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GEORGE
F. BAILEY (Liberty Twp.) cooper; West Liberty; is
the son of James and Catharine (Vandergrift) Bailey;
his father was born in Harford Co., Md., Feb. 10, 1795,
and his mother in the same county July 7, 1797; they
came to Ohio in 1840, settling at Cambridge,, Guernsey
Co., and in 1844 came to Licking Co., settling in
Alexandria, where the father is still living, the mother
having died June 24, 1865; she was the mother of Mary
E., George F., Edwin and Sarah A.; the
father was again married; his parents were
Presbyterians. George F. was born Jan. 13,
1826, in Harford Co., Md., where he spent his boyhood
days attending school. At the age of 15 he began
learning the cooper's trade with his father, which he
continued until he was 21 years old; he then started on
his own resources, having a few tools, only, to begin
with. He situated himself at Roscoe, Coshocton
Co., where he remained until Nov. 2, 1849, when he went
to California, there engaging, during the summer of
1851, in the gold mines, and at his trade in Sacramento
City. In September, 1851, he returned by water,
and again worked at his trade at Roscoe. July 1,
1852, he went to Licking Co. to visit his parents, and
on Aug. 20, 1852, he came to West Liberty, where he has
since remained. He was married June 28, 1853, at
Alexandria, Licking Co., to Susan Van Buskirk, by
whom he had four children, two of whom survive -
Oleeta and Donn C.; his wife died June
12, 1859; was again married July 22, 1860 to Ann M.
Van Buskirk; by her he has one child - Van
Buskirk. He enlisted in Co. G, 132 O. V. I.,
and ranked as Sergeant; was elected to the town council
for nine years, and is now serving his third term as
Justice of the Peace and Township Trustee. He was
early identified with the Whig party, having voted first
for President Taylor, and at the organization o
the Republican party he entered its ranks, and has been
a valiant soldier in the cause ever since. He is
now a member of the Republican Central Committee, and is
now a local member of this township. Mr. Bailey
has a remarkably good memory, and has been for the past
few years writing up his trip to California, which is a
very fine production. He was one of the sufferers
of the great fire during the summer of 1880, but he is
not given to despair, and is now rebuilding some
magnificent buildings.
Source: History of Logan
County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 705 |
Liberty Twp.
-
ENOS BALDWIN,
hardware and grocery; West Liberty; was born July 22,
1818, in Champaign Co., O. He obtained a limited
education - as much as was afforded in the log cabin of
those days. At the age of 11 his parents moved to
Logan Co., settling in Monroe Twp., where our subject
engaged in rural pursuits. His father, Daniel,
was born in 1793, in Tennessee, and came to Highland
Co., this State, when a mere boy. His mother,
Hannah (Williams) was a native of Virginia and
emigrated to Logan Co. at an early day. The
parents of Mr. Baldwin remained in Monroe Twp.
for seven years, transferring then to Hardin Co., where
the mother died in 1848. The father was again
married, to Sallie Stewart, and removed to Logan
Co., in 1858 or 1859. By his former marriage he
had eleven children, nine of whom survive - Enos,
Mary (deceased); John, who was four years in
the 82 O. V. I. during the Civil War; Uriah (was
also out in the war), Frances J. (deceased),
William H. (was in the 100 days' service),
Philander R. (was in the service from Iowa),
Richard C. (stock-dealer in Merrick Co., Nebraska),
Jesse (was in an Iowa regiment), Nicholas W.
(was in the 13th O. V. I.), and Elizabeth A.
The boys who served in the war returned uninjured, save
one slight wound, received by Nicholas W., at the
battle of Chickamauga. The father served in the
war of 1812; was once Associate Judge of Hardin Co., and
some time Justice of the Peace, which positions he
filled with credit to himself and to those who chose
him; he and his wife were members of the Methodist
Church; their parents were raised Quakers. Enos
remained on the farm until he was about 19 years of age,
at which time he began teaching school, which he
continued but a short time. In April, 1843, he
sought a helpmate in the person of Sarah J., a
daughter of Henry and Abigail (Brown) Buckmister,
natives of New Hampshire, who came to Wyandot Co., O.,
in 1828, and afterward to Hardin Co., where the mother
died and the father is still living. Mr.
Baldwin had by this Union two children; only one
survives - Enos L. His wife died in 1868,
and he was again married, December, 1870, to Margaret
Jane, daughter of James and Mary Jones, by
whom he had two children - James H. only living.
His present wife was born in 1837. His life was
spent in rural pursuits until 1861, when he entered into
the hardware and grocery business at this place, which
he continued alone until 1866, when he enlarged by
taking in Mr. Elliott as a partner, and since
that time has merchandised under the firm name of
Baldwin & Elliott, having now a full line of all
kinds of hardware and groceries. He has served as
Township Trustee, Councilman and Cemetery Trustee, and
has held office in the Presbyterian Church, of which
denomination himself and wife are active members, as was
also his first consort. He has always been
identified with the Republican party, having cast his
first vote for W. H. Harrison. In all the varied
experiences of the above hastily sketched life, its
possessor has been particularly fortunate. He
started life with $500, given him by his father, with
whom he had remained five years after attaining his
majority. He now possesses, outside of his present
large business, 125 acres of well improved land in Logan
Co., and 80 acres in Iowa. Though now his years
are nearly three score and ten, he retains the
appearance and activity of those twenty years his
junior. The hand of time has touched him lightly.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 706 |
HENRY
BALLINGER (Perry Twp.), farmer; P. O., East
Liberty; was born June 17, 1814, in Zane Twp.; is the
eldest of a family of two children born to Henry and
Patience (Bishop) Ballinger. His father's name
was Joshua, who emigrated to this county during
its first settlement, and settled in the woods south of
Middleburg. Henry's father died before he
was born, his mother marrying again. She raised
her son to maturity, and Nov. 23, 1837, he was married
to Rebecca C. Moore, who was born in New Jersey
April 15, 1817, and came west with her parents, Henry
and Sarah (Custer) Moore, when she was five years of
age. Her grandfather attained a ripe old age.
Sine Mr. Ballinger's marriage he has resided in
Perry Twp. When he located, it was one dense
growth of forest. Wolves and wild game were in
abundance. He first purchased eighty acres of
Duncan McCarthy, of Chillicothe, and the
surroundings at the present time give but slight
testimony of the inconveniences and obstacles that
attended the settlement of these now productive lands
that respond annually to the demands of the husbandman.
Mr. Ballinger is now in the decline of life, and
is enjoying the fruits of his honest toil in quiet and
peaceful retirement. HE has been for two score of
years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
has endeavored to ornament his profession by a
Christian-like walk and conversation. Four
children have been born to him - Mary, Laynon, Thomas
and Henry.
Source: History of Logan County
and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 645 |
JAMES
W. BALLINGER, (Zane Twp.) contractor and builder;
West Milddleburg; was born at Camden, New Jersey, August
21, 1827, and at the age of 18 came with his parents to
Perry Twp. His father, William, and mother,
Beulah (Ward), were natives of New Jersey. The
subject of our sketch received his education partly
here, and partly in his native state, but his present
broad and liberal culture comes from assiduous reading,
and his keen observation of men and facts. His
father by trade was a carpenter, and James when
16 years of age, also began to learn the trade, working
for his father for several years after becoming of age.
On November 17, 1850, he married Angeline Curl, a
sketch of whose father appears in another portion of
these biographies, and from this union there were ten
children - Warren, Joseph, Bulah, Lewis, Ulysses,
Asa, Ira, Perry, Jose and Maria Gertrude.
Although a carpenter by trade, he owns a farm of 42
acres, good land, well improved, and upon which he makes
a speciality of raising fruit; James W. was in
the 132nd O. V. I., under Col. Haines. He
is a Mason, Lodge 247, Chapter 60, Logan Council, No.
34; he is at present Township Trustee, and is eminently
respected by both parties for his honesty and integrity.
In politics he is a Republican.
Source: History of
Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 629 |
L.
G. BALLINGER (Perry Twp.), farmer; P. O. West
Middleburg; was born March 23, 1843; son of John and
Margaret (Daugherty) Ballinger, John Ballinger
was born in New Jersey, Oct. 7, 1796, and emigrated to
Ohio, locating in Zane Twp.; his wife was born May 29,
1811, and she being his second wife. They were
married on the farm now owned by Levi, whose father died
Aug. 14, 1868; and mother, March 29, 1870. Seven
children were born to them. During his life he was
a member of the Free Will Baptist Church. At the
age of seventeen, Levi enlisted in Co. C., 17th
O. V. I., and served three years, and was a true and
worthy soldier; he was wounded at battle of Chickamauga;
was struck in the neck with a Minnie ball. The
Federal army falling back, he was left on the
battlefield and fell into the hands of the enemy.
His brother, David D., was in the same company,
and was shot dead on the field, and was never seen
afterwards. Levi, after being in the hands
of the enemy a short time, was exchanged, and returned
to his regiment. Upon his return home, he resumed
farm labor, and was married in 1864 to Mary
Sprague, who was born Sept. 9, 1845; she was
a daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Green) Sprague.
