BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Delaware Co., Ohio
Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers
1880
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Oxford Twp. –
MAHIEL
GALE, farmer; P.
O. Leonardsburg; is a son of Nathanael C. Gale, who was born
in 1807, in Pickaway Co., Ohio, where remained but a short time, and
then moved with his parents to Franklin Co., settling north of
Worthington where they farmed; soon after settling there the
grandfather of our subject was drowned while crossing the Whetstone
River, the canoe being thrown over the dam. At the age of 13,
Nathanael began working at $4 per month, and was married June
12, 1828, to Chloe Smith; they rented for awhile, and in 1843
bought 50 acres, where they now live, which is the fruit of his own
labor. This union blessed him with eleven children––Mahala,
Sylvester, Mahiel, Phoebe, Harriet, Lorenzo, Eliphalet, Sophronia,
Naomi, Sophia, (infant died unnamed); Nathaniel and wife
are Methodists; she died Sept. 12, 1879. Our subject was born
in 1834, in what is now Morrow Co., and was married in 1858 to
Elizabeth, a daughter of John Sherman. Her father
was born at Norfolk, Va., and emigrated to Ohio about 1830 and
settled in what is now Morrow Co.; her mother’s maiden name was
Martha Herold; they had thirteen children. Mrs. Gale
was born May 30, 1839; she has blessed her husband with twelve
children––William, Robert S., Leroy, Elsie K., Chloe A., Mary E.,
Matilda E., Harriet R., Samantha C., Martha H., Charlie M., John.
They settled on their present farm in 1870, buying the same of
Enoch Henry; he has brought the same to a fine arable quality.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, 1880, p. 792
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Liberty Twp. –
J. T. GARDINER, farmer;
P. O. Powell. Prominent among the early settlers in the township is
Jonathan Gardiner, who was born in Sullivan Co., N. H., Aug.
3, 1815, and came to this township when he was but about 4 years of
age his father, Jonas Gardiner, married Nancy Pond and
emigrated to this State in a wagon in 1819; the trip was made in six
weeks; first located on Lot 26; the country at that time was almost
an entire forest, they lived in a log cabin, and put up with all the
inconveniences; Jonas died with an epileptic stroke when
Jonathan was in his 18th year; he being the eldest, the care of
the family devolved on him. During his 23d year he married Delia
E. Benton, who was born in Franklin County April 24, 1818; their
marriage took place June 27, 1837; have had seven children, but five
now living––Nettie, Franklin M., Lyman D., Irvin N., Isabel,
Byron and Henry; Franklin and Henry
deceased; Mr. Gardiner has always lived on the same tract of
land that he first settled on, having been a constant resident of
the township. Mr. Gardiner early in life embraced religion,
and has for many years been a member of the M. E. Church, his wife
also. Mr. Gardiner’s efforts as a farmer have been attended
with success; his father belonged to the first temperance
organization, and Jonathan has been true to those principles
which he inherited from his father; is not willing to make any
compromise with the “ardent;” Mr. Gardiner can well remember
when money was a thing rarely ever seen; all buying and selling in a
commercial way, was done by barter, whisky or stock being generally
the measure of value. Mr. Gardiner is a member of Powell
Lodge, No. 465, and one of the stanch men in the community.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, pp. 662-663
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JONATHAN GARDNER - See
Irvin N. Gardner
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JOSEPH GARDNER - See
Irvin N. Gardner
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Liberty Twp. –
LYMAN
GARDNER, lumber, Powell;
was born in this township, June 21, 1845; he is a son of Jonathan
Gardner, who was born in Sullivan Co., N. H., Aug. 3, 1815, and
came to this county with his people in 1819, locating in this
township. Lyman remained under the parental roof until he was
18 years of age, and in February, 1864, enlisted in Co. C, 26th O.
V. I., and served until the close of the war, and participated in
all the battles in which the regiment was engaged during that time;
among the most prominent were Buzzard’s Roost, Resaca, Atlanta, New
Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek; and was with the
force that went in pursuit of Hood, when he advanced on
Nashville, and was in the battle of Franklin; he was mustered out in
November, 1865. Upon his return, he attended school at the Center
Academy, and subsequently taught school three terms. Aug, 10, 1873,
was united by marriage to Lillian Hall, daughter of A. G.
Hall, born in Ashley May 24, 1853; they have three children––Royal
G., born 21 [sic], 1874; Stella, born July 24,
1876, and Franklin, Nov 25, 1878. Was, for a time, engaged in
the saw-mill business; sold out, and sold goods for a time, with
Mr. P. Sharp as a partner; since that time, has been engaged in
the lumber business. He is a young man of energy, and is well
adapted to trading pursuits. He has a very nice and uniquely
finished residence, which he has recently built.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L.
Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 662
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Liberty Twp. –
W. J. T.
GARDNER, blacksmith,
Powell; was born April 20, 1857, and is a son of Joseph C. and
Nancy J. (Henderson) Gardner; the former was born in this
township and the latter was a native of this county. William
was but 18 months old when his father died, and at the age of 7, was
placed in the care of Solomon Armstrong, at Blacklick, with
whom he lived two years, when, learning that it was Armstrong’s
intention to leave him in the county house, William left him
and went to live with Edward James Hall, with whom he
remained until February, 1873, and at the age of 16, he went to
Terre Haute, Ind., where he learned his trade; after its completion,
he came to Powell, in April, 1878, and a worked for Mr. Fuller
until that fall, and in April, 1879, he set up in business for
himself. April 12, 1877, he was married to Sarah J. Glick,
born in Indiana, June 16, 1860, daughter of Amasa Glick; they
have one child. Notwithstanding Mr. Gardner’s discouraging
surroundings heretofore, he is now on the road to success, for which
the more credit is due him.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, 1880, pp. 661-662
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MRS. MARTHA C. GEARY,
Constantia; was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., March 15, 1807,
daughter of John Cochran, who married Martha Thompson,
a native of Pennsylvania. The Cochrans are descended from
Lord Cochran, of Scotland. John Cochran was a soldier in
the war of 1812; came to this State, locating in Knox Co., afterward
bought land and improved the same; remained there until his death,
which occurred in 1846. Mrs. Geary was married to William
Geary (cousin of General and afterward Gov. Geary, of
Pennsylvania); their marriage occurred April 1, 1830; after its
consummation, they moved to Brown Township, in this county,
remaining there about twenty years; he died April 14, 1869; they had
seven children––Mary at home; John and William
in Buffalo, stock-dealers; Frances E. (deceased); Joseph T.
