BIOGRAPHIES
 Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio
Publ. Chicago: Inter-state
Publishing Co.
1884
LOT DAVIES,
Superintendent of the Buckeye Furnace, Jackson, Ohio,
was born Mar. 15, 1830, in Cardiganshire, South Wales,
son of John Lot and Anna Davies, who emigrated to
the United States in 1841. His mother died in
Pittsburg, Pa., in the fall of 1841, while on their way
to Ohio, and the father died in Gallia County, Ohio, in
October, 1853. They were the parents of eight
children, five of whom are still living, our subject
being the youngest. He attended school a short
time in Wales and also a few winters at the common
schools of Gallia County. His early life was spent
on his father's farm and on the farms of his neighbors,
and at the age of sixteen he began working among blast
furnaces. His whole business life has been spent
in Jackson County. He has been foundryman at
Cambria and Jefferson furnaces, and for the past fifteen
years has been General Superintendent and manager of the
Buckeye Furnace. Previous to the failure of the
Huron Iron Company Mr. Davies had always been
quite successful in business, but being a stockholder
and indorser in that company he was a heavy loser.
He was married Aug. 22, 1855, to Laura J. Williams,
at Jefferson Furnace, Jackson County. They have
had eight children - John L., E. Cora, I. Newton, F.
Charles, Annie, M. Emma, Willie and D. Albert,
four of whom are deceased. In September, 1862,
Mr. Davies enlisted as a private in Company H, One
Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
The regiment was changed to the First Ohio Heavy
Artillery. He received a commission from
Governor Tod, Aug. 10, 1863, and served with his
regiment till the close of the war, Aug. 1, 1865.
His political affiliations were with the Democratic
party until the breaking out of the war, since which he
has been a Republican. He is a member of the Welsh
Presbyterian church, in which he is an Elder. He
is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
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History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 552 |
JOHN DAVIS
was born in Fort Cumberland, Md., in 1827, a son of
William J. Davis. His parents came to Ohio in
1840, locating first in Zanesville, but in 1844 removed
to Jackson where they both died. His father was by
occupation a miller, and at one time ran the Merchants'
Mill at Fort Cumberland. Our subject's educational
advantages were limited, and when fifteen years of age
he began working in a mill. He has studied all
branches of the grist and woolen mill, and thoroughly
understands everything connected with a mill. He
is now general manager and one of the proprietors of the
Franklin Mills, having worked his way up by industry and
good judgment. He married Susan E. Burns.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 553 |
PATRICK
DELANEY is a native of Pennsylvania and of Irish
parentage. He was almost reared in a coal mine,
beginning to work in one when only ten years of age.
He came to Ohio in 1856, when twenty-one years of age,
and in 1870 came to Jackson. In 1881 he purchased
ten acres of the coal vein on section 7, Coal Township.
The vein is about thirty-four inches thick and of good
Jackson Hill coal.
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History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 553 |
C. S.
DICKASON, stock-dealer, Jackson, is a son of
Reuben, a grandson of John and great grandson of
Jacob Dickason. The latter was by
occupation a farmer, and became an early settler in
Fayette County, Ohio, and died near Washington C. H., at
an advanced age. John Dickason was born in
Rockingham County, Md., by occupation a farmer, and
lived an died in his native State. He was a
patriot in the Revolutionary war, under General
Washington, and was a man of strong constitution,
and lived to a ripe old age. His wife was Ann
Smith, who was born near Morefield, Va., of Irish
parentage, and died in Monroe County, W. Va., nearly 100
years old. Of their ten children Reuben is
the eighth, and the only survivor (one of a pair of
twins). He was born in Monroe County, W. Va., Dec.
2, 1795, and was reared in his native State to farm
life, and acquired only a limited education. He
married Catharine Miller, daughter of Jacob
and Ruth (White) Miller, of German and English
descent, respectively. Reuben and wife, in
1816, moved from Virginia and settled in Madison County,
Ohio, two years later in Ross County, and in 1819 moved
to Jackson County, Ohio, within three and a half miles
of Jackson. He first entered eighty acres of land,
and subsequently added to it until he owned 240 acres,
which he cleared and improved, enduring all the
hardships connected with pioneer life in a new country.
He followed farming through life, but is now, at the age
of eighty-eight, retired with his son C. S. in
Jackson. His wife died Mar. 18, 1865. She
was the mother of six children - John W.
(deceased), Ruth, Jacob, T. B., (all three in
Kansas, and the latter Probate Judge in Brown County, of
that State), Chas. S. and Margaret A. The
latter resides in Pike County, Ohio, but C. S. is
the only one living in Jackson County, where he was born
June 12, 1830, and has been a resident of the county
ever since. He was reared to farm life and
acquired a common-school education. He followed
farming and stock-raising until 1866, when he moved to
Jackson. He then relinquished farming and combined
stock-dealing with merchandising, which he conducted
jointly until 1881. Since that time stock-dealing
has received his entire attention, and he is now one of
the leading dealers of the county in cattle and sheep.
