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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers
186
Dearborn Street
1880
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Richland Twp. -
JAMES D. CAMPBELL,
hardware; Belle Centre; is one of the most enterprising
and accommodating business men in the township. He is
the second of a family of seven children, and was born
June 19, 1847, in York Co.,
Penn.
His parents were natives of that county; his father's
name is William, and his mother's
maiden name was Jane A. Creswell. They
lived there till 1851, when they moved to this State;
lived in Highland Co. one year, and from there came to
Hardin Co., where they now live, on a farm. James
commenced clerking in a store when 16 years old; was one
year at Roundhead, and then came to Belle Centre, and
for several years clerked in the store of W. &
A. C. Ramsey. He remained in the store and
warehouse till the fill of 1872, when he went into
business for himself. He keeps all kinds of hardware,
and sewing machines, and has been Express Agent since
Aug. 1, 1875. He has been Township Clerk, and is a
member of the Masonic Order, and has always been a
Democrat. Oct. 2, 1872, he was married to Mary
E. Smith, daughter of John and Mary
(Miller) Smith. She was born in this county to
1852. By this union four children here been born -
Hugh M., Lacha L, Carl C. and Mark F.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 799)
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Lake Twp. -
JOHN CANBY, merchant;
Bellefontaine; was born in Lebanon, Warren Co., O.,
Sept. 24, 1824, and is the son of Joseph and Margaret
(Haines) Canby. Our subject, with his parents,
moved to Logan Co. in 1825, and located in Miami Tp.,
where he was engaged in farming and milling until he, in
company with his brother, R. H. Canby, engaged in
building the Bellefontaine & Indiana R. R. from De Graff
to Quincy (now the Bee Line); he was made Paymaster and
Assistant Superintendent of this road, and filled that
position for nine years, when he was made its President,
filling that place for five years, when Mr. Canby
resigned. In 1865 he embarked in the agricultural
business, which he is now engaged in; his place is
located on West Columbus Street, where he is doing a
leading business in his line. Mr. Canby
married, in 1862, Miss C. W. Collier, of Boston,
Mass.; they have three children.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 595) |
Lake Twp. -
R. H. CANBY, Superintendent of the
Gas Works; Bellefontaine; was born in Warren Co., O.,
Feb. 25, 1821, and is the son of Joseph and Margaret
(Haines) Canby; he remained a resident of Warren
Co., until 1825, 2h3n he, with his parents, moved to
Miami Tp., Logan Co.; here Mr. Canby remained
until 1851, during which time he was farming and working
in his father's grist-mill, the first grist-mill built
in the township; coming to Bellefontaine, Mr. Canby
and his brother John took a contract for building
the Bellefontaine & Indiana R. R. (now known as the Bee
Line C., C., C. & I. R. R.) from DeGraff to Quincy.
He was also a Director of this railroad for eleven
years. In 1854 he entered the milling business in
Bellefontaine, building a large grist-mill near the C.,
C., C. & I. R. R. engine-house, operating this mill
until 1860; he then went to DeGraff, and was engaged in
the milling business there until 1869,when he returned
to Bellefontaine, where he entered the employ of the
gas-works as stoker, and in 1874 was made Superintendent
of these works, which position he is now filling.
Mr. Canby married first, in 1842, Miss Mary
Ann Leister, of Ross Co., O.; she died in 1843; he
married his present wife, Miss Catharine Wolfe,
of Green Co., O., in 1847. They have six children
- one by first wife and five by second wife.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 592) |
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Richland
Twp. -
GUILFORD
CARNES, farmer;
P. O., Belle Centre; is one of the enterprising and
reliable farmers of this township; he was born Sept.
10,1833, in Madison Co., O. His father, Benjamin W.
Carnes; was born and raised in Cincinnati, where be
learned the trade of a hatter; when of age he commenced
doing for himself, and for two years worked as a
journeyman; he then married Sarah McCoy, of Fayette Co.,
and had a shop there a short time, when he moved to
Madison Co., and worked at his trade until about 1845,
and was ever after a farmer; he died March 12, 1875, his
wife having died Oct. 22, 1857. Guilford worked out from the time he was 16
until his marriage - Feb. 1, 1859 - to Arminta A.,
daughter of Elijah D. and Cellists (Stamats) Zimmerman.
She was born July 1, 1839, in Hardin Co. They lived in
Auglaize Co. until 1865, when he moved to where he now
lives; it was all forest, and he has now over 70 acres
of cleared land, and good improvements for a new farm.
Their union has been blessed with four children, the
eldest and youngest of whom are dead; the living are
Edgar E., and Byron R. He owns 150 acres of land, and
town property at Belle Centre. Has always been a
Republican.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 799)
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Harrison Twp. -
RHODA CARNS; Bellefontaine .
The subject of this sketch is one of the oldest
residents of the county; she was born in Ross Co., O.,
Mar. 9, 1806. Her father was a native of
Pennsylvania and her mother of New Jersey. The
mother died in Fayette Co., O., and Mrs. Carns
came to Logan Co. with her father in about 1818.
Her father, Geo. W. Heath was a soldier in the
war of 1812; he died in about 1840. She was
married in 1824 to Michael Carns, who was a
native of Virginia, and came to Logan Co. at about the
same time that his wife's people did. They had a
family of eleven children, four of whom are now dead -
Annie, Rachel, Elizabeth, Catharine, Nancy, Jane,
George W., John and Michael; two died in
infancy. The father of these children died in
about 1850. Mrs. Carns was here before the
county was organized, and has seen all the changes, as
they have taken place, in the county.
Source: History of Logan
County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 ~
Page 620 |
Zane Twp. -
EUREM CARPENTER, carriage and
wagon maker; West Middleburg; was born in Randolph Co.,
Va., Apr. 21, 1813; he is of German descent, and is one
of the oldest citizens of this place, having come here
Dec. 9, 1835, and begun business; he learned the
wagon-maker's trade in Virginia with his father, and
came to Ohio at the age of 20, and was followed two
years later by his parents, Solomon and Catherine
Carpenter; he worked a short time in Guernsey Co.,
and July 9, 1835, married Miss Betsey Ann Allen -
born in Union Co., July 9, 1819 - and a few months later
located here. Mr. Carpenter owes his
success in life to his close attention to business and
the superiority of his work, every piece of which, if
not made by himself, passes under his close observation,
hence the superiority of his work is far-famed.
One of the first carriages made by him was for Waller
Marshall, one of the earliest settlers, and has been
in constant use in the family for about forty years.
Can another carriage-maker cite a like example? He
continued to follow his business here with good success
until 1868, when he moved to North Lewisburg, where he
remained until 1875, when he returned to Middleburg, and
is now giving his exclusive attention to his business;
he has had a family of five children, three of whom are
now living - Franklin, a wood-worker and painter
at Watseka, Ill.; George, a blacksmith, with
Warren & Gommer, Urbana, and Albert, foreman
in the wheel department of Columbus Buggy Co. His
daughter died in her 35th year, leaving four children.
He has not aspired to lead in anything except his
business, a farm of 78 acres in the outskirts of the
village. As a citizen he is highly esteemed.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 631 |
Harrison Twp. -
J. E. CARR, farmer; P. O.
Bellefontaine; was born in Virginia in 1826.
Daniel Carr, his father, was born in Germany, and
came to America when quite young. They settled in
Virginia and resided there until about 1826, when they
came to Logan Co. The mother was a native of
Virginia. They settled in Bellefontaine, where the
father died in about 1831. The family, after the
death of the father, lived in various places in the
county. They were very poor, and our subject had
to help maintain the family. The county was quite
new then and he did a great deal of clearing, and
splitting rails, and in this way laid the foundation of
his fortune. He now owns as fine a farm and as
well improved as any in his part of the county.
His business since his marriage has been farming and
stock-growing. HE did not have the advantages of
education when he was young, as is afforded at the
present time, therefore his was limited. He was
married in 1851 to Nancy Douglass. She was born
in Pennsylvania and her parents were natives of the same
State. They came to Logan Co. in 1832. From
this union there were ten children, two now dead.
He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church.
Mr. Carr has resided on the farm he now lives
upon since 1856, and he has cleared and improved his
land himself. He is in every respect a self-made
man.
Source: History of Logan
County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 ~
Page 619 |
Lake Twp. -
HON. ANTHONY CASAD, deceased;
Bellefontaine; was born in Sussex Co., N. J., Mar. 10,
1802, and he is the son of Aaron and Rhoda (Dunn)
Casad, who, in 1805, with a large family, came to
Ohio and settled in Greene Co. Our subject's
father was a mechanic, in moderate circumstances, and,
in the absence of common schools, and with the
facilities for educating his children beyond his reach,
Anthony Casad grew to man's estate with only the
rudest elements of a common English education. In
1823 he entered the law office of the late Judge
Joseph Crain, of Dayton, as a law student. He
was admitted to the bar in 1826, and immediately came to
Bellefontaine and settled, for the purpose of practicing
his profession. He was literally destitute of
means, and his income from his practice was necessarily
very slender. On the 27th of December, 1827, he
was married to Miss Orpha Williams, daughter of
John William. Judge Casad's limited means
and precarious income from his profession rendered it
necessary for him to devote a considerable portion of
his time and attention to other pursuits. This
prevented him from acquiring as large a store of
professional learing as he otherwise might have
done. In the fall of 1828, he attended the first
court held in Hancock Co., and was appointed the first
Prosecuting Attorney of the county. In 1834 he was
elected Prosecuting Attorney of Logan Co. IN 1838
he was elected representative to the Ohio Legislature,
and was re-elected in 1839; in 1851 he was again elected
to the Ohio Legislature under the new Constitution, and
served for two years. In 1857 he was elected
Probate Judge of Logan Co., and was re-elected in 1860,
and held the office at the time of his death. He
joined the Christian Church in 1842, and at the
organization of the church he was made an Elder.