(deceased) was an M. D.; Samuel D., in Mattoon, Ill.; Tina
E., clerk in Delaware. Mrs. Geary is a sister of S. D.
Cochran, professor of languages, and a prominent minister in
Missouri; has recently written an able work on theology. Mrs.
Geary purposes leaving the farm and moving to Delaware.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, 1880, p. 699
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MRS. H. C. GERHARD
was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1830, the daughter of David and
Mary (Lamb) Campbell, who were married in Delaware at an early
day; Dr. Reuben Lamb, the grandfather of Mrs. Gerhard,
was among the first settlers of Delaware; a further reference to his
coming will be found in another part of this history. Mrs.
Gerhard was married in 1845 to Dr. M. Gerhard, of
Pennsylvania, who graduated from the Pennsylvania Medical College of
Philadelphia in 1840; soon after graduating he came to Delaware and
commenced the practice of medicine, which he continued up to his
death, which occurred in 1868, at 50 years of age, leaving his wife
with four children. He was a skilled physician and ranked among the
first of his profession; during the civil war, he filled the office
of medical examiner, which he continued to bold up to the time of
his death.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 626
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GEORGE GIBSON, merchant,
Berkshire; is a son of Robert and E. (Bartlett) Gibson; is
father was born in 1793, in Pennsylvania, and moved to Ohio at an
early day; was in the war 1812; he died in 1867; his mother was born
in New England; had a family of twelve children, five of whom now
survive. Mr. Gibson, the subject was born in 1818, in
Washington Co., Ohio; when 14 years of age, he moved with his
parents to Berkshire Township; they were in moderate circumstances;
Mr. Gibson was compelled to work out to provide for himself;
he worked for from $4 to $9 per month. In 1847, he was married
to Elma, daughter of Cornelius Roloson; she was born
in 1824; they soon settled in what is now Morrow Co., and there
farmed for seventeen months, and then moved to Delaware Co.; in
1863, they moved to Berkshire Township; his first tax, after
marriage, was 75 cents; he is now a well-to-do farmer, owning 300
acres, and some fine property in Berkshire, together with an
interest with Finch & Webster in the dry-goods and notions
business; the dwelling in which he now lives is the oldest brick
house in Delaware Co. Mr. Gibson owns stock in the
gravel road running from Delaware to Sunbury, of which he has long
been Assistant President. His wife is a member of the M. E.
Church at Berkshire; they have had four children - Juliana,
Elivana, died when young; Henrietta, died March 9, 1878,
and Fannie, now living at home; by energy and economy he has
accumulated a large fortune, which he is now enjoying in his
pleasant home.
Source:
History of Delaware Co., Ohio : Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 683 |
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JOHN S. GILL,
attorney at law, Delaware, is the junior member of the law firm of
Powell & Gill; he was born in Union Co., Ohio, May 9, 1842,
the son of Mason and Harriet T. (Granger) Gill; his mother
was a native of Massachusetts, and his father of Union Co., Ohio,
whose parents moved to Ohio about 1808; Mr. Gill’s
experiences were confined to the firm from the time he was able to
handle an ax or hold the plow, except a short period in the winter
season spent in the district school. In 1863, he enlisted in the
121st O. V. I., Co. I, and participated in the battles of
Perryville, Chickamauga, Resaca, Rome, Peach Tree Creek, Kenesaw
Mountain and others; he was also with Sherman on his march to
the sea, and through the Carolinas to Washington, and the grand
review at Washington. In 1865, after the close of the war, Mr.
Gill returned to his home in Union Co., taking up his former
occupation as a farmer; in the winter of that year, he began school
teaching, which he followed until 1874, when he came to Delaware and
entered the law office of Powell & Reid, and commenced
reading law; in 1876, he was admitted to the bar; in 1877, he formed
a partnership with Reid & Powell, and under the style of
Reid, Powell & Gill. At the death of Col. W. P. Reid the
firm changed to Powell & Gill. Mr. Gill is a Democrat,
and a member of the Presbyterian Church; has held the office of
Clerk of Delaware Township, for two terms, and shares in the
lucrative practice and reputation enjoyed by his firm.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, pp. 626-627
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Marlborough Twp. -
HENRY G. GILLET was born in this township in
1849. His father was born Apr. 13, 1808, and came here with
his parents in 1819; they were natives of Connecticut; the elder
Gillet had been a Revolutionary soldier, and traded for land in
his township previous to his moving his family; this he cultivated
until his death in 1836, when his son Harold came in
possession of it. The latter, Harold Gillet, was at one
time engaged in the mercantile business; during the years 1839-40,
he was in Baltimore with a number of horses; it was then that the
convention was held there that nominated Wm. H. Harrison for
President, the John Tyler for Vice President; shortly after
his return, he sold out his stock of goods to Mr. Chapman,
and engaged in general farming until 1866, when he moved to Norton,
where he lived until his death, Jan. 8, 1880. Mr. Gillet,
when in his vigor, was quite noted as a hunter, often killing five
or six deer in a day; he became incensed at an Indian whom he seemed
determined to shoot, and made such a display of his rifle as to
cause the Indian to cry out "What you shot at?" but from the best
authority at hand, the old Indian was allowed to die a natural
death; Mr. Gillet and a brother on one occasion while
returning from fishing, were attacked by wolves and forced to take
shelter in an old deserted cabin until morning. He was married
in 1829 to Miss Pennelia Scribner, born in 1810; her parents
emigrated to this State from Vermont. Henry G. Gillet,
whose name heads this sketch, was married to Miss Alice E.
