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1884
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JOHN S. BACCUS was
born in Scioto County, Ohio, July 18, 1811, a son of James and
Nancy A. (Smith) Baccus, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to
Ohio in 1806, locating in Scioto County. Six of their eight
children are still living. His father died in 1840, and his
mother in 1864. John S. was reared and educated in his
native county. He worked three years at the furnaces, and
seven years at the carpenter's trade. In 1842 he commenced
farming on the farm where he still resides. He owns 121 acres
of land - one of the best hill farms in Scioto County. He was
married in 1836 to Flora E., daughter of Anthony C.
Vincent, of Scioto County. Mrs. Baccus is a member
of the Presbyterian church.
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GEORGE BAHNER was
born in Bavaria, Germany, Sept. 26, 1826. He came to America
in 1839, landing at New York, and in the fall of the same year came
to Portsmouth. He remained in Scioto County, three years, and
the following seven years resided in Lawrence County, Ohio. In
1855 he was married to Margaret Ammon, a native of
Bavaria, born about 1828. They are the parents of five
children - John, Anna E., Augusta, George and David.
In 1855 he came to Porter Township, Scioto County, where he owns
a farm of 100 acres of good land on section 8. He and his wife
are members of the Lutheran church. Our subject's father,
John Bahner, was a native of Bavaria. He was in the war
with Napoleon Bonaparte. He died in Scioto County, in
1879, aged eighty-four years. Elizabeth (Dorsch) Bahner,
mother of our subject, was also born in Bavaria. She died in
Porter Township, Scioto County, in 1878, at the age of seventy-four.
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ROBERT BAKER,
[Portsmouth] contractor and builder, Chillicothe street, between
Second and Third streets, Portsmouth, was born at Kent, England, in
1831, a son of
Robert Baker, Sr. He came to the United States in 1848,
locating in Portsmouth, and at once began working at the carpenter's
trade. In 1856 he began contracting, and during the busy
season employs from twenty to twenty-five hands. He has built
over 100 houses in Portsmouth, including residences of Mr. G.
Davis, L. C. Damaim, and S. Reid, the Fourth Street
Schoolhouse, postoffice, and block of stores occupied by Davis &
Thompson. He was married in 1856 to Cornelia Wilson.
They have six children - John, a traveling salesman for the
New York silk house; William assistant bookkeeper at Scioto
car shops; Robert, working with his father; Nettie, Jennie
and Mary
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BENJAMIN BALL
[Portsmouth] was born April 27, 1814, in Schenectady County, N. Y., a
son of John Ball, also a native of New York. His father
came to Scioto County with his family in 1824 and about 1830 he
moved to Lawrence County, where he died in 1837. Our subject
began to work for himself when eight years of age by helping
farmers, etc., and at the age of nineteen came to Portsmouth, where
he has since resided. He has been engaged in various pursuits,
but for many years has been teaming, doing a general transfer and
job business. He was married Feb. 28, 1836, to Susan,
daughter of William and Frances Barbee. She was born in
Zanesville, Ohio, in 1816. They had a family of twelve
children, all living except one, who died in infancy - Mary
Frances, a clerk in Akron; George William,
a carpenter in Pennsylvania; Elizabeth An, of Akron;
John Claudius, a carpenter and engineer, married and living in
Fredonia, N. Y.; Emma Jane, of Akron; Juliet, now
Mrs. Theodore Burkhart, of Missouri; Charles H., married, a
bricklayer of Portsmouth; Benjamin F., Sarah Ellen, Florence May
and Albert. Mrs. Ball died Nov. 2, 1876, aged nearly
sixty-one years. She was a woman of great strength of
character.
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WILLIAM HENRY BALL
[Portsmouth] was born near Ironton, Ohio, July 14, 1828, where he
lived till he was seventeen years old. He then went to Iowa,
and engaged in farming, etc., two years, since which time he has
resided in Portsmouth, with the exception of two years, and has been
engaged in farming in some extent, and teaming ever since he came to
the place. He was married in 1850, to Sarah Ann Barbee,
who died July 23, 1862. They were the parents of six children
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William, who died in 1853, aged eighteen months; Emily, a
graduate of Portsmouth High School, at present Principal of the
Union Street School; Lucy Jane, born in 1856, and died in
1873;
Charles Wesley, born in 1858, and died when eighteen months old;
Albert H. and Harry (twins), the former in the C., W. &
B. express office, and the latter a graduate, now engaged in
teaching and studying law under N. J. Dever. Mr. Ball
was again married March 16, 1865, to Jane St. Clair, a
native of Pennsylvania, who has borne him four children - Fred S.,
born Feb. 14, 1866; Anna, aged sixteen years; William H.,
aged fourteen years, and Arthur C., aged eight years, all
attending school, at present. Mr. Ball was a member of
the Home Guards during the war. In politics he is a
Republican.
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P. G. BALMERT,
[Portsmouth] manufacturer of cigars, Chillicothe street, opposite
Market place, was born in Germany, March 2, 1846, and came with his
father, Samuel Balmert, to the United States in 1854.
His father died in Portsmouth in 1876, aged fifty-six years.
Mr. Balmert was married in 1869 to Mary A. Schafer.
They have had eleven children, nine now living - Charles, Lucy,
Bertha, Flora, George, Simon, William, Ida and Mary.
Mr. Balmert purchased his present place of business in 1876.
He keeps a full line of chewing and smoking tobacco, plug and fine
cut, and cigars of all grades. He employs eight hands, doing a
large and lucrative business.
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S. P. BALMERT,
[Portsmouth] junior member of the firm of Stanton & Balmert,
wholesale liquor dealers, 161 and 163 West Front street, was born in
Germany, in 1848, and came with his father, Simon Balmert, to
the United States in 1854, locating at Franklin Furnace, Ohio, and
four years later came to Portsmouth. His first work was in a
cigar store, where he remained three years. He then clerked in
a grocery store three years, in a hardware store three years, and on
the river steamers nine years, as Captain and Clerk, and in 1877
became associated with Mr. Stanton in the wholesale liquor
business. He is a stock-holder of the Portsmouth and Pomeroy
Packet Company, and a director and stockholder in the Portsmouth
Wagon Stock Company. He was married in May, 1880, to Louis
Kricker. They have two daughters - Emma and
Margaret. Mr. Balmert is a member of the German Benevolent
Society.
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JOHN C. BARBER,
[Portsmouth] son of
John Barber, is a native of Portsmouth. His grandfather,
Uriah Barber, came from Pennsylvania to Portsmouth in 1796, and
died in 1846, aged ninety years. He was twice married, and had
a family of twelve children - John, Isaac, Samuel,
Washington, Michael, Polly (Mrs. William Raynor), Jane (Mrs. Laqua),
Joseph, William, Louisa (Mrs. Samuel Briggs), Miranda (married
Mr. Briggs after her sister's death), Amanda (Mrs. Ezra
Noel). John, the eldest son, married Vealet Swords
who came with her father, William Swords, from Virginia and
located in Alexandria in 1803. They had a family of twelve
children -
Uriah, Nathaniel William, Archibald, Marian, John C., Samuel, Mary
(Mrs. Wm. Warren, of Virginia), Barbara (deceased),
Missouri (Mrs. James Tritch), Catherine (deceased), and Emma.
John Barber died July 16, 1849, aged sixty-nine years.
John C. Barber was married in May, 1867, to Grace Kidd, of
Kentucky. They have one child - Edna, aged seven years.
