Wayne Twp. -
JOHN M. EARNHART, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in this county May 3, 1846; is a son of William and Hannah (Wills) Earnhart, he a native of Luzerne Co., Penn., and she of this county.  The grandfather, Jacob Earnhart, was a native of Pennsylvania, but emigrated to Warren County in 1812, and located in Clear Creek Township, where he resided till his death in 1821.  The maternal grandfather, James Wills, was a native of New Jersey and married Hannah Turner; they had ten children; six grew to maturity, one only now living, Hannah.   James Wills and family emigrated to Warren County and located in Clear Creek Township in 1798, being one of the first settlers of that township; he opened out right in the woods and began in true pioneer and log cabin life; experienced the very roughest of the rough and the hardest of the pioneer trials and hardships, and here on the place where he first located he passed his entire life; he died Feb. 7, 1847, in his 80th year; his wife died Aug. 5, 1846, in her 80th year; thus they traveled life's journey together, bearing its burdens and enjoying its pleasures, so near the same age, and passing from the stage of action only a few months apart.  Mr. Wills was one of the reliable and substantial men of his township, and held many of its offices; was Township Trustee and Township Treasurer several years.  William Earnhart was 8 years of age when brought to this county by his parents; here he grew to manhood and married Hannah Wills, who was born Feb. 19, 1808, by whom he had nine children, seven now living - James, Charles, Joseph, David, Abby Ann, John Milton and Clara.  Mr. Earnhart located upon the old home place of his father, where he resided twenty six years; thence located upon an adjoining farm, where he lived till his death, July 22, 1873, nearly 69 years of age; his widow is still living and resides with her children, who are all married and settled in life.  Our subject was brought up to farm labor, and remained with his father until after his majority; was married, Dec. 24, 1868, to Elizabeth, daughter of James and Caroline (Stokes) Graham, he a native of this county and she of New Jersey; they had ten children; five now survive - Euphrasia, William, Dallas, La Fayette, Elizabeth and Caroline M.  Mr. Earnhart and wife have three children - Emma Viola, born June 19, 1870; Estella F., born Apr. 2, 1873, and Florence I., born Nov. 28, 1875.  Mr. Earnhart's life has been that of a farmer, most of which has been in Clear Creek Township.  In 1879, he exchanged his farm there for the one upon which he now resides; has a good farm with good improvements and very pleasantly located.
(Source:  History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 837)

Massie Twp. -
HARVEY C. ELLIS, farmer; P.O. Harveysburg; born in Massie Township Dec. 30, 1847; is a son of Lee and Eliza Ellis, whose history and that of the ancestors, is given in the sketch of James W. Ellis in this work.  The subject of this sketch was raised to farm labor, and remained with his father until after his majority; was married Jan. 7, 1873, to Mary A., daughter of Josiah C. and Amelia Rogers, whose history is given in a sketch of Josiah Rogers.  By this union Mr. Ellis and wife have three children - Walter L., born Jan. 8, 1875; Heber H., born Sept. 18,1876; and Abbie born July 19, 1878.  Mr. Ellis first located on the farm now owned by Herbert Laurence; resided there one year, thence located on one of his father's farms and resided six years, then in the spring of 1880 he located upon the place where he now lives and has since resided.
