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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Highland
County, Ohio
by Rev. J. W. Klise -
Publ. Madison,
Wis.,
Northwestern Historical Association
1902
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GEORGE E. EASTON,
a former trustee of Brush Creek, and influential
citizen, is a grandson of Edward Easton, a
native of England, who was married in that country
to a Miss Shadford, and immigrated to the
United States in 1815, first settling in
Pennsylvania. After a short stay they moved to
Kentucky and remained several years and then made
their home in Ripley, Ohio, until their death.
Edward Easton, son of the foregoing, and
father of the subject of this sketch, was born in
England in 1810. He came to Sinking Springs in
early manhood, and engaged in business as a
merchant, and married Mary N. Amen, a native
of that place and member of one of the early and
prominent families of the county. She is still
living and at the age of 87 is well preserved.
Later Edward Easton, Jr., established a
tannery near Sinking Springs, in Pike county, where
they lived some time, afterward moving to Hillsboro,
where he was in the leather business. About
1860 he established a tannery on the farm where his
widow now lives, and there he died at the age of
seventy-four years. He was a man of religious
nature, and was widely known as a local minister of
his church, as well as esteemed by all his
acquaintances as a man of integrity and kindness.
He and his wife had seven children: Mary C.
and Erastus, who died in infancy; Hyman N.,
deceased; George E., Sarah R., living at
Kansas City; William T., in Kansas; and
Rev. John A. Easton, of Winchester.
George E. Easton was born at Sinking Springs,
Sept. 29, 1836, was educated at the Hillsboro
schools, and in early manhood married Kate Jolly,
of Liberty township, descendant of a well-known
pioneer family of the county. After living two
years in Hillsboro, he moved to the farm where he
now lives, taking charge of the tannery established
by his father. Five years later he removed
with his family to Illinois, but later returned to
Highland county, where he has since remained.
He is a man of prominence in his township and enjoys
the respect of his neighbors and acquaintances.
The wife of Mr. Easton died in 1882, leaving
five children living, besides two who died in
infancy; Edward, living in Kansas City;
Mary, of Cincinnati; Charles, Mamie and
Catherine, residing in the same city.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J.
W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 286 |
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SAMUEL
EDINGFIELD, trustee of Union township and one
of its substantial farmers and popular citizens,
comes of Pennsylvania stock. His father and
namesake was a native of the Keystone state, born in
Fayette county in 1808, and being left an orphan in
early boyhood was bound out to a Mr. Thomas.
As soon as he reached maturity he married a Miss
Carr, by whom he had five children, only two of
whom are living. In 1835 he came to Highland
county, where he married Nancy Arledge, a
native of North Carolina, born in 1806, and brought
to Ohio by her parents when a girl. He did
fairly well and accumulated 148 acres of land.
At his death in 1893, he left three children by his
last marriage, one of whom is Samuel Edingfield,
the subject of this sketch, who was born in Highland
county, Ohio, Aug. 2, 1845. At an early period
of life he began work for himself and after years of
hard labor and saving can point to eighty-five acres
of well-improved land as a fair return for his
efforts. He follows general farming, raises
stock, looks closely after all the details of his
operations and stands well among his neighbors.
This is proved by the fact that he is now and has
for six years been trustee of his township, managing
the duties of that office in such a way as to give
entire satisfaction to his constituents. In
1875, Mr. Edingfield was married to Sarah
Fenner, of Highland county, by whom he had three
children, Roy (deceased), Flora and
Charles. The mother died in 1892, and in
December, 1896, Mr. Edingfield was married to
Ollie Smith of Highland county. The
family are members of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J.
W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 287 |
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RUFUS
O. ELLIOTT, one of the worthy farmers of
Washington township, was born May 13, 1840, son of
Charles Elliott, who was for many years a
well-known and popular citizen of Highland county.
Charles Elliott, was a native of
Pennsylvania, and reared in that state. Being
a poor boy, he was bound out in childhood, but when
he came of age he determined to embrace the
opportunities of the west and came to Highland
county, where he found employment during the
remainder of his life as brick and stone mason and
plasterer. He also gave considerable time to
farming, and after living for fifteen or twenty
years on the place now owned by E. Mullenix,
bought a farm of 111 acres in Washington township,
where he died at over seventy-five years of age.