Mr. Ballinger has 100 acres of land.
Five children have been born unto him - Franklin,
Thomas, Delomo, Eda? M. and Louisa. The
Ballingers are true Republicans.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 646 |
OLIVER
S. BALLINGER (Perry Twp.), farmer; P. O., East
Liberty; was born Sept. 14, 1839; is the fifth son and
seventh child of Joshua and Delilah (Jackson)
Ballinger; Joshua was born in February, 1802, in
Burlington Co., N. J., and emigrated to this State with
his father, Samuel Ballinger, who settled in what
is now known as Zane Twp., in 1809, where he remained
until his death, which occurred on Sept. 8, 1873.
His wife was born in 1808, in Zane; they were both
members of the Protestant Methodist Church. At the
age of 22, Oliver enlisted in Co. C, 17th O. V.
I., and served three years, and was a true and valiant
soldier, who participated in nearly all the prominent
battles in which his regiment was engaged; he was
wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, and was there
taken prisoner; he received his discharge, and returning
home, engaged in farming pursuits in connection with his
brother. At the age of 29, he was married to
Louisa A. Garwood, who was born in November, 1851,
in Zane Twp., she is a daughter of Lemuel and
Angelina (Warren) Garwood; they have four children -
Lydia I., born June 5, 1871; Samuel, June
26, 1873; Augusta, June 28, 1875; Angelina,
May 30, 1879. He is a member of the A. F. & A.
M. He and his brother have 450 acres of choice
land.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 646 |
SAMUEL
BALLINGER (Zane Twp.), farmer; P. O., West
Middlebury; a son of one of the earliest settlers of
Logan Co., was born Nov. 2, 1835. His grandfather,
Samuel Ballinger, was a native of the Old
Dominion, and was one of the pioneer settlers of Logan
Co., settling in Zane Twp., on the edge of what is now
Middleburg, as early as 1810. He raised a family
of nine children. Joshua, the father of the
subject of this sketch, was born in Virginia in
February, 1803. He married Miss Delilah Inskeep,
the eldest daughter of John Inskeep. He
first settled on the farm upon which Samuel Ballinger
now lives in 1826. This farm, consisting of 450
acres, is one of the best farms in Logan Co. Well
watered, with an excellent under-drainage consisting
1,200 rods of tile, it is adapted to the raising of all
cereals, besides being especially favorable to the
propagation of stock. Samuel Ballinger and
his brother Oliver run the farm conjointly,
owning and sharing everything in common. They are
farmers in all that that word at present implies.
They are energetic, taking a deep interest in all that
appertains to the welfare and growth of agriculture.
In 1861 Samuel married Mary Runyon, who
was born in Pennsylvania, April 9, 1839, and came with
her parents to Ohio, settling at Troy. He has a
family of six children - two boys and four girls.
Jenny, born in 1862; William, 1863;
Edward Everett, 1864; Edith, 1873;
Gertrude, 1874; Lydia Jane, 1878. He
has occupied several positions of trust and honor, and
in politics is a Republican, having cast his first vote
for Fremont.
Source: History of Logan
County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 630 |
WILLIAM
BARRINGER (Lake Twp.), job printing;
Bellefontaine; was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 25, 1829.
He came to Ohio at an early day, having come to
Bellefontaine in 1840, where he was engaged in working
at his trade as a printer in the office of the Logan
Gazette. He, in company with Coates Kinney,
in 1850 and '51 was engaged in publishing the West
Liberty Banner, at West Liberty, Logan Co.
After working at his trade as a printer, Mr.
Barringer was, for some seven or eight years,
engaged in the photograph business. He is also
known among the professional rope-walkers as being one
among the best in the country during his day.
Mr. Barringer followed rope-walking for a number of
years, traveling through Indiana and Ohio, walking for
agricultural societies at fairs. His last walk was
at Canton, O., where he fell from the rope thirty feet
from the ground, breaking his right arm in two places,
suffering for some two months. In 1868 Mr.
Barringer commenced his present business of job
printing, where he is prepared to do all kinds of work
usually done in a job office. His place of
business is located on Main street, opposite the Court
House.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 590 |
Miami Twp. -
H. H. BARR, plasterer; DeGraff;
was born in Belmont Co., O., Apr. 14, 1846. His
father, Wm. Barr, was born in Harrison Co., and
was a blacksmith by trade, through since 1862 he has
been engaged in farming. At that time he moved to
Rush Creek Twp., Logan Co. Here he remained seven
years, when he moved to Missouri, where he still
resides. He is of Scotch Irish descent.
Mr. Barr's life has been full of vicissitudes.
His mother died when he was but six years of age, and
during the next dozen years he went with his father into
different localities in five counties of this State -
Belmont, Morrow, Marion, Guernsey and Clinton.
When but 17 years of age he enlisted into Co. A, 17th
Vet. O. V. I.; his regiment formed a part of the Army of
the Cumberland, and Thomas' corps of Sherman's
army. He joined his regiment at Chattanooga,
Tenn., and was with it through all the Atlanta campaign,
the march to the sea, remaining until the close of hte
war, through a line of exciting battles, bringing a
succession of victories, in many respects the most
glorious of the war. He was in the battles of
Peachtree Creek, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Kenesaw
Mountain, Jonesboro, Bentonville, besides other minor
engagements. During his term of service he was
relieved from duty six weeks, thought not in the
hospital; other than this he was always ready for duty;
he was mustered out at the close of the war and
immediately returned to Logan Co. During the two
following years he attended school in Rushsylvania - a
union school - in which was taught, part of the time,
normal studies. Since that time he has
taught school for about four months of every year.
In 1868 and 1870 he served his apprenticeship as
plasterer, and in that trade has always had more than he
could do. Mr. Barr settled in DeGraff in
1876, and the following year was elected Justice of the
Peace and Mayor of the village. To the latter
office he was re-elected at the conclusion of his first
term of office, and this position he now fills with
credit to himself and satisfaction to the community.
HE was married Aug. 14, 1871, to Miss Mary E.
Stilwell, of Rush Creek Twp., who died in the month
of Sept., 1874, leaving one son, John Barr.
Mr. Barr married again, Dec. 25, 1875, Mrs.
Lizzie Ellis, of DeGraff. They have had two
children, though one died in infancy, while the other,
Luella, is now about three years of age.
Mr. Barr was also in office before coming to
DeGraff, in Rush Creek Twp., Clerk for six years
and Trustee for two years. As a faithful servant
of the people he is sure to receive greater honors in
the future.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 773 |
CHARLES
E. BARTRAM (Perry Twp.), merchant; was born in
Marion Co., O., Aug. 25, 1854, and is the son of J.
W. Bartram who was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., Feb.
25, 1831, and came to Ohio in 1837, located at Marion,
and learned the trade of a tailor, which business he has
continued in from 1843 till the present time, and to-day
is perhaps the oldest tailor at the trade in the city.
Our subject came to Bellefontaine in 1867, entering the
merchant-tailoring business, which he has continued ever
since, with the exception of a short time that he was in
the hat and cap trade. His place of business and
merchant-tailoring establishment is located at No. 7 W.
Columbus St. Here he occupies two rooms on the
first floor 18 x 70 feet, where he keeps a full line of
gent's furnishing goods, hats, caps, and a complete
stock of American and imported cloths, and is recognized
as The Tailor.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 590 |
F.
O. BATCH, (Lake Twp.), merchant; Bellefontaine;
was born in Marion Co., O., in 1845, and is the son of
J. S. Batch, who was a soldier in the late civil
war, having enlisted in Co. K., 42nd O. V. I., he died
in the service at Ashland, Ky., in 1862, with heart
disease. Our subject commenced to learn his trade
of harness-making, in Marion, O. After learning
this trade he worked in several places in Ohio and
Indiana. At the breaking out of the war he
enlisted for the three months' service in the 4th O. V.
I., but after going to Columbus he was rejected on
account of being too young - then only 16 years old; he
returned to his work, but re-enlisted in Co. K., 42nd O.
V. I., where he served some three years and two months,
having participated in most of the leading battles and
marches of this regiment. We may here mention that
Mr. Batch had two other brothers in the
Rebellion, R. J. was a member of the 13th O. V.
I., W. W., a lieutenant in the 191st. In 1867
Mr. Batch commenced the harness and saddle business
in Bellefontaine, and to-day is the oldest in this line
of business in the city. He commenced business a
poor boy, but with hard work and attention to his
business he has accumulated a good start, and enjoys a
leading trade; he is now occupying a room on Columbus
street, where he employs some four men in the
manufacture of harness and saddlery; he also keeps on
sale a full line of trunks and valises. Mr.
