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BIOGRAPHIES
History Union County, Ohio
Publ. By B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis,
Indiana
1915
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ORLANDO
B. EATON. A native-born farmer of Allen
township, Union county, Ohio, is Orlando B. Eaton,
and he has lived all of his life in this township.
His parents were early settlers in Union county,
Ohio, coming from the eastern states. Mr.
Eaton invests largely in timber land, although
he does general farming at the same time.
Orlando B. Eaton, the son of Joshua S. and
Elizabeth (Poling) Eaton, was born May 19, 1853,
in Allen township, Union county, Ohio. His
father was born in Connecticut and his mother in
West Virginia. After their marriage they
located in Union county, where they lived the
remainder of their lives. Three children were
born to Joshua Eaton and wife;
Calvesta, the wife of William H. Parmer;
Ortinsa, deceased, and Orlando B.
Orlando B. Eaton was educated in the schools of
Allen township and after finishing his education,
assisted his father on the home farm. When
still a young man, he became interested in and
bought timber throughout this and adjoining
counties. He has followed this business each
winter since. During the summer he has devoted
himself to farming and now owns a well improved farm
of seventy-eight acres near Allen Center in Allen
township.
Mr. Eaton was married November 28, 1872,
to Amanda Lary, the daughter of A.
M. and Mary A. (Swisher) Lary.
To this union have been born: Chester,
who married Oma Bergandine; Omer,
who married Laura Bergandine; and
Leon, who is still at home. Two other
children are deceased.
Mrs. Eaton was born January 18, 1855, in
Champaign county. Ohio, and both of her parents were
born in the same county. Her father was born
February 8. 1833 and died August 22, 1003. The
mother of Mrs. Eaton was born
September 6, 1834, and is still living.
Mr. Eaton joined the Progressive party
upon its organization in the summer of 1912, and has
since been giving it his hearty support. He is
a
member of the Free and Accepted Masons at Marysville
and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at
Middleburg.
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. -
1915 - Page 1039 |
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JOHN ELLIOTT.
There is no calling, however humble, in which
enterprise and industry, coupled with intelligent
and well directed purpose, will not be productive of
some measure of success, and in the line of
agricultural pursuits the qualities mentioned are
essential. Among the well known and highly
respected farmers of Union county, who have attained
to a degree of success in their line, is the
gentleman who is the subject of this brief review.
John Elliott was born on the farm just across
the road from where he now lives, July 25, 1859, and
is the son of Wellen and Mary J. (Taylor) Elliott.
The father of our subject was born near Belmont, in
Belmont county, Ohio, and was the son of John
Elliott, Sr., who brought his family to Union
county and settled here in an early day.
Wellen Elliott had a family of nine children,
Asbury, Harvey, Marker, Mrs. Zelda Reams, George,
John, Wellen, Alonzo, and one who died in
infancy.
John Elliott received his education in
the common schools of the county and worked on the
farm when not attending school. On January 6, 1881,
he was united in marriage with Olive Wood,
daughter of Alpheus and Fannie
(Staley) Wood, who were natives of
Union county and have always resided here. In
the Wood family there were nine
children, namely: Mora, who married Mr.
Shank; Olive, wife of Mr.
Elliott; Lutrell; Sarah, who
married Mr. Beightler; Emma; Clara J.,
who married Mr. Elliott; Mary, who also
married a Mr. Elliott; John,
and William, deceased.
John Elliott has seven children in his
family, namely: Lutrell, who married
Jessie Beard; Debbie, who married
1. Parthmer, and has a family of five
children, named Cecil, Hershell,
Sylvia, Harold and Lutrell;
Pearl, Hazel, Lewis, Arthur
and one who died in infancy. Mr.
Elliott is connected with the United Brethren
church of which he has been a life-long member and a
consistent communicant. He is identified with
all the activities in which his church is engaged,
and he is interested in every cause that tends to
the betterment of the community and the
encouragement of Christianity.
The farm which Mr. Elliott owns and
operates is not one of the larger farms of the
county but it contains some of the finest land in
the county.
There are fifty-two acres in his farm and it has
been brought to a high state of cultivation under
Mr. Elliott's judicious management.
