Perry Twp. -
WILLIAM DANFORD - settled in this
county in 1837. He was born Mar. 11, 1815, near
Armstrong's Mills, in Belmont county. His parents
were Samuel Danford, who died Apr. 8, 1845, and
Nancy Metheney, also deceased, July 16, 1871. His
great-grandfather came from Wales and settled on Delaware
Bay, New Jersey. He reared a family of three sons and
two daughters. The sons were named Samuel, William
and Peter; Samuel and William died without
male issue. Peter raised to maturity three sons
and four daughters, being the issue by three wives.
Born of the first wife, Samuel (father of the subject
of this sketch), William, Rebecca and Sarah;
by the second, Ambrose; by the third, Margaret
and Nancy. Mr. Danford's great-grandfather's
name on his father's mother's side was Christopher Morris.
He came from England about 1700, and was a near Kinsman of
the great Robert Morris, of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. The Morris family were very
numerous and scattered over the United States at an early
day. His great-grandfather's name on his mother's
side, was John Metheney. He was a native of
England, and from him and his brothers descended the race of
Metheneys in the United States. His
great-grandfather's name, on his mother's mother's side, was
Michael Floyd, and from him has sprung the race of
Floyds. Dr. Danford's father,
Samuel, was born in the State of New Jersey, Dec. 29,
1774. He came to what is now Belmont county, in 1798.
He there married Nancy Metheney, daughter of
Benjamin and Rachel (Floyd) Metheney, Aug. 20, 1800.
He resided near the mouth of the bend fork of Captina creek
until the year 1807; he then settled in what was afterward
the northwestern portion of Monroe county, (now Noble
county). During the Indian troubles in 1813, he was
compelled to flee for production into the settlement in
Belmont county. He returned to his home in Monroe
county, in 1817, took up a settler's patent for his land,
went into the woods and cleared a farm, and reared a family
of nine daughters and six sons, of whom William, the
subject of this sketch, was fourth son. Mr. Danford's
father, Samuel, was one of the hardy pioneers who
pushed forward into the wilderness and helped to lay the
foundations to make our beautiful country what it is today.
He lived to the age of seventy years and died respected by
all who knew him. Mrs. Danford's ancestors, the
Delanceys, were among the pioneers of south-eastern
Ohio, coming in at a very early day, settling in Monroe
county about 1807. Her grandfather's name was David
Watson, and her grandmother's name Rebecca Bryan.
They came from Pennsylvania, and settled here about 1807.
William Danford was married in this township, Mar. 110,
1836, to Margaret, daughter of John and Rebecca
(Watson) Delancey, both deceased. Mrs. Danford
was born in this township, Mar. 14, 1818. The
following is the record of their numerous progeny: Joseph
N., born Jan. 27, 1837, residence, Summerfield;
Stephen D., Feb. 6, 1838, lives at home; Rebecca,
Feb. 14, 1840, deceased Feb. 22, 1851; Nancy J. (Stewart),
Apr. 12, 1842, resides at Fredonia, Wilson county, Kansas;
John M., Mar. 30, 1844, lives in Noble county; Mary
L. (Weinstein), Feb. 28, 1846, resides in Noble county;
William M., Mar. 26, 1848, lives in Franklin township;
Margaret E. (Cavanaugh), Oct. 25, 1849, also lives in
Franklin township; Chloe T. (Hutcheson), July 19,
1851, has her home in Jackson county, West Virginia;
Samuel C., May 19, 1853, lives in Franklin township;
James H., July 15, 1856, is at home; Charles M.,
June 7, 1859, deceased Mar. 31, 1866. The son, John
M., served about one year in the late war, being
honorably discharged at its termination. He was a
member of the 185th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mr.
Danford has served about twelve years as trustee in this
township. He has been a minister of the gospel in the
Methodist Episcopal Church for thirty-eight years. He
resides in Seneca township, and follows farming.
Postoffice address, Summerfield, Noble county, Ohio.(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
15) |
Franklin Twp. -
WILLIAM M. DANFORD - was born in
Seneca township, Monroe county, Ohio, Mar. 26, 1848.
He is a son of William and Margaret Danford. He
was married in Marion township, Noble county, Ohio, Mar. 29,
1877, to Sallie A. Wilson, who was born in Belmont
county, Ohio, Jan. 13, 1857. Her parents were
Samuel and Eliza Wilson. The child of Mr. and
Mrs. Danford is Carl Clyde, born Jan. 27, 1879.
Mrs. Danford's father was a soldier in the late
civil war. He was first lieutenant of Governor
Johnson's body guard for a time; afterwards participated
in several of the battles of the south; then, losing his
health, went to a Nashville hospital. After partially
recovering his health, spent the balance of his time as a
physician in the hospital. He was honorably discharged
at the close of the war, and died from an accidental gunshot
wound in the ankle at Carlisle, Arkansas, in May, 1879.
