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BYRON DAVIS,
a well known and highly respected farmer of Franklin township,
Morrow county, Ohio, was born in Richland county, this state,
August 12, 1846, a son of Thomas J. and Caroline M. Davis.
Thomas J. Davis, a native of the “Keystone state,”
born December 4, 1821, left Pennsylvania when he was eighteen
years of age and came to Ohio, making settlement near
Fredericktown. Here for a time he rented and leased land, and
finally he bought a two acre tract near Hagerstown. By hard
work and careful economy he saved enough money with which to
purchase eighty acres of land in Richland county. This gave him
a start. Then he bought, developed and sold other tracts, and
in 1890 bought his present farm of one hundred and twenty acres
in Franklin township. In his youth he took advantage of his
educational opportunities and was more or less of a student all
his life. In addition to conducting farming operations, he
taught school for a time at Woodbury. On December 4, 1845, he
married Miss Caroline Hipsley, daughter of Caleb and
Charlotte Hipsley, natives of Maryland and pioneers of the
Western Reserve. Her maternal grandfather ––Grandfather
Nelson–– was a noted Methodist minister in early days. It
was in 1830 that the Hipsley family crossed the mountains
on their way to the new home in Ohio, the journey being made in
a covered wagon. Arrived in Knox county, the elder Hipsley
purchased a hundred acres of land near Fredericktown, where he
settled and prospered exceedingly. His children were George,
Elizabeth, Caroline M., Hannah and Lottie America,
all now deceased.
Caroline M. Hipsley was born September 19, 1823, in
Frederick City, Maryland, and was a child of nine years when the
family came to Ohio. After her marriage to Thomas J. Davis
they resided for a time in Richland county, coming from there to
Morrow county, which was ever afterward their home. To their
union were born four children, namely: Byron, whose name
introduces this review, and Henry R., George and
Mary, all deceased, Mary having died in infancy.
Henry R., the youngest son, was drowned while bathing in
the river at Delaware in June, 1883. He was twenty-four years
of age, and at the time of his death was a student in the Ohio
Wesleyan University. George lived to be forty-two years
of age and died at home February 27, 1900. The father died
after a lingering illness, December 29, 1890. He was buried in
the Baptist cemetery. The remains of the son Henry R.
who was interred at the “Shauck” cemetery near Johnsville, were
brought from there and placed by the father’s side at the same
time
Mrs. Davis died February 28, 1911, aged eighty-seven
years.
Her own testimony was that she was converted to God one
Sabbath on her way to Sabbath school and united with the church
when fourteen years of age. It was her delight to hear the word
of God expounded, and on the occasion of pastoral calls she was
always very appreciative of the comfort and counsel given. She
had the adornment of a meek and quiet spirit, refined and
purified through much tribulation. Her later years were passed
amidst comfortable and happy surroundings, and, mellowing in
experience with the increase of her years, when the end came she
was as a shock of corn, ready for the garner of God. At home in
the midst of her family she had much peace, and her very last
years were filled with delight in the possession of her
grandchild who was named for her. Besides her son and his
family, there were twenty-four neices [sic] and nephews
on both sides who share in their sorrow.
Byron Davis and Verna V. Watson were united
in marriage December 31, 1903, and they were the parents of one
child, Mary Caroline, born July 13, 1907. Mrs. Byron
Davis was born January 22, 1880, a daughter of William
and Rosanna (Elder) Watson, who reside in Perry township and
aged, respectively, seventy-one and sixty-four years, the former
a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio.
Source: History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol.
II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp.
663-664
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JOSEPH S. DENMAN.
––The growth and prosperity of our country is largely due to
that class of sturdy manhood and womanhood whose lives of
industry, honesty and thrift have merited for them the honored
position of “Builders of our Commonwealth.” Prominent among
this class we find the name of Denman.
Joseph S. Denman, farmer and stockman, was born on
the 22nd of December, 1844, the place of his nativity being
Morrow, Ohio. He is a son of Joseph L. and Anna M. (Wright)
Denman, both of whom were born and reared in the old Buckeye
state. The name Denman originated from a term given them
by the English, who called them “Dane men” because they came
from Denmark. They trace their ancestry back as far as the year
1620, at which time John Denman and Judith Stoughton,
the latter of England, were married. The son of this worthy
couple, by name John, sailed in the ship Dorset, via the
Bermudas, to America in 1635. His destination was Boston, where
Israel and Thomas Stoughton, brothers of Judith,
resided. John Denman 1, of Dorchester, Massachusetts,
was the original progenitor of the Denman family in
America and he became the father of three sons, John
Philip and William. John II went to Long
Island and there purchased land of the Indians, near Newton,
Queen’s county, Long Island, in 1662. He married Mary
Gannaugh, of Long Island, and they had three daughters and
four sons, namely: Martha, Mary and Elizabeth, and
William, Philip, Thomas and John III. John III
wedded Mary Williams; Philip II married Mary
Crane; and William III married Prudence of
Springfield, New Jersey.
