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BIOGRAPHIES
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 BARLOW WALKER, one
of the greatest lumbermen the country has ever produced, was
born in Xenia, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1840, a son of Platt B. and
Anstic Keziah (Barlow) Walker. He taught school
for time as a young man, later becoming a traveling salesman
before he located in Minnesota in 1862 at the age of
twenty-two. He was first engaged in that state on
government surveys and later as surveyor for the St. Paul &
Duluth Railroad. During this time he began
investigating in timber lands and eventually became the
largest lumberman in Minnesota. He is also heavily
interested in California white and sugar pine land. He
was a projector and builder of the St. Louis Park and the
electric line to it; built the central city market and the
wholesale commission district. He was the originator
and builders of the Minneapolis public library and was
president of the library board for thirty years. He is
responsible for the building up of the State Academy of
Science and its museum of science and art. He has a
splendid collection of paintings that fills the large art
gallery of the public library and also an extensive
collection of ancient arts in the museum room of the
library. Attached to his home is the only free art
gallery that is to be found in either America or Europe.
His home in Minneapolis is at 807 Hennepin avenue.
(Source: History of Greene County, Ohio, its
people, industries & institutions by Hon. M. A. Broadstone,
Editor in Chief - Vol. I.- Publ. 1918 by B. F. Bowen &
Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind.) |
John G. Warner |
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CHARLES A. WEAVER.
Charles A. Weaver, vice-president of the Xenia
Business Men's Association and proprietor of a clothing
store at 13 East Main street, is a native son of Ohio and
has lived in this state all his life, a resident of Xenia
since he was nineteen years of age. He was born on a
farm just over the line in Chester township, in the
neighboring county of Clinton, a mile east of the village of
New Burlington, in 1879, son of Volcah E. and Arabella
(Peterson) Weaver, who retired from the farm in 1900 and
moved to Xenia, where they are now living.
Volcah E. Weaver was born in the village of New
Burlington on Oct. 2, 1842, a son of Samuel and Anna
(Ellis) Weaver, both members of pioneer families in that
vicinity. Samuel Weaver was born in the
neighborhood of Winchester, in Virginia, a son of Abraham
and Mary Magdaline Weaver, the latter of whom died at
her home in Virgina, leaving six sons and three
daughters. Not long after the death of his wife
Abraham Weaver came to Ohio, bringing with him
his six sons and one of his daughters, and settled in Greene
county. He bought a tract of two hundred acres of land
in Caesarscreek township and there established his home.
His death occurred not long afterward and he was buried in
the burying ground at Vorah church. Samuel Weaver,
one of the six sons of Abraham Weaver, had
been trained as a tailor in Virginia and upon coming to Ohio
did not remain on the farm with his father, but located in
Cincinnati, where for some time he worked at his trade,
later coming up here and locating at Xenia, where he opened
a tailor shop, which he presently moved to the village of
New Burlington, where he engaged in business and was thus
engaged at that place the rest of his life, his death
occurring there in 1885.
Samuel Weaver was born in 1809. Not
long after coming to Greene county he married Anna
Ellis, who was born on a farm one mile east of New
Burlington, in Spring Valley township, this county, in 1814,
daughter of Joel and Elizabeth (Schillinger) Ellis,
both of whom were born in South Carolina, where they were
married, later locating in Kentucky, whence, in 1812, they
came up into this part of Ohio and settled in Spring Valley
township, this county. Joel Ellis was of
Scottish descent and was the son of Abraham Ellis,
a soldier of the Revolution, who came into Ohio from
Virginia at an early day in the settlement of this part of
the state and bought a farm in the Port William neighborhood
in Clinton county, where he spent his last days, his body
now lying in the Lumberton cemetery. Abraham
Ellis was the father of four sons and three daughters
and the descendants of these children not many years ago,
Volcah E. Weaver being one of the chief promoters of the
project, erected at the grave of their Revolutionary
ancestor in the Lumberton cemetery a monument fittingly
setting out his record as a soldier during the time of the
War of Independence. Joel Ellis bought a tract
of two hundred and six acres of land in Spring Valley
township upon coming to this county in 1812. He and
his wife were members of the Baptist church and were the
parents of three children, one son and two daughters,
namely: Adam S. Ellis, who spent his last days on the
home farm, having come into possession of the same,
increasing the acreage to three hundred and fifty-two acres,
and on which he died unmarried, his place being left by will
to his nephew, Volcah E. Weaver; Anna, who
married Samuel Weaver, the New Burlington
tailor, and Mary (Polly), who married
Doctor Bald, of New Burlington, and died one year
later. To Samuel and Anna (Ellis) Weaver were
born four children, namely: Manuel, who died at the
age of three years; Amanda, who is now living at
Centerville, this state, widow of Joseph Nutt;
Volcah E., father of the subject of this biographical
sketch, and Mary Jane, wife of John Oglesbee,
of Xenia. The mother of these children survived her
husband five years, her death occurring in 1800.
