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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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Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1882
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Hamilton
Twp. -
ANDREW J. WALKER, farmer, P. 0., Murdock, was born on
the old home farm in the year 1815, and is a son of
Samuel Walker, a pioneer; was reared on the farm,
and received only a common education in the district
schools. He was married in 1889 to Leah,
daughter of Isaac Phillips, an early settler in this
county. Since his marriage he has lived on the place
where he now resides, and
has prospered. He and his wife are members of the
Bethel Church, to which he has belonged fifty years.
He was Deacon of the church from 1840 to 1881, at which time
he was elected a Ruling Elder. To Mr. and Mrs. W.
nine children were born, eight living, viz.: Cynthia,
Hannah L., Sarah R., LaFayette, (who is a minister in
the Presbyterian Church,) Edward S., Isaac N., Vira
and James L.; an infant deceased. Mr. W.
owns 112 acres of excellent land, which is well improved.
Five of his children are members of the Bethel Church, which
is a source of gratification to their aged parents.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 959 |
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Turtle
Creek Twp. -
I. N. WALKER, Mayor of Lebanon; was
born in Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio, Jan. 29,
1849. He is a son of A. J. Walker whose sketch
appears in this volume. He was reared on a farm, and
received the rudiments of his education in the district
schools of his township. He then took a two years'
course at the Maineville Academy, and in 1870 entered Miami
University at Oxford, Ohio, where he continued until 1871,
when the institution closed. He then taught school in
Delaware Co., Ind., and Warren County until 1878, when he
entered the law department of the Michigan State University
at Ann Arbor. In 1879, he commenced reading law with
W. F. Eltzroth, of Lebanon, and in March, 1880, he
was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of the State.
He then formed a law partnership ,with Milton Clark,
of Lebanon, On April 3, 1882, he was elected Mayor of
Lebanon.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 786 |
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Hamilton Twp. -
SAMUEL WALKER, farmer, P. O.
Maineville, is another of the old and well-known settlers,
who is a native of the township which he lives; is a son of
Samuel B. Walker; was reared on the farm, and a
limited education was all he got in the district, a
subscription school. He was married to Mary A.
Bigham in 1839, seven children being the result of their
union, viz: John B., Alexander G., (who was a member
of Co. I, 2d O. V. I. He enlisted in 1861; served
nearly two years, and was killed at Murfreesboro), Luther
and Sarah; three are deceased, viz: Hannah A.,
Gilbert and Newton. Mrs. W. died in
1851. His second marriage was celebrated with Anna
Hopkins in 1852; four children have been born to them,
viz.: Allen T., William H., Pluma A. and James.
Mr. W. has lived in the county all his life, and has
been successful in his undertakings.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 959 |
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Hamilton Twp. -
THOMAS D. WALKER, farmer, P. O., Murdock. The above
gentleman is
a son of Samuel B. Walker, who was born in Franklin Co.,
Pa., in 1779 or 1780. Samuel B. was a son of Samuel and Isabelle (Brice) Walker,
of the above county.
He purchased 1,000 acres of land in this township in 1798,
but did not settle on
this purchase until 1802. With Samuel B. came his two
sisters, Esther and Margaret, who were the
respective wives of Isaac and Colen
Spence, who also settled in Hamilton Township. The
father of our subject was married in 1804 to Hannah Spence,
of Scott Co., Ky., after which he settled on his portion of
the land that was purchased in 1798, which he cleared up,
and it became his home. He was Justice
of the Peace for two terms, being first elected in 1810, and
served eight or ten
months in the War of 1812 under Capt. Simonton. In 1824 he
became a member
of the Bethel Church, of which he was treasurer for fifteen
years before his death.
His wife was an active member in the same church from its
organization in 1814. Mr. W. was a surveyor of some note. To him were born ten
children, four of whom
are living, viz.: John S., Samuel, Andrew J. and
Thomas D. The deceased are: Sarah,
Isabelle, James, William H., George W. and Margaret
J. Mr. Walker
died Dec. 6, 1845. She departed this life Feb. 4, 1851. Our
subject was reared
on the farm, and remained with his parents until of age.
March 4, 1854, he was
married to Eliza A. Chaney, of Claremont Co., Ohio. After
his marriage he lived
eight years on the old home farm, when he came to his
present place of residence.