Mr. Barber enlisted April 16, 1861, in the First Ohio Infantry,
and participated in the first battle at Bull's Run. He has
been an engineer on the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad twenty years,
and for the past thirteen years has run Engine No. 50. He is a
member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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AGNES I. BARKLOW
[Portsmouth] is a daughter of Stout and Sarah Jane (Jeffords)
Barklow, her mother being a member of one of the oldest families
in Portsmouth. She was educated in the High School of
Portsmouth, from which she graduated in 1874, and the two years
after graduation she spent in recreation. Since then she has
been constantly employed in teaching in the Portsmouth school, where
her ability as a scholar and disciplinarian is reorganized as among
the first in the county. As a teacher she is peculiarly
competent. Being complete mistress over herself, she has power
over her scholars, which insures perfect order and consequent
improvement.
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JOSIAH BARLOW
[Portsmouth] was born Sept. 26, 1843, in Banesville, Belmont Co.,
Ohio, and lived with his father, Charles Barlow, until Dec.
22, 1865, when he was married to Anna Barbee, daughter of
Eli Barbee, an early settler of Portsmouth. Mrs. Barlow
died April 5, 1883, at the age of thirty-seven, leaving a family of
four children -
Charlie, Floyd, Mollie, and Earl. She was a member
of the Sixth Street Methodist Church. After his marriage
Mr. Barlow engaged in farming for five years, in the Scioto
bottoms, after which he moved back to Portsmouth, and formed a
partnership with
John Geggory, in grading and filling streets. They graded
a number of streets in Portsmouth, and the same year built the mile
race track. He then worked on the Lake Shore & Tuscarawas
Railroad in Stark County, and he, in connection with Wm.
McGeowns,
built the first three miles of the Scioto Valley Railroad as
sub-contractors under Mr. Geggory, in 1880. He was then
elected Street Commissioner, which position he now fills. He
owns the Biggs House Hack and Omnibus Line. Mr.
Barlow's father was born in England, and came to the United
States at the age of eleven years. He came to Portsmouth in
1849, and was by occupation a teamster and contractor. He
built the school house on the corner of Second and Chillicothe
streets, and grades the principal streets of Portsmouth. He
also followed farming for many years. He died July 6, 1870,
aged forty-nine years.
Josiah Barlow is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and is
also a member of an Independent Order of Mechanics.
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JOHN BARON, [Portsmouth]
a son born in Portsmouth, Ohio, Aug. 27, 1842, a son of John V.
Baron. His father was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1811,
and came to the United States in 1837. He spent the first two
years in New York City and Buffalo, and then came to Ohio, where he
worked on the Ohio Canal two years. In 1841 he was married, in
Piketon, to Helen Geng, a native of Germany, and the same
year removed to Portsmouth, where he died Dec. 7, 1875. His
wife is still living. They had a family of six children, five
are now living -
John, Kate, Barbara, Elizabeth (now Mrs. Anton Matter),
Mary. Margaret is deceased. John Baron
began to learn the tinner's trade when fifteen years of age, and
worked at it five years. He then with his father engaged in
the stove and tinware business, manufacturing the latter.
After his father's death he carried on the business in his own name
till 1879, when he began diminishing his stock of stoves, and
purchased a stock of hardware. He keeps a complete stock of
choice goods, occupying three floors. His salesroom is 19 x 50
feet.
Mr. Baron is a member of the St. Mary's German Catholic Church.
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JOHN HATCH BARRETT
was born in Scioto County, Ohio, Jan. 9, 1818, a son of Henry and
Elizabeth (Hatch) Barrett, his father a native of Massachusetts,
and his mother of New Hampshire. His parents came to Ohio in
1808 and settled in Scioto County on a farm. In 1819 they went
to Portsmouth, where his father manufactured brick three or four
years. He then purchased another farm and engaged in farming
till his death in 1858. His wife died in 1872. They
reared a family of five children - Levina B., Abigail B.,
Thornton, Henry and John H. The latter is the only
one now living. After reaching manhood he went to Kentucky and
purchased a farm. In 1856 he returned to Ohio and bought a
farm of Colonel William M. Burke. He owns seventy-five
acres of fine land. He was married in January, 1849, to
Ruby G. daughter of Thomas and Sophia Hatch, of Scioto
County. They have five children - Thornton, Orrin
G., Thomas H., Henry and Kate H.
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JOHN F. BASHAM,
farmer, was born Dec. 16, 1853, in Porter Township, Scioto Co.,
Ohio. He was educated in his native country, and was engaged
in farming on his father's farm. Sept. 6, 1880, he went out to
Montana, where he remained till August, 1882. On his return
hoe he remained at Loghman, Mich., for a short time, engaged in
scaling or measuring timber. Sept. 27, 1882, he was married in
the Second Presbyterian Church of Portsmouth, by Rev. H. A.
Ketchim to Lolie L. Taylor, born in Lewis County, Ky.,
May 14, 1862. After his marriage he returned to Michigan, but
Feb. 1883, he returned to Ohio, and is now working on his father's
farm on section 12, Porter Township. Mr. and Mrs. Basham
are members of the Second Presbyterian Church, at Portsmouth, Ohio.
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ADAM BAUER [Portsmouth]
was born in Prussia, Feb. 2, 1834, a son of Henry Bauer, who
came to the United States in 1850, landing in Portsmouth, Aug. 3.
He located in Bloomfield, now Webster, Scioto Co., Ohio, where he
still resides, aged seventy-five years. He had three sons -
Adam, John W.
and John Nicholas. Adam commenced life in America by
digging ore. He attended school but a half day in America, but
by hard study is now a well-educated man. In 1851 he began to
work on a farm. He was afterward employed in repairing the
railroad, and had worked but eighteen months when he was appointed
foreman, and the following August was appointed to take charge of a
construction train. He left his position to enlist in Company
C, One Hundred and Sixth Ohio Infantry, and after serving three
years was again appointed to the same position. In March,
1868, he was appointed Roadmaster of the Marietta & Cincinnati
Railroad. He was married Nov. 28, 1858, to Minnie Kalbow,
a native of Germany. Of seven children born to them but three
are living -
George David, mail agent in the S. V. R. R.; Charles F.
and Minnie Dora. Mr. Bauer is a member of the Odd Fellow
Lodge and Encampment and for three years has been Representative of
this district. His brother, John W., was Roadmaster in
Eastern Kentucky, and was killed by falling material in a tunnel,
Christmas night, 1875. He was about forty years of age, and
left a widow and eight children, now residing in Portsmouth.
His brother, John Nicholas, was born Feb. 25, 1843, and is a
farmer of Scioto County.
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HENRY C. BEARD,
physician and surgeon, was born Dec. 21, 1839, near Middlebrook,
Augusta Co., Va.; came to Ohio in October, 1859, and soon after
commenced the study of medicine in the office of Drs. B. G. & J.
B. Warwick, of Lucasville, Ohio, and took his first course of
lectures at the Medical College of Ohio, session of 1860-'61.
In August, 1862, he enlisted as a private soldier, but was soon
promoted to Hospital Steward, and two years later was made Assistant
Surgeon of the First Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Heavy Artillery,
Second Brigade, Fourth Division, Army of the Cumberland. He
was mustered out with his regiment at Knoxville, Tenn., July 25,
1865, and returned to Lucasville. In October, 1865, he located
at California, Pike Co., Ohio, where he remained four years.
He then removed to Portsmouth, Ohio, and engaged in the drug
business, but on account of failing health abandoned it, and resumed
the more active duties of the practice of medicine. In June,
1869, he graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and
Surgery; located at Lucasville in May, 1879, and has ever since been
actively engaged in the practice of his profession. He was
married Dec. 25, 1860, to Mary E., daughter of David Noel,
of this county. They have three children living - David F.,
Michael J. and Roscoe E. Dr. Beard was
elected Vice-President of the Scioto County Medical Society in 1878,
and is at present one of the Board of Censors of the Hempstead
Memorial Academy of Medicine.
