; then to Genoa, and after a sojourn of two years, removed to Orange Township; after one year’s residence there, they went to Berlin, residing eight years; thence to Orange again, residing six years; then returning to Berlin, where they have since remained. When Mr. Beardslee was 19 years old his father died; he lived with his mother until she married. At the age of 22, he bought forty-eight acres of land in the southern part of Berlin, for which he was to pay $8 per acre; he ran in debt for the entire amount; cleared up part of the land and soon paid for it. In his 26th year, he was married to Mary E. Thompson; born in 1831 in Trumbull Co.; daughter of John and Lucy (Leonard) Thompson, natives of Massachusetts. In March, 1864, they located on the farm where they now live, east side of Berlin Township; he has 144 acres of land; when he began in life, he was without a dollar, but owed $10, instead, for a suit of clothes; yet, from this beginning, is to-day one of the well-to-do farmers and self-made men. He and wife are members of the M. E. Church; they have had nine children––Andrew (deceased), Isadore, now wife of A. H. Osborne, of Berlin Station, Darwin, Riley, Walter, Lucy, Alleward, Emma and Ancil.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 697-698
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Delaware Twp. -
REV. H. A. BECKER, Pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Delaware, was born in Mahoning Co., Ohio, April 30, 1841, and is the son of Rev. F. C. and Mamie Becker. His father was born in Germany in 1805, having emigrated to America when young, and, about 1839, came to Ohio; he is now a resident of Lordstown, Trumbull Co., Ohio, where he has had charge of a church for the last forty years. The Rev. H. A. Becker, after receiving a common-school education in his native county, went to Columbus and graduated from the Capitol University; in 1866, he was ordained and licensed to preach, his first charge being at St. Paris, Champaign Co., where he remained some eight months, then in Thornville, Perry Co., from 1867 to 1877, having charge of four large congregations, one in Thornville and three located in different parts of Perry Co.; here Mr. Becker did good work; in 1877, he came to Delaware, where he has since been the resident Pastor, and is also engaged in publishing a Sunday-school paper called the Illustrated Lutheran Child’s Paper, which has a circulation of some 5,000. Rev. H. A. Becker married in September, 1866, Miss Mary L. Hoffman, of Germany; by this union they have five children.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 615
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Liberty Twp. –
HIRAM F. BEEDLE, farmer; is a son of Hiram and Amanda (Bishop) Beedle; the former was born in Warren Co., this State, and was a cooper by trade; he died in Fayette Co., in 1876; his people were from New Jersey; David Bishop, the father of Mrs. Beedle, settled in Warren Co. in 1803; being among the first settlers; Mrs. Beedle is still living; Hiram F., the subject of this sketch, is also a native of Warren Co., where he was born Dec. 6. 1838; from the time he was 12 years old until of age, he worked out by the month during the summer, and spent the winters at home; in 1858, he came to this county, where he worked by the month at farming until 1863; was in the employ of the Government as teamster one season; has followed farming since. On Sept. 8, 1874, be was married to Mary E. Scott, born in Franklin Co.; they have one child, James E., born Oct. 24, 1876. Mrs. Beedle’s parents were Jackson and Sarah (Gossage) Scott.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 654
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Oxford Twp. –
MARY BELL, widow, Sec. 4; P. O. Ashley; is a daughter of Jesse and Mary Miller; her parents had seven children––Martha, Mary, William, Elizabeth, Sarah, John A., Catharine.  Our subject was born in 1812, in Zanesville, Ohio.  Was married in 1831, to Henry, a son of John and Nancy Bell.  His father was born in England and emigrated to Pennsylvania when a boy, and raised a family of three children––Henry, John, Mary A.; her husband was born in 1804, in Delaware, and emigrated to Ohio about 1828 or 1829, and settled at Zanesville, and there married our subject; they settled after marriage on a farm of sixty acres owned by her which they sold to Prosper Rich, and bought sixty-three acres where she now lives; they added to it and have 163 acres in Oxford Township, and have also forty acres in Henry Co., all of which has been obtained by their own labors; they had twelve children––John, Martha, Sarah, Henry, Mary, Stanley, Elizabeth, Robert, David, William, Celia E. (infant); her husband died May 5, 1867, and was a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, in which he had been steward; he was the leader of the Wesleyan organization of this place; he was a temperance man in every respect.  Mr. Bell’s father died when he was young, and he was raised by his grandfather Clifton; their son John served in the war nearly four years, and Stanley served nearly one year.  The Bell family have always been Republicans; the father, however, was once a Democrat; they have generally been healthy, and have passed a pleasant life, and have done their part in the interests of the county.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 786