He and his wife are members of the Bethel Church, to which
he has been connected forty years, and as deacon of the same for twenty
years. He owns 117
acres of excellent land, which is nicely improved; in
everything Mr. Walker is a
representative man.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 958 |
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Hamilton Twp. -
W. H. WALKER, deceased, was born on the old home farm in
1819, and was a son of Samuel B. Walker, a pioneer. He was
reared on the farm,
and in the district schools he fitted himself to teach. Some
years before his death
he left the farm, which he had carried on by others, and he
opened a store in
Murdock. He was a generous, kind-hearted man, and was always
very kind to the
poor, and his death was universally regretted by all. He was
twice married, first
to Sarah J. Millspaugh, who bore him three children,
viz.: Maria, Margaret. E.
and Agnes J. Mrs. W. died in 1845. His second marriage was
celebrated with Ellen Ward, of Cleremont Co., Ohio. He was a
successful man and held some of the
township offices, and was a Notary Public. He was a leading
member in the
Bethel Church, of which he was Treasurer. He died June 2,
1873, leaving at his
death 200 acres of land. Mrs. W. was born in Cleremont
Co., O., in 1824, and is
a member of the Bethel Church.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 958 |
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Franklin Twp. -
SAYLES WALLING, son of Area and
Lavica Walling, was born near Providence, R. I., Jan.
12, 1808. He was reared on a farm, his father owning
150 acres. He was married, at the age of 22 years, to
Elizabeth H., daughter of Allen and Roby Thayer,
born near Providence Aug. 6, 1809; they had six children,
three living - Ora A., Alvin and Reuben, all
married and in business. Mr. Walling came here
in 1830, in quite poor circumstances, and worked at laboring
work several years then bought one-half interest in a
coopering establishment south of town, which was run by
water power; at the end of two or three years, he engaged in
the butchering business with William Corwin, Sr.;
They supplied the town with meat several years. In
1869, he went to Dayton and engaged with his son in the
manufacture of Iron fence railing eleven years, and then
returned to Franklin, where he now leads a retired life; he
owns two houses and lots on River street, in south part of
the town; himself and son own one tenement house in Dayton,
on Hermann street. He has been a member of the Odd
Fellows about forty years. His three sons were in the
army of the rebellion: Ora was in the
100-days service; Alvin P. and Reuben enlisted
in the three-months' service, after which Reuben
served three years.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 820 |
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Franklin Twp. -
JOHN WARD, retired farmer, Franklin, son of William and
Margaret Ward, was born about two and a half miles from
Franklin, June 20,, 18224. His grandparents came here
at an early period. He was reared on a farm, attending
school till 21 years of age; he gook a full course of
Mathematics and chemistry, and studied Greek and Latin;
several years he taught school winters and farmed summers.
In March, 1849, he bought 90 acres of land with his uncle,
in Franklin Township, on Sec. 24; several years later , he
purchased his uncle's interest; he afterward bought 104
acres adjoining up the north and Hezekiah Rhoads,
born in this township. Mr. Ward, after leading
a very successful life, retired, in 1868, to Franklin, where
he has a fine brick residence and 1 acre of land east of
Canal; he also owns one house and lot, corner River and
Sixth streets, 245 acres of land in Darke County, and
100 acres in Auglaize County.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 820 |
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Franklin Twp. -
JAMES WARRICK, farmer; P. O. Franklin;
a native and a worthy pioneer of Franklin Township; was born
Aug. 1, 1816. He is a son of Samuel and Nancy (Frazey),
natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania; his father was born
Aug. 1, 1776, and his mother Apr. 8, 1788; they came to
Warren County prior to the war of 1812, and settled in this
township, where they both closed their lives at an advanced
age. Our subject was reared to manhood on his father's
farm. He was married, in Dayton, Jan. 1, 1847, to
Miss Lucinda Ward, a native of this township, born May
25, 1825, and a daughter of Samuel and Nancy Ward; of
the six children that were given this union, four are
living, vi., Ame A. born Apr. 28, 1849, wife of
Daniel S. Parker; Samuel J., born Sept. 16, 1862,
married Katie McQuitty; Mary B., born Sept. 25, 1859;
and Flora, born Apr. 10, 1863; Eleanor J. and
Robert M. are deceased. Mr. Warrick
located on his present farm in 1848; he owns a tract of 425
acres of land, situated on Secs. 24, 29 and 30; his farm is
under a high state of cultivation; a brick residence,
erected at a cost of $5,000, stands on the summit of a hill,
which affords an excellent view of the surrounding country.
