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Claibourne Twp. -
D. F. PARSONS, proprietor of
the Commercial Hotel, Richwood, was born in the
State of Maine June 20, 1834; he is a son of
Charles and Martha (Fernel) Parsons, natives of
Maine, the former of English and the latter of
Scotch descent. His father was a cabinet-maker
by trade. Our subject received a common school
education, and at the age of seventeen began working
at cabinet-making, which he followed during his
residence in his native State. After coming to
Ohio, he engaged in merchandising, and resided in
Knox County until 1864, when he came to Richwood,
and for nine years engaged in the furniture
business. He also dealt in dry goods in
connection with his furniture trade. In 1879, he
opened the Commercial Hotel, a neat and commodious
building, three stories high, containing twenty-five
rooms, a large and well furnished dining room, and
good sample rooms. He is a generous and
thoughtful landlord, particular about the comfort of
his guests, and very popular with the traveling
public. He owns valuable property in the
business center of the village, and is driving a
thriving trade at his hotel. In 1857, he
married Mary Swetland, a native of
Ohio, of Dutch descent, and a member of the
Methodist Church. Mr. Parsons is
a member of the Masonic order, and a Republican in
politics.
 Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 646 |
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Union Twp. -
MATTHEW PATCH, farmer, P. O.
Milford Center, was born in Jerome Township, this
county, in 1847, and is a son of Herman Patch,
an old settler living in the above township.
Our subject was reared to farm pursuits, and had
only the advantages of a common education. On
Oct. 21, 1866, he was married to Mary C.
Linnville, by whom he has had two children,
viz.: J. N. and N. B. He
remained in his native township till September,
1879, when he located where he now lives, owning
sixty and one-half acres of well-improved land.
Source: History
Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers &
Co. 1883 - Page 213 |
John Paver |
Allen Twp. -
JOHN PAVER, farmer, P. O.
Marysville, a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, was
born Nov. 13, 1849. He is a son of John
Paver and Mary Wagner, the former a native of
Maryland and the latter of Virginia. They were
married and came to Fairfield County in 1802, the
year Ohio became a State. In 1829, they
removed to Union County, and located on the farm now
occupied by our subject. Mr. Paver was
called out into military service soon after Hull's
surrender, and served six months. The subject
of this sketch was reared on the homestead, Mar. 19,
1846, he married Maria Poling, daughter of
John and Sarah Poling, who came to Union County
in 1837. Of fifteen children by this marriage,
eleven are living, viz.: Sarah A., wife
of Charles Wilson, George James, Ira, Cynthia,
wife of Arthur Wagner, Martha J., wife of
Ira Donohoe, Louisa, Maria, wife of
Henderson Turner, Alfred, Alice,
wife of F. Hull, and John. Mrs.
Paver departed this life Oct. __, 1879.
Mr. Paver filled the office of Justice of the
Peace one term, and served as Township Trustee eight
years. Politically, he is Democratic. He
owns a farm of 500 acres, and is engaged in farming
and rearing stock.
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 478 |
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Union Twp. -
F. S. PEARL, farmer, P. O.
Milford Center, was born in Connecticut July 28,
1817, and is a son of Philip Pearl, a native
of the same State, and a son of Philip Pearl, Sr.,
who likewise was a native of Connecticut. In
1838, our subject came to Ohio and settled in
Champaign County, where he bought land. In
1840, he was married to Mary Biggs. In
1873, he located where he now resides, and where he
owns 240 acres of well-improved land. He has
been Trustee of his township, and was elected
Justice of the Peace but refused to qualify.
To Mr. and Mrs. Pearl has been born one
child, viz.: Hannah. Mr. Pearl
is a liberal minded gentleman, and always takes
great interest in public improvements.
Source: History
Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers &
Co. 1883 - Page 213 |
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Dover Twp. -
ADAM PHILLIPS
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 375 |
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Union Twp. -
WILLIAM PORTER, farmer, P. O.
Milford Center, was born in Erie County, Penn., in
January, 1803, and is a son of John and Elizabeth
Porter, natives of Pennsylvania, where the
latter died. John Porter came to Ohio
in 1817, and settled on Darby Creek, in this
township. Six children came to Ohio with him,
viz.: John, Jesse, Robert, Mary, Elizabeth
and William, all of whom married and reared
families, except Robert, and of them
William alone survives. Mr. Porter
had preceded his family to this county and married
Susannah Piper, a widow lady, by whom he had
four children - Marie, Lucinda J., Nancy and
Minerva; Lucinda (Hopkins) being the
only survivor. By his third wife, Hannah
Dodds, he had two children - Susan, who
lives in Keokuk County, Iowa, and Martha,
deceased. Mr. Porter was only
moderately successful in life; he was an Associate
Judge of the county, appointed by the Legislature,
and was serving as such at the time of his death.
He was an ex-soldier of the war of 1812, a strong
anti-slavery man, and a zealous member of the United
Presbyterian Church, in which he was a Deacon.
He died in 1838 at the age of sixty-two years,
universally loved and respected by all who knew him.
Our subject was nearly fifteen years of age
when his father came to Ohio. They made the
whole journey in a wagon, and were three weeks on
the road. In 1822, our subject cut down the
first trees for the first court house in Union
County. In 1827, he purchased land where he
now lives, and in the year following built a cabin,
which is still standing. In December, 1828, he
moved onto his purchase, cleared the land and
improved the place, and has since remained there in
general prosperity. From 1853 to 1856, he
served as a Commissioner and as Trustee of this
township. He is the oldest member living in
this county of the Presbyterian Church, to which he
has belonged fifty-seven years, and he has been a
Deacon and Elder of the church here for thirty
years. He takes an active interest in
religious affairs, and has always contributed
liberally of his means to the church. He was
married Jan. 20, 1825, to Hannah Snodgrass,
by whom he had seven children, viz.:
William L., Harvey W. and Salina E.
living, and Sabia J., George C., Alvin and
Elizabeth, deceased. Alvin enlisted
in 1864 in Company F, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and was sent to his command via
Cairo to Tennessee, above Pittsburg Landing.
