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BIOGRAPHIES
 Source:
History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present
- Illustrated -
Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers -
1894
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FREDERICK PARKER,
retired coal and lumber merchant, Cumminsville, was born in
Derbyshire, England, in January, 1818, son of John and
Susan Parker. In 1889 he came to America, locating
near Cincinnati, and subsequently, in 1842, engaged in
farming, which he still follows. He established a
large coal and lumber yard in Cumminsville, which he managed
successfully for many years. Of late years Mr.
Parker has lived a retired life. He was
married, in 1846, to Margaret Langlands, and to this
union seven children have been born; those living are:
David, of California, and Alexander, of
Cumminsville. The deceased are John, Richard,
William, Sarah and Mary. Mr.
and Mrs. Parker are members of the Presbyterian Church.
Politically he is a Republican; he was a member of the
school board of Cumminsville for several years, and for
a time treasurer of the board.
Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 904 |
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EZEKIEL S. POLLOCK,
was born May 24, 1790, in Carlisle, Penn., and came with his
parents in 1795 to Symmes township, settling on a tract of
300 acres which his father, James Pollock,
purchased of Judge Symmes. The first
gristmill on the Little Miami river, known as Elliott’s
or the Company’s Mill, was on the Pollock purchase.
During the early history Symmes was a place of greater
relative importance than it is at present, and at one time
was a rendezvous for travelers as well as adventurers and
the neighboring settlers. Not far from it was the
trail of an Indian tribe, which crossed at “Three Islands”
on their way between Columbia and Chillicothe, then the
capital of the State. The original proprietor,
James Pollock, laid out part of this purchase in
town lots, a plat of which is now in existence, but the war
with England coming on, the property reverted to its former
use.
Ezekiel S. Pollock served honorably in the war
of 1812, was with Gen. Hull in his campaign in the
north of Ohio and Michigan, and participated in many fights
and skirmishes, in which he several times barely escaped
with his life. In those days the rifle was the best
friend of the settlers, and young Ezekiel was a noted
marksman, no one in the settlement excelling him in its
proficient use. On July 4, 1871, the completion of the
bridge connecting Symmes Station and Branch was celebrated
by firing of cannon, music, and speeches by Hon. Samuel
F. Hunt and Gov. Noyes. Ezekiel Pollock,
then in his eighty-first year, was present at this
demonstration. At the time of his death five of the
seven children born to his union with Mary Tingley
were living: Mrs. J. W . Baen, Hamilton, Ezekiel S.,
James and John. The Pollock family
was a distinguished one in the pioneer and subsequent
history of Hamilton and Clermont counties, and John
Pollock, a brother of James, the father of
Ezekiel, achieved a State reputation as a legislator and
politician. He was from Clermont county, a Republican,
in the Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth,
Thirteenth and Fourteenth General Assemblies of Ohio, and in
the Eleventh and Thirteenth General Assemblies was Speaker
of the House of Representatives; he was State Senator in the
Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth General
Assemblies. Later he was associate judge of the common
pleas
court of Clermont county.
Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 1032 |
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REV. JAMES T. POLLOCK,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Madisonville, was born
Aug. 31, 1835, son of William and Fannie (Thompson)
Pollock. The father, who was a cousin of
Governor Pollock of Pennsylvania, died in 1880;
the mother died in 1865. They were the parents of
children, as follows: Eliza Mc., wife of L. M.
Anderson, of Logan county, Ohio; J. B., of Van
Wert, Ohio; Mary H., wife of R. F. Howard, of
Xenia, Ohio; Jennie, who married T. B. Core,
of Long Branch, N. J.; Sarah H., wife of I.
N. Glasgow; Calvin, a physician, of Detroit,
Mich.; S. J., a physician, of Bellecenter, Ohio; and
Ellen, Robert H., William W. and
Fanny, all deceased.
James T. Pollock was educated at Geneva Hall,
Logan Co., Ohio, and took a course in theology at Allegheny
City, Penn. In 1860, he began preaching at Bovina, N.
Y. During the war of the Rebellion, he served one year
as chaplain of the Ninety-first Indiana Regiment. He
has been pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Madisonville
for the past five years, and enjoys the love and confidence
of the community in general, as well as of his own people.
On June 12, 1867, he married Elizabeth A., daughter
of Samuel and Margaret (Ramsey) Andrews, both natives
of
Pennsylvania, and of Scotch-Irish descent. Four
children have been born to this union: Fanny, wife of
Walter Alsdorf; Margaret R.; Charles F. (deceased),
and Melville A. In politics Mr. Pollock
is a Republican.
Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 942 |
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ANDREW POPE, of Whitewater
township, was born Sept. 1, 1813, in Germany, son of
Andrew and Agnes Pope. Our
subject was married in 1843 to Miss Mary Ann Betts, a
native of Germany, who was born May 13, 1819, and they
became the parents of children as follows: Martin,
Caroline, Adam, John, Mary, Michael, Otto, Andrew and
Barbara.
He emigrated to this country in 1853, and, after
remaining in New York a short time, purchased and settled
upon his present farm. He and his wife are members of
the Catholic Church, and politically 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 1036 |
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MICHAEL & JOHN POPE
of Whitewater township, are the sons of Andrew and Mary
Ann (Bates) Pope, both natives of Wurtemberg, Germany,
the former born in September, 1813, and the latter May 13,
1819. They were married in 1842, and emigrated to this
country in 1848, landing in New York, where they remained
only a short time, and then came to Cincinnati. In
1864 Mr. Pope bought a farm in Whitewater
township, where he has since remained. Mr. and Mrs.
Pope are the parents of ten children: Barbara,
Martin, Caroline, Adam, John, Mary, Michael, Otto, Andrew
and Maggie. They are members of the Catholic
Church.
Michael and John Pope were born and reared in
this country. Michael was born Sept. 27, 1858,
and after reaching manhood engaged in farming, a vocation he
followed until 1885, when he and his brother managed a hotel
on the corner of Harrison and Western avenues, Cincinnati,
continuing in this until 1888, when they soldout and
together bought a farm of 138 acres in Whitewater township,
where they both engaged in farming. In April, 1893,
they purchased a farm of twenty-two acres, and in 1894
purchased a farm of ninety-three acres, for which they paid
$5,000. On Jan. 3, 1883, Michael Pope married
Miss Rose Woerthwine, born in Green township Jan. 17,
1862, and two children have blessed this marriage: Arthur
Andrew and Edward M. John Pope
was born Nov. 5, 1856. After reaching manhood he
engaged in farming, which he has followed all his life.
He was a silent partner in the hotel conducted by his
brother in the city. He was married Oct. 20, 1886, to
Miss Rachel Woerthwine, born in 1866, to which
union one child has been born: Louetta. The brothers
married sisters; they are the daughters of Jacob and
Nancy (Aethler) Woerthwine, of Wurtemberg, Germany, the
former born Mar. 21, 1824, the latter Oct. 29, 1826. They
were married in 1850, and emigrated to this country in 1852,
locating in Green township; in 1872 they came to Whitewater
township, where Mr. Woerthwine remained until
his death, which occurred Sept. 20, 1876. The mother
is still living with her two sons. They were the
parents of eight children: Anna, Louisa,
John, Nancy, Rose, Jacob, Rachel and Edward.
Politically John and Michael Pope are Democrats.
Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 1035 |
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BENJAMIN
F. POWER, one of Cincinnati's most prominent dealers
in leaf tobacco, was born in Bracken county, Ky., Nov. 16,
1828, and is a son of Robert and Nancy (Meyer) Power,
natives of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively. His
paternal grandfather, who was an early settler in Virginia,
served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war.
Robert Power's family numbered eleven children, of whom
Benjamin F. was the fourth; he has one living sister,
Miss Laura Power.
His education was obtained in
the public schools of his native town, and at Augusta
College, Kentucky. He read law at Maysville, and was
admitted to the bar in 1850, but never followed the practice
of that profession. Throughout his entire business
career, he has been connected, in various places and in
various ways, with the tobacco trade. He began by
purchasing tobacco in the country towns of Ohio and
Kentucky, and selling it at New Orleans, as there was, at
that time, no market at Cincinnati. In 1865 he came to
this city, and became a member of the firm of Worthington &
Power, dealers in all kinds of leaf tobacco, located on
Water street. They also had a branch warehouse in New
York City, of which Mr. Power had charge. About
1870 they removed to Front street, where they conducted a
tobacco warehouse and dry house business. In 1888
Mr. Power organized the firm of B. F. Power &
Company, which has since transacted a general tobacco
commission business. It will thus be seen that Mr.
Power is one of the gentlemen who were prominently
identified with the establishment of the Cincinnati Tobacco
Market, which is one of the most finely regulated lines of
trade in the city, and the second largest tobacco market in
the world. The Burley leaf tobacco alone brings to
Cincinnati an annual income of nearly ten millions of
dollars.
Mr. Power was married Apr. 13, 1870, to Miss
Mary E. Clark, of Augusta, Ky., where they now reside.
They worship at the Presbyterian Church, and, though not an
aspirant for public office, he has always affiliated with
the Democratic party.
Source: History of Cincinnati
and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present - Illustrated - Publ.
Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co., Publishers - 1894 -
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