Gilead Twp. –
WM. TABER, farmer, P. O. Gilead Station; was born in Addison Co., Vt., July 2, 1819, and lived there seventeen years; he then came to Ohio, first stopping for one and a half years on a farm near Gilead Station, and then came to the present place; he hired out in this vicinity, and later rented the homestead and farmed the same until after the death of his father; he then bought the place and has resided on it ever since.  June 28, 1845, he married Miss Sarah Hickok; she was born in Huron Co., Ohio; after the marriage they came to this vicinity; of their four children two are living: Wm. L. G. and Oria M.  He owns 160 acres, located two miles northwest of Gilead Station, and has earned the same by his own labor and management. His parents, Thomas and Mariam (Worth) Taber, were natives of Montpelier and Starksboro, Vermont. They married there and came here in the fall of 1836, and lived here until his death in 1840; some years later, Mrs. Taber married Mr. Reynolds, of Huron Co., Ohio, and lived there until their death.  Mr. Taber had nine children; the following are living, viz: William, Morrow Co., Ohio; Nathan, Noble Co., Ind.; Horace, Manistee, Mich.; Elwood, Kansas; James, Rockford, Mich.; Lewis, Manistee, Mich. The family came West on a canal-boat to Buffalo, N. Y., and on the lake to mouth of Huron, thence by team to place of settlement. They settled in the woods in a log-cabin, in which they lived. They, like the other pioneers, made their own clothing and cut their farm out of the timber.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 556
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WILLIAM TABER, who has contributed a due quota toward the agricultural development of Morrow county, Ohio, and who is now living in retirement at Edison, is one of the old pioneer residents of the county and one honored and esteemed in the community.
     His father, Thomas Taber, was a native of Montpelier, Vermont, and was a farmer by occupation.  He was a son of one whose full patronymic he bore, Thomas Taber, who was born March 26, 1747, was a blacksmith by trade and married Hannah Davis.  The family had been one of prominence in New England from the time that the original American ancestor, Philip Taber, came here and settled near Boston, Massachusetts, ––this being prior to 1634.  He was one of the first settlers at Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and was a member of the first Legislative Assembly of Plymouth Colony, 1639–’40.  In 1661 he was a member of the Government Council of Providence.  He married Lydia Masters.
     The father of our subject was born October 17, 1796, and August 10, 1818, he married Miriam Worth, who was born February 7, 1799.  They remained in Vermont until the fall of 1836, when they emigrated to Ohio and settled on a tract of land in Gilead township, this county (then Marion county), at a point somewhat northwest of the present city of Mount Gilead, where they remained ever one year.  He then bought a piece of densely wooded land adjoining Canaan township, building there a log cabin, in which the family took up their abode.  He died May 12, 1843, and his widow passed away in 1860.  They were the parents of seven boys and two girls, of whom five are living at the present time, namely: William, Nathan, Freeman, Thomas Elwood, and Lewis.  The parents were members of that noble organization, the Society of Friends.
     William Taber, the subject of this review, was born July 2, 1819, at Cobin Hill, Addison county, Vermont, and the house in which he was born bore an uncanny repute, being said to be haunted.  He was seventeen years of age when the family came to Ohio, his education having been received in the subscription schools of his native State.  His father, whose educational advantages had been very meagre, appreciated their value, and he did not deny his children such opportunities as were in his power to grant.  Our subject went to Mount Gilead after his arrival here and there worked for Dr. Roberts during the summer, attending school during the winter months.  After this he went to the paternal home and lent his aid to clearing and improving the same.  He remained at home until he was twenty years of age, and then began to work out for others by the month, continuing to be thus employed for two years.  He then cleared a piece of land on his father’s farm and sowed the same to wheat.  He had been in the employ of Daniel and David Osborn, and through the advice of those gentleman he returned home and gave his attention to caring for his father until the time of the latter’s death.  He assumed the management of the farm and brought it into effective cultivation, purchasing the interests of the other heirs after the death of his father.  He subsequently added eighty acres to his landed estate.
     Mr. Taber gave his attention to the operation of the farm until 1881, when he was incapacitated for active labor as the result of injuries received in being thrown from a mowing machine, and he thereupon came to Edison and purchased an attractive residence, where he has since continued to abide in the devoted companionship of his wife, who has been his faithful helpmeet during all the long years of their married life.
     June 28, 1845, Mr. Taber joined hand and heart with Miss Sarah Hickok, daughter of Harry and Hannah (Macomber) Hickok, both natives of Saratoga county, New York, where they were married.  In 1825 they settled south of Fitchville, Huron county, Ohio, and there remained until their death.  The father came on foot all the way from Saratoga Springs, New York, to this State, where he located his claim before bringing his family.  The mother died in the spring of 1826 and the father survived many years, and died in Illinois at an advanced age.  They were the parents of three boys and four girls, and five of the number are now living.
     Mrs. Taber was born September 27, 1825, in Huron county, Ohio, and was there reared and educated.  Our subject and wife became the parents of four children, of whom only one survives, William Lloyd Garrison Taber, who was born July 10, 1849, married Olive Silverthorn, has two children, and lives on the paternal homestead.  One daughter of our subject Oria, born February 10, 1853, became the wife of John Ashbaugh, and she died June 28, 1890, leaving three children.
     Mr. and Mrs. Taber are consistent members of the Society of Friends, and politically our subject was originally a radical Abolitionist, but for the past twenty years he has been an ardent Prohibitionist, his being one of the first three ballots cast for that cause in this township.  His first presidential vote was cast for William Henry Harrison.  During the war he was an active worker in the service of the “under-ground railway” and his home was one of the “stations” of that effective system.  He has taken an active interest in educational work and has served as School Director, ––the only office he has consented to accept.  He is a man of unwavering honor and integrity, and in his advanced years retains the respect and veneration of the community.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 196-198
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WILLIAM G. TABER is successfully engaged in the great basic industry of agriculture on his fine farm of two hundred acres in Gilead township, Morrow county, Ohio. On this splendid estate occurred his birth, the date of the same being May 24, 1874. He is a son of Garrison and Olive (Silverthorn) Taber, the former of whom was likewise born and reared on the above farm and the latter of whom claims Delaware county, Ohio, as the place of her nativity. The father was born on the 16th day of July, 1849, and the mother on the 9th of March, 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Taber became the parents of three children, concerning whom the following brief data are here incorporated: Lillie is the wife of M. S. Adams, of Marion county, this state; Fordice was summoned to the life eternal at the age of three years; and William G. is the immediate subject of this review. The parents now maintain their home at Edison, where the father is living virtually retired, in the enjoyment of former years of earnest toil and endeavor.
     Mr. Taber was reared to adult age on the home farm and he duly availed himself of the advantages afforded in the district schools supplanting this training by a course in the high school at Edison, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1895. For two years he was employed as a teacher in the district schools in Morrow county and in 1898 he engaged in the hardware business at Edison, in which line he built up a large and representative patronage and with which he continued to be identified for a period of two years, at the expiration of which he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, locating on the old home farmstead on which he was born. This fine estate consists of two hundred acres of arable land, eligibly located two miles northwest of Edison, Ohio. The farm is splendidly improved and all the buildings thereon are of the most modern type. In politics he is a stanch advocate of the man best suited for the office of trust, in question.