His widow, eighty-nine years of age, is now living
with her son Henry. She was Nancy
Smith, daughter of Jeremiah Smith, and
was born and reared in Liberty township.
Charles and Nancy Elliott, had four children:
Angeline, now living in Dakota; Clarinda,
wife of John Sanders, of Concord township;
Henry M., of Liberty township, and Rufus O.
of Washington township. The latter, whose name
heads this sketch, was reared on the home farm,
where he has continued to live to the present time,
and educated in youth in the district school.
In early manhood he married Hannah A. Vance,
who was born and reared in Newmarket township,
daughter of David J. and Eliza Vance, and
three children have been born to them:
Eliza, deceased; Ella M., wife of
Edward J. Muntz, and David H., of
Hillsboro. The death of Mrs. Elliott,
depriving the family of a devoted wife and mother,
occurred April 24, 1900. Mr. Elliott is
a member of the Methodist church, and a Democrat in
politics and is held in high esteem by his
neighbors.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 288 |
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THOMAS M. ELLIOTT.
Thomas M. Elliott, proprietor of the
Greenfield steam laundry, has long been connected
with the city's affairs in different departments of
industry. His father, Alexander Elliott,
was one of the Pennsylvanians who helped to settle
Buckskin township, which is that part of Ross county
bordering on Greenfield. He was a leading
business man of the latter city for many years and
died there in 1862. He married Jane Adams,
also a native of Pennsylvania, and they reared a
large family of children, of whom the five living
are John A. of Illinois; David, of
York, Pa.; Isabella, widow of Beniah
Fleming; Margaret A., widow of H. M. Devoss,
and Thomas M. Elliott. The latter, who
is the subject of this sketch, was born in Ross
county, Ohio, and came to greenfield when ten years
old. He attended school at the Blair &
McFarland academy, and at an early age looked about
for employment. His first venture was in the
furniture business, with a partner, under the firm
name of Murray & Elliott, which was
progressing with good prospects of success until
interrupted by the outbreak of the civil war.
When that dire event occurred, Mr. Elliott
promptly foresook his business to become one of that
mighty army which was organized under the different
calls of President Lincoln. Among the
first regiments organized was the Twenty-seventh
Ohio volunteer infantry, Company H of which was
recruited in Highland county. Mr. Elliott
joined this company and was mustered into service
with the regiment in August, 1861. The same
month it was sent to St. Louis, Mo., and on arrival
encamped near that city. In the organization
of the Army of the Mississippi, the Twenty-seventh
regiment was assigned to the First brigade, First
division. It was prominent in the siege of New
Madrid and the attack on Island No. 10, and a few
weeks after the last event moved to the vicinity of
Fort Pillow. It took part in the second battle
at Corinth, Miss., and at Iuka was in a hotly
contested engagement. In November, 1862, it
helped to gain a brilliant victory over Forrest at
Parker's Cross Roads, capturing seven guns, three
hundred and sixty prisoners and four hundred horses.
The Twenty-seventh was in the Atlanta campaign, the
march to the sea, the grand review at Washington,
and was discharged from service in July, 1865.
Mr. Elliott started in as a private, but was
later made a sergeant, and in 1863 was promoted to
the captaincy of a company in the Ninth Louisiana
regiment, which rank he retained until mustered out
at Natchez, Miss., in 1865. After his return
home, he sought employment in a planing mill and
later purchased a mill and embarked in the lumber
business. this he carried on for twenty years,
when he disposed of his interests and retired
temporarily for a much needed rest. His next
venture was the purchase of the steam laundry which
he has since conducted at Greenfield with entire
satisfaction to himself and customers. His
wife is Jennie, daughter of Henry Irwin
of Highland county, and they have an only child,
Mary Irwin. Mr. Elliott is a member of the
official board of the Presbyterian church at
Greenfield, and by virtue of his army record holds
membership in the patriotic organization known as
the Grand Army of the Republic.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J.
W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 288 |
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CHARLES A. ELLISON.
Charles A. Ellison, of Paint township,
superintendent of the Cave Farm, owned by a company
of Chillicothe people, is a grandson of James
Ellison, of Virginia, among whose children were
James, Eli, Matthew, Joseph and Felix.
