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BIOGRAPHIES
History Union County, Ohio
Publ. By B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis,
Indiana
1915
Nathan P. Westheimer
and Family |
NATHAN P. WESTHEIMER
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. by B.
F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915
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JOHN F. WILKINS.
Born on the same farm where he is now living in York
township. Union county, Ohio, John F. Wilkins
has spent practically his whole life on this farm.
He was in Kansas for two years during the early
seventies but, with that exception, he has lived all
of his life in York township, where he has been
engaged in agricultural pursuits. He has a
well improved farm of sixty-two and one-half acres,
two and one-fourth miles north of Sommersville,
where he has been farming for himself since his
marriage, thirty-five years ago.
John F. Wilkins, the son of Charles E. and
Martha M. Wilkins, was born July 12, 1856.
His grandfather, Beriah P. Wilkins, was born
in Saratoga county. New York, May 26, 1792. He
was a son of James Wilkins, a
distinguished soldier in the Revolutionary War. Beriah
P. Wilkins was reared to manhood in New York and
married Amanda Rhodes, who was born
October 19, 1797, a daughter of Captain James
Rhodes. The grandparents of John F.
Wilkins reared a family of three children:
Charles E., the father of John F.; Joseph R.
and Alfred F.
In 1836 the father of Charles E. Wilkins came to
Union county, Ohio, and bought two hundred and ten
acres of land in York township. In 1837, he located
on his farm with his family and for the first few
years endured all of the hardships and privations
connected with pioneer life in a new country.
On this farm the father of Charles E. Wilkins
died in October, 1858. He served as trustee of
York township and was an influential citizen of the
community where he resided. His widow died in
August, 1877.
Charles E. Wilkins was born March 6, 1822, in
New York state and when fifteen years of age, came
with his parents to Union county, Ohio. He was
married May 18. 1847, to Martha M. Raymond,
who was born July 26, 1826. in Saratoga county. New
York. Her father, Nathan Raymond,
was born in 1779, in Connecticut, and his father,
Nathan, was a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
When a boy, Nathan Raymond moved to
Saratoga county with his parents, where he married
Martha Chard, and to this union seven
children were born. In 1839, Nathan
Raymond came to Union county, Ohio, where he
remained until his death, November 7, 1847, his wife
having died September 4, of the same year.
Charles E. Wilkins and wife are the parents of
six children: Edwin R., deceased; Amanda,
deceased, who was the wife of W. H. Cusick;
John F., of York township; Mary, the
wife of P. J. Jones, of Chicago, Illinois;
Hattie M., the wife of John W.
Davis, of Delaware county, Ohio; Kizzie,
the wife of J. S. Reed of York township.
John F. Wilkins was reared on his father's farm in
York township and attended the district schools of
his home neighborhood until he was eighteen years of
age. He then went west in company with his
brother and located in Kansas, where the two
brothers farmed during the years 1873 and 1874.
In 1875, Mr. Wilkins returned to his
home in Union county, Ohio, where he has since
resided. He made his home with his parents
until his marriage and then located on the farm
where he is now living, it being part of the
Beriah P. Wilkins homestead.
Mr. Wilkins was married October 7, 1880,
to Alice J. Mills, of Marion county. Ohio.
She was a daughter of Leander and
Jane Mills of Licking county, Ohio.
Mr. Wilkins and his wife are the
parents of four children: Daisy W.. of
Columbus. Ohio; Clyde L., who married Osie
Phelps, and now makes his home in Urbana,
Ohio; Charles E., single, and an employe of
the Erie Railroad Company; and Hazel, who is
still single and living with her parents. Clyde
L. and his wife have two children, Mildred
and Harold.
Mr. Wilkins is a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Sommersville and
has tilled all of the chairs in his lodge.
Mrs. Wilkins and her daughter, Hazel,
are members of the Daughters of Rebekah at
Sommersville, and Mrs. Wilkins is a
past noble grand of the Rebekahs. Politically,
he is a Democrat but, while taking an intelligent
interest in the current issues of the day, yet has
never been active in political matters.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. by B.
F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915
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JOHN M.
