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1883
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Green
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CEPHAS T. SANDERS, Retired Farmer;
P. O. Fletcher, Miami Co.
Mr. Sanders was born in Miami County, Ohio, Dec.
27, 1817. He is a son of Benjamin and Martha
Sanders, who moved to Shelby County in 1819, located
near Hardin, remained a few years, then removed to Miami
County, where they both died. Young Sanders
was placed by his father as an apprentice at the tailor
trade, with Gabriel Hubbell, of Sidney, with whom
he remained about five years. He then began
working at the trade as a journeyman, and followed
tailoring as his vocation, working in diffrnt
cities and villages until 1848, when he retired from the
business and has since made farming his avocation.
Mar. 18, 1847, he married Miss Rachel Rossell, of
Miami County, Ohio, born in Piqua October 1, 1822,
daughter of Elias and Mary Rossell. Mr. and
Mrs. Sanders settled in Monroe, Butler County, Ohio,
remained until 1848, when they came to Shelby County,
purchased and located in Green Township, where they are
now living. Mr. Sanders has been a
successful farmer, and at his date, Dec. 5, 1881, owns a
farm of 214 acres, a part of which is in sec. 28,and the
remainder is in sec. 22, which is principally the result
of his own hard labor and good business tact. They
reared two children, viz.: Volney B. and
Orrilla F. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders have been
members of the Spring Creek Christian Church since the
time of its organization in 1851. Mr. Sanders
has been a member of Taylor Lodge No. 322, I. O. O. F.,
twenty years.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 204 |
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Green
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JOHN SARGEANT
was born in what is
now Green Township, Shelby County, Ohio, Sept. 28, 1817.
He is a son of Ezekiel Sargeant, who was a native
of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in 1800, located in
Adams County, where he married Miss Jane Lochard
of that county.
Mr. and Mrs. Sargeant settled in Adams County,
remained a few years, then moved to Clarke County,
located a short time, and from thence they came to
Shelby County in 1816, and settled in a part of section
6, Green Township, on which they made improvements, and
lived about seventeen years or until 1833 when they
removed to Champaign County, where they passed the
remainder of their days. They reared a family of
eleven children, Elizabeth, Margaret, Martha, Eli,
John, Philip, Richard, Ezekiel, William, Jane, and
Andrew J. Only four of the above-named
children are now living, viz., John, Ezekiel,
William, and Andrew J. John Sargeant, the
subject of this sketch, is the only one of the family
that is now living in Ohio; the others are in the
Western States. He is a carpenter by trade, and
that in connection with farming has been his vocation
through life. He has owned several farms in Shelby
and Champaign counties, and at this time he owns a good
farm of 140 acres in Champaign County. He has been
twice married; first, on the 12th day of September,
1840, to Miss Mary A. Woolley, by whom he reared
two children, Ezekiel and Ellie. His
companion died in August, 1864. He then married
Mrs. Hannah Manning, neé
Graham, in December, 1865, by whom he had three
children, two of whom are now living, one son and one
daughter. Mr. Sargeant settled in Champaign
County after married, remained until the spring of 1873,
when he moved to New Palestine, where he is now
residing, respected and honored by all that know him.
All his life has been spent in the vicinity of New
Palestine.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 207 |
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McLean
Twp. -
FREDERICK SCHLATER, son of John
H. and Christena Schlater, was born Oct. 7 1835, and
was a farmer. His father settled here in 1835.
On Nov. 24, 1857, he married Tracia, daughter of
Henry Holthaus and Anna Mary is wife. The
daughter was born in 1838. Their children are Bernard,
Mary, Elizabeth, John H., Mary A. and Annie.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 266 |
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McLean Twp.
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HENRY SCHLATER, son of Henry
and Christine Schlater, was born December, 1840, and
is a farmer. In 1866 he married Mary,
daughter of Joseph and Clara Holscher, who was
born May 21, 1845. He has been township trustee.
He enlisted in 1862 in the 118th O. V. I., Company C,
and was discharged in 1865.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 266 |
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Dinsmore
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SIMON SCHMITT, was born in Germany
Aug. 16, 1839. He immigrated to America with his
parents, John P. and Anna M. Schmitt, in 1855,
who located in Auglaize County, Ohio, and remained three
years, or until in 1858, when they moved to Shelby
County and settled in Van Buren Townshp, where John
P. Schmitt died in 1864. Simon Schmitt,
subject of this sketch, is a carpenter by trade, which
he made his vocation until the fall of 1881, when he
uprcahsed and moved on the farm in section 3, Dinsmore
Township, and has since been giving his attention to
farming. ON the 8th of April, 1869, he married
Mrs. Margaret McFarland, nee' Suber, by whom he
has four children, two sons and two daughters.
His wife departed this life Dec. 16, 1880.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 248 |
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Van Buren
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JOHN C. SCHNELLE was born in
Hanover in 1829, and was brought to this county in 1834.
He was married in this county in 1854, and has raised
seven children, viz., John H., William H.,
deceased, Minnie M., Ann M., Louis H., Alvina M., and
August E. He held the office of township
trustee during two terms.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio -
Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 253 |
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Van Buren
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BENJAMIN SCHOF, a native of
Prussia, came to this county in 1849, and was married in
1853. Their children are named Catherine,
Peter, Nancy, Lena, Joseph, Laura, Eliza, Andrew, Frank
and Barnie.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 254 |
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Van
Buren Twp. -
HENRY H. SCHROERLUKE, a native of
Germany, came to Cincinnati about 1849, where he lived
about two years. He then moved to New Knoxville,
where he lived about six years, and moved to New Bremen,
where, after about thirteen years, eh went to Piqua.
Here he spent five years, and came to section 23 of this
township. He was married in 1857 at New Bremen.
Their children are named Frederick W., HEnry H.,
William H., August, Sophia, Anna and Callie.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Evansville, Ind. - 1913 - Page
253 |
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Cynthian Twp. -
SAMUEL SCHWARTZSource: History of Shelby County,
Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 -
Page 276 |
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Washington
Twp. -
JOHN SCOTT. The
Scotts are of Scotch descent. David
Scott was born in New Jersey in 1798. When but
five years of age his mother died, and he was soon
afterward bound out and lost all trace of his father
until he (David) was about fifty years of age.
