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J.
K. ABRAHAM, farmer; P. O., Bellefontaine; was
born in Jefferson Co., O., April 10, 1816; his parents
were William and Eleanor (Kincaid) Abraham - he
was born in Pennsylvania, she in Virginia; they
emigrated to Jefferson Co. in 1806, returned to
Pennsylvania in 1823, where they lived until 1842, and
remained until their death - his death occurring Sept.
12, 1860; his wife died ten years previous. Our
subject had the usual log-cabin school advantages, with
slab scats and greased paper to emit the light; June 4,
1839, was married to Rachel Bebout, who was born
in Washington Co., Penn., Aug. 19, 1814; she is the
youngest of a family of eighteen children, all of whom
were born to Benjamin and Hannah (Marlette) Bebout; he
was born Dec. 4, 1758, was a tailor by trade, and when
but a boy in his teens, was taken into the Revolutionary
war; he lived to be a centenarian; died in the year
1858; his wife was born Nov. 21, 1768, and died Feb.
1830. The old family Bible tells the following
story: Peter, born April 22, 1786; Thurman,
Aug. 16, 1788; Elizabeth, April 18, 1790;
Jacob, March 10, 1792; Abraham, July 5, 1794;
John, April 6, 1796; Benjamin, May 10,
1797; Mary, June 10, 1798; Rizpah, July
22, 1799; Samuel, Oct. 8, 1800; Israel,
July 3, 1802; Sarah, Nov. 30, 1803; Hannah,
Sept. 22, 1806; Freeman, Oct. 10, 1807;
William, Oct. 4, 1809; Isad, Sept. 18, 1810;
Nancy, Nov. 7, 1812; Rachel, Aug. 19,
1814. This venerable couple were married Dec. 7,
1784, and, as related by Mrs. Abraham, the
family were never all together at one time.
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham were married in Washington
Co., Penn.; came west in 1842 to Leesburg Tp., Union
Co., this State; Sept., 1867, came to Logan Co., and has
since lived there; has five children - Hannah M.,
now Mrs. H. Bunker; William M., in Morrow Co.;
Benjamin F.; Eleanor J., Mrs. Ellis Scott, and
James M. Mr. and Mrs. Abraham are both members
of the United Presbyterian Church; he was formerly of
the Seceder Church. Mrs. Abraham has been a
member of a church since she was fourteen years of age.
Their farm consists of 160 acres of land.
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 739 |
GEORGE
D. ADAMS, farmer; P. O., Zanesfield. Born
in the State of Maine in April, 1830, son of Darwin and
Catharine (Smith) Adams. He was born in October,
1802, in Massachusetts; his wife, Catharine, was born in
New Hampshire. George was but a babe when his
parents moved into New Hampshire, where they remained a
short time, and located finally in Massachusetts.
George was the eldest of the children, and was 23 years
of age when he came west, and engaged in the saw-mill
business for three years with his uncle, Luther Smith.
In December, 1855 he was married to Ann E. Brown, who
was born July 6, 1834, in this township; daughter of
Zaccheus and Hannah Brown. In the spring of 1860,
he purchased the farm he now owns, which contains
119-3/4 acres. Has two children - John B., who was
born March, 1857 - he is now merchandising in
Massachusetts; Mary E. was born i 1862. Mr.
Adams and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
His father is a Minister of the Congregational Church,
in Massachusetts, where he and wife now reside.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 740 |
JAMES
R. ADAMS, farmer; P.
O. Big Springs (Rush Creek Twp.). The family line
of James Rose Adams takes origin in this sketch
with Robert Adams, a native born Englishman, who,
at an early day, came to the United States, and died in
Pennsylvania. His son, James Adams, married
Mary Rose, daughter of Edward Rose, of
Bedford Co., Pa., and was born in 1791; his son,
James Rose Adams, was born in Napier Tp., Bedford
Co., on the 6th day of May, 1812. His father,
before he had attained his second year, was brought by
his mother's father, Edward Rose, to Perry Co.,
Ohio, in 1816, they moving into a cabin prepared with
port-holes, by means of which they defended themselves
against the attacks of Indians. At the age of 12,
his grandmother dying, he went to live with his uncle,
Joseph Ferguson, with whom he remained four
years, at which time he was apprenticed to the
blacksmith trade under John Guysinger.
After the expiration of his apprenticeship, he returned
to Pennsylvania, and sold his interest in his father's
estate, after which transaction he returned to Ohio
via Pittsburg, Wheeling and Cincinnati by steamer,
thence on foot to Dayton, and from there to Perry Co.