He subscribed largely towards the erection of the church
building. He died a sincere, earnest and devoted
Christian, with most undoubting confidence of a glorious
resurrection. Remarks delivered by Hon Benjamin
Stanton before the Court of Common Pleas of Logan
Co., on the death of Hon. Anthony Casad: "Of his
character, I can speak with entire confidence, from a
very close and intimate acquaintance of nearly
twenty-eight years - residing in the same village,
practicing at the same bar, candidates in the same
contests, sometimes in opposition and sometimes on the
same ticket. Many of the fondest and most
dearly-cherished recollections of my early professional
life are inseparably connected with my departed friend;
and in all my intercourse with the world, in my
professional and political career, I have never found a
man of more simplicity and purity of character than
Anthony Casad. I have never had a friend upon
whose integrity, sincerity and fidelity I could rely
with more perfect and entire confidence than he whose
loss I now so deeply deplore.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page
594 |
Harrison Twp. -
HENRY CASEBOLT, farmer; P. O.,
Bellefontaine; was born in Logan County in 1827, is a
son of Robert and Hannah Casebolt. The
father was a native of Virginia, and the mother of Ohio.
They settled in Champaign Co. in about 1813, where they
resided a short time, and in 1814 or' 15 came to Logan
Co. where the parents lived and died, and where Henry
still lives. The father died in 1861, and the
mother in 1865. Mr. Casebolt was married in
1856 to Sarah J. Taylor, who was born in Virginia
and came to Logan Co. with he parents in about 1843;
from this union there were ten children, two of whom are
now dead. He began business for himself entirely
upon his own responsibility, and by hard work and proper
economy he has accumulated quite a fortune; he now has a
farm of 248 acres of well improved land, most of which
he cleared and improved himself. He has always
followed farming and stock-growing for a business.
His father was a Methodist minister and preached for a
great many years. Mr. Casebolt and family
are members of the same church.
Source: History of Logan
County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 ~
Page 620 |
Lake Twp. -
WILLIAM H. CHANDLER, Co.
Treasurer; Bellefontaine. Among the prominent and
well known men of Logan Co. is William H. Chandler,
who was born in Elizabeth City, N. J., May 25, 1836, and
is the son of Henry and Susan (Jewell) Chandler,
both natives of New Jersey. William, when
quite young - with parents - moved to Ohio and located
in Knox Co., where he remained until 1859, during which
time he learned the trade of carriage maker.
Coming to Logan Co., in 1859, he located in Huntsville,
where he worked at his trade until 1862, when, during
the late civil war, he enlisted as private in Co. I,
96th O. V. I. for three years, participating in sixteen
regular battles and two seiges. Among the most
prominent battles were Arkansas Post, Chickasaw Bluffs,
Jackson, Vicksburg, Carrion Crow, Parie, La. Here
he was taken prisoner, and after remaining a prisoner of
war for two months, was exchanged, and rejoined his
regiment, remaining until the expiration of enlistment.
Mr. Chandler entered a private; from that he
was made second lieutenant, the first lieutenant; from
this he was made captain at the fall of Vicksburg, which
he filled until his muster out, proving himself a brave
soldier and an efficient commander. After serving
three years in the army, he returned to Logan Co., and
embarked in the dry goods business in Bellefontaine one
year, also in Rushsylvania, where, in 1872, he was
was elected to the office of Sheriff of Logan Co.,
and was re-elected to the same office in 1874,
where he served the people of Logan Co., with such
credit, that in 1878 he was elected to the office of
Treasurer of Logan Co., by a majority of nearly 1,000
votes. Mr. Chandler is now filling the
office of Councilman of the Second Ward of
Bellefontaine; he has faithfully performed his duty; is
a Republican in politics and a hard worker in the party
ranks; 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 593) |
Washington Twp. -
THE CHERRY FAMILY. The
ancestry of this pioneer family cannot be correctly
traced farther back than Abraham Cherry, who was
born of German parents, in Northumberland Co., Penn., in
1763, and died in 1852, at the ripe old age of 89,
having lived nearly a score of years more than is
allotted to man. In 1804 Mr. Cherry, who
was naturally ambitious and possessed of many of the
qualities which were necessary to make a successful
pioneer, determined to join in the rush to Ohio.
Accordingly, everything was sold, and the family removed
to the present site of Springfield, which, at that time,
contained a small number of inhabitants. When he
arrived, pork was selling at $1 per cwt., and salt at $5
per bushel or 10 cents per pound; nearly all business
was transacted through a system of traffic. In
1833, after an extended western tour, he returned just
as the sale of the land in the Indian Reservation around
Lewistown was about to take place. He set out
immediately for Logan Co., selected and bought a portion
of the land now owned by his son Amos, and was
the first white settler on the Reservation. The
removal of a family from Springfield was a very
difficult task, for, instead of railroad and broad,
level turnpikes, there was scarcely anything but narrow
wagon tracks through the woods, and that part of the
road lying between McPherson's and the Cherry
farm had never been traversed by teams. Three
wearisome days were spent in making long, circuitous
routes around impassable swamps, and in bridging those
that could not be avoided before their wilderness home
was reached. As they arrived in the early part of
winter, many privations were to be endured. They
were alone in the midst of a primeval forest, in which
the track of the departed Indian was yet plainly
visible. Of course, there were no schools or
churches and no neighbors; therefore, corn-huskings and
log-rollings were not known until a later day, and
they must clear the ground and make it ready for the
plow without any assistance. The nearest mill was
on the site of the one now owned by John R. Long,
near Logansville, and the fact that when spring opened,
owing to the swamps, it was impossible to get through
with a horse, made milling a difficult problem.
Not daunted by the many difficulties found in the way,
active minds and willing hands went to work and soon
devised and executed a plan by which breadstuff was
obtained. An ordinary hand-sled was constructed,
Amos Cherry and Harrison Hopkins son and
son-in-law of the principal character of this sketch,
would put on a set of harness made for the purpose,
hitch themselves to the sled and "set out" through
swamps and thickets to mill. What was still worse,
the country was infested with wolves, which killed all
but five-or six, of a flock of 150 sheep, brought from
Clarke Co. This was a severe loss, as the wool was
depended upon for clothing the entire family, being
carded, spun and woven by the wife and daughters.
Amos Cherry, the subject of this sketch, was born
in Clarke Co., O., Sept. 21, 1820, and removed with his
father, in 1833, to Logan Co. When he arrived at
the age of manhood, he commenced the struggle of life
for himself, being possessed of many sterling qualities,
among which were honestly, industry and sobriety.
He was naturally successful in business enterprises,
enabling him to add many more acres to the home farm,
which subsequently fell into his hands, having bought
the interest of the other heirs. Mr. Cherry
is now the owner of nearly a section of good land, most
of which is in excellent condition, and is composed of
four farms. He is one of the most enterprising and
respected citizens, as has been repeatedly attested by
the fact that he has been elected to various offices of
the Township, and is at present filling the office of
Land Appraiser. Although he is not connected with
any church, he is a conscientious, moral man, ever ready
to help those who are in need, and is extremely
compassionate toward those whom adversity has overtaken,
and find him their creditor, having lost several hundred
dollars at one time, which he could easily have
obtained, but refused to do so, because it would have
worked injury to the debtor, who had a large family to
support. A gentleman who has been somewhat
financially embarrassed was recently heard to remark
that "he had owed Mr. Cherry for over ten years,
and had never been asked for the money." He was
married in 1844 to Elizabeth Smith, with whom he
is now living, and has a family of seven children, four
sons and three daughters all of whom are now living, and
all but one have reached the age of maturity.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 733 |
Lake Twp. -
JEO R. CHRISTIE, the hatter;
Bellefontaine; was born in Ft. Wayne, Ind., Aug. 22,
1851. After attaining his majority he with his
other (father having died), moved to Urbana, remaining
there a few years, then to Toledo; here our subject,
when a young lad, entered as a drummer in the 100-day
service, serving in the 130th O. V. I., where he
remained for four months, returning he re-enlisted, and
served about one year in the 195th O. V. I., as a
drummer, participating in some of the most severe
battles and marches, during the late civil war - Shiloh,
Sheridan's raid around Richmond, Petersburg, etc.; after
the war, Mr. Christie went to Boston, Mass.,
where he learned his trade as a hatter, remaining and
working at his trade for about nine and half years, when
he returned to Toledo, working at his trade there two
years, when in 1878, he came to Bellefontaine, working
at his trade in 1880, he embarked in the hat, cap and
gent's furnishing goods business, and to-day, keeps one
of the most complete stocks of this line of goods in
Bellefontaine; he manufactures his own silk hats, and is
recognized as one of the leading hatters of the State;
his place of business is next to the postoffice.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 591) |
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Richland Twp. -
HENRY M. CLINE, Justice
of the Peace and Notary Public; Belle Centre; was born
March 12, 1834, in
Cleveland. His father, Joseph
Cline, was born Jun. 14, 1790, in Winchester, Va.,
and his mother was born exactly ten years later at the
same place, her maiden name being Leah Secrest.
