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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ARTHUR M. DAUGHERTY 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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CHARLES WILSON DAVIS,
principal of the Darbyville public schools and for the
past 11 years an educator here, was born in Monroe
township, Pickaway County, Ohio, on the farm west of
Five Points operated by his father, on Oct. 28, 1863.
He is a son of William and Emily (Peacher) Davis.
The parents of Mr. Davis
were natives of Virginia. They moved to Ross
County, Ohio, with their parents, in childhood and were
settled in Monroe township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
The mother died in Scioto township, aged 62 years and
the father's death followed in Darby township at the age
of 68 years. They had nine children, namely:
John Wesley, who died aged 13 years; Edward,
who died aged 44 years; Sarah, who married
James Campbell, of Fayette County; Martha
(Hatfield), deceased; George, of Darby
township; Charles Wilson, of this sketch;
William of Columbus; Dennison; and James
of Columbus.
When Charles W. Davis was a lad of seven years,
his parents purchased and settled on a farm south of
Five Points, where the family lived for three years and
then moved to the village and lived there until 1878.
They were then located in Darby township until
1884, when they returned to Monroe township. When
23 years of age, after careful preparation, our subject
began to teach and after three years took a year's
course at the Ohio Normal University at Ada. Since
then he has continued in his chosen field, giving all
his efforts to his native county. For 11 years he
has been identified with the Darbyville school and for
the past year has been at its head. He, with his
two capable assistants, has 85 pupils in charge.
Mr. Davis gave his entire attention to his school
work until Dec. 3, 1903, when, with Harry Moore,
he embarked in a mercantile business at Darbyville,
under the firm name of Davis & Moore. He
has been a resident at Darbyville since 1893 and enjoys
the esteem and confidence of his fellow-citizens.
In 1892 Charles W. Davis was married to Sally
Graham, who was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, Apr.
28, 1873, and is a daughter of Thomas L. and
Elizabeth (Bell) Graham, natives of Pickaway County,
who spent the larger portion of their lives in Darby
township.
Although Mr. Davis has never been a very active
politician, he has been a stanch Democrat all his life.
He is one of the leading members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Darbyville and has been a class
leader for five years and for eight years has been
superintendent of the Sunday-school.
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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EBENEZER S. DAVIS.
The town of Williamsport has reason to remember with
gratitude and to recall with respect the late
Ebenezer Davis, who for years was one of its most
honored and useful citizens. Mr. Davis was
born Sept. 110, 1808, on the bank of the Potomac, in the
village of Westernport, Virginia.
In 1813 Mr. Davis accompanied his parents to
what was then the wilderness of Pickaway County, Ohio,
his father settling down to pioneer life on the farm
which is now known as the W. I. Wood farm and
home, in Deer Creek township. The family consisted
of four daughters and six sons, Ebenezer being
the youngest son and third youngest of the family.
He survived them all, his death taking place in 1894.
His boyhood and youth were passed among conditions long
since relegated to the past - the primitive living, the
hardships and privations, the lack of educational and
social advantages. When 18 years of age he secured
work at $9 a month, digging through the bluffs near
Westfall, on the Ohio Canal. He learned the
cabinetmaker's trade and for a number of years worked at
this, in the days before the establishment of great
furniture factories. Among the treasured and still
useful articles to be found all over Pickaway County,
are bedsteads, bureaus, spinning-wheels, warping bars,
and various other articles which were fashioned by his
skilled hands.
For 43 years Ebenezer Davis was post
master at Williamsport. During his earlier
incumbency the mail was carried by stage coach from
Circleville to Washington Court House. In 1841 he was
elected justice of the piece and during his many yeas in
office married 45 couples and adjusted more local
differences peaceably than any other official in the
county. He was a leader in every enterprise
looking to the advancement of Williamsport, in which
village of four houses his parents settled in 1819, and
scarcely any early movement of importance or business
enlargement were completed without his advice and
cooperation. It was Mr. Davis who
first secured the petition to have the town
incorporated. This first petition, however, was
destroyed because it would have taken in the distillery
that then stood where a mill was later built. A
second petition was prepared, which. excluded the
distillery. In his day the temperance movement was
one of the important issues before the country.
Mr. Davis belonged to the Sons of Temperance
and also organized the Cadets of Temperance in
Williamsport.