Thus nearly all trace of his ancestors was lost.
He served his indenture, and in 1826 came to Ohio and
located in Warren County. Here in 1827 he married
Alice Rouse, and in the year 1833
immigrated to Shelby County and located in Orange
Township, remained there one year, then removed to
Washington, where he remained until 1864, since which
time he has made his home in Piqua. Mr. and
Mrs. Scott raised a family of six children.
Mrs. Scott died in 1860, and in 1864 Mr.
Scott married Mary McCandless.
John Scott, the youngest of the above
family of children, was born in 1839. In 1862 he
was married to Ellen Higgens. By
this union they had three children. David W.,
Samuel H., and Ellen M. Mrs. Scott died
in 1866, and in 1868 Mr. S. married for
his second wife Jane Stewart, a daughter
of Thomas and Elizabeth Ullery
Stewart. By this marriage they have one
child, Clara M. Mr. Scott is a resident of
the old homestead of his father in section 21.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 290 |
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Green Twp. -
HENRY SHANK, deceased.
ON the 29th day of July, 1811, in Frederick County,
Maryland, Mr. Shank was born. In 1825 he,
in company with his father, Christian Shank,
migrated to Ohio and located in Montgomery County, where
the subject of this sketch married Miss Catherine
Woolet Mar. 8, 1832, daughter of Philip and Mary
Woolet. Miss Woolet was born in
Fairfield County, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1808, and migrated to
Montgomery County, Ohio, with her brother in 1826.
Mr. and Mrs. Shank settled in Montgomery County,
remained until 1856, when they came to Shelby County,
purchased and moved on the farm in section 4, Green
Township, now owned by his widow, Mrs. Shank, and
their two sons, Joseph M. and Henry M.,
where Mr. Shank died Sept. 3, 1881.
Source: History of Shelby
County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. -
1883 - Page 206 |
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Orange Twp. -
SAMUEL M. SHAW. Thomas
Shaw, the grandfather of the above, was born in
Ireland in 1741; came to America in 1750, and located in
Kentucky, and became a neighbor and intimate
acquaintance of Daniel Boone, the noted hunter
and Indian scout. He was a soldier in the
Revolutionary War. His son, Alexander Shaw,
was born in Kentucky in 1792, and married Martha
Culbertson, and came to Green County, Ohio, in 1816,
where they lived until 1829, when they came to Shelby
County and located in Sidney. He lived in Sidney
but a few months when he bought a farm, one mile south
of Sidney; moved on to his land, and made his home there
until he died in 1849. Mrs. Shaw died in
1871. Samuel M was born in Green County in
1818; came with his father to Sidney in 1829; was raised
on the farm. After the death of his father he
still remained at home and maintained the family and
paid off the indebtedness on the farm. In 1858 he
married Catharine Burtgess, by whom he has three
children - Charles, Belle, and Sarah.
Mr. Shaw has given his time and attention to the
farm and the burning of lime, with the exception of some
ten years that he lived in Sidney to give his children
and advantage of schools.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 195 |
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Turtle Creek
Twp. -
THOMAS SHAW, deceased, was born in
Pennsylvania Dec. 20, 1780. His parents died when
he was yet a small boy, and he was brought up among
strangers. He came to Ohio some time prior to
1811, and located near Dayton, where on the 3d day of
January, 1811, he married Miss Mary Cox, daughter
of Benjamin and Hester Cox. Miss Cox was
born in Kentucky, Nov. 25, 1793. When she was but
five years of age, her father was massacred by the
Indians. Miss Cox came to Ohio with her
mother and stepfather, and settled near where Fort
Loraine was located, some time prior to the year 1810.
Mr. and Mrs. Shaw settled near Fort Loramie,
where they remained several years. In 1812 he
entered the army, in which he served about one year.
In 1821 or '2 they moved to Turtle Creek Township,
leased a part of section 30, and remained a few years.
He then moved on the William Moore farm north of
Hardin, and remained until 1826 or '7, when he purchased
twenty acres of land in section 19, Turtle Creek
Township, on which he made improvements and moved his
family. He afterward purchased sixty acres more,
adjoining his first purchase. On this land he
passed the remainder of his days. He died July 12,
1849. His companion died Jan. 7, 1875. They
reared a family of eight children, Mary, James, Jane,
Hester T., Margaret, John T., Elizabeth W., and
Benjamin C.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 301 |
Thomas & Nancy Shaw |
Franklin Twp. -
THOMAS SHAW, Farmer; P. O. Sidney,
Ohio. Mr. Shaw was born in Lycoming County,
Pa., July 20, 1809, and was brought to Montgomery
County, Ohio, in 1812, by his parents, James and Mary
Shaw, where he passed his minority on a farm.
Mar. 14, 1833, he married Miss Nancy McDonald,
daughter of John and Mary McDonald. Miss
McDonald was born in Hampshire County, Va., Oct. 23,
1813, and came to Montgomery, Ohio, with her parents in
1825. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw settled in
Montgomery County, Ohio, remained until 1838, when they
came to Shelby County and settled on the farm where he
now resides. They reared a family of five
children, viz., Amanda M., Mary M., Sarah E., Anna E.,
and John C. Mary M. is now dead.
Mrs. Shaw died Nov. 2, 1873. Mr. Shaw
has made farming his vocation through life, and now owns
a good farm, on which he is passing his feeble days,
esteemed and respected by al who know him.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 325 |
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Green Twp. -
WILLIAM SHAW, deceased, was born
in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Sept. 20, 1796, where he
passed his minority days. In 1831 he came to Ohio
with his family, and located in Shelby County on the
farm now owned by Silas Johnston, in section 20,
Green Township, remained several years, and then moved
on the farm in same section now owned by his son,
Robert N. Shaw, where he died Dec. 12, 1864.
Mr. Shaw was twice married, first to Miss Mary
McKee, of Kentucky, by whom he had five children,
viz., Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret, Robert N., and
Thomas A. His companion died in 1832.