     On the 14th of October, 1897, Mr. Taber was united in marriage to Miss Lulu Coe, who was born in Gilead township, this county, and who is a daughter of George O. Coe, concerning whose history data appear on other pages of this volume, in the sketch dedicated to his career. Mrs. Taber was graduated in the Edison high school in 1893 and thereafter she was engaged in teaching for a period of three years prior to her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Taber have four children: Mildred, born December 7, 1898; Lawrence, born September 24, 1900; Aldeane, born June 11, 1905; and Horace, born March 15, 1907. In their religious faith Mr. and Mrs. Taber are Methodist Episcopal, holding membership in the Boundary church, in which they have been most zealous factors.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 572-573

D. S. TALMAGE. ––We now direct attention to one who stands conspicuous as one of the oldest and most honored pioneer residents of Morrow county; one whose identification with the history of the Buckeye State has been one of ancestral as well as individual order, and one who, after days of ceaseless toil and endeavor, is now passing the autumn of his life in retirement and gentle repose as a patriarchal citizen of the flourishing little city of Mount Gilead.  A resumé of such a life can never fail to offer both lesson and incentive.
     D. S. Talmage is a native of Morris county, New Jersey, where he was born on the twenty-third day of April, 1814.  His father, David Talmage, was likewise a native of New Jersey, and was a shoemaker by trade, following this honorable vocation during his entire mature life.  He came to Knox county, Ohio, in 1816, his son, the subject of this review, being but two years old at that time.  In 1836 he located in that portion of Marion county which is now incorporated in the county of Morrow, and here purchased a small piece of land, upon which he made his home, devoting himself to the support of his family by working at his trade.  Here he continued to abide, a simple, noble, honest man, until death came to him at the venerable age of seventy years.  He was of English extraction, having been a descendant of one of three brothers who left the mother country and took up their abode in America at an early day.
     The mother of our subject, née Ruth Whitehead, was a native of New Jersey, where she lived until she had attained mature years.  She entered into eternal rest at the age of fifty-nine years.  David and Ruth Talmage became the parents of three children, of whom we make record as follows: Nelson is deceased; D. S. is the subject of this review, and Maria is the wife of Elias Cooper, of Mount Gilead, this county.
     As has already been stated, our subject was a child of but two years at the time when his parents left their Eastern home and located in the pioneer frontier settlement in Knox county, Ohio.  His scholastic discipline was of necessity very limited in scope, for the pioneer locality had its educational advantages as yet confined to the primitive log school houses, with their meagre accessories.  Such advantages as these little schools afforded, however, our subject was permitted to enjoy.  At the age of sixteen years he apprenticed himself to learn the carpenter’s trade, and served in this way for a period of four years.  Being then twenty years of age, he began operations as a journeyman and was thus employed for one year, after which he determined to put his mechanical acquirements to a practical test by engaging in business upon his own responsibility.
     In 1834, ––two years prior to the removal of his father to this locality, ––he came to Marion (now Morrow) county, and located in Mount Gilead, which has continued to be his home during all the long intervening years from that time to the present end-of-the-century period.  At the time of his arrival here the town’s population was summed up in the aggregate of 150 individuals.  He became a prime factor in the substantial up-building of the village, and in conserving its general advancement to its present position of importance and prosperity.  There are still extant not a few houses of the large number which were erected by him in the village and neighboring townships.
     Two years after his arrival in Mount Gilead, ––that is, in 1836, ––he was united in marriage to Miss Susan Snyder, who was born and reared in Washington county, Indiana.  The union thus cemented continued for more than an half century, fifty-six years, and was one of mutual devotion, unwavering sympathy, and earnest co-operation, ––a union in the higher and truer sense.  In September, 1893, came to our subject the great loss and bereavement of his life, for then it was that she who had been his cherished companion during all the long years, with their varying lights and shadows, who had been a tender mother to his children, and who had stood tenderly by his side while the years left their impress in silvered hair and bowed form, was gathered home to the life eternal.  Hers was a life which left a benediction to those who mourn her loss, and was one which bequeathed its own measure of consolation.
     Our subject and his wife became the parents of three children, namely: John, who was a brave and gallant soldier in the late war of the Rebellion, and who is now deceased; Sarah, who is the wife of James Albaugh, and Nelson, who died at the age of sixteen years.
     Mr. Talmage is one of the oldest settlers now living in the county, and is one to whom is not denied the full measure of respect and veneration due to the man who has lived an honorable and useful life, and whose days have been prolonged to the limit of the unwonted four score years.  For a number of years he was quite extensively engaged in the buying and selling of live stock, and he also owned a farm and operated the same successfully, notwithstanding the old saying that, “He who by the plow would thrive, himself must either hold or drive,” the simple fact being that our subject never gave a day’s time to following the plowshare as it turned the willing soil.  Though he has never sought public preferment, yet Mr. Talmage served his county capably and acceptably for six years as Commissioner.  He is an old-time Mason, having been identified with the various bodies of that noble fraternal order since 18––.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 106-108
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Franklin Twp. –
J. N. TALMAGE, farmer; P. O., Chesterville; is the fifth son of John and Rhoda (Gardner) Talmage; was born on the old home farm, Feb. 14, 1830; his father is a native of New Jersey, and settled on the old “Talmage Farm” in 1817, where he lived over a half century; he removed to Fredericktown, O., where he lived only five months, dying Dec. 23, 1867. He had engaged during his life in the mechanical pursuits of carpenter, joiner and cooper; he came to this country with a small capital, and enduring all the hardships and inconvenience incident to pioneer life, he struggled until he gained competence; nor was he unmindful of the welfare of his fellow-beings; he was one of the first who assisted in planting the cause of Methodism in the county; it might almost be said that he was the founder of the old Church at the Corners, for he not only assisted largely in building the Church here, but also a other places. He was a soldier in the war of 1812; he was the father of five sons and two daughters -- Henry G., Charles F., Jonathan S., Jacob O., Phebe E., John Newton, and Susan L.  John Newton Talmage, from whom this narrative is obtained, passed his early life on the old farm, attending school in the neighborhood until the fall of 1855, when he entered the Ohio Weslyan University, remaining in its classical halls four terms; he then began farming in partnership with his father on the homestead; he continued in this relation until 1864, when he purchase 170 acres; he served his country four month in the 136th Reg., O. N. G.  He united in marriage with Sophia Alverson, Oct. 7, 1856 and five children have blessed this union -- Mary O., Ella M., John Burr, Carl L. and Lavaun.  Mrs. Talmage is a daughter of Thomas and Lucinda (Doolittle) Alverson; she was born Nov. 4, 1836, in New York State. Mr. Talmage and family are members of the Seventh Day Adventists’ Church, at Waterford; he cast his first vote for John P. Hale, and has been a Republican ever since. We have only space here to record that Mr. Talmage is an earnest, cultured Christian gentleman, of broad views, strong convictions, and a practical man, esteemed by all.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 796-797
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THE TAYLOR FAMILY —Among the many worthy families who have taken an active part in the improvement and upbuilding of Morrow county, Ohio, we are pleased to record the honored name of Taylor, representatives of which are descendants of Robert and Rachel (Scott) Taylor, both of whom were born and reared in the state of Pennsylvania. From the old Keystone commonwealth Mr. and Mrs. Robert Taylor moved to West Virginia, whence they later immigrated to Morrow county, Ohio, bringing with them a family of twelve children – eight  sons and four daughters. The names of the above mentioned children are here entered in respective order of birth: William, Susan, Jane, Alexander, Robert, Joseph, Josiah, Mary, Sammy, Rachel, John and Scott. Location was made on the fine old homestead farm ever since occupied by Robert Taylor's descendants. Mr. Taylor was a miller by occupation and he was identified with that line of enterprise for a period of twenty-seven years, in addition to which he was also interested in farming. Many needed improvements on the new place were installed by the family and the farm was tilled with vigor by the numerous sons, the well cultivated fields being the best proof of their energy and industry. Robert Taylor was summoned to the life eternal in 1876, and the fond wife and mother passed into the “Great Beyond” in 1885.