The latter, father of Charles A., was born in
Virginia in 1807, and in early manhood entered the
ministry of the Baptist church, in which he became
prominent and useful. In 1845 he removed to
Ohio, where he died in 1860. By his first
marriage to Eveline Walker, the Rev. Felix
Ellison had three children: Virginia
Caroline, Amelia Clementine, and America
Adeline; and by his second marriage, to Mary
Ann, daughter of William and Lucy (Holdsaple)
Carnifax, of Carnifax Ferry, Va., the following
children were born: W. George L., who served
three years and three months in the Fifty-sixth Ohio
infantry; Mary Emeline who married Jacob
Webb, first lieutenant in the Seventy
Virginia regiment in 1861-65; Samantua, wife
of John Duffy of Virginia; Adoniram
who served in the Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio
regiment and First Ohio heavy artillery, and since
being enrolled in the army as Andrew, has
born the latter name; Charles A., subject of
this sketch; Emily Jane, who married John
Riley Jewett, of Scioto county, and died at
thirty-five years of age. Charles A.
Ellison was born Aug. 12, 1850. Though he
was only a boy during the great civil war, in which
his brothers participated, he served three months in
the cause of the Union, with the state troops, under
Captain William Turner. On Feb. 16,
1874, he married Barbara, daughter of the
Rev. John H. and Susan (Nichols) Lutz (now
spelled Lute). The Rev. John H. Lute
was a noted minister of the Christian denomination,
having spent almost his entire life in the ministry,
in Scioto county, Ohio, where he died Mar. 26, 1883.
His wife survived him until Sept. 3rd, 1886, when
she also passed away. Four children have been
born to Charles A. and Barbara Ellison:
William George and Charles Samuel, who
died in infancy; Mary, who was educated in
the Bourneville high school; Andrew, who
attended the same institution, and is now farming.
Mrs. Ellison's brothers and sisters are:
Elizabeth, widow of Richrd Throcknorton;
George, Martha; Lydia, deceased, former wife of
Joseph Wilson; Mary J., wife of
Amos Higgins; John and Robert, Jacob; Phoebe,
wife of Newton Hilt a soldier for three years
in the Union army; and Samuel; all those
living having their homes in Scioto county.
Mr. Ellison has been engaged for several years
in contracting and building turnpikes, but recently
was secured by the syndicate that owns the Cave
farm, as superintendent. He is a man
thoroughly fitted for such a position, of good
executive ability and active and enterprising in
nature. He is one of the prominent men of
Paint township. He and wife are members of the
Baptist church, and he is affiliated with the
Masonic lodge, No. 465, of Lucasville.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J.
W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 290 |
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GEORGE L.
EVANS, of Clay township, one of the younger
landholders of the county, is particularly well
known as a breeder and owner of trotting horses.
He is the son of Milford Evans, a native of
Brown county. These parents, Milford and
Zarilda Evans, had nine children, Melissa
and Jane, deceased; William, now
living in Missouri; Sylvester, of Dayton,
Ohio; George L.; Charlie, of Hamilton, Ohio;
Ida, of Cincinnati; Ulysses, of
Chicago, and Thomas S., of Dayton.
Milford Evans was a gallant soldier of the Union
in time of the great rebellion, was on duty
throughout nearly the entire period of Hostilities,
and received two honorable discharges. He died
about 1869 and his wife passed away in 1865.
George L. was born at the Brown county home
of his parents October 18, 1855, and at the death of
his mother, being ten years of age, he started out
to make his own way in the world. Four years
later he came to Highland county and worked at
farming by the month for several years. Thus
the years passed until he reached early manhood,
when he had the good fortune to win the hand of
Margaret A. Harris, daughter of A. P. Harris,
a prominent farmer of Salem township. Four
years afterward he ought a small place in Brown
county, and after three years' residence there he
purchased 33½ acres
where he now lives, an area that he has increased to
115 acres. He continued farming, prospering in
this occupation and winning the esteem of his fellow
citizens, until about ten years ago, when he gave
his attention mainly to the rearing of horses.