His second marriage was with Sarah Parkes, née
Wair, in 1833, by whom he had seven children,
John S., Sarah A., Martha M., William H., Louisa E.,
Frances H., and one died in infancy. Two of
his sons, John S. and William, served in
the war of 1861.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 205 |
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Dinsmore
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PHILIP SHEETS, JR., son of
Philip and Mary Sheets, was born in Texas Dec. 16,
1850. He came to Shelby County with his parents in
1861, and located in Botkins. He received a
common-school education; also attended the Miami
Commercial College, at Dayton, Ohio. In 1870 he
engaged as a clerk in the dry goods store of H. Smith
& Co., of Botkins. In 1871 he purchased a half
interest in the store. The firm name then became
Smith and Sheets, and remained as such one year,
when he sold his share of the store to a Mr. Bushey,
and moved to Berne, Adams County, Ind., where he engaged
in the mercantile business, which he conducted about
eight years. In 1879 he sold his stock of goods at
Berne, and returned to his old home in Botkins, where he
has since been conducting the business of dealing in
general merchandise with success, keeping his
storeroom filled to overflowing with everything in his
line. He also owns a warehouse known as the
People's Elevator, where he is conducting the business
of dealing in all kinds of grain and seeds, in
connection with his dry goods trade. In 1871 he
married Miss Susie Thurman, of Auglaize County,
Ohio, by whom he had two children, viz., Philip
and Elmer. His companion died June 10,
1876. In 1879 he married Miss Catharine Thurman,
of Auglaize County, Ohio.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 247 |
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Dinsmore
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PHILIP SHEETS, SR. was born in
Baden, Germany, on the 27th of October, 1817. He
immigrated to America in 1835 or '36, and after visiting
New York city, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and St.
Louis, he continued to journey until he reached New
Orleans, where he located for a few years. In 1843
he entered the Texan army, under the command of
General Houston, and served one year, when he was
discharged from the service and returned to his home in
New Orleans; remained until in 1846, when he entered the
Mexican War in the United States Army, and served about
two and one half years in a company of mounted
riflemen, and was discharged at Jefferson Barracks,
Missouri, some time during the latter part of 1848.
On the 12th of April, 1849, he married Miss Mary
Manger, of St. Louis, Mo., and located in Texas.
In the latter part of 1849, he enlisted in the 2d
Dragoons, under the command of Colonel Hardy, and
served five years, or until in 1854, when he was
discharged from the service. He then enlisted in a
company known as the Texan Rangers, and served one year
or until in 1856, when he again received an honorable
discharge. Soon after leaving the Rangers he
enlisted in the 5th United States Cavalry, and served
eight years, or until in 1864, when he was discharged on
account of general disability. He remained out of
the army but a few months, or until in the fall of 1864,
when he re-enlisted as a veteran in the 17th O. V. I.,
and served until after the close of the war, when he was
honorably discharged from the service of the United
States. He now holds in his possession a
certificate of merit for honors acquired and bravery
manifested in the battle of Belen Gate, Mexico, on the
13th of September, 1847, under the command of W. F.
Sanderson, signed by James K. Polk, President
of the United States. In 1861, or at the breaking
out of the late war, he received a furlough from his
regiment, moved his family from Texas to Ohio, and
located them in Botkins, Shelby County, where they have
since resided. At the close of his army life in
1865, which was near twenty years of duration, he
returned to his family in Botkins, where he has since
been engaged in the hotel keeping and the saloon
business. At this writing he is conducting the
saloon business. He has a family of six children,
viz., Philip W., William, Joseph, Laura, Sarah
and Mary (twins).
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 247 |
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McLean
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HENRY SHERMAN, son of Joseph
and Annie Sherman, was born Apr. 13, 1826. He
is a farmer. In October, 1858, he married his wife
Barbara, and they have had the following
children: Joseph, Catharine, John, Jonisia,
Jacob, Elizabeth, Andrew,
Priscilla, Frederick, and Andrew.
He served one year in the German army.
Source: History
of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R.
Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 266 |
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McLean
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HENRY B. SHERMAN, son of John
W. and Elizabeth Sherman, who settled in this county
in 1835. He was born Mar. 27, 1819, and raised a
farmer. In 1845 he married Catharine,
daughter of Francis and Mary C. Ernstes She
was born Oct. 17, 1826. Has filled the office of
justice of the peace nine years; also, clerk, assessor,
and land appraiser.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 269 |
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McLean
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JOHN SHERMAN, son of William
and Elizabeth Sherman, was born Sept. 19, 1827.
They came to this county in 1836. He was raised a
farmer. In 1852 he married Dinna, daughter
of Anthony and Elizabeth Barhorst. She was
born in 1836. Their children are, Hosea,
Louisa, Bernard, Joseph, Annie, Sophie, Mary, Catharine,
Dinna, and Johannie. Has ben supervisor and
township trustee.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 269 |
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McLean
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JOSEPH SHERMAN, son of John W.
and Elizabeth Sherman, was born Oct. 22, 1816, and
brought up a farmer. His first wife was
Elizabeth, daughter of Antoney and Elizabeth
Grear; his second wife was Mary, daughter of
John B. and Elizabeth Rotinhouer. Their
children are, Joseph A., Catharine, Mary E.,
John B., Mary C., John H., Mary J., Mary M., HEnry F.
Has been supervisor four years, and township trustee
six years.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 269 |
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Green
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PETER V. SHERWOOD, retired farmer,
was born in Somerset County, New Jersey, Sept. 29, 1799,
and came to Shelby County in March, 1831, purchased land
in this township, and moved his family Aug. 29, 1831,
where he is now residing. Mar. 29, 1826, he
married Clarissa Meighen, born in Butler County,
Ohio, Oct. 9, 1806. By this union he reared a
family of seven children, viz., Mary A., William M.,
Abigail, David, Lucinda, Leah, and Eliza P.
Lucinda and Eliza P. are now dead.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 205 |
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Cynthian Twp.
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THE SHORT FAMILY.
RICHARD SHORT, the eldest one
of the name who came to Shelby County, was born in
Virginia. He came to Montgomery County in 1830,
and from there to Shelby County in 1833. He died
in 1846. George, his son, was born in
Virginia in 1811. He came with his father to
Shelby in 1833, and married Elizabeth Clayton in
1835. Their family consisted of six children,
Mary, William, Ann, Elizabeth, John, and Harriet.
