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1902
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DR. WILLIAM R.
DABNEY
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1365 |
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THE DANA FAMILY
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1429 |
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BENJAMIN DANA, from Pomfret, in
Vermont, came out with Col. Israel Putnam's family in 1794
and resided in Belpre until the peace with the Indians. He
then purchased property in, and removed to, Waterford; he became one
of the most extensive and successful agriculturists in the county.
He inherited all the qualities analogous to the evergreen and
granite of his native State, and adopted all the improvements and
advantages incident to the more fertile soil and congeniel
climate of the State of Ohio. He very early began the cutivation
of the fine-wooled Merino and Saxon sheep; his flock is the largest
and finest in the county. Very few men with the same means
could have accomplished so much and still fewer could have done
more.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published
by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page
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F. F. DANA
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1378 |
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CAPT. WILLIAM DANA, a native of
Watertown, near Boston, was some time in his country's service.
He commanded a company of artillery previous to and for some years
after the battle of Bunker Hill. He had leased a large farm
and resided in the neighborhood of Worcester and was compelled to
relinquish the same to prevent a large sacrifice of property.
He left New Hampshire early in May, 1788, with two sons, and arrived
in Marietta the fore part of June. He built a log cabin on the
corner of Market Square, exactly where the Post Office now stands;
he was to clear and improve the land and give up his possession when
the people required its use. As it was too late to plant, he
and the boys cleared a small piece toward the Female Seminary and
made a small kiln of bricks, which were probably the first kiln of
bricks burned in Ohio. Bricks were made near the same place by
Maj. Ezra Lant of Newburyport, Massachusetts, in the summers
of 1789 and 1790. When I took possession of the cabin I
purchased the lease, and cleared and fenced Market Square, and the
common in front of the Muskingum, and sold my possession to Mr.
Burlingame, and he to Dr. True, whose descendants now own
it. I had a small chimney built of those bricks, and when I
removed to the garrison of "Upper" Belpre in the spring of 1793, I
took some hundreds of those bricks to build a small chimney in the
chamber of Captain Dans's block-house, and when I moved up
the Muskingum - Dec. 1, 1795 - I brought up in General Putnam's
barge 500 bricks, a considerable number of which I took to Belpre
and which were made in the first kiln made on Market Square, and are
now about our premises.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published
by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page
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DENTER C. DAVIS, prominent as
an ____ and
general manager and treasurer of the Ohio & California Refining
Oil Company, has his headquarters at New York and his Marietta,
Washington County, Ohio. He sustains a very important
relation to this business and his services are essential to the
company. He is a son of Dudley Davis, and grandson of
Daniel Davis, who was a very early settler in Washington
County.
Dudley Davis was also born in Washington County,
and with his father and brothers, was largely interested in the
early oil development. In 186_,
he enlisted to fight for the Union and when the war was
over he was an invalid, and ied soon after returning home.
The subject of this sketch was born at Lowell,
Washington County, in 1860, and there spent the early part of
his life, and attended the High School. Beginning at the
age of sixteen years, he spent three years in the drug store of
C. R. Buchanan, who is still in business in Marietta.
He became a registered pharmacist and followed that business in
several states. He worked in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland,
etc., and went to Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, in 1886. There
he received some assistance from a friend, and engaged quite
extensively in the drug business, owning at one time about five
stores in different cities and towns.
When the oil fields of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and
Ohio were opened up,and wells were drilled, the subject of this
sketch, like many others, soon found himself interested in this
industry. His first operations were in the McDonald
Field, but since then he has operated in all the above named
states, as well as along the Kern River, in California, and now
has several large contracts for drilling. The company in
which he is interested owns thirty-eight wells, in Wood County,
West Virginia, and controls 52,000 acres of land, altogether.
Besides the Ohio & California Refining Oil Company. Mr.
Davis is connected with several others, either as
stockholder, officer or member. At one time he owned a
half interest in the Bellevue Hotel, but sold it and removed
from Pittsburg to Marietta in the fall of 1807.
While residing in Pittsburg, Mr. Davis
was united in marriage with Miss Kaylor, a
daughter of J. J. Kaylor, deceased. He has two
children,— Dexter C., Jr., aged eleven years, and Ida
M., aged thirteen years. They live in a handsome
residence at No. 309 Putnam street.
