BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY OF PICKAWAY CO., OHIO
and Representative Citizens
Edited and Compiled by
Hon. Aaron R. Van Cleaf
Circleville, Ohio
Publ. 1906
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ADAM BAILEY,
a prominent citizen and large farmer of Monroe township,
whose farm of 200 acres is situated on the Clark's Run
road, is also one of the most successful breeders of
fine horses, cattle and stock in this section.
Mr. Bailey was born Mar. 29, 1847, in Ross County,
Ohio, and is a son of
James and Elizabeth (Hyatt) Bailey.
The branch of the Bailey family to which our
subject belongs came from Germany. The grandfather
was Richard Bailey, who came to America and
settled in Ross County, Ohio, where he bought a farm in
the wilderness, paying 25 cents an acre for it. He
built a substantial stone house, erecting it on the
second highest hill in Ross county, and it still stands
as one of the old landmarks. His wife,
Catherine, was born in Pennsylvania. They had
nine children, namely: Katherine (Shaner); Mary Ann,
wife of Elisha Wilkins who owned the farm where
J. Taylor now lives; Alexander; Martin;
Hamilton, a physician, who out-lived all his
brothers; Thomas, James, father of our subject;
and two who died in infancy.
James Bailey was born on the old Bailey farm
in Ross County not far from Bourneville. His whole
life was devoted to agriculture. He married
Elizabeth Hyatt, a daughter of Reuben and Maria
Hyatt, natives of Pennsylvania, who died in early
life and were survived by four children, viz.:
Reuben, Maria, and Elizabeth and Hannah
(twins). Of this family, Reuben was
adopted by a neighbor who was on the point of moving to
the West, having provided one of those huge wagons
covered with cotton cloth, in which the pioneers lived
comfortably while transporting themselves and their
belongings to distant points. Reuben Hyatt
grew to manhood in the West and married; his children
are comfortably established in Washington County, Iowa,
and were visited by our subject recently.
Elizabeth Hyatt, who, with her twin sister, was
reared as a daughter by her uncle, Jeremiah Foster,
was subsequently married to James Bailey, as
mentioned above. They began housekeeping on the
old Bailey farm, and there all their children
were born, with the exception of Susan, who was
born after the family moved to Monroe township.
There she married Thomas A. Taylor, of
Chillicothe; she married Thomas A. Taylor, of
Chillicothe; she is now deceased. The other
children were: Mary Ann, who married Joseph
Larkin (who died a prisoner in Libby Prison, during
the Civil War) and now resides at Portsmouth, Ohio - her
second husband, John Dunten, is deceased;
Martin, who married (first) Elizabeth (Smith)
Ballah, of Darby township; Lavina, who
married (first) John Kumamon (who died in the
Civil War) and (second) R. B. Higgins, and
resides in Columbus; Sarah, deceased in February,
1903, who was the wife of James Dick, of New
Holland; Catherine, who married W. K. Bennett,
and resides near our subject; Hannah, who married
John L. Corkwell and has lived in Kansas for the
past 23 years; Reuben, who married
Julia Davis, of Ross County, and lives at Mount
Sterling, Ohio; and Adam of this sketch.
Adam Bailey was seven years old when the family
left Ross County, and moved to Pickaway, settling in
Monroe township. On Feb. 7, 1862, when 15 years
old, he went to work for one of the old pioneers of
Monroe township, a very prominent stockman, John Van
Buskirk, and although but a lad in his years he
impressed Mr. Van Buskirk so favorably that he
was made overseer of his farm of 800 acres. Having
much to do with the raising and breeding of stock, this
farm being noted for its fine stock, Mr. Bailey
studied as a veterinarian and ever since has been more
or less engaged in the practice of this profession.
Mr. Van Buskirk also conducted a dairy and cheese
factory and kept from 50 to 100 head of cattle, many
horses and a large amount of other stock.
In the course of time, Mr. Bailey became almost
indispensable to Mr. Van Buskirk and subsequently
married Mary Van Buskirk, his employer's youngest
daughter. When Mr. Van Buskirk died, 74
acres of the present Bailey farm became the
property of Mrs. Bailey by will. Mr.
Bailey purchased 100 acres of his present farm from
the Van Buskirk heirs and later bought 26 acres
from Marion Van Buskirk, his brother-in-law.
It is all in one body and makes a magnificent farm.
It is well watered by Clark's Run, and for stock
purposes is one of the best farms in Monroe township.
He has a fine field of alfalfa which he cuts four times
a year as fodder for his stock. Mr. Bailey
devotes a great deal of attention to sheep raising,
breeds thorough-bred cattle, Poland China hogs and
raises some of the best horses that have ever come from
this section of the State. Among these is a noted
saddle mare, that is known all over Pickaway County. is
fine horse, "Diamond," took the second premium at the
State Fair at Columbus. Quite recently he has
suffered a heavy loss by the death of a fine stallion,
"Rigor," which was celebrated all through this section.
In addition to being a successful farmer, stock-raiser
and veterinary surgeon, he is also an inventor and has
patented a small device which renders corn-husking an
easy matter.
On Sept. 20, 1868, Mr. Bailey was married
(first) to Mary Van Buskirk. Her father
died in October, 1872, and later, in the following year,
on account of an epidemic of typhoid fever, the whole
family left Monroe township and moved into Mount
Sterling. All the family had an attack but no
lives were lost as they had nurses and good medical
care, while scarcely any of their neighbors in the
country escaped a death in the family. Mr.
Bailey purchased a house at Mount Sterling and the
family expected to remain in it but a few months, but
the months were prolonged until their period of
residence there covered 22½ years. In February,
1897, Mr. Bailey moved back to the farm.
In December, 1893, Mrs. Mary Bailey died and he
was married (second), on Feb. 7, 1897, to Margaret
Fletcher, who is a daughter of Peter and Mary (Benns)
Fletcher, of Ross County. The other members of
Peter Fletcher's family are: Anna; Mary, wife
of William Hays; Frank; William;
and Ella. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher still
reside on their farm in Ross ounty.