Batch is now Adjutant of the 7th Ohio National
Guards, he being a member of the Guards for the last
five years.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 589 |
CHRISTIANA BATES,
widow; (Bokes Creek Twp.) West Mansfield; was born in
Washington Co., Pa., in 1825. In 1842 she married
Gradiner Bates, of Rhode Island; her maiden name
was Christiana McDonald; her grandparents were
from Scotland, and came to the United States prior to
the birth of her father, which occurred in 1778, and his
death, in 1844. Her mother was born in Washington
Co., Pa., in 1793; was married in1812, and died in 1863.
The McDonald family consisted of eleven children
- eight of whom are now living - George, James,
Daniel A., William G., Mary, Christiana, Rachel and
Carolina. The last is the wife of a Mr.
Ballinger, of Elkhart, Ind. Christiana,
the widow of Gardiner Bates, is the mother of
five children, three of whom are now living, whose names
are Clara, Christiana G. and Albert G.
Her eldest daughter, whose marriage occurred in 1862,
died, leaving one child, a daughter. Mrs. Bates
is a member of the United Brethren Church, and has
sustained a membership for thirty years.
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 659 |
Bloomfield Twp. -
HENRY BAUGHMAN, farmer; P. O.,
Bloom Centre; was born in Franklin Co., O., Dec. 28,
1807, a son of Samuel Baughman, of Pennsylvania,
who was one of the first settlers of Franklin Co., O.
He was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Fip, who
was a native of Pennsylvania, on Aug. 28, 1832. He
moved to Bloomfield Twp. in 1836, and bought of the
government 400 acres of land, and has devoted his life
to the improvement of the same. Their children are
- Gordon, Emma (wife of George Robins, Esq.,
of Shelby Co., O.); Eliza Ann (wife of
John Hosie, Esq., of Logan Co.) Mr. Baughman
has, for a number of times, filled the offices of the
township, but has always sought retirement. He has
never belonged to any of the different societies or
churches, but is one of "God's noblest and best works -
an honest man."
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 729 |
Bloomfield Twp. -
A. M. BAYER, manufacturer of drain
tile; Bloom Centre; was born in Maryland, in 1853; he
came to Ohio in 1873, and settled in Bellefontaine in
1878, afterwards moving to Bloom Centre, and with his
brother, D. B. Bayer, who was also born in
Maryland, in 1849, entered into the business of
tile-making. They employ four men, and are
manufacturing all sizes of tile at their works, where
they are always glad to see their many friends. He
was married to Miss Lucinda Deitrich, daughter of
Philip Deitrich, Esq., of Logan Co., O., Dec. 25,
1879. They own their house and 2 acres of land,
tile-kilns, etc. He is a Democrat in politics.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 729 |
McArthur Twp. -
WILLIAM W. BEATTY, attorney;
Huntsville; was born Sept. 12, 1820, in Loudoun Co.,
Va.; his father, John H. Beatty, was a native of
that state, and served in the war of 1812; he was
married to Elender Sutherland, and worked at the
trade of carpenter and joiner through life; in 1833 the
family moved to this State and settled permanently in
Moorefield, Harrison Co., where they remained until
1844, when they moved to this county; the mother died at
Bellefontaine, and the father at this place in 1873,
being then in his 86th year. The subject of this
sketch received a fair, common school education, and
learned the trade with his father and worked at it some
time after their removal to this county; however, he
commenced the study of law with Allen C. Turner,
at Cadiz, before coming here, and did most of the
studying after completing his days' labor; he studied
eighteen months with the above named gentleman, and
after coming here entered the law office of Judge
Lawrence, from which he was admitted to the bar; he
moved to Belle Centre in 1850 and lived there five
years, when he came to this place. Besides his
profession he has several times engaged in mercantile
speculations, and each time retired with loss until
taught by experience; he now devotes his entire time to
his chosen profession; in 1874 he was elected to the
Legislature from this county, and two years later to the
State Senate; he is a stalwart Republican, and cast his
first ballot for Gen. Harrison; in 1838 he was
married to Mary Wakins, who bore him four sons
and one daughter. The sons were all in the service
of their country, and one, David W., of the 1st
Ohio, was killed at Mission Ridge; but one of these
sons, John H., is living, he being in the
mercantile business in Kansas; the daughter, Kate,
is married and lives at Kenton; he was afterwards
married to Jane Vansickles, and their union has
produced three children - Mary M., Alice and
Charles F.; the daughters are married; the family
belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 816 |
Rush Creek Twp. -
BENJAMIN BEAVER, Rushsylvania.
The history of this family runs thus: Martin
Beaver was a native of the State of Maryland, and
removed to Licking Co., O., early in the history of that
county. Benjamin Beaver, his son,
was born Mar. 5, 1829, and died Aug. 2, 1865. He
was twice married, his first wife being Rachel Ann
Pitzer, whom he married Jan. 20, 1850. The
children by this marriage were as follows: Jesse
Oliver, born Oct. 23, 1850, and who died Aug. 26,
1865; John Martin, born June 5, 1853, and on Mar.
10, 1880, married Emma Hopkins, of Sunbury,
Delaware Co., O.; Manuel Wilber, born Oct. 26,
1854, and who married Susie M. Bridge, daughter
of Warner Bridge, of Hardin Co., O., Dec. 21,
1875; Asa Milton, born Oct. 16, 1856; Rosa
Arletta, born June 16, 1858, and Mary Liza,
born Dec. 21, 1859; she is a teacher, now teaching at
Big Springs, with an engagement already made, by which
she enters. as teacher, the Union Schools of Kenton,
Hardin Co., O., the coming fall. On the 10th day
of Nov., 1861, Rachel Ann, wife of Benjamin
Beaver, died and was buried in the cemetery at
Kenton. On the 24th day of February, 1863,
he married Miss Louisa Smith, who was born in
Licking Twp., Licking Co., O., on the 10th day of
October, 1837. She was the daughter of James
Smith, and Sarah Masters, his wife. The
birth of Francis Emma Beaver, Jan. 26, 1866,
completes the record of births of the family, there
being but one child born to the last union. It was
on the 15th day of February, 1865, that Benjamin
Beaver removed from Hardin Co. to the farm now
occupied by his relict, Mrs. Louisa Beaver,
called Pleasant View. The two sons, John Martin
and Manuel Wilber, are married; John and
Mary Liza are teachers; John is a minister
of the gospel as well. "Pleasant View" is an
appropriate name for this place; the beauty of the
landscape is indescribable being of unusual variety.
The farm is at present under the management of Asa
Milton, the youngest son, who, heretofore, has been
engaged in the raising of cattle, sheep and hogs, as a
business. In her 15th year Mrs. Louisa Beaver
untied with the Presbyterian Church at Fairmount,
Licking Co., O. After her marriage, in harmony
with the religious predilections of her husband, she
united herself with the New School Baptist Church, at
Kenton, O., making one of its most conscientious and
consistent members. Two sons and a daughter are
also members of the same church.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 683 |
Lake Twp. -
EZRA BENNETT, furniture;
Bellefontaine; was born in Cumberland Co., N. J., on the
13th of March, 1812, and is the son of Timothy
Bennett, a farmer. Our subject was born on the
farm, where he remained until he was some 14 years of
age, when he commenced to learn his trade as a
cabinet-maker, in Cincinnati, O., having come to Ohio
with his parents in the fall of 1817. Subsequently
he worked at his trade at Cincinnati, Springfield and
Xenia. On teh 10th of July, 1844, he married
Miss Mary A. Bryant, in Clarke Co., O. In his
leisure hours he had studied law, and in 1844 was
admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court, at Urbana.
In March, 1845, he moved to Bellefontaine, where he
engaged in the practice of law, and in the fall of 1847
was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Logan Co., under the
new Constitution, in teh fall of 1851, and re-elected in
1854. Not liking the practice of law as well as he
anticipated, Mr. Bennett purchased an interest in
a foundry and machine shop, which proved an unsuccessful
venture. Himself and two sons, Lucius C.
and John Q. A., and a son-in-law, James Van
Eaton, served in the late Rebellion. Mr.
Bennett helped to recruit the 13th Ohio Battery, of
which a history will be found in another part of this
work. He enlisted in this Battery as a 1st
Lieutenant, and served faithfully. He was
honorably discharged on account of sickness. After
the war Mr. Bennett returned to the furniture
business in Bellefontaine, which business he has
continued ever since, being now in partnership with his
son-in-law, Mr. Adams. Bennett & Adams'
place of business is located on Columbus Street.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 590 |
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Milton Twp. -
JOHN BICKHAM,
farmer; P. O.,
Huntsville; is one of the
prominent farmers of this township ; he was born May 26,
1841, in McArthur Tp., and has always been a resident of
this county. His father, Robert Bickham,
was born May 17, 1805, in Bourbon Co., Ky., and served under Gen. Wayne
as a spy during the Indian troubles. He came to this
county at a very early day, and helped his parents to
clear and improve a farm near where Huntsville now stands. He was married to
Mary Prater, of
West Liberty, who was brought there by her
parents when she was 5 years old ;they lived on leased
and rented farms for several years, and soon as able
bought a farm of new land in this town ship, on which
they ever alter lived. She died Nov. 20, 1865, and he
was afterwards united to Elizabeth Bennett,
of this county; he died June 20, 1879. John commenced
for himself when of age, and soon after enlisted in
Company I, 96th Reg., O. V. I., and served nearly three
years ; he was in nine battles, and on receiving his
discharge returned to this county, where he has since
been a farmer., He was married Nov. 3, 1865, to
Kate H. Bennett, daughter of James and
Dolly Bennett; she was born April 17, 1844, in
this county. Seven children have blessed their union -
Mary E., Dolly E., James R., John R.. Emanuel B.,
Benjamin L., and Fannie A.