It may be seen from the above that Mr. Davis is
a very industrious gentleman, who realizes a good income from
his business, and who fully and carefully reflects before
attempting any new venture.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1173 |
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HON. THEODORE F.
DAVIS has been actively identified for many years with
the interests of Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. He was
born in New Trenton, Franklin County, Indiana, in 1844, and came
to Marietta in 1869.
Mr. Davis passed the early part of his life on a
farm, and was barely 17 years of age when the Civil War began,
and President Lincoln issued his first three-months call
for volunteer to defend the Union. Notwithstanding his
youth, Mrs. Davis eagerly offered his services, and
subsequently, when his term had expired, enlisted in the 83rd
Reg. Ind. Vol. Inf., and served valiantly until the termination
of the conflict.
After the war, Mr. Davis took up the study of
civil engineering, and became a civil engineer in railroad
construction. He accepted a position as engineer to assist
in making surveys and locating locks and dams in the
improvements of the Little Kenawha River, in West Virginia.
In 1869 he came to Marietta, where he had made the first surveys
for the Marietta & Cleveland Railroad, and was placed in charge
of its construction. This having been successfully
completed he was elected city engineer, and served two terms as
such, there by doing credit to himself, and benefiting his city
to no little degree.
Mr. Davis was elected to the State Senate from
the 14th Senatorial District in the 68th General Assembly, and
served as president pro tem of that body. While Senator,
he presented the first municipal ownership bill ever brought
before the Senate, and by his persistent efforts secured the
passage of the measure, although many opposed it. The
beneficent results of the act were so manifest that a large
number of similar bills has been passed since that time, and in
every instance municipal ownership of water-works, lighting
systems, etc., has been the means of saving a great amount of
money to the people. Mr. Davis is an enthusiastic
exponent of municipal ownership, and through his advocacy of it
has rendered good service to the people of Marietta.
Mr. Davis is mainly occupied in real estate
transactions, and is the owner of a large amount of property.
He is also identified with the development of extensive
interests, in which he employs many men. The citizens of
Marietta are grateful to Mr. Davis for his services, and
they unite in expressing esteem and friendship for him.
Mr. Davis is a member of the following fraternal
bodies: American Union Lodge, No. 1, F. & A. M.; American
Union Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M.; Marietta Commandery, No. 50, K.
T., of which he is a charter member; Marietta Council, No. 78,
R. & S. M.; and Syrian Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Cincinnati,
Ohio. He is a member of Ohio Commandery of the Loyal
Legion of the United States; and Buell Post, No. 178, G.
A. R. He has held several important positions and ranks in
the Ohio Department of G. A. R. as a member of the Sons of
Veterans. He belongs to Lodge No. 477, B. P. O. E., and is
a charter member of Marietta Council, No. 32, of United
Commercial Travelers.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1059 |
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WILLARD H. DAVIS,
the subject of this sketch, is a son of Willard and Caroline
(Shepard) Davis, and grandson of Capt. William Davis.
The family trace their ancestry to William Davis, of
Roxbury, Massachusetts, who lived there in 1642. Capt.
Daniel Davis, the great-grandfather, was one of the 48 who
came to Marietta in April, 1788. He went back to
Connecticut for his family, and returned in 1789, to Washington
County Ohio.
Capt. William Davis, grandfather of Willard
H., was a native of Killingly, Connecticut, and traveled
westward, with his parents, to Washington County, Ohio, in
November, 1789, making his home, at first, in Watertown
township. There Capt. Daniel Davis and his eldest
sons participated in the perils of Indian warfare and frontier
life, until 1794, after Wayne's great victory in the
Northwest Territory. After these dangers and hardships
were over, he settled down to a somewhat retired and quiet life,
and aided much in establishing civil institutions in Ohio.
On the close of the Indian War, in 1795, Capt. William Davis
settled in Adams township. His first wife was Drucilla
Olney, who he married Nov. 18, 1794. She was born Apr.
20, 1771, in Nova Scotia, and died, Aug. 21, 1824. On Dec.
2, 1824, he married Mrs. Sarah Ransom, whose maiden name
was Wright. She was born Mar. 8, 1789, in England,
and died May 29, 1878, in Lowell, Ohio. Captain Davis
died Mar. 18, 1843.
