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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.
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1882
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Deerfield Twp. -
JOHN SANDERS,
proprietor hotel, Foster’s Crossing. The gentleman
whose name heads this sketch was born in Saarbruck, Prussia,
in 1819; he is a son of John and Martha Sanders, of
Prussia, in which they were reared and married. In
1836, they. with their family, emigrated to America; they
landed in Baltimore after a tedious voyage of sixty-five
days from Havre de Grace, France. From the place of
landing they went to Pittsburgh, Penn., and after ward
removed to Butler Co., Penn., where they purchased a farm,
on which they lived and died: they were parents of five
children, one son and four daughters; the daughters married
and remained in Pennsylvania, and are named as follows:
Margaret, Mary, Catherine and Elizabeth.
John, the father of our subject, died at the age of
87, and his wife at the advanced age of 95 years. In
Butler Co., Penn., our subject learned the shoe trade, which
he followed there till 1839, at which time he went to
Brady’s Bend, Penn. , where he started a shop of his own,
which he carried on till 1842; here he was unfortunate, and
lost about $2,000; the failure discouraged him, and he
resolved to emigrate westward, and soon after was in
Cincinnati, where he remained through the winter, and, in
the following spring (1843), settled in Foster’s Crossing
and for three years following, clerked in the hotel for
James Foster. In 1846, he was married to
Margaret Gruber, and, immediately after, started
in business for himself, and kept grocery and railroad
boarders; this business he followed for some years. and then
branched into the dry goods business, which, however, did
not prove successful, and so allowed himself to drift back
to saloon and boarding house keeping, in which he is now
engaged; here Mr. Sanders had quite a
diversity of changes, and really saw many “ups and downs,”
yet withal he has been successful, and is now enjoying the
comforts of a good home and is doing a paying business.
To them have been born nine children, six of whom are
living, viz., Joseph, John B., Catherine, Anna, Theresa
and Salinda; the deceased, viz., Mary,
Margaret and William. For ten years, he was
toll-receiver at Foster’s Crossing, on the Cincinnati,
Montgomery & Hopkinsville Turnpike. He, his wife and
their children are consistent members of the Catholic
Church, in which all were baptized and received into the
church according to every prescribed rule of that great
religious body. Mr. Sanders owns a good
property in the village, and is now, though suffering from
ill health, enjoying life under his own vine and fig tree.
He formerly owned 20 acres of land adjoining the river, on
which were found many relics belonging to aboriginal and
pro-historic times.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W.
H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 987 |
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Wayne
Twp. -
ABEL SATTERTHWAITE,
farmer; P. O. Waynesville; was born on the place where he
now lives, Oct. 24, 1824; is a son of John and Elizabeth
(Linton) Satterthwaite, natives of Bucks Co., Penn.
The paternal grandparents were William and Mary
Satterthwaite, natives of Pennsylvania, and who lived
and died in their native States. They had eight sons
and two daughters, all now deceased. William
was very successful and prosperous farmer, and provided each
of his children with a farm near Philadelphia. The
maternal grandfather was Samuel Linton who was
probably a native of Pennsylvania, but became a resident of
Warren County in June, 1802, and died in Clinton County.
John Satterthwaite emigrated to Ohio about the same
time, or soon after, the Linton family came; here he
married and became the father of seven children: two now
survive - Mary, now Widow Bailey, and Abel.
These were true pioneer families, opening out right in the
woods and experiencing all the roughness of those early
days. When the Linton family settled in Clinton
County, there were no roads - nothing but blazed paths
through the unbroken forests. John Satterthwaite
was one of the native prominent men of his day; he engaged
in mercantile trade in Waynesville for several years; thence
engaged in the milling business at what is now Mt. Holly,
and started that town; he also established and run a line of
stages from Cincinnati to Columbus for many years, and was
the contractor and builder of the Old friends'
Meeting-house, and erected a great many house in Waynesville
- in fact, was the leading native spirit in the business and
progress of this community; he died in June, 1837, aged 51
years; his wife died Dec. 25, 1871, aged 85 years. The
subject of this sketch was raised to manhood on the place
where he now lives; was married, in April, 1864, to Lydia,
daughter of Abraham and Ruth Cook, whose
history is given in the sketch of Levi Cook; issue,
four children, three sons and one daughter - Israel,
born Mar. 3, 1867; Henry born Aug. 29, 1869; Sarah,
born Aug. 2, 1871; died Sept. 23, 1880, aged 9 years, and
Willie, born Jan. 29, 1874. Mr. Satterthwaite
has given his main attention to raising and dealing in
stock, and has always resided upon the old homestead place.
This farm has now been in the possession of the
Satterthwaite family for three-quarters of a century,
and a part of the brick house now standing on the place was
erected in 1812. Mr. Satterthwaite is a man of
firm principles and integrity of character; a strong
advocate of temperance and moral reform, and is one of the
substantial and most worthy citizens of this community.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 881 |
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Salem Twp. -
JOHN SCHEER, brewer, Morrow, was born
in Baden, Germany, Apr. 17, 1824. He emigrated to
America in 1844; landed in New Orleans, where he remained
until August, 1845, when he pushed on up the river to
Cincinnati, where he lived until 1854, when he removed to
Warren Co., Ohio, and built a brewery since it was built.
