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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	M. H. LAFEVER, Fredericktown, salesman, was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1847, and was married in 1868 to Eunice Bricker, who was born in Liberty township in 1847.  They have one son, John C., born in 1871.  Mr. Lefever is engaged as a salesman with the firm of Hill & Hagerty, dealers in hardware and furniture.  He has always been identified with this company, and has resided in Fredericktown for a period of five years. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 714
	THOMAS P. LAFEVER, farmer, second son of the aforesaid William and Mary Lafever, was born near Fredericktown, Knox county,  Ohio, September 2, 1812.  He was reared a farmer, and has followed farming as his principal vocation through life.  In 1840 he married Miss Eliza Beam, daughter of John and Mary Beam.  They settled in Clinton on a rented farm; remained on rented land until 1842, when he purchased his father's old home farm in Clinton township, on which he lived until 1878, when he rented the farm to his son Calvin and moved on the property where he is now living a retired life, near Mt. Vernon.  They had five children - Emeline, Merrit, William S., John, and Calvin, all now living. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 714
	THOMPSON LAFEVER, Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Levering, born in Knox county, Aug. 28, 1848, and was married to Helen Wilkins, who was born in 1837, in this county.  They had the following family: Ella, Emma L., James F., Olive May, and Oliver (twins, deceased), Anna Bell, and Charlie Gay.  Miss Ella Lafever was married to Clinton Ewers, who was born in this county.  They have one son, Guy L., born July 3, 1879. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 714
	WILLIAM LAFEVER, deceased, was born near Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1788.  By trade he was a cooper, and followed coopering as his vocation in connection with farming, making the latter his principal business.  He married Miss Mary Price, of Pennsylvania.  In 1810 they emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, and located near Fredericktown, where they lived until 1822, when he purchased and moved on a farm near Martinsburgh, same county; remained there ten years, and in 1832 he purchased and moved on a farm now owned by his son, Thomas P. Lefever, on the Brandon road, about three miles from Mt. Vernon.  They lived on this farm about six years, when he purchased and moved on the old Sayer farm in same township, adjoining his old farm on the north, where they remained a few years, retaining his other farms.  He bought and moved on the farm now owned by Isaac Sperry, on the Newark road.  They lived on this farm near Martinsburgh; remained there about five years.  His last purchase was the property now owned and occupied by his son, Thomas P., on the Newark road, about three-fourths of a mile from Mt. Vernon.  Here his wife died in 1864, and he passed the remainder of his days among his children, living with one awhile and then with another.  He deceased in 1870, age eighty-two years.       They reared a family of thirteen children, viz.: John, Darcus, Thomas P., Isaac, James, Mimard, Samuel, Wiley, Abram, Sprague, Margaret, Rebecca, and Chambers.  Four of whom (John, Isaac, James, and Rebecca,) are dead. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 714
	WILLIAM LAFEVER, Wayne township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in this township in 1830, and was married in 1864 to Mary Lafever, who was born in this township in 1856.  They have one son, Frederick Earl, born in 1872.  His father, John Lafever, was born in Pennsylvania in 1809 and was married to Deliah Herod, who was born in 1808.  Their children were William, Isaac, Molancy, Morgan, and Eli who enlisted in the late war, in the One Hundred and Twenty-first regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry and was killed southern soil.  Mr. John Lafever was one of the early settlers and pioneers of this county. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 714
	WINARD LAFEVER, farmer, fifth son of William and Mary Lafever, was born near Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio, April 12, 1815.  He was brought up on a farm, and has made farming his principal vocation.      April 22, 1841, he married Miss Emily J. Blake, born in Knox county, Ohio, Mar. 3, 1820, daughter of William and Hannah Blake, deceased.  They settled on the farm now owned by William Shineberry, in Clinton township.  They lived on three different farms in Clinton township until 1854, when he purchased and moved on the farm where they are now living in the same township.  Their union resulted in two children, _ daughters. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 714