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Harlem Twp. –
JOHN W. BENNETT, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Center Village; son of Daniel Bennett, who was born Dec. 10, 1783, in Luzerne Co., Penn., and married Sarah Adams, of the same county; she was born Dec. 10, 1787. They came to Ohio in 1808, located in Harlem Township, where he bought 150 acres of land; afterward bought 200 acres more. When a young man, he was licensed to preach in the M. E. Church, and shortly after coming to Ohio was ordained, and was one of the first ministers to locate in Harlem Township, and for fifty-three years was a faithful worker in the church, and during that time received no pay for his labor. For many years, his house was the preaching point, and when building his last residence, he built one large room for that purpose. He was one of the prime movers in building the present Harlem Church, which was erected in 1838. He died June 25, 1861. He lived to see eleven of his children married, and all members of the church. His wife died in 1870. The subject was the youngest child of his parents, and was born June 22, 1829, on his present homestead, and remained with his parents until 26 years old. Oct. 23, 1854, he married Rosabel H., daughter of John Smothers, of Genoa Township, where he located in an early day. He was born in Pennsylvania, in 1796, and when a child, came with his parents to Ohio. They lived for many years in Fairfield, Franklin Co. When about 21, he married Rosalinda Seabring. She was born in 1800, and was 10 years old when her parents moved to Ohio, locating in Genoa Township, where she remained until her marriage. After his marriage, Mr. Smothers lived in Genoa Township, where he worked on a farm, while his wife worked in the house and wove cloth, a portion of which she took on horseback to Columbus, that being the nearest market, and only a few houses at that point. Mrs. Smothers died March 29, 1850. Her husband died some years later. They were both members of the M. E. Church. They had seven children; four of them lived to be grown. Mrs. Bennett was their sixth child, and was born Sept. 7, 1835. After his marriage, our subject moved into the house with his parents, with whom he lived until their death. They have had seven children, of whom Ophelia R., born Aug. 20, 1855, and Aug. 5, 1876, married C. R. Orndorff, and Effie J., born July 18, 1859, is now living at home and teaching school; Frank D., May 24, 1864; William W., March 26, 1866, and Edwin C., born Nov. 21, 1868, still survive, and a pair of twins, deceased. Mr. Bennett united with the M. E. Church when 12 years old; for thirty years has been class leader, and in 1860 was licensed to exhort in the church. At 16, Mrs. B. united with the church. All their children, but the youngest, are now members of the M. E. Church. In his home place, Mr. B. has 100 acres, well improved and stocked, and in a good state of cultivation, with good farm residence and outbuildings.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 839
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Porter Twp. –
THOMAS BENOY, farmer; P. O. Condit; is a son of James and Mary (Bailey) Benoy; his father was born in England and emigrated to America about 1847, making their settlement in Knox Co. He died in 1874; his mother died in 1856. They had six children, five living; Thomas was born in 1835, in England, and came with his father to America; he learned the shoemaker’s trade with a Mr. Smeal at Mt. Vernon, working at the business some fourteen years, and was very successful. He was married to H. J., a daughter of Thomas Hix, of England. They have five children; Rose E., George, Henry, Manuel and William. In 1870, they settled on their present farm of 125 acres; it is most excellently watered by spring and creek and is one of the finest stock farms in the country. They are members of the M. E. Church, in which he has been Steward, Trustee and Superintendent of Sabbath-schools. He takes an interest in educating his children, buying them valuable literature. He now makes a specialty in fine Durham cattle and Poland-China hogs.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 820
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Delaware Twp. -
