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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio
Chicago:
Inter-State Publishing Co.
1884
Mifflin
Twp. -
PETER COOLEY LEEDOM, fourth son of
George W., and Leanna (Hopkins) Leedom, was born
in Manchester, Adams Co., Ohio, Feb. 8, 1833. He
followed farming in his native county till 1857, when he
removed to Pike County and settled on his farm in the
spring of 1858, where he farmed till 1864.
October, 1864, he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and
Seventy-fifth Ohio Infantry, at Camp Dennison, Ohio, as
a private for one year. He was in all the
engagements in the Tennessee and Alabama campaigns, and
was seriously injured at the battle of Franklin.
He was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 6, 1865, and
returned home, where he has since been engaged in
farming. He was married Apr. 13, 1856, to Mary
E., daughter of Nathan and Eliza (Jackson)
Maddox. They have had five children born to
them - Harriet A., John W., who died in his fifth
year; Elizabeth L., who died in infancy;
Sarah L., who died in her third year, and George
N. Mr. Leedom is a member of the
Patrons of Husbandry, of Mifflin Township.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 853 |
Mifflin
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ROBERT LEEPER, son of William
and Elizabeth (Robinson) Leeper, was born in County
Donegal, Ireland, June 22, 1826. He came to
America with his parents in 1838 and settled in
Botetourt County, Va., and in 1842 the family moved to
Highland County, Ohio. When sixteen years old
Robert went to Cincinnati and was apprenticed four
years at the tanners trade, after which he had charge of
Easton's Tannery in Mifflin Township five years.
In 1853 he left the tanning on account of failing health
and purchased a farm where he has since been
successfully engaged in farming and now has 308 acres of
land. He was married Apr. 2, 1850, to Judith,
daughter of Jones Anderson, of Pike County.
They have had six children born to them - William J.,
and Sarah E., both of whom died in infancy;
Mary A., wife of Thomas Penn; Lathan R.,
married and living on the home farm; John W. and
Clara A. Mr. Leeper was Township Trustee
two terms, and was Land Appraiser in 1870. He is
at present filling the office of Infirmary Director.
He belongs to the Christian Union church, of which he
has served as Elder, and is at present Trustee.
His wife also belongs to that church.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 854 |
Mifflin
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GEORGE WILLIAM LEGG, merchant and
Postmaster, was born in Pike County, Jan. 3, 1862, and
is the only son of Wesley and Martha (Wyckoff) Legg.
He was reared on a farm, and attended the common
schools, where he obtained a liberal education, and at
the age of sixteen began teaching school. After
having taught two terms he entered his father's store at
Latham, Ohio, where he remained three years, and in
December, 1882, he established his present business,
dealing in dry-goods and groceries. He has been
Postmaster at Latham nearly a year. He was married
Oct. 9, 1881, to Carrie A., daughter of Daniel
Tiffany, of Pike County. They have been
blessed with one children, Stella May. Mr. Legg
and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist church
and he is at present Clerk of the church.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 854 |
Waverly - Pee Pee Twps. -
DAVID LORBACH, SR., was born in
Lambsheim, Bavaria, Germany, Feb. 4, 1815. He
learned the trade of a cabinet-maker in his native
country, and in 1838 came to the United States, and
located in Chillicothe, Ohio, where he worked at his
trade. In 1847 he removed to Pike County and
purchased a farm in Pee Pee Township, where he resided
till his death. Feb. 2, 1852, caused by the
falling of a tree. He left a widow and seven
children - Magdalene, Catherine, Anna Maria, David,
John, Elizabeth and Philip. John and
Catherine are deceased. David, Jr., was
born in Chillicothe, July 1, 1846. He was married
in Waverly, Feb. 6, 1870, to Emily, daughter of
Charles and Christina Grosse. Six children
have been born to them, three now living - Emily E.,
Bertha A. and David. Anna M., Katy A.
and Matilda E. are deceased, the first two named
having died in Illinois and the last one in Nebraska.
Mr. Lorbach and his wife are members of the
Lutheran church.
Source: History of Lower Scioto
Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1884 - Page 765 |
Waverly - Pee Pee Twps. -
HENRY LORBACH, youngest son of
Michael and Elizabeth (Keller) Lorbach, was born in
Germany, Dec. 25, 1845. In 1846 his father came to
America, and located in Waverly, and four years later
his wife and family joined him. They subsequently
opened a hotel, and continued that business till the
mother's death, in 1868. The father died in 1873.
Henry first engaged in business for himself in
1865, at Washington Court-House, but soon after returned
to Waverly, and was with his brother in a bakery, but
afterward engaged in business alone in a lunch room,
billiard parlor, etc. Mar. 2, 1870, he married
Rosa, daughter of Felix and Magdalene,
Cook. They have had five sons - Charles F.,
Edward O., William Valentine, Louis F. and
Augustus Miller. William V. is deceased.
In August, 1861, Mr. Lorbach enlisted in Company
D, Thirty-third Ohio Infantry. He enlisted three
different times, and served over three years;
participated in the battles of Perryville, Peach Tree
Creek, Kenesaw Mountain, and was with Sherman on
the march to the sea. He was wounded at Perryville
and Kenesaw Mountain Mr. Lorbach is
now serving as Councilman of Waverly.
Source: History of Lower Scioto
Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1884 - Page 765 |
Waverly - Pee Pee Twps. -
PHILIP LORBACH was born in
Bavaria, Germany, Mar. 7, 1838, a son of Michael and
Elizabeth (Keller) Lorbach. He came with his
parents to the United States in the spring of 1850.