Mrs. Short died in 1876.
ISAAC SHORT,
ESQ., was born in Virginia in 1804, and
married Mary Vandegrif in 1827. In 1830
they moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, remaining there
the spring of 1833, when they came to Shelby County.
They reared a family of ten children, viz., Susannah,
John, Christopher, George, Isaac N., Rachel, A. Jason,
Martha, Richard, and William. Mr. Short
was one of the prominent men of his township. He
served for many years as justice of the peace, and
filled other official positions in this township.
He died in 1873. His widow still survives and
makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Hollinger,
who resides on the old homestead.
ALLISON J. SHORT, a son of
Isaac Short, was born in Cynthian Township in
1841. He married Sarah E. Butt, a daughter
of George and Lucinda (Mann) Butt, in the year
1862. Their family of children are as follows:
Thomas N., Martha A., Allie G., and William J.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 276 |
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McLean
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WILLIAM J. SHORT, son of George
and Elizabeth Short, was born in Shelby County,
October 11, 1841. He was married Jan. 17, 1867, to
Mary E., daughter of Jonathan Swallow.
His wife was born Jan. 14, 1844. He enlisted in
Aug. 22, 1862, in the 118th Regiment, Company C, O. V.
I., and was discharged Jan. 24, 1865. His children
are named Frank, John C., Anne B., Charles, and
Mary.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 269 |
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Clinton Twp. -
DR. D. R. SILVER, M. D.
Dr. Silver was born near Wooster, Ohio, April 1,
1844, and was reared on a farm. When eighteen
years of age he entered upon an academic course at
Vermillion Institute, Hayesville, Ohio. At the
completion of this course he entered upon the study of
medicine with Drs. Robinson and Weaver
of Wooster, and was finally graduated from the Jefferson
Medical College of Philadelphia in March, 1868.
Returning to Wayne County, O., he practised
medicine three years at Apple Creek, and then removed to
Sidney, Ohio. During the war he enlisted in
Captain Robinson's company 102d O. V. I., but
was rejected on account of disabilities. About the
close of the war taught school two terms in Wayne Co.
On the 7th of June, 1872, he married Miss Jennie E.
Fry, of Sidney. They have two children,
Bertha, aged ten, and Arthur, aged three
years. Dr. Silver is a member of the Shelby
County Medical Society, and also of the Ohio State
Medical Society. In 1873 he was elected elder in
the First Presbyterian Church at Sidney, and is at
present a member of the school board and board of health
of the city.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 374 |
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Clinton Twp.
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SAMUEL SILVER is a native of Wayne
County, Ind., and was born Feb. 7, 1832. In 1835
his parents moved to Sidney, where he worked with his
father on a farm, and finally found employment in a
brick-yard at $4 per month for the first season, $6 for
the second, and $8 for the third. He then worked
along at his trade and boating until 1862, when he
entered the employment of the Government as wagon-maker,
at which he served about eighteen months and returned
home. He then too the captaincy of a boat again
until 1864, when he enlisted in the 99th Ohio Regiment
under Colonel Bope, and served until the close of
the war as wagon-master of division. Again he
resumed boating, but soon went to Michigan, where he was
engaged in lumbering about seven years, four of which he
was foreman of the lumber camps. Returning to
Sidney he entered the grocery business, which he
followed about five years, when he was elected city
marshal, in which office he is now serving his sixth
year. He has also been engaged in the city ice
trade since his return to this place, his son chiefly
attending to the business. He was married Nov. 8,
1871, and has four children, Harry, Mary, Webster
and Maudie.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 378 |
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Green
Twp. -
LANTY G. SIMES, Farmer and Justice
of the Peace; P. O. Plattsville.
Mr. S. was born in Clarke County, Ohio, Oct. 15,
1825. He is what we can call a self-educated man,
acquiring the principal part of his education at home.
On the first day of December, 1845, he came to Shelby
County, and began teaching school in Green Township,
which he followed as his profession seventeen years, and
has since that time given his attention to farming.
In 1866 he was elected justice of the peace for Green
Township, and has since that date filled the office
satisfactorily to the citizens of the township. He
has been re-elected six times, and his present term of
office expires in 1883. He also filled the office
of township clerk, his term of office beginning in
1859,adn was re-elected until he served them as clerk
seven years. The last year of his clerkship
covered the first year of his term as justice of the
peace. He discharged the duties of both one year.
In 1850 he was assessor of Green Township. In 1880
he acted as land appraiser of the township. Mar.
8, 1859, he married Miss Mary Brelsford, the of
Miami County, Ohio. Miss Brelsford was born
in Montgomery County, Ohio, May 14, 1826, and came to
Miami County with her father, Samuel Brelsford,
in 1834. Mr. and Mrs. Simes settled in the
village of Plattsville, remained until March, 1862, when
they moved on the farm where they are now residing.
They have a family of four children, one son and three
daughters.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 205 |
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Loramie Twp
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THOMAS SKILLEN. This son of
William Skillen is one of the oldest and most
respected citizens of Loramie Township. He was
born in Westmoreland County, Pa., Oct. 23, 1815, and was
one of the two children which composed the family of
William Skillen when he moved to Ohio in 1816.
His childhood was thus passed in Loramie Township, to
which his parents moved to 1817, or when he was about
two years of age. In 1839 he went to Arkansas,
where he spent one year, and returned to this township.
He married Miss Susanna Julian Aug. 12, 1840.
She was a daughter of Stephen and Margery Julian,
of this township. Soon after his marriage he
returned to Arkansas, where he lived until 1843, when he
moved his family back, and settled on a farm in this
township. He was then actively engaged in farming
until 1851, when he partially retired. He then
purchased a few acres of land on the canal bank, in the
east half of the southeast quarter of section 4, on
which he erected a dwelling, to which he moved his
family in 1852. During the same season he erected
a store-room, and engaged in merchandising for some
years later. In 1854 he erected a grain warehouse
on the canal bank, and engaged in the grain trade until
1876. Since that date he has given little
attention to his store, so that it may be said he is
practically leading a retired life. The farm is
now conducted by his son Theodore. Mrs. Skillen
became the mother of two children, both of whom are now
dead, while her own death occurred Apr. 3, 1848.
