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Source:
The
Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio
To Which is Added an Elaborate Compendium of National Biography
Illustrated
Publ. Chicago : The Lewis Publishing Company
1902
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MICHAEL KAYLOR
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 117 |
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WILSON S. KERR.
One of the leading representatives of
agricultural and commercial interests in
Frederickstown and Knox county is Wilson
S. Kerr. "Through struggles to success"
is the epitome of his business record.
He is possessed of marked determination and
unfaltering purpose and has steadily
advanced, brooking no obstacles that could
be overcome by unfaltering industry and
capable
management. He has spent his entire
life in this county, his birth occurring in
Pleasant township on the 11th of May, 1839.
His father, BENJAMIN KERR, who
was a farmer of Pleasant township, was born
on the west bank of the Scioto river in what
is now Franklin county, Ohio, Apr. 14, 1800.
In 1803 he was brought by his parents to
Knox county, Ohio, a location being made in
Fredericktown, where he remained with his
parents until 1827, when he assisted in the
erection of a mill, now gone to decay,
known as the Kerr or Miller
mill. In about 1826 he sank the first
well in Gambier, on the public square, for
Bishop Chase. On the
30th of October, 1827, Mr. Kerr
married Rosa Elliott, a
daughter of William and Elizabeth (Eaton)
Elliott, who came to Knox county in
1806. This union resulted in the birth
of seven children: Sarah A., John B.,
William E., Eliza J., Chambers, Wilson S.
and Rose E. After his marriage
Mr. Kerr settled on a homestead
farm in Pleasant township and remained there
until 1838, when he sold the mill property
and bought a farm in the same township, and
for four score years milling and farming was
his principal vocation. He was truly a
remarkable man, upright and honest, and in
all his dealings he proved to the world he
was in all respects a true man.
In the district schools Mr. Kerr, of this
review, pursued his education until twenty
years of age, and in the meantime had become
familiar with all departments of farm work,
being employed in the fields on his father's
farm through the periods of vacation.
The occupation to which he was reared he has
made his life work, and to-day he is the
owner of one hundred and eighty-five acres
of valuable land, which is rich and arable
and under a high state of cultivation.
He carries on general farming and in return
for his care and cultivation the well tilled
fields yield to him rich harvests. His
methods are modem and progressive and
everything about his place indicates his
careful supervision. In addition to
farming he is interested in the business of
the exportation of hard wood lumber and
logs, to which much of his attention has
been devoted for twenty years. His
trade has reached creditable proportions and
thereby materially increases his general
income.
On the 27th of January, 1877, Mr. Kerr
was united in marriage to Miss Hattie
Coggins, a daughter of Jonathan and
Louisa (Marquind) Coggins, by whom he
had two children: Sarah, who married
Royal Bartlett, and Hattie,
the wife of Elcer Sliger. The
mother died in 1882 and Mr. Kerr was
again married, his second union being with
Miss Hattie Hogle, a daughter of
Langdon and Amanda (Disney) Hogle.
Four children grace this union: Bunyan,
Helen, Hazel and Dewitt, all of
whom are still under the parental roof.
Many years ago Mr. Kerr became a member
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
being initiated into Mount Vernon Lodge, but
later he transferred his membership to
Fredericktown Lodge, with which he is now
connected. He exercises his right of
franchise in support of the men and measures
of the Democracy, and in 1900 he was elected
trustee of Morris township, in which
capacity he is now serving. He is one
of the best-known men of his community and
enjoys the unqualified regard of his fellow
citizens. He is straightforward and
reliable in business, faithful in public
office and meets his fraternal obligations
with conscientious earnestness.
Industry is the foundation upon which he has
secured a success which now classes him
among the substantial citizens of this
portion of Knox county.
Source: The
Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 - Page 136 |
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LAWRENCE KING.
"We build the ladder by which we rise" is a
truth which is certainly applicable to
Lawrence King. He is a type
of the progressive spirit of the age, a
spirit which has given America pre-eminence
along its various business lines; and the
undaunted enterprise, indomitable
perseverance and resolute purpose which have
characterized him have been the means of
raising him to his present high position.
Mr. King is a native of the far-off
country of Germany, his birth having there
occurred in Baden, on the 15th of August,
1821. He was reared and educated in
his native land until his thirteenth year,
when he accompanied his sister Tarecia
on the long voyage across the Atlantic to
the United States, locating in the state of
New York, and for a time after his arrival
in this country our subject worked at any
honorable occupation which would yield him a
living. After two years' residence in
the Empire state he made his way to Ohio,
where he found employment on the
construction of the road from Rochester to
Roscoe, and for a time thereafter he was
engaged in agricultural pursuits near the
city of Cincinnati. His next place of
residence was in Holmes county, this state,
where he purchased and impoved
improved a
farm, but eight years later he sold that
place and removed to Harrison township, Knox
county, where he was engaged in farming
until 1884, the year of his arrival in
Howard township. Since his residence
in this township he has made his home on one
farm, which consists of one hundred and
eighteen acres, and in addition he also owns
a tract of one hundred acres in Harrison
township and one hundred and forty-seven and
a half acres in Howard township, the latter
being operated by his son. Thus his
landed possessions now consist of three
hundred and sixty-five acres, and he is
regarded as one of the leading and
representative farmers of Knox county.