Source:  History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1002

Massie Twp. -
JAMES W. ELLIS, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; born in Massie Township, Mar. 12, 1844; is a son of Lee and Eliza (King) Ellis; he was born in Clinton Co., Ohio, June 9, 1815; she was born in Adams Co., Ohio, Feb. 16, 1825.  The grandparents, Leonard and Mary (Babb) Ellis; he was a native of Kentucky and she of Virginia.  The great-grandfather was Leonard Ellis, who died in Kentucky.  The grandfather, Leonard Ellis, was raised to manhood in Kentucky; went to Virginia and was married; and in 1813 emigrated to Ohio and located in Clinton Co., one of the early settlers.  In 1819 or 1820, removed to Warren Co.; in 1824, removed to Clarksville, Clinton; in 1838, again located in Warren Co., Massie Township, where they lived and died; he died in May, 1856, aged 72 years; his wife died in May, 1842, aged 56 years.  They had four sons, two now survive - Lee and James.  When Mr. Ellis first located in Clinton Co., Wilmington consisted of a few cabins, brush heap and stumps; deer, turkeys, and wild game were abundant.  Now what a contrast! the town of Wilmington is a large, flourishing city, with fine brick and frame residences, and instead of the almost unbroken forests, are fine farms, with fields of waving grain, and for this great and admirable change we are indebted to the industry and hard labor of these worthy old pioneers.  The maternal grandparents were Richard and Sarah King, natives of Adams Co., Ohio.  They had two sons and five daughters, five now survive - Amos W., Eliza, William, Mary Jane (now Mrs. Harlan) and Sarah Ann (now Mrs. McIntyre, residing in Iowa).  Mr. and Mrs. King died when Eliza, the mother of our subject, was but a child, and she was raised by her uncle at Clarksville.  Mr. Ellis, the father of our subject, was married Mar. 9, 1843, issue six children, five now survive - James W.; Nancy C., born Dec. 30, 1847; Sarah Louisa, born Jan. 27, 1850, now Mrs. Jessup; Samuel A. born Oct. 1, 1857; and Mary E., born June 15, 1860.  Mr. Ellis located on a farm adjoining the one where he now lives, and has never made but the one move from that place to where he now resides, which change was made about 1846, and here has now made a continued residence of thirty-five years.  Mr. Ellis obtained a limited education in the old log school house, with greased paper windows, and started out in life a poor man, but by his own industry, hard labor, and good management has accumulated a good competency; owns a large amount of land, and is one of the leading farmers and prominent citizens of Massie Township, and is strictly a self-made man.  The subject of this sketch was raised to manhood within a quarter of a mile of where he now resides; was married Oct. 15, 1866, to Anna M., daughter of David and Rachel (Hawkins) Allen, natives of New Jersey, but who emigrated to Ohio to Warren Co.  Mrs. Allen died Apr. 3, 1881, aged 77 years.  Mr. Allen, now 77 years of age, resides near Ridgeville.  They had nine children, five now survive - Lucinda, now Mrs. Corwin Mary Effie, now Widow Carpenter; Eleanor Dorse, Amos and Annie M. who ws born in Greene Co., Oct. 18, 1845.  Mr. Ellis and wife have five children - Rosetta, born Jan. 18, 1868; Charles E., born Aug. 24, 1869; George B., born Feb. 14, 1872; William H., born Aug. 6, 1873; and Cora B., born Apr. 19, 1879.  Mr. Ellis has always followed farming, and all in this township and neighborhood; located on the place where he now lives in 1868, where he has since resided.  Mr. Ellis is one of the prominent farmers of Massie Township; is now one of the Township Trustees, this being his second term of service.
Source:  History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1001

Wayne Twp. -
JOEL EVANS, Waynesville, was born near Waynesville Jan. 23, 1816.  The name of the first American emigrant with whom this record begins was William Evans, who was born in Wales, and, while a young man, settled in Guynedd, Penn., about the year 1696, and died in 1747; how many children he had is not known, but it is conceded that he had a son, Owen Evans, who was born about 1699, and died Nov. 28, 1754; he was a Justice of the Peace under the Crown or Proprietary of Pennsylvania; he had at least two sons - Thomas and David; the latter was born Jan. 11, 1729 or 1730; the former, from whom those hereafter mentioned have descended, was born July 23, 1737, and died Mar. 13, 1810; his wife, Hannah, was born Oct. 23, 1727, and died Apr. 25, 1813; they had six sons and four daughters, of whom Benjamin, the second son and fourth child, and the grandfather of our subject, was born Oct. 12, 1760; he married Hannah, daughter of David and Hannah Smith, in South Carolina, about 1790; she was born in Bucks Co., Penn., July 3, 1767; in October, 1803, they emigrated to Ohio and located in Warren County, at Waynesville, among the early settlers of this place; Mr. Evans was an auger-maker by trade; he died July 10, 1830; his wife died Sept. 19, 1853; their children were Thomas, born Dec. 12, 1791, died May 11, 1852; David, born June 30, 1793, died Nov. 19, 1861; Elizabeth, born Feb. 6, 1795; Owen, born Jan.. 30, 1797, died Feb. 21, 1798; Owen, the second, born Mar. 16, 1800, died July 2, 1827; George, born Feb. 25, 1802.  