Trenton Twp. –
C. S. PARSONS, farmer; P. O. Condit; is a native of New York, where he was born in 1834. His father, G. D. Parsons, is a native of the same State, and with his wife, and mother of C. S., are now living in Licking Co. They came to Ohio in 1849. C. S. Parsons, when a boy, worked by the month, before and after coming to Ohio, a portion of the time for from $6 to $10 per month. In Granville, Ohio, he worked for A. Bond at the cooper’s trade, for seven years, and then took up the double occupation of cooper and farmer, near his father’s home in Licking Co. In 1866, he was married to Ettie Barton, daughter of Emily Barton, formerly of Maryland, now of this township. They have had four children, two now living––Annie B. and William L.; the two deceased were infants. Soon after marriage, they settled on the place where they now live, which consists of thirty-five acres. They are members of the Christian Church in Licking Co., in the Sunday school of which he has been Superintendent.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 833-834
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Trenton Twp. –
GEORGE PATRICK, farmer; P. O. Sunbury; is a son of Norman and Sarah (Williams) Patrick; his father was born in New York, and came to Trenton Township about 1808, on horseback, and located on what is now the Burt Moore farm; in 1830, he kept tavern in Sunbury, the second one in the place; he died in April, 1874, the father of six children. George Patrick was born Aug. 8, 1815, in this township, and was married. Jan. 18, 1836, to Rebecca, a daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Cain) Walker; her parents were natives of Virginia, and were early settlers of Mt. Vernon; they are both dead; after marriage, Mr. Patrick settled on the London farm for some time, afterward lived in Sunbury; in 1839, they settled on the farm where they now live. He began carrying the mail about 1837, his first trip being from London to the former residence of Mr. Coulter; after six months, he carried from West Jefferson, Franklin Co., to Columbus, afterward between Sunbury and Columbus. In 1852, in company with forty others, he went by team to California for the purpose of mining, where he had some success; he returned in two years by water, when he again entered upon his old calling, between Sunbury and Columbus. In 1863, he enlisted in Co. G, 96th O. V. I., as teamster; he returned from the war in 1865, sick with the fever; as soon as able he went to Cairo, Ill., and brought home his son, who was sick from army exposure, and who was Quartermaster of the 174th O. V. I.; then drove a Government team from Camp Chase to Columbus; afterward on the mail route from Lancaster to Columbus for J. W. Hauks; in 1868, he took the mail route between Sunbury, Johnstown and Delaware; afterward selling out the Delaware route to Brooks, he yet carried the mail to Johnstown. They have nine children––Nathan E., married Louie Redman; Huldah, has an important position in the Dayton Insane Asylum; Philena, who married John Welchimer; P. H., living at home; Sarah E., who married Leroy Irving; Matilda, who married William Cott; George, living at E. J. Condit’s; John W., who is a farmer in Iowa, and Norman, living at home. Mr. Patrick and wife are members of the Christian Church.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 834-835
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Porter Twp. –
PHEBE A. PATRICK, farming; P. O. Condit, Ohio; is a daughter of James and Mary (Wort) McFalls; her father was born in Ireland, and emigrated to America when 4 years old; he settled in Ohio, in Trenton Township, and died in October, 1861; her mother died in July, 1864. They had three children, all of whom are living; Phebe was born in 1825, in Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Ohio by team with her parents; she was married Nov. 20, 1853, to Porter Patrick, a son of Joseph and Sarah (Taylor) Patrick. He was born in 1825, in Ohio; they settled at their marriage in Sunbury, Ohio; in 1854 they settled on the farm where she now resides, there being 100 acres of well-improved land, well watered by a spring; her husband died March 7, 1873; she has since made her home on the farm. She has two sisters––Margaret, married Peter Sunderland, now living in Missouri (her husband a carpenter); Jennie, married Edwick Galpin, is now living in California (her husband is dead). Her father was in the Revolutionary war.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 825
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Orange Twp. –
SAMUEL PATTERSON, P. O. Westerville, is a retired farmer, and was among the early settlers of the county; he was born April 4, 1803 a son of Thomas Patterson; his mother’s maiden name was Prentice.  They emigrated to this State when Samuel was but 4 years old.  In 1813, they settled at Worthington, in Franklin Co., where they remained about twelve years, and in 1825 moved to Orange Township, east side of Alum Creek, where Samuel now lives.  The land was unimproved, and the first years of their life were spent to a log cabin.  Their principal market was at Zanesville, where they procured salt and such other articles as were not available nearer home; the original purchase of land was made at $2.06 per acre.  Mr. Patterson’s father died in 1835, and his mother ten years later.  At the age of 27, he married Hannah Nettleton, who was born in New Hampshire in December, 1804, and was a daughter of Nathan and Hannah (Wheeler) Nettleton; six children have been born to them, but three of whom are living, viz., Milo, Morrel and Angeline, all residing in the township.  Mr. Patterson possesses 285 acres of land; farming has been his principal pursuit, although, in connection therewith, for several years, he was engaged in the manufacture of potash and brick; although the most of his life has been one of toil, Mr. Patterson can look back upon his career with satisfaction, and note the great transformation that has taken place under his observation, and to no small extent under his direction, in subjecting the wilds of the frontier to the demands of advancing civilization, and turning it into homes of peace and comfort.  In his religious connection, Mr. Patterson belongs to the M. E. Church.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 716-717
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Harlem Twp. –
BENJAMIN PAUL, farmer; P. O. Center Village; is a son of Nathan and Henrietta (Bell) Paul. His parents were born in Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Ohio at an early day. They settled in Knox Co. They came to Delaware Co. about 1837, settling in Harlem Township. Had three children. Mr. Paul was born Dec. 24, 1834, in Knox Co., where he remained until his parents came to Delaware. He spent his younger days attending school and working on a farm, and on April 28, 1857, he was married to Elizabeth Cockrell, a daughter of James Cockrell. They have no children of their own, but have raised several for other people. They settled after marriage where they now live. They own 121 acres of well-improved land, which was given them by their parents. He makes a specialty of fine sheep. Has held offices of Assessor and Trustee. Wife is member of Disciples Church. Paid out $900 for the war. Votes the Democratic ticket, and takes great interest in the township affairs.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 846
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T. R. PAYNE, hardware, Sunbury; is a son of Harrison and Adaline (Goodrich) Payne; his father was born near Hartford, Conn., and was a farmer, hardware merchant, shoemaker and tanner; his mother was from Connecticut; they had a family of seven children; all are living in Ohio, except one. The subject was born in 1857, on a firm near Worthington, Ohio; when quite young, he went with his parents to Delaware Co., where he remained until he was 21 years of age. June 21, 1879, he was married to Nannie Burrer, a daughter of Jacob Burrer, of Delaware Co., Ohio; she was born in 1857. At the age of 20, he engaged in the hardware business for his father, at Cardington, Ohio, continuing until 1877, when they began the same at Sunbury, Ohio, where he is managing one-half interest for his father, under the firm name of Rose & Payne.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 690
