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BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Shelby County, Ohio
and
representative citizens
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Evansville, Ind.
1913
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HENRY CARGILL.*
who is one of the old and substantial business men of
Port Jefferson, O., where he has conducted a general
store for the past fifty years, and, in association with
his son, owns five farms in Shelby county, was born at
Zanesville, O., Apr. 25, 1833, and is a son of David
and Mary A. (Wyant) Cargill. They were natives
of the state of New York. Their family consisted
of three children that grew to maturity: Andrew,
Henry and Mrs. Ward.
Henry Cargill attended the schools of Zanesville,
afterward worked on a farm and at the cooper trade until
he embarked in his store enterprise. In 1849 the
family moved from Zanesville to Piqua and in the same
year he came to Port Jefferson. In 1850 his
parents moved on a farm north of this place and he made
his home there until permanently established in his
present business. He married Louisa
Elliott, who was born in Shelby county and died
here, her burial being at Port Jefferson. Four
children were born to them, three of whom are deceased,
the one survivor being David Judson, who
is a representative citizen of this place.
David Judson Cargill, who, for a number of years
was a veterinary surgeon in active practice but now
professionally retired, was born in Shelby county, O.,
Sept. 1, 1867. After completing the common school
course at Port Jefferson he attended the Normal School
at Lebanon, O., for two terms and subsequently the Ohio
Veterinary College, at Cincinnati, from which he was
creditably graduated. Since then his home has been
at Port Jefferson and he resides in the old homestead
with his father, in association with whom he owns five
valuable farms in Shelby county. He is identified
fraternally with the Masons at Port Jefferson and
belongs to the Commandery at Sidney, O., and also is a
member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle at Maplewood,
and the Odd Fellows at Port Jefferson. Both father
and son are republicans and the latter served as town
treasurer for a number of years and for several years
past has been treasurer of the cemetery at Port
Jefferson. Henry Cargill is one of
the pillars of the Methodist Episcopal church at Port
Jefferson and the enviable reputation among those who
know him best and with whom he has spent the greater
part of his life is that of a man of unswerving honesty,
upright in thought and deed.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Evansville, Ind. - 1913 - Page
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AUGUST CARITEY,
whose fine productive farm of 114 acres is situated in
Cynthian township, one-quarter mile west of the St. Mary
turnpike road, two miles south of Fort Loramie and two
miles north of Newport, O., was born in France, May 4,
1840, a son of August and Louisa (Ducette) Caritey.
The parents of Mr. Caritey were born in France
and there the mother died when aged twenty-five years,
leaving but the one child. The father married (second)
Josephine Velyon, and they came to America
in 1850. For the first five years after reaching the
United States, Mr. Caritey and family lived at
Ironton, O., moving then to Shelby county and living
first in Cynthian and later in McLean township. Mr.
Caritey and wife then moved to a western state,
where she died and he then returned to Shelby county,
locating first in Loramie township but afterward moving
into Cynthian township, where he died in his sixty-sixth
year. His burial was in the cemetery at Newport,
connected with St. Peter and Paul's Catholic church of
which he had been a member. Three of his sons survive:
Julius, August and Joseph, while two, Ezebiah and
Amiel, are deceased. ..
August Caritey was ten years old when his father
brought the family to America and his early schooling
was secured at Portsmouth and Ironton, O.
Afterward he was variously employed and being willing
and industrious had no difficulty in securing work by
the day. After his marriage he located for a time at
Fort Loramie and then bought a farm of sixty acres in
the Sherman Special School District and operated it
until he had a chance to sell to advantage, when he came
to his present place. Here he has made many
improvements, putting up all the substantial buildings
now standing, has done considerable draining and has
kept his soil in fine condition through his experienced
methods of cultivation. With the exception of
twenty-three acres he has all his land under cultivation
and carries on a general farming line.