DAVID BEVAN, JR., farmer; P. O. Delaware; was born in South Wales, April 20. 1829; his parents were David and Margaret (Lewis) Bevan, who, in 1842, with six children emigrated to America, and located on the Radnor pike, Delaware Township, on a place then but little improved, with only a log cabin and a small piece of cleared land for a beginning; the family had in a few years a well-improved farm, now only marked by an old orchard and part of the barn; after farming here for a number of years, he moved to a farm west of Mr. Bevan’s present home, where his mother, Margaret Bevan, died some seventeen years ago; in 1879, on the 23d day of May, David Bevan died, at the age of 83 years; thus passed away two of the old and highly respected citizens of Delaware Co.; of the Bevan family there are now living three sons and one daughter––James, William, Dinah, and David, the subject of this sketch, who has been engaged in farming through life, and is now owner of a fine, improved farm. He married Eliza Davis, daughter of Thos. Davis, of South Wales, and has four children. William Bevan was a soldier in the late war, having enlisted in the 121st O. V. I and served three years and two months, participating in battles and marches with the 121st and was honorably mustered out.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 615-616
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Porter Twp. –
HIRAM BLACKLEDGE, farmer; P. O. Kingston Center; was born August 21, 1816. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Carroll Co., Ohio, about 1820. Mr Blackledge was married in 1838, to Eleanor Mills, who was born April 30, 1817, a daughter of William and Sarah (Clear) Mills; her father and mother were from Pennsylvania, and of Welsh descent. In 1840, Mr. and Mrs. Blackledge came by team to Delaware Co., and bought 100 acres of woodland, upon which they erected a cabin, which yet remains; upon this land were excellent sugar camps, which were a source of profit and satisfaction to the family; Mr. Blackledge finally became the possessor of 500 acres of land, 250 of which, however, he divided among his children; the remaining 250 acres are well improved and are largely devoted to stock purposes, and he gives his time principally to the raising of Spanish merino sheep, giving especial attention to their care and improvement, having about five hundred head. His wife died in September, 1874; they had a large family of children; those living are William, Jane, Harriet, Robert and Phoebe; those deceased are Isaac, John, Thomas, Lincoln and Edwin. Mr. Blackledge was again married, in 1876, to Nancy, a daughter of Henry Brookins, of Ohio; she bore him one child, which died soon after birth, and the mother died in 1877; his son Robert and wife are now living with him. He is a member of the Republican party; was formerly a Whig, having cast his first vote for Harrison. His son Isaac died while in the army during the late war.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 819-820
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Genoa Twp. –
ELAM BLAIN, farmer; P. O. Galena; was born May 15, 1807, in Luzerne Co., Penn.; the son of Elam and Catharine Blain; his father was born May 15, 1760, in New Jersey, who, at 17 years of age, enlisted in the Light Horse Command, under Gen. Anthony Wayne, and fought three years in the Revolutionary war. When in his 23d year, he was married to Catharine Read; she was born in New Jersey Oct. 28, 1763. A few years after his marriage, he moved to Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1816, when he came to Ohio, locating in Zanesville, and in 1820 came to Delaware Co., locating in Harlem Township, where he died in 1846, and some seven years later his wife died; they were members of the Christian Church. The subject was the youngest of fourteen children. Nov. 14, 1826, he married Sarah Cockerill; she was born Dec. 25, 1807; after his marriage, they lived as one family with his parents until 1858, when he bought his present homestead. Mrs. Blain died Oct. 7, 1863; she left eight children––Solomon, Catharine, Matilda, Emeline, Leonora, Elam, Rhoda and Delilah, who are still living; one child––Lafayette, died in infancy. April 21, 1873, Mr. Blain married Mrs. Hannah Miller; she was born Dec. 24, 1820, daughter of Jacob Pace; in 1847, she married William Miller; he died March, 1871; they had two children––Albert and Henry (deceased). The subject was Justice of the Peace of Harlem Township twelve years, and held other township offices; was also First Lieutenant in the State militia for five years.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 847
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Orange Twp. –
WILLIAM BOCKOVEN, farmer and stockraiser; P. O. Constantia; was born in Berlin Township March 13, 1826; is the eldest of a family of twelve children; his father’s name is Jacob, who came to this county in the year 1820, he being then a lad of 18; his parents settled in Berlin.  Jacob married Eliza Dalrymple, a native of New Jersey; they are still living.  William, at the age of 18, went to learn the blacksmith’s trade, and afterward followed it eight years in Cheshire; while there, was married (April 26, 1849) to Jane Barrows, born Oct. 3, 1826; daughter of Nathaniel W. Barrows, a native of Tolland Co., Conn.; he settled in this township in 1819, on the east side of Alum Creek, where Mrs. B. was born.  In the fall of 1858, Mr. Bockoven moved to Orange, locating in the north part, east of Alum Creek, where he bought 200 acres of land, a portion of which belonged formerly to the Barrow farm, which Mrs. Bockoven’s father bought and settled.  Mr. Bockoven for several years afterward followed his trade, in connection with his farm, but has recently abandoned the anvil and forge, and confined himself strictly to farming pursuits.  He has been a successful man; has accumulated a competence for himself and wife, and they are living in the enjoyment of their means; he is among the best farmers on Alum Creek; has contributed liberally to the support of the Gospel, and to all demands of an eleemosynary character; he is a liberal patron of the public journals; was for many years identified with the Democratic party, but is now a Prohibitionist.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 707
