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* 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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  DANIEL RANDALL

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 779
  JOHN D. RANDALL

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 779
  L. D. RANKIN

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 780
  RANSOM - See PENICK & RANSOM

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 772
  JOHN H. RANSOM

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 780
  RACHEL (BANNING) RAYMOND

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 780
  ELIAS REED

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 780
  L. D. RESSEL

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 780
  DANIEL REYNOLDS

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 780
  DANIEL RHINEHALT

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 781
  JACOB RHODES

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 792
  EPHRAIM RICE

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 781
  FREDERICK RICE

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 781
  NELSON F. RICE

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 781
  HELEN RICHARD

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 781
  JOHN RICHERT

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 781
  PETER F. RICHERT

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 781
  LUCIAN RIGBY

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 782
  GEORGE W. RILEY

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 782
  JOHN RILEY

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 782

Nicholas Riley
Portraits
778a		 NICHOLAS RILEY

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 782
  NICHOLAS RILEY, SR.

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 782
  DAVID RINEHART

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 783
  GEORGE RINEHART

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 783
  GEORGE RINEHART

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 853
  MRS. HARRIET RINEHART

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 782
  JOHN RINEHART

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 783
  WILLIAM RINEHART

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 783
  JOHN S. RINGWALT

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 783
  JACOB RISLEY

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 784
  CHRISTIAN S. ROBERTS

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 784
  EDWARD ROBERTS

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 784
  MRS. ESTHER ROBERTS

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 784
  JOHN ROBERTS

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 784
  AMASA PRATT ROBERTSON, Liberty township, eclectic physician, Mt. Liberty post office, was born in Washington county, New York, Jan. 5, 1843.  His parents about a year after moved to Knox county; where the doctor spent his youth on a farm.  In 1862 he enlisted in company F, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, and served until the close of the war.  He was Third sergeant of his company and was subsequently commissioned sergeant major and as such he was discharged.  He participated in the battles of Perryville, Kentucky; Franklin, Tennessee; Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, and with the army to Savannah, thence to Bentonville, North Carolina.  