Reared at New Burlington, the place of his birth,
Volcah E. Weaver received his schooling in the schools
of that village and as a young man began farming on his
grandfather Ellis's place just east of the
village and in time became the owner of a farm of his own, a
tract of one hundred and forty-three acres on the line
between Greene and Clinton counties. Upon the death of
his uncle, Adam S. Ellis, he inherited the old
Ellis place of three hundred and fifty-two acres
and there continued to make his home until his retirement
from the farm and removal to Xenia, where he and his wife
are still living. Upon moving to Xenia Mr.
Weaver bought a house at 513 South Detroit street,
remodeled the same and is there now living. He and his
wife are members of the Reformed church. It was in
1877, in Clinton county, that Volcah E. Weaver was
united in marriage to Arabella Peterson, who
was born in that county, daughter of Abraham Peterson and
wife, both now deceased, and to this union were born
three children, Charles A., Laura E., and
Anna Elizabeth, all of whom are living.
Laura E. Weaver married Norman G. Buxton, who is
now president of a bank at Johnstown, in Licking county,
this state, and who also operates a farm of three hundred
and ninety acres in the immediate vicinity of that place.
Miss Anna Weaver, who was graduated from the Xenia
high school and later took a three-year course at the Mary
Baldwin Seminary in Virginia, is living with her parents in
Xenia.
Charles A. Weaver received his schooling in the
schools of New Burlington and in the business college at
Xenia and when nineteen years of age became employed in the
clothing store of R. S. Kingsbury at Xenia. Two
years later, in 1904, he and C. E. Nesbit, the latter
of whom also was working in the Kingsbury store, decided to
engage in business for themselves and at 13 East Market
street opened a clothing store, doing business under the
firm name of Nesbit & Weaver, an arrangement
which continued for about ten years, or until the death of
Mr. Nesbit on Feb. 20, 1914. After the
death of his partner Mr. Weaver bought the
latter's interest in the store and has since been conducting
the business alone. In 1915 he remodeled the store,
putting in an entirely new set of fixtures and furnishings.
For the past two years Mr. Weaver has been
serving as the vice-president of the Xenia Business Men's
Association, with which useful organization he has long been
actively connected. He is a Royal Arch and Scottish
Rite (32º) Mason,
affiliated with the blue lodge, the chapter and the council.
Royal and Select Masters, at Xenia, and with the consistory
at Dayton, and is also a noble of the Ancient Arabic Order
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, affiliated with Antioch Temple
at Dayton. He also is a member of the local lodge of
the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks.
On Jan. 12, 1913, Charles Weaver was
united in marriage to Verna Baker, who was born at
Fremont, in Sandusky county, this state, daughter of
William L. and Anna Baker, both of whom are still living
and the former of whom is engaged in the grain business at
Fremont, Ohio, and to this union one child has been born, a
son Charles Ellis, born on Dec. 17, 1914.
Source: History of Greene County, Ohio, Vol. II - publ. by
B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind.,
1918 - Page 850 |
Mr. & Mrs.
Horace Weeks |
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BENJAMIN
WHITEMAN was a native of Philadelphia, born on March
12, 1769. When he was only a boy, he removed with his
parents to Kentucky where he received some very valuable
frontiersman experience. He was a member of General
Harmar's expedition against the Shawnees and this trip
up here undoubtedly influenced him to before a resident of
this region later. He was married to Catherine
Davis, a daughter of Owen Davis, in 1793. In
the spring of 1799 he with his father-in-law came
northward from Cincinnati and settled on Beaver creek.
After Greene county was organized, the General Assembly in
the same year appointed Whiteman one of the three
associate judges along with William Maxwell and
James Barrett. He remained a resident of
Beavercreek township until 1805 when he, with his
father-in-law, Owen Davis, removed to the vicinity of
Clifton after disposing of their possessions on Beaver
Creek. There Whitman built a large house which
is standing to this day. His death occurred on July 1,
1852.
(Source: History of Greene County, Ohio, its
people, industries & institutions by Hon. M. A. Broadstone,
Editor in Chief - Vol. I.- Publ. 1918 by B. F. Bowen &
Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind.) |
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GUY M. WILLIAMS.