Both he and wife are members of the Disciple Church ; he is a member of the Patrons of
Husbandry, and has held every office but Secretary ; has
always been a Republican and a member of the County
Central Committee for fifteen years.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page
798
|
Lake Twp. -
JOSEPH M. BLACK; Bellefontaine;
was born in Mercer Co., Penn., May 21, 1823, and is the
son of William and Jane (Bell) Black, both
parents of Ireland, having come to America when young.
Joseph, when 14 years of age, with his parents
came to Logan Co., O., and located on a farm in Harrison
Tp., where he was engaged in farming in Harison
and Washington Tps. until 1872. In 1862 Mr.
Black enlisted as a private in Co. I., 96t O. V.
I., and served ten months; on account of sickness, he
was honorably discharged; in 1864 he recruited Co. E. of
the 1322d O. V. I. for 100 day's service, serving as
Captain of Co. E, until the expiration of his time after
which he returned to Logan Co.; in 1872 he went to
Champaign Co., and was engaged in the milling business
some two years, when, in 1874, he came to Bellefontaine,
entering the grocery business; he is now engaged as
salesman in the agricultural business. Both
parents are dead. Capt. Black has chased
wild game in Logan Co., killing the deer and wild
turkeys.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page
588 |
ABRAM
BLACKBURN, farmer; P. O., Zanesfield; was born Feb. 14,
1819, in Muskingum, O.; his father, Zachariah,
was born in Washington Co., Pa., and was the father of
twenty-one children, Abram being the fruit of the
second marriage to Elizabeth Ansley, his last
wife, who was a native of Bedford Co., Pa.; they were
married in Westmoreland Co., Pa., and emigrated to
Muskingum in 1818, during the month of October and
settled on a piece of land before the survey was made;
he was among the first settlers in that locality; the
neighbors were "few and far between." He came
there poor; the first year he made 1,600 pounds of maple
sugar, and the fifth year had several acres cleared and
raised 200 bushels of castor beans, for which he
realized $1.25 per bushel; this enabled him to pay for
his first purchase, and to add another 80 to his
original 80 acres. Abram was not favored
with good school advantages, the nearest school building
being four miles away, yet he was schooled to hard
labor, and early in life learned the value of a dollar;
his father died May 26, 1843, and mother sixteen years
later. Abram did not leave home until he
was in his 29th year; about this time he was married to
Elizabeth Fenton, born 1820 in Ohio, she dying
fourteen months after the marriage, leaving him one
child, Miles V. Blackburn; was married to his
present wife, Lydia Brady, who was born in 1824,
in Muskingum Co., and by her had four children -
Celestia, Thomas, Cyrus D. and John. In
1852 moved to Union Co., O., and to this county and
township in 1865, where he has since lived, and is among
its valued citizens. He has been a member of the
Protestant Methodist Church since he was 22 years of
age; is a true Republican in principal, and a man of
sound judgment and ripe experience in business matters;
has a good farm of 140 acres, the result of his labor
and industry.
Source: History of Logan
County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 742 |
M.
V. BLACKBURN, stock dealer; P. O., Zanesfield; is
the son of Abraham M. and Elizabeth (Fenton)
Blackburn. M. V. was born Jan. 9, 1848 in
Muskingum Co., O., and lived with his parents until
April 15, 1865, when he enlisted in the 199th O. V. I.,
and was transferred back to the 197th O. V. I., and
served until August following, when he came to Logan
Co., O., whither his parents had come while he was in
the army. Oct. 26, 1875, he married Mrs. Wanzer,
formerly Miss Hannah W. Pickrell, daughter of
Mahlon and Rachel (Williams) Pickrell. After
the marriage he farmed his father-in-law's farm for two
years; they then came to Zanesfield, where he has since
lived. He followed farming and stock dealing, and
during the past year he as turned his attention
exclusively to stock dealing, and is doing a good and
increasing trade. Mrs. Blackburn's former
husband, Abraham Wanzer, was a native of Dutchess
Co., N. Y., born Oct. 27, 1834, and came to Logan Co.,
O., with his parents about 18560. He married
Miss Pickrell Oct. 23, 1856. He followed
teaching a number of years, living in Zanesfield, where
he clerked in the stores of Folsom & Kenton
and S. D. Elliott, he also served as express
messenger from Mansfield to Sandusky and from Union City
to Indianapolis. His health failing he quit the
latter job and came home, where he died June 19, 1867,
leaving two children - Charles M. and Edwin
Peck Wanzer. Mr. Wanzer's parents were
Michael and Levina (Peck) Wanzer. They were
natives of the New England States and moved to Logan
Co., O., from New York about 1850, and in 1868 they
moved near Adrian, Mich., where they now reside.
Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn are members of the
orthodox Society of Friends, in which she is a minister
of the gospel.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 742 |
Zane
Twp. -
WILLIAM BLACKBURN, farmer,
stock-raiser and shipper; P. O., West Middleburg; came
from that beautiful island across the sea, which has
sent so many stalwart and progressive sons to Zane Twp.
Ireland, and especially King's County, is well and
honorably represented in the farming interests of this
section, and the industry and zeal of these sons of Erin
speak volumes for the Mother Country. William
was born in County Kings, Parish of Clarrey, Feb. 1,
1819; his parents, William and Ann (Allen) Blackburn,
raised a family of nine children of which William
was the youngest. The subject of our sketch
received a common school education, but was compelled to
remain a large share of his time on his father's farm.
However, he had the good fortune to attend a good
agricultural school for two years, and applying himself
with the perseverance of one who realized the privilege
that he was enjoying, he made most excellent progress,
and considers these two years the most beneficial spent
while a boy; a short time after he was appointed
Superintendent for a rich Quaker, named Robert
Goodbody, having from 50 to 100 men under him;
he remained with Mr. Goodbody for two years, when
he returned to help his father, remaining with him until
he emigrated to America in 1849; he came to Zane Twp.,
and began to work at the meagre salary of 50 cents per
day, and besides not having work more than half the
time, he was compelled many times to accept store bills
in lieu of payment in cash; he worked in this desultory
manner for two years, and then, having accumulated a
small sum of money, bought a farm; he continued to add
to his original purchase, until he owned at one time
some 335 acres, well cultivated, well cleared and well
drained, he being the first man in this township to
ditch. Upon his farm, which is well adapted to the
raising of stock, he raises corn and wheat to a
considerable amount, but pays especial attention to his
stock, having very fine sheep and as good cattle as can
be found in this locality; he has a camp of 1,300 trees
which also add to the value of his farm. As an
incentive to labor and industry be it known that when he
commenced he had just $2 in his pocket. In 1846,
he married Miss Maria Wilson, who was born Mar.
3, 1825, and the sketch of whose father appears in
another portion of this work. From this union one
son, Talford, was born Aug. 19, 1848.
Talford has followed faithfully in the footsteps of
his father, and imitating his industry and prudence, has
accumulated considerable property, and with his father
does a large agricultural business. They are both
good citizens, and although frequently solicited to hold
office, have ever kindly but firmly declined.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 629 |
Lake
Twp. -
STEPHEN R. BLIZZARD, M. D.;
Bellefontaine; was born in Bellefontaine, O., Nov. 7,
1832, and is the son of John and Elizabeth (Sharp)
Blizzard, both natives of Delaware; leaving their
native State in 1832, they came to Ohio, and the same
year located in Bellefontaine; here John Blizzard,
our subject's father, worked at his trade of carpenter;
he engaged in working on the first Court House of Logan
Co.; he was a soldier of the war of 1812, and died at
Bellefontaine in 1867, near 77 years of age.
Mrs. Elizabeth Blizzard died at Huntsville, in 1878,
nearly 78 years of age. Of this family there are
three children living - J. E. Blizzard,
practicing physician in Mercer Co., O. He, after
receiving a common school education in the schools of
Bellefontaine and West Liberty, commenced the study of
medicine; he taught school in the winters of 1861-2-3-4
in order to pay his way in the study of medicine; in
1856 he went to New Hampshire, Auglaize Co., O., and
commenced the practice of medicine; attended a course of
lectures at the Starling Medical College of Columbus,
and then entered the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati,
graduating from there in 1859, when he came to
Bellefontaine, where the Doctor has been in the practice
of his chosen profession ever since, with the exception
of some twelve years practice in Huntsville, Logan Co.