Mr. Caritey married Miss Gertrude
Brucken, who was born in Germany, and they have
had the following children: Christina, who is the
wife of Albert Berry, residing in Turtle
Creek township; Elizabeth, who is the wife of
Henry Varno and they live in McLean township;
Mary, who is the wife of Frank Mosey,
living at Sidney; Jane, who is the wife of
Albert Snyder, of Dayton, O.; Catherine,
who is the wife of Joseph Brady, of
Dayton; Sophia, who married Oliver
Davis, lives at Sidney; and Clara,
Josephine, Joseph and Emeline, all of
whom live at home. Mr. Caritey and family
belong to St. Peter and Paul's Catholic church at
Newport, O. This is a very well-known family and
collectively and individually they have many friends.
Mr. Caritey is a democrat in politics and for three
years served as road supervisor in McLean township,
reside in section 8, on his valuable farm of 148 acres,
District Board.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Evansville, Ind. - 1913 - Page
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H. W. CAVIN,
one of the best known citizens of Orange township,
Shelby county, O., now serving in his second term as
township trustee, resides on his mother's farm of 100
acres, which lies six miles southeast of Sidney and her
he was born in 1877.
James M. Caven, father of H. W. Caven,
was born in Miami county, O., three miles south of the
present farm of the family, and after reaching manhood
engaged there in farming until 1874, when he came to
Orange township, purchasing 100 acres of land and
cultivating and improving it until 1904, when he retired
and then moved to Fletcher, O., where his death occurred
in 1908, when he was aged seventy-three years. He
had put the farm in fine condition, erecting all the
buildings which now stand except the residence, which he
remodeled. He married Annetta S. Sayers,
who was born in Miami county and is now a highly
esteemed resident of Fletcher. They had four
children, namely: William M., who lives in Green
township; James S. who is a resident of Miami
county; H. W.; and Mrs. Bertha M. Wyatt,
who lives a Detroit, Mich.
H. W. Cavin attended the public schools of
Orange township and afterward, a business college at
Piqua, O., being thus well prepared for other lines of
activity than agriculture, but farming and stock raising
perfectly satisfies him and he makes a success of the
business, taking care of the home farm for his mother.
Grain, Hay, fruits and other products are raised and
Mr. Caven usually has some as excellent stock as is
found in the township.
On Mar. 1, 1903, Mr. Caven married Miss
Lottie E. Fergus who was born in 1878, on a farm
west of Kirkwood, in Shelby county, O. She is a
daughter of T. H. and Mary (Valentine) Fergus one
of a family of four children the others being:
Frank P., Leonard C. and Mrs. Olive Knox, the
latter of Dayton, O. Mr. and Mrs. Caven
have three children: Francis S., who was born
Apr. 20, 1905; Vertus V., who was born Aug. 20,
1908; and Kathryn Lois who was born Sept. 15,
1911.
In his views on public questions, Mr. Caven has
always been a democrat and his party standing and the
place he occupies in the regard of his fellow citizens,
may be indicated by the fact that since he was elected
township trustee in 1909, he has been continued in
office.
Source: History of Shelby
County, Ohio and representative citizens - Evansville,
Ind. - 1913 - Page 606 |
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WILLIAM M. CAVEN,
whose finely improved farm of seventy-nine acres, is
situated in Green township, twelve miles southeast of
Sidney, O., came from one of the old and representative
families of Miami county, where he was born August 1,
1871, a son of James M. Caven, who subsequently
became a well-known resident of Orange township, Shelby
county.
William M. Caven was
educated in the public schools and grew to manhood on
his father's farm and remained there until 1894, when he
settled on his present place. Mr. Caven has so
improved his property that it arouses favorable comment
and he undoubtedly has the finest set of farm buildings
in Green township. He carries on a general fanning line,
raising grain and stock, and a pleasant prosperity seems
very apparent and evidently has been brought about by
Mrs. Caven's excellent management.
Mr. Caven married
Miss Maggie Covault, a daughter of Erastus
Covault, who was a farmer in Miami county. Mr.
and Mrs. Caven have three children : Foster L.,
Franklin C., and William Garner. The family
belongs to the Christian church. Mr. Caven
has served with efficiency in the office of township
trustee, elected to the same on the democratic ticket.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Evansville, Ind. - 1913 - Page
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JAMES W.
CLANCEY, who is one of the well-known and highly
respected retired residents of Shelby county, O., has
long been one of the heavy tax payers of Franklin
township, where he still resides and owns land in the
county aggregating 344 aces. Mr. Clancey
was born Marcy 4, 1836, in Green county, O., and was
brought to Shelby county when a babe of one year by his
parents who were William and Rachel (Steele) Clancey.