Mr. Bailey has two sons,
Walter Harry, born to his first marriage, the
latter, on Jan. 7, 1906. Walter Harry Bailey
owns a fine farm of 50 acre in Monroe township. He
was born at Mount Sterling, Ohio, Jan. 27, 1877.
He was given excellent educational advantages and was
one of the brightest students that graduated from the
Mount Sterling High School. He then worked in a
grocer store, later opened a bicycle repair shop and
also became much interested in electricity.
Probably with a view of turning his attention from the
__tter study, his father presented him with his present
farm and stocked it and here he has resided since his
marriage. On Oct. 7, 1896, he was married to
Helen Merrill who is a daughter of Simon Peter
and Mary (Gulick) Merrill. They have two
children, viz.: Frederick Van Buskirk, born Feb.
17, 1900; and Lola, born Aug. 21, 1902.
Both he and wife belong to the Christian Church at Mount
Sterling. He is a member of the Knights of
Pythias.
Mr. Bailey has always been a prominent __ure in
public affairs wherever he has lived. He served as
a member of the Council at Mount Sterling for 14 years
and was also a member of the School Board on which he
has also served in Monroe township, at one time being
its president. In 1900 he was elected township
trustee and is still filling this position. Since
1875 he has been an Old Fellow, belonging to the
subordinate lodge and to the encampment. Mr.
Bailey is a leading member of the Christian Church
at Mount Sterling. Personally he is a men of the
most exemplary character, temperate in both speech and
habits.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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THOMAS
JOSEPH BAKER, who has been identified with
Pickaway County for the past 30 years, was born March
22, 1828, in Massachusetts. His well-cultivated
farm of 18 acres is situated in Wayne township.
Mr. Baker was a child in years when his parents
moved from Massachusetts to New York. In 1858 he
came to Ohio and settled in Lake County, afterward
removing to Ross County and finally coming to Pickaway
County about 1876. In 1861 he offered his services
to his country as a soldier and served through the Civil
War as a member of the 128th Regiment, Ohio Vol.
Infantry.
Mr. Baker married Melinda Tucker, of near
Cleveland, Ohio, who died while he was serving in the
war. In 1867 he married Jemima Grimes
daughter of John Grimes, of Ross County, Ohio.
One child, which died in infancy, was born to the first
union. Six children were born to Mr. Baker's
second marriage, namely: Eugene, John, Joseph,
George, Etta and Anna. Mr. Baker
has had to part with all his sons. His two
daughters still survive, the former of whom married
John Janes, of Ross County, and the latter,
George Tatman, of Wayne township. Mr. Baker
has 10 granddaughters and one grandson, the latter of
whom bears his name.
Mr. Baker ha taken considerable interest in his
time in public affairs and served as constable both in
Ross and Pickaway counties. He is a prominent
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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DANIEL W.
BALDOSER Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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BLENN RIFE
BALES, M. D. Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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JOSEPH A.
BAUM Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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THADDEUS
WILLIAM BAUM Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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WILLIAM A.
BAZORE Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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FILLMORE
BEAVERS, a substantial farmer of
Scioto township, operating one of the farms belonging to
the well-known William Rush estate, and, although
a young man, a leading Democratic politician of the
county, was born near where he resides on the 28th of
December, 1871. He is a son of Walter Balfour
and Elizabeth (Rush) Beavers, and received his
education in the township schools and at the Ohio Normal
University at Ada.
When he was twenty years of age Mr. Beavers left
school and commercial farming - the avocation he was
followed continuously and successfully since. He
remained on the homestead for a short time, but when 21
years of age branched out in an independent career.
The farm which he now operates consists of 479 acres,
and, as stated, forms part of the William Rush estate.
In the conduct of the work he employs two teams and
conducts mixed farming, such as the raising of corn,
wheat, hay and oats, and the feeding of hogs. From
70 to 80 acres are in corn and from 50 to 60 in wheat.
In 1891 our subject was united in marriage with
Viola Peters, daughter of James and Sarah Peters,
formerly of Scioto township, this county, now of Madison
county, this State. Nine children have been born
to this union, viz.: Ethel, Carrie, Byron, Myrtle,
Hettie (who died in early infancy), Elizabeth,
Gladys, Essie and Irma. Mrs.
Beaver's parents were both born in Scioto township,
Pickaway County, Ohio, where they still reside, the
father at the age of about 56 and the mother at 50 yeas
of age.
In the family of our subject's parents, there are, in
addition to himself, one son and one daughter, namely:
William, who married Lillian Johnson and
is engaged in farming in Scioto township, and Alice,
who married Chauncey O. Johnson and after his
death became the wife of Finley a. Lerch - they
reside in Scioto township north of Commercial Point.
The Beavers and the Rush families were
among the first settlers of the township and the county,
and the details of their ancestry and pioneer work in
this locality are given in the biography of Walter
Balfour Beavers, the father of our subject, and in
the sketches of other members.
Fillmore Beavers upholds the reputation
of the stanch families from which he is descended.
He is already an influential Democratic leader of the
county, and is a natural politician. Before he was
20 years old he was elected a central committeeman, and
in all the stirring campaigns for which Scioto township
has become locally famous he has fought in the front
ranks; so that although still comparatively young he has
had the experience of many men of twice his age.
Mr. Beavers has already served five years
on the Central Committee and two years on the Executive
Committee. From 1891 to 1905 he was a member of
the School Board of Scioto township, being elected for
four terms of three years each, and serving one year by
lo_ after the new law was passed. Fraternally
Mr. Beavers is connected with the Improved
Order of Red Men.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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WALTER
BALFOUR BEAVERS, a well-known
farmer and citizen of Scioto township, was born in the
house where he now resides on teh 26th of October, 1843.