On Apr. 26, 1830, Mr. Davis was married
to Sedanay McFarland. and they had four children,
the two survivors being:
William B., of Williamsport; and Milard W.,
of Iowa City, Iowa.
Politically Mr. Davis was a stanch Republican.
For a number of years he was treasurer of Williamsport
and Deer Creek township, was school director and
councilman and was also treasurer of a savings bank.
He was noted for his integrity. During the Civil
War he issued script to the amount of $300, for the
convenience of making change, and every cent of this was
redeemed. In February, 1830, he united with the
Christian Church and continued in good standing as long
as he lived. During the early struggles of the
local church, he as sumed a large part of its financial
obligations. Had Mr. Davis entertained some
of the modern kind of financial views he would have died
a very wealthy man, but his money was honestly earned
and was lavishly given to others less fortunate or
provident, his faith in human na ture making him believe
that those who benefited by his bounty would surely
repay when they could. That this was not the case
was shown when, among his papers, after his decease,
were found notes for over $20,000 which were outlawed by
the passage of time, no at tempt having ever been made
to collect them.
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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EDWARD DAVIS,
who has been a resident of Wayne township, Pickaway
County, for the past two years, was born in Ross
County, Ohio, on Aug. 4, 1863, and is a son of John
and Matilda (Edgington) Davis.
John Davis was born in Pennsylvania and his wife
was born in Ross County, Ohio. They were the
parents of four children: Frank, who went to the
Klondike and never returned; Edward, our subject;
James; and a daughter who died in infancy.
Edward Davis was married July 4, 1886, to
Emma Lynton, a daughter of Isaac Lynton, of
Ross County. After his marriage, Mr. Davis
continued to live in Ross County for 18 years, and then
located in Wayne township, Pickaway County. Mr.
Davis owns a home at Yellow Bud, Ross County, which
he purchased in 1888 and which is now occupied by his
brother James. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have had three
children: Elmer, Ralph and Frank. Mr.
Davis was for a time supervisor of the road of
District No. 7, Union township, Ross County. He is
a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He and
his family attend the Evangelical 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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CAPT. WILLIAM B. DAVIS,
one of Williamsport's most successful business men, a
veteran of the Civil War and a worthy representative of
one of the old and honored families of Pickaway County,
was born at Williamsport, Pickaway County, Ohio, Mar.
15, 1844, and is a son of
Ebenezer S. and Seddanay (McFarland) Davis.
Elsewhere in this work will be found extended
mention of the late Ebenezer S. Davis, who for
years was closely identified with all the important
interests of Williamsport and vicinity.
William B. Davis
was reared at Williamsport and attended the schools of
the village, scarcely completing his education when he
offered his services, as a youth of 17 years, to defend
his country from disruption. On Nov. 11, 1861, he
enlisted as a private soldier in Company E, 73rd Reg.,
Ohio Vol. Inf., and served continuously until the close
of the war, although confined for one year in a
hospital, recuperating from honorable wounds received in
gallant action. His mettle was that of a true
soldier as his rapid promotions show, these in order
being as follows: Corporal, Dec. 30, 1861; sergeant,
Nov. 1, 1862; orderly sergeant, Mar. 11, 1863; sergeant
major, May 1, 1864; 1st lieutenant, Sept. 8, 1864;
captain, Feb. 10, 1865. He was detached as acting
adjutant of the regiment, Apr. 1, 1865, and as assistant
inspector general of the Second Brigade, Temporary
Division, 14th Army Corps, June 17, 1865. On the
terrible field of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, he was
wounded by an exploding shell, and at Dallas, Georgia,
he received a serious gunshot wound in his right leg.
For one whole year these injuries made it necessary for
him to remain in a hospital, where he endured almost
mortal suffering, but the memory of this did not prevent
his re-enlisting as soon as released. His second
enlistment was on Jan. 1, 1864, at Lookout Valley,
Tennessee, and he was finally mustered out at
Louisville, Kentucky, July 20, 1865.
Captain Davis’ long service necessarily caused
his participation in a large number of the most
important battles of the Civil War, and among these may
be mentioned: McDowell; Cross Keys; Freeman’s Ford;
Waterloo Bridge; Second Bull Run, where the brave 73rd
Ohio lost 144 men in killed and wounded, while 20 were
taken prisoners and but 148 were left for service;
Fredericksburg; Chancellorsvill; Gettysburg; Raccoon
Ridge, having in the meantime, been transferred to
General Hooker’s command at Chattanooga.
