Biographies

* Source:
1803
History of Knox County, Ohio
It's Past and Present,
containing
A Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the North-
west; A complete History of Knox County; It's Townships, City, Towns, Villages,
Schools, Churches, Societies, Industries, Statistics, etc.; A Record of Its
Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of its early settlers and
Prominent men;  Views of Its Finest Buildings;
Miscellaneous Matter; Map of the
County; Biographies and Histories
of Pioneer Families, etc.
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr.
- Illustrated -
Mt. Vernon, Ohio:
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers
1881
 

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George Gann Portrait 674a	GEORGE GANN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 668
	JACOB GANN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 669
	STEPHEN H. GANTT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 669
	WILLIAM F. GANTT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 669
	W. S. GARDNER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 669
	LEWIS GATES Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 670
	LYMAN W. GATES Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 669
	JOHN F. GAY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 670
	SMITH GEARHART Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 671
	JAMES GEORGE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 671
	W. P. GERHERT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 671
	JOHN GETZ Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 672
	JAMES F. GHRIST Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 672
	GEORGE W. GIBSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 672
	HIRAM M. GIBSON, farmer, Berlin township, post office, Fredericktown was born in Richland county, in a cabin, in 1845, and was married in 1874 to Clara Comfort, who was born in this county in 1851. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 675
	SAMUEL GIBSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 675
	LAURISTON GIFFIN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 672
	ROBERT GIFFIN, SR. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 672
	JOHN GILBERT, Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 673
	WILLIAM H. GILBERT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 673
	FRANCIS GILMORE, farmer, Pike township, post office, North Liberty, born in Pike township, this county, July 9, 1839, and was married Jan. 25, 1864, to Mary Jane Loney, who was born in Pike township, this county, Sept. 6, 1844.  They have the following children: Mary, born Apr. 12, 1867; John L., Jan. 26, 1874; Blanche, July 21, 1876; William Calvin, Apr. 24, 1879. He owns the old homestead and has resided on it since his marriage. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 673
	JOHN GILMORE, Pike township, farmer, post office.  North Liberty, born in Knox county, and was married to Maria Clawson, who was born in Belmont county, Ohio.  They had four children: Lovena, Eddie, Willie (deceased), and Walter. Mr. Gilmore is a farmer hy occupation, and has a beautiful farm in Pike township, with all the modern improvements, his buildings being among the very best in this county, and he is a model farmer. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 673
	JAMES GLASGOW, JR., Pike township, farmer, post office, North Liberty, born in Pike township, this county, Sept. 10, 1860, and was married by Rev. W. Ferguson, in Mt. Vernon, Sept. 16, 1861.  they reside in Knox county, Ohio.  His father, James Glasgow, sr., was born Jan. 10 1809, and was married in 1833 to Nancy Robinson, who was born in N1817.  They had four children: Isabella, born in 1835; Nancy, born in 1837; Eliza A., 1839; Margaret J., 1842.      Mrs. Nancy Glasgow  died Jan. 18, 1842.      Mr. Glasgow subsequently married Alice A.  Petterson, born in 1807.  they had two children, Robert and James, deceased.  Mrs. Alice Glasgow died in 1850.  His third marriage was in 1850 to Mary Jane Armstrong, who was born in 1824.  They had eight children: Emma, born in 1851; Abigail, in 1853; John, in 1855; Mary, 1858; James, Jr.,  1860; Robert, 1863; Harvey, 1866, and Elizabeth, 1869.  Elilzabeth died in 1875.  The following are married: Isabella and Samuel Ruby, Nancy and Newton Blair, Eliza and William Reed, Margaret and Nelson Hushberger, Emma and William Dunmire, John and Mary Guthrie, Abigail and Eliza Guthrie, James, Jr. and Kittie Hively. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 673