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HOMER BEDELL,
deceased, was born at Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio, Oct. 15, 1836,
a son of Henry Bedell, of New Jersey. He learned the
machinists trade in Norwalk, Ohio. In 1861 he came to
Portsmouth, and worked a short time for Murray & Moore.
He then made gum-barrels a short time, and subsequently worked for
Murray & Moore nine years. In 1872 he was employed as
second engineer at the water-works, remaining eighteen months, when
he was taken with tumor of the brain. He gradually lost his
sight, and for eight months was blind. He died Nov. 12, 1874.
He was married Sept. 6, 1864, to Sarah, a daughter of
Alfred R. Prowitt. they had a family of four children.
Mr. Bedell was a master mason. He was a natural
mechanic, and a man honored by all who knew him.
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WALTER BELOAT
was
born in Sciotoville, Porter Township, Scioto Co., Ohio, Dec. 6,
1854. He was educated in the district schools, and has always
resided in his native county. He commenced his present
mercantile business in 1882. Fourteen months previous to this
he was employed as clerk for the Scioto Fire-Brick Company. He
had formerly followed the river, keel-boating and steam-boating.
He was married Dec. 7, 1881, to Caroline Gates, born in
Scioto County, in 1858. They are the parents of one child -
Lydia Z., born Sept. 21, 1882. Mr. Beloat is a
member of the Orient Lodge of Odd Fellows, No. 337,
Wheelersburg, Ohio. His wife is a member of the Lutheran
church.
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AMAZIAH BENNETT,
son of Benjamin and Mary Bennett, was born Aug. 27, 1823, in
Scioto County, Ohio, where he was reared and educated in the common
schools. He has followed the avocation of farmer, and now has
111 acres of well-improved land, which is underlaid with a vein of
iron ore from two to six feet thick, of the best quality yet found
in the county. Mar. 5, 1846, Mr. Bennett married
Sarah, daughter of William Queen. To them have been
born eight children - Emily, born Aug. 10, 1848; Samuel,
Aug. 14, 1850; Cyrus, Aug. 12, 1852; William Tracy,
Oct. 27, 1854; Alice, Nov. 9, 1856; Jacob, Apr. 1,
1860; John Q., Mar. 4, 1863; Warren R., Aug. 7, 1866.
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ASAPH BENNETT was
born near Bloom Furnace, Scioto County, Jan. 26, 1824, and is a son
of Gilbert and Margaret (James) Bennett. When he grew
to manhood he and his brother-in-law bought the mill on Symme's
Creek, which they ran for two years, after which he moved to Scioto
County, and purchased his present farm of 108 acres, and has since
followed farming. He was married in 1843 to Abigail
Haptonstall, who died in 1866, leaving three children -
Lafayette, Albert and Mary A. He was married again
in 1880 to Naomi, daughter of William Toland, of
Jackson County. They have two children - Guy V. and
Artie O. Mr. Bennett has served as Justice of the Peace
since 1869, with the exception of one term, and has also been
Township Trustee twenty years. He belongs to Western Sun
Lodge, No. 191, A. F. & A. M., at Wheelersburg. In politics he
is a Prohibitionist. His father ran a saw and grist mill on
Symme's Creek, Gallia County, for some time, after which he removed
to the farm in Scioto County, now owned by our subject, where he
remained till his death. He died in 1870, aged eighty-five
years; the mother of our subject died about 1860. She
was previously married to John Holmes (deceased).
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DAVID BENNETT was
born Feb. 5, 1846, in Scioto County, a son of James M. and
Susannah (Tullerton) Bennett. His father was also born in
this county and was a farmer and cabinet-maker. He died in
1850. Mrs. Bennett was a native of Virginia, and
came to Jackson County, Ohio, when four years of age. She is
at present residing in Madison Township, this county. Our
subject attended the common schools and high school in his
neighborhood, but acquired most of his education by private study at
home. At the age of seventeen he began to teach and ha taught
ever since, with the exception of two years, when he was engaged as
salesman for a drygoods house. In 1873 he engaged in farming
and has a farm of 280 acres, besides owning 130 acres in Madison
Township. His land is well supplied with a fine quality of
timber and he furnishes a large amount of railroad ties. He
was married in 1871 to Jenette, daughter of L. Noble.
This union has been blessed with six children, of whom five are
living.
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REV. JOHN M. BENNETT,
was born in Pittsburg, Pa., Apr. 5, 1799, a son of Samuel Bennett,
a native of New York, who in the spring of 1808 removed his family
to Portsmouth, Ohio, and a few months later to Bloom Township.
There was a family of five boys and five girls, all of whom grew to
maturity. John Bennett spent his boyhood days on the
farm, receiving but six months schooling. He was converted
when nineteen years of age and joined the Baptist church, and a few
years later was licensed to preach. He with Jacob Tyson
built the first steam flour-mill in the township, and some yeas
later he owned an eighth interest in the Gallia Furnace. He is
now one of the proprietors of the Webster Fire-Brick Company, and is
its President. He owns considerable town property. He
was married in 1826 to Katherine, daughter of Ephraim
Lewis, a native of New York. Ten children have been born
to them, eight of whom are now living.
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ELIAS BENZING
was born in Schwenningen, Koenigreich, Wuerttemberg, Germany, July
5, 1835. He received a good education, and was reared by
Christian parents. Nov. 10, 1852, he located in Cincinnati,
Ohio, and was one of the original members of the First German
Presbyterian Church. Immediately after his conversion he felt
an especial love for the cause, and felt that he was called to
preach the gospel. He declined a good business position, and
entered Lane Theological Seminary, from which he graduated. He
was licensed to preach, May 8, 1863, and ordained April 7, 1864.
He went to Cleveland and organized the Second German Reform Church,
which has had a steady and healthful growth. In 1866 they
built a house of worship, and in 1868 a parsonage. Dec. 5
1871, he was received as a member of the Cleveland Presbytery.
He left the church there in 1872, with a property of $10,000.
Too constant labor as a pastor, missionary and teacher of parochial
school had brought on a serious throat trouble, and by the advice of
his physician he gave up preaching nearly a year, but after a few
months rest was employed as City Missionary, with a salary of $900 a
year. Oct. 18, 1873, he received a call from the First German
Presbyterian Church, Portsmouth, and Nov. 4, 1873, entered his
present field of labor. He also serves a church in Buena Vista
and one in Green Brier, Adams County. From the beginning of
his ministry to July 1, 1883, Mr. Benzing baptized 387
children, confirmed 197, received 407 members into the church,
solemnized 105 marriages, attended 158 funerals, made 6,000
missionary visits, and traveled 18,500 miles. He has reason to
believe that his work has not been in vain, but that souls have been
saved through his ministrations. Four young men have entered
the ministry under his administration.
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VOLENTINE BERNTHOLD
was born near Ohio Furnace, Lawrence Co., Ohio, Dec. 16, 1849.
He attended the school at his native place till ten years of age,
when he moved with his parents to Vinton County, Ohio, where they
remained one year. They then moved to Jackson County and
thence to Scioto County, where they resided on a farm on Millar's
Run, about ten yeas. In 1877 he moved to his present farm in
Valley Township, which contains 300 acres of land, most of which is
cultivated. In 1872 he was married to Nancy M.,
daughter of William Vulgmore, of this county. They have
two boys and one girl. Mr. Brenthold has followed
agricultural pursuits and lately has also been engaged in
stock-raising.
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CHARLES F. BEST
was born Feb. 24, 1853, in Cincinnati, Ohio, a son of Karl
Best, who was born in Germany. He came to Portsmouth in
1857, and attended school till he began clerking for J. L. Hibbs
& Co., in the hardware store, with whom he remained from 1867 until
1874. From 1874 till 1878 he was Assistant Postmaster, after
which he was in the employ of the R. R. Mail Service running from
Columbus to Portsmouth the first two years, and from Ashland, Ky.,
to Columbus, Ohio, the next two years. From April, 1882, till
the following April he was Assistant Postmaster with L. C. Damarin.
