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HISTORY OF MERCER COUNTY, OHIO
and Representative Citizens
Edited and compiled by Hon. S. S. Scranton, Celina, Ohio
Published by Biographical Publishing Co.
Chicago, Illinois
1907
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E. E. JACKSON,
village solicitor and prominent citizen of Rockford, where
he is practicing law, was born Feb. 6, 1869, in Moon
township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of
G. W. and Mary Jane (Harper) Jackson.
On the maternal side our subject’s grandfather,
David Harper, was a Pennsylvanian, a respected
old resident of Allegheny County. On the paternal
side, Grandfather Jonathan Jackson was
born in North Carolina and always took pride in being of the
same family as was President Andrew Jackson.
He died in 1868, leaving a widow who still survives, at the
age of 93 years. She is of French Huguenot extraction
and was born in Virginia; her family name of Massey
can be easily traced to the nobility of France.
The parents of our subject were both born in Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania, where they still reside, the father in
January, 1842, and the mother in February, 1849. Their
family consists of seven sons and two daughters, as follows:
E. E.; William S., of Coraopolis,
Pennsylvania; Luther A.; Lena, wife of G.
L. McCartney; Hayes H.; Calvin A.;
Charles C.; Vinnie B. and Raymond.
The father of our subject served in the Army of the Potomac,
during the Civil War, from August, 1862, until the close of
hostilities. He was a member of Company K, 139th Reg.
Pennsylvania Vol. Inf., Sixth Army Corps, and participated
in all the principal engagements in the Virginia campaign,
being wounded in the right shoulder, in front of Fort
Stephens, and returning to his home with a record of which
his children are proud.
E. E. Jackson was primarily educated in the
schools of his native township. In 1887 he entered
Bridgewater Academy and attended almost every term until
1890. In 1891, 1892 and 1893 he worked at the
carpenter’s trade, and in the fall of 1894 began to teach
school, continuing until March, 1896, when he spent one term
in the West Pennsylvania Medical College at Pittsburg.
On Oct. 15, 1896, he entered the Ohio Normal University, at
Ada, where he remained until Mar. 1, 1900, from 1898 until
1900 being in the law department. After his admission
to the bar, he located at Rockford, where he formed a
partnership with C. S. Mauck, and has continued in
active practice ever since. Mr. Jackson
has met with hearty approval and stands today as a leading
member of his profession in his locality.
On July 21, 1899, Mr. Jackson was married to
Minnie A. Wolf, a daughter of J. B. and Sarah Wolf,
of Ada, Ohio. They have three children, two daughters and
one son, namely: Dee, Dorothy and Calvin F.
Source: History of Mercer County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Edited and compiled by Hon. S. S. Scranton,
Celina, Ohio - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co.,
Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 376 |
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FOSTER
JACKSON, a prosperous farmer of Union township,
residing on a farm of 80 acres owned by him and his brother,
located in section 7, wad born in York township, Van Wert
County, Ohio, August 27, 1880, and is a son of Simeon and
Rebecca (Hays) Jackson.
Simeon Jackson was born in Van Wert County in
1851 and died in 1902. He was a son of Federal
Jackson, who was one of the pioneers of Van Wert County,
and who died when his son was a small child. Simeon
Jackson enlisted in Company A, 49th Reg., Ohio Vol.
Inf., and served four years and three months. He participated
in a number of severe engagements, including the battles of
Gettysburg, Shiloh, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Mission
Ridge. He was at Atlanta, also at Jonesboro and at Lovejoy.
Mr. Jackson was mustered in at Lima, Ohio. He
was wounded in the jaw during the war, which caused a cancer
and resulted in his death in 1902. Mrs. Jackson
was born in 1851 and is still living at the age of 55 years.
They became the parents of sons and daughters, namely: Otis,
who is traveling through the West; Elzy, who married
Etta Couch, of Spencerville and resides on the farm
that he and his brother Foster own; Oscar, who lives on
the home farm with his mother in York township, Van Wert
County; Minnie, widow of George Lamb,
residing with her mother in Van Wert County, who has two
children—Leah and Leslie; Sallie, who
married Charles W. Brown and died in 1897, leaving five
children—Louis, Cole, Rea, Jessie
and Florence (deceased) ; Willis, who married
Ella Rickets, of Baltimore, Ohio, where he now
resides—he has five children.