Mr. Warrick is by occupation a farmer and stock
raiser, and in politics he is Republican.
Source:
History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers &
Co., 1882 - page 820 |
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Franklin Twp. -
GEORGE C. WEAVER, grocer, No. 2
Woodward Block, Franklin, son of George W. and Rebecca
Weaver, was born in Miamisburg, Montgomery Co., Ohio,
March 20, 1854. When 10 years of age, he entered his
father's general store, attending behind the counter when
out of school; at the age of 12, he took charge of the
books, which he continued to keep till 24 years of age.
In 1876, he was married in Miamisburg, to Lilly,
daughter of Dr. Isaac and Mary Treon, born in
Miamisburg; they have two children - Mary and
Edith. Dec. 1, 1878, he came to Franklin and
opened his present place of business, where he keeps a full
line of groceries, glassware, queensware and silverware; he
carries a stock of goods valued at $5,000, and does a
strictly cash business, from four to six men behind the
counter, and doing a very flourishing business; he has a
fine brick residence corner Springboro road and Hill avenue.
Mr. Weaver is a member of the Odd Fellows society.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 821 |
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Salem Twp. -
ROBERT WHITACRE (deceased).
Robert Whitacre, one of the earliest settlers in the
southern part of the county, emigrated to and settled near
the mouth of Todd's Fork, in the year 1805; he was of
English descent, his father, John Whitacre, having
emigrated from England about the year 1750. Robert
was married three times; first, to Sarah Roach, by
whom he had one son, Jonas; second, Hannah Young,
who died without issue; third, Patience McKay, by
whom he had seven children - Andrew, John, Priscilla,
Jane, Aquilla, Rhoda and Moses. He took up
4,000 acres in what is now known as Survey 1,494, it being
an old military claim, deeded to Robert Whitacre by
Burr Powell, he trading for it from a Capt.
Hamilton, of Revolutionary fame. Mr. W. was
a stirring business man, dealing largely in stock, which he
marketed in Baltimore, driving them there on foot; to
his efforts was due the erection of the first bridge across
the Miami, in this vicinity; to his energy and untiring
seal, many of our pioneers owe the foundation of their
future success. Upon his death, Sept. 18, 1828, Warren
Co. lost a man who had largely contributed to its future
greatness. The family, of seven children, located and
built their homes upon tract taken by their father, and upon
which four of them lived and died; to-day (excepting three
farms) the entire survey of 1494 is still held by the
Whitacre descendants. Moses Whitacre, born
1804, youngest son, succeeded to the old home of his father;
his early days were passed in agricultural pursuits; at an
early age, he evinced a desire to gain an education, which
advantages were not to be gained in that day without the
most earnest exertion upon his part; this he exhibited and
soon reached the then pinnacle of fame - a school teacher -
which avocation he followed some length of time. In
March, 1826, he was married to Miss Priscilla Thomas,
of Belmont Co., Ohio (her parents, natives of Georgia, who
emigrated to the aforementioned county at an early day); to
them were born seven children, of whom but two arrived to
the age of maturity - William, and Sidney T.,
now Mrs. Prather. Moses Whitacre was a
generous, whole-souled, public spirted man who
furthered all enterprises tending to the culture and benefit
of his fellow-man; a man of great energy, imbuing all with
whom he came in contact with the same spirit. At the
age of 38 he was called from his sphere of usefulness by the
angel of death, departing this life Jan. 8, 1842, his
faithful wife following him July 16, 1847. William
Whitacre, born Jan. 17, 1835, succeeded to the old home
of his father and grandfather (which he at this writing
occupies), beautifully located upon the second level, lying
between Todd's Fork and the Little Miami River, overlooking
the thriving little village of Morrow. His early days
were passed without event otherwise than those known to the
school-boy, until he arrived at the age when he had to enter
the second level, lying between Todd's Fork and the Little
Miami River, overlooking the thriving little village of
Morrow. His early days were passed without event other
wise than those known to the school-boy, until he arrived at
the age when he had to enter the arena of life; before so
doing, he concluded to complete his studies by a course at
the Richmond Academy, Indiana, founded by the Society of
Friends; completing his course, he returned home and engaged
in general dealing until the spring of 1861, when he entered
the mercantile and real estate business, lotting up from his