He was married Nov. 5, 1879, to Mary A., daughter of
Frederick Walter, of Portsmouth. They have one child -
Rosa.
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HENRY BEUMLER,
boarding house and saloon, was born in Hanover, Germany, July 5,
1828, a son of Stephen Beamler, He came to the United
States in 1854, stopping first in Wheeling, W. Va., where he worked
in the coal miens three months, and then removed to Greenup, Ky.,
and remained ten years. In 1865 he came to Portsmouth and
opened his boarding house on Front street. HE was married in
Wheeling, in 1854, to Catharina Kilborn, a native of Germany.
She died in 1880, at the age of forty-six years. They had a
family of eight children - Sady, Augustus, George, Henry, Sophia,
Charles, Mary, Kate. Mr. Beamler is a member of the
Harugari German Society.
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JOSEPH BIERLY
was
born near Fincastle, VA., Feb. 28, 1818, and was educated in the
common schools of the State. At the age of sixteen he began to
learn the carpenter's trade with Henry W. Kemper, of
Fincastle, and afterward worked at the wagon and carriage making
business seven years. In 1861 he came to Portsmouth, Ohio,
where he worked at the carpenter's trade for six years, and in 1875
removed to his present farm. He was married in 1843 to
Sarah A. Tolley, a native of Rockbridge County, Va., They have
three sons and one daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Bierly are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church on Sixth street,
Portsmouth. He has served as Justice of the Peace since April,
1876, and has also served as Assessor of Portsmouth three years.
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FRANK A. BIHLMAN,
son of John and Catherine (Hubbard) Bihlman, was born Nov.
14, 1857. He was married Feb. 4, 1879, to Mary A.,
daughter of Joseph May. They have been blessed with two
children - Frank and Mary Ann. Mr. Bihlman
has a farm of twenty acres of fine land, on which good farm
buildings are erected. His father was a native of Germany, and
came to this country when seventeen years of age. He was a
soldier in the Ohio National Guards, and was shot while standing
guard, and died in 1864. The mother of our subject died in
1858.
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STEPHEN D. BISHOP
was born in New Haven, Conn., Feb. 23, 1813, and came to Portsmouth
in 1829. He was by trade a tailor, and had a clothing store in
connection with working at his trade. He died July 13, 1874,
and his memory is dear to many who were his friends during the many
years he was in business in Portsmouth. He was married in 1860
to Mrs. Serena Lalendorff, widow of Charles Lalendorff,
and daughter Samuel Kidd. She had two children by her
first husband - James Henry and Oliver. Mr.
Bishop's children are - Stephen D., Mary Ann, Charles A.
and William Nelson.
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JOSEPH W. BLAIR,
proprietor of the Central Hotel, Webster, was born in Adams County,
Ohio, Feb. 20, 1831, the second son of Joseph W. and Mary A.
Blair. His mother died in 1870 and his father in 1877.
He received a liberal education, and when quite young began to clerk
in his father's store. He remained with his parents till
twenty-one years of age and then clerked for J. T. Wilson.
In 1855 he came to Scioto County, locating in Webster, and
purchased the store owned by his brother, William A. In
1857 he sold his stock, and clerked for another party till 1860,
when he again opened a store of his own, but on account of failing
health again sold out, and has since then been engaged in his
present business. He was married Feb. 10, 1859, to Harriet,
daughter of James M. Cole. They have four children -
Edward B., James W., Charles W. and Nannie. Mr.
Blair has served as Assessor two terms, and Township Treasurer
fourteen years. His hotel is one of the best in this part of
the county.
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JOHN B. BLANKEMEYER,
merchant tailor, Chillicothe street, between Sixth and Seventh,
Portsmouth, Ohio, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1825, and came to
the United States in 1845, locating first in St. Louis, where he
remained two years. He then went to New Orleans, and remained
eighteen months. In the fall of 1848 he went to Cincinnati,
and in 1852 came to Portsmouth. He learned the tailor's trade
in Germany, and worked as a journeyman eighteen years. After
coming to Portsmouth he opened his present place of business.
He keeps a full line of cloths, cassimeres and gents' furnishing
goods. He employs three workmen in the shop and five outside.
He was married in 1848 to Anna A. Shlademan, of Oldenburg,
Germany. They have five children - John, Lizzie, William,
Herman and Anna. They lost five children in
infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Blankemeyer are members of the
German Evangelical church. He is a member of the Harugari
Lodge.
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LOUIS BLOMEYER,
son of Louis Blomeyer, was born in 1829 in Hanover,
Germany. He learned the shoemaker's trade, at which he worked
till 1847, when he came to America. He worked in Portsmouth,
Cincinnati and Ashland, Ky., a short time and then returned to
Portsmouth, where he has resided about twenty-eight years.
When he came to Portsmouth he was engaged as a hand in the rolling
mill, and is at present foreman of the mill. He was married in
1851 to Mary Kiefer, a native of Germany. They have
eight children - Hannah Mary, wife of Henry A. Brodbeck,
of Portsmouth; Adolph Louis, a street car conductor in
Chicago: Louisa, wife of William G. Reimenschneider,
Principal of the Portsmouth public schools; Mary A., wife of
Charles Locker; Allie, Clara, Hattie and Verena. Mr.
Blomeyer is a member of the German Methodist church, of which he
has been Trustee for the past twenty years. He has been a
Class-Leader for twenty-two years, and Sabbath-school Superintendent
seventeen years.
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PHILLIP BLUM was born
in Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 9, 1845, and when twelve years old began to
learn the tanner's trade, which he followed a number of years, since
which he has pursued farming. In 1868 he came to Ohio, and
settled on Long Run, where he owns 140 acres of land, with good
residence and out-buildings. He is now engaged in farming and
gardening, and has lately turned his attention to the cultivation of
strawberries. He was married Dec. 10, 1871, to Caroline
Boadmer, of Scioto County. They have three children living
- Frank H., Christopher and Caroline. Mr. Blum
is a member of the lodge at Portsmouth, No. 116, I. O. O. F., and
belongs to the Presbyterian church. His parents were natives
of Germany, and came to the United States in 1845. They are at
present making their home in Beaver County, Pa.
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DANIEL BODMER,
farmer, was born in Switzerland in 1841, a son of Henry Bodmer,
and was twelve years of age came with his parents of America.
In 1861 he enlisted in Company B, Twenty-second Ohio Infantry, and
in 1863 re-enlisted as a veteran in the same company, serving till
the close of the war. He participated in many hard-fought
battles, among them Iuka, Pittsburg Landing, Corinth. He was
discharged in 1865 and returned home and located on the farm where
he now resides. He was married in 1868 to Mary Ann Pick.
They have five children - Anna E., Lena E., Frederick W., Edward
D. and Charles A. Mr. Bodmer has served as School
Director. His brother, Godfried Bodmer, was born in
1843. He enlisted in 1861 in Battery L, First Ohio Artillery,
and served till the close of the war. He now resides in
Lawrence County, Ohio.
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JACOB BODMER, farmer,
was born in Switzerland in 1822, a son of Henry and Elizabeth
Bodmer, who with their family emigrated to America in 1854,
landing in New York July 6, and came direct to Portsmouth, Ohio.
He was married in 1854 to Catherine Troxler. They have
had fifteen children - Jacob, Matilda, Emma, Tena, Wilhelmina,
Josephine, Gotleib, Frederick, Mary, Charles, Albert, John, and
three died in childhood. Mr. Bodmer came to this
country a poor man, but by industry has accumulated a good property.
