BIOGRAPHIES
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Burlington Twp. -
WILLIAM DAILEY,
hotel keeper, born in Warren county, New Jersey, in 1825,
came to Urbana, Ohio, in 1835; he was married in 1852 to
Miss Sarah A. Brinnon, of Urbana Ohio. She
was born in 1823, in Virginia. They came to Homer in
1850. They have no children of their own, but have an
adopted daughter, who is married to Mr. William Green,
who is now a student in the medical college in Columbus.
Mr. Dailey enjoys all the custom of Homer, being a
man who is courteous to travellers and sets a good
table.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 –
Page 654 |
City of Newark -
M. F. DANNER, grocer, 145 Third
Street, born Oct. 23, 1850, in Fairfield County. He
was educated in the common and select schools of his native
county. In 1866 he entered as clerk of S. D.
Leonard's dry goods store, where he remained eighteen
months, after which he engaged in the book business six
months, after and then conducted the grocery business in
Basel in company with D. H. Stover, which continued
but a short time, after which he became sole proprietor and
continued as such until 1875, when he came to this city,
engaged with McCarthy & Co. as first clerk and
remained with them until 1877, when he purchased the grocery
store of J. J. Holmes, and has since conducted the
business in his present room, twenty-four by ninety feet,
which is well stocked with staple and fancy groceries,
confections, canned goods, produce, tobacco, etc.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
658 |
McKean Twp. -
ALANDER DAVID, a farmer, was born Nov.
15, 1798, in Pennsylvania; he was left an orphan in 1800;
was brought to this county in 1802 by Nathan Preston,
who reared him from childhood. He was married Dec. 29,
1823, to Elizabeth Boyd of this county, who was born
Apr. 17, 1802, she came to this county with her parents in
1812. They had four children: Hiram, born Apr.
8, 1824; John B., born Mar. 1, 1827; died in 1855,
aged twenty-eight years; Mary Ann, born Jan. 2, 1831;
was married Apr. 21, 1859, to Edward Simson of this
county. Results of this marriage, two children: the
first, an infant child with no name; William A., born
June, 1861, is single and lives with his mother.
David Alander died Aug. 2, 1826. He was a
member of the Christian Church at Chatham.
Elizabeth, his wife, died May 3, 1872, aged seventy-two
years; she was a member of the same church.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
615 |
City of Newark -
MRS. ELIZA MATHIOT DAVIDSON - The subject of this
sketch was a native of Maryland, born near Ellicott's mills
in that State, about the beginning of the year 1791.
Her father was descended from an old Huguenot family, and
her mother was a Quakeress. During her childhood her
father removed to Connellsville, Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, where, in May, 1816, she was married to
Colonel Robert Davidson, of Newark, Ohio, to which place
she at once removed. Mrs. Davison was an
intelligent and estimable lady, and a model pioneer woman,
who was largely influential in giving to the society of the
then village of Newark an improved and more elevated tone.
She was one of the original members of Trinity Episcopal
church, organized in 1826, and was the last survivor of that
little band. She always maintained a consistent,
Christian character, and impressed herself favorably upon
those who came within range of her influence.
Mrs. Davidson died in Dayton, Ohio, at the residence of
one of her daughters, Apr. 27, 1874, in the eighty-fourth
year of her age.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
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City of Newark -
COLONEL ROBERT DAVIDSON, was one of the early
pioneers of Licking county, and a prominent business man of
Newark for forty years or more. He was a native of
Adams county, Pennsylvania, where he was born in March,
1777. In 1780 his father removed to Washington county,
in the same State, and located near the Ohio river. He
was educated at Marietta, Ohio. In 1809 Robert
Davidson married, but his wife died in a few months.
The next year he settled in Newark, where he established
himself in business. In the early summer of 1812 he
volunteered for one year in Captain John Spencer's company
of riflemen, and was elected first lieutenant. This
company was attached to the Third Ohio regiment, commanded
by Colonel Lewis Cass, and was included in the
surrender of General Hull at Detroit.
Lieutenant Davidson saw some hard service, and endured
severe illness before the expiration of his year's service,
being on the sick list at Fort McArthur many weeks.
Just before the termination of his enlistment he marched to
the relief of Fort Meigs. In 1816 Colonel Davidson
intermarried with Eliza Mathiot, of Connellsville,
Pennsylvania, with whom he lived until his death, in 1858,
in the eighty-first year of his age, she and a number of
children surviving him. He was a patriotic,
public-spirited, useful enterprising man, a good citizen and
exemplary as a husband and father, and as a member of the
Episcopal church. Few of our pioneers were more
intelligent, or had pursued a more thorough course of
reading.