William Clancey was born in Kentucky. He was
cooper by trade and a good workman but when the business
was no longer profitable after factories began to make
barrels and casks that formerly were entirely fashioned
by hand he turned his attention to farming and so spent
the remainder of his life. He married Rachel
Steele, who was born in Virginia and both died in
Shelby county, James W. being their only child.
They were member of the United Presbyterian church.
James W. Clancey attended the country schools
and later the Union school at Sidney, and following his
school days engaged in agricultural pursuits
continuously until he retired from active labor, with
the exception of two years during which period he was in
the grocery business at Sidney. He inherited
eighty acres of his land and with that as a nucleus
added tract after tract until he became one of the
largest land owners in Franklin township.
The main industry of his farm has always been the
raising of crops, largely grain, there always being,
however, enough good stock every year to fully supply
the home demand. Since he has retired, his
son-in-law, S. W. Mead, operates the large farm
and resides with Mr. Clancey.
In 1862, Mr. Clancey was married to Miss
Malvina Shaw, who was born in Montgomery county, O.
and died in 1905, her burial being in Graceland
cemetery, Sidney. Her parents were Thomas and
Nancy (McDonald) Shaw, and they had children as
follows: Malvina; Margaret, who died young;
Elizabeth, who is the wife of George McVay;
Eliza, who is the wife of David Hume; and
John C. To Mr. and Mrs. Clancey
three children were born, namely: Capitola, who
is the wife of J. A. Parker and they have two
children - Clancey and Metta Marie; Nannie,
who is the wife of S. M. Wead; and William S.,
who married Glenna Wead. In politics Mr.
Clancey is a Republican.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Evansville, Ind. - 1913 - Page
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FRED A. CLAWSON, one of the
representative citizens of Loramie township, residing in
section 6, carries on general farming and owns a
valuable tract of eighty acres, lying in the Mills
special school district. He was born Jan 19, 1872,
in Cynthian township, Shelby county, and is a son of
William and Rachel Ann Clawson. William
Clawson was born also in Cynthian township and for
many years was a farmer there but now lives retired at
Oran, O. His wife is deceased. Of the
eight children two sons died, one in infancy, and the
other at the age of nineteen years.
Fred A. Clawson attended school near Newport, in
Cynthian township, and afterward assisted his father
until his marriage, when he came to his present home
farm, which is situated three miles northwest of
Houston. This property was formerly known as the
Houser farm and for seven years he rented it and
then purchased. On his farm he has made many
improvements, it being tiled and the buildings put in
order, and as his land is well adapted to dairying he
keeps many cows and makes this quite a feature of his
operations. He is one of hte busy and prosperous
men of this section, is widely known and has both
business and personal friends among his fellow citizens.
Mr. Clawson was married in 1894 to Miss Clara
May Charpiat, who was born in Cynthian township, a
daughter of Peter and Emma Charpiat, residents of
Newport, O., and they have had five children, namely:
Elfa Marcella, Pearl Marie, Charles Edward, William
Peter and Waldo, the eldest born being
deceased. Mrs. Clawson is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church, which Mr. Clawson
attends and which he gives a liberal support. He
has always been identified with the democratic part and
formerly served in the office of constable while living
in Cynthian township, and in 1900-1911 was township
assessor and for several years was a member of the board
of education and its clerk, of the Mills special school
district. He was a candidate for county
commissioner in 1912, on the democratic ticket, and was
defeated at the primary by so small a majority that he
believes that when he again becomes a candidate the
democrats of Shelby county will nominate him for this
office.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Evansville, Ind. - 1913 - Page
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MARSHAL K. COON,
one of the representative men of Turtle Creek township,
Shelby county, O., who is now serving in the office of
township assessor and resides on his farm of ninety
acres, was born in this township, April 22, 1859, and is
a son of Alfred and Elizabeth (Frankeberger) Coon.
Alfred Coon and wife were both born in Shelby
county and the former in Turtle Creek township. He
learned the tailor's trade in early manhood but later,
became a farmer and when he retired removed to Sidney.