farm what is now known as East Morrow. In the struggle
of the great rebellion, he took an active interest in the
cause of the Union, expending liberally for the cause which
he supported, besides his services in the call for 100-days
men, and the Morgan raid. On the 22d of May,
1866, he was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca Lownes
(see history of Josiah Lownes); to them have been
born six children - Walter L., Horace J., Marion, Frank
T., William H. and Mariana. Mr. W. has
served his township in nearly all of its official
capacities; was Clerk when it was first organized, and to
day officiates as one of its Trustees; retiring from
mercantile pursuits to his farm, his active life would not
allow him to give alone his entire attention to that
pursuit, therefore, he has added the coal and lumber
business. Quiet and unassuming in manner and speech,
connected with habits of industry and integrity, has won him
the esteem of his fellow-men and makes him one of the
foremost citizens of Warren Co.
Source: History of Warren Co.,
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1028 |
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Wayne Twp. -
ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, farmer; P. O.
Waynesville; born in High land Co., Ohio, Sept. 10, 1830; is
a son of Alexander and Mary (Gordon) Williams, he a
native of New Jersey and she of Virginia. Mr.
Williams, when a small boy, was stolen from his home
by the Indians and carried away and kept in captivity nearly
four years, when, fortunately, a white trader happened among
them, observed the boy and succeeded in capturing him, and
brought him to Cincinnati and put up at the tavern where the
landlord was an uncle to the child; he recognized the child
by a small hone or Whetstone which had his father’s name
engraved upon it, and which the child had with him when
taken from his home, and which the child had carefully
treasured and kept all that time; the child was now with his
friends, and remained with his uncle, who, it seems, not
only kept the tavern, but ran a boat across the river for
the transfer of persons from Ohio to Kentucky, and vice
versa; one morning very early, a man called to be
transported across the river, and the uncle sent .the boy to
take him over; when a short distance from the shore, some
men came hurriedly to the river and demanded the boy to
return with his man, but the stranger presented a revolver
to the boy’s head and forced the boy to row on; at this
instant, one of the men on the shore drew up his rifle and
shot the stranger in the boat dead on the spot, who, it
seems, was a criminal of some kind; this was a trying ordeal
for the lad, and so frightened him that he was not fond of
rowing any more strangers across the river. The child
grew to manhood; was a soldier in the war of 1812; was
married and became a resident of Warren County, locating
near Springboro, where he resided till his death, about
1852, aged 65 years, his wife having died many years
previously. They had twelve children; eight now
survive - William, Catharine, Robert,
Thomas, Samuel, Alexander, Amanda
and Richard. Our subject was very young when
his mother died, but remained with his father till the age
of 14 years, when he received a home with James O'Neall,
where he lived till his majority; was married, Aug 12, 1855,
to Miss Mary, daughter of Israel and Lucy
Ann (Thompson) Venard, he a native of Kentucky and she
of Ohio; Israel was a son of James and Nancy
Venard, and was born Nov. 21, 1796, and when about 6
weeks old was brought to Warren County; located in Deerfield
Township, where they resided several years, and where
James Venard died; Israel grew to manhood; was
married, Jan. 20, 1828, and, after several years’ residence
in Deerfield Township, he removed to Butler County; in 1850,
returned to Warren County and located on the place where
Mr. Williams now lives, and here resided till his
death, Nov. 6, 1880, aged 84 years; his wife died in 1844;
they had three children; two new survive - James Harvey
and Mary; she was born in Deerfield Township July 31,
1835. Mr. Williams and wife have had
eleven children; seven new survive - Harry Edgar,
Anna Laura, John M., Martha Jane,
G. Wilbur, Maggie May and Catharine
Amanda. Mr. Williams, in 1859,
located upon the farm where he now lives and has since
resided.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 886 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
COLUMBUS WILLIAMS (deceased) was born
at Norwood, near Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. 29,
1805; his parents, Jonathan and Mary (Davis) Williams,
were natives of New Jersey, of Welsh descent. They
emigrated to Ohio at an early day and located on a farm in
Hamilton County, where the father died, Jan. 22, 1814.