Dr. Blizzard did surgical work in the late war;
attended the battle of Shiloh. He was married in
1856 to Miss Mary Neer, of Licking Co., having
moved to Logan Co. with her parents some five years
before marriage. She is the daughter of John
and Sarah Neer, who are now living in Harrison Twp.,
at the good old age - he 80 years, she in her 79th year.
They have seven children, all living, the oldest near 58
years old. By the marriage of Dr. Blizzard
to Miss Mary Neer, they have two children, son
and daughter.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 589 |
Lake Twp. -
ALBERT BODEY, cigar manufacturer;
Bellefontaine, was born in Crawford Co., O., in 1854; he
learned his trade as a cigar maker in Galion; in 1876 he
came to Bellefontaine with a small capital, and entered
the cigar manufacturing business with Mr. Marsh;
Marsh & Bodey started with a meager capital,
employing two hands. Continuing in business until
1878, when Mr. Bodey became sole owner, since
which time his trade has gradually grown; that at the
present time he is employing four hands in the
manufacture of cigars, doing a good business, his goods
finding a ready sale where introduced; he manufactures
the celebrated "New Coin" five cent cigar, which is
perhaps the best five cent cigar in the market; his
capacity in the manufacturing of cigars is from 5,000 to
7,000 weekly; finding sales for his cigars in
Bellefontaine and neighboring towns. Mr. Bodey
is also doing a retail business, keeping on hand a full
lie of smoking and chewing tobaccos; also a complete
stock of pipes. His place of business is Columbus
Street, opposite the Miltenberger House.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 590 |
William Boggs |
WILLIAM BOGGS,
retired farmer; Miami Twp., P. O., DeGraff, O. The
subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in this
work, was born Sept. 11, 1801. At that early day,
the country was known as Ohio Territory, he being born
in that portion now included in Pickaway Co., where he
lived for twenty-five years. His father was a
farmer and he was brought up to the same pursuit, and
like others in those early days, had few facilities for
obtaining an education. While living with his
parents he did some flat-boating, making three trips to
New Orleans with flour. He also spent some time
teaming to Portsmouth, Cincinnati, etc. Mar. 17,
1824, he was married to Miss Jane Britton, a native of
Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania. Mr. Boggs
came with his wife and child to Logan Co., O., in 1826,
and settled on the banks of the Big Miami, near the
mouth of the Buckongahelas creek; at first they lived in
their wagon, until he could build a house, which was
made of round logs, cut down inside, forming one room,
with stick chimney, oiled paper windows, one door,
clap-board roof, puncheon floor, etc.; this served as a
home for some fifteen or sixteen years, and though
vacated and dilapidated, is yet standing. Upon his
settlement here, Mr. Boggs began to clear a farm,
and to enjoy the comforts of a pioneer generally, and in
1837 he built a saw ill on the Buckongahelas Creek, near
his residence; and in 1840 he built a flour mill in the
same locality; this mill is doing service to-day, and is
regarded as one of the best in the county. In
August, 1850, Mr. Boggs had the town of DeGraff
surveyed on his land, an account of which, together with
other matters pertaining to our subject, will be found
elsewhere. Sept. 6, 1868, Mr. Boggs was called
to mourn the death of his wife. They had four
children, of whom two are living - Mrs. Lydia Strayer,
living on the old homestead, and Mrs. Ann Henderson,
living in Illinois, Mr. Boggs' present wife was
Miss Leonia Whitzel; she was born in Ross Co., O.
They were married Oct. 17, 1872, and live on the old
homestead. In 1868, shortly after the death of his
first wife, Mr. Boggs became paralyzed, and has
been an invalid since, having been confined to the house
the past eighteen months. During his residence
here, "Uncle Billy" as he was familiarly called, has
witnessed many changes. The town that in 1850 was
mere pencil marks on paper, has now risen to the rank of
second in the county, and the wild forests have turned
to fertile farms. The iron-horse now speeds in
sight of the old cabin, and in every direction a great
transformation appears.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 585 |
Lake
Twp. -
REV. HONORATUS F. BOURION, Pastor
of the Catholic Church; Bellefontaine. This
gentleman was born in Lorraine, France, June 1, 1840,
and is the son of Francis Bourion, who was by
profession an architect. After receiving a good
common school education, Honoratus entered
the schools of Paris, and graduated from the leading
schools of learning in that city; he came to America and
was ordained priest of the Catholic Church by Rt.
Rev. Bishop Baraga, of Marquette, Mich.; his first
charge was at Negaunee, Mich.; Rev. Bourion was
the first regular priest of this place. Here he
found no church, and but few workers; he went to work
organizing, and with his faithful work and never tiring
energy, he, after remaining there some ten years, had
organized and built four churches - two churches in
Negaunce, one at a cost of $5,000 and one at $35,000;
one at Ishpeming cost $25,000, another in his field of
labor at a cost of $5,000, leaving a charge of some
6,000 members. After remaining in this charge some
ten years, almost completely breaking down with his
labor, working night and day, he went to Central City,
Col., where he remained until 1877, during which time
was erected a church at a cost of $20,000, and a school,
Sisters' Academy, at a cost of $28,000, he came to
Bellefontaine, and found the church in debt some %600;
today, 1880, the church is out of debt, and has in its
treasury some $2,000.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page
588 |
PETER
BOWER, farmer; P. O., Big Springs; Peter Bower,
Sr., was a native of Germany, and came to the united
States many years ago, Jacob Bower, Peter's
son, is a native of Pennsylvania; his wife's maiden name
was Susan Mosier, a Pennsylvanian by birth, and
shortly after their marriage they removed to Licking
Co., O., where, on the 14th day of December, 1817,
Peter Bower, Jr., was born; on the first day
of April, 1838, the nuptials of Peter Bower
and Amy Rogers were celebrated; she was a
native of Delaware Co., O., and was born Dec. 13, 1820.
The names of Peter's children are - Levi,
Anderson, Susan, Lucretia, Joseph, James and Mary,
seven in all. Peter's second marriage
occurred on Mar. 22, 1865; in this marriage his wife was
the daughter of George Heath, and the widow of
Joseph Starbuck, her birth occurring on Sept.
28, 1831, in Richland Twp., Logan Co., O. Peter
Bower first settled north of the village of
Rushsylvania, on the farm now occupied by Mrs.
Louisa Beaver, and afterwards removed to
the pleasant place he now occupies; by handicraft,
Peter is a plasterer, but has made farming a
special occupation; like many of his neighbors, his
favorite stock is hogs, and his farm products such as
further this interest. In the late civil war
Peter was not without representation, his son,
Anderson Bower, being a member of Co. I, 13th
Regiment, O. V. I.; Mrs. Bower is a member
of the Christian Church.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 684 |
Harrison Twp.
-
ANNA BRENNER; P. O. Bellefontaine;
was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., in 1818. She is
the daughter of John and Maria Shenk, who were
also natives of Pennsylvania. She resided with her
parents until her marriage, which was in 1835, to
Christopher Brenner, who was born in Pennsylvania in
1812. They were both of German descent. From
this union there were ten children - Mary A.,
Elizabeth, Jacob, Catharine, John, Philip, Romanas,
Susan, Garhart and Henry. The father
and four of these children are now dead. They all
died within fifteen months of the death of the first one
The father died Aug. 17, 1876. Philip was
born Aug. 11, 1846, and died Dec. 8, 1875; Garhart,
born Apr. 2, 1853, and died Oct. 22, 1875; Henry,
born Oct. 23, 1855, died July 20, 1876; Susan,
born Apr. 29, 1851, died Jan. 7, 1877. Mrs.
Brenner came to Logan Co. in 1837, with her husband,
and settled in Harrison Tp., three miles west of where
she now lives, and where they lived until 1864, when tey
came to their present home. The farm that they
first settled on was heavily timbered; they cleared and
improved it, and afterwards sold it and purchased the
farm that Mrs. Brenner now lives on. They
began business for themselves very poor, and by their
industry and perseverance gained quite a fortune.
Mrs. Brenner and husband were members of the
German Baptist Church, and lived consistent with its
teachings.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 619 |
McArthur
Twp. -
CHRIST B. BRESTLE, merchant;
Huntsville; is one of the most energetic and thriving
business men in this town, and is, withal, quite a
remarkable man. He was born Sept. 16, 1835, in
Middletown, Penn., and when scarcely 2 yeas old the
family moved to Tiffin, in this State. His father,
John Brestle, was a tanner and currier by trade,
and married a lady named Catharine Witz.
When 13 years old Christ took "French leave" of
the old home, coming to Urbana and working in an eating
house for John Gump. He had been with him
about one year when a show came through the place, and
then it was that Christ threw up a good position
to follow their varying fortunes. Being naturally
adapted to this kind of business, he soon took a
conspicuous place among the curiosity men, and traveled
extensively through this country as well as Mexico and
the British Dominions. He took the first curiosity
troupe into California, and from there went north
over-land to Sitka, returning by vessel to Portland.