With his long experience in handling cattle, there are
few men whose knowledge equals his on this subject, and
while he trades close he always thinks of keeping in the
bounds of honor and integrity. He is active in
life, plain, unvarnished in his address, yet courteous
in its true sense. In politics he is Democratic,
and has accepted a number of offices of honor and trust,
but has never been an aspirant. He has at all
times been willing to assist in furthering such
enterprises as tend to elevate the community and the
upbuilding of the county. On July 2, 1853, he
married Samantha Rice. The issue of this
union is five children, and all have received a good
education.
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History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 553 |
J. M. DOWNEY,
attorney at law, Jackson, Ohio, was born in
Harrisonville, Scioto County, Ohio, May 29, 1860,, a son
of Nathaniel and Sidney (Stephenson) Downey.
His parents removed to Jackson, Ohio, when he was an
infant, and are still residents of this city, J. M.
was educated in the Jackson schools, and
graduated in 1880. In the summer of 1879 he began
the study of law under John T. Moore, and May 31,
1882, graduated from the Cincinnati Law School. He
was admitted to the bar the following June, and is now
one of the promising young attorneys of Jackson.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 555 |
HON.
PORTER DU HADWAY, deceased, was born Apr. 7,
1828, in Jackson County, Ohio, a son of Daniel Du
Hadway, who was born in Paris, France, but when he
was two years old his father emigrated to the United
States and settled near Dover, Del., where his parents
died, his mother living to the advanced age of 104
years. Daniel was a patriot in the
war of 1812, and at its close took up his headquarters
at Chillicothe, Ohio. About 1817 he became a
resident of Jackson County, where he spent most of his
time at the shoemaker's bench. His wife was
Elizabeth Porter, a native of New York, and at the
time of their marriage as a resident of Athens County,
Ohio. She died prematurely in 1835, but Daniel
survived until 1875, aged ninety-three years, having
spent from 1836 to 1844 in France, his native
land. Hon. Porter Du Hadway was the sixth
of the father's family, and was born Apr. 7, 1828, in
Jackson County, but being left motherless at an early
age, and his father returning to France, he was left to
manage for himself. At the age of seventeen he
commenced learning the trade of his father (shoemaking),
to which he gave his attention until 1857, having come
to Jackson in 1847, at which time he commenced taking
educational instructions under the tutorship of Hon.
J. W. Longbon, having up to this time received no
education at all. He applied himself diligently in
the shop during the day and at his books at night, hence
ere long he had accomplished two important ends - his
trade completed and a fair education. In 1855 he
commenced reading law under Hon. Levi Dungan
(deceased), and in 1857 he was elected Clerk of the
Court, which office he held until 1860. In that
year he was examined by the Supreme Court of Ohio and
admitted to the bar. He at once commenced the
practice of his chosen profession in Jackson, which he
followed exclusively until 1873. In the fall of
this year he was elected Judge of the Common Pleas Court
from the Seventh Judicial District on the Democratic
ticket, although it was a strong Republican district,
composed of Jackson, Vincent, Pike and Scioto counties.
Upon the expiration of his term he resumed the practice
of law, but failing health soon caused him to relinquish
it, and on Nov. 9, 1880, he passed away. Beside
the offices mentioned the Judge held many others of
honor and trust which his honor and integrity brought
him, as he never solicited any office save that to which
he was elected in 1857. In religion the Judge was
not circumscribed to any creed or church. The life
of the Judge was one of activity. He possessed
some remarkable traits of character. Without an
academic education, he yet acquired a reputation as a
jurist. His aptitude to judge of men and things
stood him instead of scholastic training. The
Judge was married Sept. 10, 1850, to Mary,
daughter of Eli Moore, of Jackson County.
She died in 1853 leaving two children, one of whom still
lives. In December, 1857, he married Mrs. Mary
A. Bennett, by whom he had six children; four are
still living. At a meeting of the members of the
bar of Jackson County to consider the proper action to
take concerning the death of Judge Du Hadway, the
following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That in the death of Judge Porter
Du Hadway the community has lost one in whom high
trust and confidence have been often reposed, the bar,
one of its ablest members, and his family, a husband and
father, whose memory they now cherish as dear to them.
Resolved, That to his family, and especially to
his widow, we extend our cordial sympathy.
Resolved, That this memorial and accompanying
resolution be entered upon the journals of this court.
Resolved, That a copy be furnished to each
newspaper in the town of Jackson for publication; and
that all the papers of this, the Seventh Judicial
District, be requested to copy the same. Also,
that a copy be furnished the family of the deceased.
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History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 555 |
DAVID D.
DUNGAN was born in Beaver County, July 18, 1833,
the youngest of nine children of Levi and Margaret
(Cameron) Dungan. His grandfather, Levi
Dungan, was of English birth, and married a Welsh
lady. His maternal grandfather was of Irish birth,
and married a Scotch lady. His father was born in
Beaver County, Pa.; his mother was a native of the same
State. In 1844 they removed to Muskingum County,
where they both died - past fourscore years of age.
