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1884

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	REV. WILLIAM ABERNATHY, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, Lucasville, was born Jan. 25, 1839, in Chillicothe. His father, Jas. M. Abernathy, was born June 1, 1810, in Hampshire County, Va., and in 1829 came to Chillicothe, Ohio. He was married to Rhoda Conner, a native of Licking County, Ohio, born Sept. 15, 1814. They reared a family of four children, all of whom are living - William (our subject); Robert, farming in Pickaway County, Ohio; Isaac, practicing law in Circleville, Ohio, and Mary, wife of M. J. Tootle. Our subject came with his father's family to Pickaway County when fifteen years of age, where he attended the common school, after which he took a three years' course of study at the Ohio Wesleyan University, of Delaware. He received an exhorter's license Mar. 10, 1861, and in 1870 was licensed to preach on the Darbyville circuit and Lancaster district, and the same year was appointed junior preacher of the Patriot circuit. In 1871 he was admitted to the Conference at Washington court-house, after which he traveled on the Cheshire circuit two years. He was ordained Deacon by Bishop Ames, at the Ohio Conference held at Athens, Ohio, Sept. 28, 1873, and Oct. 3, 1875, was ordained Elder by Bishop Foster, at Athens, Ohio, since which time he has been an itinerant minister, till he took charge of his present church. He was married in 1863 to Celia, daughter of John and Loretta Ross, of Delaware, Ohio. Their family consists of four daughters - Edith L., Lellie M., Rhoda L., and Lizzie M. ~ Page 400 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
	C. M. ALBERT, engineer, was born Nov. 24, 1850, in Medina County, Ohio, and left there when twelve years of age, for Richland County, Ohio, where he remained three years. He then lived a year in Lawrence County, Ohio, after which he spent eighteen months in Carroll County, Mo. While painting a house in the latter place he fell from a scaffold, which almost caused his death. He was brought to Ashland County, Ohio, where his people then lived, where he lay for two years unable to work. After his recovery he was employed at the Cooper's Works in Hardin County, Ohio, for two years. The following two years he ran a saw-mill in West Virginia, after which he ran the engine on the C. & O. R. R. for fourteen months, ad while acting in that capacity met with an accident which disabled hi for six months. He then moved to Meigs County, Ohio, where he ran an engine in a grist-mill at Letart Falls, after which he worked in a stave and cooper shop in Lawrence County, Ohio. Since 1879 he has been engaged in running the engine for the Fire Brick Company in Sciotoville, Ohio. He was married Jul. 4, 1869, to Fatima Greely, a native of Ashland County, Ohio. For children have been born to this union - E. G. A., Stella M., M. E. and Claud G. Mrs. Albert is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. ~ Page 320 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
	ERI ALLEMAUG was born in Scioto County, Ohio, in 1840, a son of John and Jane (Nolder) Allemaug. In 1861 he enlisted in Company C, Thirty-third Ohio Infantry, and was appointed Sergeant. He was in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Atlanta, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, and with Sherman to the sea. At Stone River he was wounded in the leg, which seriously disabled him. At Chickamauga he was taken prisoner with 150 others, but escaped to the Union lines the same night. He re-enlisted in 1864 and served till the close of the war. After his return home he became engaged in merchandising. In 1877 he established his present place of business. He keeps a full line of fancy and staple groceries. In April, 1883, he was elected Justice of the Peace. He is a member of Bailey Post, G. A. R., Portsmouth. In 1865 he married Isabelle Gregory, daughter of Moses Gregory, who died in 1869, leaving two children - Mary and William. In 1870 he married Mary M., daughter of Samuel Brouse. They have four children - Alice, Clarence, Morris and Henry. Mr. Allemaug's father came to America from France in 1828, and located at Portsmouth, Ohio, where he was married in 1837. He died in 1879, aged seventy years. His wife diedin1871, aged sixty-three years. Six children were born to them - Eri, Philander, Josephine, Melford, John and William. Philander and William both enlisted in Company C, Thirty-third Ohio Infantry. Philander was wounded at Chickamauga, and at the same battle William was taken prisoner and incarcerated at Libby and Belle Isle, and afterward at Danville, where he died in 1864. ~ Page 427 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
