BIOGRAPHIES Memorial Record of Licking
Co., Ohio
containing Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the
County
together with Biographies and Portraits of all the
Presidents of the United States.
CHICAGO
RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY
1894
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MRS.
MARY FITCH ABBOTT, of Granville, is a member of an
old pioneer family that settled in St. Alban's Township,
this county, in 1836. Her parents were William and
Sarah (Hanford) Fitch, both of whom were born in
Norwalk, Conn., where they were reared and married.
After marriage they removed to Rensselaer County, N. Y.,
where they removed wit their children to this state.
This family is of English origin and was founded in New
England in early Colonial times, and has furnished this
country with distinguished statesmen, soldiers and scholars.
Thomas Fitch, the great grandfather of the subject of
this notice, was one of the first Colonial Governors of
Connecticut, and her grandfather, Timothy Fitch, was
a soldier in the Revolutionary War, while some of the
descendants of the family served with distinction in the
Civil War.
Mrs. Abbott was born in
Rensselaer County, N. Y., in 1811, and received a limited
education in the district schools of her native county.
She has always had a fondness for books, and by extensive
reading became well informed. Though now in her
eighty-fourth year, she is still a pleasant and interesting
conversationalist, freely expressing her thoughts in well
chosen language. She has been twice married. In
1839 she became the wife of Orrin Bryant, a native of
Massachusetts, by whom she had two children. One died
in infancy; and Charles W. passed away in August,
1886.
Charles W. received a good
education in Granville and was by profession a civil
engineer, his first work being on the Ohio Central Railroad.
After having been thus engaged a number of years he embarked
in the drug business, which he carried on until his death.
He married Miss Lorinda L., daughter of Hon. M. M.
Munson, of Granville by whom he had two children, a son
and daughter. The former, Fitch C., was a
student at the Protestant Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia,
from which he was graduated in 1894. The daughter,
Miriam Joanna, died in 1893, in her fourteenth year.
The mother of these children was graduated from the female
Seminary of Granville, after which she was graduated from
the schools of pharmacy in Ohio and Illinois. She then
spent one year in Cornell University, and is now (1894)
teaching in the Ogontz school, near Philadelphia, where
during the past four years she has distinguished herself as
an educator of rare ability and literary attainments.
Two years after the death of Orrin Bryant, which
occurred in 1868, our subject married Judge Elizur Abbott,
a native of Massachusetts, whose sketch appears elsewhere in
this work. Since his death, Oct. 4, 1878, Mrs.
Abbott has resided in her pleasant home in Granville,
where she is quietly spending her declining days in the
enjoyment of a competence and the respect of many friends.
For a period covering almost sixty years she has been a
resident of this county, and during that time she has
witnessed with interest and pleasure the steady growth and
development of its material and commercial importance.
She has witnessed the increase of its population and
prosperity, and has noted with satisfaction the fact that
its intellectual progress has kept pace with its material
growth. Now in the twilight of her life, she occupies
a warm place in the hearts of her neighbors and friends, who
wish for her many more years of happiness amid the
associations so dear to her.
Source: Memorial Record of Licking
Co., Ohio - Chicago - Record Publishing Co., 1894 - Page 159 |
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PARMILEE
COTHREAL ALLEN, M. D. To
this gentleman belongs the distinction of being, in point of
years of practice, the oldest physician in Licking County.
In 1845, fifty years ago, he settled in Hartford, where for
more than a score of years he carried on a good practice.
Thence, in 1867, he came to Utica, where he soon gained a
foremost position as a representative of the medical
fraternity. Though on account of advancing age he no
longer responds to calls, he still conducts an office
practice and maintains his reputation as a skilled and
successful practitioner.
Born in the town of Lester, Livingston County, N. Y.,
May 20, 1819, our subject is the son of Truman and Mary
(Rutherford) Allen. He is a member of a family
noted for its loyalty to our Government. His
grandfather, Parmilee Allen, and five brothers
served in the Colonial army during the Revolutionary War.
One member of the family was a soldier in the British army,
and after the war ended his brothers forced him to leave the
United States and change his name. He went to Nova
Scotia, and afterward spelled his name Allyng.
The father of our subject was born in Connecticut, grew
to manhood upon a farm, and in early manhood removed to
Pawlet, Vt., whence in 1811 he went to Livingston County, N.
Y., becoming one of the very first settlers in Lester
Township. Being a civil engineer and surveyor, he
assisted in surveying the Western Reserve in Ohio, and was
similarly employed in other places. His death occurred
at the age of eighty-eight. His wife, who was born in
the North of Ireland, died at the age of three score and ten
years.