He is a son of William and Elizabeth Beavers, who
were the parents of six sons and five daughters, as
follows: John and Joseph, both
deceased, the latter having reached maturity; Thomas,
residing in Columbus, who has raised a family, is now
more than 70 years of age: Peter, who lives in
Scioto township on a farm; Marion, who is a
resident of Nebraska; Walter Balfour;
Margaret, deceased, who was the wife of Henry
Gochenouer; Sarah, who married Isaac
Smith - both now deceased; Esther, wife of
William W. Johnson, who resides in Jacktown;
Mary Ann, who married James M. Johnson and
lives in Scioto township; and Rachel, deceased,
who was the wife of John Satterfield.
On Sept. 12, 1867, our subject was married to
Elizabeth Sidney Rush, daughter of William and
Hester Ann (Hillery) Rush. Besides
Elizabeth, Mr. and Mrs. Rush were the parents
of another daughter, Sarah Ellen, who was first
married to Fletcher Davis, and after his death to
Thomas Betts. Mrs. Betts resides in
Scioto township, the mother of a son and a daughter,
both living and married. William Rush, the
father of Mrs. Beavers, died July 6, 1900, at the
age of 75 years, and the mother, Mar. 14, 1904, aged 76.
To Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Beavers two sons and
one daughter have been born, as fol lows: William,
born Sept. 1, 1868, who married Lillian Johnson,
daughter of James M. Johnson, and is the father
of three children - Homer, Everett and
Leatha; Fillmore, born Dec. 28, 1870, who
married Viola Peters, daughter of James
and Sarah Peters, and has a family of nine children;
and Alice, born July 7, 1873, and first married
to Chauncey O. Johnson. Mr. Johnson
died six years thereafter; there were two children born
to this union - Wilda, who died when a year
old; and Florence, born in August, 1895.
After the death of her first husband, Mrs.
Johnson married Finley A. Lerch, and they
reside in Scioto township north of Commercial Point.
The grandfather of Mrs. Beavers,
Francis Rush, came from New York to Pennsylvania,
and thence to Ohio, where he married Nancy
Greenwade. To this union were born five sons
and three daughters, of whom one daughter died in
infancy. Those who grew to maturity were:
Thomas, Jacob, John, Francis,
Nelson, William (father of Mrs.
Beavers), and Sarah, wife of Cornelius
Sharp. All are now deceased.
The father of Mrs. Rush owned 879 acres
of land, and Mrs. Beavers, the daughter of
William Rush has 439 acres. Mr.
Beavers is the owner of 40 acres, and since 1875,
with the place where he now lives. He is a
Democrat and a Mason. The Rush family
were Republicans, and William Rush, for
many years prior to his death, was identified with the
Masonic fraternity.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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ALVA
WILLIAM BENNETT, one of Monroe
township's enterprising business men and representative
and respected citizens, residing on a well-improved farm
of 81 acres, situated on Clark's Run road, is also
interested in a large sawmill business and operates a
threshing machine. Mr. Bennett was born
Aug. 15, 1869, on the farm where he still resides, and
is a son of William K. and Catherine (Bailey)
Bennett, and a grandson of Samuel J. Bennett.
Samuel J. Bennett, who was born in Pickaway county,
Ohio, was a son of John Bennett, who owned a farm
near New Holland. Samuel J. Bennett became
the owner of the present Bennett homestead.
He married Rebecca Hopkins, a daughter of John
Hopkins, of Ross County. She had two brothers
- John and William - and two sisters -
Mahala and Ann. Samuel J. Bennett had
three brothers - William, Kendall and
John. Samuel J. Bennett and wife had
the following children: Sarah A., who
married Philip Taylor and lives in Fayette
County; Mary, who married Jonathan Taylor
and lives in Monroe township; Nancy, who married
William Corkwell and lives at Portland, Indiana;
Jane, who married Jacob Barnhart - both
now deceased; Frances, who married Thomas
Barnhart and lives at Portland, Indiana; Mahala,
who married Joseph Chittem and lives at Portland,
Indiana; Rhoda, who married Jeremiah Ensley
and lives at Mount Sterling, Ohio; Nora, who
married Alvin Tobin and lives in Madison County;
Samuel W., deceased, who married Mary Robinson;
and William Kendall.
William Kendall Bennett, father of our subject, was
born May 27, 1845, on his present farm, his father
owning 268 acres in one tract and 90 acres in another,
just across the road. At that time the country was
still covered by timber. William K. Bennett
married Catherine Bailey, who was born in Ross
County, Ohio, and is a daughter of James Bailey.
Her three brothers were: Martin, who
married Elizabeth Smith; Adam, who married
Margaret Fletcher; and Reuben, who married
Julia Davis. Her sisters were: Sadie,
who married James Dick and lives at New Holland;
Mary Ann, who married Joseph Larkins and
lives at Portsmouth, Ohio; Levina, who married
Rugg Higgins and lives in Kansas; and Anna,
who married Thomas Taylor and met death by being
killed by a railroad train - Mr. Taylor is a
resident of Cleveland.
William K. Bennett and wife had three children,
viz.: Lora, who died in infancy; Cora, who
married Charles Stewart, has two children
- Iva and Homer - and resides at Waterloo,
Ohio; and Alva William, of this sketch.
The parents still survive.
Our subject was educated in the schools of Monroe
township and has always resided on the homestead farm.
It belongs to his father, but he has had the entire
management of it for a number of years and has made the
improvements, which include the building of a very
comfortable frame residence. For the last 18 years
he has owned a sawmill, where he employs from two to
four men and does a good business. He also owns a
threshing machine and takes contracts all over the
county, hiring a number of men and keeping busy all
through the season. Mr. Bennett is
president of the Tri-County Percheron Horse Company,
which owns the famous stallion, “Galiffet,” No. 54,981.
On Sept. 17, 1891, Mr. Bennett was married to
Suda Sollars, who was born Sept. 4, 1872, and
is a daughter of Jackson and Sarah (Farren) Sollars,
of Madison County, Ohio, the former of whom died in
1889. Mrs. Bennett has two sisters, viz.:
Minerva, who married Thomas J. Dick and
lives in Monroe township, and Nancy A., who
married John Evans and lives in Fayette
County. Her brothers are: Thomas, residing
in Monroe township, who married Laura
Gillenwater; James, a resident of Madison
County, who married Josephine Johnson; and
Frank, who married Emma Chittem and
lives in Fayette County.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have three children. viz.:
Grace L., born Feb. 20, 1893; William
Howard, born Aug. 23, 1896, deceased Nov. 8. 1899;
and Gladys, born Sept. 6. 1904.