He came to this place on a hunting trip in the fall of
1873, and liking the place he determined to make it his
future home. He kept hotel and livery stable two
years, when he quit the former and went into the grocery
business; he had less than $20 capital, and from that
has grown the large stock he now carries, doing a large
and rapidly increasing trade. He was married while in
Grass Valley, California, to Zibedia Lu_i, who
was born in Russia July 15, 1846, and is said to be the
first "Circassian beauty" ever exhibited in this
country, having been brought here by Barnum.
She is highly educated, and can readily use seven
different languages. They have three children
living - Lulu, Tena and Christ B.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 817 |
Bloomfield
Twp. -
RICHARD S. BRIGGS, farmer; P. O.,
Bloom Centre; was born in Chowan Co., N. C., July 25,
1840, and was a son of Eldred and Rhoda (Holway)
Briggs; they moved with their family to Franklin Co.
in 1854, and in 1869 came to this county.
Richard S. Briggs was united in matrimony on Jan.
14, 1869, to Miss Susan M. Kneif of Logan Co.,
O.; they have been blessed with six children - Mary
A. E., Angie A., Irena C., Allen L., Fred Tilton,
Rosetta M. Mr. Briggs is one of the most
enterprising young farmers of the county, owning a nice
little farm of 38 acres. Mrs. Briggs is a
member of the Reformed Church at Bloom Centre.
Mr. Briggs has always voted the straight Democratic
ticket, and is a member of Grange No. 484.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 729 |
FREDERICK
BRINSER, farmer; P. O., New Jerusalem; was born
May 30, 1827, in Dauphin Co., Penn. There were
eleven children in the family, he being the "middle man"
(sixth in order). His parents were Christian
and Mary (Waggoner) Brinser. Frederick
emigrated to this State in 1840, he being a lad of
thirteen. His father located first in Zanesfield,
and, after a residence of two years, the family moved to
the place now owned by Frederick, located
three-fourths of a mile west, on the Jerusalem pike,
purchasing the land of Lanson Curtis.,
Frederick was inclined to farming, and at the age of
22 he engaged in this business, renting land on the
homestead - his sister keeping house. Continuing
in this way until June 23, 1853, he then made an
exchange of housekeepers by marrying Nancy Easton,
who was born in this township. She is a daughter
of John and Charlotte Easton. Since 1842
Mr. Brinser has been a constant
resident of the place; has a good farm of 144 acres of
land. Three children - Lottie, born Sept.
4, 1855, now the wife of Elmer Elliott - they
reside in Perry Township; William, born April 19,
1857, and Alvaretta, May 10, 1862 - are all the
members of the family. During the existence of the
Whig party he voted with them; is now Republican.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 743 |
Lake
Twp. -
GURDON N. BROUGHTON, manufacturer;
Bellefontaine; was born in Windom Co., Conn., Dec. 30,
1804, and is the son of Nathan and Alida (Cady)
Broughton; both parents natives of Connecticut.
When very young, Mr. Broughton, with his parents,
moved to Jefferson Co., N. Y., where he remained until
1814, when he moved West to Ohio, first locating in
Ashtabula Co., thence to Champaign Co. Mr.
Broughton, in about 1832, came to Logan Co., farming
in Liberty Twp. for some fifteen years, when he moved to
Bellefontaine, where he has been one of its honored and
enterprising citizens ever since, entering the coopering
business when he first came here, which he has been
engaged in eer since, employing at one time as high as
sixteen hands in the cooper shops; Mr. Broughton
is the patentee of a churn, known as the "Peerless
Churn," which is recognized as one of the best churns
now in the market up to date; he has manufactured some
3,400 of these churns, finding sale for his goods in
different parts of the Union. Mr. Broughton
was married in Champaign Co., to Miss Mary Miles.
By this union they have seven children. Coming
here, as Mr. Broughton did, at an early day, he
had all the trials the old settlers had in a new
country; he drove packhorses from Urbana to Ft. Wayne
when the Indians were here. By good management,
with hard labor, he has accumulated a fine property.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 588 |
EZRA
BROWN, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Zanesfield;
is the eldest of two children born ti Ira and Rebecca
(Rea) Brown. Ira Brown is a native of
Ohio; his father, Aaron, was a native of North
Carolina, and was twice married - first to Mary
Howard, by whom he had three children, but one (Horton)
living to maturity; the second marriage was to
Annie Stanton by whom there were eleven children.
Aaron Brown came to Ohio in 1802, and to Logan
Co., in 1818; he was a member of the Society of Friends,
and was a well known and highly respected gentleman; he
died in the fall of 1840. Ira Brown was
born Dec. 27, 1806, and his wife, Rebecca, was
born Jan. 2, 1809. She was a native of Virginia.
They were married April 28, 1830, near Zanesfield,
whither they came with their parents when young.
After the marriage he farmed his father's farm for three
years when he was taken sick and remained in ill health
until his death, some two years later, he dying June 1,
1834; by the marriage there were two children, viz:
Ezra and Elizabeth. The former was
taken into his grandfather's family where he grew up.
Elizabeth remained with her mother until her
death, Oct. 7, 1840, aged 7 years, 9 months and 24 days.
Mrs. Brown remained a widow 12 years; May 21,
1845, she married Mr. Enoch M. Scott, a native of
Ohio, born Feb. 28, 1810. After the marriage they
settled on a farm in Rush Creek Tp., where they resided
for 25 years; they then moved to Jefferson Tp. where she
now resides. July 20, 1880, Mr. Scott was
injured by a runaway team, and died the 22d following.
Of the two children born to this marriage one is living,
viz., Mrs. Mary Ann Henry, residing near
Zanesfield. Ezra Brown was born April 30,
1831, in Jefferson Twp., Logan Co., O. At the age
of 22, April 17, 1853, he married Miss Rachel,
daughter of John and Sarah A. (Taylor) Outland.
After the marriage Mr. Brown farmed his
grandfather's farm for two seasons, he then moved to his
father's place, located northeast of Zanesfield, and
farmed there for four years. In 1858 he bought his
present place, which he occupied in 1859, and has
resided here since; he has 127 acres located 2½
miles east of Zanesfield. By the marriage there
were three children, viz., Charley F. born Feb.
22, 1856, died Sept. 22, 1863; Frank S. born
Sept. 26, 1861, died Sept. 21, 1863; and Cora E.,
born Oct. 31, 1864.
Source: History of
Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 743 |
IRA
BROWN, merchant; Zanesfield; was born May 2,
1840, in this township; son of Zaccheus and Hannah (Marmon)
Brown. Ira was raised to farming
pursuits; before attaining his majority, was engaged for
a time as clerk, which vocation presented sufficient
attraction for him to induce him to engage in the
business as a partner, the firm assuming the name of
Brown & Bro., which partnership lasted two years.
December, 1863, he enlisted in Co. H, 128th O. V. I.,
which was stationed at Johnson's Island, and continued
with this command until the termination of the war.
Soon after his return home, engaged in the dry goods
business, under the firm name of O. Brown & Co.,
which association lasted until January, 1879; since
that, has not been actively engaged in business, yet is
indirectly associated with, and carrying on some
manufacturing interests in the town in which his capital
is being employed. Having ample means, he is
living at his ease and in comparative retirement.
Residing in Zanesfield, he is among its valued citizens,
and, though a man quiet and unassuming in his demeanor,
yet is ever ready to help aid and assist all worthy
enterprises in which the public good is concerned.
Nov. 1, 1860, formed a matrimonial alliance with
Heppie Outland, who was born Nov. 17, 1839, in Perry
Tp.; she is a daughter of John and Sarah Ann (Taylor)
Outland; has two children - Mary E., born
July 25, 1861; John T., May 1, 1868. Mr.
Brown and wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church; a member, also, of the I. O. O. F.,
and Bellefontaine Lodge A. F. & A. M.; also,
Bellefontaine Chapter, R. A. M., No. 60.
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 742 |
Lake Twp. -
MARTHA R. BROWN; Bellefontaine, is
the wife of the late Dr. M. D. Brown who was born
in Loudoun Co., Va., Sept. 23, 1837, and is the son of
John and Susan G. Brown, of Virginia, who were
members of the Quaker Church, consequently Dr. Brown
was brought up in the Quaker Church. After
remaining in Virginia until about 1858, he came to Ohio
and was engaged in going to school for about one year,
when he returned to Virginia and remaining there until
the breaking out of the late civil war, he in 1861 left
his native State and came to Ohio, where he soon after
began the study of medicine, under Dr. W. D. Scarff
of Bellefontaine, and afterwards attended Medical
lectures at the Cincinnati Medical College, also the
Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Penn.,
graduating from the latter in 1866; he returned to Logan
Co., and commenced the practice of medicine at DeGraff,
where he remained until 1875, during which time he had
built up a lucrative business. Coming to
Bellefontaine in 1875, he continued the practice of his
chosen profession until his death, which occurred Nov.