In 1833, another motive influenced him, and he came to
Logan Co., and ten days after his arrival married
Mary Myers, daughter of Solomon Myers.
She was born March 8, 1811. His family are -
Harrison Adams, born July 27, 1834, was in Co. I,
13th O. V. I., was in twenty-five battles, and in
Libby Prison four months; Sarah Jane,
May 14, 1836; Nancy Ann, Jan. 17, 1838; Mary
Elizabeth, June 26, 1841; Clemensa, Aug. 2,
1843; died Oct. 10, 1844; James Madison, born
Feb. 4, 1846; Amanda Etta, Dec. 22, 1848;
Ella, Jan. 3, 1850, died Nov. 22, 1870. On the
31st day of July, 1877, Mary, his wife, died.
On the 26th day of June, 1878, he married again, his
wife in this instance being Mary Jane Rosebrough,
Joseph Rosebrough's widow. As before stated,
he is a blacksmith by trade, and has followed the
business at different periods through life. For
eight years he was engaged in the walnut lumber trade,
and averaged forty car-loads per annum, which he sent to
the New York market. He has also followed farming
in connection with those pursuits, and all with the
unflagging zeal, and a will that overcomes. He is
a freethinker.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 682 |
CATHARINE AIKIN,
(McArthur Twp.), farmer, P. O., Northwood; was born in
April, 1825, in County Donegal, Ireland; her father,
William McKinley, was a farmer by occupation, and
there married a lady by the name of Frances Maulseed.
In 1836, with his family, which then consisted of eleven
souls, he emigrated to this country, and settled in
Adams Co., O., near Winchester. Never having
worked in the timber, and despairing of success in the
dense forest, he bought 80 acres of the best improved
land he could find. He lived on it until 1864,
when (his sons having embarked for themselves, and not
wishing to rent to strangers), he sold it and came to
Northwood where he died in 1869, and his wife in
November, 1874. Catharine was married Dec.
1, 1854, to James, son of James and Hannah
Aikin; he was born in Ireland, and in 1832, being
then 15 years old, came to this country with his
parents. They lived in Philadelphia one year and
then in Beaver Co., Pa., until 1836, when they came to
this township and bought 80 acres of land.
James supported his parents until their death, and
made all the improvements that are now to be seen on the
farm, as it was then a dense forest. He was first
married to Maria Irwin, and two children are now
living who are the fruits of that union. Mrs.
Aikin is the mother of five children - Sarah A.,
William J., Mary, Fannie J., and Davis S.;
all have attended Geneva College, the eldest graduating
in May, 1878. Mary taught school one term
and then was married to Dr. Kennedy, who is now
located at Mansfield. Mr. Aikin died July
31, 1873, and he and wife belonged to what they term the
original Covenanters.
Source: History of Logan
County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 816 |
I.
AKEY, (Lake Twp.), farmer; P. O., Bellefontaine;
was born in Washington Co., Pa., Sept. 18 1815, and is
the son of James and Sarah (McCall) Akey.
In about 1827 he, with his parents, moved to Stark Co.,
where he remained for a number of years; in 1837, Mr.
Akey first came to Logan Co., working by the day on
the farm; he was married Feb. 7, 1843, to Miss Vesta
Hubbard, of Portage Co., O., daughter of Rev.
Stephen Hubbard, a Methodist preacher for fifty
years, now living in Portage Co., O. After
marriage, Mr. Akey moved to Logan Co., and
located in Rush Creek Twp., but on account of his
health, he returned to Stark Co., where he remained
under medical treatment; for about one year; after
remaining in Stark Co. some three years, he returned to
Logan Co., and located in Jefferson, where he remained
until 1853, when he moved to his present farm in Lake
Twp., which is one of the finest and best improved fruit
farms in Logan Co. When Mr. Akey first came
here he found it but little improved; he set out, and,
by industry and good management, has brought his farm to
the highest state of cultivation.