In addition to his farming he engages extensively in
stock raising which adds considerably to the revenue
received from the farm. Politically, Mr.
Elliott is a Republican and has firm faith in
the policies of that party, believing, with
McKinley, the favorite son of Ohio, that
Republican policy is the synonym for prosperity.
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. -
1915 - Page 650 |
Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Elliott
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ROBERT F. ELLIOTT.
A self-made farmer of Leesburg township, Union
county, Ohio, is Robert F. Elliott, who has
been a resident of this county since 1881. His
father died when he was only five years of age and
when only twelve he started out to make his own way
in the world. He had a very meager education
and when a mere youth was thrown on his own
resources. He started working on a farm in
Marion county, Ohio, before reaching his majority
and later located in Leesburg township, in Union
county, where he bought the one hundred and six
acres on which he is now living.
Robert F. Elliott, the son of James and Sarah
Jane (Houser) Elliott, was born in Harrison
county, Ohio, May 16, 1853. His father was
born in Ireland, came to the United States with his
parents when a small boy, and located with them in
Harrison county, Ohio. Here James
Elliott was reared to manhood and married
Sarah Jane Houser, a native of Pennsylvania, and
to this union three children were born, two of whom
are living, Robert F. and Mary, the
wife of W. T. Robinson, of Coeur d'Alene,
Idaho. James Elliott was a
blacksmith and followed this trade until his death
in 1858. His widow survived him until 1905.
Robert F. Elliott was able to attend the common
schools only a short time, since his father died
when he was five years of age and seven years later
he started out to make his own way. He moved
from Harrison county to Marion county, Ohio, and
remained there about eight years, marrying while in
the latter county. He farmed in Marion county
until 1881, and then brought his family to Union
county and purchased a farm in Leesburg township,
near Claibourne. He has made extensive
improvements upon this farm and now has one of the
finest country homes in this county. He has an
excellent barn and other outbuildings and everything
about the farm indicates that he is a man of thrift
as well as of taste. Since 1897 he has been
engaged in the buying and shipping of live stock,
and has added no small amount to his yearly income
in this way.
Mr. Elliott was married to Flora I.
Owen, the daughter of Perry and Mary (Warner)
Owen. Mrs. Elliott's father
was born in Marion county, Ohio, August 22, 1830,
and died July 30, 1869. Mary Warner
was born September 30, 1830, and died September 12,
1860. The parents of Mrs. Elliott
were married September 13, 1855, and to them were
born two children, Flora I., born September
5, 1856, and Charles S., born July 29. 1858.
Charles S. Owen, with his wife and one child,
lost their lives in the Iroquois fire at Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott are the
parents of nine children: Charles F., born
February 6, 1880, and now at home; Mabel M.,
born June 5, 1881, died September 18, 1909;
William I., born March 4, 1883; Irwin O.,
born May 23, 1886, now living in Dover township;
Eula D., born August 17, 1888, the wife of
Charles Stickel, of Richwood; Robert M.,
born January 23, 1890, died November 6, 1892;
Frank H., born September 11, 1892, still at
home; Mary Lela, born July 13, 1894,
and died May 20, 1895; Floyd E., born April
20, 1901, and died September 20, 1901.
Mr. Elliott is a member of the Free and
Accepted Masons, and the Knights of the Maccabees,
holding his membership in both lodges at Richwood.
The family are members of the Christian Advent
church of Claibourne. In politics, Mr.
Elliott is a Republican, but has never taken
an active part in political matters. He is
essentially a self-made man, having started in with
nothing and attained to his present degree of
prosperity solely through his own unaided efforts .
He is well known in his township and is held in high
esteem by a wide circle of friends and
acquaintances.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. by B.
F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915
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HARRISON ENIX.
Harrison Enix is one of the younger class of
farmers in Union county, but he has been engaged in
the business here long enough to demonstrate the
fact that he has the necessary energy and
perseverance for the successful farmer. The
Enix ancestors came from Virginia, that state
being the birth place of the father and grandfather
of our subject. The grandfather and other
members of the Enix family came first to Knox
county, Ohio, and later to Union county.