Foster Jackson was reared in York
township, Van Wert County, until 15 years of age, attending
school in District No. 3, and then went South to Birmingham,
Alabama, being also at Chattanooga, Tennessee, for a time.
After returning home,, he went to Illinois and Indiana for one
year, after which he returned to Ohio again and engaged in the
moving business, moving houses and buildings. He met with much
success and continued in this business until 1904, when he
located on the Branson Roebuck farm. Two years later he bought
the Doc. Cole farm of 80 acres, on which he now
resides, where he has since been engaged in general farming.
Mr. Jackson also owns an 80-acre farm in Idaho,
which is under irrigation; on this land in 1906 he raised
1,500 bushels of wheat from 72 acres. The farm in Union
township is owned in partnership with his brother, who is now
engaged in the moving business.
Mr. Jackson was married
in 1901 to Maud Dull, a daughter of Delbert
and Melissa (Roebuck) Dull, of Union
township. Two children were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Jackson: Ralph, aged three years, and
Roy, who is one year old.
Source: History of Mercer County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Edited and compiled by Hon. S. S. Scranton,
Celina, Ohio - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co.,
Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 945 |
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ROY JENKINS,
a prominent agriculturist of Liberty township, owning an
80-acre productive farm, is the junior member of the firm of
Vore & Jenkins, which owns and operates a
successful industry known as the Sweet Corn Evaporating
Company. Mr. Jenkins was born on his
father’s farm in Liberty township, Mercer County, Ohio, Apr.
24, 1879, and is a son of William and Zaney (Wilson)
Jenkins.
William Jenkins was born in Franklin
County, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1851, and is a son of Newman and
Maria (Weekly) Jenkins, who were natives of Virginia.
When three years of age, his parents came to Ohio and were
among the early settlers of Liberty township, Mercer County,
where he was reared. On April 12, 1874, he married Zaney
Wilson, who was born in West Virginia, June 29, 1853,
and is a daughter of Dr. Stephen Wilson,
who was one of the pioneer physicians of Liberty township,
to which he came during Mrs. Jenkin’s
girlhood. William Jenkins and family
resided on his farm in section 27, Liberty township until
the spring of 1894, when they removed to Celina, since which
time they have lived at No. 113 Logan street.
Roy Jenkins was reared through boyhood in
Liberty township, and after completing the public school
course there, spent one year in the Celina High School and
one and one-half years in the Tri-State Normal School, at
Angola, Indiana. He then engaged for a time in
teaching and had charge of both the grammar and high schools
of Wabash, Ohio, for some three years.
In 1902, Mr. Jenkins became associated
with his present partner, Mr. Vore, purchasing
a half-interest, in the successful industry known as the
Sweet Corn Evaporating Company, which plant is located in
section 35, Liberty township. The business is the
evaporation of sweet corn and up to the present time enough
choice corn has been obtained in Liberty township, some of
it from Mr. Jenkins’s own farm, to keep the
factory running, with a force of from 15 to 18 employees.
The finished product is marketed in 70-pound sacks and is
shipped to all neighboring towns and to Chicago, where there
is a steady and increasing demand. The business is a
prosperous one and the methods by which this grain is
prepared for consumption are so far superior to any other
accepted way of preserving it, that its use is sure to
extend. Mr. Vore, the senior partner,
resides at Ludlow Falls, Miami County, Ohio, but Mr.
Jenkins lives near the manufacturing plant in Liberty
township. He is a young man of business capacity and
in addition to managing the industry indicated, operates a
farm on which he produced 1,000 bushels of wheat, in 1906.
On June 24, 1901, Mr. Jenkins was married
to Mabel Vore, who was born in Miami County,
Ohio, and died May 14, 1906, leaving a little daughter,
Lulu. Mr. Jenkins is a member of the
Christian Church.