His father's family consisted of nine children - Jacob, Mary,
Daniel, Godfried, Susan, Mary Ann, John, Barbara and
Elizabeth. His father died in 1879, aged eighty-three
years.
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SAMUEL BONSER, son of
Isaac and Abigail (Burt) Bonser, was born in Northumberland
County, Pa., Sept. 30, 1795, and when one year old was brought to
Ohio by his parents. His father was a millwright by trade, and
in 1797, with the assistance of his neighbors, he built a grist-mill
on Bonser's Run. He died in this county in 1849,
aged eighty-three years. His wife was a native of New Jersey,
and died near Sciotoville in 1853, in her eighty-third year.
Our subject was married to Hannah Mead, Aug. 5, 1819.
They were blessed with thirteen children, of whom nine are living.
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STEPHEN BOREN was
born in Beaver County, Pa., Dec. 13, 1811. He was reared on a
farm, but upon reaching manhood learned the stone-cutter's trade,
which he worked at several years. In 1855 he came to Ohio and
settled on the farm where he now resides. He has 104 acres,
which is underlaid with several veins of iron ore of a superior
quality. Mr. Boren was married in 1830 to Elizabeth,
daughter of John Stewart, of Beaver County, Pa. They
had a family of eight children, six now living. Mrs. Boren
died July 26, 1872. June 24, 1874, Mr. Boren married
Eva Hauk, a native of Butler County, Pa. Mr. Boren
is politically a Republican. He has filled the office of
School Director nine years. He is a member of the Methodist
church.
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ALFRED BOYER,
Treasurer of Scioto County, Ohio, was born near McConnellsville,
Fayette Co., Pa., Oct. 16, 1833, the son of Jonathan and Jemima
(Tipton) Boyer. When he was a year old his parents came to
Ohio and settled at Scioto Furnace, and when he was ten years old
they removed to a farm in Harrison Township. When he was
twenty-one years of age, in 1854, his father gave him an ox team and
wagon, and he went to work at the Harrison Furnace. In 1855 he
worked at the Scioto Furnace, and in the spring of 1856 went to the
Jackson Furnace, Jackson County. During the season of 1857 he
was at the Bloom Furnace in Scioto County, and in the spring of 1858
was employed as collier by Allen Cole and John Paul,
remaining with them five years. He then worked at the Empire
furnace a year, and in the fall of 1865 removed to a farm he had
purchased in Harrison Township, where he still resides. He has
152 acres of fine land. In 1880 he was elected Treasurer of
Scioto County, and re-elected in 1882, his term expiring in
September, 1884. April 11, 1856, he married Temperance,
daughter of Allen and Hettie (Burt) Purdy. Their
children are - Alice, Amanda, Isabelle, William Duncan, Viola,
Jonathan, Luella, Wilson, Halley and Oren. Mr. Boyer
is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of Western Sun Lodge, No.
91, Wheelersburg; Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 23, and Calvary
Commandery, No. 13, Portsmouth, and Sovereign Consistory, S. P. R.
S., Cincinnati. He is also a member of Scioto Lodge, No. 5, I.
O. M.
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ORIN G. BOYNTON was
born in Haverhill, Scioto Co., Ohio, Feb. 11, 1853, the youngest son
of Peter F. and Eliza J. Boynton. He was reared on his
father's farm, receiving a common-school education. He is a
descendant of one of the oldest families of the original French
Grant. He is one of the most successful wheat-growers of the
valley. He is well informed on all general topics, and as a
trader is shrewd but honorable. He was married in 1877 to
Emania, daughter of Horace and Mary C. Bush, of Ironton,
Ohio. They have two children - Mary H. and Helen.
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JOSEPH BRANDT was
born Jan. 13, 1813, in Columbiana County, Ohio, his parents having
moved there in 1804. In 1832 they removed to Scioto County,
and in 1836 the father, Christian Brandt, died, and the
mother, Elizabeth Brandt, died at an advanced age about 1870.
Our subject spent his boyhood days on a farm in his native county,
and in 1836, after coming to Lucasville, was married to Mary
Vannort. She died in 1838 leaving two children. This
union was blessed with six boys and four girls, all of whom grew to
maturity. Mr. Brandt in his later years began
blacksmithing and wagon-making.
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JOSEPH H. BRANDT, JR.,
youngest son of Joseph and Susan Brandt, was born Dec. 13,
1858, and was educated in the school of Lucasville. At the age
of nineteen years he entered the store of B. G. Warwick, with
whom he remained till his death, since which time he has been agent
for Mrs. Warwick. He was elected clerk of Valley
Township in 1881 and reelected in 1882 and 1883. He was
married July 26, 1881, to Miss S. c. Funk. They have
one son - Clyde, born Mar. 7, 1883.
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ADOLPH BRASE,
manufacturer of tinware and dealer in hardware, house-furnishing
goods and musical instruments, was born in Newrode, Prussia, Jan.
10, 1837. His father, Joseph Brase, was a soldier in
the Prussian army, and fought under Blucher in the battle of
Waterloo. He received, as a reward for his valor, a medal,
which is now in the possession of his son, Adolph. He
died July 4, 1876. His wife, Barbara Brase, is still
living in Germany. Adolph is their only child.
After his arrival in America, in 1859, he worked at the machinist's
trade in Philadelphia till 1860 and then removed to Portsmouth,
working at his trade several years, and afterward was an engineer on
the river steamboats. He was a soldier in the union Army in
the late civil war. He was enabled, by economy and business
tact, to save money, and after the war startled in business for
himself in Sciotoville. In 1871 he moved his business to Oak
Hill, Jackson County, leaving his family in Sciotoville and has
since been engaged in his present business. He has taken out
four patents, all of which have proved successful. He was
married in 1859 in York, England, to Martha Bosamworth,
a native of that city, born May 29, 1839. They have had seven
children, six of whom are living - Joseph, Martha, Alice, Gladdy,
Emma and Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Brase are members of
the Protestant Episcopal church. He is a member of the Western
Sun Lodge, No. 91, A. F. & A. M., Wheelersburg, Ohio.
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BENJAMIN J. BRATT,
a native of England, was born June 5, 1819, a son of Moses Bratt,
who came to America and after locating a home sent for his family,
they arriving in Philadelphia in August, 1822. His father was
killed by being thrown from a buggy by a runaway team, his wife
having both her lower limbs broken at the same time.
Benjamin J. worked in the iron mines till twenty-one years of
age. In 1847 he came to Ohio, locating at Hanging Rock,
Lawrence County. In 1856 he went to Portsmouth and for sixteen
years was manager of Gaylord & Co.'s rolling-mill. In the
spring of 1870 he bought the farm of 150 acres, where he now
resides, near Wheelersburg. He was married in 1839 to Mary
Williams, a native of England and a daughter of Joseph and
Mary Williams. Of their nine children but four are living
- Maria E., Anna L., Joseph W. and Benjamin C. Mr.
Bratt was a member of the Council while in Portsmouth and has
served as Trustee of Porter Township. He is a member of the
Masonic fraternity.
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H. N. BRIDWELL was
born in Adams County, Ohio, in 1835, a son of James and Mary
(Humble) Bridwell. His father died in 1858. He came
to this country with his parents in 1841, and lived on a farm till
the breaking out of the Rebellion. In April, 1861, he enlisted
in Company D, Twenty-second Ohio Infantry, for three months.
He was discharged Aug. 19, and Oct. 21, he enlisted in Company D,
Fifty-sixth Ohio Infantry. He passed through the different
promotions till he was discharged as Second Lieutenant. He
re-enlisted Jan. 31, 1864, and served till Apr. 25, 1866. He
was in the battles of Port Gibson, Sabin Cross Roads, Champion Hills
and others. At Champion Hills he received a wound in his right
arm which paralyzed it, disabling him from further service. He
was largely on special duty, often acting in courts of inquiry.