Mr. Danford was a school teacher from 1867 till 1877,
keeping school in Monroe and Noble counties, and was
employed fourteen terms, seven in Monroe, and seven in
Noble. He taught sixty months, and had four hundred
and one different pupils in his schools. Mrs.
Danford's great-grandfather's name was William Porter,
of Boston, Belmont county. Her grandfather's name was
Tilghman Brasher, of Morristown, now deceased.
Her grandmother's name was Emily A. Brasher, of
Morristown, and now Emily A. Okey, of Summerfield.
Mr. Danford is a resident of Franklin township, and
is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Address,
Swasey, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty & Co.,
Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 17) |
Sunsbury Twp. -
DAVID DECKER - was born in Sunsbury
township, Oct. 23, 1844, being a son of John Decker and
Pheba Akers. They came to this county in 1814.
Mr. Decker was married in Switzerland township, Nov.
23, 1871, to Louisa Sonker who was born in
Switzerland township, Monroe county, Sept. 15, 1851.
Her parents were John Sonker and Percilla Gates.
The children of David and Louisa Decker are:
Edward, born Nov. 7, 1873, lives in Sunsbury
township; Noah, Jan. 8, 1875, lives in Sunsbury
township; John, Jan. 31, 1877, lives in Sunsbury
township. David Decker was in company D, 129th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted Aug. 16, 1863,
and was mustered out Aug. 21, 1864. John Decker,
the father of David, entered land in Sunsbury
township in 1834, and was prominently connected with the
early settlement of that township. His occupation is
farming and stock-raising in Sunsbury township.
Postoffice address Beallsville, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
12) |
Sunsbury Twp. -
JACOB DECKER - is a son of George
Decker and Mary (Single) Decker, who came into the
county in October, 1814. Mr. Decker was born in
Pennsylvania, Oct. 10, 1798. He came to this county in
October, 1814. He was married in Sunsbury township,
Feb. 26, 1835, to Cynthia Truax, who was born in
Pennsylvania, Oct. 30, 1815. Her parents were
Benjamin Truax and Pheba Wink, who came to this
county, April, 10, 1815. The children of Jacob and
Cynthia Decker are: Henry, born Nov. 25, 1835,
lives in Sunsbury township, Monroe county, Ohio; Benjamin,
Jan. 20, 1837, lives in Beallsville; Mary (Goodman),
Aug. 6, 1840, lives in Belmont county, Ohio; Phebe (Pool),
Aug. 6, 1840, lives in Sunsbury township; Lorinda S.
(Melotte), Oct. 10, 1845, lives in West Virginia;
Israel R., Dec. 31, 1848, lives in Sunsbury township;
Massa P. (Blue), Jun. 20, 1852, lives in Sunsbury
township; Robert J., Nov. 20, 1854, lives in Monroe
county; Nancy Jane (Beabout), Mar. 5, 1858, lives in
Belmont county, Ohio; John A., Jan. 10, 1860, lives
in Sunsbury township. Benjamin Decker belonged
to the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company A; went out in
1863; went into the army as a volunteer; did not remain in
the army long, on account of sickness. There were only
three families in eastern Sunsbury township when Mr.
Decker came into the township. They dressed their
stone and ground their corn themselves. The forests
were unbroken and filled with wild animals of all kinds.
His father built the fourth cabin in Sunsbury township.
Corn pone and wild meat constituted their living. His
father cleared the fourth farm in the township, and Mr.
Decker, the subject of this sketch, felled the first
tree on the site of the town of Beallsville, in 1817.
Richard Truax built the first frame structure in
Sunsbury township, and Archy Woods built the first
cabin in Woodsfield, cleared up the place and started
Woodsfield. This was in 1820. Mr. Decker
is a resident of Sunsbury township, where he is engaged in
farming. His postoffice address is Beallsville, Monroe
county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
12) |
Sunsbury Twp -
WILLIAM DECKER - is a son of John
Decker and Pheba Akers, who came into the county in
1814. John Decker died May 14, 1870. His
widow lives in Belmont county. Mr. William Decker
was married in Switzerland township, Apr. 13, 1865, to
Percilla Gates, who was born in Sunsbury township, Jan.
2, 1834. Her parents were Henry Gates, who was
born in Monroe county, and Louisa Fraily. They
came into the county in the fall of 1815. Mr.
William Decker and wife had one child, Andrew,
born Jan. 21, 1866, resident of Sunsbury township.
William Decker belonged to Company D, 125th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry; enlisted July 16, 1863; was mustered out
Mar. 4, 1864. He is a resident of Sunsbury township.