Although a brewer, he abhors drunkenness, and will not allow
any one about him that will get drunk. He was married
June 20, 1850, to Magdalena Sanger, who was born Nov.
4, 1828, in Sorbog, a department of France, but which was
afterward ceded to Prussia. She emigrated to America
with her parents in 1846, and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio,
where she lived until her marriage to Mr. Scheer.
Of Mr. and Mrs. John Scheer's eight children but five
are living, three boys and two girls. Mr. Scheer's
parents came to America in 1851, and located in Morrow,
Warren Co., Ohio. His mother died in 1855 and the
father in 1861. Mrs. Scheer's father
died on the ocean during their voyage to America. Her
mother lives with her and his 76 years old. Mr.
Scheer is a member of Morrow Chapter, No. 143, R.
A. M.; also a member of Morrow Lodge, No. 116, I. O.
O. F. He is a generous, wholesouled man, and never
turned the cold shoulder in case of charity.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1027 |
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Deerfield Twp. -
JAMES SCOTT,
carriage-manufacturer and undertaker; P. O. Twenty-Mile
Stand: was born in Union Township in 1817; he is a son of
Nicholas and Rhoda (Smith) Scott, who were born in New
Jersey, in which they were reared and married; in his native
State, he learned wagon-making, and also did an undertaking
business. In 1816, he, his wife and one child
emigrated to Ohio and settled three miles south of Lebanon,
in Union Township; here he purchased a small farm, which he
carried on in connection with his trades; he was a
hard-working man, very conscientious, and had not the
aspirations for worldly wealth some others had. He was
a Republican in politics. To them eight children were
born, six living, viz., Abiah, now Mrs.
Armstrong; James, Allison L., Thomas;
Sarah, now Mrs. Melville and Rebecca
F., now Mrs. Kinkead; the deceased are
Hannah and John. The latter enlisted, in
the beginning of the war, in the 69th O. V. I., Co. A; he
was wounded and taken prisoner at Murfreesboro, Tenn., and,
after his recovery, returned to his regiment in time to
participate in the battle of Mission Ridge, in which he was
shot through the heart and instantly killed; he was a
Lieutenant of his company, but during this battle was Acting
Captain. Both Mr. and Mrs. Scott, Sr., were
consistent and active members of the Christian Church. in
which he was a representative and official member. The
early life of our subject was passed in his father’s shop;
after attaining his majority, he went to Lebanon to study
more fully and obtain a broader knowledge of his business in
detail, where he remained for a season. In 1840, he
began for himself in the wagon-making business at his
present stand; being without capital, he began in a small
way, and gradually he enlarged his business, with which he
combined undertaking and carriage-making, and thus his
business assumed considerable proportions, and his carriages
find a ready sale in the market. As an undertaker, he
sustains an enviable reputation; Gov. Jeremiah Morrow
and his wife were buried by him, and the funeral expense of
the Governor was but $13; that of his wife, $10: he was
buried in 1852, she in 1845. Mr. Scott
has been twice married - first, to Mary Hart,
daughter of James Hart, of Warren County, Apr.
5, 1842, who bore him one child. viz., Alice, born in
September, 1843, died in December of the same year; Mrs.
Scott died Mar. 26, 1844, aged 23 years 1 month and
27 days. His second marriage was celebrated with
Lydia E., daughter of John Lowe, of Warren
County, Apr. 3, 1845; to them one child has been born -
Nicholas I., born July 31, 1851; he is now a physician
in Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Scott are
members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has been a
Ruling Elder for many years. He is a gentleman fully
interested in educational matters, and in the church and
Sabbath school he is a representative man and zealous
worker. He owns 70 acres of most excellent land, which
is highly improved, with a fine dwelling and good working
shop in which to carry on his business. John
Lowe, father of Mrs. Scott, was born in
Somerset Co., N. J., in 1789; came to Ohio in an early day a
single man. He was married to Mary Irwin
June 22, 1815; she was born Apr. 9, 1789; they were parents
of five children, viz., James A. I., Nancy C., Mary J.
Sarah A., Lydia E. Mr. Lowe died June 18, 1871;
Mrs. Lowe departed this life in June, 1829; both
were members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he was a
Ruling Elder; he served under Gen. Wayne in
the war of 1812, in the vicinity of Ft. Wayne. Ind. He
was three times married; his second marriage was with
Mary A. Brewer, who bore him seven children, viz.,
Henrietta M., John L., Johana M., Abraham B., William T.,
Josiah E. and William W. His third marriage was
celebrated with Roxana T. Nye, who is yet living. and
resides in Massachusetts.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W.
H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 988 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
HON. JAMES SCOTT,
member of the Legislature, Lebanon; was born in Washington
Co., Penn., of Scotch Irish parents, on the 15th of April,
1815. He was educated in Washington College, in that
county, studied medicine with R. F. Biddle, M. D., in
Monongahela City, Penn., and graduated from the Ohio Medical
College at Cincinnati. He was married to Hannah A. Fowler
in Cincinnati in 1841, and commenced the practice of
medicine in Greenfield, Washington Co., Penn., in that year.