Mr. Bennett is a very prominent man in
Monroe township and has served for three years as
township trustee and has held other offices. For
seven years he served as a member of the Board of
Education and during this period the schools were put in
fine condition. He belongs to the Threshers’
National Protective Association, No. 273, of which he is
secretary; he is a member of the Knights of Pythias,
Lodge No. 566, and belongs to both the lower and higher
branches of Odd Fellowship, being an active member of
Pleasant Lodge, No. 544, and Sterling Encampment, No.
202.
Although he has never united with the Methodist
Episcopal Church, Mr. Bennett has been one
of the founders and liberal supporters of this branch of
Christian work in his community. This religious
body has a comfortable church edifice and a rapidly
increasing membership at Yankeetown and this good result
was brought about through the efforts of seven
individuals. This little band of earnest men and
women consisted of Alva W. Bennett and wife,
Z. D. Fisher, J. W. Morton and wife, Ettie
Leary and E. F. Taylor. They organized
the Yankeetown Sunday-school and the first meetings were
held in School District No. 3. Mr.
Bennett was unanimously chosen assistant
superintendent and this position he has most efficiently
filled ever since. The school has brought about
excellent results and is a credit to the neighborhood.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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HENRY J.
BENNETT, one of Circleville's
esteemed retired citizens, has been prominently
identified with large business enterprises both in Ohio
and in other States for a quarter of a century. He
was born in 1853, at Dover, Canada, and was five years
old when he accompanied his parents to Circleville,
Ohio.
The city of Circleville, which he has assisted to
develop, and has been Mr. Bennett's chosen home
all through his more than usual successful business
career. He was educated here and was a pioneer in
the ice business, in which he engaged first when a lad
of 16 years. This business was continued by him
under the business style of the Circleville Ice Company
until 1903, when he disposed of it. He has
numerous interests, owning valuable real estate in the
cities of Circleville, Columbus and Chicago, Illinois;
gold mines in South Dakota, Idaho and Arizona, and is
interested in a tract of 640 acres of coal land on the
Elk River, West Virginia, where there is an outcrop of
16 feet of coal on the ledges above the railroad.
He also has silver and lead interests in other parts of
the country and owns stock in many prospering
industries. He is a man of remarkable business
sagacity and still looks after many of his enterprises
himself.
In 1883 Mr. Bennett was married to Emma B.
Breternitz, of Circleville, and they have one son,
W. B., who is engaged in looking after mining
interests in Arizona. This young man graduated at
the Circleville High School and then entered Kenyon
College, but was obliged by ill health to leave prior to
finishing his course and is now building up his health
in the mountains of the West.
Mr. Bennett has been one of the most valued
members of the City Council, elected on the Republican
ticket, overcoming by 21 votes the usual Democratic
majority of 55. For the past 22 years he has been
a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Circleville.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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JACOB
BENNETT, a retired resident of
Darbyville, who for many years was engaged in
agricultural work in this county, was born June 5, 1838,
in that part of Hocking County, Ohio, that was later set
off as Vinton County, and is a son of Franklin and
Mary (Tinkham) Bennett.
Franklin Bennett was
also a native of Hocking County and was a son of
Jacob Bennet, who came from New York with his family
and settled in Hocking County. Franklin Bennett
and his wife, who was born in Athens County, Ohio, lived
in Hocking County where they were engaged in farming.
After the death of Mr. Bennett, is wife remarried
and passed the remainder of her days in Missouri, where
she died at the advanced age of 87½
years. She was the mother of seven children,
namely: Jacob, the subject of this sketch;
Marcellus and Marcella (twins) -
Marcellus enlisted in the 114th Regiment, Ohio Vol.
Inf., and was killed at the battle of Vicksburg -
Marcella married a Mr. Weed and now lives in
Indiana; Jason, who went to Oregon and has never
since been heard from; Avis (Ryther), who
lives in Missouri; Cyrus D., lives in Montana;
Lucinda, deceased during childhood.
Jacob Bennett, the subject of this sketch, grew
up on his father's farm in Hocking County and received a
common-school education. On Aug. 12, 1861, he
enlisted in Company B, 18th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., under
Colonel Stanley and Captain Fenton.
He participated in numerous skirmishes and took part in
the battle of Stone River and also in the battle of
Chickamauga, subsequently serving on detached duty for a
year, most of his period being spent at Chattanooga.
He was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, in November,
1864, and was discharged on November 9th. He then
returned to his parents and worked out by the month for
one summer. He was married on Aug. 24, 1865, to
Lodema Tremain, who was born in Miami County, Ohio,
July 1, 1839, and is a daughter of Edwin and Sarah
Jane (Hutsell) Tremain. Mrs. Sarah
Jane (Hutsell) Tremain was a native of Miami County,
Ohio. After her husband's death, she moved to
Pickaway County and died in Darbyville in 1896.
After his marriage, Mr. Bennett rented a farm for
one year and afterwards worked in a sawmill for four or
five years. In 1876 he moved to a farm in Pickaway
County near Darbyville and worked at farming until the
time of his retirement to Darbyville, in 1906.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have had eight children,
namely: Thomas Edwin, who is engaged in
farming near Darbyville; Mary, of Richland
County; Franklin, who lives in Columbus; David,
who lives in Madison County; William, who is
engaged in farming in Muhlenberg township; Sarah
Jane, who lives at home; Stephen, who
lives in Derby; and Lucy, who lives at home.
Mr. Bennett
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Politically, he has always been a Republican, and is at
present justice of the peace. He is a member of
Groce Post, G. A. R. at Circleville.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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WILLIAM A.
BEOUGHER Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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FRED C.
BETTS Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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GEORGE
BETTS Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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JOHN W.