It was in this engagement that the regiment so
distinguished itself that General Hooker,
in making his report, used these words: “No troops ever
rendered more brilliant service, driving three times
their number from the entrenchments.” Then came
Mission Ridge; the siege of Knoxville; Buzzards’ Roost;
Resaca; Cassville; Dallas; Sherman’s march to the
sea; siege of Savannah; Averysboro and Bentonville.
The army then marched north to Washington and took part
in the magnificent review, after which the banners were
furled, the tattered remnants of many telling the story
of the conflicts through which they had been borne, and
the gallant survivors of the great Civil War returned to
peaceful pursuits. Captain Davis
revisited Washington in 1902 and, with many of his old
comrades in attendance upon the great national
encampment, again marched through the historic streets
of the Capital.
Upon his return in 1865 to Williamsport, Captain
Davis was in partnership for a time with his
father in conducting a general store and when his father
retired continued the business until 1882. He then
moved to Washington Court House, Ohio, and became
traveling representative of a hardware house and
continued in this line until 1902. He then located
permanently at Williamsport and established his present
general hardware store. Mr. Davis
carries here a very complete stock of goods in his line
and commands a very satisfactory trade.
Captain Davis was married in 1866 to
Melvina Harmount, who was born in Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, and is a daughter of John
Harmount, who came to Pickaway County prior to the
Civil War; of the two children born to this marriage,
but one survives, Maude, who is the wife of
Henry E. Edwards, of Washington Court House.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have two children: Davis
and William Henry.
Politically Captain
Davis is a stanch Republican. He belongs to
Heber Lodge, No. 501, F. & A. M., of which he was the
organizer and first master; of R. B. Hays Post,
G. A. R., of Washington Court House; of Fayette Council,
No. 168, U. C. T.; and of the Ohio State Hardware
Association.
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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Vause Fox Decker |
VAUSE FOX DECKER,
deceased, the father of Hannah Catherine Decker
who now occupies the fine old homestead of 380 acres on
Walnut creek, Madison township, was one of the leading
farmers, stock-raisers and pioneers of his day.
For a few years, when quite a young man, he was engaged
in the tanning business, but with this exception was a
lifelong agriculturist.
Vause
Fox Decker was born Nov. 12,
1814, and died June 2, 1891. He was a son of
Luke and Ivea (Fox) Decker, who were among the first
settlers of this portion of the State.
Luke Decker, the father, was born in
Virginia, Apr. 17, 1774, and in 1806 migrated to Madison
township, Pickaway County, and purchased the section of
land upon which his descendants still reside. At
that time the tract was a portion of Ross County.
Although single at that time, Mr. Decker
was accompanied by Ezekiel Groom and
family. After building a house, improving
some of his land and residing in the new country for two
years, he returned to Virginia and married Ivea
Fox, daughter of William and Sarah Fox.
Soon afterward, with his wife, he located permanently on
his farm, and lived there until his death. Ivea
Fox, his wife, was a native of Hampshire County,
Virginia, as was her husband; she was born Jan. 6, 1787,
and died Mar. 22, 1872. Four children were born to
Mr. and Mrs. Luke Decker, as follows:
John, born Dec. 28, 1808, who died Dec. 3, 1875;
Hannah (wife of Andrew Platter), born Mar.
28, 1810, who died at the home of her daughter in Texas,
Apr. 27, 1879; William Thornton, born Oct. 7,
1812, also deceased; and Vause F., the special
subject of this sketch. The parents of Lluck
Decker were John and Hannah (Harness) Decker,
long residents of the Old Dominion, of which they were
probablly natives. The Harness family has a
most substantial standing in Virginia, and its genealogy
may be traced to the colonial days.