	JOHN W. GLASGOW, Pike twp., farmer, post office, Democracy, born in Pike township in 1855, and was married in 1876 to Mary Guthrie, who was born in Pike township in 1853.  They have two children, John, born in 1876, and Edith Rachel in 1878.      Mr. Glasgow has always been identified with his county and is one of its leading citizens. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 673
	ABSALOM GLASENER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 673
	DAVID GLENN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 673
	LEROY GLOSSER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 674
	JOSEPH GORDON, M. D., Mt. Vernon, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, Mar. 6, 1841.  His father, Silas Gordon, is of Scotch extraction, and a native of Pennsylvania.  He married a Miss Coffman, of the same county.  They had a family of ten children, eight of whom are living.  In 1853 Mr. Gordon with his family, emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, and located near Mt. Vernon, where they remained some years, and then removed to near Fredericktown, where they yet reside.  They are estimable citizens, by ocupation farmers.      Ths subject of this notice spent his youth with his parents on the farm, obtaining his education mostly at the schools of Fredericktown, after which he taught school for several terms,.  In August, 18616, he enlisted in company A, Twentieth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, and participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka, Chatahoochie, Savannah, Atlanta, Champion Hills, Marietta, Jonesborough, Kennesaw Mountain, Port Gibson, Jackson, Boliver, Ackwood, Vicksburgh, Raymond, Black Creek, Grand Junction, Goldsborough, Fayetteville, besides numerous minor engagements.  He was discharged in the fall of 1864.  He began reading medicine in the spring of 1865 with Dr. Russel.  After his course of reading he graduated at the Jefferson Medical college, of Philadelphia in 1868, and remained for a short time in New Jersey.  He then came to Mt. Vernon, where he began practice, and soon succeeded in building up an excellent reputation.  He is president of the Knox County Medical society, and clerk of the board of education.  He married Miss Clara L. Corey in 1871.  They have three children, viz.: Mary P., Lula M., and Stella S. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 674
	SIDNEY W. GORDON, Middlebury township, dealer in hardware, born in Knox county, now Morrow, June 24, 1831, and was married Oct. 3, 1852, to Mahalia L. Gardner who was born in Knox county, Sept. 12, 1834.  They have the following children: Helen A., born Dec. 5, 1853; Rosa D. Oct. 15, 1855; John W., Oct. 28, 1857; George H., Feb. 1, 1860; Charles N.,  Feb. 25, 1862; Sidey L., Feb. 25, 1864; Mary A., May 30, 1868.      Mr. Gordon is engaged in the hardware business in Waterford,  He began there in the spring of 1880, and carries a general stock of hardware, keeping the stock well supplied, and is ever ready to compete with larger towns in this line of goods.  All who need anything in his line will do well to call and see him.      His father, William G. Gordon, was born in Manchester, England, Sept. 17, 1772.  He came to America in 1802, and was married in New Jersey Sept. 25, 1809, to Mary Hedden.  He now resides in Chester township, Morrow county, Ohio. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 574
	SAMUEL GOWER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 674
	WASHINGTON GOWER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 674
	SAMUEL GRAHAM Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 674
	MANUEL GRANDLE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 675
	BENJAMIN GRANT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 675
	E. D. GREAR Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 675
	SILAS GREAR Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 675
	CHARLES GREEN, farmer, Berlin township, post office, Fredericktown; was born in this county, May 26, 1827, and was married in 1854, to Emily Ewers, who was born in Virginia, April 15, 1826.  Her parents emigrated to Ohio when she was five years of age.  They have one son (Wilson), who was born April 3, 1857.  He is married to Laura White,  and lives in Palmyra. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 675