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Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
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Hartford Twp. -
G. W. DAVIDSON,
farmer, was born in 1849, in Knox county, and came to this
county in 1851, with his father's family, where he has
resided ever since. He was married to Miss E.
Graham, of Licking county, in 1869. They are the
parents of two children, aged respectively two and eight
years. He has a fine farm of one hundred and
forty-seven acres, and is an enterprising and highly
respected young farmer.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 –
Page 655 |
City of Newark -
SAMUEL DAVIDSON, barber, was born in
Newport, Indiana, in March, 1854. At the age of twelve
years he learned the barber trade in Hillsborough, Illinois,
with his brother-in-law, E. Outland. He stayed
there some two years, then went to Lichfield,. He
stayed at this place only a short period of time, then went
to Alton, stayed there with his brother about five months,
afterwards went to Terre Haute, and from this place to
Cambridge, Indiana; then to Piqua, Ohio, and from there to
Troy. In 1876 he went on a steamboat on the Ohio river
from Cincinnati to Wheeling remained about one year;
after this went back to his own trade - barber. He
moved to Newark, Ohio, Apr. 14, 1880. He is master of
his trade. When the war broke out he was living with
his father, Rev. William Davidson, of the Methodist
Episcopal church. On account of Union principles his
father was taken prisoner and kept five months. He
died after the war closed from above effects. The
subject of this sketch was driven from home on the same
account.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
660 |
Madison Twp. -
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, farmer, was born in
Muskingum county, Feb. 8, 1817; moved to Hanover, Licking
county, when one year old; he is the son of Richard
Davidson, deceased; he was married to Priscilla Vail
of Meigs county, Ohio. He is the oldest of the family
of Mr. Vail; they were the parents of four children
living: William _., Patience e., Andrew O., Eliza
C., living; Thankful M. died Sept. 15, 1861;
Sarah M. died Feb. 18, 1872. Mrs. Davidson
was born July 17, 1818. Master J. W. Con was
born Feb. 5, 1872; he is the grandson of Mr. Davidson,
and has been living with him ever since he was five years
old.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
657 |
City of Newark -
J. R. DAVIES, attorney, east side
Lansing house, was born Feb. 15, 1845, in Granville, son of
David A. Davies, a native of Wales, and came to
America in 1840. J. R. Davies was raised in his
native village and received an elementary education in its
public schools, and was graduated at Denison university in
1869, and in 1871 received the degree of LL. B. in the law
department of Michigan university, and was admitted to
practice in the same year, and has continued his profession
to the present time. Attorney Davies was
married to Miss Clara Crabbe, of Bucyrus, Ohio.
They have had four children - Charles D., deceased,
Elizabeth Rose, Clara Anne, and William A.
Mrs. Davies deceased Feb. 25, 1880.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
660 |
City of Newark -
THOMAS J. DAVIES, was born Feb. 2,
1838, in Wales. He is a blacksmith by trade,
commencing at the business as an apprentice in 1855, and
served as such until 1861, when he began working at the
business as journeyman. In 1862 he emigrated to
America and located in Venango county, Pennsylvania, where
he continued his trade about four years. Then, after
working in different localities, he came to Newark in 1868
and engaged as blacksmith in the rolling mills (he being a
stockholder in the establishment), where he remained during
the time the mills were in operation. In 1874, he
erected his present carriage, wagon and blacksmith shops in
Flory's second addition to Newark, at West Main street, near
the Raccoon creek bridge, where he manufactures all kinds of
buggies, carriages, spring and farm wagons, and also gives
special attention to repairing of all kinds and
horse-shoeing; all work warranted to give satisfaction.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
660 |
Granville -
DAVID. E. DAVIS, tailor, was born in
Wales June 6, 1815. He is a tailor by trade, and has
made tailoring his principal vocation through life. In
1831 he emigrated to America, and located in New York, where
he worked at his trade about three years. In 1834 he
commenced travelling and working at his trade as journeyman,
in different towns, for one year. In 1835 he came to
Ohio and lived in Newark about eight months. In the
spring of 1836, he came to Granville township, and located
in the Welsh Hills settlement, in the northeast corner of
the township. Oct. 22, 1836, he married Miss
Isabella, daughter of Deacon Wales Feb. 29, 1812,
and migrated to this county with her parents in 1820.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis settled in Granville
township, where he engaged in carrying on a tailor shop,
which business he has since been conducting, and is better
known in the neighborhood by tailor Davis than by his
right name. In 1847 he purchased an d moved on the
farm in the northeastern part of Granville township, where
he now resides, and has since that time been carrying on the
business of farming in connection with his trade. His
companion deceased Jan. 22, 1877. They reared a family
of four children: Hannah, Ariadna, William H.