The mother survived him twenty years, dying on the 22d of
December, 1834. Our subject spent the greater part of
his life on the farm; he was reared as a farmer and received
such education as was attainable at that early day.
When 18 years of age. he commenced learning the carpenter
trade with his eldest brother, and in that occupation
continued for thirty years. In 1853, he purchased the
interests of the other heirs to his father’s farm, where he
spent the remainder of his days. He was married, Jan.
24, 1833, to Miss Sarah Todd, who died Jan. 31, 1853,
leaving three children, viz., John, James and
Eliza, all now deceased. On the 28th of
December, 1856, Mr. Williams was again
married. his second wife being Mrs. Agnes
L. Logan, a daughter of Silas Hurin, one
of the original proprietors of the land on which Lebanon now
stands. Mrs. Williams was born in Warren
County, and, in 1837, married William M. Logan, who
was born in Pennsylvania in 1809. He died in Lebanon
in 1841, leaving one child, Kittie, now the wife of
Andrew Atkinson, a real estate agent of Lebanon.
Mr. Williams second marriage was blessed with
one child, viz., Nettie D., who was born at Norwood
Nov. 29,
1857, and now lives with her mother in Lebanon, to which
place they moved soon after Mr. Williams’
death, which occurred Nov. 5, 1870. Mr.
Williams was a man in whom all the elements of true
manhood were blended. As a husband, he was kind,
devoted and affectionate; as a father, he was gentle and
indulgent; his business capacity and sterling integrity were
above question. He was a consistent member of the
Presbyterian Church, to which his wife and daughter also
belong. His loss to the family, community and church
was deeply felt and deplored.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 788 |
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Washington Twp. -
E. T. M. WILLIAMS,
farmer; P. O. Clarksville; was born in Washington Township,
Warren Co., Ohio, Aug. 9, 1826; he is a son of John L.
and Mary (McDowell) Williams, who were natives of Bucks
Co., Penn., the former was born Aug. 10, 1786, and the
latter Aug. 12, 1789. They came to Cincinnati in the
year 1800, and settled in Washington Township, Warren Co.,
in 1822, where they both ended their days; the former Dec.
12, 1857, and the latter Apr. 3, 1863. Mr. Williams,
the subject of this sketch, passed his early life upon his
father’s farm, and received his education in the common
schools of the day. The spring of 1848, he went to
Clinton Co., where he was engaged in lumbering till 1852,
when he returned and resumed his former occupation. He
purchased his present farm of his father in 1853, and has
since resided upon it, pursuing the avocation of farming and
the rearing of live stock, making a specialty in sheep.
Mr. Williams is a man of strict integrity and
of stirring enterprise, and stands foremost both as a
citizen and a farmer in the township. Mr.
Williams was married the first time Dec. 9, 1852, to
Miss Mary E. Andrews, who died Aug. 28,
1865, leaving four children, viz.: Horace (now
of Vermillion Co., Ill.), Ida, Hugh and
Mary. Mr. Williams was again married
Apr. 15, 1868, to Mary E. Wilkerson, by whom he has
had three children - Martha, Nellie and
Alice. Mrs. Williams is a member of
the M. E. Church. Mr. Williams is
connected with the Masonic fraternity, and politically he is
Republican. He served his township as Clerk from 1861
to 1869, and from 1875 to 1876. He owns a farm of 250
acres with excellent improvements; a $3,500 residence adorns
his farm; it was built in 1869.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 1050 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
JOHN D. WILLIAMS, farmer and
auctioneer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek
Township, Warren Co., Dec. 14, 1815; his parents were
Levi Williams, a native of Ohio, and Lydia
(Draper) Williams, of Pennsylvania. He was
educated in the common-schools of the township, and has
followed farming and auctioneering all his life. He is
a genial, warm-hearted gentleman, and is well thought and
spoken of by all who know him. In 1837, he married
Miss Sally Voorhis, who died, in 1861, leaving the
following children living: C. O., Elizabeth
and C. V., the other two of her five children having
died before her. On the 24th of May, 1863, Mr.
