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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1880
MONROE TOWNSHIP
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Page 669
ROBERT WEAVER, wagon
manufacturer, Tippecanoe City; was born in 1818 in Bethel Township,
where he passed half his life, and with the exception of Peter
Weaver, his father, was a native of Maryland, and one of hte
pioneers of Miami Co., locating in Bethel Township several years
previous to the present century; his mother, Jane Ross, a
native of Pennsylvania, came down the Ohio with her parents, by
flat-boat, soon after the Northwest Territory was opened up to
civilization; they pioneered their way up to the present site of
Franklin Co., where they entered land under Symmes' purchase;
the Rosses were pioneers of this county, and are noted for
their adventures with the Indians, one Taff being captive
among them for twenty-seven years. Peter Weaver was
married twice, and had three sons and one daughter by the first, and
two sons and one daughter by the second union; our subject was the
oldest child of the second marriage; at the age of 11, he was
apprenticed to the trade of coverlet weaver, and served a term of
seven and one-half years; then he learned the trade of wagon and
cradle maker, which he has since confirmed, a period of forty-one
years; he is now located on Second, between Main and Dow streets,
Tippecanoe City, where he has been for three years. He enjoys
the reputation of a first-class workman, and is a much respected
citizen. His political inclinations are with the Republican
party, with which he has been identified since its organization.
He was married Jan. 9, 1843, to Antimus Fitton of
English descent, and a native of Cincinnati; of the four sons and
six daughters born to this union, three sons and one daughter are
dead. We find the spirit of patriotism strongly manifested in
the Weaver family. Peter, the father, was a
Revolutionary soldier, and two of his sons, by first marriage,
John and Peter, were soldiers in the war of 1812;
Milton, a son of our subject, enlisted when quite a boy in the
late war, as a member of the 74th O. V. I.; he enlisted in Oct,
1861; in Sept., 1864, he fell dead, pierced by the enemy's bullet,
while at his post of duty as color-bearer of regiment, in the battle
of Jonesboro, Tenn.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
- Monroe Twp. |
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S. S. WELLS, farmer; P. O. Ginghamsburg.
S. S. Wells is quite a noted man in this county, and his
ancestry dates back early in the county’s history; his
grandparents emigrated to this county in 1816, and settled near
Ginghamsburg; they had six children—William, Levi, Silas,
Martha, Willie and John W.; none are now living;
Silas was the father of the man whose name heads this
sketch, and married Miss Alesa Skinner in North Carolina;
afterward moved to Virginia, and finally came, together with all
the Wells family, to this county. They were the parents of
the following children—Thomas, Richard, William, Samuel S.,
John. Daniel, Robert, Levi, and two other sons who
died in infancy; their daughters were Martha J. and
Sarah Isabella; all are living except Richard and
Daniel; the farm where Hitzman now lives was the one
settled by the Wells family in 1816. Samuel S. Wells
married Miss Caroline Lavy, in 1842; their children are
Harriet, Matilda, Emily, Margaret, Evaline and Martha
E.; all except Emily are living; Mr. Wells
is a very prominent man, and is quite a local politician, being
an ardent Democrat, a Granger, and Township Trustee. Both
himself and wife are members of the Disciples Church; for
fifty-nine years he has been a resident of Miami Co., and the
vast improvements to him seem almost magical; very few of the
pioneers are now living who first settled the Miami Valley, but
Mrs. Sarah Brooks, an aunt of Mr. Wells, can
almost claim that distinction, as she is past 81 years of age,
and is hale and vigorous; she was born in North Carolina in
1799, and her memory is as bright as though she was only 20;
many things of interest can be learned from her concerning early
times in Ohio; she was a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Skinner,
and was married to John W. Wells in 1818, they being the
parents of the following children —John W., Elbert, William
H. H., Kitty F., Martha, Isabella and Elizabeth. Mrs.
Skinner’s father died in 1862, and her mother in 1842.
She was married to Isaiah Brooks in 1843; they had no
children; he died in 1872. The family is a large one, and
they are good and honest people.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
- Monroe Twp. |
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