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History of Highland
County, Ohio
by Rev. J. W. Klise -
Publ. Madison,
Wis.,
Northwestern Historical Association
1902
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HON. HENRY H. REDKEY,
of Concord township, former county commissioner
and representative in the Ohio legislature, is
one of the notable men of the country who are
descended from pioneer settles. His
grandfather, Adam Redkey, a native of
Pennsylvania, and residing after marriage in
Washington county, of that state, came to Ohio
with his wife and children in 1808 and settled
on the north bank of Rattlesnake creek, in Paint
township, near the site of New Petersburg.
Adam Redkey was a soldier of the
Revolutionary war, and would have been one of
the conspicuous men of the early days of
settlement, but while making a trip of
Pennsylvania soon after he had purchased land,
he took the fever and died, leaving his wife and
six children to the fortunes of life in the
wilderness. These children, Joshua,
Jacob, Adam, John, George and Nancy,
all now deceased, became farmers and prominent
in their day, and their descendants are to be
found among many of the best families of the
township. John Redkey, born in 1797
in Washington county, Pa., was reared from
boyhood in Highland county, and in early manhood
married Anna Hiatt, with whom he went to
housekeeping near Rainsboro. Four children
were born to them - William, George, Nancy
and Alvira - all now deceased.
After the death of his wife, John Redkey
removed to the vicinity of Marshall, and married
Rachel Edenfield a native of Delaware,
whose parens, Samuel and Jane
Edenfield, came to Marshall township in
1818. In 1850 he moved to Concord
township, to a farm of 160 acres, then wild
land, now occupied by H. H. Redkey.
He served several terms as township trustee, was
quite successful as a farmer and stock raiser,
but died at the age of fifty-six years, his wife
surviving him to the age of sixty-six.
Both are buried at Wesley Chapel cemetery.
Two children were born to them, the subject of
this sketch, and S. E. Redkey, now in the
real estate and insurance business at
Cincinnati, Ohio. Henry H. Redkey
was born at the home in Marshall township Mar.
1, 1839, and was educated in the district
schools of that township and Concord. When
the war of the rebellion came on, he enlisted as
a soldier Aug. 10, 1862, in Captain Barrett's
company, and was mustered in at Camp Dennison,
as a private in Company I of the Eighty-ninth
regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry. His
first service was in Kentucky and West Virginia,
and then in the vicinity of Nashville and
Gallatin, Tenn., until the summer of 1863, when
he was with his regiment in the famous Tullahoma
campaign and took part in the battle of Hoover's
Gap. Following this he accompanied the
army in the Chattanooga campaign, and
participated in the battle of Chickamauga ,
Sept. 19-20, 1863, the greatest of the war in
the west. The Eighty-ninth was among the
regiments that lost heavily in captured, and
Private Redkey was among the
prisoners, and he continued in this unfortunate
plight during the remainder of the war. He
was confined two months at Richmond, Va., then
at Danville until May, 1864, and after that at
the notorious prison pen at Andersonville, Ga.,
suffering greatly from hunger and disease, until
Apr. 28, 1865. Thence he was taken too
Jacksonville, Fla., and then the war came to an
end, and he came into the hands of the United
States troops, and was transferred by boat to
Annapolis, Md., and thence to Camp Chase,
Columbus, where he was honorably discharged June
8, 1865. When he reached home he weighed
but seventy-five pounds, so severe had
been his deprivations and suffering, and it was
a year before he could undertake any work.
Since then he has been engaged in farming and
stock raising, meeting with much success and
winning recognition as one of the most notable
breeders of Shorthorn cattle in the country.
