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1883
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Washington Twp. -
THOMAS CALDWELL was born in North
Ireland in the year 1800. In 1821 he married
Margaret Johnson. The following year they set
sail for St. John's, New Brunswick, where they stayed a
short time, then crossed the Bay of Fundy to Nova
Scotia, where they remained until 1834, when they
emigrated to Medina County, Ohio. They remained at
this place until 1838, then moved to Shelby County and
located below Sidney, where he superintended work on the
canal feeder for a time, then took a sub-contract on the
canal, which he completed in the fall of 1841. The
same fall he bought eighty acres of land in Washington
Township and moved upon it. Mr. and Mrs.
Caldwell raised a family of nine children, seven of
whom are still living, viz., John, Sarah, Mary,
Robert, James, Samuel and Margaret. Of
this number Sarah, Mary, and James are in
the county.
John, the eldest of the family, went to
California in 1850. He worked in the mines a
couple of years and was then elected to the Slate
Legislature. After filling his term in the
Legislature he read law, was elected Judge for the
county, and is now on the Bench of Supreme Court as
Judge of the State of California. James,
who is now on the home place, was born in Nova Scotia in
1834, has remained on the homestead all his life, and is
now its proprietor.
Thomas Caldwell died in 1847. Mrs.
Caldwell, after the death of her husband, kept
her family together and raised them up to man and
womanhood. She still survives and is hale and
hearty at the age of eighty years.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 289 |
Washington Twp. -
THE CAMPBELL AND
MONROE FAMILIES. The Campbells are
of Irish descent. They came to America during the
seventeenth century and settled in Virginia. It
was here in Loudon County that Wm. Campbell was
born, about 1707. Here he lived, and died about
1810, at the age of one hundred and three years.
Andrew Campbell, his son, was born in 1768, and
lived there to marry Jane Carr. They raised
a family of eight children. Eliza, the
eldest of these, was born in Virginia in 1804, and
married Henson Monroe in 1819. they had
born to them sixteen children, fifteen of whom grew to
manhood and womanhood. Their names are as follows:
Nancy, James, Mary, Henson S., Eliza, William, Sarah,
Emily, Jonathan, Virginia, Lydia, Amanda, John, Caroline,
and Josephine. Mr. Monroe settled in Shelby
County in 1834, where he died in 1853. His widow
settled in Shelby County in 1834, where he died in 1853.
His widow still survives and resides on the old
homestead they first bought Of this large family
of children there are still living.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 289 |
Salem
Twp. -
ANDREW CARGILL, son
of David and Mary A. Wyant Cargill, was born in
Zanesville, O., in the year 1836. His father with
his family moved to Shelby County in 1849. Here,
in the year 1862, Andrew married Miss Sarah
Stout. Their family consists of three
children, viz., Ulysses E., born 1863; Laura
A., born 1866; and Sherman G., born 1868.
Abram Stout, the father of Miss Cargill,
settled in Shelby County in 1830.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 340 |
Salem
Twp. -
ELBERT CARGILL, the
subject of this sketch, was born in New York in 1816.
In the year 1819 he was taken by his parents to
Muskingum County, O., where he lived till the year 1853,
when he moved to Shelby County. In 1838 he married
Miss Mary A. Launder, who was born in England in
the year 1819. Their family consists of six
children, viz., Elbert H., Isabel, Charles,
Anna, Alice, and Cora. The Cargills
originally are from Scotland, but the date of their
emigration to the United States cannot be given.
They first settled in the State of New York. The
Launders, Mrs. Cargill’s parents,
came from England to the United States in 1820, and
settled in Muskingum County. Mr. Cargill
is located on section 3, Salem Township, on what is
known as the Samuel Taylor farm, which was
entered as early as 1821.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 340 |
Salem
Twp. -
JOHN CARGILL, also a son of David
Cargill, was born in Zanesville, O., in 1829.
When twenty years of age he came to Shelby County.
He learned the cooper trade, which he followed for
several years; then bought a tannery, and for a number
of years has been engaged manufacturing leather.
In the year 1852 he married Margaret A. Strahlem.