BETTS Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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THOMAS B.
BETTS Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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WILLIAM J.
BINKLEY Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
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CAPT.
EDWARD R. BLACK Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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THOMAS
BLACKSTONE, M. D. Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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WILLIAM
BLACKSTON, M. D. Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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A. H.
BLAKE, M. D. Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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CHARLES
EDGAR BLAKELEY Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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IRWIN BOGGS
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JOHN GROCE
BOGGS Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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SAMUEL
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SCOT C.
BOGGS Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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N. C.
BOHNERT Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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SIMON P.
BOLDOSER Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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JOHN
BOLENDER Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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HON. ANDREW
R. BOLIN Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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STUART
ROBINSON BOLIN Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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HARRY J.
BOND, D. D. S. Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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LEWIS
HAMILTON BOND Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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JAMES M.
BORROR Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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BURR H.
BOSTWICK Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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PERRY G.
BOSTWICK Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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HON. GEORGE
W. BOWER Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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E. D.
BOWERS, M. D. Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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FRANK N.
BOWMAN Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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C.
L. BOYER, superintendent of the schools of
Circleville, and one of the Pickaway County's leading
educators, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1864,
and is a son of David Boyer, who was born
in Fairfield County in 1830, his father having come
there from Pennsylvania.
C. L. Boyer's education was commenced in his
native county. He subsequently attended the
Capital University at Columbus, where he was graduated
in 1891, with the degree of A. B. He then took
charge of the schools at Lithopolis, Ohio, where he
remained for two years and then entered Lima College, at
Lima, Ohio, as a member of the faculty, having the chair
of mathematics. For four years he was also at the
head of the normal department. During the
succeeding two years he had charge of the schools of
Logan, Ohio, and then came to Circleville, in 1899.
For the past seven years Mr. Boyer has been the
head and front of the excellent school system of
Circleville, and his careful, conscientious work was
brought about remarkable results. The schools here
have an enrollment of 1,300 pupils, who are distributed
in four school buildings, being under the instruction of
39 teachers. To see that all of the latter are
capable and faithful like himself, is no slight task,
but Mr. Boyer has insisted on the methods which
his experience has taught him are the best and has
gathered about him a very efficient corps of
instructors. His services of the city in the
educational field are thoroughly appreciated.
In July, 1889, Mr. Boyer was married to Clara
Shade, who is a daughter of Daniel Shade, of
Fairfield County, Ohio, and they have three daughters
and one son.
Mr. Boyer is connected with the leading
educational institutions of the State, is a member of
the Ohio State Teachers' Association, the Central Ohio
Teachers' Association, of which he has been
vice-president, and of the Central Ohio Schoolmasters'
Club, of which he has been secretary and treasurer.
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J. J.
BREHMER Source: History of
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CHARLES D.
BRINER, M. D. Source: History
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Edited and Compiled by Hon. Aaron R. Van Cleaf.
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JONATHAN
BRINKER, a well-known and respected farmer
residing on a valuable tract of 100 acres in section 9,
Walnut township, is also the proprietor of a large
general store and implement depot, situated at the
crossroads near his home. The family residence is
a large brick house built by himself and father in 1889,
and is an added evidence of Mr. Brinker's
substantial prosperity.
On subject was born May 15, 1851, on a farm adjoining
the place he now occupies, and is a son of Barnabas
and Elizabeth (Knight) Brinker. His father was
also a native of Walnut township, being a son of
George Brinker who settled in this township
in the early pioneer days. After reaching-an
industrious and useful manhood in this locality,
Barnabas Brinker married Elizabeth Knight, whose
father was John Knight. Of the eight
children born to them, these five are still living:
Oliver Perry, of Walnut township; M. T.,
of Columbus; C. F., of Ashville; Mrs.
Gilbert Humble; and Jonathan, of this sketch.
Two children died in infancy and George passed
away Sept. 1, 1901, aged about 52 years.
Jonathan Brinker was reared and educated
in Walnut township, and married Lida Weaver,
daughter of D. F. Weaver, on the 29th of January,
1879. They have two children: Harry W.; and
Meda Alice, who married Charles Hay and
lives on the old home farm.
Besides managing his extensive agricultural operations,
Mr. Brinker conducts a farm implement and
a general store. Among the large stock of
agricultural implements which he carries are the Milburn
wagon and the Great Western manure spreader. An
idea of the extent of his general business may be gained
by the statements that during the season of 1905 he sold
34 of the manure spreaders at the standard price of
$118, and that he yearly disposes of between two and
three car-loads of wagons. He also carries a large
stock of buggies, surreys, carriages, harness, etc.
His general store is one of the most complete in the
township.
Mr. Brinker's fraternal connections are
confined to the Knights of Pythias, and his religious,
to his membership in Hedges Chapel, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
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OLIVER
PERRY BRINKER, a respected farmer of Walnut
township, residing on a fine estate of 157 acres in
section 25, was born in the township named on Dec. 31,
1852. He is a son of Barnabas and Elizabeth
(Knight) Brinker, prominent in the agricultural
community of the eastern section of Pickaway County, his
father at the time of his death being the owner of about
300 acres of land in Walnut township and r00 acres in
other townships. As the name implies, the family
is of good old German stock.
Oliver P. Brinker was trained to habits of
homely industry and honesty and, as a farmer's son,
received a limited education in the district schools.
When he reached manhood, he was well qualified to take
his place of useful labor in the township which has
always been his home.
On Feb. 26, 1879, Oliver P. Brinker was united
in marriage with Josephine Blacker, a daughter of
Henry Blacker, and they are the parents of two
children. Dennis, the elder, married
Zora Peters, a daughter of John Peters.
Della, the younger, married Robert Peters,
son of Rev. Robert W. Peters, of Walnut township;
her husband and her brother are in partnership in the
hardware business at Ashville. Mr. and Mrs.
Dennis Brinker have one child - Ethel - and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peters have also a
daughter - Helen. Oliver P. Brinker is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is
a trustee, and altogether is an honored and substantial
member of his native township.
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ED. A.
BROWN, Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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DR. EDSON C.