Vause F. Decker was united in marriage,
Oct. 21, 1840, to Jemima Williams, daughter of
Joseph and Eliza Ann (Fox) Williams, both natives of
Virginia. An ancestor of Mrs. Decker, a
Vincent, was a brave frontiersman and was finally
killed and quartered by the Indians, not, however, until
he had sent four or five of the dusky savages to their
reward. Mr. and Mrs. Decker had a family of
three children - Eliza Ann, who died after
reaching ma turity; Hannah Catherine, who
was born on the old homestead where she now resides; and
John Williams, who also occupies part of
the old home farm on which he was born. John
Williams Decker married Hannah
Millar, daughter of Michael Millar,
and became the father of four children: Clifford
Harness, who married Mary Fisher
Duvall, daughter of Victor R. Duvall;
Annie Millar, wife of Harley H. Duvall;
Georgia Williams, who died on Thanksgiving
Day, 1897; and Michael Millar, who resides
at home with his parents. Vause F.
Decker always took an active interest in public
matters and served as township treasurer several years
and also as township trustee. He was also
prominent in county affairs and might have held county
offices had be chosen, but he had no inclination for
holding public office. He was an excellent man in
every respect. His portrait accompanies this
sketch.
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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S. P. DEEDS Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
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CHARLES J. DELAPLANE Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
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ELIJAH DELONG Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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David G. Dennis
Henry T. Dennis
David H. Dennis
Paul H. Dennis
(Four Generations) |
DAVID GRANVILLE DENNIS, a leading farmer and good
citizen of Muhlenberg township, owning a fine farm of
156 acres in this township, was born in Monroe township,
Pickaway County, Ohio, Aug. 8, 1854, and is a son of
David H. and Winnie (Funk) Dennis.
Daniel Dennis, the grandfather of our subject,
was born in Maryland and was the founder of the family
in Ohio. He was twice married. He located in
Ross County but subsequently came to Pickaway and died
in Monroe township in 1877 at the age of 98 years.
His father lived to the age of 103.
David H. Dennis, father of David Granville
Dennis, was born in Ross County, Ohio, Nov. 10,
1826, and accompanied his parents to Monroe township,
Pickaway County, where his whole life has been spent.
He still owns 212 acres of fine land and has distributed
among his children some 365 acres all of it in one body,
lying in Monroe and Muhlenberg townships. For a
number of years he dealt largely in land, handled a
large amount of stock and carried on extensive farming.
He served at one time as treasurer of Monroe township
and for a long period has been one of the leading
Republicans of his locality. His wife died Apr.
29, 1901, at the age of 73 years, leaving six children,
namely: William T., of Monroe township; Mrs.
Sarah Jane Mitchell, of Monroe township; David
Granville, of this sketch; Richard T., of
Monroe township; Nancy, wife of Charles Downs,
of Monroe township; and Samantha wife of Seth
Hill, of Monroe township.
David G. Dennis was reared in Monroe township
and attended the district schools. He was reared
to agricultural pursuits and has proved a first class
farmer. He has resided on his present farm for the
past 25 years and has developed and improved it into a
very valuable property.
Mr. Dennis has been twice married; first to
Harriet Hanson. Two children were born to this
union, viz: Minnie, who is a teacher at
Darbyville; and Henry T., of Muhlenberg township,
who is married and has a son, Paul H. Mr.
Dennis was married (second) on Mar. 26, 1902, to
Dora Wing, who was born in Vinton County, Ohio, and
is a daughter of James and Phebe Ann (Carpenter)
Wing.
Mr. Dennis has been a Republican all his life.
He has been a useful citizen of Muhlenberg township,
serving 13 years as trustee and about five years as
school director. He belongs to the camp of the
Modern Woodmen of America at Darbyville. A group
picture of the Dennis family accompanies this
sketch.
Mr. Dennis has been a Republican all his life.
He has been a useful citizen of Muhlenberg township,
serving 13 years as trustee and about five years as
school director. He belongs to the camp of the
Modern Woodmen of America at Darbyville. A group
picture of the Dennis family accompanies this sketch.
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 TIPTON DENNIS,
a representative citizen of Monroe township, president
of the Board of Education and a large farmer and
stock-raiser, owns 372 acres of excellent land in one of
the best sections of the township. He was born in
Monroe township, on an adjacent farm, on Feb. 1, 1857,
and is a son of David H. and Winnie (Funk) Dennis.