Source: History
of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 587 |
Richland
Twp. -
DAVID ALEXANDER,
farmer; P. O., Belle Centre; is one of the prominent and
influential farmers of this township. He was born
Jan. 23, 1825, in Preble Co. His father,
John Alexander, was born in Ireland, where he
learned blacksmithing, and soon after his marriage to
Jane Creelman started for the New
World. He lived a short time in Canada, and from
there came to Preble Co., and worked at his trade and on
the farm till 1834, when he moved to Indiana, and died
there Aug. 29, 1878. When 6 years old
David went to live with his uncle,
James Wright, who had no children, and ever
after made his home with him. His uncle moved to
this county when David was 16 years
old, and settled on the farm on which he lived till his
death. His uncle gave him 100 acres of land when
of age, and at his death he became possessor of all the
real estate. He now owns 300 acres of good land,
forming one of the most valuable and attractive homes in
the township. He was married Nov. 8, 1855, to
Susannah J., daughter of Hugh
and Sarah H. Hervey; she was born April 14,
1835, in Pittsburgh, Pa., and was brought to this State
during her childhood, living most of the time in Licking
Co. Their union has been blessed with eight
children, six of whom are living - Sarah J.,
Nancy W., Martha M., Anna M., Rosanna E. and
Ellen L. The three eldest have
attended Geneva College. David
attended there when a young man, and was a member of
their first literary society. He has always been
interested in the success of the school, and was a
member of the executive board for many years. He
joined the R. P. Church in early life, and still
belongs, as do his wife and three oldest children.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 797 |
REV. JAMES EDWARD ALEXANDER,
(Rush Creek Twp.) minister, Rushsylvania. The
Alexander family is one of the illustrious families
of Virginia, who have well maintained the family name
for near a century. The name comes fragrant with
the odors of Caledonia, and Scotland is the land to
which the present living descendants of this noted line
must look for their origin. One of the most noted
of the American born of this family is Dr. Archibald
Alexander, the founder of Princeton Theological
Seminary, Princeton, N. J. Much of the fame of
this well-known institution is due to the ability of
this very able devine, and his memory still lingers in
the recollection of those who witnessed his example or
received his instructions. James Adair
Alexander was born in Washington Co., East Tenn., in
1806, and married Miss Jane Duncan, who was born
in Kentucky, but who at the time of her marriage, was a
member of one of the leading families of East Tennessee.
The descendants of James Adair and Jane Alexander
are - Joseph, Rhoda Ann, Elizabeth J., Lucinda,
Eliza, Sarah, John D., Francis Marion, Margaret Adeline,
Clarinda Clementina, James Edward, William Jefferson,
Mary Arminta, and two others, who died in infancy -
fifteen members in all. Rev. James Edward
Alexander was born June 5, 1849, in Blount (now
Loudon) Co., East Tenn. Until his 17th year
young Alexander was a farmer boy who, although he
patiently toiled, entertained a burning desire for the
acquisition of an education. The propitious time
arrived, and in his 17th year he began his course of
study at Friendsville Academy, a Quaker institution, and
after one year's attendance at this point he entered
Maryville College, East Tennessee, graduating in 1873 in
the same class with the Rev. T. T. Alexander, now
a foreign missionary; the Rev. J. J. Duncan, now
deceased; the Rev. B. F. Lee; the Rev.
Milton Matthews, and the Rev. W. F. Rogers.
In the fall of 1873 he entered Lane Theological Seminary
(Presbyterian), where he graduated after a three years'
course of the most thorough training in 1876, and
immediately after he graduated went to Rushsylvania,
Logan Co., O., as minister of the Presbyterian Church at
that place, where, after a ministry of three years, he
was installed pastor. He found the church with a
membership of fifty, which is now increased 100 per
cent. Prominent in connection with the Rev.
James E. Alexander, and coming from the same college
to Lane Seminary, are the Revs. C. A. Duncan, C. E.
Tedford, and the Rev. A. N. Carson, who is
now pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Westerville,
Franklin Co., Ohio.
Source: History of Logan
County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 613 |
JOHN H. ALEXANDER,
(Harrison Twp.) farmer; P. O., Bellefontaine; was born
in Pennsylvania, June 14, 1819; is a son of William
and Elizabeth Alexander, who were also natives of
Pennsylvania. They came to Logan Co. in 1837, and
have lived in the county ever since. Mr.
Alexander spent his youth with his parents, and
received a common school education. He was
married, Jan. 25, 1848, to Lucinda Inskeep, whose
parents were very early settlers of the county, and were
natives of Virginia. From this union there are
eleven children. Mr. Alexander purchased
the farm that he now resides upon, while heavily wooded,
and has cleared and improved it. He began business
for himself a poor man, and now is in good
circumstances. He and his wife are members of the
Presbyterian Church, and are respected members of
society.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio
- Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers,
186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 619 |
D.
B. ALLEN (Liberty Twp.), physician; West Liberty.
In all professions, and more especially the medical, we
find men of different qualifications. There are
those who claim the title of M. D. upon the fact of a
diploma having been granted them, and others who have
earned the title by years of hard, comprehensive study.