Harrison Enix was born in Marshall county, West
Virginia, June 5, 1875. He was the son of
John and Elizabeth (Fish) Enix. The father
was born in the same county and was a farmer and
land owner in that county for several years.
The paternal grandfather of our subject was Brice
Enix and the maiden name of his wife was
Elizabeth Thompson. They lived in Virginia
for many years and there they reared their family.
When they came to Union county, Ohio, they settled
in Paris township and made their home here during
the remainder of life. The grandfather is
buried in Oakdale cemetery. John and
Elizabeth Enix, the parents of our subject, are
still living in their home in Taylor township.
John Enix was reared and educated in Virginia.
He had three children, namely: Arizonia,
deceased; Harrison, subject of this sketch,
and Myrtle, who married Allen Edson.
Harrison Enix worked on the farm during his
youthful years. Meanwhile, he availed himself
of all the educational advantages afforded by the
schools of the township and county. He first
attended the Shirk school in Taylor township and
then went to the Brown school. Later he
attended the Amrene school and then the Darby
school, in Allen township, where he finished his
school career. At the age of twenty-two he
began working for himself. He was married Apr.
4, 1899, to Annetta Staley, a daughter of
William Staley, and went to housekeeping on his
father-in-law's farm located on the Staley pike
about three miles northwest of Marysville. To
his farming industry he has added stock raising, a
business for which this farm is well adapted.
He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and is a Republican in politics.
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
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JOSEPH P. EVANS.
A highly esteemed retired farmer of Raymond, Ohio,
is Joseph P. Evans, who is spending his
declining years in ease and comfort after a life of
hard work on the farm. He is one of the many
veterans of the Civil War still living in Union
county, and too much honor can not be given these
men who offered their lives that this country should
not be divided. They are fast passing away and
it will not be many years before they will all have
answered the last roll call. For the past half
century Mr. Evans has been engaged in
agricultural pursuits and with a success which
speaks well for his ability and good management.
For several years he farmed in the state of
Illinois, but for the past quarter of a century, he
has been living in Union county. For the last
ten years he has been living a retired life in
Raymond.
Joseph P. Evans, the son of Joseph and
Margaret (Harlan) Evans, was born in Champaign
county, Ohio, Jan. 19, 1843. His parents, who
were natives of Pennsylvania, reared a family of
eight children, six of whom lived to maturity.
Mary, Orpha, died October, 1905 the wife of
John Dixon; John, died at teh age of twelve;
Thomas L., of Decatur, Illinois; Elizabeth
M., of Broadway; Joseph P., of
Raymond; Sarah A., died November, 1892, the
wife of James Marshall, Lydia, who
died in infancy; Joshua H., of Newark, Ohio.
Joseph Evans, Sr., was a stone and brick mason i
n his younger manhood and afterwards engaged in
farming. He came from Chester county,
Pennsylvania, in 1837, and located in Champaign
county Ohio, where he brought a small farm which was
partly improved, but later disposed of this farm and
moved to Union county, arriving in this county on
Apr. 9, 1851. He bought a farm of one hundred
and seventy-six acres near Peoria, which he cleared,
improved an dlived on until his death in 1881, at
the age of eighty. His wife survived him many
years and died in 1897, at the age of eighty-six.
They were of Quaker extraction and people who
enjoyed the respect of the community in which they
lived. He was a man of influence and held
various township offices during his active life.
The paternal grandparents of Joseph P. Evans
were Caleb and Elizabeth Evans, natives of
Pennsylvania of Welsh descent. They died in
Pennsylvania, he in middle life, and his widow after
reaching the age of ninety. Caleb Evans
and wife reared a large family of children, among
them being the following: Joseph, Caleb,
Margaret, Eliza, Rachel and Sarah.
The maternal grandarents of Mr. Evans
were natives of Pennsylvania, and life-long
residents of that state. Both of them died in
early life, leaving a family of several children,
Margaret, Sarah, Mary, John, Louis, Joshua and
Harmon.
Joseph P. Evans was reared on his father's farm
near Peoria, in Taylor township, and attended the
district schools in his home neighborhood.
