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BASSETT LANGDON Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 1000 |
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E. BASSETT LANGDON Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 999 |
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ELAM C. LANGDON Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page1002 |
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FRANK WARREN LANGDON Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 685 |
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JAMES D. LANGDON Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 1001 |
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JOHN P. LANGDON Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 1002 |
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REV.
OLIVER LANGDON, deceased, was born in South
Wilbraham, Mass., Oct. 9, 1769. His father, John
Langdon, son of Lieut. Paul Langdon,
was born June 21, 1728, and married Eunice Torrey,
Dec. 29, 1757; the result of this union was eight children:
John W., Artemus, James, Josiah,
Joanna, Oliver, Eunice and Solomon.
Of these Artemus died in infancy, and the brothers,
excepting Josiah, all migrated to Ohio in 1807.
Rev. Oliver received but a limited
schooling, owing to the poor facilities for education in
that early day; but he loved his books and devoted his spare
hours from the farm labor in perusing them, eventually
becoming well informed on general subjects. On coming
to Ohio he settled in a log house located on the farm which
he owned to the time of his death. This log cabin was
known as Red Bank Station, a kind of blockhouse to which the
white settlers flocked for safety in times of threatened
Indian outbreaks. Afterward he built the house now
standing; here he lived the remainder of his days, dividing
his time between rural pursuits and the ministry. His
house was the rendezvous for all the itinerant Methodist
preachers who came along, not one of whom failed to commend
his hospitality. In an early day he built a small
house on his farm which was used for school and church.
The value of his labors in the moral vineyard, his piety and
devotedness to the cause he espoused, could be attested by
hundreds who participated with him in this labor of love.
It was his happiness to be governed by the most exalted
principles of integrity and truth; and although possessed of
a humble and childlike disposition, mingling with care and
pleasure in all the domestic enjoyments of family and
friends, yet in his adherence to those fixed principles he
was strong and unmoved. Rev. Langdon was
a Republican in heart and life, and as a citizen and member
of society cheerfully conformed to the will of the majority,
but was always opposed to despotism. These laudable
traits in his character rendered him an ornament in the
Church to which he was so long attached, and in which he
labored with so much zeal. For upward of thirty years
he was an humble preacher of the Gospel, during which time
lie exhibited in his life and conduct that uniformity which
always characterized the good man. In his death, which
occurred Sept. 21, 1828, the suffering poor lost a friend
and benefactor. Few men, if any, who ever lived in his
community were as pure in character and so generally beloved
by all as he was. Politically he was a lifelong
Democrat, and his sons all followed in his footsteps.
Rev. Langdon was twice married. His
first wife was Nancy Brown, daughter of
William Brown, of Stamford, Conn., and six
children were born to this union: Nancy B.;
Solomon, who was a well and favorably known business man
of Cincinnati, and the founder of the Langdon Bakery,
now known as the Langdon Branch of the U. S. Baking
Company, which is now in charge of his only son, Perin
Langdon; Mary B.; Dr. Oliver M. , a
well-known physician, who was the first superintendent of
Longview Asylum, occupying that position for ten years (he
served in the Mexican war under Col. Brough in
the First Ohio Regiment, doing duty as a surgeon);
Caroline, and Ruth L., of whom the last named,
Mrs. Punshon, is the only survivor. Mr.
Laugdon’s second wife was Catherine West
Bassett, daughter of Elisha Bassett, of
Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.; three children were the result of
this marriage: Eunice M.; Col. E. Bassett, and
Catherine E. The daughters reside on the old
homestead, which is still in possession of the Langdon
family. Col. E. Bassett received a wound while
in the service of his country from which he finally died.
Mention of him is given in the following sketch from the pen
of Whitelaw Reid, editor of the New York
Tribune, and a portrait is also inserted through the
generosity of his beloved sisters, as a token of respect for
their brave brother and soldier.
Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 998 |
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BEN B.
LAW, special agent for the New York Bowery Insurance
Company, was born Nov. 17, 1839, in Savannah, Ga. , and is
the second son of John S. and Elizabeth (Reed) Law.