Williams married Miss Mary J. Trimble, by
whom he has had two children, viz., Perry T. and
Sylvan N. Mr. Williams is a Republican and has
served his township a number of years as Justice of the
Peace.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 789 |
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Union Twp. -
WILSON & SONS, manufacturers; P. O.
South Lebanon; the gentlemen whose names constitute this
firm are from the State of Delaware. James Wilson,
the senior member of the firm, is the patentee of hte
double-seamed powder keg, which they are exclusively engaged
in manufacturing. Their business was founded in
September, 1880. The first year they turned out
100,000 kegs. They give employment to a dozen skilled
workmen. TY. J. McClellan is general business
manager, and son-in-law to James Wilson. William
and J. W. Wilson, sons of James Wilson,
the patentee, are also members of the company. All are
new men in Warren Co., and their enterprise and business
capacity will add much to our manufacturing interests.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 1065 |
Aron Wilson |
Clear Creek Twp. -
AARON WILSON, retired farmer, Springboro; born in this
township Apr. 17, 1815; is a son of Jesse and Elizabeth
(Mason) Wilson, natives of New Jersey. The
grandparents were Savel and Susanna (Chew) Wilson, he
a native of Ireland and she of England, but who emigrated to
America prior to the Revolutionary war; were married in New
Jersey, and lived and died in that State. The father
of Susanna Chew purchased 5,000 acres of land
on the Delaware River, where he settled. and which was known
during the war as “Chew’s Landing.” Savel Wilson,
although not a soldier in the war, yet he was made a
prisoner by the British for not giving certain information
of the whereabouts of some of the American officers and was
kept a prisoner for three months, and then discharged on
account of sickness. Jesse and family resided
in New Jersey till the spring of 1805, then emigrated to
Ohio and located in Clear Creek Township, Warren Co., on a
farm still in possession of his son Aaron; this place
was then all in the woods but a small piece, which had been
deadened and a log cabin erected; here they commenced to
make a home and a farm, and passed through the many
hardships and trials of those pioneer days, and here they
resided till their deaths; he died Nov. 6, 1849. aged 77
years; she died June 6, 1860, aged nearly 80 years; they had
eight children - six sons and two daughters; four now
survive - Rachel, now Widow Willis;
Israel, now a practicing physician in Cincinnati;
Mary, now Widow Davis; and Aaron.
Mr. Wilson was a truly devoted member of the
Society of Friends, a man who devoted himself closely to
business, and of undoubted integrity; one who never sought
or held office, but refused every offer of that kind; was a
man of great energy and force of character, and always took
great interest in the development and progress of the
community; was the first in this vicinity to cultivate
improved grafted fruit, and deserves, perhaps more than any
other man, the credit of bringing this county to its present
high reputation for good fruits; on his farm was one of the
best orchards, noted for fine varieties of fruit, in this
vicinity, the grafts for which he brought from New Jersey on
horseback, in his saddle-bags. Mr. Wilson
was a very prosperous farmer, and, by his industry and good
management, accumulated a good competency, and furnished
every one of his children with a farm and a good start in
life. The subject of this sketch was raised to farm
labor; was married, Oct. 20, 1842, to Sarah Jane,
daughter of Jacob and Judith Brown, natives of
Loudoun Co., Va., who became residents of Greene Co., Ohio,
in 1835, where they lived and died; they had eleven
children; three now survive - George W., Sarah
Jane and Nixon G. Sarah Jane was
born in Virginia June 22, 1820. Mr. Wilson and
wife have had five children - Lucinda, born Oct 13,
1843, died Nov. 15, 1868; Israel, born May 25, 1846,
died Sept. 5, 1849; Jesse E., born Mar. 2, 1850, died
July 8, 1851; Mary Emma, born Aug. 7, 1853;
and Elmar, born July 28, 1860, and died May 30, 1864.