     The Taylor children received their educational training in the neighboring district schools and when old enough began to assist their parents in the work and management of the home farm. The old Taylor residence has been the scene of numerous gayeties and happy gatherings as one by one the children married and the weddings were celebrated under the old roof tree. On these occasions a merry company, often numbering a hundred guests, were assembled. William, now deceased, married Miss Martha Holdridge and became a successful miller at Sparta, where he was a decidedly popular citizen, enjoying the esteem of a large circle of acquaintances; Jane, was united in marriage to Fleming Manville; Alexander wedded Harriet Babcock; Josiah married Betsy Ann Bradfield; John wedded Caroline Pealer; and Rachel became the wife of Jason Sprague. To the last union was born one little daughter, Sadie, whose birth occurred on the 9th of July, 1884, and who came to grace the old home with the sunshine of her presence. Sometimes the death angel visited the old home and the hearts of the good people bowed under its gloom. Two loved sisters, Mary and Susan, were laid away to rest. The four brothers, Robert, Joseph, Sammy and Scott, remained at home, Rachel faithfully acting as housekeeper. With the passage of years, the little Sadie grew to womanhood, one of the fairest girls in the country round, her presence having been a source of keen pleasure to her uncles, who could not spoil her by their indulgence.
     Sadie Sprague was united in marriage, on the 12th of April, 1906, to Roy Barr, and they maintain their home at Bloomfield. They are the fond parents of one son, Robert Clay Barr, born on the 13th of July, 1907. Mr. Barr is engaged in farming and stock raising and he is recognized as one of the prominent citizens of Bloomfield, where he is a co-operant factor in all measures projected for the good of the general welfare.
     The Taylor Brothers, as they are familiarly called, have at different times served the public in various official appointments of important trust and responsibility, including the offices of township trustee, assessor and treasurer, and they are referred to as members of one of Morrow county's most honored and esteemed families, being widely renowned for their hospitality and kindness. Advancing years having unfitted them for active farm duties, they recently purchased a fine, comfortable home at Sparta, where they are passing the evening of their lives in full enjoyment of the fruits of their former years of earnest toil and endeavor, leaving the care of the farm to a niece and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. John Shore. Charity in its widest and best sense has been practiced by the Taylor Brothers and their benevolence has made smooth the rough way of many a weary traveler on life's journey. By reason of their sterling integrity and moral uprightness, they are eminently well deserving of representation in this volume devoted to the history of Morrow county and her representative and public spirited citizens.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 590-591
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WILLIAM TAYLOR. -- The substantial and well-to-do citizens of Marengo have no more worthy representative than William Taylor, who has accomplished a satisfactory work as an agriculturist and is now living retired from the active cares of business, having by industry and thrift accumulated a competency. A native of Pennsylvania, he was born May 28, 1844, in Washington county, a son of David C. and Margaret (Phillips) Taylor.
     Moving with his family from Pennsylvania to Ohio, David C. Taylor lived for a short time in Columbiana county, where he followed his trade of a miller. Subsequently locating in Morrow county, he purchased land and was afterward for many years engaged in tilling the soil. He spent the closing days of his long and useful life in Sparta, Ohio, passing away at the venerable age of eighty-four years and ten months. His wife preceded him to the life beyond, passing away December 13, 1866. They were true Christian people and faithful members of the Chester Baptist church. Seven children blessed their union, as follows: Robert, William, David, Benjamin, Albert, Nancy A., wife of John A. Showalter, and Mary, who died unmarried.
     The second child in order of birth of the parental household, William Taylor, obtained a limited education in the district schools, and on the home farm was well drilled in agricultural pursuits. In May, 1863, his patriotic ardor being aroused, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was assigned for duty at Fort Williams. At the expiration of his term of enlistment, Mr. Taylor veteranized, enlisting, September 14, 1864, in the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he was connected until thee close of the war. On December 7, 1864, at the second battle of Stone river, he was severely wounded, and was granted a furlough of thirty days, after which he rejoined his regiment. Mr. Taylor is now a member of Hurd Post, No. 114, G. A. R., of Mount Gilead, and for three years was a member and the commander of Creighton Orr Post, No. 501, G. A. R., of Sparta, Ohio.
     Receiving his honorable discharge from the army in 1865, Mr. Taylor returned to the home farm in Chester township, Morrow county, and continued a tiller of the soil for three years. In October, 1868, lured westward, he went to De Kalb county, Missouri, where he resided for upwards of twenty years. Returning to Morrow county in 1890, Mr. Taylor located in Chester township, and was there engaged in general farming and stock raising for a number of years, having a fine farm of one hundred and eighty acres, which he still owns. In November, 1902, he removed to his present home in Marengo, and has since enjoyed a well-earned leisure from business cares.