and Samuel A. All are yet living, married, and
have families. His son, Samuel A., served about
two and one-half years in the late war, in the Sixth Ohio
sharp-shooters, and returned home at the __se of the war.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
654 |
City of Newark -
ELI DAVIS, born
May 7, 1847, on the Atlantic ocean during the emigration of
his parents to America. His parents remained in
America but a short time, when they returned to England.
Mr. Davis, after travelling about for the
greater part of his life, settled in Newark, where he has
been engaged in the Baltimore & Ohio railroad shops.
Mr. Davis was married to Celena Bent, of
Birmingham, England, June, 1876. Mrs. Bent was
born April 25, 1847. They have two children, Emile,
born March 4, 1873; Ada, born Sept. 3, 1877.
Source:
1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 –
Page 660 |
St. Albans Twp. -
JOHN DAVIS, farmer and stock dealer,
was born Mar. 10, 1843, on the banks of Moot's run, St.
Albans township. At the age of fifteen years he began
to purchase stock on commission, at which he continued eight
or ten years, when he began to branch out for himself, and
in connection with farming has continued in the stock
business up to the present time. He has grown during
the past three years over four thousand bushels of wheat.
John G. and Martha Davis, parents of the subject of
this sketch, were born in Pennrokeshire, South Wales.
The former in 1807, the latter Jan. 21, 1815. They
were married June, 1837; emigrated to Ohio in 1838, where
they purchased eighty-five acres of land, remaining on it
about thirty-three years. Mr. Davis, sr., died
April, 1843. She was the father of three children,
David W., Elizabeth, and John.
David W. died April, 1867, in his thirtieth year.
The only daughter married Thomas Edwards, and resides
in Harrison township. Mrs. Davis is one of the
thrifty matrons of St. Albans township, and recollects
incidents and dates quite accurately. John Davis,
jr., purchased the old Davis farm, containing
about ninety acres of land, half a mile east of Alexandria,
on which there are Indian trails, mounds, and various
remains of the past. The subject of this sketch took a
child, Nolla Williams, eight years of age, brought
him up, and gave him a good education. He read
medicine and attended one course of lectures at Cincinnati,
and now has a ward at the Insane retreat at Columbus.
About 1876 Mr. Davis purchased twenty-five acres of
land, on which the frame of the Vale's ill stands at
present.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
662 |
Burlington Twp. -
SARAH DAVIS. - Mrs. Davis was a
daughter of Captain Elias Hughes, Licking's pioneer
settler of 1798, and was one of his twelve children who then
composed his family. She was born in western Virginia
in 1790, and died in Burlington township Dec. 12, 1869, in
the eightieth year of her age. Sarah Hughes
married Samuel Davis in 1808, and for some time after
that event lived in Newark, then a village of about two
hundred inhabitants. Mrs. Davis was
pre-eminently one of the pioneer women of Licking county,
having lived within its limits seventy-one years. She
had been for forty years a member of the Christian church.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
654 |
City of Newark -
THOMAS DAVIS, grocer, No. 417, West
Main street. Mr. Davis was born in Baltimore,
Maryland, Mar. 10, 1850, and received his education in the
public schools of that city. In 1863 he enlisted in
company G, Fifth Maryland volunteer infantry, but was
shortly afterward transferred to Battery B, First United
States artillery, Captain Elder's command, in which
he served until the close of the war. After his return
home he engaged in the manufacture and wholesale and retail
sale of cigars, in which business he continued until the
memorable flood of 1867, when he shared the fate of many
others, that of losing all he had. In 1872 he came to
Newark and entered the employ of W. R. Tubbs,
proprietor of the Tubb's house, with whom he remained
until 1876. And in 1878 he established his present
business, in which he occupies pleasant and commodious rooms
in Birkey's block, where he carries a large stock of
staple and fancy groceries, confectioneries, fruits,
oysters, in season; also deals in all kinds of country
produce, etc.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
660 |
Washington Twp. -
WILLIAM S. DAVIS, was born in 1818 in
McKean township; was married Jan. 26, 1850, to Mary Jane
Philipy, of this county, who was born in 1829.