BROWN was born in Circleville,
Dec. 25, 1876. He received his early education in
the public schools of Circleville, and was graduated
from St. Joseph's Parochial School in 1894. After
reading medicine a while with Dr. Row, he entered
Starling Medical College, in 1896, where he studied for
one year. The following three years were spent at
the Ohio Medical University where he was graduated in
April, 1900. In the following year he began the
practice of medicine at Columbus. In February,
1902, he was appointed first assistant physician of the
Massillon State Hospital at Massillon, Ohio, which
position he still occupies.
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ISAAC N.
BROWN, one of Pickaway County's
honored survivors of the great Civil War, to which he
gave three years of his young manhood, is a well-known
agriculturist of Muhlenberg township, owning a highly
cultivated little farm in Muhlenberg township,
consisting of 14 acres, which the word "garden" aptly
describes. Mr. Brown was born June 16,
1831, in Knox County, Ohio, on a farm to miles northeast
of Mount Vernon, and is a son of Nathan and Elizabeth
(Long) Brown.
The parents of Mr.
Brownd were born in the vicinity of Cove
Mountain, Pennsylvania, and were brought to Ohio by
their parents in childhood. They married in Ohio
and when our subject was seven years old moved to
Fairfield County, Ohio, where they resided on a farm for
some seven years and then decided to seek a new home in
the West. Nathan Brown started with his
wife and 11 children, but when he reached Circleville he
was taken sick and died in 1848, aged 55 years.
The family remained at Circleville until the death of
the mother, which took place on July 5, 1855, when the
family became scattered. The children were:
Polly, Abraham and Susan, all
deceased; Isaac N., of this sketch; Jacob,
a resident of Illinois, who survived imprisonment at
Andersonville, during the Civil War, through a period of
11 months and 13 days; Barbara, now deceased, who
married John W. Frost, a veteran of the Mexican
War and moved with him to Missouri; John L., of
Indiana; William, a member of an Illinois
regiment in the Civil War, who died in 1862, at Memphis,
Tennessee; Nancy J., a resident of Columbus;
Solomon; and Mrs. Elizabeth Simmons, who died
in Missouri.
In the spring of 1849 our subject proceeded to
Muhlenberg township and sought and obtained work on a
farm, by the month. He continued to work in this
way for nine years on the farm of James and Perry
Dawson, receiving as wages the sum of $8 a month.
After he married he continued to live there for two
years longer, after which he moved to the James
Abernathy farm, which he rented for two years and
then removed to the Z. P. Adkins farm near Five
Points.
Mr. Brown was living on this place when
he enlisted for service in the Civil War, on Aug. 30,
1861, entering Company C. 20th Reg, Ohio Vol. Inf.,
Third Brigade of the Third Division of the 17th Army
Corps. under Capt. J. M. McCoy and Colonel
Whittlesey. When Mr. Brown
became a soldier, he entered upon a path of great
hardship and constant danger as will be seen on
recounting the many battles in which his life was
risked. Not including minor engagements, Mr.
Brown participated in these battles: Fort
Donelson, Shiloh, Bolivar, Iuka, Big Hatchie River,
Hankin’s Ferry, Raymond, Champion Hills, the whole siege
of Vicksburg of 47 days duration, Jackson and Baker’s
Creek. After three years and one month of service,
he was honor ably discharged. He was several times
injured in the service. At Raymond he was slightly
wounded in the left thigh by a bullet and had three ribs
broken and a leg broken by being thrown down and run
over by a wagon attached to a six-mule team. On
Apr. 1, 1864, this injury landed him in the Vicksburg
hospital, where he remained for one month and then was
sent to Louisville where he remained until he was
mustered out.
Upon his return; Mr. Brown resumed
farming and continued to live on his rented farm until
the fall of 1888, when he purchased his present home of
14 acres which he, has placed under a very fine state of
cultivation and which yields handsomely. He has
erected the buildings here and has made all _the excel
lent improvements.
In 1852 Mr. Brown was married to
Hester A. Starks, who was born in Maryland and died
in Iowa. She had three children, viz.: Franklin
P., of Iowa; John Westley, deceased at the age of
four years and Eliza Jane, deceased at the
age of six years.
Dr. Brown was married
(second) in November, 1868, to Mrs. Isabelle F.
Nichell, who was the widow of Andrew J. Nichell,
who died in the army during the Civil War, leaving four
children, viz.: Elias D., of Illinois; Robert
C., of Illinois; Mrs. Sarah E. Lyons of
Hardin County, Illinois; and Mrs. Augusta Smith,
of Muhlenberg township. Mrs. Brown
was born in Vinton County, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1840, and is a
daughter of Elias and Sarah (Gardner) Ramey, the
former of whom was born in Belmont county, Ohio, and the
latter in Virginia. Mrs. and Mrs. Brown
have had these children: Rose Ann; Mrs. Gertrude Kern,
deceased; Hattie, wife of Daniel H. Crawford,
of Hardin County, Ohio; John M., of Madison
County; Etta, wife of Fletcher Graham, living near
Derby; Loutie M., who has been a teacher for the
past 10 years; and Myrtle, who is the wife of
Albert Brown, of Illinois.
Mr. Brown has been a life-long Republican.
He is one of the old and esteemed members of the
Methodist Episcopal church of Darbyville.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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DR. MARCUS
BROWN, a man long identified with
all the best interests of Circleville, was a native of
Connecticut, being born at Colebrook, on July 5, 1797.
In 1816 his father, with his son, emigrated to Ohio, the
mother having died 15 years before. A farm was
bought in Medina County, upon which the father continued
for almost 30 years, moving then to Circleville, to live
with his son, for a number of years had been located at
this place.