He now has a half mile track at his home, has been
quite successful in the training of valuable horses,
and is the owner of Blackthorn, with a record of
2:30, Aradill, a trotting mare with a record of
2:19¼, and several promising colts that have not yet
achieved fame. His home is one of the most
pleasant in the county, and he is a popular and
influential citizen. Mr. Evans is a
member of the lodge of Odd Fellows at Buford, and a
Republican in politics.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio
by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis.,
Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page
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CHARLES
L. EUVERARD, a prosperous farmer of Clay
township, is a grandson of George Euverard
and son of Peter Euverard, pioneers of the
French settlement of Highland county, of whom
mention is made in the foregoing sketch. He
was born Sept. 5, 1842, on the farm now owned by
him, and where his present residence now stands, and
he has remained in the township ever since, with the
exception of brief absences, never exceeding two
weeks. Industrious, intelligent and
enterprising, he has made a success of life, and
stands high in the esteem of his fellow men.
In youth he attended the district schools of the
township, and learned the trade of stone masonry
under his father, the well known and popular
Peter Euverard. But he never followed his
father’s handicraft as a means of livelihood,
directing his energies, instead, to the work of
agriculture. In early manhood he was married
to Mary A. Harris, a native of new Market
township and daughter of Robert and Martha Harris,
old and respected settlers. He and his wife
have ever since resided upon the farm where they
then began housekeeping, and their home has been
blessed with four children: Loyd E., Robert C.,
Roy C., and Mary Christine. At the
present time Mr. Euverard is the owner
of 179 acres of good land in Clay and forty acres in
Newmarket township. He has served the
community ably for a good many years as school
director and he is a valued member of the Baptist
church and the Republican party.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio
by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis.,
Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page
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JAMES
EUVERARD, an influential citizen of Clay
township, is a grandson of one of the leading men in
the French settlement that, was made in Highland
county about seventy years ago. George and
Elizabeth Euverard, the original ancestors in
America, were natives of France, where the father
was a stonemason and maker of wooden shoes.
They sailed for the United States in 1832, with
their children, and after an ocean voyage of
thirty-eight days reached New York. Their
first settlement was near Lake Ontario, and five
years later they removed to Cincinnati, from there
coming to Highland county eighteen months later, and
settling near Mowrystown. They bought a small
farm in White Oak township, and later a farm in Clay
township, where George died at the age of
over eighty-three years and his wife, Elizabeth,
at eighty-eight. They had eleven children:
Peter, John, George, David, Susan, Margaret,
Mary, Sophia, Catherine, Susannah and
Elizabeth, of whom the only survivors are
Mary and Catherine, both living in Clay
township. Peter, the eldest, and the
father of the subject of this sketch, was born at
Etobon, France, in 1809, and after he came to
America with his parents, followed for many years
the occupation of stone mason in addition to
farming. He married in this country Susan
Euverard, daughter of Peter, Sr., and
Susan Euverard, who lived in the same town with
himself in France. She came to America in the
same ship with her husband. Some time after
their marriage, they removed to Clay township, where
they lived until their death, the father dying at
the age of seventy-eight, and the mother at
fifty-eight years. Peter Euverard
acquired nearly three hundred acres of land, and was
one of the best known men of the township. He
left six children: Elizabeth, wife of H.
Jodry, of White Oak township; Clanie,
wife of L. G. Marconet, of Clay township;
James and Charles L., of Clay township,
and Noah and Joseph, the latter two
residing in Tennessee. James
Euverard was horn in 1840, on the farm now owned
by C. L. Euverard, and was educated in the
district school and at Lebanon, New Richmond and
Buford. In early manhood he taught school for
two terms, but his health failed and he was
compelled to give up that profession.
Subsequently he was engaged with his uncle in the
manufacture of spinning wheels, and after that he
and his brother gave considerable attention to the
manufacture of brick, in addition to farming.
From 1869 for nine years the two brothers owned and
operated the old water mill at Mowrystown, and while
living there James Euverard was
married in October, 1870, to Columbia Himes,
a native of Brown county. Twelve years later,
in 1882, the mill was sold, and he bought a place of
48 acres in Clay township, where he now owns 95
acres of valuable land. Mr. Euverard
is an enterprising and active man and enjoys the
confidence of his associates. He served
acceptably as township trustee in White Oak
township, was a member of school board from 1884 to
1890, in all six years, and had charge of the Gath
postoffice for over four years by appointment of
President McKinley. He is a valued member
of the Baptist church. His only son,
William Hayes, is living at home, and the
daughter, Ida Pearl, is married to
Albert Whiteing, of Clay township.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio
by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis.,
Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page
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