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BIOGRAPHIES -
Source:
The History
Union County, Ohio
A History of the County; Its
Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc.; General and Local
Statistics; Military Record; Portraits of Early Settlers and
Prominent Men; History of the Northwest Territory; History
of Ohio; Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc.
Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co.
Vol. 1
- Illustrated -
1883
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Leesburg Twp. -
JOHN NEWHOUSE,
retired farmer, Magnetic Springs, was born in Salt
Creek Township, Pickaway Co., Ohio, Dec. 14, 1806.
He is a son of Anthony and Nancy (Cons) Newhouse,
natives of Pennsylvania, the former of English
and the latter of German descent. They
emigrated to Ohio in 1798, and settled in Pickaway
County, where they lived until 1814, when they moved
to Delaware County, in which both died. Our
subject was married, June 4, 1830, to Sophia
McCune, a daughter of James and Polly (Junk)
McCune, and a native of Delaware County, born
Apr. 10, 1810. By this union, eight children
were born, three sons and five daughters, of whom
two sons and one daughter survive, viz., James
M., Martha, widow of Jacob Hoskins and
John E. Mrs. Newhouse died, and on
Sept. 29, 1851, Mr. Newhouse married
Rebecca McAllister, who was born in Pickaway
County, Ohio, Dec. 29, 1820; she is a daughter of
John and Mary (Gratton) McAllister, who came to
this county in 1834. By this second marriage
two children were born, Marshall, who married
Jane McGee, and Celinda, wife of
James C. Brown. Mr. Newhouse is a member
of the Mount Carmel Lodge, No. 303, F. & A. M., and
an old Jacksonian Democrat in politics, having cast
his first vote for "Old Hickory," the leader of the
party. He ha acted as Township Trustee for
many years in his township, but about ten months ago
he retired from business, and is now enjoying life
in a comfortable home at Magnetic Springs. He
came to this township when there were but twelve
voters, and resided on the farm from which he has
retired, since 1834. He is a member of the
Pioneer Association.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 445
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Dover Twp. -
JAMES B. NORRIS, farmer, P. O.
New Dover, was born in Malden, Ontario, Feb. 20,
1822. He is a son of Jeremiah K. and
Margaret (Harris) Norris, who emigrated
from Gloucestershire, England, in 1812, and settled
at Halifax, N. S., where Mr. Norris rented
1,800 acres of land of Admiral Cochran, and dealt in
stock till 1819, when they removed to Harrison
County, Ohio, going from Philadelphia, Penn, in
wagons In 1821, they went back to Ontario,
crossing Lake Erie on the ice, and in 1830 they
returned to Harrison County, where Mr. Norris
died Jan. 28, 1837. Mrs. Norris came to
Delaware County in 1866, where her death occurred
July 14, 1878. Our subject was reared on a
farm and educated in the common schools. when
fifteen he left home and followed working by the
month three years at $8 and $10 per month.
Dec. 9, 1840, he came to Mill Creek Township and
purchased thirty acres of land. He lived in
different places in Union and Delaware Counties till
1864, when he located on the farm he now occupies
Nov. 30, 1842, he was married to Rebecca L.,
daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Schofield)
Pennypacker, and a native of Chester County,
Penn., where she was born Apr. 25, 1823. Of
eight children born to them, three sons are living -
Jacob P., Jeremiah K. and Benjamin F.;
Joseph, Jeremiah, Jane, Hannah L. and
Sarah A. are deceased. Jacob P.,
the eldest of the deceased, enlisted Oct. 1, 1862,
in Company D, Eighty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and was discharged on account of
disability Oct. 1, 1863. He re-enlisted Feb.
24, 1864, in Company K, Fifty-fourth Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged Aug., 1865.
Mr. Norris, our subject, was the first man
drafted in Union County, and he furnished a
substitute. He owns a farm of 152 acres, and
is engaged in farming and raising stock.
Mr. and Mrs. Norris are born members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 375 |
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