Spaulding in 1870; she was a daughter of Judson and Mary M.
Spaulding, and was born in 1851; they have had three children,
of whom but one is living, the other two were taken away by scarlet
fever. Mr. Gillet is engaged in farming on the old
homestead, and is prosperous in his calling.
Source:
History of Delaware Co., Ohio : Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 767 |
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CHARLES GINN; P. O.
Galena; is a son of James and Effie Ginn; his father was born
Sept. 12, 1795, in the State of Delaware, and came to Ohio Nov. 6,
1811; he married, Feb. 18, 1819, Effie Brown; she was born
June 16, 1798, and died in March, 1860. His aged wife survives
him. Mr. Ginn, the subject, was born in 1836 in
Delaware Co., which has been his home most of the time; at 22, he
began farming in Trenton Township, and was married, in 1860, to
Clarinda Cochran, a daughter of James Cochran, of Ohio;
she was born in Ohio, but is now dead; had one child, James,
born March 23, 1861; he was again married Oct. 21, 1869, to Mrs.
Julia A. Badger, a daughter of John and Sarah Prosser;
she was born June 11, 1837; she had two girls - Helen M. and
Dora D. (Badger); their father died in 1864; in 1866, he bought
the present farm of six acres, upon which he has made fine
improvements; they have fifty acres adjoining, inherited by his
wife; she is a member of the M. E. Church at Galena.
Mr. Ginn's great grandfather was killed by the Indians during
the Revolutionary war, and his grandfather was taken prisoner, but
was released, bearing with him the sad intelligence that his father,
sister, mother and two brothers had been killed by the savages.
Source:
History of Delaware Co., Ohio : Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 683 |
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Genoa Twp. –
GEORGE GLASS,
farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Westerville; is a son of William
H. Glass, who was born in Cambria Co., Penn., in 1782; when 27
years old, he went to Morris Co., N. J., and, in 1813, was married
to Elizabeth McWilliams, remaining there twenty-two years; in
1835, came with his family to Ohio, locating in Genoa Township,
where he bought 96 acres of land; he died in October, 1868, in his
86th year; his wife died March 28, 1879. George Glass was
born Oct. 6, 1814, in Morris Co., N. J., and was 21 years old the
day after their arrival in the township, and in just two years from
that time––Oct. 5, 1837––he was married to Rebecca Smith,
whose parents came to this county in 1809, and Oct. 19, 1816, she
was born; she taught school some time previous to her marriage, with
the exception of which time she had made her home with her parents.
Mr. Glass has made it his home in Genoa Township, with the
exception of four years spent on a farm in Berkshire; in 1854, he
bought and moved on to his present farm of 105 acres. They have five
children––Elizabeth, born July 11, 1838; William,
March 4, 1840; Ardelia, Oct. 28, 1841; John, June 29,
1844; and Mary A., Feb. 17, 1849; four of the children are
married; Ardelia makes her home with her parents. Mr.
Glass was chosen Township Assessor several terms, and was also
Township Trustee. In 1852, he united with the Genoa Presbyterian
Church, of which he and his wife are members.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 850
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Brown Twp. -
M.
M. GLASS, farmer, P. O. Kilbourne. Mr. Glass is a native of Warren Co., N. J.; born
June 24, 1828, and was the fifth child of William and Elizabeth
(McWilliams) Glass; she was a native of New Jersey, and her
husband of the “Keystone State;” they emigrated to this State in
1838, locating in Genoa Township, where they lived until their
death, both living to a ripe old age; father died at the age of 87,
in the year 1868; mother, in the spring of 1879, at the ripe age of
88. Marshall remained at home until he attained his 32d year;
at the age of 18, he began teaching music, continuing at this during
the winter season, and working on the farm during the summer season.
On Jan. 1, 1856, married Angie Leonard, born in 1840, in Knox
Co., on the Dillno farm; she is a daughter of George and
Mary (Jewett) Leonard; subsequent to their marriage, they
located in Brown Township; have since remained there; spent one
season in Illinois, in the sheep business; he owned, at one time,
the farm now in the possession of A. W. Bartlett, but has
since abandoned farming. In the spring of 1876, he was placed in
charge of the infirmary, and has since had charge of the same, and
the manner in which he has discharged the duties of his office has
justly merited for him the approbation of the people, and he is
justly styled the “right man in the right place.” He has the love
and good will of all the unfortunates under his charge, and the
sanitary measures he has inaugurated since his advent to the place,
have reduced the mortality from 9 to 2 per cent; in short, Mr.
Glass has acquitted himself in a creditable manner, and to the
satisfaction of the people; has one daughter––Evaline.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, 1880, p. 810
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S. GLOVER,
merchant, Delaware. The oldest and largest dry-goods house of
Delaware is that of which the above-named gentleman is proprietor;
he was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, Nov. 28, 1839; the son of
Samuel and Elizabeth T. (McKisson) Glover; both of his parents
were natives of Ohio; his father was a merchant in Belmont Co., and
our subject, when quite young, entered his father’s store as a
clerk. During the late civil war, he recruited Co. C, of the 170th
O. N. G., and was made Captain of that company; they did duty at
Maryland Heights, near Washington, D. C.; after returning home to
Belmont Co., he embarked in mercantile business in Powhatan, where
he remained until 1866, when he engaged in steamboating on the Ohio
River for some two years. In 1869, he came to Delaware and entered
the dry-roods business in company with his brother, under the name
of Glover Bros.; after two years, the firm became Glover &
Neff; in 1873, Mr. S. Glover became sole proprietor, and
since then has increased his business and facilities fully 100 per
cent, and controls the largest dry-goods trade in Delaware; his
store is located on Sandusky street, below Williams, where he
occupies two floors; the first floor, 23x100 feet, used for the dry
goods; the second floor, 21x58, is used for carpets, oil cloths,
rugs and window curtains; he employs eight clerks, who are polite
and attentive.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 626
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Orange Twp. –
ALDEN B. GOODING,
farmer; P. O. Lewis Center; is a native of Bristol Co., Mass.; born
Dec. 17, 1830; is the third of a family of five children, born of
Ebenezer and Betsey (Baker) Gooding; the Goodings are of
English descent. Alden spent his youth and early
manhood on a farm, having but the advantages that were afforded in
the common school, and at the age of 18, he went to learn the
carpenter’s trade, serving the customary time, following the same
about two years. His father, having had a favorable opinion of
this country, suggested to Alden the idea of a removal, which
proposition he acceeded [sic] to, and in the fall of 1855,
they moved to Marion Co., where they remained a short time; then
came to this county, and bought of his cousin, George Gooding, Sr.,
120 acres of land, and settled on the same. Ebenezer
died in January, 1862. Alden was married, November,
1855, to
Missouri Newkirk, born in Fairfield Co. in 1837, daughter of
John and Sarah Newkirk, a citizen of this county and township;
they have remained on the farm since their marriage, and have three
children––William, Sarah and Johnnie. Mr.