He was an efficient and intrepid officer and has many records and
testimonials of his invaluable aid to his country. He now
lives a quiet life, being disabled for manual labor, maintained by
the generosity of his Government. He was married in 1863 to
Mary M. Hall. Of the seven children born to them but
four are living, three dying in infancy - William E., Charles S.,
Elma A. and Anna H.
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JOHN K. BRIGGS,
Treasurer of Washington Township and farmer, was born in 1826, a son
of Samuel C. and Rebecca (Timbrooks) Briggs. He has 120
acres of excellent land all well-improved. He has been
Treasurer of the township twelve or fourteen years. He has
been married three times. His first wife was Mary Miller.
They had a family of five children - Aaron, Laura, Mary M.,
Charles and Frank. His second wife, James Smith,
left one child - Bertha. His present wife, Mary M.
(Smith) Miller, was a sister of his second. Mr.
Briggs's parents were natives of Virginia and early settlers of
Scioto County. They were members of the Methodist church and
zealous workers in the cause of Christianity. To them were
born eight children, of whom five are now living- John K.,
William H., Hannah, Henry and Rebecca. The eldest
and youngest are residents of this county. Aaron and
children are deceased. Mr. Briggs had been previously
married, his wife living but a short time. After the death of
his second wife he married Sarah Barber, who died soon after
marriage. He then married Marinda Barber. They
had a family of three children - Sarah, Joseph and E.,
all living in Scioto County. Mr. Briggs died 1856, age
sixty years.
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JOSEPH BRIGGS, son of
Samuel C. and Miranda (Barber) Briggs, was born in Scioto
County, in 1844. He was reared on the home farm near
Portsmouth, and attended the district schools. He was married
in 1870 to Ermina, daughter of James Thoraoman, of
Portsmouth. Three children have blessed this union - Forest
C., Cora and Electa. Mr. Briggs owns a fine
farm of 200 acres. He and wife are active members of the
Methodist Episcopal church of Portsmouth. His father was born
in Pennsylvania in 1894, and was first married to Rebecca
Tunbrooks, who died in 1840, leaving six children, of whom five
are living. He was married in 1843 to Miranda Barber,
who bore him three children - Joseph, our subject; Sarah
A. and Louisa E. He came to Ohio about 1817,
and followed farming till his death, which occurred in July, 1861.
Our subject's mother was born in Portsmouth in 1814 and is still
living.
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STEPHEN
BRODBECK, deceased, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1811, and in
1835 came to the United States. He spent the first year in New
Orleans, then, coming up the river, spent a short time in Quincy,
Ill., and subsequently came to Portsmouth, where he died in 1874, aged
sixty-three years. He was married after coming to this country
to Rosa Legler. They reared a family of fie
children, and lost two infancy. Mrs. Brodbeck
died in 1858, and the following year Mr. Brodbeck
married Miss Otstott, of Columbus, Ohio. They
had no children. She died in the spring of 1883. In 1850
Mr. Brodbeck, in company with M. Craus,
opened a dry goods store, but two years later Mr. Kraus
withdrew, and Mr. Brodbeck afterward carried
Infirmary Director. Of his children, George W.,
the eldest son, is a resident of Pike County; Ellen
married John Booth, and died in 1875, aged thirty-one
years; Peter Stephen died in 1863, aged seventeen
years; Frederic is a merchant of Portsmouth, and
Mary is a resident of this city. Frederic
was born Sept. 20, 1849. He was married in 1874, to
Malinda Leese, a native of Maryland. They have two
children - Stephen and Oscar Frederic.
A daughter, Minnie Garfield, died at the age of two
years. Mr. Brodbeck is Infirmary Director and
Canal Collector.
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VINCENT
BRODBECK was born in Germany, Jan. 17, 1817, a son of
Anthony Brodbeck. When he was eight years of age his
mother died and he was bound to an uncle, where he had very little
school advantages, and by hard work and ill treatment lost his health.
When he was fourteen years of age he hired out by the season. In
1835, with his father and family, he came to the United States.
They were fifty days at sea on the sailing vessel Bolivar. They
landed at New Orleans in November, where Vincent worked at the
carpenter's trade for $1.75 a day. March 1, 1836, they moved to
Natchez, and he worked on the railroad a month. They then
started for Troy, N. Y., where an elder brother, who had preceded them
to America by eighteen months, resided but the canal being broken they
were obliged to stop at Portsmouth, and through the advice of Vincent
concluded to remain. The latter worked two weeks for
McDowell, Davis & Co., and then went to Gaylord's Rolling
Mill and remained till August when his father persuaded him to take
charge of the boarding house. In 1838 he opened a grocery store,
which he carried on over forty years, retiring from business in June,
1881, when he sold out to J. M. Wendlekin. He
was married Nov. 2, 1838, to Ottilia Mees,
a native of Germany. They have three children -
Elizabeth B., wife of Joseph Hornung; Rosa Ellen,
wife of Herman Herms; Ottilia, wife of J. M.
Wendlekin. Mr. Brodbeck has been a member of the German
Methodist church thirty-eight years.
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CHARLES N.
BROMBACHER was born in Baden, Germany, in 1843, and in 1866
came to the United States, locating in Portsmouth, Ohio. He was
employed in a furniture factory and as house carpenter, and in 1870,
in company with Charles Seiffer, opened the Harmonia
Beer Gardens. In the spring of 1872 he sold out to
Seiffer and opened a beer hall on Chillicothe street. A
year later he became associated with Peter Oelschaeger
in the manufacture of boxes. In 1877 he sold his interest and
opened his present saloon and billiard hall. Mr.
Brombacher was married in 1866 to Mary Barbara
Baeckert, of Baden, Germany. They came to the United
States on the same steamer, and were married a few days after the
landing. They have three children - Emily, Bertha
and Mary Barbara.
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W. C. BROOKS
was born in
1836 in Vermont, a son of Cyrus and Sophia (Hassetine) Brooks.
His father died in New York, July 9, 1858. His mother is
living in Covington, Ky. Their children are - W. C., E. C.,
of Ironton, and L. H., of Cincinnati. W. C.
Brooks was the first man to enlist in the late war for three
years, west of the Scioto River, in Scioto County. He enlisted
in Company I, Twenty-sixth Ohio Infantry; was captured by John
Morgan in 1862. He was discharged with recommendations for
the Adjutancy of the Fifth Virginia. In 1865 he re-enlisted in
Company I, One Hundred and Fortieth O. N. G. He was appointed
Orderly Sergeant and was on guard duty in West Virginia. When
sixteen years of age he began teaching and after his return from the
war resumed that occupation. From 1871 till 1876 he was on a
steamboat running from Cincinnati to New Orleans. In the
latter year he moved to the farm where he still resides. He
was married New Year's Eve, 1858, to Eliza, daughter of
John C. Hutton. But four of the six children born to them
are living - Elizabeth, Albert, William and Frederick.
Mary and Frank are deceased. Mr. Brooks
has held most of the township offices. He is a member of
Bailey Post, G. A. R., Portsmouth. Mrs. Brooks's father
was born in Nile Township, Dec. 12, 1808, a son of James and
Elizabeth (Harmon) Hutton. His parents had a family of
eight children - Sarah, George, John C., Henry, Isabelle, Mary,
James and Middleton, the latter being the only one
living. He is a resident of Jones County, Iowa. John
C. married, June 13, 1828, Frances Burris. They had
a family of nine children, but five now living - James, Mary,
Eliza, Rachel and Lucretia. Middleton, Sarah A.,
John and Otho are deceased. Middleton
and John enlisted in Company D, Fifty-sixth Ohio Infantry.