Results of this marriage, three children: William
L., born in 1852, was married to Sarah Davis, of
this county; Susannah E. born in 1856, was married to
Jacob Oakleaf, of this county, and now lives in
McKean township; Mary Ellen, born in 1859, is single
and lives at home.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
663 |
Perry Twp. -
CECIL DENMAN,
farmer, post office, Hanover, was born in this county in
1826; in the year 1853 he was married to Miss O'Connor,
a native of Ohio; they had two children, Mary and
Helen; in the year 1858 his wife died, and in 1868 he
was again married to Miss Balsley. Mr. Denman
owns one hundred and thirty acres of good land in the
southern part of this township, and is surrounded by plenty
of friends; has held several offices of trust in this
township, and has been trustee and a leading member of the
Methodist Episcopal church for many years.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 –
Page 662 |
Perry Twp. -
PHILLIP R. DENMAN,
farmer, post office, Cooksey, was born in this township in
1823, and was married to Miss Susan Platt, of this
county, in 1849. They have had three children,
Frank, Leonora, and Ida; Frank and Leonora
are married. Mr. Denman owns two hundred
and forty-four and one-half acres of good land, and lives
surrounded by every comfort which a life of industry richly
entitles him to.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 –
Page 662 |
JOHN DENTY,
farmer, born in Fairfax county, Virginia, in 1807, came to
this county with his father in 1831. William
Denty died in 1850, and his wife, Elizabeth,
died in 1861. John Denty married, in 1825,
Miss Maria Barber, of Anne Arundel county,
Maryland. They were the parents of three children. Amanda,
married to William Weiant, of this county, but
now living in Kansas; Martha, married to David
Weiant, brother of William. Martha died
March 5, 1880. John W. married Miss M. Moore,
daughter of T. H. Moore, of this county.
John W. and wife are the parents of four children, three
living and one, Flora May, dead. Those living are George,
born in 1864; Warren, born in 1866, and Lavina,
born in 1872. J. W. Denty lives on the old homestead.
Source:
1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 –
Page 653
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Bennington Twp. - Page 653
SAMUEL DUFFIELD,
wagon-maker, born in this county in 1823; lived at home
until the age of eighteen, when he went to learn his trade.
Went to Iowa in 1854; lived in Iowa farming and working at
his trade six years; went to Colorado for a year and came
back to this county in 1861, has worked at his trade since
coming back. In 1845 he married Miss Matilda
Scribner, of this county. Miss Scribner
was born in 1829; she came to this county with her parents
in 1836.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 –
Page 653 |
JOHN
DOUGLASS, farmer, born
in 1822, in Morris county, New Jersey, came to this
county in 1842. He was married, in 1846, to
Miss Louisa A. Green, daughter of Robert A. Green,
of this county. She was born in 1830, in this county.
They are the parents of ten children, nine of whom are
living; one, Albert B., is dead. He died March 7,
1871. Mr. Douglass has a fine farm in this
township besides a fine town property in Utica.
Source:
1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 –
Page 653
(Transcribed by Sheryl McClure)
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City of Newark -
GEORGE DOWNS, was born
March 30, 1820, Cincinnati. His father died when
George was but six months old, leaving a widow and four
children. When Mr. Downs was three years old,
he was bound out to a Mr. Baker, of Butler
county, remaining with hi and assisting in the general farm
work until he was seventeen years of age, when he removed to
southern Indiana, remaining about two years, when he
returned to the place of his birth, and after a short time
came to Licking county. About the beginning of the Mexican
war, Mr. Downs volunteered under the command of G.
W. Morgan, Second Ohio volunteer infantry. Mr.
Downs served the general as the first waiter for some
time, after which he was discharged June, 1847. After the
war closed Mr. Downs went to Illinois for a
short time, then to Cincinnati, then to Dayton, remaining
there about three years, and after moving about for three
years more he returned to Licking County, August 15, 1854.
He was married February 26, 1857, to Mary Coffman, of
Newark.
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Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
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City of Newark -
JOHN W.