Gooding
and wife are members of the M. E. Church. He is a man of very
temperate habits, none of the family having ever even used tobacco.
Has always taken an interest in the Sunday-school cause, of which he
is a teacher.
Source: History
of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, 1880, p. 711
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Orange Twp. –
GEORGE A. GOODING,
farmer and trader; P. O. Lewis Center. One of the most thrifty
and well-to-do farmers in this township is George Gooding,
who was born in the southwest corner of the township, on the place
once known as the De Wolf tract, where his father first
located, on his coming to this county. George moved to
the homestead where Frank Gooding now lives when he was but 6
months old, where the elder Gooding kept a tavern in the days
of staging, which was one of the principal stopping-places along the
route.
George stayed with his father until he was 22 years of age at
which time he began to do for himself. At the age of 25,
formed a matrimonial union with Elizabeth Carpenter, born in
Liberty in 1828; she is a daughter of James Carpenter, one of
the pioneers in the county; their marriage was celebrated Nov. 13.
1851; the first year they lived in a log house, just north of
Frank Gooding’s, and, the following year, he moved to his
present residence, where he has since lived; he has built all the
buildings which are now in sight. Mr. Gooding ranks
among the most successful farmers in the county; is a man that
attends strictly to his own business, giving it his own personal
attention. They have five children––George, Lizzie (now
the wife of J. C. McClenahan, of Columbus), J. Stanley,
Arthur and
Frederick. His wife is a member of the Liberty Church.
Mr. Gooding has 605 acres of choice land; 240 acres in pasture
and the remainder is under cultivation.
Source: History
of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, 1880, p. 711
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Orange Twp. –
MATTHEW GOODING
belongs to a family of prominent agriculturists of Orange Township.
His father, George Gooding, was born in Massachusetts and
came out to this country in 1818, with a drove of sheep, and
remained two years, during which time he worked out by the month;
returning to the East, he married Phoebe T. Williams, and
then by wagon made his second trip to this section in six weeks; on
his arrival he had $2.06¼; he rented a farm of De Wolf for
nine years, during which time he combined farming and dairying;
subsequent to this, he bought and moved on to a small piece of land,
where Frank now lives; to this he added until his death in
January, 1856, when he was the possessor of about 1,300 acres; he
kept public house for several years, at which the stage lines made
one of their stopping-places, and many a weary traveler has
refreshed the inner man with toothsome edibles furnished by the hand
of the hospitable landlady, Mrs. Gooding; she is still living
and in her 82d year. Matthew was married, Oct. 23.
1855, to
Mary E. Matoon, who was born Feb. 13, 1836, in Blendon
Township, Franklin Co., and the daughter of Edwin Matoon, one
of the pioneers of that county. After marriage, Mr. and
Mrs. Gooding located where they now live; he has a first-class
farm with excellent improvements, and has for several years given
his attention to sheep-raising and wool-growing. They have one
son and six daughters––Edwin M., in the mercantile business
in Lewis Center; Mary E., Jessie, Lillie, Annie, Cora D. and
Grace.
Mr. and Mrs. Gooding are members of the M. E. Church; in
politics, the Goodings are Republican.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, 1880, pp. 710-711
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Liberty Twp. –
A. S. GOODRICH, farmer,
retired; P. O. Worthington, Franklin Co.; is one of the worthy and
stanch citizens of the township, who was born in the same tract he
now occupies Oct. 7 1813; his father’s name was Ebenezer, and
his mother’s maiden name was Betsey Dixon Goodman, the former
a native of Connecticut, and the latter a native of Vermont; they
came to this country at a time when Columbus was a place unknown;
the ground on which it stands was a wilderness; Indian trails
traversed the country in various directions; upon their arrival,
they built a log cabin in the woods; they thus lived for many years,
enduring the privations and hardships of the early pioneer; Mr.
Goodrich, Sr., was a carpenter and assisted his neighbors in
erecting their rude structures; when not thus employed was making
improvements on his farm. His death occurred Oct. 15, 1846, and his
remains now repose in the family burying-ground. Aaron S. was
born in the log cabin of his father; received an elementary
education at subscription rates, and remained with his father until
he was 35 years of age, when he was married to Sarah Hardin
Dec. 27, 1848; she was born in this township Dec. 16, 1827, the
daughter of John and Sarah (Carpenter) Hardin, a near
relative of Capt. Nathan Carpenter, one of the early settlers
in this county; three children have blessed this union––Allison E.,
born Aug. 17, 1850; George Blucher, Dec. 22, 1852, and
William H., April 7, 1854. All received graduating honors at the
Ohio Wesleyan University excepting Blucher, who did not
complete the course, taking up Blackstone instead; he has
read law considerably, yet does not intend to enter the practice.
Mr. Goodrich has, during his life, been engaged in farming; has
been successful in his business operations, and thus become the
owner of a large tract of land; has been in poor health several
years, and has recently divided up his land among his boys,
reserving for himself and amiable wife a competency for their
declining years; he has a very pleasant home, and everything about
him to make him comfortable. Is a member of the New England Lodge,
A. F. & A. M. No. 4, and Powell Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 465; so also
are his three boys.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 661
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Trenton Twp. –
C. P.
GORSUCH, farmer; P. O.