By this union they have five children, Medora J.,
born 1853; Mary A., born 1855; Ellen E.,
born 1858; Emma M., born 1866, and Sarah B.,
born 1868.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 340 |
Jackson Twp. -
O. CARGILL, the only merchant in
Jackson Centre, was born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, May 25, 1833. In 1855 he came to
Salem Township, and worked at the cooper trade, which he
had learned at Zanesville. Leaving Salem Township
in 1860 he went to Butler County, where he worked about
two years at the same trade. About 1862 he came to
Sidney, a little later to Salem Township, and in a few
years moved back to Sidney. He then bought a farm
near town on which he lived until 1876, when he moved to
Jackson Centre, and opened a general supply store.
In this business he is still engaged, and doing a large
and prosperous trade. In 1877 he was appointed
post-master of the village, and still holds the
appointment. On the upper floor of his store
building the Masonic society has a hall, well fitted and
furnished. While not directly doing a hotel
business, the traveller in this section will find the
Cargill House a proper stopping place. In 1860
Mr. Cargill married Rose Ann Colgan, of
Dayton, Ohio. They have four children living,
named Allen L., Llewellyn, Clara, and Gracie.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 230 |
Dinsmore Twp. -
HON. J. M. CARSON was born in
Jackson Township, this county, June 7, 1846, and
continued in that township engaged in farming until
1863. In July, 1863, he enlisted in Co. G, 9th O.
Cav., and followed Sherman in his march to the
sea, receiving his discharge in August, 1865.
After the war he educated himself and taught school a
portion of the succeeding eight years. In 1876 he
became a member of the Lower House of the General
Assembly, where, after serving two years, he was elected
to the State Senate for the same period. In 1879
he accepted a clerkship in the Navy Department and so
remained in Washington, D. C., until April, 1881, when
he came to Anna and took charge of a warehouse. In
1882, he was elected Mayor of the town of Anna, and
Justice of the Peace. He is now here, engaged in
the grain, salt, lime, coal, flour and seeds trade,
doing a general warehouse business. His father was
a native of Ohio, and died in 1852. His mother, a
daughter of Benjamin Wallingsford, belonged to
the pioneers of Jackson Township, and died here in 1850.
Mr. Carson married Bessie E. Stanley Jan.
1, 1872. They have three children, named
Millard Everett, Oliver Paine, and Victor Vance.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 241 |
Orange Twp. -
WILLIAM CECIL, the father of
Mrs. Richard W. and Mrs. David Valentine was married
to Betsey Guthrie in 1809, in Virginia, and came
to Shelby County in 1814, and located on what is now the
infirmary farm.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 188 |
Turtle Creek Twp. -
WILLIAM W. CECIL, deceased, was
born in Pulaski County, Virginia, Oct. 8, 1786. On
the 19th day of September, 1808, he married Miss Anna
C. Wygal, of same county, born Sept. 24, 1787.
In the fall of 1812, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil came to
Ohio and located in Clarke County, remaining one winter,
or until in the spring of 1813, when they came to Shelby
County, and settled on section 17, Washington Township,
on which he resided until 1862, when he left his farm
and moved to Piqua, Miami County, where he died Sept.
12, 1865. He was married three times. His
first wife died Apr. 8, 1830, leaving him with a family
of nine children, viz., Bryan S., Purlina, Rhoda,
Mary E., Boston, Virginia, Ellen, Reuben, and De
Witt C. Only three of the number are now
living, viz., Bryan S., Rhoda, and Boston.
July 13, 1833, he married Mrs. Lydia Mellinger,
née Carey, by whom he had two children, John M.,
and Anna. Mrs. Cecil died
Aug. 1, 1838. He then married Mrs. Elizabeth
Stephens, Nov. 15, 1840, who was born Feb. 27,1794,
and died Aug. 3, 1856. Mr. Cecil was one of
the first associate judges of Shelby County, when the
court was held at Hardin. He was elected
commissioner of Shelby County in 1833, and served one
term. He was elected justice of the peace soon
after his settlement in Washington Township. His
son, Boston Cecil, now resides in Turtle Creek Township.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 305 |
Van Buren Twp. - |
JOHN S. CHOOLHOFF a native of
Hanover, was born in the year 1808, and came to this
county in 1838, when he settled in section 18 of this
township. In 1851 he was married in this county,
and has reared a family of eight children, named
Miana, Anna, Eliza, William, Mary, Henry, John, and
Rosena.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 253 |
Green Twp. -
DAVID CHRISMAN, deceased, was born
in Virginia Feb. 28, 1792. He migrated to Ohio
with his father and located in Hamilton County, where he
married Miss Leanah Stoneshaffer. In 1844
Mr. and Mrs. Chrisman came to Shelby County and
settled on section 13, where they made improvements and
passed the remainder of their days. Mr.