Willard H. Davis was born Mar. 5, 1806, on the
farm in Adams township, first occupied by his father. He
was a farmer by vocation, and was also very fond of hunting and
many a deer fell before his sure aim. In 1830, he
purchased 100 acres of land near the homestead farm, and soon
had the reputation of being prosperous in his undertakings.
At the death of his father, he purchased the old homestead farm.
On May 24, 1827, he married Caroline E. Shepard, a
daughter of Jacob and Sarah Shepard. Caroline E.
(Shepard) Davis was born Nov. 27, 1811, and was a native of
Tompkins County, New York. She came to Ohio in 1813, and
died Sept. 11, 1894. Her husband's death took place Aug.
8, 1866. He was a Republican in politics, and served his
township as trustee, and member of the School Board, for many
years, with credit to himself and satisfaction to all. He
and his wife had five children, as follows: Elizabeth,
the Wife of George Snyder, who was born Oct. 12,
1829, and lives on the old homestead, in Adams township:
Walter, born Aug. 8, 1832, deceased in 1891; Luman,
born May 24, 1837, deceased Aug. 6, 1841; Willard H.,
born Aug. 7, 1843; and Mary C. born Nov. 23, 1847,
deceased Dec. 11, 1876. Marv C. married Dr.
George W. Reed, who served with valor in the Civil War, in
the 4th Reg., West Virginia Vol. Cav., and also in the 148th
Reg., Ohio Vol., Inf. (Ohio National Guard). He spent one
year in the drug business, in Lowell, Ohio, and was afterward,
in company with Willard H. Davis, in the same business,
at Harmar, for about two years. He graduated from the
Miami Medical College, of Cincinnati, Ohio, March, 1873, and
began his practice as a physician, in Lowell. He died in
1894, at Columbus, Ohio.
The subject of this sketch was born Aug. 7, 1843, in
Adams township, and has followed various pursuits during the
years that followed. In the autumn of 1869, he was, for a
short time, engaged in the drug business in partnership with his
brother-in-law, at Harmar, Ohio. In 1871 he located in Lowell,
intending to pursue the occupation of a photographer. This
project was also abandoned after some time, but he has been busy
nevertheless, in various other occupations. He is the
owner of 100 acres of valuable land in Adams township, as well
as desirable property in Lowell. He has aesthetic tastes,
and has many interesting relics, especially those pertaining to
the Mound-Builders, and has also been very much interested in
genealogical research.
Mr. Davis has never married. He is
a Republican in politics, and has served as township treasurer.
In Lowell, where he lives, he has served on the school board,
and has also been village clerk. He has been a notary
public more than 20 years.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1435 |
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J. N. DENT
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1455 |
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GILBERT DEVOL, ESQ., a native
of Rhode Island, came early to the county with his family, which
were numerous. His oldest sons, Gilbert and Jonathan,
settled in Marietta; they were both blacksmiths, industrious and
valuable mechanics and good citizens. He was some time a judge
of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, in the time of the Revolution,
when patriotism ran down the streets like a stream and paper money
like a flood. He was a man with a strong mind; had read much
and had formed some eccentric theories by which he arrived at the
conclusion that the moral and mental were and out to be subordinate
to the physical powers.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published
by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page
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JAMES STOW DEVOL
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1369 |
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CAPTAIN JONATHAN DEVOL, a native
of Rhode Island, came out with General Putnam, and his
company, but was not in the Ohio Company's employ until they arrived
at Simrell's ferry, where he was employed by General
Putnam to build the Ohio Company's boat, which was called the
"Mayflower," which brought the pioneers of the State of Ohio to
Marietta; he was then employed by the superintendent in providing
the material and erecting the block-house on the Campus Martius,
where he built himself a dwelling house. Early in 1789 he
removed his family to Belpre "Upper Settlement." where he remained
until the close of the war, when he removed to Marietta, and from
there up the Muskingum, where his descendants now reside.
while residing in Belpre, Captain Devol, in company with
Griffin Green, Esq., built the first floating mill to be
operated on and put in action by the current of the Ohio, in the
quick water between the island and the main, above Farmers' Castle.