     Mr. Taylor has been twice married. He married first, October 3, 1871, in Missouri, Martha E. Taylor, a native of that state. She died on the home farm in De Kalb county„ Missouri, January 13, 1889, leaving three children, namely: Harry E., born August 1, 1874, married Cora E. Stumph, of Chester township; Maggie, born November 19, 1875, died July 22, 1901, and John C., born May 8, 1877, married Florence Salisbury. Mr. Taylor married for his second wife, Angeline Bradfield, who was born in South Bloomfield township, Morrow county, Ohio, May 10, 1845, a daughter of David and Mary E. (Jemison) Bradfield. Both Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Sparta, and are active workers in that denomination. Politically identified with the Republican party, Mr. Taylor has taken an active part in local affairs, and has served as trustee of the townships in which he has resided.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 829-830
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Chester Twp. –
MRS. MARY A. THOMAS, widow; P. O. Sparta; was born in South Wales, Dec. 6, 1813, and came to this country with the rest of her father’s family. Her father, David Davis, was born in England, and came to Baltimore July 3, 1820, with a family of two children; her mother, whose maiden name was Pugh, was born in Radnorshire, Wales. They moved to Pittsburg, and there, Sept. 17, 1828, the father died, leaving five children -- Mary A., David P., Isabella, Thomas, and Anna. The mother was again married in Ohio, to Henry, a son of Henry George, Sr., by whom she had one child, Enoch P., who died June 4, 1866. Mrs. Thomas attended school in Baltimore, until about 14, and became very thorough in her studies, and at the age of 16 she began teaching school on the line between Delaware and Knox Co., her wages averaging from 75 cents to $1.12½  per week. She was married Aug. 22, 1833, to Daniel J. Thomas. His parents, John D. and Lena Thomas, were born in Wales. Mrs. Thomas and her husband began life in a log cabin. Daniel worked on the Ohio canal at $7 per month, and split rails at $10 per month, and worked by the day for one bushel of wheat, and would take that to mill at Mt. Vernon. She would add to his means by making butter, and in 1834 she sold 16 pounds of butter for $1 and got 5 yards of muslin for the same; and in 1857 she sold 5 pounds of butter for $1, and got 16 yards of muslin for the same. All the hardships imaginable were endured by them. They had the following children: John D., born June 11, 1834, died Oct. 1, 1844; Margaret, born July 31, 1836, married W. Sweatland; Lena, born May 12, 1839; David D., born Feb. 17, 1842; Daniel G., born May 3, 1850. Her husband died April 21, 1867, and was a strict member of the Old School Baptist Church, in which he was Deacon for twenty-two years; he never missed a single meeting during his connection with the same. Mrs. Thomas also belongs to the same church, and has been a member for forty-five years; she and her industrious husband made them a nice little home of 125 acres. Her son, D. G., has added 25 acres, making in all 150 acres of well-improved land; George married Belle Gilkison, a daughter of Mr. W. H. Struble, by whom he has one child, Ora, born Oct. 11, 1875. He is dealing in fine horses, buying and selling, in which he is successful, being an upright and honorable man.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 618-619
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Congress Twp. –
TIMOTHY THOMAS, farmer; P.O., Whetstone; was born March 1, 1817, in Westmoreland Co., Penn.; is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Larue) Thomas; the former was born in New Jersey, while the latter was from Pennsylvania.  In 1817 Timothy came to Guernsey Co. with his parents, who located in the eastern part, upon land which Timothy’s grandfather had entered. When young Thomas was 10 years of age, he returned to Pennsylvania and lived with an uncle until 17 years of age, when he came to Guernsey Co., remaining a short time, and subsequently made several changes.  Dec. 2, 1845, he was married to Eliza Carothers, born March 13, 1825, in Guernsey Co., the daughter of James and Ann (Blakely) Carothers, who were natives of Ireland.  After the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, they settled on sixty acres of unimproved land, selling the same eight years afterwards for $775; they then moved to Wabash Co., Ind., where they bought 160 acres for $1050, which he sold after two years’ possession for $2000; he then engaged in the mercantile business, and lost all he had; in 1855 he came to this county, landing in Congress Tp., having a wife, three children, and $27.50; this was rather discouraging, yet he plodded on, resolved to rise again; he began at the bottom by renting, which he continued for several years; in 1863, he purchased eighty acres, afterward seventy more, and in 1872, added 160 acres; since then he has sold off, until he has but eighty acres. They had seven children, five of whom survive -- James C., Margaret N., now Mrs. Sylvester, Rhodebeck, William L., Robert B. and Sarah J. (twins), and Edward W.  Mr. Thomas has been identified with the Republican party and has served three years as Justice of the peace, and filled several township offices of minor note.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 701
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Cardington Twp. –
GEO. THOMPSON, farmer; P. O., Cardington; is a native of Washington, D. C., where he was born a slave about 1809, and lived in slavery until about 25 years of age, when he bought his freedom, paying therefore [sic] $1,075.  When about 10 years of age he was sold and taken to Richmond, where he worked about ten years in a tobacco factory. He was taken from Richmond to Danville, at which place he was enabled to purchase his freedom. He then went to New York, where he lived three years, and came from there to Columbiana Co., Ohio; and in about 1849 moved to Morrow Co. and purchased seventy-six acres of land near Cardington, which he has cleared and improved. He is now a well-to-do farmer. He was married Feb. 10, 1852, to Mary Brown, who was raised in Clinton Co., Ohio. From this union there were five children -- Garret, Chase, John W., Delila and Elsie. The mother of these children died in about 1867.  Mr. Thompson is now living with his second wife, to whom he was married in 1868. He is a member of the Quaker denomination, and his wife of the M. E. Church.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 587
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Congress Twp. -
GEORGE B. THOMPSON, attorney; Mt. Gilead; was born on his father's farm, in Congress Tp., Richland (now Morrow) Co., Ohio, Dec. 23, 1840, and has always made his home on the same; he assisted on the farm, and attended district school until he was about 16 years of age; he then attended school nearly two years to E. G. Phillips, Esq., of Williamsport, after which he taught for two winters in Congress Tp., and attended the Union School, of Chesterville, during summers, finishing with one full year at the latter place; he then began reading law with T. H. Dalrymple, Esq., of Mt. Gilead, and on the 13th of August following, he enlisted in Co. E, of the 121st Regt., O. V. I., serving as 4th Sargeant [sic]; he was in the battle of Perrysville, Ky., and with the regiment until Dec. 1, 1862, at which time he was sent to the hospital at Columbia, Ky., with typhoid fever, and while there, Jan. 1, 1863, the rebel, Gen. Morgan, with 3,500 men, took the place, our subject falling into his hands; he was paroled on honor not to bear arms against the Confederacy until properly exchanged. Mr. Thompson has a copy of this document (parole), written on rebel paper. Upon his recovery he reported to Camp Chase, at Columbus, Ohio, and was discharged March 26, 1863, owing to disabilities; he returned home, and renewed reading law, also teaching during winters until 1874; in June of that year he was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of law in Mt. Gilead, arid has followed the profession since, residing on his farm in Congress Tp.  April 10, 1864, he married Miss Sarah J., daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Ramsey) Wilson. She was also born in Congress Tp., her folks being early settlers in that locality.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 700
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Congress Twp. –
JAMES THOMPSON, farmer; P. O., Andrews; was born in Doun Co., Ireland, May 24, 1815, and emigrated to this country with his parents when a lad of 4 years, arid settled in Washington Co., Penn.  They came to this State in the fall of 1830, and settled in the south-west part of the township, near Brynzion [sic] Church, purchasing the land of one Crawford; there was a cabin on the place and one acre cleared; here his father remained until his death, which occurred May 27, 1859; his mother died May 13, 1846.  James was the eldest of a family of six children -- having one brother and four sisters, and was 23 years of age when he left home.  Jan. 31, 1837, he was married to Lydia Findley, who was born March 5, 1820, in what is now Mt. Gilead Tp.; she is daughter of Barcley and Eleanor (Eckley) Findley, who was born in Ashland Co., the former in Penn.  James located on 40 acres of the homestead, upon which he lived for sixteen years; he then moved north of Williamsport, where he lived four years and a half, and in 1858 moved to Franklin Tp., where he bought a farm of 100 acres; after one year’s residence there, he moved to the southeast part of Congress Tp., where he now resides, having 100 acres of land.  They have had five children -- George B., William G., Mary E. died in Aug., 1869, was the wife of Asher Reynolds; John L., of Ringgold Co., Iowa; Smith Irwin died April 1, 1879; was born Nov. 1, 1850.  Mr. Thompson has now been identified with the county’s history for over fifty years, which long acquaintance has proven him to be a true man, consistent Christian, and accommodating neighbor.  He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.  The Democratic platform being the most consistent with his views, he has adhered to that.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 701