23, 1879, when after visiting one of his patients he
went hunting, and the next found of him was three and
one-half miles west of Bellefontaine, dead, where it is
supposed he had died of heart disease. Thus passed
away a man respected and loved by his fellow man,
leaving a wife and two children to mourn his loss.
Dr. Brown came to Logan Co. a poor boy, and
taught school in order to pay his way in the study of
medicine, but with his never-tiring energy and attention
to his practice of medicine, he had built up a leading
practice. He was married, Oct. 25, 1869, to
Miss Martha Rodgers, of Belmont Co., O.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page
588 |
OMAR
BROWN, merchant; Zanesfield; is among the staunch
business men in the town of Zanesfield. Early in
the year of 1864, he began business at this place, under
the firm name of Sands, Brown & Co., which
partnership was of short duration. The longest
partnership association was known as O. Brown & Co.,
continuing until 1879. Since that time he has been
conducting the business himself. His honest
dealings with his numerous patrons have secured for him
a thriving and prosperous trade. On June 3, 1843,
near the little town of Jerusalem he was born. His
parents were Asa and Hannah (Sands) Brown, Asa
being born near Mt. Pleasant, in Jefferson Co., this
State, June 3, 1809, and was nine years of age when he
emigrated to this county with his father, Aaron Brown,
who was a native of North Carolina, and settled in
Marmon valley, this township, where he remained until
his death, and was one of the county's valued citizens
and pioneers. Omar was a constant member of
the household until he was sixteen years of age, at
which time he entered Antioch College, attending two
years, and after a two year's course at Union College at
Schenectady, N. Y., on account of poor health, was
compelled to abandon his school before graduation.
During the fall of 1864 he was married to Olive
Ingham, who was born in Champaign Co. She died
in 1865, leaving one child, Fred W., born Sept.
27, 1865. April 4, 1872 he was married to Mary
Thomas, who was born July 13, 1845, and is a
daughter of Jonathan T. and Sarah (Cowgill) Thomas.
Two children have crowned this union - Jessie,
born March 25, 1874, and Iantha, March 30, 1880.
He is a member of Wapatomica Lodge No. 424, I. O. O. F.,
also of Bellefontaine Lodge and Chapter, A. F. and A. M.
and R. A. M. He has a farm consisting of 360
acres, situated in the Marmon Bottom.
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 741 |
Lake
Twp. -
THOMAS SANDS BROWN, lawyer and
farmer; Bellefontaine, is the youngest child of Ana
and Hannah (Sands) Brown, who were residing in
Zanesfield at the time our subject was born, June 5,
1852. Three years later, the family moved on a
farm one mile and a half east of Zanesfield.
Thomas's early boyhood was spent at home; after
attending the public schools, and receiving all the
benefits that could be acquired there, he entered
Earlham College, Sept. 1, 1868, while in his sixteenth
year, entering the senior preparatory year, graduating
with honors in 1873. In September, same year, he
married M. Eliza Knight, who was born in Gray
Co., Canada, May 16, 1855, daughter of Benjamin and
Ann Knight, who are of English birth, and parentage.
After their marriage he located on the homestead farm,
consisting of 220 acres; 150 acres of this land was
embraced in a deed, the first recorded in the county.
In November, 1879, he began the study of law with
West, Walker & West, attorneys in
Bellefontaine. Since October, 1880, Mr. Brown
has been a resident of Bellefontaine, having rented
his farm, he purposes remaining with a view to enter the
practice of law in 1882, and to affiliate himself
permanently with the place and its interests. He
and wife have three children - Lola F., born Nov.
1, 1874; Benjamin S., July 22, 1876, and
Arthur C., Sept. 18, 1879. 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
591 |
Rush Creek
Twp. -
WILLIAM BRUCE, farmer; P. O., Rushsylvania.
Thomas Bruce, Sr., was born in Scotland and
emigrated to America. Thomas Bruce, Jr.,
was born in Harrison Co., Va.; his wife's maiden name
was Mary Coon, and she was born in Harrison Co.,
Va. William Bruce, son of Thomas Bruce,
Jr., was born Oct. 9, 1824, in Harrison Co., Va.,
and came to McArthur Tp., Logan Co., O., in 1831; on
April 10,1844, he married Mary Frances Bales of
Virginia; by this marriage his children were - Sarah
Ann, born June 21, 1845, and who died Aug. 28, 1872;
John Henry born Feb. 2, 1847, and died Sept. 15,
1866, at Ft. Riley, Kansas, a member of Co. G., 7th
Cavalry, U. S. A.; Lewis Leander, born Aug. 21,
1848; George Nace (named for his grandfather),
born Apr. 11, 1843, died Oct. 23, 1850; Joshua
Copeland, born Mar. 24, 1852, died Dec. 13, 1853;
Mary Malinda, born Jan. 28, 1854, died Nov. 10,
1869; George Nace, Jr., born Aug. 28, 1856
(called for the George deceased). Mary
Frances, wife of William Bruce, died July 25,
1857. On Oct. 27, 1857, he married Elizabeth
Ann Huntington, who was killed by a runaway horse on
Sept. 19, 1859; on June 19, 1860, he married his third
wife, Mary L. Selders. The children were -
Elizabeth Frances, born Mar. 11, 1861, died Apr.
4, 1879; she was the wife of Elias Rumer; Mary L.,
wife of William Bruce, died Mar. 30, 1879.
On Feb. 19, 1880, William Bruce married his
fourth wife in the person of Emma Adelaide Canaan.
By occupation William is a farmer, stock-breeder
and shipper, devoting his attention more particularly to
hogs. He is a member of the Disciples' Church; has
been a member of the Order of Masons, and of the Odd
Fellows; of the Sons of Temperance; of the Union League,
and lastly a member of the Patrons of Husbandry.
During the war of the Rebellion, he and two of his sons
served in Co. F., 23rd O. V. I. William
served under Gen. Phil Sheridan, was wounded in
the battle of Cloyd Mountain, and captured by Gen.
John Morgan, May 9, 1853; he was in captivity three
months, and escaped in August, 1864. As a civilian
he had held several offices, and was the first
commissioned officer in the county, being commissioned a
lieutenant of militia.
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 684 |
WILLIAM
BRUNSON, farmer; P. O. Lewistown. Among the
many wide-awake and enterprising farmers of Logan Co.,
Mr. Brunson ranks A. 1; he was born in Kentucky, Dec. 2,
1822; son of John Brunson and Elizabeth (Ellis). John
Brunson was in this county during the Indian war of
1812, and, after peace was declared, moved to the county
in 1823, where the subject of this sketch was raised; he
has lived in the county fifty-seven years, and remembers
when the old Long's Mill was built and says it ground so
slow that the dogs would bark at the meal as it came
out; he was married in 1847 to Miss Madge, daughter of
Michael Kearns, one of the first settlers of this
county. They have been blessed with the following
children- John J., George W., and Jonathan L., Louisa J.
and Milton R. are living; Hannah E. and
Sarah died in
infancy. He owns 212 acres of good land, all well
improved, and has lived in Washington Twp. twenty-seven
years; he belongs to the Christian Church, an has been a
representative to the General Conference for twenty
years; he is Republican in politics.
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 733 |
Monroe
Twp. -
ANDREW BURNSIDE, farmer; P. o.,
West Liberty; was born Sept. 17, 1805, in Pocahontas,
Va.; son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Gillaud)
Burnside; his father's name was John.
The Burnside family emigrated west to Ohio in
1817, locating in Monroe Twp., near the place where
Donn Piatt resides. Here the family
remained for several years. Alexander, sr.,
died at the ripe age of 90. Our subject, being
raised up to hard labor, began for himself at the age of
20, having no patrimony or financial aid. Among
the first enterprises in which he was engaged was a
contract for building the mill-race leading to A. S.
Piatt's; also the Williams race. The
cutting of the brush and timber, in the first one built,
lost him money, but in the completion of the second he
earned enough money to purchase the land where he now
lives, for which he paid $4 per acre. He was the
chainman at the time the original Lodlow road was
laid out. He raised wheat on the Enoch bottom,
hauling the same to Sandusky, for which he received 30
and 40 cents per bushel, selling his corn at 10 cents
per bushel. At the age of 25 he was married to
Anna Ewing, who was born in 1812, in Virginia.
In 1830, he purchased 174 acres of land, where he now
resides. His wife died in November, 1879.
The children living are Andrew, Alexander, Samuel,
Franklin, Rebecca, Sarah J. and Cardia.
He has 160 acres of land in Kansas; yet, since
his arrival in this State, he has been a constant
resident of Monroe Twp. He is a Democrat of the
Jackson type.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 666 |
Bokes Twp.