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O. PEASLEE, boarding-house; Girls’ Industrial Home; was born Jan. 5, 1828; is a son of Joptha and Barbara Peaslee, of Union Co., Ohio; the father died about three months before the subject was born; he remained with his mother till 17 years old, when he commenced to learn the shoemaker’s trade, at which he worked three years; he then went to Morrow Co. and entered a Quaker school, which he attended three years; he then taught school one year, when he went to Eden and opened a shoe-shop, remaining there eight years. Here he married Ruth Gardner; they had one child––Marcus G., who graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University, only living a few months thereafter; in 1859, Mr. Peaslee moved to Delaware and ran a boarding-house for eight years at the female college; then opened what is now the Central Hotel; after the death of his son, he, with his wife, went South, to Post Christian, Miss., where he opened a large hotel, and remained there until Mrs. P.’s death, Dec. 26, 1878, when he closed his house and brought her remains back to Delaware. Mr. Peaslee is now running a boarding-house at the Girls’ Home in Concord Township.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 746
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Orange Twp. –
J. A. PEASLEY, farmer and teacher; P. O. Flint; stands prominent among the educators in this county; he was born in Morrow Co., April 22, 1836.  His father, C. Peasley, is a native of Addison Co., Vt., and in 1823 came to Morrow Co. with his father Joseph, who entered the land that has since remained in possession of the family.  His mother’s maiden name was Margaret Ashton, born in Columbiana Co., this State.  The family are noted for their longevity.  J. A. Peasley left home at the age of 16, and began his career as a teacher, which has been attended with signal success; he received his classical education at Oberlin, and his scientific course was taken at the Ohio Wesleyan University, graduating June, 1862; in 1861, was out in the three-months service in Co. C, 7th O. V. I., and upon his return home resumed teaching; traveled one year for A. S. Barnes, and three for Woolworth & Ainsworth (a Boston firm), publishing houses.  Prof Peasley has been employed as teacher in New London, Galena, Medina, Crestline, Logansport, St. Mary’s and Columbus, where he lived eleven years.  Aug. 16, 1862, he was married to Jennie A. Paul, born in Greenock, Scotland, 1839; she is a daughter of James and Marion (Anderson) Paul.  They have five children––Hattie, Frederick, Frank, Andrew and James.  March 25, 1878, he moved to his present place, located in the southwest corner of Orange, on the pike, where he has 120 acres of land; has also valuable property in Columbus.  He is a member of the M. E. Church, and his wife of the Congregational; he is also a member of the Mystic Tie, Arcana Lodge, No. 272, A., F. & A. M.  Mr. Peasley carries on his farm, though at present he is teaching.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 716
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G. A. PECK, farmer; P. O. Sunbury; is a son of Benjamin and Mary Peck; his father was born in Massachusetts and came to Ohio in 1817, settling in Licking Co., where be remained until death in 1819; mother was born in Massachusetts; her father’s name was Benjamin Harding, of Nova Scotia; at the death of her husband she had eleven children, which she raised by her own labors; she died in 1859, having been a member of the Baptist Church of long standing. Mr. Peck was born in 1817, in New Jersey, and came to Licking Co., Ohio, by team, when he was about 2 years old; his father died, leaving him without paternal care. In 1843, he commenced tanning in Sunbury, which he followed for eight years, after which he bought. a farm in Trenton Township, and farmed until 1872, when he sold out and bought his present farm of 190 acres. Was married, in 1845, to Louisa North, daughter of Asbury North; by her he had three children; one is still living–– Clinton N., now in Michigan. She died in 1853; he was again married, in May, 1855, to Eunice Henry, a daughter of Silas Henry, of Massachusetts; she was born in 1824; have four children living––Carrie, Henry, Harry and Ella. Mr. Peck belongs to the Baptist Church, to which all the family belong; he takes an active interest in the temperance movement and missionary cause; also in the Sabbath school, in which he has been Superintendent and teacher. He taught school during the winters of his younger days. Has always been an active Republican. His farm is one among the finest farms in the country; he prides himself in stock-raising and makes a specialty of cattle. Mr. Peck started in life with nothing but a stout heart and willing hands, and by frugality and industry has placed himself in good circumstances.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 691-692
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JOHN F. PENROD is a Constable of Concord Township, where he was born Dec. 13, 1850; he is a son of Henry and Sarah J. Penrod; previous to 1860, they lived in the county on one of several farms which they owned; in the year 1860, having sold their property, they emigrated to Lyon Co., Kan., where they purchased a farm, which, in 1869, they exchanged for property in Emporia, Kan., whither they moved, and where they still reside. John F. remained with his parents until 16 years old, when he returned to Ohio, and for the three subsequent years, worked on a farm during the cropping season and attended school in winter; the following three years be worked in a saw-mill, acting most of the time as engineer. Oct. 3, 1872, he was married to Rosetta Hinkle, daughter of William and Matilda Hinkle; she was born in Morrow Co. Oct. 3, 1851. Most of the time since his marriage, Mr. Penrod has lived on a farm; during this time, however, he has done some clerking in a store. He was elected Constable of his township in the spring of 1879, and still holds that honorable position.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 746-747
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Radnor Twp. –
DAVID PENRY, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Prospect. Among the prominent men and early pioneers of Radnor Township is the subject of this biography; his parents, David and Mary (Peugh) Penry, were natives of South Wales, and were married in 1804; from Wales, Mr. and Mrs. Penry emigrated to America during the month of July, 1806; after a short stay at Baltimore, they emigrated to the then new Welsh settlement in Radnor Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, via mountains, their conveyance being a two-horse wagon. Here the beautiful valley of the Scioto suited his fancy, and purchasing 125 acres of land in the north part of the township, he engaged in the business that David now follows. On their arrival, the country we might say was an unbroken wilderness, full of wild beasts and savages, who would not hesitate in destroying these early landmarks of civilization. It was here, Nov. 4, 1806, the subject of this sketch was born, he being the first white male child born in Radnor Township. In his father’s family there were thirteen children, seven of whom are yet living. Our subject passed his youthful days on his father’s farm, assisting him in clearing and improving the place; he was educated as well as the common schools of that early day afforded. His father departed this life in 1840, his wife following him in 1854. Our subject was united in marriage with Joanna Jones when in his 29th year, Nov. 14, 1833; the wife is the daughter of John P. Jones, a native of Wales; they emigrated from Wales to America in 1818; from this union there were ten children––Thomas L., John P., Mary, Hannah J., Amelia D., living; Reuben and Margaret A., deceased; the others died in infancy without being named; those living are all happily married. John P. was in the late war, enlisting in Co. D, 20th O. V. I., under Sherman, with whom he was on that memorable march to the sea; was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Middlebury, Champion Hills, etc.; was severely wounded in the right shoulder and chest at Atlanta, and was confined to the hospital seven weeks. Mr. Penry is a radical Republican in politics, as are also his son and sons-in-law; he is a member of the Baptist Church; his wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Has held the offices of Township Trustee, Road Supervisor, School Director, etc.; held the commission of Captain in the Light Infantry in the Home Guards until he resigned this position. Mr. Penry is a man of prominence in the county; takes an active part in all laudable county enterprises, and is a man universally respected and esteemed by his friends and neighbors. He was with the Wyandots, of Upper Sandusky, from his 9th year until he was 23 years old, engaged in herding cattle.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 763