	GEORGE LAHMAN, (retired) Morris township, post office, Mt. Vernon, was born in Rockingham county, Virginia in 1810, came to Ohio in 1820, and was married in 1834 to Hannah Weyner, who was born in 1810, in New York, and came to Ohio when a child.  They had seven children, viz: Lewis W., William (deceased), Augustus (deceased), Robert, Mary, Sarah, and George.  Augustus volunteered in the later war, and was a member of company A, Sixty-fifty regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry.  He was wounded at the battle of Stone River.  Forty-one days after he was wounded he died after a severe and painful suffering.      Mr. Lahman has been a citizen of this county for sixty years.  His wife, Hannah, died April 9, 1878. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 714
	ABNER LAHMON, deceased, Monroe township, son of William and Elizabeth Lahmon, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1818.  In 1827 he came with his parents to Knox county, who located in Morris township, about two miles south of Fredericktown.  They lived in three different townships in this county.  In 1839 they moved to Monroe township, where they passed the remainder of their days.      Mr. Lahmon made farming his principal vocation through life.  In 1839 he married Miss Elizabeth Lutz, daughter of Jacob and Susannah Lutz, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1818, and came to this county with her parents in 1835, and located on the farm now known as the Lahmon Mill farm, located in Monroe township.  Mr. and Mrs. Lahmon settled on the Lahmon Mill farm, where he died March 4, 1879.  His companion is still living on the home farm.  They reared a family of four children:  Elizabeth, John, Mary A., and William. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 714
	WILLIAM LAHMON, son of the aforesaid Abner Lahmon, was born in Monroe township, this county, on the farm where he is now living, Aug. 8, 1850.  At the age of fifteen years he commenced working at the milling business in the Lahmon mills, where he has since been engaged in that business.  At present he operates the Lahmon mills.      Nov. 2, 1872, he married Miss Margaret E. Bowman, of Knox county, daughter of Daniel Bowman.  They settled on the Mill farm, where they are now living.  They have three children, two 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 715
	D. W. LAMBERT, is a native of Ohio; was born in October, 16, 1838; received an academical educaiton, and shortly after entered the banking house of Russel, Sturges & Co., as a clerk.  When the bank was reorganized, in 1862, he was promoted to Assistant cashier, in which capacity he still remains. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 715
	GEORGE J. LAMSON, Miller township, carpenter, post office, Brandon, was born in Milford township, Oct. 29, 1830, and is the son of Rhoda and Nathan Lamson, of whom mention is made in the biographies of Milford township.      Mr. Lamson spent his youth on the farm of Milford township, and has followed the trade of carpentering for a number of years, commencing to work at it at an early age, and is a good workman.  He has always lived in Knox county, excepting about one year and a half while in Missouri, and some six months at Government work in Nashville, Tennessee.  He was married to Miss Emma E. Lockwood, May 20, 1855, who was born in Windham county, Vermont, December 10, 1828, and came to Ohio about 1833 or 1834, with her parents, Reuben and Catharine Lockwood, who had a family of fifteen children, three of whom are living.      Mr. Lamson remained in Milford township until 1867, when he moved to Brandon, where he has since resided.  They had two children, one who died in infancy; the other is Lilliam E., who married Thomas Thatcher. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 715
	W. C. LANE, Morris township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Berlin township, this county, Mar. 10, 1862.  He is now a resident of Morris township, and is engaged in farming. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 715
	DUDLEY LANGFORD, deceased, was born in Rhode Island in 1775.  HE was a carpenter and joiner by trade, and followed that as his principal vocation.  He emigrated to Virginia with a Mr. Avery, for the purpose of building that gentleman a house, intending to return to Rhode Island.  By the time he had the house completed he concluded to remain in Virginia and work at his trade.  In 1798 he married Miss Rebecca Slotts, born in Virginia in 1782.  They settled in Virginia, where they lived ten years, and in 1808, he, with wife and family, migrated to Butler township, Knox county, where he continued working at his trade in the summer, and manufactured chairs, spinning-wheels and reels during the winter.  In 1818 he leased and moved on a piece of land in Howard township, agreeing to clear so many acres and nave the use of the land cleared for four years, as a compensation for his labor, but death called him away May 18, 1821, prior to the completion of his contract, leaving his wife with ten children to provide for in their forest home, viz: Isaac, Lydia, Lucinda, Nancy, Polley, Ju8lia, Susan, Rebecca, Rachel and Dudley C.  The widow and children finished the contract, and lived on the land until the expiration of the lease.  The mother being possessed of energy, managed to keep her children together until they were all able to take care of themselves.  In 1835, when her youngest son, Dudley C., was but fourteen years of age, she was taken sick with inflammatory rheumatism.  By this time her children had all married and left her except the two youngest - Rachel and Dudley C.- who took care of and supported her during her ten long years of sickness.  She died Aug. 28, 1845, and all of the children are now deceased except Lucinda and Dudley C. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 715