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Delaware Twp. -
CHARLES H. BODURTHA. Among the leading photographers of Central Ohio may be mentioned the above-named gentleman, who was born in Berkshire Co., Mass.; in 1863, he finished learning his trade in Hartford, Conn., and went to Bridgeport, Conn., and opened a gallery, where he remained in business but a short time, then went to Venezuela, South America, and remained there two years, being the first photograph artist there; after this, he was engaged on an English man-of-war as a special artist, taking sketches and views of notable places; after continuing at this sixteen months, he came to Ohio, and located in Columbus, where he remained some six months, when he came to Delaware and was first employed by T. A. Beach, a leading photographer; soon Mr. Bodurtha became part owner and the firm remained Beach & Bodurtha for a number of years, when Mr. Bodurtha became sole proprietor, and is recognized as being one of the finest artists in Central Ohio; rooms in Reynolds & Frank’s Block, third floor.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 616
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BOLINGER & COLE, blacksmiths, Kilbourn. Frank Bolinger was born Feb. 22, 1852, is the son of Jacob Bolinger, a native of Germany, whose wife was Catherine Smith, from the same place; Frank was born in Delaware City, where he grew up, and there learned his trade; afterward worked there two years. September, 1873, he married Lemma Brownsberger, born in 1854, and raised in Stark Co.; was the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Brownsberger. Frank worked one year and a half in Marion Co.; in 1876, came to this place and set up in business for himself; has two children––Edward and Adelbert. Himself and wife are members of the Lutheran Church. January, 1880, he associated in business with Charles Cole, born in New Jersey Oct. 17, 1842, son of Henry and Nancy (Marquette) Cole; learned his trade in New Jersey, and came West in 1860; located in Galena, worked at his trade until the breaking-out of the rebellion. He enlisted in Co I, 32d O. V. I.; was four years and five months in the service, and returned with life and limb unscathed, and in 1865 married Mary Loop, born in this county; she died in 1875. Feb. 2, 1876, he married Lenora Hornback, his present wife, she was born in Knox Co.; had five children by his first wife; one by the second. Mr. Cole has worked in various places since he came West––Cheshire, Sunbury, Lewis Center, Eden Station, and to this town in 1869. He is a member of the Prohibition party. The firm are now associated together under the firm name of Bolinger & Cole, doing general blacksmithing in a satisfactory manner.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 808
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Thompson Twp. –
JOHN BONNER, farmer and stock-grower; P. O. Richwood; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio. May 25, 1828; his parents came from Ross Co., Ohio, in about 1826, purchased land in the forests of the county, and, with the aid of their sons cleared it. The father and mother are both dead. Mr. Bonner remained with his father until about 18 years of age, when he began working as a brickmaker, a business he followed but a few years, when he began farming and stock-raising, which he has ever since followed; he deals some in fine cattle; owns a farm of 133 acres of well-improved land. Was married in 1854 to Miss Isabella J. David, whose parents are old settlers of Delaware Co.; by their union there were four children––William S., Margaret A., Mary E. and Ray R.; the eldest of whom died in 1879. Mr. Bonner received a good common-school education, such as the schools of his early days afforded. He and wife are members of the Disciples Church, and he a member of the Democratic party.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 800-801
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Trenton Twp. –
J. P. BOSTON, farmer; P. O. Van’s Valley; is a son of Philip and Sarah Boston; his father was born in Frederick Co., Md., about 1783, and emigrated to Ohio in 1840; he is now 97 years of age, and makes his home with our subject; the mother died Aug. 4, 1859; they had ten children; but seven survive. Mr. Boston was born Feb 12, 1823, and came to Ohio by team with his parents, with whom he remained, engaged in attending school and farming, until married, Dec. 25, 1852, to Mary A. Feazel, a daughter of Jacob Feazel; after marriage, they settled in Harlem Township, where they lived on a farm for ten years, and then moved to the present place of 15 acres; he owns 83 acres in Harlem Township, all under good improvement. He was drafted into the army, but afterward enlisted in the home guard for three years. They have had eleven children––David L., Sarah C., J. P., George W. (died 1872), William H., Abram M., John R., Charles R., Albert U. S., Marietta and Flora D. Mr. Boston makes a specialty of raising fine horses.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 828