In a family of six children––four sons and two daughters,
Joseph Denman was the second in order of birth and of the
number William died in infancy; Daniel is a
minister in the Missionary Baptist church at Oak Park, Illinois;
and the others were David, Suzanna and Lavonia.
In his youth Joseph attended the district school at
Fairfield, Ohio, and later he was graduated in the high school
at Chesterville. He fitted himself for teaching and proved very
popular and successful in that line of enterprise. He was very
well known as a good disciplinarian and was always in demand by
the school boards, having devoted fully twenty years to
pedagogic work. He was united in marriage, April 8, 1867, to
Miss Anna E. Thomas, a daughter of David and Elizabeth
Thomas, of Chester township, Morrow county, Ohio. She was
born on the 31st of July, 1848, and was the fourth in order of
birth in a family of seven children, namely: Enoch, Zacharia,
James, John, Orlando, Mary J. and Anna E.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Denman
resided for one year at Galion, Ohio, but they had been
residents of Chester township twenty years ere they moved to
Galion, from which they went to Roanoke, Virginia, in which
place they retained their home for a period of sixteen years.
In 1902 Mr. Denman returned to Ohio and at the request of
his sons purchased the old Denman homestead, which has
been in the possession of the Denman family for one
hundred and five years in succession. Mr. Denman has an
old family Bible which was published in 1802. The Denman
estate, comprised of one hundred and fifty acres of most arable
land, is eligibly located southeast of Chesterville and affords
a fine proof of intelligent application and practical industry.
The son William recently installed an air pressure water
system in the basement of the house, thus supplying both the
house and barn with an abundance of flowing spring water. The
fine substantial buildings located in the midst of well
cultivated fields lend an air of thrift and prosperity to the
place, which are in harmony with the practical industry of the
owner. Mr. Denman during his active career has devoted
most of his time to diversified agriculture and the raising of
high-grade stock but now he confines his endeavors to a general
supervision of the farm, his sons attending to the more arduous
duties thereof.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Denman became the parents of
eight children: Josephine, Ludlow, Susie (deceased),
Bertha, Allie, Arthur, Earl and William. Bertha
and Allie are both married and they reside in Virginia;
Arthur married Miss Susie Boner and they maintain
their home in Trumbull county, Ohio; Earl married Miss
Mamie Truesdale and resides at Fredericktown, Ohio, where he
is engaged in the furniture and undertaking business, and they
have four sons, Clarence, Joseph, James and Robert;
William was united in marriage on the 5th of October,
1909, to Miss Aleta Weaver, of Sparta, Ohio. Mrs.
William Denman is an accomplished and an unusually
attractive young woman and her gracious personality makes her
exceedingly popular in the best social activities of the
community. She was afforded an excellent education in her
girlhood days and for a time was a decidedly successful student
in the Art School at Cleveland, where she became very adept in
landscape and china painting. She is a daughter of Henry and
Minerva (Modie) Weaver, of Sparta. Henry Weaver was
an eminently successful business man during his life time and in
addition to a number of other important enterprises he was the
owner of the Tile Works at Sparta. He was a member of the Ohio
State bar and engaged in the practice of law and for many years
was notary public. Being of sterling character and a man of the
strictest honor, he was frequently retained as counsel by those
whose cause demanded justice; he never countenanced an unjust
cause. He and his wife are residents of Fredericktown, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Weaver had two children, Aleta, who
is now Mrs. William Denman; and Claude, who
married Miss Emma Parker, a trained nurse in the city of
Philadelphia. They now reside in Westchester, Pennsylvania.
Mr. and Mrs. William Denman reside at the old Denman
homestead with the subject of this review.
Joseph S. Denman and his wife are devout members of
the Pisgah old school Baptist church and they are also members
of the Grange. They are substantial and popular citizens in
this section of the state, where they are held in high regard by
all with whom they have come in contact. They have ever
endeavored to instill into the minds of their children those
principles of honor and those ideals which are so essential in
this twentieth century citizenship.