Mr. Skillen was married some time later to
Miss Amanda, daughter of Jacob R. and Rachel
Griffis, who was born in this township in 1828.
One child, Theodore, was the result of this
union. The mother died Sept. 7, 1853. In
August, 1854, Mr. Skillen married again.
This marriage being to Margaret Blackwood, who
was born in Pennsylvania Feb. 27, 1816. She is
still living, and enjoying the retirement from active
life which Mr. Skillen sought some years ago.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 313 |
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Loramie
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WILLIAM SKILLEN. On the 12th
of May, 1769, or a few years before the Revolution, a
child was born to parents who were then in mid-ocean
seeking the American shore. The parents were
Irish, and the child of the ocean was Samuel Skillen.
That child grew up, married, and reared a family in
Pennsylvania. One son, William, whose name
appears at the head of this sketch, was born in
Pennsylvania June 28, 1793. He was thus a child of
that dark and stormy period of the northwest, which
became his home. It was the period of Harmar, St.
Clair, and Wayne, the period which, after sacrificing
one army, recruited another, subdued the savages, and
for a time gave repose to the northwest.
William Skillen married Miss Elizabeth Gray,
of Westmoreland County, Pa., and in 1816, with his wife
and two small children, moved to Ohio, and settled in
the vicinity of Cincinnati. Late in 1817 he moved
his family to Shelby County, and located in Loramie
Township. For a short time the family lived with
Mr. Skillen aunt, Mrs. Rachel Flinn, but
this was only until a cabin could be erected. He
entered the west half of the northwest quarter of
section 8, where he made improvements, and moved his
family in November, 1817. The remainder of his
life was passed in this township, his time being devoted
to farming - his life pursuit. As one of the very
early settlers, he contributed largely to the
development of the new country, and the advancement of
the new community. He reared a family of six
children, named Samuel, Thomas, David, James, Sarah
J., and William W. Three of these,
Thomas, Sarah, and William, are still living.
Mrs. Skillen died Sept. 3, 1828, while Mr.
Skillen survived her some fourteen years, his death
occurring in November, 1842.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 312 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
JOHN N. SLAYBAUGH, Retired Farmer.
In Adams County, Pennsylvania, on the 28th day of May,
1812, Mr. Slaybaugh was born. He is a son
of John and Susannah Slaybaugh. He received
a common school education. In 1837 he cane to Ohio
and located in Clarke County, where on the 29th day of
December, 1839, he married Miss Mary R. Hatton of
Clarke County, born in j1815. Mr. and Mrs.
Slaybaugh settled in Clarke County and remained
until 1842, when they moved to Miami County, remaining
nine years. In 1851 they came to Shelby County,
and settled on a piece of land in McLean Township, on
which they lived eight years, or until 1859, when they
moved to Turtle Creek Township, and settled on the land
in section 12, which now comprises his improved farm.
They reared a family of seen children, viz., Thomas
C., Levi, Daniel W., Sarah E., Joseph L., Bathilda C.,
and Mary W, Daniel W. is now deceased. Mr.
Slaybaugh
died Mar. 24, 1864. On the 17th day of December,
1864, Mrs. Slayaugh married Mr.
Marley, with whom she is now living. Two of his
sons, Thomas C. and Levi, served in the
war of 1861.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 302 |
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Green Twp. -
FREDERICK H. SLEETER, Farmer; P.
O. Plattsville, Ohio.
Mr. Sleeter was born in Auglaize County, Ohio,
on the 23d day of October, 1836. He is a carpenter
by trade, and followed that business as his vocation
twenty years. He then turned his attention to
farming, and has since that time conducted farming and
stock-raising successfully. Sept. 25, 1858 he
married Miss Mary, daughter of David and Mary
Buchanan, of Orange Township, Shelby County.
Mr. and Mrs. Sleeter settled in Green Township,
on the farm in section 31, where they now reside.
They have a family of three children, all daughters.
He filled the office of treasurer of Green Township two
years.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 203 |
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Van Buren
Twp. -
WALTER SMART, a native of
Scotland, was born in 1822, and came to this county in
1854. After coming to America he first located at
Cincinnati, remaining there from 1849 until his removal
here. His first settlement here was upon a
forty-acre lot in section 36, but since that time his
farm has increased to 232 acres, of which 100 acres are
under cultivation. In 1848 he married Miss Jane
Graham, who was born in Scotland in the year 1817.
Their family consists of four children, named
William, Robert, Jeannetta, and Isabella.
Mr. Smart has been engaged in farming all his life.
His post-office is Botkins Station.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 254 |
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Van Buren
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HERMAN H. SOELMAN, a native of
Prussia, was born in the year 1829, and came with his
parents to this county in 1845. He was married in
1856 to Caroline Woebling who had come with her
parents to this county from Germany in 1840. Their
children are named Jasper H., Mary, Anna, Eliza,
Louisa, William, Theodore, and Emma.
Mr. S. has served as trustee and clerk of the
township.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 253 |
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Franklin
Twp. -
DANIEL STALEY was born in
Montgomery County, Ohio, in the year 1816. His
father (Joseph Staley) was born in North Carolina
in 1780, emigrated to Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1802,
when there were only four houses in Dayton. He was
a soldier in the war of 1812, and fought the British and
Indians in northern Indiana. He died in 1867.b
Daniel, the subject of this sketch, was raised on
a farm. His mother died when he was but nine days
old. When thirteen years of age he was put out
among strangers, and from that time to the present he
has fought the battle of life without any aid. He
received his education at the common schools of his
neighborhood. After arriving at manhood he
followed teaching school during the winter, and worked
on the farm in the summer. In 1851 he married
Miss Margaret J. Jackson. After marriage he
considered to work on a farm until 1858, when he went to
Dayton and entered the Recorder's office as Deputy
Recorder, at which he continued until 1861, when he
enlisted in the army in the 74th O. V. I. and served
over two years, when he was discharged on account of
disability and returned home to Dayton. In 1864 he
was elected Treasurer of Montgomery County, and was
re-elected in 1866, serving two full terms. Again
in 1858 the party to which he belonged nominated him for
the third term, but he was defeated at the election.