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South Bloomfield Twp. –
JOHN THOMPSON, farmer; P. O. Mt. Liberty; was born in South Bloomfield Tp. In 1820; his parents, James and Nancy (Cotton) Thompson, had a family of nine children -- William, Harris, Elizabeth, John, Mary, O’Connell who died in infancy; Serena, Margaret A., and Berthena; all are living except Harris and O’Connell.  Mr. Thompson’s early life was passed upon the homestead.  When 16, he went to Milford, where he remained eight years, but then came back to the old place; after staying there six years, he went to Mt. Liberty and at the end of 21 years returned to South Bloomfield Tp., where he has remained ever since, engaged in farming; Mr. Thompson’s father came to South Bloomfield Tp. in 1819; he was a blacksmith, and made for the early settlers iron cow-bells, buttons, bridle-bits, reaping sickles, stirrups, etc.; he also made domestic articles -- such as spoons -- out of pewter, yet not very extensively; he and Aaron Jackson at an early day owned a small distillery, where whisky and brandy were made from corn and rye; he also owned a small gristmill where corn could be ground; he was a Justice of the Peace in early times, and often had quite a full docket of assault and theft cases; he lost $500 in Owl Creek money depreciation.  John Thompson was married in 1843, to Matilda Cornell, and has four children -- Frances, born Feb., 1844; Almeda, Dec., 1845; William A., Jan., 1847, and Mary A., Dec., 1853.  Frances married Josephus Sanders, and has two children; Almeda married Lewis Crumpston, and has two children; William married Angeline Robertson, and has two children; Mary A. married Amza Robertson, and has one child.  Mr. Thompson owns 105 acres of land; is a Democrat; also a member of the Disciple Church, at Mt. Liberty.  His family is well known in the township.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 678
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Cardington Twp. –
URIAH THOMPSON, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O., Cardington; was born on his father’s farm in Portage Co., Ohio, July 31, 1819, and lived there with his parents until he was, 24 years of age, during which time he attended school, worked on the farm, and also at shoemaking and carpentering.  Jan. 5, 1843, he married Miss Caroline Brooke; she was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio. After his marriage he occupied a house on his father’s farm and farmed part of the place a few years, when he and his brother William farmed the place in partnership until 1850, when Uriah and family came to Morrow Co., Ohio, and settled on his present place, which he bought about three years previous; it is located one mile southeast of Cardington, and at first contained 140 acres, to which he has since added 100 acres; he also owns 200 acres in Henry Co., O. By this marriage there are five children -- Chester, Alzada, Leroy, Delbert and Claudie; Chester has been twice married, and now lives in Henry Co., O.; he was a member of the 96th Ohio Reg. Inf’try, and served for three years; Alzada married Mr. Boulton and lives in this vicinity; Leroy married Miss Mary Smith and lives in Henry Co., O.; Delbert and Claudie are single and live at home. Mr. Thompson’s parents, Uriah, Sr., and Elizabeth (Allen) Thompson, were natives of New Jersey; they married there and settled in Portage Co., O., about the year 1810, and lived there until their deaths; of their eight children, but three are living – Uriah, William and Elizabeth Derrick, last living in California. Mrs. Thompson’s parents, Isaiah and Deborah (Cattell) Brooke, were natives of Maryland and New Jersey; they moved to Columbiana Co., O., with their parents in 1814 and 1812, respectively; they married and lived there until 1847, except a short residence in Iowa; they then came to this vicinity, and have lived here since. They had eight children, six of whom are living.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 585-586
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Cardington Twp. –
THOMAS C. THOMSON, post-master; Cardington; was born near Taneytown, Frederick Co., Md., Dec. 12, 1812. His father, Samuel Thomson, was the youngest of a large family of children, who came from County Down, Ireland, to Cumberland Co., Pa., when he was but two years of age. When a young man he went to Maryland, where he met Miss Margaret Clingan, to whom he was married in 1806. She was the mother of eight children by him, six of whom lived. The father died Nov. 15, 1831; the mother Sept. 23, 1823. Thomas C. Thomson was brought up on a farm, receiving a common school education. When seventeen years of age, he entered a shop, and served an apprenticeship at the wagon-makers’ trade, a business he followed for most part for thirty years. Mr. Thomson came to Cardington in the spring of 1836, and has since been a resident of the place. He was married to Mary J. Shunk Sept. 27, 1837. There was one child from this union  -- Margaret A.  Mrs. Thomson died Sept. 9, 1855; Mr. Thomson was married to Mrs. Charlotte P. Warren Aug. 21, 1865. There were two children by this union -- Julia M. and Thomas O.  Mr. Thomson held the office of Postmaster of Cardington from 1841 to 1851, when he resigned, and purchased a farm adjoining the village of Cardington, and farmed and worked at his trade until 1865, when he was again appointed Post-master of Cardington. He has since held this position, with the exception of four months during Johnson’s administration. For some years Mr. Thomson has been a regularly ordained minister in the Methodist Church. His personal popularity increases instead of diminishing with long acquaintance, and it is among those who have known him for years that his generous disposition and many noble qualities are most fully appreciated.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 586-587
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BENJAMIN F. THUMA has long been numbered among the able exponents of the great basic industry of agriculture in Morrow county and he is the owner of a fine farm of one hundred acres in Perry township.  There he continued to maintain his home until April, 1910, when he was appointed superintendent of the Morrow County Infirmary in Gilead township, an office of which he remained incumbent until the newly elected Democratic Board of the Morrow County Infirmary appointed his successor to fill the position.  In this office he gave a most effective administration, the while he had due appreciation of the necessities and misfortunes of the county wards entrusted to his care.  He showed an abiding and helpful sympathy for the inmates of the infirmary, but never allowed this to interfere with proper discipline and his executive policy and discriminating service well justified the official preferment conferred upon him.  He is one of the well known and highly esteemed citizens of the county and is well entitled to recognition in this publication.
     Mr. Thuma views with due satisfaction and pride the fact that he can claim the fine old Buckeye commonwealth as the place of his nativity and that he is a scion of one of the old and honored families of Morrow county.  He was born on the homestead farm of his father in Perry township, Morrow county, Ohio, on the 25th of January, 1854, and is a son of Simon and Eliza (Shuler) Thuma, natives of Pennsylvania.  Simon Thuma, whose ancestors came from Switzerland, was one of a family of fourteen children, ten boys and four girls, two of whom died in infancy.  He was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1817 and in 1835 he came on foot to Perry township, Richland county, Ohio, and worked at the blacksmith trade.  He was married to Eliza Shuler in the year, 1842.  She also was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1824, and was one of a family of six children.  She came with the family to Perry township, Richland county, Ohio, in the year 1832.  Mr. and Mrs. Thuma lived in a log but three miles northeast of Johnsville, where two children were born; Estervilla, June 18, 1844 and John Wesley, March 17, 1846.  In the spring of 1846 they moved to Johnsville where they lived for one month only, until a log house could be built on the farm of one hundred and fifty acres in the woods one mile southwest of the village.  Here were born William Otterbein, May 18, 1848; David Edward, March 8, 1851; and Benjamin Franklin, the subject of our sketch, January 25, 1854.  The father died October 18, 1855, of pneumonia.  He was an earnest Christian, a member of the United Brethren church and a strong anti-slavery advocate.  He was numbered among the industrious agriculturists of Morrow county, where he reclaimed and developed a productive farm and where he continued to reside until his death, secure in the high regard of all who knew him.  The mother remained on the farm and raised the family until they were able to take care of themselves, being left a widow at the age of thirty-one years.  With the determination of a loving mother, the children were brought up with strict discipline which was highly appreciated and commended in after years.  Living a christian [sic] life from childhood, she resigned this life at the age of eighty-four years and was buried beside her husband in Shauck cemetery.