Included in the latter class is Dr. D. B. Allen,
who is a thoroughly educated gentleman in literary lore
as well as in the science of medicine. He is a
native of Union Co., this State, and was born Dec. 1,
1823. He attended school in the county until he
was 17, afterwards entering at Norwalk Seminary, where
he remained three years, making a specialty of
mathematics. He then taught school at Mt. Gilead,
Ohio, and during the time he was reading medicine with
Dr. Sapp - continuing three years - he then
attended the Willoughby College in 1845-46, and
afterwards began practicing at Millville, Delaware Co.,
where he remained one year; transferring thence to
Sunbury, in the same county, and then engaged with
Dr. Sapp until 1849, when he came to this place and
remained until 1845; he then went to Montezuma, Iowa,
and practiced there and at Winterset until 1861, at
which time he applied to the professors of College at
Keokuk for an examination, and was granted a diploma by
paying a matriculation fee; was soon commissioned
Assistant Surgeon of the First Iowa Cavalry, in which
position he remained eighteen months, and was then
commissioned surgeon of the 30th I. V. I., where he
remained until the spring of 1864, when he resigned his
commission, returned home, and soon after settled again
in West Liberty, where he has since resided, and has a
lucrative practice. He was married in 1848 to
Sarah, daughter of Wilber and Hannah (Lewis)
Caswell, by whom he has had three children, two of
whom are living - Miller S., assistant editor on
the New York Star, and Charles W. B. Dr.
Allen has been an active member of the School Board
at this place, and is now a member of the town council.
He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at this place. He is a member of the State
and County Medical Societies, and is an active
Republican.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 704 |
GEORGE
H. ALLEN (Lake Twp.) Clerk of Courts, Logan Co.;
Bellefontaine; was born in Pickaway Co., O., Sept. 6,
1846, and is the son of Harvey and Mary (Shawhan)
Allen; his mother was born in Virginia; his father
is a native of this State; he engaged in mercantile
pursuits. Geo. H. remained a resident of
his native county until 1863, where he received a good
common school education, and coming to Bellefontaine, he
received a clerkship in a hardware store, where he
remained from 1863 to 1878, during which time he became
a member of the Logan County Agricultural Society,
filling the office of Secretary of this Society for some
five years; here he came in contact with a great many
leading farmers and business men of Logan Co., and in
1877 his friends placed his name before the people of
the county for the office of Clerk of Courts of Logan
Co.; he received the nomination by a vote of 1,473, and
elected to the office by a majority of 977 votes, being
248 votes over the regular ticket. Mr. Allen
is a Republican; he is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church; he has been faithful to the office of
Clerk of Logan Co., proving himself a gentleman of
acknowledged ability.
Source: History of Logan
County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 587 |
WALTON
ALLEN, farmer; P. O. Zanesfield. The
Allen family, of whom there is a large number in the
United States, have all descended from four brothers who
came from England prior to the Revolution, and settled
in the New England States. His great-grandfather
Walton, among others of his time who belonged to
the Society of "Friends" or Quakers, was very much
opposed to going to war, and upon being pressed into the
Revolutionary war he refused to go, and was struck with
a sword over the back with such force as to inflict a
wound that afterwards caused his death. Walton,
our subject, was born Dec. 13, 1825, in Belmont county,
this State, son of Moses and Jane Polk Allen.
He was born about 1795 in Shenandoah county, Va., and
emigrated to Belmont county in 1808. In 1826
Walton removed with his parents to Monroe Co., where
they lived fourteen years, then went to Jay Co., Ind.,
where they lived until their death. Moses
died in 1855; his wife Jane lived until 1873.
After four years residence in Indiana, with his parents
he came to this county, and the following year was
married to Harriet Brown, who was born Sept. 16,
1821, in Zanesfield, Oh. She is a daughter of
Horton Brown, who was born in North Carolina, in
1876, and married Margaret Bates in 1819 (mother
of Mrs. Allen). She was born York Co.,
Penn., in 1798. After their marriage came to Logan
Co., and settled in Zanesfield and engaged in the
cabinet business, being the first of the kind in the
place. She remained in the place until 1835, and
went to the country with her parents. Her father
died in 1855, in October; her mother in February, 1871.
May 25, 1845, she was married to Mr. Allen, and,
with the exception of one year's residence in Indiana,
they have lived in this township, farming having been
the business of Mr. Allen's life. Two
children have been born to them, which are Caroline,
now Mr.s Enoch Taylor, of Preble Co., O., born in
1851 and Ida A. born 1860, now Mrs. William
Russell, of this township. Mr. and Mrs.