Alfred Coon and wife were parents of the
following children: Margaret, who is the wife of
Jacob Jenkens; David; John;
Mary, who is the wife of Webster
Barbour; Caroline, who is the wife of John
S. Bush; Edward; Marshal K.; Frank
and Lou, who is the wife of James
Turner.
Marshal K. Coon commenced early to assist his
father and remained on the home place until he was
twenty-five years of age and after his father's death
bought his present property which was formerly known as
the Richard Cannon farm. A general line of
farming is here carried on, Mr. Coon
aiming to raise only enough stock for home use.
In August, 1882, Mr. Coon was married to
Miss Anna Rinehart, who was born at Sidney, C, and is a
daughter of Rev.. D. B. and Catherine (Etherington)
Rinehart. The father of Mrs. Coon was born in
Fairfield county, O., November 21, 1825, and died
February 27, 1900, aged seventy-four years, three months
and six days. Mrs. Coon has one brother,
William, who formerly lived at New Bremen, O., but
died at Arcanum, and one sister, Clara Jane,
who is the wife of Samuel L. McCoy, living
at Hastings, Neb. In the Rinehart family is
preserved an old family Bible which has descended from
father to son for generations and authenticates the
genealogy of this family from the time when its
progenitors came from Germany to the American colonies,
prior to the Revolutionary war.
Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Coon,
namely: Alfred R., who married Grace McCormack;
Lou Caroline, who married Henry V. Van Demark,
and they have two children—Catherine and Anna
Wilma; and Florence Catherines Mr.
Coon and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal
church, of which he is one of the trustees. Politically
a republican, for many years .he has been active in
party movements arid prior to being elected to his
present office, served two terms as township treasurer.
He is identified with the Grange at Hardin, O., and with
one exception, he and his wife are the only seventh
degree members .of the Grange in Shelby county.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Evansville, Ind. - 1913 - Page
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HON.
R. D. CURTNER, mayor
of Anna, O., and also serving as deputy county treasurer
of Shelby county, is one of the leading men of this
section, prominent both in business and in politics. He
was born at Port Jefferson, in Salem township, Shelby
county, O., September 15, 1866, and is a son of
Daniel arid Cynthia (Shaw) Curtner.
Daniel Curtner was a well-known citizen of
Shelby county, one of her most enterprising and
successful business men. He was engaged for a number of
years in the dry goods trade at Port Jefferson and was
also associated with Henry Cargill as a
turnpike contractor, the firm building turnpike roads
through Salem township for years. In the early seventies
he moved to Anna, where he embarked in a general
mercantile business which he continued until within a
short time of his death, which occurred in August, 1893.
His widow survives and is a highly esteemed resident of
Anna.
R. D. Curtner was reared
and educated at Anna and for some years continued his
father's store. After disposing of the same he learned
telegraphing and worked for eight years as an operator
and then served for three years as cashier of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank Company, with which he is yet
identified as its second largest stockholder. From early
manhood Mr.
Curtner has taken an interest in politics and
public issues and in the last election for county
treasurer was the democratic nominee and was defeated by
the present incumbent, Mr. Kiser, by only
122 votes. Since then he has served as chief clerk of
the county board of equalization, also as deputy
treasurer and as deputy auditor. As mayor of Anna he is
giving the town a fine business administration and while
adding to its revenues is also maintaining the highest
standard of law and order. Mayor Curtner owns a
valuable farm of eighty acres in Salem township which is
operated by a reliable tenant farmer.
Mayor Curtner. was married in 1886 to
Miss Myrtle Young, a daughter of S. D. and Mary
J. Young, of Anna, and they have four children:
Carl, who is foreman of the Majestic Automobile Company,
of Lima, O., in which his father is financially
interested; Fred A., who is a musician in the
band attached to the 30th U. S. Inf., now stationed in
Alaska; and Erma and Lucille, young ladies well known in
the social circles of Anna. Mayor Curtner is a
thirty-second degree Mason, a Knight of Pythias, a
member of the Ormus Grotto, Knights of the. Golden
Eagle, and a Knight of Khorassan. In the Knights of
Pythias he has passed through all the stations up to the
grand lodge.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Evansville, Ind. - 1913
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