DRONE, carriage, wagon and
sign painter, Newark, Ohio. Mr. Drone was born in
Muskingum county, Ohio, August 30, 1835. At the age of
eighteen years, in March 1853, he commenced at his trade,
that of a painter, in Muskingum county; remained until 1856,
when he moved to Zanesville, where he continued at his
business until 1864; he then moved to Newark, where he has
since been residing, and doing all kinds of work in his line
of business, such as carriage, wagon and sign painting. At
present he occupies the paint rooms at Jones and
Sons' wagon and carriage shops, located on Church
street, where he is carrying on his business. On the fourth
day of September, 1856, he married Miss Nancy J. Moore,
of Muskingum county, daughter of John W. Moore. They
have a family of five children, three sons and a daughter.
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Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – 662 -
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City of Newark -
DANIEL B. DRY, manufacturer
of boots and shoes. He was born in Westmoreland county,
Pennsylvania, August 12, 1851, and came to Newark with his
father's family in 1872. His father, Daniel Dry, died
in 1870, leaving him with the care of his mother, who is now
fifty-seven years of age.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
662 -Transcribed by Sheryl McClure) |
Liberty Twp. -
DAVID DUKE, carpenter and farmer, was
born May 27, 1797, in Brooke county, Virginia, where he
remained until he was about six years of age. His
parents, John and Catharine Duke, emigrated to Ohio
in 1803, locating on the Tuscarawas river, about ten miles
above Coshocton; they remained there only one year, when
they came to Licking county, where he was resided ever since
1804. He married Martha Larue, Jan. 18, 1821,
and had three children. The only living child by the
first marriage, Harvey L., was born May 27, 1823.
Martha Duke died Apr. 20, 1825. David
married, for his second wife, Sarah Conard, Mar. 1,
1827; she was born in Knox county, Ohio, Dec. 24, 1805, and
died Sept. 20, 1877. They had nine children, eight of
whom are living: Salathiel A., born Jan. 14, 1828;
John Crawford, born May 3, 1830; Nathan W., born
Dec. 11, 1832; Jonah Boman, born Aug. 15, 1835;
David Milton, born May 28, 1838; Sarah Elizabeth,
born Dec. 2, 1840; William Benton, born Feb. 21,
1843; Joseph Wesley was born Oct. 4, 1845 and died
Oct. 9, 1855; Lewis Cass was born May 18, 1848.
He is the only child remaining at home with his aged father.
The subject of this sketch says there were but fifteen
voters in Licking county when he first came, and he can
mention the names of most of them. He also says that
he could speak the Indian tongue as fluently as he now
speaks the English. John Duke, father of
David, now of Liberty township, was first justice of the
peace of Granville township.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
655 |
Bennington Twp. -
SALATHIEL ALLEN DUKE, of Baxter, Drew
County, Arkansas, was born in Bennington township, near
Homer, Licking county, Jan. 14, 1828. His parents were
natives of Virginia; David Duke, his father, being a
child of six years when his father, John Duke, moved
from near Wheeling Virginia, and settled near Zanesville,
Ohio. This was about 1802. His mother's maiden
name was Sarah Elizabeth Conard whose father,
Nathan Conard, was among the first settlers near Utica
about the same time. This county was then inhabited by
Indians; schools were almost unknown, and consequently the
parents of Mr. S. A. Duke received but little
education but endeavored to make up the loss by educating
their children, and were always foremost in all educational
interests in their neighborhood. In religion, his
father was Calvinistic, his mother was Quaker, but both
became Methodists. In politics his father belonged to
the Democratic party, and always went with his party.
The son, however, was independent, thought for himself, and
dates his opposition to the Democratic party from the repeal
of the Missouri compromise. When the war broke out,
Mr. Duke went to Helena, Arkansas, under authority of
General Curtis to organize a regiment of colored troops.