Guy M. Williams, grocer at Osborn, was born in the
neighboring county of Clark on Sept. 11, 1883, a son of
Frank and Maria (Musser) Williams, both of whom are
still living, residents of Clark county. Frank
Williams also was born in Clark county and there grew to
manhood. He has been a farmer all his life and for
some time lived in the neighboring county of Montgomery, but
is now living in Clark county. To him and his wife
nine children were born, six of whom are still living, but
the subject of this sketch is the only one of these who is a
resident of Greene county.
Reared on the farm, Guy M. Williams received
most of his schooling in Montgomery county and after leaving
school became a clerk in the Stephen Store at Osborn, where
he remained for five years, at the end of which time he went
to Springfield and was there engaged working in a wholesale
grocery store until 1912, in which year he returned to
Osborn and bought the Buhrman store, the same store under a
different management in which he had formerly been a clerk,
and has ever since been engaged in business in that village.
In December, 1914, Guy M. Williams was united in
marriage to Marie Hunter, daughter of Emily Hunter.
Politically, Mr. Williams is a Republican and,
fraternally, is affiliated with the local lodge of the
Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
Source: History of Greene County, Ohio, Vol. II - publ. by
B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind.,
1918 - Page 744 |
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REV. JOHN P. WILLIAMS.
The Rev. John P. Williams, a retired minister of the
Methodist Episcopal church, now living at Yellow Springs, is
a native of England, born in the city of London, on Oct. 8,
1851, son of Christopher Robert and Mary M. (Nimann)
William, both of whom also were of English birth.
He received his early schooling in a private school at
Greenwich, in the vicinity of London. When sixteen
years of age he became attracted by the possibilities then
awaiting the gold miners in faraway New Zealand and he took
a trip there, bent on making his fortune in the mines.
For five years, or until he was twenty-one years of age,
Mr. Williams continued mining in New in New Zealand,
with more or less success. Mr. Williams had
some family connections over in Australia and after having
acquired all the experience in gold mining that he cared for
he spent a year in Australia visiting these kinsfolks.
He then sailed for Cape Town, Africa, and for a year or more
visited there, at the same time investigating South Africa
far up into the interior. He then returned to his old
home in England and after a year there went to France, from
which country he presently came to the United States,
arriving at the port of New York when about twenty-three
years of age. From there he went to Chicago and not
long afterward in that city became interested in contract
work and for some time was thus engaged there, employing a
considerable force of men. In the meantime Mr.
Williams had been seriously turning his thoughts in the
direction of the gospel ministry and after a whole began
preaching. Though reared in the established church of
England, his personal interest was manifested in the
ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church and when about
twenty-six years of age he was licensed to preach by the
Chicago conference of that church and for twenty years
thereafter was actively engaged in the ministry of that
church, his various appointments eventually bringing him to
Ohio, his last definite official charge having been at
Middletown, this state. He retired from the ministry
while stationed there, about 1889, and then moved to Xenia,
from which city shortly afterward he moved to Yellow Spring,
attracted to the natural beauty of the place and its
desirability as a place of residence, and ever since resided
there. Through retired from the active ministry,
Mr. Williams has continued active in platform work and
is widely known as a lecturer, his illustrated lectures,
particularly, having one for him a very gratifying
reputation as a platform entertainer.
At Guilford, in Dearborn county, Indiana, the Rev.
John P. Williams was united in marriage to Anna R.
Hansell, daughter of Robert and Catherine (Roberts)
Hansell, of that place, the former of whom was born in
England and the latter in the state of Maine, and who were
the parents of six children, those besides Mrs. Williams
having been Theodore, Grant (deceased), Mary,
Harriet and Abbie. Mrs. Williamson died on
June 23, 1915, and is buried at beautiful Glen Forest
cemetery at Yellow Springs. Mr. Williams has
three daughters, Florence M., who has charge of the
music department of Antioch College; Bessie Victoria,
who married Prof. F. H. Young, of Cedarville, now a
teacher in the Zanesville high school, and has three
children, Paul R., Faith and Donald and
Marguerite Mae, who is a teacher of music in Antioch
College and otherwise busied in the activities of that
institution.
Source: History of Greene County, Ohio, Vol. II - publ. by
B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind.,
1918 - Page 920 |
Nixon Brown |
OTIS T. WOLFORD
Source: History of Greene County, Ohio, Vol. II - publ. by
B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind.,
1918 - Page 832 |
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