	WILLIAM GREEN, farmer, Monroe township, is a native of England, and was born in Kent county, July 13, 1810.  In 1830 he engaged in butchering in London, and continued in it for butchering in London, and continued in it for about five years.  In 1835 he emigrated to American, locating in Rochester, New York, where he again engaged in the butchering business, which he continued about six months, after which he engaged in farming.  In 1837 Mr. Green returned to England for the purchase of some Southdown and Leicester sheep.  He remained in England about six months, when he returned to America with the sheep he had purchased while absent.  He settled at Rochester and engaged in sheep raising.  In September, 1837, he was united by marriage to Miss Mary Ann Barker, daughter of Lyman and Mary Barker.  Mrs. Green was born in Monroe County, New York, May 10, 1817.      Mr. and Mrs. Green remained in Monroe county, New York, for two years.  In 1839 they came to Ohio and located in Monroe township, Knox county, on the farm now owned by Thomas Harris.  He still continued at sheep raising, having brought with him thirteen of his Southdown and Leicester sheep, they being the first sheep of the kind ever brought into Knox county.  Mr. Green remained on the Monroe township farm for about two years, when he purchased and removed to a farm in Delaware county, Ohio.  On this last named farm he remained about six years.  In 1847 Mr. Green purchased the farm in Monroe township now owned by him, where he and his family have resided ever since.  Their first residence was a hewed log house, twenty-four by thirty, which stood on the north side of the road from where his present residence stands.  The old log house served them as an abode until 1859, when he erected his present frame residence.      Mr. Green continued in the sheep raising business until 1867, when he sold his sheep and gave his attention to feeding cattle.  This business he has since followed in connection with farming.  He owns about two hundred and fifty acres of land in Monroe township.  He has cultivated his land, and enriched it so highly, that he can raise forty bushels of wheat, and seventy bushels of corn to the acre.  He has everything arranged for convenience on his farm.  He has an engine, a corn-sheller, a French burr, on which he grinds his own feed for his cattle.  He also has a saw mill, which he runs by the same engine, and it is so arranged that it furnishes the power for threshing his grain.  In fact it is one of the most convenient arrangements that can be found in the county for farm use.      Mr. Green is known all over the county as being one of the leading farmers..  He is the father of four children, William H., Maria, Mary, and Charles, all of whom are living and married. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 675
	ARCHIBALD GREENLEE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 676
	ALEXANDER GREER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 677
	ALEXANDER GREER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 677
	HENRY HARRISON GREER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 677
	RICHARD GREER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 676
	ROBERT GREER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 676
	THOMAS GREER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 677
	ISSACHER GREGG Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 677
	B. L. GRIFFITH Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 677
	WILLIAM GRIFFITH Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 677
Daniel H. Grubb portrait 690a	DANIEL B. GRUBB, Pike township, farmer, post office.  North Liberty; born in Pike township, Knox county, in 1838, and was married in 1874 to Catharine Betchel, who was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1847.  They have one son, Lawrence E., who was born in 1876. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
Daniel H. Grubb	DANIEL H. GRUBB, retired, post office, North Liberty, was born near Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1799; his parents emigrated to Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and remained there until 1830; he then came to Ohio and located in Pike township.  He was married in 1823 to Elizabeth Broombaugh, who was born in Woodbury township, Bedford county, Pennsylvania, Feb. 25, 1807. They had thirteen children, viz.: Anna, born in Pennsylvania Feb. 19, 1826; Samuel, Nov. 8, 1827; Elizabeth, Sept. 11, 1829; Mary Ann, born in Pike township Dec. 13, 1831; Henry, Dec. 4, 1834; Daughter, November, 1836; Daniel B., Dec. 13, 1838; Esther, Dec. 5, 1844; Levi, Apr. 14, 1843; Catharine, Apr. 4, 1845; Joseph, May 26, 1847; Lucinda, June 2, 1849; Isaac, June 7, 1851; and Lavina, Aug. 4, 1853.  Mrs. Elizabeth Grubb died June 25, 1870, aged sixty-three years, three months and twenty-nine days.  Anna died in Pennsylvania Aug. 8, 1830, and Mary A., Dec. 9, 1832.      Mr. Grubb learned the tanner trade in the east; he built the first tannery in this part of the county; he tanned by the old process, which made the very best leather; his reputation as an honest man was extensively known.  He and his wife were members of the German Baptist church.  He is a pioneer of this township, and has reared a large and respectable family, most of whom are married and have left the paternal roof.  