His father was a wheelwright by trade, and lived in
Guernsey Co., O., when he was married. He lived in
Cleveland
six ,years, and in 1834 he moved to Auglaize Co., and
entered a farm of Government land where the
village
of New Hampshire
now stands. Both he and wife died near there in 1856.
Henry was married Oct. 23, 1853, to
Martha .T., daughter of James
and Nancy Mahin. She was born
Nov. 4, 1834, in Wayne Tp., Auglaize Co., and her father
was the first Justice of the Peace in that township. One
year after marriage he moved to Iowa, where he farmed four years and then
returned to this State and bought part of the old
homestead. At the breaking-out of the war he enlisted in
Co. B, 45th Regiment, O. V. I., and was captured in his
second engagement. He was a prisoner for two years,
being at Andersonville most of the time, and he alone lived
through, out of twenty-seven captured from his company.
He came home in poor health, and commenced keeping
grocery at New
Hampshire; here he lived till
1875, when he moved to Belle Centre. He dealt in grain
one year and then engaged in the mercantile business. He
is one of the many men who were unable to stand the
financial crisis, and in 1878 he made an assignment. His
creditors hall such faith in his integrity that he was
permitted to settle up the business; he has been elected
Justice of the Peace, and held that office in Auglaize
Co.; he received the nomination by the Republican party,
for Sheriff, in the spring of 1880, over seven other
aspirants; his wife died April 30, 1867, leaving five
children - Sarah D., Ella, Volney H., Ettie B.
and Elizabeth. Feb. 13, 1868 he was
married to Margaret A., daughter of
John and Eliza Conley: she was born May
25, 1844, in Auglaize Co., and has borne him four
children, George H., Charles H., Blanche
and Clara.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 799
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Rush Creek
Twp. -
ROBERT C. CLOUGH, tile maker; P. O., Rushsylvania.
John Clough was a native of Connecticut, born on
the 28th of August, 1788; his wife was Deborah
Mumford born Dec. 8, 1785, and daughter of
Lillibridge Mumford. John Clough
removed from Connecticut to Pennsylvania, settling in
Wayne Co., that State. David Clough,
John's son, was born in Wayne Co., Pa., July 12,
1812. In 1835 David Clough married
Derinda King, daughter of Benjamin King, Esq.,
of Rhode Island, and she was born Sep. 25, 1808.
Robert C. Clough was born Dec. 1, 1838, in Wayne
Co., Pa. On the 28th day of February, 1867, he
married Julia E. Dix, daughter of David Dix,
of the county and State aforesaid. In 1868 he came
to Champaign Co., O., and on the 24th day of December,
1869, located at Rushsylvania, in Logan Co.; they have
no children, the family consisting of Mr. Clough
and wife only. Robert C. Clough is one of
the business men of the county; he is largely
engaged in the manufacture of drain-tile, and this
industry he was carried to a high degree of perfection,
having perhaps the most extensive establishment in the
county, or equal to any in central Ohio; the permanent
and extensive buildings and fixtures on his premises for
the prosecution of the business in which Mr. Clough
is engaged, are most potent evidences of the energy
and enterprise of the man. Himself and wife are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of
Rushsylvania, and Mr. Clough is also a member of
the order of the Patrons of Husbandry.
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 655 |
Stokes Twp. -
G. M. CLOVER, blacksmith; New
Hampshire; is a son of Joshua and Rachel Clover,
and was born Dec. 8, 1823, in Franklin Co., O. His
father was born and reared in Virginia, and accompanied
his parents to this State. They settled in Ross
Co., and, while there, four of the sons entered the army
and served through that memorable war, being with
Hull when he surrendered. Joshua was
one of the number, and shortly after his return was
married. In 1815, they all moved to Franklin Co.,
where the father bought a section, and each of those who
had served in the war entered a quarter section of new
land. There were ten sons and two daughters of the
family, and, as they all located in one township the
"Clover Settlement" was known for miles around.
They nearly all lived there until their death, Joshua
dying in 1842, and his devoted and loving companion in
1866. G. M. Clover was united to Sarah
M. daughter of Abraham and Jemima
(Benjamin) Wright. She was born in New Jersey
Sept. 23, 1824, and came to Franklin Co., during her
childhood. Their marriage was celebrated Dec. 22,
1843, and he then went to the blacksmith's trade in
Madison Co., and after serving an apprenticeship,
returned to his native county, where he continued
working at the trade until October, 1875, when he came
to where he now resides. He has built up a good
business, which speaks well for his reputation as a
mechanic. His marriage has produced a family of
eight children, five of whom are living - Benjamin,
Zachariah T., Abraham, Maggie and Byron.
The eldest two are married, the eldest being a farmer,
the second a wagon-maker, and the third a blacksmith and
engineer. Mr. Clover held all the
township offices while in Franklin Co., except one,
being Justice of the Peace six years, an office he is
now filling, having been re-elected in April, 1879l
Both he and wife belonged to the Methodist
Episcopal Church in early life, in which he was a class
leader seventeen years. Since the war they have
belonged to the M. P. Church. He has always been a
Democrat, and voted first for James K. Polk.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 627 |
McArthur Twp. -
BURRELL S. COLLINS, farmer; P. O.,
Huntsville; was born Oct. 27, 1820, in Perry Co., O.;
his father, James Collins, was born in Mifflin
Co., Pa., and when near his maturity came to Perry Co.,
and was there married to Catharine Mills, of
Virginia birth. He was a wheelwright and
chairmaker by trade, and worked at these until 1833,
when he moved to this county and engaged in farming; he
located at Cherokee, part of the town being on the land
that once belonged to him. His wife died in June
1835, having borne him nine children, and in April 1836
he was married to Mrs. Mary Mahan; he died in
1849. Burrell lived under the parental roof
until his marriage, Oct. 31, 1843, to Margaret Mahan,
and has since lived on the farm where he resides at
present; she was born in Franklin Co., and died Nov. 13,
1850, leaving two children - Mary and Isabella;
the first is married to John C. Brown and the
other to John M. Graybeal, and both are living in
Missouri. Mr. Collins was again married to
Eleanor, daughter of David and Margaret
(Beatty) Ghormley; she was born Mar. 15, 1829, in
Fayette Co., and came here a short time previous to her
marriage. Their union time previous to her
marriage. Their union has produced eight children,
seven of whom are living - James B., David G., Sarah,
Emma, Alma J., John B., Olive A., and Anna E.;
the eldest is married and David is attending
college at Wooster, O. The parents and five eldest
of these children are members of the Presbyterian
Church, in which he has served as Elder since 1849.
Is now a Republican, and voted first for Henry Clay.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 817) |
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Richland Twp. -
WILLIAM L. COLMERY,
limekiln and stone quarry; Belle Center; is the youngest
member and only son of a family of six children but two
of whom are living, and was born Oct. 10, 1848, in
Morrow Co., O. His parents were natives of Washington
Co., Penn.;
his father's name was John and his
mother's maiden name was Rebecca Murdock.
They lived in Washington Co. several veers after
marriage and then emigrated to Morrow Co., O., where
they ever after lived, except for two years they lived
in
Allegheny City, Pa. He bought a farm of military land in
Canaan Tp:, which he kept improving till his death, at
the ripe old age of 75. William
commenced doing for himself at his father's death, and
has made farming his chief occupation till this year. In
1876 he moved to Logan Co., and bought the farm on which
he now lives. For four years he had the stone quarry and
limekiln conducted by George Fenn while
he attended the farm, but he is now superintending the
entire business. He has a good common school education,
having finished his school life at the
Ohio
Central
College
at
Iberia. His household
affairs are conducted by his only sister, and they are
both members of the Presbyterian Church, to which
denomination their parents belonged. His father was
Elder in the church for nearly thirty
years.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 799)
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Bloomfield Twp. -
CHARLES E. CONLEY, miller; Bloom
Centre; was born in Auglaize Co., O., Sept. 5, 1840; the
son of John and Eliza (Marshall) Conley, of Ohio;
he spent his boyhood in Auglaize Co. and was united in
the holy bonds of wedlock to Miss Viola McBeth,
of the same county, on Nov. 10, 1872; he moved to Bloom
Centre in 1878, and built the Bloom Centre Flouring
Mill. It has three run of buhrs, and under the
management of Mr. Conley is doing a good custom
business. Mr. and Mrs. Conley have been
blessed with one child - Emmit Clyde - born July
6, 1880. He owns a good residence and several
other dwellings in the prosperous village of Bloom
Centre.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 729 |
McArthur Twp. -
CHARLES W. COOK, farmer; P. O.,
Bellefontaine; is the seventh of a family of eight
children born to Thomas and Jane Cook, and first
saw the light of day Nov. 23, 1833, on the farm on which
he now lives. The father departed this life when
Charles was only 4 years old, and he has
early inured to the toils that beset the paths of
pioneer children. His education was meagre, but
the deficiency was in part supplied by a complete
knowledge of clearing, and the other branches that
accompanied that essential art. He was married
Nov. 16, 1854, to Martha, daughter of Isaac
and Elizabeth (Hosack) Patterson. She was born
Mar. 19, 1834, in this township, to which her parents
moved in 1830, her father being a native of the Emerald
Isle, and marrying the above named lady in Pennsylvania.