In 1843, he removed to Morrow, Warren Co., Ohio, where he
continued in the practice of medicine until 1851, when he
moved to Lebanon and continued the practice of medicine
there until 1857, when he purchased the “Western Star” paper
and became its editor and publisher. In 1859, he was
elected to represent his county in the Ohio House of
Representatives, in which capacity he was continued until
1866, when he was appointed by Gov. Brough to
fill a vacancy in the office of Probate Judge of Warren
County. In the fall of 1867 he was again elected to
represent his county in the Ohio Legislature. In 1869,
he was appointed, by President Grant,
Secretary of Washington Territory, which position be
resigned in 1870, and in that year was re-elected to the
Legislature, where he continued until 1874, when he was
appointed United States Consul at Honolulu, Sandwich
Islands. In 1879, he resigned the consulship and was
again elected to the Legislature, where he is now serving.
During most of the time he filled the position of Secretary
of Washington Territory, on account of the removal of the
Governor of that Territory, he was Acting Governor.
During part of the time he occupied the position of Consul,
he acted as Charge d’Affaires, and represented the
American Government at the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
During almost all his legislative career, he has been either
Chairman of the Committee on Finance or of the Committee on
the Benevolent Institutions of the State. During his
service in the Legislature, almost all the public benevolent
and correctory institutions of the State have been erected,
and are very largely indebted to him for the qualities that
make them the pride of our people and the admiration of
other States. While Chairman of the Committee on Finance, he
did much toward simplifying the financial methods that have
proved so successful in Ohio. In the years 1880-81,
while Chairman of that committee, by his indefatigable
energy and scrutiny, he reduced the expenditures of the
State over $800,000 below what they were in the years
1878-79, when he was not in the Legislature, as is shown in
the official records of the State. The following is
taken from the Hawaiian Gazette, published at
Honolulu, at the time Mr. Scott left that
island to return home, will show in what esteem he was held
by the people of that kingdom:
“It rarely happens that a man so well qualified for
consular duties is appointed from the United States, owing
to the peculiar and sudden changes that take place in the
administration of national affairs almost every four years.
President Grant, in the selection of Dr.
Scott for Consul at Honolulu, and President
Hayes in continuing him, have done the States some
service. The ripe experience, good sense, prompt
business qualifications, urbanity of manner and strict
integrity which have signalized every act of Consul
Scott, have proved him to be the right man in the
right place, and every American who has come to these
Islands has had cause to congratulate himself that such a
man is charged with high official duty. As the best
proof of all we have said in behalf of Consul
Scott, we refer to the undeniable fact, that since the
consulate has been organized under his charge, it has been a
source of pecuniary profit to the Government, to the amount
of about $1,000 per annum, after paying all expenses;
whereas, previous to his time, it was a source of expense to
the amount of from $25,000 to $50,000 per annum.
“Before Dr. Scott’s time, the Consulate
at Honolulu was looked upon by the wily and unscrupulous
politicians of the baser sort in the United States, as a
good place to get rich, and was sought with avidity by that
class of individuals who, through political wire-pulling and
influential friends, were unhappily too often successful,
and the United States Treasury was fleeced to the tune of
hundreds of thousands to gratify the cupidity of such
political favorites. In this way, many fortunes were
made by unfaithful officials, until the Consulate became a
by-word and a reproach in the United States. All this
was stopped when Dr. Scott came here, and now,
not even the suspicion of scandal attaches to the office.
For this, we honor Dr. Scott, and for this he
is honored at home and abroad. In this community where
he is so well known, he is honored, with it may be, the
exception of a very few, whose little games were squelched
by the stern integrity of the noble old Roman, who can
neither be browbeaten, bribed nor badgered into the
commission of official wrong. Some people may think we
use strong language on this occasion, and so we do, because
it is our habit to call things by their right names, and in
characterizing official, as well as personal integrity and
ability. language cannot be too strong. If the United
States was so fortunate in the selection of all its
diplomatic agents as in the case of Dr. Scott,
it would be a proud era for the diplomatic history of the
country. Our familiarity with the records of the State
Department at Washington enables us to speak of what we
know; and, therefore, we do not hesitate to assert that the
administration of President Hayes is thrice
honored in the person and official conduct of its Consul at
Honolulu,”
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W.
H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 775 |
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Deerfield Twp. -
THOMAS SCOTT, farmer;
P. O. Mason. The gentleman whose name we present at
the head of this sketch is one of the well-known citizens of
Warren County. On the place where he lives he was
born, in the year 1827; his parents, Jonathan and Nancy
(English) Scott, were born in New Jersey, where they
grew to manhood and womanhood and were married. In
1819, they, with their two children, William and Mary A.,
came to Ohio and settled on the land where their son
Thomas now resides; this land was entered by Jonathan
Scott, Sr. who, however, never came to Ohio.
Until 1835, Jonathan, Jr., lived upon this land, at
which time he removed to Turtle Creek Township, where he
lived till his death, which occurred in 1841. Mrs.