Allen are members of the Society of Friends.
Her father was for many years a minister of that body.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 740 |
Miami Twp. -
JACOB ALLINGER, miller;
Quincy; was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, Mar. 16, 1831,
and started for America in 1846, with his father's
family, and after a voyage of thirty-five days landed in
New York in June of the same year. He came with
the family to Shelby Co., Ohio, in the following August.
He is the son of Jacob J. Allinger and Mrs.
Christena Allinger. His father purchased
a farm in Shelby Co., on which he remained until his
death, which occurred in 1878. Mrs. J. J.
Allinger was married to Miss Elizabeth
Steinmetz at Sidney, Shelby Co., Ohio, in Feb.
1854. To this family were given six children - a
fine, pleasant and industrious family. Mr.
Allinger received all of his education in
Germany, which consisted of about the same amount as
would be received at the common schools in America.
After arriving in Shelby Co. he worked with his father a
short time on the farm; then, having an opportunity to
learn milling, he improved it, and remained in a mill in
Shelby Co. until he purchased the mill property in
Quincy, in 1871. As a miller Mr. Allinger
has been a success; he has worked very hard, and today
we can see the fruits of his labors in a fine farm and
comfortable buildings; a well-patronized mill, and
everything to make himself and family comfortable.
He is a man respected by his neighbors, and an earnest
worker in the interests of the neighborhood in which he
resides.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio
- Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers,
186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 773 |
SAMUEL E.
ALLMON (Lake Twp.), postmaster; Bellefontaine;
was born in Portage Co., Ohio, Jan. 14, 1837, and is the
son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Ellison) Allmon; the
mother was born in Virginia, and the father in Ohio, his
people being early settlers of Stark Co., O. Our
subject from his native county moved to Stark County,
from thence to Logan, and first located at East Liberty,
where he was engaged in the manufacturing business; in
1861 he moved to Bellefontaine, and in 1862 enlisted as
private in Co. C, 45th O. V. I., and was soon after made
Sergeant-Major, then Adjutant, serving until the
expiration of his time, and participating in all battles
and marches with the regiment from 1862 to 1865; at the
close of the war Mr. Allmon returned home
to Bellefontaine, and was engaged in traveling for the
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co.; in 1876 he was appointed
postmaster of Bellefontaine under President Hayes,
which office he is now filling with entire satisfaction
of all. Mr. Allmon had three brothers in
the late war; one killed at the siege of Vicksburg.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 587 |
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Richland
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MILTON L. ANDERSON,
farmer; P. O.;
Belle
Center; is the youngest
son of a family of eight children, and was born May 25,
1817, in Fayette Co., O.; his father,
Gershom Anderson,
was born in Virginia, and with the rest of the family
moved to Ohio during his boyhood; they settled in Ross
Co., when Chillicothe consisted of a few rude cabins,
and were intimate friends of
Gov. Tiffin
his father was a wheelwright by trade, and also made
chairs and spinning wheels; he was an officer in the war
of 1812, and lived in Ross Co. till 1837, except a short
time that he lived in Fayette Co.; he was married to
Mary Jamison,
a native of Kentucky, whose parents were opposed to
slavery, and moved to this state to get beyond its
influence; she died Oct. 2, 1836, and the next year he
moved to Northwood, this county, and engaged in farming;
Milton came
here with his father and kept store at Northwood for
several years; he afterwards taught school and in 1846
came to Belle Centre and sold goods for
Pollock & Johnson
for two years, when he married
Nancy Steele,
daughter of Adam
and Rachel Steele, she was born in Pennsylvania in
1826, and soon after her parents moved to Fayette Co.;
Milton
settled on a farm one mile east of Belle Centre, on
which he lived till 1864, when he moved to his present
home. He was
an officer in a company of minute men who went to the
defense of Cincinnati in 1862.
His wife died Oct. 17, 1863, leaving six children
– Lanvere P.,
Alice O., Agnes M., Luella R., Robert S. and
Dora E. the
oldest three are married.
He was then married to
Martha A.,
widow of Merrit
Jamison; she was born Oct. 22, 1822, in Fayette Co.;
he was County Commissioner six years, and candidate for
the Legislature on the Abolition ticket; he held local
offices, voted for
James G. Birney
for President, and is an advocate of progressive reform;
the whole family belong to the M. E. Church, which he
joined in 1828; he has been a subscriber to the
Christian Advocate since 1832.