Charles did not leave the old farm at his
marriage; and although he possessed but a single gold
dollar after the ceremony was performed, he soon after
bought the old homestead, relying on his own efforts for
success. He now owns 100 acres of land, on which
he has erected large and beautiful buildings, and has
one of the neatest and most tasty houses in the
township. He was in the service, being in Co. C.,
132d O. V. I. His marriage has been blessed with
eight children, six of whom are living - Mary A.,
Anna M., Thomas H., Ida B., Ira E., Charles K.
The second daughter has attended Geneva College, and
taught school several terms, with good success.
The parents and the four eldest children belong to the
U. P. Church, of which Mr. Cook has been Deacon.
He has always been a Republican, and cast his first vote
for John C. Fremong.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 818) |
Jefferson Twp. -
GEORGE M. COOK, farmer; P. O.,
Bellefontaine; whose name heads these lines, was a son
of William Cook, who was born in Washington Co.,
Penn., August, 1799; his father, George Cook, was
born in Ireland. From Pennsylvania he came west to
Kentucky, where he married to Jane Robb, of Lewis
Co., Ky., Feb. 22, 1827, who was a daughter of Robert
and Susan (Gray) Robb, who were natives of
Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Kentucky at an early day.
After the marriage of Mr. Cook, he and wife
wended their way to Guernsey Co., O., where they
remained until 1831, when he moved to Logan Co.,
locating in Bellefontaine, where he followed his trade
(carpenter's) until 1840, when he moved to the place
occupied by the remnant of the family and purchased a
farm, which was at that time covered with a growth of
timber; this he cleared up, and what appears to the eye
of the passer-by of to-day in the way of improvements
was of his own work and arrangement. e died Feb.
8, 1876, mourned by his family and many friends.
He was of a quiet and unobtrusive disposition,
conscientious and scrupulously just in all his dealings,
industrious and attentive to his own concerns, and by
his daily walk in life gave evidence of his faith in the
atoning merits of his Master, of whom he was a faithful
follower, being for many years a member of the
Presbyterian Church. His widow and five children yet
survive him, all of whom are members of the Presbyterian
Church. The farm is located a short distance east
of Bellefontaine, and consists of 161 acres of excellent
land. George M. was born in Bellefontaine,
April 11, 1837. Of the family remaining, besides
William, is Katie, Margaret, Joanna and
John A.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 744 |
Lake Twp. -
ROBERT T. COOK, merchant;
Bellefontaine; was born in Washington Co., Pa., Feb. 28,
1809. When he was 3 or 4 years of age, he, with
his parents, came to Ohio, and located in Guernsey Co.
During this trip West Mr. Cook remembers seeing
the soldiers of the war of 1812 along the route to Ohio.
Remaining a resident of Guernsey Co. until he was about
19 years of age, when he returned to Pennsylvania and
learned his trade as a cabinet maker. In 1832,
about the 1st of March, Mr. Cook arrived a
Bellefontaine and began to work at his trade on Columbus
street. After following his trade for some fifteen
or sixteen years in Bellefontaine, he embarked in the
grocery business, which he has continued since, and
to-day is the oldest grocery merchant, as well as the
oldest settler of the original plat of Bellefontaine.
In 1856 Mr. Cook was a heavy loser in the great
fire of that year, losing his building and entire stock
of groceries, without any insurance. He has been
located at his present stand ever since. He
married, in 1834, Miss McClure, who came to Logan
Co., at an early day.
Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 594 |
McArthur Twp. -
THOMAS COOK, Jr., farmer; P. O.,
Bellefontaine; was born Apr. 7, 1830, in Knox Co., O.
His father, Thomas Cook, Sr., was born in
Harrison Co., O., in 1801, and always followed farming.
He was there married to Jane White, who was born
in Ireland in 1800, and came to this country when 16
years old, her father dying in New York, two weeks after
their arrival. Thomas Cook lived in
Harrison Co., until the year 1825, when with his family
he moved to Knox Co., and resided there until the fall
of 1833 when he moved to this county and bought 125
acres of land, mostly forest. He was captain of a
militia company, and lived but a short time after coming
to this county, dying in February, 1838, leaving a
family of six children, the eldest of whom was only 14
years old. The widowed mother reared these all to
a useful and honorable life, and is now living with her
eldest daughter in Iowa. Thomas Jr. was
married Dec. 20, 1849, to Jane, daughter of
Peter and Sally (Campbell) Dow. She was born
near Bellefontaine April 16, 1830. After marriage
they lived on a farm one year and then moved into
Bellefontaine where Thomas worked at the
carpenter's trade seven years, when he traded his town
property for the farm on which he now lives; this he has
improved and cleared, until it bears but a slight
resemblance to its former appearance. He now owns
nearly 250 acres of land, forming a model and productive
farm. Their union has produced seven children,
five of whom are living - Charles C., Mary L.,
Nannie J., Thomas J. and Orrin L. D.
The eldest daughter is married to James E. McCracken;
Charles E. and Nannie are among the
successful school teachers of this country. Mr.
Cook has served as Trustee and Assessor and is a
member of the Agricultural Society. He has always
been a Republican, and cast first vote for John
P. Hale. The whole family belong to the U. P.
Church.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 818 |
Monroe Twp. -
C. C. COOKSTON, farmer; P. O. West
Liberty; was born in Franklin Co., Pa., Mar. 16, 1822,
and emigrated west with his parents in 1835 to Muskingum
Co., and came to Logan Co. about the year 1841. At
the age of 18 Charles began for himself, worked
two years at the carpenter's trade, which, proving
distasteful, he turned his attention to farming
pursuits. His parents were Thomas and
Mary C. (Staley) Cookston; he was born June
20, 1798, and was a son of Charles Cookston,
of English birth. Thomas first settled in
Union Tp., afterwards in Monroe, where our subject now
lives. Upon his first settlement, desiring to lay
in a stock of white bread material, he purchased the
entire surplus crop of three men, which amounted to ten
bushels! Thomas Cookston died Mar. 24,
1871, and was an upright Christian; his wife died
suddenly of apoplexy, Mar. 13, 1844. First several
years Charles (as above stated) worked cutting
wood at 20 cents per cord. At an age of 23
he was married to Margaret Strayer; their
nuptials were celebrated Mar. 18, 1845; she was born
1821 in Berkeley Co., Va., daughter of Nicholas and
Rebecca (Whatenah) Strayer; he was born Apr. 29,
1792; she, Aug. 4, 1814. Soon after Mr.
Cookston's marriage he located in Union Co., near
where De Graff now stands, which was at that time
covered with timber and underbrush. After making
several changes, and renting some time, he bought 90
acres of land north of De Graff, where he lived six
years; then moving to De Graff, and living there three
years, he purchased 160 acres west of the town where he
resided about six years. In 1864 he went out in
the 132d Regiment, Co. F, O. N. G. In 1866 he
moved to the homestead where he has since remained; has
113 acres of land and is a successful farmer. In
1877 he was elected County Commissioner, and was
recently reelected to the same position, which he is now
filling with credit to himself and satisfaction to his
constituents. He has five children - Joseph H.,
Mary E., H. Whitenah, William L. and Clifford G.
Mr. and Mrs. Cookston are members 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 |
Lake Twp. -
CHARLES L. COOLEY, merchant;
Bellefontaine; was born in West Springfield, Mass., July
4, 1822; entering the railroad contracting business, he
took leading contracts for building the North Hampton R.
R., Hartford & New Haven R. R., Hudson River R. R., East
Tennessee & Georgia R. R., Montgomery & Pensacola R. R.,
Cleveland & Pittsburgh R. R., C., C. C. & I. R. R., etc.
Coming to Bellefontaine in 1852, he took a contract to
lay track and ballasting on the C., C., C. & I. R. R.
from Galion to Union; he continued the railroad
contracting until 1869, when he embarked in the grocery
business in Bellefontaine, which he carried on some ten
years, when he engaged in agriculture. His place
of business is located on West Columbus St., where he is
enjoying a leading trade in the agriculture line.