Early in the settlement of Ross County, Ohio, came
Daniel Dennis and wife Nancy, from
Maryland. They settled in the forest, which at
that time was so dense that clearings had to be made
before the first steps could be taken looking to
cultivation of the land. At a later date he sold
the Ross County farm to his son Henry and
purchased a large farm in Monroe township, Pickaway
County, where he died in 1877. His first wife died
in Ross County. After he settled in Monroe
township, he married Mary Hess, who still
survives and resides with two of the children - Effie
and George W. - on the farm of 110 acres left
her children by Daniel Dennis, at the time of his
death. The eldest of his daughters by this
marriage, Josephine, who is the wife of Albert
L. Shockly, a farmer of Darby township, also shared
in the inheritance.
The children of Daniel Dennis' first marriage
were: David H., father of our subject; Henry,
who married Clarissa Smith - he purchased and
later sold his father's old home in Ross County, and
died in Monroe township; Millie, deceased, who
married (first Charles Evans, and (Second)
Robert Timmons; Mary,
who married Felix Grindol, and lives at
Hammond, Illinois; Bettie, deceased, who was the
wife of John Dennis; Peggie, deceased, who
was the wife of Elijah Dennis; and Nancy,
deceased, who was the wife of John Mulnix.
David H. Dennis, father of our subject, was born
Nov. 21, 1826, in Ross County, Ohio, and was only a boy
when he accompanied his father to Pickaway County.
His education was secured in the old log school houses,
which were the best afforded at the time, and he grew up
his father's helper on the farm. After his
marriage he settled on the farm on which our subject was
born and which now belongs to our subject's sister,
Mrs. Samantha Hill. For many years a rough log
house sufficed for a residence. Later, however,
Mr. Dennis tore down the log cabin and on the
opposite side of the road built a comfortable frame
residence. He still lives in Monroe township,
where he has long had a reputation as a successful
farmer and stock-raiser. He owns 211 acres of land
situated jointly in Monroe and Muhlenberg townships.
He was bereft of his wife on Apr. 29, 1901, after a
happy married life of many years.
To David H. Dennis and his wife, Winnie Funk,
were born the following children: Nancy, who
married Charles Downs and lives in Monroe
township near Five Points, on what is known as the
Noah Cardiff farm, which her husband
owns; Sarah Jane, who married C. B.
Mitchell and lives east of Five Points in Monroe
township; William T., now owning and operating
the old William McCafferty farm in
Monroe township, who married Rhoda Hatfield;
David G., who married (first) Harriet
Hanson and (second) Dora Wing and
lives on a part of what was once a section of the
Florence estate in Muhlenberg township, along
Dry Run; Richard Tipton, the subject of
this sketch; and Samantha, wife of Seth
Hill, of Monroe township.
Richard T. Dennis enjoyed excellent educational
advantages and is one of the best informed and
intelligent men in Monroe township. He was an apt
pupil in the district schools and also ambitious.
In 1881 he entered the normal school at Lebanon, Ohio,
and in 1883 took the teacher’s special course and
secured his certificate. Mr. Dennis
then took up teaching as a profession and for the
following 21 years taught school in Pickaway County, his
time being divided partially thus: First in Deer Creek
township, then two years in the graded schools at
Darbyville, five years in the Pherson district in
Muhlenberg township, six years at Five Points, and
several years in the schools of his own neighborhood.
During this time Mr. Dennis may have been
the cause of a very general remark, that Monroe township
turned out more capable teachers than any other township
in the State. The fact is that he took such deep
interest in his educational labors that he inspired the
young to added effort and, with his encouragement and
thorough training, well educated young men and women
went out from under his care and many of them found
educational work awaiting them because they were
competent. Probably if a census was taken of the
teachers who are now successfully filling positions in
the township, it would be found that a large percent
have been under Mr. Dennis’ instruction.
This face must be very gratifying to so thorough an
educator as he. From 1888 to 1891, Mr.
Dennis served as county school examiner under
appointment from Hon. Daniel J. Myers, judge of
probate.