Condit; is a son of Nathan and Lorena Gorsuch; his father was
born in September, 1816, in Knox Co., Ohio; the mother was a
daughter of Solomon and Betsey Overturf; she was born in
Licking Co., Ohio; they endured the hardships incident to pioneer
life; the father died in December, 1866; the mother is still living
in Trenton Township. Mr. Gorsuch was born March 26, 1854, in
Harlem Township, Delaware Co., where he remained until 20, when he
moved to this township, where his mother rented of G. W. Perfect;
he worked by the month for three years, and was married, May 2, 1878
to Alice, a daughter of John and Catharine Blamer; she
was born in 1856, near Johnstown, Licking Co., Ohio; they have one
child––Eva B., born June 24, 1879. Mr. Gorsuch has
fifty-two acres of land well improved, and well watered by Perfect
Creek; he has a good start in life, and with the advantages that
generally come from being in the prime of early manhood, will
succeed to the benefits that accrue from application and a sound
judgment.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, pp. 830-831
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Harlem
Twp. –
DAVID GORSUCH,
farmer and breeder of fine stock; P. O. Center Village. His father,
Benjamin Gorsuch, was born Nov. 8, 1806. in Virginia, and
when 2 years old, his father moved to Knox Co., Ohio; he remained at
home until 21 years of age; the first work he did for himself was on
the Ohio Canal at $7 per month. In 1829, he married Margaret Hill,
daughter of Samuel Hill, born in 1810. In 1832, Mr.
Gorsuch moved to Harlem Township, Delaware Co., where he bought
125 acres of land, on which he remained until his death, June 24,
1859––though for three years previous, had been in the grocery trade
at Centerville; for many years he was Township Trustee. Mrs. G.
died March 13, 1847; they had twelve children, seven of whom are now
living. David was the oldest child, and was born Dec. 5,
1830, and was 2 years old when his father moved into Harlem
Township; he remained with and worked for his father until of age,
and then served three years as an apprentice at the carpenter and
joiner’s trade with Elisha Rogers, and for his three years’
work he received $300, out of which he clothed himself, and for
fifteen years he worked at his trade, working from two to four
hands. Oct. 16, 1859, he married Eunice, daughter of
Mathew Clark, of Licking Co., where he settled in an early day.
Mrs. Gorsuch was the sixth child, and was born Feb. 10, 1838;
after his marriage, the subject settled on the old homestead, and
bought out the other heirs, and while running the farm, he continued
to work at his trade; about 1870, he turned his attention to
thoroughbred cattle, and has done as much toward improving the stock
of his township as any other man in it; in the winter of 1877-78, he
raised a club of subscribers for the Ohio Farmer, numbering
191, being the largest list ever raised for an agricultural or stock
paper in the United States, and for this list, he secured the prize
offered, which was a thoroughbred Oxford bull calf, being a beauful
[sic] red roan, bred by Ayres & McClintock, of
Millersburg, Ky., is 3 years old, and will weigh 2,000 pounds; in
1876, he also won the prize from the same paper of a trio of Houten
chickens. Mr. Gorsuch is a Democrat, and in 1862 was chosen
Township Treasurer, which position he has held every year since for
the last ten years, has had no opposition for the office; his
homestead contains 183 acres of well-improved land, and on his farm
he now has twenty-eight head of thoroughbred and high grade cattle;
in February, 1876, he lost his residence and household goods by
fire, saving but little except the clothing the family had on; they
have had eight children, of whom Noah, born May 1, 1861;
Medory, Jan. 18, 1863; Willis, Dec. 5, 1864; Amelia,
Oct. 22, 1866; Ross, Feb. 13, 1868; Mary, March 17,
1870, and Thorman, Aug. 17, 1873, still survive. Alice,
born Feb. 10, 1872, died Sept. 7, 1872.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 842
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Trenton Twp. –
ALVIN
GRANDSTAFF, farmer and
teacher; P. O. Green; is a son of Moses and Amanda (Bowers)
Grandstaff; they were both natives of Virginia, and had ten
children, seven of whom now survive. Mr. Grandstaff was born
in 1842, in Licking Co., Ohio, and remained with his parents,
attending school and farming until 19, at which time he enlisted in
Co. D, 18th U. S. I., serving three years; he was wounded several
times––once in the shoulder very severely: he was tendered a
lieutenant’s commission for bravery in taking a soldier of the 32d
O. V. I. off the field in the midst of the battle; he was in the
battles of Chickamauga, Stone River and Perryville, and on the
Atlanta campaign with Sherman; he served three years, and was
honorably mustered out; after his return, he attended school at
Johnstown, Galena, Lebanon and Delaware, teaching at intervals;
having taught in all about twenty-three terms––seven months at
Johnstown, in the public schools, and afterward bought a building,
and started a select school at the same place, in partnership with
Prof. Vaughn. He was married, Nov. 20, 1872, to Luella,
a daughter of Sylvester and Elizabeth (Walwrath) Granger; her
father was born in Granville; they had eight children. Mr. and
Mrs. Grandstaff lived on his father’s farm in Licking Co., for
one year, and then came to his present place of sixty-four acres;
they have three children––Maud, Edwin and Mabel.