Mr. Cooley has one-third interest in the
Bellefontaine woolen mills.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 591) |
Lake Twp. -
JAMES COOPER, physician;
Bellefontaine, is one of the oldest and most prominent
physicians in Logan Co.; who was born in Westmoreland
Co., Penn., Aug. 3, 1821, and is the son of Samuel
Cooper, an attorney by profession, now 93 years of
age, and captain in the war of 1832. When but 5
years of age, James, with his parents, moved to
Pittsburg, Penn., remaining there until he was 13 years
of age, during which time he received a good education,
attending school in a lecture room of the First
Presbyterian Church of that city; he afterwards went to
Central America and commenced the study of medicine with
Dr. Baldwin in Nicaragua; after remaining in
Central America some eight months he returned to
Pittsburg, continuing the study of medicine; in 1836 he
went to Iowa; in 1839 and 1840 he attended medical
lectures at St. Louis During his stay in Iowa he
had considerable practice among the Indians. In
1842 he went to Lancaster Co., Penn., thence to York
Co., same State; in 1853 he came to Ohio and located in
Stark Co., remaining there until 1855, and came to
Bellefontaine, where he haw remained ever since, and is
recognized as one of the most able physicians of Logan
Co. During his practice in Bellefontaine he has
made three professional visits to the far West on
geology and mineralogy; two visits in 1871, and one in
1875, during which time he wrote a series of letters for
the press, which were acknowledged to be very valuable.
Dr. Cooper has also written several articles for
the medical journals; a number of pieces of poetry for
publication, one "The Stream of Life." He has
delivered a number of lectures on Natural Science in
different parts of the United States, to large and
appreciative audiences. Dr. Cooper is a
member of the State Eclectic Medical Society. He
has filled the office as member of the City Council, of
the First Ward of Bellefontaine, for some six years,
with honor and credit.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 592) |
Jefferson Twp. -
DR. JOHN J. CORAM, physician; Zanesfield; born
Mar. 7, 1845, at Brentor, Devonshire, England; his
parents, William and Charlotte Coram, were united
in marriage Feb. 13, 1840. Ten children were born
unto them - six boys and four girls, John J.
being the third child in order. The father of our
subject was the eldest son of William Coram,
Sr., and Grace Coram, nee Ash,
and were born in 1795 and 1799, respectively, and
married in 1816. Charlotte C., the mother
of John J., was the fourth daughter of William
and Joanna (Mitchell) Glanfield, and were born in
1788 and 1789, and married in 1808; the grand-parents of
John J. were all of Devonshire, England, and were
of old English stock of the country gentry class.
The father of John J. was for ten years employed
as Sergeant and Inspector of the South Devon Railway
Company, but, being given to sporting, he wasted the
greater portion of the paternal estate, and subsequently
emigrated to Canada, in 1856, from Plymouth, landing in
Quebec Sept. 13, same year, locating on a farm in Grey
Co., C. W. The land was new, and the family
unaccustomed to manual labor, but were soon initiated,
and were raised up under all the disadvantages that
pertain to the settlement of a new country, and with
these unpropitious surroundings John had but few
educational advantages, but this was in a manner
overcome by a liberal course of home reading, to which
he applied himself after the labors of the day were
ended. After attaining his majority, he went to
live in the family of B. A. Knight, and was
engaged in farming, and emigrated with them to this
State, May, 1868, continuing in Mr. Knight's
employ until meeting with an accident (injury in the
leg) made it necessary for him to make a change of
business; entering the Friends' Academy, he attended one
fall and winter; then returned to the
superintendence of farm labors for two seasons.
Apr. 27, 1870, was united by marriage to Ellen Brown,
daughter of Asa and Hannah Brown of this county.
Five children have crowned this union, but one of the
number living - John A. In the fall of
1870, engaged in the dry-goods trade at Zanesfield, with
Ira Brown as partner, and, after a successful
business career of fifteen months, he sold out and began
the study of medicine with Dr. J. S. Robb, and,
after three years of study and attending three courses
of lectures at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, he
graduated March, 1874, and engaged in the active
practice of medicine; for one year was associated with
his preceptor, D. J. S. Robb; since that time has
continued to practice successfully his chosen profession
in Zanesfield, the home of his medical pupilage and his
widening sphere of popularity and success.
Politically, he is a Republican, and a member of the
Society of Friends.
Source: History of Logan County
and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 746 |
Jefferson Twp. -
GEORGE CORWIN, farmer; P. O.,
Zanesfield; is a native of Logan Co.; was born Aug. 12,
1815, in Monroe Twp. There were eight children in
the family, he being the fourth that was born to his
parents, Phineas and Magdalene (Dovenbarger) Corwin.
Phineas was a native of New York; his wife of
Virginia. Phineas was of a mechanical turn
of mind, and in the early times used to manufacture
wooden mold-boards for farmers' use. He died the
year of the great "wind fall." George then
remained with his mother until he was 23 years of age.
April 17, 1838, he was married to Margaret Dickinson,
who was born in November, 1817, in Monroe Twp., daughter
of Thomas and Maria (Lowe) Dickinson, who were
among the first settlers. After George was
married, he located on the survey where he now lives; he
first took a lease of some land, which he farmed.
In 1844 he made a trip to Andrew Co., Mo.; stayed a
short time; the country not suiting him, he returned,
and located on the Ruddy farm. In 1857 he
located on the head of Nettle Run, where he purchased 65
acres at $10, which was "all woods" and a vast swamp,
and "would have mired a snipe," as he termed it.
He had but $10 to begin housekeeping with.
Building him a rude cabin, he and wife began work in
earnest. He now has 161 acres of the choicest land
in the county. What was once thought perfectly
worthless is now the most valuable. Fourteen
children have been born to him, nine of them living -
Philip, in Rush Creek; Ann M., now Mrs. F.
R. Wren; Eliza J., Mrs. Thos. Chamberlain; Levi L.;
Emma, Mrs. J. Bowers; Ettie, Mrs. Jno. Sutton, of
Hardin Co.; Saybert A.; Martha, Mrs. Sutton, and
Thomas Zaccheus. During all his travels
Mr. Corwin has never been sued, and he has sued but
one man, who owed him for eight years.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - w/ some illustrations and
portraits ~ Page 744 |
Jefferson Twp. -
S. W. COSTON, farmer; P. O., Bellefontaine; born
near Hagerstown, Md., Mar. 5, 1814, and came west with
his parents, Samuel R. and Hester (Jones) Costin,
who located in Urbana the same year that he was born,
remaining there fourteen years; came to his county in
1828 and resided in Zanesfield two years, finally
locating on the Gregory place where his father
died, 1867. Our subject was the third child of a
family of six. At the age of 18 he went to learn
the carpenter's trade, which vocation he followed for
about forty years. He has been twice married -
first to Elizabeth A. Painter which occurred
1836. She was born in this township; was a
daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Branson) Painter.
Both were natives of Virginia; wife died 1873. Ten
children were born then; seven of the number lived to
maturity, four of whom are now living, John, in
Bellefontaine; Robert, in Indiana; Joseph,
in Bellefontaine; Isaac, in Kansas. 1877,
July 8, was married to Amanda Harvey born in
Urbana, Aug., 1839, daughter of Rollin J. and
Phebe Matthews; she was from New Jersey, he from
Pennsylvania; both came to this state many years ago.
After Mr. Costin's first marriage, he moved to
Lima, O., remaining until 1840, when he moved to
Burlington, Ia., returning in 1845 to Logan Co.; lived
two years in North Lewisburg; since 1850 has been a
constant resident of this township - his farm is located
in the southwest part of the township. He is a
member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 745 |
Miami Twp. -
J. B. COUCHMAN, D.D.S., dentist;
De Graff; was born in Champaign Co., Ohio, 1853; his
father, Michael Couchman, was a native of
Virginia, while his mother, Elizabeth (Neer) Couchman,
was born in Clark Co., O. Dr. Couchman had
the usual experience incident to the life of a
farmer-boy. The greater part of his education was
secured in the public schools. He first commenced
studying dentistry with Dr. Gill, of West
Liberty, Logan Co., O., 1871. He attended the
Philadelphia Medical College through one entire course
of lectures beginning in the fall of 1873, graduating a
doctor of dental surgery in the spring of 1874; he first
settled to the practice of his profession in Marysville,
Union Co., O., where he remained about two and a half
years. It was at this time that he married Miss
Mary Henderson, of West Liberty, - Apr. 15, 1874.
They have one daughter, Emma May Couchman.
In the fall of 1877 he settled in DeGraff, and is
building up a fine practice.
Source: History of Logan
County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 -
Page 774 |
Lake Twp. -
DR. JOHN A. COULTER, of
Bellefontaine, was the fourth son of eight children born
to John and Margaret (Elder) Coulter; his father
was born in Jefferson Co., O., in the year 1804.
He learned the tanning business at Newark, O., and in
1826 located in Bellefontaine, O., starting a tanyard in
company with Robert Patterson. Sept. 11,
1832, he sold his interest to his partner, and in the
same year bought a farm and tanyard of Isaac Cooper,
near Huntsville, in this county, where he at once
removed; he continued his residence here until his
death, on Dec. 26, 1859. Mr. Coulter was a
man of fine education, and held the office of Justice of
the Peace in McArthur Tp. for twenty years; he was
married to Margaret Elder, July 10, 1832, by July
10, 1832, by whom he had eight children, three sons and
five daughters, the latter of whom are all dead.