     B. F., as he was usually known, left his parental roof when sixteen years of age, to accept a position in a general store of S. W. Wagner & Brother, later clerking for his brother, John Wesley, in the drug store.  He became a practical pharmacist and for several years conducted a drug store of his own at Butler, Ohio.  In 1876 he disposed of the drug business and went back to his native town.  In 1877 he entered the employ of Talmage Brothers, of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, for the sale of the Champion mowers, reapers and binders in the northern part of Morrow county and in Richland county, with whom he remained until the year 1883, when he purchased the stove and tin store of Johnsville and conducted the business successfully.  A few years later he took in plumbing, pump and general machine work, and is generally known as an all round mechanic.  After the election of President McKinley, his name was mentioned in connection with others for postmaster at Shauck, and he received the appointment.  As soon as his daughter, Marie Avalie, became eighteen years old, she was sworn in as his assistant and conducted the office nearly eight years and was praised by all for her accuracy and ability.
     In 1896, after the death of his father-in-law, Abraham Miller, Mr. Thuma purchased part of the farm and now has one hundred acres of as good fertile land as the county has.  The improvements are all new and on his own plans, he built one of the first silos in the county.  He made dairying a specialty and owns one of the finest Jersey herds in the country and prides himself in trying to do things well and advocates alfalfa hay and ensilage with confidence of its economical essentials in the economic production of milk and believes the salvation of our country depends on intensive agriculture.  Bringing to bear marked energy and mature judgment, he has achieved special success in all departments of his farming enterprise.  His farm is located in section 4, Perry township and is one of the valuable farm properties of the county and shows forth thrift and prosperity as the direct result of the efforts of its owner.  Mr. Thuma has ever been unflagging in his allegiance to the Republican party and has been an active worker in its local ranks.  Since retiring from the position of superintendent of the infirmary he has devoted his time with his son, Mark, to his farm and the stock industry.
     On the 5th of September, 1875, Mr. Thuma was united in marriage to Miss Nevada L. Miller, a daughter of Abraham and Jane Miller.  She was born and reared in Morrow county, Ohio, and they have five children, two sons and three daughters, each of whom has been afforded the advantages of the high school of Johnsville.
     Marie Avalie, born December 18, 1879, was united in marriage to Dr. Clarence W. Bixler, August 31, 1905, and is now living in Erie, Colorado.  Mark Abraham, born March 13, 1882, chose school teaching as his profession, but is now living on the home farm adopting agriculture and being interested in dairying.  On August 26, 1909, he married the only daughter of S. A. Durbin.  Ada Celestia, born April 8, 1886, was united in marriage to Jacob. R. Dawson, February 10, 1910, and is now living near Fredericktown, Ohio, on a farm.  Loy Edward, born May 27, 1888, was united in marriage to the daughter of J. L. Sowers, June 9, 1910, and is living in Johnsvile [sic], Ohio, following plumbing and the sale of gasoline engines.  Ruth Elizabeth, born May 28, 1895, now attending high school in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, will soon graduate.  All the children, excepting Ruth, have graduated from high school.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 928-930
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Perry Twp. –
JOHN W. THUMA, druggist; Shaucks (Johnsville); is the eldest son of Simon and Eliza (Shuler) Thuma.  He was born in Perry Tp., Richland Co., O., March 1, 1846; passed his boyhood on the farm one mile east of Johnsville, and attended the village school until he was eighteen, when he entered the United States service in the “136th” Ohio National Guards, spending nearly four months.  He returned and began teaching school, in which calling he continued five terms with success.  In the spring of 1866 he entered the Otterbein University at Westerville, O.  He united in marriage with Emma Bull, Oct. 29, 1868.  She is a daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Ridenour) Bull; was born in Washington Tp., Richland Co., Nov. 27, 1844.  Her father was a native of Maryland, and her mother was from Pennsylvania, and both came to Richland Co. in an early day, where they were married about 1830, and seven children were born to them -- Delilah, Martin, William, Susan, Carrie, Emma and Elizabeth.  Her father was a farmer, and the family were members of the Lutheran Church.  Our subject began his mercantile career as clerk in the employ of J. J. Cover & Co. in the spring of 1868.  He remained in their store until 1872, when he bought a large stock of pure drugs and erected his present large and commodious business room, in which he keeps at present a full stock of drugs, groceries, books, stationery, fancy and toilet articles and wall paper at very reasonable prices.  Mr. Thuma has been Postmaster here since about 1875.  He is an extensive reader, and is well informed on all current topics.  He brings to his business an exquisite taste, combined with eminent business qualifications.  He has three children -- Cora E., was born Dec. 29, 1869; Olney B., Oct. 10, 1872; Lockie E., March 14, 1875.  His parents were natives of Cumberland Co., Pa. The father came on foot in about 1835, being eighteen years of age.  He settled near Hagerstown, O., where he followed the trade of blacksmith.  In about 1846 he purchased 150 acres near Johnsville, where he raised five children -- Esther V., John W., William O., David E. and B. Franklin.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 832-833
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J. H. TIMS, M. D. ––In the death of Dr. J. H. Tims, which occurred on the 23rd of May, 1905, at his home in Sparta, Morrow county, this locality not only lost a good citizen but one of its most estimable and worthy residents.  Dr. Tims was a physician and surgeon of excellent equipment and his citizenship was ever characterized by loyalty and public spirit of the most insistent order.  His sphere of work and influence was broad and he had correspondingly large attributes of mind and character, so that he was capable of gaining success in whatever department of work he engaged.  Throughout his career he was a scholar and student of more than ordinary ability and he constantly kept abreast of the times in all advancements made in his particular field of usefulness.
     Dr. Tims was born on a farm one mile from Sparta, in Morrow county, Ohio, the date of his nativity being August 23, 1833, and he was a son of James and Sarah (Cook) Tims, both of whom were born and reared in the state of New Jersey, whence they immigrated to Ohio in an early day.  Mr. and Mrs. Tims were numbered among the industrious and honored citizens of Morrow county, where they passed the residue of their lives on a farm.  They became the parents of a large family, only three of whom are now living however, the Doctor being one.  He was reared to adult age on the old homestead farm but being of a frail and rather delicate constitution he was unable to lend his aid in the work and management of the home farm.  Being of a very studious nature it became the intent of the family to fit him for teaching.  Accordingly he was afforded the best of educational advantages and his progress in his school work was of most rapid order.  He received his first certificate of teaching when he was but eighteen years of age and for a number of terms he was a popular and successful teacher in the schools of Morrow county.  He gained a widespread reputation as a particularly efficient pegagogue [sic] and a splendid disciplinarian.