Chrisman died July 24, 1866. His companion
survived him until Dec. 5, 1870. They reared a
family of ten children, viz., Martha A., Alfred,
Emeline, Mary A., Eliza, Anna M., Rosanna, Sarah M.,
Harriet, and David A., four of whom are now
dead - Emeline, Sarah M., Martha A., and Anna
M.
Source: History of Shelby County,
Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 -
Page 206 |
Cynthian Twp. -
WILLIAM H. CHRISMAN was born in
Warren County, Ohio, in 1825. Frederick
Chrisman, his father, was born in Maryland in 1783.
Married Elizabeth Cyster in 1810. They came
to Cynthian in 1833, and located in section 27.
They reared a family of nine children. Mr. C.
died in 1853. Mrs. C. died in 1874.
William H. married Ann Gillespie in 1849.
The number of their children is six, as follows:
James G., William G., Garret, Catharine, Daniel
W., and Elliott.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 275 |
Loramie Twp. -
DAVID CLARK,
deceased, was born near Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 20, 1768,
where he passed his minority days on a farm. On
the 1st of May, 1800, he married Miss Nancy Ramsey,
of near Lancaster, Pa., where she was born July 3, 1777.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark came to Ohio in 1815 and
located in Hamilton County, remained until May, 1817,
when they moved to Miami County, O., and settled in
Newberry Township, remained until March, 1820, when they
came to Shelby County, and settled on the northeast
quarter of
section 19, Loramie Township, on which they passed the
remainder of
their days. Mr. Clark died Oct. 22, 1823;
his wife survived him until Jan. 14, 1848. They
reared a family of six children, viz., Samuel,
Thomas, Hannah, David, Margaret,
and James. David and James
are the only ones of the family that are now living, and
they reside in Loramie Township.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 313 |
Loramie Twp. -
DAVID CLARK, Retired Farmer,
third son of David and Nancy Clark, was born in
Washington County, Pa., Aug. 28, 1810. He came to
Shelby County with his parents in March, 1820, and
located in Loramie Township, where he has since resided.
On the 28th of January, 1836, he married Miss Sarah
M. Dye, of Miami County, O., born Mar. 18, 1806.
By this union he had three
children, one of whom is now living, viz., Nancy J.,
wife of Edward
Wall. His wife died Oct. 5, 1843. On the
1st of April, 1847, he married
Miss Margaret Morrow, who was born in Hamilton
County, O., Mar. 18, 1822, daughter of Daniel and
Mary Morrow. By this union he had eight
children, six of whom are now living, viz., Mary R.,
Thomas J., James D., William R., David H.,
and Fannie M.
Source: History of
Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton
& So. - 1883 - Page 313 |
Loramie Twp.
JAMES CLARK,
youngest son of David and Nancy Clark, was born
in Hamilton County, O., Oct. 19, 1816. He came to
Shelby County with his parents in March, 1820, and
located in Loramie Township. On the 2d of April,
868, he married Mrs. Harriet L. Riffle, widow of
Jacob Riffle, daughter of Isaac and Phebe
Winans, then of Cynthian Township, this county, but
a native of New Jersey, , where she was born Dec. 1,
1826. Mr. and Mrs. Clark settled on a part
of his father's home farm in section 19, on which they
lived until in the autumn of 871, when they moved on the
farm in section 8, on which they now reside. He
has made farming his vocation, and now owns two good
farms in Loramie Township.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio
- Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page
313 |
Dinsmore Twp. -
GEORGE CLINEHENS, deceased, was
born in Germany Mar. 24, 1815. He made farming his
avocation through life. In the beginning of the
year 1838, he immigrated to America and located in
Pittsburgh, Pa., where, on teh 7th of November, 1838, he
married Miss Eve Moot. Miss Moot was
born in Germany Feb. 12, 1815. She came to America
in the summer of 1838, and located in Pittsburgh.