Mr. Wilson, after his marriage, located upon
the home place of his father, where he resided till, the
spring of 1870, he removed to Springboro, where he has since
resided, living retired from all active business; he was a
resident of the old home place where he was born for
fifty-five years, and still owns the farm, which has now
been in possession of the Wilson family for
seventy-six years. Mr. Wilson, in his
life and character, is much like his father; never holds or
accepts office; is an excellent neighbor and citizen, and
has made life a success; by industry and economy he has be
come well situated financially, and is now able to pass his
later years in comfort and plenty; and, in the success and
character of his life, stands as a worthy example to the
rising generations.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page 935 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
ROBERT WILSON (deceased) was born in
Rockbridge Co., Va, Nov. 10, 1797, and came with his parents
to Hopkinsville, Warren Co., Ohio, about the year A. D.
1808, when about 11 years of age. His parents being of
limited means, his boyhood was devoted to his own support
and to obtaining such education as the country schools of
that day afforded. He taught the school at
Hopkinsville and was, for a number of years, Justice of the
Peace of Hamilton Township. He was Assessor, and, for
a number of years, Treasurer, of the county, and represented
it one term in the Legislature. In 1843, he removed
from Hopkinsville to a farm, purchased about that time, in
Union Township, Warren Co., about three miles south of
Lebanon, where he resided until his death, Nov. 15, 1854.
He was an intelligent and progressive farmer, and was among
the foremost to introduce the improvements in machinery and
methods of culture, which have lightened the farmer’s toil
and given it better reward, and, as a means to this end, was
active in the organization of the Warren County Agricultural
Society. From his early manhood to his death, he was a
member of the Associate Reformed Church, at Hopkinsville,
and by his life, commended industry, education, morality and
religion. On the 25th of August, A. D. 1825, he was
married to Martha Smith, daughter of James
and Nancy Smith, pioneers of Hamilton Township.
Mrs. Wilson died at Lebanon July 29, 1881, aged
nearly 80 years. They had eight children, of whom the
following brief mention is made: Elizabeth H. Wilson,
wife of Allison L. Scott, Esq., who died January,
1859. Jeremiah M. Wilson, attorney at law;
admitted to the bar at Lebanon, Ohio, Gen. Durbin
Ward being his tutor; located at Connersville, Ind.,
and practiced his profession and served as Judge of the
Circuit Court for a number of years, and represented his
district two terms in Congress, and since then has followed
his profession at Washington, D. C., where he now resides.
William W. Wilson, attorney at law, Lebanon, Ohio;
admitted to the bar in August, 1854; served in the army as
Captain of Company A, 79th O. V. I., and Major of the
regiment from August, 1862, to November, 1864, when
discharged for disability incurred in Sherman’s
“Atlanta campaign;” in April, 1865, was elected Mayor of
Lebanon; in October, 1865, was elected Probate Judge of
Warren County, and held that office until October, 1869,
when he resigned and was elected Representative of the
county in the Legislature, serving one term in 1870 and
1871. James S. Wilson, of Kansas City, Mo., was
engaged as clerk in a mercantile house at Hamilton, Ohio, at
the beginning of the rebellion; went out in the 3d O. V. I.,
and served as Lieutenant, Captain and Assistant Adjutant
General of his brigade throughout the war, taking part in
all the hard campaigns and most of the great battles of the
army commanded by Buell, Rosecrans and
Thomas, known in the later years of the war as the Army
of the Cumberland; since the war, he has been employed in
the internal revenue and railroad service. Providence
M. Wilson was in mercantile employment at
Franklin, Warren Co., and enlisted there in the 2d Ohio
three-months’ regiment of volunteers; was in the first
battle of Bull Run, Va.; is now a merchant in Arkansas.
Robert B. Wilson, attorney at law, Cincinnati, Ohio;
at the beginning of the late war, was a student at Lebanon,
and enlisted in Capt Rigdon Williams' Company F, 12th
O. V. I.; he was appointed a Sergeant and served through the
war, participating in the campaigns and battles in West
Virginia and in Maryland and Pennsylvania, attending Lee’s
invasion; he was a Captain at the close of the war.
Marshall L. Wilson, at the beginning of the war was a
boy on the home farm; in 1862, he served with the forces
holding Cumberland Gap, Tenn; has since been in the railway
telegraph service, and now resides in Illinois.