     Early in his career Dr. Tims decided upon the medical profession as his life work and with that object in view entered the Homeopathic Medical College, at Cleveland, Ohio, in which excellent institution he was graduated, duly receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine.  He initiated the active practice of his profession at Sparta, where he soon gained recognition as one of the most skilled physicians and surgeons in the entire county and where he rapidly built up a large and lucrative patronage.  He was engaged in active practice for a period of forty-two years, during which time he affected some marvelous cures as the result of his innate talent and acquired ability along the lines of one of the most helpful professions to which man may devote his energies, namely, the alleviation of human pain and suffering.  In connection with his life work he was affiliated with a number of representative professional organizations and in politics he was a stalwart supporter of the principles and policies for which the Democratic party stands sponsor.  In his religious faith he was a devout member of the Advent Christian church, to whose good works he gave a most liberal support, several churches of that. denomination in the Ohio Conference having been materially assisted as a result of his generosity.  He was looked upon as one of the best informed Bible students in Morrow county and no one could enjoy his companionship and conversation for any length of time without being very materially benefited thereby.
     Dr. Tims was twice married.  His first wife was Miss Maria Cook, leaving at her death one daughter, Maria, who is now Mrs. Ely, of Fredericktown.  The Doctor was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary Whitney.  Mrs. Tims preceded her honored husband to the life eternal by a few months.  There were no children born to the latter union.
     Dr. Tims was a strong temperance man and on a number of occasions, when parties tried to establish a liquor trade in Sparta, he would energetically marshal the temperance forces together and insist on keeping it out.  The village of Sparta owed much to Doctor Tims for its high standard of morals and purity of Christian principles.  No man in the entire county possessed a wider circle of acquaintances nor a greater number of devoted and loyal friends than he.  For a number of years lie had suffered from heart trouble and finally, on the 23rd of May, 1905, after eating dinner, he walked into his office, where he was later found seated in his rocker, with hands peacefully folded, “Asleep in Jesus.”  His death was uniformly mourned by a wide circle of friends throughout Sparta and Morrow county, many of whom attended his funeral, bringing with affectionate hands the beautiful flowers he loved so well.  His funeral discourse was delivered by his pastor, Mrs. M. Grove, whose beautiful sermon was an enlargement of the text: “Mark the perfect man and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace.”  A choir of his Sunday school scholars contributed music in the way of songs and the Doctor’s favorite selection “Consolation” was sung by Mrs. Linn Austin and Mrs. Grove.  His death was the passing of a great and good man.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 912-914
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Westfield Twp. –
JAMES B. TRINDLE, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Westfield; was born Nov. 29, 1831, on the farm where he now resides.  His father, James Trindle, of whom mention is particularly made in the township history, was a native of Pennsylvania, and settled first near Norton, Delaware Co., Ohio, about 1806.  He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and served in the Light Horse, under Gen. McArthur, and besides this, served in some volunteer campaigns against the Indians, who, as allies of the British, engaged in frequent marauding expeditions against the whites.  His mother, Annie (Brundage), was a native of New York State, but emigrated first to Virginia with her parents, and subsequently to Ohio, in 1806, and settled near Norton also.  His father settled in Oxford Tp., Delaware Co., in the part that is now Westfield Tp., Morrow Co., about 1817, where he was prominently identified with its history, and where he died in 1837, leaving eleven children, of whom James was the eighth, then six years old.  His father, although in possession of quite a large tract of land at the time of his death, his estate was found to be considerably involved, and as the family consisted chiefly of girls, the care of it and the management of the farm devolved on his older brother, who survived his father but a few years, when this lot fell to Mr. Trindle, consequently his advantages for school, meager at the best in those days, were circumscribed.  With a stout heart, he set about the work of paying off the unexpected indebtedness of the estate, and with the aid of the younger members of the family of carrying on and improving the farm, in doing which he laid the foundation of a successful business career.  Jan. 19, 1860, he married Miss Hannah Goodhue, who also was born Oct. 8, 1835, in this township the history of whose family appears under the name of Albert Goodhue.  From this union nine children were born, of whom six -- three boys and three girls -- are now living.  Mr. T. has in the tract where he now lives 290 acres, a farm of 80 acres in Kansas, and city property in Atchison of that State.  He occasionally buys and ships wool, and gives particular attention to the breeding of fine wool sheep, thoroughbred cattle and French horses.  He is a member at the Masonic Lodge, No. 384, of Cardington, Ohio.  In politics he is a Republican, and one of the recognized leaders of that party in this township, but commands the respect and good will of all parties.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 648-649
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Cardington Twp. –
W. B. TRINDLE, farmer and stock-dealer, P. O., Cardington; was born in Westfield Tp., Delaware, now Morrow Co., Ohio, Nov. 7, 1833, and lived with the family until he was 22 years of age. Feb. 28, 1856, he married Miss Harriet Lewis; she was born in the same place, and is the daughter of Morgan and Serena (Scofield) Lewis, who came to this country at an early date. After his marriage he and his brother, James B., farmed the old homestead, and finally bought the same, together with a place of 120 acres near by.  W. B., finally coming into possession of the latter place, and lived on it until 1873, when he moved to Cardington and engaged in the woolen mill business for one year, when he traded the mill in part for his present place, which he occupied in 1876; he also sold his Westfield farm during that year, and has lived there since; of their two children one is living -- Thomas M.; he owns 116 acres, located two miles north of Cardington.
     His parents, James and Annie (Brundage) Trindle, were natives of Pa. and Va. They were married at Norton, Ohio, about the year 1813, where he had come previous to the war of 1812, he taking part in the same, being out with Drake in his celebrated defeat. Mrs. Trindle came West with her parents in the year 1807, and settled in the vicinity of Norton, Ohio; James and Annie B. Trindle lived at Norton until about 1825; they then moved to Westfield Tp., and lived there until their death. Of their twelve children six are living, Mrs. Elizabeth and Sarah Cole, of Delaware Co.; Mrs. Drs. Lewelen, Mrs. Gregory, James B. and W. B.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 586
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Gilead Twp. -
JOHNSON TRUEX, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born on his present place April 19, 1846; at the age of 19 he and his brother, Solomon, formed a partnership, and have since owned the place and proceeds in common. They have 358½  acres, located two and one half miles northeast of Mt. Gilead. In October, 1869, he married Miss Delilah Kinney, who was born in Franklin Tp., this county. They have three children -- Ardie May, Homer O. and Ellsworth B.  His wife's parents were Peter and Margaret (McCoy) Kinney; they were natives of Berks Co., Pa., and Knox Co., Ohio. They married in Ohio, where he came with his parents when about 14 years old; after his marriage he came to Richland (now Morrow) Co., and in 1850 they moved near Mt. Gilead, where Mrs. Kinney died in 1859. About 1864 he married Mrs. Rector, formerly Miss Elizabeth Foglesong. They moved to Hancock Co., Ohio, and in 1873 he came here, and has since made his home with his daughter.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 557
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Gilead Twp. –
SOLOMON TRUEX, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born on his present place, Jan. 13, 1844, and has always lived on same; at the age of 21, he and his brother Johnson began farming the place in partnership, and have owned the place and proceeds in common ever since -- sharing alike.  He married Miss Sarah A. Barler, born in Licking Co., Ohio; they have three children -- Clara A., born Oct. 15, 1867; John W., July 14, 1872; and Cloy Ida, Dec. 28, 1875; his father, Jesse Truex, was a native of Monroe Co., O., and was thrice married: first, to Miss Rhoda Acres, and second, to Miss Sarah Rush; both natives of Monroe Co., O., and died in this vicinity, without issue; his third wife was Miss Esther Truex, also a native of Monroe Co.; they had four children, two of whom are living -- Solomon and Johnson.  John and Mrs. Bathena Truex were natives of Pennsylvania; married there and moved to Monroe Co. at an early day.  In 1832 they and their son Jesse, with his wife, came to this county in a wagon, and in 1838 they all moved to the present farm, where they have since died.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 556-557
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Chester Twp. –
SAMUEL J. TRUSDELL, farmer, P. O. Chesterville; is the son of Stephen and Rebecca (Bassett) Trusdell; his father was born in 1809, and mother in 1808, both in Sussex Co., N. J., where they were married in 1829, by Rev. Joseph L. Shafer; they emigrated from Newark N. J., via New York, Troy, and to Buffalo, and on lake Erie to Sandusky, and from there to Mansfield by railroad, then by team, landed in Chesterville in 1847, where the father engaged in carriage-making; here he made the first top-buggy ever built in what is now Morrow Co. He also dealt somewhat in stock. He traded in horses for twenty-five years, and has driven herds from here to Newton, N. J.  In 1874, he started a boot and shoe store in Cardington. Mrs. Trusdell died Jan. 30, 1874; he then sold his stock of goods, and has since retired from actual labor. He and wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, since 1830. Samuel J. was born. Jan. 26 1837, and was married in 1858, to Susannah, daughter of J. L. Denman, whose sketch appears elsewhere; he began the livery business in Fredericktown, under the firm name of Trusdell & Mann. In one year Mann withdrew and in the latter part of 1865, Samuel bought six acres of the present little farm of 20 acres, of J. L. Denman, and has improved the same, and now enjoys one of the finest little homes in the county. They have three children -- Rebecca E., Nellie S. and Mary A. The father of Stephen was John and the mother Catharine Struble. The grandfather Trusdell was Fife-Major in the Revolutionary War. The grandparents Struble were from Germany.