He is the owner of 226 acres of land, in a high
state of cultivation. His public life ahs
been one of honor and valuable service to the
public. For twelve years he filled the
office of county commissioner, and in 1895 he
was elected representative of Highland county in
the Ohio legislature, a place of honor that be
occupied for two terms. He is a member of
the Grand Army of post at Sugartree Ridge, and
is a prominent Republican and earnest member of
the Methodist church. In early manhood he
married Sarah E., daughter of Josiah
Y. and Rebecca E. Steen, and they
have five children: Cora E., widow of
Frank Heatherington, late of Hillsboro;
Edward S., who married Agnes Cochrane
and lives on part of the homestead; Nellie
B., Harry S., a law student at Hillsboro,
and Mary L.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 443 |
JOSHUA GATCH REDKEY,
one of the most prominent and progressive farmers of
Paint township and influentially identified with the
educational and agricultural interests of Highland
county, comes of a widely distributed and strongly
connected family. As far back as 1808 Adam
and Mary (Davis) Redkey came to Ohio with their
seven children and settled on the west bank of
Rattlesnake creek, in Paint township. The
father bought land and made one payment, but on his
way to Pennsylvania in 1810 to secure money to
complete the purchase he was stricken with fever and
died. His five sons, whose names were
Joshua, John, Jacob, Adam and George, all
became owners and citizens of influence, whose
descendants are intermarried with the strongest
families of Paint township. They had been
reared as Methodists and eventually became
identified with the Abolitionists, Adam being in
later years one of the conductors of the underground
railroad. Joshua Redkey left a son
named Daniel, who was born in Paint township
Sept. 19, 1819, and married Mary, daughter of
John Glaze, who settled in Brush Creek
township about the year 1811. Daniel Redkey
lived in Marshall township from 1844 until 1874, and
became the owner there of about 230 acres of land.
Later he purchased from James Carothers a
farm in Paint township of 195 acres, where he spent
the remainder his days. He was prominent in
connection with township affairs, active in
Methodist church circles and a stockholder in the
female college at Hillsboro. He died Jan. 17,
1878, as the result of an injury received from a
falling scaffold while engaged in building a barn.
The two children resulting from his union with
Mary Glaze are Martha, now the widow of
Joel Brown of Paint township, and Joshua
Gatch Redkey. The latter was born in
Marshall township, Highland county, Ohio, Feb. 3rd,
1856, grew up on the farm and received his education
in the district schools. He was nineteen years
old when the change of residence was made to Paint
township and he carried on the business of the farm
in conjunction with his father until the latter's
death. Since that event he has hand
supervision of the 425 acres of land left by his
father, which he has managed with great skill and
energy and much improved in every way. He
ranks as one of the most enterprising of Paint
township's successful farmers, paying especial
attention to the breeding of Poland-China swine, the
polled Durham cattle and other fine stock. In
former years Mr. Redkey wrote a good deal for
the agricultural papers, and he has always been an
advocate of higher education, especially among the
agricultural classes. He was one of the
organizers of Paint Township Farmers' institute, of
which he was president three years and is now
vice-president. He has also long been
conspicuous in connection with the Knights of
Pythias, being the author of the first by-laws
written for the lodge at Rainsboro, is a charter
member of lodge No. 453 at Rainsboro and has
instituted or assisted in instituting nine different
lodges of the Knights of Pythias. From 1894
until 1898 he was representative to the grand lodge
of this fraternity, has served as district and
county deputy and for seven years was keeper of
records and seals. He was also president of
the township school board for a number of years.
Feb. 11, 1881, Mr. Redkey was married to
Amanda, daughter of Davis H. Lucas, a
member of one of the oldest and most substantial of
Marshall township families. She died Apr. 5,
1902. The household now consists of his aged
mother, who has been an invalid for six years, and
two children, Clarence E. and Stanley R.
Mr. Redkey is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church, of which he has been recording
steward for fourteen consecutive years.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 444 |
WILLIAM J. REDKEY,
for over thirty years a merchant a Rainsboro, is not
only of pioneer descent himself, but is connected by
blood or marriage with nearly all the old families
who settled and made Paint township. His great
grandfather, Adam Redkey, moved in from
Pennsylvania as early as 1806, bringing with him his
wife and their children, Joshua, John, George,
Adam, Nancy, Sarah, and Jacob. The
father bought land near where Centerfield now is,
and after making one payment on the purchase price,
he set out to go to Pennsylvania and obtain money
for the second. On his way he was attacked by
fever and died, leaving his widow with this large
family of almost helpless children to provide for.
She gave up the farm upon which her husband had
settled, but later purchased the place upon which
James W. Roads subsequently lived.
Jacob Redkey, who was about eight years old when
the family came to Paint township, married Mary,
daughter of Basil Lucas, from which union
sprang a numerous progeny which has strictly obeyed
the Biblical injunction to "multiply and replenish
the earth." The family long since recovered
its hold upon the soil lost by the sudden death of
Adam Redkey and through its connections with
the Spargurs, Lucases, Roads and
others, permeates the whole industrial and social
life of Paint township and exercises a strong
influence upon its affairs. Jacob Redkey
bought a farm near Rainsboro, where he lived the
remainder of his days, and during his prime was one
of the leading men of the county, being major of the
Home Guards and at one time, a candidate for state
representative. His three children, now all
dead, were Mary A., Basil and John L.