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Radnor Twp. –
MRS. LOUISA PENRY; P. O. Radnor. But few men in Radnor Township were better known or more respected than Mr. Walter Penry; he was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, April 16, 1812. His parents, David and Mary (Peugh) Penry, came from Wales to Radnor Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, about 1805. He began life as a poor boy, and although never enjoying the best of health, he succeeded by hard work and economy in securing to himself and family a goodly share of this world’s goods. For some years previous to his death, he was a confirmed invalid, but bore his pain and confinement with Christian patience; he died in 1878. His marriage with Miss Louisa Evans (our subject) was celebrated June 14, 1854; she was born in Breconshire, Wales, April 25, 1834; her parents, Evan and Eliza Evans, came from Wales to the United States in 1851. Our subject’s marriage with Mr. Penry bore the fruit of eight children––William B., Thomas G. and Margaret, living; David S., Mary, Walter, Eliza and Evan, deceased. Since Mr. Penry’s death, his wife has had sole charge of the large farm (270 acres) she had helped him to obtain; she is a consistent Christian, a kind and loving mother, and a lady of much culture and refinement.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 762
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Radnor Twp. –
WILLIAM W. PENRY, stock-raiser and farmer; P. O. Radnor. The subject of this biography was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, March 28, 1851; is a son of William R. and Elizabeth (Owens) Penry, both natives of Wales, and among the early settlers of Radnor Township; they were the parents of four children, two of whom are now living. The parents were frugal, industrious people, and succeeded in securing considerable property. The father went to his reward in 1858. His wife survives him, and is at present a resident of the city of Delaware. Our subject’s youth and early manhood were spent assisting his mother on the farm. He received a good common-school education, and, at the age of 17, began for himself. He was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Adolphus and Mary (Curren) Miller, March 9, 1875; she was born in Marion Co., Ohio, July 1, 1855. From this union there are two children––Mary E. and Emma A. Mr. Penry owns 125 acres of nicely improved land. He is a Republican, though liberal in his views. He is a young man of much ability, and enjoys the reputation of being a public-spirited, and highly respected citizen.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 762
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C. D. PERFECT, farmer; P. O. Sunbury; is a son of William Perfect, who was born Oct. 27, 1797, in Kentucky, and emigrated to Trenton Township, Delaware Co., about 1807. His mother was a daughter of James Starks, who came to Ohio at an early day, and came near locating at the present site of Columbus, but finally located in Kingston Township; she was born May 6, 1804, and was married Oct. 3, 1822; they have had born to them nine children, but four of whom are living––one in Iowa, two in Clinton, this State, and the subject of these notes, who was born Nov. 21, 1833, in Trenton Township; at the age of 15, he commenced clerking with Carney, Frost Co., at Berkshire Corners, with whom he continued six months; he then clerked for Allen, McLean & Co., at Sunbury, afterward changing to the employ of C. Hill & Co., of Delaware; subsequently for Myers, Hale and Co., at Sunbury, after which he enraged again for Allen, McLean Co.; in 1856, he went by team, in company with his brother and wife, to Iowa, where he was clerk for the Jones County Circuit Clerk about six months; he then merchandised with H. C. Metcalf for one year, after which he engaged for one year under the firm name of Umstead & Perfect, and, in 1859, returned from Iowa, and in March, same year, was married to Mary E. Moore, a daughter of Cornelius Moore; from this union there were three children––Burton E., Willis H. and Clarence C.; they settled on a farm for about four years, and then, in 1863, engaged in the mercantile business at Olive Green, in the employ of J. N. Starks; in 1865, he returned to Sunbury, and in 1866, he went to Galena, and there clerked for A. P. Mason for two years; then improved a farm of thirty-one acres, adjoining Galena, by erecting a fine house at a cost of $3,000; also planting a fine vineyard on the same, and, in 1872, took a contract to furnish the timber and ties for the Mount Vernon, Columbus & Cleveland Railroad, from Columbus to Mount Vernon; and in 1874, he sold his farm at Galena to George Roberts, and then began the erection of a dwelling in Columbus, preparatory to moving to the same, but circumstances located him in Sunbury, where be went into business under the firm name of Kimball & Perfect, for four years, when, in 1879, he traded his stock in said firm to McAllister for a farm, and now farms 223 acres of fine arable land in Trenton and Harlem Townships, and purposes to deal largely in blooded sheep, making a selection of the very best Spanish merinos; to him belongs one-half acre of land on High street, Columbus; he is a member of the Galena Lodge, No. 404, I. O. O. F. He and his wife are strict members of the Presbyterian Church, of Sunbury. In March, 1880, he bought the handle factory at this place, of W. H. Taylor, and purposes converting it into a spoke, singletree and neck-yoke manufactory; he has taken in for a partner A. W. Hall, formerly of the firm of Hall & Brown, of the same business, at the State Penitentiary, at Columbus. Mr. Hall is now of Louisville, Ky.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 691
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Trenton Twp. –
NORMAN PERFECT, farmer; P. O. Condit; was born Oct. 9, 1830, on a farm in Trenton Township, where he remained with his father and mother (Middleton and Huldah Perfect) until 21 years old, when he came to the farm where he now lives, then 145 acres, to which he has added until he now possesses 323 acres, well improved. He was married, March 13, 1856, to Susan E., a daughter of Jonathan and Mary Condit, by whom he had ten children––Edgar N., Mary A., Mark A.. Carrie J., Waldo and Claude; and four deceased––John C. died June 26, 1861; Addie A., Oct. 9, 1865; Elias, July 15, 1874, and an infant March 10, 1857. Mr. Perfect is in the general stock business, making a specialty of short-horned thoroughbred cattle and is in partnership with Mills & Condit, breeding fine Norman horses, having at this time two fine stallions recently imported from France. He recently came into possession, by purchase, of twenty-five acres of the old homestead of his father. Mr. Perfect and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 833
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Radnor Twp. –
SAMUEL PERRY, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Delaware; was born in the city of Cincinnati, May 15, 1825; is the son of Samuel and Mary (Thew) Perry. The father was a native of Virginia, and the mother of New York; they were the parents of two sons and four daughters. The father was at different periods of his life steamboat captain, merchant and brewer; he purchased a large tract of land in Thompson Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, but always lived in Cincinnati; his death occurred in 1855. The mother survived him 24 years 11 months and 1 day. Our subject resided in Cincinnati until he was 13 years old, then went to Franklin Co., Ind., where he remained until he was 19 years of age; then returned to his old home in Ohio; here his marriage ceremony with Eliza Cunningham was celebrated March 9, 1848. From this union there were two children, by name, respectively, Mary and Joseph. The wife’s death occurred April 1, 1854. Mr. Perry’s second wife is Margaret Thomas, to whom he was married March 27, 1855. The result of this union was four children, three of whom are yet living––Caroline, Elizabeth D. and Samuel. He owns 184 acres of well-improved land; is a Republican in politics. Mr. Perry takes great interest in introducing a better class of stock than has heretofore been in Radnor Township; the stock he prides himself most on being Alderney cattle and Norman and Clydesdale horses.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 762
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Trenton Twp. –