Soon after marriage Mr. and Mrs. Clinehens moved
to Richmond, Indiana, remained about four years, or
until in 1842, when they came to Shelby County, and
settled on eighty acres of land, which is the south half
of the northwest quarter of section 29, Dinsmore
Township, on which Mr. Clinehens died Jan. 2,
1876. His companion is residing on the home farm.
They reared a family of eight children, and Philip R.,
all of whom are now living. David T. is
residing on the home farm in Dinsmore Township.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 243 |
Dinsmore Twp. -
DR. P. R. CLINEHENS, son of
George and Eve Clinehens, was born in Dinsmore
Township, this county, Feb. 14, 1855. He received
in common school education; also attended the union
school at Sidney one year, and then three years at
Lebanon, Ohio. In 1877 he began the study of
medicine under the tutorage of Dr. Le Fevre, of
Anna. He attended lectures at Cincinnati, and
graduated in the class of 1880, at the Cincinnati
College of Medicine and Surgery. In March, 1881,
he located at Botkins, where he has since been engaged
in the practice of medicine. Mar. 30, 1879, he
married Miss Lou E. Weatherhead, of Miami County,
Ohio, where she was born Dec. 15, 1862, by whom he has
one child, viz., Rolla H.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 245 |
Van Buren Twp. -
MICHAEL COCHLIN was born in
London, England, in 1820, and came here in 1837.
He was married in this county to Miss Catharine Hunt,
and has reared four children, named Laura, Thomas,
Elizabeth and Emma.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 254 |
Franklin Twp. -
WESLEY COLE was born in Pickaway
County, Ohio, Nov. 28, 1808, where he spent his minority
on a farm. On the 13th day of September, 1837, he
married Miss Mary 'A., daughter of George W.
and Nancy Glaze. Miss Glaze was born
in Maryland, Sept. 19, 1816, and came to Pickaway
County, Ohio, with her parents in 1827. In
November, 1837, Mr. and Mrs. Cole came to Shelby
County and settled on a farm in Franklin Township and
remained a number of years. In 1853 they moved on
the farm south of their old farm, where they now reside.
They reared a family of seven children, viz., Nancy
P., Dennith A. and Mary M. (twins),
Elizabeth I., Rosa A., George W., and S. Emma.
Nancy P.is now dead. His father, Shadrach,
was a soldier of the war of 1812.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 328 |
Van Buren Twp. -
ISAAC COLLINS, a farmer and
carpenter, came here with his father, and settled in
section 24 in 1837. He was born in Gallia County,
Ohio, in 1828. After coming to this township he
changed locations several times, at length settling in
section 22, where he now resides. In 1854 he was
married, and has reared three children named Maria
A., Martha J., and Nancy M. Samuel Collins,
father of the above, died here in 1858, aged
seventy-four years.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 253 |
Green Twp. -
EDWARD CONROY, Retired Farmer; P.
O. Tawawa, Ohio.
Mr. Conroy was born in Hampshire County,
Virginia, May 21, 1802. He is a son of Edward
and Jemima Conroy, who moved from Virginia to Ohio
in or about 1805, and located in Pickaway County,
remained until 1817, when they moved to Champaign
County, located one year, or long enough to raise one
crop, and from there they came to Shelby County in the
fall of 1818, and settled on the northeast quarter of
section 10, Green Township, on which they made
improvements, and passed the remainder of their days.
Mr. Conroy died Feb. 8, 1842. His companion
died Oct. 6, 1851. They reared a family of six
children, viz., Isaac, Catharine, Nancy, Edward,
Elizabeth, and Samuel. All are now dead
except Edward, the subject of this sketch, who is
now living on the old home farm in Green Township.
Dec. 23, 1835, he married Miss Rebecca Scorf, of
Greene County, Ohio, by whom he had four children,
Isaac N., Mary C., George W., and Martha E.
His companion died in 1851. He then married
Mrs. Frances Rock, nee' McFarland,
Dec. 24, 1853, who lived with him until Nov. 10, 1881,
when she was taken from him by death, leaving him to
fight the battles of life alone in his old days.
He is enjoying good health for one of his years,
honored and esteemed by all of his acquaintances, and
commonly known as Uncle Ed Conroy.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 206 |
Turtle Creek Twp. -
DAVID COON, deceased, was born in
Hampshire County, Va., in 1783. He was reared on a
farm. He came to Ohio some time prior to the year
1812, and located in Pickaway County. He served
several months in the war of 1812. He married
Miss Lucy Burton of Pickaway County. They
settled in Pickaway County, remained until 1817, when
they came to Shelby County, and settled on the west half
of section 19, Turtle Creek Township, on which they
passed the remainder of their days.