	JAMES M. ALLEN was born in Scioto County, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1823, a son of David and Sarah Allen, natives of Connecticut and New York State respectively. His father died in a coal shaft in 1832, and his mother's death occurred in 1862 in Madison Township. After his father's death James M. resided with his uncle, James Mead, till he was twenty-one years old, when he went to Jackson Furnace, where he was employed two years, after which he went to Scioto Furnace. In 1860 he purchased the farm now owned by William Kinker, where he resided several years. He then returned to Jackson Furnace where he spent three years, and in 1871 purchased his present farm of eighty acres, since which he has devoted his entire time to farming. He was married in 1846 to Martha M., daughter of John Sargent, of Jackson County. Eleven children have been born to them, of whom seven survive - Fannie, Sarah, Senie, William, Georgiana A., Emma and Grace. Mr. and Mrs. Allen are members of the United Brethren church, and in politics he is a Republican. ~ Page 378 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
	DAVID ALLISON, farmer; postoffice, Portsmouth; was born in Allegheny County, Pa., Dec. 30, 1818, a son of Archibald and Margaret Allison, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio, settling in Brush Creek in 1840. They had a family of seven children - Matilda, Mary, Sarah, Susan, John, John and David. Mr. Allison spent his boyhood days on the farm, and since twelve years of age has had to earn his own livelihood. He was married Mar. 10, 1842, to Fatima, daughter of Tonley Smith. They had two children - Mary E. and William M. Mrs. Allison died and in 1875 Mr. Allison was again married to Miss Hannah Alaway. He has a fine farm of thirty-five acres, all well improved. He pays special attention to the raising of fine stock, having some fine Alderney and Jersey cattle, and Berkshire and Poland hogs. Politically he is a Republican. ~ Page 443 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
	MARY A. ALLMANN, [Portsmouth] teacher of vocal and instrumental music, Portsmouth, is the daughter of Lawrence and Dorothea (Wopschall) Allmann, natives of Germany. At the age of nine years she commenced the study of music and has sine pursued it diligently, first learning it in German and then in English, and for the past fourteen years has been engaged in teaching. Her father was born in 1810 and came to America in 1833. Her mother was born in 1816 and came to America about 1838. They were married in 1838 in New York City, and came to Portsmouth in 1848, where Mr. Allmann died Jan. 4, 1865. Their family consisted of ten children, five of whom are still living - Mary, our subject; Frank, a saddler in Portsmouth; Margaret, widow of Theodore Lehmann; Katie, widow of Frank Kricker, and George, a fescoe painter in New Haven, Conn. Elizabeth, Joseph, and three children named John are deceased. ~ Page 244 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
	CHARLES E. AMANN [Portsmouth] was born in Baden, Germany, in 1836, and in 1848 came with his father to the United States and located in Portsmouth in 1859. He has been identified with the drug business of Portsmouth since 1863. In 1879, with Daniel R. Spry, he bought the drug store of H. Kantzleben. They were together about a year and a half, when the store fell into the hands of its present owners, Charles E. and Frank Amann, the firm name being Amann Brothers. Mr. Amann was married Jan. 4, 1857, to R. Winet, a native of Bethlehem, Ohio. They have but two children - Charles E., born March 3, 1858, and Frank, March 13, 1860 ~ Page 244 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
	EDWARD ANDREW was born in Scioto County, Apr. 27, 1849. His father, Joseph Andrew, was born Nov. 6, 1800, in Gallia County, and was married Mar. 19, 1830, to Elizabeth Kelly, who was born Nov. 3, 1811, and was a daughter of Rev. John Kelly. They had eight children, of whom seven are living - Peter, Francis, Anna, Mary, Whitfield, Jonathan and Edward. Mr. Andre settled on the farm in 830 now owned and occupied by our subject, where he spent the remainder of his life, except one year. He died in Wheelersburg, Aug. 21, 1873. His widow is still living. After our subject grew to manhood he spent one year in a saddler's shop, after which he returned to the farm, and has followed farming most of his life. He was married in 1877 to Catherine S., daughter of Benjamin Cranston, of Wheelersburg. They have had two children - Ruth C. and Benjamin L. ~ Page 354 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