Occupation farming and stock-raising. Postoffice
address, Beallsville, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
12) |
Sunsbury Twp. -
JOHN DENNIS - is a son of Absolom
Dennis and Mary Wilson, who came into Monroe county in
1832. He was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, Nov.
13, 1826; came to this county in 1833. He was married
in Monroe county, Apr. 13, 1850, to Amanada Edwards,
who was born in Loudoun, Virginia, Dec. 28, 1828. Her
parents were Jacob Edwards and Elizabeth Vicars, who
came to Monroe county in 1841. The children of Mr.
and Mrs. Dennis are: Mary E. (Pitman), born
Oct. 3, 1853, lives in Sunsbury township; Thomas J.,
Apr. 6, 1856; Sarah M. (Scott), Dec. 17, 1858, lives
in Adams township; Theodore, June 12, 1860; Wesley,
Nov. 7, 1862; Elias J., Oct. 18, 1867; Arminia,
Apr. 22, 1870; John Wilson, Jan. 19, 1874.
The five younger children live in Sunsbury township.
James Dennis was a member of Company I, 16th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. He went out in October, 1863; died
while in service guarding prisoners in Illinois.
Summit township, Monroe county, was very wild; forest
unbroken; no mills, except horse mills, for grinding corn.
Mr. Dennis' father cleared his farm and lived off it
at the same time. He settled in Summit township in
1833. There were plenty of wild animals at that time.
Mr. Dennis' father and mother helped to organize the
first church, called Mount Zion. Mr. Dennis is
a resident of Sunsbury township. Occupation farming.
Postoffice address, Beallsville, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
12) |
Centre Twp. -
JOHN Q. DENT - is a farmer of Centre
township. He was born near Jacobsburg, Belmont county,
Ohio, May 3, 1829. He came with his father to this
township in 1841, settling in the southern portion; he took
out letters-patent for his land; there were no roads or
public improvements of any kind. George and Henry
Dent, two brothers of John, were in the war of
the rebellion, both in the Second Virginia Volunteer
Infantry, enlisted at Woodsfield in the Spring of 1861,
going directly to the front, and engaging in the battles of
Cheat Mountain, Chancellorsville and others. George
was wounded at the battle of Drake Mountain. Henry
was severely wounded at the second battle of Bull Run,
laying on the field of battle seven days before being taken
to the hospital. Zilia Moffitt became the wife
of Mr. Dent, Mar. 20, 1854, in this township, where
she was born Feb. 13, 1831. Their children are:
Maria L. (Brown), born Feb. 28, 1855, resides in Centre
township; John M., Mar. 16, 1859, at home.
Mrs. Dent's parents, John and Sarah (Ridinger)
Moffitt, came to this township when it was simply a
howling wilderness in 1830; they are deceased.
Address: Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
1) |
Greene Twp. -
JOHN DEVAUL - a resident of Greene
Township, is engaged in farming. He was born near
Waynesburg, Greene county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 28, 1811.
His parents were Conrad Devaul and Mary McManhan,
both now deceased. They came to this county in
1823. Mr. Devaul's wife is Elizabeth Conley,
who was born in Greene township, Monroe county, May 22,
1825. They were married in Greene township, June 11,
1856. Mrs. Devaul's parents, Isaac Conley
and Elizabeth Hickman, came to Monroe county in 1823.
The former died in 1853 and the latter in 1865. Mr.
Devaul's elder brother, Conrad Devaul, served
five years in the war of 1812. Mr. John Devaul,
the subject of this sketch, started out in life a poor boy,
and by industry and economy has accumulated a liberal
quantity of this world's goods. He is the possessor of
360 acres of valuable land, and never had a mortgage against
any of it, and in all his business transactions never failed
to come up to his contracts. He is a man of strictly
temperate habits, never having taken a drink of spirituous
liquors, or smoked or chewed tobacco. H is living at
the mature old age of three score and ten. He remained
a widower seven years before he married a second time.
Mr. Devaul's father came from Greene county,
Pennsylvania, and settled in this township when it was a
wilderness, there not being over twenty-five families in the
township. He helped build the first school-house in
the township. There were no roads here then, only
bridle-paths through the woods. Mr. Devaul's
father entered eighty acres of land about half a mile west
of the present site of Newcastle. Mr. Devaul's
parents came from Green county, Pennsylvania, and settled in
this township when it was an unbroken forest. They
entered land in the eastern part of the township, and went
heartily into the work, built them a home and raised up
their family of five sons and five daughters, who have since
married off and sought homes elsewhere. Mrs. Devaul
was born in this township, married on the same farm on which
she was born, and has been a resident of the township for
fifty-seven years, never having lived outside of it.