The balance of the ticket was defeated by over one
thousand votes, while Mr. Staley only fell short
between two and three hundred. In politics Mr.
Staley has always been an unflinching Republican.
In 1879 his name was brought forward by his friends for
Treasurer of the State, and at the Convention had the
unanimous support of several counties, but on account of
his geographical location - other candidates for other
offices being from the same part of the state - he
withdrew his name from the Convention. Mr.
Staley in 1869 moved with his family to Shelby
County and located two miles N. E. of Sidney, in
Franklin Township, where he owns a farm of six hundred
acres. On his farm Mr. Sidney makes a
specialty of raising thoroughbred cattle as well as the
grades. He has among his herd quite a number of
registered cattle, whose records are to be found in The
American Herd Book. His aim is to improve the
stock of cattle through western Ohio. His sales of
stock extend for many miles.
Mr. and Mrs. Staley have raised a family of
three children, whose names and date of birth are as
follows: Joseph P. born 1852; Cerenia J.
born 1855; and Daniel W. born 1861.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 331 |
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Perry
Twp. -
ARMSTRONG STALEY was born in
Shelby County in 1844. He married Ellen
Bruce in 1867. They have two children:
Elizabeth J., born 1868; and Jennie May,
born 1875. Eugene Bruce, the father
of Mrs. Staley, was born in Germany, and
came to the United States in 1847, and first located in
Cleveland, where he lived till 1858, when he came to
Shelby County, where he lived, until during the war of
the rebellion, he enlisted in the army, and was killed
at the battle of Atlanta, Aug. 11, 1864. Mr.
Staley is located in fractional section 36, on
the old homestead of Benjamin Manning, settled in
1819.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 217 |
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Perry
Twp. -
DAVID STALEY was born in
Montgomery County, Ohio, Dec. 30,1831; was brought by
his parents to Shelby County in 1832. His father,
John Staley, was born in North Carolina in
I799. Married Elizabeth Bolden in
1820. The date of his coming to Ohio cannot be
gotten. He died in Shelby County in 1864. He
was located in Salem Township. In the year 1852
David Staley married Mary Manning.
From this union they have four children, viz., Hattie,
born 1856; Emma, born 1859; Mattie, born
I864; and Nellie, born 1871.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 217 |
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Jackson
Twp. -
GEORGE W. STALEY, son of John
and Catharine Staley, was born in Shelby County,
Aug. 29, 1841. His minority days were spent on a
farm, and he has made farming his principal vocation
through life. On the 18th of August, 1861, he
enlisted in Company B, 20th O. V. I., served until Sept.
8, 1862, when he was discharged from the service on
account of disability, and returned to his home in
Shelby County. Dec. 2, 1863, he was elected and
commissioned as Captain of Company F, 2d regiment of
Ohio militia, and served as such until the
disorganization of the company. On the 3d of Nov.
1864, he married Miss Sarah C. Erven, daughter of
James and Lucretia Erven, who was born in the
State of Indiana Dec. 21, 1841, and came to Shelby
County with her parents in 1849. Mr. and Mrs.
Staley settled on the farm in section 31, Jackson
Township, where they have since resided. They have
a family of eight children, four sons and four
daughters. In the spring of 1881 he was elected as
one of the trustees of Jackson Township, was re-elected
in April, 1882, and is now filling the office.
Jan. 13, 1877, he was licensed and approved as a
preacher of the gospel in the United Brethren Church,
and after four years of hard study and close application
to his books, he was ordained a minister of the gospel
in the U. B. Church, and is now eligible to election of
an elder in the church.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 233 |
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Perry Twp. -
ISAIAH W. STALEY.
About the year 1750 Conrad Staley, a
German by birth, emigrated to America, and located in
the colony of Pennsylvania near Lancaster. It was
here, in the year 1762, that John Staley, the
father of the subject of our sketch, was born.
About 1780 he went to North Carolina, and a few years
afterward married Mary Smith, and had a
family of fourteen children, eleven of whom lived to
grow up to manhood and womanhood. Isaiah W.
was the twelfth child, and was born Mar. 8, 1808.
He lived with his father till he was eighteen years of
age. His father was a blacksmith by trade.
Isaiah learned the trade with his father.
At the age of eighteen his father gave him his time.
He then started out to travel and see the country.
He spent five years travelling from place to place.
He would stop and work at his trade a short time in a
place, then start again and travel until his means were
nearly exhausted, then stop and work awhile. In this
manner he did until he had travelled over North
Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, and
Ohio, without any object in view except to see the
country. As early as 1827 he visited his relatives
in Shelby County. He finally in 1832 brought up in
Little York, Montgomery County, where he formed the
acquaintance of Susan Hutchins, to whom he
was married the same year. At the time of his
marriage he had but $40; with this he started shop, and
worked a short time until ague and sore eyes compelled
him to quit work. By the time he was able to work
again he found himself $85 in debt, and not a dollar to
pay with. He went to work again as soon as able
and paid his indebtedness, and worked on until he had
saved $100. With this money he took his wife and
two children to Allen County, Ohio, near Fort Amanda,
and entered eighty acres of land. This was in
February, 1836. They soon got tired of their home
in the woods, and the following June he traded his land
for eighty acres in Perry Township, Shelby County (the
same is now owned by Daniel Vandemark),
agreeing to pay $200 difference. He moved on to
this land in 1837. At the time he settled on it
there was not a stick out. He remained here until
he had cleared sixty-two acres, when he sold it to
Daniel Vandemark for $4000 cash. A
short time previous to the sale of this land he had
bought one hundred and thirty-five acres in Logan
County, and moved on to it. This also was all in
timber, which be cleared, and built upon it a saw-mill
on the Miami River opposite Nicewonger’s mill.
Mr. Staley within the next fourteen years
bought some six hundred and sixty-two acres, and during
the same time bought the Nicewonger flouring
mill. In 1876 he sold his six hundred and
sixty-two acres and mill for $14,000, and moved on to
another tract of one hundred and six acres, for which he
paid $5000, and afterward sold the same. Mr.