	JACOB ANDRE, deceased, was born July 23, 1797, in Cadot settlement, and was reared to manhood on what is known as the French Grant. He was married about 1822 to Jane Duteil, a native of Scioto County, born May 17, 1804, and a daughter of F. C. Duteil, who settled in Gallipolis in 1790, and died in his eighty-fifth year. They reared a family of eight children, six of whom are still living. Jacob Andre was a farmer by occupation, and died Oct. 24, 1849. ~ Page 354 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
	WAYNE ANDRE, eldest son of Peter D. and Nancy C. Andre, was born May 14, 1852. He was reared on a farm and attended the district schools. He has always followed farming pursuits, and at the present time takes charge of his grandmother's and James Andre's farms. He was married in 1876 to Margaret J. Boren, a native of Iowa County, Iowa. They have a family of three children - Chester H., Myrtle B. and Arthur W. ~ Page 354 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
	S. ANDERSON, of Anderson, Slaven & Co., millers, Rush Township, Scioto Co., Ohio, is a practical miller, having entered a mill when eighteen years of age, in 1859, and since then has been constantly employed, chiefly in a steam mill. He worked some time in mills in California, then went to Jasper, Ind., and subsequently came to Scioto County, where since the spring of 1883, he has been operating the above mill. The building was erected in 1875, size 30 x 40 feet. It contains improved machinery throughout, of both water and steam power. There is a manufacturing capacity of fifty barrels per day; two run of wheat burrs and one of corn. They do chiefly custom work, but manufacture sufficient for the retail trade. ~ Page 415 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
	GEORGE APEL was born in Germany, Mar. 26, 1815. He was reared and educated in his native country, and in 1839 came to the United States, landing in Baltimore, Md., after a sea voyage of ninety-two days. He came directly to Ohio, and worked four months at Union Furnace, Lawrence County. He then worked seven years at Junior Furnace, and in 1847 bought the arm where he now resides, purchasing at first 175 acres. He now owns 700 acres of valuable land. He for several years paid his attention to the raising of grain, but he now makes a specialty of fine Alderney and Jersey cattle. He was married in 1848 to Mary E. Menter, a native of Hanover, Germany, born in 1826, who came to the United States with her parents when a young lady. They have had a family of ten children, eight now living - Mary E., John H., Andrew W., Barbara E., Jacob G., Frank M., Adam J. and Anna S. One child died in infancy, and George, Feb. 27, 1883. ~ Page 355 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
	GEORGE APEL, JR., was born in Germany, Oct. 21, 1829, and when fifteen years of age came to the United States, landing at Baltimore, Md. He immediately came to Scioto County, Ohio, and made his home with his uncle, George Apel, of this township, three years. He worked eight years in the iron furnaces and then bought ninety acres of land and began farming. He afterward bought sixteen acres more, having now 106 acres of fine, well-cultivated land. He is one of the finest wheat-growers in the county, and his farm shows the result of good management and thrift. He was married in 1852 to Mary Sherer, a native of Germany. They have seven children - George, Anna, John, William, Andrew, Albert and Rosa A. Mr. and Mrs. Apel are members of the United Brethren church. ~ Page 355 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
	S. D. ARGO was born in Adams County, Ohio, July 15, 1827. When twenty years of age he went to Lawrence County, and in 1849 helped to lay out the town of Ironton. He built the third house in the place, and lived there till the fall of 1854. He was married in 1849 to Mary Jane Lambert. They had a family of six children, five now living - Thomas, Elias, James, Frank and Emily. Mrs. Argo died in November, 1863. In 1864, Mr. Argo married Fannie H. Hopkins, of Dayton, Ohio. She was born in Portage County, Ohio, June 11, 1830. They have one child - O. A., born Dec. 14, 1866. Jan. 26, 1880, MR. Argo came to Scioto County, and located at Pine Creek Landing, where he has twenty-six acres of good land. He is a member of the First Baptist Church at Ironton. He is a member of the Good Templar's lodge at Wheelersburg, and of French Grant Grange, No. 648. Sept. 14, 1861, Mr. Argo enlisted in Company G, Fourth Ohio Cavalry. He was promoted from