DANIEL H. PETERS, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Green, Licking Co.; is a son of William and Sarah (Bashford) Peters; his father was of English descent, and born in Maryland; his mother of Irish descent; her father was from Cork, Ireland. Mr. Peters’ father emigrated to Ohio about 1816, and his grandfather came to America in 1808, and served awhile in the war of 1812. Mr. Peters was born June 26, 1820, in Pickaway Co., Ohio, and came to Licking Co., in April, 1822. Nov. 27, 1842, he was married to Miss R. Iles; she was born in Licking Co; they had nine children––Sarah J., Lucretia, James W., Effie, Oliver, Emma, William P., Melissa and Martha. His wife died Oct. 6, 1863; she was a member of the M. E. Church. He was again married, in 1864, to Mary A., daughter of Edward and Mary Lake, by whom he had six children five living––Rose D., Frank J., Milton H., Mark M., William S. and John M., who died Nov. 21. 1869. He lived, after marriage, in Licking Co. four years, and then rented his present farm of 124 acres, which he bought two years afterward; About 1859, he learned the carpenter’s trade, and has thus been enabled to make his own farm improvements; in 1864, he commenced dealing in Spanish merino sheep, which he supplies to those wanting at fair prices; he has filled his share of the township offices, and is now a member of the Christian Union Church, as are also five his family. He has served as Superintendent of Sunday school for twenty-five years, and many years as Elder. This church now has a membership of 100. He is a member of Sparrow Lodge, No. 400, A., F. & A. M.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 834
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Liberty Twp. –
J. S. PETERS, farmer; P. O. Powell; is a native of Fairfield Co., Ohio, born Nov. 28, 1824, and is the son of Samuel Peters, who was born July 5, 1779, and whose wife Parmelia was born Sept. 23, 1782; both were natives of Virginia and came to this State and located where Jonathan was born; they were pioneers of that county; his death occurred May 14, 1851. Jonathan was married, in his 21st year, to Tabitha Walcutt, born in Franklin Co., near Columbus, Sept. 15, 1823, daughter of Robert and Susanna (Legg) Walcutt; she is a near relative of Gen. Walcutt. The nuptials of Mr. and Mrs. Peters were celebrated Jan. 2, 1845; their children’s names are Jacob, Samuel. Robert, Laura, Susanna P., Tabitha C., Jonathan W., Lydia A., Samuel and Robert, deceased. After marriage, Mr Peters located in Franklin Co., where he engaged in farming, living there until 1878, with the exception of four years and a half, which he spent in Illinois. March 26, 1878, he moved to the place where they now live, one mile east of Powell; have seventy-eight acres of land, which they are farming. Mr. and Mrs. Peters are members of the Regular Baptist Church; the ordinance of baptism was administered to both at the same time over thirty years ago, by Hiram Handon; Mr. Peters has for several years officiated as minister, and both are firm believers in the doctrines of their church.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 669
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Oxford Twp. –
WILLIAM PETTIT, milling, Leonardsburg; is a son of William and Mary A. (Rhineer) Pettit; his father was born in Ohio; he was thrown out on his own efforts by his father's early death; his first labors were at rural life, at $10 per mouth; a part of the time he was making rails; he has cut the timber and split 250 rails per day; at the age of 26, he began working at carpentering with Moses Kale, of Salem, Columbiana Co.  Was married, in 1861, to Mary J., daughter of George and Catharine Richmond; her parents were from New Jersey; they have seven children––Florilla, Elizabeth J., Dora, Hattie, Martin, Charlie, Stella.  He worked for a man by the name of Martin for some time, and then worked over one year for R. Doty, at Eaton Station, in the saw-mill business; he then built a house, and afterward sold the same to Jeremiah Woods for $800; he then farmed in Troy Township for some time, after which he bought twenty acres, which he traded in 1878 to L. M. Cackler, for his present mill property, which he now has in good running order; he and wife manage the mill, and last year cleared over $800; they sawed, from Oct. 1, 1878, to Oct. 1, 1879, 331,442 feet of lumber, netting them, for sawing, $1,325.76.  Mrs. Pettit's parents had twelve children––Martin, Peter, Henry, Mary J., Cyrus, Amy, Augusta, Elvira, Albert, Letta, Nettie, Lester; she was born Dec. 12, 1844.  Mr. Pettit's first tax receipt was 10 cents.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 795
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W. S. PIATT, farmer; P.O. Tanktown; born in Augusta Co., Va., Nov. 3, 1818; the seventh son of James and Mary (Donahue) Piatt; on his father’s side, his ancestry hail from France, and his mother’s, from Ireland; William emigrated to this State when he was 10 years of age; his parents located in Marlborough. William left home at the age of 15, and began for himself; commenced driving stage, which he followed for about ten years, in the employ of Othel Hinton (stage agent); during the latter part of the time he was engaged in this business, he ran an opposition line against Neal, Moore & Co., and after a lively competition they were glad to buy him off. After a successful career in staging, he railroaded, as baggage-master, for three years, on the Mad River & Lake Erie Road. In 1840, he bought fifty acres of land, in Berlin Township, at $4 per acre; moved on it in 1850, and began improvements; built a cabin, deer and turkey often visiting their primitive dwelling. Nov. 3, 1839, was married to Betsey Fowler, born March 12, 1820, in Winsor, N. Y., daughter of James B. and Polly (Clauson) Fowler; they came to this State in 1833; were twenty-six days upon the road. They have had five children––Phoebe L., George A., Francisco and Frank (twins), and Charles W., all living in this township but George, who is in McHenry Co., Ill. Mr. Piatt has been successful in life; began poor and has accumulated a good deal of property, and ranks among the most affluent in this part of the township. Mrs. Piatt’s father first settled in Orange, and had a truly pioneer experience.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 701
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Trenton Twp. –
I. A. PIERSON, merchant, Condit; son of Ira and Jemima (Condit) Pierson; his father was born June 17, 1788, in New Jersey, and came to Ohio in 1838, settling near Condit; his first house was a rude structure of round logs with a puncheon floor; he died June 13, 1873, at the ripe old age of 85, having reared a family of ten children; he was a member of the Baptist Church; the mother was a daughter of Simon Condit, and was born in 1792, and died Dec. 15, 1869; was also a member of the Baptist Church. Their son, I. A. Pierson, was born Nov. 12, 1830, in New Jersey, and came with his parents by team to Ohio, being twenty-nine days on the road; at 16, he began learning the cabinet trade with C. S. Ogden, in Logan Co.; at the end of three years, he worked at house-building, in Delaware Co. one year, and in Licking Co. about two years; he then ran saw-mill in partnership with his brother Simon for seven years, meeting with good success; in 1859 he bought fifty acres of land in Trenton Township, which he has improved; in 1863, he took a contract to carry the mail between Condit and Mt Vernon, and, at the same time, engaging in buying and selling wood and furs, also dealing in stock; in 1873, he took charge of the station and express at this place, and has been engaged in merchandising under the firm name of Pierson & Post, buying produce and grain. Was married, Dec. 30, 1852, to Juliet Herron, daughter of A. Herron of New Jersey; she was born June 2, 1831, and died Jan. 1, 1867; they had five children––Andrew H., Nettie B., James E., Martin M. and Frank O. (died on the train coming from Kansas City); Mr. Pierson was again married Oct. 28, 1868, to Pyrena, daughter of Smith Perry; she was born June 8, 1845. They are members of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton, of which he has been Trustee.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 833
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Trenton Twp. –