Dr. Brown had gone, after remaining three
years on the home farm, to Somerset, where he taught
school for a year; after which he went to Ross County,
where he also taught for two years. It was while
he was teaching in Salem, that his marriage to Miss
Sarah Close occurred. Coming to Circleville
then, he established a private school, one of the first
in this place, which he continued to hold for four
years. In the meanwhile, he studied in his leisure
time, taking Latin with Joseph Olds and
medicine with Dr. Webb. He began the
practice of his profession at Williamsport, Pickaway
County. After five years practice, he interrupted
his work to attend lectures at the Ohio Medical College,
Cincinnati. Receiving a diploma, he resumed
practice in Williamsport, coming back six years later to
Circleville, where he carried on his profession until
1850, when he retired. Only a few months later,
the Asiatic cholera broke out and raged for some time,
during the prevalence of which Dr. Brown
again took up his work, for the sake of humanity.
It was owing to a great sorrow and disappointment in his
life that his retirement was due. His only child,
an un usually bright boy, had been educated to follow
the father's profession. He was graduated at Miami
University and later at Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia, and in 1847 entered practice with his
father with every promise of success. One year
later he died, and the heart-broken father relinquished
the profession which has been to him a successful
career, but which now would be but a constant reminder
of his blighted hopes.
The banking business engaged Dr. Brown's
attention, after he retired from practice. The
Pickaway County Savings‘ Institute - the fore runner of
the First National Bank of Circleville - was the
organization with which he was connected, and of which
he became president, holding this office till his death.
About 1850, also, he purchased a farm, which he gave up,
however, in four years, and became a silent partner of
George H. Fickardt, in the drug business,
continuing in this connection until 1877.
Dr. Brown was a man of culture, and was
interested in those things which make for advancement.
He was for a number of years on the board of directors
of the Public Library of Circleville. A more
extended notice of him, in this capacity, will be found
in the article on the library. He took two trips
abroad, the second embracing an itinerary of Europe,
Asia and Northern Africa.
Dr. Brown died Jan. 6, 1882. His obsequies
were held at his late residence on Mound street.
He was a member of the Central Presbyterian Church.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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RICHARD AMBROSE
BROWN, M. D., a physician of
modern and progressive character and of increasing
practice, a resident of Commercial Point in Scioto
Township, and largely interested in agricultural
property, both as owner and manager, was born in
Chillicothe, Ohio, on the 3rd of December, 1873.
He is a son of Ambrose White and Flora
(Cunningham) Brown, and is of Scotch ancestry on the
paternal side and of Scotch-Irish, on the maternal.
The family history of the Cunninghams has been traced to
the ancient annals of Scotland, the Doctor having in his
possession their distinctive coat-of-arms. They
were identified with colonial times in America, and one
of the immediate ancestors of Dr. Brown is known
to have fought in the Revolutionary War.
Thomas
White Brown. the paternal grandfather. was
a native of Maryland, but came to Ohio in his early
married life, where Ambrose White Brown,
his son and the father of our subject, was born.
Both parents of Dr. Brown were natives of
Ross County, this State, and were of the unpretentious.
respected, farming class. His father, the owner of
considerable land, has been dead for 27 years, while his
mother resides in Circleville. Dr. Brown
is not only building up a fine practice in and around
Commercial Point, but owns a valuable farm of 320 acres
and manages his mother's estate in Scioto township.
The other members of the family born to Mr. and Mrs.
Ambrose White Brown were: Thomas
White Brown, who resides west of Circleville
and is a dealer in grain; Ethel. wife of J. G.
Hollenbeck, who is district passenger agent of the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad at Atlanta, Georgia; and
Ada, who married Stuart R. Bolin, a lawyer of
Circleville. The family are traditionally
Presbyterians and Democrats, and several members of it
have been active and somewhat prominent in politics.
Richard A. Brown, the subject of these lines,
received his early education in the graded schools at
Chillicothe, entered Wooster College in the fall of
1888, and after spending four years there was a student
at Princeton for another two years. In the fall of
1893 he matriculated at Starling Medical College,
Columbus, Ohio, and graduated therefrom with his degree,
in March, 1896. He spent the fall and spring of
1897 and 1898 in pursuing a post-graduate course at the
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, and in the summer of the
latter year located at Parkersburg, West Virginia.
While a resident of that place he was associated with
Dr. C. G. Blubaugh, and did considerable surgical
work for the railroads. He was assistant surgeon
of the Ohio River Railroad and attended to the local
work of the Southwestern Division of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad. Since February, 1905, Dr. Brown
had been a resident of Commercial Point, and both as
physician, surgeon and citizen has an assured standing.
He is a Royal Arch Mason, a Knight Templar and a Shriner,
and is also connected with the Modern Woodmen of
America.
Dr. Brown's wife was formerly, Minnie
Abernethy, daughter of Judge I. N. Abernethy, of
Circleville, of which place she is a native.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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SAMUEL E.
BROWN. The death of
Samuel E. Brown, which took place Dec. 6, 1904, at
Mount Carmel Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, removed from this
section a man who was widely known for his many
excellent traits of character and was esteemed by a
large circle of friends. His home was in
Muhlenberg township, where he owned a farm of 202 acres.
Mr. Brown was born Dec. 18, 1841, and was a son
of John and Amanda (Root) Brown.
The parents of Mr. Brown
were natives of Germany and Ross County, Ohio,
respectively. The first, who came to Pickaway
County in young manhood, served two years in the Civil
War, in which he was so seriously wounded that he was
discharged on account of disability. His children
were: Kate, deceased, who was the wife of
Joseph Atherton; Samuel E.; Sarah Ellen,
deceased, who was the wife of David Sheers;
Mary wife of Isaiah Tatman, of Circleville;
John; Nelson, deceased; and Martha, of
Athens, Ohio.
With the exception of 12 years spent on a rented farm
in Madison County, Ohio, Samuel E. Brown spent
his whole life in Pickaway County. He remained on
the home farm in Scioto township during his boyhood and
young manhood and as his father was away from home
serving as a soldier in the army, he continued to reside
on his native place for two years after his marriage.
Upon the return of his father, Mr. Brown rented a
100 - acre farm in Madison County and resided there for
12 years. This farm he operated without
assistance. He became the owner of 40 acres in
Madison County but never resided on that farm and
subsequently sold it. In 1873 he came to the farm
on which the rest of his life was spent, his first
purchase being one of 40 acres. To this he added
until the home farm contained 202 acres and he also
owned, at the time of his death, 68 acres in Jackson
township, on which his eldest son is settled.