Staley has owned in Logan and Shelby counties
fifteen hundred acres of land. He now owns in
Perry Township seven hundred and seventy acres, all well
improved. Mr. Staley has cleared
with his own hands over three hundred acres-perhaps more
than any other man in the county. When he located
in the woods first, he took a lease on some land that
had been deadened. On this he raised his first
grain. From that day to this he has never bought a
bushel of grain. Mr. Staley has made
what he has got by industry and economy, never having
had a dollar given him. Neither would he ever
receive a gift or present from any person. His
father, when he died in North Carolina, left a large
estate, but Isaiah would never accept a dollar of
it. He said his proud spirit would never let him
receive help. He says he started without anything,
and determined when he started to make a success of life
by his own industry, and has adhered to that resolution
to the present. Mr. and Mrs. Staley have
had a family of eleven children, viz., Roswell P.,
Amanda E., Catharine E., Preston C., Martha, Mary J.,
Columbus, Milinda, Napoleon B., Harriett, and John.
The first five named only are living, the others are
buried in the cemetery at Pemberton.
Source: History of Shelby County,
Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 -
Page 219 |
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Salem
Twp. -
JACOB STALEY was
born in Shelby County in 1835. He is a son of
John and Elizabeth Boldin Staley. In
1859 he’ married Rebecca Allen. They have
had born to them seven children: Albert E., born
1860; Alonzo E., born 1864; John S., born
1867; Dolly M., born 1872; Jacob E., born
1874; Katie M., born 1877; Charles F.,
born 1879. Mr. Staley was raised a
farmer, and lived on a farm till 1874, when he bought a
hotel in Port Jefferson, and has been the proprietor of
the Staley Hotel since that date.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 336 |
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Perry Twp. -
NICHOLAS STALEY was born in
Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1810. He was a son of
Joseph and Catharine (Coble) Staley. In the
year 1830 Nicholas came to Shelby County to make
for himself a home. The first money he earned was
making rails at twenty-five cents per hundred. He
followed making rails for several months until he had
saved a little money. He then borrowed some money and
entered 160 acres of land in Salem Township. He
then rented some land and raised wheat and sold it for
thirty-five cents a bushel, to pay his borrowed money.
His first entry of land was in 1831. He would work
at clearing his land until he was out of money, then
would go back to Montgomery County and work to get some
money, then return to his land and work till he was
compelled to recruit his purse again. In this
manner he worked along till 1837, when he married
Miss Mary Baker and commenced life in earnest.
Their neighbors at that time were the Hartmans,
Skillens, Kirtlands, Robins, Counts, and McVeighs.
Of that number there is not one left who was the head of
a family at that time. For their market he used to
go to Sandusky with a load of grain, taking eight days
to make the trip. He would buy salt and leather and
return and sell them to his neighbors. Mr.
Staley has raised a family of six children, viz.,
Margaret A., born 1838; Henry, born 1840;
John 'l‘., born 1844; Sarah, born 1845; Susan
D., born 1850; and Squire N., born 1862.
Mr. Staley has made for himself a good home of
386 acres of land with fine improvements. He now
holds two patent deeds for the entry of lands that he
took out himself, which he has since improved, the same
never having changed hands.
Source: History of Shelby County,
Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 -
Page 221 |
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Salem Twp. -
WILLIAM and OLIVER STALEY.
William Staley was born in Montgomery County in
1821, came with his father, John Staley,
to Salem Township in 1831. In 1844 he married
Barbara Harshbarger, a. daughter of Jonas
and Hettie (Jacobs) Harshbarger. They had born
to them four children, only one of whom is now living,
viz., Oliver C., who was born in 1847 and married
Miss Anna Cargill in 1869. They have two
children, Orrin C. and Roger W. Mr. Staley,
although comparatively a young man, has gained the
esteem and confidence of the people of his township,
which has been evidenced by his election to the offices
of township clerk and trustee. He is located on
section 20, known as the old John Staley farm.
Source: History of Shelby County,
Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 -
Page 341 |
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Loramie Twp. -
BENJAMIN STEPHENSource: History of Shelby County,
Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 -
Page 317 |
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Washington
Twp. -
JOSEPH STEWART was born in Shelby
County in 1838. He was reared on a farm.
During the rebellion he enlisted in the 45th O. V. I.
and served almost three years. He was engaged in
twenty-seven battles. In 1866, he married Miss
Mary Wright, a daughter of William Wright,
who was a son of Gideon Wright, one of the
pioneers of Shelby County, who entered 160 acres of land
in Washington Township in the year 1817 and settled on
it with his family the same year. The family
consisted of seven children. William Wright,
one of the seven, was born in the State of Vermont in
1801, consequently was sixteen years of age at the time
of their settlement in the county. In 1829 he
married Caroline Broderick. There were by
this marriage twelve children. Of this number
there are but four living in the county: Aloma,
the wife of Robert Fulton; Charles, of
Sidney; Mary C., wife of Joseph Stewart;
and Louisa, wife of James McDaniel.
Wm. Wright died in 1863; his wife died in
1847. Gideon Wright died in 1863; his wife
died in 1844. Gideon Wright was born in
1776; he was married to Abigail Bloomer.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
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Salem
Twp. -
LUTHER STEWART
was born in Logan County in 1839. Came with his
father, Thomas D. Steward, to Shelby County in
1852, when in 1865 he married Miss Melessa C. Duvall.
They have had five children: Eliza H., born 1866;
John L., born 1868; Lucy I., born 1872;
Alpha O., born 1876; and Milward F., born
1878. Mr. S. is located in section 6, Salem
Township.
Source: History
of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R.
Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 336 |
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Clinton Twp. -
PRESTON STEWART the eldest son of
Willoughby and Sarah (Powell) Stewart, was born
in Kentucky in the year 1809. His father was born
in Pennsylvania, went to Kentucky at the close of the
last century, and married about the year 1800.
Preston remained at home with his parents until
manhood. In the year 1830 he married Miss Patsy
Ashbaugh, and the following year brought his wife,
father, and mother, to Logan County, Ohio, and settled
on the border of Shelby County. They remained
there but a short time, when he entered a piece of land
in the N. E. corner of Salem Township, Shelby County,
and moved on it in 1832, he being the first man to
locate in this part of the township. Mr.