Scott departed this life in 1877, at the advanced age
of 82 years. To them were born eleven children, eight
of whom are living, viz., William; Mary A.,
new Mrs. Winterrowd; Samuel, Joseph,
Thomas; Eliza J., now Mrs. Robbins;
Levi, and Susan, now Mrs. Bradley;
the deceased are Maria (Mrs. Hamilton), Asa
and George. Our subject was reared to farm
pursuits and in the district schools. and. through studious
habits. he obtained enough of the indispensable to enable
him to successfully discharge the demands of business
complications. In 1854, he was married to Mary C.,
daughter of William and Mary Bunnell, early settlers
of Warren Co., Ohio; for one year after his marriage, he
lived in Turtle Creek Township, after which he located on
the place that has since been his dwelling-place. They
are parents of three children, two living. viz., Wallace
and Thomas B.; William, deceased. Mr.
Scott, with the exception of belonging to the Mason
Horse Rangers, is connected with no other society. He
owns 175 acres of most excellent land, and his surroundings
indicate the thrift and enterprise of the owner.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W.
H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 988 |
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Union Twp. -
AARON SCULL, farmer, was born in
Hamilton Co., Ohio, in 1817; he is a son of Abel and Mary
Scull who were born in New Jersey. In the year
1812, they emigrated to Ohio, and located in the above
county, where they lived for a number of years, when they
removed to Warren Co., in which both died, he in 1868, she
departed this life in 1863. They were parents of ten
children, eight of whom are living - Roxanna, Abel,
Aaron, John, Mary, William, Elizabeth and Rhoda;
the deceased are Priscilla and Sarah.
Our subject was reared on the farm, and at the age of 7
years began working in the field; he has been three times
married; first in 1839, to Eliza, a daughter of
Ephraim Thompson, she died in 1863; his second marriage
was celebrated with Adria, daughter of David
Bennett, in 1864, who bore him six children, four living
- Eliza, George, Ida and Nettie; the deceased
are Melissa, died Oct. 22, 1881, aged 25 years, and Emma,
who departed this life Mar. 19, 1881, aged 20 years.
Mrs. Scull died in 1868. His third and last
marriage was consummated with Sarah A., daughter of
William Osborne, in 1869, by whom he has had one
child - Lillie. In 1858, he purchased where he
now lives 145 acres of land, and, in1859, 50 acres more;
his land is in excellent condition and is a fine farm,
on which is the best residence in the township, which was
built in 1869-70, at a cost of $12,000. To the M. E.
Church Mr. Scull has belonged since 12 years old, adn
is a consistent and charitable Christian gentleman.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1063 |
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Massie Twp. -
JOSEPH SEARS, merchant, Harveysburg;
born in Highland Co., Ohio, Feb. 12, 1817; is a son of
John and Penelope (Johnson) Sears, natives of Virginia.
He was raised and grew to manhood in his native State, and
learned the hatter trade, which business he followed through
life. It is believed that he was married in Virginia
and soon after emigrated to Ohio, and located in Highland
County, and there resided till his death in 1816, aged 41
years. He was the father of three sons and one
daughter - Mary, now widow Moses Bond, living
in Grant Co., Ind.; Pleasant, living in Fayette Co.,
Ohio; Christopher, in Indiana; and John.
Mrs. Sears married for her second husband John Bocock,
by whom she had one child (deceased). Subsequently
Mr. Bocock and wife moved to Grant Co., Ind., where
she died in 1868, in her 79th year. The subject of
this sketch, the youngest child of his father, was unborn at
the time of the death of his father; he was then cared for
by his mother till 7 years of age; then was placed with
Samuel Welch, with whom he remained till after his
majority, brought up to farm labor; was married Aug. 17,
1837, to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Amelia
Hisey (see sketch of Christian Hisey); by this
union they had five children - Mary Jane, born July
8, 1838; Joseph Marshall, May 2, 1840 (deceased);
Jacob, June 16, 1841; John W., June 16, 1843; and
Amelia E. July 25, 1847 (deceased). Mrs.
Sears died Oct. 3, 1864, aged 53 years. On May 20,
1866, he married Mrs. Mary Ridge, daughter of
Jedadiah and Grace Adams, natives
of Pennsylvania, but emigrated to Ohio, and settled
at Waynesville in 1817; subsequently they moved to Preble
Co., Ohio, where she died in April, 1826, after which he
returned to Warren County, where he died Aug. 24, 1867, aged
78 years. Mrs. Sears was born in Pennsylvania
Aug. 1, 1815, and was brought to Ohio by her parents when 2
years of age, and here grew to womanhood, and married
Jacob Ridge, a native of Pennsylvania, by whom she
had five children, one only now surviving - John C.,
residing in Waynesville, in the employ of Van Antwerp, Bragg
& Co., of Cincinnati, as traveling salesman for school
books. Mr. Sears started out in life as a
farmer, which occupation he followed till 1864, when he
entered as a clerk in the mercantile trade for John Terry,
in the village of Hen Peck. In 1866, he bought a stock
of goods, and entered upon business for himself, in which he
has continued to the present time. Mr. Sears
began life a poor man, but by his labor and industry has
accumulated a good competency, and is one of the substantial
citizens of his community.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1015 |
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Salem Twp. -
JOSEPH G. SELLEW, farmer; P. O.