	DUDLEY C. LANGFORD, farmer, Union Twp., the youngest son of Dudley and Rebecca Langford, deceased, was born in this county, May 21, 1821.  He married Mary Robinson Feb. 27, 1845, who was born in Union township, Knox county, Oct. 5, 1821.  She was a daughter of William and Sarah Robinson.  They settled in Howard, Knox county, lived two years, and in 1847 they moved to Coshocton county, remained there fourteen years, and in 1861 he purchased and moved on the farm where they are now living, in Union township, one mile south of Danville.  He has made farming and stock raising his vocation, and owns one of the best farms in Union township, containing about six hundred and eleven acres.  They reared a family of seven children - four sons and three daughters. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 715
	THOMAS LARASON (deceased), was born in Chester county, New Jersey, August 27, 1814, and emigrated with his father, James LArason, the following year to Licking county, Ohio.  He was married to Malinda Craig.  They have had eleven children, viz: Emily, Eunice, Lucinda, James, Oliver, Harriet, Abraham E., Luman, Leonard, Melinda Jane, and one that died in infancy.      Oliver Larason was married to Williametta Mercer.  They have had three children - Edwin, born July 24, 1873; Laura, Nov. 22, 1874; Sylva July 11, 1876. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 715
	FRANK C. LARIMORE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 715
	HENRY LARIMORE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 716
	ISAAC P. LARIMORE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 716
	JOHN LEE, proprietor of grocery and restaurant, east side of North Main street.  Mr. Lee is a natiaave of the county of Galway, Ireland, where he was born in the year 1852, and in the year 1870 he emigrated to America and located in Mt. Vernon, where he made his first business engagement as salesman with George B. Potwin, in the produce business.  He remained in this capacity until 1876, when he established himself in the grocery and restaurant business, in which he still continues.  He carries a full stock a staple and fancy groceries and confectioneries, also a first-class stock of restaurant goods, consisting of brandies, wines, gins, beer, and ales, of the best American brands, also imported wines and brandies.  He carries a stock of about two thousand dollars, and he does a business of about seven hundred to eight hundred dollars per month and up to the present his business has increased about twenty per cent. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 716
	DAVID A. LEEDY, Pike township, farmer, post office, North Liberty, born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 23, 1821, came to Ohio with his parents when eight years old, and located in Knox county.  In 1847 he was married to Susannah Grubb, who was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1827.  They had the following children:  Daniel, born Dec. 4, 1849; an infant daughter (deceased); Mary A., born July 22, 1853; Elizabeth, Mar. 26, 1857; Martha, August 24, 1868; and Charles M., Apr. 18, 1873.  Daniel Leedy died Dec. 9, 1870.  Mr. Leedy owns an improved farm with good buildings, located near North Liberty.  He is a model farmer, and has assisted in improving and raising this county to its present standard, both socially and religiously.  He has been a member of the German Baptist church for twenty-two years, being a member of the congregation that worships in the Berlin chapel. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 717
	SAMUEL A. LEEDY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 716
	WILLIAM LEMLEY (deceased), Pike township, born in Richland county in 1848, and was married in 1867, to Mary Ellen Simpkins, who was born in Monroe township in 1851.  They have three children - "Clara J., born in 1868; James G., born in 1871; and William A., born in 1872.  William Lemley was one of the victims of the sad collision that occurred in Richland county during the State fair at Mansfield in 1872.  He was wounded on Thursday and died on Saturday.  This was a sad bereavement to the family.  After the death of the husband Mr. Lemley moved to North Liberty, where she still lives. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 717