Mr. Devaul's first wife was Elizabeth Henthorne,
daughter of James and Elizabeth Rachel Henthorne.
There were born of this marriage: Rebecca (Fisher),
now a resident of Washington township, Monroe county;
Conrad, a farmer in Greene township; James, a
resident of Greene township, and a school-teacher by
occupation; Perry, deceased at the age of three
years; Simon J., a resident of Newcastle, and a
physician by profession. Mrs. Devaul died June
3, 1850. Mr. John Devaul's address is Laings
postoffice, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
19) |
Centre Twp. -
WILLIAM DIEHL - and Catherine
Newhart were married in this county. He was born
in Germany, Oct. 17,1832, while she was born in this county,
Sept. 21, 1838; her parents, Lenard and Salome
(Sulsberger) Newhart, were among the early settlers of
Summit township, enduring hardships incident to the
settlement of a new country; her mother died July 7, 1881.
William's parents, Henry and Elizabeth (Walter)
Diehl, came from Germany in 1843, and settled in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where they resided four years;
from there they came to Wayne township, this county, which
was at that time very thinly populated; from there they
removed to the present residence of Willliam, on
section 11, Centre-township. The children of Mr.
and Mrs. Diehl are: Henry C., born June 9, 1856,
resides in Centre township; John William, Nov. 30,
1857, resides in Wayne township; George C., Mar. 29,
1859, resides at home; Sophia S. (Bertram), Aug. 15,
1860, resides in Centre township; Henrietta M., Sept.
21, 1862, resides at home; Laura L., Mar. 8, 1865,
died Jan. 5, 1875; Frederick M., May 22, 1867,
resides at home; Anna M., June 13, 1870, died Jan. 4,
1875; Louis L., Nov. 3, 1872, died Jan. 18, 1875;
Louise C., Aug. 18, 1875, resides at home; Forest E.,
Mar. 27, 1878; Jacob A., born Nov. 12, 1881. A
brother of Mr. Diehl, John Conrad, was
in the war of 1861, a member of the 77th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry; served, nine months and was honorably discharged.
Mr. Diehl is a farmer and stock raiser.
Address, Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
1) |
Bethel Twp. -
WILLIAM DILLON, M. D. - settled in
Monroe county on Apr. 26, 1855. He was born in Loudoun
county, Virginia, Apr. 15, 1827. His father was
William Dillon and his mother Sarah Spencer.
His father died in Monroe county and his mother in Belmont
county, Ohio. He was married in Monroe county, Oct.
19, 18__ to Elizabeth J. Oden, who was born in
Tuscarawas county, Ohio, Dec. 8, 1847. Her father was
William Oden; her mother, Kitty Ann Ellis.
The former died in Monroe county, Mar. 26, 1880; the latter
is still living in Monroe county. Mr. and Mrs.
Dillon had but one child, Sarah M., who was born
Mar. 26, 18)), and lives at home. Mr. Dillon
was in the war of the rebellion enlisting in the 116th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, in 1862,and was discharged in 1863 at
Camp Dennison. He was offered promotion, but refused.
Not being accustomed to marching he contracted disease in
the shape of rheumatism and disease of the heart, so that he
is not able to work or follow his profession an actively as
he would wish. The doctor's wife is a member of the
Baptist Church. Dr. Dillon's first wife was Rachel
A. Byers, a daughter of Garret Byers and Nancy
(Mann). their children were: Elam, born
June 5th, 1849; Ab__, Sept. 10, 1851; Jonathan,
Oct. 14, 1853; William, Mar. 10, 1856;
Isaac A., 1857, died 1858; James H., Sept. 16,
1800. William Dillon is a physician of the
allopathic school. His parents were poor, and the
doctor is a self-made man, and is fond of his profession and
has been successful. Has a fine farm of 120 acres of
land in section 25. Address, Mars, Monroe county,
Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
30) |
Benton Twp. -
HUGH DINES - is one of the old
settlers of Benton township, having moved there on Mar. 15,
1851. He is a native of county Down, Newtonards,
Ireland, where he was born June 26, 1828. His wife,
Isabell McKelvy, to whom he was married in Allegheny
county, Pennsylvania, Apr. 1, 1852, was born in the same
county, Sept. 10, 1828. Their children are:
Elizabeth, Isabella S., Hugh J., William J., and Mary
K. William died Oct. 14, 1865; the rest live at
home. Mr. Dines' father's first name was
Hugh; his mother was Jane Carl. Both are
now deceased. Mr. Dines is engaged in farming.
Address, Jolly, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
27) |
Benton Twp. -
JOHN JACOB DORNBUSH - is one of the
substantial farmers of Benton township; was engaged in the
business of shoemaking at Wheeling in 1834. His father
was Conrad Dornbusch, and his mother Maria C.