Morrow; a native of Hamilton Co., Ohio; born May 26, 1840;
he was educated in the graded schools of Cincinnati, Ohio,
and was married Aug. 1, 1864, to Catharine Finch,
born Oct. 24, 1842. She was a native of Hamilton Co.
also, and was the mother of five children - Alice G.,
Osman, Fredie E., Warren and Timothy G. His
father, Osman Sellew, is a native of Connecticut,
born Jun. 1, 1810; he married Miss H. Goodrich, a
native of the same State, born about the year 1819. He
settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, about the year 1832; he is
still living; she died May 7 1847.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1027 |
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Massie Twp. -
CHARLES H. SHERWOOD, farmer; P. O.
Harveysburg; born in Warren County, Mar. 16, 1864; is a son
of Jonathan and Margaret Sherwood, whose history is
given in sketch of Jonathan Sherwood. The
subject of this sketch was raised to farm labor and remained
with his father till his majority, thence was raised to farm
labor and remained with his father till his majority, thence
he bought his father's interest in a store at Freeport, but
continued there only about eight months, and sold out to his
brother; thence he purchased the Amos King farm, but
soon after entered again upon the mercantile business at
Fort Ancient, where he carried on business two years, when
from failing health he sold out, and again entered upon
farming, by purchasing the farm where he now lives and has
since resided. Mr. Sherwood was united in
marriage Aug. 6, 1874, with Clara E., daughter of
Calvin L. and Maria T. Dakin, he a native of this
county, and she of Butler County; they were parents of four
children - Laura E., Volney and Warren.
Mr. Sherwood and wife have had five children -
Horace, born May 7, 1875 (deceased); Edwin, born
Aug. 28, 1877; Claude, born Nov. 10, 1878 (deceased);
Irene, born Jan. 15, 1880, and Clarence, born
Jan. 19, 1881.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1017 |
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Washington
Twp. -
WILLIAM J. SHERWOOD, farmer; P. O.
Oregon; son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Sherwood; was
born in Washington Township, Nov. 22, 1845; he was reared on
a farm. At the age of 17, he began as clerk for his
brother, Frank Sherwood, in Freeport, and continued
in that employment till April, 1864, when he enlisted in Co.
H, 146th Regimental Battalion, O. N. G.; he received an
honorable discharge at Camp Denison, Ohio, August, 1864.
He then re-entered the store and clerked five years, and
since then has farmed; he was married May 19, 1872, to
Miss Maggie E. Murray, born in Washington Township, Feb.
14, 1846. Of their three children two are living -
Harry M., born July 4, 1874; and Edith, born
Sept. 13, 1875; Gussie (deceased), born Dec. 6, 1876,
died Feb. 6, 1877. Mr. Sherwood owns 63 aces of
land and is a Republican.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W.
H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1049 |
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Harlan Twp. -
DAVID H. SMITH, farmer; P. O.
Butlerville. Among the worthy old pioneers of this
county, none are more entitled to mention than the old
gentleman whose name appears above; warm hearted and genial
of nature, he naturally puts all at ease who meet him.
He is a native of Harrison County, now Lewis, Virginia,
where he was born Jan. 22, 1804. He came with his
parents to Fayette Co., Ohio, when about 4 years of age; he
remained for two years in this county, removing to Greene,
where he resided until 1818. He then came to this
county, settling in what is known as Salem Township.
He attended school at Rossburg, enjoying the limited
advantages of the common school system of those days.
He learned the blacksmith trade, at which he labored for
eighteen years consecutively. He was married three
times, the first time Feb. 20, 1825, to Elizabeth Bennett,
a native of the same county in Virginia where he was born,
she being one year his junior. To these parents eight
children were born - John, born Dec. 24, 1825, and
married to Miss Runyan; Elias J., born Nov. 7, 1827,
deceased; Valentine P., born June 7, 1832, deceased;
David, born Aug. 11, 1834, deceased; Joseph,
born Jan. 5, 1836, deceased; Thomas M., born May 13,
1838, deceased, and Alvah, born September 22, 1840,
deceased. His wife died Dec. 16, 1840, and for the
time being he was alone with the care of his family.
He was married the second time Sept. 8, 1841; their children
were George E., Benjamin F., Avilla and Polly.
Mr. Smith was again called to mourn the loss of his
wife, Aug. 12, 1853. He was again married December,
1853, to Mary C. Sluth, nee Cawblin, two
years his senior, with whom he now lives. His
father Caleb was a native of New Jersey, born July
26, 1771; he married Elizabeth Harlan, a native of
Maryland, born in the year 1774. These parents had a
large family - Elizabeth, Mary, Peter, Catharine, John,
David H., Caleb, Nancy and Susannah. The
old gentleman died after a long life of usefulness, Aug. 13,
851, his aged companion Jan. 6, ten years later. He
was of a good family, being a cousin to Commodore Perry,
of the United States Navy. He was in the war of 1812,
and his father took a prominent part in the Revolution.
The present wife of Mr. Smith was a native of
Washington Co., Penn. She came with her parents to
Warren County in 1803. She was married first to
Robert Sluth in 1820. Her father, Robertr
Cawblin, was a native of Chester Co., Pa., where he was
born Sept. 1, 1773; her mother was born in New Jersey, Sept.
29, 1773; they were the parents of eleven children.