The former was discharged on account of ill-health and the latter
died at Helena, Ark., in the fall of 1862. Mr. Hutton
was a prominent man of Nile Township. He died April 26, 1870.
Mrs. Hutton died July 15, 1877.
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SAMUEL BROUS was born
in Washington Township, Scioto County, Ohio, in 1821, a son of
John A. and Hannah Brous. He lived on a farm until
after becoming of age, when he was a steward on a steamboat and
flatboat some time. He returned to the farm, where, with the
exception of four years spent in merchandising in Clermont County,
he has since lived. He owns ninety acres of highly cultivated
land. He was married Jan. 13, 1848, to Eliza, daughter
of Solomon McCall, an old settler of Nile Township. Six
children have been born to them - Maggie, Amos M., Rose, Birdie,
Eliza A. and Emma (deceased). Mr. Brous's
father was a native of Virginia, and in 1803 came with his family to
Ohio, settling on the farm adjoining the one where his son now
lives. He bought a small farm on which he lived a number of
years, then bought seventy-five acres in the lower part of the
township. He served in the war of 1812, and was once taken
prisoner by the Indians. He received land warrants for his
services to his country. He assisted in building the first
frame house built in Portsmouth. He died in 1858, aged
seventy-eight years. His wife died in 1859, aged seventy-two
years. Their children were - Elizabeth, Nancy, Ellen,
Hannah, Cynthia, Letitia, Mary, James, Samuel and Andrew.
Nancy resides in Iowa, Letitia in Kansas,
Sarah in Scioto County. The others are deceased.
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W. C. BROUSE, farmer, was
born in Scioto County, Mar. 22, 1849, a son of James S. and Ada
J. (Baldridge) Brouse, and grandson of John Brouse.
He attended the district school in early life, and later graduated
at a commercial college. He now resides on the old homestead,
to which he has added 100 acres since his father's death. he
now has 113 acres of excellent land which he has been farming for
several years. He was married Mar. 25, 1873, to Eliza,
youngest daughter of Dr. C. W. Veach. They have two
children - Adah May and James Stanley. Dr. Veach
was born in 1809, and was married in 1832 to Elizabeth Burrep,
of Mount Carmel, Ky., who died in 1849. They were the parents
of nine children, of whom four are living - Holland T. and
Sarah, residing in Kansas; Horatio, in Indian Territory;
and Eliza, in Scioto County, Ohio, There deceased are -
Ruth, John E., Eliza, and twins who died in infancy. The
Doctor was the first physician of Nile Township, Scioto County, and
was beloved by all who knew him. He attended the Medical
College in his early life, and thoroughly understood his profession.
He died in October, 1850.
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GEORGE BROWN
was born in Bavaria, Germany, Apr. 3, 1818. He came to the
United States, in 1848, locating first in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a year
later removed to Junior Furnace, where he worked three and a half
years. He came to Portsmouth in 1852, where he has worked at the
carpenter's trade, which he learned in the old country. He was
married in 1848 to Anna Ruhs, a native of Germany.
She died in 1863 leaving six children - Mary, wife of
Ernest Klein, of Ironton; John; Margaret,
wife of John Mentel; Anna, widow of Jacob
Wagner, of Ironton; Catherine, Barbara
(deceased). Mr. Brown was married in 1864 to
Malinda Hoffman, widow of John Hoffman,
who was killed in battle of the Rebellion, and left a family of four
children - Lizzie, now Mrs. Joseph
Denzer; Margaret, now Mrs. John Brown;
John, of Virginia, and Nicholas.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown have three children -
George, now learning telegraphy; Caroline
and Henry. George lost his
right arm by the discharge of a gun, in his own hands, in 1881.
Mr. Brown is a member of the German Catholic church.
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JOSEPH S. BROWN was
born in Scioto County, Ohio, Oct. 26, 1826, a son of Thomas H.
and Mary (Webber) Brown, natives of New Hampshire. His
father died when he was an infant and he was reared by his
grandfather, Rev. John Webber an Old School Presbyterian
minister. His grandfather was a thorough scholar, and was one
of the most prominent ministers of his day. He was well known
in Ohio and universally respected. He finally located in
Dayton, Ohio, where he died in 1858, aged ninety-three years.
Joseph S. accompanied his grandfather to Dayton and remained
with him till his death and then returned to Scioto County. He
was married in 1853 to Harriet M., daughter of James and
Hannah Gibbons, early pioneers of Ohio.
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PETER H. BROWN, SR., was
born in Ross County, Ohio, Dec. 10, 1822, a son of Alexander and
Hester Ann (Sterling) Brown, natives of Virginia, who settled in
Ross County about 1805. His Grandfather Brown was a
native of Germany but an early settler of Ross County. His
Grandfather Sterling was of Irish descent. His father
was born June 4, 1795, married Jan. 5, 1815, and died Oct. 8, 1830.
In 1833 his mother and three children, Peter H., Mary
and Sarah, removed to Scioto County and settled in Union, now
Rush Township. Three children - James, William and
Charity - died in Ross County. He was married in April,
1843 to Lydia J., daughter of George and Mary Beloat
and settled on the farm where he still resides. He now owns
541 acres, a part of which is the valuable Scioto Valley bottom
lands. But three of the six children are living - Mrs. Mary
V. Shelpman, Peter H., Jr., and George W.
The deceased are - George W., William H. and Hester Ann.
Mrs. Brown died in April, 1877, aged nearly fifty years.
Politically Mr. Brown is a Republican. He has
represented his township in most of its offices; his filled with
credit the offices of Trustee and Treasurer and has been a leading
member of the Board of Education many years. He has been a
member of the Baptist church since 1839.
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RANSOM BROWN was born
in Grafton County, N. H., May 18, 1804, eldest son of David and
Sarah (Hubbard) Brown the former a native of England and the
latter of New England, of English origin. In 1816 Ransom
Brown came with his father's family to Ohio and settled in
Scioto County, where his parents resided till 1824, when they moved
to Pike and spent the remainder of their lives. Our subject
was married in Madison Township, Dec. 25, 1829, to Sarah Rickard,
a native of Delaware, who came to Scioto County in 1815. This
union was blessed with nine children, of whom seven are living.
Mr. Brown is a self-made man, and by his own exertions has
accumulated a large property.
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A. BRUNNER,
successor to R. Brunner, dry goods, corner of Market
and Second streets, Portsmouth, was born in Switzerland, in 1838.
The business was established in 1852 by his brother, R.
Brunner, who died in 1877, in his fifty-sixth year, when his
brother, our subject, succeeded him. He keeps a full line of dry
goods, carpets, oil cloths, matting and notions, and has a large and
increasing trade. His clerks are gentlemanly, and every
attention is shown his customers. Mr. Brunner
was married in 1863 to Frederica Wirtz. They
have a family of nine children.
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BENJAMIN BRUSH
was
born in Suffolk County, N. Y., Apr. 1, 1817, a son of Joseph and
Amy (Smith) Brush, his father a native of New York and his
mother of Connecticut. His parents came to Ohio, locating in
Haverhill, Scioto County, in 1822, where they both died. Of
their family of seven children but two are living - Joseph, a
resident of Lawrence County, and Benjamin. The latter's
early life was spent on a farm and attending a subscription school.
The education received there was very limited, and after reaching
manhood he worked at the shoemaker's trade, and earned the money to
enable him to attend Granville University, in Licking County, where
he fitted himself for a teacher, and afterward taught several terms.
He then settled on a farm and has since followed that occupation.