This, of course, includes all the skirmishes, battles and marches of that memorable campaign.  After he returned home he attended school at Mt. Vernon and Columbus, Ohio, where he graduated in a commercial course.  He taught school for several terms, and in 1869 began reading medicine with Dr. T. H. Vankirk, of Mt. Liberty, Ohio, reading about three years.  In 1872 he entered the Eclectic Medical institute at Cincinnati, Ohio.  He graduated and commenced practice in Mt. Liberty, where he has succeeded in securing a good practice.  He was married to Miss Mary Thompson in November, 1873.  They have one child, Olive, born Dec. 29, 1878.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 785
  EZRA S. ROBERTSON, deceased, the father of Dr. Robertson, was born in Washington county, New York, Sept. 26, 1809.  His youth, until nineteen years of age, was spent on a farm.  He then learned the trade of wagonmaking, working at it until 1843, when he immigrated to Ohio and located on a farm in Hilliar township.  He sold this farm and removed to Liberty township where he purchased a farm and remained on it until 1864, when he moved to Mt. Liberty where he engaged at his trade.  He died November, 1880.  He was an exemplary man and had many friends.  He married Sarah Pratt, of New York.  They had nine children, seven yet living.  His wife survives him.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 785
  JESSE PRATT ROBERTSON, farmer, Liberty township, Mt. Liberty, Ohio, was born in Washington county, New York; June 15, 1832.  His father, Hezekiah Robertson, was born in 1805, and married Eliza Pratt, of the same State, in December, 1836.  They came to Knox county and settled on the farm on which Mr. Robertson now resides, where the father died in 1867.  His wife still survives him.  They had eleven children, nine are yet living, viz: Jesse P. the subject of this notice, is the oldest; Mary E., wife of W. R. Proper of LIberty township; Sarah M. wife of Milton Bird, of Liberty township, Ruth E., wife of Warren Bedell; Phillip E., farmer, Morrow county; Charles E., farmer, Morrow county; Frances A., wife of David Farr, of Liberty township; Caroline J., wife of Benjamin Thompson who resides in Sullivan county, Missouri; and Kate.  Two infants have died.  Mr. Robertson was reared on a farm and received a common school education.  He enlisted in company A., Ninety-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry in July, 1862, and participated in the battle of Arkansas Post, where he was slightly wounded in his right arm.  He was discharged Sept. 18, 1863, on account of physical disability, caused from sicknes.  On his return home he engaged in farming.  He married Miss Caroline A. McComb, Nov. 2, 1854.  She was born in Tompkins county, New York, 1832.  Her father, Solomon McComb, emigrated to Ohio in 1847, and now is a resident of Mt. Vernon, Ohio.  Mr. and Mrs. Robertson are the parents of eleven children, all of whom are living - Edme, born Feb. 22, 1856; Charles, Nov. 16, 1857; Caroline Adelia, born Mar. 15, 1860, wife of Edward Jackson; Phillip E. Nov. 27, 1861; W. Delos, Aug. 6, 1864; William K., July 20, 1867; Frank B., June 20, 1869; Linda J. M., May 6, 1872; Walter B., Feb. 4, 1874; Grace O., July 26, 1876; and Fred., Jan. 21, 1880.  Mr. Robertson is an estimable citizen, and is highly esteemed for his uprightness of character.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 785
  ISAAC F. ROBINSON