Americus Wilson, the youngest son, near the close
of the war enlisted in a 100-day regiment and served in
Western Virginia; since the war, he has been engaged in the
railway service, and now resides at Logan, Ohio.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 789 |
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Franklin
Twp. -
WILLIAM M. WILSON, farmer; P. O. red
Lion; was born in the township of his residence July 7,
1834. He is a son of Matthew and Eleanor (McClure)
Wilson, natives of Pennsylvania and Kentucky; the father
was born Sept. 18, 1799, and the mother Sept. 19, 1895.
Mr. Wilson came to this county with his parents in
1800; they settled near Red Lion, and, in 1802 removed near
Dayton, where they lived till 1806, when they returned and
purchased the farm our subject now occupies. Mr.
Wilson, the father of William, died Apr. 9, 1881,
and his mother died June 22, 1855. William, the
subject of this sketch, was reared on his father's farm.
Jan. 11, 1865, he was joined in marriage to Minerva E.
Iddings, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Iddings,
born near Dayton June 18, 1846; three children were added to
this union; two are living - Mary E., born May 5,
1867; and Edward I., born Oct. 8, 1870. Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson are members of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Wilson is a Republican. He owns 106 acres
of the old homestead, and is engaged in agriculture and
stock raising.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 821 |
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Turtle Creek Twp. -
DAVID M. WORLEY, farmer; P. O.
Lebanon. This gentleman was born in the village of
Deerfield, Warren Co., Ohio, Nov. 16, 1821. He was
reared on the farm on which he now resides by his
grandfather, Soloon Miller, an honest, hard-working
German, of the Dunkard persuasion, consequently his
opportunities for getting an education were very limited.
By considerable effort, he became sufficiently advanced to
take charge of a country school. At the age of 20, he
commenced teaching and continued in that employment over
eight years. He was married, Mar. 18, 1849, to Miss
Eliza Jane Perrine, a native of Mason Co., Ky., and
daughter of Joseph Perrine and Susannah Downing, who
settled in Warren Co., Ohio, in March, 1826. They had
six children, viz., Artemas M., Victor Hugo, Fergus F.,
Linnie L., Brice B. and Emmet D., of which number
but three are living, viz., Victor, who married
Josephine, daughter of Fred Hutchinson; Linnie,
wife of Everett, a son of Samuel Iorns,
and Brice, yet unmarried. When Mr.
Worley married, he bid farewell to the school-room and
commenced farming, in which occupation he still continues.
His father, Brice Worley, was born in
Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., Va., Oct. 25, 1794, and
emigrated from Harper's Ferry to Warren Co., Ohio, with his
father’s family, in 1815, and, in February, 1821, he married
Elizabeth Miller, by whom he had four
children, the subject of this sketch being the eldest.
For his second wife, he married Margaret Ann
Vinson, a native of Maryland, by whom he had ten
children. Elizabeth Miller was born in
Frederick Co., Md., Nov. 27, 1802, and, in 1817, came to
Warren Co., Ohio, with her father, Solomon Miller,
who also was born in Frederick Co., Md., Aug. 14, 1776.
His father, Henry Miller, was born at
Lancaster, Penn. Henry Miller married a
Bigler, of which family one was Governor of
Pennsylvania and another Governor of California at the same
time. Henry Miller moved to Frederick Co., Md.,
prior to the Revolutionary war. William Worley,
the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in
Virginia Nov. 16, 1760, of Quaker parents, and raised a
Quaker; was a sicklesmith by trade; he married Nancy Ann
Walling, in Virginia, moved to Warren Co., Ohio, in
1815, and died June 17, 1828. Nancy Ann Walling
was born in Virginia July 17, 1754; died in Warren Co.,
Ohio, Feb. 19, 1837. She was the daughter of James
Walling, a Revolutionary Colonel, who took part in the
siege of Yorktown, which battle resulted in the surrender of
Lord Cornwallis and the British Army.
William Worley was a descendent of one of three brothers
- James, William and Brice Worley - who came
with William Penn to this country and settled where
Philadelphia now stands, and afterward, one of these settled
in York Co., Penn, another in Western Pennsylvania and
another in North Carolina. The subject is presumed to
have descended from one of these three brothers and most
likely from one of the two who settled in Pennsylvania.
Source: History of Warren Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 791 |
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