The above were born in South Carolina, and these following in Warren Co., Ohio; Sarah, born Mar. 6, 1804, died June 24, 1851; Mary, born Feb. 22, 1806, died Aug. 18, 1830; and Jason, born Nov. 25, 1807.  David Evans, the second son of Benjamin and Hannah Evans and the father of our subject, married Rachel Bernett Juen 2, 1813; their children were John, born Mar. 9, 1814; Joel; Seth, Oct. 21, 1817; Evan, July 1, 1820, died Oct. 21, 1821; Owen, Aug. 17, 1821, died Jan. 29, 1823; Rebecca, Aug. 15, 1823, died Dec. 25, 1845; Benjamin, Dec. 16, 1824; Mary July 27, 1826, died Apr.9, 1850; Hannah Apr. 3, 1829; Ann, May 1, 1830; and Jason, born Mar. 31, 1833.  Mr. David Evans was for many years a prominent man in the business interests of Waynesville; was for a considerable time engaged in mercantile business, and attended largely to the execution of wills and the settlement of estates, and frequently served as guardian over minors, and was an influential and much-esteemed citizen; he died Nov. 19, 1861; his wife is still living in the house they built and moved into the spring of 1836.  Of the sons of David Evans, all that are now living have become active business men and useful members of society; John studied medicine and became prominent as a physician in Indiana; was instrumental in securing the erection of the Insane Asylum in that State; was subsequently appointed Professor in the Rush Medical College at Chicago, and, still later, was Governor of Colorado Territory under President Lincoln; he now resides at Denver; Seth is a prominent pork-packer in Cincinnati; also served several years as President of the Second National Bank of that city; Benjamin and Jason are also engaged in pork-packing in Cincinnati.  The subject of this sketch grew to maturity, receiving only a common-school education, such as those early days furnished: on Nov. 30, 1837, he was married to Susan R., daughter of William and Elizabeth Sharp, of Medford, N. J.; Miss Sharp was born May 24, 1815; in the spring of 1840, Mr. Evans went to Jay Co., Ind., where he located in the woods, erected a log cabin and commenced a true pioneer life; but his plans and prospects were soon prostrated by the early death of his wife; on the 30th of November, 1840, just three years from the date of their marriage, she was taken from him by death, leaving one daughter, Elizabeth S. who died in Waynesville, Aug. 30, 1861, aged 22 years 7 months and 10 days.  Soon after the death of his wife, Mr. Evans returned to Waynesville, where he has since resided.  On Oct. 3, 1844, he was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth Saterthwaite, whose history is given in a sketch of Able Satterthwaite; she was born June 20, 1820; by this marriage, Mr. Evans has had two sons and one daughter - R. Carrie, born June 6, 1845, married Seth W. Brown Feb. 11, 1864; John S., born July 31, 1849, died July 31, 1873; and David, born Dec. 4, 1851; his second companion died Dec. 4, 1872.  About the year 1844, Mr. Evans commenced the business of surveying; from 1851 to 1861, he was engaged as a carpenter and builder; in 1866, he was elected Surveyor of Warren County, which position he held six years; from the fall of 1871 to the fall of 1874, he served as County Commissioner; while acting as such, being a practical builder, he drew up the plans and specifications for and was appointed Superintendent of Construction of the Warren County Orphan Asylum and Children's Home, and, upon its completion, was appointed one of the Trustees of that institution for six years by the Court of Common Pleas, at the expiration of which time he was re-appointed for a similar term, and has served as Clerk of the Board of Trustees since its first organization; in the spring of 1873, he was placed upon the Board of Education of Waynesville, and was elected as Clerk of the same; at the opening of the Waynesville National Bank, Feb. 1, 1874, Mr. Evans reluctantly accepted the position of its Cashier, as also that of Director of the association.  Mr. Evans, though reserved in his manners, is pleasing and congenial in his nature, and is held in high esteem throughout the county, where he is so well and favorably known.
Source:  History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 839