     Samuel is breeding fine Abdallah horses. He now possesses one of the finest horses in the State; we mention that he took the first premiums twice, at the State fair, also two second premiums at the same. He is a dark bay, with black points, sixteen hands high, and weighs 1,200 pounds. No horse in the State has a better pedigree. Mr. and Mrs. Trusdell are members of the Baptist Church, at Chesterville.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 619
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Gilead Twp. –
AUGUSTUS TUCKER, of Smith and Tucker, saw-mill; Gilead Station; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., Dec. 29, 1839, and lived there until April 1, 1866; his early life was spent on the farm; at the age of 14 he attended the Argyle Academy, and continued there four terms; he then went to Meriden, N.H., where he took a classical course in the Kimball Union Academy; he studied in view of the ministry, but owing to failing health, he discontinued his studies, and engaged in out-door pursuits until he regained his health, when he began teaching in connection with farming and lumbering.  March 23, 1866, he married Miss Julia McKellor; she was born in Washington Co., N. Y.; after marriage they came to Ohio, and settled at Gilead Station; he has lived there since, and has followed farming, teaching and lumbering; there have been four children, two of whom are living; his parents, Nathaniel and Jane A. Quackenbush Tucker, were natives of Rhode Island and New York. They married in the latter state, and came west with their son.  Mr. Nathaniel Tucker died here in Morrow Co.; Mrs. Tucker is living in Highland Co., Ohio, with her daughter.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 557
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LAFAYETTE T. TURNEY. ––One of the oldest native-born citizens of Bennington township, Morrow county, Lafayette T. Turney was born on the farm which he now owns and occupies, November 19, 1838, a son of John Turney.  During his many years of residence in this community he has witnessed wonderful changes in the face of the country, and likewise in the methods of farming and carrying on business of all kinds.  In his boyhood days substantial school buildings, churches, and costly residences were unknown in the county, while railways, telegraph and telephone lines were conspicuous by their absence, few, if any, evidences of the present civilization existing.  In the grand transformation that has taken place he has been actively interested, many of his best years having been spent in helping to redeem a portion of this beautiful country from its original wildness.
     John Turney, a native of Pennsylvania, was born May 19, 1802, in Westmoreland county, and died, about 1900, in Morrow county, Ohio.  In Franklin county, Ohio, April 27, 1838, he married Rebecca Ayers, who was born, December 13, 1808, in Sussex county, New Jersey.  Of their three children, one, Thomas L., died in infancy, and two are living, as follows: Lafayette T., the special subject of this brief review, and George A., born September 27, 1842, in Delaware county, Ohio.
     Beginning when young to perform his share incidental to life on a farm, Lafayette T. Turney became familiar with the theory and practice of agriculture, and continued to follow this branch of industry throughout his active career.  Meeting with good success in his undertakings, he is now living on his farm retired, however, from active pursuits.  His farm contains sixty-seven and one-half acres of land, and is under a good state of cultivation, yielding profitable harvests each season.
     Mr. Turney married, January 4, 1866, Lavina Cox, a native of Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio, born December 6, 1845, and into their household three children have been born, namely: Viola, wife of Lyman Ashley, of Mount Gilead, Ohio; Debbie, wife of John Pinder, of South Bloomfield township, Morrow county; and May, wife of Arthur Sipes, of Bennington township, Morrow county.  Politically Mr. Turney is a sound Republican, loyal to the interests of his party, and religiously both Mr. and Mrs. Turney are members of the Advent church.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 845-846
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Washington Twp. –
ALFRED B. TUTTLE, farmer; P. O., Galion, was born in 1843, in Washington Co., Penn.; when only four years of age his parents came to Washington Tp., Morrow Co., O., and with them he has spent all his years; his mother, widowed in 1868, is still living upon that portion of the home farm which was allotted to him; although young, at the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the 136th O. N. G., and with that regiment passed the term of service in Ft. Lyon, Va.; Oct. 11, 1870, he was married to Miss Eliza Harding, whose early home had always been in this and in Marion counties; they have two children -- Clarence Eugene and Alva Cary; having no political aspirations further than to deposit an intelligent vote, aiming only at the best method of cultivating his farm, which is sure to bring good results, Mr. Tuttle must secure not only a competency, but many of the luxuries of life.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 751
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Washington Twp. –
OWEN TUTTLE, farmer; P. O., Galion; was born in Washington Co., Penn., May 28, 1837; his parents were natives of that county; his grandfather was engaged in the war of the Revolution; Mr. Tuttle’s parents came to Washington Tp., Morrow Co., O., when he was but ten years of age; on the farm of his parents he spent his minority, and in 1862 he enlisted in the service of his country in the 45th O. V. I., which was an old regiment reorganized; after three months’ service he was honorably discharged; after his return to his home, he again enlisted, this time in the 136th O. N. G., which passed its term of service in Ft. Lyon, Virginia; at the close of the war, Mr. Tuttle and his brother leased the home farm, which, at the death of his father, was divided, about 130 acres falling to his share; June 10, 1867, he married Margaret Gilliland, whose early home was in the near vicinity; they have one daughter, Mary L., 12 years of age.  In the year of his marriage he built a fine house, and now, surrounded pleasantly, with enough to secure a competency, he is prepared to enjoy the best that life brings.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 751-752
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