This mill was placed upon two boats of unequal size, the water-wheel
running between them, and the machinery and stones for grinding were
placed in the larger, which likewise received the grain and the
tenders and the customers, &c. This mill was anchored in the
quickest water, and a communication with the shore was kept up by
means of canoes and boats, which were the only traveling carriages
incident to a country where there were neither roads nor bridges,
but only the navigable streams. This mill - although but a
makeshift - supplied the garrison and the scattered inhabitants for
20 or 30 miles up and down the Ohio. These mills were a risky
piece of property, and gave the owners much watchfulness and expense
in securing their safety; but like other floating capital, they were
not subject to statutory provision to regulate the remuneration of
the miller, but by the law of custom he was allowed to crook his
hand to any extent in stroking his toll-dish.
At the close of the Indian war, Captain Devol
selected a suitable site, purchased land, moved his family, and
commenced building another floating mill, in 1795. In the
absence of all other kind of mills except hand mills and the means
of purchasing from abroad, the exigency of the public demanded
something that would reduce corn to breadstuff. Captain
Devol had made one experiment, and was still to make
improvements, and he persevered under very discouraging
circumstances, - want of necessary funds, the difficulty of
procuring iron, millstones &c.; in the beginning of 1796 the mill
began to grind and although a mere circumstance to a mill - a mere
temporary concern - yet it did the grinding, in the times of a thin
population, for a distance of 50 miles above Marietta and 50 miles
below, and even ground meal to go to Zanesville in its first
settlement. Subsequently Captain Devol built a mill
upon a larger scale, which stood prominent upon high stone pillars,
with a water-wheel 40 feet in dimensions; this mill accommodated a
large circle of inhabitants, as the Muskingum is the only perennial
stream in the county; at the time of the year when mills ceased to
operate was the most advantageous time for these mills, and the most
beneficial to the public.
In 1801 Captain Devol built the ship "Muskingum"
of 204 tons, launched in the spring of 1802, belonging to
Benjamin Ives Gilman, Esq., and the brig "Eliza Greene,"
owned by Charles Greene, merchant, of Marietta.
In 1802 a number of vessels were built at Pittsburgh,
Wheeling, Marietta, and in the Muskingum which were launched and
floated down the Ohio, in April, 1803.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published
by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page
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JACOB THOMPSON DILLON,
a prominent oil producer in Macksburg, Washington County, Ohio,
is a native of Monroe County, Ohio, where he was born Oct. 14,
1858, and is a son of Peter and Julia A. (May) Dillon; he
is of Scotch-Irish descent.
The maternal grandfather of the subject hereof was
William H. May, who occupied a leading place among the
farmers of Monroe County and had a fine, large farm on the banks
of the Ohio River. Peter Dillon, the father of
Jacob T. Dillon, was born in Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, and was one of the first farmers in Monroe County
to deal extensively in stock. He married twice, his first
wife being Miss Moore, by whom he had eight children,
seven of whom grew to maturity, and are as follows: William;
John W.; Hamilton; Mazie, who married Polk Baker; Susan,
the wife of Jacob Dearth; Rachel, who married Mr.
Coburn; James; and Mark. After the death of his
first wife, Mr. Dillon again married, Julia A. May
becoming his second wife. They had six children, namely;
Mary L., who married Frank W. Litten; Jacob T.; Ida M.,
who married Thomas Crumbaker; Clara B., the wife of
William M. Wickham; Eva, the wife of Edward
Chapsaw; and Pearl, who married Blanchard Dean.
Peter Dillon was a soldier in the Civil War.
He enlisted as a member of Company E, 8th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf.,
and was mustered out of service as a captain, after three yeas
of hard fighting. Three of his sons, Hamilton, Mark
and James, also served in the army during this war.
The subject of the sketch was born in Ohio, and there
he has lived all his life. He attended the county schools
and afte4rward started out in life as a stock dealer.
Later he was in the hotel business for a time in West Virginia.
In 1886, he located in Macksburg, and spent five yeas in the
liquor business. Since 18op he has been successfully
identified with the oil business, as a producer.
Mr. Dillon's first wife was Sadie McLaughlin.
Some time after her death he married Rosa Wharff, a
daughter of Henry and Mary (Rothley) Wharff, of Salem
township, and they have one daughter, Julia. In
religious views the family are liberal. In politics Mr.