In politics he is identified with the Democratic party.
Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow. His standing among
his fellow-citizens is that of an enterprising, able and
upright man.
Source: History of Mercer County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Edited and compiled by Hon. S. S. Scranton,
Celina, Ohio - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co.,
Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 327 |
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HARRY
A. JEWETT, township trustee, leading citizen and
substantial farmer of Jefferson township, residing just east
of Celina, was born two miles east of his present home, the
old Jewett homestead, now the Samuel A. Nickerson
farm, Dec. 22, 1872, and is a son of Adams and
Augusta (Baker) Jewett.
The Jewett family was one of the early and
prominent ones in the settlement of New England. The
Jewetts who apparently founded the family in America
were sons of the Edward Jewett, who was born in
Yorkshire, England, in 1580, and became a clothier and also
a manufacturer of woolen goods. At Bradford, West
Riding of Yorkshire, he was married on Oct. 1, 1604, to
Mary Taylor, daughter of William Taylor.
Joseph and Maximilian Jewett, sons of
Edward Jewett, landed at Boston, Massachusetts, Dec. 1,
1638. They spent the rest of the winter at Salem,
Massachusetts, and in 1639 helped to found Rowley,
Massachusetts. Our subject is descended from Joseph
Jewett, the older of these brothers.
Joseph Jewett was married at Bradford, England,
to his first wife, Mary Wallinson on Dec. 1, 1634.
They came to the Colonies with a large body of Puritans and
settled as above stated. This wife died Apr. 12, 1652.
On May 13, 1653, he married Mrs. Ann Allen, widow of
Bayzaam Allen, of Boston, who died Feb. 8, 1661; his
death followed on the 26th of the same month.
Joseph Jewett had six children born to his first
marriage and three to his second. His fourth child,
Nehemiah, became the father of Benjamin Jewett,
who was born Oct. 4, 1691, and who was accidentally killed
when his son Benjamin was 10 days old.
Benjamin Jewett (2), son of Benjamin and
grandson of Nehemiah Jewett, was born Jan. 12, 1716,
and became a well-known citizen. He worked as a
blacksmith at Manchester, Massachusetts, and later at
Berkeley, Connecticut, where he died in 1801. He
married Hannah Butler and they had 13 children.
Daniel Jewett, the third son of Benjamin
Jewett (2), was born at Manchester, Massachusetts, Feb.
24, 1744, and learned the blacksmith's trade under his
father. In 1769, when 25 years of age, he married
Zilpah Hibbard, a daughter of Capt. Zebulon and
Hannah (Bass) Hibbard, of Windham, Connecticut. In
1774, they moved to Putney, Vermont, where they lived all
the rest of their lives on a farm. Mrs. Jewett
died Mar. 19, 1829, aged 83 years. He was then 85
years of age but he insisted on following his wife to the
graveyard, and as the weather was inclement he contracted
pneumonia, of which he died 11 days later. All through
the Revolution he was a very active "Liberty Man" and raised
a company of militia, of which he was lieutenant. At
the battle of Bennington he was taken captive by the
British, who kept him a prisoner for six weeks and then
carried him to Ticondergo, where he was recaptured by the
patriots. After the end of the war he was still a
prominent figure and was chosen a member of the Vermont
Legislature for 17 terms. He had 10 children.
Luther Jewett, the second child of Daniel
Jewett, was born Dec. 24, 1772, and became a physician,
commencing his practice at Putney, Vermont, in 1797.
He married Betsey Adams, a daughter of Ephraim
Adams. Later he removed to St. Johnsbury, Vermont,
where he opened a drug store and continued in medical
practice. He received his degree of M. D., from the
medical department of Dartmouth College, in 1810. In
1814 he was elected a Member of Congress by the Federal
party and served from Dec. 4, 1815, to Mar. 3, 1817.
