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Biographies.
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History of Warren
Co., Ohio
containing
A History of the County; Its Townships, Towns,
Schools, Churches,
Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of
Early
Settlers and Prominent Men; History of The North-
West Territory; History of Ohio; Map of
Warren County; Constitution of the
United States, Miscellaneous
Matters, Etc., Etc.
- Illustrated -
Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1882
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
JOSHUA IORNS, farmer;
P. O. Lebanon. This gentleman was born in the State of New
Jersey on the 19th of February, 1804; is the son of
Samuel and Rebecca (Gibbs) Iorns, of German extraction.
Mr. Iorns emigrated to Ohio with his parents
in the spring of 1813; he was reared on a farm and received
instruction in the rudimentary branches in the schools of
the vicinity in which he lived. On the 26th of
November, 1826, Mr. Iorns was united in
marriage with Eliza, daughter of Eli and Esther (Leaming)
Foster, natives of New Jersey, but of English descent.
The wife of our subject was born in Warren County Sept. 16,
1810. To them were born seven children, viz.,
Hannah, born June 12, 1830, now the wife of David J.
James, to whom she was married July 28, 1853; James
T. S., born Feb. 8, 1832; N. S., born Jan. 6,
1834, and, in 1856, was married to Sarah Dunham;
Rebecca W., born Feb. 13, 1837, who became the wife
of Capt. J. W. Martin, of Wheeling, Va. on the 11th
of October, 1854; Henry F., born Sept. 3, 1839, and
married Rebecca Bovey, of Welton, Iowa;
Lemuel, born Oct. 30, 1841, who married Elizabeth
St. John, and Charles C., born Sept. 10, 1847,
and married Jemima Ulm. Capt.
J. W. Martin, late husband of Rebecca Iorns,
was born Dec. 19, 1828, and, at the age of 18 years became a
pilot on the Muskingum River, and, on reaching his majority,
purchased a steamboat and went South and continued in that
line of business until his death, which occurred Oct. 12,
1867. Mr. and Mrs. Martin had born to them a
daughter, Eliza L., Jan. 22, 1856; she was married to
Joseph E., son of J. M. and Martha (Little) Hayner,
Nov. 26, 1876, and to them were born two children, viz.,
Bessie L., born in Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 5, 1877, and
J. Mont, born on Red River Dec. 24, 1880.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 750 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
N. S. IORNS, farmer; P.
O. Lebanon; was born in Union Township, Warren Co., Ohio,
Jan, 6, 1834; he is the son of Joshua and Eliza (Foster)
Iorns, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter
of Warren County. Our subject attended the schools of
his township, after which he completed his education in
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. He has spent
his life on the farm, with the exception of five years, in
which he was engaged in business in Lebanon. In
connection with farming, Mr. Iorns was, for a period
of twelve years, engaged with his brother Samuel in
buying and shipping hogs, and at intervals dealt in mess
pork, at which he lost everything he had. He was
married, in 1857, to Miss Sarah Dunham, daughter of
Moses Dunham. She was born in Union
Township in 1839; they have had eight children, three boys
and five girls. The parents are both members of the
Christian Church. Mr. Iorns is a Republican in
politics.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 751 |
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Salem Twp. -
WILLIAM IRELAND, farmer; P. O. Morrow;
one of the pioneers of the county, being born in Salem
Township, Aug. 15, 1811. He received the usual
education peculiar to the days of long ago, which were
rather limited. He was united in marriage Aug. 30,
1831, to Jemima Jackson; those parents had a family
of fourteen children, James, born Jan. 14,
1813; Mary J., born Aug. 24, 1834; Francis A.
born Feb. 10, 1836, died June, 1880; Nancy H., born
Dec. 3, 1837, deceased; Anna, born Nov. 28, 1839;
Martha, born Mar. 30, 1842, deceased; Sarah, born
June 3, 1844, deceased; Elizabeth, born Nov. 16,
1847, deceased; Thomas T., Apr. 18, 1846, deceased;
Emeline, born June 27, 1849; Dekin, born Apr.
23, 1851, deceased; Laurilla, born Feb. 22, 1853;
Franklin P., born Feb. 15, 1856; and Eva, born
July 1, 1858, deceased. Mr. Ireland is a
Democrat of the old school, and has held the office of Land
Appraiser for one term. He owns a farm of good land,
in a high state of cultivation, with pleasant surroundings.
His father was Thomas Ireland, a native of Shenandoah
Co., Va., born Nov. 20, 1776. He married Sarah
Clevenger, of his own native State, one year his junior.
They came to Warren Co., this State, in 1805, settling near
Morrow. They were the parents of nine children, three
sons and six daughters. He died Dec. 18, 1858, and she
November, 1862. William Jackson, the father of
Mrs. Ireland, a native of New Jersey, born about
1777. He went to Virginia when quite young; he married
Miss Hannah Bennett, a native of Maryland, born Dec.
25, 1779. They came to this State in 1828; they were
the parents of eleven children, among whom was the Rev.
W. B. Jackson, of the Cincinnati Conference.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1024 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
ELI F. IRONS, farmer;
P. O. Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Nov. 20, 1830;
his father, John Irons, emigrated from New
Jersey to Ohio with his parents, Samuel and Rebecca
(Gibbs) Irons, in 1816, and located in Warren County
about two miles southeast of Lebanon, on the farm now
occupied by Samuel Irons, Esq. He here married
Abiah Foster, also a native of New Jersey. who
emigrated to Ohio with her parents subsequent to 1816.
Our subject received his education in the schools of Warren
County; he was married, in Warren Co., Iowa, Jan. 29, 1857,
to Miss Martha Bovey. a native of
Morrow Co., Ohio, by whom he had two children - Abiah,
deceased, and Amanda M., who lives on the farm with
her parents. In 1875, Mr. Irons was
appointed Superintendent of the County Infirmary, and served
in this capacity to the entire satisfaction of the directors
and people until 1881, when he tendered his resignation of
the office. With the exception of the six years thus
spent, he has passed the whole of his life as a farmer, in
which he has been eminently successful; he and his wife are
members of the Christian Church, in which he is a Deacon.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 751 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
G. W. IUTZI, farmer; P. O. Blue Ball,
Butler Co.; born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, June 13, 1839; he
is the son of Jacob and Merie (Holly) Iutzi, natives
of Germany, who emigrated to America in 1832, and settled in
Butler Co., Ohio; they were married in 1836, and had nine
children, of whom three now survive, viz., G. W., Emelie
I. and Otto, all following the occupation of
their father, that is, farming. Their father died
April 8, 1858, leaving a farm of 220 acres in Turtle Creek
Township; he was a Democrat until 1856, when Fremont ran for
the Presidency, after which, until his death, he was a
stanch and enthusiastic Republican. HE was a chosen
preacher for the Mennonite Church for many years. Our
subject received a fair education; he received his education
in the academy at Monroe, Ohio; he is now conducting a farm
with good success.
Source: History of Warren
Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882
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