David D. received a common-school education.
He remained with his parents till 1856, when he came to
Jackson County and was engaged in selling goods at the
Old Cincinnati Furnace. In 1862 he became
established in general merchandising, and has since
carried on a prosperous business with the exception of
two years he was at Star Furnace. He now has the
leading grocery and provision store in Jackson.
Politically Mr. Dungan favors the Democratic
party. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.
He was married in December, 1860, to Mary A.,
daughter of George W. Hale. They have had
five children, only four now living - A. M., wife
of Morris Sternberger; Ralph H., Ernest L. and
Clyde. Mr. Dungan owns 108 acres
of good pasture and mineral land where he resides, near
the city.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 555 |
IRVINE
DUNGAN, attorney at law, Jackson, Ohio, was born
in Cannonsburg, Washington Co., Pa., May 29, 1844, a son
of William H. and Jane Dungan, of Irish and
Scotch descent, his grandmother being Margaret
Cameron. The family on first coming to America
settled in Philadelphia. His parents were married
in Beaver County, Pa., in 1842. They subsequently
removed to Ohio, locating first in Muskingum County, and
afterward in Jefferson County. In 1854 they
removed to Salem, Henry Co., Iowa, where his mother died
in 1855 of cholera. Irvine then lived at
his grandfather's, in Muskingum County, Ohio, two years,
when his father married again and took him to Iowa.
He attended the Denmark Academy, Iowa, two yeas, when
his father failed in business and removed to a farm near
Crawfordsville, Iowa, but allowed him his time. He
worked his way through Washington County, being in the
senior year when the war broke out. He volunteered
in the Nineteenth Iowa Infantry, which took part in the
Missouri and Arkansas campaigns, and at Vicksburg, Sept.
29, 1863, in the battle at Morganza, he was captured and
remained a prisoner ten months. He made two
efforts to escape traveling over 800 miles in the two
attempts, but was re-captured both times. He was
finally exchanged in July 1864, at the mouth of Red
River. He was afterward at Fort Gaines and Morgan
and in the fighting around the bay at Mobile, where the
rebel General Richard Taylor at last surrendered,
May 4, 1865. After the war Mr. Dungan came
to Ohio and taught in the grammar department of the
Jackson schools and was Superintendent one year.
In the meantime he studied law with Levi Dungan
and in September, 1867, was admitted to the bar, and has
since been engaged in the practice of his profession.
In 1868, 1870 and 1872 he was a candidate for
Prosecuting Attorney but was defeated each time by
John L. Jones. In 1868 he was elected Mayor of
Jackson. In 1877 he was elected Senator from the
Seventh District by 948 majority. He served on the
Judiciary and Finance committees, the two chief
committees of the Senate; also on the committees on
Geological Survey, Mines and Mining, Girls' Reform
School, and was Chairman of the committees on
"Corporations other than Municipal," Universities and
Colleges, and Enrollment. He was regarded as one
of the hardest workers in the Senate. He took
special interest in reforming the abuses of what is
known as the truck system, and procured the passage of
laws against paying labor in scrip. He was the
author of a bill to prevent unjust discrimination by
railroads in freights, and procured numerous reforms in
legislation, among them being the reduction of penalty
for delinquent taxes from fifty and twenty-five per cent
to twenty-five and fifteen per cent. He has been
attorney of the First National Bank of Jackson thirteen
years, and is the local attorney of the Ohio Southern
and C., W. & B. Railroad. Politically he has
always been a Democrat and has taken an active interest
in the success of that party. Mr. Dungan's
ancestors were Presbyterians and he also adheres to the
doctrines of that church. He has three children -
Irvine Laird, Nellie Margaret and Emma
Corinne, aged fourteen, eleven and seven years
respectively.
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History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 555 |
HON. LEVI
DUNGAN was born in Beaver County, Pa., July 18,
1833, the youngest of nine children of Levi and
Margaret (Cameron) Dungan. His grandfather,
Levi Dungan, was of English birth, and married a
Welsh lady. His maternal grandfather was of Irish
birth, and married a Scotch lady. His father was
born in Beaver County, Pa.; his mother was a native of
the same State. In 1844 they removed to Muskingum
County, where they both died- past fourscore years of
age. David D. received a common-school
education. He remained with his parents till 1856,
when he came to Jackson County and was engaged in
selling goods at the Old Cincinnati Furnace. In
1862 he became established in general merchandising, and
sine carried on a prosperous business with the exception
of two years he was a Starr Furnace. He now has
the leading grocery and provision store in Jackson.
Politically Mr. Dungan favors the Democratic
party. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.
He was married in December, 1860, to Mary A.,
daughter of George W. Hale. They have had
five children, only four now living - A. M., wife
of Morris Sternberger; Ralph H., Ernest L. and
Clyde. Mr. Dungan owns 108 acres
of good pasture and mineral land where he resides, near
the city.
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History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 556 |
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