Mr. Smith is a Democrat in politics, and has held the
offices of Township Trustee and Constable for thirteen
years.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1041 |
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Harlan Twp. -
SAMUEL S. SMITH,
farmer; P. O. Butlerville; born on the old homestead in
this township, Sept. 24, 1842; he was educated in the common
and graded schools of the county, and from boyhood has been
a farmer. He was married Jan. 24, 1875, to Sallie
V. Johnson, who was born Dec. 25, 1852. They have
two children 0 Edward C. and an infant. Mr.
Smith is a Republican in politics, and one of those
genial, companionable men who are always esteemed by his
neighbors; he is of German origin, intelligent and noted for
his industry.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1041 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
E. K. SNOOK, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Union
Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Oct. 17, 1831, and was named
after his grandfather, Maj. Ephraim Kibby, an officer
in the Revolutionary War. His parents, John M.
Snook, who was born in185, and Julia Ann (Kibby)
Snook, born in 1791, were both of Welsh descent.
Young E. K. was reared on a farm, and attended the
schools of Union Township until seventeen years of age, when
he commenced learning the carpenter trade, in which he
served a three years apprenticeship. In 1852, after a
two years' trial of carpentering, he returned to farming and
has from that time to the present continued, with much
success in that occupation. In 1853, he married
Miss Rebecca Ann Benburn, who was born in 1831, and was
a daughter of James Benham, an early settler of
Warren County, a leading farmer and a very prominent man in
the county, wealthy in this world's goods, and owner of
several valuable farms. Four children were the issue
of this union, viz.: Ella, the wife of Albert
Keever; Horace M., a farmer on one of his father's
farms; Alfred V. and Anna. Mr. Snook is
the possessor of 216 acres of the best land in the county.
He is a Republican of considerable prominence, a director of
Lebanon National Bank, and one of the Board of County
Commissioners. He took an active part in the
enterprise which procured a railroad for his county seat,
and became one of the incorporators and directors, as well
as a heavy stockholder in the company. He has been a
member of the Board of Education of Lebanon, and has held
many other offices of minor importance. He is one of
Warren County's energetic, enterprising, representative men.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 778 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
ELLISON SNOOK, farmer; P. O. Lebanon;
son of John M. and Julia Ann (Kibby) Shook, the
latter of whom was the first female child born in Columbia,
Hamilton Co., Ohio; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Oct. 17,
1820. The father, John M., was born in Monmouth
Co., N. J., in 1781, and emigrated to Ohio in 1802; he
served as a Captain in the war of 1812. Our subject
was raised on a farm and received instruction in the
district schools of the vicinity. Early in life, he
learned the Carpenter trade, at which he worked from 1839
until 1864. On the 24th of August, 1848, Mr.
Snook was united in marriage with Elizabeth,
daughter of William and Nancy (Reed) Thompson, of
English descent. The parents were born in1807 and 1812
respectively. The wife of our subject was born in
Warren Co., Ohio, Feb. 1, 1828. To this couple have
been born the following children: William, born Oct.
21, 1849; Morris K., born June 19, 1852; Millard
Fillmore, born Sept. 25, 1855; and Grant, born
Apr. 1, 1866. Mr. Snook has in his possession a
broadax, used by his grandfather in the State of New Jersey;
this, as an "heir loom," is prized highly by him. He
is a good citizen, and a gentleman in every respect.
Is a Republican in politics, and a member of the
Universalist Church. Mr. Snook has ever taken
great interest in educational matters, and served a period
of sixteen years as School Director.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 778 |
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Hamilton Twp. -
PETER W. SNOOK, farmer, P. O., S.
Lebanon, was born in Deerfield in 1810 and is a son of
Capt. William Snook, a native of New Jersey, who settled
in Deerfield in 1805. He was a millwright by
occupation, and helped build the Wright ill, one at
Gainsborough and one in Deerfield for Gen. Sutton.
In the War of 1812 he received a Captain's commission.
By his first wife, Abi Fields, he had three children,
viz: Lowery, Peter W. and Harrison.
Mrs. Snook died in 1814, and he was married to Hannah
Stout (see sketch of Tarsilla Hopkins, Union
Township). He died Sept. 29, 1827, aged upwards of 50
years; was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Lebanon.
Our subject has followed mechanical pursuits, and for four
years boating on the Ohio river, was plying between
Cincinnati and New Orleans. He was married in 1836 to
Amanda Vandervoort, of Warren Co., who has borne him
ten children, eight living, viz: William H., Ephriam K.,
Irvin, John, Lewis, Joseph, Albert and Sarah.
James and Eliza, deceased. James was
a member of Co. B, 2nd, Ohio Artillery, enlisted in 1863 and
served till his death, which occurred in Knoxville, Tenn.,
July 11, 1865, aged 22 years. Mr. Snook owns
242 acres of excellent land, besides property in Deerfield;
has been trustee of his township two different times.
William and Ellen (Steele() Vandervoort, parents of
Mrs. Snook, came to Ohio from Virginia in 1808, and
first settled in Cleremont Co., and soon after came
to this township, in which they lived till their death, -
respected and esteemed by all who knew them. He died
Sept. 29, 1868, aged 83 years. She departed this life
in 1839 at the age of 52 years. They were parents of
ten children, viz.: Maria, Paul, Amanda,
Sarah, Phoebe, James, Mary,
Elizabeth, Eliza and John. He was
again married to Mrs. Nancy Drake.