S. H. PIERSON, farmer; P. O. Condit; was born Dec. 31, 1827, in Essex Co., N. J., and emigrated to Ohio in 1838. At 17, he began the blacksmith’s trade with Lewis Ketcham, with whom he afterward formed a partnership. In 1850, went to Iowa and entered 200 acres of land, remaining about eight months; returning, he worked in a machine-shop at Granville, Ohio. Ten months afterward, he went to work carpentering with his brother I. A., at Columbus Center, on what is now known as the B. & O. R. R., for two years. They then went into the steam saw-mill business, his part of which he subsequently traded for a farm in Paulding Co., and in a short time moved to Hartford Township, Licking Co., where he lived fifteen years, and then traded for 205 acres of land, where he now lives. Was married, Feb. 22, 1854, to Abigail, a daughter of Moses and Eleanor (Gould) Jacobus. Her father was born in New Jersey, and came to Ohio in 1832, settling on the farm now owned by Burrell, where he died in 1852. They had eight children. Mrs. Pierson was born Oct. 10, 1828, in New Jersey. They have six children, five living––Charles A., William C., Ella J., Emma C. and Cora M.; Stephen M. died Dec. 14, 1861. He and wife, together with Charles, William and Ella, are members of the Presbyterian Church.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 834
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Troy Twp. –
WILLIAM H. POOL, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Delaware; is a son of Robert and Laura (Daggett) Pool; his father was born in Pennsylvania and emigrated to Belmont Co. when small, where he remained until 25 years old, and then came with his mother to Delaware Co., his father having died when he was young; they settled on the farm now owned by Isaac M. Jones, and there improved 75 acres of land. Mr. Jones’ mother died June 13, 1872; she had the following children––Eunice, married Daniel Crott; W. H., the subject of this sketch; Samantha J., married Charles Gantz; Emery; Marietta, married Fred Briner; Sarah S., married James Lewis; George N. Mr. Pool was born Oct. 17, 1840, in Delaware Co., on the farm where he now lives. Enlisted, in October, 1861, in Co. E, 66th O. V. I., and while in the service he lost his health. Was married, Feb. 2, 1865, to Mary E, a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Levan) Miller; her parents were from Pennsylvania and had eight children––John, Augustus (dead), Isaac, Henry, James, Daniel (dead), Levan and Mary E. Mr. and Mrs. Pool have four children––Minnie F., born March 17, 1870; Anna L., born July 4, 1872, died July 21, 1872, and an infant, born Jan. 23, 1880. Mrs. Pool was born Oct. 5, 1842; they settled on their present farm in 1867; it contains 48 acres well improved, and was given them by his father. He is now Justice of the Peace of Troy Township; is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry and he and wife are members of the Reform Church, in which he has been Deacon for seven years. His parents were Baptists; her parents, members of the Reform Church. He has always voted the Republican ticket. He is now raising fine Chester-white hogs––making a specialty of the same.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 778
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Delaware Twp. -
C. POTTER, C., C., C. & I. R. R. roadmaster. Among the prominent men of Delaware may be mentioned the above-named gentleman, who was born in County Meath, Ireland, March 27, 1831. His father was a well-to-do farmer, near Dublin, and there the son remained until 1844, when with his parents he emigrated to America landing in New York City a poor boy; at 13 years of age, he started out in life, working at odd jobs, and received for his first work $3 per month; when about 17 years old, he became night-watchman on the N. Y. C. R. R., being stationed at Oriskany, N. Y., where he received $20 a month; this proved his starting-point in life; next he was a fireman on the L. S. R. R., running between Syracuse and Utica; he remained there until 1859, and, during this time, was conductor of a construction train; in 1859, he commenced work for the C., C., C. & I. R. R., as section boss, having charge of twelve miles of road between Columbus and Delaware, a position he filled for a number of years. He had a large contract with the C., C., C. & I. R. R. to furnish them wood, and for five or six years furnished them 40,000 cords of wood a year; Mr. Potter, during that time, owned 800 acres of land in Delaware Co., making his home in Orange Township, of which township he was elected Trustee. Mr. Potter was married in 1852, to Miss Kate Burns, since deceased. He married his present wife, Miss Emily Moran, in 1860; by this union he has five children, four sons and one daughter. Mr. Potter is a Democrat, and a member of the Catholic Church. He first had charge of the C., C., C. & I. R. R. from Delaware to Springfield; then he became roadmaster from Delaware to Cincinnati, which position he now fills.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 639
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Delaware Twp. -
C. D. POTTER, Delaware; was born in Delaware, Ohio, Dec. 27, 1827, and is the son of Edward and Abigail (Denison) Potter. Edward Potter was born in New London, Conn., June 13, 1791, son of John and Elizabeth (Witter) Potter; his father in the latter part of his life followed fishing; he was employed in guarding the prisoners in New London at the time the town was burnt by the British; Edward Potter lived in New London until 13 years old, when he went to Lenox, Mass, to live with his uncle; in June, 1804, he, with his uncle, Col. Byxbe, wife and five children, Witter Stewart, Orlando Barker, Solomon Smith, Azariah Root and family, started in wagons for the Far West, crossing the Hudson River at Fishkill, thence through the towns of Harrisburg, Carlisle and Strasburg, over the mountains to Bedford and Redstone (now Brownsville), where they built a flatboat and floated down the river to Wheeling; there they loaded their wagons and again set out traveling by wagons, a Mr. Hutchinson taking the boat to Portsmouth; from Wheeling they went to Zanesville, Lancaster and Franklinton, crossed the river at Columbus, thence to Worthington, where they remained a short time; they finally reached Delaware Co., and located in Berkshire, making the first settlement in Berkshire Township; here Edward Potter remained with his uncle, Col. Byxbe, until 1805, when he returned to his home in New London, Conn., and thence to Saybrook, where he learned his trade as a batter, and remained there some nine years; thence to Colchester, Conn., and entered the hat business, where he remained three years; during the war of 1812, Mr. Potter lost about all his money; he then set out on foot looking for a location and visiting friends; during this time he walked over three thousand miles; in 1819, he walked from Connecticut to Ohio, and purchased 50 acres of land at $5 per acre, in Delaware Township, west of Delaware; he then footed it all the way back to Connecticut; in 1820, he returned with his wife and a one-horse wagon to Delaware Co., Ohio, and settled on his land; in 1825, he moved to Delaware, and commenced the manufacture of hats; he continued at this until 1838, and was successful; in 1838, he moved to his present homestead, where he has been an honored citizen ever since. During Mr. Potter’s residence in Delaware, he held several offices of public trust, and was Supervisor and Councilman. Mr. Potter is the oldest living settler of Delaware Co., having first made his home here in 1804. He has been married twice, first to Abigail Denison, who died in 1831, then to his present wife. Elizabeth Reynolds, in 1832; she is the daughter of E. Reynolds, Esq., who came to Delaware Co. in 1815; Mr. Potter has three children living, all by the first wife––Emeline, Abigail D. and Charles D. Charles was engaged on his father’s farm until he was 21 years of age, when he entered the hardware store of John B. Johns, as a clerk, and afterward became a partner; the firm was C. D. Potter & Co. from 1852 to 1874, during which time Mr. Potter was in partnership with H. H. Husted and Z. P. Hammond; during the latter years, Mr. Potter was alone in business. Mr. Potter was married Jan. 27, 1853, to Miss Mary K. Hammond of New Jersey, daughter of John Hammond, who moved to Ohio about 1849; they have four children.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 637-638
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Brown Twp. -