In 1816 the first wife of Dr. Jewett was
ordained a minister by the Congregational Church, and on
Feb. 28, 1821, he was installed pastor of the church at
Newbury, Vermont, where he lived from 1828 to 1832, in the
meantime editing and publishing the Farmer's
Herald. For a large part of the time, some
15 years prior to his death, he was a member of the State
Legislature. He was a man of great power
of mind and was eminent as a physician, a preacher
and a statesman. His death took place at St.
Johnsburg, Vermont, Mar. 8, 1860.
Hibbard Jewett, the eldest son of Dr. Luther
Jewett, and the grand-father of our subject, was born in
Putney, Vermont, Nov. 9, 1799. He studied medicine
under his father and then attended Dartmouth College,
Hanover, New Hampshire, from which he was graduated in 1820.
He settled at Dayton, Ohio, in 1827 for the practice of
Medicine, which he continued until his death, Oct. 26, 1870.
He was very prominent in the community, not only as a
physician but also as a citizen of high ideals. In the
disturbed period preceding the Civil War, he was a
pronounced abolitionist. His house was mobbed the
night of Jan. 23, 1841, because he had held an abolition
meeting there. He was president of the Central Ohio
Insane Asylum for 17 years, and after his death his library
of seven hundred volumes was presented to this institution.
On May 20, 1828, Dr. Jewett was married to
Sophronia Adams at Keene, New Hampshire. They had
nine children.
Adams Jewett, son of Dr. Hibbard Jewett,
was born at Dayton, Ohio, Feb. 9, 1840, and was baptized by
Rev. Ethan Allen on July 3rd following. He
attended the public schools at Dayton until he was 16 years
of age, when he entered Antioch College, Yellow Springs,
Ohio, where he remained a student from 1856 until 1859.
The year 1860 he spent at the New York Agricultural College,
Ovid, New York. In 1861 he settled on the Jewett
farm, on the north bank of the Grand Reservoir, in
Mercer County, about three miles east of Celina.
Adams Jewett was married Nov. 7, 1867, in
Auglaize County, Ohio, to Augusta Baker, a daughter
of Jacob and Nancy (Wade) Baker, born Mar. 31, 1846,
at Hardin, Shelby County, Ohio. The seven children
born to this marriage are: Sophronia Adams, wife of
C. K. Hight; Hibbard J., who is a minister in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, now stationed at Gibson burg,
Ohio; Harry A., the subject of this sketch of this
sketch; Mary wife of Edward Mack; Ethel, wife
of Shelby Stearns, of Bluffton, Ohio; Lou Edna
and Howard Herman students at Ohio Wesleyan
University, Delaware, Ohio. The father of this family
died from an attack of "la Grippe," at his home near Celina,
Jan. 19, 1899, aged 59 years. He was a thoroughly
educated man and was also a practical farmer.
Harry A. Jewett has spent his life in the
neighborhood in which he was born and was educated in
Jefferson township. In 1897 he was married to
Luella Piper, a daughter of George Piper, and
they have two children - LaVoone and Eugene F.
Mr. Jewett has been a lifelong Democrat. In
1903 he was elected township trustee on the Democratic
ticket, and has given efficient and satisfactory service
ever since. He is one of the leading members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in his locality and a liberal
contributor to its needs. His only fraternal
connection is with the Woodmen of the World.
There are few citizens of hits locality who can trace
more clearly a long and honorable ancestry than can Mr.
Jewett. The name may be found no many a page of
history of which loyal Americans are proud, and it has
always stood for temperance, education and religion.
Source: History of Mercer County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Edited and compiled by Hon. S. S. Scranton,
Celina, Ohio - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co.,
Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 708 |
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BERNARD
JOHNSMAN, a representative agriculturist of Jefferson
township, who owns a fine farm of 80 acres, situated in
section 34, township 5 south, .range 2 east, was born April
14, 1834, in Prussia, and is a son of Christopher and
Christina (Borgman) Johnsman.
Bernard Johnsman was 26
years of age when he came to America. He had obtained a fair
education in the public schools of his own land and had
performed his military duty by serving three years in the
Prussian Army. As his parents were dead, nothing prevented his
seeking a home and friends in another country. The first place
in which he settled after reaching the United States was
Lockland, near Cincinnati, where he remained three years, but
after marriage he removed to Minster, Auglaize County. There
he worked three years on a farm, and then came to his present
place, buying these 80 acres in 1867. Here Mr.
