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The
following residents of Londonderry township were seventy-six
years of age or upwards in 1876: Samuel Wilkin, Edward Carpenter, William
Francy, Henry Crusoe, Jackson Gracy, R. F. Campbell, Robert
Campbell, Samuel Bratton, ndrew Hyde, Robert Madden, John
Logan, Mrs. A. Logan, Mrs. C. Carpenter, Mrs. S. Madden,
Mrs. S. McElroy, Mrs. S. Smith, Mrs. E. Rankins, Mrs. J.
Walker, M. Walker, Robert Blackwood, T. G. Brown, William
Hartgrave, Mrs. J. Francy. Mrs. E. Mack, Mr. Sarah
Hunt, Mrs. S. Rosegrants, Mrs. E. Davis, Mrs. E. Davis, Mrs.
S. Wilkin, Mrs. Decker, Mrs. Romans, Mrs. H. Briggs, Mrs. J.
Kirk, Mrs. Ingle, Mrs. S. B. Smith, Simon Rosegrants, Jacob
Baker, William Wilson, William Morrow, James Thwaite, Samuel
B. Smith, Henry Briggs, Joel Kirk.
The father of JOHN DOWNER
was born in Washington
county, Pennsylvania, in 17y90, and came to Guernsey county
in 1813. He entered the farm he now owns and with much
labor cleared it of the dense woods that encumbered it.
The hills and valleys, rich with their store of waving wheat
or rustling corn, the large number of substantial, and often
luxuriant homes, and the general air of thrift to be seen in
almost every portion of the county, have nothing to remind
the chance visitant of the dangers and hardships which the
first settlers here, the brave pioneers, were called upon to
endure. This sturdy man found a suitable helpmeet for
frontier life in Elizabeth Work, who was born
in Pennsylvania in 1805. He had twelve children.
John was born in 1818, and has spent his whole life
here. He married Elizabeth, daughter of
Joseph Barrett, in 1856. Their children are:
Frank B., Clyde H., and Ida M. He owns
two handed and sixty-one acres, and has been a township
official.
JOHN TURKLE was born
in county Armaugh, Ireland, in 1790. While there he
married Mary Farmer. Miss Farmer was born in
1799 and married in 1817. She was a native of county
Armaugh also. Their ten children were named:
George, John, James, Mary, Francis, Catharine, Joseph,
Charles, Nancy, and Margaret. They first
settled in Belmont county, and five years later moved to
Oxford township, where they died. Joseph was
born July 13, 1830, in Oxford township. With the
exception of six years spent on California he has lived here
ever since Mar. 25, 1865, he married Elizabeth Mercer,
daughter of James Mercer, who was born
May, 12, 1840 in Belmont county. Their five children
were named: Minnie J., born Sept. 14, 1866; Viola
S. Nov. 9, 1869; Arenia C., May 1, 1872;
Lottie C., Mar. 17, 1874; and Alma E., June 16,
1878. Mr. Turkle owns one hundred and sixty
acres and has always been a farmer.
WILLIAM MORRISON
THOMAS NEILSON
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born Oct. 17, 1840, on the homestead where he has always
lived except while fighting for his country for one year
during the late Rebellion. He was corporal in company
H, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry.
He owns eighty-five acres of land and is most popular where
he is best known.
ABSALOM FRIZZELL
JOHN MACK
JOHN STEWART
ROBERT MACK
GEORGE SMITH was
born in Virginia on the 27th of December, 1795. In
1809 he went to the vicinity of Flushing, Belmont county,
and in 1819 he and his father entered eighty acres of his
present farm here. Dec. 24, 1818, he married
Elizabeth Graves, daughter of Lancelot and Nancy
Graves. His wife was born June 5, 1797, in Loudoun
county, Virginia. Their children were:
William G., Samuel R., and Mary Ann. Mr. Smith
died Oct. 22, 1875. His
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son Samuel R. was born Mar. 19, 1833, on the
homestead, and has always resided here. Oct. 23, 1855,
he married Catharine S. Kirk daughter of Jewel and
Mary Ann Kirk, of Jefferson count. By her he has
had six children, viz.: George K., Jewel K., Harvey W.,
Murray L., Mark C., and Walter R. Mr.
Smith owns two hundred nd thirty-seven acres of land.
JOHN GREENFIELD
JOHN DUNBAR
M. D. DUNBAR
AMOS HIBBS
CHURCH COX
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1824, on the 4th day of November. In 1825 he made his
permanent home in this township. In 1866 he married
Violet Mack, daughter of James Mack. The
only child by this marriage died in infancy. In 1868
he married Sarah M., daughter of William France.
She was born in 1837. This six children were named
William A., Lizzie J., Margaret A., Violet J., Mary A.,
and John A. Mr. Cox owns one hundred and
eighty-three acres, and is a practical farmer. He has
held local offices, and is an active man in the community.
GEORGE SMITH was born
in Virginia, Dec. 27, 1795. In 1806 he went with his
father to Flushing, Belmont county, and in 1812 came here
with his father, who had entered land near what is now
called Smyrna. The cabins of the settlers were then
three or four miles apart, and the country was covered with
dense woods. Dec. 24 ,1817, he married Elizabeth
Graves, daughter of Lot Graves. Miss
Graves was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, June 5,
1797. Their three children were: William G.,
Samuel R., and Mary Ann. William G. Smith
was born Apr. 4, 1831, in this township. June 28,
1854, he married Mary Ann Thwaite, daughter of
James Thwaite; she was born on Jan. 16, 1835, in
Bradford, York county, England. Their seven children
are: Mary J., Ann E., Lucy T., Albert j., Isabella
E., James W., and Alice C. Mr. Smith owns
one hundred and forty-eight acres, and manages the farm
himself. He has been a trustee of Londonderry township
for eight years.
WILLIAM KIRK
ALEXANDER L. CRUSSER
ROBERT WILKIN
JOHN STEWART
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