He received his early education on his father’s plantation
and afterward in the public schools in Cincinnati, Ohio, his
father having moved to that city in 1847. Leaving
school he accepted a position with B. T. Stone, a
commission merchant of Cincinnati, and afterward worked for
Crane & Breed, manufacturers. In 1860 he
secured a position as clerk on a steamboat running between
Cincinnati and New Orleans, and was thus employed for ten
years. He then accepted a position with the Royal
Insurance Company, of which John H. Law, a brother,
was general manager, and was with this company sixteen
years, leaving to accept his present position.
Mr. Law was married, Feb. 14, 1879, to Ella
Rogers, daughter of William G. Rogers, of
Covington, Ivy. He had one child, a son, who
died at the age of ten years. Mrs. Law
died June 25, 1882. Our subject enlisted in Company E,
Seventh O. V. I., in 1863; was first detailed on a transport
boat on the Ohio river; was next transferred to Fort
McHenry, at Baltimore, afterward serving as wagon master.
He was in the battles of Shiloh and Island No. 10, and was
mustered out in December, 1864. Mr. Law
is master in the Masonic Order, and a member of Bart Emery
Post No. 554, G. A. R., of Loveland. In politics he is
a Democrat.
Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 1029 |
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FRANKLIN HEY LAWSON
was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. His grandfather,
Thomas Lawson, came to Cincinnati from England in 1816,
bringing with him his family, and making the journey from
New York by wagon. He entered into business at once,
engaging in the manufacture of plumbing and of copper and
tin ware. He put in the first grates used in
Cincinnati, and made the first gas burned in Cincinnati, the
present immense gas-works being the outgrowth of the small,
primitive plant. In 1830, Thomas Lawson’s
sons—Fenton, Robert and Thomas—became
members of the firm; the partnership continuing under the
firm name of Thomas Lawson & Sons,
until the death of its founder, in 1841, when it became that
of Fenton Lawson & Brothers, importers
of tin plate and metals. After the death of Robert,
and the retirement of Thomas, Fenton Lawson
conducted the business under his own name.
After his death in 1853, his sons—George,
Park, and Franklin Hey—succeeded to the
business as F. Lawson’s Sons. In 1855, the
former retired, and the late William G. Coffin became
a partner; the firm taking its present form, F. H. Lawson
& Company. Fenton, son of F. H. Lawson,
was made a partner in 1880, and another son, William C.,
in 1886. Mr. Coffin died in 1884.
The members of the firm of F. H. Lawson & Company
consist of the third and fourth generations of the
Lawsons, the business having been in existence since
1816, making it at the present time the oldest business
house in Cincinnati. Fenton Lawson, the
father of Franklin Hey Lawson, was a man of
great business enterprise and prominence. He was a
director, and one of the originators of the C. H. & D. R.
R., of the Firemen’s and the Cincinnati Insurance Companies,
and of the Franklin and Lafayette Banks, besides holding
many offices.
Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 908 |
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JOHN
G. LYONS was born in Indiana county, Penn., Apr. 10,
1823, the son of James and Elizabeth (George) Lyons,
the former of whom was of Irish and the latter of Scotch
descent. In 1824 his father removed from Pennsylvania
to Jefferson county, Ind., where he engaged in farming.
He died in 1877, his wife in 1878. The subject of our
sketch was reared on his father’s farm, and received his
education in the common schools of the neighborhood.
When a young man he learned the carpenter’s trade. In
1845 he came to Cincinnati and worked four years under one
man, at the expiration of which time he began contracting
and building for himself. In 1862 he went into the
mill business, manufacturing carpenters’ supplies, which he
continued ten years, and then took up contracting again.
He married, Apr. 20, 1851, Miss Mary, daughter
of John and Mary (Berch) Fogg, by which union were
born eight children, two living, and six deceased.
Albert E. is engaged in manufacturing blinds, doors,
sash, and builders’ supplies, in Lockland; Ella is a
music teacher. Those deceased are: Walter
B., Edward A., James B., Mary, Clara and George.
Mr. Lyons is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the Knights
of Pythias,
Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 1006 |
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