Johnsman has developed a valuable. farm and carries on
general farming and stock-raising.
At Lockland, Ohio, in 1863, Mr. Johnsman was
married (first) to Clara Lutz, who died in 1868,
leaving two children, Clara and Henry, both now
deceased. The latter lived to be 22 years old and the former
reached her 29th year. Mr. Johnsman was married
(second) to Katie Huelsmari, and they have had
10 children, namely: John, a farmer in Jefferson township, who
married Delia McKinsey and has two children,
both deceased, Bernard and Walter Bernard;
Clemmens, a cavalryman in the United States Army, now
stationed in Oregon; Andrew, Frank and George,
who assist on the home farm; Mrs. Caroline
Hill, residing at Fairmont, Indiana, who has one daughter,
Thelma; Mary, who married William
Harlet and lives in Celina; Elizabeth and
Christina, who are at home; and Catherine, who died
in infancy.
In politics, Mr. Johnsman is a stanch
Democrat. He belongs to German social organizations at Celina.
He is a worthy member of the Catholic Church and devotes a
part of his income to religious purposes and is a reliable and
upright citizen.
Source: History of Mercer County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Edited and compiled by Hon. S. S. Scranton,
Celina, Ohio - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co.,
Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 617 |
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JOSEPH JOHNSTON, a
representative farmer and well-known citizen of Franklin
township, who is the owner of a fine farm of 357 acres, was
born in Ireland in 1849, and is a son of James and Martha
(Brownly) Johnston.
James Johnston and family came to America
in 1851, settling at Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, where he
worked as a farmer and teamster until 1854, when he moved to
Mercer County, renting a farm within a mile and a half of
Coldwater. There the family lived until 1856, when he
settled on what is now our subject’s homestead in section
13, Butler township, where he died Aug. 31, 1871. His
wife died just before the family moved to Mercer County.
There were live sons in the family, of whom two survive:
Joseph, and his older brother, Nicholas, who owns
a farm of 170 acres in sections 13 and 24, Butler township.
Two sisters survive: Theresa, who lives on the home
farm, and Mrs. Matilda Franks, residing
in Indiana.
Joseph Johnston was mainly reared and was
educated in Butler township. He has devoted his
attention to farming and to boating on the Miami and Erie
Canals. His well-improved home farm has a commodious
frame dwelling, and his two other farms are equally well
tilled; on all of this land he carries on general farming
and stock-raising.
In 1894 Mr. Johnston was married (first)
to Ida Elizabeth Miller, a daughter of Joseph
Miller, of Hopewell township. She died Oct. 19,
1901, survived by three children, namely: Lester
Hanson, Esther E. and Helen Goldie.
On July 26, 1906, Mr. Johnston was married
(second) to Mrs. Mahala C. Lacy, a daughter of the
late Daniel and Cynthia (Kerens) Long, who had 12
children; Mr. Long was a farmer in Franklin township.
Mrs. Johnston had four children by her first
marriage: Mellie, wife of Roy Botkin, residing
in Franklin township; George, who married Nellie
Clevenger, also residing in Franklin township;
Dora, who resides at home; and Willis, who died
in infancy.
Politically Mr. Johnston is a Democrat.
The family attend the Christian Church, of which Mrs.
Johnston is a member.
Source: History of Mercer County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Edited and compiled by Hon. S. S. Scranton,
Celina, Ohio - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co.,
Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 537 |
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Jones
and Family |
AARON
JONES, who is a large manufacturer of drain tile, at
Burkettsville, belongs to an old and numerous family which
has been established in Ohio since the grandfather's time.
He was born Jan. 18, 1855, in Gibson township, Mercer
County, Ohio, on the old home farm, and is a son of
Edward and Mary Ann (Rood) Jones.