Mr. Vandervoort was a soldier in the War of
1812, but only served a short time when he was honorable
discharged on acccount of disability.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 956 |
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Turtle Creek Twp.
-
AARON STEPHENS, deceased, was born in
the State of New Jersey in 1810; he was the son of
Ebenezer and Maria (Phoenix) Stephens; he came to Warren
Co., Ohio, with his parents in 1820; his mother died when he
was quite young; his father died in Knox Co., Ill., in 1849.
Our subject was married Jan. 1, 1835, to Miss Sarah
Hutchinson, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Roosa)
Hutchinson*, natives of Kentucky, and of French-Irish
descent. Mrs. Stephens was born in Clermont
Co., Ohio, June 22, 1816; by her married she had two
children, viz.: Harriet, the wife of Henry
Satterwhite, of Martinsville, Ind., and Dr. Joseph L.,
the discoverer of the opium cure. Our subject
commenced life with but little means, and at his death had
accumulated considerable property; he was a member of the
Masonic fraternity and a stanch Republican; he was prominent
in the politics of Warren County, and for about twenty years
was a member of the Board of Infirmary Directors of Warren
County. An industrious and energetic citizen, he
exerted much influence in the community in which he lived.
He died May 12, 1874, and was buried in the Lebanon
Cemetery. His portrait appears in this work.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 781
* See biography of
Thomas J.
Hutchinson for a little more information. |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
J. L. STEPHENS, M. D., special opium
cure, Lebanon, was born at Deerfield, Warren Co., Ohio, Aug.
20, 1838; he is the son of Aaron
Stephens, deceased, whose biography appears
elsewhere in this work. Our subject received his
medical education at the Medical College of Ohio, at
Cincinnati, from which he graduated in 1859, and for a year
and a half thereafter he practiced his profession in Dayton,
Ohio. In 1861, after the breaking-out of the
rebellion, he was appointed Brigade Surgeon in the Army of
the Cumberland by Abraham Lincoln, and in that
capacity continued three years. In 1863, he married
Miss Medora Carter, of Nashville, Tenn., who died
eighteen months after marriage, leaving one child, Medora,
who is now living with her father. For ten years after
leaving the army, Dr. Stephens practiced medicine in
the South, principally in Louisiana, and during four years
of his residence there he occupied a seat in the State
Legislature. On the 27th of October, 1879, he was
again married to Miss Hattie Poor, a native of
Pennsylvania. While in the practice of his profession
in New Orleans, Dr. Stephens discovered a mode of
treatment for the opium habit, which was found to be more
efficacious than any hitherto practiced. Having
experimented with the cure in several cities, among which
were New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, Va., and Cincinnati,
and brought it to a state of perfection, he, in 1879,
established a sanitarium one mile south of Lebanon for the
cure of the opium and morphine habit. Since that time,
more than one thousand persons have been patients of the
establishment, and several thousand persons in different
parts of the country have received the benefit of his
treatment. Among the patients have been persons
distinguished as lawyers, physicians, clergymen, and men who
have held high official positions. His place is
visited by people from all parts of the continent.
With one or two exceptions, he has had patients from every
State in the Union. Before this discovery, there was
no cure known for the opium habit but that called "tapering
off," and in this the suffering is so intense, and so
terribly severe, that patients who have gone through it say
they would prefer death tenfold rather than to experience a
repetition of the treatment. Under Dr. Stephens'
treatment, the patient can go wherever he desires, and while
the elimination of the drug from the system is being
accomplished, he feels nearly as comfortable, although
probably not quite so strong, as when he was a victim to the
drug.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 781 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
E. B. STEVENS, physician, Lebanon, was
born Aug. 5, 1823, at Monroe, Butler Co., Ohio. His
parents were Joshua Stevens, who emigrated to Ohio
from Winthrop, Me., and Eliza (Blackleach) Stevens, a
native of New York, who came to Ohio with her widowed mother
about 1820. Our subject attended the common school of
Monroe and a private high school which was under the
auspices of the Associate Reformed Church until 1839, when
he entered Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, from which he
graduated in 1843. He then taught school one year in
the Associate Reformed School, in which he had lately been a
pupil, and at the same time read medicine with his father.
In 1845 - 46 he attended lectures at the Ohio Medical
College of Cincinnati, where he in the latter year
graduated, and, returning to Monroe, practiced his
profession until 1849, when he came to Lebanon. After
remaining in Lebanon five years, he moved to Cincinnati, and
while there (in 1865) he assisted in reorganizing the Miami
Medical College, in which he became Professor of Materia
Medica. In 1873, he was elected to the same chair in
the University of Syracuse, N. Y., where a medical
department had just been organized. In the spring of
1877, he returned to Lebanon, and has since been engaged
here, in the practice of his profession, having entered into
a large and lucrative practice immediately on his arrival.
He was married, July 11, 1848, to Miss Mary L. Stewart,
of Carthage, Jefferson Co., N.Y., by whom he has had five
children, viz.: Mary E., who is living with her
parents; Carrie E., now the wife of C. C.
