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Source:
History of Greene County, Ohio,
its people, industries & institutions
by Hon. M. A. Broadstone, Editor in Chief -
Vol. I. & II.
Publ. B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind.
1918
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THOMAS VINCENT ILIFF.
Thomas Vincent Iliff, a veteran of the Civil War and
formerly and for years engaged in the lime and quarry
business, now living retired at his home in Cedarville, was
born on a farm three miles south of Cedarville on Aug. 24,
1812, son of Wesley and Sarah (Ballard) Iliff, the
former of whom also was born in this county and the latter,
in the state of Pennsylvania.
Wesley Iliff was born on a farm in the vicinity
of the village of Jamestown, a son of James and Betsey
(Hill) Iliff, who had come to this county from
Pennsylvania about the year 1804 and had established their
home in the Jamestown settlement. James Iliff
there spent his last days. His widow later went over
into Indiana, where her last days were spent. They
were the parents of eight children, Jesse, James, John,
Wesley, William, Thomas, David and Helen.
Reared on the farm on which he was born, Wesley Iliff
early became engaged in the lime business at Cedarville and
for forty years was thus engaged, the business after his
death being carried on by his eldest son, the late
William H. Iliff. In early manhood Wesley Iliff
married Sarah Ballard, who was born in Pennsylvania
and who was but a girl when she came to Greene county with
her parents James and Sarah Ballard, the family
establishing their home on a farm two and one-half miles
northeast of Jamestown. Joseph Ballard was a
son of Lyman Ballard, a soldier of the Revolutionary
War. Wesley Iliff died in 1889, he then being
seventy-one years of age. He and his wife were the
parents of ten children, Mary, William H., Thomas
Vincent, John W., Martha, Emma, Harriet, Flora, Louise
and Charles. Mary Iliff, now deceased, was
twice married, her first husband having been Joseph
Lawrence and her second, Joseph Williamson.
The late William H. Iliff, who was for years engaged
in the stone and lime business at Cedarville, had the
distinction of having been the first man in Cedarville
township to enlist his services in behalf of the Union
following the President's call for volunteers on that
fateful day in April, 1861, and he went to the front as a
member of Company D, Twelfth Ohio Volunteers. His
service as a soldier covered a period of three years and
thirteen days. His widow, who was Susan Small,
is still living at Cedarville. John W. Iliff,
who is now living in Chicago, went to the front as a drummer
boy, he having been too young for other service, going as a
member of Company D, Forty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, with which he served for three years. He
also was engaged in the stone business until his retirement.
His wife, who was Josie Adams, is now deceased, and
he makes his home in Chicago. Martha Iliff is
also living in Chicago. Emma Iliff died in the
days of her girlhood. Harriet Iliff married
W. H. Owens, a Cedarville blacksmith, and is still
living in that village. Flora Iliff married
William Karch, now deceased, and she makes her home in
Chicago. Louise Iliff died in early childhood.
Charles Iliff, who married Minnie Philllips,
was a blacksmith and is now living in Chicago.
Thomas V. Iliff received his schooling in the
schools of his neighborhood and early became engaged in the
limestone quarries with his father and brothers, continuing
thus engaged until on Aug. 13, 1862, when he enlisted for
service as a soldier of the Union and went to the front as a
member of Company D, Forty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, with which his brother John also was
connected. It is but fitting in this connection to
note that the three Iliff boys were in active service
before they had attained their respective majorities, each
celebrating the twenty-first anniversary of his birth in the
field. Mr. Iliff went with his command by boat
from Cincinnati to Maysville, in which latter place he
became engaged in first first battle. His service in
the army covered at period of nearly three years and
included action pretty much all over the states of Kentucky,
Tennessee and Virginia. Upon the completion of his
military service Mr. Iliff returned home and resumed
his place in connection with his father's kilns and
quarries. He married in the fall of 1869 and continued
to make his home at Cedarville until 1888, when he opened an
establishment for the sale of lime in Cincinnati, where the
Iliffs already had developed a business, and there
made his home for three years, at the end of which time he
sold the business to D. S. Ervin, of Cedarville, and
moved to Columbus, where for something more than seven years
he was engaged in the selling of lime. He later became
connected with the contracting firm of his nephews, Harry
and Walter Iliff, and continued thus employed until
his retirement.
On Oct. 27, 1860, Thomas Vincent Iliff was
united in marriage to Sophia Lovett, who also was
born in Greene county, a daughter of George R. and
Elizabeth (Moore) Lovett, of New Jasper township, the
former of whom was a native of Pennsylvania and the latter,
of Virginia. George R. Lovett was a farmer and
upon his retirement moved to Cedarville, where he died at
the age of seventy years. His widow survived him for
some years, she having been seventy-five years of age at the
time of her death. They were members of the Methodist
Episcopal church and their children were reared in that
faith. There were eight of these children, three of
whom died in youth, the others, besides Mrs. Iliff,
being Bushrod, who enlisted his services as a soldier
of the Union during the Civil War and died of smallpox in
camp at Columbus; Mary, widow of John Phillips
of Springfield, this state; Lila, who married
Frank Humphries and is now deceased, and Rosa,
widow of Charles Minser, of Cedarville. To
Mr. and Mrs. Iliff were born two daughters, Gertrude
and Nellie, the former of whom has been twice
married, after the death of her first husband, Fred
Fields, she having married Hugh Stormont, a rural
mail carrier out of Cedarville. She has two sons,
Fred L. and Roger. Nellie Iliff married
George Winter, of Xenia, and has two children, Olive
Gertrude and James Alfred. Mr. and Mrs. Iliff
are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Cedarville.
Mr. Iliff is past commander of Curry Point No. 94,
Grand Army of the Republic, at Cedarville.
Source: History of Greene County, Ohio, Vol. II - publ. by
B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind.,
1918 - Page 856 |
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