ISRAEL POTTER, farmer; P. O. Leonardsburg. One among the prominent farmers in the township is Mr. Potter, born Sept. 29, 1806, third child of a family of eight born to Asahel Potter, born 1776, whose wife was Annie Benton; both natives of Connecticut, where they married and moved to Chenango, N. Y., where Israel was born, and in the year 1817 emigrated to this State with his parents. They stopped nearly one year in Fairfield Co., and the following year came to Franklin Co., near Worthington, and after three years’ residence came to Delaware (now Morrow), settled permanently and was among the pioneers of that locality. Israel received his scholastic education in a log school-house, with slab benches; his father died in 1870, in this county; Israel’s grandfather was a soldier in the French and Indian wars, also the Revolution; his powder horn is now in Israel’s possession, inscribed, “Crown Point, July, 1762.” Israel remained with his parents until he attained his 35th year; his early life was engaged mostly in trading, and handling stock was his favorite of all pursuits; he made sixteen trips to Michigan while engaged in this business; was at Adrian when the first locomotive came in, in 1841; in his 36th year was married to Phoebe G. Whipple, born in 1822, in Morrow Co. After marriage, he located in Oxford Township; after a residence of several years came to Leonardsburg in 1851, and has since made it his abode, and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He began poor, has taught school at 33 cents per day, and from this small beginning he has arisen to his present position, and the owner of 600 acres of land; he started in life with the resolution that he would not squander his property by the use of whisky and “going bail.” Has five children––Anna M., Eliza F., Mary C., Celia (now Mrs. Rev. H. R. Smith, a representative from Noble Co.), and Herman (only son). Mr. Potter and wife are both members of the Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church, he having been identified with that body for twenty-nine years.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 814
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Scioto Twp. –
R. M. POUND, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Ostrander; was born in Beaver Co., Penn., June 17, 1824; is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Frasier) Pound, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, and the parents of six children, four of whom are now living; in 1838, the parents removed to Holmes Co., Ohio, where they remained nine years, and then came to Delaware Co.; the parents remained in Delaware Co. some time, and then returned to Holmes Co.; the father died in 1873; the mother is still living, and resides in Union Co., Ohio. Our subject’s youth and early manhood were passed assisting his father on the farm; he received such education as the common schools of that early day afforded; when 21 years old, he began for himself; he had no “start in life,” and for several years wandered about from place to place, working by the month, until by strict economy and industry he was enabled to purchase 50 acres of unimproved timber land; Mr. Pound has since added to that purchase, until he now owns 306 acres of well-improved land; he has accomplished this by paying the strict attention which characterized his earlier efforts; he takes pride in having good stock of all kinds, and upon his farm are to be found as good horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, as Delaware Co. affords. He was united in marriage with Sarah Bowersmith Nov. 25, 1849; from this union there are eight children, seven of whom are living––Henry, Jacob M., Abigail J., Thomas F., John R., William G. and Hattie L.; the name of the one deceased was Sarah C. Mr. Pound is a member of the Baptist Church, as is his amiable wife.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 733
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Delaware Twp. -
GEN. EUGENE POWELL, of the Delaware Fence Co., Delaware; was born in Delaware, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1838, and is the son of Judge Powell, one of the pioneer settlers of Delaware; he received his education in Delaware, and, in 1858, went East and entered the machine-shops at Meadville, Penn., where he remained until 1860; he then returned to Delaware, and worked in the Delaware machine-shops until the breaking-out of the late war, when he helped organize Co. C of the 4th O. V. I.; he enlisted, and, on the organization of the regiment, was made Captain of Co. C, in which position he served some three months; he was then transferred to the 66th O. V. I. as Major; in 1862, was made Lieutenant Colonel of the 66th Regiment, and remained such until the close of the war, when he was made Colonel of the 93d O. V. I, where he remained until September, 1865; he participated in some of the most severe marches and battles of the war––Rich Mountain, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Dumfries, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg; thence west, with “Fighting Joe” Hooker, to Lookout Mountain, siege and capture of Atlanta, Peach Tree Creek, and with Sherman’s march to the sea; at the close of the war, he returned home, and was made Collector of Internal Revenue, which office at he held until 1872, when he was elected to the Legislature, and filled one term with marked ability; in 1872, he entered his present business, in which he has continued ever since. In 1878, Mr. Cyrus Falconer, Jr., became a partner in the business. Mr. Falconer was born in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, in 1856, and is a graduate from the Hamilton High School; he was, for a short time, engaged in the manufacture of pig iron in the Hocking Valley, where he remained until 1878, when he came to Delaware, and entered the manufacture of fences, and has proved himself a valuable addition to the Company.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 639-640
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Delaware Twp. -
T. E. POWELL, attorney at law, Delaware. A son of Judge T. W. Powell; is a native of this city, born Feb. 20, 1842, and a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which institution he received his diploma in 1863; in that year he began the study of law in his father’s office, and was admitted to the practice in 1865; he then engaged in the real-estate business, which he followed until 1867; in this year, Mr. Powell associated himself as a partner with Col. W. P. Reid, for the practice of his profession, under the firm name of Reid & Powell; in 1877, John S. Gill was taken into the firm, which was then changed to Reid, Powell & Gill; the following' year, 1878, the senior partner, Col. Reid, died, when the firm name was changed to Powell & Gill, under which title it is continued to this day; this association of legal talent from the start has been regarded as one of the strongest law firms in Delaware; Mr. Powell, now the senior member, enjoys and merits the reputation of being well up in his profession, and is called upon to practice in the courts of the surrounding counties; in 1875, he was placed in nomination on the Democratic ticket for the position of Attorney General of the State, but his party being in the minority, he was defeated.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 640
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Delaware Twp. -
T. W. POWELL, retired lawyer, Delaware. Sketch given in History of Courts and Bar.
Biographical sketch of T. W. Powell from Chapter V:
[The following sketch of Hon. Thomas W. Powell was written by Hon. James R. Hubbell, who was a student of Mr. Powell's and who still entertains for his old friend and preceptor the warmest feelings of friendship. Mr. Hubbell says:]
     In a sketch of the bench and bar of Delaware County, foremost, as well as first in chronological order, is the Hon. Thomas W. Powell. An octogenarian, and already past the period allotted by the Psalmist for man's active life, to those who have known him longest, and who know him best, his mind and memory seem to have lost but little of their maximum strength. The weight of years and bodily infirmities have greatly impaired his once robust and vigorous constitution. Some thirty years ago, by a severe accident, a limb was broken, inflicting an injury, still felt to some extent. Several years later, another accident put out an eye, and at the date of the present writing (1880) he is entirely, for the want of sight, unable to read printed matter, and writes with great labor. A lawyer, legislator and author, he is widely known to the brethren of the bar and in literary circles. It is now sixty years since he was admitted to the bar as an attorney and counselor of law, and is probably in commission the oldest lawyer living in Ohio, and has but few seniors in years in America.