His uncle, David Lorbach, was living near
Waverly, and they therefore came direct to this
township. His mother died in 1866, and his father
in 1869. Philip received a good German and English
education, attending school in the old country and in
Waverly. When fifteen years of age he began
working in Emmitt & Myers's store, and remained
with them eight years. He then moved to a farm
near Waverly, and lived there twelve years. In
1873 he formed a partnership with Otto Zurbon and
Valentine Lorbach in the notions business. In
1879 he was elected County Treasurer on the Democratic
ticket, and was re-elected in 1881, a position he fills
to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. He
was married, May 18, 1856, to Margaret Steinger.
They have one daughter, Margaret
Source: History of Lower Scioto
Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1884 - Page 766 |
Pee
Pee Twp. -
THOMAS LOWREY, M. D., was born in
County Donegal, Ireland, twelve miles from Londonderry,
the son of James and Mary (Campbell) Lowrey.
He was educated in Ireland, and at the age of eighteen
began the study of medicine, graduating from the
University at Glasgow, Scotland, in the spring of 1839.
In May, 1839, he came to the United States, landed at
New York, where he remained about six months. He
then went to Hightstown, N. J., and remained six months,
when he returned to New York. At the time of the
Florida war he formed the acquaintance of Dr. More,
Surgeon-General of the United States army, and applied
for the position of Assistant Surgeon at Fort Hamilton,
where the troops were then stationed; but learning that
he would probably have to go to Florida he abandoned
that idea, and instead returned to Ireland. He
remained there till the following spring, and in the
meantime, in 1842, was married to Margaret Campbell,
of Scotch descent, and a distance relative. In
1843 he returned to New York, where his parents were
then living, and with them made arrangements to come
West. They located in Sharonville, Pike Co., Ohio.
After a residence thereof eleven years Dr. Lowrey
removed to Waverly, and two years later traded his town
property for a farm of 160 acres where he lived two
years when he sold out and went to Philadelphia and
purchased a drug store. Finding that it interfered
with his practice he sold it in about six months.
In the spring of 1859 he returned to Waverly and formed
a partnership with W. S. Jones, which existed
only a year. At the breaking out of the war of the
Rebellion he recruited a company and was commissioned
First Lieutenant of Company I, Fifty-sixth Ohio
Infantry. He participated in the battles of Fort
Donelson, Pittsburg Landing and the siege of Corinth.
At this time, having a serious trouble with his eyes, he
was sent to the hospital at Cincinnati, but rejoined his
regiment at Helena, Ark., where they remained the rest
of the summer. His eyes growing wore he was
obliged to resign, and returned home in the fall of
1862. He resumed the practice of his profession in
Waverly, where he still resides, one of the most
prominent and skillful physicians of the county.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 766 |
Pee Pee
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DR. W. J. LOWREY was born in
Sharonville, Pike Co., Ohio, Dec. 7, 1847, a son of
Dr. Thomas and Margaret Lowrey. In 1861 he
began reading medicine with his father, and was in the
office with him six years. In 1867 he began the
practice of his profession in Waverly, Pike Co., Ohio,
and in March, 1873, he removed to Jasper, in the same
county, remaining in Jasper until the spring of 1882,
when he removed to Waverly. The Doctor, while in
Jasper, had a very extensive practice, but became
dissatisfied with the place after some unknown person
tried to assassinate him in June, of 1879. He was
married June 20, 1872, to Rachel M. Schlegel, a
native of Chillicothe, Ohio, and a daughter of John
G. and Amelia Schlegel. His father-in-law,
John G. Schlegel, died Aug. 8, 1878, aged
sixty-three years. Mrs. Schlegel is still
living in Chillicothe. Dr. and Mrs. Lowrey
have one son living - William R., aged nine
years. The Dr. has great taste for surgery,
and has performed some of the most difficult operations
that have occurred in that section for years. He
has also given the eye and ear a great deal of
attention, and has quite an extensive practice. He
is said to be one of the most energetic practitioners in
the profession, never refusing to render assistance to
the suffering poor, money or no money. Politically
the Doctor is a Democrat, but in all his views there is
nothing radical.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 766 |
Pebbles
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LEE LYDICK, farmer and
stock-raiser, was born on the farm where he now lives,
in Pebble Township, Pike Co., Ohio, Dec. 26, 1852, a son
of George and Louisa (McKee) Lydick, his father a
native of Knox County, and his mother of Columbiana
County, Ohio. He was educated in the common school
and the National Normal, at Lebanon, Ohio. After
leaving school he taught several terms, and then settled
on the old homestead and engaged in farming. He
has 200 acres of fine land; one of the best farms in the
township. Sept. 17, 1873, he married Emma
McBride, daughter of James and Elvira A. (Hyatt)
McBride, of Pike County. They have three
children - Florence E., Margaret and Harry
Lee. In 1882 Mr. Lydick was elected
County Commissioner.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 868 |
Pebble
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POWELL LYDICK was born in Knox
County, Ohio, Mar. 31, 1839, a son of Eli and
Catherine (Carpenter) Lydick, natives of
Pennsylvania. He was married Feb. 24, 1859, to
Mary, daughter of Conrad and Catherine (Hanger)
Doub, her father a native of Germany of her mother
of Pennsylvania. In 1864 he removed to Pike County
and settled on the farm where he now lives. He has
nine-one acres of fine land. In February, 1865, he
enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Eighty-seventh
Ohio Infantry, and served till January, 1866.
Mr. and Mrs. Lydick have three daughters -
Catherine E., Clementine C. and Ocie Mary.
Mrs. Llydick is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 868 |
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