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 786
  JAMES RUSSELL ROBINSON

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 786
  LYMAN W. ROBINSON

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 785
  SOLOMON ROBINSON

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 785
  WILLIAM ROBINSON

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 785
  JAMES ROCK

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 786
  EDWARD ROGERS, meat market, Vine street, Mt. Vernon.  Mr. Rogers was born in Weston, Warwickshire, England, Feb. 22, 1829, where he resided until he was twenty-eight years of age, during which time he was engaged in farming.  In 1854 he came to this country and located in Mt. Vernon, and engaged in the baking business in partnership with his brother James, working under the firm name of J. & E Rogers.  This firm continued for two years, when Edward went to Gambier and continued in the same business, meeting with good success during the thirteen years.  He then adopted the butchering business, in which he continued for four years.  In 1874, Mr. Rogers came back to Mt. Vernon, and engaged in Butchering which he still continues.  He does the most extensive business in this line in the city.  His sales amount to about two thousand dollars per month, or twenty-five thousand dollars per year.  He slaughters about two hundred and twenty-five head of cattle, seventy-five calves, seventy-five sheep and lambs, and fifty hogs per annum.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 786
  GEORGE ROGERS, Mt. Vernon, of the firm of C. & G. Cooper & Co., Mt. Vernon, was born in Licking county, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1836.  His parents came to Mt. Vernon when George was about four years of age, where he has resided ever since, with the exception of four years.
     From the age of fourteen to that of twenty he was connected with the Cooper establishment, and attended the city high school.  He read law with Messrs. Cooper & Vance, and travelled for a firm of C. and J. Cooper & Co.  He was admitted to the bar in 1861, but never practiced.
     In April, 1861, he enlisted in the second company of volunteers raised in the city, and was elected and commissioned second lieutenant of company B, Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, Colonel Lorin Andrews, called into service for three months.  At the expiration of his term of service Lieutenant Rogers came home and raised a company of one hundred and fifty men for the Twentieth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, and was commissioned captain of company B, in which position he served until Jan., 1863, when he resigned.  Shortly after his resignation the President appointed him lieutenant colonel of the Fourth regiment of the United States colored troops.  He continued in command of the regiment until the close of the war.  His regiment took part in the assault on Petersburgh.  In June, 1864, he was detailed chief mustering and dispensing officer of State of North Carolina, with headquarters at Newbern.  He took an active part in breaking up the rebel rendezvous in the State.  In the fall of 1864 he rejoined his command at Hampton Roads, where they embarked in the Fort Fisher expedition, the colonel taking a part in that affair.  For meritorious services in the field he was commissioned brevet colonel, and also brevet brigadier general.
     After the Fort Fisher expedition Colonel Rogers returned home and purchased a one-third interest in the Kokosing iron works, in connection with Charles and John Cooper.  The firm of Coopers & Rogers had charge of the Kokosing works for three years, their specialty being building mowers.  In 1869 that firm was consolidated with the firm conducting the Mt. Vernon iron works.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 786
  JAMES ROGERS, deceased, Wayne township, born in New York in 1805, married Jan. 1, 1828, to Sarah Douglass, who was born in this county, Clinton township, Feb. 9, 1809.  They had the following children, viz: Samuel, born Oct. 31, 1828; Hannah J., Aug. 24, 1830; Mary, Feb. 9, 1833; William, Oct. 7, 1835; Timothy, Oct. 30, 18__; Elizabeth, May 11, 1841; and Sarah, August 28, 1846.
     Mr. Rogers died May 18, 1879.  Mary died Aug. 7, 18__.  They resided in Fredericktown for twenty-five years.  Mr. Rogers was engaged in buying, selling, and shipping horses to the east.  He was an active and enterprising man, and had excellent business qualifications.  He left his family in good circumstances.  Mrs. Rogers is residing in Fredericktown with her daughter, Mrs. Foote.
 Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 786
  JAMES ROGERS, manufacturer and dealer, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, was born in Weston, Warwickshire, England, March __, 1831, where he resided until twenty-three yeas old and during which time he followed farming, and learned the baking business.  In 1853 he emigrated to this country and located in Mt. Vernon, where he has resided ever since.  His first business engagement here was with the firm of J. George, in the bakery in which he continued one year.  He then established a business for himself, in which he continued with good success for sixteen years.  He then moved out on his farm and devoted his attention to farming for two years, when he purchased a lot and built the Rogers' block, and engaged in the grocery business, in which he still continues.  In 1875 he engaged in the hardware business, and in 1878 he added the merchant tailoring business, and is proprietor of the Norton flouring mills, and is also managing his farm and dairy.  He has made four additions to the city known as the Rogers' Addition, Rogers' North Addition, Rogers' Eastern Addition, and Rogers' and Doyle's Addition.  He was married Jan. 21, 1855, to Miss Elizabeth Tighe, and they have had a family of seven children, only one of whom is living, William J., who is assisting his father in the hardware business.  Mr. Rogers is a man of real energy and unusual business abilities; has done much to develop the business interests of this city, and is one of its most respected citizens.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 786
  WILLIAM HARRISON ROOD