In the family of Truman Allen there were
six children, of whom five attained mature years. Electa,
who married Henry Blanchard, died in Oakland
County, Mich., at the age of seventy-one; Johnson W.,
a physician by profession, died in Elkhart, Ind., aged
seventy-one; William R., a farmer, died in Livingston
County, N. Y., when sixty-three; Salinda, who married
Alonzo Hart, resides in Michigan. The
next to the youngest in the family is Parmilee C.,
who received an academic education at Warsaw and Geneva, N.
Y. Afterward he read medicine under the tutelage of
Dr. Daniel Bissel, of Geneseo, N. Y.
Coming to Ohio in 1841, our subject for three years
read medicine with his brother at Fredericktown, Knox
County. In 1845 he was graduated from the medical
college at Geneva, N. Y., after which he at once opened an
office at Hartford. As a physician he is skilled in
the diagnosis of difficult cases and equally fortunate and
successful in their treatment. During the late war he
enlisted in the United States service in 1864, becoming
assistant surgeon in Hospital No. 8, at Louisville, Ky.,
after which he was surgeon of the Twentieth Ohio Battery.
Later he was in the hospital at Chattanooga until September,
1865, when he was discharged.
In 1847, Dr. Allen married Elizabeth,
daughter of Richard and Anna (Johnson) Allen, and a
native of Washington County, N. Y. They have had one
daughter, Mary Ann, who married and died in 1884,
leaving a daughter, Georgia A., now making her home
with her grandfather. Politically, the Doctor is
loyal in his allegiance to the Republican party, but has
never sought nor desired public office, preferring to
devote his attention exclusively to professional duties.
Source: Memorial Record of
Licking Co., Ohio - Chicago - Record Publishing Co., 1894 -
Page 243 |
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HERBERT
ATHERTON. All the nearest and dearest
associations of a lifetime are for Mr. Atherton
connected with the town of Newark, and the family which he
represents has long been identified with the history of
Licking County. As early as 1820 his grandfather,
John Atherton, came from Chambersburg, Pa., to Newark,
Ohio, where he occupied a house on East Main Street.
His trade was that of a chair maker, but instead of
following that occupation he purchased land in Newark
Township and engaged in general farming. At the age of
eighty-two he passed away, leaving three sons, viz.:
Augustus, father of our subject; Walgrave, a
resident of Green County, Wis.; and Hon. Gibson Atherton,
Member of Congress from his district.
Born in Licking County in 1824, Augustus Atherton
grew to manhood in Newark Township, alternating attendance
at the common schools with work on the home farm. His
chosen occupation throughout life was that of a farmer,
although he also officiated as a local preacher in the
Christian Union Church, a branch of the Methodist Episcopal
denomination during the war. Politically he was a
stanch Democrat. His death occurred in 1889, at the
age of sixty-five years. His widow, who now makes her
home with our subject, was born in Vermont and bore the
maiden name of Cynthia Taft. Her father,
Phineas Taft, was born in Scotland, whence he emigrated
to Vermont and later came to Licking County, where she
married Mr. Atherton at Newark. She is a
sincere Christian and a faithful member of the
Congregational Church.
The children comprising the parental family were seven
in number, namely: Herbert, of this sketch; Lee
a farmer of Delaware County; Alice, who married
Felix Blizzard and died in Licking County; Wallace,
who was killed at Bement, Ill., when in the employ of the
Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railroad; Gibson
a miner in British Columbia; Warren, a blacksmith
residing in Union County, Ohio; and John of Newark.
The subject of this sketch was born in Madison Township Aug.
9, 1846, and was educated in the public schools. He
followed farm pursuits until 1885, since which time he has
been engaged in the real-estate business at Newark.
For two years he carried on the coal business in this city.
Politically a Democrat, Mr. Atherton is serving
his second term as Commissioner of Licking County. He
is a Director of the Newark Savings Bank, a stockholder and
Director of the Homestead Building & Loan Association, a
Director of the Baltimore Bent Work's Company, of Newark,
and a Director of the Newark & Granville Electric Railroad.
He owns the residence in which he lives, also owns and
manages a farm consisting of one hundred and fifty-four
acres in Madison Township, and manages his mother's farm.
He recently platted an addition to the city, on which he
erected eight houses, and of these he still owns four.
Nov. 17, 1870, Mr. Atherton married Miss
Catherine Shaw who was born in Madison Township, this
county, and is a daughter of William Shaw. Two
children bless the union, William and Augustus.
The social connections of Mr. Atherton are with the
Knights of Pythias, in which organization he is prominent.
As a citizen he is progressive and gives his support to all
public spirited measures.
Source: Memorial Record of Licking Co., Ohio - Chicago
- Record Publishing Co., 1894 - Page 158 |
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