In 1825 he received his patent, signed by J. Q.
Adams, President of United States, dated at
Washington, D. C., Apr. 1, 18245, calling for the
southeast quarter of section 19. On Mar. 12, 1829,
he received a patent, signed by Andrew Jackson,
calling for the east half of the southwest quarter of
section 19, same township. These patents are now
in possession of his son, Alfred Coon, who owns
the home farm. Mr. Coon died in 1849, at
the age of sixty-six years. His companion died
1859, at the age of seventy-five years. They
reared a family of nine children, viz., David,
Catharine, Nancy, Elizabeth, George W., Alfred, Joshua,
John W., and Madison. David, Catharine,
Nancy, and Elizabeth are now dead.
George W. Coon is now residing in Dayton, Ohio.
Alfred and John W. lie in Turtle Creek
township, Shelby County, Ohio. Joshua is
living in Champaign County, Illinois, and Madison is
residing in Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. George
W. Coon served about one year in the Mexican war.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 298 |
Turtle Creek Twp. -
JOHN W. COON, Farmer; P. O.
Hardin, Ohio. Mr. Coon is the fifth son of
David and Lucy Coon. He was born on the
farm now owned by Alfred Coon in Turtle Creek
Township, Shelby County, Dec. 25, 1822, where he passed
his minority days working on the farm for his parents.
He received a common school education. Dec. 25,
1845, he married Miss Frances C. Mills, daughter
of Benjamin and Elizabeth Mills. Miss Mills
was born in Orange, Essex County, N. J., Sept. 23, 1827.
She came to Shelby County with her parents in 1836, ad
settled on a part of section 29, Turtle Creek Township.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Coon settled on her
father's home farm, remained a few years, then moved on
his father's home farm, remained until 1854, when he
purchased and moved on the west half of section 19,
Turtle Creek Township. In 1864 he purchased the
east half of section 24, joining his first purchase of
land on the west, on which they moved in November, 1870,
and have since resided. They have two children -
George B. and Gertrude. Mr. Coon has
made farming his principal avocation, and now owns a
good farm of 160 acres.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 298 |
Green Twp. -
ALBERT J. CORY, Plain and
Ornamental Plasterer; Tawawa, Ohio
Mr. Cory was borne in
Tyrone, Schuyler County, New York, Nov. 27, 1831, and
was brought to Ohio by his parents, Joseph L. and
Abigail Cory, who settled on a farm near the
northeast corner of Brown Township, Miami County, in
1832, where they remained several years, or until 1840,
when they moved to New Palestine, Shelby County, and
remained one year. In 1841 they moved on their
farm in Miami County where Mr. Joseph L. Cory
died June 8, 1865. He was a bricklayer and
plasterer by trade, having learned his trade in New
York, which he followed as his principal avocation
through life. His companion, Mrs. Cory,
died at the residence of her son, Albert J. Cory,
Oct. 18, 1869. They reared a family of two
children, Albert J. and Sarah C. W.
Sarah C. W. married Jasper Scott Dec. 11,
1856, and died Mar. 23, 1869.
In 1847 Albert J. Cory, subject of this sketch,
went to Spring Water, New York, for the purpose of
learning the tanner and currier trade with his cousin,
where he remained about one year, or until Aug. 23,
1848, when he returned to his home in Ohio, and began
working with his father at the bricklaying and
plastering trade, which he has since made his principal
vocation, having designed as well as built some of the
best dwellings in the vicinity in which he resides.
Oct. 14, 1852, he married Miss Hannah Woolley, by
whom he had two children, Oscar F. and
Clarence W. Oscar F. died Apr. 13,
1861.
Mr. and Mrs. Cory settled in New Palestine, where they
have since resided, with the exception of six eyars,
during which time they lived one year on a farm in Van
Buren Township, Shelby County, and from the spring of
1865 until the fall of 1869 they were living in
Indianapolis, Ind., where he was engaged at his trade.
Nov. 4, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, 42d O. V. I.,
and served his country faithfully for over three years,
and was honorably discharged from the service at
Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 3, 1864. He served under
Colonel, now General, Garfield, and was at the
battle of Tazwell, Tenn., Aug. 3, 4, 5, and 6, 1862.