Source: History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol.
II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp.
645-647
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FRANK KERSHNER DUNN
is
a native of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and is a son of Andrew Kershner
Dunn, a native of Washington county, Maryland, and Emily
(Armentrout) Dunn, a native of Richland county, Ohio, and he
was born November 13, 1854. He attended the Union Schools of
Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and in the year 1869 was admitted to Kenyon
College and was graduated from the same in 1873, the degree of
A. B. being conferred on him by his Alma Mater. He attended
Harvard Law School, and was graduated from the same in 1875, and
the degree of L.L.B. was conferred on him.
Our subject’s father came to Mt. Gilead, Ohio, in April,
1848, and was present at the first term of court in Morrow
county, Ohio, and was one of the foremost members of the bar of
Morrow county until his death, April 29, 1890. He was a
graduate of Kenyon College in the same class with President
Rutherford B. Hayes, and in 1876, while President Hayes
was yet governor of Ohio, he appointed Judge Dunn a judge
of the Court of Common pleas for the Second sub-division of the
Sixth judicial district of Ohio.
Frank K. Dunn was admitted to the bar in 1875, and
practiced with his father in Morrow and adjoining counties for
three years, and in 1878 went to Charleston, Illinois, where he
continued in the practice of the law until 1897, when he was
elected judge of the Circuit Court for the Fifth judicial
circuit of Illinois, and served as judge until 1903. In 1907 he
was elected justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois for the
term of eight years, and is now in office.
On June 1, 1882, he was married at Mt. Gilead, Ohio, to
Alice R. Trimble, second daughter of James S. Trimble
and Margaret (Stroh) Trimble, one of the oldest families
in Mt. Gilead, Ohio. Mr. Trimble was one of the most
energetic and successful merchants, bankers and grain dealers
the village ever had for over forty years. He was born May 25,
1818, at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and died April 11, 1889, at Mt.
Gilead, Ohio. His wife was a daughter of Samuel Straw
(or Stroh) one of the pioneers of Knox (now Morrow)
county, Ohio, and she died June 14, 1879, and both lie buried
side by side in River Cliff cemetery, Mt. Gilead, Ohio. The
children of Judge Frank K. and Alice R. (Trimble) Dunn
are Andrew and Ruth.
Source: History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol.
II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp.
497-498
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LLOYD DYE,
who is engaged in the grocery business at the corner of Main and
Center streets, Mt. Gilead, Ohio, is one of the enterprising and
prosperous business men of the city. A brief review of his
career gives the following facts:
Lloyd Dye was born at Williamsport, Ohio, May 18,
1879, a son of Russell and Jennie L. (Kraut) Dye. Russel
[sic] Dye, also a native of Ohio, passed his
life and died in this state, his death occurring August 26,
1890. He married at Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and his only child is the
subject of this sketch. At the time of his father's death
Lloyd was only eleven years of age; his mother was poor and
it was by her industry and good management that the boy was
given the advantages he enjoyed. He attended the public schools
at Williamsport and Mt. Gilead until he reached his eighteenth
year, meanwhile working nights and mornings and summer vacations
in a grocery store, and thus assisting in the support of himself
and his mother. This early experience gave him a knowledge of
the details of the grocery business and laid the foundation for
success when he opened up a store of his own, which he did at
the corner of Main and Center streets, where he now carries a
fine line of groceries and caters to a first-class trade. Before
engaging in the grocery business on his own account Mr. Dye
was for some time manager of the theatre at Mt. Gilead, where he
also met with success. He is a stockholder in the People's
Savings Bank and Telephone Company. In politics he has always
been more or less active, affiliating with the Democratic party,
and he now holds the office of deputy supervisor of Morrow
county.
Fraternally Mr. Dye is connected with various
organizations, including Eagle Lodge of Aerie No. 665,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 1191, of Galion,
Ohio, and the Home Guards of America, No. 11, He is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Dye and his wife, formerly Miss Anna B. Terry,
are the parents of two children: Clara J., born February
12, 1909, and Russell Terry, April 23, 1910. Mrs. Dye is
a daughter of Chauncey E. Terry, and was educated at the
Cardington high school. Previous to her marriage she was a
teacher in the public schools of Morrow county.
The Dyes trace their lineage to the “Land of the
Thistle,” or Bonnie Scotland.
Source: History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol.
II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – p. 698
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