First Sergeant to First Lieutenant of Company D, and was placed in command of the company. He was wounded at Kennesaw Mountain by his horse falling on him, and again, Apr. 2, 1865, by two musket balls passing through both shoulders. He was left on the field as dead, but the regimental sutler picked him up the night after the battle, and took him to the house of the rebel General Smith, at Selma, Ala., where the Union prisoners were kept to keep the forces from burning the house. Mrs. Smith was very kind to Mr. Argo, and when he was convalescent tried to dissuade him from again taking up arms against the rebels. When General Steele with the gun-boats from Mobile sailed up the river, General Smith asked Mr. Argo what it was best to do. Mr. Argo told him if General Steel came into Selma he would destroy the city, including General Smith's home; but if he would surrender, as he suggested, he would vouch for his safety and for that of his property on account of the kind attention he had received. General Smith took his advice, and a yawl with the white flag was sent down the river. Although this has not been a matter of history, the surrender of Selma was planned by a Union soldier, and that soldier is Mr. Argo. ~ Page 320 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
	HENRY ARMBURST was born Sept. 25, 1835, in Bavaria, where he was reared and educated. When nineteen years of age he sailed for America; landed in New York City, and spent one year in New Jersey. He then came to Ohio and lived in Waverly thirteen years, working on a farm, and peddling drygoods and notions. In the fall of 1869 he removed to Lick Run, Vernon Township, Scioto County, and built a store, which he filled with a complete stock of general merchandise. In 1883 he bought what is known as the Dr. Fuller farm, containing 153 acre of well-cultivated land, with good buildings. He was married in 1871 to Caroline, daughter of Charles Cook, of Scioto County. Six children have been born to them, but four now living - John J., Clara E., Emma S. and Mary C. Two died in infancy. When Mr. Armbrust landed in America he had but 50 cents in money, but industry and close application to business has gained him a good property. He is a member of the United Brethren church. ~ Page 369 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
	G. W. ARNOLD, farmer, postoffice, Rushtown, was born in Union Township, Scioto Co., Ohio, in 1833, a son of Daniel and Louisa (Beadle) Arnold. He was married in 1856 to Eliza, a daughter of William and Elizabeth Holt, and soon after located on the farm where he still resides. He now owns 188 acres of fine land, about half of it under cultivation. He has held most of the minor offices of the township, has been Clerk three years and is now a member of the Board of Education. Thirteen children have been born to him, ten now living- Sidora A., Louisa E., Mary Co., Charles T., Laura, Alice, Andes (born on steamer Andes on the Ohio River), Alpha N., Howard., and John K. Rosanna, William G. and Mattie F. are deceased. Mr. Arnold's grandparents, Thomas and Margaret (Noel) Arnold, came from Virginia to Ohio in 1804 and were among the first settlers of Union Township. In 1844 they went to Iowa where they died. Mr. Arnold was a Justice of the Peace many years, and was a Lieutenant in the war of 1812. He had a family of six children, two of whom are living - Mrs. Shively, of Iowa, and Isaac, of Oregon. His son Daniel married Louisa, daughter of G. W. and Cassa J. (Hibbs) Beadle. He subsequently removed to Iowa where he buried his wife in 1845, and soon after returned to Ohio. They had a family of seven children - Rhoda, G. W., Cassa, J., Thomas, David, Catherine and William. The latter was a member of an Indiana regiment in the late war, and Thomas L. was a member of Battery L. Only two, G. W. and Thomas, now reside in this county. Mr. Arnold married, for his second wife, Cynthia Holt. They had four children - Philip, Wesley, Amelia and Mary. Mr. Arnold died in1863 aged sixty-eight years. His parents were among the first members of the regular Baptist church of this county. Mrs. G. W. Arnold's father, William Holt, was a native of North Carolina, and settled in Portsmouth in 1829, and in 1856 in Rush Township. He was a prominent member of the Baptist church and held the offices of Treasurer and Deacon. He died in 1875, aged seventy-four years, and his wife in 1881, aged seventy-four years. They reared a family of six children Nathan, Minerva, Sarah, Charles, Eliza and Tabitha. ~ Page 415 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884

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