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 787
  L. & D. ROSENTHALL

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 787
  JOSEPH ROSS

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 788
  TIMOTHY ROSS

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 787
  WILLIAM ROSS

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 787
  E. S. S. ROUSE

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 788
  LEWIS ROWE

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 788
  JAMES F. ROWLAND

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 788
  ASA F. ROWLEY, hardware and metal worker, post office, Rosstown.  He was born Jan. 14, 1841, in Berlin township, Knox county.  In his fifteenth year he went to Mt. Vernon and learned the tinsmith trade with James Huntsbury.  He enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio volunteer infantry in the One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, and went to the south in 1862.  He was special messenger under General Thomas the entire time he served, except three months.  He was taken prisoner at Columbus, Kentucky, by General Morgan, and was sent to Camp Chase; and shortly afterwards was discharged.  He then reenlisted in the United States engineers, under Lieutenant Senate, of Granville, Ohio, and assigned to Captain Thomas, in company G., and then detached to General Thomas as special messenger, and there remained until 1865, when he was discharged.  In 1870 he was married to Sarah M. Weirick, and settled in Martinsburgh, Knox county, and there pursued his trade for three years, and then came to his present home.  He does very good business in tinware, stoves, hardware, etc., and is considered an excellent workman.  He has two children, Charles and Lucy  His mother lives with him, is seventy-three years old, and in very good health.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 790
  MRS. ELIZABETH ROWLEY, deceased - The deceased was born in Connecticut on the seventh of April, 1790, and was, at her death, in the ninety-first year of her age.  She came with her husband to Ohio in 1814, first settling in Muskingum county.  From thence the family removed to Knox county, locating in Miller township, and subsequently in the year 1824, they settled in Mt. Vernon.  Since her husband's death, in 1851, she has made her home with her son, Jerome.  She reared a family of six children, four of whom are still living, viz:  Horace Rowley, Jerome Rowley, Mrs. Semanthe Winne, and Mrs. E. C. Vore all of whom were at her bedside when she died.
     She was a member of the Baptist church for sixty-five years, and was a good Christian woman, respected and honored by all who enjoyed the pleasure of her acquaintance.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 789
  H. YOUNG ROWLEY, proprietor of Rowley house, South Main street, Mt. Vernon, was born in this city Dec. 26, 1848, and was educated in our excellent common schools.  He first engaged in business with his father who conducted a grocery and feed store.  In 1869 he became interested in the brewery business with James Miller, under the firm of Miller & Rowley.  Four two years the firm continued, when he bought his partner's business, and for three years more run the brewery successfully.  In 1874 Mr. Rowley took charge of the Rowley house, and has continued proprietor to the present.  The house is pleasantly located, and at this time is doing a large business.  The house contains in all four-four rooms- thirty transient, and eleven sample rooms.  On the first floor one dining hall, office and bar, and ladies' and gentlemen's parlors, etc.  Mr. Rowley has represented his ward in the city council.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 789