	E. B. LEONARD, Pike Township, farmer, post office, Democracy; born in Morgan township in 1819.  He was married in 1839 to Elizabeth Walker, who was born in Union county in 1820.  They have three children, Ziba,, born in 1840; Rebecca, in 1843; Elnora, in 1849.  Mr. Leonard came to Pike township in 1838.  He owns a well improved farm.  He is a member of a pioneer family and is now numbered among the pioneers. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 718
	HANNIBAL B. LEONARD Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 718
	ZIBA LEONARD Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 717
	GEORGE LEPLEY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 718
	JACOB LEPLEY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 718
	JOSEPH LEPLEY (deceased), was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 26, 1812, and emigrated to Ohio when a young man, locating in Butler township, where he resided until his death, Jan. 10, 1878.  He was married three times - to Catharine Korns Nov. 26, 1832; to Delilah Beal, May 29, 1836; and to "Lydia Mossholder, Feb. 28, 1846.  He was the father of eleven children, viz; Joseph R., Elizabeth, Michael, Alonzo, Alpheus, Aaron, Hannah, Malona, Lloyd, Rhodinia, and Thaddeus, all of whom are living except Michael who died at Chattanooga, Tennessee, Apr. 23, 1864. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 718
	JACKSON LETTS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 718
	EDWARD LEVERING, farmer, Middlebury township, post office, Levering, born in Knox county, July 26, 1845, and was married Nov. 27, 1878, to Satire Lanning, who was born in Chesterville, Morrow county, Aug. 11, 1845.  His father, Joseph Levering, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 18, 1805.  They came from Pennsylvania in 1813, starting on the eighth of April and landing May 1st.      He was married  May 21, 1833, to Elizabeth Blair, who was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, May 7, 1806.  They had seven children, one of whom (Edwin) has died. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 719
	JOHN C. LEVERING Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 719
	NOAH LEVERING, deceased, born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 17, 1802, and died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Andrew Rusk, Mar. 4, 1881.  He was the last survivor of the family of Daniel Levering, who came to Knox county from Bedford county, Pennsylvania, on horseback, before the War of 1812, and purchased and entered land in Middlebury township, near Waterford.  In the spring of 1813 Daniel Levering moved his family - six sons and one daughter, to his western home, and during the same summer with a few others settlers built a block-house on his farm to protect their lives from the Indians.      Noah Levering was born the year before the State of Ohio was admitted into the Union, and moved to Knox county when ten years old, and lived in Middlebury township until shortly before his death.      Mar. 27, 1828, he was married to Miss Armanella B., daughter of John and Anna Cook, who settled in Middlebury township in the spring of 1811, from Washington county, Pennsylvania.  Mrs. Levering died June 12, 1879.  By this union there were ten children - seven that survive their parents.  Noah Levering sold the lands and laid out the village of Waterford, and in 1836 was instrumental in establishing a postal rout from Mt. Vernon to Tiffin, with the assistance of his brother John, who became sureties to the department that the route would be a paying one; in honor of which the postmaster General named the office at Waterford, "Leverings." Noah Levering never voted anything but a Democratic ticket, having voted for every Democratic candidate for president from Andrew Jackson to W. S. Hancock.  He united with the Presbyterian church at Waterford, in 1852.  His remains were interred in the family cemetery on the old farm, to which he came in 1813. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 719
	RILEY LEVERING, Wayne township, farmer, post office, Lucerne, born in Ohio, Mar. 22, 1848, and was married Mar. 5, 1873, to Elizabeth Lewis, who was born in Wayne township, Knox county, Ohio, May 22, 1853.  They have three sons - Fred B., born Nov. 17, 1874; James Hoy, May 28, 1876; and Lewis Benton, Jan. 1, 1879.  Mr. Levering came to Wayne township in 1873. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 719
	D. C. LEWIS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 720
	GEORGE LEWIS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 719
	JAMES LEWIS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 720
	JOHN & HANNAH LEWIS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 853
	JOHN B. LEWIS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 719
	REV. JOHN S. LEWIS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 719
	R. C. M. LEWIS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 720
	CHARLES A. LINDLEY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 720