Source: History of Logan County
and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 798
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ENOS
B. ANSLEY, (Rush Creek Twp.) farmer; P. O.
Rushsylvania; was born March 28, 1857, in Logan Co., O.
He is the son of J. S. Ansley, born June 2, 1828,
in Kentucky, who was the son of William T. Ansley,
born also in Kentucky, and who was the son of Joseph
T. Ansley, born on the eastern shore of Maryland.
In 1822, William T. Ansley, married Lydia
Johnson, and in 1831- removed to Logan Co., O.
J. S. Ansley, his son, married Melinda
Williams on the 5th day of April, 1848. They
have had four children, as follows. William H.,
born April 23, 1853, died Nov. 18, 1863; Jesse W.,
born April 23, 1855, died Jan. 6, 1875; Enos B.,
born Mar. 28, 1857, and Henry C., born Jan. 14,
1871. Enos B. Ansley, on the 26th day of
April, 1877, married Sarah E. Cox, born Dec. 22,
1859; she was the daughter of John and Rachel Cox,
of Logan Co., O. Enos has but one child -
Carle Foster, born Dec. 11, 1879. As one of
the business men of Rush Creek Twp. he farms
extensively, besides dealing largely in stock of
different kinds. His ancestors can tell the
pioneer story of wolves howling, seeing Indians, deer
and wild turkey, the usual tale of a home in the
wilderness.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 683 |
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GEORGE
ANTRIM, farmer; P. O. Bellefontaine. Among
the families of this county, who are well known, perhaps
there are none that is more widely known than the
Antrim family. The father of our subject is
reputed to be the first white male child born in Logan
Co. He was a brother of Joshua, who was the
author of the "Pioneer History" of Logan and Champaign
counties. Daniel Antrim was born June 9,
1804, in Zane Tp., and finally moved to this place in
1832. Here George was born Feb. 21, 1838,
and was the youngest son and the fifth child of a family
of seven children. Daniel Antrim died on
this farm April 13, 1879. His wife was Eliza
Ann Smith, and was born Feb. 14, 1814, in this
State. She is a daughter of Levi and Jane
Smith; both of them were natives of Virginia.
In May, 1867, George was married to Marietta
Walton, born Aug. 23, 1847, in Columbiana Co., O.,
who is a daughter of Nathan and Eliza Ann (Wichersham)
Walton. By this union three children have been
born to them - Lorena, born July 26, 1868;
Ross, March 30, 1872; Ethel D., Feb. 18,
1879. He is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry,
and an official member of the same, of which he is one
of the charter members. His farm of 100 acres is
well and favorable located and is highly productive.
Has two sisters and one brother living - Leonora,
born May 17, 1846; Caroline, July 4, 1831;
Wayne, Oct. 10, 1853.
Source: History of Logan
County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 740 |
DANIEL ARBEGAST,
farmer; P. O. Bellefontaine; was born Dec. 7, 1827, in
Berks Co., Penn.; is the youngest son of John and
Christine (Grimes) Arbegast; he was a lad not yet in
his teens when his parents came West, and remained at
home until the death of his father, which occurred in
1859. At the age of 19, Joel went to learn
the blacksmith's trade, at which he served nearly three
years. June 24, 1852, at the age of 23, he was
married to Caroline Antrim, who was born July 4,
1831, in this township; she was a daughter of Daniel
Antrim, of whom history records as being the first
white child born in Logan Co. Three children have
been born unto them, are are - Henry, born July
14, 1853; Alonzo, April 4, 1855, died Oct. 12,
1857; Jacob W., born May 21, 1857. For
several years after his marriage, they resided on the
home farm, in Rush Creek Tp.; then moved to Thomas
Dickinson's Farm; lived two years; then to Robert
Wood's farm, and bought 103 acres; lived on the same
five years. In August, 1867, purchased 107 acres,
where he now resides, which is pleasantly situated upon
an eminence in the north part of the township.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 741 |
Richland Twp. –
GEORGE R. ARCHER, farmer; P. O., Belle Centre; is one of the most
courteous and promising young farmers of this township,
and this thoroughly respected by every one.
He is the second son of
John Archer,
who was born in Hull, England, Dec. 7, 1815, and came to
this country when 8 years old.
His father had come here three years previously,
and was followed by the wife and five children.
They settled in Massachusetts, where
John worked
in a factory, and when 16 years old he learned the
blacksmith trade.