Abraham Jones, our subject's grandfather, was a farmer in
New Jersey; before he was married and had a family, he moved
to Butler County, Ohio, where he engaged in farming and
manufacturing brick. At a later date he removed to
Darke County and settled in what is now Gibson township,
Mercer County, being among the first settlers. At that
time this whole country was yet covered with a heavy growth
of timber. He died on this farm when about 65 years
old. His wife, Rebecca Pierson, a native of
Butler County, Ohio, survived him many years, dying at the
age of 92. Of their large family these names have been
preserved: Sallie Ann, who was the wife of
Isaac Foster; Edward, father of our subject;
Washington and Francis (twin); Margaret, who was
the wife of Amos Keller; Abbie, who was the wife of
Jacob Replogle; Betsey, who was the wife of
Benjamin Misner; and James, the only survivor,
who married Minivera Keltner and now lives on the
homestead farm in Gibson township.
Edward Jones, father of our subject, was born on
the farm in Butler County, Ohio, and was a boy when he
accompanied his father to the farm in Darke (now Mercer)
County, but was old enough to give assistance in the
erection of the round-log house which constituted the first
home, and in the clearing of the land. At the age of
21 he was united in marriage with Mary Ann Rood, a
daughter of Aaron and Phebe (Carter) Rood. She
was born Nov. 30, 1821, on a farm in Connecticut and lived
in the house in which she was born until she was 18 years of
age, when she accompanied her parents to Darke (now Mercer)
County, Ohio. Her mother lived to be 94 years of age.
She was the only daughter in her parents' family, her three
brothers being: Alpha, Lauren B. and William
Henry. The Rood brothers well known
residents of this county, are large farmers, and successful
brick manufacturers. To them is credited the making of
the first brick in this county.
After the marriage of Edward Jones and Mary Ann Rood,
in 1840, they resided for a short time at the Jones home
and then moved to Fort Recovery, where Mr. Jones went
into the manufacture of brick. This was a new industry
as nothing but logs had previously been used in this
locality for construction purposes. The present
thriving town of Fort Recovery was then a cluster of 10 log
houses, built around the old log inn, and it was long the
custom of the young people to gather in it and enjoy dancing
on its rough floor. The greater number of meetings of
all kinds were held there on account of the old building
given a larger audience room than was afforded by any of the
private cabins. Whether brick cost too much or whether
the early settlers of Fort Recovery were well enough
satisfied with their picturesque log huts, the writer is not
informed; at any rate Mr. Jones seems to have given
up his brick-making enterprise there after a short trial and
moved on a farm of 40 acres which he bought, which was
located southeast of the hamlet. In a short time he
sold his farm, however, and bought 200 acres from his uncle,
Walter Decamp.
After moving to the new farm, Mr. Jones put
up a commodious hewn-log house and set to work making brick
for the new house, which in the course of time replaced the
log one and which still stands sound and strong. On
this farm Edward Jones passed the rest of his life
and died in August, 1900, when over 80 years of age.
His widow still survives, bearing her weight of years
remarkably well. In 1906 when she attended a farmer's
jubilee celebration, held at Fort Recovery, the first prize,
a bonnet, was awarded her, she being the eldest woman in
attendance.
Edward Jones and wife were the parents of 12
children, as follows: Harvey, who married
Mary Arnold and lives not far from Fort Recovery, in
Indiana; David P., who married Elizabeth N.
Williams and lives in Mercer County, near Fort Recovery;
Abbie, a resident of Indiana, who is the widow of
Abraham Rantz; Lauren B., who married Sadie
Winn and lives near his brother, Aaron; William T.,
who married Amanda Winters and lives in Chicago;
Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of George
Fremeyer; Aaron and George (twins), the
latter deceased at the age of six months; Henry, who
married Lucy Howe, and lives at Lightsville, Darke
County, Ohio; Phebe, who married O. A. Penny
and lives in Paulding County, Ohio; Mary Ann, who
married E. T. Firth and lives in Greenville, Ohio;
and William Henry, who died in infancy.
Edward Jones was a prominent man in his township; he
served in the offices of trustee and supervisor and was also
a member of the Board of Education.