He was in the battle of Atlanta, after which, his
health failing, he was put on light duty for awhile,
then sent to Chattanooga Hospital, and after being
transferred several times was honorably discharged
May 24, 1865. Returning home with his health
completely broken down, he lingered four years and
then died, while in Columbus as roadmaster.
Mrs. Porter died Oct. 3, 1876, aged eighty years
one month and six days. She was a daughter of
Robert and Jane Snodgrass, who came from
Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1800, with four children -
Jane, James, Hannah and William
He soon afterward purchased land and became a
permanent settler of the county, where he died in
1835 in his seventy-eighth year; his wife died in
1833, aged seventy-two. Four children,
Robert, Samuel, George and Thomas, were
born to them after their settlement in this county.
George alone survives, and resides in
Marysville.
Source: History
Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers &
Co. 1883 - Page 214 |
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Paris Twp. -
EDWARD POWERS, farmer and
stock-raiser, P. O. Marysville, a native of Madison
County, Ohio, was born Apr. 8, 1819. He is a
son of Robert and Mary (Higgins) Powers, who
were natives of the Old Dominion. They died,
the former in August and the latter in September of
1821. Our subject was then placed in the care
of Andrew and Mercy Amrine, who soon came to
Paris Township. He remained with Mr. Amrine
and family till fourteen years old, then went to
Springfield and spent one year working at the
cabinet trade. The next four years he employed
in learning the carpenter trade in Marysville.
The site of Marysville was then marked by only eight
houses, and Mr. Powers aided in constructing
many of the more substantial business houses and
residences that now form a part of Marysville.
Mr. Powers pursued his early chosen
trade but a few years, till his marriage, which
occurred Dec. 26, 1840, with Miss Polly A. Dines,
a daughter of James C. and Providence Dines,
and a native of Lebanon, Ohio. She was born
June 5, 1821. This union resulted with seven
children, viz.: Annette, born Feb. 26, 1842,
wife of J. M. Horney; Providence, born Feb.
4, 1844, wife of H. A. Westlake; Mary,
born Dec. 9, 1847, and died May 11, 1849;
Chambers, born April 28, 1849, married Inis
Smith; Frances E., born Nov. 15, 1853,
wife of E. B. Knotts; Charlie, born
Apr. 25, 1857; and Glara, born Feb/ 7, 1859,
wife of T. S. Blue. In 1856, Mr.
Powers located on his present farm. For
the last ten years, he has devoted especial
attention to keeping Spanish Merino sheep, which he
exhibited at the Annual County Fair of 1881, and was
awarded the first premium. He was one of the
first to introduce Poland-China hogs. He has
been a member of the County Agricultural Society
since its organization, and was one of the
agricultural board two years. Politically, he
is a Republican. He is identified with the Masonic
Order and Grange. He owns a large and
well-improved farm. Of winters, for the last
twelve years, he has dealt in furs, doing a large
business.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 131 |
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Paris Twp. -
JOSEPH POWERS, farmer, P. O.
Marysville, was born in Monroe Township, Madison
Co., Ohio, in December, 1813. His grandfather,
Walter Powers, was by birth a
Virginian, of Dutch descent, and a soldier of the
Revolutionary war. His parents, Robert and
Mary (Higgins) Powers, were both natives of
Virginia, who located at an early time in Belmont
County, Ohio, thence going to Madison County, Ohio,
in 1808, where he purchased 900 acres of land from
Robert Means, the original proprietor
and an officer of the Revolutionary war. Here
he founded a home, raised his family and lived until
1821, when he, with his devoted wife, were called to
join in the settlement of that better land.
He, with a brother (Joseph), gave their
services to their country in the war of 1812, and
both were distinguished pioneers of the State.
The subject of this sketch is the eldest of three
living children. Left an orphan when nine
years of age, he was bound out to one James
Burnham until becoming of age. He
remained in durance about seven years, when he
started out for himself, and was employed working on
a farm and driving cattle over the mountains.
After marriage in 1836 to Miss Julia E. McCoy,
he returned to the homestead and rented farms until
his removal to this county in 1848. He
purchased 250 acres of land west of this city, where
he resided until 1877, when he purchased seven acres
of land on West Center street upon which he erected
his present residence. He has made a
subsequent purchase of twenty-five acres and added
to his farm, which is thoroughly drained with 1,000
rods of tile, and is well-cultivated and productive.
His wife died in 1849, leaving four children, two of
whom survive (William M. and Joseph W.).
His present wife Helen (daughter of
Aquilla Turner), is a native of Clark County,
Ohio. Of the children born to this union seven
are living, viz.: Charles, Napoleon,
John, Phebe A., James,
Temperance and Thomas. William
M. enlisted in the ranks of the Union army under
Capt. Smith, of the Sixty-sixth
Regiment, and was discharged on account of failing
health in 1862. He again enlisted in the six
months' service, and again in 1864 as a recruit.
Also, Joseph W. served through the war and
both brothers were with Sherman on his
memorable march to the sea. Mr. P. was
Township Trustee about eight years, and is one of
the oldest and most respected pioneers of the
county. He is connected with the M. E. Church.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 128 |
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