Dr. John A. Coulter was born in McArthur Twp.,
Logan Co., O., Mar. 31, 1843; was educated in the common
schools and by a private tutor; entered the mercantile
business as clerk, and was employed in various
establishments in Huntsville, Bellefontaine, Findley,
Columbus and Cincinnati; at the latter place he served
with the well-known tobacco house of Maddox Bros.
for two years. In July of 1861, he enlisted as a
private soldier in Co. G 1st O. V. I., and was
discharged in June, 1862, at Jackson's Ford, Ala., on
account of sickness; he subsequently studied at the
Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, and
graduated with the degree of M. D., Mar. 1, 1872.
In 1875 he was acting Assistant Physician at the
Cleveland Hospital for the Insane, and had full charge
of 300 insane patients. Subsequently he engaged in
active practice of his profession, at Huntsville, O.,
until Nov. 21, 1878, when he removed to Bellefontaine to
accept the office of County Recorder, to which office he
had been elected for three years, in the preceding
October. Dr. Coulter was married to Lou.
J. Dewey, daughter of Dr. S. S. Dewey, of
Huntsville, on July 8, 1867. One child, a
daughter, was born to him Oct. 30, 1872.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 592) |
McArthur Twp. -
MATTHEW K. COVINGTON, farmer; P.
O., Huntsville; is the only child born to Matthew P.
and Mary Covington, and was born in this county Jan.
7, 1850; his grandfather, Henry Covington, was a
native of Ireland, and after coming to this country
served in the war of 1812; he was a Dunkard by faith,
and married Anna Kavanaugh. She was born in
Kentucky, and accompanied her folks to Champaign Co., in
this State, at a very early day, there being only two
houses in Cincinnati when they crossed the Ohio river at
that point. Some time after their marriage they
moved to the vicinity of Lewistown, in this county, and
bought a tract of Government land, but after a short
residence traded it to Judge Shelby for a farm in
Liberty Tp.; on this he died in 1850, and his faithful
wife in 1874. Matthew P. was born in 1823,
while they were yet in Champaign Co., and remained under
the parental roof until his marriage to Mary Stiles,
when he settled on a portion of the old homestead.
She was born in Athens Co., and is of New England
descent. Shortly after their marriage to vigorous
young husband was taken from the bosom of his family.
Mrs. Covington was afterwards married to
William Cooper, and bore him three children.
Matthew, the subject of this sketch, commenced
for himself when 17 years old, and farmed on the old
homestead until the fall of 1879, except one year that
he kept livery stable a DeGraff; he now owns over 100
acres of land in this township; he was married in
October, 1870, to Mary E. Guthrie, and on May 9,
1871, she died; he united his fortunes with those of
Catherine Brown Apr. 5, 1878. She was born
Aug. 24, 1862, in Union Co., is a daughter of John
and Rebecca (Cooper) Brown; her parents died when
she was quite young, and from the time she was 11 years
old until marriage she was a hired girl. Their
happy union has been blessed with one child - Charles
F. He belongs to the Masonic Fraternity and Ancient
Order of Workingmen. He always beena
Democrat.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 817) |
Lake Twp. -
PERRY DECATUR COVINGTON, eldest
son of Samuel and Ruth Covington, was born in
Liberty Tp., Logan Co., O., Dec. 27, 1842. He
lived in the farm until 1860, and taught two terms of
school in Allen Co., O. In 1862 he enlisted in the
88th O. V. I.; was with his regiment about a year, and
clerked in Draft Rendezvous, at Columbus, O., one year.
He was promoted to Capt. Co. F, 118th U. S. C. I.
in 1864, and commanded the infantry (two companies)
which held Fort Brady from the fall of 1864 until about
March 30, 1865. Brady was the Union Fort on
the James river nearest Richmond. His brigade was
the first to enter Richmond, and went from Richmond with
Gen. Weitzel's command to Texas, and crossed into
Mexico in command of 200 men, Jan. 6, 1866, and occupied
the town of Bagdad during its bombardment by the French
blockading fleet. He was mustered out with his
regiment, Feb. 6, 1866; was married May 16, 1866, near
Lima, O., to Miss Sarah Ellen McClain, daughter
of James McClain, Esq.; read medicine with Dr.
D. Watson, and graduated at the Medical College of
Ohio in the spring of 1869, and practiced medicine at
Round Head, O., four years. He removed to
Bellefontaine in April, 1873, and formed a partnership
with Dr. Watson. Since dissolving
partnership with Dr. Watson in July, 1877, he has
continued the practice of his profession alone.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 593) |
|
Richland Twp. -
SAMUEL COVINGTON,
farmer; P. O.,
Huntsville; is one of the most
intelligent and respected citizens in this township, and
was born Sept. 22, 1819, in this county. His father,
Henry Covington, was born in Maryland, and soon after his birth the family moved to Delaware, where they
remained till he was 17 years old, and then came to
Montgomery Co., Ohio., He served in the war of 1812, and
in January 1815 was married to Anna Kavanagh,
in Champaign Co. She was born in
Kentucky, and her parents moved
to this State in 1805. After his marriage Henry
lived a short time in this county, and then went back to
Champaign Go., and lived there until 1832, when he
returned, and bought a farm near Lewiston. He soon after traded property with
Judge Shelby, receiving a farm in
Liberty Tp., on which he lived till his death, in 1850.
Samuel lived under the parental roof
until his marriage, Jan. 27, 1842; to Ruth
Watson. She died Jan. 7, 1849, leaving four
children , two of whom are living-Perry D.
and William H. The eldest is
practicing medicine in Bellefontaine, and the youngest
is living on the homestead. Feb. 7, 1850, he united
fortunes with Margaret Beacom. She died
Dec. 21, 1850, leaving an infant child Sarah A.
He was again married March 31, 1853, to Sarah
Watson. By this union six children have been
horn; three are living - Eliza M., Fanny B.
and Laura A. He owns over two
hundred acres of land, 160 of which he himself has
cleared; this being the third farm he has thus improved.
He was once a Democrat, but is now a Prohibitionist.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 800
|
Zane Twp. -
JOHN BISHOP COWGILL, farmer and
stock-raiser; P. O., North Lewisburg; identified himself
with the agricultural interests of this county, and by
his force of character and honesty of purpose has done a
great deal to give his community its present enviable
reputation. He was born in Union Co., Sept. 15,
1835. His father, Elisha, was born in
Columbiana Co., in 1804, and came to Zane Township with
John Cowgill, his father, about 1806.
John Cowgill was a native of Culpepper Co., Va.
Elisha raised a family of ten children, having
married Mary (Bishop). John Bishop received
a common school education, and when he was 21, such had
been his industry and economy, he purchased 85 acres of
land. By careful investment, but more by arduous
toil, he added to his original purchase, until he became
a large land owner. He possesses a farm of 198
acres in Logan Co., with fine water privileges,
being well watered by two branches of Darby Creek,
besides a number of limestone springs. The land is
well ditched and under-drained 500 rods of tiling being
used in the latter. He has a good barn and
out-buildings. He has a fine sugar camp of some
1,500 vessels, and manufactures annually about 3,500
pounds of sugar. Besides this farm, John Bishop
also possesses 240 acres in Allen Township, Union Co.,
used more particularly as a stock farm, to which latter
occupation he has been devoting more especially his
attention. The Logan County farm is rich and very
productive, both of wheat and corn. In the spring
of 1867, John married Miss Anna Sharp,
daughter of John and Alcy (Bowker) Sharp.
Her parents were natives of the East. She was born
in 1833. From this union there are two children,
Elisha John, born Apr.10, 1869, and Mary Alcy,
born Sept. 25, 1871
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 631 |
Lake Twp. -
JAMES COWMAN, merchant;
Bellefontaine; was born in Anne Arundel Co., Md., Mar.
17, 1825, and is a son of Jerod and Elizabeth
(Wright) Cowman. In 1827 he, with his parents,
came to Ohio, and located in Springborough, Warren Co.,
where he remained until 1847, during which time he
learned his trade as a saddler; coming to Bellefontaine
in 1847, he embarked in the saddlery and harness
business, working at his trade some twelve years, when
he entered into the meat market business, opening the
first daily meat market in the city. In 1865
Mr. Cowman is entirely blind, having lost his sight
some fifteen years ago, but, nevertheless, he has been
one of Bellefontaine's most active business men.
He has a member of the Building Association, which
erected the Buckeye and Empire Blocks, two of the
leading business blocks in the city. He married
twice, his first wife being Eliza Ann Strouther,
deceased; he afterwards married Harriet Ann Rhoads;
they have two children, Edward and Eliza Ellen.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 594) |
GEORGE
W. COX (Bloomfield Twp.), sawyer; Bloom Centre;
proprietor of the "Hall Saw Mill;"" was born Dec. 22,
1846, at Dayton, O.; he was a son of John and Rachel
(Steeth) Cox, of Greene Co., O. Mr. Cox
was raised at Osborne, O., until 1859, when he moved
with his parents to Logan Co., O. At the breaking
out of the late war he enlisted in the 57th O. V. I.,
Company K, for two years. He was captured at Cape
Fear River, N. C., and sent to the rebel hells of
Saulsbury, Milan and Andersonville, and was paroled at
Charlottesville, N. C., in July, 1865. He was
married to Miss Amanda Pence, on Sept. 17, 1858.