Issachar Rowley
Portrait
786a		 ISAACHER ROWLEY, was born in Steuben county, New York, Apr. 12, 1815, and came to Ohio in 1837, to Ruth Corbin, who was born in this county in 1811.  They had four children: Artemas C., Mellville, Theodore (deceased), and an infant (deceased).  Mrs. Ruth Rowley died Sept. 21, 1848.
     Mr. Rowley subsequently married Sarah A. Tremley.  They had three children: Eva C. (deceased), an infant (deceased), and Anna R., who married George W. Mozier.  They reside in Mt. Gilead, Morrow county.  Mrs. Sarah Rowley died May 6, 1877.
     Mr. Rowley married for his third wife Mrs. E. B. Neal, sister of his first wife.
     Mr. Rowley has resided in Fredericktown and vicinity for forty-four years, and was engaged in farming the most of the time.  He studied law and is engaged in a home practice; he is also a notary public, and has been justice of the peace in Berlin township.  He is a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has been a representative in three sessions in the grand lodge of the State of Ohio.  He was a delegate to the State convention, and voted for Salmon P. Chase for governor at the organization of the Republican party, and has since been identified with this party.
     He was appointed postmaster of Fredericktown in February, 1874, during General Grant's administration.  He was formerly a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for twenty-five years, was an official member and did much to advance the interest of the church.
SOURCE: History of Knox County, Ohio - Mt. Vernon, Ohio: A.A. Graham & Co., 1881 – Page 789
  HORACE ROWLEY, harness and saddle manufacturer, corner Main and Front streets, Mt. Vernon.  Mr. Rowley was born in Pittsford, Rutland county, Vermont, on the fourth day of September, 1809.  When he was about three years of age his parents emigrated to Ohio and settled in Miller township, this county, where they resided about ten years, and then came to Mt. Vernon.  After he came here he went into the saddle and harness trade, and served his time with William Medford & John Gregg.  He then entered into business for himself in this city, and carried on his shop for thirteen years.  He then went to Indiana and worked awhile in New Albany, and then at Germantown.  He then returned to Ohio and located in Marysville, Union county, and carried on his business there for about one year.  His next location was at Mt. Liberty, this county.  He remained in business there for five years.  In 1849 he returned to Mt. Vernon and engaged in the harness business and has continued in it ever since.
     Mr. Rowley is the pioneer saddle and harness manufacturer of this city.  He has always conducted the business himself, doing all his work, and has the satisfaction of making his trade a success, and giving the people good, honest work, which he is still prepared to do.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 788
  JEROME ROWLEY, Mt. Vernon, is a native of Knox county, born in Miller township June 23, 1816, and received such an education was he could get at the public schools of that day.  He followed farming until they came to Mt. Vernon, when he assisted his father in the hotel.., during which he married Miss Maria Watkins, a daughter of Francis Watkins, who came from Washington county, Pennsylvania, and settled in Mt. Vernon in 1812.  Shortly after his marriage he went to Clark county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming, milling, merchandizing, and the stock business.  He remained there until 1847, when he returned to Mt. Vernon, where he engaged in farming, and kept a country hotel about five miles from the city on the Columbus road, in Liberty township, where he remained until 1864, when he returned to Mt. Vernon, where he engaged in farming and kept a country hotel about five miles from the City on the Columbus road, in Liberty township, where he remained until 1864, when he was burned out, and returned to Mt. Vernon, where he has lived ever since.  He has been engaged in the flour trade for several years, but has retired from business.
     He has reared a family of five children, four of whom are living - two sons and two daughters - all of whom are married and live in Knox county.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 789
  MELVILLE B. ROWLEY, carpenter. - He was born in Fredericktown, July 18, 1844.  April 28, 1866, he was married to Amanda E. Weirick, who was born in Amity, this county, in 1847.  They have four children, namely: Irwin was born July 10, 1868; Issacher, jr., born May 4, 1871; Irene A., born Jan. 31, 1873; and Melville, jr., born Mar. 11, 1881.
     He has been and is still engaged at the carpenter trade during the summer, and in the winter engaged in stripping poultry.
     Mr. Rowley enlisted in the late war Aug. 16, 1862, a member of company G, One Hundred and Twenty-first regiment Ohio volunteer infantry.  He was in two battles and a number of skirmishes; he was injured at the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, Sept. 20, 1863; he was then sent to Cincinnati and transferred to the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth regiment, Second battalion, Invalid corps.  He was detailed with R. P. L. Baber, paymaster United States army, as clerk, and remained with him till June 28, 1865.  He was honorably discharged, and is now a pensioner of the Government.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 790