Dillon is a Republican, who takes much interest in township
and county affairs, as becomes a true hearted and earnest
citizen.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1233 |
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GEORGE DINSMORE
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1391 |
Charles W. Dowling |
CHARLES W. DOWLING, the
leading general contractor of Marietta, Ohio, who has his office
in the St. Clair Building, was born at Caywood Station,
Washington County, Ohio, in 1866. He is a son of John
W. Dowling, and a grandson of Louis Dowling who came
to the country from Scotland and took the farm upon which his
son, John W., now resides. Mrs. Louis Dowing,
who died May 4, 1902, had attained the age of 90 years, and
enjoyed the best of health up to the time of her death.
Charles W. Dowing was reared on the farm, and
attended the schools of the township. He served an
apprenticeship with his father, who was a carpenter, at Fort
Madison, Iowa, whither he went at an early age. He
returned to Marietta in 1890, and has since engaged in
contracting there. He does a general contracting business,
and has more than a hundred men in his employ at all times.
He does his own drafting and architectural work, and has erected
many fine buildings in Marietta, among them being the Marion
street school building, the St. Clair Building and the new
high-school building. He has built many residences and
business blocks at Parkersburg, West Virginia, and in other
towns near-by, and is at the present time erecting the new
penitentiary at Moundsville, West Virginia.
Mr. Dowling was united in marriage with Ida
Thorniley, who was born in Washington County, and is a
daughter of R. R. Thorniley, and they have one son,
Guy. The family residence is at Williamstown, although
Mr. Dowling contemplates removing to Marietta, where he
owns considerable property. He is a Republican in
politics, and in religious belief he favors the Methodist
Church. Fraternally he is a member of Lodge No. 477, B. P.
O. E.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1383 |
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DR. SOLOMON DROWN is known rather
as a scholar and a man of letters than as a physician. He came
to Marietta in the summer of 1788, and attended on General Varnum,
as counsel during his sickness. He was selected to pronounce
the eulogy at his funeral, which was published at the time in New
England. He also delivered the address at the first "Seventh
of April" celebration. About 1791 he was elected professor of
botany and natural history in Brown University, of which he was a
graduate. He filled the position for many years.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published
by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page
462 |
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JAMES T. DUNBAR
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- 1902 - Page 1378 |
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ALONZO DUNSMORE
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- 1902 - Page 1370 |
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JOSEPH ALBERT
DUTTON
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1426 |
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D. A. DYE, a prominent oil producer of
Newport, Ohio, has followed that line of business since 1862.
He opened up the Archer's Fork oil field, where he still owns three
tracts of land, two of forty acres each, and one of sixty-two acres.
He also has five good, producing wells in Lawrence and Independence
townships, and four in Elk Run.
Mr. Dye was born Dec. 28, 1840, and is a son of
John H. and Eliza (O'Blenis) Dye, 1775, and great-grandson of
John Dye who purchased 1,800 acres of land, or what is known
as the Cow Run oil field. He subsequently gave each of his
sons a farm from this tract. John H. Dye, the father,
was born Dec. 27, 1800, at Bull Run, Virginia. He accompanied
his parents to Marietta, Ohio, in 1806, and was reared and schooled
in Washington County.
Six children were born to John H. Dye and his
wife, as follows: Rev. H. B. Dye; Rev. L. B. Dye;
Rachael; D. A., the subject of this biography; Elizabeth;
and Miles, now deceased. Rachel married Isaac
Dilly and resides in Cairo, West Virginia. Elizabeth
married Capt. W. A. Snodgrass, who is deceased. John
H. Dye followed farming as an occupation, and was an active
member of the Congregational Church. In politics he was an
ardent Republican, and never failed to use his influence for the
good of the party. His widow survived him until May 3, 1902,
when she, too, passed away at the extreme age of ninety-nine years.
D. A. Dye was united in matrimony with Mary
E. Clogston, a daughter of Thomas Clogston. They
reared six children, namely: Charles L., who married
Mona Goddard, and resides in Newport, Ohio; Edward, who
married Anna White, and lives in Lawrence township; James,
who married Luella Rogers, and is also a resident of Newport;
Elida, wife of G. L. Myer, of Marietta, Ohio;
Fannie, wife of Edward A. Myer, also of Marietta; and
John H., who is a physician, of Louisville, Kentucky. He
married Maud Manuel.
Like his father, Mr. Dye is a Republican, in
politics, and a Congregationalist, in his religious belief. He
is a man who is well known all over the county, and is recognized a
one of the most successful oil producers in that section.
Source:
History of Marietta
and
Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company,
Chicago, Illinois -
1902 - Page 1097 |
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