They have four children - Charles A., Lou Ellen,
Florence and Gerte Belle. He belongs to
Lodge No. 621, Odd Fellows, at Bloom Centre.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 730) |
Lake Twp. -
J. R. CRAWFORD & SON, livery
and sale stables; the oldest livery firm in Bellefontaine
is that of J. R. Crawford, who was born near
Darlington, Md., in 1810, and moved to Ohio in 1824.
He was married in 1834 to Miss Myra McMillan, who
was horn in Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1811, and is the
daughter of James McMillan, who came to Ohio in
1803. Mr. Crawford, after marrying,
remained a resident of Harrison. In 1866, he
removed with his family to Bellefontaine and embarked in
the livery business. J. Crawford was born
in Harrison Co. in 1853, having removed from there with
his parents to Bellefontaine, embarking in the livery
business, where they are now doing a good, fair
business, both in the livery and feed business, keeping
nine good livery horses and a number of vehicles; their
place of business is located on east Columbia street,
where they are prepared to let livery at reasonable
rates.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 593) |
McArthur Twp. -
JOSEPH P. CRETCHER, farmer, P. O., Huntsville; is the
youngest of a family of eleven children, and was born
Oct. 12, 1832, in this county; his father, Jabez
Cretcher, was a native of Kentucky and there married
Nancy Pollock; in 1813, when there were only four
members in the family, they moved to this county and
settled near Lewistown; they lived there only a short
time, however, when they lived there only a short time,
however, when they moved to Champaign Co. and bought a
farm; five years later they again came into this county
and bought 240 acres of land in Miami Tp., on which
Mr. Cretcher and sons found ample scope for their
energies for many years; he died Jan. 28, 1872, and his
companion Feb 19, 1874, having lived together over
sixty-one years. Joseph lived under the
parental roof until his marriage, Mar. 25, 1858, to
Catherine L., daughter of Paul and Mary (Carothers)
Huston; she was born June 28, 1836, in this county,
to which her parents moved as early as 1829; her father
died Apr. 13, 1868, in his 82nd year, and her mother
some four years later. Joseph followed
farming until 1868, when he moved to De Graff and worked
at the harness trade, and afterwards manufactured brick;
in 1874 he moved to where he now lives, owning a farm of
100 acres; six children have blessed their marriage,
whose names arc - William H., Jabez McLaine,
Paul Clarence, Homer G., Frank Burton and Joseph
O.; Mr. Cretcher is a member of the Masonic
Fraternity and of the Patrons of Husbandry; both he and
his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church; he
has been a Democrat since the beginning of the war.
Source: History of Logan County
and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 819 |
Zane
Twp. -
GEORGE W. CREVISTON, farmer; P.
O., Mingo; was born Dec. 3, 1832., and at an early age
evinced that deliberation of manner and thought, now so
characteristic of him; his father, John Creviston,
was born June 18, 1803, and came to Zane Township as
early as 1820. In 1830 John Creviston
married Miss Elizabeth Miller, a native of Ohio,
who was born April 16, 1806, and at the time of her
marriage was living in Champaign Co. John
located in the southwestern part of Zane Township in
1840, where he resided the balance of his life.
George W., the subject of our sketch, received a
common school education, spending one term at the Union
School at West Liberty; when he arrived at his majority
he "struck out" for himself; he married, February, 1852,
Miss Mary E. Stewart, a native of this county,
born in May, 1833, and who is now dead; her parents came
to this locality from Virginia at an early date.
George located on a part of the same farm that
his father occupied immediately after his marriage; he
has raised a family of four children. The subject
of our sketch is a man held in high respect by his
neighbors, and, although often solicited to accept
office, has persistently refused to dabble in politics;
he is a member of Jericho Grange, No. 277; his daughter,
Viola Jane, is married to Talford Blackburn.
His oldest son, Thomas J., born Dec. 31, 1855, is
farming in connection with his father; he married
Miss Mary A. Connolly, Jan. 1, 1878; they have one
child - Sylva May, born Jan. 9, 1879.
Source: History of Logan County
and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 630 |
Liberty Twp. -
J. R. CROCKETT, tanner; West
Liberty; was born Feb. 28 1841, in Logan Co., in the
same building he now occupies. His younger days
were spent somewhat in attending school. His
father being a tanner, it was natural for him to turn
his attention in that direction, and, at the age of 17,
he devoted his entire time to the business, under the
instruction of his father. In 1864, he formed a
partnership with his father, which continued until 1874,
when our subject took the whole control, and has since
been extremely successful He was married, in
1872, to Hattie R. Secord, native of Michigan.
She died in 1874, having blessed him with two children,
both deceased. He was again married, in 1879, to
Belle, a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Walker)
Thatcher, now residents of De Graff, this county.
By his last marriage he has one child, Mary Louisa.
He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
His father, Houston, was born at Manchester,
Clark Co., Ky., and came to Liberty Tp., about the year
1816, having emigrated, when 12 years old, to said
locality. His mother, Louisa Turner, was
born in Champaign Co., this State, in 1815, and had, by
her union with Mr. Crockett, eight children, five
of whom are living - Lucy, now Mrs. Kelley;
James A., a physician at Elkhart, Ind.; J. R.;
Eleanora, married to William Petty, and
Esta, married to Samuel Taylor. The
father died Jan. 20, 1880, in the faith of the Christian
Church. The mother is still enjoying life's
pilgrimage here. His grandfather, Black,
was a soldier in the war of 1812. His grandfather,
Turner, emigrated from England, and served the
Colonies all through the Revolutionary War. The
Crocket family are descendants of old David
Crockett, the noted hunter, of Virginia. We
may mention Houston Crockett as one of the early
singing school teachers of this county, and an early and
prominent member of the Masonic fraternity of this
place. He was also an active element in the
Republican party. We mention elsewhere in this
township history many important reminiscences connected
with the Crockett family, and will, therefore,
desist from further mention here, otherwise than to say
they have constituted one of the most interesting and
enterprising families it has been our pleasure to
record.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago:
O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 707 |
Lake Twp. -
ROBERT CROCKETT; retired; is one
of the oldest settlers in Logan Co., and was born in
Clark Co., Ky., Nov. 8, 1808, the son of Robert and
Patsey (Cartmill) Crockett, both parents natives of
Virginia. They married in Kentucky, and in 1812,
with ten children, they moved to Ohio, and located on a
farm of 180 acres, one and one-half miles west of West
Liberty, Logan Co., then a wild country, with plenty of
Indians and wolves. Here his father died about the
year 1821, at 51 years of age. The mother then
moved to West Liberty, our subject having moved there
with his sister in 1816. She (his sister) had
married Thomas Clark, who kept the first hotel in
West Liberty. Mr. Crockett saw the first
house raised in West Liberty; was a resident of Urbana a
short time. In 1854 he was elected Sheriff of
Logan Co. by the Know-Nothing party, by a majority of
some 1,800 votes. This office he filled with honor
and credit for four years and three months. In
1855 he moved to Bellefontaine, which has been his home
ever since. He was Deputy-Sheriff two years, City
Police two years, and Constable, which office he now
fills. He was a soldier in the late civil war,
recruited Co. D, of the 66th O. V. I., and enlisted in
this Company as its 2d Lieutenant, and served some
twelve months, when, on account of sickness he was
honorably mustered out of service, and returned to
Bellefontaine. He was married in 1832 to Miss
Elizabeth Roberts, of Virginia, who came to Logan
Co. at an early day. By this marriage they have
had seven children. Mr. Crockett learned
his trade as a tanner at 17 years of age, in West
Liberty. His mother died in South Bend, Inc., at
79 years of age.
(Source:
History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 595) |
Jefferson
Twp. -
PATRICK CRONLEY, farmer; P. O., Zanesfield; is a
native of the Emerald Isle, born on St. Patrick's Day,
1811, in Dublin Co.; son of Patrick and Catharine
(Harman) Cronley; the family emigrated to America
about the year 1827, when our subject was a lad of 15,
and located in Massachusetts and engaged in farming.
After attaining his majority, Patrick started for
himself - worked out by the month for several years.
In the spring of 1835, he was united by wedlock to
Ellen Temple, daughter of Joseph Temple, who
was born in Ohio about the year 1824. In 1840, he
moved to Hardin Co., this State, and purchased 80 acres
of improved land in Hale Tp., and subsequently moved to
Logan Co., where he purchased 70 acres in Hadley bottom,
Jefferson Tp., where he now resides, having a family of
three children - Patrick, born May 5, 1861,
Jacob, Oct. 17, 1863, Esther, May 30, 1867.