Redkey, the latter inheriting the home
farm and living thereon from childhood until the
termination of his career. He married
Rebecca Pedrick, a native of New Jersey and
daughter of William Pedrick by whom he had
three children: William J., Alonzo of
Missouri and Louisa, wife of Walker Baker,
of Rainsboro. Mrs. Redkey died Oct. 18,
1859, aged forty-three, and a few years later her
husband married Nancy Sinclair, a native of
Highland county, and daughter of Dempsey Sinclair.
The children by this marriage were Dempsey,
Ada, wife of Henry Mason of
Rainsboro, and Effie, deceased. John L.
Redkey was a good citizen, held several township
offices, served against raider Morgan and
died in the seventy-eighth year of his age.
His widow still lives on the old homestead near the
village of Rainsboro. William J. Redkey,
oldest of his father's children by the first
marriage, was born on the home place in Paint
township, Highland county, Ohio, June 11, 1845.
He worked on the farm until full grown and attended
the district school, where he had for a schoolmate a
bright lad named Joseph Benson Foraker, since
known to fame as governor and senator of Ohio.
The latter's first Sunday school teacher was the
father of William J. Redkey, and the
two boys often listened together to the scriptural
instruction in the neighborhood church. Mr.
Redkey married Nancy C., daughter of
Christian and Ester Cameron, of Pike county, and
located in the village of Rainsboro where he has
since resided. In March, 1871, he established
a general merchandise store, and in 878 erected the
convenient and handsome building which has since
constituted his business quarters. In addition
to his mercantile transactions, Mr. Redkey
controls 215 acres of land near Rainsboro and looks
closely after the details connected with the
cultivation and management. Of his six
children, John X., Joseph A. and Emma
are dead; the living being C. L. Redkey, a
farmer by occupation; F. D. Redkey, of
Rainsboro; and Ester, at home. Mr.
Redkey is a member of the United Brethren church
and has served two terms as treasurer of the
township.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 446 |
| CAREY W. RHOTEN Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 447 |
| WILLIAM G. RHOTEN, M. D. Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 448 |
DANIEL
ROADES, a highly successful farmer of Clay
township, well known through the county, is a
grandson of George Roades, born in Virginia
in 1791, who married in his native state and came to
Ohio in the early days, not long after the close of
the second war with England. He settled first
in Paint township, but it a year or two removed to
Liberty township ,and bought a hundred acres of the
Byrd survey. His industry and good management
were rewarded with success, and he became one of the
well-to-do men of his time. He lived to the
age of ninety years and his wife to past eighty.
Ten children were born to them, of whom Ephraim
is yet living at the old homestead, Eli in
Clay township and George in Liberty.
Henry V., one of the sons deceased, and father
of the subject of this sketch, was born in Virginia
in 1816, was reared and educated in Highland county,
and in early manhood was quite successful as a
teacher of mathematics in the county schools.
He married Sarah Moberly, daughter of the
prominent pioneer settler, Rezin Moberly, and
made his home on the old Evans place on Clear
Creek, and not long afterward in Clay township,
where he first bought a hundred acres. He also
prospered in business, being a man of great resource
and adaptability, and was noted as one of the most
successful farmers of the county. He was a
life-long member of the Methodist church and a
valued member of society. Fourteen children
were born to Henry and Sarah Roades, of whom
Anna J. is living in Liberty township,
William, Daniel, Minerva, and Sarah E. in
Clay township, George W., the eldest is
deceased, also John, Mary S., Alcinda and
Albert, and the others died young.
Daniel Roades was born at the home in Clay
township, Oct. 16, 1850, was educated in the
district school, and on reaching manhood married
Mary E., daughter of Isaac and Mary A. Reedy.
They began their married life on the farm where they
now live, and there have reared five children:
Melvina, wife of James E. Masten; Cora M.;
Esta, wife of Walter Mock, all of Clay
township; Henry V., of Brush Creek township,
and Lizzie M., at home. Mr. Roades
has prospered as a farmer, formerly owning over five
hundred acres, part of which he has now put in the
hands of children. In addition to agriculture
he has carried on a business in fertilizers, and
dealt quite extensively in stock and grain.
His farm is well supplied with all varieties of live
stock, and he is in every way a progressive farmer
and capable business man. In relation to the
public he has rendered valuable services as township
trustee and school director; he is deacon and
treasurer of the Church of Christ, and a member of
the Odd Fellows lodge at Buford and the Republican
party. These are indication of the successful
life he has lived since he began clearing away the
forest from his land, and laying the foundations of
one of the best equipped farms in the county.
