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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio
Chicago:
Inter-State Publishing Co.
1884
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BARNHARD
ADAMS (Marion Twp.)
was born in Germany, April 8, 1830, a son of Michael
and Mary Eve (Geis) Adams. In 1834 his parents
came to the United State and located on the farm where he
still resides. His father died in 1844, aged
fifty-six years, and his mother in 1878, aged eighty-five
years. When he was fourteen years of age he began to
work for the neighboring farmers, but after reaching his
majority returned to the old homestead. In 1855 he
married Mary, daughter of Daniel Miller a
native of Switzerland, who came to the United States, in
135. They have eight children - Henry, Mary,
Frances, John, Annie, Lizzie, Daniel, and Louis.
Mr. Adams has served two terms as County
Commissioner and two terms as Township Treasurer. He
has a fine farm of 385 acres, and the largest orchard in
the township. He is a member of the Roman and his
wife of the Protestant church.
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REV. J. M. ADAMS, son of Peter
and Mary Adams, born June 5, 1837, in Clinton
County, Ohio. His parents were natives of
Delaware, of English descent. They were among the
first pioneers who settled in Chillicothe, coming there
in a very early day. They afterward moved to
Jackson County, where they lived nearly thirty years,
when they removed to Highland County where they
spent the remainder of their lives. Peter Adams
died in 1859 aged seventy-three years, and his wife died
in 1868 at the age of eighty years. Our subject
began teaching in the public schools and taught for nine
years. In 1856 he entered the South Salem Academy
of Ross County, Ohio, which he attended in all about two
years. In 1864 he joined the conference of the
Methodist church and immediately began preaching, which
he continued to do till 1871, when he joined the
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, and at
present has charge of the Methodist Episcopal church at
Piketon. He was married Nov. 5, 1857, to Miss
L. Doan, daughter of Rev. T. and Mary Doan of
Clinton County. Three children have been born to
them, of whom two are living - C. O., in the drug
business in Columbus, Ohio, and Horace.
Mr. Adams is a member of Garfield Commandery, A. F.
& A. M., at Washington, C. H., and has passed through
the Blue Lodge and Chapter.
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HUGH C. ADDY, son of James Addy,
was born Dec. 4, 1820, in Guernsey County, Ohio.
He was reared on the farm, and his educational
advantages were very limited, but by his own efforts he
has obtained a fair education. He was married May
2, 1842, to Rebecca, daughter of Joseph and
Jerusha Penisten, who were very early settlers of
Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Addy are the parents of
one son - Joseph, who is married and at present
living on the home farm. Mr. Addy cast his
first vote in 1840 for Van Buren, and has ever since
affiliated with the Democratic party. In 1862 he
was elected County Treasurer, and re-elected in 1864 by
a large majority. His father came to Ohio as early
as 1800, and died Mar. 9, 1881. His mother's death
occurred Mar. 6, 1880.
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HENRY ALBIN (Marion Twp.)
was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, March 17, 1820, a son
of Abraham and Elizabeth (Turner) Albin, natives of
Virginia, the former of Irish and the latter of German
descent. He remained on the farm till eighteen years
of age, and the next six years worked on the river
steamers. In 1844 he came to Pike County and
purchased a farm in Beaver Township. In 1867 he
removed to California and purchased the saw and grist
mill, but two years later went to Jefferson Township,
where he remained five years. In 1874 he returned to
Pike County and settled on the farm where he now resides.
He is also engaged in the practice of law, and in 1875 was
appointed Notary Public. Sept. 26, 1848, he married
Elizabeth Butcher, of Pike County. To them were
born seven children. Aug. 13, 1865, Mrs. Albin
died, and March 21, 1866, Mr. Albin married Mrs.
Nancy (Smith) Hargen, a native of Pittsburg, Pa.
Sept. 14, 1864, Mr. Albin enlisted in Company E,
Thirty-third Ohio Infantry, and served till the close of
the war. He and his wife are members of the
Protestant Methodist church.
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L. D. ALLARD, M. D., was
born Feb. 19, 1855, in Marion Township, Pike County, Ohio,
a son of Thomas and Harriet A. (Brown) Allard.
His father was born Jan. 27, 1829, in Sheffield,
England; came with his father to this State in 1832.