Robinson, of Cincinnati; Edward S., a practicing
physician of Clarksville, Ohio; Charles B., now
engaged in business in Cincinnati, and Jennie C., who
died at the age of nine years. Dr. Stevens has
been largely connected with the publication of several of
the leading medical journals of the country. He became
the editor of Laucet and Observer, a journal devoted
to the interests of the profession, in 1856, having Drs.
Mendenhall and Murphy, of Cincinnati, associated
with him a part of the time. He practices what is
known among the profession as the "regular" system of
medicine, but gives his especial attention to obstetrics.
He is a man of great ability and gentlemanly manners, and
stands at the top of his profession. In 1878, he
established the Obstetric Gazette, a monthly
journal devoted to obstetrics and diseases of women - the
only monthly of the sort in America. He has always
been an active member of the State and other medical
societies, and a frequent contributor to the medical
literature of the day as found in the journals and society
transactions. For many years he was Secretary, of the
Ohio State Medical Society, and in 1867, was elected its
President. He presided over the annual meeting at
Delaware in 1868.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 782 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
ROBERT STEWART, farmer;
P. O. Monroe; was born in Scotland, Aug. 31, 1831. He
is the son of William and Agnes (Fowler) Stewart,
natives of Scotland. His father emigrated to America
in 1856; and our subject in 1854; the latter received a very
liberal education in his native country, and since his
arrival in this country, has made farming the principal
occupation of his life. He was married Feb. 26, 1860,
to Julia Klock, who was born in New York
State, July 8, 1838. They have seven children, viz.:
William, Nancy, Frank, Edward,
Robert, Mary and Elizabeth.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart with their two eldest children are
members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a Republican
in politics. He received his start in life by working
out by the day, and now owns a nice farm of 80 acres.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W.
H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 783 |
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Salem Twp. -
LEWIS STIBBS, farmer; P. O. Morrow;
this enterprising young gentleman is a native of Salem
Township this county, born Mar. 21, 1856; he is the second
child of Henry and Sidney (Jennings) Stibbs; the
former, born in this county, Feb. 17, 1832, the latter, also
born in this county, Feb. 8, 1835. The following
children constitute the family, Sarah, born Feb. 24,
1854; Lewis, already mentioned; Charlie, born
Nov 5, 1858; Clifton, born June 10, 1862;
Clyde, born Apr. 29 1865; Jennie, born Mar. 1,
1868; John, born Aug. 26, 1870; and Harry,
Aug. 30, 1873. The Stibbs family were
originally from New York of which John Stibbs was the
pioneer of this county; he was born March, 1807; he married
Maria Hulse, of New Jersey, three yeas his junior; he
came to this county at five years of age, and was the father
of twelve children. She died Oct. 13, 1859, he Aug.
12, 1873.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1027 |
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Hamilton Twp. -
JOSEPH STRYKER, deceased.
Joseph Stryker, the subject of our sketch, was born in
Hamilton Township, Warren Co., Ohio, on the twelfth day of
August, 1828. His father, James Stryker, was a
native of New Jersey, born Dec. 24, 1779. He was
reared on a farm in his native State, until he arrived to
the age of manhood, and from thence he removed to Warren
Co., Ohio, in which county he was one of the first settlers.
He was quite successful in business. To his children
he left a handsome property. His son Joseph,
the subject of our sketch, was also reared on a farm;
received his education in an ordinary district school.
Was married on the 30th of October, 1854, to Martha
Liddel. To them were born four children, viz.:
John, Fanny, Mary and Jennie. He had
been quite successful in business matters, and died on
February 3, 1871. His widow still resides on the old
homestead.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
SETH ST. JOHN, farmer; P. O. Lebanon;
was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., April 5,
1848. He is the son of Joseph and Rebecca (Jenning)
St. John. His father settled in Turtle Creek
Township in 1803, and lived there until his death. He
commenced life in a round log hut, and suffered all the
hardships and privations incident to pioneer life. At
the time of his death, he had succeeded in wresting from the
wilderness 116 acres of land, which had been cleared and put
under cultivation by his personal labor. Our subject
trew up on the farm, receiving a common school education,
and, when old enough, taking upon himself the care of the
farm settled by his father. He was married in 1875, to
Miss Smoot, of Warren County, by whom he has had
three children. He is a Democrat in politics, and,
though comparatively young in years, occupies a place of
prominence in his township.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 783 |
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Washington Twp. -
ISAAC STUBBS, miller; Oregon; owner
and proprietor of Oregon Mills; was born in Deerfield
Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Apr. 9, 1850; he is a son of
Isaac and Elizabeth (Sherwood) Stubbs, the former a
native of Georgia, and the latter of Warren Co. In
1873, Mr. Stubbs came to Freeport, and in partnership
with his brother, Albert Stubbs, operated the Oregon
Mills till May, 1880, when he purchased his brother's
interest, and has since run it alone; he also operates a
saw-mill in connection. He was married in Waynesville,
Sept. 13, 1876, to Eunice F. Hollingsworth, daughter
of Joseph and Sallie Hollingsworth, born in Turtle
Creek Township, Nov. 15, 1849. This union was blest
with one child - Sallie H., born Sept. 12, 1877.
Mrs. Stubbs is a member of the U. B. Church.
Mr. Stubbs is a Republican.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1049 |
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