Aaron Jones attended the schools of his native
township until old enough to be of use to his father at the
farm work and at brick-making, in which occupations he
became well trained. On August 30, 1883, he was
married (first) to Irene Whitesell, a daughter of
David Whitesell. They moved to Burkettsville,
where Mrs. Jones died on October 23rd of the
following year. Mr. Jones was married (second)
on Oct. 14, 1888, to Emma Arnold, who was born Dec.
23, 1868, on her father's farm in Darke County, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones have had seven children, as
follows: Edward L.; Nellie, who died aged 11 years;
Harley, who died aged 14 days; Orley, who died
aged 11 months; and Nora, Jesse and Ora.
Henry Arnold, Mrs. Jones' father, was twice
married; first, to Catherine Holsapple, to which
union were born eight children, namely: Mary, Isaac,
Samuel, Sarah, Susan, Joseph, Sophia and Elizabeth,
deceased. Mr. Arnold was married (second) to
Sophia Ulery, and they had six children, as follows:
Eliza, Anna, Henry, Emma, John and William.
Both parents of Mrs. Jones died in Darke County.
They were worthy members of the Dunkard Church.
Mr. Jones has been a resident of Burkettsville
since 1884. He owns an excellent farm of 64 acres in
section 34, Granville township, and 20 acres in business
interests in Burkettsville and in his 22 years of residence
here has firmly established himself in the confidence of his
fellow-citizens. Politically he is identified with the
Republican party and takes a deep interest in all that
concerns good government both in local and national affairs,
but is not an aspirant for office.
Mr. Jones and family belong to the Disciples'
Church at Burkettsville, to which he gives a liberal
support. A view of the family group accompanies this
mention. He is connected fraternally with the Knights
of Pythias and the Junior Order of the United American
Mechanics. He is one of the representative men of the
town.
Source: History of Mercer County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Edited and compiled by Hon. S. S. Scranton,
Celina, Ohio - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co.,
Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 393 |
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ABRAHAM
JONES, a well-known citizen and successful farmer of
Gibson township, lives on his farm of 40 acres, situated in
section 24, which is a part of the old homestead farm of 100
acres, on which his venerable father still lives.
Mr. Jones was born May 10, 1854, in Gibson township,
Mercer County, Ohio, and is a son of James and Minerva (Keltner)
Jones.
James Jones was born in Butler County, Ohio, and
accompanied his parents to Mercer County when 10 years of
age, his father, Abraham Jones, being a pioneer.
James Jones was married July 4, 1849, to Minerva
Keltner, who was a daughter of Abraham and Betsey (Wirtz)
Keltner. She was born in Darke County, Ohio, and
was reared near Rose Hill. Almost immediately after
their marriage, the young couple moved to Gibson township
and established the present home. Here 15 children
were born to them, as follows: Hiram, who is
farmer in Miami County, Ohio; Nancy, wife of
Jackson Pearson, living in Darke County; Abraham;
Susan, wife of Amos Robbins; George, a
resident of Weston, Ohio; Mary wife of George
Parant, residing in Oklahoma; Martha, wife of
George White, living near Wellsburg, Indiana; Frank;
Abigail, wife of George Garretson living at
Ansonia, Darke County; James, who resides in Recovery
township; Albert and William residents of
Gibson township; Jacob, who is married, and lives at
home; Cora, wife of Washington Stump; and
Sarah, who died aged one year. The 14 survivors of
this large family are mainly scattered in different homes,
but all are near enough to have pleasant family gatherings
very frequently. The old house gave way to the present
one in 1892.
Abraham Jones has always lived in Gibson
township and still remains under the old home roof. In
1883 he was married to Alice Emmons, who died in the
following year, leaving one child, Alva.
Source: History of Mercer County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Edited and compiled by Hon. S. S. Scranton,
Celina, Ohio - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co.,
Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 365 |
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CALVIN
MARION JORDAN, one of Butler township's well-known
agriculturists, residing on his well-developed farm of 40
acres located in section 17, was born September 21, 1866, in
Portland, Jay County, Indiana, and is a son of Abraham and
Sarah (Spade) Jordan, and a grandson of Garret
Jordan.