His mother was born June 27, 1834, in this county, she
being of English descent. They were married Jan. 11,
1852, and purchased land in this county and have followed
farming; both are living. The subject of this sketch
was reared on the farm, received a common-school
education, taught his first district school in Scioto
County, at the age of sixteen; taught most of the time
until he was twenty years of age, when he commenced the
study of medicine, March, 1875, under the guidance of
Dr. C. M. Finch, of Portsmouth, Ohio; attended first
course of lectures at the Ohio Medical College in
Cincinnati, the session of 1876-'77, and graduated at the
same college at the close of the session of 1878-'79,
March 1, being a student four years. March 18, 1879,
he located in the village of California, this county,
where he still remains. He was married to Miranda
Buckley, of Jackson, Jackson Co., Ohio, July 20, 1880.
Her father, Isaac Buckley, died April 2, 1872.
Her mother, Anna (Reed) Buckley, is still living.
The Doctor has been actively engaged in the practice of
medicine for the past four years, during which time he has
succeeded in securing a good practice.
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THOMAS ALLARD was born
near Sheffield, England, Jan. 27, 1829, son of Joseph
and Mary (Gardner) Allard. When he was three
years of age his parents came to the United States and
located in Scioto County, Ohio, where he was reared and
educated. Jan. 11, 1852, he married Harriet A.,
daughter of Royal and Rachel Brown. They have
a family of six children - R. W., Lorenzo D., Francis
W., Thomas S., Rachel A. and Mary F. In
1854 Mr. Allard purchased the farm where he still
resides. He has accumulated a good amount of
property by his own industry and energy. He owns 360
acres of fine land, well improved. Mr. Allard
and family are members of the Methodist Protestant church.
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E. R. Allen
Mrs. E. R. Allen |
Waverly
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EDWARD R. ALLEN, M. D. one of the
oldest physicians of Pike County, was born in Chenango
County, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1822. His father,
Timothy Allen, was a native of Massachusetts, born
July 14, 1790. He was married in New York to
Mrs. Patience (Randall) Stedman a native of
Providence, R. I., born Aug. 4, 1786. In the fall
of 1836 they removed to the Northern part of Ohio, and
in 1838 came to Pike County and located in Sunfish
Township. They had a farm of 140 acres.
Mr. Allen died July 15, 1853, and Mrs. Allen
Oct. 10, 1863. They had a family of eight
children, and Mrs. Allen had four by her former
marriage. Edward is the fourth of the
children of Timothy Allen. His education
was received at Guilford, N. Y., and Summit County,
Ohio. When seventeen years of age he commenced
teaching school in Mifflin Township, and with short
intermissions taught till 1841. From 1841 till
1845 he studied medicine with Dr. O. J. Phelps,
teaching during the winter. In 1846 he commenced
the practice of medicine at Beavertown, but a year later
returned to Piketon and opened a drug store,
relinquishing his practice in the country. He has
for many years been a prominent politician of the
county. His first office was that of County
Surveyor, which he held one year. In the fall of
1851 he was elected a Representative in the State
Legislature, and served till 1855. In 1856 he was
appointed Clerk of the Probate Court, and in 1857 was
elected Probate Judge and served three years, but in
1860 was defeated on account of efforts made by him to
retain the county seat at Piketon. In 1863 he was
elected to the office, and Feb. 1, 1864, removed to
Waverly, at the same time transferring his drug store to
this place, it now being in the possession of his
nephew, A. A. Adams. Dr. Allen
served as Probate Judge till 1876, when, on account of
failing health, he declined renomination and retired
from active political life. HE now confines his
attention to the office work of his profession, having
done no outside practice for several years. He was
married Jan. 20, 1848, to Amanda M. Allison, a
native of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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JACOB ANDERSON, second son of John
and Mary A. Anderson, was born in February, 1844, in
Ross County, and when five yars old he moved with his
parents to Pike County. He enlisted in the late
Rebellion Aug. 8, 1862, in the eighteenth Ohio Battery,
at Waverly, Pike County, as a private, for three years.
He participated in the battles of Franklin, Chickamauga,
Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Nashville, and a
number of others, and was discharged at Camp Dennison,
Ohio, July 3, 1865. Returning home, he engaged in
farming, which he followed till 1880, since which he has
followed the trade of carpenter and joiner. He was
married Aug. 16, 1862, to Mary S., daughter of
Henry W. Kneisley, of Pike County. They have
had three children - William W., Ida M. and
Hattie B. Mr. Anderson is an ordained minister
of the Christian Union church, and has been engaged in
preaching and ministerial work for two years.
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O. C. ANDRE, M. D., was born in Southern Ohio, Apr. 29,
1856, a son of P. D. and Nancy C. Andre, the
former of French and the latter of English descent.