Almost all of this land Mr. Brown cleared
himself. He always took the deepest interest in
improving his property, and as long as health permitted
he continued to add to its value. His love for his
home and family was his great interest in life and he
left his dear ones well provided for, his estate
aggregating some $20,000 in property and $10,000 in
cash.
On June 14, 1863, Mr. Brown was united in
marriage with Elizabeth Morris, who was born in
Guernsey County, Ohio, June 16, 1844, and is a daughter
of Isaac and Aberillah (Botts) Morris, natives of
Guernsey County, who moved from that county to Hocking
County and later to Pickaway County. Mr. and
Mrs. Brown had four children, namely: William,
of Jackson township; Sarah Ellen, wife of
Henry Hill; Emma Alice, wife
of Frank Hubbard, of Columbus; and George M.,
who lives at home.
Although Mr. Brown had few educational
advantages and was obliged to make his own way in the
world without any outside assistance, he was a very
successful man. His industry was remarkable and
his judgment seldom at fault. In his political
views he was a Democrat but he was never active in
politics.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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THOMAS
WHITE BROWN, a well-known business
man of Wayne township and Circleville, who has been
identified with many interests in Pickaway County for
some years, was born in Deerfield township, Ross County,
Ohio, in 1869, and is a son of Ambrose White Brown.
The father of Mr. Brown was also born in
Deerfield township, Ross County, Ohio, where his parents
had settled at an early date. In 1876 he removed
to Pickaway County, where he died in the following year.
Thomas W. Brown was reared in Ross County,
attended the Chillicothe High School and in 1887 entered
Wooster University, where he remained until 1891.
He then returned to his farm in Ross county, but on May
1, 1900, he came to Pickaway County, where he bought the
flour mill, elevator and farm of William Foresman.
He operated this property until his mill was totally
destroyed by fire on July 26, 1905. Mr. Brown
has not rebuilt but has given his attention to other
interests. With other capitalists he is
contemplating the erection in the near future of an ice
plant for the manufacture of artificial ice. He is
a man of business enterprise and has met with success in
his previous business ventures.
Mr. Brown was united in marriage in 1903
with Annie E. Wright, who was born at South
Bloomfield, Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a sister of
Dr. T. B. Wright, of Circleville.
Mr. Brown retains his membership with the
various societies with which he became identified at
Wooster University and he belongs also to the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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WILLIAM F.
BROWN, one of the representative
citizens and thoroughly experienced farmers of Jackson
township, where he owns a valuable farm of 152 acres,
was born in Deer Creek township, Pickaway County, Ohio,
Mar. 12, 1831, and is a son of Trustin P. and Tabitha
(Wingate) Brown.
The Brown family, of
which our subject is a member, has been settled in Ohio
since 1810, when Peter Brown, the grandfather of
our subject, removed from Delaware to Ross County.
The family records farther back have been lost but the
family is probably of Irish extraction. Peter
Brown was a man of honest loyalty and it is known
that when his health prevented his going to serve in the
War of 1812 he provided a substitute to take his place.
He settled first in Ross County, but later removed to
Pickaway County and died in Deer Creek township.
Trustin P. Brown was born in Delaware and was a
boy of 10 years when his parents made the trip over the
mountains and into Ohio, carrying their possessions in a
one-horse wagon. He spent the greater part of his
life in Deer Creek township, Pickaway County, where he
died in 1858, aged 56 years. At this time he was
the owner of 650 acres of land, which he had acquired
through farming and stock dealing. In political
faith he was a Democrat. Religiously he was a
Methodist.
The mother of our subject was born in Maryland and was
a child when she accompanied her parents to Pickaway
County. They settled in Deer Creek township, and
she died on the old homestead at the age of 65 years.
Our subject was the second born in his parents family of
nine children, as follows: Elizabeth, deceased;
William F.; Mrs. Sarah Knowles,
deceased; Mrs. Nancy Yates,
deceased: Solomon Wesley, of Washington
Court House, Ohio; Mrs. Maria Hunsicker,
of Deer Creek township; Tabitha, deceased;
Trustin. who died in Illinois; and Peter W.,
of Chillicothe.
William F. Brown was reared in Deer Creek
township and attended the district schools. He
remained at home until he was 26 years old and then
married and came to his present farm, settling here on
Mar. 4, 1861. The greater part of the land at that
time was covered with timber; this Mr. Brown has
since cleared off and has developed his property into a
fine stock and grain farm. He has devoted his life
to agricultural pursuits and has met with most
gratifying success, being now one of that most
independent class of men, a substantial farmer.
In June, 1858, Mr. Brown was married to Massy
A. Owens, who was born in Wayne township, Pickaway
County, Ohio, Mar. 17, 1832, and died here on Mar. 6,
1904. She was a daughter of Samuel M. and Eliza
(Sullivan) Owens, natives of Maryland. The
children born to our subject and wife were the
following: Trustin P., of Circleville; Samuel
O., deceased at the age of 16 years; Sarah,
wife of Simon Carpenter, residing in
Fayette County, near Mount Sterling; William F., Jr.,
of Darbyville; Eliza, wife of J. S. Work,
of Montgomery, West Virginia; Aaron S., who
manages the home farm; Fred, who is a school
teacher; and Edward, who died in infancy.
Mr. Brown has been a leading Democrat in
his locality for many years. For 11 years he has
served as township trustee and has also served as school
director and assessor. For 50 years he has been a
consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and
has been a teacher in and superintendent of the Sunday
school at Darbyville. He is regarded by his
fellow-citizens as an honorable, upright, useful and
public-spirited man.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 538 |
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GEORGE
BRUNDIGE Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 531 |
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THOMAS
BRUNDIGE Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 726 |
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GRANVILLE
MOODY BULEN Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 842 |
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OSCAR
ELLSWORTH BUMGARNER Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 660 |
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