On Dec. 29, 1887, Mr. Dennis was married
to Elvira Adkins, who was born May 7,
1866, in Monroe township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and
comes of an old pioneer family of the State. Her
parents, George W. and Louisa (Walstor) Adkins,
reside near Five Points. The other members of
their family, exclusive of Mrs. Dennis,
are: Stanton, residing near Five Points, who
married Josie Corkwell; Harry, living in
Darby township, who married Carrie Neff;
Elizabeth, who is the wife of G. W. Winfough,
a merchant at Five Points; Gertrude, who is the
wife of Harry Long, of Five Points; and
Etta, who resides with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis have five children, namely:
Fern, born Oct. 13, 1888; Gladys, born
Aug. 12, 1890; Nita, born Apr. 15, 1894;
Eunice Pearl, born Aug. 24, 1901; and Carl
Richard, born Dec. 8, 1903. The family
belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Dennis has all his large body of land
in one tract, most favorably located along the
Williamsport and Era road and the Mount Sterling and
Darbyville turnpike. He purchased 215 acres of
this farm from Isaac Collins, 43 acres
from his sister, Mrs. Mitchell, 45 acres
from the John McCafferty property and
secured the rest from his father. It is all rich
land, well adapted to both the growing of corn, oats and
wheat and to the extensive raising of cattle, horses,
sheep and hogs. The family residence, a commodious
frame dwelling of 10 rooms, occupies a conspicuous place
on the farm and presents the appearance of ran
attractive, comfortable home. Various improvements
have been added at various times and modern ideas have
been generally followed.
Mr. Dennis has always taken an active interest
in local good government. He served as township
treasurer from 1900 to 1906 and in 1904 was elected
school director of his district and president of the
Board of Education. Scarcely any citizen of Monroe
township stands in higher esteem.
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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GEN. JAMES DENNY
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WILLIAM M. DEWEY
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CHARLES EVERETT DICK
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JOHN M. DICK
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OSCAR MCCLELLAN DICK
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RICHARD N. DICK
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GUY W. DOANE
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WILLIAM DOANE
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FRANK C. DODDRIDGE
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RICHARD DOUGLAS
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ISAIAH DOWDEN
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
DREISBACH Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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CLIFTON DREISBACH
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MARTIN E. DREISBACH
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REUBEN H. DREISBACH
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HON. CHARLES DRESBACH
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GEORGE E. DRESBACH
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JAMES A. DRESBACH
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MILTON DRESBACH
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REUBEN P. DRESBACH
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SCOTT DRESBACH
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MILTON K. DRESSBACK
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ALLEN DRUM,
a progressive, representative farmer of Salt Creek
township, and a member of the township School Board,
resides on his finely-cultivated farm of 130 acres.
Mr. Drum was born in this township, Nov. 12, 1842,
and is a son of William and Sarah (Bowman) Drum.
The family of which our
subject is a member, came to Ohio from the rich
agricultural section of Pennsylvania known as Berks
County. Henry Drum, the paternal
grandfather who was a soldier in the War of 1812, came
at an early day to Pickaway County and settled in Salt
Creek township with his wife and two daughters.
His land, situated in Section 5, he improved into an
excellent farm.
WILLIAM DRUM, father of
Allen Drum, was a lifelong resident of Salt Creek
township. Like his father, he was a man of
sterling character, honest, industrious and moral and in
his death the township lost an excellent citizen.
He served on several occasions as township trustee and
so enjoyed the confidence of his fellow-citizens that
they consulted his judgment very frequently on matters
of local importance. He was a stanch Democrat.
He married Sarah Bowman, who died Apr. 25,
1895.
The surviving children of William and Sarah (Bowman)
Drum are: Josephus, of Upper Sandusky, Ohio;
Allen, of this sketch; Mary A., wife of
Capt. Henry Hinson, of Tarlton, Ohio; and Emily,
wife of
Walter Gray, of Circleville.
Allen Drum was
reared on the aternal farm in Salt Creek township and
was educated in the district schools. From youth
he has been associated with agricultural operation
and has always been a farmer. He owns 130 acres of
good land, which he has developed into one of the best
farms in the township. He is also a good business
man and understands how to gain the full measure of
return for his efforts, intelligently watching the
markets and keeping in touch with outside affairs which
affect agricultural conditions. He raises the
grains best suited to this locality and breeds excellent
stock.
On Jan. 19, 1865, Mr. Drum was married to
Louisa Heffner, who was born in Washington township,
Pickaway County, Ohio. David and Lydia (Bear)
Heffner. Mrs. Heffner died June 19, 1897.