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Porter Twp. –
ELIAS BOWERS, farmer; P. O. Kingston Center; is a son of Jesse and Lydia (Grandstaff) Bowers; his father was born in Virginia and emigrated to Ohio about 1793, settling in Knox Co., near Mt. Vernon, and was a minister of the M. E. Church; his mother was born in Zanesville, Ohio; they had eleven children; the oldest is now living at the age of 80, and the youngest at 40. Mr. Bowers was born in Knox Co., Ohio, June 10, 1818, and remained there until 1850, when he moved to Licking Co., where he engaged in merchandising for nine years; in 1871, he sold his farm in Licking Co., and bought 125 acres, now owned by Thomas Benoy, and owned the same two years, and then sold and bought the present farm of sixty-three acres. He was married in 1840 to Mary, a daughter of William Wilson; she was born in 1818 in Pennsylvania; her father was also born in Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Ohio in 1821. Mr. and Mrs. Bowers had the following children: Charles Wesley (was in the war and was wounded), Alexander C. (was in the army and was wounded), William H. (died by exposure in the army), Amy E. (married Payne), Melvina (married Browning), Delilah A. (dead), Phoebe B. (married Grandstaff), Elizabeth S. C. (married Garner), James (died Feb. 8, 1879). Mr. Bowers has held office of Constable and almost all township offices. He entered the Methodist Episcopal denomination as a minister in an early day; has been in that capacity for twenty-one years.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 819
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Trenton Twp. –
BISHOP BOYD, farmer; P. O. Sunbury; is a well-to-do farmer of Trenton Township, a brother of Henry Boyd, whose sketch appears in this work; he was born, in 1839, in Trenton Township, on the banks of the Black Walnut. When a boy, he attended the usual winter school of those times, and, in 1862, enlisted in Co. H, 121st O. V. I., and served six months, when he returned. Nov. 29, 1863, was married to Eliza, daughter of George Clark; she was born July 28, 1844, in Trenton Township. By this union, there were born two boys––Clement L., born June 12, 1866, and George W., April 5, 1869. After marriage, they settled on his farm of eighty acres, where they have since lived; this has been acquired by industry and economy. Mr. Boyd has filled several township positions and is in the enjoyment of health and prosperity. Mrs. Boyd is a member of the Baptist Church.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 828
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Trenton Twp. –
HENRY BOYD, farmer; P. O. Sunbury; is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Anderson) Boyd; his father was born in New Jersey, and his mother in Pennsylvania; they came to Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1829-30; they had twelve children, eleven now living, eight in Delaware Co.; the father died in 1868, the mother is still living, making her home at Charles Perfect’s, in Trenton Township. Mr. Boyd was born Dec. 28, 1827, in Luzerne Co., Penn., and was married, Nov. 14, 1861, to Elizabeth, a daughter of Nicholas and Nancy Manville; had two children––Amy E., born Sept. 20, 1863, died Aug. 25, 1866; Charles N., born June 20, 1865; died Aug. 19, 1866; his wife died Jan. 31, 1867. He was again married, Jan. 14, 1868, to Sarah Longshore, a daughter of George Clark (she being the widow of Minor Longshore, who died June 15, 1856). They settled east of Sunbury, where he was engaged in a grist and saw mill, which he sold in 1872, to Jacob Burrur; he then bought the present farm of fifty acres, in addition to which he owns twenty-four acres of the homestead of his father. His parents made their first settlement northeast of Sunbury, on which now stands their old stone house; a portion of the stone that entered into its construction was wheeled by Henry; he was then a mere lad. Mr. Boyd has been Trustee of the township two years.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 828
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Oxford Twp. –