In 1846 he married Ellen, daughter of Benjamin and
Mary Butterfield, a native of Scioto County. Of their
eight children but six are living - Charles, Mary, Amy, Benjamin,
Eliza and William A. Mr. Brush's farm contains 300
acres of fine land, with a two-story brick residence, and good farm
buildings. Politically he is a Republican. He has served
as Justice of the Peace six years and as Township Clerk twenty-five
years. He is a strong Prohibitionist, and for thirty years has
been a member of the Methodist church.
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JOHN F. BRUSHART,
jobber in groceries, provisions and produce, corner Fifth and
Chillicothe streets, Portsmouth, Ohio. This house was
established in 1877, by Richardson & Brushart, John R.
Brushart clerking for them. At the expiration of five
years he purchased the entire stock. This building is crowded
with goods, the cellar containing sugars, syrups, lard, bacon, cheese,
fish, stoneware and potatoes; the first floor, a general line of
groceries; the second floor, coffee, wooden ware, flour and soaps.
He delivers all goods, free of charge, to any part of the city.
His annual sales amounting from $50,000 to $60,000. Jno.
F. Brushart was born in Jackson County, Ohio, Oct. 25, 1856.
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MILTON BUCK was born
Oct. 5, 1829, in what is now Jackson County. He was married in
1851 to Hannah, daughter of David Wynne, of Jackson
County, and has a family of three children - Susan J., wife
of James Armstrong; Catherine A. and Thomas J.
He has always followed farming, and in 1875 removed to the farm
where he now resides and which he is superintending for A. M.
Damarin, of Portsmouth. His father, Thomas Buck,
was born about 1800, in Greenbrier County, Va., and was a farmer by
occupation. He settled in Gallia County, Ohio, where he
resided till his death, in 1855. His wife was a native of
Ohio.
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JOSEPH
H. BUMGARNER was born in Scioto County, Ohio, Apr. 27, 1834,
a son of Daniel and Amy (Brush) Bumgarner his father a native
of Virginia, born in 1800, and his mother a native of New York, born
in 1807, a sister of Benjamin Brush of this township.
Of a family of ten children but two are now living - Mrs. Minerva
Davidson, of "Lawrence County, and Joseph H. His
mother died Mar. 29, 1883. Joseph H. was reared on a
farm, and has always followed that vocation. His farm contains
100 acres of fine bottom land, and he makes a specialty of wheat
growing and stock-raising, having some of the finest Poland China
pigs in the county. Mr. Bumgarner has never married.
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JOHN
BURKE was born in Butler County, Pa., June 3, 1822. His
parents died when he was about thirteen years of age, and he was
thus early thrown on his own resources. When fifteen years of
age, and he was thus early thrown on his own resources. When
fifteen years of age he became apprenticed to learn the blacksmith's
trade, and after serving his time worked at it twenty years.
In 1842 he came to Ohio and worked at Franklin Furnace, Scioto
County, three years. In 1845 he removed to Junior Furnace,
remaining there till 1861, when he bought forty-five acres of land
and began farming. He has added to it from time to time till
he now has 475 acres of fine land. He was married in 1845 to
Dollie Songer, of Franklin Furnace. They have had
twelve children, but ten now living - Mary J., Davis, John,
Elizabeth A., Albert, Flora, William E., Charles W., Frank and
Jesse. Alice died in infancy, and George died in
1878.
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OLIVER H. P. BURKE
was born in Scioto County, Ohio, Sept. 6, 1813, a son of Wm. M.
and Elizabeth (McCormick) Burke, his father born in Uniontown,
Pa., in 1771, and his mother of Irish extraction. His parents
were married in 1798, and in 1800 came to Ohio, and settled at the
mouth of Sandy Creek, but were driven away by the Indians and went
to Kentucky. In 1805 they returned and settled on the French
Grant, where his mother died in 1852. In 1855 his father went
to Illinois, where he died in1856, a family of eight children, but
three now living. Oliver H. P. was reared on a farm, and has
made that his life-work. He was married in 1838 to Melissa,
daughter of John and Elizabeth Gray, of Greenup County, Ky.
She died in 1841, leaving two children, both now deceased. The
daughter died at the age of two years, and the son, Eugene,
was shot during the late war at the battle of Little Vienna, Va.
Mr. Burke married Elizabeth, daughter of James
Thompson, of Virginia. They have nine children - Julia
E., William M., Susan M., Thomas J., Perry M., Nannie S., Mary P.,
Seymour P., and Henrietta B. Mr. Burke has a fine
farm and devotes his time to the raising of small grains and grass,
giving considerable attention to Alderney cattle. His
grandfather, Wm. Burke, was a soldier in the Revolutionary
war under General Washington.
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ADAM BURKEL,
son of Adam Burkel, Sr., was born Nov. 9, 1830, in
Rhine Falls, Bavaria, Germany, and came to America in 1855, since
which time he has resided in Portsmouth. He learned the tailor's
trade in the old country, which he has followed through life, and for
the past fifteen years, has been engaged in cutting altogether.
He is at present working for Miller, Cissna & Co.,
with whom he has been connected for eleven years. He was married
May 25, 1858, to Christina Young, a native of
Germany, where she was born in 1838. She came to America in
1844, and made her home in Pike County, Ohio. They have had
thirteen children, ten of whom are living - Valentine,
Christina, Katie, Philip, John, Adam, Edna, Evaline, Willie, Harry;
Barbara and two by the name of Minna died
young. Mr. Burkel belongs to the Republican
party.
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WILLIAM BURT,
plumber, was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, Oct. 14, 1829, a son of
Thomas Burt, shoemaker, who was also a native of Scioto
County, and died in 1872, aged seventy-five years. When fourteen
yeas of age he went to work for William Maddocks to
learn the trade of a machinist, remaining with him seven years.
He then ran a sawmill engine two years, after which he was employed on
packet boats two years. He brought the first steam ferry-boat to
Portsmouth, and ran it across the river to the Kentucky side fourteen
months. The next year he ran a flat-boat across the river.
In 1852 he began to work on the Portsmouth Branch of the M. & C. R. R.
as a fireman; was soon promoted to engineer and ran the first engine
in Jackson. He was master mechanic of the road three years.
In 1864 he returned to the river and, owning an interest in a boat,
became a member of the Portsmouth & Big Sandy Packet Company. In
1870 he went to Ashland, Ky., and took charge of the rolling stock of
the Lexington & Big Sandy Railroad a year. In 1871 he returned
to Portsmouth and became associated with John Jones in the plumbing
Business. The following year they dissolved partnership, and for
a time Mr. Claff, but is now doing business alone.
He is serving his second term as Trustee of the water-works, and is
President of the board. He was married in 1851 to
Rebecca Davis. They have a family of three sons and
four daughters. Mr. Burt is a member of the I.
O. O. F. fraternity.
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NATHANIEL G. BURTON
was born in Gallia County, Ohio, Mar. 18, 1847, a son of James
and Araminta (Blankenship) Burton, natives of Virginia.
His youth was spent around furnaces and in attending the district
schools, and in 1864 he enlisted in the One Hundred and
Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry, and served eleven months. He was
in the Twenty-third Army Corps, and participated in the battle of
Kingston, and the battle of Nashville, Tenn., and many other
important skirmishes, and was mustered out June, 1865. The
same year he was married to Mary, daughter of William and
Catherine Canter. They have a family of six children -
Norval R., Katie M., James W., Isaac W., Thomas W. and Martha
J. Mr. Burton's farm contains 140 acres of excellent land,
underlaid with iron ore. He and his wife are members of the
United Brethren church, of which he is Class-Leader and Trustee.
His father was born in1810, and came to Gallia when a boy of seven
years. Most of his life was spent in and about furnaces, but
he is at present living on a farm of our subject, as is also his
wife. This couple reared a family of seven children, of whom
six are still living.
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