He was taken prisoner at Cumberland Gap, Sept. 17, 1862,
and was in the rebels' hands as a prisoner one month and
thirteen days, when he was paroled and sent to the Union
lines, and again returned to his company. He was with
his regiment in the battle of Arkansas Post in 1863.
He witnessed the gunshot fight on Grand Gulf, Apr. 29,
1863. He was engaged in the battle of Thompson's
Hills, May 1, 1863, Champion Hills, May 16, 1863, Big
Black River, May 17, 1863, the siege of Vicksburg, which
lasted forty-seven days, the siege of Jackson, Miss.,
which lasted seven days. Also in other engagements
not here mentioned. A part of his time he was in
the regimental hospital, acting as hospital steward.
In September, 1855, he connected himself with the
Tawawa Lodge, No. 253, I. O. O. F., by initiation, and
passed the chairs while a member of that lodge. He
received a withdrawal card Feb. 10, 1866, from the
Tawawa Lodge, and deposited it in the Philoxenian Lodge,
No. 44, Metropolitan Encampment, No. 5, of Indianapolis,
Ind. In November, 1866, he was a representative to
the Grand Lodge of Indiana, and in November, 1867, he
was a representative of the Grand Encampment of Indiana.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 209 |
Green Twp. -
MADISON COVAULT, deceased, was
born in Clermont County, Ohio, Oct. 14, 1811. He
migrated to Miami County, where he married Mary A.
Robbins September 1, 1831. They settled in
Miami County, remained until September, 1846, when they
came to Shelby County, where Mr. Colvault died
Dec. 18, 1867. Mrs. Covault is living on
the home farm. They reared a family of ten
children, six sons and four daughters. One of the
sons, Elsbery G., served about three years in the
war of 1861.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 206 |
Cynthian Twp. -
HARRISON CROMER. The
Cromers, as far back as we can learn of them, are
from Kentucky. Abraham Cromer, with his
family, came from Kentucky to Miami Co., Ohio, some time
prior to the war of 1812. He served as a soldier
in that war, and was one of the party who found and
cared for Dilbone and Girard at their
massacre by Indians in 1813. He died near this
place. His wife, Hannah Cromer, died about
1876, aged ninety-eight years. Elnathan, a
son of the above, was born in Kentucky in the year 1808,
was brought by his parents to Miami County when a small
child, and has lived there from that time to the
present. He married Sarah Cavault in 1832.
They raised a family of nine children.
Harrison Cromer, of this township, was born in
Miami County in 1834. He is the eldest son of
Elnathan Cromer. He is a farmer, and has made
that his business through life. In 1856 he married
Phebe A. Gaskill, of Miami County. They
have seven children, viz., Laura P., William H.,
Thomas H., Mary A., Elnathan E., John M. and
Anna M. In 1868 he bought a farm in this
township, to which he moved his family. His farm
is among the best improved ones of the township.
He has erected upon it fine buildings and improvements,
all of which have been made by his own industry, never
having inherited anything.
Source: History of Shelby County,
Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 -
Page 273 |
Turtle Creek Twp. -
DR. CHARLES S. COWAN, son of
Dr. Wilson and Mary J. Cowan, was born in Hardin
Mar. 3, 1850. He was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan
University at Delaware, Mount Union College, and the
Miami University at Oxford, Ohio. He then read
medicine under Drs. Conklin and Toby at
Sidney, finally graduating fro the Miami Medical College
of Cincinnati in 1880. He then fully entered upon
the practice of medicine at Hardin, where he is still
engaged in professional labors. On Apr. 15, 1875,
he married Miss Anna M., daughter of William
and Margaret Thomas, of this county.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 303 |
Van Buren Twp. -
WILLIAM CRONING, a native of
Ireland, was born in County Cork, and settled in Shelby
County in 1847. He is a farmer by occupation.
Post-office address, McCartyville.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 254 |
Green Twp. -
JOSEPH H. CROUSE, Farmer; P. O.
Plattsville, Ohio.
In Berkeley County, West Va., on the 30th day of Nov.
1824, Mr. Crouse was born. His parents were
Michael and Elizabeth Crouse who came to Shelby
County in 1850, and settled in Green Township, where
they died several years since. Joseph H. Crouse
is of German descent on his father's side, and of
English extraction on his mother's. He received a
common school education. In 1845 he came to Ohio
and located in Greene County, remained until 1847, when
he came to Shelby County and stopped in Green Township.