ELDER J. H. BIGGS, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Ashley; son of John and Sarah (Wright) Biggs.  His father was born in Virginia, and died in 1829, in the same State.  His mother emigrated to Ohio in 1835, settling in Alexander, Licking Co., and, in 1843, she was married again to Christian Kaufman; she died in 1876.  Our subject was born in 1819 in Virginia; his educational advantages were as good in his younger days as could be, considering the chance; at the age of 19, he began working on a farm at $10 per month.  Was married, in January, 1831, to Rebecca, daughter of Andrew Kreager, of Fairfield Co., Ohio.  She was born in January, 1816.  After marriage they settled in Fairfield Co., renting for some time, and then moved to Delaware Co. (now Morrow); rented for some time, and then bought land and lived some five years on it, and sold to Isaac Pipes, and bought the present farm of George Housworth; it then contained 50 acres, to which he has added, and now has 94 acres, well improved, attained entirely by their own labors.  He joined the Baptist Church when 19; was ordained as a minister in 1845, and still continues the work for the Master; he has the regular care of four churches.  They have eleven children––Washington, Sarah, John (is a Baptist minister, as is also Washington), Andrew, James (deceased), Rachel, Rebecca and Christian (twins, the latter dead), Mary, Benjamin and an infant.  Mrs. Biggs is also a member of the Baptist Church.  His success in the ministerial department has been excellent.  Mr. Biggs was one of the first Directors of his present school district, serving the people for fifteen years; he helped to lay off the district and helped to build the first schoolhouse; he mostly superintended the hiring of teachers during his career for the public district.  Mr. Biggs has been a hard worker; to illustrate this, we mention that, when they started housekeeping, they had one horse, saddle and bridle, cow, bed and chest; he soon began work at making sugar to buy dishes and household articles; he got 5 cents per pound for the sugar; they began in a log cabin, and enjoyed the comforts of a pioneer fireplace; he once cleared three acres of land and fenced the same for $30, taking for pay a colt, which died soon after; he has generally been stout, and would work for other people during the spare time from his own home duties; his amiable wife has always lent a helping hand; she received about $400 from her father at one time; she once bound wheat after him, for which she received in compensation a new dress; her grandfather Kreager was a Revolutionary soldier.  Some of Mr. Biggs’ mother’s brothers were in the war of 1812.  He is a Democrat; he was one of seventeen voters of the party in this township at his time of settlement, and has since continued in the party.  Mr. Biggs remembers seeing the President drive the last spike on the C., C., C. & I. R. R., when it met near his house, and on that road he took his first ride on the cars.  Mr. Biggs has in his house a clock which was ordered by Dr. Kaufman, of Fairfield Co., which changed from him to Elder Kaufman, and then fell into his hands; it has seen ninety winters, and is yet a faithful servant.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 786-787
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Oxford Twp. –
JOHN BRINES, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Leonardsburg; our subject is a son of Catharine and William Brines; his father died when he was 3 years old, and he was thrown into the poorhouse; he was taken by Philip Miller, at the age of about 4, and was with him, attending school and working on the farm, until 18, when Mr. Miller put him to learning the blacksmith’s trade in Pennsylvania, with a man by the name of Shultz, with whom he worked over three years; he then worked on a farm for Martin Shellebarger at $18, with whom he continued about one year; he next came in 1844, by stage, to Sunbury, Ohio, and from there he came to Oxford Township and worked for Joseph Cole, with whom he continued but a short time, and then worked for Elijah Main, and next for James Main.  In 1847, was married to Elizabeth, a daughter of John and Jane McCleary; her parents were born in Virginia; her mother died there, and her father again married Polly Siford, and emigrated to Ohio in 1833; she was born June 6, 1826; she was one of seven children––and is the only one living; they settled after marriage in Troy Township, on land which he bought of Elijah Main, and in 1858, he sold the same to James Main, and bought fifty acres of the present farm of 100 acres, where he has since been located; it was mostly timber land, probably worth $60 per acre; his father was in the Revolutionary war; he helped to build the first schoolhouse in the south part of the township; in 1850, he went in company with Dr. White, of Delaware, and many others, to the West, and Mr. Brines spent the winter at Salt Lake City among the Mormons; he then went to California, working his passage driving an ox team for Augustus Bray; while there he worked at mining, and in three years returned by water to his home.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 786
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Delaware Twp. -