David Heffner, who was a native of Salt Creek
township, Pickaway County, was a son of Abraham
and Catherine Heffner, natives of Pennsylvania,
who were early settlers in Salt Creek township. Of
the children born to David Heffner and wife, six
survive, as follows: Eliza A., widow of
Edward Dresbach, residing at Stoutsville, Ohio;
Mary A., wife of David Liest, of Pickaway
County; Caroline, widow of Amos A. Leist,
residing at Circleville; Louisa, wife of our
subject; Lydia, widow of Rev. John W. Walkey
of Stoutsville; Sallie A., widow of Andrew
Leist, residing in Washington township; and David
J., of Washington township. David Heffner
died Mar. 28, 1882; Mrs. David Heffner died June
19, 1897. They were memers of the German Reformed
Church.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Drum were: Omer
C., deceased; Starling A., of Salt Creek
township; Minard, of Fairfield County; Guy T.,
of Washington township; and Orton E., who is
living at home.
Allen Drum and wife are leading members of the
Evangelical Association. In politics Mr. Drum
has always been identified with the Democratic party.
He has served for nine years as school director of
District No. 3, during this time taking great care as to
the proper equipments for the schools, the selection of
competent teachers, the comfort of the pupils and also
for the economical management of all the affairs of the
school district. He is a good citizen whose value
to his community is recognized and who stands high in
public esteem.
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Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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LEVI F. DUM
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GEORGE DUNGAN
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AMOS DUNKEL
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ISAAC C. DUNKEL
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SAMUEL DUNKEL
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HON. RENICK W. DUNLAP,
a member of the 76th General Assembly of Ohio - State
Senator from the 10th Senatorial District - is one of
the men of prominence in Pickaway County, where he was
born Oct. 21, 1872. He is a son of Nelson J. and
Elizabeth (Bell) Dunlap, and a grandson of John
and Mary (Minear) Dunlap.
The Dunlap family can justly lay claim
to be one of the old pioneer ones of this section of the
State. As far back as traced, its ancestry belongs to
Virginia, and it was from that State that the
great-grandfather of our distinguished subject came to
what was then the wilderness of Ohio, and established
his family among the first in Ross County. He had
married a native of Maryland, and at least one son was
nine years old when the settlement was made. John
Dunlap, the son mentioned, served in the War of
1812, and lived in Ross County until his death in 1878.
Nelson J. Dunlap, father of Renick W.
Dunlap, was born in Ross County and was educated in
the early schools of the neighborhood, having better
advantages than many of his comrades, through his
parents' care in sending him to an excellent private
school at Chillicothe. Had the Civil War not come upon
the country, it is probable that his life would have
been entirely confined to agricultural pursuits in his
native county, but in November, 1863, he enlisted in the
United States Navy, in defense of his country. He was
attached to the Mississippi squadron and for more than a
year took part in the general warfare along the river.
Prior to entering the navy, he had been a volunteer in
the defense of Cincinnati and thus became somewhat
acquainted with the hardships of a soldier's life,
proving his bravery by acting as a scout under Colonel
Reed. The life on the water was scarcely less exciting
and hazardous, but Mr. Dunlap returned home
without serious injury.
After his return from the army, Mr. Dunlap resumed
farming and in 1868 settled in Pickaway County, near
Kingston, where he remained until 1905, when he removed
to Kingston. He still retains his cultivated farming
lands, which aggregate some 1,100 acres, and also gives
attention to the business enterprise known as the
Kingston tile factory, of which he is the proprietor.
He has also long been prominent in county politics and
served two terms as township treasurer and had the honor
of being the first Republican ever elected in Pickaway
township.
On Dec. 10, 1867, Mr. Dunlap was married to Elizabeth
Bell, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, Dec. 25,
1846, and is a daughter of Hugh and Lovina (Renick)
Bell, the former of whom was born in Pickaway and
the latter in Ross county. Hugh Bell was a son
of Thomas Bell, who was an early settler in this
part of the State. To Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap were
born the following children: Mary E. wife of Amos
Leist of Kingston, Ohio; Renick W., our
subject; Nellie T., wife of Dennis Dreisbach,
of Pickaway County; and Alice J., who resides
with her parents in Kingston.