Stewart lived here to clear this land. He
afterward bought 160 acres more land. On this plat
he built the first house; also a saw mill and blacksmith
shop. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have had born to
them twelve children, nine of whom are still living,
viz., Sarah, Joseph, Elizabeth, William, Maria,
Willoughby, Martha A., Charles, and Perry.
Mr. Stewart lived on his farm until 1876, when he
sold his property and moved to the town of Sidney, where
he now lives a retired life, in the enjoyment of the
fruit of his past hard labor. He has been a member
of the M. E. Church for over fifty years, and was a
member of the first class formed in the N. E. part of
Salem, Township.
Source: History of Shelby County,
Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 -
Page 387 |
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Perry Twp. -
URI M. STILES.
Three brothers by the name of Stiles came from
England to America as early as 1750. One of them
located in New Hampshire, one went to the Carolinas, and
one to New Jersey. The direct ancestors of Uri
M. settled in New Hampshire. It was here that
Asel Stiles, the father of the above, was born in
1783, and lived there until manhood, at which time he
went to New York State, where he married Urana
Johnston in 1805. In 1813 they reported to
Ohio, and located in Greene County, where they lived
until 1832, when they removed to Logan County.
Their family at that time consisted of father, mother,
and eight children. It was here that Uri
was brought when but a few months old. Here he
lived, and was educated in the common schools of the
neighborhood. He remained with his parents while
they lived. His father died in 1859; his mother in
1862. On Dec. 24, 1862, he married Rachel A.
Wilkinson, and the following year settled in Perry
Township, on the same section settled on by the
grandfather of Mrs. Stiles in 1818. Mr.
Stiles remained on this place until 1878, when he
removed to his new home in Pemberton, where he has built
a fine brick dwelling, one of the best in the township.
Mrs. Stiles died Jan. 4, 1881, leaving two
children, viz., Ann U., born 1868, and Stella
M., born 1877.
There are but few who have had more ancestors who have
taken an important part in the freedom of our country
from the British yoke than did the ancestors of Mr.
Stiles. His grandfather Stiles served
five years in the army of the Revolution. His
grandfather Johnston, together with seven of his
brothers, also served throughout the war. One of
them was killed at the battle of Bennington. They
were present at the surrender of Burgoyne. Also
Mr. Johnston was by the side of Gen. Washington
when the news was brought to him of Benedict Arnold's
treason.
Source: History of Shelby County,
Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 -
Page 219 |
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Clinton Twp. -
E.
D. STOCKSTILL moved to Salem Township in 1833,
where he built a log cabin and moved his family to it.
He was married to Miss Elizabeth Shroyer, of
Frederick County, Md., in 1829. He entered four
hundred acres of land, two hundred of which he cleared
by hard and persistent labor. In 1838 he helped to
build a log school-house, which was also used as a
church, and had to go ten miles to buy all his supplies.
In 1874 he moved to Sidney without disposing of his
farm. He has reared eleven children, named
Elizabeth C., Thomas, David W., Henry I., Francis M.,
John P., Mary E., Jacob W., Andrew W., Sarah S., and
Elias.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia,
PA: R. Sutton & So. 1883 - Page 379 |
George & Mrs. Mary A. Sturm |
Green
Twp. -
JOHN STURM was born in Clarke
County, Ohio, Jan. 31, 1813, and was brought to Shelby
County by his parents, Henry and Elizabeth Sturm,in
1814, who settled in what is now Green Township, where
they made improvements, and passed the remainder of
improvements, and passed the remainder of their days.
They were, as near as can be ascertained, the first
settlers in Green Township, their nearest neighbors
being six miles distant, and their home was what we can
justly called a home in the woods, with now one except
the Indians near them, and they were everyday visitors,
calling to ask some favor of the white man. They
reared a family of twelve children, viz., Matthias,
Margaret, Nicholas, Henry, Peter, William, Jacob,
Frederick, Ephraim, Elizabeth, George, and John.
Matthias, Nicholas, and Henry served in the
war of 1812. All of the above-named children are
now dead, except George and John, twin brothers.
George is now living in Perry Township, Shelby
County, and John is living on the home farm in
Green Township. Mr. Sturm died June
14, 1832, aged seventy-five years. His companion
departed this life April, 3, 1840, aged eighty-five
years. He had a wide reputation as an expert with
his rifle, and was a successful hunter. Mr.
John Sturm the subject of this sketch, was reared a
farmer and spent his minority days on the farm,
clearing, grubbing, and preparing the soil for
cultivation. ON the 30th day of July, 1834, he
married Miss Rachel M. Barbee, by whom he reared
six children, viz., Elias B., Julia A., John F.,
David I., Mary E., and Eliza J. Mr. and
Mrs. Sturm settled on his father's home farm, where
they have since resided.
Miss Barbee, wife of Mr. Sturm, was born
in Butler County, Ohio, Aug. 28, 1817, and came to
Shelby County with her parents, Elias and Mary Barbee,
in 1834, who settled on the N. W. quarter of section 2,
Green Township, where Mr. Barbee died Feb. 1,
1842. His companion died Oct. 17, 1871.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 204 |
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Green Twp. -
JOHN C. SUBER, Farmer; P. O. Plattsville, Ohio.
Mr. Suber, a son of George and Elizabeth
Suber, was born in Miami County, Ohio, July 9, 1832.
He received a common school education. Mar. 26,
1866, he married Miss Sarah A. Earhart, of Miami
County, born June 19, 1839, daughter of David and
Catharine Earhart. Mr. and Mrs. Suber
settled in their native county, remained seven years,
then in March, 1873, they came to Shelby County,
purchased and moved on the farm in section 11, Green
Township, where they are now living. They have a
family of three children, one son and two daughters.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 206 |
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Cynthian Twp. -
J. C. SWOB was born in Darke
County, Ohio, in 1844. Married Miss Catharine
Flowers in 1862. Their family consists of
seven children, viz., Jacob, David, Mary E., George
F., Ktuna J., Laura, and Sarah. Mr. Swob
came to Shelby County in 1863.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 275 |
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