  O. P. ROWLEY, farmer, College township, son of Hiram and Betsey Rowley, was born in Miller township, this county, Feb. 1, 1821.  Hiram Rowley, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Vermont in 1794.  He married Miss Betsy Wheeler, of Vermont about 1817, who was born in 1793.  They emigrated to Ohio and located in Miller township, this county, in 1843. They settled in Monroe township, remained several years, then moved to College township where they are now residing.  Their union resulted in four children, viz: John R., Hiram, Olney G., and Noah S.  John R. served three years in the late war, enlisting in 1862, and serving until the close of the war.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 789
  O. P. ROWLEY, Fredericktown, dealer in watches, clocks, jewelry, and silverware, was born in Berlin township; served as an apprentice with W. M. Young, in Mt. Vernon, and came to Fredericktown, where he established his business in 1878.  He has an extensive trade, is a skilful mechanic, and enterprising young man, and well deserves a liberal patronage.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 790
  SAMUEL ROWLEY, was born May 11, 1787, in Rutland county, Vermont, and emigrated to Ohio in 1813, stopping one year in Muskingum county.  He came to Knox county in 1814 and located in Miller township, where he resided until 1824, when he came to Mt. Vernon and remained until 1832, when he went to Licking county and remained two years, after which he came back to Mt. Vernon, where he resided until the day of his death, Nov. 20, 1851.
     He was married to Miss E. Ward Nov. 3, 1808.  She is still living at the advanced age of ninety-one years.  She was born Apr. 7, 1790.  They reared a family of six children, four of whom are living.
     From 1824 until the day of his death Mr. Rowley was engaged in keeping hotel.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 788
  SHANNON F. ROWLEY, Milford township, farmer and justice of the peace, Milfordton post office, was born in Mt. Vernon, Jan. 24, 1839, and is the son of Jerome and Mariah Rowley, nee Wilkins.
     The subject of this sketch spent his youth from his ninth year on a farm, and has always followed farming as his occupation.  He was elected justice of the peace in 1878.  Mr. Rowley is pleasant and social in his manners, and is a good citizen.
     He married Miss Cynthia A. Smith, Sept. 9, 1862, who was born Feb. 20, 1844; she is the daughter of Preserve and Amelia Smith,  nee Knowles, natives of Litchfield county, Connecticut, who came to Milford township in 1831.  They were highly respected citizens, and died at their home, known as the Five Corners.  They had ten children: Henry A., George L., William D., L. F., Fanie M. (deceased), who was married to 'Luther Hyatt; Charles G., Emeline C., wife of John.  Milligan, of Brandon, Ohio; Sarah V., wife of Ira D. Hunt; Benjamin C., Cynthia A., wife of S. F. Rowley; and Oscar E.
     Mr. and Mrs. Rowley are the parents of three interesting children: Killian W., born Dec. 17, 1869; Frank S., June 30, 1871; Jerome, Dec. 31, 1874.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 789
  WALTER ROWLEY, Morris township, carpenter, post office, Fredericktown, was born in 1849, in Illinois.  He came to Knox county with his parents when he was an infant, and was married in 1872, to Mary Hart, who was born in Morris township in 1856.  They have three children: Freddie, born i 1873; Florence, in 1876; Addie F., in 1878.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 790
  WILLIAM ROWLEY, salesman, Fredericktown, was born in New York in 1832, emigrated to Michigan and remained for four years, then removed to Illinois, stayed there four years, then in 1840 came to Knox county, Ohio, and in 1852 went to California, remained there about fourteen years, and after returning to Ohio was married in 1876, to Miss E. F. Roberts, daughter of Richard Roberts, who was born in Knox  county, Ohio, in 1842.  Mr. Rowley is engaged with the firm of S. S. Tuttle & Co., in the saw-mail and lumber yard.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 790
  WILLIAM H. ROWLEY, Berlin township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, was born on the farm where he now resides, in 1839.  He was married in 1864, to Catharine Lloyd, who was born in Morrow county, Ohio, in 1845.  They have four children: Jennie, born in 1866; Frank, in 1867; J. T. Rowley in 1869; Sadie, in 1876.
     Mr. Rowley was a soldier in the late war, a member of company G, One Hundred and Twenty-two months.  He was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga in 1863, and was left on the battle-field.  He fell into the hands of the rebels, and was held a prisoner nine days, and then paroled.  He was honorably discharged.  He was also engaged in the battle of Perryville.  He has an Indian relic different from any inserted in the History of Richland County.  He also has the bullet which was taken out of his limb, which wounded him during the service.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 790