He worked in an ax factory some time, and in 1837 he
came to Xenia, O.
He was married Oct. 15, 1840, to
Lydia Baldwin,
who was born in Greene Co., June 26, 1816.
They lived in Greene Co. till 1849, with the
exception of a few years that they were in Madison Co.
In that year they moved to a farm near
Bellefontaine, on which they remained ten years, and
have since resided in this township.
He died Feb. 23, 1877.
By their marriage
seven children were born –
Mary A., Sarah
L., Emily W., Joseph B., George R., John Newton and Lydia
Ellen. Mary
and Joseph are dead, the latter being killed in a railroad accident on
the “Bee Line” road Jan. 6, 1880.
He had been fireman on the road nearly eight
years, and stood high in the estimation of his
employers, and held a high office in the Masonic Order,
of which he was a faithful and valued member, and to
which both his brothers belong,
George A.
being the Worshipful Master.
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page
797 |
JOEL
ARBEGAST, farmer; P. O., New Jerusalem;; was born
in Berks Co., Pa., July 16, 1818. Son of John
and Christina (Grimes) Arbegast. At the age of
18 Daniel went to learn the carpenter's trade.
In 1839 he came west to this State, locating in Rush
Creek Tp., and engaged at his trade, Sept. 15, 1842, he
was married to Lydia Brockerman, who was born in
Philadelphia, 1823, and came West with her parents in
1837. After his marriage, he worked at his trade
about two years, then engaged with two others in running
a saw-mill, in which business he was engaged for about
seventeen years, the mill being located in this
township; he finally purchased his partner's interest,
and run the business on his own account. In 1868
he engaged in farming, having purchased the farm he now
owns several years previous. He has 101 acres of
land in this county; by his marriage there have been
born six children, viz: Adam, in Rush Creek Tp.;
Catharine, now Mrs. Cyrus Leymaster;
Albert, Eliza Ann, Aaron and Emma, now
Mrs. Oliver Dunlap. Mr. Arbegast and
wife are members of the Lutheran Church, and he is among
the staunch and highly respected citizens in the
community; his life has been actuated and governed by
the principles of honesty and uprightness. Coming
to the country poor, he has earned himself a home and a
sufficient competence for his declining years, and has
the esteem and confidence of his neighbors and friends.
He is Democratic in sentiment.
Source: History of
Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 741 |
WILLIAM
ARBEGAST, Zanesfield; born in Berks Co., Penn.,
Sept. 11, 1816, the second of a family of six children,
born to Jacob and Christina (Grimes) Arbegast.
William came out with the family in 1839, who
located in Rush Creek, Tp.; he remained with his parents
until 31 years of age. Aug. 27, 1847, he was
married to Sarah Haas, who was born in Berks Co.,
Penn., Oct. 4, 1826; she is a daughter of John Haas,
who was born May 20, 1800, and whose wife was
Elizabeth Bagenstose, and was born in 1803, same
county and State; they came out in 1839. After
William was married, he farmed one year on his
father's place; then moved to the place where he now
resides, which is situated about two miles west of
Zanesfield, said farm consisting of 100 acres of land.
Mr. Arbegast is one of the enterprising farmers
of the township, of which there are many. He is
principally a self-made man, having begun on a very
small beginning- only 25 acres of land cleared when he
came; has it now in excellent condition, and one of the
best barns in his neighborhood. Six children
living - Catherine, Cornelius, Sylvester, Isaiah,
Sarah E. and Frank; John and William,
deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Arbegast are members
of the Evangelistical Lutheran Church.
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 739 |
AARON
ARCHER, farmer; P. O., Bloom Centre; was born in
Logan Co., O., Aug. 21, 1843, and was a son of W. W.
Archer, of Fayette Co., O.; he moved to Logan Co., Miami Tp., in 1840.
Mr. Archer has always been a
resident of this county; was sent to school here, and
married Miss Margaret E. Heath, formerly of Illinois.
They now have three children living - Marion E.,
Allen J., and Jacob. Three died in infancy. They
own 80 acres of well improved land. He is
Democratic in politics.
Source: History of Logan
County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 729 |
GEORGE
ARMSTRONG, (Perry Twp.), farmer; P. O., North
Greenfield. Among the jolly, goodhearted souls who
hail from teh Emerald Isle is George Armstrong,
who was born Feb. 15, 1833, in Ireland. His
parents were George and Rose (Smith) Armstrong.