	JOHN LITZENBERG Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 720
	HENRY LOCKHART, Pike township, professor, post office. North liberty; born in Ashland county in 1840, and was married Oct. 29, 1869, to Ellen Gilson, who was born in New Lisbon, Columbiana county, Ohio.  They had four children, Sylvia B., Ardella M., Frances M. and Floyd W.  Mr. Lockhart received a very liberal education and was a soldier in the late war, being a member of company E, Third Ohio cavalry, and continued in the service one year. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 721
	IRA L. LOCKWOOD Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 721
	FRANK J. LOGSDON, Brown township, farmer, pos-office.  Democracy, was born in Knox county in 1841, and married Catharine Blubaugh, who was born in this county.  They have six children, viz: Carlotte A., Arellia A., Rebecca M., Mary F., Stephen P., and Benjamin W.  Mr. Logsdon enlisted in the late war, Nov. 20, 1861, under Captain Walker, company K, Forty-third regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry.  He was in the service four years, and was honorably discharged. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 721
	WILLIAM LONEY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
	DAVID LONG Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 721
	FRANCIS LONG Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
	GIDEON LONG Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 721
	ROLLINS LONG Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 721
	WILLIAM LOOSE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 721
	HARMAN P. LORE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
	PETER LORE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
	GEORGE C. LOREE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
	GEORGE N. LOREE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
,	ALEXANDER LOVE, Fredericktown, laborer, was born in Coshocton county in 1817, and married in 1851 to Angeline Carter, who was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, in 1819.  They have two children - La Torrie, born in 1854, and Annie B., in 1856.      Mr. Love came to Knox county in 1825; located in Berlin township, where he engaged in farming till 1848, when he moved to Fredericktown, and engaged in the hardware trade for some time, after which he went into the provision and produce business.  He was postmaster in Fredericktown over two years; also coroner of this county four years, and was one of the charter members of the Odd Fellows' society in Frederick town. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
	JOSEPH LOVE, Berlin township, farmer, post office, Shaler's Mills, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, in 1821, and was brought to Knox county in 1824.  He was married in 1851 to Ann Jane Thompson, who was born in Ireland in 1827, and came to America in 1831.  They have four children - Sheridan, Matthew, Mattie, and John.  Georgia Anna  is deceased.      Mr. Love has been identified with Berlin township since 1824.  He owns the old homestead, one of the beautiful farms of Knox county, with buildings of the modern style, and one of the best farm residences in the county.      Joseph Love had not the advantages of a good education, but being endowed with more than ordinary ability, he improved every opportunity, and has become one of the leading men of the county.  He has filled different positions of public trust.  He has always been identified with and is one of the leading Democrats of Knox county. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 723
	THOMAS LOVE, Fredericktown, deceased, was born in Ireland, and came to America with his parents in infancy.  He settled in Berlin township, Knox county, where he was married in 1839 to Sophia A. Kerr, who was born in Knox county in 1816.  They had three sons and two daughters - Mary Jane, Andrew A., Alexander S., Le Grande B., and Elizabeth.      Thomas Love died in December, 1852, in Berlin township, in this county.      Mrs. Love is at present residing in Fredericktown with her family. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 722
	PHILIP W. LOVERIDGE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 723
	JOHN LYAL Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 723
	ASA LYBARGER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 723
	GEORGE LYBARGER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 723
	HIRAM LYBARGER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 723
	LREUBEN LYDICK Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 724
	WILLIAM LYDICK Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 724
	SAMUEL LYNCH Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 724
	EPHRAIM LYON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 724
	S. W. LYON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 724
	WILLIAM LYON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 724
	BENJAMIN LYONS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 724

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