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.BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Monroe County, Ohio
- Illustrated -
A Condensed History of the County;
Biographical Sketches: General Statistics; Miscellaneous Matters &c.
Publ. H. H. Hardesty & Co, Publishers
Chicago and Toledo
1882
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Centre Twp. -
ARTHUR OKEY - Is a native of Monroe
county, Ohio, having been born in Woodsfield, Nov. 3, 1822.
His parents were Cornelius and Hannah Okey. His
wife, whom he married at Woodsfield, Apr. 26, 1849, was Nancy
McLelland. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, May
30, 1830, and is a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Uler)
McLelland. Children: Franklin, born Mar. 14,
1850, died Aug. 19, 1852; Robert C., born June 17, 1852;
Sophronia, Sept. 24, 1854, died Dec. 24, 1857; Hattie
R., Apr. 29, 1859; Bell, Dec. 26, 1861; Lou,
Jan. 24, 1866; Maggie F., Oct. 28, 1872. All living
reside in Woodsfield. Mr. Okey was elected to the
office of county surveyor in 1880, which office he now fills.
Address, Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 4) |
Bethel Twp. -
GEORGE OKEY - was born in Monroe county,
Ohio, Apr. 5, 1816. He is a son of Woodman Okey and
Catherine Lemley. They both died in Monroe county.
Mr. Okey's wife was Rachel A. Mann, whom he
married in Bethel township,, Apr. 6, 1876. Mr. Okey
was born in Belmont county, Sept. 14, 1837. Her father's
name was David Mann, and her mother's Sarah Johnson.
They both died in Belmont county, Ohio. Mr. Okey
was engaged in the war of the rebellion; served in the 4th
California Volunteer Infantry. His son was also in the
service, in the 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Okey
was sheriff in Marshall county, California, for twenty-five
years. Mr. Okey's son, Emanuel, was taken
prisoner and kept in Andersonville until he was nearly starved
to death before he was exchanged. He was blown up on one
of the transports, and thrown into the water; he tried to swim
ashore, but was so blinded by the explosion that he could not
reach there, and was captured. George Okey, the
subject of this sketch, was in the Indian part of the rebellion,
and was most of the time in Arizona; went to California in 1850,
prospecting. He found some of the best mining country in
the State. He has a farm in Monroe county of about eighty
acres. The first wife was Elizabeth Rucker,
daughter of John Rucker and Sarah Jenning. Their
children were: Catherine, born in 1841; Woodman,
in 1845; Charlie, in 1846; Emanuel, Oct. 12, 1837,
died 1865. Mr. George Okey, the subject of this
sketch, in politics is a Republican and a true patriot to this
country - while he mourns the loss of his son was yet willing to
lose all to save the government. He has traveled
extensively, and still likes Ohio, the place of his birth.
Has always been a hardworking man, and has become somewhat
afflicted. Has seen all of the trials and
vicissitudes of pioneer life in Monroe county for about
fifty-five years. Occupation, farmer and stock-raiser.
Address, Masterton, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 30) |
Sunsbury Twp. -
W. ORN - is a resident of Sunsbury
township, where he is engaged in the business of farming and
stock-raising. He was born in Pennsylvania, Apr. 4, 1808,
and came to this county in March, 1821. His parents were
John Orn, and Prudence Sunally, who came into the county
in March, 1821. Mr. Orn's wife was Mary Baker,
to whom he was married in Sunsbury township Apr. 14, 1836.
Mr. Orn was born in West Virginia, Apr. 9, 1817.
Her parents were Meshick and Elizabeth Baker. The
children of Mr. and Mrs. Orn are: Elizabeth King,
born Feb. 28, 1837, lives in Sunsbury township; Prudence (O'Reiley),
Jan. 10, 1839, lives in Beallsville, Ohio; John, June 19,
1841, died Dec. 14, 1842; William Parr, Feb. 2,
1844,died Aug. 18,1844; Thomas J., Sept. 28, 1846,
died Jan. 31, 1848; Francis M., June 29, 1849,
lives in Sunsbury township; Mary Jane, Apr. 27, 1853,
lives in Sunsbury township; Johnson, Feb. 1, 1857, lives
in Sunsbury township. Mr. Orn's 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 14) |
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