BROWN & BURNHAM, proprietors of City Foundry, are among the leading manufacturers of Delaware. They commenced business in 1862. Matthias Brown was born in Germany; having emigrated to America, in 1830, he went to Philadelphia, and learned the trade of a machinist; from this he became a railroad engineer, which he followed some fourteen years, taking charge of his first engine on the P. & R. R. R., where he remained some four years. He was at one time in the employ of the famous locomotive works of Rogers & Baldwins, of Philadelphia, and traveled all over the country, going to Quebec to set up one of their locomotives. Mr. Brown was also at one time master mechanic of the Springfield Division of the C., C., C. & I. R. R. He is now about 59 years of age, and is considered one of the best machinists in Central Ohio. John A. Burnham was born in New Hampshire, and learned his trade, as a machinist, at Lowell, Mass., at 22 years old. He is now 81 years old, having had an experience of fifty-nine years in mechanics, and is now, perhaps, the oldest in his line in this part of the State. Mr. Burnham came to Delaware in 1846, since which time he has been engaged in the manufacturing business; in 1847, he commenced on the west side; afterward he became a member of the firm of Bradley, Burnham, Lamb & Co., who erected large buildings, and was engaged in the manufacture of all kinds of machinery, thence to his present establishment, which was erected by Burnham & Miller. Mr. Burnham is the patentee of an iron and wood fence. The present shops are 30x60 feet, 2 stories high, with 20 horse power engine, and are fitted up with every facility for turning out first-class work, a reputation which they now enjoy and expect to maintain.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 614-615
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Orange Twp. –
WASHINGTON BURT, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Flint; was born in Orange Co., N. Y., Aug. 3, 1813, the fifth of nine children.  His father, Daniel, was a native of Connecticut.  His wife’s name before marriage was Sarah Foght, of German extraction.  John Morris Foght, the grandfather of Washington Burt, was a Captain during the Revolutionary war, and was for many years after a pensioner.  Washington began to do for himself at the age of 16; in 1832, when in his 21st year, he and three of his brothers came to Coshocton Co., and located on the Muskingum River, at the town of Coshocton, where they joined land.  Sept. 26, 1839, he was married to Georgiana Fisk, born Nov. 14, 1818, daughter of Jonathan Fisk, from Massachusetts, who came to New York in 1825; his wife’s name before her marriage was Susan Williams.  After Mr. Burt came West he began to clear his wooded land, lived several years in a log house; remained there about thirty-two years; the same land is now within the corporate limits of Coshocton; in the spring of 1865, they sold out and moved to this place; he has 330 acres of good land, all of which is under cultivation; has also a farm in Coshocton Co.  He began life with an old team of horses and $100 in money; this was the “nest egg,” and since, by hard labor and good management, has acquired a competency; they have had ten children, all are living––Ellen, Georgiana, Charles W., Maria, Emma, Sarah A., Susan, George W., Allen D. and Clara; the two elder are married and living in Coshocton; Maria and Emma married brothers; Sarah and Susan are also married, and living in Franklin, Co.; Charles in Kansas; George and Allen in business in Flint, Franklin Co., and Clara at home.  Mr. Burt is favorably disposed to all religious denominations, yet the doctrine of Universalism is more in harmony with his belief than others; during the rebellion was a War Democrat; had one son and two sons-in-law in the army; since the war has been a Republican.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 706
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Troy Twp. –
LOUIS BUSH, farmer; P. O. Delaware; born on the same farm he now owns, May 10, 1836; the eighth child of David and Elizabeth (Wilson) Bush; David was a native of New York State at the age of 12 years; at a very early period of this country’s history, first located in Marion County; the Wilsons are natives of New Hampshire; she emigrated with her parents at the age of 16, and settled in this county. After the marriage of David Bush, he settled in Troy on the west side of the Olentangy where he bought quite a large quantity of land about the year 1832 and settled on the same, remaining on the same until his death, 1867; his wife survived him until 1877. Louis enlisted in Co. D, 20th O. V. I., in October, 1861, for three years and served his time; his first battle was Fort Donelson, afterward Atlanta, Bolivar, Kenesaw, Jackson, Raymond, Iuka, Champion Hills, Jonesboro, Port Gibson, Vicksburg and Shiloh. At Vicksburg, he was wounded in the shoulder with musket ball; after serving his time, he received an honorable discharge and returned home; in December, 1866, he was married to Mary E. High, born Sept. 14, 1843, in this township; daughter of John and Elizabeth High; after their marriage they located on the place they now own and have since remained on; he has 335 acres of land, which he owns, is engaged in farming and stock-raising; they have the following children: Lulu, May, Orris, Bessie, Burton and Edna.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 770
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