Mrs. Grandstaff is a member of the Christian Union Church; he is
now making a specialty of fine Spanish Merino sheep, and promises
great success in the undertaking.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 831
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Brown Twp. -
CHARLES T. GRANT,
farmer; P. O. Leonardsburg; is the descendant of two ancient
families, the Grants and the Whipples; the former
reaches back to the time when the deadly feud existed between them
and the McPhersons; Ebenezer Grant, a Scotchman, came
to the colonies before the Revolution, and settled in Rhode Island;
he had seven sons––Bryer, Jabez and John, by his first
marriage, and Rhodes, Eliphaz, Aaron and Rufus by the
last marriage; Bryer and John served in the army of
the Revolution under Gen. Washington, Bryer as fifer,
and John as drummer; both were in the battle of Bunker Hill,
under Gen. Warren; Aaron Grant, first son of
Ebenezer, was the father of Aaron the second, who was
born Jan. 25, 1800, in Rhode Island, and who, Sept. 3, 1821, married
Diana Whipple, a descendant of one of the oldest families in
Rhode Island, many of whom served in the war for independence; she
was born Dec. 19, 1799, in Rhode Island; in October, 1829, Aaron,
with his family, started from Rhode Island and arrived at Sandusky
City in November, where he employed a wagoner, named Morris,
to haul them to Delaware Co.; he started with a five-horse team,
much of the way, cutting out the road until they arrived at the home
of his father-in-law, Reuben Whipple; Indians were
discoverable along the route; Aaron purchased his land from
one Milton Vanduser, who had erected a double log cabin; wild
turkeys were in great abundance, and would pass between the cabins
in search of corn; the Indians occupied the forest on these premises
only about one year previous to the settlement of the farm, and the
evidences of two camping-grounds are still visible. Charles T.
Grant, eldest son of Aaron Grant, Jr., was born Jan. 28,
1823, in Providence, R. I., and came, with his parents, to Ohio in
1829. Feb. 17, 1861, he married Diana Hibbard, a teacher, of
culture and fine mental endowments, who was born Jan. 6, 1842, in
Morrow Co., Ohio; they have two children––Horace Plum, born
April 8, 1862, and Mary Emma, July 12, 1866. Mr. Grant
is a farmer and dealer in stock, a man of energy and generous
impulses; has figured conspicuously as a private citizen and as a
Director of the County Infirmary for a term of three years; his
demeanor as such was creditable to himself and satisfactory to his
friends; in many observable ways, Puritan blood crops out in the
form of fixed traits of character, which individualize but do not
detract from the individual.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 810
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Harlem
Twp. –
RILEY GRAVES,
stock-dealer, Center Village; is the second son of Harmon and
Philena (Landon) Graves; his father was born March 2, 1804, in
Massachusetts, and emigrated with his parents to Licking Co. about
the year 1810, and, some time subsequent to his coming was engaged
in driving a bus from Sunbury to Columbus; he began blacksmithing at
Richfield, Summit Co. and afterward went to farming. He was married
in Licking Co., to Philena Landon, by whom he had three
children––Frederick (deceased), Abba (married to
Peter Parker; she is dead) and Riley. The father was
again married, to Laura Churchill; they had eight children––Edward,
Augustin, Enoch, Emma, Lewis, Martha, Alfred and Frank.
The father and stepmother died in 1878, and were members of the
Baptist Church. Mr. Graves was born Jan. 1, 1830, in Licking
Co.; when quite young, he began driving a team between Richfield and
Cleveland; he continued the same until July 9, 1847, when he learned
the carpenter’s trade in Columbus, and then came to Harlem Township,
where he continued the same with success for some time. He has come
into possession, by purchase, of a farm and considerable other
property. He was married, in 1851, to Nancy, a daughter of
Levi and Diadema (Linnabary) Adams; she was born Oct. 28, 1834,
in Harlem Township; her father was a native of Pennsylvania; her
parents had six children––Parthena, Mary A., Clinton, George,
Nancy and Martha. Clinton enlisted in the 32d O.
V. I., and was taken prisoner and confined in the Libby Prison, and
has never been heard of since. Mr. and Mrs. Graves have two
children––Diadema married to Riley Cockrell, and
Viola, at home. He paid out quite an amount for the support of
the war. Votes the Democratic ticket. He is in partnership with
Norman Perfect, E. J. Condit and Dr. Mills, breeding fine
French Percheron horses, of which stock they have two of the finest
stallions in the country, which were imported from France by
Dunham, of Wayne, Ill.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, pp. 841-842
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Liberty Twp. –
JOHN P.
GRAY, JR.,
farmer; P. O. Lewis Center; was born in Knox Co. May 10, 1853 son of
John P. and Eliza (Thompson) Gray, both of them born in
Harrison Co.; in December, 1860, they came to this township, and
located on the east side of the Olentangy, where they bought 116
acres of land, remaining on it six years; then sold out, and moved
south a short distance, purchasing ninety-two acres, on same side of
the river, where Mr. Gray died Sept. 25, 1867; he was, during
his life, an honorable and conscientious Christian man; was, for
several years, a leading Elder in the Presbyterian Church; his wife
still survives him, and is a member of same church, as also are
John P., and Margaret, his sister. Mrs. Gray's
father was a soldier in the war of 1812; she also sent two sons to
the late war––Oliver and Ebenezer; the former was a
member of the 96th O. V. I., died in the service; and Ebenezer
in the 121st Regt., but died upon his return home; there were seven
children in the family, but two are now living.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 662
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Trenton Twp. –
MRS. M. J.
GREEN, farmer; P. O.
Condit; is a daughter of Jotham and Mary (Mulford) Condit,
and sister of E. J. Condit; she was born in 1827, in New
Jersey, and came to Ohio with her parents by team, as was customary
in those days. She was married in 1847, to E. Green, a son of
E. and Elizabeth Green; her husband was born in Kent Co.,
England, and emigrated to America about 1840; after marriage, they
settled on the farm where Mrs. Green now lives, then about
one hundred acres; they added, by hard labor and skillful
management, until they possessed about eight hundred acres, and
improved the same; he died in July, 1873; their children are
Susan C., married Charles Deeds, now living in Licking
Co., a farmer and stock-raiser; Carrie E., married W. L.
Mills, now living in the family (they have two children––Charles
W., deceased, and George); Charles E. and Annie
L., both living at home. Her husband was a member of the
Presbyterian Church, to which organization the rest of the family
belong.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 831
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Radnor
Twp. –
DAVID R.
