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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio
Chicago:
Inter-State Publishing Co.
1884
Seal Twp. -
CONRAD VALLERY, deceased, son of
Peter and Charlotte Vallery, was born May 16,
1816, in Germany, where he was educated according to the
laws of that country till he was fourteen years old.
At the age of seventeen years he came to America, and
soon after settled in Pike County, Ohio, where he spent
the rest of his life. He was married Feb. 17,
1841, to Christina Zahn, who was born Mar. 9,
1823, in Germany. They were the parents of ten
children, of whom nine are living - Elizabeth
(wife of John Hoover), Conrad, Peter, Jacob,
John, Andrew, Christina (wife of James Graham),
Emma and Kate. One son, Peter,
is deceased. Mr. Vallery left the old
homestead to his widow, who still resides there.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 792 |
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SAMUEL BENTON VIOLET, merchant,
near Elm Grove, was born July 22, 1837, in Pike County,
and is the youngest son of Samuel and Eunice
(Phillips) Violet. His father was born in
Loudoun County, Va., in 1799, and in 1805 came with his
parents to Ohio. Our subject removed to Iowa with
his parents in 1845, where his father died the same
year, aged forty-six years. Nine years later his
mother sold the farm and settled in Mount Pleasant,
Iowa, where he attended college nearly six months.
He then returned to Ohio and he and his brother John
kept store two years. He was married Dec. 20,
1855, to Jane C., daughter of John and Julia (Crull)
Slattery, of Scioto County. They have had two
children - Medora B., wife of Branson Holton
of Scioto County, and Anna C., who died at the
age of twelve years. In 1856 Mr. Violet
returned to Iowa and farmed three years, after which he
farmed in Scioto County two years. In 1862 he
enlisted as a private, and Aug. 22, 1862, was
commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company F, One Hundred
and
Seventeenth Ohio Infantry, and served nearly eighteen
months, when he was promoted to First Lieutenant of
Company A, Ohio Heavy Artillery, and was on detached
duty in Kentucky and East Tennessee. He was on
garrison duty at Knoxville, Tenn., when the war closed
and was discharged in June, 1865. He then engaged
in merchandising at Wheelersburg, Scioto County, three
years, and two years of that time was Postmaster at that
place. He then farmed and carried on a mercantile
business in different places till 1875, since which he
was in business with his son-in-law, Branson Holton,
till March, 1883. He is now engaged in farming and
running the store by himself. He is a Democrat in
politics, and has served several terms as Justice of the
Peace. He is a member of Lucasville Lodge, No.
465, A. F. & A. M., Scioto County and also belongs to
the chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Portsmouth, Ohio.
He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 842 |
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