Henckil, both now deceased. They were born and
died in Germany. Mr. Dornbusch was born in the
city of Greidenstein, Prussia, Dec. 28, 1808, settled in
Monroe county, in 1840. His wife is Margaret Snyder,
Barbara Snyder, who died in 1839, in Wheeling, West
Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Dornbusch were married
at Wheeling, West Virginia, Dec. 27, 1838. Their
children are: Maria C., born Sept. 2, 1839, now a
resident of Benton township; William F., Feb. 25,
1841, is a merchant at Newcastle, Ohio; Henry E.,
Dec. 19, 1842, died Aug. 20, 1843; John J., Feb. 23,
1845, now lives at home, is a carpenter; Mariah S.,
Mar. 10, 1847, a resident of Brownsville, Ohio; Conrad C.,
Apr. 10,1849, is a merchant at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
Frederick C., July 8, 1851, now living at home.
Mr. Dornbusch has been trustee of Benton township for
five terms at different times. He left his home in
Germany Mar. 30, 1834, and went to Bremen. At noon,
Apr. 19, he took passage on the ship Shanadoa, and sailed
for this country. About five-o'clock in the afternoon
of the same day the ship ran on a rock and was wrecked.
They had to remain there until the 12th, when they were
rescued by life-boats and taken back to Bremenhaven.
They saved nothing but the clothing they had on. With
the ship were over thirty-two lives lost. Mr.
Dornbusch remained in Bremenhaven until the 17th, when
he again sailed for this country on the ship Neptune, and
landed at Baltimore, June 28, 1834, and from there came to
Wheeling, West Virginia, in the same year, and thence to
Benton township, Monroe county. The country was then
rather new, and he cleared up, mostly with his own hands,
the farm on which he now lives. Himself and family are
members of the German Lutheran Evangelical Church, which
they helped to organize at Trail run, and also at
Brownsville. Two of his children lie buried at Trail
run church. Mr. Dornbusch's address in Jolly,
Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
28) |
Washington Twp. -
EDWARD DOUGHERTY - is a son of Daniel Dougherty and Sarah Maloy, who came to
Monroe
county in 1817. He was born in Ireland, Donegal county, Aug. 29, 1809, and came here in
1833. He married here, July 18, 1833,
Sarah Drum, whose parents, Jacob and
Sarah (Nofsinger) Drum, settled in this county in 1818. They have had ten children:
Simon, born Mar. 6, 1834;
Eliza (Poulton), Apr. 9, 1836;
John, Apr. 30, 1838;
Margaret (Hihll), Aug. 12, 1840;
Mary (Allen), of
Colorado, Dec. 25, 1842;
Sarah (Hill), Apr. 17, 1845; Martha
J. (Hill), Apr. 21, 1848; Cornelius,
May 16, 1851; Catharine (Cronin),
Feb. 25, 1865, Emily, Feb. 14, 1857.
Margaret and Cornelius are
deceased.
Mr. Dougherty once served as
treasurer of Wayne
township. He came here when there were
but few settlers, mostly hunters. He
helped build the first school-house, on the
Gray farm; also the first church, of logs, on the creek, house in 1830. Occupation, farming. Postoffice, Graysville.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 10) |
Perry Twp. -
WILLIAM DOUGHTERTY – a farmer and
stock-dealer of Perry township, was born, as were also his parents, in
Letterkenny City, county
of Donegal,
Ireland, Aug. 29, 1816, and settled in
Monroe
county, Aug. 9, 1820; was a son of
Patrick and Rose (McTeague) Dougherty.
His father settled in Wayne
township, Aug. 9, 1820, one of the early settlers in the unbroken forest, and
helped to clear the country and organize schools.
People then generally settled along the streams. Mr. Doughterty and family, and also his parents, are all Roman Catholics. They were very early visited in their new
home by Priest Young, after
Bishop Young, and
Father Mullen. Their first church, and the present one,
the church of St. Paul and St. Peter, is
located in Washington
township, and was built in 1847.
Mr. Dougherty was twice married,
first Feb. 26, 1835. The first wife,
Sarah Cisne, was born Jan. 15, 1819;
died Jun. 11, 1859. Children by first
marriage: The first two died before they were named, born Nov. 16, 1837, and
Feb. 7, 1838; Eleanor (Buchheit) Jan.