Amos H. Royce
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790a		 AMOS H. ROYCE

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 790
  W. H. RUCKER

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 791
  ELIAS RUMMEL, farmer, Berlin township, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Worthington township, Richland county, in 1843, and was married in 1871, to Sarah E. McIntire, who was born in Holmes county in 1849.  They have five children, viz.: Jessie M., born in 1872; A. D., 1874; James W., 1876; Herbert M., 1878, and an infant in 1880.  Mr. Rummel when a young man, went to California and remained there four years, then returned to Ohio and located in this township.  He owns a good farm.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 791
  GEORGE RUMMEL, Berlin township, farmer, post office, Shaler's Mills, was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1835.  His parents emigrated to Ohio when he was a child.  He was married in 1866 to Eliza J. Irvine, who was born in Monroe township in 1844.  They have one son - John I. - who was born Sept. 9, 1867, and one daughter, who was born Apr. 7, 1870, and died in 1871.  In 1860 Mr. Rummel went to California and returned in 1865.  He was engaged in mining.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 791
  JOHN RUMMEL

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 791
  JOHN WADHAMS RUSSELL, M. D., Mt. Vernon, was born in Canaan, Litchfield county, Connecticut, June 28, 1804.  He was the son of Stephen Russell, a man of influence and character in this time, who was repeatedly chosen to represent the people in the State legislature, and once by a unanimous vote of the district.
     The subject of this sketch first attended the district school, and then prepared for colege at Morris academy  Having advanced sufficiently he entered Hamilton college, New York, in 1821.  His health soon after failed, and he was advised by physicians to seek a residence, for a time at least, in a milder climate in some southern State.  Accordingly he went south, and obtained a situation as teacher in the academy at Red Bank, Colleton district, South Carolina.  He became warmly attached to his southern friends, and had, he says, "a noble class of pupils."  Dr. Sheridan, he says, "was not only a friend, but a father to him," and by his advice he commenced the study of medicine in 1823.
     Dr. Russell returned to Connecticut in 1824, and continued his medical studies under Dr. Alanson Abbe, of Litchfield.  Having studied and reviewed the course prescribed by office students he attended lectures in 1825 and 1826, at Yale college, and then a second  course at Berkshire Medical college in 1826.  The following winter he went to Philadelphia and became a private pupil of Dr. George McClellan, attending lectures at Jefferson Medical college, Philadelphia, where he graduated in 1827.  In April of this year he began to practice in partnership with his preceptor in Litchfield, where he continued one year, giving a course of lectures on anatomy and physiology to the medical students, and such members of the law class as wished to attend.  Although his prospects were good for gaining a practice in Litchfield nevertheless, in the spring of 1828, he removed to Sandusky City, Ohio, and in the fall of the same year settled at Mt. Vernon, where he has from that time to the present been actively engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery.  In the latter branch he has been remarkably successful, and has performed as many, if not more, capital operations than any inland surgeon in Ohio.
     Dr. Russell has frequently operated for stone, and on one occasion upon two patients the same day.  For encysted calculus he has performed the high operation with success.
     During the late war the doctor was one of the examining surgeons for admission of volunteer surgeons into the army, and was chairman of the board.
     He was president of the Mt. Vernon bank during its existence, and is now connected with the Phoenix Mining and Mineral Land company of Colorado.
     He has been solicited on several occasions to accept chairs in medical colleges in Ohio, but he has devoted his energies to private practice, which has been the favorite pursuit of his life.
     He has been a member of the medical society of Knox county and also of the Ohio State Medical society from their organization, and was president of the latter; of the American Medical association since 18161, and attended the meeting in San Francisco in 1871, and is an honorary member of the California State Medical society.
     He has been twice married; first, in the spring of 1828, to Eliza, daughter of Hon. William Beebe, of Litchfield, Connecticut.  He has two children living - Ann Eliza and William Beebe.  His second marriage was in 1872, to Ellen M. Brown, of San Francisco, California.
     His daughter, Ann Eliza, now Mrs. William C. Cooper, accompanied him to California to attend the meeting of the American Medical association in 1871.  They both enjoyed the trip, and often refer in terms of fond recollection to the many pleasant incidents of the journey, and the kindness and hospitality experienced from the profession and the citizens of California.  After the adjournment of the association they made excursions to some noted places on the Pacific coast, and stopped three days at Salt Lake City, en route.  Mrs. Ellen M. Russell died Oct. 14, 1879.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 791
  WILLIAM B. RUSSELL, Mt. Vernon, oldest son of J. W. Russell, M D., was born Feb. 23, 1829, in Mt. Vernon, where he received his preparatory education, when he entered Kenyon college, taking a partial course.  After leaving school, he accepted a position in the drug house of Buckingham & Co. In 1852 he bought a half interest in the business, and shortly after, bought Mr. Buckingham out, and has been engaged ever since in the business.  He carries one of the largest stocks of drugs in the city and keeps the only place where physicians' wants can be fully supplied.  His stock consists of a full line of pure drugs, chemicals, surgical instruments, etc.
Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 792
  JOHN RYAN

Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 792

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