     Thomas Watkins Powell, the subject of this sketch, was born in the latter part of the year 1797, in South Wales. In the early part of the year 1801, his father, with his young family, immigrated to America, and settled in Utica, in the State of New York, situated in the upper part of the Mohawk Valley. At that time, Utica was a small village compared with its present magnificence and grandeur, and the country around it was new, and population sparse; and. as a matter of course, the means for the education of the youth and young men of that day were limited. Young Thomas sought and obtained such an education as the opportunities afforded. During the last war with Great Britain, then a mere youth, he drove his father's team, with the baggage of a regiment to Sacket's Harbor, in the spring of 1813, and entered the place at the close of that battle. In September, 1814, he was appointed by the military authorities to a post of great trust and responsibility––the bearer of dispatches to Plattsburg, and at the close of that battle entered the town with dispatches to Gen. McCombs.
    Thirst for knowledge was the ruling ambition of his life, and after the war, for about two years, he was favored with the privilege of attending the academy where he studied and mastered such branches as are taught at small institutions, including the higher branches of mathematics for which he had a taste and a genius to excel. It was ever with him a subject of regret, that his opportunities in early life to obtain a more thorough education were so limited, but Providence ordered it otherwise. Had he been indulged in the natural bent of his mind, he would have excelled in literature as an author. After he left the academy he went into the law office of Charles M. Lee, Esq., in Utica, when about the age of twenty, and in the year 1819 he came to Ohio, and passed his quarantine as a law student in the office of Hon. James W. Lathrop at Canton. In the year 1820, he was duly licensed, by the Supreme Court on the Circuit at Wooster, to practice in the several courts of record of the State, and immediately located in Perrysburg, on the Maumee, in the practice of the law; but, the country being new, and business in his profession insufficient to occupy his time, he accepted successively the offices of Prosecuting Attorney and County Auditor of Wood County. In the discharge of his official duties he was noted for his probity and industry, as well as his abilities. In the year 1830, the Maumee Valley not growing in population, and not meeting with that commercial and business success that was anticipated by the first settlers in order to obtain a wider field for the practice of his profession, he removed to Delaware, where for a period of fifty years, he has resided. He immediately commenced practice, and his business in importance proved commensurate with his abilities and integrity, and for a period of more than thirty years, he was regarded by the profession in Delaware, and throughout the counties in Central Ohio, as a strong and successful lawyer. In special pleading and equity, to which he devoted particular attention, he excelled. His industry seemed untiring, both in his profession and as a student. Law, history and literature received constant attention, when not occupied with the cares and duties of his business and professional engagements. He was ever noted for his zeal for his clients’ interests and welfare, in both civil and commercial cases. Polite and intelligent, his society was courted by his brethren of the bar, and, in whatever circle he entered, his presence was always welcome. Probably no lawyer did more in assisting young men to the bar, or had more law students, than Mr. Powell. Among the lawyers who acquired notoriety in professional or political life, or both, we can name among his students, the Hon. C. Sweetser, who was a successful lawyer and a member of Congress from 1849 until l853: subsequently Edward Jones, Esq., who died young, and who, at the time of his death, was Prosecuting Attorney. He had acquired so much reputation as a lawyer and public speaker, that it was thought that if he had lived, he would have reached the very highest round in the ladder of fame. His brother, the Hon. Thomas C. Jones; Hon. Royal T. Wheeler, Chief Justice of Texas; Gen. J. S. Jones, a member of the Forty-fifth Congress, and others, making in all a long roll, were among the number of his law students.
     To his industry in his profession and in letters, Mr. Powell added great enterprise in all matters of interest to the public. He projected and prosecuted to completion the improvements at the sulphur springs known as the “Mansion House,” which in its early history was famous as a fashionable resort, and which subsequently secured to Delaware the Ohio Wesleyan University. He built the flax-mills at Delaware. He had an exquisite taste for the arts, for horticulture and architecture especially, and his knowledge of these arts, by study and cultivation, is of' a high order.
     Mr. Powell, although he took a lively interest in public affairs was never a partisan. A Democrat in his sympathy for suffering humanity, he is believer in the brotherhood of man, and ever sympathized with the afflicted, either in mind, body, or estate; whether it is the white man or the black man, the virtuous or degraded. His whole life has been signalized by acts of charity, and he was never known “to turn the poor away unalmsed.”
     He never was a seeker of place, nor an office-seeker. The offices he filled set well were forced upon him, and were accepted, seemingly, against his will. He filled many offices of trust––Prosecuting Attorney––after as well as before, he moved to Delaware. He was elected Representative and Senator in the State Legislature, and, for many years, was County Judge.
     He has given to the profession of his choice, and in which he was an ornament, two works which were much needed, and are highly prized by the courts and bar, viz.: “Powell's Analysis of American Law,” and a work on “Appellate Jurisdiction.” He has written, and has ready for the press, the manuscript “History of the Ancient Britons,” and is at present engaged upon a work entitled “What is Knowledge?” which bids fair to be one of his best productions.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 221-223
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Thompson Twp. –
WILLIAM POWELL, saw-milling; P. O. Prospect, Marion Co., Ohio; was born in Marion Co., Ohio, Oct. 7, 1834; parents were natives of Pennsylvania and came to Marion Co. at a very early day. Our subject has from his boyhood followed milling, and is still in that business. He was married April 8, 1855, to Miss Malinda Culp, whose parents were also natives of Pennsylvania and came to Delaware Co., Ohio, in about 1835; she was born March 6, 1838; from this marriage there was a large family of children, several of whom are now dead; the eldest Margaret R. was born July 11, 1856; Florence G., July 10, 1858; Joseph W., Sept. 28, 1860; Rilla M., Oct. 19, 1862; Henry E., Dec. 6, 1864; Alice M., Oct. 4, 1868; Mary E., Nov. 27, 1873; Mertie B., Aug. 23, 1877. Margaret R. died July 11, 1879; Henry E. died Nov. 14, 1867; one child died in infancy. In 1869, Mr. Powell went to Anderson Co., Kan., where he purchased a farm, did some farming, in connection with which he ran a saw mill, in the town of Greeley, in the same county. Becoming dissatisfied with the West, he returned to Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1876, where he has since resided and purchased a saw-mill on the west bank of the Scioto River, in Thompson Township, and is doing a good business. His grandfather lived to the age of nearly 102 years; Mr. Powell’s father was born in 1812, and is yet living. Our subject was in the late war, he went out with the 100-day men; was in Co. A, 145th Regiment; he was enrolled May 2, 1864, and received his discharge Aug. 24, 1864. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church, and live consistent with their belief.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 805-806
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Liberty Twp. –