GRIFFITH, stock-raiser
and farmer; P. O. Radnor; was born in North Wales March 1, 1805; son
of John G. and Margaret (Roberts) Griffith. There were six
children in the family, four sons and two daughters, two of whom are
yet living. The subject of this sketch, together with his parents,
came to this country in 1833. Our subject was married in Wales, and
on arriving in America, they came direct to Radnor Township. After
his marriage with Mary Peugh, daughter of Richard and Mary
Peugh, which occurred in 1830, he made farming his chosen
vocation; he first secured 100 acres of land, in the northwestern
part of the township, and afterward made an addition of 100 acres
more. In our subject’s family, there were ten children, nine of whom
are yet living––John R., Richard P., Mary A. (deceased),
Margaret A., George M., Joel, Martha J., Wm. H., Elizabeth and
Albert; six of these are married; one son, Richard,
was in Co. G, 121st O. V. I.; was wounded at Perryville, by a
gun-shot wound in the hip, after which he was discharged and came
home. All of the children in the family are now living in Radnor
Township. Is a Republican in politics and a Congregationalist in
religion, as are, also, his family. Mr. Griffith has been
living in Radnor Township for 47 years. He started out in life a
poor boy, but by enduring the hardships of a pioneer’s life, he has
accumulated as nice a property as there is in the township. His
father died in 1838, and the mother in 1846.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 754
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J. H. GRIFFITH
(deceased), was a well-known and highly esteemed citizen of
Delaware; he was born in Radnorshire, England, in 1823, and learned
his trade as a marble cutter in England, and in about 1859 emigrated
to America, coming direct to Delaware, where he commenced the marble
business, and was recognized as one of the finest designers and
workmen in marble in Ohio; he placed in the cemeteries in this
county, some of the finest monuments that can be found in any part
of the State; in 1874, he erected the building on South Sandusky
street, where he carried on business up to his death, which took
place Friday, Feb. 27, 1880, from a stroke of paralysis,
superinduced by a sunstroke received some years since; he was well
known throughout the county, and by all with whom he had business,
as a man of honor and strict moral principles; his loss will be
painfully noticed by his acquaintances, and deeply deplored by his
family, a wife and two children; a son, T. H. Griffith, was
born in England, and came to Delaware with his parents; here he
learned the marble trade with his father; he succeeds to the
business, and continues Mr. S. H. Brown in his employ who has
been with his father for over seventeen years.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 627
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RICHARD GRIFFITH,
farmer; P. O. Constantia; is the son of Richard and Amelia
(Hayes) Griffith; his father was born in Ireland about 1809, and
came to Ohio in 1839, where he engaged in farming and railroading;
his mother was born in Ireland in 1814, and came with her husband to
Ohio; they had eight children. Mr. Griffith, was
subject, was born in 1850 in Cleveland, Ohio; his younger days were
spent in farming and attending school; he was also employed
railroading for some time; in 1871, he was married to Addie
Hotchkiss, a daughter of Lyman Hotchkiss; her parents
were both from Connecticut; her mother was a teacher in an early day
in this county; her grandfather walked to Ohio from Connecticut
during the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Griffith have had
two children- Allenwood, born Nov. 3, 1872; Winford,
July 20, 1877; after marriage they settled on their present farm of
288 acres.
Source:
History of Delaware Co., Ohio - 1880: Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
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Radnor Twp. –
T. R.
GRIFFITH, carpenter,
Prospect; was born in Marion Co., Ohio, June 26, 1838; is a son of
John and Mary (Hughs) Griffith, natives of North Wales. In
the year 1835, the father, then a young unmarried man, left Wales
and came direct to the new Welsh settlement in Radnor Township,
Ohio. Soon after his arrival in this country, he was united in
marriage to the mother of our subject. By this marriage there were
three children, one son and two daughters; the mother’s death
occurred in 1850. About one year after the death of his wife, Mr.
Griffith was again married; his second wife was Ann M. Hord;
by this second marriage there were three children, two sons and one
daughter; the death of our subject’s father occurred in 1860. When
Mr. Griffith first came to Radnor Township, he was a poor
boy, but by hard labor and close attention to his business
(farming), he obtained a competency. Our subject spent his youthful
days on his father’s farm, assisting him in his duties. He was
united in marriage Jan. 5, 1864, to Elizabeth Kyle, daughter
of James and Elizabeth (Boyd) Kyle. By this union there are
two children––Senora B., born April 27, 1866, and William
F., born July 27, 1867; the mother departed this life Sept. 17,
1870. Politically speaking, Mr. Griffith is a Republican;
religiously, a Baptist. He enlisted in Co. E, 66th O. V. I., Nov. 8,
1861; was in the battles of Port Republic, Antietam,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain and Savannah, besides
all the other battles the 66th took a part in; he was discharged
July 22, 1865, at New York City. Mr. Griffith is a regular
ordained minister of the Baptist Church; is also among the best
carpenters in the township, many of the best buildings in the
township having been built by him.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L.
Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 754
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Radnor Twp. –
MISS
CATHARINE GRIFFITHS; P.
O. Prospect; born in Radnor Township Feb. 2, 1857; is the daughter
of David and Ann (Rowlands) Griffiths, both of whom are
mentioned elsewhere in this work. Miss Griffiths is a
pleasant young lady, and is highly respected in the neighborhood;
all her life she has lived with her father, taking a daughter’s
share of the burdens of the family; she has an active mind, good
taste, and excellent judgment; she takes much pleasure in reading
good books, and in all womanly duties is kind, patient and
sympathetic. She has a large circle of friends, and is highly
esteemed by all.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, pp. 754-755
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Radnor Twp. –
DAVID
GRIFFITHS, farmer and
stock-raiser; P. O. Radnor; was born in South Wales Feb. 13, 1816.