A delay occurring, by reason of a change of department
commanders, Mr. Duke was employed in finding homes in
St. Louis for the thousands of contrabands that were then
entering that city from the South. For this work he
neither asked nor received any compensation. In the
spring of 1863 he went to Helena, and there, under the
direction of General Prentice, began the organization
of a colored regiment. His work here was, however,
interrupted, and he accompanied Adjutant General Lorenzo
Thomas, who was then in the west for the people, down
the Mississipi river; a plan having been devised for
placing the contrabands upon rated for first successful
efforts in this direction; and was placed in charge of what
was known as the "Out-post Plantation," two miles in rear of
Goodrich's Landing, Louisiana. Prior to taking
charge of this plantation, it was through his
instrumentality that four hundred bales of cotton were taken
out of the clutches of thieves and delivered to the
Government. After disposing of the abandoned cotton on
his plantation, Mr. Duke, after paying all expenses
out oi the proceeds, was enabled to turn over to the
Government sixty thousand dollars, which would have been
lost or stolen but for his occupation of the plantation. He
also started the first colored school in that section, being
within the sound of Grant's cannon, at Vicksburgh, and was
taught by a freed-woman. When the planting season ended, he
gathered the negroes together in a fort the troops having
departed from Goodrich's Landing, where a defence could be
made in case of attack. Into this fort were collected
during the winter some five thousand contrabands with all
their possessions, to await, in the shelter of the fort,
another planting season. The small-pox broke out among
them, and Mr. Duke caused the erection of a
hospital for the patients, near the gate of the fort, which
fact probably prevented a rebel attack. In the fall of
1865, Mr. Duke settled in Arkansas, and still
continues a resident of that State. In 1868, he was
elected a member of the house, and in 1872 a member of the
senate of Arkansas, on the Republican ticket. It was at this
time that the well known trouble occurred between Baxter,
the legally elected Republican governor, and Brooks,
who contested his seat. A speck of war appeared in
Arkansas, but Grant put his heavy hand on the contending
parties, and the war was over. The Republican party
was, however, ^deposed and retired from power. Since
that time, Mr. Duke has devoted his energies
to building up his neighborhood and bettering his condition.
He now owns about three thousand acres of land, five hundred
acres of which is under cultivation, and all but sixty acres
of this has been cleared in the last ten years. In 1849,
Mr. Duke married Ruth E. Barnes, daughter
of George Barnes and grand daughter of
Charles Barnes, a pioneer of the county who
emigrated from Frederick county, Virginia, in 1811, having
rendered military service under Lord Dunmore.
Her mother was the daughter of another pioneer family named
Bacon.
Source:
1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
653 |
Liberty Twp. -
JOSEPH DULL. Mr. Dull
was born Feb. 9, 1804, in Somerset county, Pennsylvania; was
the son of John and Hannah Dull. Mar. 29, 1827,
he gave his hand in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Dumbauld
who has since blessed his fireside with nine children, and
who still shares with him the trials and joys of life.
Mrs. Dull was born Oct. 30, 1807, and is also a
native of Pennsylvania. Eight of their children are
still living, and seven of them married, having homes of
their own, and prosperous Below we give children's
names: Phebe, born Jan. 7, 1829; Christena,
born June 3, 1831; Joannah, born Aug. 1, 1833;
Uriah, born Nov. 15, 1835; Nancy, born June 17,
1838; John, born Mar. 23, 1841; Elias, born
Oct. 10, 1843. Charlotte and Lufenia
Jane, the last, having died Aug. 18, 1856, being about
eight years of age. Mr. Dull has held
from time to time some of the higher positions of trust
in his township. Is Republican in politics, and during
the late war was a staunch supporter of the Union cause.
For his known fidelity was appointed "enrolling officer: for
his own and Bennington townships. Met threatening
opposition, but braved all fearlessly, performing faithfully
his duties, and to the satisfaction of higher authorities.
He is yet vigorous for one who has passed his "three score
and ten." He still guards, with unabated vigilance,
private and public interests. In comforts and
pleasures to himself and family, he enjoys the profits from
the accumulations of toil. He enjoys the love of his
family and the high regard of a large circle of friends.
He has been a resident of this township since 1838.
Source:
1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
656 |
Franklin Twp -
ISAIAH
DUSTHIMER - Mr. Dusthimer has been a
life-long practical farmer, and is the descendant of one of
the early settlers of this county. His grandfather and
family came here from Loudoun county, Virginia, when his
father, Anthony, was a small boy, and built his log
cabin in the midst of an unbroken growth of timber.
His father united in marriage with Rebecca Hoskinson,
and Isaiah was their first child, born Oct. 29, 1818.
He was married Mar. 16, 1848, to Mary Brady, the
daughter of Levi Brady, born Sept. 1, 1792, and
Mary Brown, born June 15, 1794, a Pennsylvania by birth.
Mrs. Dusthimer was born Mar. 18, 1825. Their
children are: Elizabeth Jane, wife of
Bourbon Coe, of Hopewell township; James M., John W.,
and Harbey E. Rebecca Ellen, twin sister to
Harvey, died in infancy.
Source:
1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
654 |
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