Garret Jordan, who was a native of
Ireland, emigrated to America about 1830, settling in Meigs
County, Ohio. He died in 1876, near Portland, Indiana, leaving
to his family a farm of 160 acres. Abraham Jordan
was born at Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, and is now residing
in Jay County, Indiana, where he owns a fine farm of 160
acres. He married Sarah Spade and they have four
children: William, who married Sarah Logan
and lives at Portland, Indiana; Bertha, who married
William Wilson and lives in Jay County, Indiana;
Calvin Marion; and Grant, who married Ora
Hughey and lives in Washington township.
Calvin M. Jordan
was reared in Jay County, Indiana, and attended the district
schools of Portland. In 1890 he came to Mercer County and
engaged in farm work. In the spring following his marriage he
moved to his mother-in-law's farm in Washington township,
which he managed until 1903, when he came to his present
property, which he had purchased in 1898. Here he has made
many improvements, including the erecting of a large frame
house and barn. Mr. Jordan was candidate for nomination
on the Democratic ticket as infirmary director, but was
defeated, through it being a four-cornered fight; he carried
his own township by a handsome majority. Mr. Jordan was
married September 21, 1889, to Olive Loughridge,
who is a daughter of William and Elizabeth Loughridge.
They have one son, Ralph, who is attending the
Coldwater High School.
Source: History of Mercer County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Edited and compiled by Hon. S. S. Scranton,
Celina, Ohio - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co.,
Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 735 |
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JOHN JUTTE,
a prosperous farmer of Recovery township, who resides on his
well-improved farm of 100 acres in section 1, was born in
Washington township, Mercer County, Ohio, Feb. 27, 1853, and
is a son of Theodore and Catherine (Flotamas) Jutte.
Theodore Jutte and his wife were both born,
reared, educated and married in Germany. They came to
the United States in 1846, locating in Washington township
on a farm of 80 acres which Theodore bought from his
father, Henry Jutte, who had come from Germany in
1844, and had purchased 80 acres of timberland in Washington
township. The land which Theodore Jutte
bought from his father was all timberland, which he cleared
and built a log cabin on the place. The forest was
inhabited by game of all kinds, including deer, wild
turkeys, wolves, etc. Mr. Jutte
experienced many hardships incidental to pioneer life. Theodore
Jutte died in Washington township, Sept. 7, 1887, and
his wife survived him until Aug. 16, 1890. They were
the parents of six children: Mary, wife of Samuel
Jacob, residing in Uniontown, Washington; Theodore,
who resides at Genesee, Idaho; John; Bernard,
who lives in Recovery township; Peter, who died in
Uniontown, Washington, aged 46 years; and Philomena,
who died aged nine years.
John Jutte was reared in Washington
township, and received such an education as could be
obtained in the period of his youth. Mr.
Jutte moved to Recovery township immediately after his
marriage, and located on his present farm, which then
consisted entirely of timberland. He has made many
improvements upon the place and now has one of the best
improved and most highly cultivated farms in the township.
Mr. Jutte was married Nov. 3, 1875, to
Hannah Whitman, a daughter of Michael and Mary
(Penter) Whitman, and has eight children, as follows:
Catherine, who married Joseph Post of Jay
County, Indiana, and has three children—John,
Ferdinand and Minnie; Minnie, who married
Jacob Wikle, of Washington township, and has four
children—Emma, John, Henrietta and
Albert; Barney, who married Elizabeth
Homan and has three children - Mary, Theodore
and Edward; John, who married Lizzie
Custer; Peter; William; Clara, who
died aged eig'ht years, and Mary, who married
Frank Post, of Washington township, and had three
children—William, Clara (who died aged two
years) and Matilda.
Mr. Jutte is a prominent Democrat of
Recovery township, and has served on the Democratic County
Central Committee twice and has also served on the School
Board. He is a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church.
Source: History of Mercer County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Edited and compiled by Hon. S. S. Scranton,
Celina, Ohio - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co.,
Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 692 |
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