|
OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS
A Part of Genealogy
Express
|
Welcome to
Highland County,
Ohio BIOGRAPHIES |
Source:
History of Highland
County, Ohio
by Rev. J. W. Klise -
Publ. Madison,
Wis.,
Northwestern Historical Association
1902
< CLICK HERE TO
RETURN TO 1902 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX >
|
R. RUFUS ANDERSON, M. D., a prominent physician
of Buford, is a native of Highland county, born in
White Oak township, near Mowrystown, Sept. 24, 1851.
Dr. Anderson is son of Hamilton Anderson,
who was born in Cynthiana, Ky., Mar. 3, 1814,
son of a pioneer family of that state, of whose
interesting career some facts may appropriately be
given in preface to the sketch of his son.
Hamilton Anderson left his Kentucky home, when
twenty years of age, to become a pioneer farmer near
Quincy, Ill., and in that region contracted his
first marriage by which he had three children,
William, who resides in Missouri, and Margaret
and Mary Jane, both of whom reside in
Texas. His second marriage, following the
death of the first wife, was to Elizabeth
Davidson, who was born and reared in White Oak
township, and thru this union the Anderson family
was brought to Highland county. Miss
Davidson met her future husband when on a visit to
Illinois, and within a year or so after their
marriage they removed to Ohio and made their home in
White Oak township. There they lived until
1883, when the moved to Missouri, where the wife
died at the age of sixty-three years in 1885.
Subsequently Hamilton Anderson moved
to Alton, Mo., where he died in June, 1890. He
was in comfortable circumstances through life, and
at last was the owner of one hundred and thirty-six
acres of land. The children by the second
marriage were Isaiah (deceased), John S.,
of Indian Territory; Dr. R. R. Anderson, Mary E.,
wife of A. Boyd, of Missouri; Laira of
Indian Territory; Anderson, of Oklahoma;
Lou, wife of A. Ott, of Kansas.
Dr. Anderson received his early education in the
district schools of Highland county and in the
Georgetown Normal. When twenty years of age he
went west and remained a year, then returned and for
eight years was engaged in teaching. In 1874
he was married to Albina Winkle, a native of
White Oak township, and they made their home on the
farm now owned by A. Roberts, where he farmed
and taught school for eight years, continuing
farming alone for three or four years afterward.
In 1883 he moved to Mowrystown and embarked in
business as a druggist, and three years later sold
out, and devoted himself entirely to the study of
medicine, which he had already given much attention.
In the progress of his study he read one year with
Dr. M. F. Funk, and attended two terms of
lectures at the Eclectic medical college at
Cincinnati, where he was graduated in 1889. In
the same year began the practice at Galion, Ohio,
but two years later (January, 1891), he made his
home at Buford. From the first he made a
creditable success of his profession. While at
Galion he was local surgeon of the Cleveland,
Columbus, Cincinnati & St. Louis railroad, and at
Buford, during the administration of President
Cleveland, he was an examining surgeon for the
United States pension department. He is a
member of the Ohio State and Southern Ohio Eclectic
medical associations, and highly regarded by his
professional brethren. Dr. Anderson is
an elder of the Church of Christ, in politics a
Democrat, and fraternally is associated with the
orders of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of
America, in the latter lodge serving as camp
physician. His children are, Perry Lee,
Hamer C., Clanie M., and Frank E.
Source #1 - History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 -
Page 229 |
CALVIN
ANDREWS, of Fairfield township, has long been
prominent in the educational and official affairs of
Highland county as teacher in the educational and
official affairs of Highland county as teacher,
office-holder and public spirited citizen. The
family is of Virginia origin on both sides of the
house, the Ohio branch being founded by Lewis
Andrews, who became one of the early settlers of
Clinton county. Lewis Andrews, son of
the foregoing, married Ellen, daughter of
Eli and Mary (Goldsborough) Bolin, also an early
Ohio settler from Virginia and a man of mark in his
day. Among the children resulting from this
union as Calvin Andrews, subject of this
sketch, who was born within ten miles of where he
now resides on Jan. 25, 1849, and is the only living
descendant of the original settler. At an
early period of life he nurtured an ambition to
become a teacher and with a view to preparing
himself thoroughly for this vocation entered the
National Normal university at Lebanon, Ohio.