22, 1839; Patrick, Dec. 12, 1840;
Henry, Nov. 8, 1842,
John S. Nov. 9, 1844, died Nov. 8,
1861; William M., Nov. 20, 1846, died
Oct. 19, 1850; Matthew, Mar. 20,
1848; Peter, Mar. 17, 1851, died in
Jan., 1852; George, Apr. 15, 1853;
Nathan, May 22, 1855. The second marriage was in
Wayne township, Mar. 22, 1856, to
Margaret McManamy, who was born in Perry township, May 24, 1838. Her father,
Hugh McManamy, born in county Donegal,
Ireland, died in 1859, and her mother,
Susan Harran, died in 1846. Children:
Catharine, born Apr. 11, 1857, died
Oct. 25, 1880; Mary E., May 12, 1859,
died Nov. 3, 1861; Dennis, Feb. 9,
1861, died Nov. 6, 1861; Clement F.,
Apr. 17, 1863; Albert A., Oct. 16,
1865; Thomas O., Mar. 3, 1868;
Sarah, Feb. 7, 1870;
Stephen, Jan. 29, 1873;
Charles C., Jan. 31, 1876. Mr.
Dougherty served in the late war from Oct. 5, 1861, to Sep. 18, 1862, in
Company K, 62d Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
He received a captain’s commission, Dec. 18, 1861, which he held until he left
the service. He was in the first battle
of Winchester, at Port
Republic, Harrison’s Landing, and the regiment was engaged
most of the time while they were in the Shenandoah valley. He had some narrow escapes, once having
the frontispiece of his cap shot off; at another time having a little blood
drawn above the right ear by a ball which shaved his hair. Mr.
Dougherty’s son, Henry, served in
Company K, 62d Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from Oct. 4, 1861, to Nov. 5, 1864. An only brother of
Mr. Dougherty and his two sons served
in the same regiment.
Mrs. Dougherty’s brother,
Thomas McManamy, was killed in the
service, at Fort Wagner,
South Carolina, and his brother John died at home during the war
from diseases contracted in the service.
Mr. Dougherty’s address is
Antioch, Monroe county.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty & Co.,
Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 22) |
Franklin Twp. -
JOSEPH DRAPER - was born in Virginia,
Mar. 10, 1836, and came into Monroe county in the same year.
He is a son of William Draper and Elizabeth Antill,
who died in 1848. They came into the county in 1836.
Mr. Draper was married in Franklin township, Monroe
county, Ohio, Nov. 29, 1863, by Reverend Richard
Cartright, to Mary Weber, who was born Sept. 18,
1846 in Germany. Her parents were Thomas Weber,
who died Feb. 5, 1877, and Eva Stoffel. They
came to Monroe county in 1847. The children of Mr.
and Mrs. Draper are: Maggie E., born Apr. 15,
1866; William H., Jan. 22, 1868; Thomas M.,
Sept. 11, 1870. All of the children live at home.
Mr. Draper enlisted at Stafford, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1862, in
Company F, 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was mustered into
the service at Marietta, Ohio, as corporal of Company F,
Oct. 22, 1862, by Captain Mullenburg. He
went from there to the Shenandoah Valley, West Virginia, and
was engaged in the following battles: Romney, Winchester,
Piedmont, Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill, Petersburg, Lynchburg,
and other hard-fought battles, to the number of sixteen.
He was under the command of General Cook, was with
him at Winchester; was transferred to General Siegel's
command in the spring of 1863; served under him about four
months, and was then transferred to the command of
General Hunter, and was with him on the famous Hunter's
raid. After they returned from the raid, General
Philip Sheridan took command of the army, and they
endured all the hard fighting incident to the campaign in
the valley. Draper was promoted to be sergeant
of Company F, Jan. 16, 1864. His company was
transferred to the 62d Ohio Volunteer Infantry in June,
1864. He served his remaining time in that regiment.
He was one of the many soldiers in our late war who was
broken down in health, but he does not draw a pension.
He served three years, and was honorably discharged at
Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Draper's parents
were among the first settlers of this township, coming here
when it was a wilderness. He took up government land
and went into the woods and cleared up a farm, which he
still owns. He is still living, and is one of the few
old pioneers that still remain. He raised a family of
six children, of whom Joseph, the subject of this
sketch, was the second. Mr. Draper is a
resident of Franklin township, and is engaged in farming and
stock-raising. Address, Swasey, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
17) |
Sunsbury Twp. -
B. R. DRIGGS - is engaged in farming
in Sunsbury township. He came to this county in 1817;
was born in Connecticut Sept. 27, 1806. His parents
were Ezra Driggs and Mary Ruggles; they came to this
county in 1817. Ezra Driggs died in 1836, and
his wife in 1868. Mr. Driggs' wife was
Margaret Harrison, who was born in England, Apr. 13,
1813. They were married in Belmont county, Ohio, Jan.
8, 1834. Mrs. Driggs' parents were William
Harrison and Elizabeth Holmes. The children of
Mr. and Mrs. Driggs, the subjects of this sketch, are:
Mary E. (Barnes), born Oct. 11, 1834, lives in
Edinburg, Missouri; Ezra Harrison, May 13, 1836,
lives in Clinton, Missouri; Ann M. (Dent), Aug. 22,
1837, lives in Edinburg, Missouri; W. D., Jan. 18,
1840, deceased; John A. Jan. 28,1843, lives at
Clinton, Missouri; Sarah C. (Hein), June 10, 1849,
lives in Sunsbury township; Benjamin R., July 2,
1851, lives in Sunsbury township; Alfred B., Oct. 1,
1854, lives in Sunsbury township. Williams Driggs
belongs to the 25th Ohio Volunteers, in Company D. He
went out in the spring of 1861, and was killed May 8, 1862,
at Fort McDowell, Virginia. He was shot while on duty.