WILKINS. The Wilkins family have
been residents of Union county, Ohio, for more than
eighty years, and during all of this time have been
actively identified with the history of the county.
For the past quarter of a century John M. Wilkins
has been engaged in mercantile pursuits in Richwood,
and by his good business ability and careful
management, has become recognized as one of the
substantial men of the village. He is a worthy
scion of a family which has always stood for high
ideals, and he has conducted his life in such a way
as to win the hearty approval of his fellow
citizens.
John M. Wilkins, the son of Alfred F. and
Harriet J. (Stewart) Wilkins, was born in
Marysville, Ohio, Dec. 29, 1857. His father
was born in Saratoga, New York, in 1821, and his
mother was a native of the same city.
Alfred F. Wilkins came with his parents from New
York to Ohio in 1832, and located in York township,
Union county, where he grew to manhood. The
parents of Alfred F. Wilkins were Beriah
and Amanda (Rhodes) Wilkins, native of New York
state, residents of Union county, Ohio, after 1832.
Three children were born to Beriah Wilkins
and wife, Alfred F., Charles and James Rhodes.
Alfred F. Wilkins was one of the early surveyors of
Union county, and later moved from the farm where he
was reared in York township to Marysville, where his
death occurred in 1876, his wife surviving him many
years, passing away at the age of eighty-five.
He was a prominent member of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, and a stanch Democrat in politics.
For many years he served as mayor of
Marysville, and he also held the office of county
treasurer. Six children were born to Alfred
F. Wilkins and wife; James C., of
Washington, D. C.; Beriah, deceased;
Keziah, the wife of Col. A. B. Robinson,
of Marysville; Charles F., deceased; John
M., of Richwood; and Joseph S., deceased,
who was a paymaster in the regular army. The
maternal grandfather of John M. Wilkins was
Nathaniel Stewart, a native of New York
state, and an early settler in Liberty township,
Union county, Ohio. Nathaniel Stewart
died in Marysville, after passing his eightieth
birthday, and his wife also lived to a good old age.
Nathaniel Stewart and his wife reared a large
family, among whom were Ephraim, Joseph, Adeline,
Mary, Harriett Jane and others who died in
childhood.
John M. Wilkins was reared in Marysville and
received all of his education in the schools of that
city. After leaving school, he went to work
for Colonel Robinson in the old factory store
and remained there from 1876 until 1883. He
then went to Maynard, Ohio, where he operated a
mining store for eight years and a half. In
1890 Mr. Wilkins formed a partnership with
Col. A. B. Robinson and James W. Robinson,
and htis firm opened a general store in Richwood
under the firm name of Robinson & Wilkins.
In 1896 the firm was incorporated under the name of
the Robinson & Wilkins Company, and the firm
still conducts a prosperous business in Richwood.
John M. Wilkins was married to Ella M. Lee,
the daughter of William Lee, and to this
union three children have been born, Lee, Alfred
F. and one who died in infancy. Lee
married Mary Van Brunt, of Saginaw, Michigan,
and is now the manager of the Wilkins store
in Marysville. Alfred F. is single and
works in his father's store in Richwood.
Mrs. Ella M. (Lee) Wilkins was a member of the
Presbyterian church, and was born in Marysville,
Ohio. Her parents were natives of Connecticut
and early settlers in Marysville, where her father
conducted a general mercantile establishment.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee died in Marysville.
They reared a family of three daughters and two
sons, Mary, Martin, John, Kate and Ella.
Mr. Wilkins was married to Martha T. Godman,
the daughter of Daniel W. and Susan (Thornhill)
Godman, of Adrian, Michigan. Mrs.
Martha Wilkins was born in Richwood, Ohio.
Her father was engaged in the hardware business in
the firm of Blakae & Godman, and later of the
firm of Godman & Thornhill. He is
deceased and his wife is still living. There
were five children born to Mr. Godman and
wife, Mary, Fannie, Martha, Anna and Kate.
Mrs. Wilkins' maternal grandfather, French
Thornhill, was a member of the Ohio house and
senate for many years, and was acting lieutenant
governor of the state at one time, and a man well
known in early Democratic circles.