For a number of years Nelson J. Dunlap was
president of the township School Board, having always
been an earnest advocate of public education. He is an
active member of the Grand Army of the Republic post at
Kingston and for years has been one of the leading
members of the Patrons of Husbandry and has served as
master of the Scioto Grange. He is a member of one of
the trustees of the Presbyterian Church at Kingson.
Renick W. Dunlap passed his boyhood on his
father's farm and secured his early education in the
local schools and completed his course at the Kingston
High School. In 1895, after a thorough course of
agricultural training, he was graduated at the
Agricultural College of the Ohio State University. His
tastes have always been in the direction of agricultural
pursuits and, although public affairs have claimed a
part of his time, his greatest pleasure is found on his
beautiful farm, where work is carried on systematically
and scientifically, with the most satisfying results.
For some time he has been interested in the breeding of
Shorthorn cattle and owns some valuable herds.
From his youth up Mr. Dunlap has been an
intelligent student of public affairs and has been more
or less prominent in the councils of the Republican
party, for an extended period. He belongs to the
younger body of political workers and was elected to his
present honorable and responsible position by a very
flattering vote. In September, 1906, he received the
Republican nomination for the office of State dairy and
food commissioner.
Mr. Dunlap was married June 9, 1897, to Maxie
e. Cummins, who was born at Columbus, Ohio, and is a
daughter of Edward W. Cummins, of that city.
They have one son, Nelson H., who was born Feb.
16, 1902.
Fraternally Mr. Dunlap is connected with the
Modern Woodmen of America and with the various Masonic
bodies. HE has always been notably public spirited, has
always worked for the welfare of his township and county
and has testified to his interest in educational and
religious enterprises by liberally contributing to their
advancement.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
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SAMUEL
W. DUNLAP, a prominent retired farmer of Monroe
township, now residing in Circleville, was born in Ross
county, Ohio, and is a son of John Dunlap.
The grandfather of our
subject, John Dunlap, was born in Virginia and
moved to Ross County, Ohio, in 1821. His son,
also named John, was born in Rockbridge
county, Virginia, in 1811, and accompanied his father to
Ross County, Ohio, when he was 11 years of age.
There he became a prominent citizen and there he died in
1881.
Samuel W. Dunlap was reared in Ross County and
there attended school and was trained in agricultural
pursuits. In 1869 he came to Pickaway County and
settled in Monroe township on a farm of 500 acres given
him by his father, to which he added until he now owns
1,000 acres, all of this being finely improved and all
in one body. Mr. Dunlap engaged in
extensive stock-raising and at the present time is the
owner of a herd of 25 head of Shorthorns; during his
active years it was his custom to fatten two or three
carloads of cattle annually. He also raised and
shipped many fine hogs. For a number of years he
was one of the leading agriculturists of the western
section of the county.
Mr. Dunlap was married to Mary Hyde, a daughter
of Nathan Hyde, a farmer of Ross County, Ohio. The
three children born to this marriage are: Flora,
who is engaged in "Settlement" work, being at the head
of a Settlement House at Des Moines, Iowa; John,
who is a farmer of Deer Creek township; and Arthur,
who now manages the home farm in Monroe township.
For 20 years Mr. Dunlap was a member of the Monroe
township School board. He belongs to the Methodist
Episcopal Church, for years has been one of the stewards
and is a member of the board of trustees.
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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SHARON WICK'S NOTE:
1880 Census Monroe Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio on June 30,
1880 -
Dwelling 323 Family 323
Dunlap, S. W. W M 39 M Farmer b. Ohio Fath. b. Va. Moth. b. Ohio
" , Mary
W F 30 M Wife Keeping house
b. Ohio Fath. b. Va. Moth. b. Ohio
" , Flora W. W F 9 Dau S At School b. Ohio Fath. b. Ohio Moth. b. Ohio
" , John H. W M 4 Son S At (blank) b. Ohio Fath. b. Ohio Moth. b. Ohio
" , Arthur S.
W M 1 Son S b. Ohio Fath. b. Ohio Moth. b. Ohio
Adams, Mary E.
W F 13 At School
non resident b. Ohio Fath. b. Pa Moth.
b. Ohio
McCarty, Sarah
W F 38 Servant b. Ohio Fath. b. Ohio Moth. b. Ohio |
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HENTON MONROE DUNNICK
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ISCAR H. DUNTON, M. E.,
M. D. Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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VICTOR R. DUVALL
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