Source: The
County
of
Highland
A History of
Highland County,
Ohio
by Rev. J. W. Klise Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Assn. - 1902- Page
449 |
| DAVID RHOADES Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 449 |
| WILLIAM ROADS Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 450 |
| IRA Q. ROBERTS Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 452 |
| JAMES P. ROBERTS Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 450 |
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PINCKNEY C. ROBINSON Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 454 |
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LINES ROBISON Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 455 |
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ADOLPHUS T. ROGERS Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 452 |
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WILLIAM ROUSH, Sr.,
well known as teacher and farmer, is descended from one of the earliest and
strongest family connections that settled in the original New Market township,
which was much larger then than now. About 1810,
John Henry and
Philip Roush, all with large
families, moved in and made a very desirable acquisition to the population. They were Pennsylvanians and had
first settled in Adams County,
Ohio, where they spent some time before coming
to Highland.
Philip Roush married
Mary Pence and had eight children, of
whom Allen, Nathaniel, Polly, George,
William and
Lydia
have passed away. The two living are
John Kesler and is a resident of Russell, Ohio.
George Roush, fourth of the children
in age, was born in Adams
county, Feb. 15, 1808, and remained at home until he reached his majority. About that time he married
Rachel Tedrick a native of
Virginia who had been reared in Highland
county by her parents, George and Mary
Tedrick. With his bride he
occupied a farm recently purchased near Russell Station in Union township, where
they spent four or five years, and then transferred their residence to New Market
Township. Here the
husband had bought a place of 120 acres in the woods, on which he proceeded to
erect a log cabin and go to clearing in true pioneer style. He prospered at the one time owned
over 600 acres of land, but this was reduced before his death to about 400
acres. His wife died at the age of sixty-nine years and he married
Lucinda Clark, of Adams County,
who died in 1900 without issue. The
children by the first marriage were
Abraham, of Kansas; Frederick, of
Union township; Mary, wife of
Eli LaymanΈ of Hamer township;
William, subject of this sketch;
Lydia, deceased, and
Margaret (widow of
Lewis Wilkin, deceased), residing at Hillsboro.
William Roush, fourth of these
children in age, was born in Highland county, Apr. 28, 1837, on a farm adjoining
the one in New Market Township, where he now makes his home.
As he grew up his ambition was to become a teacher, for which he
qualified himself by attending school at Russellville and
Fairview, Ohio. Afterward he taught several
terms of school and on Aug. 23, 1860, married
Aleinda, daughter of
William and Nancy Henry, of Clinton
County. In 1860 he
located on the farm where he has since made his residence and which he has
greatly improved by the construction of a handsome dwelling-house with all the
modern conveniences. Other
improvements also have been made, such as necessary outbuildings, and general
repairs, which give Mr. Roush a neat and comfortable home. He belongs to the
Church of Christ
and has held the offices of trustee and member of the school board.
Mr. and Mrs. Roush have had four
children: Elva died after marrying
D. C. Bond, of
Clinton County;
Iva is the wife of
Frank Hogsett, of
Hillsboro; Olive is the wife of C. A. Pence of Liberty;
Carey married
Merty Robinson of Hillsboro.
Source: The
County
of
Highland
A History of
Highland County,
Ohio
by Rev. J. W. Klise Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Assn. - 1902- Page 456
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GEORGE A. RUBLE, a
prominent farmer of White Oak township, is a
descendant of William B. Ruble, a native of
Virginia, who came to Ohio and settled in the woods
of White Oak township about the year 1800. He
cleared away the forests and established a farm, now
known as the George Fender place, and, having
married a Miss Surber, reared a family of ten
children, all of whom are now deceased. Their
names were John, Henry, George, Jackson, Katy,
Lydia, Dollie, Madeline, Sally and Betsy.
John, the eldest son, and father of the subject
of this sketch, was born about 1805, on the farm
where George A. Ruble now lives, and in early
manhood he married Sarah Coffman, daughter of
another family of early settlers. They began
housekeeping on what is now known as the Andrew
Ruble farm, and a few years later moved to the
Coffman farm. Subsequently John Ruble
bought and moved upon a farm in Clay township, where
he and his wife both died in the spring of 1845.
They had ten children: Jacob, deceased;
Joseph, living in Pike county, Ill.; John W.,
of Salem township; George A.; William,
deceased; H. W., of Kansas; Isaiah, of
Minnesota; Sarah A., of Pike county, Ill.;
Delina and Rachel, deceased. George A.