-
MILTON BUSHONG, farmer; P. O.,
West Mansfield; was born Oct. 22, 1826, in Perry Twp.,
this county; his father James Bushong, was born
in Ross Co., O., but his mother came from South Carolina
with her father's family when she was about 13 years
old; they settled near Chillicothe. Shortly after
their marriage Mr. Bushong and his young wife
moved to Logan Co., and settled on Mill Creek, Perry
Twp., in 1821; and there Mr. Bushong died,
leaving a widow and three children, besides Milton,
who was born a short time after his father's death; here
the widow and fond mother clung to her home and children
as none but a mother could, and supported and educated
them as well as circumstances would permit; soon as the
older ones became of age and married they sold out their
interests in the estate, but Milton kept his, and
with him their mother always made her home until the
time of her death, which occurred Nov. 25, 1869.
While Milton was living on the old homestead he
learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it, as well
as conducting his farm; and at his trade he procured
means enough to purchase 12 acres, which is now in the
corporation of West Mansfield. Subsequently
he purchased 18 acres more and then sold the 30 acres of
the old homestead and bought a piece of unimproved land
in the northern part of the township, all of which he
traded for the farm of 118 acres where he now resides,
which is a beautiful location and well improved;
adjoining and partly in the corporation of West
Mansfield; to which he moved April, 1861. He has
been twice married; first with Louisa Moore, June
22, 1850. She was born Mar. 9, 1832, in Carroll
Co., O.; her death occurred Sept. 12, 1877, leaving five
of her eleven children: William and Samuel C.
(deceased); Mary C., married Jas. M. Ruehlen,
of this township, Dec. 25, 1873, and died Feb. 15, 1878,
leaving one child, Chloe E.; Milton T.
(deceased); Emma L. (is now Mrs. Wm. Ballinger,
of Union Co.; they were married Mar. 11, 1877);
Clinton and John W. (deceased); Sarah E.,
Charles W., Edwin L., at home with their father;
Albert J. (deceased). His second marriage was
celebrated Mar. 18, 1878, with Almira Hathaway.
She was born Sept. 27, 1832, in Dighton, Mass., and was
a widow of the late John Elliott; he left three
children: Elmer W., N. V., and Flora S.
Mr. Bushong was elected Justice of the Peace April,
1865, and served continuously until this spring; making
15 years in that office. With the exception of the
30 acres, which he got out of the old homestead, he has
made all the rest of his comfortable home by his own
industry and economy. He has been a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church since 1850 - as is also his
wife a member of the same Church.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 659 |
C.
W. BUTLER, (Perry Twp.) Superintendent of the
Public Schools; Bellefontaine; was born in Marion Co.,
O., Dec. 9, 1853, and is the son of Dr. W. A. and
Martha (McElvy) Butler, both parents are natives of
Marion Co., O., their parents having located in that
county at an early day. Mr. Butler, after
receiving a common school education in his native
county, entered the Northwestern Normal School of Ada,
O., graduating from this place of learning in 1874, when
he received a call from Patterson, O., where he was
Superintendent of the Public Schools of that place, for
one year; thence to Plymouth, filing a similar position
until 1879, when he was made Superintendent of the
Public Schools of Bellefontaine, which position he has
been filling ever since, proving himself a gentleman of
acknowledged ability. Mr. Butler is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 589 |
Union Twp. -
JOHN BYLER (deceased); West
Liberty; was born in Mifflin Co., Penn., Oct. 23, 1809;
he was reared to farm life, and lived with his parents
until 21 years of age, and, being the eldest of a family
of twelve children - nine boys and three girls - he had
to do for himself soon as he was of age; he began to
work by the month on a farm, and spent five years,
working by the month, with several parties. His
marriage was celebrated in January, 1836, with Miss
Fannie Zook. She was a daughter of Joseph
Zook and a native of the same county as her husband,
and was born Jan. 22, 1813. Shortly after their
marriage they moved onto a farm of his father-in-law's,
in Juniata Co., Tuscarora Valley, where they lived
thirteen years. They then moved back to Mifflin
Co., and lived with her father two years, and in the
spring of 1852 Mr. Byler came out to this county
and bought a farm, and then returned to Pennsylvania and
prepared for moving out here. Accordingly they
started with their family of seven children, and arrived
here in Aug., 1852; that fall and winter they passed in
a house west of where they now reside, and moved to
their own farm in the spring of 1853. Their
children were all born in Pennsylvania; Christopher
was born Jan. 2, 1837, and died here Oct. 30, 1860;
Martha was married to Daniel Yoder; she died,
leaving two children - Christopher and John;
next were Joseph, Levi, Mary, Fannie and John.
Joseph and Levi are both married, the former
living on part of the estate in this township; Mary
and John are still living with their mother on the
old homestead; Fannie married Christopher King,
and resides on her part of the old homestead; they have
five children - Mary A., Sarah B., Andrew, Shem
and a baby. Mr. Byler owned, at the time of
his death, 317 acres of well-improved land, whereon he
had good home at which he died June 9, 1875.
Mrs. Byler is healthy and young looking for one of
her age, who has done so much hard work in her early
life; is both hospitable and pleasant, and is very
capable of attending to her own business affairs.
The family belong to the "Walnut Grove" Ormish Church.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 786 |
Union Twp. -
JOSEPH C. BYLER, farmer; P. O.,
West Liberty; was born Oct. 19, 1841, in Mifflin Co.,
Penn. He is the son of John and Fannie (Zook)
Byler, whose sketch appears in this work. He
came here with his parents in 1852, and lived with them
until 28 years of age. He then married Sarah E.
Stutzman, Feb. 28, 1870. She was born May 25,
1851, in Fairfield Co., Ohio, but came here in 1869,
then returned to her home in Fairfield Co., where they
were married; shortly after their marriage they moved to
the farm where they are now residing. Mrs.
Byler's parents, Solomon S. and Lydia (Byler)
Stutzman, were natives of Pennsylvania, and moved
from Mifflin Co. into Fairfield Co., O., where they were
married and remained until 1876, when they moved to
Champaign Co. they had been there only a few
months when Mr. Stutzman died, leaving his wife,
one boy and girl; of their family of eight children only
those two and Mrs. Byler survive. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Byler are members of the South Union
Ormish Church.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 787 |
Union Twp. -
LEVI Z. BYLER, farmer; P. O., West Liberty; was
born Sept. 24 1844, in Juniata Co., Penn., and came here
with his parents - John and
Fannie (Zook) Byler, whose sketch appears in this
work. When 21 years of age, Levi began to
work at home by the month, which he continued to do
until 1874; and on Jan. 16, of that year, he started for
Missouri, and took a tour through that as well as the
states of Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, besides spending a
short time in Michigan and Indiana; he then returned to
his father's in this county Mar. 24, 1875, and one year
later he went to Wayne Co., where he worked about a
year; in the fall of 1876 he visited the Centennial
Exhibition, and returned to Wayne Co., where he married
Harriet Yoder, Jan. 30, 1877; she was born Mar.
29, 1858, in La Grange Co., Ind.; is the daughter of
Israel Yoder, who was born Aug. 7, 1817, in
Tuscarawas Co., O., (and moved to Indiana, but returned
to Ohio, settling in Wayne Co., in 1863); Mrs. Yoder's
maiden name was Fannie Yoder; she was born July
15, 1825; they were married June 5, 1845, and had ten
children - Yost, born May 23, 1849; Rachel,
Dec. 3, 1851; Ephraim, July 28, 1854;
Magdalene (deceased) Aug. 27, 1856; Harriet,
Mar. 29, 1858; Leah, Nov. 29, 1860; Atina,
Jan. 21, 1863; Abner (deceased) Mar. 3, 1864;
Lucy Ann, Sept. 18, 1865; Rudolph, Dec. 5,
1867. In a few weeks after marriage Mr. Byler
and his wife moved to this county, Feb. 19, 1877; they
lived one year in Champaign Co., and the rest of the
time in Logan Co. He is now a tenant on the "Joel
Zook" farm. Mr. and Mrs. Byler are
members of the Walnut Grove Ormish Church in this
township.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 786 |
Monroe Twp.
-
WILLIAM H. BYRD, farmer; P. O., Pickereltown; was
born Aug. 28, 1832, in Northampton Co., N. C.; his
father was Owen Byrd, who married Jennie Manly,
and to them seven children have been born, William H.
being the senior member of this number; his parents were
both natives of North Carolina, and emigrated to this
State in 1834, during the fall of that year, first
locating on "Bristle Ridge," in Jefferson Tp., on the
farm where Lemuel Watkins now lives, and
afterward took a seven-year lease of K. Artis,
finally making a purchase of fifty acres, then
unimproved, of Walter Dunn, in this township,
afterwards adding to it fifty acres more.
William H. Byrd began for himself, at 21, and
visited service States. In 1864, he enlisted in
the service of the country, was with Sherman's
army at the taking of Fort Fisher, and was discharged
after one year's service. In 1874, he was married
to Eliza Mendenhall who was born in servitude in
Guilford Co., N. C.; she was the daughter of Wiley
and Eliza Mendenhall, who were born in bondage.
Mr. Mendenhall was born in Randolph Co., N. C.;
he was a slave for sixty-five years and came West to
Ohio in 1854. Since 1874, the father of William
has been a resident of West Liberty, and the farm has
been in his charge. He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 666 |
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