His father, David Griffiths, and mother, Mary (Griffiths)
Griffiths, came directly from Wales to Radnor Township, Ohio, in
1819, bringing their family of four sons and three daughters; they
stopped for a few years in Radnor (then Delhi), but afterward
purchased a farm adjoining the town, upon which they lived nineteen
years, and where the subject of this sketch passed his youth; the
father then gave up farming and moved into Radnor, where he remained
until his death, aged 76 years; the mother followed him Jan. 19,
1875, aged 84 years. Mr Griffiths was united in marriage,
Aug. 26, 1844, to Ann, daughter of Abraham Rowland,
and a family of nine children resulted from this union, three of
whom are yet living––Sarah J., born Sept. 25, 1847; John J.,
born Jan. 9, 1850, and Catharine, born Feb. 2, 1857. Sarah
and John are married, the former to Henry Ashbrook,
and the latter to Elizabeth Curren, and both are living near
their parents. Mr. Griffiths, though but a boy when his
father first came to Radnor, recalls vividly the hardships and
dangers through which they passed in their new home; he owns 67½
acres of well-improved land; is a Republican and a
Congregationalist; has had three wives, marrying the second in 1862,
and his present wife, Loantha (Rowley) Griffiths, who was the
widow of Thos. Rowley, her maiden name being Stockwell,
June 26, 1879. No children resulted from the second marriage. Mr.
Griffiths enjoys an enviable reputation for industry and honesty
throughout the neighborhood.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 755
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GEORGE GRIST, retired
farmer; P. O. Sunbury; is a son of John B. and Abigail ()ray)
Grist; his father was born Jan. 9, 1780, in New Haven, Conn.,
and moved to Pennsylvania when 4, and to Ohio in 1807, where he died
in 1841; was in the battle against Tecumseh. His mother was a
daughter of Hezekiah Pray; she was born in Pennsylvania
about 1780. They had twelve children. Mr. Grist
was born in 1814, in Berkshire Township, where he has spent almost
his allotted three score and ten, and still bids fair for a few more
years of usefulness; his younger days were spent in clearing away
the forest and attending school, eight months of which he was at
Worthington, Ohio; he helped to teach a school under Dr. Denison's
instruction; he became interested in book-keeping, and has always
kept a book account of his farming, which has mostly been his
vocation during life; he has been robust and hearty since he was 7
years old. At the age of 22, he began farming for himself,
renting from his father and Atherton. In April, 1839, he was
married to Mary A. Carpenter, daughter of Squire Carpenter;
she was born in Licking Co. In the spring of 1840, he moved on
M. Perfect's farm in Trenton Township, and lived there about
three years; he then cleared ten acres of a thirty-acre tract which
his father had given him; this thirty acres he traded
for forty-three acres in Trenton Township, in the mean time buying
100 acres of the Spinning tract, and traded it for 120 acres in
Steuben Co., Ind., which he then traded for some land in Trenton
Township, adjoining his forty-three acres; he soon after began
trading in stock, which he continued eighteen years. In 1855,
he went to Iowa, and cleared $4,000 in farming and trading; he then
returned to Delaware Co. in 1857, selling his farm in Iowa in 1857.
In 1871, he sold his farm in Berkshire Township for $17,000, which
he invested in loaning and buying property. He owns eleven
town lots in Sunbury, and four acres of land adjoining the town,
together with a fine dwelling and the hotel now occupied by Bryant,
and the business room of Payne & Rose; has also one lot, 80
feet front and 192 feet deep, on High street, Columbus. He had
eleven children by his first wife two of whom are living. She
died in 1862. He again married in 1865 to Mrs. Fowler,
daughter of Joseph Patrick, who came to Ohio about the same
time Mr. Grist's father came; by her he had one child,
Charles M. Mr. Grist had been Township Trustee, and was
elected Justice of the Peace in Iowa, but resigned when moving back;
he has been an active worker in the temperance movement; he was once
connected with the Sunbury Bank, and once sold goods in same place
for three years, abut met with misfortune through other parties
failing, compelling him to pay $3,000 security. He has taken
the Delaware Gazette since Griswold became editor, and
is perhaps the oldest subscriber to that paper in the county.
He is also the oldest child born in Berkshire Township.
Source:
History of Delaware Co., Ohio - 1880: Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
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J. H. GROVE, Delaware,
Professor in the Ohio Wesleyan University, was born in Fayette Co.,
Ohio, July 8, 1848, and is the son of Henry and Margaret A. (Geffs)
Grove; his mother is a native of Ohio, and his father of
Virginia; in 1865, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, from
which institution he graduated in 1870; he then went to Wilmington,
Clinton Co., Ohio, and was Principal of the high school of that
place for four years, when he was made Superintendent of the public
schools of Wilmington, a position he filled with marked ability for
four years; in 1878, he accepted the chair of Principal of the
Preparatory Department of the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he has
remained ever since; in 1879, Prof. Grove, with the
assistance of Prof. John P. Lacroix, published a work of 205
pages of Latin elements, which is used in the university, and other
schools thought the county.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 626
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Liberty Twp. –
JOSEPH
GRUMLEY, farmer; P. O.
Powell; Joseph was born in Franklin Co. March 19, 1843; is a
son of Frank C. and Mary Ann (Hultz) Grumley, who were
natives of Baden-Baden, and came to this State; Joseph was
among the number who imperiled his life in the defense of his
country, and enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, in Co. D, 82d O. V. I., and was
out three years, and during this time was engaged in all the battles
in which his regiment participated; among the first were
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg and was then transferred to the Army
of the Cumberland, and accompanied Sherman on his march to
the sea. On Oct. 7, 1869, was married to Cynthia T. Dominy;
born Sept. 12, 1848, daughter of Almond Dominy; have one
child––Minnie.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 662
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Liberty Twp. –
SEBASTIAN
GRUMLEY, farmer; P. O.
Powell; born in Franklin Co. Jan. 22, 1855, son of Frank C. and
Mary Grumley; remained at home until his marriage, Nov. 3, 1874,
to Harriet Dominy, born June 10, 1855; had two children––Clara,
born Sept. 4, 1875, and Effie July 8, 1877; was in the
grocery business in Delaware four years, and November, 1878, went on
the farm, and has since been engaged in farming pursuits.
Source: History of Delaware
County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
1880, p. 662
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