He was a brave and gallant soldier, and died a patriot.
John A. Driggs was a member of the 62d Ohio
Volunteers, in Company E. He veteranized in the same
regiment, and was wounded at Fair Oaks. He was wounded
in the shin, had one bone broken, lay sick nine months, and
is now lame from wounds received in battle. Dr.
Driggs' brother, Allen Driggs, was in the Mexican
war; served clear through the war. He contracted a
disease while i the war which caused his death in after
years. He died in California. Mr. Driggs'
father, Ezra Driggs, moved into Woodsfield when the
forest extended up to the place now occupied by the
Driggs house. The country was then wild and the
forest unbroken. Mr. Driggs' uncle, Benjamin
Ruggles, helped to lay out the town of Woodsfield in the
year 1815. W. D. Driggs was teaching school at
the time the broke out; left his school when he was getting
$20 a month, and volunteered and served till killed.
Mr. Driggs was director of the county infirmary in
1855, one term. His postoffice address is Ozark,
Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
12) |
Centre Twp -
JOHN B. DRIGGS - is an attorney at law
in Woodsfield. He is a native of what is now Noble
county, his birth having occurred at Carlisle, which was at
that time in Monroe county, Mar. 22, 1843. Sophia
W. Read became is wife Feb. 5, 1873, at Woodsfield.
Her birth-place is Miltonsburg, this county, and the date
Dec. 9, 1852. The following are the children: Lucy
M., born Nov. 27, 1874; Mary A., July 14, 1877;
John W., June 25, 1880. Mr. Driggs'
father, William, came to Centre township in the
spring of 1817, when he was only five years of age. He
resided here until 1867, when he removed to Henry county,
Missouri, where he still resides. His mother, Jane
(Okey) Driggs, is deceased. Her grand-father was
among the first settlers of this county, and the Act
organizing the county designated his house as the place of
holding the first term of Court of Common Pleas for this
county. William and Harriet (Mann) Read, are
the parents of Mrs. Driggs. Mr. Driggs is at
present prosecuting attorney of Monroe county, his term
having commenced Jan. 2, 1882. He enlisted in Company
B, 25th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Apr. 29, 1861, and
was discharged at the expiration of is term of enlistment,
July 10, 1864. His brother,, James E., was killed at
Mark's Mills, Arkansas in 1863; he was a member of Company
a, 77th Ohio Voluntary Infantry. Mr. Driggs
postoffice address is Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
2) |
Centre Twp -
WILLIAM DRUM - was born on
Muskingum creek, in Perry township, Monroe county, Ohio,
Dec. 1, 1824. His father came from Pennsylvania and
settled on Captina creek, Belmont county, the country being
wilderness. From there he removed to Muskingum creek,
this country, and from there to Williams' present
residence, in 1833. He took letters-patent for his
land, and William still holds the original title
deed. Jacob Drum, William's grandfather, served
under General St. Clair in the war of 1812; he was at
St. Clair's defeat on the Wabash, serving until the
close of the war, suffering many hardships. Phillip
Drum, William's father, was born n Westmoreland
county, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7, 1799; he is deceased.
His mother was Mary (Kirkbride) Drum; they came to
this county in 1808. Rebecca Stephens became
Mr. Drum's wife, Mar. 12, 1865, in Monroe county.
She was born in this county, Dec. 22, 1843; her parents are
Jesse and Nancy (Jeffers) Stephens. Mr. Drum
was in the war of 1861, enlisting at Woodsfield, Apr. 29,
1861, in the 25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was in the
battles of Cheat Mountain, Chancellorsville, Bull Run,
Slaughter Mountain, Cow Pasture Mountain, and others.
He was disabled at Camp Chase by striking his ankle against
a piece of timber when they were building the barracks, June
12, 1861. Served three years and three months, and was
discharged at Camp Chase, July 26, 1864. At Gettysburg
he was driving an ambulance, and, with others, got between
the ire of the contesting armies, and he was for some time
in a very precarious position. He is a farmer,
carpenter and Shoemaker. Address. Woodsfield, Monroe
county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
1) |
Washington Twp -
HENRY DURBIN – the subject of this sketch was born in Maryland, Sept. 22, 1827,
settling here with his parents in 1846; was a son of
James Durbin, who was born Dec. 20,
1796, and Rachel Dell, born Dec. 25,
1805, and who reside in Adams county, Illinois.