George immigrated to this country in the 1849,
coming west to Chicago; he remained a short time, and
then drifted south, landing in Logan Co. In 1855,
he was married to Rachel Supler, who was a
daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Campbell) Supler,
Samuel Supler came to this township about
the year 1827, from Pickaway Co. He was one among
the first who settled in this part of the township; was
an excellent man, and highly respected by all who knew
him. He died April 23, 1880; his wife in 1877.
Mr. Armstrong, resides a short distance east of
North Greenfield, and has 225 acres of land, and is
among the enterprising and successful farmers in the
township. He has a family of seven children -
David B., Martha, George R., Nancy, Mary E.,
Edward and Sarah. He is a member of
Wapatomica Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 424.
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 645 |
SAMUEL ARMSTRONG, (Liberty Twp.) miller; West
Liberty; was born December 24, 1821, in Champaign Co.,
O. His father, Andrew, was born in
Pennsylvania, and his mother, Mary, in Kentucky;
they settled in Champaign Co., in 1818, and finally in
Shelby Co., 1828. They have five children:
William, lives now in Indiana; Samuel; Sarah J.,
married Wm. K. Helvey, and is living in Delaware
Co., Ind.; Lewis, died when young; Elizabeth,
living in Memphis, Tenn. His parents were both
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1843
(the father having died in 1840), our subject and his
mother moved back to Clark Co., where they had formerly
lived. In a short time, Sarah J. was married,
and the mother went to live with her in Indiana, and
there died in 1846. Samuel was married,
March 9, 1845, to Catherine, a daughter of
George and Elizabeth Roller, who was born, 1823, in
Virginia; by her he had six children - Joseph,
deceased, Melissa J., George H., William,
James E. and John R. They lived but a
short time in Clark Co., and then moved to Shelby Co.,
where he farmed and worked as a blacksmith for some
time. In 1850 he built a mill in Ft. Jefferson,
that county, in which he engaged for two years and then
traded the same for a farm in said county. He
farmed it for two years, afterwards trading for a
gristmill costing $14,500, known as the "Maxwell Mill;"
here he remained for ten years. He again traded
for a farm, and entered rural life for another period of
two years. In 1876 he came to West Liberty, and
bought the present mill, which has been here over
sixty years. He has been engaged here ever since.
He runs four sets of buhrs by Turbine water-power
wheels, havinb plenty of water during the year; he does
mostly custom work, and ships quite an amount to New
York. He is identified with the Democratic party,
and cast his first presidential vote for Jackson.
Mr. Armstrong is the architect of his own
fortune.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio
- Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers,
186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 705 |
MRS.
SARAH AUSTIN, (Perry Twp.), retired; East
Liberty; was born July 21, 1811, in Philadelphia, Pa.;
she was a daughter of Henry and Sarah (Custer) Moore,
who emigrated to this State in 1821, and finally located
in Mount Moriah, where they died - he on Feb. 1, 1850,
and she on Oct. 24, 1869. On July 25, 1869, she
was married to Rev. Carlisle A. Austin, who was
born in New Jersey, Feb. 6, 1804, and moved to East
Liberty, O., in 1820, and for sixty years was a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he always
took an active part. He was a conscientious man,
and one who never swerved from duty and the truth, and
was a man of acknowledged ability; for several years he
held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Notary Public
and Surveyor, and for forty years was a local preacher,
and many, through his instrumentality, were brought to
the cross of Christ. In matters that pertained to
business, he was successful, leaving after him a good
farm and personal property; he died in the triumph of
faith, April 10, 1870; he was first married to
Rebecca Rea. Mrs. Austin, who survives
him, resides on the homestead; she is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been since six years
of age, when she was converted, and received into the
church at the age of seven.
Source: History of
Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 645 |
CAPT.
THOMAS AXTELL, Superintendent of Reservoir;
Huntsville; was born in Washington Co., Penn., April 6,
1812; was the son of Lincoln Axtell, who moved to Ohio
in 1819, and settled in Martinsburg, Knox Co.
Capt. Axtell was married to Miss Mary
Jule in 1831.
They have five children - Sarah, married to Will Breese;
Julie, married to G. Breese; John, married Miss
Abbe J.
Cherry; Saretta Jane, living at home. Capt.
Axtell
was among the many men who volunteered to put down the
rebellion, and joined Co. D, 118th O. V. I.,. and was
promoted First Lieutenant of his company, and served
until he was disabled and discharged. He has been
at work for the State as Superintendent of the Miami
Reservoir since 1864. He is a pleasant and
hospitable gentleman of the old school; is a Democrat in
principle, and fond of a good race-horse.
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 733 |
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