Ruble was born Sept. 7, 1836, on the farm in
White Oak township* now owned by Surber & Sauner,
and at nine years of age was left an orphan by the
death of his parents. He was reared at the
home of John Coffman to the age of
twenty-one years, after which he found employment as
a farm laborer for a short time. In January, 1858,
he was married to Ann Davidson, who was born
and reared in White Oak township, daughter of
Benjamin and Amelia Davidson,
and of a prominent and old family in Highland
county. They have ever since made their home,
except for two years in Clay township, at their
present home, and seven children have been born to
them: Amelia, wife of Joseph Haller,
of White Oak township; William, of Clinton
county; Frank, of White Oak; John,
deceased; Cora, wife of Walter
Larick, of White Oak; Altha, wife of
McPherson Purdy, of Mowrystown, and one
who died in infancy. In the time of the war of
the rebellion Mr. Ruble tendered his
services to his country, enlisting Oct. 1, 1862, in
Company D, Eighty-eighth regiment, Ohio volunteer
infantry. They were mustered in at Camp Chase,
and assigned to duty guarding prisoners at various
places in Illinois and West Virginia. After a
faithful performance of such duties as were assigned
him, Mr. Ruble was honorably
discharged July 3, 1865, when he returned home and
resumed his work as a farmer. He and wife are
members of the Christian church to which he has
belonged for fifty years, and Mrs. Ruble
about fifty-five years. In politics Mr.
Ruble is a Republican. He voted for
Abraham Lincoln and has not missed an election since
1860.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 457 |
WILLIAM B. RUBLE,
of Clay township, a well-known farmer and
stockraiser and former trustee of the township, was
born there, upon the farm now owned by James
Reedy, Dec. 25, 1839. His family began
in America with Balser Ruble, who came
to Richmond, Va., a century or more ago, from
Germany, with his parents. Balser, in
the course of his work as a stone mason, helped
build the capitol of the Old Dominion. He
married Mary Surber, also a native of
Germany, and fourteen children were born to themKatie,
Dollie, Sally, Betsy, John,
Henry, George, Jackson, and
Polly, and five who died young. About 1805
or 1806 the family moved to Knoxville, Tenn., and
after a stay of no great time they moved on to
Manchester, Ohio, and from there to Taylorsville,
where Balser Ruble purchased a farm and
passed the remainder of his days. He died at
the age of ninety-seven years and his wife at the
age of ninety-three. He had the pleasure, in
1811, of seeing the first steamboat descend the Ohio
river. Henry Ruble, son of
Balser, was born in 1807, during the stay of the
family at Knoxville, and was reared mainly in Ohio.
At twenty years of age he participated in the
adventurous mercantile journeys of that day, going
with a trading boat down the Ohio and Mississippi to
New Orleans. It was two years before he
returned, and subsequently he was married to
Betsey Overstake, a native of Brown county,
Ohio. They went to houses keeping on a farm
near Taylorsville, and three years later began
clearing away the dense forest about the little log
cabin they built on the farm now owned by James
Reedy in Clay township. Here and at
their former home six children were born to them:
Sarah, wife of William Coffman, of
Hillsboro; Cynthia, wife of S. A. Lyons,
of Buford; Ellen, wife of M. J. Pulliam,
of Salem township; William B., whose names
begins this sketch; Elizabeth, wife of A.
D. Wiggins, of Hillsboro, and Mary, wife
of L. R. Duckwall, of Hillsboro, Ohio.
Moving from the farm they cleared, they resided
about five years on a farm on White Oak creek in
Clay township, and then in 1852 bought the farm,
where William B. Ruble now lives. When
Henry Ruble died, at the age of
eighty-six years, he was the owner of two hundred
acres of good land, and was a worthy and respected
citizen. He and his wife rest from their
labors, and their mortal remains aye interred in
Buford cemetery. William B. Ruble, the
only son of Henry, was educated in his youth
in the district schools of the county, and when a
young man, ready to begin the duties of manhood, he
married Lucinda Overstake, a native of
Highland county. They began their home life on
the farm where they now reside, and where they have
passed many happy and prosperous years. Mr.
Ruble is the owner of three hundred and
twenty acres of valuable land, and in addition to
farming he has been notably successful in the
rearing of livestock, especially of Short-horned
cattle and Duroc hogs. He is a member of the
Church of Christ, in politics is a Democrat, and he
has been honored with the office of township trustee
for six years. Two children have been born to
Mr. and Mrs. Ruble, Henry B., and William
H., both of whom are living under the parental
roof.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
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