As soon as he had finished at that institution,
Mr. Andrews assumed the task of teaching and
followed that occupation with success and constantly
increasing reputation for many years. During
this period, while publishing a paper at Leesburg,
he began the agitation to abolish the fee system and
place all county officials on salaries, and it was
largely through his active efforts that this
wholesome reform was eventually consummated.
Mr. Andrews has held all of the more
important township offices and proved himself to be
an excellent business man by the manner in which he
discharged these duties. For five years he was
township clerk and for four years he held the office
of assessor. He was also elected township
trustee but resigned that position in 1889 to accept
the office of superintendent of the county Infirmary
at Hillsboro. This place he retained for two
years and discharged its duties so acceptably as to
be offered another term, but this honor he declined.
Since retiring from public life, he has resided in
comparative repose on his country place near
Leesburg but maintains a watchful interest in all
events and movements affecting affairs in his
county, town or township. Mr. Andrews
married Margery Ladd, daughter of Jeremiah
and Rebecca Ladd, one of the staunch old Quaker
families of Fairfield township. She was born
in the house where she now resides Nov. 23, 1850,
and was the youngest of the thirteen children of
Jeremiah and Rebecca (Moorman) Ladd, her father
having been born in North Carolina in 1797 and
settled near Leesburg, with his parents in 1808.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews have two children,
Rodney L. and Brice J. The former
married Fannie Covan of Leesburg, and is now
engaged in the mercantile business there, is a
member of the town council and of the board of
education and takes an active interest in all public
affairs. Brice J., who married Laura
Griffith of Leesburg and resides there, having
one child, Lillian Margery, has devoted much
time to newspaper work and as a writer is regarded
as having superior talents. These two sons and
their wives are all high school graduates.
Source #1 - History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 -
Page 230 |
ISAAC
ARMBRUST is of German genealogy though a
native of Ohio and connected from youth with the
industries of the state. Philip Armbrust,
now deceased, came from Germany in early life and
located in Pike county, Ohio, where for years he
pursued the calling of a builder and contractor.
He married Catherine Fry, also a native of
Germany, and reared a family of seven children, six
of whom are living in different parts of Ohio.
Isaiah Armbrust is in business at Cincinnati,
and Philip is a farmer in Highland county;
Lizzie married Edward Hyde, a business
man of Milford Center; Louise is the wife of
Frank Went, of Portsmouth, and Sadie
is unmarried. Isaac Armbrust, who
completes the list, was born at Waverly, Ohio, and
received his early education as well as business
training in his native place. His first
venture in business on his own behalf was as manager
of a bakery at Greenfield. This, however, he
soon gave over to become a contractor and builder,
which occupation he followed eight or nine years and
during that time erected many residences in
Greenfield. In 1897, he embarked in the
planing mill business, and this has absorbed all of
his attention since that time. Being a
reliable workman and popular citizen he enjoys a
fair share of the patronage in his line. In
1883, he was married to Missouri, daughter of
John Ely, of Greenfield, Ohio. John
W. Armbrust, their only son, is a mechanic of
considerable ability and especially efficient as a
turner. Mr. Armbrust is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Greenfield and the
family are highly esteemed as good citizens and good
neighbors.
Source #1 - History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 -
Page 231 |
|
|
CLICK HERE
to Return to
HIGHLAND, OHIO |
CLICK HERE
to RETURN to
OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS |
FREE GENEALOGY RESEARCH is My MISSION
GENEALOGY EXPRESS
This Webpage has been created by Sharon Wick exclusively for Genealogy Express
©2008
Submitters retain all copyrights |
|
|