Mr. Wilkins and his wife are consistent members
of the Presbyterian church. He is a member of
the Mount Carmel Lodge No. 303, Free and Accepted
Masons; Marion Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Marion
Commandery of Knights Templar; Aladdin Temple,
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also holds his
membership in the Knights of Pythias, being a member
of Rising Sun Lodge No. 71. In politics,
Mr. Wilkins is a stanch Democrat and has been a
member of the county council and executive committee
for several years.
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. -
1915 - Page 1014 |
John H. Willis |
JOHN H. WILLIS
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. by B.
F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915
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Mr. & Mrs.
David B. Wise |
DAVID B. WISE.
The Wise family have been residents of
Union county, Ohio, since 1849 when the first
members of the family located in Jerome township.
David B. Wise came here as a lad of eleven
with his parents and has made his home in Jerome
township since that time. He, with two of his
brothers, served in the Civil War and rendered
faithful service to their country during that
terrible struggle. For the past fifty years he
has been engaged in agricultural pursuits and now
owns one hundred and twenty-six and one-half acres a
half mile north of New California in Jerome
township. He has now retired from active farm
life and is living at east after a long life of
labor upon the farm.
David B. Wise, the son of Anthony and Sarah (Leighley)
Wise, was born June 2, 1838, in Stark county,
Ohio. His father came west to Ohio with his
parents when a lad and settled in Stark county and
there he grew to manhood and married. Twelve
children were born to Anthony Wise and wife,
six daughters and six sons, and seven of them are
still living: Susan, who first married
William Faulk and after his death,
Matthias Sensel who died in 1868; David B.,
of Jerome township; Catherine, of Marysville,
the wife of H. Wood; Sarah, who lives in
Marion, Ohio, the wife of George Benson; Samuel
of Ohio; Frank, a farmer of Union county, and
Priscilla, wife of Jasper Hubbard, of
Columbus, Ohio. Two children died in
infancy and one girl died at the age of two.
Anthony Wise died Dec. 26, 1887, at the age
of eighty-six years, one month and nine days.
His wife died Apr. 16, 1909, at the age of
eighty-nine years, seven months and seven days.
David B. Wise came to Union county, Ohio, with
his parents when he was eleven years of age and
settled on a farm of two hundred and forty acres for
which his father traded, giving in return sixty
acres which he owned in Stark county, together with
a sum of money. David B. Wise grew to
manhood in Jerome township and enlisted in Company
D, Eighty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
and served for about two years and a half. Two
of his brothers, William and Eli, were
members of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and served under Captain Fields.
William died in the service and Eli moved
to Missouri after the close of the war, where his
death occurred. A brother-in-law of Mr.
Wise, William Fulk, who married Susan Wise,
was also a member of Company D, Eighty-eighth
Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died while in
the service.
After the close of the Civil War David B.
Wise returned to his home in Jerome township and
took charge of his father's farm, managing it for a
number of years. He then bought a farm of
sixty-three acres on which he lived for a few years
and then sold it and bought his present farm of one
hundred and twenty-six and one-half acres. He
engaged in general farming and stock raising and has
met with commendable success. A few years ago
he retired and is not spending his life in ease on
the farm where he has lived for so many years.
Mr. Wise was married to Lydia Deemer, a
daughter of William Deemer and wife, natives
of Pennsylvania and early settlers in Ohio, and to
this union have been born three children: Nellie,
the wife of Charles Ohaver, of Columbus,
Ohio; William F., of Columbus, and Leo,
a teacher in Palm City.
Mr. Wise has long been identified with the
Democratic party but has never been active in its
councils. He and his wife are members of the
United Presbyterian church. Mr. Wise is
one of the oldest farmers now living in Jerome
township and here he has spent the past sixty-five
years of his life. During all of these years
he has so lived as to commend himself to his fellow
citizens and is eminently deserving of the high
esteem in which he is universally held.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. by B. F.
Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 -
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R. L. Woodburn
S. B. Woodburn |
ROBERT LAWSON WOODBURN
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 888 |
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