He attended the district schools till fifteen years ago,
working on the farm in the summers. He then
attended the district schools till fifteen years of age,
working on the farm in the summers. He then
attended the Portsmouth High School about two years,
after which he studied medicine under Dr. A. B. Jones,
of Portsmouth, nearly two years when Dr. Jones
died. He continued his studies under Dr. Kline
two years during which time he attended the lectures at
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati two terms and
graduated Feb. 28, 1877. He then practiced at his
profession a year at Buchanan, Ohio, when he removed to
Piketon, where he is doing an extensive practice; is one
of the rising young physicians of the county. He
is in partnership with Dr. J. R. Berry, under the
firm name of Berry & Andre. He was married
Feb. 28, 1883, to Marie E., second daughter of
Snowden and Caroline Sargent, who are natives of Ohio,
and are among Piketon's oldest residents.
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JOSEPH ARMSTRONG was born Nov. 24,
1844, in Montgomery County, Pa., a son of B. E. and
E. B. Armstrong, natives of Montgomery County, his
father born Apr. 20, 1798 and his mother May 4, 1808.
His parents moved to Piketon, Pike Co., Ohio, in June,
1849. They had a family of four children -
Ellen E., David, E. B. and Joseph. His
father died May 11, 1874. Our subject was reared
on a farm, receiving a good education. Having a
taste for some branches of study he became a proficient
bookkeeper, and has of late years followed that
vocation. In October, 1880, he was elected Auditor
of Pike County, and re-elected in October, 1883.
April 10, 1879, he was married to Mary O. Powell.
They have one son - William P., born Jan. 31,
1883.
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Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1884 - Page 752 |
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JACOB R. ASHBAUGH, farmer and
stock-raiser, was born in Pebble Township, Pike County,
May 6, 1850, a son a Jacob and Jane (Thompson)
Ashbaugh, natives of Pennsylvania. He resided
with his parents till twenty-four years of age, and
followed farming till 1874. He then engaged in the
mercantile business in Muskingum County, but the
following year returned to his native county and
followed farming till 1878. He again engaged in
the mercantile business for two years, when he sold out,
and has since been engaged in farming. He was
married Dec. 11, 1874, to Mollie, daughter of the
late Washington and Joanna (Pennisten) Taylor.
Our subject's father came to Highland County in an early
day, remaining till 1849, when he moved to Pike County.
His wife died in Pike County in the spring of 1869.
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Isaac Austill |
Waverly - Pee Pee Twps. -
ISAAC AUSTILL, the eldest son of
William and Rebecca (Warren) Austill, was born
Sept. 1, 1808, in Ross County, Ohio, where he was
reared, residing on his parent's farm till manhood.
May 1, 1836, he married Abigail, daughter of
Absalom and Mary Chenoweth.
She was born in July, 1813. To them were born ten
children, only four now living - William H.,
Isaac Newton, George W., and Elizabeth M.
Absalom C., Mary Louisa, Rebecca Jane, John B., Abigail
Ann, Eunice Emma are deceased. Mrs. Austill
died July 16, 1874. She was an active member of
the Methodist church. Mr. Austill was
elected to the State Legislature in 1869, and served
four years, besides filling the unexpired term of
Isaac Penisten. Aside from this he has lived a
quiet life, superintending a well-improved farm of 190
acres. The first court held in Pike County was in
an old stone building in Mr. Austill's present
door-yard, at that time the property of Arthur
Chenoweth. Mr. Austill's father died in
December, 1829, and his mother in August, 1878.
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Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1884 - Page 752 |
Mifflin
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WYLIE AUSTIN, tobacco farmer,
Mifflin Township, is the son of Silas P. and Martha
J. (McDaniel) Austin The Austins
settled in Ohio in an early day and Silas P. was
born in Brown County, July 12, 1809. Our subject
was also born in Brown County, Sept. 26, 1842.
When young he moved with his parents to Adams County,
and when twelve years old went to live with his brother
in Pike County. His brother died soon after and he
had to depend upon his own resources, and having
practiced painting a few months, he went to Illinois
here he was engaged in painting two years. In 1858
he settled in Pike County and followed painting a number
of years, and in 1872 began his present occupation and
is now one of the most extensive growers and dealers in
tobacco in Pike County. During 1882 he produced
5,000 pounds, and buys and ships extensively to the
Cincinnati market. Sept. 24, 1879, he was married
to Margaret J., daughter of Nelson Hiser,
of Highland County, Ohio. They have been blessed
with two daughters. During the late war he was a
member of Company E, Ninety-first Ohio Infantry, and
served in the Kanawha and Shenandoah valleys, Virginia.
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