Upon reaching his majority he went to Illinois and
bought a farm of one hundred acres in Ford county,
on which he lived for ten years. He then came
back to Ohio, married in 1879, and at once returned
to Illinois, where he remained until 1881, when his
father died. He then returned to Union county,
Ohio, and bought a farm of one hundred and sixteen
acres near Broadway, in Liberty township, which he
still owns. He lived there until the spring of
1904 and then moved to Raymond, where he is now
living.
Mr. Evans
enlisted in the Civil War as a member of Company D,
One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and served four months toward the close of
the war. His brother, Thomas L. Evans,
enlisted in the Civil war as a member of Company K,
Ninety-sixth regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and
served from 1862 until the close of the war, during
which time he spent eight months in the southern
prison.
Mr. Evans was married Jan. 23, 1879, to
Sarah Price, who died Apr. 7, 1911,
leaving no children. On Dec. 4, 1911, Mr.
Evans was married to Mrs. Lorinda Miller,
the widow of John Miller, and the
daughter of Ara and Lydia (Safford) Gleason.
Mrs. Lorinda Evans was born in Liberty township
Union county, Ohio, July 26, 1844. Her parents
were natives of Vermont, and early pioneers in Union
county. They built the first house in Raymond,
the town then being known as Newton. They
later went to Illinois, where they died. Mr.
Gleason and his wife reared a family of
several children, Amanda, Mary,
Nathaniel, Lorinda, Charles A. and
George.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans are consistent members of the
Methodist Episcopal church and have always been
interested in church work. Mr. Evans is
a trustee of his denomination at the present time.
Politically, he has been a life-long Republican, but
has never taken an active part in political matters,
preferring to devote all of his time to his
agricultural interests. He and his wife are
highly esteemed in the community where they
have spent so many years, and have a host of friends
who which them many happy years yet in this county.
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 955 |
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JAMES EWING.
This pioneer was in advance of all others in the
settlement of Union county. He and his
brother, Joshua Ewing, came to what is now
Darby township in 1798, on the later site of what
was known as North Liberty village. Joshua
built the pioneer cabin in the county at that
point and James remained with him a short
time, then moved over into Jerome township, as now
called. He was a single man at the date of his
settlement in this county. He has been in the
Indian service. The two brothers traveled on a
one-horse cart, cutting their way through the
tangled brushwood and slept in a tent. They
camped in southeastern in this county. He had
been in the Indian service. The two
brothers traveled on a one-horse cart, cutting their
way through the tangled brushwood and slept in a
tent. They camped in southeastern Jerome
township, at a sot where later the brother James
located, cleared out a patch and planted a small
piece of corn, chopping it into the sod with an ax.
The Indians had just washed their war paint from
their dusky faces and all was wild and lonesome for
the two white men. Without waiting for the
corn to mature they packed their camp outfit and
started eastward and intended to remain away from
their prospective homesteads several years.
They were from New Jersey and were sons of Mascol
Ewing. They were also cousins of Gen.
Thomas Ewing, formerly of Lancaster, Ohio.
They possessed great force of character, much
intelligence and a good education. When
James came in to remain permanently, he brought
his aged mother with him, also his two sisters,
Betsy and Mrs. Eunice Donaldson, a widow.
For thirty years James Ewing was a foremost
citizen of Union county. His old home in
Jerome township was a survey No. 12,125, where he
died. He was the county's first sheriff.
He was of the Presbyterian faith, and a ruling elder in
the Lower Liberty church. Politically, he was
uncompromisingly a Whig. In 1810 he bought a
stock of goods at Chillicothe, brought the same to
his farm home in Jerome township and opened up the
first store in Union county. Through his
influence a postoffice was established and he was
appointed the pioneer postmaster in the county.
He conducted the store ten years. In 1833 he
built a large frame store adjoining his dwelling,
and stocked up with a large stock of general
merchandise. In 1835 he went out of trade.
His younger son, a favorite with him, met with an
accident causing his death, which caused the father
to go out of business.
Mr. Ewing was elected the first trustee of the
Franklin County Bank. He was a man of some
considerable means and exacting and honest with all
men. He resided in his log cabin until his
death, August, 26, 1850. His family included
several sons and daughters, Thomas M. and David
C. being among his worthy sons. Such, in
brief, is the career of Union county's first
settler.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. by B.
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