In addition to the raising of the cereals
best adapted to this soil and climate he has
also made a specialty of the breeding of
fine horses, in which branch of his business
he is meeting with an equally high degree of
success. Mr. King has not only
worked his own way through life and secured
for himself a desirable competence, but he
has also purchased a farm in Holmes county,
this state, for his sister.
In Holmes county, in 1848, was celebrated the marriage
of our subject and Miss Hannah Draper,
who is a native daughter of Knox county,
born on the 26th of March, 1828. Her
parents, Jacob and Mary (Derbin) Draper,
natives, respectively, of Pennsylvania and
Maryland, came from the former commonwealth
to Ohio in a very early day, locating in
Union township, having been among the first
families to locate there. They were
the parents of eight children, of whom
Mrs. King was the youngest in
order of birth. The father had been
previously married, and by the first union
there were also born eight children.
The union of Mr. and Mrs.
King has been blessed with seven
children, all of whom were born in Knox
county, namely: Mary, the wife of
Absalom Buckingham, of Mount Vernon;
Albert, at home; Lillie F., wife
of Clem Sapp, a prominent
farmer of Howard township; Julius,
who married Ollie Durbin and is
engaged in farming in Harrison township;
Thomas, who married Agnes
Eckenrode and is a stock buyer and
shipper in Howard; Alice, who is
unmarried and makes her home in Columbus;
and Clem, who married Tina
Smithhisler and makes his home at Akron,
Ohio. Mr. King is a
prominent member of St. Luke's Catholic
church at Danville, and has assisted
materially in the erection and maintenance
of the church, the edifice having been built
at a cost of thirty-two thousand dollars.
He also donated two altars for that church,
each costing three hundred dollars. In
political matters the Democracy receives his
hearty support and co-operation, and he is
always loyal in his support of all measures
calculated to benefit the community or the
general public.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 301 |
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DeSAULT B. KIRK
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 29 |
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ROBERT C. KIRK
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 27 |
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ALBERT S. KIRKPATRICK
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 252 |
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ROBERT A. KNOX.
Among the most competent and successful
educators of central Ohio is Robert A.
Knox, who for a number of years has been
an active representative of the schools of
Fredericktown. He was born in Holmes
county, Ohio, Dec. 10, 1856, and is a son of
Christian and Elizabeth (Jarvis) Knox.
On the paternal side he is of Scotch and
Spanish descent. His grandparents.
John and Mary (Bitner) Knox, were
both natives of Center, county,
Pennsylvania, whence they removed to Holmes
county, Ohio, at an early day the former
bringing with him seventy-five dollars with
which he purchased eighty acres of land.
Locating thereon he devoted his remaining
days to its cultivation, making additional
purchases until he was the owner of eight
hundred acres of land, he and his wife
winning for themselves a place among the
representative pioneers of the community.
Their son, Christian Knox, was born
in Holmes county, in February, 1829, and
there grew to manhood, assisting in the
cultivation of the fields from a youthful
age. In 1853 he was married to Miss
Elizabeth Jarvis, a daughter
of John Jarvis and a
granddaughter of John Jarvis. The
latter was of English descent and fought for
the cause of liberty in the Revolutionary
war, while the former defended his country's
rights in the War of 1812. He was a
native of Virginia and was a farmer by
occupation.
Mr. and Mrs. Knox resided in Holmes county until
1865, when they came to this county,
settling upon a farm of one hundred and
eighty acres in Morris township. As
his financial resources increased he added
to his property until he became the owner,
of three hundred and seventy-three acres of
valuable land, but seventy-seven acres of
this now belongs to our subject. He is
an enterprising farmer whose long connection
with this department of labor has well
qualified him for successfully carrying on
this work. During the Civil war he was
a strong anti-slavery man and took an active
part in raising funds for the prosecution of
hostilities which were to result in the
establishment of the Union upon a firmer
basis than ever before. He now votes
with the Democracy and has served as trustee
of his township. He belongs to the
Christian church, and is a man of genuine
worth of character. His wife is also
living and like her husband enjoys the warm
regard of many friends. They had but
two children, Robert A., of this
review; and Martha, the wife of
Joseph Hall, of Berlin township.
Mr.
Knox of this review was surrounded by
the invigorating influence of nature in his
youth for he was reared upon the farm and
the free, untrammeled life brought to him a
vigorous physique. His preliminary
education, acquired in the district schools,
was supplemented by study in the high school
of Fredericktown and by one term's
attendance at the Ohio Wesleyan University,
at Delaware. Ohio. In 1876 he began
teaching in the district schools and was
thus engaged for ten years, when he accepted
a position as teacher in the grammar room of
the schools of Fredericktown, and has since
sensed in this capacity, his labors proving
highly satisfactory to the citizens of the
place as well as to the pupils. He is
particularly thorough in his instruction and
requires good work from his pupils,
realizing that in their school days they are
laying in habits and knowledge, the
foundation for, the success or failure of
their later lives, so that he endeavors to
equip them well for subsequent duties.
In June, 1880, he wedded Miss Effie C. Irwin, a
native of Berlin township and a daughter of
George Irwin, now deceased.
She also was a teacher for some years.
He is a member of the Christian Church, his
wife of the Presbyterian Church, and in his
political views he is a stalwart Democrat.
Their home is celebrated for its gracious
hospitality and they are welcomed into the
circles of society where worth and
intelligence are the passports.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 153 |
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