Nestled in the quiet valley, he lives quiet and
contented, taking life and its events as they occur as
matters of fact, not allowing himself to be disturbed by
the petty annoyances which to some are so vexations,
being satisfied with his comfortable home and its
romantic surroundings; is living a lfe of retirement,
and is in the enjoyment of life's common blessings, and
is really the pattern of a contented and happy
personage; Democratic in his sentiments, yet is not
partisan; is an excellent neighbor and a respected
citizen.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 744 |
Jefferson
Twp. -
LEWIS CROUSE, farmer; P. O.
Zanesfield; Born in Dauphin Co., Pa., Dec. 27, 1816; is
the second child by his father's second marriage; his
parents were Joseph and Mary Magalene (Arieon)
Crouse. She was born Oct. 1, 1792, and was a
daughter of George and Elizabeth Arieon.
The family emigrated to this State in 1835, and located
west of Bellefontaine, in Harrison Twp., in 1840 came to
Lake Tp., and lived one year, then came to Jefferson and
settled on the farm where Phillip now lives; here
they spent the remainder of their days - he dying
February, 1857, she April 20, 1878. Lewis
remained with his father until he was 24 years of age;
May 10, 1840, he was married to Elizabeth Kaylor,
born Jan. 9, 1825, in Harrison Tp., daughter of
Susannah and Henry Kaylor. Her mother's maiden
name was Brillhart, and was born in Pennsylvania.
Her husband, Kaylor, was a native of Germany;
came to America when small. The family came to
Logan Co., and entered 160 acres of land in Harrison Tp.
He died Dec. 19, 1834; his wife July 20, 1861. She
was past 78 years of age at the time of her death; he
was over 55 years old. Since the marriage of
Mr. Crouse, he has resided in this township; he came
to the place he now owns in 1844. Five children
have been born to him, who are as follows - Mary M.,
born Feb.14, 1841, afterwards Mrs. D. C. Smith;
she died May 28, 1863; George, born Apr. 18,
1842; Joseph, Nov. 4, 1844, died June 28, 1876;
Sarah C., born Dec. 14, 1851, died Aug. 12, 1853;
Phillip H., born Oct. 5, 1855. All but one
of the family are members of the Lutheran Church.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 745 |
Jefferson
Twp. -
PHILIP CROUSE farmer; P. O., Zanesfield; was born
May 27, 1827, in Green Co., Penn., he was the youngest
child born by a second marriage of Joseph Crouse
to Mary M. Arieon. 1835 was the year
Philip came to this county with his parents, and was
raised to hard work and to paddle his own craft.
July 28, 1858, he was married to Catharine Moore
who was born Jan. 20, 1832, in Stark Co., O.; since
1841, Philip has been almost a constant resident
of his present place, is living on the home farm, which
he now owns, containing 100 acres. Has four
children - Melinda E., Mary M., James F. and
Curtis A. Is a hard-working and painstaking
farmer, and is making a success. The Crouse
family are all Democrats. He is a member of
the Patrons of Husbandry.
Source: History of Logan County and
Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 744 |
Liberty Twp.
-
A. D. CULBERTSON, farmer; P. O.,
West Liberty; was born Sept. 4, 1817, in Champaign Co.,
O.; his father, John, was born in Pennsylvania,
and his mother, Susan Douglass, in Virginia.
They emigrated to Ohio by means of a flat boat which the
father had built; they landed at Cincinnati, and were
there met by his brother-in-law, Zephaniah Loose,
who brought them by team to Champaign Co., where the
father entered 160 acres of land, getting his patent
from Thomas Jefferson. Here this old
pioneer began in the woods in a log cabin with scarcely
anything save a team which he brought down by boat.
One of these horses was sold at his sale, at the age of
thirty. The father died in 1835, and the mother
five years prior. They had three children -
Caroline, who married James Black, and
A. D. survives; Lucy is deceased.
Our subject attended the old pioneer schoolhouses, many
of which are described in this work. He was a
witness of all the hardships that were allotted the
pioneers, but the busy wing of time wafted him to a ripe
old age, where he now enjoys the fruits of his early
days' industry. At the death of his father he made
a home with his brother-in-law, Alexander Black,
who had married Lucy (deceased), and there remained
until he was married, on Feb. 25, 1847, to Sarah,
a daughter of John and Lucretia Boyd Hurd, natives
of Virginia, who came among the earliest of the settlers
of this section of the county. His wife was born
Jan. 6, 1829, in Logan Co.; by her he has had three
children - James M., born Feb. 2, 1848; died Jan.
18,1856; Samuel, born Apr. 21, 1852, and died
Nov. 16, 1853; Mary E., born Feb. 13, 1850,
married H. A. Hill, and lives with her father.
His wife died, and he was again married to
Lucinda J. Boyd, who was born Mar. 30, 1815, and
died Jan. 30, 1879. He now owns 103 acres of well
improved land, which he has attained by his own labors.
He is a member of the McKee's Creek Christian Church.
He has been afflicted with light spasms for forty years,
yet he attains a remarkably good memory, and the hand of
time has touched him gently. He has retired from
the active pursuits of life, having rented his farm to a
Mr. Whitmore.
Source: History of Logan County
and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - Page 707 |
Harrison
Twp. -
CHRISTOPHER CULP, farmer; P. O.,
Bellefontaine; was born in Logan Co., July 4, 1847; is a
son of David and Catharine Culp. The father
was a native of Virginia, and the mother of
Pennsylvania. Mr. Culp's parents came to
Logan Co. in a very early day. He was raised on a
farm, receiving a good education, and began business for
himself at 29 years of age. He was married in 1871
to Mary A. Roof, who was born in Virginia, and
came to Logan Co. with her parents in about 1862.
From this union there were five children, one now dead -
Ettie, William D., Annie, Catharine and John.
Mr. Culp entered business for himself, but has since
been assisted by his father to a farm. He and his
wife are members of the German Baptist Church.
Source: History of Logan
County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 ~
Page 620 |
Union Twp. -
DAVID CULP, farmer; P. O.
Bellefontaine; was born Sept. 30, 1813, in Rockingham
Co., Va.; his father (Henry Culp) was a miller by
trade, and moved to Virginia when young; there he
married Frances Funk; they had eleven children
and were in rather poor circumstances; in the spring of
1830 he thought of emigrating to the West, so he started
out on horseback to find a location, and came into this
township, and entered 40 acres in the west side of the
township in the 'fallen timber" district, and began
preparations for the family moving thither; in 1831 his
family, one son-in-law (Sam Clator), a widowed
daughter and her three children, about fourteen or
fifteen persons in all, set out from Virginia with a
three-horse team (and poor ones, too), and one wagon;
they arrived here in the fall and put up in the cabin
which had been prepared for them; two sons - Jacob
and Joseph, followed the next year. They
improved the 40 acres of Government land which they had
entered, and got along nicely in the new country, until
death called their father from further cares in 1838;
and soon each one began to do for themselves; their
mother died in Fairfield Co., in 1845, where she had
gone to visit relatives. David is now the
only one of the family who resides in this county; he
worked by the month for sometime in the vicinity of his
early home, and on Oct. 16, 1841, he married
Catharine daughter of Frederick Mohr; he then
purchased 50 acres in the south of this township, which
he improved and lived upon for sixteen years; and in
1857 he sold that and bought the farm of 160 acres where
he now resides and on which he replaced the old
log-cabin by erecting a good, two-story brick residence;
they have had ten children who are now nearly all doing
for themselves - Frederick in Missouri, George
in this state, John in Missouri, Christopher
in this state, Joseph (deceased), Aaron in
Missouri, Mary, now Mrs. John D. Keller,
Martha A., now Mrs. Jas. E. Bosserman of
Missouri, Franklin and Andrew who live at
home with their parents. Mrs. Culp was born
in Lancaster Co., Penn., Dec. 25, 1822, and came here
with her father's family. Mr. and Mrs. Culp
are members of the German Baptist Church in this
township.
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 787 |
Harrison Twp.
-
GEORGE CULP, farmer; P. O.
Bellefontaine; was born in Logan Co. in 184r; is a son
of David and Mary C. Culp. The father was a
native of Virginia, and the mother of Pennsylvania.
They came to Logan Co. in a very early day.
George Culp was married in 1867 to Mary E. Kerr,
whose parents were very early settlers of the
county. From this union there are three children -
Laura, Ada and David. Mr. Culp,
after proving his willingness to do for himself, was
assisted by his father to a good farm, which he is now
in possession of. He and his wife are members of
the German Baptist Church.
Source: History of Logan
County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 ~
Page 620 |
J.
B. CURL, farmer; P. O., Lewistown; was born in
Champaign Co., Ohio, in 1833; was the son of John Curl,
who, with his father, William Curl, moved to Ohio
in 1804, and settled in Champaign Co., William Curl was
one of the Revolutionary soldiers, and his son, John
Curl, was a soldier in 1812, and J. B. Curl also
enlisted in the late war as a private in Co. E, 132d O.
V. I. He was married to Miss Martha A. Hammond
in
1854; they have five sons - Lewis H., Reuben O., William
A., Wilbur W. and Avery B. They came to this
county in 1855, and settled and improved the place they
now own, so that from a wilderness it is like a
paradise. He owns 100 acres of good land, well
improved. He is a Republican, and both he and his
excellent lady are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1880 - Page 734) |
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