He still survives, has a good memory and health; he resides with his son, Daniel B. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	HENRY GRUBB, farmer and stock raiser; son of Daniel H. and Elizabeth Grubb; was born in Pike township, this county, Dec. 4, 1834. In 1856 he married Miss Mary A. Jeffries, born in Stark county, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1835, and came with her mother in 1841 to this county.  Mr. and Mrs. Grubb settled in Pike township, remained two years, then moved to Morris township where they remained until 1874, when they purchased and moved on the farm in Monroe township where they now reside.  They have four children, three sons and one daughter. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	ISAAC GRUBB, teacher, post office, North Liberty, was born in this township, and received a liberal English education in the common branches.  He engaged in teaching district schools a number of terms,, and in the spring of 1881 he started in a theological course in the Ashland college.  He is a prominent member of the German Baptist church, and in some future day will be a minister of that church. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	JOSEPH GRUBB, farmer, post office, North Liberty, was born in this township May 26, 1847.  He is a son of David H. Grubb, and is engaged in farming on the David Leedy farm.  He is a young man of good habits. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	SAMUEL GRUBB, farmer, Pike township, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1824, and was married in 1845 to Mary Zook, who was born in this township in 1824.  They had seven children - David, born in 1846; Joseph, in 1848; Sarah Elizabeth, in 1849; Daniel, in 1852; Mary Ellen, in 1860; Ezra, in 1862; and Amanda, in 1864.   David is married to Mary Jane Silcot; Joseph to Elizabeth Moore - both families living in Mt. Vernon.  Sarah E. is married to Isaac Hess, and lives in Richland county; and Daniel to Maggie Cunau, of this township.      Mrs. Grubb's father, David Zook, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania.  He was married in 1817 to Nancy Mock, who was born in Adams county, Pennsylvania in 1795.  They had the following children: John, born in 1818; Catharine, in 1819; Elizabeth, in 1821; Jacob, in 1822; Joseph, in 1823; Mary, in 1824; Alexander, in 1826; Louisa, in 1828; Hannah, in 1829; Lydia, in 1831; Sally in 1833; and David, in 1835. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	DAVID GUTHRIE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	JOHN N. GUTHRIE, farmer, post office, Democracy.  He was born in Pike township on June 1, 1847.  He is a member of a pioneer family.  He is a carpenter. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	JOHN GUTHRIE, farmer, Berlin township, post office, Shaler's Mills, was born in Knox county, in 1845.  He was married, in 1873, to Rachel Cole, who was born in Berlin township, in 1851.  They had five children:  Marilla, born in 1874; James A., born in 1875; infant (deceased); Arabella, born in 1878; Maude, in 1880.      Mr. Guthrie is a farmer by occupation, and has always been identified with this county. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	JOHN GUY (deceased), was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, on the twenty-fifth day of January, 1792.  He emigrated to Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he married Miss Mary Woodburn, in 1819, a native of Ireland, born in 1790, and migrated to America in 1810.  They settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania, near Alexander, and remained there until 1853, when he sold his farm and moved to Utica, Licking county, Ohio, remained about one year and a half when in 1855, he purchased and moved on a farm now owned by his son John, in Clinton township, Knox county, where they passed the remainder of their days.  His wife deceased Mar. 19, 1863, aged seventy-three years.  He deceased Apr. 1, 1876.  He served in the War of 1812.  They reared a family of five children: Joseph S., John, Martha J., Elizabeth, and Margaret.  Only two of the above named are now living, John and Martha. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	JOHN GUY, farmer, second son of John Guy, deceased, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, Oct. 28, 1822, and came with his parents to Knox county, Ohio, in 1855.  He married Miss Emeline Lafever in 1859, daughter of Thomas P. and Eliza Lafever, who was born in 1836.  They settled on his father's home farm, where they are now living.  Their union resulted in two children (daughters).  He has followed farming as his vocation. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678

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