Feb. 22, 1851, he married Miss Mary J. Chrisman
daughter of David and Leanah Chrisman. Miss
Chrisman was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, Feb. 29,
1828, and came to Shelby County with her parents in
1844, who settled in Green Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Crouse settled on a farm in Green
Township after living on rented farms for several years,
or until 1860, when he purchased a part of the N. W.
quarter of section 17, on which they moved in 1861, and
remained three years. Then in 1864 he sold his
land in section 17, purchased and moved on the farm in
section 24, near Plattsville, where they are now
residing owns a farm of 62½
acres of good land and under a good state of
cultivation. |
Green Twp. -
ROBERT C. CUNNINGHAM, Retired
Farmer.
Mr. Cunningham was born in Butler County, Ohio,
May 16, 1798. He was taken to Greene County, Ohio,
by his parents about 1800, where he passed his boyhood
days. Sept. 4, 1817, he married Miss Margaret
A. Berryhill, of Greene County. They settled
in Greene County, remained two years or until September,
1819, when they came to Shelby County, made
improvements, and settled on the S. E. quarter of
section 7, Green Township, on which he has since
resided, having lived on teh one farm sixty-two years.
His companion died Aug. 3, 1878, aged 81 years, 3 mos.
and 4 days. He is still living, and enjoying good
health for one of his years. They reared a family
of ten children, viz., James, Elizabeth, Sarah, John,
Margaret A., Martha, Mary, Ellen, Nancy, and
Andrew. Four of the number are now dead, viz.,
Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, and Andrew.
Andrew Cunningham served about six months in the war
of 1861. Ellen is still at home, taking care of
her aged father in his feeble days.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 208 |
Franklin Twp. -
DANIEL CURTNER, Dealer in General
Merchandise, Anna, O.
Mr. Curtner was born in Franklin Township,
Shelby County, Ohio, Aug. 7, 1837. He is a son of
Peter and Sophia Curner, who came from Montgomery
County, Ohio, to Shelby County in 1833 or '34 and
settled in Franklin Township, where Mr. Peter Curtner
died in 1844. His companion married a man by the
name of Young, and is now living in Dinsmore
Township, Shelby County, at the advanced age of
seventy-six years. Mr. D. Curtner, the
subject of this sketch, is the fifth of a family of six
children, viz., Eliza, Silas, Delila, Henry, Daniel,
and Sarah J. Eliza Curtner is now dead.
Daniel Curtner is what we can truly call a
self-educated man, the greater part of his education
being acquired by close application to his books at home
on the farm. In the fall of 1860 he began teaching
school, which he followed as a profession five years, or
until 1865, when he, in company with H. Cargill,
engaged in the mercantile business in Port Jefferson,
which they conducted successfully until March, 1876,
when, by mutual consent, they dissolved partnership, and
Mr. C. came to Anna, where he engaged in general
merchandising, dealing in dry goods, ready-made
clothing, boots, shoes, hats, caps, and groceries.
In 1866 he married Miss Cynthia E., daughter of
James Shaw, by whom he has had three children,
two of whom are now living, one son and one daughter.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 331 |
Van Buren Twp. -
WILLIAM CUSTY, a native of
Ireland, was born in 1848. When about two years of
age he was brought to the United States by his parents,
they first locating at Sidney. In 1853 they moved
to section 26 of this township. Of their four
children, our subject and a brother, James, are
still living. Their father died in 1862, while
their mother still lives with her two sons.
William and James are both farmers near
McCartyville.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 254 |
Cynthian Twp. -
GEORGE CYPHERS. The
Cyphers are of German extraction, but we can only
trace them back to Maryland. John Cyphers,
the grandfather of the above, came to Ohio before the
war of 1812 and served as a soldier in that struggle;
also in the Mexican war. He died in Shelby County
in 1872. Philip Cyphers, his son, and
father of George, came to Shelby County in 1857,
and is at present a resident of Orange Township.
George was born in Montgomery County in 1846, and
married Mary Dunn, a daughter of John and
Susannah (Rasor) Dunn, in 1870. They have
three children, Lenta D., Carrie E., and Addie
T. Mrs. Cyphers' parents were among the early
settlers of Shelby County. They were located in
Orange Township, where they both died.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 274 |
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