He married here, Apr. 16, 1857,
Sarah Haney, whose father, Evan Haney,
was born May 28, 1809, and died Sept. 7, 1879; and her mother,
Nancy A. Drake, was born Aug. 5,
1810, and died Oct. 31, 1849. The eldest
child of Mr. and Mrs. Durbin,
Zephalynda, of West Virginia, was
born Jan. 28, 1858, James, of Illinois, Oct. 18, 1859;
Nancy A., Sept. 7, 1861;
Lydia J., Jan. 10, 1863;
Lewis L., Jan. 2, 1865;
Evan H., Nov. 7, 1867;
William H., Jul. 20, 1870. Mr.
Durbin had three brothers in the late war:
Cornelius, Jesse and James D., all yet
living.
Jesse served through the war. The children of his father’s family were: Cornelius, Henry, A. J., Jesse, Beal,
John A. (deceased), James, Mary R.,
Elizabeth A., Lydia,
Francina, Sarah (deceased),
Zephalynda and Thomas. Business, farming. Postoffice, Lebanon.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 10) |
Sunsbury Twp. -
JEPHTHA DUVALL - came to this county
in the spring of 1833, and has since been engaged in farming
in Sunsbury township. He was born in Pennsylvania,
Washington county, Feb. 21, 1803. His parents were
John Duvall and Lydia Milison. Mr. Duvall
was married in Belmont county, Ohio, Feb. 14, 1828, to
Mary Beckett, who was born in Virginia Oct. 3, 1803.
Her parents were John Beckett and Hannah Potts.
They came into this county in 1831. The children of
Jephtha and Mary Duvall are: Hannah J.,
born Mar. 16, 1829, died May 29, 1850; Eleanor, Aug.
12, 1830, died Nov. 20, 1850; Dorethoy, Nov. 25,
1831, died Nov. 30, 1862; Elias, Dec. 17, 1833, lives
at Keokuk, Iowa; Mary, Oct. 3, 1835, died June 22,
1859; Samuel N., Apr. 30, 1838, lives at Ozark, Ohio;
Jephtha P., Jan. 30, 1840, lives at Ozark, Ohio;
Lydia Brown, May 27, 1843, died Jan. 7, 1871;
Margaret E., Nov. 2, 1844, died Nov. 7, 1862.
Mr. Duvall's address is Ozark, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
12) |
Centre Twp. -
JOHN DYER - was one of the pioneers of
Ohio, having settled in Belmont with his parents when quite
young, locating near Morristown, where he resided until he
was a middle-aged man, when he removed to Monroe county,
settling on the farm which his widow now owns.
His birth occurred Sept. 17, 1804, in the District of
Columbia, and on July 17, 1880, he breathed is last on his
farm, respected by all who had the pleasure of his
acquaintance. He was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church for fifty years. His parents were
James and Sarah (Webster) Dyer, both deceased. On
Jan. 9, 1827, in Belmont county, Oio, he was married to
Amelia Dyer who is a native of Fairfax county, Virginia,
Mar. 21, 1803, being te date. Their family comprises:
Amelia A. (Rutter), born Oct. 27, 1827, deceased;
John, Dec. 22, 1828, deceased; Phillip, July 5,
1830, deceased; Mary, July 7, 1832, deceased;
William, Oct. 4, 1833, resides in Centre township;
Mary W. (White), Feb. 27, 1836, deceased; John W.,
Aug. 26, 1838, deceased; Wesley B., Oct. 27, 1840,
deceased; Sarah E. (Craig), Sept. 29, 1842,
resides in Centre township; Robert H. H., Aug. 18,
1845, deceased; Philip, the second son, deceased, was
married to Delia A. Craig, daughter of William and
Elizabeth (Driggs) Craig. The following are his
children: William C., John G., Ezra W., Amelia and
Sara C. Two of John Dyer's sons were in the
war of the rebellion. John W. enlisted at
Woodsfield, Ohio, in the fall of 1862, in the 77th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. At Camp Dennison he was taken six
with typhoid fever, brought home, and died May 1, 1863.
Robert H. H. was a member of the 116 Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. He enlisted at Woodsfield, and was killed at
the battle of Piedmont, Virginia, June 5, 1865. He was
buried on the battlefield. Mrs. Dyer's parents,
Philip G. and Sarah (Davis) Dyer, are deceased.
Address, Mrs. Dyer, at Woodsfield, Monroe county,
Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
2) |
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