ORRIN POWERS, farmer; P. O. Hyattsville; is a son of Erastus Powers, who was the first white person that was born in Delaware Co.; his father’s name was Avery Powers, who was among the first families who settled in this county; Avery Powers and Capt. Nathan Carpenter came together and located on the east side of the Olentangy River, north of Beeber’s Mill, where Erastus was born, Nov. 6, 1803, and died April 9, 1879. Orrin was born Oct. 17, 1834, in Orange Township, and when he was 17 years of age went to live with his grandfather, Jeremiah Macomber, and lived with him four years; Nov. 11, 1855, he was united in marriage to Rebecca Stallman, born in York Co., Penn., July 30, 1836; her father’s name was Henry L. Stallman; her mother’s maiden name was Maria Pilm. After marriage, they located in Concord Township; subsequent to this they made several removes, once to Union Co., Madison, and in 1860 made a trip to Kansas, returning in the fall, when he purchased the land he now owns, moving on the same March, 1861, and has made it his permanent home. In May, 1864, he enlisted in Co. K., 145th O. N. G., returning in August, and returned again to the service in response to a draft which occurred in September of same year, and responded to it and reported for duty in Co. I, 82d O. V. I., and was out until the close of the war; discharged in June, 1865; upon his return home, he resumed farming pursuits. He has 110 acres of land, which he has since farmed. Mr. and Mrs. Powers have never been blessed with any children, yet they have raised two and have one now under their care. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren; has never taken special interest in political matters, but is an advocate of Republican principles. Is among the best men of the township.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 669
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Radnor Twp. –
JOHN A. PRICE, farmer; P. O. Radnor. The subject of this biography is the second of a family of eleven children of Evan and Margaret (Jones) Price, both natives of Breconshire, Wales; in 1845, the father came, in company with Mr. Robert Powell, to Radnor Township to look for a home for himself and family; not being satisfied with the country, he returned in a few months to his family in Wales, where he remained until 1851, when he again came to Radnor Township, this time bringing his family with him; he has since remained in the township, and now owns a nicely improved farm in the northeastern portion of the township. Our subject was brought up on a farm, receiving a good common-school education; he remained at home until about 26 years of age. Was united in marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Rees and Sarah Jones, July 4, 1871; she was born in Breconshire, Wales, June 3, 1848; from this marriage there were four children, two of whom are now living––Margaret J. and Rees deceased, Sarah A. and an infant; at the time o' his parents coming to the United States, John A. was but 6 years of age, having been born Feb. 11 1845, in Breconshire, Wales; he is well and favorably known in Radnor Township as one of the most industrious and enterprising of its young men; he, has by his own exertions obtained a nicely improved farm of sixty-five acres; he has for some years past been in the employ of John Powell, who fully appreciates his worth, as does the entire community in which he lives.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 763-764
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Troy Twp. –
S. M. PROUTY, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Delaware, is a son of Abel and Polly (Dudley) Prouty; his father was born in Vermont in 1796, and emigrated to Ohio in May, 1839, settling for awhile in Marion Co, and, in the winter of 1839, they moved to Delaware, where his father teamed and his son attended school; in 1840, the family settled on the farm now owned by Rev. James Silverwood in Troy Township; in 1858, his father moved to Wayne Co., Mich., where he died in 1877; the mother died when our subject was quite small, leaving two children––S. M. and Jerusha. His father was married again to Cynthia Goss, by whom he had five children––Sarah, Daniel, William, Henry and Cynthia. His father was a member of the Baptist Church, and was a Whig and Republican. Mr. Prouty was born May 14, 1825, in Oswego Co., N. Y.; was married March 25, 1856, to Sarah E., daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Abbey) Peck; her parents were born––father, Feb. 25, 1805, and mother, Feb. 1, 1817; they settled in Delaware Co. is 1840; she was born May 17, 1838; her parents had seven children––Mary, Sarah, Erwin, Jane, Harriet, David and William. Mr. Prouty settled on his present farm in 1856, buying forty acres of Wolford, fifty acres of Thomas Boyd, and ten acres of Daniels, fifty acres of M. Dephen––all of which is the effects of his own labors; his first tag receipt was 62 cents; his farm is one of the best in the township, well improved, and especially well adapted to stock-raising, and is accompanied with an elegant sugar-camp, and everything necessary to make a happy home. Mr. and Mrs. Prouty have eight children––Byron, Clifton. Emma, Chauncy, Harvey, Oren, Mattie and Jessie, Mr. Prouty has served his share of small offices, and joins his wife in the Baptist Church at Radnor; votes the Republican ticket; was drafted, but paid out; has always been a temperance man; her parents were Protestant Methodists, and her grandfather (Peck) was a minister of the U. B. Church and was of English descent.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 777-778
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Radnor Twp. –
GEORGE PUGH, stock-raiser and farmer; P. O. Radnor; was born in South Wales Jan. 1, 1818; is the son of James and Grace (Owens) Pugh. The mother died shortly after the birth of our subject. When 19 years of age, young Pugh apprenticed himself to a blacksmith for a period of four years. At the end of that time having mastered his trade, he emigrated to America, locating in Delaware, Ohio; here, for the first time, Mr. Pugh followed his trade on his own responsibility. He was married, Nov. 14, 1842, to Miss Jane Thomas, daughter of William and Margaret Thomas; by this union there were three children––Elizabeth J., born Feb. 16, 1844; William T., April 16, 1846; David J., June 1849, died March 5, 1850; in 1850, Mr. Pugh emigrated to California to seek his fortune in the gold fields of that State; not succeeding in the mining business, he opened a blacksmith-shop and carried on his trade for three years. It was while in California, that Mr. Pugh received the intelligence of his wife’s death, which occurred Aug. 20, 1851. Having made a nice fortune in California, he returned home in 1853, and again engaged in blacksmithing in Delaware. For six years, he was in partnership with J. J. Davis, and, at the conclusion of their partnership, he continued the business for a number of years. He was married to his second wife, Ellen (Williams) Jones, March 13, 1857. By her first husband, Mr. Pugh’s present wife has one child––Mary A. Jones; by her present husband has one child living, and four dead, the one living being named John E., born Feb. 21, 1861; her parents, David and Ann (Thomas) Williams, emigrated from Wales to America in 1840. Mr. Pugh has lived in Radnor Township since 1868; has seventy-five acres of well-improved land, and valuable town property in Delaware. He and wife are members of the Congregational Church; he is a Republican and an honest and earnest worker for right, whether it be for the interest of his party or of the opposite party.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 762-763
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Porter Twp. –
ALBERT PUMPHREY, farmer; P. O. Rich Hill, Knox Co.; is a son of Fleming and Elizabeth (Lewis) Pumphrey; his father was born in Virginia, about 1810, and emigrated to Ohio in 1835, settling in Jefferson Co., where the family remained some time, thence to Harrison Co., remaining there ten years; from there they moved to Missouri for two years, after which he made his settlement in Knox Co., where he died in 1863. His mother died in 1841. Albert was born Jan. 14, 1837, in Harrison Co.; at the age of 25, he began business for himself, on a farm of eighty acres, in Allen Co., Ind., which he traded to James Laughlin, and settled on the farm now owned by Cullum. He is now living on a small lot of seven acres, in Sec. 4, where he enjoys a fine little home. He has a storeroom in Harlem Township, Delaware Co., valued at $2,500, which is in addition to a nice dwelling and barn. Was married Nov. 4, 1863, to Mary Gundy, a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Smith) Gundy; her parents were natives of Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Ohio in 1819, settling in Harrison Co.; they had nine children, five now living; her mother died in October, 1876. Mrs. Pumphrey was born July 20, 1839, in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. They have six children––Percival, born March 28, 1865, died Oct. 27, 1865; William, born Nov. 11, 1866; Joseph, Jan. 23, 1870; Minnie, Sept. 9, 1868, died Jan. 7, 1869; Clarence, born March 12, 1874: Charles, Feb. 7, 1877.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 825
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